The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-13


AS a preliminary to the CONSOLE
dation, the Wenatchee Electric COM
pany and the Entiat Light & Power
company pooled their interests and
purchased the Valley Power company
interests. The property of the new
merger approximates $1,000,O0O
with a paid-up capital stock of
100000. Arthur Gum is president
and manager of the new company,
with j. H. Stout, secretary, treas
urer and assistant manager. The
board of directors will consist of
stockholders in the old Companies,
but the personnel has not been fl
nally decided upon. The COM
pany is strictly a local concern with
a majority of the stock owned in
Wenatchee.
Abundance of Power.
With the three plants about 5000
horse power has been developed and
only about 1000 horse power is ac-
tually in use. When this statement
was made to the Daily World this
morning, it was suggested that with
an abundance of power available that
the new company might utilize the
surplus power by the installation or
an interurhan electric railway be-
tween Wenatchee and LeavenWorth.
I'VE are not in the street car
business, said President Gum, but
should a company desire to put in
a line through the Wenatchee valley
to Leavenworth, we have an abund-
ance of power. Three hundred horse
power would be all that would be
required to operate this line for sew
eral years to come.
Nav Operate Gas Plant.
The gas plant installed several
years ago by the Wenatchee Electric
company and one Of the properties
Of the consolidated company is very
complete and the management Is
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of lay
ing gas mains through the city and
supplying the city with gas. 1t has
not been decided whether or not this
could be made a paying proposition
but the company will take this mat
ter up very soon.
Retain Old Employees.
For the present at least the en-
ployes of the old companies will be
retained. H. w. Soldering will be
commercial agent of the consolidat-
ed company; H. L. Lennon will have
charge of the Entiat plant; H. Rem
ley, the Valley plant, and L. e.
Asher the Squillchuck plant.
VIII Market the Output.
While only a small proportion OF
the total output of the three COM
NAMES has been marketed, yet it is
expected to dispose of the entire
output within the coming year. the
many new irrigation enterprises
(which are being developed up and
down the river will be supplied with
electric power and within a year 1t
is expected that the 5000 horse
power will be marketed and that the
plants will have to be further en-
larged to supply the demand.
Biggest Corporation i'm the Valley.
The Wenatchee Valley Gas &
Electric company is the biggest cor
poration operating in the valley out
side of the Great Northern Railway
company. The development OF the
electrical power in the Wenatchee
valley has been slow. The original
company depended for many years
on the electrical supply from the
Souillchuck. This was found to be
insufficient. A gas plant was in
stalled in the city to supplement that
mower and finally when this was
found to be impracticable, the Wen
atchee Electric company took over
the electrical energy generated by
the Valley Power company ABOVE
Cashmere, and that plant has only
recently been enlarged to supply the
naeds. The Entiat Light & Power
nlant is one of the most complete In
Central Washington and was recent
w installed at a great expense. The
new management promise that the
valley will have service inferior to
no locality in the state Oh Washing
ton.