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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Giant Plant Cost 50 Million
Do you know of Plant Urquhart? It is the new steam
generating plrnt of The South Carolina Generating Comp
any, a subsidiary of The South Carolina Electric and Gas
Company.
The great plant was dedicated Thursday, the 7th of this
month with appropriate ceremonies, presided over by Dr.
Donald Russell, President of The University of South Caro
lina, and graced by the presence of many notable officials
and other citizens.
Plant Urquhart is at Urquhart Station, Beach Island, in
Aiken County, four miles from Augusta, Georgia and on
the East bank of the Savannah River.
The invitation to me came from Charleston. This great
Company covers twenty three Counties, including such
cities as Charleston and Columbia. It supplies Beaufort,
Orangeburg, Barnwell, Aiken, Lexington, Batesburg, Lees-
ville, Johnston, Edgefield, Williston, Denmark, Saluda,
Walterboro, Hampton, McCormick, Allendale, North
Augusta, St. George, Ridgeland and a host of other fine
towns, such as St. Matthews.
I rode in a bus which Mr. McMeekin, the genial President,
had thoughtfully provided for us who accepted the invitation
to attend the dedicatory exercises.
It was an enjoyable ride over the fine Ridge country—
Leesville, Batesburg, Monetta, skirting Ridge Spring, John
ston and Trenton, even by-passing the City of Aiken, as
w*e rolled comfortably along No. 1 and up and down the long
hills of Aiken County.
PYom Columbia—the Congaree River—to Station Urqu
hart one travels through Lexington and Aiken counties—
seventy miles and more—all in Lexjngton and Aiken Count
ies except for a small section of Saluda, just beyond Bates
burg. Of course one has passed the City of West Columbia
as well as the County seat—Lexington City.
Batesburg, as you may know, is in a corner of Lexington
County, just a short way from Saluda County and not more
than three miles, or so from Aiken County. Quite a place
it is, too; Leesville and Batesburg being very live centers of
business, as well as excellent residential centers.
Years ago that fine section—from Leesville to Trenton—
known as “The Ridge,” was the peach, watermelon and
asparagus region of South Carolina.
I have a warm spot in my heart for Lexington, Aiken and
Salud^Counties: Edgefield, too, of course. I once taught in
Aiken, lived over the line in Saluda, and went to Batesburg
to get a shave.
Arrived at Station Urquhart, on the broad Savannah
River, across from Augusta.
.. What a plant!!
I am not an electrical engineer, nor any other kind of
engineer, although I’ve been accused of doing a bit of
engineering now and then. So the massive plant Urquhart is
beyond me. I stood in amazement and admiration. This plant
of mammoth size and capacity was graciously named for
the accomplished Chief Engineer, Mr. N. D. Urquhart. I had
met him; and I knew the big Engineer Mr. Babb, one of
my Laurens friends.
What did I see? Boiled down to the level of my under
standing Mr. Sam Wiemer, the publicity man, told me
that this vast Urquhart Plant is capable of providing all
the power used in and near Columbia, both residentially and
industrially. My friend Allen Mustard, in expensive mood,
following a fine dinner, broadened Mr. Wiemer’s estimate so
as to include Charleston. Both estimates are beyond my
ken, and not even handsome “Buddy” Lawson nor sagacious
“Rip” Sanders can make all this clear to me. However,
let’s try:
This gigantic undertaking represents an investment of
about fifty million dollars. I can understand fifty miMion
dollars more readily than I can three generating units, two
of 75,000 kilowatts each, with the third of 100,000 kilowatts
—the Plant, then, has a capacity of 250,000 kilowatts. And
this Plant UrquKart is only one of eight generating plants
of The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co.
I may be out of order in saying this, but I marvel at the
top men, President McMeekin, and the Board of Directors,
for their vision, their grasp of all the details that make a
vision into a reality. These gentlemen are not mere dream
ers; they are men of faith and vision, vision based on
actualities that point to growth. And they build great
plants in order to be ready at any minute for any call for
power. Their generating plants must always be ready to pro
duce far more than the need of today because new de
mands may increase the load tomorrow. So they are ready
for tomorrow and next year and the year after. The Comp
any has a capacity today of 536,000 kilowatts, with a pre
sent demand of 481,000. As you see, it is ready to march
ahead of any development.
Now what is a kilowatt? If I can’t make it clear what a
kilowatt is the truth is that I don’t know. I might let my
friend Ben Layton take his pencil and figure a bit; or I
might catch Vice-President Eugene Leier on the run. I did
ask Harry Huffman.
Housekeepers and businessmen may grapple with these
items; When the three units of Urquhart are operating at
full capacity, they consume thirty five cars of coal a day.
That’s enough coal in one day to heat a home for 185 years.
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Although the beautiful city of Aiken has a street called
Whiskey Row, there is abundant water there; and this Plant
Urquhart uses 193,000,000 gallons of water a day. This is
said to be more than seventeen times as much as the City of
Columbia uses in a day. This water is passed through screens
chlorinated, pumped through condensers and returned tc the
Savannah River.
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Now let me tell you what happened, not forgetting the
generous provision for the inner man.
