f : ane ae po eS OG Ey ee ee eae eee RR te 5f f vj A y ¢; ; ie . ty ig’ ‘ { % : %4 f PA eS VOID DLE SYR SU Te PDE VE BES © OO VRiaAC Ne deren a ’ : : WEG ya ) ii rE oe ee ( MM ttl f Af L « VAL, \ The person charging this material is re- sponsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books are reasons for disciplinary action and may result in dismissal from the University. To renew call Telephone Center, 333-8400 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN L161—O-1096 “ie OFFICERS and “DIRECTORS OFFICERS SAMUEL INSULL, President MartTIN J. INsuLL, Vice-President Joun F. Gricurist, Vice-President Ouiver E. McCormick, Treasurer Eustace J. Knicut, Secretary & Asst. Treasurer R. E. McKee, Assistant Secretary E. A. Davis, Auditor Ratpu D. SreEveENSsON, Counsel (DIRECTORS WALTER S. BREWSTER Martin J. [NSULL Britton I. Bupp SAMUEL INSULL Epwarp J. DoyLE E. W. Lioyp Louts A. FERGUSON CuyarLEs A. MUNROE WituiaM A. Fox L. E. Myers Joun F. Grucurist Epwarp P. RussELL Joun H. Guiick MarsHALy E. SAMPSELL B. E. SuNNY EXECUTIVES COMMITTEE WicuiAMmM A. Fox MartTINn J. INSuLL Joun F., GILCHRIST SAMUEL INSULL Joun H. GuLick CuHar_Les A. MuNROE -_ Epwarp P. RussELL $33] 4 Ynsease. ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES at hatdlaw Leer Hee 20, ZT CAKE ean . VC Wy ’ Foreword” HE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COM- PANY was founded—and has been suc- cessful—on the somewhat revolutionary idea that full electric light and power facilities could be profitably supplied to compact groups of smaller cities and towns through closely-knit transmission systems, they being supplied with energy from efficiently operated and advantageously located central stations of large size. Prior to its organization—in May, 1912—there were no companies formed primarily for that purpose. There had been organizations somewhat similar to the Middle West Utilities Company but they controlled the electric business of larger cities that were not directly connected with each other. The carefully conceived plan, originating in the minds of those who had been foremost in electrical development in the Middle West, was the formation of what might be termed “elec- trical districts,” each composed of all cities and towns within prescribed areas, which might be closely tied together by transmission line systems and served from central stations capable of economical and large volume production. It was the plan that electrical energy should be produced within those districts by the most economical agency, whether it be steam, water power, natural gas or oil. It was further a part of the plan that these “electrical dis- tricts” should be distributed in various states, so as to protect the holding company to the utmost degree. Through this means, wide diversity in use of electricity was to be obtained and risk avoided from adverse conditions—business or other- wise—which might affect an enterprise purely local in char- acter. It was believed that elimination of the “dusk to dawn” service of isolated plants, poorly financed and incapable of expansion, would work greatly towards the growth and devel- opment of the cities and towns within the areas, which at the f PAGE THREE 538344 MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY same time, would mean constant growth in business. It was felt, too, that the subsidiaries, operating these “electrical dis- tricts” should be conducted as full-fledged separate entities under purely local management, having full authority to carry out the general policies of the holding company. In the acquisition of many small electric companies, as the plan expanded, it was necessary that the Middle West Utilities Company obtain properties which also sold other forms of utility service. Asa result, organized primarily to conduct an electric light and power business, the company came into the possession of gas plants, water pumping stations, small elec- tric railways and also ice plants. It has since found most of these branches of the industry profitable—some of them highly so. As to the success of the plan, the following facts are illuminating. The Middle West Utilities Company controls 22 operating companies, which, on August 31, 1923, provided utility serv- ices directly to more than 1,800,000 people in 695 cities and towns in 15 states. Through sale of services at wholesale, it sold its products indirectly in 232 additional communities, or a total of 927 cities and towns, and through wholesaling of energy to other electrical utilities, reached many others. Ten years ago, the gross income of the operating com- panies was $3,680,676. In 1922 gross income was $29,- 870,701 and it is increasing at the rate of above 20 per cent a year. The electric transmission lines, on August 31, 1923, were 6,050 miles in length, energy being fed into them from 136 steam and hydro-electric plants which in 1922 delivered 711,- 950,821 kilowatt hours of energy. The electric railways are carrying 24,000,000 passengers a year. The gas plants sold 2,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas in 1922. The 48 ice plants have an annual production capac- ity of 350,000 tons. Water service is provided in 30 com- munities and the electric and gas appliance business has reached large proportions. In the succeeding chapters the story of the development of the Middle West Utilities Company and its operating subsidi- aries is related. | P*A ‘GE. F O:U'R* ™ ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Kilbourn, meee eee TRE a ic sneapmnenest iT TT ADEs Hydro- Electric ( Wis.) SEE cee ie ee Plant The Service Rendered UBLIC servants performing a myriad of tasks are the operating subsi- diaries of the Middle West Utilities Company. Measured in terms of revenue, 65 per cent of their service con- sists of furnishing electric energy for practically every known use in which this dependable servant of industry may be employed. Other important phases of their business are the production and dis- tribution of gas both for domestic and industrial uses; the operation of city and interurban railways; the operation of motor bus lines; the manu- facture and sale of ice in great quantities; the furnishing of public water supply for many communities and the sale of gas and electrical labor- saving appliances. There is wide diversity of use of the services in the numerous, but com- pact, areas served in the 15 states. In Texas and Oklahoma, the electric en- ergy is depended upon for operating cotton gins, and in New England for cot- ton spindles and quarrying. In the Middle West, South and Southwest, great Muddy power station of the Central Illinois Public Service Company near Harrisburg, Illinois, supplying energy to large coal mine customers PAGE FIVE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY A fast passenger train on the Interstate Public Service Company high-speed electric railroad between Indianapolis, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky amounts of coal are mined by the aid of the operating companies’ power, and in the upper peninsula of Michigan, the mining of iron ore is dependent on the energy supply. The overflow lands along the Illinois River are reclaimed and the thirsty soil of the Platte Valley is irrigated by electric pumps whose source of energy is in the plants of the Middle West Utilities constituent properties. The building stone of Indiana and the lumber industries of many states use their power. Grain of the vast corn and wheat belts, the oil of the mid-continent fields and the products of the great Wisconsin dairy coun- try, all have their claim upon the activities of these companies. In addition, every imaginable type of factory depends upon the Middle West Utilities organization for service. People are carried to and from work, aid is given in maintaining evening amusements, merchants’ display of wares is facilitated, the streets, the home and the office are lighted, food is cooked, and use of the thousand and one labor-saving devices that have done so much to lighten tasks, both in the home and the factory, are made possible by the activities of this extensive organization. ‘CENTRAL ILLINOIS —< PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY SUICE PLANT N2 Tt ; | ATIFIE » ik ©. < E % : ie As POM oti Wee ee a Se Centralia (Ill.) ice plant of Central Illinois Public Service Company, which provides icing requirements of the Illinois Central Railroad Company PAGE SIX A a i SSIS ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Electric generating station and ice plant at Okmulgee, Oklahoma, of the Oklahoma Power Company, an American Public Service Company subsidiary Company's Story ~ One o Progress HE story of the Middle West Utilities Company is largely that of the advance of the electrical industry itself during