Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29
We May Have a Trolley System.

The Northern Virginia Power Com
pany last Friday officially announced
the sale of all its stock to interests al
lied with the operation OF public utiil-
ties in Western Maryland, Penn
svivania and parts of West Virginia.
Between Sl,5OO,OOO and S2,000,U0O is
said to have been paid for the proper
ties.
The effect of the sale will be a uni
ned system of the various plants OF the
Hagerstown and Frederick Railroad,
the Potomac Light and Power Com
pany and the Northern Virginia Com
nany, and physical connections will be
made between the lines OF the lat.-c
Two. which operate half dozen steam
and water power plants. Emory ..
Cobentz, president OF the Contra
trust Company, Frederick, Nd, IS also
president of the ihree compan.e, he
states that consolidation ana Cnl!lna-
lon OF competition assures e.Ic.ent
service. President Lewis F. Cooper
and Directors Z. V. Weems, ). L.
Hoover and A. Moore, of the Not.lern
Virginia Company, having sold all
their stock in the Northern Virginia
Company, have resigned. The new
board is composed of Emory L. Cob
lentz, Frederick; Shirley Garter, I. b.
Patton and R. Gray Williams, Win
chester; Col. R. P. Chew, Charles
Town; and Harry c. Warden, Berry
vile. Colonel Chew is vice-president,
Mr.. Williams general counsel, Mr.. Car
ter secretary treasurer, and M. A.
Poole general manager of the new
company. =,
The deal for the sale of the stock OF
the Northern Virginia Company was
engineered by Harry G. Warden, OF
Clarke county, one of the stockholders
and a director, and R. W. Alexander,
formerly Of Charles Town, now vice
president of the Equitable Trust Com
panv of Baltimore. Messrs. Warden
and Alexander have been working on
the deal for a year, and it was only
during the past few months that they
were able to bring the large stock
holders in line for the sale.
BY the purchase made, the Hagers-
town and Frederick Electric Railway
Company has carried out the last detail
of its plan for extending its electric
power and traction lines in the States
of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
and West Virginia.
In addition to providing an electric
trolley service for Maryland towns and
cities, connecting mainly Frederick and
Hagerstown. the Hagerstown and
Frederick Company supplies electric
power and light for many places IN
Maryland. West Virginia and Virginia.
lust what the deal means for this
section has not been made clear.
About seven years ago the Hagerstown
and Frederick Company had under
consideration plans for extending Its
electric trolley service over the Blue
Ridge mountains 10 Charles Town,
Shepherdstown, Martinsburg. Win
chester and Berryville. Whether this
project will be revived is not known.
Ii is believed. however, that the COM
pany will Join in the deyelopment o
this section Of Virginia and West VIZ
GINA with the idea of making the
electric trolley extension.
R. w. Alexander, one OF the pro-
motors OF the consolidation o. these
interests. knows the value and re-
sources of this territory IS well rs any
man alive. and it s not beyond the ofs9
OF possibilities that network o! troll
lev lines. such as are found IN the mid
die west and in New England, viii
ultimately grow cut of the merger.
This section is almost as thickly popu-
lated as Washington and Frederick
counties. and IFS resources are certain
" as great. Further developments
will be awaited with interest.