New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-05
Prospectus
OF THR-
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
PETROLEUM VAPOR STOVE
AND GAS LIGHT COMPANY.

The great popularity of tho Petroleum yapor Stove
Light and the great prots derived from its sale and
ture by the different companies organized under Grays Patent
induce the undersigned to Joint Stock Company
city OF New Orleans to be called the "LOUIsIANA AND
| TEXAS PETROLEUM vAPoR STOVE AND GAS LIGHT
COMPANY" With capital stock Of five hundred
dollars, S5O0) divided into shares OF hundred
EACH only ten cent of which will be called for
subscribing when all the shall subscribed
hVe per cent subject to the call of the Board
amount of fifteen cent being buy Patent
Rights for the States of Louisiana and Texas and leaving
working capital OF twenty-five thousand dollars S25 O No
need fear being called upon
per cent as the above mentioned working capital amply
sucen under any emergency operate
ing successfully 1t expected that large dividends
| accrue to the Stockholders
First from the profits derived from the sss or courv and
parish rights secondly from the profits accrung from the
of Stoves and Buners and thirdly from
| enhanced value of the stock
The business of the corporation shall be managed by
dent Secretary and Treasurer and Ave Directors who shall he
elected by the stockholders
In order to facilitate the operations of the +ho
original proprietors have already number of
of each pattern with appliances working material from
the Maryland and Virginia Com pany Baltimore all of
which will be turned the Company ut the original
We the undersigned agree to form, under the OF the
State Of louisiana Joint Stock Company for the
OF carrying into effect the above operations SO soon as the
of stock aforesaid shall have or suc
proportion thereof the original prcpretors shall determine
as sufficient; and we promise to the call
corporaors cent the opposite names
and the remaining five upon the Directors
NAMES. AMOUNTS SUBSCRIBED.
| NEW ORLEANS, February TO- 1866
The following is authentic financial con
dtion few of the Petroleum vapor Stove Companies
have been formed within the past few months:
The Philadelphia company W Evans, President commenced
operations capital o0 upon this they
issued stock to the amount OF S20 Last week they paid
their second seannual dividend of per
amount of stock issued
Tho Maryland and Virginia company commenced operations
in September last capital of s250O they issued $1,000
of stock in shares SO each Their regularly
quoted at twelve and ne-haIf per above par.
The Ohio and Indiana company has barely opera
tons yet their stock of $3Ooo0 based capital of $4,000
cannot be bought at par.
The profits of these different companies accrue
partly from profits manufacture partly sa of county
| rights
Subscription lists to the stock of the Company
NJ. JUDsoN & CO.'S,
| Corner Camp and Common streets
| V1OLETT, BLACK Il CO.'S,
| lS8 Gravier street.
| c. E. SPENCER & CO.'S,
| Canal street.
c. H. sLOCoMB's,
| Canal street.
| PlLCHER d BARROW'S,
! SO Poydras Street; and at
LOG CAMP STREET,
| Where the Stove is on exhibition
| Scales! Scales! Scales!
FAIRBANKS & CO.'S
| SOUTHERN SCALE WAREHOUSE,
TCHoUPIToULAs STREET
Over one hundred notifications of these STANDARD
SCALES adapted to every required operation of weighing
FAIRBANKS Il co.
To the Trade.
French G. D. CAPS, Ey's Colts Pistol CAPS.
American E. B. Gun ..
Prussian s. B. =. :. D. W =. .
| Waterproof GAPS . Musket .
GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, POWDER SHOT,
| And all kinds of Shooting Tackle
We buy all Goods direct of the Manufacturer in this
country and Europe
HENRY FOLSOM & CO.,
No. 8 Old Levee street.
Opposite the Postonice New Orleans.
James Ksuffer, Jr., s. Co.,
LATE WOODRUFF, BUTLER & CO.,
wHoLEGAhE GEoCERS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
IL Sz 10 New I.evee and 10 81 II Fulton sts,
NEW ORLEANS.
Have hand and constantly in receipt of per steamer
and SAIL