Willapa Electric Company

The Willapa Electric Company was an electric railway and electric utility company incorporated on August 2, 1913, as successor to the Willapa Harbor Railway, a 5.60-mile (9.01 km) electric street railway extending from Raymond to South Bend, Washington, in addition to other public utilities in the area: Twin City Electric Company and South Bend Electric Company. The company was to be capitalized at $400,000. The organizers were J S Thornton, R L Fisher and M M Fisher. The company was controlled by the Cities Service Power and Light Company. Rail operations continued until July 1930.[1]

In 1939, the company sold part of its electricity transmission and distribution network to the Bonneville Dam.[2]

In 1940, the company and Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company were both reportedly subsidiaries of Federal Light and Traction.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hilton, George W.; John Fitzgerald Due (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. p. 393. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.
  2. ↑ "Power Transfer Made in Washington". Eugene Register-Guard. March 9, 1939. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Income Increased by Cities Service; The Net Last Year Amounted to $6,588,742, Against $5,814,515 in 1938 GROSS RISES $5,033,613 $220,370,277 Reported for the 12 Months--9-Year Debt Reduction Given". New York Times. April 9, 1940. p. 38. Retrieved 2009-10-11.


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