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PACE TWO
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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*
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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. *
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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
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“«»“« 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,
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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.
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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,
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