Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-01
LIGHTING AND
POWER COMBINE
FORMED! IN N. D.
Dakota Heat, Light and
Power Co. to Control Sup
ply in Thirteen Cities.

Bismarck. N. D., May With the
approval Of the North Dakota rail-
way commission. the Hughes Elec-
re COMPANY ct Rismarc ck, will My
light and power combine which will
central these utilities In thirteen
good-sizeds cities Of the state. While
Senator u, a. Hughes, president of
the Hughes Electric company, a Min
nesota corporation, has declined to
verify the statement. it became known
nere today on very good authority
company has taken an option on the
Hughes plant, subject to appreval~by
the railway commission. at $500, 900,
and that the Hughes & Deter Elec-
trio company of Dickinson has taken
aver under. the same terms at a con-
alteration Of approximately $l76.00 700
con Tn e IL Ike g IL Heat Light & Power
i, B. Hanna Is heavily Interested. has
for some time operated a light and
power plant at Devils Lake. Last
week 1t purchased for 100000 the
western Electric company of James
town. and 1t has made q. bid for the
Mandan Light and Power company
which the stockholders of this oper-
other plants are owned by the Da-
kota company in Darlington, New
Rockford, Enderlin, CasseIton . and
Cakes. and it is bidding for the Lis
bon plant.
If the consolidation .so~es-through
the Dakota Heat. Light & Power
company will on May Is have the
operation and control Of plants in
Bismarck, Dickinson. Mandan, James
town, Lisbon. Darlington. Cakes, Cas-
selton. Enderlin, New Rockford and
Devils Lake, making 1t one of the
most powerful public utility corpora
tions In the northwest.
Sale Surprise.
h prospective sale of the Hughes
Electric company of Bismarck, all
though rumored for some time, comes
az a surprise to the public generally.
The corporation has been regarded
as unusually successful. Bismarck's
first electric plant was erected by
Senator p. A.. Hughes in the early
n1nettes. From a small beginning has
Fdeveloped an institution which sup
nower and which furnishes about half
the Bismarck homes with electric our
rent tor cooking at the low rate Of
three cents. The company also heats
all of the downtown district.
. In addition to the Bismarck plant,
Senator Hughes built electric plants
~ Fargo. Dickinson. Mandan, Glen
T.v~s Nav o4AA HVo4CLl1 dllu OLdHl0S,
MINI. 1t is understood to be Mr..
Hughes present intention to invest
In new Bismarck business structures
9 large proportion of the $500, 900
which will be derived from the sale
OF the local plant, His enterprises
will include a large new vaudeville
and picture theater. for which plans
already have been prepared; q large
store and Office building in the same
section Of. the city and one other
structure whose naturerconnot be dis>
covered. Later 1t Is probable Mr..
Hughes will spend a year in travelling,
Lat the end Of which time he purposes
to- return to North Dakota to under
take a more intensive development
of the states Ignite deposits. in which
he already is heavily interested, hay
ing been the promoter Of and one. of
the heaviest stockholders in the
Beulah Coal Mining company, second
largest mining enterprise in the state,