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I looked around for Executive Vice President J. M. Cos-
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tello, remembering that he, Mr. Arthur Simons, Comptroller
General E. C. Rhodes and I accompanied Mr. B. M. Ed
wards to the Atomic plant and had a big supper there. We
seem to do a lot of heavy feeding in Aiken, don’t we,
Brother Castello ? / *
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The dedication of Station Urquhart was a gracious oc
casion in its inception and very felicitous in execution.
Arthur JI. Williams presided admirably and the whole oc
casion was in the highest degree a fine one, made notable as
a tribute to a construction engineer of rare achievements.
President McMeekin spoke of the capacity of the great
plant, a possible capacity of 274,000 kw. Mr. McMeekin was
warmly praised for his vision, coupled with the practical
grasp of all the details in a manner which distinguishes the
mere dreamer, whom we call a visionary, from the construc
tive spirit, the builder whose dreams emerge into great
realities of steel and concrete. And there is more *than that;
that dream made a fact mean the rich, pulsating life blood of
industry, of homes, stores, streets, parks, for we use ener
gizing power and we use light. It means more jobs, broad-
erliving, the more abundant life.
Mr. McMeekin always speaks luminously and interesting
ly. . ...
The invited speaker of the occasion was Dr. Donald Rus
sell, President of the University of South Carolina. Dr.*'
Russell was in happy vein and captured his audience.' Hfe
made a special appeal for trained men and women who
could carry the torch of progress.
I think the Board of Directors is fortunate jn having sucfy
a President as Mr. McMeekin? and I think the work already
done, as well as the great program of today, proves that the
Directors are men of vision also and ready to endorse sound
policies and undertakings.
Mr. J. M. Costello spoke briefly and presented Mr. Urqu
hart.
What is the lesson of this event? It would have been for
me a memorable occasion even if I had not seen so many
well-remembered friends—radio men, editors, reporters, and
choice spirits in many other callings. But what is the lesson
of this great day ? The investment of fifty million dollars
is an act of superlative faith. Don’t you hear people say that
the world is going to the dogs? Don’t others wish the
Indians would take the land back? What would we do if the
Indians should take it back? Go back to Europe and work in
sweat shops; live on a scale far below that to which we are
accustomed ?
This Nation was built by men of vision, of faith, of drive,
of unconquerable persistence. How did Ford succeed, or
Edison ?
Do you recall that the Rockefellers began their stupendous
building of Rockefeller Center when most people were hid
ing their money? When the outlook was dark; when faith
was weak. Those men dreamed and carried their dreams to
successful accomplishment. They did not stumble or fall;
they did not bow in fear before the doubling friends': they
believed in America; they built on the assurance that
America still had energy, youth and promise. So this great
Company goes forward, prepared to meet the challenge and
needs and demands of years to come.
It is inspiring; and it is typically American-buoyant, ir
resistible. One Company says to the world “We have full
confidence in the resilience of American people in all circum
stances; so they prepare for the future in order that the
future will find them ready.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1954
Halloween All Year Around
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HP HE controversy over the so-
called Dixon Yates dontract
wherein a private group of utilities
is to build a power plant at West
Memphis, Arkansas at a cost of
more than $107 million to provide
power for the Atomic Energy Com
mission at the expense of TVA,
pinpoints and brings into perspec
tive the power of the Bureau of
the Budget in this administration.
A little research brings out the
fact that the Eisenhower Adminis
tration has raised the Bureau of
the Budget and it’s functional ac
tivities to a stature probably un
equalled by any other govern
mental agency.
• The Bureau of the Budget always
has contacts, of necessity in ap
proving the budget applications of
the various governmental agencies.
But when the Detroit banker, Jo
seph M. Dodge, was named direc
tor of the budget the President
within a few months, raised the di
rector almost to cabinet status,
ordering him to sit in on all cabi
net meetings. Dodge resigned in
April 1954, and he was succeeded
by his deputy whom he had ap
pointed, Roland R. Hughes, 58-
year-old vice president and comp
troller of the National City Bank
of New York. Mr. Hughes has
spent most of his mature life with
that institution in various capaci
ties.
Mr. Hughes not only sits in at
Cabinet meetings. He meets with
the National Security Council, the
top agency governing the nation’s
defense and security; he sits with
the President’s Advisory Board on
Economic Growth and Stability;
chairmaned by Arthur F. Burns,
the top agency in the domestic
field; he is a member of the Presi
dent’s cabinet Committee on Min
erals and Metals; of the Commit
tee on Retirement Policy and Fed
eral Personnel; the Inter-Agency
Committee on Agricultural Surplus
Disposal; of the Joint Accounting
Improvement Policy Committee;
of the Cabinet Committee on Water
Resources Policy; The cabinet
Committee on Transport Policy and
Organization; The Cabinet Com
mittee on Telecommunications Pol
icy and Organization; the Com
mittee on Disposal of Surplus real
property of the Government.
