The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09
FIVE RAILROADS SOOI
And Then It viii Be Some Sure
Enough Growing Town
Midway Between ASheVilIe
and AtIanta-Owns It's Wa
ter Works and Light and
Power SSyStemS

Mr.. w. B. Fisher, of Andrews, vas
in the city several days last week |
i'm the interest of legislation that he
desired enacted. While in the city he |
gave the News and Observr an inter-
esting interview on Andrews.
Andrews" he said lis situated in |
Cherokee county, the extreme west |
ern county. The town is only twen- |
ty-five years old and has had most |
of its growth in the last six or seven |
years. 1t has all the modern conven
fences of large city, including one |
Of the finest water and electric light |
systems to be found in the United
States. The water system is Operat
ed by gravity line running back
into the mountains some three miles
from town obtaining $50 feet fall.
The water is conveyed in eight inch
pipe down the mountain gorSeS to
a point on a high ridge into large
concrete reservoir, which holds en-
ough water to supply a town of ten
thousand people.
Back of the reservoir is the sand
bed filter which thoroughly cleanses
the water and empties it into the
reservoir as clear as crystal and
germ free. This water is conveyed
to practically all the inhabitants of
the town. which number about fif-
teen hundred and is sold to each res
idence at fifty cents per opening for
all the water they want TO use
"A sample of this water is express
ed to the State authorities once every
month for analysis and never since
the plant was started five years ago
has there been typhoid germ found
in it.
Electric Current.
Just back of the reservoir the
line is tapped and the pressure is
picked up from the head of the
stream $50 feet fall and conveyed
in a pipe down the hill short dis
tance and put against a "a inch Pei
ton wheel which develops S5 horse
power and this connected to a dy-
namo furnishes the electric current
which is conveyed TO practically al
the dwellings and business houses OF
the city and is sold TO them at twenty
cents per light for all they want I,
burn.
THE revenue derived from tn,
water and lights is taking care o
the interest on sixty thousand dollars
worth of bonds. The municipalit,
owns the plants, hence such cheal
rates. The town has about fifteei
hundred people and has about on
million dollars worth of property ant
money bonded for sixty thousand
water and light systems and the re
mainder in sewers sidewalks an
street Improvement
The tax rate is not as high as
was live years ago when there wa
no pubhc Improvement in the towr
years only thirty nine cents on tn
hundred. This is due to the muni
cipality owning its own water an
light system.
The town has a large tannery,
large extract factory. large lumbe
mills, large furniture factory no.
under construction. The pay rol
from the above amount to sever;
thousand per month.
In Beautiful Valley.
Andrews is situated in the beal
tiful Valley River Valley-the valle
about ten miles in length and tv
miles long consisting of some of IL
hnest farming land in the State, SUI
rounded by high mountains II
scenery of which cannot be euualIe
In the land of Switzerland.
Inc town Is on the Murphy branC
or the Southern, about half way b.
tween Asheville and Atlanta 1t h;
TWO railroads running back into Il
mountains distance of 10 or
miles and two others now bel,
built, one going south through CT;
county to connect at Gainesville. G;
and the other going north throus
Graham county expected to come
with the Southern at Chillhow
Terminal. giving Andrews a throu,
line from Knoxville to Gainesvil
Ca, a distance of about l25 miles
when these roa are complet
Andrews will have five railroads a
1t Is anticipated that she will gr,
very rapidly. The community has
abundance Of water power, farmi
lands and mountains and ca,
lCNnfiuad on Pn0a Ca.,apA