Wahoo Water Works stock certificate 1908 (Nebraska)

Stunning stock certificate. Beautiful vignette of a waterfall with train traveling in the distance. (Interesting since the water came from area wells). Issued for one share at $50 share. Awesome gold underprint of $50. Issued and not cancelled. Rough edges away from the certificate border (not shown). Dated 1908. Measures approximately 11 x 8 inches.

The Wahoo Water Works Company was a privately held utility company in Wahoo, Nebraska, whose franchise expired in 1908. The community then established a municipal water system, and the current water utility is now operated by the city government as Wahoo Utilities.

The question of a waterworks for the City of Wahoo was first talked of early in the year 1887. The need of a good water supply was imperative to the growing town and on Wednesday, July 6, 1887, the city council passed an ordinance granting a waterworks franchise to the American Water Works Company of Pittsburgh. The Wahoo Water Works Company (1887 in the company seal) was the operating company AWWC for the 1888-1908 (20-year franchise) until the city took over (ref waterworkshistory.us).

The Kuhn brothers joined with Charles H. Payson and others to form the American Water Works and Guarantee Company (Limited) under the 1874 Pennsylvania partnership law on August 20, 1886. Using a partnership allowed the firm to own stock in the water and gas companies they built and bought, whereas corporations could not own stock in other companies. The partners built or bought another nineteen water systems between 1886 and 1891.

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