The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-28
BUSTING SCENES
MARK ALUMINIUM
CITY ACTIVITIES
North Cardinals Newest In.
dustrial Center Far From
Being a "War Baby"
WORLDS BIGGEST DAM
NEARING COMPLETION
Enormous Plants For Produc-
ton of White Metal Will Be
Surrounded BY Model Home
Making Sites.

badin, y. C., May 27.-wGreat prog
Fess is being made on the immense
Jam and plants which are now being
constructed with the greatest OF rap
'oity. Several thousand men are al
ready employed In this work and ev-
cry effort Is being made by the con-
tractors to rush through to compile
tlon the large amount of construction
work on schedule time II Is said
tha' the Hardaway Contracting Com
IahY has been offered a bonus of fiftv
thousand dollars for completing tho
three million dollar dam by next be
cember
IL Is stated, however, that It will not
DC long before the plants will be in
operation using current from the
Southern Power Company which has
transmission line into Padin from
Alhemarle. Ordinarily such a pro-
Qeeoing would not be proAta BILE but
win a market for aluminium which
has for months been anywhere from
Doc TO soc. per pound compared with
zoc. before the war began. II will be
readily seen that the large Pittshurs
corporation which is interested in this
VAST development can readily afford
TO lease current when such figures
prevail. !. is said that they have re-
Gently closed contracts with some OF
the largest automobile manufa cturers
In Detroit for several million pounds
Tor delivery for all OF next year. II
Is figured that the initial capa city OF
the plants a Badin will he twenty
Ave million pounds annually and that
Inside OF two years the annual pro-
ductiou oF NE white metal at that
point VII =" IN the neighhorheod Of
|ffty miiicr n@unds--
Work On Power House Progressing
The work on the new power house
"a we'll advanced and this viii he
completed very shortly The Harda-
way Contra citing Company OF Column
bus Ga. is doing the construction
work of the buildings which are OF
|steel and reinforced concrete and To-
Gated on the west side OF the Yadkin
| river. The excavation contract. call
ing for the removal of over four hum
| dred thousand cubic yards OF earth
| for the sites. will indicate the size Of
these plants this work being done by
Charlottesville
All the power at present used on all
|construction work Is from Alhemarle
over the transmission line OF the
kSouthern Power Company which has
sub-station at that point, This will
be supplanted by the Aluminium Corr :
pany's own power when the dam 4,
completed.
Reduction and Smelling Plants
Work on the reduction and smelt-
hing plants Is going on day and night
and several hundred arc lights are
{ssrung over the area where the men
are at wovk From twenty to thirty
acre. OF ground viii proha bly, he used
for the accommodation Of these build
. A.
acres Of ground. and which was par
TALLY constructed. the framework
having been about three fourths
erected. and which was located by
the old French company up on the
mountain, due to the change in plans
has been dismantled and relocated
lower down alongside the other build
ings and within easy distance of the
once. The electrode factory. ware
house, and machine shops have been
practically completed. All buildings
Are OF the strongest kind of construc-
ticn, nothing but the reinforced steel
and concrete tvue being built.
IT Is probable that the original
lans Of Pierson and Goodrich, archi-
kects and landscape engineers OF New
York, for the development OF the gar
Fied out by the new corporation. The
aluminium Company of America
which last November took over the
property OF the French syndicate
Thus the building up OF the city of
Badin will be no doubt taken up at
khe point where 1t was left by the old
company at the outbreak of the Eu-
fopean war
Putting New Town On Map
The town is laid out to conform to
khe topography and the blocks are OF
sufficient size to permit OF large open
spaces In the center suitable for chill
drens Fairgrounds and gardens The
houses are two stories each, each con-
Raining four apartments. varying in
INA different sized buildings from four
q six rooms. They were designed by
MIR. Pierson, are OF pleasing appear
ance. and OF type radically different
krom the usual houses found In an In
austriai village in this part OF the
country. Each apartment Is complete
with bath sanitary necessities. fixed
range. boiler and fireplace.
The construction Is on concrete
foundations with Johns Manville fire.
oroof composition shingles.
The present water supply comes
Prom a 100, 000-gallon supply tank on
he mountain but II il expected that
his supply will be supplemented later
f6-inch Lynchburg cast Iron pipe
eOnduCts the water TO u NIL ABOVE the
own or Badin. from which a 12-inch
bipe goes to the plants and furnishes
Ne Industrial supply, while an S-inch
bipe goes to a concrete coagulating
basin 30x16 feet, where coagulants
re added. After passing through a
uicksand hitter Of 500. 900 gallons ca
bacity. the water goes to 100000
Eaiion storage tank. from whence. to
he service mains, 8 inches in diam
Ter, at q pressure OF 80 pounds per
qtare inch at the lowest point OF de-
livery.
a complete sewerage plant Is to be
provided, where the sewage will be
urifled In septic tanks. paused
through spray niterS ana discharged