The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
TO DEVELOP POWER
nsrTIIoNs BEING EXPENDED FOH
 HARVESTING WATERS.
nso....- conatruetion work In Deveh- ODment of Energy of saSannah Riyer. Causes COnsotidataon Ol
 Three Big Companies.

Baltimore. Jan. 1S--(Special)- )-Ap- nroximately $4,500,00O for constructloh work is involved in initial deyeiop. ment of water powers in the oaFa,dran oilr,' River by sed consolida'fhhi ,n this oi weeks issue of The Manufacturers Kecoru' "hi'A' on that point, says: mil, inelude
 This construction Work VIII ihoiuue eS the building of dams and power houses' machinery and equipment ana trahs11 mission lines, and the expenditures VIII be divided as follows; o. ~rharo,,oe rals Grsessss ssssssSFai: seSaiiS s'::s5SSjO :S5SSjO; Calhoun Fails. a s;.50O, oO6. and Hatton,s ,,S Shoals, Is. seoo o00 These four powers will pc developed at present for about Eoa5 5S,UsS horse horse power, lnc1uding Falls Ss-Oup sooo nof at PGwsr at s0oais GslA0ua sOdco Esi'I; at cksTOkse EaIis and 10000 at Hatton's Shoais: The surveys indicate posloItles ot from 1o9.0o9 to ,9; a59;ooO herso sn oconstructed that additional units can De aaasu far ae any time, according to the demand ioI power which will be supplied t0 coteoI, south Carolina and portion Of Gsot
 gia, the transmission line in complete circuit covering about 200 miles.
 ar house at Greeg's Shoals, are nearly eompleted, all machinery Hnd equip ment have been purchased. transmits sion lines and construction ana power T, tbs be 1sat SstvsEfa sSifty saty dss P days mediately following this, work on the Cherokee Falls dam, twenty-hve lee, high, and power house VIII pc s.anser sineer who has made complete surveys ahn plans for the development at Hattons ' Shoals, where the dam dan VII ,,n6iysr1 nave 1 surveys and plans for the power house and seventy live foot dam at Calhoun Falls have been made The entire ae. velopment covers distance or anous !;,'es on Anderson and Abbeville Counties, South Carolina, and Hart ana EloeTt Counties, Georgia. The Hatton's Shoals loo River a branch of the Savannah River while thirty-five miles below are the Greeg's Shoals and Cherokee Falls developments, and about three mllSs farther down the Calhoun Falls deveI-
 The dams will all be of cyclopean concrete construction and the power houses of steel concrete. Materials for construction are abundant and close to the sites of the power plants, while the bed and banks of the river are Of solid rock giving excellent toundanons nd aoS1as houses. m Wafer wheels and electrical generators will be installed of sutti- cient capacity to supply immediate de- mSnds for power, but the power houses will be SO constructed that additional units can be installed at any time. All of the power houses will be connected by transmission lines, so that in case of accident at any power house, the other plants can temporarily carry the load, thus insuring uninterrupted ser vice which is extremely important to the users of power"
 Discussing the movement oil bread stuff's for export as a gauge of the trend of things in American commerce, The Manufacturer's Record says:
 The figures for Ihe calendar year just ended point to the steady growth of southern ports in this respect. Dur ing 1906 breadstuffs to the value of $LSO,462,232 were exported from twent y--three of the principal customs dis. tricts of the country, an increase oI sS4.$54,349 over 1905. Comparison of the situation in the two years at six Southern ports is made in the follow ing table; .
 Districts lgO0 19Oo: Baltimore. ..$17,503,912 S242SS,349 Newport News ., 6,72l,095 S,97S,lSO Norfolk and Ports Galveston .,.. 7,9S5,S06 l6,344,9lS Mobile .. .. 3,034.9s7 2,I04,004 New Orleans e. 13,959.312 lS,906,6I1
 Total .. $5O,oAs.976 s73,92S,2S2
 Ali districts $146,iO7ss3 $1S0, 4s2332
 The incerase at the six Southern ports was from $5O,046,976 to S73,92S,- 2s2, or S2S,SS1,SO6, equal to 47,7 per