East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-20
COMPANY
CHANGES AGAIN
PENDLETON PLANT INVOLVED
IN BIG GENERAL MERGER
Pacific Light and Power Company i
Name of New S5,5OO,OOO Corpor-
ation-Win do Business on a Large
Scale.

Pendleton is once more included in
a general merger of electric light and
power plants, according to an an
nouncement made in Portland. Sat
urday afternoon. The changes have
been coming so rapidly during the
past few months that il is difficult
for the local consumer to even give
the name of the company from which
he is getting electricity for either
| light or power and as for naming the
owner or the interests back of the
concern, that is out of the question.
The name of the parent corpor-
alton which has just now been form
ed is the Pacific Power & Light COM
pany and with its formation there
comes into being one of the most ex-
tensive public service corporations in
the northwest The capital is ST.
500, 900 and the concern is closely af-
filiated with the General Electric
company and the Electric Bond &
Share company.
The work of organization was done
by the American Power & Light COM
pany, of New York, which already
owns the Portland Gas & Coke COM
pany. F. G. Sykes and S. z. Mitchell,
former Portland residents, are respec-
lively president and chairman o the
board of directors and Guy w. Tai
bot, of Portland, is vice-president of
the American Power & Light COM
pany. The officers of the Pacific
company have not yet been announce
ed.
The new concern plans a system OF
power development in the Pacific
Northwest and will cover the Colum-
bia, Yakima and walla Walla valleys
with its transmission lines and dis
i tributing system.
Dozen Plants Controlled.
More than a dozen large gas, cleo
trio light and power plants already
have come under the control of the
new company. The properties includ-
ed are:
Astoria-Gas plant, electric plant
and street railway.
Pendleton-Gas plant and electric
plant.
ADMINISTRATIVE plant.
Walla Walla-Gas plant electric
plant, street railway and interurbar
! line to Milton and Freewater.
J Lewiston-Gas plant.
Pasco-Water works and electric
plant.
Water works and elec.
trio plant.
Sunnyside-Electric plant.
: Mabton-Electric plant.
Wapato-Electric plant
North Yakima-Gas plant, electric
plant and water works.
The company will own steam gen.
Grating plants at Astoria, walla walls
and Kennewick, a waterpower plan
on the Walla walla river and com
bined steam and waterpower plant.
at North Yakima and on the Natche.
river, ten miles above North Yakima
Electric Pumping Plant.
1t has about $50 miles Of high ten.
} sion transmission system extending
from North Yakima to Pasco ant
from Walla Walla to Pendleton. Gin.
struction is being rushed on a S..
OOO-volt line. IS miles long, between
Pasco and Walla Walla. which will
knit the Walla walla and the Yakima
systems into one, and pass through
the irrigated section of Burbank ant
Alfalfa. New lines will be pushed II
! all directions where the possibilit,
of business warrants the cost an(
attention will be devoted to the posi-
bilities of irrigation by electric pump
ing. The new owners believe ther,
will be a demand for power in tn,
Yakima, Walla walla and Columbi;
valleys for this work and are pre-
pared to handle the new business
just as soon as equipment can be con
structed for the purpose.
The principal offices of the com
pany will be in Portland but ther,
. will be local offices in Astoria ant
Pendleton, Ore, Lewiston. Idaho, an,
North Yakima, Sunnyside Mabton
Kennewick, Pasco and Walla walla
} Wash.
There will come under the com
J pany's control the plants recent,
bought by the Columbia Power &
Light company and the Yakinia-Pas
} co company from the Northwest cor
poration. the Northwest Light &
Power company, Of North Yakima
and the Yakima Valley Power com
pany. The two latter companies hav
, been known generally as Strahorl
properties.
The Columbia and Yakima -Pasc,
} companies were formed pending tn
completion Of the organization Of tn,
Pacific company. The Astoria Elec
trio company and the Walla Wall;
Valley Railway pOnnapv alcO vIril1 r,