The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-02

the future OF electricity -, n Car
oiina- This is the way. 11,. out
how much spoWer is develope > u
the streams that are running do.> Ee1s
ward the sea. Include all the IL"
streams with all the big ones Remem-
ber that men have learned how to
control and use this power, on the lit
tie streams as we'll as on the big ones
Remember that men are extending the
use of this power on all the streams.
Then figure out how much power is
needed for everything, for driving
mills, for hauling locomotive trains
on the railroads, for driving automo-
biles, little machines in the homes,
fans, irons, for everything that horses,
engines and men supply power and
you will have one idea OF what is 10
be driven presently by electric power.
and you will have one idea OF what is
to be driven presently by electric
power. Then figure once more that
| in the next few years a lot Of new
| things are TO be invented that will
| make use Of electricity, and by that
| time you will be discovering that all
| the streams Of the State, big and lit
tie have the making Of mighty busy
| spot from head to mouth.
Will Build Big Cities.
| Some day electric power is going TO
.
| ent points in North Carolina. These
| will be at such places as the vicinity
| Of Weldon, for instance. Already At
| the Roanoke Rapids that thing is
| foreshadowed. The first time I ever
say Weldon was something owe,
-enty years ago. [ wandered out 81
the bridge Wuete the Coast Line and
the Seaboard together crossed the
| Roanoke and there stood and looked
| no 81 Of O 7
! flowing down the river Then the
power available as shown by the fal
at the end Of the canal beyond the
! alton came up. It was apparent tina
the water that could be dropped from
the canal to the river level was limi
ted only by the amount that could bt
diverted at the head Of the canal an(
,arried down it's length That seemed
to represent thousands Of horse pow
er. Below the bridge vessels came III
from tide water.
Perhaps you never stopped t.
figure it out, but there are only a few
places where water power is avail
| able at a point where the factory cal
, discharge it's waste water into
, stream that is practically an oceal
port. There are just a few such ia
: vored water power sites in the Unite
= States as Weldon. Richmond is niue
why Richmond did not develop tha
, | power in the James and grow up t
, | he city OF half q million people. Wh
! does Weldon day after day overlOO
the enormous power that is righ
there in the town when it could max
| that little place q Holyoke or a Low
e ! ell? Above Weldon is Cfnr 80 fee
S Of fall At Holyoke is T. fall Of 6
e feet At Lowell is q fall OF not hal
h as much as at Weldon, yet Lowe
h makes several million yards OF clOt
f week with it's water power, an
d many other products. Holyoke is on
: Of the big manufa curing centerS {
/, New England with its water powe
O II YOU should set out to hunt a sec
4 ton of country for a big developmeI
s right from the ground up could yo
n pick a more promising site than rigf
= around Weldon. with its water trans
! portation. its railroads running out
/ five directions, reaching the sea {
h Norfolk ana the sounds at two {
o three points. connecting RlcnmOn'
. | the North the South and the Yves
e with q climate that is ideal, farl
u | country that could not be better mad
e to order raw material for the factor
1t on hand. and the entire world K
is what Durham calls it's back countr
6 the country in which to sell its good
J. Some Power Producers.
y The Roanoke is not exactly a typ
Sc cal river OF North Carolina. Tor
, spite OF the big power available
le the neighborhood of Weldon ii
l. stream is a Virginia stream throue
ID most Of it's power territory. comm
er into North Carolina only & short dt
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