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Newspaper Page TextPACE TWO . THE BANNER-HERALD. ATHENS. GEORGIA. Millions Being Spent in the Development of Un rivalled Water Power in the South. ^ The “industrial south” is X «am* para lively new term—so recent,• in* ueofl, that many ears are still un*, accustomed to it. ’And yet, the In* dustri.nl touth is a very solid reality und its marvelous expansion at tie present time is indicated elsewhere in Inis survey. The primary secret of its existence and miraculous growth is iK>\yer—and in the.south, power and hydro-electricity are almost aynony* 1140118 At the close of 3922, there was be* in;; generated in the so-called south eastern sujier-powe^ zone n torn I of 3.000,000 ^ horsepowef of electrical energy. New stations under construe* tmh at that time) which will he placed in commission during 1923 • ’ will produce 600,001) horsepower nfldi* Minnal. l*rojec(N already planned but which have not been publicly an nounced at this time will, if com- pl»*trd. rnisp the total for tie zone n r,o- •*•"50,000 horsepower* during j There arc two great waterpower {areas in the south. The first of these, just alluded to, embrace* the pied mont regions of Virginia, the Caro* .linns, Georgia, Alabama and Hie Ten nessee valley. The second lie* in the Oznrlc regions of Arkansas. Missouri and Oklahoma. The bitter has not been developed ns yet. except . in frngmeninry fashion, although projects designed to produce half a million hor-epower are afoot. ^ -ft "as slightly more than 25 years , that the first plant in the IinifcywgUde* for the prodm tinn Vt electricity , frnnsniission over a - jhigh tension Slower line was erected the RoiitheatfUgrn zone, nt Port- near ^Amlerson, S. C. hou Kelpfrh.* i^healatee. .... ... n£rt Ua jvik E V.* t,ic Md p#wer CoBitMr. * L 0»lnl T.wH oSSmt P ‘ (Ocmtu,., ‘0,. ... . ;7ooa il r v .„. »<«“> AnxJlI.r, pt,M. ' r - ! p -1 Blephefi* tr»«-k 17.500 n. P. ! I. . ■t«4in Auxiliary Plant. 1 Anguata, Ga. . a.000 XI. P. hock Ko n”* P0W#r C *“ N * y - * Jarkaun Hhoai* .’!!I*’nlfSS SI; J\ j fitetifi Auxiliary Plant a. ' Varr,wr Hrer... 77.000 f|. p. lOMMMi, , Ala 20 000 II l» 1 nirmiorham. Ala 15000 it’ i»* 1 ..?•■»•••*• Power Company! * 1 Parkarlile 23.000 ||. |». Croat JTaMa 1.7.000Jl. P. Great Falls data, .., WMIU jnd the Mountain ]>lau<i North Carolina. The Mitchell .. miles below Jam k , gnat dewlopijftMit of the Alabama mi puny, 011 the Coosa rivet h Carolina, I * (f***^^ 1 o^the Arkaniaa i.re* |.J • oam, “1 1 "»« Mu«ko*«t costing $3,000,000. u JfSw?*? w ** deeelop approximate^ ■lam ia aiiuatrd- H V?*®** horsepowsr aa at present in- k No. 13. the first »t*r will be in- lit ot till] At.bams *° 70.000 horsepower. Plant •"** ,v,wwv x uina — s — Jf* company for a new plant The daui is l,4uu feet wide and will r *1 Hafrah, near Oklahoma City, areri ruiM* the water 7U feet, hacking If °* December. Tbi* h:ivi> nf tliso latrlr- Ma> I I Will C0§t S3.000.000 and Will haw* ft■ up to the base of the Lock No. 1J ! SStMOftOO and will hate ai dam. Three wate^ wheels, each gene* j n »tlal horsepower of 20,000, later te rating 2-l.tiUt) Ii. p., will be the ilk 1* expanded. dial' installation, uttbougli ibe ultb I * wo pcBt ateam plants are it ••intis ,*!!toitt* ..I til. ■» ...sii i.. Course of erection it n'nioa tho ParkiTlII* Nashville, Tenn. Chattanooga ~ Bttaia * Auxiliary’ PUnta! 20.000 n. P. 20.000 jj. p. 4.000 1 puns ion in iiiiisiraieu iiy predicament cf the South- ! <r ‘he Gascon county an company. Will,in nine ft™ ' . , “ , . i J e :1 «“»elopmeiij. wbl r work was la-sun on two , cr .,, a'lnllnHy situaled to to stinnlr almost 1,111 (Kin n V. lls “PI*' South On Kbuxrillr, Tenu S'OOO ii’ j _ New Kxpanslon in 162.1. r*aeli of these companies is ptiinii* Ing a vigorous expansion policy, spur* red on alike by the immediate demand and by future possibilities. Just how closely demand is treading upon the heel!* of expansion is illustrated by the present predicament cf the South ern Power i months after ....... „„ new plants to stippjy almost 150.000 horsepower, the company sold nil the power it dared to sell against the new developments. 8inre that time (Oeto- her 1,. 