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ligusta is Spending Over 2* Millions For Levee Work
■r Means Population and Pay Rolls
I Prosperify-For Every Additional
I rsepower Used Means An Increase
14 in Population-Augusta Soon
■o Be City of 100,000 Population
MBty ii the country is as well
! as Augusta. For its
BHes no town of 50,000 people
SH> widely know r n and had it
cheap power for the
Bfßve years it would be the
in Georgia instead of
HB That fact more than any
kept it back.
the Future Holds.
prophecy. If Augusta has
to reach 50.000 population
delivering approximate
horse-power, what will it
it has 110.000 additional?
BH simple arithmetical problem.
■He canal has come a growth
four persons to every
furnished. Therefore twen-
additional power n cans
Population of 80,000, or a
H approximately 140,000 people
BB r,round Augusta within the
years.
these figures are ex-
Cut them in half and we
Be two persons added to those
the city for every unit de-
BrJ The total is still staggering.
should show approximately
by 1930.
every horse-power put in-
at least two persons ad
|Hthc Population even the casual
BB will not deny. Take any plant
one horse-power and figure
people are employed in it.
(Hi! be found to be a small num-
these two mean more at
Bor in these gregarious times
[■individual bespeaks some con
■ Every adult employed means
Bt a family of three, allowing
|B contingencies. And the law- of
Hes as compiled by the census
H shows three to be a small
Bwer means population, and pop-
B> means advancement and
Bt and wealth.
B is the story of Augusta for
Byears. Look into it closely and
B be found that the greatest
Bi of the city has been coinci-
Bvith attainment of cheap power
Manufacturing Purposes. Indeed,
Bw is almost universal and wher-
Bn this country power develop-
B have reached the finished stage
Bss has followed inevitably, its
B being graded only in proportion
B amount of the power developed
Bie cheapness with which it could
Bd. This is a manufacturing age.
■te the fact that food products
■early increasing in cost because
■ production is not increasing in
■ ratio with their consumption, it
■tent that the cities that have
ft in greatness—outside the few
THE LOMBARD IRON WORKS AND SUPPLY COMPANY
Eleventh St., Between Walker and Fenwick Sts. Augugta, Ga.
The Largest and Most Complete Foundry, Machine Shop and Boiler Works and Supply Store in the South
Builders and Dealers in
Engines, Boilers, Steel Bridges, Roofs,
Tanks, Towers and Building Construction.
Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil, Fertil
izer, Gin, Press, Cane and Shingle Mill
Outfits.
Building, Bridge, Factory, Furnace and
Railroad Castings.
Railroad, Mill, Machinists’ and Factory
Supplies.
Belting, Packing, Injectors, Fittings,
Saws, Files, Oilers, Etc.
Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers and Boxes,
Mill Supplies and Tools.
AH Augusta attests the high standing of this long established institution. A. J. Twiggs & Sons, one of the South’s biggest
contractors and builders, state that during the past five years the Lombard Company has executed over fifty thousand
dollars worth of work for them and that they never had a complaint; that every order has been filled properly and promptly
The Following Well Known Mills Have Tested Lombard Co. Mill Work and Modern Business Methods:
The Chadwick, Hosbins, Woodside, Chiquola, Ring, Enterprise, Augusta, Sibley, Langley and King Mills
Lombard Products are Shipped to all Parts of the United States. Some as far as Egypt.
that natural location makes gateways
—have attaineed that eminence
through their importance as manu
facturing centres.
The reason is plain: Each manufac
turer not only directly gives employ
ment to a stated number of individ
uals, but indirectly to dozens more.
The empoyment of the head of a fam
ily means that his wife and children
are supported through the manufac
turer. It means incidentally that there
is greater demand for the grocer, the
shoemaker, the dry goods house, the
butcher and the other tradesmen who
depend upon the workers and the
monied people for their livelihood. The
manufacturer is essentially a producer
and production always calls for con
sumers.
The Story of Augusta.
That is the whole story in a few
w-ords. And it is a narrative that is
particularly pertinent to Augusta
which attained its greatest fame
through its manufacturing interests.
The city's proudest title has been “The
Lowell of the South,” and it reached
that flattering sobriquet through the
aid accorded it by the Augusta canal,
for many years the greatest power
canal of the country and even today
one of the biggest of Its kind any
where.
Other factors, it is true, entered in
to the situation that produced the re
sult. Early it became a cotton market.
Many years ago it was the scene of
the invention of the cotton gin and
therefore was one of the frist cities to
feel the impulse toward cotton manu
facturing engendered by that revolu
tionary improvement in the handling
of a product, the growing of which the
country around w-as admirably adapt
ed to. Then again its situation with
regard to the Savannah river made
the canal inevitable some day. It had
to come, just as the present hydro
electric improvements were obliged to
come. Given the invention of elec
tricity, the existence of a city the size
of Augusta, and th« presence of Stev
en’s Creek with the existing topog
raphy and it followed as the night
the day that soon :or late Steven’s
Creek would be the scene of a monster
electric power plant.
