Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-15
The GREAT FALLS ENTERPRISE.
"Details Of the Plant and Its Cost to This
Tirm-Petsonal.


rrorr,sp9nience " tho Richmond Dispatch.l
scotland NECK. y. c., August 14.-Your
onrr,5p0ul lent has visited the works Of the
Great Fail. Manufacturing aud Improve
iaclt Company, on the Roanoke river SIX
mi..- from Weldon. IL Is a mammoth en-
t,ruri.e. Major T. l.. Emry, of Weldon, IS
the contractor. All the work thus tar has
been done III excavations and embanE-
mcu.s for the two-inIle canal. The COM
SIu.0 ami the dams and rock
WORK are not vet complete. 4 large
force II peultcutlarv hands, hired by the
company from the State, has been on the
works for two years. but they will soon Doe
removed 90 Rocky Mount 10 do some eN-
Cav4:luE for the cOttOn-mllls there. 1ae
Great Mills Company owns 5000 acres of
land adjacent To the water power and pro-
pose 10 lay It of and build a town about
the great manufacturing enterprises that
Will spring up. By means OF the canal
they have ~ "a distance Of two miles,
fan Of 81 feet and with their canal % feet
wide at the bottom and 90 feet at top, and
carrying 10 feet Of water all the time they
viii have S.OIO-horse power which can be
increased AZ sill b. raising Their dams and
increasing the depth of the water IL the
canal.
A SUBSTANTIAL AFFAIR.
The whole work Is most substantial af-
fair. MAJOR /. L. EmTy, one Of tie largest
stockholders, has personally supervised
the whole thing under contract OF SID
ODU. Some idea may be had OF the I'M
mtnse strength Of the work from one gate
way which IL l 50 feet long. - feet at bottom,
and a feet at tOp-all of solid masonry.
The 5Cs feet of the main water-dem and
] .4jj feet spur dam took, with the other
parts OF the WORK. more than fifty
tons Of bolts and spikes IN making
II secure. There is one embankmeut
three quarters of Il mile long which
contains 4l.700 cubic yards OF earth.
There Is nothing like IL elsewhere IN North
Carolina, and 1t is said 10 be the third
best developed water power IN the United
StQtos the work has thus far been done
with the most perfect system. The con-
wet force has been under the splendid
management of Mr.. J. NJ. McMurray, who
has been III charge of Il force for the State
nfteen years III succession.
When the machinery for manufactures
Is put in aud the water turned on at Great
Falls there Will be every reason TO expect
city almost as by magic. Everything points
TO that end. Fine water and high eleya-
ton. with perfect natural drainage, VIII
be greatly IN favor OF rapid growth.
PERsoNAL AND RELIGIOUS.
Mr.. ". b. Marks. aged about 80 years.
died at his home "a few miles IN the cOun-
NV GHluTuhl UlEuls uuu WAS bulitu III INC
Baptist cemetery yesterday. lie was "a
strong man. but paralysis struck him two
weeks ago and he never rallied.
Miss Mary Lawrence, who went 10 the
Worlds Far with party OF teachers from
tins State, returned Saturday and gives
pleasing report of her trip.
Miss Louise Lawrence, of Williamson.
is visiting her father, Mr. J. II. Lawrence.
Mrs. G.. K. Lassiter, of Weldon, Is here
or visit TO her husband. She will soon
Join HIM here where they will make their
future home.
News comes this morning of the death Of
Rev. Charles Cooke. of EdCecombe, Satur-
day. He had been paralyZed for number
of years. lie was most respected ministers
of the Methodist church and father of G..
A. Cooke, of Warrenton, District Attorney
for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
The Baptist church here last night III
conference voted Rev. X. 4. Vann. the
pastor, an indefinite absence for recreation
and the regaining of his health. with his
salary continued during his absence.