The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-25
Ocampo Soon Ready

for two or three days, he said last night
and perhaps not so long.
Ocampo Soon Ready
Mr.. Mitchell said last night that the
work at Ocampo had progressed so far as
to warrant the statement that the Ala
bama Power company would be ready to
give power to the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company before the local
corporation is ready to distribute it, He
said next week very important part of
the work would be through, and that cur
rent would be ready for distribution dur
ing the latter part of next month. MI
Mitchell said that he understood that the
local company was getting in shape to dis
tribute the power, but that he could not
say how far that work had progressed
Mr.. Mitchell, who comes here every
three months, and who is In close touch
with developments here, said yesterday
that the conditions in this district We're
very bright that the outlook elsewhere
was getting better every month, but
money was not available in large quanti-
ties at this time for new construction. He
indicated that financial houses were adj
vising cautious expansion, if any, at this
time He said that it was to be deeply
regretted that the Alabama Power COM
pany, after it's strict campaign of busi-
ness in this state. should have been made
the subject of an attack by the governor
of Alabama. Mr.. Mitchell said that he
knew nothing of the governors claim
other than what he read in the papers.
Ready Before b. R., l.. & p. Co.
I'VE are practically ready for the de-
livery of power to Birmingham. and will
be actually ready, think. before the local
power company is in shape to deliver it.
said Mr. Mitchell yesterday. "Our engi-
neers believe that during the latter part
of next month we will turn current on
from Lock u, but the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company will not
be ready, l am told, to utilize the power
as early as that"
When he was asked il the contract for
power had been signed, Mr. Mitchell an
swered in the affirmative.
I'VE have some technical details to go
over and straighten out" said he. but
the general propositions have all been
agreed to-
In reference to the recent charges of
T. H. Friel of Birmingham that the Ala
bama Power company and the Birming-
ham Railway, Light and Power company
had formed monopoly to control electric
power here and when asked what the
conflict was, il any, Mr.. Mitchell said:
There is absolutely no conflict in our
rover developments and those of Mr.
Friel. l am told that he has power rights
and that he has the financial arrange
ments made to utilize the rights. Our
business Is being conducted separately
and apart from any possible claims or
rights of Mr.. Friel, and i cannot for the
life of me see how we can conflict. l
regret that our company should have
been placed in this attitude by Mr.. Friel.
IL there is an investigation by the fed
eral authorities / think that we will not
be seriously annoyed by the final find
ings"
Are Principal Partners
Il am very glad that Mr.. Welton is
making this trip said Mr.. Mitchell. 'It
may be said that he and Mr. Edgar are
the principal partners in the firm of Sper-
ling & Co. The money spent here has
amounted to great DEAL and they are
what has been done.'
Mr.. Mitchell said the company had no
new plans for the immediate future so
far as Birmingham and this district is
concerned. He said the company was in
in operation. and when that was accom-
II am very glad to see that Brming-
ham appears to be in such good shape
said Mr.. Mitchell. II arl confident that
even if business is dull In other localities
Birmingham will go on uninterrupted
The district here looks good. l can
scarcely comprehend that all this city
has been built during the recent years"
Mr.. Mitchell was In conference with the
local officials all yesterday. They were
going over the work that Mr.. Mitchell
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