Gresham outlook., December 14, 1923, Holiday Number, Page 8, Image 8

Tliis Company Has Great Faith in the Future of Oregon
We B elieve the M essage on this Page Proves It
Harnessing 105,000 Horses
T h e la rg est in divid ual in du strial en terp rise n ow
under w a y in the P acific N o rth w est is the $ 1 6 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
h y d ro -electric d ev elo p m en t p ro ject b ein g con stru cted
by
the
P o rtla n d
R a ilw a y , L ight and P o w er C om ­
p an y in the U pper C la ck a m a s w a tersh ed .
Its c a p a city w hen c o m p leted
w ill be
1 0 5 ,0 0 0
h orsep ow er, ca p a b le o f d o in g m ore w ork than a ll
the horses a c tu a lly in the S ta te o f O regon a t the
P o in te d F a cts A b ou t Our
C om p an y
p resen t tim e.
It serv es a te rrito ry of over 800 sq u a re miles.
It ren d e rs p u b l i c service to a population of 350,Oo« em brac­
ing n ea rly 50 com m unities,
It w ill n ea rly d ou b le the p resen t ca p a c ity o f
It h as nine la rg e h y d ro -electric and steam pow er
the b ig public u tility w hich n o w serves n ea rly 70,-
p la e te
It h as 18 su b -statio n s.
0 0 0 lig h t and p ow er cu stom ers.
It has 500 m iles of hig h -ten sio n tran sm issio n line»
It has 8800 m iles of d istrib u tio n w ires.
It has 32 city s tre e t ca r lines.
It h as four la rg e ca r houses and m odern c a r shop«
It rep resen ts an in v estm en t eq u iv a len t to:
*' 1
N e a r ly $ 2 0 for ev ery m an, w om an an d ch ild
I'«- terminal yard« and modern freight
and w arehouses.
h tiiM
i t has fo u r in te ru rb a n lines and co n tro ls an o th er.
in O regon .
I t has n ea rly 4500 em ployes on its payroll.
A nnua! p ay ro ll over $6,000,000.
N ea r ly $ 5 0 for ev e ry m an, w o m an an d ch ild
T ax es and b ridge to lls for 1922 w ere >987,755.
Its p u rch a ses of m a te ria ls and su p p lies in Oregon a
ag g reg ated $1,890,450.73.
in the territory served by the C om p an y, and
N ea r ly
$250
for
ev ery
p resen t
m t
Its g ro ss e a rn in g s for 1922 w ere $10,120,898.00.
cu stom er the
It has 69,283 light and pow er custom ers.
C om p an y has on its lin es.
I( «11
" i n .... g ca r ride of 19
m il, ■
for a sin g le «are.
It o p era tes 197 m iles of city c a r lines.
It ow ns and o p erates 109 m iles of in te ru rb a n c a r line»
T his
g ig a n tic
u n d erta k in g
in d ica tes
the
It co n tro ls an ad d itio n al 35 m iles of in te ru rb a n linee.
un­
It h as 567 City pass.-rig, r c a rs am i 68 in i' ru rh a n p a e e e n g e r
b oun ded co n fid en ce o f the P o rtla n d R a ilw a y , Light
cars.
It ow ns 12 elec tric locom otives.
an d P o w er C om p an y in the co n tin u ed p rosp erity o f
O regon an d
that h y d ro -electric
It ow ns 428 fre ig h t ca rs and 155 w ork cars.
d ev elo p m en t m ust
In IMS n carried *6,156,701 passengers oa M S ttp lin e s
and 3.744,013 oa Its In ter nr ben lines, a to ta l ad
go hand-in-hand w ith co m m u n ity p rogress.
93,500,714 p assen g ers.
The cap acity of its nine pow er p la n ts now o p eraU ae ia
131,448 horsepow er.
Our 7 per cen t Prior P r e fe r e n c e S tock has paid
d iv id en d s reg u la rly every three m onths sin ce it w as
first issu ed . .I t
is
a
S a fe an d
Soun d
In vestm en t.
ou can buy it at $ 9 8 .0 0 a sh are, par v a lu e $ 1 0 0 ,
for cash or on e a sy term s.
It w ill n et you 7 .1 4 per
cen t on every d o lla r you in vest. W rite our In vest­
m ent D ep a rtm en t to d a y for fu ll in fo rm ation .
SOUDAS THE SÏAIE
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
PORTLAND, OREGON
B usiness G row th o f T h is G reat U tility
} *'*r landing
December 31
J®1*
&
Light, Power
Cuetomera
Electric
Output KWH
38.103
l'.'l.I 16,556
............................. 4 0 .3 4 2
2 1 8 .0 S 6 .3 1 5
.....
» 1,974
49.899
*J 20 ............................................................... 5 3 ,2 8 5
..................................................... - .......5 7 ,4 7 7
N o v e m b e r 20. 1923
62,764
.................... 6 9 .2 8 3
871.600,300
2 9 2 ,0 2 3 ,9 0 0
2 9 7 ,9 5 0 ,1 0 0
828,645,100
* 3 6 1 .0 2 6 .4 0 0
(•Output for year ending November 10, 1J23»