The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-09

be- manifest fact tnat the inlus:, ial
development in this section ,0duy is
mere forerunner IF that which is to
come. The "oi3pic:',u,'y fav. .ale
clitii:l.c 4 the = =" II S.."rn, with
all ether adv,'':t..; Cf <, ograr;,
lea. l. cation, pr .v:ni'y VI r:.w mn.
{. r. the advan'i 80 :. 4
stait and the recently added convent
ence and economy OF abundant hydro
electric power. all these factors are
predicted with confidence to bring to
this section an Industrial develop.
ment that will mere than duplicate
what ia found here today.
1t Is recognized that the construc-
tfon OF the electric road Is most
extraordinary enterprise. A sugges-
tion was made that perhaps Mr. Duke
being so heavily interested In the
Southern Water Power company. was
moved by consideration OF provid-
ing new customer for electric pow
cr. The answer was that the power
the road consumes is u matter OF in
ferior Importance. "One big cotton
mil! will use great deal more pow
er than the entire electric line." 1t
was declared. The explanation SEEM
W ~ OC lhot Will OQhC IL WdS luG
passion tc achieve something big
something that would not be done
unless It. was done by him-together
with pride in the development OF
his native state and section. It Ia
known that the energy the people az
the Piedmont section have shown in
rehabilitating themselves and their
country after the complete dasolation
of the war has always strongly ap-
pealed to ]. B. Duke. In his ad-
miration for their character ana
achievements. he has long expressed
n 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 the operation OF tho
fraction company is brought from the
Southern Power COMPANY. which has
developments OF over 100000 horse
power on the Catawba, Broad river
and Saluda. The Southern Power
company also buys 10000 horsepc v er
from the Georgia Railway e Power
company's development at Tallulah
Falls, Ga. EI
A very interesting feature in con-
| nectiOn with the operation OF the
electric road is the safety plans
evolved. In the system OF train de-
spatcning there nus been worked out
| the highest development OF tele-
phone. scmaphone and automatic
| safety devices and appliances that are
known to the service. Here Is the
/ tirst installation OF g system gotten
| out by the Union Switch & Signal
| company, OF Swissyale, Pa, in ccnnec-
| ton with the Western Electric COM
/ pany. The dispatcher has complete
| control OF the entire system, and
even at stations where there is no
agent he can regulate the signals
through his central control.
| The stations are about five miles
apart, at each OF which there is a
| semaphore, protected by lock, the
key for which the conductor carries.
The. dispatcher can display b danger
signal from his desk, dropping the
board ut any station. the sama as on
| operator may do under the block sys-
| tenn on q steam road. The dispatcher
cannot return the board to safety.
This must be done by the conductor
who is halted by the danger signal. On
| restoring the board to safety an auto
matte Morse code signal registers;iin
| the dispatcher's office. indicating the
train has gone by. II 1t should be .,sc-
essary for train to meet at passing
tracks where there Is no operator, the
red board can be thrown by the dis
patcher as an prevention against a
misunderstanding OF orders, ana thus
serves for what is known as the middle
order. Whenever stopped the con-
ductor can ct in touche by telephone
with the dispatcher and receive his or
ders. 30 that dispatcher may stop a
train and give orders at any station
| along the road.
In case OF misunderstanding OF over
looked orders. II a train gets past
station whre II should have stopped,
the failure to signal ia noted at the
| dtspatcher's desk. In ordinary dis
patching; when u train gets by and an
other train is In tho block, there is
usually nothing thot can be done ex-
cepf to rush relief train with doctpre
and nurses to the SCENE bf-the ihevita-
ble wreck. In the CASE Of the electric
road. the dispatcher has control OF the
| power current, ana ff n collision is
impending he sfnnly reaches 4Ya-,
te rows q switch, and everxi train on
the road Is dead. The sItua Gon ti,p,i "a
OF ensy adjustment by telephone from
any nearby semaphore boz. ~.
For added safety and convenience.
every car and every engiue carries a
portable telephone sci, whicf, can be
booked onto the wire anywhere estab-
fishing telephone communication ut
once with any place desired.
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PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER.
~ hshfnet etoD. June q l-The eanafa "a.