The Empire Gas and Electric Company was formed in 1911, merged into itself the Central New York Gas and Electric Company in 1916, and on November 1, 1920, the Company purchased the by-product plant of the Empire Coke Company.
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| Portraits of employees of the Empire Gas and Electric Company from 1916 to 1918 |
The Empire Gas and Electric Company does the entire electric light, power and gas business of Auburn, New York. It also supplies without competition electricity to Geneva, Cayuga, Seneca Falls, Newark, Waterloo, Phelps, Palmyra, Clifton Springs, Lyons, Clyde, Weedsport and other places; and supplies without competition gas to Geneva, Cayuga, Seneca Falls, Newark, Waterloo, Phelps, Palmyra and Lyons.
With the exception of the season of the steam heating business, the Company’s electrical requirements is supplied entirely by electricity generated hydro-electrically.
The estimated population served is 130,000. Here below is a collection of amazing photos from Guy Clinch that shows portraits of employees of the Empire Gas and Electric Company from 1916 to 1918.
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Fred Jordan with a company Republic Truck, Auburn, NY, circa 1916 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee John M. Bassette holding a pulley, Auburn, NY, circa 1916 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee W.S. Kidney, Auburn, NY, circa 1916 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees at work, Auburn, NY, circa 1916 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees at work, Auburn, NY, circa 1916 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Arthur Andrews, Auburn, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Dominick Graziano, Geneva, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Gilbert Morse, Geneva, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee James Taney, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mike Mozzona, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Bridgen, Auburn, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Cone, Waterloo, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Scarth, Newark, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Thorne, Newark, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Pat Ross, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Rocco Felix, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Tony Massa, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Tony Pacello, a participant in the Liberty Bond campaign to support the Allies in World War I, standing near St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva, NY, circa 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee William Burns, Waterloo, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees Lyme Reed, Harold Smith, and H. Austin, Geneva, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Abe Fields, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Bart Frank, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Benjamin Finney, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Bert Baugert, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee C. F. Brumm, Newark, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee C.J. Legg, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Charles J. McCoy, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Claude Forbes, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Frank Martin, Newark, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Frank Roe, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee G. Rowley and others, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee George Rush, Lyons, NY, circa 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Gilbert Morse, Geneva, NY, 1917 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Harold Leftus, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee James Lytle, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee L. Madia, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee L. W. Lilley, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Bachman, Seneca Falls, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Compson, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Compson, Lyons, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Mr. Ott, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Patrick Hanlon, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Robert Bramble, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Robert Rush, Palmyra, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Stewart McMillen, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employee Thomas Welch, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees Lynn Reed and Harold Smith, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees Thomas Welch, A. Fields, and C. McCoy on a company truck, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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| Empire Gas & Electric, Co., employees Tony Schiera, Compson, L. W. Lilley, Haberfield, C. Alting, Geneva, NY, 1918 |
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Empire Gas & Electric, Co., Meter Department employees James Lytle and Gilbert Morse, Geneva, NY, 1918 |