Hickory daily record., 1922-12-09
SOUTHERN POWER CO.
HAS LARGE PROGRAM
Expect to Complete Sixteen Million Dollar De-
velopment During Coming Year-Bigoest
Eve: Undertaken in South-Additions to Wa
ter and Steam Plants More Demand For
Power.
BY the Associated Press.

| 1'S tIic 1tSSOcldLou IroSS.
Charlotte, N. c., Dec. "a con-
structlon program, which involves an
Investment of approximately $1e,OOG,-
GOO and is said to be the largest ever
attempted by any corporation in the
south, will be completed by the South
ern Power Company during the COM
ing year, it was announced by Off
cials here today.
This program includes the building
OF two hydro-electric power plants, ad-
dltlons to two steam-electric plants.
which will add 10000 horsepower to
the company's generating capacity:
the construction OF 200 miles of trans
mission lines and number Of trans.
formers and switching stations, accord
ing 10 the plans.
The two hydro electric plants are
at Mountain Island, CASTOR county, n.
c., where $4,000 horsepower will be
developed, and Dearborn Station,
Great Falls, S. c., where GO ,O00 horse
power will be established" it was
stated. Work upon both these plants
vas started year ago. The Dearborn
plant, it is anticipated, will be ready
foi' operation in March The Mountain
Island plant, much larger undertake
ing, is scheduled for completion in
August.
'.Ihe steam plant additions, accord
ing to the contracts, will be ready
for operation by September 1, 1928, in
time to supply the deficiency in hydro
electric power which usually occurs
during September, October and No
ya e: 1,ber as result Of .ow water in
the streams.
THE steam plant additions will be i.
at Mount Holly, where 10000 horse
power capacity will be added, and at
Emo, University Station, N c., where
10000 horsepower will be added. The
cost Of these additions will be approx
mately $2,000,O00.
'"The 200 miles of new transmission
lines, which not including subsiation
and switching equipment, will repre-
sent an investment OF more than ST.
GG0, 0,C39 and will be completed during
the early summer The longest and
sncst. Important of these lines is from
Lookout Shoals, west Of sotatesville,
to Wins ton Salem, Greensboro and
High Point, a distance Of more than
rs miles.
'fThree lines will radiate from the
rev power station at Mountain Island,
extending respectively to Salisbury,
Gastonia and Mount Holly. Other lines
viii be built between Hickory and
Rhodhiss. and between Shelby and
Caroleen, while one fiftymile line Is
being built from Great Falls to New
berry, S. c.
"Thc new lines Will give the South
crn Power Company total OF 2,4oo
miles Of transmission and distribution
lines in it's system, making 1t one OF
the most extensive transmission sys-
TENS in the world.
''The construction program being
n1;t through at the present time Is
the largest ever undertaken in the his
tory Of the Southern Power Company,
or any other power company in south
ern states" the statement continued.
"The demand for power by the rapidly
growing industries Of the Carollnas IS
such, however, that the company al
ready has sold all Of the power 1t
dares to sell against the two new n.y.
dro-electric developments.
s'Further indicating the rate OF IN
dl,strial progress in North Carolina,
applications have been received since
the company stopped selling power, for
several thousand additional horsepo"-