The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-11

Ifthe scheme of the Rocking
ham Power Co. to link Dillon with
its plant by big electric cable is
carried out the future of the town
is assured. There are poSsibili-
ties in the. scheme that the most
optomistic dreamer has never
dreamed of. 1t would mean the
transformation of thriving, sub
stantial little commercial city into
an industrial centre of no small
magnitude. 1t would open the
way for trolley line connecting
Dillon with Latta, Marion, Ha-
mer and Rowland. It would
mean the establishment of hun
drcds of small industries employ
ing hundreds of men, converting
raw material into t h finished
product. 1t would lay right here
the foundation for city of sever.
al thousand inhabitants,
These are not idle. predictions,
neither does it eXaggerate the pos
sibilitieS of such an enterprise.
The matter is not yet in tangible
shape, but the details are being
worked out by business men rep
rescnting the Rockingham Power
Co. on one hand, and business
men representing the interests
of Dillon on the other. 1t may
or it may not amount TO moro
than a lot Of figuring and calcu-
lating and talking, but so far the
chances are that it will.
Mr.. w. M. Browne, represent
ing the big power company,
spent Friday and part of Saturday
in town. Mr.. Browne is one of
the promoting agents of the COM
pany and when questioned by a
representative of The Herald as to
the possibility of h i s company
transmitting current to Dillon,
his answer was that the company
wanted to come here and the OBJ
ject of his visit to Dillon was to
see the town and talk with some
o its citizens. H { was we'll
pleased with Dillon and it's people
and just before his departure he
said there was no reason why Dill
lon should no get all the current
it wanted for power and lighting
purposes.
Should the cable be run into Dill
lon it would mean a 24-hour cur
rent, that is any time you wanted
to use electricity for cooking, iron
ing heating or for power purposes
all you would have to do would be
to turn button and the electric
ity would d o the rest. Every
sewing machine in town could be
driven by electricity and every en-
terprise whether large or small
could use it in driving machinery.
Its conveniences are manifold but
particularly does it appeal to the
man who builds the fires every
morning. Just imagine what a
luxury life would be if you could
turn over in cozy bed of a cold
morning, press button and heat
the room.
1t is costing a mint of money to
develop this great power COM
pany at Rockingham and had it
not been for the stringency of the
money market the plant would
have been in operation many
months ago, But the work has
been greatly delayed by lack of
funds and it will be several
months yet before the current is
turned on. 1t is a stupenduous
undertaking and already a million
and a half dollars have. been ex-
pended in constructing the, DAM,
When completed the plant will be
capable of transmitting current to
Wilmington, IT'S miles distant. A
contract has already been closed
with the city of Wilmington and
the street railway company for
current for power and lighting
purposes. Mr.. Browne will prob
ably make another visit to Dillon
in the near future when The Her
AIDS readers will hear something
more definite about this under
taking which means so much to
Dillon and the section traversed by
the electric cable.