North American Company

North American Company
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The North American Company was a holding company incorporated in New Jersey on June 14, 1890, and controlled by Henry Villard, to succeed to the assets and property of the Oregon and Transcontinental Company.[1][2] It owned public utilities and public transport companies and was broken up in 1946, largely to comply with the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

Its headquarters were at 60 Broadway in Manhattan.

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Holdings

By 1940, North American was a US$2.3 billion holding company heading up a pyramid of by then 80 companies. It controlled ten major direct subsidiaries in eight of which it owned at least 79%. Three of the ten were major holding companies:[3]

Four of the ten direct subsidiaries were operating companies:

  • Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company[5]
  • Pacific Gas and Electric[6]
  • Detroit Edison Company[7]
  • Wisconsin Electric Power Company[8][9]

The remaining three of the ten direct subsidiaries were:

  • North American Utility Securities Corporation
  • West Kentucky Coal Company
  • 60 Broadway Building Corporation

At various times during its existence, North American also owned substantial interests in these other companies as well:

  • Capital Transit: Formed on December 1, 1933 in Washington, D.C. from merger of Washington Railway, Capital Traction, and Washington Rapid Transit. North American owned it through its holding company subsidiary, Washington Railway and Electric Company, which in turn was the holding company for the merged lines, owning 50% of Capital Transit.[10]
  • Potomac Electric Power Company[11]
  • Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company[12]
  • Union Light, Heat and Power of Covington, Kentucky
  • Northern Natural Gas Company
  • Butte Electric and Power Company
  • Laclede Gas Company[13]
  • Edison Securities Corporation
  • Wired Radio, Inc. (Muzak)
  • North American Edison Company

North American Company was broken up by the Securities and Exchange Commission, following the United States Supreme Court decision of April 1, 1946.[3]

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Oregon and Transcontinental stock owned by Henry Villard

North American's stock was one of the twelve component stocks of the May 1896 original Dow Jones Industrial Average,[14] but it was replaced later that same year. In 1928, when the number of stocks comprising the DJIA was increased to 30, North American was re-added to the list but was replaced again in 1930. The two periods when it was a component were:

  • May 26, 1896 – August 26, 1896, replaced by U. S. Cordage
  • October 1, 1928 – January 29, 1930, replaced by Johns-Manville

See also

References

  1. ^ "Talk of a new company; The report on Oregon and Transcontinental. The present charter declared not adapted to the corporation's successful development". The New York Times: p. 3. November 23, 1889. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B02E5DA143AEF33A25750C2A9679D94689FD7CF. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 
  2. ^ "Under a Brand-New Name; But It Is The Oregon And Transcontinental Company. The Very Extensive Powers Given To The North American Company By Its New-Jersey Charter.". The New York Times: p. 5. June 16, 1890. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9904E2D61539E033A25755C1A9609C94619ED7CF. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 
  3. ^ a b U.S. Supreme Court decision, NORTH AMERICAN CO. v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COM'N, 327 U.S. 686 (1946), Decided April 1, 1946, FindLaw.com
  4. ^ Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly NYSEUEP, now part of Ameren Corp. NYSEAEE
  5. ^ Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly NYSECVX, then merged with Toledo Edison (formerly NYSETED) to form holding company Centerior Energy (formerly NYSECX), then merged with Ohio Edison Company (formerly NYSEOEC) to form holding company FirstEnergy Corporation NYSEFE
  6. ^ Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, NYSEPCG
  7. ^ Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly NYSEDTE, then moved to holding company DTE Energy, same ticker
  8. ^ Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly NYSEWPC, then moved to holding company Wisconsin Energy Corp. (formerly NYSEWEC), then merged with Northern States Power (formerly NYSENSP) to form holding company Primergy Corp.
  9. ^ a b Wisconsin Energy Corporation, History, wisconsinenergy.com
  10. ^ March, Charles E. (August 1934). "The Local Transportation Problem in the District of Columbia". The Journal of Land and Public Utilities Economics (University of Wisconsin Press) 10 (3): 275–290. doi:10.2307/3139173. JSTOR 3139173. 
  11. ^ Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly NYSEPOM, then merged with Baltimore Gas and Electric (formerly NYSEBGE)
  12. ^ Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, NYSECIN, then moved to holding company CINergy Corp., same ticker
  13. ^ Laclede Gas Company, 1857-2007; Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, (NYSELG) became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Laclede Group, Inc., same ticker. Along with North American, the Laclede Gas Light Company was also one of the original 12 stocks in the Dow Industrial Average.
  14. ^ What happened to the original 12 companies in the DJIA?, djindixes.com

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