Progress on an omnibus rivers and harbors bill, which includes the Bradley Lake project, will affect your
pocketbook in the following ways:
1. II will saddle you with a project costing almost sixty
million dollars, to produce power in direct competition
with the coal from Matanuska coal fields.
2. For this privilege you will pay almost eleven mills per
KWH for power delivered in our area. A coal fired mine
mouth plant of comparative size will cost less than
twenty million dollars and produce power for less than
nine mills per KWH.
3. If Bradley is built you will almost certainly never see a
mine mouth plant in the coal fields. If coal mining is to
remain competitive with other fuels we must have
mine mouth generation. If such use is not developed
you well may witness the demise of the coal industry
in our area of Alaska.
This matter is of paramount importance to the economy of your area and your Cooperative. If you are interested
either writ? or wire the following:
CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
SENATOR DENNIS CHAVEZ.
ROOM 4202
NEW SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON 25, 0. C.
SENATOR ERNEST GRUENING
UNITED STATES SENATE
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
SENATOR E. L. BARTLETT
UNITED STATES SENATE
WASNINOTON 25, 0. C.
REPRESENTATIVE RALPH RIVERS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON 25, 0. C.
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or by telephone.