A second cut of half a day is the curtailment progress other Southern Power Company, leaving a day and a half each week for the idleness of manufacturing enterprises using the company’s power, was announced Friday in a letter sent out by C.I. Burkholder, vice president of the company. The new schedule is effective beginning Monday.
Increased normal flow in the Catawba River as a result of the rain of Thursday, while not improving the head of water in the reservoirs, permits the increased use of power, the new schedule taking into consideration the capacity use of the company’s steam auxiliary plants, the letter points out.
This is the second half-day increase in working time of the enterprises using Southern Power the first having been announced several days ago, following rains that also increased the normal flow of the river, without materially increasing the head of water in the reservoirs.
The dearth of rain during the past summer, giving a deficiency in rainfall of more than 18 inches since the first of the year, or a rainfall of slightly more than half the normal amount, necessitated the curtailment program, which soon reached 2 ½ days. This schedule continued for several weeks, until lopped off, the letter Friday announcing the second half-day, or a full day in all.
“We anticipate Thursday’s rain will permit a reduction of another half day in curtailment. We are therefore requesting that beginning Monday, November 16th, the following curtailment be observed,” the letter states.
The new schedule means that local plants will be idle from Thursday night to Saturday noon as during the past several weeks.
From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Nov. 14, 1925
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