The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10
ALABAM|ANS GUESTS .OF ALABAMA POWER
 CONTAIN AT LOCK F
Mitchell Declares U. $. Only Civilized Country In the World Without Cyan
 amide Plant
ny HARRY NJ. AYERS

Anniston, May a.-(Special. )-That the
 United States is the only civilized country
 in the world without q plant for the man.
 uiacture of cyanamide by extracting nitro
 gen from the air to be used for agricul-
 tural purposes. was the statement made by R. A. Mitchell, an officer of the Ala
 bama Power company, in an address be- fore several score of visitors from Annis- ton, Talladega. Sylacauga and other places in the Anniston district, Friday afternoon,
 and Mir Mitchell was assured by other speakers present that his company will have the eainest cooperation of the peo- ple of Alabama in their efforts to harness the Coosa river for industrial, conner clal ana agricultural developments in the state
 The Alabama Power company has al ready spent millions of dollars at Lock F, and the work there of constructing n large plant for the generation of power for An niston. Gadsden. Talladega. Sylacauga, Birmingham and other intervening places is drawing near completion. For several days the company has been carrying ex- curson parties to the lock for the pur- poses of giving the people of the state an intelligent conception of what is really
 being accomplished. They have not yet begun to realize on their investment. and it Will be sometime before they can even make expenses. it was declared and while they are in the chrysalis stage they seek
 the sympathy of the people of the state according to Mir. Mitchell. who reviewed the plans, work and prospects of the com pany.
 Thomas E. <ilby of Anniston presided as the toastmaster at a barbecue dinner given by the company to it's guests. He introduced MT. Mitchell and number of l IL elect C. D. Kline, Representative-eleet D. c. Blackwell, M B. Wellborn, D. P. Hale, N. R. Hall and H. M. Ayers, who went from Anniston; Representative Darden of Coosa county and II. II. Bridges of Dade- vile
 ]. B. Holman of Boston, president of
 the Anniston Cordage company of this city spoke with enlightenment in regard to power development projects in his state. and all the other speakers assured Mir. Mitchell and his company of their sympathy with the conipany's project and their frendlness toward invested capi- tai in Alabama.
 The party left here early Friday morn ing and returned Friday night. visi. wa snade to the eompany's dam, the party going from Clanton to the lock in automobiles. very vivid picture was drawn for them of the loss to the state
  dam bill by President Taft and the frus- traitor in this way of the company's plans to build at Lock IS the syanamide
 plant which had been placed in Canada. In addition to having purchased many acres of land in the vicinity of the dam,
 the power company has spent thousands in the purchase of sand, cement. lum- Der and other materials needed not to mention what they have paid out in sal aries to the 2500 employees on the payroll to the railroads. etc. It is estimated that the total expenditure since the dam was begun two years ago will amount to Si2.- o00.0 .000. nearly all of which has beer turned loose in Alabama.
 The Alabama Power company does moi fight regulation, nor have it's officials any objection to reasonable conservation but. in the language of MT. Mitchell conservation means use,' and they are trying to utilize to the best possible ad- vantage the vast resources that they have found in this state. With but one of their enormous generators in operation.
 they are already supplying several cities
 in the state, and have bower enough to
 supply several other cities the size of
 Birmingham