One temporary share certificate of "North American Edison Company "1925 Incorporated in Delaware .Condition (opinion):Very Good (VG). Cancelled.Size: 27,3 cm/19,6cm (average).Printer: American Banknote Company .Two hand signatures. Is hand signed by the Company's Vice President (Ferdinand Sherwood) and Assistant Treasurer and is over 76 years old. These were temporary certificates that were issued until the vignette certificates were ready to be issued.Canceled.Early power grid utility.

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Detroit Edison was part of a large holding company called North American Edison Company. North American's stock had once been one of the twelve component stocks of the May 1896 original Dow Jones Industrial Average.[1] North American Company was broken up by the Securities and Exchange Commission, following the United States Supreme Courtdecision of April 1, 1946.

After that Detroit Edison operated independently,.....

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North American Company

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. It owned public utilities and public transport companies and was broken up in 1955, largely to comply with the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

Its headquarters were at 60 Broadway in Manhattan.

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: , Decided April 1, 1946, FindLaw.com]
*Union Electric Company of St. Louis, Missouri [Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly nyse2|UEP, now part of Ameren Corp. nyse2|AEE]
*Washington Railway and Electric Company
*North American Light and Power Company

Four of the ten direct subsidiaries were operating companies:
*Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company [Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly nyse2|CVX, then merged with Toledo Edison (formerly nyse2|TED) to form holding company Centerior Energy (formerly nyse2|CX), then merged with Ohio Edison Company (formerly nyse2|OEC) to form holding company FirstEnergy Corporation nyse2|FE]
*Pacific Gas and Electric [Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, nyse2|PCG]
*Detroit Edison Company [Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly nyse2|DTE, then moved to holding company DTE Energy, same ticker]
*Wisconsin Electric Power Company [Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly nyse2|WPC, then moved to holding company Wisconsin Energy Corp. (formerly nyse2|WEC), then merged with Northern States Power (formerly nyse2|NSP) to form holding company Primergy Corp.]

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:
*Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company

Formed in 1896 as a subsidiary of the North American Company. By 1929, it operated within North American Company along with Wisconsin Electric Power Company, which became the consolidated name of the two operating companies in 1938. It now belongs to Wisconsin Energy Corporation

*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.cite journal}*Potomac Electric Power Company [Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, formerly nyse2|POM, then merged with Baltimore Gas and Electric (formerly ]
*Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company [Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, nyse2|CIN, then moved to holding company CINergy Corp., same ticker]
*Union Light, Heat and Power of Covington, Kentucky
*Northern Natural Gas Company
*Butte Electric and Power Company
*Laclede Gas Company [ , 1857-2007; Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, (nyse2|LG) 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.]
*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.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

North American's stock was one of the twelve component stocks of the May 1896 original Dow Jones Industrial A ] 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

ee also

*John I. Beggs

Banknote Grading

	UNC	AU	EF	VF	F	VG	G	Fair	Poor
	Uncirculated	About Uncirculated	Extremely Fine	Very Fine	Fine	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor
Edges	no counting marks	light counting folds OR...	light counting folds	corners are not fully rounded	much handling on edges	rounded edges
Folds	no folds	...OR one light fold through center	max. three light folds or one strong crease	several horizontal and vertical folds	many folds and creases
Paper color	paper is clean with bright colors			paper may have minimal dirt or some color smudging, but still crisp	paper is not excessively dirty, but may have some softness	paper may be dirty, discolored or stained	very dirty, discolored and with some writing	very dirty, discolorated, with writing and some obscured portions	very dirty, discolored, with writing and obscured portions
Tears	no tears			no tears into the border	minor tears in the border, but out of design	tears into the design
Holes	no holes				no center hole, but staple hole usual	center hole and staple hole
Integrity	no pieces missing						no large pieces missing	piece missing	piece missing or tape holding pieces together