Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-05-11
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT co.

One of the Two Great Electric Power
Companies in North Carolina-What
They Are To Do For the Develop
ment of the State.
An article in the Manufacturers
Record of recent date says that
North Carolina is leading all the
South in electrical development, and
that this section Of the country will
most probably make more progress
in the next few years than New Eng
land has made in 25 years.
The finger OF prophecy points
South today it has never pointed
before. Fifty years ago it was "Go
West, young man." but today 'Go
South" is the utterance of those
whose ears, close to the ground,
have caught the first vibrations Of
that which is to be.
No part of the South is more prom
ising OF great things than North
Carolina. With untold and unlimit-
ed possibilities in it's climate, soil
and water-power, it is today attract
ing the attention of the thinking
world as it looks Southward.
To develop North Carolina, to
open it up and thereby draw it to-
gether, and to draw from its mighty
falls the resident force to turn the
wheels, and to give light to the in
dustries that are, and to many more
that are to come, there are two great
companies at work today with men,
machinery. and all the modern de-
vices for dispatching the work and
bringing it to completion.
The Piedmont Northern Railway
Company, as the great electric rail-
Way headed by Mr.. J. B. Duke will
finally be known, has an important
field in central North Carolna-and
South Carolina-planned by engi-
neers foremost in their profession as
one of the most modern electric rail
ways ever built. 1t will, when COM
pleted, be able to handle passenger
business equal to and possibly greater
than competing lines, and freight
from 80 to 60 ears on 81 train. The
eff CT such an interurban railway
will have upon the State can scarce
ly be imagined.
The great electric company and
the great Carolina Power and Light
Company, whose field is eastern
North Carolina, and whose COM
paniOn company, the North State
Hydro Electric Company, obtained
its franchise in Henderson April 25th,
and bought the interests OF the Hen
derson Lighting and Power Compa
ny Wednesday of last week, are con-
fused in some minds.
From the Daily Bulletin of the
Manufacturers Record of April 18th
the following is quoted: The 1ad-
kin River Power Company, Charles
+. Johnson, president, Raleigh, n.
c., has taken over the Rockingham
Power Company and will complete
construction of water-pOwere electric
al plant, developing 10000 horse
power for transmission of electricity.
The new company is capitalized at
100000 and has arranged for
$15, 100000 bond issue; surveys
now being made for transmission
lines from Rockingham to Raleigh
Raleigh to Durham, Raleigh to Hen
derson, Goldsboro, Fayetteville and
other cities; it will erect a transfor-
mer station at Raleigh"
The Yadkin River Power Company
is a subsidiary company of the Car
olina Power and Light Company
which is increasing it's capital stock
from So, ,25O,OOO to $7,5O0,OOO.
This company will draw its power
from Blewett Falls on the Yadkin.
100000, or about that, was ex-
pended by the old company, the
Rockingham Power Company, and
taking up where it left off. all posi-
BILE effort is being put forth to bring
the plant to completion.
For several years the Carolina
Power and Light Company has re-
ceived it's water power from Buck
horn Falls on the Cape Fear, 26
miles south from Raleigh, the seat of
operation when the Blewett Line,
100 miles south from Raleigh, is con-
structed. Work at both ends of the
line is underway. and it will connect
with that from Buckhorn Falls.
Raleigh, the transformer station,
will also be the distributing point,
and to this end large commodious
building will be erected just out of
Raleigh.
A large area OF the State will COW
cred with a net work of these lines,
reaching down into South Carolina
near enough for the future develop
ment OF McColl and Dillon. And
wherever there is sufficient induce
ment this company will carry its
splendid power, over $4,000 horse
power in all, Blewett Falls furnish
ing 10000, Buckhorn Falls $500
and the steam plant at Raleigh g.
500. These two falls are the most
eartern in the State. Mr.. Charles E.
Johnson is president of the company
and Mr.. II. Fl. Carr, vice-president
and general manager.
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