Smyrna times., 1926-09-22
||if|l NAY GET POWER LII >,
| 1III A 70 COST S1,5DO,OOO

| IIiI 4 70 COST S1,5DO'00O
,,c,nERED AS SITE BY
GSG W cas- & ELECTRIC GO.
il l. Supplied Current from
slna o,".srr VI 4 and Much Local Inter
bb ! y@ !. Had over the Project
e Maddox, Of the manag-
George 81 : +. F. English. chief en-
~, !, IN tSe General Engineering
n %g.15gsnent { sBs Corporation, e New
HanIs 4 esrnDany with +. n. Lawton' ],
u ? usnarer eonlpsr' Of the Eastern Shore
s'al Z, FIaetric 5s Company, and other
: ~ I III local power and light
lE I, ssve spent several days the
'sIa pa R'fs \ lower lower Sussex ana Wi
7ssn mites seeking a suitable site
p, "a. s'nlS rpW S1,5OO,OOo power house.
7 !. :. II take current from this
'Fna nd ! h much local interest is
zen rSiIe III no decision has been
n sDi' ], to the site Salisbury and
'l = nel, appear to offer the best
's,.t a,.,. at the present time. This
IT, Y s,inlv to the fact that they are
I 4. 5nated nlatls, on large water supplies,
.e.sT a---' being on the Wicomico Rlv-
sIy " ysssford at the head Of the
.s.Ee. In Salisbury the Cham
I m Commerce is keenly active in
\ n provide a suitable location
!. Seaford prominent business
= =. erdeavoring to find a site
a = iii answer the requirements.
I. Drpseut power house of the
- Shore Gas & Electric Com
4 Iaurel. while having been de-
4. n supply the demand until this
/ limited because of the i'm
IT, ,srice and the decided growth
4. company operations. The new
T., bouse will be more than twice
n of the present plant and will
.r,+vcted 50 that additional units
! added readily. The company
I'm announce that it will be de-
n With the view Of taking care
A. rtire Peninsula. 1t will be
|rred with two 5000 kilowatt unit
IL trbines, and as evidence Of the
Il increase in power, it is men
II that the present plant provides
300 hlOwatt units.
Gzeral Manager Lawton, talking Of
L imposed power house said:
M continuous and substantial
|rh in our business makes impera-
Il material increase in our provi-
L for service and we are going to
die unlimited power to extend
EarhOut the entire Peninsula. We
Be able to supply power in large
Intties for any factory Of manufac-
! b requirements that might be
tor. Our new plant will be the
word in modern engineering and
our purpose to begin its erection
bon as a suitable location has been
Eded After beginning work it
/ take about ten months before it
|lady for operation"
| |lr LAYTON pointed out that it is
altd 70 locate not only on a large
g supply but at a point where
in large quantities may be ship
direct to the plant itself. "There
To features which will enter
|ssF into final decision as to To-
pm he said.
" only are members Of the Sails
Chamber Of Commerce and other
@tes interested in this proposed
aNament, but officials of the Del
Na Eastern Shore Association
oat that it will be a factor in
rng industries to the Eastern
.7ey JHill, Executive Director Of
N-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Asso-
N, when questioned on the in
a service as planned, said that
Y! \ would be one Of the most
~ assets Of the Peninsula when
easad.
lassnes and manufacturing in
aTe m always attracted by cheap
In Mnen they find that service
" gwen which viii permit them
aais really large quantities Of
Ivy at an attractive rate they
~.'aln to become Interested 7 feel
he Improvements now 49, nlannad III
Eastern Shore Gas & Electric
a.y r., vlll DO much toward induc-
saalscturing concerns to con-
le PENINSULA as a suitabIa Io-