1922), applications have been received for more than 15.000 horse power additional.' Unusually important developments will be placed in commission during 1923 or by January 3, 3924. TIip list of these new plants is ns follows: Southern Power Company. Mountain Inland, N. C fcO.OGO II. P, Dearborn plant. Great .Tails Ste< jnnn Shoals; ni__ ri’o/lny. -there tire thousands of miles -of Itlgli tensioned wires tnafchig n net work over the entire area, <\nveying electrical energy to mills hunukreds cf jmilca from the source. ^ Kntlrc Zone Linked. V Ily means of connecting transmise [ill linoa lintrlnsw nn ll,. I,,*,.. , j»y menus oi connecting ti Mon lines linking up the Iart_ panics of the . Carolina!, Georgia, 'Alabama and Tennessee, which wefa completed during 1922, power gen erated in any part of the area ia available for use in the industrial plants of the entire area. As an r uttbougli apacity of the Uain will hi 12U,OU(i U. p. Production ot elfgtric iiy will begin sli'»r»ly alter the firs! of the year, r*\ The Tugnio darn, of the Georgia Uuilway and Power company, la Hit foiirlii in u chain of dam* on th« Tallulah and 'i’ugalo river* being erected by the company, it is situ nied a mile and a half below Iht 'J'uliulnh powerhouse ut the jupctjui of the Tugnio and Chattooga river* The dam is 150 feed and 1,000 fed long. Four turbine*, generating 21, 000 h. p. each, will furnish the pow er. The power plant will be In op erntiou by January 1, 1924. The Mountain island and Greoi Jails dams of^tbc Southern Powei company are both on the Catawbt river. The former is in the very cen of the Gnsion county and ad bile tbt n scoret upper South Carolina Ihe Uenrborn plant, nt Great Fall! which will generate 00,000 h. p will be placed in commission It March: while the 31onntain Island plant, generating 80.000 h. wbl begin furnishing its quota in August Ifeyond these projects now unUei roust ruction, their nrc many more Ik prospect tor the immediate future ;r e .r f . ,n '- n * «»* -Jet unannounced j MV,, r r,,,,, l*»*y ha* an- great steam pit ... M course of erecUon at Tulsa, the last to be completed abortly after the first of the yeer. Tulsa Ilea in a very rid •trip coal belt and has ample steals poaer assured for its future needi at a email cost. Plants in Texas. The Dallas Power and Light com pany will begin the first of the yeai construction on an immense stean [IntenoM .ittijrlll find little BooKT in oaUn, satisfactory power arrange- proridlp, they make appliea- in time. At preafnt, industrial taion end power* derelopmenl unning neck and neck apd tbs if extremely fast. 1 SWTOAV PPPPt..^ V'iC'.xJ ® 9a!9 are runni pace Mammoth gas wells were brought In at several points during the year. One of the most* notable was a well brought in by the Carolina-Texat Oil ’company, near Torrecillat, Texas, with a flow of* 152.000,000 cubic feet a day. N A number of wella were also brought in in the huge Amarillo gas field, which now Is pro ducing 880,000.000 cubic feet. The gas field at Monroe, La., ond of the largest fields in the country, has been amplified until its present known area is in excess of .300 square miles. In the routhwest corner of this field.' there Is a considerable atea which produces upwards of 500 gal lons of gasoline to the million feet. Carbon black factories are being rap idly established, including the Atlas The Southeast's Superpower Zone construction on an immense stean idly established, includinr the Atlas plant which will cost $2,800,000 sna 1 Oil company, the Standard Carbon will aire for the city’s industrial company and the Thermatomic Car- oi-iui ABiiuary rutii. >11. Holly, N. r„ additional., 40,000 H. P. Kno, K. f.. Additional 20.000 II. p. «itor*la Railway and Tower Company, Tnaalo. fin 83,000 h. p. Hatbh-Tnllulab. Go. ....22.000h.p. Uors.-in Folia, On., mid. .. 