Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-08
BIG TOWN is
SPRINCINC Up
Scenes Around Hale's Bar
Undergoing Transforma-
ton.
ALL SORTS OF HOUSES
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Accommodations For I, 900
Men and 400 Horses
Being Provided.
Chattanooga Times:


In less than sixty days town large
enough to accommodate thousand or
more persons has sprung up at the site
for the lock and dam at Hale's Bar
thirty five miles below this city on the
Tennessee river When the first outfit
of the Oliver Stewart Contracting Com
pany moved on the location less than
two months ago, there was nothing
but the mountainous country ON the
sides of the river.
Since then over 5000, 900 has been
spent in improvements, great major
ity of which went toward the con.
struction of quarters for the men who
are to build the largest power plant in
the south, and which it is expected
will revolutionize industrial develop
ment in this section.
Work has been completed on enough
houses to quarter 500 men, Work is
now being pushed on other houses
which will accommodate an equally
large number. In addition, several
large supply, houses have been finished
and everything is ready now for the
men who will do the work on the lock
and dam. There are now about 300
men employed at the site of the lock
and dam. About half of these are
workmen preparing quarters for the
laborers, while the other half are en-
ployed on the big project proper 1t
is estimated that this number will be
doubled in the next sixty days and by
the time that spring opens up it is
thought that thousand or more men
will be employed on the work.
The quarry where all the rock and
ballast for the work is being secured is
exactly opposite the site of the dam on
the left Between the end of the dam
and the river bend the locks will be
established, being 30x300 feet. The
distance reached by the dam will be
exactly 1, 200 feet The power house
will stand on line with the dam or
the right hand side of the river. II
will be 300 feet long and through il
will pass the water from the head bay
to the tail race.
Work on the excavations has already
begun in the tail race The excava
tions will be about 25 feet deep and
will extend for a long distance
Already about 65, 600 cubic yards O.
dirt have been removed. This is hardly
drop in the bucket to the i'm
mense amount which will yet have tt
be removed.
On the right hand side of the river
just back of the power house site tn
camp is located. The most imposing
building which has been completed i
the Hoffman house, which furnishe
) accommodations for seventy five men
: Close by it is tie engineers head
quarters with ten rooms, while on tn
other side is the Office of the com
l pany. Not far distant are two larg
supply houses and the commissary
S while 200 yards in the rear is smaI
stable.
On the other side of the powe
v house site there is in course of erectio
a dining room large enough to fee
about 200 men at time Two suppl
: houses are close by, and after thi
g comes large building for the negroes
t In the rear are the stables, which al
8 large enough to quarter about 400 hol
I ses. There are in addition to theS
t buildings several others in course
e erection and before another month hs
/ passed the town will assume almost cit
e like proportions.
J. Supplies for the work are coming
It rapidly now and the contractors are NJ
u suffering from lack of material.