New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-10
PUBLIC UTILITY NOTES.

No decision by a public service commits
sion since that in which the Public Serv-
ice Commission of Ohio announced that II
would permit the issue Of securities only
at par for cash has created so much com
ment among holders OF public utility Sc
curities as that in which the Railroad Com
mission Of California was reported as hav-
ing declared for reasonable competition
between public utility companies.
The decision was made in a case in which
the Great Western Power Company made
application for permission TO furnish light
and power in districts which were already
being served by the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company. These included Napa, Salano
and Sonoma counties. The application,
with some minor exceptions, was granted
and the commission was quoted as having
declared itself 10 be in favor Of compel-
ton in the public utility field, but not in
/ favor of destructive rate cutting.
W. W. Freeman, vice-president and gen.
eral manager Of the Kings County Electric
Light and Power Company and Edison Elec-
trio Illuminating Company of Brooklyn,
| has become actively interested in several
water power and electrical developments
/ in the South, and will become director
and an officer of the Alabama Interstate
| Power Company. which will operate such
I properties. Mr.. Freeman retains his hnan-
! cial interest and official relations with the
/ Brooklyn properties with which he has been
actively identified for twenty-three years
and Of which he has been the general man
! agsr for several Yeas.
Frank a Davis. executive head Of in
dependent telephone properties In ONO
controlled by ]. z. Morgan & Co, tod
| the Public Service Commission Of the
! Buckeye State that PLANS Of the Bell and
/ the Independent interests will gradually
| merge. Deals for purchase or sala Of more
/ than go plants, he said, are no = pending
The Morgan interests control the indie
pendent situation, but Will not negotiate
with Bell interests until the independent
properties not owned by Morgan Co.
have had opportunity 10 buy opposition or
sell TO IT, Complete elimination of the dual
system IS expected by Davis. who said II
may be two years before full negotiations
are consummated. Delay is said 10 he for
the purpose of giving independents not
Morgan owned properties first opportunity
for negotiations.
Announcement is made Of the completion
Of the board Of directors Of the Electric
Properties Company following the transfer
Of control 10 a syndicate composed OF the
Equitable Trust Company. William Morris.
Innbrte e. Co. Stone Webster and the
Westinghouse Electric end Manufacturing
Company. James Imbrie will continue 20
represent his firm on the board, Of which
he has been member for some time.
Henry r. Hayes of Stone & Webster; Alvin
". Krech and A. Ludlow Kramer, respec-
lively president and vice president OF the
Equitable Trust Company, and Guy z.
Tripp. chairman Of the board Of the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany. have recently been elected directors.
The other directors Of the Electric Proper
ties Company are Paul =. Cravsth. John
Seager. John F Wallace. F. Q. Brown,
Charles H. Allen, u. H Westinghouse,
George Westinghouse. T. L Brown. II NJ.
Breckenridge. ]. r. Mckinley, Z. G. Tillot-
son. Horace {. Smith and Homer Loring.
II is understood that John T. Wallace will.
as chairman Of the board Of the Electric
Properties Company, have general super
vision Of the affairs Of that corporation and
the active direction Of the affairs OF the
engineering corporation OF Westinghouse.
Church, Kerr & Co., which is owned by the
Properties company. Albert NJ. Chambers
formerly associated with W c. Langley
Co, has been elected hrst vice-president OF
the Electric Properties Company