The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16
EMP ORIA
WMATER POWER

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or cotton seed oil-makins Is right
here. the raw material for peanut
factories and for the making OF ali
the by-products of the peanut is right
mere: the raw material for grain mills
is right here, and for various and
sundry other things. And then there
are good roads, as I have heretofore
SHOWN. over which this raw material
can be hauled right to the doors Of
the factories, and there are competing
lines of railway to take the products
of the factories to the markets of the
world. In the third place, labor for
the factories can be had here. and 1t
Is not tied UP by unions or any other
kinds of trouble
In the next place, the educational
and church facilities are superb, and
the skilled artisans and the expert
laborers required in any branch OF
manufacturing will find all of these
advantages for himself and his family,
and. with ample home comforts and
the best of social environment, he need
have no fear Of bringing his family to
Emporia. Finally, the health of the
town and surrounding country is all
that can be wished. The town is we'll
severed. and with the completion last
week of the new water works and the
superior $4,000 filter plant. the town
is now furnished 18th the very best of
pure and clear water. OF course, with
with all of these advantages, many Of
which arc really new to the town, En-
poria is bound to grow, and my Dredic-
ton above is like to come true.
Pure Water, and How 1t Came.
This altering plant have Just men,
toned, which Is new in this imme-
date section, is something worthy Of
special notice. It has long been the
opinion among people who ought to
have known better that all drinking
water in the low country. that IS, this
Eastern section Of Virginia, is bad, 'bnd
that therefore costly artesian Wells
We're necessary to get healthful
drinking fluid. Emporia, which tried
the artesian wells. has proven tnat
such is not the case. The powers that
be made a study OF the matter, and
they found that the American rapid
sand filtration process, II properly IN
stalled could make the waters OF tho
turbid Meherrin as pure and as clear
and as sparkliug as that which hows
from the sides Of the mountains.
The Roberts Filter Manufacturing
Company. of Philadelphia. cotitrSl IN
all Of this section the filtration process
above mentioned, and Emporia dealt
with that wellknown concern. the
plant was put in by the Roberts Piltef
Manufacturing Company by plans and
specifications Of G. p. u. Burgwyn,
civil engineer. and a test mace the
past week shows that the work IS
complete and that the plant, which
cost only 100000, will take from the
river and filter GOO, 900 gallons OF water
per day of twenty-four hours This
process deprives the water OF all bac-
terra. makes 1t perfectly pure, ana de-
livers 1t in the reservoir IN crystal
shape. perfectly clear and sparkling
Results of Big Undertaking..
It was in the Industrial Section or
September IS that told about the
Wonderful Undertaking OF the Emporla
the completion of the big work OF
harnessing the power in the Meherrin
River and In that article said: "Em-
poria is already q manufacturing town
being filled with cotton mills, wood
Working plants Of various kinds, saw
mills, box factories, veneer factories
Kes and barrel and basket factorfes'
grain mills and numerous smaller rae.
tories and shops. Heretofore all OF
these have been run by steam power,
and the many smokestacks emitted
smoke and SCOT that sometimes gave
the town much of Plttsburg appear
ance All Of this is now changed, as
all of these busy plants Will oe run
by electric power generated from the
completed water power"
Since then several OF the largest
factories have hooked on to the cleo
trio wires of the new, cheaper and IN,
every way more desirable electric
power Others will follow as soon as
they can install the new machinery.
The Cotton Working Industry,
In addition, the. corporation mas
signed up contracts with a big peanut
company that Is already engaged IN
building a factory ia be completed IN
time to handle the crop Of this year,