Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-12
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The Western Union Beef Company, Embraeii
All the Important Cattle Companies
of -Four States.
srecial to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette. p
DENVER COL, June 7.-ATticles of4ncorpars
ton of the Western Union Beef compa3sy, witHf
capital stock of SIS, 900, 900, were fl9 with the
secretary of state late yesterday AFTERNOON. The
incorporation embraces consolidation under
the direct management of the new company of
all principal stock interests in Colorado, Wyo-
ming, New Mexico and Texas, and the nine di-
rectors named in the certificate Of Incorporation,
who will control the business affairs of tAtRom
pany for the first year are: John L. RoEtSEG
w. Baxter, 8. l. Wilson, G. M. McGeaketskafY
G. symes, c: h Bosher, Samuel ThonzSsf
NJ NJ. o. Wilson and John G. Moore. Th9a
principal Office Of the company IN ColoradoS
Will be in Denver, with an once IN New YORK !
gresham G. G. Synles, who is attorney fesRR6
company, said to a reporter for The G1zEfsset
this morning: ''This company is formed for tRa4
purpose of consolidating into one company thsi
different companies now in Coloraee,t
wyoming, New Mexico ard TeIakE
ali OF which oompauies are extensively eugaESt
IN the raising of livestock and the production 81
beef. The object to dissolve the corporations ID
the said states and territories, and sell Apds
transfer their assets in exchanges for the stoosS4
The new corporation, the Western Union 10y
company. A further object is to wind mp aha
dissolve the aft irs Of the AgaeTlcan cattle frls
company, which holds the <fec& OF the dihsreAg@
corporations In a word. 1shee estern Uh5SSt
beef company, it is intende4a, @s!sS take eAeN
place practically of all the GtzereIis37
The officers and large stockholders q, the Atssso
lean cattle trust and Of the SAID c5TRpratioe17'
think the city properties and business qSE be-
managed and more economlcaAy bskss,.
single corporation with its headquarters@
in Denver. The property owned aSa
managed by these different companie5
and indirectly by the Americahs
cattle trust is very extensive and valuable. TT
consists OF over 800. 600 acres OF DECIDED LAND IN
Texas Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico;
also of 300. 900 acres of leased state and school
land. Ranging on this 800, 600 acres OF land ana
upon the public domain in Colorado, wyoming
and elsewhere are upwards Of $4,000 head OF
cattle Over 10, 600 head of cattle have been
purchased within the last tvvQe 4fRlths. The es-
timated brand Of the different eoh1eEEies for the
present year is over % 900, 40 the tlnafe1s
beef output the coming fall a0afstzs5, ~. Ihef
actual value OF all this property pfated at
about So, 600. 600. The prospective we l342ch
greater and it is expected that there wnF4S we
additions made to the cattle and eI&EE
land of the company. Large tracts acts. lie ~
range purposes, and which VII eventually oers
come very valuable as arabic land portIor1
of the stock will be used for the purpose OF ex-
changing IL for the property tor an SAID present
chase of additional cattle and land to enlarge.
the business Of the company. The companies
which have thus been merged into the Western
COMPANY of Texas, the Fort Stockton livestock
and land company OF Texas, the San Antonio
ranch company of Texas, the wilson livestock,
company OF Texas the Pheenix farm:
and ranch company OF New Aexleo. me
| Colorado, the North American cattle compsny5
of wyoming. The oscillation WIS effected At q
meeting OF the board of trustees OF the American
| cattle trust held in New York May Is, 1s9Of and
is virtually 3 reorganization and enlargement OF
that corporation, the essential change being
| that there is but one corporation IN tne new,
whereas there were eight in the old.