The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-12-11

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a 1* ESd$ ronSe!p whSep"x mo3.g baopps and
"ulen and Honey. Your Druggist sells Sweet eIam 1n

lhgs erected about that time N Grccn.
~oo"' Mr. Snyder is u son-in,law of
- d. bcilJalnln, Quarry of aud has a
huihper OF friends both in that section
ana III town. The firm of which he il
MEMBER takes contracts for builhno
dams, railroad construction work and
bridge work. They have lust GnisLrI
Il line dam i'll North Carolina. and ,ro
now engaged in grading a section or
railroad in Tennessee. They h,vo
oeen NJ work on the Wares Shoals
! PROJECT since the first of September
and arc already making a good Sow
| there.
The work before thom at tho shoals
Is TO bulld a dam Of solid masonry
across Saluda river, to dig canal
lhrec-quartcrs of mile long from the
eastern end Of this dam to the site Of
tho powor house and lastly the power
house itself. Another cOmpanv ho.
the contract for building the houses
anu mill building. Several cotto,.,s
have already been put up and some Of
these arc occupied by families con.
nccted with the work.
Inc great dam which Snyder, Oates
" Co., have to build is to be of
masonry, mammoth pieces of granite
held together by cement. The dam
Will be completed twcnty-scvcn feet
high, twenty-five feet thick at the bnsc
and SIX feet thick at the top and ah,ut
five hundred feet wide, or The wrlth
oi Tic nIur 1T The puint were the dam
crosses. There arc to be five sluccs
IN the dam. The wall of masonry is
ALREADY beginning to appear ON tho
Greenwood side of the river. Prob
ably fifty feet of the width has been
hu'lC and the edge of the river has ius,
ABOUT bccn reached. 1t lacked only n
icW lecl OF having the desired hciuht,
When the river is reached, Golfer dams
VIII have to be built in order 10 work
on the regular dam. The bed of the
river at the point where the dam is
located is composed of granite, and III
oroer 10 get footing Il sort of groove
or sunkcn ridge will have to be made
III order 10 give footing 10 The dam.
The canal which will carry the
water from the dam to the power house
Will be about three quarters Of a mile
long. It's depth and width will be of
sufficient dimensions to hold with
safety The volume of water which will
How through il. 1t will follow The
foothills along the river making n cir
cu'lous route. AT present it is about
one fourth completed. The cost of the
dam and canal will be in tho nc,yhbor-
nood OF one hundred thousand dollars.
Inc contractors have year to COM
llctc THIS JOB in, and Judging by their
present progress will make it. The
granite used in the construction of the
dam Is secured on The spot lust below
the dam on the Greenwood side OF tho
river. The work here is exceedingly
interesting. About one hundred niyn
arc cini'ioy ~ la This work OF uct,inu
ouI granite, making cement and laying
thc rock. There are two tremendous
dcrilcka which are used in handling
the rock, one at tho quarry and one to
place the pieces on the dam. Both
are controlled by steam engines made
cspcclally for that purpose. Still
announcer engine is used for running the
rock crusher. Just below the crushcr
~ large platform on which the cement
10 made. From this platform it is
toadcd on tram car and thon trans
ported to the derrick next TO the dam,
and the cars lifted up and unloadcd on
inc dam. The third engine also fur.
nl"hcs steam for the steam drill used
in the quarry.
Snyder, Oates 81 Co., have a com.
mlsSsary on the grounds, their Office
ana sleeping quarters for the bosses,
the men and also stables for the mules
and horses.