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Show TYPICAL MONTHLY BILLS TVA Basic Rate Compared With Average Bills in Cities of Over 50,000 Population RESIDENTIAL $10.02 COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL Source: Tennessee Valley Authority FIGURE 11. by steam-generating facilities. Such facilities are therefore an essential part of the regional program. Further Navigational Developments The Tennessee waterway has great value in de- velopment of industry and commerce in the region. In the past, the region faced two major transpor- tation problems impeding such development: (1) The interterritorial railroad rate structure had a marked influence in retarding industrial de- velopment in the Southeastern States. Its general effect was to develop the South as an exporter of extractive resources to be processed in northern and eastern industrial plants. The Interstate Com- merce Commission decision of 1945 in the Class Rate Investigation, 1939,1 laid the basis for correct- ing the discriminatory rail rate structure. (2) The region lacked adequate water transpor- tation. Hlowever, river transportation now avail- able on the Tennessee has opened additional new industrial opportunities, both through its low trans- portation rates and through its competitive in- *May 194-5, 262 I. C C. 447, as supplemented by 264 I. C. C. 41 and 268 I. G. G. 577. fluence on railroads. As these opportunities are developed, it will be necessary to improve the navi- gation development to keep pace with the growing traffic needs. The extent of improvement needed will depend on three determining conditions: addi- tional needs within the basin; the place of the Ten- nessee as a link in an interconnected inland water- way system; and the degree of success achieved in coordinating water, rail, and truck transportation, and in using fully the advantages which each has to offer. Needs Within the Basin The Tennessee River navigable waterway is ex- pected to encourage traffic. This eventually will require addition of auxiliary locks to the system. As more industries take advantage of water trans- portation, new river terminals will be established and existing ones expanded at major cities and industrial plant sites along the Tennessee. Canalization of the Holston River from Knox- ville to Kingsport may be feasible in the future. Large plants at Kingsport, a growing industrial city, include the Tennessee Eastman Corp., Penn-Dixie Cement Corp., the Blue Ridge Glass Corp., the 790 |
