The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-19
PROMINENT MEN
TENNE SSEE VALLEY
URGE POWER LINE
Claim 1t Will Not Affect Ford
Offer And Power Is Bad
Iy Needed

A number of prominent citizens OF
the Tennessee Valley, several of
whom were in Birmingham Friday.
issued a formal statement in favor of
the Huntsville Sheffield transmission
Their statement reads:
I'VE, the undersi gned, citizens of
the Tennessee Valley, protest against
statements issued by certain citizens
of our section regarding the build
ing of the new power line to serve
the Albany Decatur and Huntsville
districts, and submit the following
to the people of Alabama:
"G) The Alabama Power company
some years ago constructed a trans
mission line from its hydroelectric
system to Huntsville and Decatur,
and is now serving a large number of
industries as vel. as supplying the
lighting and household use. The sin
gle transmission line has often gone
out of service on lccount of storms
or accidents, and in addition, is now
loaded so that but little additional
power can be delivered by that COM
pany. At the time that the large
users of power ntracted with the
y,
proposed connection would be built.
thereby giving the .dustries of
Huntsville, Decatur and Albany an
other source of supply and avoid the
Interruptions necessary incident to
single line.
Not Near Wilson Dam.
"(2) The statement has been made
that the power company is asking
a
mission line to Wilson Dam. This is
incorrect because the proposed line
will not run within number OF
miles of Wilson Dam of Sheffield and
will connect with another line on the
company's right of wav between the
Warrior plant and Sheffield. 1T is
true that the Transmission line last
mentioned is owned by the
government, but it is under lease by
the power company, and has been
used by it for years. This pro-
posed new line will make a direct
connection with the power company's
system in middle Alabal' thus CIV
ing additional power to enable our
section to grow and develop.
"(3) We are also interested as citi-
zens of the Tenness Valley in the
Ford offer for Mt sole Shoals, but we
do not see how he building of this
line can in any way affect this mat
ter. II / ciedr 10 us lndt no power
can be available from Wilson Dam
earlier than 1925. possibly 1928, ana
w do not feel that our communities
should be expected to stop the
growth and development awaiting
the possibility of power from Wilson
Dam, especially as we have been led
to believe on more that one occasion.
that no power will be distributed
from that development if the Ford
offer is accepted,
No Monopoly Indicated.
"(4) We do not see in the building
of this line anything in the nature
of power monopoly, to the contrary.
unless the line is built and we are
enabled to get additional power we
can see that in the end the growth
and prosperity of the tntire Tennes>
see Valley will be greatly affected
to the detriment of every citizen of
the valley.
wv. B. Mccullough, Albany, Ala
"R. T. Tapscott, Hartselle, Ala.
Charles NJ. Mitchell, Hartselle,
&C. I. Lee. Hartselle, Ala.
Hector Lance, CORTLAND, Ala
Clifford H. Meigs, mayor of Court
land, Ala.
IS. s. Fletcher, Huntsville, Ala.
-. F. Chambers, manager Coca
Cola company, Huntsville, Ala.
wv. NJ. Wellman, secretary and
treasurer for the Huntsville Knitting
company, Margaret Mills, Wellman
Cotton Mills, Huntsville Manufacture
ing association; president for Hunts
willie Hardware Manufacturing com
pany, Huntsville Bag company.
u. T. McGregor, vice president and
general manager of Love Manufac-
turing company, Huntsville, Ala
Il. Aitken, agent Lincoln Mills of
Alabama.
]. ]. Bradley, agent, Merrimac
Manufacturing company, Huntsville,
Ala.
u. L. Kendall, division manager,
George Brown & Co.
m. M. Hutchins.