Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-01
KANSAS CITY ELECTRIC LIGHT co
What Has Been Done in the Past Year by
the Company In the way OF Inn
proNement.

with companies who deal with the scauct-
| i've. not to saw dangerous electrical fluid.
/ mere are more than dozen comPanies
i wEich are possessed OF ample faetuties Tor
| tn, eiec,rie ,ieb.,,,, so,,i,.e ~ ,bts citv is
! rsr,,e,,i,rt, evtersjya a,5 -, r,+,li+y ~
the various companies engaged In this bus
| mess IS hardly more than half taxed as vet
| The eeld see.,,s 10 ba moe ,bas cnversd
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| d. p'estH'
The hrst company organized in Kansas
| City to furnish electric lighting was tho
/ Kansas CIV t,i.ct~f. rtcyt. ,,,,,,rs-,. or
1 .f -,
tdi.l'l tdi..l.'l ~ ~ ne promoters and Or
! l.. r.. Moore John poegett H. G.. Ar
/ nod, I. n James. tady oimstedd, judge
! i&piesestattve citizens OF The city. The
plant was established az Eighth and santa
r., streets. and this was the nrst electric
! Thomson Houston system
The con1pauy's business grew with great
| rapidlty from year 20 year until II now has
a capacity Of loo are lights, OF which
cent lights. Of which about 200 are in ser-
vice. IN addition TO the light service FUR
hundred horse power motor service. The
Light Company are the following. .Presi-
dent !. ;. Chirk; secretary John H. North
Ihis company had the local neld 10 itself
for three years; and il made good use OF IFS
however the field widered and the adj
vantages Of Kansas City soon attracted the
fore, before there was a competitor in the
shape of the Sperry Associate Electric
5 sh b bGbqny r oS %RGa ont yfs itnIa 2rsSn1g 6ar IN
the Sretry patents, owned by the Sperry
The officers OF the company when frst
organized were-afd they still are-the fol-
Ne rrsside,t ana ire5s s,,rNr tN.lr,' J,,res
scamnon; secretary, VI. ~ sargent The
spprry t-ofnnauy ,issi me Nyasfirr b1t. so a.
cardescent svsiem Of electric iirbtins and
sbt nef Sdyln3 % 3o9p' Sf gV caSI1ny wa
~, ~ H t',o ~. a.. S-,'is., ,i, t ~ j, ,,,,n
- of nibcrs Tbc 5Ennr,S baR fTs, he
run 70 give evidences of lie apnr5ach. aS
eJnii,nE eNtHi,s Ndsl w. .,ll"uGN VI
fanfinr h,i hii,gs 81 rrdwfb and oiber comp5nias
sought to reap some of The HrrSoht, which which
, - ti 'ity hold "ut sI,sriaI
lhlucemSnts ior Htnp4lN.uE ~ ,IrI,r" alrS Ivu,",
ness anI Win tns utarMcsns,y uaMn S' i,,ti,,i gnr
more hght; ,,. -
>, rue ia,7on ~ ,,ifi' N.,-, S,,n'j
~ NanS'5 foiIntSj,a- tbn oiySnf 81 tba Sper
WE ~ ~ tuil' ''..Nt T., 'fsss 10 ,,o. y ia
4, .S,S i,,nriies fhe licansCe of the famous
Tt.it Tr.isop raifSnts taken out hv tie wilatd.
1;;,slsun ~ iIIiS, IN, nrninotara of fhi.
,,,,,t,.r,. v.ara I : chick ~ NJ Grimes.
NJ: !. .tt ~ 80, ~ ,pG,t. M SSH and Wall
IN. N !i'ut ,Y n ms nSvSr rInnrSi ts To-
sotftotis' SnrI,rNina giIg M" same gtiarters f5r
Ky IA Nm! Sy"5,rs rms Is II" most ex-
ien5iEG Coihpnhy ,t !" AN, W. %otbey N can flf
Furnish somCthing more than S,ryu incau-
descent lights Its arc Hight service Is only
nSitt'att ~ itt tndand I, scent sorce. 1t has only
in1 or aU are lights Ia service. and fur
ira The officers of the Edison company
are tho following well known citizens ot
iNra'.ui,i,pt Frank X Hoover: SECRETARY. G.
Is. Place.
The local teld W1s now eafvp,Sl p,,is pN ,Il mr.,
short time before "thaua were others"
The city. was now in ths fpll tide Of ne
most famous clty In the country FOR a
time. So evidence had set been given that
healthy
In ISIS the American Electric Light Com
rany Was organzel hy oscar nitseh. NJ ;.
H. MINT was established on the Southwest
houleSaI9 st1, gF1 W.,s EnfvyG ~ tbs sort
Wi,[-1o syst@ni Of electric Nahting. IL dealt
chiefly with arr lights. ana ts capacity
Wa Li.'it,, iitt,, ~ "F,i, "a ars In t.~,.i.F
,2 g2 ar, Eht, ng anpn3Sv I'y I'm nsea th. h. Hatr
s\stt.h a. tbn Ira5',t tirr..
II furni.br. In addltion 10 H. Electric lIaht-
lR-, oarr'Its .og rt,,,r!r af 'bsse mo.
LI,"ttE' .i.f' 'a,' ,r,,,t,r tb.ro fhtr which
e. T..ss IA .f-f frgrr hTHs
iurni.het lhs IoNrr 1T , h3s5 M ,p- e"n iri.1-
granite blocks - liE - NJ III ll.s -
tiun Of the new ftHrlal, b,iii.'ti.-' n 20 s
generally known tHaA ,il llS ~, 80 ~. ~
the building f. Del ls ho17tra INTO l'.t'' hH
electric power, hnl -u'g D. TIC Ittl a.,
Though the electric hell VIZ ItttE l1llA
occupied, the fact 4i1 nor deter othrf COM
pautes from entering ll IN IN nope 81 -.t-
ling "a share ut the pr1hls OF the business
whose possibilities appeared ~ he ~ allal-
ing. Inr same FtaI tHii - 77.t 't,' x.
auguration of The American Electric lisht
C1WpaBys $ venture dL-p saw me 2i 2iE5hlhi-
tiuu Of the tansaNat tirl l+tetirlG l-ii-Hl
Company. ~ kansas 'ltl. has. ihls llahl
was installed lH NsN 4t llEtfFltN. -AiRiE
it= most prominent uf@Noitts We're lthJt-
min Frir4beT-s G. IT. lititllA-. ahl ntNgISi
These gentlemen aI-a most or lhthlt sun
identified with tt. This company employs
what Is known as nc fNsri-loa Ssfrl ,.,r,. ot
altern4tiHz current systems n employs
chiefly tha Wrstin-hu4sr lAadH1tsetAt ~
TEN for tneanieserHt lights -
All these companies seemed 70 pIosI.T u
for their service Ere", Apparently fesall-
less of the fact that new e2m,.ntss were
entering the field AM me time. .ltl h9he uI
them have rtt seen the avn Il tHht habiy
aHy when If ha4 more ORDERS lh"ll AZ '.1NllA
I'LL The capacity ut The companies lA+l-
yidually and iu lhe aEEiesale ls sllll ample
and there IS no dsarih pI lst lt.i.S IN
Kansas city. The capacity ct lhs tohreil- /
dated gumUHUE rs 3Hi are I-AtE ana AtpNL