Allegany County MD Archives News.....Electric Service Started in 1889 July 3, 1937
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The Cumberland Daily News Souvenir Edition Lonaconing, Md. Home Coming And Centennial July 3, 1937
  Lighting facilities for Lonaconing were first installed in 1889, when the 
Lonaconing Electric and Power Company was organized.  After the purchase of a 
lot on Railrad street a generating plant was erected and shortly after 
electric service for the town was started.  
  Some years later, the Home Electric company was organized and another 
generating plant was built.  The two companies were in competition for the 
business of serving the town with electric light and power until 1915 when, 
owing to the growing demand for electric service and inadequate facilities of 
both plants, neither organization was able to furnish needed service.  The 
Home Electric Light Company then purchased the equipment and capital stock of 
the Lonaconing Electric Light and Power Company, erected a sub-station and 
purchased current from the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, of Cumberland.
  In 1921, power lines were extended to Barton to furnish light and power to 
the town of Barton and vacinity.  In 1925, the local business men who had 
owned and operated the electric plant up to that time, sold to New York 
interests.
  The Midland Electric Company was purchased by the same group and the two 
companies were combined.  A Chicago Utility Company next acquired possession 
and later sold to the Empire Company.  The Home Electric Light Company at that 
time became part of the Maryland Light and Power Company and, in 1931, it was 
sold to the Insull organization.  In 1934, the Potomac Edison Company, which 
owned and operated all of the other electric companies in Allegany County, 
obtained possession of the property and today is serving the town with 
electric current and power.

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