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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-03-13
The Proposed Railroad.

A representative OF the new t~ransco3-
~tinertal railroad which Is TO be CON
structei forl the coaS; has spen; sever
al days In this city, completing his WORK
bere Yesterday, says the Carson N~s--
This road is & compete sith thu
Southern Pacific and will ~ huIi, ~
quickly and along as straight a route as
the topography OF the country will per.
nit.
Tie San Francisco papers report that
the Goulds are behind il and the money
already expended FOR rights OF way,
water front, etc. on San Francisco bay
demonstrate :liat the company means
business.
The road will come through the Beck
with Pass, and il present plans are not
deviated from will pass through this
city. From here the route is almcs; a
direct liue To Salt Lake, running near
Austin and Eureka and passing south o;
the Ruby mountains. The route Is an
advantageous one, presenting NJ such
difficulties as those encountered by the
Central Pacific.
The representative who completed his
business i'll this city !ester lay was here
for the purpose of ton ling lands on the
fiat north OF this city and between the
city limits and the hot springs.
He has secured option aud bond on
nearly all OF it ont That way, a gncdly
portion OF which WIS secured FINN o. I.
Schultz, Charles SlIucerIand aud :. p.
Davis, He made contracts AMI
an advance payment upon the variuu :
properties. lie wac asked several times
10y those with whom he contracted what
use the land was to be put to bu; re.
fused to give the Information.
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USES OF
4 Household Article When
Its Use L. Properly Under
stand.

Turpentine. either in resinous
form or in spirits, has q household
value. y child suffering with the
Group or any throat or lung difficulty
Will be quickly relieved by iuha!irg
h vap"r and having the chr-t
rubbed until the skin - red. and then
being wrapped about with flannel
m0isteUcd with fiery spirits. After
ward swoct-uil will save the skin
from irritutinU. In the cas-. Of burns
and sCalds turpcutiuc has no equal.
says Woman's Home Companion. II
is the best dressing for pat"ni-!rath-
eT. II viii remove paint from artists
clothes and workmcn'- garIucmis; i:
will drive away moths if q few drops
are put into closets and chests; il
will persuade mice to find other
quarters IL a little is poured into the
households; one table prunful al
ded to the water in which linens are
boiled will make the good wonder
fully white; "a few drops will pre-
vent starch from sticking: mixed
with bccswaN il makes the best floor.
polish. and mixed with sweet oil i,
i' unrivalcd as a polish for furni-
ture the latter mixture should
he two parts OF sweet oil to one part
of turpcTtinc. Some physicians rec.
"m'ncnd spirits of turpcutine. ~
piled externally. for lumbago and
rheumatism. II is also prescribed for
neuralgia of the face.
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ADDItK<.

10 his second pape- in The Outlook
on the subject OF Addicts and Della
ware. Mr.. George Kennm masses some
interesting evelatious Is To- the s,Ee-
matte methods by which ;!.e corrup-
tiopst went about his work OF buying a
seat in tie United States Senate. He
enp!oyed a young attorney to make an
Dvestiga alton into the circumstances OF
each member OF The legislature. The
questions which he desired to have an
swered we're: Who IS he! Where IS be
fromt What Is his age: l. he married
or SINGLE; II married. how many
children has he? Does he owl any real
estate. and II so. are there mort.
cages on ii? What Is be ;houeht to be
worth: and. What are his habits and
general reputation: Tie use Adiicks
made OF this Information Is obvious.
According to the cynical viex
OF the bHGe Giver. a poor
man. Eitb a large family and a
mortgage on his farm. could safely be
approached with direct offers OF money,
xhIle a legislator differently circum-
stanced must be reached b. more SUBJ
tie means. Addicks made lavish con-
iibutions to tie campaign expenses Of
Legislative candidates, giving the every
opportunity to missppropnate the funds
placed in their hands. thus bringing
them within his power Ills system
was to take advantage Of weakness and
adrUitly to undermine character. fhat
with all his money, method, aud tenacity
Of evil purpose, year after year brought
him rorhing but failure, must ever b+
ware The Nation.
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Yesterday DR.. Wilson SEM his little
hoy up town after a loaf Of bread. i
fine dog belonging to Judge Jones Of
Austin went with the boy and when
they Were near NIng'S restaurant the
dog picked up a piece Of roast beef.
wrapped in a paper, and ate it and soon
after showed symptoms OF being pois-
Oned. DR.. Wilson stated to the reporter
that Lee Goddard saw a dog pick up d
similar package a few days ago and thai
the dog diel within tive minutes after
eating the meat.
IL this be- true, it appears that there il
someone in town who ought 10 be III the
penitsntiary. Small children are about
as liable /" get hold OF poisoned articles
thrown on the streets as dogs are. II
hardly seems possible tina; any person in
ElkO or GEywh here else could be guilty
- al act that would endanger the lives
" small chilh.e on III eudeayoring to
poison dogs But there appears to be
such Il person i'll Elko and the sooner he
Is discovered and punished the better it
wlll be for the good name OF this com.
~muDity.
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Mileage of Senators,

