Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-30
Denial Of Deal Affecting
Alexandria County Light
ing Company.
PLAN S DEVELOPING.
Arlington and Braddock Electric Com
panies Will Consolidate With Mary
land Virginia Company.

Official denial was made this morn
ing by George E. Warfeld, president
of the Alexandria County Lighting
Company, that any steps had been
taken looking to the merger of the
company which he represents In the
giant Maryland-Virgini corporation
which was organized in Alexandra
some months ago and which it is SAID,
will absorb all the public utility COM
panies in the District of Columbia and
contiguous territory.
IL was s,however, announced yester-
day in Washington that the general
plans for the merger of the Washing
ton and Virginia Company which op-
crates the street car lines between
Alexandria and Mount Vernon with
the Maryland and Virginia Company
have been agreed on, and are now
being worked out in detail. F. H.
Treat, of Philadelphia, who succeeded
to the presidency of the Washington
and Virginia Company two years ago
on the retirement of Clarence P. King,
now president of the Washington
Electric Railway Company, was IN
Washington Friday and conferred
with Mn. King and officers of the
Maryland and Virginia company.
The Washington and Virginia Com
pany operates extensive lines in the
District and Alexandria and Fairfax
counties. 1t operates through Fairfax,
Vienna. Falls Church, Ballston, Fort
Meyer, Rosslyn, Nauck, Luna Park
Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Arlington,
Fort Meyer and Washington. 1t is a
combination of what were formerly
the Washington, Alexandria and Mt.
Vernon and the Washington, Airing
ton and Falls Church lines.
Announcement was made also that
the directors of the Arlington Electric
light Company and the Braddock
Light and Power Company had voted
to merge their companies with the
Maryland Virginia company and a
meeting of the stockholders of all
three concerns will be held on October
18th. to ratify the action of the dl-
rectors. The Braddock Light and Pow
er Company will meet in the offices
of Walter u. Varney, on north Fair
fax street, the Maryland and Virginia
Company in the Offices Of Gardner L.
Boothe and the Arlington Company In
Rosslyn.
The Arlington and the Braddock
companies are two small electric
lighting companies in Alexandra
county. The Arlington Company pur-
chases it's current from the Alexan-
dria county Lighting Company ane
this is supposed to have been tht
ground for the rumor that the latter
concern will be taken into the merger
The Arlington Company has an au
thorized capital stock of S10O,o0O, Of
which $4,000 has been issued, the
Braddock Company has an authorized
capital stock of $4,000, of which Slo,
900 has been issued.
A movement in the stock OF th'
Braddock Company preceded the draw
ing up of the merger plans, 1t was
learned yesterday. Until recently oni!
about $4,000 of its authorized capita
stock of $4,000 had ben disposed OF
issue was raised to $4,000 last weei
by the disposal of $4,000 of addition
al stock. 1t will be on the basis O.
$4,000 worth of stock that the mer
ger with the Maryland Virginia com
pany will be effected.
NJ. E. Church, of Falls Church
formed the Arlington Company abou
year ago, and is now president
He announced last night the actio
the directors had taken. The Brad
dock Company, which was formed
about three years ago is controlled b
the Potomac Electric Power Compan.
which in turn is controlled by til
Washington Railway and Electr
Company.
Financial Washington is on the q,
vive as result of the announcement
business men realizing that the Fl
ture of many of the public servi
corporations of the District and '
cinity is about to be decided