the past decade. The benefit to the territory served, through this rapid progress in making bountiful electricity available, is incalculable. Towns that formerly had service for only a few hours of the night now have continuous service. Smaller communities that had no electric service and could not be served profitably by any other method, now enjoy the advantage of light and power service equal to that found in large cities. Fifty-five communities are served with gas. For five of these natural gas is purchased and distributed. In 1922, the output of gas to customers was nearly 2,000,000,000 cubic feet. The gas division had in service 858 miles of mains. Largely because of many new industrial uses for gas, the sale of manufactured gas is a fast growing business. Sixteen railways, large and small, are included in the service-rendering facil- ities of the Middle West Utilities properties. They serve 29 communities, but their combined earnings con- stituted only 9.4 per cent of the subsidiaries’ gross in - come for the year 1922. The electric railway proper- ties have nearly 400 miles of track, both city and inter- New Albany (Ind.) gas plant of the Interstate Public urban. Service Company PAGE SEVEN MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Hydro-electric power plant of Interstate Public Service Company, Monticello, Indiana The 48 ice plants of the Middle West subsidiaries have total daily manufacturing capacity of 2,216 tons of ice. During the year 1922, when the companies had only 38 ice i se plants with aggregate capacity of 1,575 tons a day, they sold 214,- Spillway and poutine Hae 205 tons of ice, producing revenue of $1,813,264, or 6.1 per cent District Pt of the total gross earnings. The ice business is becoming more and more closely related to the electric industry. The trend of modern ice making is toward electrically operated plants. The great two-fold advantage of the change from steam to electric ice making is a superior product with increased production efficiency. The motor-driven ice plant natur- ally replaces the old steam-driven plant that previously was oper- ated in conjunction with the small electric generating stations now being closed down in favor of transmission line service. Some HYDRO-E GENERATID of Middle West U: Operating, Further advantages in joint operation of electric and ice prop- erties are that the ice industry provides revenue in the months when the electric earnings are lowest, and improves the load factor of the electric generating stations. A very large proportion of the com- panies’ ice business is in the South and Southwest where the long summers create extended demand for the product. A view of the hydro-electric power house and dam, Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin, owned [ PAGE EIGHT ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Fie electric station, South Boe [Ve of the Berwick and ae Falls Electric Company Water service for 30 communities and heat service in 9 com- munities made up about 3 per cent of the Middle West Company’s business in 1922. The operating companies have nearly 400 miles of mains in use to supply these services. Pees. eects superior In addition, an important part is played in providing public water supply through electric pumping for municipally operated water systems throughout the territory served. The business of selling electric and gas appliances, though in- cidental to the main business of supplying electrical energy and gas, produces substantial earnings. The income from merchandise sales and job work in the year ended December 31, 1922, amounted to $1,865,423, or 6.3 per cent of the total gross revenue. Sales for the first eight months of 1923 indicated an increase of 65 per cent in the 1923 year. The sale of thousands of appliances is interesting as illustrating the widely diversified uses to which the products of the Middle West subsidiaries are put. An indication of the possibilities of growth in electric cooking, alone, in communities where gas is not available, is seen in the fact that in 1915 there were no electric ranges served, whereas on August 31, 1923, there were 7,200 families cooking electrically. the ECTRIC STATIONS e ties Company’s mpanies he Wisconsin River Power Company, one of the North West Utilities Company subsidiaries PAGE NINE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Pamp room, Tulsa power station, of the Oklahoma Power Company Properties Advantageously Grouped HE territorial spread of operations is clearly shown in the mapping of the 16 groups into which the principal subsidiary companies are allocated. This spread of operations, expressed in character of industries served, is extraordinary. It shows a diversity of business which is a protection against the effects of practically any untoward happening, business depres- sion or otherwise. An important feature of the physical characteristics of the system is the manner in which the small cities and towns form compact groups. The regard to the sources of power that would serve a given district and the industrial re- quirements that would utilize these power sources. The organization has been so well worked out that the electrical energy, from which 65 per cent of the revenue is derived, finds its chief market in the compact groups of cities and towns just referred to. Where water pow- er is available and _ PAGE TEN ESSENTIAL SERVICE Freight train on the Interstate Public Service Company’s electric railroad fuel resources are distant, water power is chiefly used. Where no water pow- er is available, the generating plants are built at, or near, the coal or other fuel supply source. In Kentucky, Virginia and Illinois, steam plants are sit- uated close to the mine mouth. In the Oklahoma and Texas groups the plants are designed to use oil or gas, either of which is produced on the spot. The grouping of properties has thus brought striking economies in capital expenditures and in production. The physical result of combining properties has been the retirement from service of nearly three times as many generating plants as are now in constant operation. A total of 229 plants have been completely closed down and 53 standby plants are in process of elimination. When it is remembered that the abandoned plants were small, ex- tremely inefficient and many of them of the type that gave only night service, the gain to the communities in adequate service, better rates and consequent improvement in community conditions can be appreciated. A more interesting turn is given to the figures if they are analyzed in detail. The Illinois group, which includes the largest number of communi- ties, has 15 operating stations against 87 closed down and 16 standby stations partially operating. In this instance, almost six times as many stations have been closed down completely, as are now in constant operation. The Wisconsin group, with 18 operating and 6 standby stations has closed down 42 stations. Indiana, with 13 op- erating and 8 stand- by stations has closed down 14: sta- tions. iS" 1 Ul A Ne if Bree . MNO g Another factor in the shutting down of stations has been the Viesy3 ability to purchase | p nal power both within joel the groups and from MASTRN WSEDISH ELECTRIC COMPANY. outside sources. a ymouth : o Havana = C; olasoiiee ee a Blu ust Oty oo Pony cGolden Rus brine os Fe \\ © Rockville M, oDanneburg ° a) 08, ° ° a, © Cnirg Clarks a4 0 he “Aig, iin Pah? 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Pleasureville 5 Yo, Plessureville £e°9,0 ° loan? o Cynthiana —_ rrillg ©Midway awrenceburg P encevurg e%oVersailles 9 ogyoD! _ Hs qwincnest*™ Ke oMt.Sterling Elizabethtowno C soshnen? ° Uniontown ? e oMorganfield 10 UD 4 : e/, = Carrollton cd \ fr © gouth Carrollton 44 es oO © Horse Cave ee 2,N o Cave City Somerset 0 e Oo reenville “’ 9 Gl Ferguson? by yor ° 4 Uy, o Glasgow bern, pvek. ane -P = G43. e Appalachia ° lo ins gop © Burnside Fe, cage? a Big Stone Gap V A ¥ Pinsvitie®4° “to, St-Charles Franklin Varilla 2 > Pennington Gap - Middlesboro 2 a pee’ ee ee ee miardah Gare OJ e 2 COPYRIGHT 1923 POOR'S PUBLISHING COMPANY N.Y, i PAGE TWENTY-FIVE — = MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY One of the large impounding reservoirs of Muddy power station, with a capacity of three hundred and twenty million gallons of water Description of Constituent Properties The following pages give in brief form a more detailed description of the activities of the principal subsidiary operating companies: The Illinois Group NE of the most extensive power transmission systems in the world is owned and operated by the CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY. Its high tension wires reach across the state of IlIli- nois, from the Keokuk dam on the Mississippi river to the Indiana line. The company