Tho mileage Of members OF the Sen.
ate at Is cents a mile both ways am
cunts to 81, 3l4.22. Brougher NJ Orms.
by residing in Carson. counted at | mile
or 80 cents. while Freudenthal OF Lin.
coin, 2,o3i miles. gets s]04. 10: Greene Of
White Pine l,os6 miles. elGj.0 90; Bell OF
Nyc $40 miles, 1923 90, Rafticc of Flu.
cKa SIG miles. sl22,A0; Graham Of Elko
Ig6 mile, sllo 10; Miller " Lander 720
miles, slGs co; Hunter Of Elko COZ miles
slT}.S2 and Ill tho rest rropor,ioratnly
lees tban sl01. |. will be appreciated
that Tree passce by stage or rnilroad for
highly esteemed rs adding to their inRn.
cial profits Of the session.
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LARGER THAN EVER.
Big Importation of Manufactures of
Iron and Steel.
Figures Of the TrsaHury Bursa1 OF
XtAtisticI show That Ten Months
ess OF TAis Year Doubles
That of Last Year.

Inportatiora OF manufactures of
iron and steel are larger this year
than a. any time during the past
decade. The import figures of the
treasury bureau of statistics show
that the importations OF iron and
steel manufactures in the ten months
ending with October. 1902. are double
those of last year, and three times as
much as hose Of ISIS, and are larger
than il any year since 1891. The total
value OF iron and steel manufactures
imported in the ten months ending
with October, 1902. Is S3l,9S..o53.
against SlG.3i9.i27 in the came
months of last year, and Sio,53I.o9O
in the corresponding months OF ls9s.
In practically every class OF articles
the figures Of the year just ended are
larger, both in quantity and value,
than those of last year. and in many
cases the figures are more than
double those OF last year. Pig iron.
Cor example. has Increased from 3d.
5S5 tons in ten month Of 1901 to
t06.6io tons in ten months of 1902;
bar iron has increased from 3s.233.-
5li pounds in ten months of 1901 TO
si.536,s22 pounds in ten months of
1902; ingots, blooms. billets. etc.
have increased from l4.79l,6l7
pounds in ten months of last rear to
<s7,2ci.,ji pounds in ten months of
the present year.
h following table shows the to-
tai value 81 imports of iron and steel
manufactures in the ten months end
ing with October in each year from
l-y2 to 1902, viz:
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A smooth Scheme.

