The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20
Northwestern GAS G. ElEC'
TRIO COMPANY.
M. w. Boyle, President; Isaac w. An
derson, Vice President; r. Z.
Allen. Assistant Secretary.
WaIIa WalIa, Wash.

WalIa WaIla, Wash.
Man has long since recognized NM
self a pigmy in mind when measured
nv the limits of his comprehension OF
electricity. and it remained Tor 'he
American mind in Franklin and Ed
son 10 point the way for the use OF
this great. invisible force which mas
now circled the globe. 1t transmits
the voice and the lineaments of the
sneaker for hundreds of miles; 1t al
fords the most perfect illumination,
solar Iigt excepted, known to man;
it enables the vision to penetrate
opaque objects; it supplies power Tor
locomotion and manufacturing; it re-
stores. in many cases, health to the
infirm-in short, it is a factor in al
most every utility known to human
experience.
The Northwestern Gas & Electric
Co. is in one respect of far greater i'm
portance than the cursory observer
imagines. The mountains from which
flows the Walla Walla river will fur
nish water for the power plant OF this
company to the remotest generation
of man. and it follows as a cOrOllary
that the residents of Walla Walla, and
in time the whole people of the valley,
will find in this great source of cleo
trio power the greatest labor saving
and economic factor in their material
prosperity and well being.
The force as now developed by the
company at its present plant, 16 miles
from Walla Walla aggregates 5000
horse power. The plant will, in the
near future, be developed to double its
present capacity, and it is possible
horse power may be supplied to the
valley from this source.
1t is pertinent to state in this connec-
ton that the Northwestern Gas &
Electric Co. supplies from its present
er for all purposes at prices which
compare favorably with prices charged
by the largest electrical plants on the
Pacific coast
This plant is an important factor in
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Walla which it is expected will be in
operation not later than July. Nor
TEN will be built connecting Walla
Walla with nearby if not quite all the
towns of the Walla Walla valley. Then
with the full value Of this great power
become realized and Walla Walla have
put on metropolitan airs
OF the Walla Walla gas plant it need
only be said that it is both modern in
its construction and that in it's man.
agement Walla Wallans enjoy both an
economical and accommodating ser
vice. HOusekeepers are more and
more realizing the convenience, COM
fort and economy of gas as a fuel for
cooking and other household needs.
The company, realizing this growing
demand, now carries in stock at its
Walla Walla office a supply of gas
ranges and stoves which it furnishes
on very favorable terms to patrons.
The Walla WaIla Gas & Electric
Cos. franchises were merged by the
Northwestern Gas & Electric Co in
1903 with a capital of $1,000,000. A
very important feature of the merger
is that the stockholders are also the
bondholders. This insures not only an
economical but, as we'll, a harmonious
management that insures to patrons a
surer and better service than the seq
regated interests of stockholders and
bondhOlders could guarantee.
The general public approval of the
service rendered to the people of Walla
Walla gives ample evidence alike of
the creditabe intentions of the general
manager. Vice President Anderson. and
of the efficiency of Assistant Secretary
Allen, in charge of the Walla Walla
office