The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-25
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VEPCO BRINGING
$4,000 VOLT LINE
TO DARE COUNTY
Completely New Line Being
Built Through Currituck
Peninsula

The Virginia Electric Power
Company is building new power
line which will extend from Barco
to Kitty Hawk, and will bring to
the sub-station at Kitty Hawk
$4,000 volts, and take care of any
future needs of the vicinity. Ray
Goodman, Company vice-president
said. this week that the line is
costing about $4,000 per mile to
build.
The total mileage being built
will run the cost up to some $780,
900 when completed.
The line to Barco built two years
ago comes out of the 10000 volt
station at Winfall. The new line
from Barco almost parallels the
present $4,000 volt line down the
Currituck peninsula. At the pres
ent, the new line will bring $4,000
volts to Point Harbor, and as fast
as it can be built, will cross Cur
rituck Sound and come down the
sound shore at Kitty Hawk. The
old lines will be retained for dis
tribution purposes.
One and a quarter million dol
lars are being invested in the big
power line of the Virginia Electric
& Power Co. which is to bring
current to Greenville and Washing
ton, according to Ray Goodman,
company vice-president.
In addition, the company is
building line to Acre station near
Pinetown which comes out of Plym-
outh, and will carry $4,000 volts.
This line is primarily to supply
current to the Woodstock Electric
Membership corporation which
serves customers in Beaufort,
Washington and Hyde Counties.
Mr.. Goodman stated that he had
no knowledge of any probable de-
mand for current by a proposed
industrial plant that it is rumored
may be located in Pinetown. The
additions being made to company
lines in this vicinity are in line
with the company's big expansion
program, and to take care Of an
ticipated needs. The company has
Just started construction of a huge
plant at Buggs Tsfand, Va, to
further harness the power of the
Roanoke River.
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ington comes from Roanoke Rap
ids, by way of Aulander, Windsor,
Williamson, and will contact with
the Carolina Power Co. near Farm
vile. Washington is discarding its
old power plant, and will buy cur
rent of VEPCO, beginning this
summer or fall.
In the last meeting of the Bel
haven City council, a committee
was appointed to discuss with
VEPCO officials the possibility of
getting additional current for the
city, in event of any large indus
trial expansion which would call
for current in excess of the city's
ability to manufacture it. This fol-
lowed the appearance of w. B.
Rodman, Washington attorney,
who stated a client of his is plan
ming to build a grain elevator in
Belhaven soon, provided ample cur
rent might be assured.
In this conversation it developed
that it is costing the city of Bel
haven 1T cents per Kilowatt to
manufacture its current, while it
would be possible to buy current
for about half this sum from the
VEPCO as many other cities and
towns are doing. The expression
has been made that it would be
more profitable for Belhaven to
buy it's current, even if it has to
throw the plant away.
Belhaven has a $1,000 invest
ment in it's lighting system. 1t is
putting out to it's customers about
125, 900 kilowatts per month, at an
average of cents per XVIII, bring
ing in a total income of about
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