When Erickson & Peterson began
work at Ryndon. they made range
lnents with the Henderson Banking
Company to cash all checks Issued by
then for labor. No checks were To be
cashed at RYrdon- The object OF this
va to keep the men from getting
drunk and interfering with the work.
The plan worked smoothly until a few
weeks ago, when the saloon men at Ryn-
don hit upon a scheme 20 cash the
checks OF the men at a discount. Their
plan vas to cash the checks and send
up hobos and send them TO the bank
With instructions 20 endorse the name
OF the psyee on the time check and the
draft issued by he bank. This scheme
worked well and every thing went
smoothly with the saloon men until a
few days ago when Mr.. Ors;ad learned
what was going on. He sent for Con
stable Mccoy to come to Ry udon and he
and Mr.. Peterson explained the situa-
ton Of affairs to the officer. Constable
Mccoy returned to Elko and on Friday
he caught John Norrissay cashinc one
OF the checks drawn in favor Of =. B..
O'RoDrke. Morrissey had written
O'Rourke's name on the check ami had
received a San Francisco draft from the
cashier In reply TO the cashier he said
his name was O'Rourkc and then en-
dorsed the draft and presented it Tor
payment. Just then Constable McCoy
stsppei out OF the back room and arrest.
ed him. The man first insisted hat his
name was O'Rourke, but after ards al
mitted that his name WAS MOrrissey ana
claimed that he had been induced by
George D. McCabs to take the check tn
the bank and endorse 1t with O'kourkc's
name. McCabe vss walking back and
forth on the sidewalk III front oi tine
bank while Morrissey was inside. Nor
rssey was taken to the district at;or.
ney's office, where he made Il clean
breast Of mis- share in the transaction.
McCabe was also tsnvn Ia the office ami
he admitted his part in the business.
Morrissey was locked up and Me abe
was allowed 10 go GU promising to he III
town Saturday morning. He forgot his
promise, however, and struck out with 4
team in an hour after leaving the Office.
Mr. Orstad WIS notified and came down
on No. z, Saturday. tie went over the
Situation with the district attorney and
decided to make a complaint against
McCabe charging linn with forgery.
Mornssey vas taken before Justice Nor.
gan and examined. He stuck TO his
story C; the day before and was very
grateful when told that he could 10.
Morrissey who is a green country boy
from Utah, did not realize that he
was committing a crime in following the
instructions OF McCabe.
As the matter stands nov McCabe
will be prosecuted to the bitter end If he
returns or can be found. II others IN
town or at Rlndon are engaged III this
business they should profit by this ar
ticle and stop their criminal work at
once. II they do not they will be ar
rested and punished.
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From Battle Mountain is reported the
strange case Of two brothers, Roddy
Hnd Andrew Leps:Ich, Slavoniaus, who
vent insane last week. The men nave
for year, owned a ranch in CHrIco lake
VALLEY, about twelve mi.+r from .'ortcz.
The first named ha- been acting strange.
ly for some time and went violently
insane The forcpsrtOf last week. lie was
taken to Battle MCuotain last Wednes.
day by his brother Andrew the latter
and two other men caring for him. An
drew, worn out with watching over his
brother, fell asleep SItTriny night in an
adjoining room. For some reason one
Of the watchers awakened him suddenly
from a sound sleep aud Andrew became
even more violent than his brother. The
two chased the attendants from the
house aud kept them out Tor some time.
The County Clerk has been summon.
ed from Austin and the brothers will lie
examined IA to their sanity. 1t is be-.
Level Andrew Is only temporarily De.
ranged, int EDddy': condition IL such
that he will doubtless be sent to the
asylum.
The Lapetich brothers ARE between
thirty-iive and forty years Of age and
have been residents 81 'hGt section Tor
many years, engaged in the business II
ranchiDg and Observation-Disclosures
Standard.
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LINES IN MAPLEWOOD.
The Only Way TO FIsd the BIrd's-K1s
II to Cut Into the
Tree.

