The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-11-06
| Large ElEe1llc PLANT.
WILL BE BUILT SOON AT SPAR.
TANBURG.
Proposed Plant to be Largest Steam
i Electric Plant I'm tho South-SOme
Facts About the Enterprise.

Proposed Plant to be Largest Steam
Electric Plant I'm tho South-Some
Facts About the Enterprise.
Char lotte. ". c., Nov. 2.-Plans
and specifications for wha. will be
the largest steam electric plant In
the South. and one of the largest In
the country. ere now being prepared
In the Charlotte Offices OF the South
ern Power Company. OF this city.
The proposed plant viii be located In
the northern suburbs Of spartanburg,
3. c.. and will have an ultimate gene
rating capacity Of $4,000 horse pow
err The full installation will cost
about $4,000. 900.
It will be built In sections as need
Cd. actual construction commencing
ths latter part Of next year.
The Southern Power Company Is a
S1o.o0o.ooo corpo,ation. chartered un-
der the laws OF New Jersey. for the
psrposs' Of developing water powers
and marketing It's product In the
Piedmont section Of the Carolinas Il
now owns ten power sites along the
icatawba snd Broad rivers. all except
three being In south Carolina. Two
ef shsss. one at Catawba. near Rock
mL .. C.. the other at Great Falls.
near Fort Lawn. 8. e.. have already
beon developed. Two more are under
.construcsion st Rocky Greek. near
Psat Falls. ana ct The Ninety-Nine ISL
ands. near 0anney. 9. C.
Tue too power plants now In ope-
radon are supplying 10000 electrical
horsb power daily. and are capable OF
geaeratine $4,000 horss power. The
tws plants under construction viii
furnish approximately saess horse
power.
~ Ths eventual dsvslopmep. frpm the
ssnpany win have approximately
11e.eoe horse power OF hydro-elec-
trjetty available for consumption
nom thsss four plants now In use or
IA peocssR Of construction-
TAs vsntual development nom the
ten aites b variously estimated at
'frorn soo.oeo to iye.oss horse power.
1hia powr Win he transmitted to the
mill and manufacturing centers
throashPut Piedmont csroiina. from
Columbia. sumter. Nsvberry and
spartanburg, In south Carolins. to
Taylorsville, 9tatesviils. Salisbury and
Alberu,asis. In North Carolina with
in this territsry are located 500 cot
\ ton mills. which operate almost one
half of M asursuats number Of spin
dlss n me south. to say nothing Of
the hundreds % lumber and other
ktnds of manufacturins plants.
y The ssuthern Power Company
propose 70 sssl under contract its
sse.ess hosss power from January 1
- January 4, regardless of low water
or anything eire. In order to do this
IN anxilsary plant. having a capacity
equal 10 the difference between the
mailman and minimum power of
the strsams. b necessary. Such an
auxiliary steam plant the company
propcsss to bufid at spartanburg.
This plant win hardly run more than
four months in the year. although II
viii always be In readiness for SER
vice nj other times when needed.
This plant Will be equipped with
steam turbines OF 10000 horse power
EACH Prom eight to ten carloads OF
ccai win be required daily TO operate
II when pulling full load. the equip
ment will consist Of every modern
, and labor saving device known to SCI
snce. The site for the plant. which
embraces seven to eight acres. and
which lies about . mile north q Spar
tanburg. has already been purchased