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represent an invested capital of but $50,000 and an annual output of 

 $110,000. Most of the plants are located in the southeastern part of 

 the state, Brunswick and New Hanover counties being the center of 

 the industry. Only 62 men were employed in this industry in 1922. 



Hydroelectric Power. One of the governing influences in the 

 further development of the chemical industries of North Carolina is 

 the presence of the vast but limited water power. According to 

 Saville (Hydraulic Engineer. N. C. Geological and Economic Survey) 

 in 1922 over 360,000 horsepower have been developed at Bridgewater, 

 Lookout Shoals, Blewitt Falls, Buckhorn Falls, Badin, Narrows of 

 Yadkin, Cheoath, Tuxedo, Ivy, INIarshall and Weaver. Eighty thou- 

 sand horsepower or 22 9r is transmitted for use outside the state, and 

 113,000 or 31% used at Badin for the production of aluminum. The 

 remaining 167,000 horsepower available for general, industrial and 

 public use amounts to only 4:7 ^c of the total developed in the state. 

 Of this 45,000 horsepower is developed and used by private manufac- 

 turing establishments. At present the demands for power cannot be 

 met, but much development work is contemplated in the near future. 



On the basis of an output of 652,775,000 K.W.hr. in 1919, of an 

 increase of 20% over this in 1922, and assuming a 10% increase per 

 year, in 1925 there is estimated an output of 1,219,645,000 K.W.hr. 

 and in 1930 of 1,964,250,000 K.W.hr. of electricity will be produced. 

 To supply this on the basis of 93% produced by water power, the 

 total installed horsepower required for 1925 will be 570,000 and for 

 1930, 919,000. 



North Carolina has 2.07% of the minimum potential water power 

 resources of the United States, and 8.9% of that east of the Missis- 

 sippi, being exceeded in both cases by New York state alone. Sev- 

 eral estimates of potential water power resources amounting to 

 1,000,000 horsepower have^een made, with a maximum of 2,000,000 

 with storage, (p. 666. N. C. Labor Statistics, Water and Power 

 Resources, 1920). 



Chapel Hill, N. C. 