7,000 b. p. Alabama Tower Company. Mitchell dam 120.000 b. p. Tennessee Kleclrle Tower Company, Nashville ol'm plant, ntld. 17,000 It. p. As yet, no reference lias been made to tbo preatosl C^. till (lie Itydro-elec* trie developmental .if Ibe sou then V|t- i be Mti-cle Simula development. With 7,500,000 appropriated by congress — ..... vrerx op tPa vrindn cum- -, dam. progreM ia f,al> a being made i'. t,, - V* VI,1,10 urea. A8 an illnstrittion, during a period of 'low f»\nlep in ibe Carollnaa during the past oiitomer, tbe Alabama Tower (Company furnished power to 47 cot ton mills in oikI around Raleigh, N. i,., hundreds of miles away. To tlo litis, current was taken from ;tho Gorgo* plant on Ihe Warrior river , which Ilia company rents from , 'tbo government, delivered to the 'Georgia linilwuy «and Power com- jpnny'a linen near Rome, carried through Allontn to Tallulah Fallo, llicn transferred to tlio Southern Tower compnny's lines, which carribd lit lltroiigli Greenville, Charlotte. Greensboro tint] Durham to turn It over lo the Carolinn Power ond Liyl t ■company near Raleigh, • III this wny power develojied in any locality of the super-power gone [become# n safety reaervo for every (Other point nnd nssurea sufficient current to the touKDHndinnMM'ht'ti]' lime.i or the year. The system of ’connecting lines, which has only-re*, contly been completed nt the outlay When eumpleted along the flnea now; , ■—'■‘“id, wlU bt capable at produc- : 000 h. p„ and will ba able to — power to a vast area in the -Jiaslppi Valley. . " No mention hat beea made also of power-line exfenslo.-is befttg mode—n feature of the power direloptnent of tbo aactloa that Is oaftemely-vital no , well as costly In eouStruetion. Power-Line lenslruelion. Power-line conitructlon of the > Southern Tower aompeny will in- , rolro tbi expenditure of I2.OUO.UUU 1 solve tbo •xpendilutu of I2.OUO.UUU In oroetlng 200 miles of kigb-voltngo wire* | the mutt Important of these being a C5-milt lino from lookout Bhoala to fflnaton-Salem. Greensboro and High Point; a 50-tnile lino from Great Falls to Newberry, ti. 0., and three ilnet from ihe now Mountain Inland pitot to Gastonia, Mount Uol- Jj and naliebury. Six million dollnra. will be spent Immediately by the Carolina Power nnd Light company, largely in new i. A AS lines and substations. ' A’fli mile Tina aractad from Uadln to San- ;«f mnny millions, will prevent the re- i WaT steam pin turn of tbo famine of 1018 nnd ren* i during the yenr. I CM llu< xprllnti alnufilo <1natani.i. • t ir ihn xu-uhi -is to -k* wewviw tivui vault* IU t»u- ford; a Una from liletveU Falls (o Itoektngbam, and from Fayettevillo to Itaorinburg. A 35.000;I;. w. aux iliary •tram plant also will be built ’tlera tbo section doubly desirable aa a site for now manufacturers. ur the 9U.5OO.00u program of tbo ;•*« ««» «c»v iimiiuiuciurern. / vicorgln Itnilwny nnd Fower com* It will nlso prevent kny influence 1 pany, almost 9l.o00.0U0 will be used or manufacturing conditions by *»i erecting a ik?\v 110.000-volt circuit Htrikos and controversies. The two ! fr <>kl Tallulah into Atlanta over a' million borsepowor now being de- I frohl Tallulah into Atlanta over a r ..u.ov|h/noi iiuiv (ICing ae- new route. Two circuits betwefif veloped is equivalent to the consum* these points uiri-ady exist, jind lb# tIon of 10,000,000 tons of coal yearly. , third will not only give Atlanta « "i relief drntir. bin u)*o will sc jr , ’i mi* nn- imuMf-fd pluijs tor four n»»w dams on ‘f Vi 2PIS?I r,Vt,r provide n Hf tnl nf I lli.Otg) ii, p t (several develop inenls urn m high! in Georgia, and the Tennessee company will furlbei develop the Oconee river. Smaller Projects. The southeast is teeming with by- dro-cloctric development plans In many localities apart from tbe ac- tivities of (he larger companies Three .mall interlocking stations are being developed m southern Alr.onmn. where the River Fulls Power com pany is making InataUatlomT to pro* Iluco 2„g)U horsepower, with plans to increase this to 15.0U0 horsepower In the future. The Houston Power ?? fnd , in * WOOO on the Uioctnwhatchie river. The Pe Elver Power company has a similar small plant near Elba. Preliminary permlla by the federal power commission hare recently been issued to the Hol.ton River Power company in east Tennesse for three dams to generate a total of 78,000 horsepower. One of these will ba located nt Kingsport, another near , Bluff City nnd n third near the lane- I *‘, on °( the Ilnlston nnd Watsuffs. I wo years will be required to com- I pleto the work. . Surveys have bceei. completed and ; plans nre nlmost concluded