Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-04
UNITING THE MANAGEMENT
Local Railways and Electric Lighting Com
panies Under One Head.
Mr.. H. ID. Mirick Now at the Head of
the COmbinatiOn-Plans
for Future.

The process of uniting the management
of the nine street railroads and the two
electric lighting companies of the District
recently purchased by the same interests
and practically brought into one company,
the Washington Traction and Electric Com
pany, is now going on. Although the
agreement for the purchase of all the
properties was made some time ago, 1t
was not until last Friday that the actual
management of the most important rail-
roads in the combination, the Metropoli-
tan and Columbia, was turned over to the
new owners. With the completion of that
detail the purchasers entered into full pos
session of their properties
Inc head of the combined companies Is
Mr.. H. d. Mirick, who is the vice presi-
dent of the constituent companies, some
eleven in all, and he is the representative in
TINS city of the new owners until a presi-
dent of the company is elected 1t is
thought very likely this will not be done
before the coming fall.
while the headquarters of the new COM
pany in the central part of the city, 1417
u street, will be retained, 1t has been de-
clded that the administrative offices shall
be IN the future In the office of the Metro
politan Company, at East Capitol and 18th
streets. All the clerical force needed for
the business of the company has been
centered there, and the offices used for such
have been abandoned
The headquarters of the general man.
aSer, Mr.. Hart, is now in the old office
building of the Belt Company, at the head
or 18th street, but will be removed to the
East Capitol street office. The clerical
force of the two electric lighting companies
will remain in the office of the United
States Electric Lighting Company 18th and
B streets northwest.
Mr.. Mrick will spend the morning of
each day at the Office of the Metropolitan
Company, and In the afternoon he will be
at 1417 G street northwest
For the present at least the power used In
operating the Metropolitan and the Column
bla railroads will be supplied from the
power houses of the respective companies.
IL was at one time intended to enlarge the
plant OF the Potomac Company in George
town and furnish all the electric current
used by the railroads and the electric light
ing companies from that station But since
the purchase by the same interests of the
Great Falls Power Company it has been de-
cided 10 develop that property so as to use
the water power for the production of cleo
trlc1ty, which will be transmitted to this
city and employed in operating the street
railways belonging to the new system and
the electric lighting companies. The sur
veys are now being made. 1t Is estimated
that it will require over a million of dollars
to build the dam and to do what else will
be necessary in such project. The Great
Fails Power Company has an authorized
capital of over two millions of dollars, and
II Is believed 1t Will remain an Independent
company.
As already stated in The Star, the pro-
posed plan for the operation of various
lines now under one control as harmon
ious system will be delayed for some
months yet owing to. the impossibility Of
getting from the iron men the necessary
material to put in the curves and the cross
overs.