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This series contains notes documenting some of the Bedeque Power Company's financial activities including expenses, receipts, telephone calls, and purchase of equipment. A few pages relate to MacFarlane's activities as an amateur ham radio operator. It also contains a copy of a newspaper clipping from the Journal-Pioneer newspaper of 18 October 1987 outlining the history of the Bedeque Power Company.

The Bedeque Power Company was founded in June 1849 when farmers from Fernwood, Chelton, and Bedque, led by Horace Wright, Douglas MacFarlane, and Lewis Hackett, received permission from the provincial government to build a line to their communities. Effectively a co-operative the farmers would building and maintain the line with a $30,000 loan from the provincial government, purchasing power and other equipment from the Town of Summerside. Power was turned on in January 1950. Soon other areas such as Central Bedeque and farmers along the Bedeque Borden Highway applied to have the line extended. In 1954 the company had 63 customers with lines extending into Searletown and Central Bedque but was operating at a loss. In response to an application by the Company considered by the government on 19 October 1954, the Bedeque Power Company was sold to the government early in 1955 and became part of the government’s Electrification Scheme. Power thereafter was supplied by Maritime Electric Company rather than the Town of Summerside.