The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
PRESENT DAM WORK
| IS BUT SMALL PART
OF THAT TO COME
Freeman Says His Company
Plans to Build Eight
or Ten Plants
WILL MEAN MUCH
TO STATES FUTURE
Entire Programme Will Require From
Five to Ten Years-Agents Are
Continually Buying Up
Lands Needed

That Lock l. and Lock Is ON the Goosa
river are only two-tenths of the eonstruc-
tion programme and operations of the
English water power company in this
state was Indicated yesterday when W.
W. Freeman in an informal statement
said that his company contemplated the
construction of six or eight additional
dams.
Mr.. Freeman was unwilling TO go into
details in connection with the mammoth
plans of his associates, but simply volun-
teered the statement to show that the
English operations have been launched
upon a broad and comprehensive scale.
He indicated that the other work would
follow from time to time as the present
construction work is completed. lie says
five or 1c years would be required to com-
plete the entire work.
The other dams will be constructed on
possibly three other rivers in this state
Grants it 10 understood, have been Sc
cured for some of the work, while others
are to be secured,
Await Congressional Action
The company has plans now for the
completion of Lock IS provided congress
sional action gives the company the rights
wanted in that section. Moreover. it Is
progressive steps will not be interrupted
here that plans have been made for the
construction of one industrial plant alont
to consume all the power generated al
Lock IS.
In discussing the enlargement of his
coinpany's work here, Mr.. Freeman said
The work at Lock II and that to be
done at Lock Is, we hope, constitutes by
far the smallest item of our programme in
this state. While it would be premature
for me to go into details, | will say fol-
the information of the puolle that oui
company contemplates the construction OF
at least six, and perhaps eight, additional
water power plants. We now have mef
engaged in getting up our plans for thai
work. We are making tests from point
to point and getting all data that might
be desired SO when we complete Lock
Is or Lock 12 as the case may be, 1t Is
likely that our directors will say go ahead
with this job or that We are proceed
ing on broad programme, and will con-
tribute considerably to the progress OF
this state before the passing OF many
years. We have tests now being made al
eight places on many rivers in this state
Borings from those tests by diamond
drills are placed in boxes, so that we car
see at a glance what rock formations W,
WIN have to so up against at the proper
time.
Buying Up Lands
eat this time our company has real es
tate men who are continually buying III
lards that will be flooded by our opera
titns. A farmer living near our opera
tons often discerns that our operation:
eventually Will food his lands. He finds
elsewhere another farm that is desirable
ITc goes to our agents and tells them he /.
willing TO sell and we are ready to buy
At this time our companies have taker
over tremendous acreage on this basis
When the operations are going 1t car
be seen easily that large amount oi
land will be flooded
"While the work at Lock u and pro.
posed al Lock is Is now more particularly
before the public mind, you may rest as
sured we are going much further. Oi
course, this development may take five
years, or it may take 10 years. However
IL IS coming, and that very fast"