Nobody seems TO know what cnuse a
IL which produces those delicate md
beautiful lines IN maple. known os
hird'S-cyc. Some people think they
ZONE from ;hc hundreds Of little
branches which slnDi cut over the
trunk = jlg cree E. soon n, Il clearing
j. iHa. "'. "nd it. i.SIcr, t]imicImpm
Say thai j. n"i ;hc 'r.S. TIE unIy wsy
To ;cii . tir' eye n.aplc tree is to cut
il. There are no outward signs by
which n can Judge. The Railroad Ga.
zcttc ;cll' n story a. the late George
IT. Pullman. Many years ago he was
offered q mahogany log for 80. 600. to
he cut ini" ,rucr:.. II was Supuoscd
I" he = 'e:, $50" ri',"uf wood. Lui thi4
could or,t .. .ctcrlaiucl by rutilDgi Il.
lie dcCiiu,u the offer. but agreed 10
take the log cut into vcutcrs for what
IL wnt worth. The owner had Il sawed
and Has paid $1,000 for his yeneers.
IN! me wE" eau discover the secret
~ determining the interior nature Of
wood from the outside will have a for.
tune.
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DisiTirt Court.

Al sessinn 81 the District Cnurt.
held Saturday at 10 a. tn. the following
business was transacted:
Louis Roth. who broke into Mrs.
Campbell's millinery store in Deem
Der aud who plead guilty to the iudict-
ment for HOUSEKEEPING, was sentenced
to two years in the Carson penitentiary.
f. d. Cassidy. the young man who
got Oh a bat in Lamoiilc a few weeks
ago and wOund by by stealing a shot
gun, horse, saddle and bride from
Luther Butler and forging an order Tor
5lS on the Thomas Hunter Complny,
and who plead guilty to an Indictment
Tor forgery, WIS given fifteen months in
the pen. In sentencing Roth. Judge
Brown gave him a severe lecture. which
the young man listened to with stolid
Indifference. lie has evidently been
there before.
After passing sentence on Roth and
Cassidy the Court took a recess
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4 Desert victim.

