The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-19
SHEFFIELD
Preliminary Work on Dam No. 2 Pro-
gressing-Birmingham Firm Gets
Contract for $4,000 school building.
Chamber of Commerce Incorporated.

Sheffield, May 18.-(Special. 1.-The
preliminary work on dam No. at
Muscle Shoals is going forward rapidly,
" which alone dispels all doubt that the
government will carry out its original
plan of building the great power dam
J at Muscle Shoals. While Col Hugh j..
Cooper, noted hydroelectric engineer,
who was assigned to building the Mus
Gle Shoals dam, has recently been or
dered to France, and his successor has
not as yet been announced, neverthc-
less all necessary steps are being taken
to facilitate the beginning of the work
on the big dam. 1t is significant that
this work is being done under the di-
rection Of the chief of engineers. The
work, which Colonel Cooper began
during his tour of duty in the Muscle
Shoals district, was of preliminary
nature. and the statement is made
that 1t will be carried forward with
out interruption.
Mai David A. Watt of the engineer
reserve corps has returned to Washing
ton, leaving United States Engineers
Winn and Little in charge of the work
sof obtaining information to be used i'll
the construction Of dam No. 2. Mapor
Watt was recently sent to this dis
trict with instructions to obtain GER
tain additional information on recon-
mendation of Colonel Cooper, and hav-
ing performed this duty, has gone to
! Washington for conference with
war department officials.
The view is very generally held IN
the Tri-Cities and Muscle Shoals re-
gion, that there is to be no delay
or turning aside from the original
plan for the immediate construction
of the dam.
DR. H. S. Mustard of the United
States public health service. in charge
of the sanitary work in the Muscle
Shoals district. and his able corps OF
assistants, are fast putting into effect
the plans for making the district one
of the healthiest places in the country.
One of the greatest benefits to be de-
rived from the work will be the pre-
vention of typhoid and malaria.
1t was. perhaps, a stroke of good
fortune and. indeed. most appropriate
that the American Electrochemica1 So
ciety. in its recent southern tour,
should have visited the Muscle Shoals
district, where the government is con-
structing the greatest electrochemical
plants in the country for the fixatlon
of atmospheric nitrogen.
Since the visit of the electrochemists
to this city. many letters have been
received fro members of the society.
evincing in convincing terms great In
terest in this district and its future
The Muscle Shoal district certainly re-
ceived full credit for it's advantages
from a body of men who control one
of the greatest branches of American
industry. Indubitably they realized
that this section is destined to become
one of the worlds greatest manufac-
turing centers. and it may be conjec-
tured that they intend to play a great
part in its ultimate development
DIR. Willis G. Waldo of this city,
chairman of the committee composed
of citizens of Sheffield, Florence and
Tuscumbia, in charge of the housing
problem of the Tri-Cities. stated at
meeting of the Commercial club last
night that plans are virtually COM
pleted in the matter of securing fed