Correspondence concerning a request by Senator Burnet R. Maybank for a report from the Federal Power Commission concerning the combined savings of the South Carolina Public Service Authority and the properties known as the South Carolina Gas and Electric Company headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. The report is compiled and sent to Senator Maybank in response to his request.
A six-page pamphlet created by the South Carolina Public Service Authority to educate the general populace about the Santee-Cooper project and especially the acquisition of the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and the Lexington Water Power Company.
A letter for Senator Maybank to inform him of the Board of Directors meeting. The Board was delighted to hear an investigation would be made immediately by the Army Engineers. The Board wanted to also show appreciation to Maybank for his service in the project for Cooper River.
Correspondence concerning the how much power will be available and at what rate by the Vice President of Reynolds Metals Company. Maybanks sends a copy of a letter written by Richard Jefferies to explain the rates structures and power availability.
Correspondence concerning Wrather forwarding another copy of Bulletin No. 580-J, dealing with the phosphate rock supply of South Carolina to Richard Jefferies. The initial copy was never received.
Correspondence between Maybank and Jefferies concerning bulletins from R. R. Sayers, Director of the Bureau of Mines, about the reserves of phosphate rock in South Carolina.
Correspondence concerning the investigation and survey of the Santee-Cooper River navigation project by the Board of Engineers. Maybank sends copies of his letters encouraging action by General Reybold, Chief of Engineers, to Jefferies.
Correspondence concerning the endorsement of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce in Charleston, S.C., for the Santee-Cooper River project. Maybank appreciates their support.
A letter from Jefferies thanking Senator Maybank for securing an investigation for a "straightening, widening, and deepening project along the Cooper River." He plans to pass along information on the investigation through the press, stressing Maybank's connection to it.
