The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-06

ucts will be the largest i;.m in The
outbound traffic OF the clcc: .ic road,
but in the aggregate or in and out
, bound shipments general ;r.rchan-
: disc will take the lead. The pulMla-
tion in the towns ami cities along the
line is computed 1T 24a.D)D. 1t is
. figured that in s.he 5,:ntire territory
which is tributary - shc. lines nf the
| electric road now iii+ operation there
are about 100000. It is commented
that. based simply on possible passen-
! ger business. the HneswouId net be n
feasible ,'.ndartasVfs. # ,w2a l.cecs-.
sary to go afteA freight Aduacious
and precedent breaking us the move
has been in the mlsa;thdc. and scope
OF the endeavor3. Eni II Is h.,ld to
be manifest fact !par the indus.! inl
| development in this .:ca;iDn today is
| mere forcrunncr III that wlli:l. IS TO
come. The "rl@pic:h,.,'y law. able
ciiiiia:e # tIln T. ~ So. n. with
all e ether ad" ",.'v,., nt <, ogrura
| ic', ]. cation. pt .v.n". cf r.w ma
r. the advln'i :;
| start and the recently added convent
| ence and economy of abundant hydro
electric power all these factors are
predicted with confidence to bring 10
this section an Industrial develop.
ment that will more than duplicate
| what Is found here today.
1t is recognized that the construc-
! tton Of the electric road !s q mos.
extraordinary enterprise. suggcs-
ton was made that perhaps Mr.. Duke
being so heavily interested in the
Southern Water Power company. was
moved by u consideration OF provid-
in q M p1ofD e.,
er. The answer was that the power
the road consumes is matter of in
ferior Importance. Ono big cotton
mill will use great deal more pow
er than the entire electric line" II
was declared. The explanation scam-
ed to be that with Duke it was the
passion to achieve something big
! something that would not be done
! unless it was done by hira-together
with pride in the development of
his native state and section. II IS
known that the energy the people of
the Piedmont section have shown In
rehabilitating themselves and their
1 country after the complete dosolation
! of the war. has always strongly ap-
pealed to j. B. Duke. In his ad-
miration for their character and
| achievements, he has long expressed
| desire to do something that would
be helpful. and this Is held to be the
| underlying motive In all that he has
done down here.
| Power for tho operation Of the
traction company Is brought from the
Southern Power company, which has
developments of over 100000 horse
power on the Catawba. Broad river
and Saludas The Southern Power
| company also buys 10000 horsepower
! from the Georgia Railway & Power
company's development at TaIlulah
Falls. Ga. '4H.
A very interesting feature In con-
nectlon with the operation Of the
electric road Is tho safety plans
evolved. In the SYSTEM sof train, de-
| spatching there has been worked ont
| the highest development or tele-
phone. semaphone and automatic
safety devices and. appliances that are
known to the service. Here is the
first installation OF a system gotten
out by the. Union Swatch ! & Signal
company. Of swissvale. Pa. In connec-
| ton with the Western Electric COM
pany. Tho dispatcher. has complete
| control OF the entire system, and
| even at citations where there Is no
agent he can regnlate 5;the signals
through his central control.
The stations are about Ave miles
apart. at each Of which there Is a
semaphore, protected sby a lock, the
key for which the conductor. carries.
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