has in service 1,600 miles of high voltage transmission lines radiating throughout the 14,000 square miles of territory served and, as of August 31, 1923, inter-connecting 213 communities. It had, as of that date, a total of 112,500 customers, of whom 97,000 were purchasers of electricity. ips. I hi Switching yard, Muddy power station PAGE T\WHEN TY-Si1 xX ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES ¥ £ ye i , Pumping station of the Hartwell Drainage and Levee District. Eleven thousand acres reclaimed. Energy furnished by the Central Illinois Public Service Company Of particular interest is the tremendous coal mining power business now being done and contracted for by this company in the great coal fields of southern and central Illinois, where the company now serves 107 active mines. Although the company is now furnishing approximately 48,000 horse- power to serve its coal mining power customers, the present connected business amounts to barely 32 per cent of the total. amount of business of this character within easy reach of its transmission lines. In its own stations, and through its contracts for the purchase of power, there is available to the company a total capacity of 85,000 horse- power. The total connected load on the company’s system, however, aggre- gates over 177,000 horsepower, which can be served by the capacity avail- able because of the diversity of the company’s business. To enable it to take on additional coal mining and other business the company will shortly have available the output of another great steam electric generating station in course of construction on the Mississippi river at Grand Tower in southern Illinois. The initial capacity of this power plant will be more than 53,000 horsepower, and the present plans call for ultimate generating facilities of two and one-half times that size. Turbine room, Muddy power station, 25,000 kilowatts capacity PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Bone a os: Gee, i house sim eee ae Architect’s sketch of Central Illinois Public Service Company’s power station, at Grand Tower, Illinois, in process of construction Fifteen ice plants are operated, with total daily ice making capacity of 844 tons, supplying approximately all ice requirements of more than 40 communities. The output of the large plants at Mounds and Centralia, with daily capacity of 200 and 160 tons respectively, is depended on for icing fruit and meat cars on the Illinois Central railroad. The Centralia plant was acquired at the beginning of the 1923 ice season, as were also other large plants in Springfield and Lincoln. In the vicinity of Lawrenceville and Robinson are located the most productive oil fields in Illinois. In Crawford and Lawrence counties are approximately 8,000 producing oil wells. The company is rapidly increas- ing its business of providing electric pumping for these wells. Its trans- mission lines extend through the most productive part of this territory, mak- ing it the logical source of power for present and future developments. The company also furnishes large amounts of energy to oil refineries in this district. Aside from the cities and towns, industrial plants and coal mines served, the company also provides the electrical energy requirements of a territory comprising some of the best agri- cultural sections, not only of the state, but of the entire Middle West. Included in this area are more than 160,000 acres of rich alluvial soil extending south- ward from Havana along the Illinois river for a distance of 80 miles. This land, being subject each spring to overflow from the river, must be drained. The greater portion of it is Engine room of Central illinois Public Service Company’s Led made extremely plant at Mounds, Illinois productive through the PAGE DW EN TYE hG hr ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES = y “) E ; 1 4 H ; i Ps at pe : . - . oe wkd * 74 —- | <5 3 a Ig acs. & ae ae 25 inte + hs as Sree dip shies sige Pr ee a Bete Rees te Illinois Northern Utilities Company’s gas plant, De Kalb, Illinois use of electric pumps, the energy being furnished by the company. THE ILLINOIS NORTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY serves the rich dairy and corn belt in the northwestern section of Illinois, sixteen counties being included in its territory. A substantial power business is provided by the many and varied industries in a large number of communities located almost within the Chicago manufacturing district. Rural service has reached an advanced stage of development in the territory and is rapidly becoming a large source of additional revenue to the company. The company’s principal steam generating station is located at Dixon, and there are hydro-electric plants at Oregon, Dixon and the government dam at Sterling on the Rock River and on the Pecatonica river at Free- port. In addition, the company purchases energy from a number of sources under favorable long term contracts. The company’s properties include 5 steam generating plants, 3 hydro- electric generating plants, 3 combination steam and hydro plants and 7 gas plants. The company owns 606.3 miles of transmission lines. It serves 76 communi- ties with electric light and power, 9 with gas and | with transporta- tion service, as well as operating an interurban line between Sterling and Dixon. In 1918, it had an output of 21,096,516 kilowatt hours of elec- trical energy. In 1922, it had grown to 35,360,- 839, Output of gas in 1918 was 227,255,000 cubic feet, compared i. ‘ Turbine Room, hydro plant, of the Illinois Northern with 272,983,000 cubic Utilities Company, Sterling, Illinois PAGE TWENTY-NINE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY > aS tag | = Lyd feet in 1922. Customers increased from 29,507 in 1918, to 40,522 at the end of 1922. The Indiana Group HE INTERSTATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY furnishes electric- ity to 103 Indiana cities and villages, retailing service in 65 com- munities and wholesaling in 38. Of the communities, 12 are also pro- vided with gas, 9 with water, 6 with street railway service, 2 with heat, and the cities and towns between Indianapolis, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., with high-speed electric railroad service. ; The territory served is well diversified, including, as it does, the rich agricultural district in the northwestern part of the state, served largely by the company’s hydro-electric plant located on the banks of the historical Tippecanoe river at Monticello, and a progressive industrial territory in the central part of the state and extending south to the Ohio river. Industrial activity is especially marked in the production of auto- mobiles, farm implements, furniture, cement, flour, canned goods, and build- ing materials. Gas plant of the Illinois Northern Utilities Company, Sterling, Illinois PA:-G E-T.HI RT Y. ro plant and dam, operated by the Illinois Northern Utilities Company at Sterling, Illinois A AE ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Power plant of the Interstate Public Service Company, Shelbyville, Indiana New Castle is the home of the well-known Hoosier kitchen cabinet, and one of the larger factories of the Maxwell Automobile Company. Lebanon produces many widely used automobile parts, such as the Indestructible wheel. Seymour boasts of the largest flour mills in the state. Bloomington enjoys the activity of Showers Brothers Company’s mammoth furniture factory. Bedford is located in the heart of the world-famous Oolitic lime- stone industry. Jeffersonville is benefited through the operation there of one of the largest United States Army quartermaster depots in the Middle West. New Albany is constantly adding new lines to its already extensive industrial activities. Supplying the demand for power in the limestone industry centering about Bedford and Bloomington is an important part of the company’s business. The use of Indiana limestone in all the worthier sorts of build- ings has steadily increased for many years, until to-day substantial pro- portions of the monumental buildings of all classes throughout the country are built of it. The company supplies energy for a large number of mills Indiana Quarries Company, Bedford, Indiana, an Interstate Public Service Company customer PA GH THER TY -~ON E MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Main Street, New Castle, Indiana, one of the many cities served by the Interstate Public Service Company where the stone is sawed and prepared for shipment, as well as for most of the quarries in the Bedford-Bloomington district. The physical property operated by the company includes electric gen- erating stations with a combined capacity of 30,000 horsepower, 670 miles of high tension transmission line, 69 transformer stations, 