A company based in Oregon City that had grand plans to build an electric line from Oswego to Oregon City along Willamette Drive and then out to Redland along the Abernethy road, complete with a new suspension bridge across the Willamette River at Oregon City.
Founded in May 1902 by the former mayor of Oregon City, C. D. Latourette, the company was severely undercapitalized with just $10,000 in shares. Although it obtained franchises from both Clackamas County and Oregon City, it struggled to do any meaningful work – some desultory grading the day before the franchise in Oregon City was set to expire is as far as things got. After getting the franchise extended for a year in December 1904, the company withdrew a similar petition in December 1905 and faded away. Oregon City formally repealed its franchise in July 1906, and a newspaper notice in January 1907 shows that the company was over two years delinquent on license fees to the State of Oregon, owing $8,480.
| Years of Operation: | May 14, 1902 – Company incorporated. |
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| Preceded By: | None |
| Succeeded By: | None |