Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25

led the authorities to believe he was
suffering from Authorizations. DR..
Moore insists that he is sane, and ne
has written several letters to Mr.. Ma
son, demanding his instant release, but
the examining experts, including DR..
j. w. Babcock, superintendent Of the
State Insane asylum at Columbia, S.
c., who knows DR.. Moore, are all
agreed that he is suffering from violent
delusions Of sight and hearing and that
1t would not be safe to liberate him.
The French authorities refuse to liber-
ate him until some relative or friend
will sign a bond for his personal safe
ty and conduct him from France. Mr.
Mason has no appropriation for such
course, and no authority to act, and
consequently he has submitted the
, matter to DR.. Moore's relatives in
South Carolina"
Big Power Company Contracts.
Charlotte Observer: August "a: The
Southern Power company is making
| the most of market conditions by con-
| tracing with the various manufac-
turing concerns for material for fu-
ture use in construction work. An
order has just been given the Milliken
Brothers Of New York for a big lot Of
steel transmission towers, similar in
all respects to the ones now in use
about Charlotte, Rock Hill and Great
Falls. S. c.. When the company takes
the 1000 towers ordered, it will have
sufficiency Of poles for 200 miles Of
| line, the towers on the average being
| placed about $50 feet apart. In or
| der that a little idea Of the amount
involved may be had, and as indica-
| tive of the bigness of the company
and the wide scope Of its operations,
| 1t may be stated that this one order
when filled will represent an outlay of
| $250,000 alone. The first batch Of
| these steel transmission towers will
| be received in a very short time and
will be used in the stringing of the
| line from Great Falls to Chester, S.
| G. This will be a 100000 volt line,
equipped with all the latest safeguard
| ing devices and as near perfect in
construction as line Of the kind can
be made. One of the largest contracts
| for electrical machinery for a cotton
mill ever given in the south will be
that awarded tomorrow in Charlotte
| by the engineers Of the Southern Pow
| er company. The bids will be handed
| in today and the specifications gone
over with and the official notice Of
the award will be posted tomorrow.
| The contract calls for about 100000
worth OF machinery. connection
will be made with the lines Of the
Southern Power company as soon as
| the necessary electrical equipment
can be installed. This Loray contract
is being sought after assiduously by
a number Of the large machinery
manufacturing concerns. Messrs. j.
A. Pizzini, sales manager for the Wes-
tern Electric company, and w. L.
Stockton, Of the Chicago office of the
same concern, are both here on the
contract. as are also a number of 9TH
er prominent manufacturers and deal
ers in electrical supplies. Other COM
peting firms are the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing company,
the General Electric company, the
| Crocker Wheeler company and Fair
banks. Morse and Company. The fact
that mill Of the capacity of the Lo-
ray, backed by such experienced and
keen business men as operate this
plant, has decided to convert from
steam to the electrical drive, is an ar
gument that speaks volumes for the
new current, Of which there is such
an abundance, present and prospec-
! tive, in this immediate vicinity.