for two dnms on the Iliwnssee river in Cher- : okee county, N; C„ by the Carolina- iennessee Power company. These m, t ''V ions arc to prodnee ist.OOO horsepower, nnd the cost will he in excess of $.1,000,000. ■ Tlio Big Ren Power company fa completing details involving the erec- ,tion of It large dnm on the James li ive '* (Virginia) four mrlcs abort Scoltavillr, lo produee 30,000 horse power. Plana nlso contemplate tba erection of four other dams Jmaedl nlely below this point for tL large power development. The Potomac Public Service cor* nornuo" is to erect a dam 105 feet dgh nnd TOO feet long at the ereat in the Edes Ford district, (West Vir ginia) nlnng the Cncnpon creek. Ap- proxlmntcly $300,000 will ba Invest* *“• _Ten sepnrdtc developments on the Client river In West Virginia and Penn.ylvnnia are being mapped out by the West Virginia Power am .‘ on con, P»»> r * A total of Horsepower Now Developed. '' roh, . r cti-c-uir. hut u|»i will servo w How extensive I, <1,. ! niinllK-r of '.msll.-r iudiislrial centcra hydro-electric energy bv,the industries : n -i?iv'« I'm-i ul 1,1,8 r 0 ®’ of tlio section Is revenled by tho fnet : 8 deudopraent^nport from Hint ill flirt ftrn PniwtliMno |L. Cf .L (IIP V - .*... -VV..W,. srv sc.stucu UJ (IIP iaci that In tbo two Carolines, the South* ern Power company jmnpllos 271 mills with n total of 5,210,000 apin- dlos, one-half tlio total for tbe two states. Thp Columbus- Power com* pany mipidies 33 cotton mills with a total of 838,400 spindles and 14,257 looms. .... completion of tbe Tiijpilo dam. will lie, tbe erection of a power, bouhe nt tbo bead of the Tallulah dmn backwater. Water will be sent into this plant through a tunnel n mile long lending from (lie M nth is storage dam. There will be a drop of 1GO feet for the creation of the power nt tbe plant. n -+ ■ • • , ; me plant. ;nrlitfi*wntTp, N. tv .^..?f ,,,, 2r]ono n « I’ mUlInn dollars Is being spent by 'c4r kc 7» t x * °* •*...! na,ooo If.' p! ' Alabama Power company in the Creek, .09 Iflaniln. , Gtcxm AsxUiary* piaYtg. H.m u-iii w. ^ jJ!! ;r»rnv|Hrt»a. c Ion \ P °p* r r,,m ao!noo ii.’ p. * ...WWH.HW a lx>lll|Nll.j III IIIC erection of n llU.^Ml-volt line from the Mitt^hell dam lb l.nnett, passing through the textile district of Ala bama. Several smaller lines are be ing erected and several others ore projected, Tbe Tennessee Elect rip Power com pany Is expending about $1,900,000 pany Is expending about $1,900,000 during 1923 on line extensions, sub stations nnd other Improvements. J rnnsmission company. A total ol 500.000 horsepower -ia tbe ultimata goal 9f this undertaking. In tb® Ozark Zone. Ihe II. L. Doherty interest*, which ♦ nr *, Generating much powei ■ on {! ,e , White elver in Miaaouri/hav* applied for a permit to erect a new dnm at Hollister, Mo. This is to be 175 rtet high. 1.450 feet long and will produce 00,000 horsepower. Ihe Dixie Power company ia pr» paring to construct three dams la AHnnans, one on the White river, one n the north fork and tbe third on the Ituffalo river. Tbe dam propoa* |Cd ol Cotter, Ark., la to bo one of the largest and most important da* velopuienlN in the southwest. The- Caddo Power and irrigation company has been granted a lTcenW for the construction of two larga inms on the Ouachita river near Hot Springs, Ark. The first will be five j miles south of Hot Springs and will f $3,099,000. 9 The second, at lllnnchard Springs, will coat S8.000.- )00. A third dam in this group which la contemplated will be locate*! near SAVE BUILDING COST BY SAVING SPACE The Murphy-Bed makes lone room have the living ccomodations of two rooms mas* > ' Apartments - Flats Hotels Dormitories. Dwellings The Apartments and Hotel Apartments Illustrated in This Survey Use 1 MURPHY in a dor BEOS Write u» to-day for specifications and information, we .gladly Co-operate with Architects' and Builders simplifying your floor plan lay-out problems. ' ' The Murphy Cabinet Ironing Board f it meriting with enthusiastic approval—ask about it. .'' FOR INFORMATION WRITE MMgpliy nttunr Bed Company 204 PEACHTREE ARCADE BUILDING . _ ATLANTA, GA. II =^-* - ’ *1 _ r mx m ■ ’ m rf '*<*■* "v*i/ ■ inuuBiri “«»“« for many years in Ihe future.