The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-31
Latest Project Is 9o-MiIe Transmission Line From Mitchell Dam to 0peIika and Lanett, Which Will Cost S1,000, ,00o.

In order to bring power to that large cluster of cotton mills in the vii cinity of Lanett, Opelika and that en- tire section of eastern Alabama, as well as to be in position to furnish neighborly supply of current when needed to the mills of West Point, Ga, and that large mill territory, the Alabama Power company, which has just announced plans to build four dams on the Tallapoosa to furnish 14o,000 of horse power, will build a 90-mile high power transmission line from Mitchehll dam to Opelika and Lanett.
 The surveys have been made
 and work of construction will
 presumably ensue shortly. The
 line should cost about s1 1000, ,O00.
 The four dams on the TallapoOsn
 are to cost about $I2,0eO. GOO, it
 is estimated. The Mitchell dam
 will have cost around sz,500, ,00OI
 Including Mitchell dam, the
 company's developments in Ala
 bama now in progress and fin ina
 mediate prospect foot up more
 than S2O,000.00O. Included in the
 work now under way is the
 transmission line from Leeds to
 Peu City.
 The demand for water power in fah ho uous states seems to ever keep ahead of tho supply, although Alabama Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas have been and are continuously add ing to their development of hydro electricity. The power at Mitchell dam. about 120,o00 horsepower, Is practically bid for prior to compie- tion and Is expected to be under contract by completion of tho da,n next March or shortly thereafter.
 At the rate the demand for wa. .cr power is growing the 14o,000 horse power to be devloped on the TalIa- poosa will be contracted for by the time 1t is ready to serve.
 The formal statement of President Thomas W. Martin in announcing the new transmission line is as follows:
 Mir. Martins Statement
 The Alabama Power company Is planning to construct a new 110,000- volt. 90-mile transmission line from Mitchell dam, on the Coosa river, to Opelika and Lanett. Surveys of rights of way for the new line are now being made and work will go forward immediately.
 Tn addition to the 110,00o-volt line new 44,0o0-volt line will be con- structed from Lafayette to Opelilsa and at the latter point will connect with the existing high voltage lines serving that section. The so-mile Inc from Mitchell dam to Lanett will connect with the existing lines now serving the communities of Alex ander City, Camp Hill. Opelika, La- Fayette. Roanoke. Auburn. Tuske- geo and Notasulga. This new line will give these towns an increased service. as we'll as making 1t pos- sible to reduce Interruptions to a minimum. It will also make possible additional power for large industrial plants which the Alabama Power company and civic organizations hope to induce to locate in the affected territory.
 'Lanett, the terminus of the 11o,- ooo-volt line, Is right in the heart of tho foremost cotton manufactur- ing section of Alabama, where more than 10 large cotton mills are now in operation.
 "The additional 44.ooo-volt line which will extend from Lafayette to Opelika, will give to Opelika It's second source of electric power thereby reducing to minimum power Interruptions and at the same time carrying to the door of that thriving city power in sufficient quantity to take care of the demand for some time to come"