The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-29
SECURE PERMIT ID. BUILD POWER DAM
 AT DUNCAN'S RIPPLE.
Will Cost Around $7,000,- 900 and Provide Work for Over 1000 Men for
 Two Years

Permit for building the 100000 horse power dam at Duncan's Rifle on the Coosa river, near Verbena, having been issued by the federal power commission, the Alabama Power company will in the imme- diate future begin construction and push the work to completion.
 The dam will cost about $7,000,- 900 or $s,OO0,OOo and will require 1,500 to 5000 men two years in the building.
 The plant is to have an ultimate capacity of 120,00O horse power, of which 60.000 is to be developed with the original installation.
 The dam is to be "A feet high, and 1,S00 feet long. It will be somewhat larger than the dam at Lock 12, which is 70 feet high and 1,600 feet long. A Miles NavigabIe
 The Duncans Rifle dam will back water up to Lock 12, 14 miles north of 1t, and the two danes will have created A miles of navigable water on the Coosa which, up to that time, were not navigable.
 Two more dams, one large one, and small one, will complete the navi- gation scheme of the Coosa and rend- CT it open for traffic the year around between Rome, Ga, and the gulf, d distance of 800 miles
 With the lock at Duncan's Riffle, l the Alabama Power company wllI have twice the present hydroelectric capacity. Demand for the additional power Is a pressing one, the present capacity of the company not being near enough for the calls made on lit by various industries and com munities.
 State Officers Help The Alabama public service com mission was among the agencies re- questing the federal power commis- sion to grant the permit to the Ala bama Power company for the Dun- cans Rifle dam, and it's backing is understood to have had it's weight. The service commission issued its permit some time ago. Preliminary work on the Duncan S Rifle dam was begun last fall, but was interrupted by the inability to secure action by the power commits sion. Final permit to go ahead was not granted until yesterday. The Alabama Power company has filed the recent mortgage and deed of trust authorized by the stock holders for the issuing of $25,000,OO0 of bonds. The mortgage is to the United States Mortgage and Trust company of New York, and bonds will bear interest at the rate or , per cent. They are redemable in bold not later than March 1, 1881.
 The Bonds
 With the Notation of this bond is- sue the Alabama Power company is now prepared to go ahead with its development plans. It is nearing the completion of the additional unit or 20,O00 horse power at the Lock l2 dam, and it has completed it's trans mission lines into nothern Georgia, where 1t connects with the Georgia Railway, Light and Power company line, they in turn, being connected with the power of Tennessee and the Carolinas.
 The power of the five states is thus made transmissible from point to point, according to the needs or places in the various states.
 The new dam at Duncan's Rifle will be known as Mitchell dam, be- ing so named after the late James Mitchell, president of the Alabama Power compeny and builder oi Lock 12.
 Martins Statement
 Speaking of the new dam, Presl- dent Thomas w. Martin said:
 "The present demands for power made it necessary for work to be commenced at once. With the re- turn of normal business, which we hope to see in the near future, these demands will be increased.
 "The plant will have an ultimate capacity of 120,000 horse power ana 0,O00 horse power will be installed at once.
 "The construction will require about two years and power should be available for use from the new plant not later than July l, 1925"