The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20

site. "Nt"tH
III North Carolina the collection If
power from the various sources ali
ostr the state. and the
Il Is al over State enables he
ah-aethFfr 20 locate his plant
wherever convenience Of rrat.r.g
ap or desl.abie land, availability
= iabor, health. railroad facflttfes -
dHSthlng else may suggest instead
: t!4hI MP capital in Il CITY whore
anu Is worth ten thousand dollar an
d'it. the mlIl may locate al a mil
,'1d siding where ten thousand dof-
go Wiz buy a thousand acres ard
I"oh1 Tor factory. for homes. for
az ~ - - an the growing needs
u 'ht mill and for any purpose
Stlll figuring on the aexihilirv ~
>'H power IS the need fer chans-
ing units Of force. Supncsa -,
'"i's OUT VITA a power eouinmepr ~
~ hundred horse power. II rus.
ihStaiiS a steam plant. provide \
nn dua engine capable OF develnn-
III. q e1Itlency. In evenLsome dav
800 "ould IKE To carry an oyer
if ;s w" hundred horse power.
= = opped by the limit OF it's .on5n
niellI with electric power il n,araf,.
.alh" VA "hat 1t needed and ioyfunv
SoeS ahead- Or. if it wants hnt 80.
Morse power for a BRIEF jntar,ai !,
shuts on it does NOT want 80
800 Is an advantage over a staam
TT "hich runs wasteful!y to de-
power. SCI loF Dag
~" Limit to Available Power
After asking the mha.
OF the night. it was naturaI 80 "a
lact OF his answers To ask him hnn,
iIiuch power could be exnertad So
me water falls of the State III
ai7"el was that we can look for all
w need For ordinary figuring i ;e
no say there is no limit. that is
we can make figures on
ms Is the way tho Southern Power
pdhs Is working. 1t tells pros
,hor' patrohs To come and get what
tney want. AS the -
nVaeeS 'ne company builds new dams
ana increases its supply of bower II
- exactly like any other producino
:oHceih. IL works ahead. and keens
III advance Of the demand all tba
- - mas an eye on the place for
Wv uahhs Tar into the future. 1t
tloposts TO take care Of all corners
~ 'eiiihs power is its business. II
ooeS not lay down a scheme IN do
Velop any certain number of tho,1
sanue VI morse power and then con
ciuoe that its task is done IT &c
supplying whatever of power is need
co. and will continue to ENLARGE tha
power null as fast as the product is
.dheh. 1t stands in the same relation
~ me that the farmer does
IL the power, the farmer cnn-
Pile the cotton, and there ara t ~
81 the factors in cloth-makine cared
Ior. Both will move ahead iust ~
TIE demand shall determine.
- - not a clrcumscribed wave OF
that is ahead of North
IaroIna, but one that will RESPOND
~ al demands for an indefinite
When [ asked the what
he expected of the towns of the S,ata
he laughed. Then he told me ia take
d look at Charlotte, at Greensboro
at Raleigh, Winston, Durham ana
me others that have started on the
lohg race. Warning him that some
Peopie can me an optimist. [ told
MN mad encouraged some of the
eo"iis OF the state to put their figures
at a undred thousand or more peo-
PIE before long. n asked him how
near L would be safe. His answer
was perfectly safe, and why not
look at some places in other States
that have not such ADVANTAGES. WHY
not all you lave intimated?"
Ana remember that the Waterman
- q man II lOuCI with Wh3t is do
ing, with what is planned. and with
what the people who are at the head
or thlnSs all over the world are figur-
ing on.
Electricity Much Used.
CONSIDER he said. that in every
little town you begin to see electric |
lights. a you mention any other
section where electricity is so gener-
ally distributed? Think of the value |
that the power line gives to a mans
farm Take a farm on the railroad
miles from a town, where a power
line crosses the railroad. That farm
IS located just the same as if it butted
against a developed waterfall with
forty thousand horse power. for 2
factory built at that railroad crossing
could turn on the power the day the
machines were set. That farm has q
much enhanced value because of the
location of the power line.
consider again that if enough
nelghbors are convenient TO warrant
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