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Show BIG CONSOLIDATION Harriman Interests Are to Take Over Now York Electric Company. I CHICAGO, Dec. S. Corporation i Counsel James Hamilton Lewis today reported lo the Citj' Council the result re-sult of the investigation recently made by him in New York into the reported consolidation 01 the electric power hgilting compauie in Chicago. Mr. Lewis tsatcd he had learned from reliable sourcos in New York that the Commonwealth Electric company com-pany is to pass into the hands of the Edison company by the purchase of the stock of one company in behalf be-half of the other, and that these interests, in-terests, when amalgamated, are to pass into the hands of the Harriman interests, and then combine with tho interests now existing in the names of the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Tele-graph company and the Illinois Tunnel Tun-nel company. The first named company com-pany controls the automatic telephone tele-phone system in the city, and the latter the subway for the' handling of |