The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-09-29

t ii Said SHAT the aaNer F64
sr Company of Asheyille, IL ready
to come into Hendefsonvile. if
satisfactory arrangements may
be made with those interested
here.
Should the company decide to
carry out their tentative plans
and come here, they would, with.
out any donbt, find q generous
support awaiting them.
Just what the conditions Of
their proposal are is not known,
as the matter has only been talk
ed over, quite informally, by a
and certain business men Of Hen
Jacksonville.
1t is kne~n, however. that they
are ready to bring their current
to the city limits.
Possibly from that point it
would have to be handled by a
representative of the company
local company, and it is said that
such a company may be formed
here.
1t is also rumored that there
lis a project on foot for the town
of Hendersonville to issue bonds,
by a vote of the people, and build
their own electric light and pow
er plant, utilizing the current
from the Weaver lines.
In this connection it will be Of
interest to note that the Hender-
sonviIe Light and Power Com
pany have closed a contract with
the Alhs-C Chalmers company, for
an entire new equipment.
The company's power house on
Big Hungry, recently swept away
by the foods, will be rebuilt at
once. The contract closed yes
terday with the Allis-C Chalmers
people call for the delivery Of all
the new equipment by December
first, so that the new power plant
vii lbe in operation by Christmas.
This plant will delivere at the
substation $50 horse power, far
more than the town has ever
used, and probaly enough to sup
ply the needs of this growing
community for several years to
come.
In addition to this negotiations
are now beng conducted for the
installation at the substation, of
turbo-generator sets, to4rbe op-
Grated by steam, with a total ca
pacity of 400 horse power.
1t is extremely probable that
the new steam plant will be in OPP
Grafton a month earlier than the
new water power plant, some time
during November.
The contracts already closed
call for the very highest class of
electrical equipment. 1t is the
company's intention to give the
people of Hendersonville an alb
solutely f~rst-class electric light
and power plant, second, it is
said, to none, in quality. In the
South.
So this is the interesting con-
dition of lighting affairs In Hen
Jacksonville at the present time:
The Weaver people r ready to
deliver current to the corpora
ton limits.
It is said there is sufficient local
capital is ready to take up the
rather large burden of distribute
ing this current to the consumers,
although it Is not known that they
have gone for enough into the
proposition to realize just what
sized contract they may have on
their shoulders.
If the voters of the town say
the word, it is entirely possible
the city may 60 into the business
itself, and own and operate a
municipal lighting plant just as
it does the water works.
And on top Of all this the Hen
Jacksonville Light and Power Co.,
has closed the contracts for a
complete high grade electrical
equipment with the idea Of Civ
ing the town a service as good
as any in the South.
AL this is interesting-for, far
more than the Improvement in the
electric light service it presages,
it indicates the growth Of the
finest town in the Southern states
and that's Hendersonville.
Democratic State Chairman