8 artificial gas plants, 2 natural gas properties, 8 city water works, 24 miles of street railway and 122 miles of interurban line with modern switching, signalling and substation equipment. Through its activity in the construction of transmission systems, the company has eliminated the necessity of operating many small isolated plants, reducing maintenance and operating costs to a minimum and insur- ing most efficient uninterrupted service. By the construction of this net- work of connecting lines, the company has been enabled to close a number of very advantageous contracts for economic interchange of power with other operating companies. The company recently purchased 105 acres of land on the north bank of the Ohio river at Jeffersonville, Indiana, and will erect a steam power station of large capacity. This plant will feed into the present Interstate transmission system and will be tied in, by means of new high tension lines, Diversion dam at Connetebills (Und.) hydro plant of the Fasten Public Service Capa PAG Ee TeHeicR Tave--l aw. O ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Bloomington (Ind.) substation of the Interstate Public Service Company with large power sources now being developed in Kentucky by other Middle West Utilities subsidiaries. One of the most efficient and prosperous electric railway systems in the country is operated by the Interstate Company. The main interurban divis- ion connects Indianapolis with Louisville, Kentucky, and serves a large number of prosperous and thriving communities. An idea of the large amount of freight tonnage moved on this road is gained from the fact that it has handled in a single month 320 carloads of cement alone. Freight earnings have grown within 6 years from 5 per cent to 42 per cent of the total railway revenue, and at the same time earnings from pas- senger service also increased. The company is adding a large number of new cars, and with the com- pletion of a new union interurban freight terminal in Indianapolis, the freight traffic of this road is expected to be doubled. An analysis of the freight hauled indicates a steady gain in carload shipments. The fast freight service is especially valuable for shippers of berries, fruits and other perishable products grown in southern Indiana. A berry special is run at night in the berry season. The road is well equipped with cattle pens, and live stock shipments to the Indianapolis and Louisville markets are an important part of the traffic. A big industrial power customer of the Interstate Public Service Company at Bloomington, Indiana PAGE! Te0T RT Y-THREE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Electric generating station at Somerset, of the Kentucky Utilities Company Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee Properties NE not familiar with Kentucky, pictures in his mind’s eye a broad ex- panse of rich farm lands, acres and acres of the famous “Kentucky Burley,” or stables of beautiful Kentucky thoroughbreds. Few real- ize that a very large part of the state is mountainous and underlaid with some of the richest coal de- posits in the United States. A large part of the coal fields is served with electric- ity by the KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY, its extensive and ever grow- ing system of transmission and distributing lines cover- ing wide areas. The Kentucky Utilities Company and its subsidiar- ies, the KENTUCKY LIGHT and POWER COMPANY and the ELECTRIC TRANS- MISSION COMPANY of VIRGINIA, own and op- erate public utility prop- erties serving 45 commun- ities in Kentucky, 5 in Vir- ginia and 3 in Tennessee, with one or more classes of public utility service, in- cluding 48 with electric light and power, 12 with Kentucky Utilities Company’s power plant at ; : : Varilla, Kentucky ice, 7 with water, one with PA GE eT. BereRs Taye] bOsU-R OEE FT OIE AI EE ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Electric-driven ice plant of the Kentucky Utilities Company, Middlesboro, Kentucky gas, and one with street railway service. The transmission lines traverse a large agricultural district including ten counties in the highly fertile “Blue Grass” region of central Kentucky. The companies also operate extensively in the heart of the rich coal mining districts of southeastern and western Kentucky and western Virginia, where the demand for pow- er is tremendous. Seventy-five per cent of all the coal-mining opera- tions in Bell and Harlan counties, Kentucky, and Lee and Wise counties, Virginia, are supplied with power. ‘Through the wholesaling of power to the old Dominion Power Company, the mining operations around Norton, Virginia, also receive pow- er from the system. sek » ’ » NS me The properties owned in- clude 14 generating plants and 3 reserve stations, and 514 miles of high voltage transmission lines, practi- cally all new or of modern construction. In addition to its generating plants the |fea® | company has favorable long A high-tension steel tower power line of the Electric Transmission Company of Virginia, near term contracts for the pur- the Kentucky border PA GEST Heir t) Yi-w V E MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Electric Transmission Company of Virginia power plant at Pocket, Virginia chase of power. A very profitable ice business is done and this diversity in source of revenue causes the earnings to be remarkably uniform during the year. The largest power station of this group now in service is at Pocket, Vir- ginia, with generating capacity of 17,000 horsepower. There is now being constructed, however, a station of 40,000 horsepower capacity located on the Cumberland river near Pineville, Kentucky. The first 20,000 horse- power unit of this plant is expected to be completed by January 1, 1924. In the latter part of 1923 the KENTUCKY HYDRO ELECTRIC COM- PANY, another Middle West Utilities Company subsidiary, was formed for the purpose of erecting and developing a hydro-electric plant on the Dix river, two miles from where it empties into the Kentucky river at High Bridge, Kentucky. A dam 270 feet high will be built there and the power plant is expected to have a total capacity in generating units of 26,400 horse- power. The Kentucky Hydro Electric Company will have a 66,000 volt double circuit steel tower transmission line from the plant to Lexington, Kentucky, where it will deliver a portion of its output to the transmission system of the Kentucky Utilities Company. Another steel tower line will run from the hydro plant to the Ohio river at a point near Louisville, where it will ARTZ Sora : Kilbourn spillway and power plant on the Wisconsin River, North West Utilities Company PP ASG lie ey Ha bee Gay gens kek ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from the sky. Served by Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company’s electric railway system connect with the lines of the Interstate Public Service Company at the latter company’s new power plant to be erected at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Another Middle West Utilities subsidiary operating in Tennessee is the CITIZENS GAS LIGHT COMPANY, which serves the city of Jackson with gas. Wisconsin and MichigZan Groups A great volume of hydro-electric energy is produced by the Middle West Utilities properties in Wisconsin and Michigan, and this is being added to by the development of further valuable power sources. Seventy-two per cent of the present output of these companies is from hydro-electric power plants. Airplane view of hydro-electric plant, dam and spillway on the Wisconsin river near Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, owned by the Wisconsin River Power Company Pray Gebeclrl lee bey -os hovel N MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Sheboygan, Wisconsin, showing harbor in the background. Another city served by the Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company The heart of Wisconsin’s richest agricultural and dairying section is served by the operating companies controlled by the NORTH WEST UTIL- ITIES COMPANY, a subsidiary of the Middle West Utilities Company. This territory is also fortunate in the possession of zinc, iron ore and gran- ite resources, and is the home of many large and varied industries. Included in this group are the WISCONSIN RIVER POWER COM- PANY, the WISCONSIN POWER, LIGHT & HEAT CO., the EASTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, the SOUTHERN WISCONSIN POW- ER COMPANY, the MINERAL POINT PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY and the JANESVILLE ELECTRIC COMPANY. The Wisconsin River Power Company owns and operates one of the largest and most efficient modern hydro-electric power plants in the North- west. Hall Hi a ial i i Hi i ~ Se ll Outdoor substation at Big Falls power plant