So it was with an earlier day with
the Augusta canal. Given the factors
enumerated above, it was certain that
the canal would be constructed, o,r
dug, as the proper term may be.
But the fact remains that with the
coming of the power created by the
water in the canal the city took on
new life and became a manufacturing
center and its population grew rapid
ly and there sprang into being these
other numerous factors that go to
make up the commercial importance
of a thriving city.
■ The Augusta canal was first turned
on for use in 1847. In 1840 the popu
lation was 8,133, which was an in
crease over 1830 of about 16 per cent.
The first factory was started on the
canal in 1847, and by 1850 the popula
tion had increased to 11,055, an in
crease of 23 pei cent.
The canal was then but of 40 feet
width at the surface, 20 feet at the
bottom and only 5 feet deep, deliver
ing theoretically about 600 horse pow
er. Numerous small industries sprang
up and the canal projectors soon in
creased its depth to 7 feet with a cor
responding increase in power.
Then came the war in the midst of
the city’s progress and it was follow
ed by the inevitable depression. But
the value of the canal has been so
clearly proved as a producer of wealth
and prosperity that early in the aev- j
enties the work of enlargement was j
begun and in 1875 was completed, j
leaving the canal at its maximum j
practically as it stands today. AND
THE NEXT TEN YEARS SAW THE
GREATEST PERCENTAGE OF ,
GROWTH AUGUSTA HAS HAD, 1
ACCORDING TO THE UNITED
UNITED STATES CENSUS FIG
URES. From 1880 to 1890 the popula
tion increased from 21.891 to 33.300.
The first level of the canal is prac
tically 7 miles long from the locks to
the turn at the Augusta factory. The
second and third levels are 2 miles
more, though the third is of no value
except as an outlet. It has surface
width of 150 feet minimum waterway,
and is 106 feet at the bottom, and is
eleven feet deep. The cross section
area is 1408 square feeet. It theoreti
cally gives 14,000 horse power, though
that amount has never been delivered, •
with any regularity, any how.
Among the Canal Levels.
Here are the industries along the
first level of the canal, as indicated
on the map accompanying this article:
Augusta Factory, 1253.27 H. P.
Augusta-Aiken Railway and Elec
tric Corp., 2839.34 H. P.
Enterprise Manufacturiing Co., 1.-
246.08 H. P.
Clark Milling Co., 181.28 H. P.
J. P. King Mfg. Col, 2928.10 H. P. '
Sibley Mfg. Co., 1650 H. P.
Singleton Silk Mfg. Co.. 162.18 H. P.
Sutherland Mfg. Co., 519.08 H. P.
City Pumping Station, 1000 H. P.
The Second Level.
Augusta Lumber Co., 105.35 H. P.
Globe Cotton Mill, 206.28 H. P.
Georgia Iron Works, 35.57 H. P.
Lombard Iron Works, 82.64 H. P.
Nixon Grocery Co., 87.79 H. P.
This makes a total of 12,107.25 H.
P. delivered by both levels, of which
11,573.33 H. P. is obtained from the |
first.
HIS WIFE HIS BUSINESS.
The hungry tarmii told his tale. It i
touched the kind heart of the lady oi j
the house. He ate the food she gave !
him and started wearily on his way.
“And how,” said she, sympathetic i
ally, “did the hand laundry you were I
managing come to fail on you?”
He glanced round, it might be as if
he suspected the dog were within
call. Then passing out and closing
the gate, he said: “She quit and went
home to her mother.”—Kansas Citv .
Star.
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA,
JEFFERSON POWDER CO.
JEFFERSON EXPLOSIVES
Are used Exclusively by A. J. Twiggs
and Sons in all the Quarry and Dirt Work
where the material is sufficiently hard to
make Blasting a Necessity, and in each
case the results have proven Eminently
Satisfactory.
JOHN J. EVANS, 869 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia,
IS AGENT FOR JEFFERSON EXPLOSIVES IN AUGUSTA.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA,
MANUFACTURERS OF EXPLOSIVES OF ALL GRADES
Railroad Powder, Blasting Powder,
Blasting Gelatin, Blasting Gaps,
Electric Fuzes, Etc.
Contractors Tools and
Supplies, wire cable and
blocks for same; Steel
Wheelbarrows and Scrapers;
Galvanized, Corrugated and
Fire-Proof Roofing; Wood
Saws, Splitters; Tower Tank
Pumps; Pipes and Fittings;
Steel Flumes and Pen Stock ,
etc.
“AUGUSTA IN 1914"