Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-12-19
POSSIBILITIES FOR
ELECTRIC POWER
SpeCuIatiOnS on the Outcome
of Engineering Work Now
Going On in Cove.

The rains this week have delayed
the work Of the surveyors connected
with the project to locate a dam or Sc
rice of dams on Little Sequachee Riv-
er, in Little Sequachee Cove, for the
production of electric power. No au-
thentic information has as yet been
given out, and nearly all reports are
from observation of the movements of
the surveyors. The utmost secrecy is
being maintained by them in the mat.
ter, for some reason which is not evil
dent, us we understand that the com
pany which is to put in these dams Sc
cured options on the lands necessary
for site, or on lands which would be
affected by damming the river, before
they even so much as sent surveyors to
look the matter over
An engineer from the lock at Guild
is quoted as saying that this scheme
has been under consideration for five
years and that it is being pushed now
in an endeavor to get electric power
before that at the lock can be put on
the market. How true that is, we do
not know. 1t has been said that the
power will be used at South Pittsburg
for electric lights and electric car line
to Richard City and the Fair Grounds.
The electric light plant at South Pitts
burg was sold recently to a company
headed by Mr. Adams, of Chattanoo-
ga, so we understand, who conceived
this project of hydro electric station
in Little Seq uaehee Cove. The COM
pany is now installing 100 b. p. en-
gine at South Pittsburg to run its
light plant recently acquired. It is
certainly to be hoped that the line of
development will also come in this di-
rection
1t is said, also. that this same com
pany once contemplated damming Big
Sequachee River near Cedar mountain,
but the area of farm land that would
have been submerged thereby deferred
them from this plan.
it appears from the best possible in
formation, none of which is official,
that dam some 40 to perhaps rs feet
in height will be located somewhere
near the Dallas Dixon place, about
three miles from here. The length of
this dam might reach thousand feet
There are locations where dam of
much less length would be sufficient.
Another dam would also be built above
this to act as retainer for water in
time of low tide. As there are practi-
cally no sand beds in the cove, it is
said crusher would convert the sand
rock, which is very plentiful into
sand, aud of course limestone is plen-
tiful for concrete work The only ex-
pense for bauling would be the prob
lem Of getting cement to the scene,
outside of the proper machinery. AS
the road is very bad from here to Dix.
on's and above there, it perhaps would
be cheaper to build line of railroad
at once than to build road and pay
for the hauling 1t would take quite
a sum of money to build good road
up the cove suitable to handle heavy
drayage, and it would have to be
kept in repair constantly. An ar
rangement may perhaps. be made with
the Durham Coal & Iron Company,
who are proposing to build line of
railway through the cove to their coal
lands at head of it
Absolutely no definite information is
given us and tue above is only CLEANED
from various sources. 1t is thought
that the company behind it have no
definite plans as yet, and the surveys
are mostly to arrive at the cost of
building such dam. One thing is
certain, that if this dam is to be com
pleted before power from the plant at
Guild is available, there has got to be
some fast work done in the next six