]. n. Garrison returned last week
from n months prospecting trip tc
Death Valley. lie went in company
with Josh Butler % P~harauagai. and re.
ports having made some good locations
OF gold bearing veins.
On their way on; Of Death Valley, at
n pOin, about 90 miles from Anvil
Syringe. they came upon the dead body
81 n man. 4 tin can placed on the end
Of a stick first attacted their attention.
Tho body was that ~ a man ~ about 30.
black nRir. sandy must IChr. HE noe
were of md placed at hia side, while
sand hai piled up on ono side ~ him
whether from the wiu.t. the pro pec'ors
did not Kuuv. H. nal cri 'cn'ly per
ishci Tor want NJ wnlcr.
Tho road The" ~ not much Travelled.
Tho main road ia SOME distance below
where the body wac I aud pipchc Ec.
cora
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!. hun !rei years ago a calico goHn
was n "luI1ry beyond the reach - ih-
ulajOrity uf women. Now worxIugIaeu'-
wives wear six. Cheap aud good car
pets cover :i3ors that one. womb have
been bare. Cheap c&rfares enable shop
girls :" ride to their work. when in uli
times their emplo! eTs would have walk.
ell. Cheap pist,-c binGs the world IA
Ec:hrr - continuous communication.
II = vel 20 .igh' ;he swe.:shcp. but
it Is also well t." remember that low
prices and low wages ate two different
things. Inc American watch, made by
machinery under the supervision
Of the most highly paid labor Ill the
worll. Unler sells III Switzerland
itse!f ;he swiss watch tu:Gci ont by
naEi workers "HruiuE II ]fruciIUu Ui the
wage paid i'll tn" American factories.
When We are as.;~l tn buy 4 cheap
thing let Us ask wha; maSes it cheap.
II the bargain that Is offered US has
heen wrunC b. =-rei from nect ssity,
let Us .cfL5e "a ;Dach il, out il il he tie
product OF increased social efficiency.
let Us welcome it. For that way lies
pFosress.-N. Y. World.
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An exchange says: One SUNDAY no;
long ago, in q town not more than 1000
miles from Carson, a new conner named
Jones wen to church aud dero tied slCO
in the contribution box when the dcaron
passed his way. Tho preacher. no be-
ing used to such generosity on the part
OF his regular pnrisiioncrs. inquired Of
the stranger as TO tie reason Tor il. Mr..
Jones said hat he had just started in
business in The city and he wanted 10
help along n good cause. Tie preacher
returned 20 his pulpit aud announced
that he intended patronizing Mr.. Jones
and nskcd all Of his congregation who
would DO likewise Ia stand u. tn.
congregation ros" IN massc. While the
N1ck was still stand ng the preacher
asked MIR. Jonce what his business was
Jones replied: SIN - saloon keeper"
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Ioqu;s,tive Mon at depot - How
Touopah?
Man from Tn pah-Oh. she's great.
The Mizpah j. quarryiug out bonanza
ore, aud tive or tx outslie mines are
opening Slopes Of high grade quartz.
Town is lively; every body happy.
Another Man from ronopuh-iIow is
Tonopuh? Wei. she's on the bum.
@Ihcy say ,h'y have lots Of good ore i'll
the MIzpah, but th"y are not bringing
much Of IT to the surface. Nobody is
allowed To enter the mine except EN-.
plUycs. One or two outside mines get
a hatful Of quartz occaslonaIly-qunlity
doubtful business is dahl, business
men gloomy aud lots Of IDLE men in
town.
So you pays your money and You
takes y"ur choice Walker Lake
Bulletin.
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Harry Gcssce Jr. son ~ the p-vvre-
tor Of the Riverside Hotel, and Roy Mol.
an, were missed from the Hotel yester-
day toT several hours and were finally
found III the fourth story u ,Le build
:ug covered With paint tro:n head to
foot, IL the midst Of a fierce battle over
a a OF green pant.
Young Gossee Is only :ivc years o. q
but must ne amused 1t all times, and
so invited his guest, Roy Nolan, TO tile
fourth floor, where ;he- r. Is a paint store
room.
The boys ha3 4 small can and with
their hands dipped the paint ont Of q
barrel preparatory to sIug 20 WORK.
The! .Eonght that one color was not
enough - took two, rei and green.
From the store room they cryS=ed the
building tn the room where furniture
FOR the house Is Ie--uche1 and fool
prints 0; paint on the carpets showed
their path. In the retnucbIng room
they started 10 work ana dill their best,
the walls, doors, and what furniture
there vas about, got d liberal sha-e Of
pant.
Part Of the paint was used Tor decor.
ating, but most Of it got on the boys.
They were covered from their hair To the
sOies OF their fact and xhen found were
fighting FOR what remained in the can.
But after their discovery their dream
Tas over. They were both sen to bed
without any supper and left TO repent
for the damage they had done to every.
tLing that had come in their path
Reno Gazette.
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-
PLANTS AND

All the flowers OF tho arctic region
are either white or yellow. and there
arc ICE varieties.
oStrichcs arc not the only swift.
running animals that can outstrip the
speed OF n horse. There Is n land crnb
IN 'uhn that can rival the ostrich. and
go much faster than n horse.
Rants Ike animals, are continually
wandering 10 fresh fields and pastures
now. Prof Keilermnn finds that Of
the present tlGrn OF Ohio no less thnn
40 are immigrants Almost nil arc
from Europe.
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Adolrh Kuudeon If nov conducting
tho Depot Hotel tonsorial parlors and
%solicits Il sharr II the public patronage.
Clcauliness and first class work is his
motto and lac wishes his friends and
others tn give him n call when they
want n good shave or haircut.
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The partnership heretofore existing at
Depth between T.. iIelth and G.. Stanley
under the firm name OF STANLEY Il
HcltlI. is this day dissolved by mutual
consent The business will he con.
tinued 10y Mr.. Stanley. who will pay all
debts against the firm and collect all
bills due the lirT.
r.. HELTH.
Err, NcyHda, February II. 1903
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Com suicide,