of the Lake Superior District Power Company PIA'GR? T HOR Y -—2 LG Hee ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Airplane view, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin The plant, an excellent type of water power development, spans the Wisconsin River near Prairie du Sac. The power house is over three hun- dred feet long, is of brick and concrete construction, and the reinforced con- crete dam is more than 1,000 feet in length. The present plant comprises eight modern hydraulic turbines of high efficiency, having a total energy capacity of over 35,000 horsepower, and turning out nearly 100,000,000 kilowatt hours per annum. Al the neces- sary auxiliary apparatus, used in the control and distribution of the power developed, is of modern and substantial character. This company owns and operates over 100 miles of double-circuit steel-tower, 66,000-volt transmission lines, extending from Prairie du Sac to Portage and from Prairie du Sac, through Madison, to Janesville, as well as 100 miles of wood pole, high-tension transmission lines. » ‘Outdoor substation at Ironwood, Michigan PLA SG Heel HM IRE Y=N IN & MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Kincaid (Ill.) power station of the C 4 Some « STEAM PH Supplying El. territo1 Middle West | Operati: Main generating station and ice plant, Abilene, Texas, American Public Service Company PrASGeh yeh LOU Rea ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES the large \NERATING NTS ic Energy to the erved by lities Company’s in ul Uompanies i Sty i iL Wi 3 36 a Ashland (Wis.) steam plant, Lake Superior District Power Company PAGE FORTY-ONE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY a; ; : LU17 8 & fe we A string of interurban cars in service between Fond du Lac, Oshkosh and Neenah, Wisconsin The company now furnishes a substantial proportion of the power used for the operation of the street and interurban railways in and around Milwaukee, as well as the electric light and power requirements of Madison. In addition it supplies the total power requirements of one of the subsidi- aries of the General Motors Corporation at Janesville and also a large portion of the electrical energy used by the other North West Utilities subsidiaries oper- ating throughout central and southern Wisconsin. THE SOUTHERN WIS. CONSIN POWER COM- PANY owns and operates a | 10,000-horsepower hydro- '| electric development on the Wisconsin river at Kilbourn. = The output of the station | is sold under wholesale con- tracts. The company has 77 miles of double circuit 66,000 volt, steel tower transmission line extending + tl | ae from Kilbourn to W ate r- ana se} | town, where energy is sold = to the Milwaukee Electric Steam generating plant of the Eastern Wisconsin Railway and Light Com- Electric Company, Sheboygan, Wisconsin — pany. > saat ii a PAGESF ORT Y =Tw oO ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Sar es Substation at Janesville, Wisconsin, North West Utilities Company THE EASTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC COMPANY operates in the rich manufacturing and dairying country lying north of Milwaukee and cen- tering around the cities of Sheboygan, Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. It serves either directly or indirectly 25 communities with one or more classes of service, including electricity, gas and street and interurban railways. -The city of Fond du Lac ai is served with gas, and three communities including Sheboygan, Fond du Lac Y ys Yi and Oshkosh, are furnished ie vi SL: street railway service. The ih ¢ y company owns and _ oper- / ates interurban electric rail- ye ways connecting Sheboygan / with Elkhart Lake, and con- , necting Fond du Lac with Oshkosh, Neenah and Om- ro. It operates bus line serv- ice between Oshkosh, Nee- nah and Fond du Lac, and between Fond du Lac and Plymouth, thereby furnish- ing a direct connection be- tween the two interurban systems, and providing aux- iliary transportation. The company’s two cen- tral electric generating sta- tions are located at She- boygan and Fond du Lac, and are connected by a re- cently completed 66,000- Electric transmission line between Big Falls, Wis- 1 Pris i ; Th consin, and the Gogebic iron range, serving volt transmission line. € cities and ore mine customers PAGE FORTY-THREE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Upper falls and spillway, Superior Falls, on Montreal River gas plant at Fond du Lac is of modern and recent construction, especially designed for economical and efficient operation, with rated capacity of 600,000 cubic feet of gas daily. ; THE WISCONSIN POWER, LIGHT AND HEAT CO. has approxi- mately 300 miles of high tension transmission lines. It furnishes electricity directly to 27 communities, and also serves 4 cities with gas, 1 with water, and 2 with heat. The greater proportion of the energy distributed by this company is purchased from the Wisconsin River Power Company, the Southern Wisconsin Power Company and the Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company. The company owns 3 steam stations which furnish standby and peak-load service. This company completed, in 1922, a 66,000-volt transmission line from Dane through Columbus and Beaver Dam to Fond du Lac, a distance of 84 miles, which has effected great economic improvement in the operation of the group of properties of which this company is a part. General view of Ironwood substation of the Lake Superior District Power Company PAGE FORTY-FOUR ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Interior view of Ashland. steam station, Ashland, Wisconsin This line serves a double purpose. It furnishes the Wisconsin Power, Light and Heat Co. energy from the Prairie du Sac hydro-electric power plant of the Wisconsin River Power Company through the connection at Dane, and from the large, modern steam plant of the Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company at Sheboygan by means of the connection at Fond du Lac, permitting the interchange of energy by the two producing companies, assuring the combined territory two dependable sources of supply and ob- taining substantial production and distribution economies. THE MINERAL POINT PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY furnishes the electric requirements of Mineral Point and 11 other communities in the heart of the lead and zine mining region of southwestern Wisconsin. There is an increasing demand for power in this territory. THE JANESVILLE ELECTRIC COMPANY serves Janesville and Ed- gerton. The company generates in its own stations about one-half of the rae eh . i 5 Aiba > Electrically operated iron mine of Richmond Iron Mining Company, served by the Michigan Gas and Electric Company PAGE FORTY-FIVE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY energy that it distributes and purchases the remainder of its requirements from the Wisconsin River Power Company. An efficient Middle West property in southeastern Wisconsin is the SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC COMPANY. It serves Lake Gen- eva and 10 other communities in Wisconsin, and delivers electricity at wholesale to the MCHENRY COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, a small Middle West subsidiary located nearby in Illinois. The Southern Wisconsin company’s entire energy supply is purchased under wholesale contract. The territory served by the Southern Wisconsin Electric Company in- cludes one of the richest farming and dairying sections in the entire country. As an instance of the diversity of its business, the company now sup- plies electric service to more than sixty dairy farms, which, in addition to the usual power requirements of rural customers, use current for the milk- ing of 1,800 cows twice daily. Also in this territory are the well-known Geneva and Delavan Lakes, on whose shores are many costly homes and popular summer resorts. Sup- plying electric service to these lake colonies provides a large source of rev- enue to the company. Eighty-five per cent of the power produced by the LAKE SUPERIOR DISTRICT POWER COMPANY is generated by its hydro-electric stations. The territory served by the company lies in northeastern Wisconsin and northwestern Michigan. It extends for 70 miles along Lake Superior and within it is the great iron mining district known as the Gogebic range. The company serves Ashland, Hurley and Ladysmith, Wis., and Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield, Mich., together with 13 other communities. It furnishes power to a large number of iron mines on the Gogebic range. The territory furnishes an ideal market for the sale of electrical energy. The iron range of the Lake Superior district is one of the principal sources of ore supply for the iron and steel industries of the United