Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-03
ABOUT THE
COL. P. |. & R. Go.

| The Harrisburg Star Independent
last evening contained the following
article relating to the recently formed
Columbia Power, Light & Railways
company, which has absorbed plants
in this city and nearby towns Inas-
much as Hon. B. +. Meyers, one of
the directors of the company is the
president OF the Star Independent Pub
fishing company the statements made
in last evenings article may be taken
as authentic:
A deal resulting in the formation of
81, 25O, 900 electric company in which
Harrisburgers are prominent was clos
ed yesterday through the Common
wealth Trust company in the purchase
by the Columbia Power, Light and
Railways company of the capital stock
and. in some instances the bonds, of
the following corporations, operating
in Columbia and Montour counties:
Berwick Electric Light company,
Berwick West Berwick Electric Light
company, West Berwick; Columbia
aud Montour Electric Railway COM
pany; Danville and Bloomsbury Street
Railway company Irondale Light,
Heat and Power company, Irondale ;
United Gas and Electric company,
Bloomsbury; Standard Gas company,
Dauville; Standard Electric Light
company, Danvilie; Nesoopeck Electric
Light, Heat and Power company,
| Negcopeck.
The Columbia Power, Light and
Railways company, the new holding
company, approaches in capitalization
81, 250 600 and owns the electric light
ing and gas properties OF Danville,
Bloomsbury and Berwick and tire cleo.
trio railways connecting these towns.
1t is a Delaware corporation holding
the stock and bonds of tile foregoing
companies.
Edward r. Sponsler is president Of
the company and the Hon. B. f. Mey-
ers is a director. Both are of this city.
Other HarrisbuTgers are interested oW-
ing to the fact that the Columbia and
Montour Electric Railway was largely
owned by residents of this city.
The other officers and directors are
as follows:
Myron 1. Lowe, Bloomsbury, vice
president; A. W. Duy, Bloomsburg.
secretary II. Milleisen, Bloomsburg,
treasurer.
Board of Directors - William +.
| Lowry, general manager of the Ameri-
can Oar and Foundry company, Ber-
wick Charles NJ. Creveling, president
Farmers National bank, Bloomsburg /;
NJ. l. Lowe. vice president of First Ma
tional bank, Bloomsburg A. W. Duy,
ex-District Attorney Of Columbia
county; r. H. Koch, Pottsville. ex.
Judge of Schuylkill county; William
@. Billman, of Ferdinand Goetz Sons,
Reading; r. Scott zimmerman. Dam
| Vile, member of the House of Repre-
sentatives E. r. Sponsler, Harris
| burg; B. +. Meyers, Harrisburg: =.
NJ. Bevan, Wilkes Barre, manager for
j. B. Russell and 90. New York
The general manager of the com
pany is b. o. Ellis, till recently gem
eral manager OF the J. G.. White COM
pauy, New York, electric and con-
struction company.
The power FOR the operation Of the
oompauys holdings will come from
the Harwood Electric Power com-
pany' plant at Lattimer Mines, Luz
erne county, near Ha2ieton, of which
Alfred d. Pardee, of Philadelphia, is
general manager. This power plant is
located practically at the mouth of
mines owned by the company, and
culm and the other less valuable Goals
are used for the generation of power.
A high tension transmission line is
now being built between that COM
psny's property and Berwick, where
| the Columbia Power, Light and Rail
ways company will take it for its own
use. and as the representative of the
harwood company for the territory
within fifteen miles of Berwick,
Bloomsbury and Danville.
All the power houses heretofore us
ed in the operation OF the electrical
companies will be abandoned with the
exception of the Irondale property,
which will be developed as a water
power plant and its horsepower in
creased from 400 to 1000.