The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
COMPETITION IN
LIGHT AND POWER
New Company Incorporated to
Do Business in Cities
Across the Bay
Men Connected With Other
Corporations Interested in
Rival Concern

Articles Of Incorporation OF the Cen
trail Oakland light and power company
were fled with the county clerk of San
Francisco yesterday. The company is
capitalized at s1.25O,oOo and its pur-
poses are stated to be TO manufacture
and furnish electric light and power
and steam heat and power to the city
OF Oakland and its inhabitants and to
other cities and towns. The incorpo
rators Of the company are A. NJ. Hunt
Of Berkeley; James Fisher. Berkeley;
y. X Mofitt, Oakland; Mountford S.
Wilson, San Francisco; d. D. Levenson,
San Francisco; Frederick G. Cart
wright, San Francisco, and C. n. Beal.
San Francisco. OF the capital, $500 has
been subscribed, each incorporation
having paid UP 800.
Beal, who is named as one OF the d.
rectors, is general manager OF the Bay
Cities water company. He denied that
the new company was in any way con-
nected with the Bay Cities company.
This is an independent concern"
said Beal. I'VE have not made all our
plans yet and I am not at liberty to
divulge just what we hope to do"
He declined to give the names of
those interested in the project other
than those named as directors. 1t is
rumored. however. that William S.
Tevis is interested in the enterprise.
we will generate our own power"
said Beal, land no water scheme is In
volved."
4 NJ. Hunt, former engineer of the
Independent light and power company
Of san Francisco, and who has been
.s.75 F<rIaf
corporations since 1894. and is one of
the directors of the new company, said
its power viii be generated by a steam
engine housed on the banks Of the
Oakland estuary.
s'Our plans" said Hunt. have not
been completed as yet, as far as
know. 1 have been retained as con-
sulting and directing engineer and am
now engaged in drawing up the plans
for the new company.
I'VE only contemplate operating in
/ Oakland. but Will probably extend the
/ company to Berkeley and Alameda.
! For the present the power viii be gen
Grated by a steam engine, but later
we may have to draw it from another
source.
we VIII be in business in Oakland "
! he replied tola question. and naturally
viii be in competition with the present
2
are going 10 push our plans to the ut
most to have the plant in operation as
/ quickly a possible
James Fisher, former secretary Of the
Mutual electric company of San Fran
cisco who resides at 1855 Shattuck ave
nue. IN South Berkeley, declined to give
information about the company 0.
which he is an incorporation.
I'VE are going to get down to bust
ness as quickly as possible" he said
and there will be two light companie
in Oakland" he added Significantly.
John A. Britton, one Of the officers
Of the California gas and electric cor
poration, of which the Oakland gas anC
electric company is a subsidiary or
ganization, was asked last night wha
effect the new company would hav,
on his company, but he appeared to b,
little concerned about the matter. H
said:
7 have heard Of this new compan.
for several weeks. They have talke,
the matter over with several big Oak
land people and apparently will be
competing concern. 1 am not worrie,
in the least about the new company"