States. Gogebic ore is of the best grade and very desirable from a met- allurgical standpoint. The company’s business in the Gogebic range with the min- ing companies consists pri- marily in furnishing power for hoisting, pumping, air compressors and under- ground hauling. The nature of the power demand is such that the maximum amount of hydro- electric power can be util- ized, since the mining load Saxon Falls, a power development on Montreal River is continuous throughout the PAGE FORTY-SIX OS Ne PES 8 ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN ' the mining load, Business center, Lexington, Missouri, one of the cities served by the Missouri Gas and Electric Service Company 24 hours. This means maximum output from the water powers at minimum initial cost. The company completed, during 1922, an important hydraulic development on the Flambeau river at Big Falls, Wisconsin, and delivers its product to the iron range over its new 66,000-volt, double-circuit, steel tower transmission line, 87 miles in length. THE MICHIGAN GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY manufactures and distributes gas in the copper country at Hancock and Houghton; furnishes electric, gas and railway service in the iron country in and about Ishpem- ing and Negaunee, and serves with electricity a group of 15 communities in a prosperous manufacturing and farming section of southern Michigan, one of which—Three Rivers—is also served with gas. A few of the larger industries that look to the company for electrical energy are the Sheffield plant of Fairbanks, Morse and Company at Three Rivers; paper mills of the Eddy Paper Company and others at White Pigeon, Constantine and Three Rivers; the great stove works of the Beck- with Company at Dowagiac, and in the northern divi- sion, in addition to power is furnished for an important stone quarrying and crushing industry. Within a very few years, the com- pany has constructed and put into suc- cessful operation a highly efficient ms] Bes Interior of hydro plant at Constantine, of the Michigan Gas transmission system and Electric Company PA'@E FORTY-SEVEN FIFTEEN STATES MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Central Power Company’s hydro-electric plant at Boelus, Nebraska comprising over 150 miles of high tension lines. In the southern and larger group of communities receiving service, the sytem is constructed to permit transmission of energy from two sources to practically every community served. Missouri Group A prosperous agricultural and coal mining section in the Missouri River valley is served by the MISSOURI GAS AND ELECTRIC SERVICE -——————— Central Power Company’s steam-electric plant at Grand Island, Nebraska COMPANY. Lexington, Richmond, Liberty and 25 other com- munities receive electric ser- vice, and gas service is fur- nished in Marshall and Lex- ington, and ice in the former city. The largest power de- mand comes from the coal mining industry. Nebraska Properties Large ranches in the val- ley of the Platte, and 19 communities centering about Grand Island and Kearney, Nebraska, are served by the CENTRAL POWER COM- PANY. In addition, the company wholesales energy for dis- tribution in 25 other com- munities. The territory is largely agricultural, with some thriving industries in the larger communities. Ranches of many thousands PAGE FORTY-EIGHT ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Hydro-electric plant, Chickasha Gas and Electric Company, Chickasha, Oklahoma of acres each have power demands equal to those of important industries. Grain mills and elevators, alfalfa mills, irrigation and other activities in- cident to farming and cattle raising create a large and growing demand for energy. The properties of the NEBRASKA CITY UTILITIES COMPANY serve Nebraska City with electricity, gas and water. A transmission system, con- structed during the past two years, furnishes energy directly to 4 additional communities and indirectly to 12 others. Oklahoma and Texas Groups Twenty-two years after the discovery of America, Spanish adventurers in search of gold entered the territory now served by the Texas and Okla- ES ecateerac j Electric and ice plant, West Texas Utilities Company, Cisco, Texas, an American Public Service Company property PAGE FORTY-NINE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Electrically operated ice plant, West Texas Utilities Company, Hamlin, Texas homa subsidiary operating companies of Middle West Utilities Company. Unknowingly, the gold seekers hastened through a section destined to produce more wealth than their wildest imagination could conceive. The output of the oil and gas fields alone in this territory during the past 20 years has exceeded in value the products of all the gold mines of the North American continent during the same period. Besides, this important part of the great Southwest has extensive coal fields and many other natural mineral resources of great value. The agricultural possibilities of this richly endowed region also stand out as a predominant feature. The territory is adapted to diversified crops. Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, broom corn, alfalfa, sorghum, peanuts, fruit and many other crops are profitably grown. The development of the great and varied natural wealth of this section has brought to the territory many industries, and supplying them with electrical energy provides a substantial part of the companies’ business. as Turbine room, Tulsa (Okla.) power station, Oklahoma Power Company PAGE FIFTY ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES i Marshall (Texas) plant, American Public Service Company Smelters, glass plants, oil refineries, cotton gins and mills are some of the industries that create a large and growing demand for power. The PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA carries on a large electric and ice business in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the “‘wonder city of the Southwest.” Tulsa had 1,390 inhabitants in 1900, while today its popula- tion is 100,000 and continues to grow very rapidly. The company serves directly 13 additional communities with electricity, and 8 with ice—Guthrie, Vinita, Nowata and Atoka being among those served. Coal mines are furnished energy in the Coalgate field. The company’s ice plant in Tulsa is one of the largest in the entire Middle West system, and this coupled with the protracted demand afforded by the long Oklahoma summers gives it the greatest annual output of any of the Middle West ice plants. The CHICKASHA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY serves Chick- asha with electricity and natural gas, and furnishes electric service by transmission line to 5 other communities. The company has a steam gen- ee a Skyline, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Served by the Public Service Company of Oklahoma cd PAGE FIFTY-ONE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY A cotton compress company, Chickasha, Oklahoma, a Chickasha Gas and Electric Company customer erating station in Chickasha and a hydro-electric power plant on the Wash- ita river nearby. The AMERICAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY’S subsidiaries include three important groups of properties in Texas and Oklahoma. Subsidiaries of this company serve more than 50 communities with one or more classes of service including electric light and power, gas, water, railway and ice. Its plants include some of the largest elec- tricity supply central stations in the Southwest. While electricity supply is the large part of the company’s busi- ness, its subsidiaries operate ice plants in 11 communities, and there are shipping and storage facilities in nearly all the other cities and towns served. Gross earnings increased from $1,163,183 in 1919, to $2,850,229 in 1922. There were 123 miles of transmission lines in operation in 1918, as against 461 miles at the end of 1922. THE WEST TEXAS UTILITIES furnish one or more classes of serv- ice to 32 communities centering about Abilene, Tex., 31 receiving electric Public Service Company o1 Oklahoma, transmission line across Arkansas River near Tulsa, Oklahoma PAGE FIFTY-TWO ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Hydro-electric plant and dam of Twin State Gas and Electric Company, Brattleboro, Vermont service, 23 ice, 2 gas and 3 railway service. Practically the entire group is connected to the transmission system radiating from the company’s mod- ern, efficient steam station at Abilene. A large ice business is done by this group. THE EAST TEXAS PROPERTIES are centered about Marshall, Tex., where the largest steam power station and ice plant of this group are lo- cated. Five communities in East Texas are served. THE OKLAHOMA POWER COMPANY, the only Oklahoma subsidiary of the