Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-31
nissionsr Raum'S Refrigerating
Scheme is Laid Wide Open.
rGgD TO BE A FRAUD,
,.,,b for a Toy bat no Account for Praeh-
,sss-Ths Wheeling Bnd Of the
s.---tis Ramorsd That ihs OOmmis-
,1s- Has Been Suspend'd.

F. -.~ariug Company, az whose hedu
missioner OF Pensions Raum. 1t
.sr.os the Wheeling, w. Va. end
y, company. The Herald claims
f m. alleged invention of Frank A.
4 N is fmpracticable for general use,
.ss- his idea is not now. The in
,r it is alleged, will do well
II for toy, but there its useful
.rf, The Herald says that Smith
ni. scheme In Europe and Signally
after getting many men, some OF
Americans. 70 invest their capital.
Herald says:
orerati8nS of the Universal Re
-stor Company in different parts OF
untry have been as peculiar as the
mi which it claims 20 own, and as
ssr.ous as the salt With which itsayS
tr'orms its marvels.
s headquarters Of the company are
.-,burg. but the incorporation was
,yast Virginia, where corporation
ere large aud easy in their provi-
The type OF the incorporation Is
r.r known as omnibus" " which Is
u that 10 permits the company 20
rs in any kind Of business from
ting nitrate of ammonia refrigera-
t9 selling rubber oysters. The
.rporators of the company
named as Green b. Raum,
Washington and GolcOnda, ILL.,; John
ones. of Nevada, United States Sen
W. j. W. COwden, postmaster at
feHng. W. Va, and member Of the
Ibncan state Committee; George
Atkinson, Of Wheeling, who was
.rblican member of the last Con-
Is: A. Leo Well, . lawyer OF Pitts
b. w. Force, broker of Pitts
samuel Gallinger, a real estate
Ia of Pittsburg, and James w. Mil
better known aS "ShOe Box" Occu-
b. and present residence unknown,
lately familiar to the attentive pub
M the exposure Of his attempt TO
r the daughter Of General Moseby.
j far as anybody knows none OF
persons except Senator Jones has
money 20 speak of, and at least
of tho Pittsburgers have no appa-
assets. Nevertheless the capital
lSr9to have bRtYf6iStrlBGtgItF eaE5S}3F
Nv among the beiOre-named incOr-
Tors. There is a Shrewd suspicion
q good big block of the alleged
is held as treasury stock, but any
Raum, the good General, holds the
|0rity OF It. Senator Jones is put
n as having contributed 100000 TO
cause of universal refrigeration and
'onia nitrate.
'hr purposes OF the company, as in
borated. are announced to be the pro-
t.on of refrigerating salt and the
luiacture of apparatus for cooling
geratorS aud TO dispose OF these TO
IpanieS organized in States and cities.
local companies are to purchase
b the Universal Refrigerator Com
N the right 70 operate within certain
.itory, and also the refrigerating salt
appliances with which the machine
rn.
nder these provisions the company
been al work in many cities with
ewhat surprising results. In Wash
ton it organized the Columbia
versal Refrigerating Company
\ a capital stock of $500, 600,
which Raum, the good General,
various employees of the Interior
Pension Departments held all but a
shares. This company bought or
the right for the District OF Column
and more than a year ago put in
refrigerator i'm the Pennsylvania
nue. butcher shop and one at Glen
Do. and ceased from It's labOrS.
ther of these enterprisinR strokes Of
mess is now in existence, and if the
umbla Universal Reirigerating Com
n has any remote intention Of con-
linz 10 refrigerate there is nobody
who can lind IL out.
y Pittsburg, which was the next
ce 10 which the good General paid
antion, a company was all but or
lied. with a capital OF $500, 900, Of
len 500 600 was to be paid at once to
Raum company for the right 10 the
.sourg territory. IL was estimated
{ 10 wOu,d take 500, 600 more 20 be-
making the refrigeratOrS in Pitts
g. and Notwithstanding that even
would leave S31O, 400 Of stock as
E fax water. those curious Pittsburg-
held off and declined the glittering
.gt during the time that they were
ing IL the General had a sample re-
-erator in operation in q local hotei
steered inQuiring capitalists against
As an instance of what IL could DO.
hading IL three times day u pro-
ed q certain amount of cold, but the
uy Pittsburgers made few entries
tle probable cost of salt, shut their
ketbOOks and went away. You VIII
Ind the refrigerator in that hotei
roh Pittsburg the Universal Swooped
gn upon Wheeling, w. Va, where
q time il had everything its own
B. As usual, General Raum himSeiI
5 onthe ground to direct the oper-
oas. In the month of September,
b, b4 lugged one Of his refrigerators
o town, set il up In public place.
Do AN educated Georgia colored man
operae il and head of the too IN
sitiyel and amazed the WheelingiteS
actually producing ice in a box.
the strength of this performance
sold 10 some cOndding gen
men th4 right TO operate the Univer-
in the fhole State of West Virginia
e purchasers Of this piece OF riches
empted b organize q local company
make uss of it and brought on Two or
Zee morel refrigeratOrs 70 convince
)ple Of id advantages. Some Of the
ldents had them put into their hous-
On trial. They didn't last long. 1t
the old story-the cost was 800
.at. Withib a month the last OF them
been thrown into the street and the
lyersal was heard Of no more IN
eeeling.
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