Des Chutes Rim Rock Power Company record book

Collection

Identifier: Coll 1016

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a ledger containing records of the Des Chutes Rim Rock Power Company, a firm based in Oregon. Records consist of articles of incorporation; receipts for registration with Multnomah County and the state of Oregon; bylaws; meeting minutes; a proposal by the company's president, Malcolm A. Moody, to sell designated land to the company for $1 million; and signed notices and oaths by company officers.

Dates

Creation: 1911-1912

Creator

Des Chutes Rim Rock Power Company (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative History

The Des Chutes Rim Rock Power Company, referred to in newspapers as Deschutes Rimrock Power Company or Deschutes Rim Rock Power Company, was founded in September 1911 in Portland, Oregon, with former U.S. Representative Malcolm A. Moody as president, LeRoy Park as treasurer, and E. E. Ferguson as vice president. The company received $9 million from English investors, with which they planned to build two power plants near the mouth of the Deschutes River to irrigate land east of the Deschutes and south of the Columbia River. The company appears to have gone out of business around 1913; the only mentions of it in newspapers after 1911 are in notices listing it among companies that had been delinquent in paying registration fees or taxes.

Sources: "$9,000,000 Ditch Project Started," Oregonian, September 28, 1911; "Week's Transfers Make Big Record," Oregonian, October 1, 1911; "Companies Will Be Sued," Oregonian, April 17, 1914; Oregonian, January 16, 1916, item on page 10; "Deschutes Power Company Formed; Capital is Million," Oregon Journal, September 27, 1911; "Power Company Not to Inflate Values of Land," Oregon Journal, September 28, 1911.

Extent

0.15 Cubic Feet (1 oversize folder (16x20) in shared flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Ledger containing records of the Des Chutes Rim Rock Power Company of Oregon, including articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, bylaws, a proposal, and directors' oaths. The Des Chutes Rim Rock Power Company, also referred to in newspapers as Deschutes Rimrock Power Company or Deschutes Rim Rock Power Company, was founded in 1911, and acquired $9 million from English investors to build power plants to irrigate land east of the Deschutes River and south of the Columbia River. The company appears to have gone out of business around 1913.