American Public Service Company, serves Okmulgee, Henryetta, Hugo and 12 other communities. The company has a heavy industrial power business in these towns aside from the energy demands growing out of the oil business. Here again, coal mining power is supplied. The company has, on the Arkansas river at West Tulsa, a modern 20,000 kilowatt steam generating station, now being increased to 30,000 kilowatts capacity. Besides being the chief source of power for the com- pany, this station furnishes energy for the Tulsa requirements of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma. One of the plants at St. Johnsbury, Vermont PYA,G EP Fol PT Yo HR EE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY tae Twin State Gas and Electric Company’s generating plant at Dover, New Hampshire Properties in New England The varied industries of a group of states long noted as an industrial region are served by the New England properties. The shoe and leather industry, textiles, metal working and miscellaneous manufacturing plants together with the companion industries that go with all these activities are among the customers of the TWIN STATE GAS AND ELECTRIC COM- PANY and the BERWICK AND SALMON FALLS ELECTRIC COMPANY. These companies serve 21,000 electric and 4,800 gas customers in 50 communities, of which 23 communities are in New Hampshire, 14 in Ver- mont, 9 in the southwestern part of Maine and 4 in southeastern New York. This territory reaches into the heart of the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Green Mountains of Vermont, including one of the most beautiful and historical parts of the United States. The great moun- tain ranges are not noted merely for their scenic beauty. Their streams and water falls have been harnessed to provide power of great commercial value. The companies have 8 hydro-electric stations in operation, the only steam generating plants in this group being held as standby sources of power. The growth of many of the towns in this section compares quite favor- ably with that of similar communities in the Middle West, both in in- dustrial activity and population. Rapid growth is reflected in the companies’ increased electric busi- ness. The number of customers for electric service on May 1, 1916, was 10,403. The number had grown to 21,232 customers by August 31, 1923. The kilowatt hour output to customers in 1922 was 33,889,634, compared with 17,004,223 kilowatt hours in 1916, or an increase of 99.3 per cent. PEAY Gi Bil REY ss bOlUaR ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Middle West Utilities Operating Companies’ Gross Earn- ings Per Capita by Years ended Gross Earnings Population Gross Earnings Dec. 31 of Subsidiaries Served Per Capita LO pen te Wee ee $ 3,680,676.76 800,000 $4.60 LG Eee eee eee 7,345,350.73 900,000 8.15 LO VANS ren ae 7,634,745.29 917,000 8.35 IRON ES Wide ees LenS 8,091,148.62 929,000 8.70 1 Ome a Ae Se tin Sie 9,620,216.13 1,055,300 9.10 18.0 ly po Lonen st eben mamietirmis IA) bey lel aye 1,208,800 10.05 | © 1 tS emer ne eee eee os 14,641,035.34 1,297,150 AML PAS 1D EO Ries ee eee ree 19,362,673.74 1,309,900 14.80 1 920 sete era pees Zeek 2092210 1,336,200 17.00 LS) Lanner erie ee eeene re 26,348,234.05 1,419,500 18.50 AAS PAs Re Ae retools Tees) 29,870,701.59 1,575,900 19.00 Electric, Gas and Water Customers Served by Middle West Utilities Operating Companies ended Number of Customers Served Dec. 31 Electric Gas Water Total IG 2 eee 105,571 37,168 14,500 OLeeO°, 19 1 Ogee eee, 124,158 39,079 16,097 179,334 1 Ol eee ee 143,842 44,782 17,548 206,172 LOL GB yee es 166,051 47,352 20,681 234,084 LD | Depart oes ere 199,857 92,184 22,300 274,341 POZO Pee ee eae: 226,094 04,500 24,064 304,658 102 See een ee 262,361 96,187 25,681 344,229 O22 ee ee ee 296,798 64,811 27,038 388,647 MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES RATIO TO GROSS INCOME, OF CAPITALIZATION IN HANDS OF PUBLIC 1915 $7.65 1916 $7.19 1917 $6.58 POA GES RI ET Yr VE MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY oe, GROWTH OF MIDDLE W FROM APRIL 30, 191¢ STATE OPERATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES Central Illinois Public Service Company. ....cccccsconneenn Illinois ack pOrnern ies Company: t ee ee Illinois terling, Dixon & Eastern Elec. Ry. Co. McHenry County Light & Power Company... eee Illinois Interstate Public Service Company....__.___.._— Indiana Kentucky. ulities: Company 222 eee Kentucky Kentucky. Light & Power Company. = Kentucky Citizens| Gas: Light Company2-.60 ee ee Tennessee Electric Transmission Company of Virginia... Virginia American Public Service Company...:.-ccccccccec--- Sauer Oklahoma and Texas Public Service Company of Oklahoma... ccccceccceceeceeeen Oklahoma Chickasha Gas & Electric Commpanny.i.e:ccccecscvsecscvsevecrieeesntm oe Oklahoma Missouri Gas & Electric Service Compamy..-cccccccennene Missouri Central: Power (Compan yiaues 222 ee ee: Nebraska Nebraska City Utilities Compara yin eaeeeee ence eee Nebraska Southern Wisconsin Electric Company. .....c-ccccccccceceececeneeenenen Wisconsin North «West Utilines Company eee Wisconsin Michigan Gas’ & Electric Company... Michigan City Gas: Gompany..c6ia oe ee ee ee, Michigan Lake Superior District Power Commpany.iie:ccccecscsicescscectseeene Wisconsin and Michigan Revie & SalaoksFela Fo New England PrA Gees FeleRil, Yo=iS 5b Number of Com- munities Di- ; rectly Served Electric 1916 1923 1916 1923 a | | — 4 _— 4 38 65 34 64 21 Lt 21 at — 4 — 4 Ss) 5 5 5 — 52 — 50 8 16 8 14 2 6 2 6 9 23 9 22 — 19 — 19 1 5 1 5 i 10 a 10 = 55 _- 54 9 23 9 20 = 1 Solin a sar 19 — 19 31 50 31 50 ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Sl UTILITIES COMPANY O mOPAUGUST 31, 1923 CLASSES OF SERVICE ESTIMATED POPU- Gas Water Ice Heat Railway PS a 1916 1923 1916 1923 1916 1923 1916 1923 1916 1923 1916 1923 6 9 11 12 14 16 13 4 6 6 315,700 440,000 9 9 — i 1 aa 3 1 2 3 132,200 136,400 sae a 2 a = = = -- = _ oo 1,700 9 12 ‘| 9 4 = 5 2 5 6 159,300 206,800 1 1 3 6 5 11 — — i\ 1 61,400 110,000 e a =, 1 ne 1 su! = = oa, bows 14,000 = 1 ae = mk ae = ee _ zs = 21,000 ae ‘al oad _ = ms = = ~ = 6,100 7,800 — 2 _ _—_ — 34, — — pee 3 = 145,000 aa — ae = 4 8 — = = = 53,200 140,000 1 1 si = = = — = =n = 13,400 13,900 2 2 = = = 1 — — = at 23,500 28,200 a l me = <— =. — = zo a 33,000 1 1 1 1 = — — = a = 6,900 7,400 cs ae sak toa = = a = _ on 11,300 17,500 = 5 = 1 te _ — 2 — 3 = 235,500 3 6 = — a — — — 1 1 38,200 63,000 Be. 1 Am = _ = = ae = = = 13,000 ae 1 = = = = = = ae 5 ee: 52,000 3 3 iii = = — — — 1 1 107,800 121,200 35 55 22 30 28 71 21 9 16 29 929,000 1,807,400 PAGE FIFTY-SEVEN MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Sources of Gross Earnings of Middle West Utilities Company Subsidiaries for the Year 1922 Per Cent Gross Earnings ~ of’ Total Electric 22-2 ee ee ee $19,437,339 65.0 GOS sie Te Fes See, ee ee 2,139,503 fe WW ater il ho x ee 678,567 2.3 Railway-cegec oe ite ate 2,814,358 9.4. Heat, 2 Sitesi eee ee eee eee 156,740 0.5 | Cr eanaeenniaeeeee ee ear eater SOU MRT Se aI 1,813,264 6.1 Mercantile ssc ie ee eh 1,523,238 5.1 Miscellaneous non-operating ....---ecccc--eec 1,307,693 4.4 Total 22 26 eee ee ee ee $29,870,702 100.0% Income from Electric Energy Sales by Middle West Subsidiaries 1916-1922 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 Commercial lighting $ 9,050,217 $ 7,703,416 $ 6,645,906 $ 5,217,113 $4,066,950 $3,400,533 $2,842,877 Commercial power 3,037,697 3,295,482 3,062,948 2,358,415 1,683,111 1,195,437 1,174,866 Municipal lighting 1,165,482 992,358 914,350 873,757 805,584 747,320 674,202 Municipal power 336,212 213,814 195,776 163,868 109,777 81,279 73,611 Sales to other public util. 2,131,215 1,869,746 1,524,061 1,200,659 361,576 259,821 212,671 Wholesale light and power 3,640,497 1,642,907 1,252,130 844,918 643,284 321,460 a Steam Sales and Mis- cellaneous 76,019 66,405 27,530 28,139 23,123 13,423 8,250 Total $19,437,339 $15,784,128 $13,622,701 $10,686,869 $7,693,405 $6,019,273 $4,986,477 *Included in commercial power. Sources of Electric Energy of Middle West Subsidiaries Hydro- Steam Sources of Steam Electric Standby Total Purchased Plants Stations Stations Stations Power [littoig#@.2s oerer es eee, 9 6 16 ail 11 Wisconsin =) fr cn ee 6 12 6 24. 10 lndianagee ee ee 8 5 8 Zz fd Kentucky—Virginia _........ 9 — 8 Ay 5) Oklahoma—Texas .................... 1l — 7 18 Pe Nebraskas et S62 eee 3 i — 5 — Missouri 22 es be ee — — 3 ‘34 1 Michigan 2 ees 2 ps —- 4 24 New England j_.. — 8 5 13 6 Total <2 2 ee 48 3h) ao 136 44, PAGE FIFTY-EIGHT Key:—E.—Electricity. ILLINOIS Town Adair Adeline Alden Aledo Alexis Alpha Alsey Amboy Anna Arcola Arrowsmith Arthur Ashkum Ashland Ashmore Ashton Assumption Astoria Athens Auburn Augusta Baileyville Banner Bardolph Barrow Barry Baylis Beardstown Beaverville Belvidere Benton Big Foot Blue Mound Bluff City Bluff Springs Bluffs Bridgeport Broadlands Browning Bryant Buckley Buckner Bulpitt Burlington Bush Bushnell Byron Cadwell Cairo Caldwell Caledonia Calloway Camp Point Canton Cities and ‘Iowns Served by Operating, Companies of the cMiddle West Utilities Company R.