In addition to all these functions
with wluch the Director of the Bu
reau of the Budget is personally
concerned, the Bureau and its
staff sits in on various senatorial
and House appropriations commit
tees. One such Committee named
by the Senate is to make a study
of the State Department Economic
Offices here and abroad to deter
mine the necessity of each and to
eliminate any element of duplica
tion with the Department of Com
merce; a senate committee to
assess the value of various U.S.
Fdreign Service Functions and
their end-use value on all \ types
of reports; with the Corps of Army
Engineers, by a House directive
to initiate a study of local contribu
tions for determination of water
resources projects; on an Agricul
tural Committee to study-the feasi
bility of the development farms
program in the Reclamation serv
ice; a senate committee stydy and
review of current maintenance pol
icy for shallow draft channels in
waterways.
Another important committee
where the Budget Bureau is to
play a role is a review of activities
of all agencies giving assistance
to small business with a view to
placing all such responsibility in
one agency.
The Bureau of the Budget is qow
the most powerful agency in
Washington.'
Q—GI writes he has a service-connected disability incurred in Korea
and asks if he is entitled to training under Public Law 16?
A—Not necessarily. In addition to the disability, the veteran must prove
he needs the training to overcome his disability. This need would
have to be determined at a session with a UA counselor.
Q—Does the American flag always fly over the White House?
A—No. The custom is that the flag is taken down if the President leaves
to be gone overnight
Q—Does the United States Botanic Garden have any particnlar function?
A—The purpose of the garden is to collect and grow tor exhibition and
display purposes various vegetable produce of this and other
countries. In the building which la 263 feet long and 188 feet wide,
with a dome rising to 80 feet there are about 12,000 species j»nd
varieties of plant growth. The building is open to the public daily
for use of students, scientists, garden dubs and the public. Infor
mation relating to proper methods of growth and culture is furnished
free.
Q—What is the Mali In Washington?
A—It is a strip of lawn and trees and flowers two blocks wide with an
unobstructed view between the Capitol and the Washington monu
ment, designed by the French engineer Major L’Enfant, who
planned the city, and named after the famous Pall Mall in r^nd*^
From the Catskill Mountain Star,
Saugerties, New York: Respect
and reverence for Sunday can be
installed into the minds and hearts
of children at a very early age.
They love to “dress up” and then
proudly march to Church. As they
grow older and the true signifi
cance of the day begins to dawn
upon them they learn to appreci
ate the fait that this is a day set
aside for worship and rest. Man
has not always had this blessing.
For many it came after a long
and bitter struggle. Whatever a
person’s walk in life may be,
there are few who would want to
give up the Holy Day. Attend the
Church of your choice with the
whole family and the children will
grow up to cherish the day as a
real heritage.
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From the Colfax Record, Col
fax, California: There are many
. . . who constantly resolve to im
prove their minds by reading in
telligently written books, in the
hope they will become better
equipped td understand the many
issues that crowd them as they
try to keep pace with this modern
world . . .
The Bible has long been recog
nized as pre-eminent in the field
of . . . improving human beings.
It might be a good idea, then, for
all of us to give a little more dili
gent study to the great truths that
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T HORNTON CASEY, Star Route. Paducah. Kentucky, needed infor
mation—information on How to Operate a Broke Company. So he
called an official of a big oil company who told him: “First, get the
facts. Second, make a decision. Third, take action.”
•That advice was excellent, but the man who gave it did not know
one of Thornton Casey’s bad habits—procrastination.
Usually if he had a decision to make and the
outcome was doubtful, he would make a note, put
it on his desk with the other problems—until his
desk was piled high with papers representing de
layed decisions. Then, of course, he would be caught
in a confused emergency. Too, he always avoided
unpleasant decisions as long as he could even though
he knew that sooner or later he would have to face
them. ' - \ '
But he determined to change his bad habit. What
he ' did first was to clean his desk of all papers
except those relating to the iimnediate problems at
hand. Second, he did things in order of their Importance. Third, when
he faced a problem, he solved it then and there, by seeking the neces
sary facts and making a prompt decision.
By following ^those three simple rules, he made it possible to ac
complish more work, think more clearly, and have time for planning.
The result? Many of his worries and fears have been entirely elim
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colnton, North Carolina: We all
like to talk about the “good old
days,” but how many of us would
turn the clock back if we could?
Probably no better illustration of
the “good old days” could be
cited than the country grocery
store. One could patronize such
a store year after year and find
the cracker barrel, the pickles
and the wheel of cheese in the
same place. The store exuded an
aroma of salt meat, bananas, ap
ples and other delicacies that one
never forgot.
The lack of change gave it an
air of permanence and made it
seem like an old friend. But today
no one would buy crackers that
had to be handled by a clerk. You
wouldn’t buy cheese where flies
were walking over the cloth that
covered it—neither would you ac
cept wormy apples. You want to
pick your, vegetables from under
a spray of water or out of a froz
en food chest. Instead of buying
fruit in season, you want almost
every kind of fruit or fruit juice
at all seasons. You wouldn’t think
of getting your milk or meat ex
cept from refrigerated counters.
You wouldn’t want your potatoes
or other heavy vegetables setting
cm the floor in boxes or sacks
where old Rover could nose along
enjoying himself . . .
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