Consumer's Light and Power Company Letterpress Book 1895-1896

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Consumer's Light and Power Company Letterpress Book 1895-1896

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Founded 1895 by Simon Oppenheimer; dissolved 1896. Copies of office correspondence relating to equipment and construction supplies, industrial safety, and wages. Includes series of letters concerning a lawsuit by Washington Water Power Company against Consumer's Light and Power Company over water rights on the Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.).

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Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives

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Consumer's Light and Power Company (Wash.)

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The Consumer’s Light and Power Company owned its brief existence to the genius and energy of Simon Oppenheimer, who intended it to be a competitor with the Washington Water Power Company. With money borrowed from the Amsterdamsch Trustee’s Kantoor, Oppenheimer set up the Northwest Milling and Power Co. and the Consumer’s Light and Power Company. When his credit was overextended and investors foreclosed, Oppenheimer fled to South America. From the guide to the Consumer's ...

Washington Water Power Company

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Washington Water Power Company, an investor-owned electric utility company based in Spokane, WA, was founded 1889. In addition to its primary business as a public utility, Washington Water Power also operated other business enterprises in Spokane, including streetcar lines and Natatorium Park, a public amusement park. In 1998, the company name was changed to Avista Corporation. From the guide to the Washington Water Power Company Papers, 1885-1968, (Washington State University Librar...

Oppenheimer, Simon

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