The Republican., 1924-09-25
SUPER POWER SERVICE
COMPANIES AGREEMENT
Will Connect Plant Now Build
ing With Niagara Falls
Power COmpany's Lines

| Jointly on Monday by Niagara, Lock
port and Ontario Power Company, the
Transmission and distribution COM
pany of large portion of the electric
power generated at Niagara Falls,
and by the Pennsylvania Electric Cor
poration operating the Penn Public
Service System in Western Pennsyl-
wanna and Maryland, that these two
large systems are to at once intercon-
meet their 110,000-volt transmission
facilities at the New York-Pennsyl-
vania State line between jamestown,
N. Y, and Warren, Pa.
The purpose of the agreement be-
tween the two Systems, which has just
been. executed and made effective, is
stated broadly to be to avoid duph-
cation of investment and to realize
an increased measure of efficiency and
economy in the generation and distri-
button of electric energy, thus bene-
fitting not only the contracting parties
but the customers of each system
throughout the territories served by
them respectively.
The carrying out of this agreement
will actually accomplish in Eastern
United States super-power service. 1t
unites through high capacity trans
mission system the water power de-
velopments of Canada, New York and
the New England States with the
steam power plants located in the
coal fields of Pennsylvania and also
the hydro-electric developments of
great potentiality in. Western Mary
land and Pennsylvania. This inter
connecting transmission system will
make it possible to use and develop
each source of power to its best ad-
vantage and utilize with the greatest
economy the water power and coal re-
source in the northeastern part of the
United States. The generating ca
pacity which will be Immediately
available to this interconnected sys-
TEN will exceed 100000 horsepower,
of which by far the greatest part is
in hydro-electric developments.
In connection with this announce
ment, however, the contracting par
ties emphasize the fact that no cor
porate, financial or managerial rela-
tionship has been created, considered
or contemplated by them. The Mag
ara, Lockport and Ontario Power
Company is closely associated with
The Niagara Falls Power Company,
the generating company producing all
the power on the New York State
side of the river at Niagara Falls. Its
head offices are in Buffalo, New York.
The Pennsylvania Electric Corpora
ton owns practically all of the COM
mon stocks of each of the operating
companies included in Penn Public
System, its operating headquarters at
Johnstown and Erie, Pa, and its
management is directed by H. D..
Walbridge & Company, of New York
City.
The Niagara Company is intercon-
nected with the generating plant of
The Niagara Falls Power Company,
and the generating plants of the Hy-
dro-Electric Power Commission of
Ontario, located at Niagara on the
Canadian side. It's transmission sys-
TEN radiates from Niagara Falls
south and west to jamestown and
Olean, and east beyond the city of
Syracuse. Recently it has made ar
rangements for interconnection with
the Northern New York Utilities, Inc,
which owns and operates both steam
and water power plants in Northern
New York State, and supplying cities,
villages and towns in and through sew
eral counties of Northern New York;
and an agreement also for intercon-
nection with the Adirondack Power
and Light Corporation which owns
and operates both steam and water
power plants in Eastern New York
State, and supplies cities, villages and
towns from Central New York east
erly to the eastern boundary of the
State. This latter company has al
ready completed an interconnection
with the New England Power Com
pany similar to the one herein an
nounced.
In the State of New York, the Nj
agara, Lockport, and Ontario Power
Company is the pioneer company in
high tension long distance transmits
sion. Construction of its high ten
. sion transmission lines began in the
year 1905. It's system has steadily
grown from that day to this until the
Company now has in operation more
than 1900 miles of high voltage ser
vice. The capacity of its system is