Word WIS received last night from
iinnfed, a small station west OF Wads.
worth, that John Muse. so years OF age.
mad committed suicide. lie wal u car
inspector employed by the Southern Pa.
ciHc Company. 4. few days ago he was
struck by 4 flying piece OF an exploded
torpedo. which WA placed on the rail To
signal i rassrng train. The piece nf tor.
pedO struck Muse and entered one ut his
legs. cansing a bad laceratiou 81 that
member. Muse came To Reno to consult
a physician and returned to IIanfcd in
- bad state ~ intoxica,ioD. Inst even.
inv he shot himself through tho hear,
dying instantly. lie has relatives in
Nevada City. Cal.
Coroner Updisc was notified Of the
occurrence and lcf, last night TO bring
in the remains. \ special train was
ChaTterel-Journal.
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Trial Jurors

Eigsby have drawn the following list o
trial inTOrs for a session 81 the Dlstric
Court beginning at 10 a. IN. Monday
March 3Otb:
d G Kennedy, W Clayton. Sr,
Wm Smiley, John Watts.
w Greathouse, Geo " Hanna.
p ) Greeley, + r. Davis,
Geo Judsou, i " Fuller.
s Il Cation, 4 Primeaux,
II l. bruce, Joe Curry,
L. Winter mantel, Henderson Green,
Scboer, Charles Clubinc.
Max Arnhold. II II Wallace,
Pat O'Conneu, Dave Jack.
August Alles, Phil lIarney.
NJ Spath, + K Kcyser,
VIM Trembath. re B~ellimger,
& II Kieckner, j G Baldwin.
John Shelton, James Cowluug,
Tracy Fairchild, Tony Rose.
4 l. Clayton, wm Roberts.
w a Lane. Isaac Griswold,
] ] Wines, Harry IIightield.
Guy Harbin. Ed Goodwin,
James Myers, "a Winter,
Nose Anderson. Seth RDseberry,
X Nut,ali, Walt liulery,
FM Haws, 9 W Anderson.
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following tahl" shows the value
OF each item of iron and steel imports
in the ten months ending with Octo-
oer' 1902. compared with the CORE
spondinE months OF 1901:
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Tho Boo Of lilo Gth says hat TX Shcr.
III J L. Campbell passed through Sac.
ramentu on that day on his way "a the
Stockton Asylum in charge of u deputy
sheriff Of YoiO county. Ills many
friends in THE county hope his reason
may DO RoOn restored.
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Two English Setter dogs; one black
With white fcot aud the other has black
and tan head, with white body. Reward
So for return.
O. T.. WtLsoH. Elko.
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100000

EIH;, Ncynda. February II. 1909
The Washington times., 1903-01-11

William B. Gurley entered upon an
active business career by accepting q
position with the Washington Gas Light
Company, where he remained for twenty
years. leaving the position of chief clerk
of that corporation to engage in the real
estate and brokerage business. in which
he is still engaged. Mr.. CurIey joined the
exchange II July. 1886.
AIyron NJ. Parker is director of the
american Security and Trust Company.
the National Metropolitan Bank, the Co
lumbia Title Insurance Company, the
Columbia Fire Insurance Company, is
me vice president of the Colonial Fire
Insurance Company; president of the
Union Building Company. the Atlantic
Building Company, and the Glover Build
ing Company. He was elected member
of the Stock Exchange in 1889.
Walter W, Burdett, one of the found
ers Of the Second National Bank, was
director Of that institution for twenty
six years, and was elected its vice pres
ident in January. 1898. IN 1890 Hr. Bur
dett became a member of the exchange
and has. since established himself as a
real estate broker and financial agent.
Consolidated Street Railways.
F. C. Stevens is the president of the
y.-s+ End National Rank q director of
the American Security and Trust Com
pany, and an incorporation of the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company. To
bis enterprise is largely due the con