The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

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a great IuRr - ..s..
fifteen or more l.
mare lawyer sd.
AcnCe a. New
Dillon Brown. ~ E.
Interested tu Ga
was not ANTI Cant
secured the COO.
! whitney and ur
CieTS that the G,.a
power Vas assured
February. 1898. Wf..
available L. ,lIr.
which capt Hum.....
work was actually l..
day there has been s.
week the great dana. :
itself cos+ "A fortune
u Is 800 feet lsuE. -
Is so constructed m 20.
water under uuF asl .r
or first Interest. nos. H..
canal. which o. o. ,tt.r.
dam TO tho NslrrpRa
4l-2 miles u does f..
river. fpr such 10 errlr..
involved tho Touetuitlrr NJ
and high hilis and r..H.t
dertaking immeu4y r.- .f
Leaving the dam 30 divers. t.
and every ruVtuC and ...t.
found was apprGprlatH .n Ha
est or economy six mtlM
employed and they lrr u.r.
with n vengeance, Tnl.
tenth OF the stoam ahu.,.
on the Panama Canal trf
"a rn araffHFN.w LarRs ALLL..
cubic yards OF dir f.. m
shovcls-to be exact. A. r
much.
incidentally. this i4 % Gaa
ton OF government oWH.-s... 49,.
in all essentials the Parumar
sition representa- and ra,
system.
At no point viii thls c.1sl
depth of less than rs Geo,
greatest depth Will De- So feet
rtcs, OF course. In width. tls rr~~
ton OF power being u}l the vs.
first consideration I'm tns -
length OF the canal thery u.s. s
of but 129 feet. 80 R-ti4a- a.
be noticeable.
With the completion ~ ,fe Il.
lIit ItNI III eHA@N-
Mr. T. A. Gillespie. o. tle Fa
firm OF Gillespie K Co. na1 t-,z y
sonaliy on the ground since PIE
began and Will Eco IL finished i
Is equivalent to sayiuF ttg'
available moment viii bee la~
Work IL to begin soon 0n ,t y-
house at the Narrova mad "f
Struction OF the line by Wr-
power is to be t~rstnEmF.rt r
started in ample time ~ a.
in delivery.
Tho Cost
To the mind o. such n -
seen the resurs already r
listened to AN cXplanatl1l NJ
the Significance or the
can best be impressed hE th
The payroll lar
$l15. 900. an outlay for ltuo-
the rate OF &I.3S0,0G0 auaulF
remembered that tho WORK H
in progress more than two -
a half. More than half Of thE
has been distributed IN piuse
here. What has been a.l
ed for material Is purely
except to the financial r.pr
or the company at Wh.'gr l
officers. The COMPANY .a
Whitney are among thr |uf
South anC they hav. supplied y
granite used. thouElf.ls .g'a
sands OF cars II is fair, o.ra
ever. that the cNu.uaa
volved exceeds three wI''."a
and when the plant Be- "1r1
Will pro bably rcpToscu' "a. '.ff
anywhere from four '' ''
lions.
The railroad from the dam
power house. a n~atJr#. .#. .'
1000 acres: the cIn rrr "
Ing UP Of 4 town 't..r.t
acres which has already H
scycd; the prcpdrlt.a- rf .
IN the river for wcrg'-F.
a half hundret si..
yoiving big expcnge mr..
items.
It's SieuiG,zui.r.
The importauc. of '."
Of this power 10 8 '...t
other towns and cities b. '.'
within reach OF the .r.
Overestiuated. Orlr
prominent New E-rlarf
-urer observed that ".'I ~.
1Owcr available
should be tho mos
OF the South, as 4" prov.
It's Significance can L .H
appreciated. when j. Boz "A
he cost or power VIII PEI.
}5 TO As per cert t
very UucE ".'
of most
'actorias. As i~ll.s're'-.'
his matter OF crca,"
.his city, three manu-"
Of amule capita.
caring II come g. 1873
Ls the whitney power
Is there any lkeL'n0..
exhausted b. '"'
answer - ttlr g-
he key to the W.tI'...
veil nigh unlirni'sG r1
developers ~
United to come par
~ productive capar...
Company Is not 2
ions could be located
be estimated ec--
ant points.
Creature comfort 1
t Whitney. Tn
Is situated on al j
'Oking the rive ana
arabic with any
tidge offers a.
nd Injuries ava.
he genial a. G.
'een a trusted as..