The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11

ef the Montgomery Light ana wate, Power Company. The Citizens Agh, Company. hcwsver, suffered no incon. vsnience from the effects of the rain. fall
 General Manager R. J. Chambers of the Montgomery Light and Water Power Company stated to ss'repre. sentative of The Advertiser last nirh,
 that the direct cause of the interrup ton In the electric service of Tuesday afternoon and night was, the blowing down of . stretch of! the old trans mission line. eighteen miles from the city. Great dinculty was experienced In getting repair material on the ground of the break due to the swol. len and almost impossible condition oi .ue various branches and streams
 which cross the roads,
 Chambers lntervf~v~a.
 The accident occurred too late in .ne afternoon to allow us to do any snine before Wednesday morning" ;" said VT chambers. "but large force D>of workmen were put on the job, repair 'ng the break. at daylight"
 We regret exceedingly the incon- senience caused our patrons by this in corruption. though it was an occur. ience which we could not prevent.
 storm such as. the city has fust passed through is not liable. to erect the electric service of the city again. as the Montgomery Light and Water fower Company. in addition to inc immediate duplication of its transmls- : sioh nnes al. a. great expense, issnow arranging for two immense steam tur- oines. at the Montgomery plant.
 As soon as the break occurred, our s.eam plant was Immediately put into commission to It's utmost capacttv supplying as many circuits .. nnssth,s
 Development of electrical outnut since the building of our hvdrarI,c plant has far exceeded our ernects tioh. therefore 1t becomes nece...r, TOT us to build up the steam renerat, ng capacity. by installing the t,,r. DIhes' which. will be done as soon, n f. '". ..,,,,s ,nanuIacturers can turn them ont Wtn the completion of the new or asa,., line and the installation pany will be in position to on,sr ,.- pa.rons excellent, uninterrupted .sr' purposes" i'a"uiacturing
 water Subsidies,
 noon wednesday the water yb,ch covered several acres of fand .t thn tSot te oI North MoDonough Street near sne brewery. from the Lower wetumn. TIn,nn go the tracks leading into the supsided to large extent "Au
 II was seen that the culvar+ ,. Mnen the tracks of the> seaboard Ar .ne passed had broken under tha enormous pressure of the. water the nisht before. All about the niIiar. ns .ne structure was a mass of wreckoga ]. salnered from the negro houses and . ne city meadows on the lower U. .uInpka ,,, Road from the Cypress Swarm 1 rhe pridge bearing the rails of tha traction Company to Pickett .Snr,ng. was thought to be safe enough for tba passage or cars during today.
 streets all over the city were in pad condition from the wash of tha neavy rafn On unpaved streets ths ,ar railss< along which the streams of water ran. washed deep gulleys. ana the streets fuli of holes
 On South Hull Street, just be,ow rlndiay Avenue in the lowlands he. ,ond Befinser Heights, the water from ne Norman Bridge Road washed nroush the culvert under the asphalt. completely undermining q large DOT. !on or the clay and causing great racks In the pavement. A few of hese cracks were caused by the nrs. 'ious heavy rains. The cracks are however, not suniciently large as'to | ause any fear on the part of vehicles, s the street cars were running tbe ntire length of the C1overdaie line nu | f yesterday ms
 Hesidents In the neighborhood. had | heir yards flooded and chickens were | rowned. large portion of. the .fiIl. in | he front yards of the houses was | washed to q great extent, necessitatinr ew grading. -. .....