Standard Shift

Standard Gas and Electric Co., holding company for many potent utility operating companies, supplies electric power and light, gas, water, telephones and street railways, reaching, with one or more of its services, 1,514 U. S. communities with a population of more than 6,000,000. Large Standardized communities include Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Louisville, Tacoma, San Diego, Stockton and San Francisco. Under the control of Henry M. Byllesby & Co., Chicago utility financing house, Standard rates as the largest U. S. electricity, gas and traction system.

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