The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-31

localities where considerable amounts OF
power can be secured, hut no accurate
estimates of fall or gross power can be
given for them.
The Wautauga River has very great
fall, averaging a feet to the mile
throughout its course in this State, and
rover in quantity can be secured any
where where a dam can be placed. Large
i'ls are also available on it's tributaries.
Large amounts of power can also be
secured ON the Toe River and its tr10u-
taries. The average fall is large and well
distributed throughout its course. High
dams could be built NJ a number of
places from stone quarried ON the spot.
The French Broad River is more ac-
cessible and better known than either of
the streams inst mentioned. Through
out the upper part of its course the de-
scent is uniform and the current com
raratively. sluggish, but below Asheville
the conditions are changed Between
Asheville and Paint Rock there is total
fall Of ITO feet, and while the declivity is
fairly uniform there are Il number OF
shoals of greater or less consequence.
Mountain Island Shoal is the first To-
caiity on the river where there is much
| concentration OF fall. There is a very
good power here which could easily be
rendered available.
Between Hot Springs and the mouth
Of Brush Greek, distance of ~ miles,
| the fall is 30 feet, or an average Of
! 26.1 feet per mile, and this may be call
ed practically one shOal, though its devel-
! opment as such would be a matter of
very great difficulty and expense. How
/ ever could this he done it would render
an enormous amount of power available.
| From Brush Creek to Ashevile, a dis
| lance of 1913 miles the total fall Is 400
! feet averaging 1877 feet per mile, which
| is well distributed, there being very little
! concentration of fall above this point.
| Still there are localities where power in
/ quantity can be developed.
A power at Marshall has been devel-
oped, utilizing about II feet fall, and an
! other at Ashevile is in process Of devel-
| opment, the power to be used for street
car and lighting purposes.
On the tributaries many small powers
can he found and some of considerable
magnitude. On Ivy River, about two
miles above it's mouth the largest de-
/ veiopmert work in Western North Caro-
! lima is now in progress. The dam is to
| Ne ID IeeJ nigh. Inc IOtdi ldii DeluS All
the neighborhoOd of 10 feet. 1t is stated
that this will develop 1000 horse power,
which VIII be transmitted electrically to
! Ashevlle and other points.
But little is known as to the powers
on the Pigeon River.
/ Many available power sites are to be
| found on the Little Tennessee River and
! its tributaries. The average slope of the
river is large, averaging from 10 to 40
feet per mile. Localities where power
in large quantity can be developed are
numerous. such development being gov
erned more by the topographic condi-
! tons than by the fall in the stream
in the immediate vicinity. The same is
true of the Cheowah River, the average
] fall per mile being between % and go
! feet Both these streams are quite mac
/ cessible throughout the larger part OF
their courses.
! The Tuckeseegee River like the other
streams of the mountain region flows
for the larger part of its course in a
narrow rocky channel and along it there
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