The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15

f'rlCAl power soon became evident to
our people. Investigation showed il q
necessity. The Anderson Cotton Mills,
through Mr.. j. A. Brock, the president
| -ignifrd their Willingness To uso electric
| power instead of steam. Other ind us-
tries did tho Aano and tho company un-
dertook tho entcrprisc, determining to de-
vclop thu water power at !'ortman Shoals.
meeting WAS called and Anderson
subscribed TO $4,000 OF the bonds pro-
posed 70 bo issued. Tho company was
re"rganizsd ns the Anderson Water,
Light and Power Company, with Dr. x.
NJ Orr ;ss president ard quite n numher
o! oar leading; business men ~ directors.
In short time, through tho Efforts OF DR..
Orr, Mr.. W. J. Koldy and w c. Whi- :
hcr,SIV0'o' Was ra.etd outside Of tho city,
ana work licHun with the above results.
Just here Il Is not Inappropriate to say
that i'r. orr showed his faith in this .n-
t"rprIsc from til" very beginning, doing
everything III his power to convince our
people That tho development OF portman
shoals WAS what waa rnnllv needed to
give Anderson IA neg start and make ii a
great manufacturing center Tho inier-
est he nanifested and tho work he did
among our business mon certaiuly played
al important part in bringing shout the
SUCCESS which has attended this great on
tsrprise.
DR.. orr was ably assisted by Mr.. X. S.
Hill, representing tho Farmers and NJ
chants Bank, and Mr.. I,. t.. Mauldin.
representing the Bank OF Anderson, who
were appointed committee to solicit the
subscription Of $50, 900 to the bonds pro.
posed To be issued and which the com
pany determined to raise from the peo-
PIC OF Anderson before soliciting outside
subscription. Tho work accom- npished
by these gentlemen was remarkable. and
had they been working for their respec.
tive banks. or for any individual oncor-
prise. they could not have displayed
greater onorgy. The $50UOO was sub
scribed in ri Incredibly short time, which
clearly indicated that the enterprise was
promptly endorsed by tho business men
OF Anderson, and this prompt endorse
nlent had much to do with the success OF
floating the 2l00,00O OF bonds outside Of
Anderson.
Mr.. Whtner is justly entitled TO be
called the pioneer in the use OF high volt
age machines and in long distance trans-
mission.
The plant established at High Shoals
was the frat long distance transmission
power plant established In the South and
the electric generator then used was the
first alternating current machine in the
world 70 be built and operated for an
initial voltage Of 5000 volts. It was con-
sidered impracticable to operate this type
ofdynamo at 10 high voltage The al
ternating current was comparatively new
and high voltage was an experiment and
considered dangerous. Running tho
machines at low voltage and using step
upfransformers TO obtain the high voltage
required was considered the only practi-
cable method, and when Mr.. Whitner
T.siso1 Tho v;;JCtTio notwithstanding GUM
panies with view OF having this machine
built, his views were regarded by many
as rather previous. The Stanley Electric
Manufacturing Company. OF Pittsfield,
Mass, fully agreed with Mr.. Whitner.
however, and encouraged him to use this
voltage. They built the machines, and
since that time the building of generators
or high voltage has been adopted bv sll
the manufacturers. When the plant NJ
Portman Shoals was established Mr..
Whitner decided to use generators giving
i,nN0 voltags,and they ggs now be.u- on
Grated successfully and with perfect safe
ty, and this is the only plant in the world
where Alternating current generators are
operated With 80 high voltage az II GOO
direct on the generators and awltoh
boards.
iiis ~ (" magnificent electrical plant.
TiieTe is none b5ttoT iii tho world. The
power is abundant, convenient. clean and
cheap, and manufacturers throughout
the country now using steam power or
establishing now manufacturing indus.
tries should investigate the advantages
ana Inducements held out to them by the
city of Anderson and the Anderson
Water, Light rnd Power Company.
by substituting electrical power for
steam power the Anderson Cotton Mills
make a saving OF $4,000 per annum,
which Isl considerable dividend within
Itself and clearly indicates the ad dvantares
the development Of this electric power
enterprise offers to manufacturing in
dustries 1t has been necessary hereto
fore In the building Of cotton mills In our
midst FOR our people to offer special in
ducenents, but with a showing like this
where Sl0ooo Is actually being saved
annually by the Anderson Cotton Mills
the indncement Is permanent end should
be Of itself sufficient.