- - .The Houston Power and Lixhtlni sa-inassA-rtra for the erection of a gigantic powei plant on the ship channel to care toi the rapidly growing industrial see tlon which ia apringlng up in this vicinity. • The Oil Belt Power company, neat Hanger, Texas, is planning to double its present 10.000 horsepower capac- “f.., 01 *!»« pfant on I^o n lake. A million dollars will bo expended. Scores of smaller municipal devel opments are reported from every part of tbe eoutb, which not only care for municipal needs, but-which furnish their quota for industry as welt So thoroughly developed is becoming tbe power situation that prospective man ufacturer* -u-hd look .to. l. south, MOTHER’S SACRIFICE LONDON—When tile brakes of an onrushinK automobile failed to work, Sarah Smith held her baby tishily in her arms and turned lier back to receive tbe impact of the blow. The mother won killed, but the child was unhurt. NEW AIR SPEFD RECORD LONDON—A German monoplane- completed a flight fn-'m a Croydon, Kngland, aerodrome to Rotterdam, Holand, In three hours and ei B ht minutes. Ii !* , ..y,- - ' ■<, f' v i ; Facts=Tlie Cornerstone of Faith |HE SEMI-ANNUAL SURVEY, published twice each H year by over one hundred leading newspapers and a Bain *i large number of magazines, makes public the convinc ing array of facts which are the cornerstone of G. L. Miller & Company’s faith in the South. From one end of the South to the other stretches a chain of modern Structures which constitute tangible evidence of this faith—for in the financing of needed office buildings, apart ments, hotels and warehouses iii the South, G. L. Miller & Com pany has held undisputed leadership and has placed.at the disposal of Southern builders, many millions of dollars. i.The remarkable progress recorded by the South during 1922, once again justifies this faith and, looking forward with renewed confidence for 1923, we once more pledge oiir utmost in effort and money to the upbuilding of the South, •’iv' 3 HE FACTS set forth' in our Survey are also a cornerstone of the w faith which those who live in the South have ample rcasbn to place in filler First Mortgage Bonds as a safe and sensible investment. . ir.-.-i _ • ’ What tould be safer security for invested money than a direct closed ; first mortgage on one of the largest buildings in your own or another large city? wiaKKtJmUWKtUiAttiu*- ^ > mi ■ * I What could be a more certain source of money to pay interest and repay principal than the assured earnings of such a structure? What could be better fundamental safety than the growth and expan sion of the South with an ever increasing property value and demand for business and housing accommodations? j What could be stronger assurance to you than the fact that no investor ever lost a dollar in Miller Bonds or waited a day for payment of prin* i cipal or interest? v Those who make their livelihood and donduct their business in the South, have much to gain from the up-building of their cities. Miller Bonds offer the business men of the South a direct means of ipvesting their available funds in safe, profitable securities and at the same time offer them the opportunity to # aid actual development which will result in sure benefits to themselves. ^■rrtwaBH»ail«ni*Viii|‘(il?fitfrT-'vV‘frii * MILLER & COMPANY SMkn Headquarters 1717 HorV-Buildinf, Atlanta, Ga. INCORPORATED &!*•': Northern Headquarter* V 36 East 42nd Street, New York, Memphis, Knoxville, Philadelphia, St. Louia. S' x / A free copy of m 32-page book, -THE SEMI-ANNUAL SURVEY," such as placed in the Public Libra ries and - other institutions of the country will be gladly sent to you if you will mail us the coupon at the right. With it will come the story from real life entitled, “How Henry Wilkinson Became Rich." r G. L. MILLER X CO. lac. ' 1717 Hart Building, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: Please tend me, without obllgattol. or cott to me, the 32-paae booklet devoted to your SEMI-ANNUAL SURVEY; aUo a copy of “How Henry Wilkinson Became Rich.” Name Street City- State.. 1*2 • - Tiu iltifm3* M

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The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, February 11, 1923, Image 16