Notable men of Chicago and their city . Mi^^ii>^^ ikJ^yjii ]^i,^^l^. ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ELECTRIC SERVICE INDUSTRY—The Edisou Building, located at 139 Adams street althoucli^,™i° .??*• ^ as the financial. enEineering, and opeiatiiig lieidduarters and general public offices of the greatest electricilvVi^IL ?•fP F tl? f^<- llw Edison Company, of (. This cumpanys great power houses at Flsk and Quarry the Chjcago riyer are the source of some Kilovyatt-honrs of enercy per year, equal to eHO 2-3 millions of horsepower ho

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Notable men of Chicago and their city . Mi^^ii>^^ ikJ^yjii ]^i,^^l^. ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ELECTRIC SERVICE INDUSTRY—The Edisou Building, located at 139 Adams street althoucli^,™i° .??*• ^ as the financial. enEineering, and opeiatiiig lieidduarters and general public offices of the greatest electricilvVi^IL ?•fP F tl? f^<- llw Edison Company, of (. This cumpanys great power houses at Flsk and Quarry the Chjcago riyer are the source of some Kilovyatt-honrs of enercy per year, equal to eHO 2-3 millions of horsepower hoursinis vast amount of electricity is used for operating local surface and elevated railroads, and for industrial power, electric light and electricheating and electro-chemical applications of a thousand varieUes. The service extends through the systems of wholesale custoinera to MU-wAuhee on the north. Elmhurst and Kankakee on the west and south, and into Indiana on the southeast. Through a private telephonesystem centering in the load despatchers office

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