—Electric railway. Service Provided mA Se i) pee EY ed es eed dd ed ed Ded md edd ded ee ed ed ed ed St oot i a qn I.—Ice. H.—Heat. G.—Gas. ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES W.— Water. ILLINOIS (Continued) Town Capron Carbondale Carrollton Carterville Carthage Centralia Charleston Chatsworth Chebanse Chemung Chesterville Chipps Christopher Claremont Clayton Clifton Coalton Colchester Compton Crainville Crescent City Danforth Deer Grove De Kalb Delrey DeSoto Dixon Donovan Dorrisville Dudley Dunfermline Earlville Edinburg Effingham Eldena - Elkville Elliott Ellisville Elvaston Energy Erie Etna Fairbury Fairland Farmersville Findlay Forrest Forreston Franco Frankfort Heights Franklin Franklin Grove Frederick Freeport Fulton PAGE FIFTY-NINE Service Provided Se 4 aT DY 70 ed Dd Bed Ded Dd ed Ded ed ed ed Ded ed ed ed ed ed ed ed ed ae De ed ed ed ed ed ded ed ed ded ed dd ed ed ed ed ed dt od 2 ot E. G. I. E. G. MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Cities and Towns Served ILLINOIS (Continued) Service Town Provided Galt Galton Garden Prairie Gaskins City Gays Geneseo Genoa Gibson City Gilman Girard Glasford Golden Grand Tower Greenfield Griggsville Guthrie Haldane Hampshire Harrisburg Harvard Havana Hayes Hazelhurst Hebron Herrin Hersman Hillview Hinckley Hoopeston Hooppoole Humboldt Hume Hurst Ipava Jeiseyville Jerseyville Johnston City Jonesboro Joy Kane Kansas Keithsburg Kincaid Kingston Kirkland LaHogue LaPrairie Lawrenceville Leaf River Ledford Lee Center Leland Lewistown Lincoln Liverpoole Loda Longview Loxa Lyndon Macon Macomb Magnet ms 4 mA mi ts a ¢ Pe Se Se SO SO ILLINOIS (Continued) Service Town Provided Manchester E. Maples Mill E. Marion ‘ Fe 1. Mason City E. Mattoon E. W. R. G. H. Maysville Melvin Mendota E. Meredosia Metcalf Milford Milledgeville Monroe Center Monterey Morrison Mounds 1d, Moweaqua Muddy Murrayville Mt. Morris Mt. Sterling Nachusa Neoga New Berlin New Boston Newman New Salem New Windsor Nokomis Norris North City North Henderson North Mounds Oakland Oblong Ohio Olney Onarga Oregon Orient Owaneco Palestine Pana Paris E. G. W. R. Pawnee Paw Paw . Paxton E. Pesotum Petersburg Piper City Pittsfield Plano Pleasant Plains Pleasant View Plymouth Polo Poplar Grove Prophetstown Robinson Roodhouse Roseville Royalton Eales] PRS SSR SOS Os py —= pee CS Be SS Se md ed ed dd dt on ies! OO oS PAGE SIXTY ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN Cities and Towns Served ILLINOIS (Continued) Town Richmond Ridgeville Rio Rock Falls Rushville Sandwich Saybrook Scarboro Seaton Sesser Shabbona Shaws Sheldon Sheldons Grove Sigel Stillman Valley Somonauk Springfield Sterling Stoy St. Elmo Sublette Sumner Sycamore Table Grove Tallula Tampico Taylorville Tennessee Thawville Thayer Teutopolis Thompsonville Timewell Tolono Tovey or Humphrey Tower Hill Tuscola Valier Valley City Vermont Versailles Villa Grove Viola Virden Virginia Walnut Wasson Waterman Watseka Waverly Wellington Wenonah West Brooklyn West City Westfield West Frankfort White Hall Winchester Windsor Woodhull Woodland Service Provided E. G. E. G. H. CD DL CED CD Ded Ch cd Se mm ed md ILLINOIS (Continued) Town Provided Wrights E. Ziegler E. INDIANA Ade Aurora E. G. Bedford ie Benton Bloomington E Boswell Bristol Brook Campbellsburg Cedar Lake Charlestown Chase Clarksville E. Claysburg Columbus Connersville Corydon Cromwell Crown Point Earl Park Elletsville Foresman Fowler Francesville Franklin E. Goodland Goshen Greendale Greenfield Greenwood Jeffersonville E. G. Kentland Laurel Lebanon Lowell Medaryville Middleburg Milford Millersburg Milton Monon Monticello Morocco New Albany E.G. W. New Castle E. G New Paris Norway Pershing Port Fulton Remington Reynolds Salem Sellersburg Seymour Shelbyville Syracuse Topeka Wadena PIRI © Om ah = ~ Sileloleltlolelelolclelel ol clelelek-e-lelol oleh lelelolslelel ott ol lelelololol tl sl thls = Op Ame SOmmm PLAGE. Sil >& ft) Yoo OON E STATES Cities and Towns Served INDIANA (Continued) Town Wakarusa Warsaw Waterford Mills Wawasee Williams Winona Lake Wolcott KENTUCKY Auburn Burnside Cave City Central City Cynthiana Dawson Springs Elizabethtown Eminence Evarts Ferguson Franklin Fulton Glasgow Greenville Harlan Hickman Hodgenville Horse Cave LaGrange Lancaster Lawrenceburg London Loyal Middlesboro Midway Morganfield Mt. Sterling New Castle North Pleasureville Pineville Princeton Richmond Senora Shelbyville Smithfield Somerset South Carrollton South Pleasureville Tyrone Varilla Versailles Uniontown Wallins Winchester Woodburn WISCONSIN Ableman Arena Ashland Avalon Baraboo Barksdale Beaver Dam ca Str iso a am ms Senn 1S ms ica moO Fi wee Sola oes oe ok QMOMP RE MoM MMAM Ae SOS See es seb 48 ee A ‘eal 2 = cm 2 WISCONSIN (Continued) Town Berlin Burnett Junction Bruce Cambria Cary Clinton Cobb Cokerville Darien Delavan Dodgeville Edgarton Eldorado Emerald Grove Eureka Fond du Lac Fond du Lac, North Fontana Fox Lake Fulton Genoa Junction Gile Green Lake Hamilton Highland Horicon Hurley Indian Ford Iron Belt Janesville Juneau Kohler Ladysmith Lake Geneva Linden Livingston Lohrville Lone Rock Marengo Markesan Mifflin Mineral Point Minnesota Junction Montfort Neshkoro North Freedom Oak Center Oakfield Odanah Omro Oshkosh Peebles Pence Portage Red Granite Rewey Ripon Rolling Prairie Rosendale Rush Lake Saxon PAGE SIXTY-TWO MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Service Provided E. G. H. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. i E. E. E. E. E. E. R. G. E. E. E. E. E. E.R. E. E. E. E. E. R. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. R. E. E. E. E. E. E. G. W. E. E. E. E. Cities and Towns Served WISCONSIN (Continued) Town Sharon Sheboygan Spring Green Spring Lake Tony Upson Van Dyne Walworth Wautoma Williams Bay Winneconne Zenda MICHIGAN Bessemer Bloomingdale Cassapolis Constantine Decatur Gobles Hancock Houghton Ironwood Ishpeming Jones Lake Cora Lawton Marquette Nat. Mine or Winthrop Negaunee North Lake Palmer Paw Paw Ramsey Richmond Ripley Schoolcraft Three Rivers Vandalia Vicksburg Wakefield White Pigeon MISSOURI Albany Camden Camden Point Dearborn Farley Ferrelview Fleming Hardin Henrietta Lexington Liberty Linkville Marshall Missouri City Myrick Nashua Orrick Service Provided E. ca SR Son SOR So Sok col oR Sok Sok Sooo) i eee i 7 PRR MOMMA RAMP MOREA P OOM Mmm a ie) RAPS MOMMA RAS OQ MISSOURI (Continued) Town Richmond Smithville Swanwick Tracy Wellington Weston TENNESSEE Cumberland Gap Harrogate Jackson South Fulton VIRGINIA Appalachia Big Stone Gap Pennington Gap Pocket St. Charles NEBRASKA Abbott Alda Amherst Bennett Boelus or Howard City Cairo Chapman Clarks Dannebrog Doniphan Elba Farwell Gibbon Grand Island Kearney Lorton Nebraska City Odessa Paul Phillips Rockville Shelton St. Paul Wyoming OKLAHOMA Afton Antlers Atoka Boswell Broken Arrow Coalgate Coalton Cement Chelsea Chickasha Dawson Dewar Ft. Towson Guthrie PAGE SIXTY-THREE ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN FIFTEEN STATES Service Provided OO Fits Ce fd bet bet ms OQ pm CUO SO nm PD mee Oe Oe MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY Cities and Towns Served OKLAHOMA (Continued) Town Provided Henryetta E. I. Hugo E. I. Kusa E. Lehigh Minco Morris Ninnekah Nowata Okmulgee Paroak Phillips Pryor Redfork Rush Springs Sawyer Schulter Soper Spilter City Stringtown Tulsa Verden Vinita Wapanucka TEXAS Abilene E. G. Albany Anson Baird Buffalo Gap Cisco E. Clyde Cross Plains Goree Hallville Hamlin Haskel Jefferson Kilgore Knox City Lawn Longview Marshall E. McCauley Merkel Moran Munday Ovala Pioneer Plastico Putnam Rising Star Roby E. Rochester Rotan Rule Stamford St. Angelo Sylvester Trent 52 iy) eal eS tf DN me ed ed ed ed et — Pa G2 Dl fl — CN DD ee DD mt me BS ee De pt et et 0 a ES pt et at DY ED at et et ra rr BS rs TEXAS (Continued) Town Tuscola Wienert VERMONT Bennington Bennington Center Brattleboro Concord Danville East St. Johnsbury Newfane North Bennington North Danville Passumpsic Shaftsbury St. Johnsbury St. Johns Center West Brattleboro West Dummerston NEW HAMPSHIRE Berlin Berlin Mills Cascade Dover E. Rochester Farmington Gonic Gorham Hinsdale Madbury Middleton Milan Milton Milton Mills New Durham North Rochester Rochester Rollingsford Salmon Falls Sanbornville Somersworth Union NEW YORK Hoosick Hoosick Falls North Hoosick Waloomsac : MAINE Acton Berwick Lebanon North Berwick North Lebanon South Berwick South Berwick Junction South Lebanon West Lebanon PAGE SIXTY-FOUR bh HO E. G. C9 Fed bad ed ed bd Dt et ttt 2 UNIT 3 0112 061908916