The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-03
ONE DAYS RECORD.
Three Large Stock Companies File
Their Articles of Incorporation.
C~heyenne's Newly Organized Electric
Light Company Files
Its Papers.


The past two years have seena won
derful concentration of capital in the
great interest of the territory, that of
cattle raising; and in consequence there
have been formed numerous stock COM
pauies with capital stock in amounts
varying from $50 900 to very nearly a
million dollars. Besides concentrating
our own capital, mostly the legitimate
profits of some years of hard work by
the pioneers of the business in the ter
ritory, these companies have attracted
thither hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars of foreign capital which is now
scattered over Wyoming's ranges and
bringing in n high return upon the in
vestment.
1t is not in the province of this ar
ticle to discuss the advantages or dis
advantages accruing from the concen-
tFatiou of interests. Be that as it may
Wyoming Is prosperous despite disad-
vantages, and Cheyenne has the name
of being the wealthiest town of its size
in the country. The formation of large
business organizations still continues.
SWAN, FRANK AND ANTHONY CATTLE
Y COMPANY.
Yesterday the articles of incorpora-
tions were filed with the county clerk
for the Swan, Frank & Anthony Cattle
Co., organized under the laws of the
territory for the transaction of a gen.
eral cattle business, such as buying,
raising, grazing and selling, the scene
of the company's operations being in
Wyoming, and tn" limit Of its corpor-
ate existance being fifty years. The
trustees of the company for the first
year ar A. H. Swan, Thomas Swan, T..
Thomson and Chas. E. Anthony.
Swan Bros. and Joseph Frank have
been for some time prominently CON
nected with the stock interests of the
territory in various companies, and
Mr.. Thomason is also an old timer in
the business. Mr.. Anthony is spend
ing the season in this city and is giving
the business personal attention
The capital stock of this company is
100000, divided into 1000 seares of
800 each, and its principal office is in
Cheyenne.
MILWAUKEE AND WYOMING INVEST
hENT CO.
Articles of Incorporation were also
fled in the county clerks office for the
Milwaukee and Wyoming Investment
Co., which is another large stock COM
pany for carrying on a general live
stock business within our borders. This
company is made up of capitalists
foreign to our territory as will be seen
by the following trustees for the first
year: Alex Mitchell, Geo. Mitchell
and p. McGeoch, Milwaukee. The
principal office is at this latter city,
and the capital stock is put at $3.50, 600
BRUsH-swAN ELECTRIC LIGHT co.
For a long time our people have been
talking about, and some of them figur-
ing upon, an adequate system of street
and general illumination. For a long
time the LEADER has urged upon its
readers the necessity of lights for dark
streets, something in keeping with the
life of the town. Gas has been talked
and ended in just gas. Electricity has
been preached with shockingly poor
success, apparently. But a few Of our
nnbtio aniritad opd aptarnr;a;,o MOI,
who are largely guilty of Cheyenne's
boom this season, have taken the mat
ter in hand. The result is found in
the Brush-Swan Electric Light Co.,
articles of Incorporation for which were
filed yesterday.
The company is organized for the
purpose of constructing, establishing
and maintaining a system of electric
lighting in the city of Cheyenne. The
capital stock is placed at 800, 900 di-
yided into 1000 shares, and the limit
of corporate exhistance is 80 years.
The trustees of the company for the
first year are, Morton E. Post, Francis
E.. Warren, Thos. Sturgis, Joseph NJ.
Carey, William q. Irvine. But little
can be said Just now definitely concern
ing the work of the company. The
canvas being already made there is a
deal of preliminary work already ac-
complished, and in the near future,
Cheyenne's dark, ulighted streets will
be no more the terror sof moonless
| nights, and the fragrant kerosene not q