East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-16

Parsons. vice president of the General
Electric company and a director of
the General Electric Bond & Share
company Ga subsidiary of the General
Electric), is a director of this con-
Germ.
Portland Concern i'm List.
The Portland Railway, Light &
Power company, with $4,000 horse
power, developed and under construc-
ton, and $4,000 horse power unde-
veloped, owns and controls practical
ly the entire street railway and cleo
trio lighting business of Portland and
Salem, Or, electric light and power
plants in Oregon City. Woodburn. and
several other oregon towns. and also
in Vancouver, Wash. Two directors
of the Electric Bond & Share COM
pany Ga subsidiary of the General
Electric company are directors in the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company.
1.-The Puget Sound Power company
is a subsidiary of the Seattle Electric
company. which in turn is controlled
by the Pacific Coast Power company.
Its power is distributed in Tacoma,
Seattle and intermediate points for
railway, lighting and other purposes.
S. L. Mitchell, president and a direc>
tor of the Electric Bond e. Share
company. is a director of the Puget
Sound Power company
'The companies included in the
General Electric group own water
power in IS states. These states have
. 325,757 commercial horsepower,
developed and under construction. OF
this, 40 per cent is in the General
Electric group described. In Penn
sylvania they control nearly so per
cent, in Colorado ~ per cent. in New
Hampshire 81 per cent, in oregon
IS per cent, and in Washington 55 per
cent.
Controlling Immense Area.
The companies included in the
General Electric group control the
street railways in 16 municipalities,
electric lighting plants in 81, and gas
plants in 19. For example, these
companies control, or are closely af-
filiated with the street railways of
Portland and Salem, Or; Spokane,
Wash; Great Falls, Mont; st Louis,
Mo. Winona, Mimi; Milwaukee and
Wis; E!mira, n. Y; Ashe-
Vile and Raleigh, y. c., not to mem
ton other less important points. They
control the lighting plants electric
Or gas) in most Of the cities just men
toned, as well as in Leadville and
Colorado Springs, Col, and Detroit,
Mich, and in fact, have some light
ing interests in one or more towns in
practically every large area where
they control water power. In addi-
lion to the public service corporations
thus controlled there are numerous
others that purchase power from the
water power interests contolled or af-
filiated with the General Electric
This is true in Denver,
Col; Baltimore. Md; Buffalo, n. Y;
and other cities. Furthermore, the
general Electric company has inter-
ests in public service corporations in
which do not have wa
ter power service. Some of the lar
gest public service corporations in the
are subject to General Elec-
trio control or influence. Among
these Is the American Gas & Electric
company This company, which Is
by stock ownership
(through the Electric Bond and Share
comprises 13 lighting cor
porations operating in seven different
states The Electric Bond & Share
company controls the Omaha Electric
Light & Power company and there Is
d strong General Electric Influence in
the Buffalo G. Lake Erie Traction