The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

| that will accommodate the largest
| vessels known TO commerce.
The highway bridge has been COM
pleted, and it has been named the
Bishop Bridge" in honor o: Carter II.
| Bishop. who may l;e ;t>il to be the
hero of the dive sion scheme. The
railway bridge on tho Atlantic Coast
| Line. the superstructure of which is
all steel. With concrete piers and abut
! ments, will be finished In month, the
material being on the ground. The
i diversion canal is completed from the
i Atlantic Coast Line cmbankments to
1.-THE lower end. The upper end will
i be finished in few weeks. Work-
men say the dam will be finished in n
] month, and that will complete the
/ entire project. Petersburg Will then
| have twelve feet of&water. and an adj
/ ditional appropriation from Con gress,
which has already been voted. will
give sixteen feet, and there is no
doubt that the next Congress will
make an appropriation to increase this
\ to eighteen feet, and this will be still
further increased when the govern
mcnt sees fit to deepen the water on
Harrison Bar IN the James River.
4 However, eighteen feet will accommo-
date coastwlsc trade. and that is all
that Petersburg wants with the Apo
nattox River IT the government
gives deeper water at Richmond OF
City Point, Petersburg will, Of course
get the advantage of it.
. Mighty Water Power.
III The other great project referred Il
is owned and controlled by Mr.. Franl
Jay Could, Of New York on which h,
has spent nearly q million dollars, an,
which is scarcely second in importance
!. to tho diversion scheme In It's rela
ton to tho future or Petersburg. Wit
: a quick and clear apprehension OF 1t
/. possibilities. Mr.. Gould has possessc,
= himself of the superb and unsurpassed
! wntcr-power of tho Upper Appomatto
: river and has employed the best eli
4 ginecring talent Of the country /
!. storing it SO as TO make it aYailabl
. in the production OF electricity 70
power of cycry description. 1t is est!
a mated that Mr.. Gould will be able t
!. supply from this source power at
reasonable rate sufficient TO more tina
. meet all the manufacturing require
mcnts Of Petersburg, Richmond, MOI
folk. and ncghboring cities and town
Mr. Gouid's purchase Of the Appc
lnattoN River water-powcr was a gref
) thing for Petersburg. The big dam 0
the AppomattoN, five miles above I'll
city, Is seventy feet high and the wa
1t ter-power being developed is nftce
thousand horse, Which viii give powe
for manufacturing interests worl
without end, for this wate--powc
+, brought to electric power, VIII be emo
nous. The water comes from Il da
4 iive miles by u canal with Il scvent,
- foot fall, and this gives tie fiftec
~, thousand horse power at the locks an
/, at the dam, The machinery and ever,
Il thing necessary for the deyclopmel
ne o. this power has been purchased. m
everything Is ready to completes ii
ne development, When II Is compct,
o. Petersburg wfla be open WITH chez
power to all sorts OF manufacturing
1t, interests. This. undoubtedly will
" The power to move all the cars Of Il
L. Virginia Passenger and Power Cor
cy pany on all Of it's liues Indeed {
future for manufacturing Is great
ire Manufacturing Centre Now.
-. But Petersburg ~ already q man
nj featuring centre. The most importn
IAN lines are those Of tobacco. cotton n
3 peanuts with many others foliowi
close IN point of magnitude anh ynlt
a., Petersburg 10 one OF the Oldest tobuC
be markets IN the state beginning
;. history ns such IN the Colonial da
re. The section contiguous. embracing
are counties OF Dinwiddle, RrunsI
yol, Amelia, LunenburE, Prince lsdwa
yell Charlotte MeaklenhurG etc IS lamt
yoG for the quality and flavor OF It's
eise bacco and for export purposes 1t
~ very superior IT has the largest
tie l,crt tobacco manufacturers IN
fer United States, producing 5000,
free pounds (paluad NJ siTo0,0D0l of
and total 100000 pounds OF plug toba
NH ,ai,i exported from the United Sta
lgh, There are also several large factor
devoted exclusively TO tho manuf
day ture of tobacco for the aomestie tr,
u 4 ahe capacity or the warehouses; %
hail city Is about 1000 llogshcuds
w the total number OF persons emplo