Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-18

thirty rooms which was constructed for
hotel. The building has all modern
conveniences and would do credit to
large town. Just above the hotel are
two modern cottages Of six rooms each
which were erected for the accommoda-
ton Of the engineers in charge Of the
work The store house and machine
shops for the men in charge are built
of the very best material and shows
that the company spared no expense
In providing for the comfort Of its en-
ployes.
Mr.. ]. G. Scott of Petersburg, Va,
Is on the ground now as resident en-
gineer, and people are coming in every
day for the purpose Of getting employ
ment on the work. Active operations
on a large scale will commence in a
few days, and Mr.. Scott says that all
arrangements have been made to push
the work to a speedy completion. Mr..
B. H. Hardaway Of Columbus, Ga, who
Is one Of the largest and most reliable
contractors in the south, will complete
the work, and this Of itself Is enough
TO insure that the work will be COM
pleted in a satisfactory manner. Mr..
Scott says that the dam will be one
thousand thousand feet in length, and
eighty five feet in height. The COM
pany proposes to develop about twenty
thousand horsepower at this plant, and
this will give the Southern Power COM
pany about one hundred and twelve
thousand horsepower on the Broad and
Catawba rivers. From eight hundred
TO one thousand hands will be employ
ed in this work and all through the
winter the hundreds Of people In this
vicinity who would otherwise have
nothing to do, may find employment at
the works 1t Is said that the compile
ton Of the work at this place will cost
the Southern Power company more
than six hundred thousand dollars and
if this is fact, the work here will
have cost, when finished, considerably
more than million as the preliminary
work, including the railroad to Kings
Creek station, must have cost in the
neighborhood Of half a million dollars.
The Southern Power company hereto
fore has pursued the policy Of con-
structing it's own plants; but the de-
mand for power has become so insist
ent, since the development Of its other
plants, that the company decided to let
this contract to an outside party In or
der to ensure its completion at the ear
liest possible moment.
The Ninety Nine Islands, so called
for the reason that they are situated
just ninety mine miles from Columbia,
are ten miles east Of Gaffney, and are
reached by q good road which runs
through a good farming section. fer
ry Is maintained by the county Of Cher
okee by which the river may be cross
ed within a half mile Of the works,
which are on the opposite side from
Gaffney. All the buildings are on the
side Of the river next to Kings Creek
station, the terminus Of the company's
line of track The people who live In
the neighborhood Of the works express
ed themselves as being much gratified
that the work will be resumed for the
reason that it will give them a good
market for farm products. The Sec
ton Of country Immediately around the
Ninety Mines, as they used to be called,
was a few years ago very rough. It
was the home Of the moonshiner; here
he distilled the juice Of the corn and
of the apple and peach, and among the
Businesses Of the everlasting hills he
was almost immune from molestation
by the minions Of the law. While ru-
NOR says that few Of the more dar-
ing ones still continue to defy Uncle
Sam and the state of South Carolina,
conditions have vastly improved with.
In the last few years in this neighbo'-
hood and soon the song Of the moon
sinner will be heard no more In the
land.-Gaffney correspondence Spar
tanburg Herald.