The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
nc POWER CONCERN
To SPEND MILLIONS
aoDc1A COMPANY WILL RE-
GEoKut1w WORK ON BIG DAM
So cmnppED DURING WAR.

ANITA Ga.-Another step VIII
A | III, Lr Immediately toward the COM
!. Pc Ian 'aA'r Of the biggest development the
PIs'l a If o. Georgia t has ever known ac-
State u ~ announcement made here
Forop's -, the Georgia Railway and
spower Company i. ,.,;,, Re re-
the Tugalo dam and power
sulnsu H.. W. fourth mammoth step in the
mouse - g. II, NJ. Atkinson, chairman OF
plans Oh - - directors of the Georgia
the boafu Id ID Power Company, for the
Railway @I buvdro-electric development
c c? tPe 'T1aliulah and Tugalo rivers,
Of T Inc completion OF this company 5
lla ho plans on these TWO rivers
de ~ NlPoresent an investment OF around
wl5I o [GP mn attracted to Geor a
S4O,Vu CI2 The efforts of Mr.. Atkinson.
tnrouSSn nyeIopments already made-the
ne Go burton storage reservoir and
glgaH' the Mathis or Lakemonnt reser,
dam ,m1 dam, the Tallulah dam and
Sa TaIIulah power house and s1, 6 n1gh
nc NEON Iines-are valued at $1l'oOc,,
zen eiiSiU The completion of Tugalo Will
w. w. ward, rmc OF S5,O0O000 to this. La,
Sau up"W M Atkinson, it was stated
er VI todav hopes to complete the 9TH
er F, iUDS ~ the great chain-the Burton
I,N' house the Seed storage reser-
oi T and power plant, the Mathis
Talluah" power plant
One Thousand Men EMPLOYED
The Tupalo development will pro-
L"o onnIoyment for upwards OF LULU
wv fnr = wear and half or longer.
s ire about 200 men are on the
csne Of the development ready TO De
G1"I n, " This number will be aug
noted week after week, as the con-
4r C, progresses and more men are
ae utslI until it is estimated, by the
o go mart OF June more than l,O0O
han will be employed. !,
III II is expected that the first unit OF
he Tugalo development VIII be III
ervce in the early fall OF 1928, and
hat the entire capacity of the station
vi; III he available by January l, 1924;
ponrinp the concrete in the dam Will
coin IN Tune, at which time it is ex-
eeted that dedication ceremonies will
axe place. m :.
The Tugalo Development will IN
Erease the present water power capaci-
Il of the Georgia Railway and Pow
Company approximately 45 per
lent a long stride toward putting the
Water power future of Georgia on a
soGd basis. ,
In addition to the economic value of
providing employment for large
humber Of men and in stimulating bus
ness through purchases of supplies,
machinery and the like the develop
nent will have a very direct bearing
bot only upon Georgia but upon the
tntre southeast.
Five States Are Connected.
Only few weeks ago Mr.. Atkin-
BON witnessed the actual completion
Dt his plans for inter-connections of
bll power systems in the territory
(which, through physical connections
that have actually been made, furnish
network OF high tension lines con-
meeting not only all of Georgia, but
the states of Alabama, Tennessee,
North Carolina and South Carolina as
well.
The result is that in crisis arising
from a shortage OF power the ire
mendous resources of the Georgia
Railway and Power Company's pow
er houses will be at the command not
Only of all Georgia but four other
states as we'll Thus, in a crisis in
Georgia or in any OF the FIVE states, the
Georgia company will be able to step
in with power.