The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
Up to the present, been nainly directed

rp to the present. been n ainly directed
toward supplying the force for industries
situated at or below the fall line In this
weeks Manufacturers Record however.
is a suggestion, based upon tendency
developing in the West, a result of in
vestigations by the United States Geo
logical Survey of the possibility that
electricity generated in water-poWer may
be profitably used in advancing transpor-
tation facilities through the mountain
regions of the South, where the trolley
road may become a great adjunct to the
steam railroad. In the southern high
lands are great eXpanseS of natural
wealth in the shape of timber. marbles.
GRANTEES; and other minerals, only wait
ing means of transportation to become
available in industry. In the same region
is an immense amount of latent power
now going to waste. The piercing or
these highlands by electric roads oper-
ated from these mountains streams might
be feasible, the Manufacturers Record
noints ont and if SO would certainly con-
tribute largely to the expansion OF south
ern industry.
In the meanwhile the development or
electric railway systems in the South is
steadily progressing. One OF the most
interesting projects of the KIND IS tnat
undertaken by northern and Canadian
capital to build a line connecting knox
VILE, Tenn, with several towns along It's
route of forty miles and its fourteen
miles of branch lines It is proposed to
secure the current for electric motors
from water-powers in the Pigeon river
near ScyiervilIe by the construction OF q
series of dams. The line will be USED
both for freight and passenger tratnc. IN
Kentucky a syndicate, organized by De-
troit Mich: New York city, ana LeAlnS.
ton, Ky. men, representing st,ocV.Voo OF
Y,cf,~
electric road connecting Lexington with
such towns as Georgetown. Winchester,
Versailles. Frankfort and Paris. During
the past few months a NUMBER OIL pldrs
for such construction in the Blue Grass
region of Kentucky have been made, ana
it is believed that the syndicate repre-
! .sents combination of the several inter-
ests which have heretofore been working
an their own lines. In Western MARYLAND
| the company which has been building an
electric line between Cumberland, Frost
b,1re and LonaconinS has decided-slt IS
announced. to carry the road still farther
IN Westernport while in West Slrginia
electric development in the ne1ghborhoou
Of Thurmond. Clarksburg and Fairrno'iiit
| is bringing mining ana other lnu .s ID
! centres into close touch
The bringing in of the first gusher at
| Reaumont having an inch pipe down 70
| +ha-oi1 during the week, attracted the
eynert. Mr.. c. F. =. Caracristi: PACK 70
tbat field. and in a letter to the Manu- az
facturers' Record he presents me loi-
lowing interesting facts:
..,rre ,vel, is surrounded by esghtysother
rushers. all of which have been perIliittes'
1 to flow. and If the drawing off q. Tue
pressure around this would anect gsnsi "a
1 conditions, surely / was IN the iiope =.
Isitnessing. and from my observations. oe-
d Msea a basis of calculation upon which 's
to estimate the probable "gusher NE
i Of the field: must admit ina ~ W.. a.
astonished to witness a nozzle .pre ,s'.
which at the very lowest calcuia tloa,
could not be less than $50 pounds to 'ne
i square inch. or taking the difference ~,
4 gravity between water. ana aeaui'. ~
! crude oil a pressure ct the bottom o. eh Is
we'll OF GAO. The pressure on the sna IL
valve will naturally fall in few weeks
to probably 10 pounds to the squar lnci'
which I assume to be the standard pres
sure OF the wells In the fields under sner.
nal conditions It has. therefore, nset