Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-25
BUY TALBOT PLANT
A COMPANY CHARTERED WITH
THIS END IN VIEW.
TO MAKE COLD-STORACE MACHINES
This Industry TO he Establ,.bed
Here on Quite a Large scale-over
400 Applications Filed for the pur-
chase of Delinquent Lands.

Judge Wexford. sitting in the Circuit
Court. yesterday granted a charter 10 the
Virginia Manufacturing Company. a cor
poration formed for the purpose Of con-
quoting the business OF manufactures.
repairing, buying, and selling machinery.
dealing in all its branches In wrought
iron work, brass and iron castings, and
10 sell, exchange. rent, or lease out any
plant or manufacturing establishment,
including real estate, machinery. and
other personality or any part thereof 1t
may acquire to carry on the business of
buying and selling merchandise, as mer-
chants. both wholesale and retail and
upon commission to do a general storage
business, with right to do business as a
licensed warehouseman upon conforming
to the laws Of Virginia. in respect there
10, and to conduct the cold storage busl-
ness in all its departments
PURCHASE THE TALBOT PLANT.
To accomplish these purposes, or any
part OF them, the said company shall
nave the power to acquire by purchase
through subscriptions to its capital
stock. or in any other manner, the pat
terms. trademarks. fixtures. machinery.
tools, and good will now or lately the
property OF the corporation of Talbot a.
Sons Company, and the,real estate lying
on both sides of Cary street between
FIFTEENTH and Seventeenth, lately occu-
pied by said Talbot & Sons Company,
at the price of $4,000, which may be
paid for by issue of its fully paid shares
or stock for said amount 10 the parties
entitled thereto.
THE CAPITAL. STOCK.
The capital stock of the said company
shall not be less than $4,000 nor more
than 100000. divided into shares OF the
par value of S1O0 per share
subscriptions TO the capital stock may
be paid In whole or in part either in
money, land, or other property, or by
the company's receiving payment there
Tor In the respective interests or a por-
ton thereof of any of the bondholders
Of Talbot q Sons Company in the pro-
perty lately owned by that corporation.
The amount or real estate to be held by
the company shall not exceed ten acres in
Richmond or fifty acres outside The |
office shall be in Richmond. |
The names and addresses of the officers |
Tor the first year are as follows Mr.. |
Robert A. Lancaster, of Richmond, |
president; Mr.. William H. Lucke, of |
Richmond. secretary and treasurer; Di-
rectors-Messrs. w. II. Palmer, of Rich
mond; Clay Drewry, Of Richmond; r. A.
Lancaster, of Richmond; w. II. Lucke
of Richmond; Percy l.. Klock, of New
York, and j. K. Marstin, of New York.
STILL AFTER THE DELINQUENTS.
over three hundred applications under
he new delinquent tax law were filed
With Clerk Christian yesterday, and the
Roanoke syndicate has given notice that
hey will file one hundred notices this
morning. number of property-owners
,alled yesterday and paid their taxes,
md not a few were compelled TO borrow
money TO do this. A real estate man
aid 10 a Dispatch reporter last night,
hat the firm he represented had received
numerous applications for loans TO
meet the taxes. and while it was I'M
oubtedly bringing business 10 the offices
{ the real estate men and the lawyers
e had not heard single man speak we'll
f the law All of them agreed, he said,
hat it was ubiquitous and operated
hiefiy against the poor man.
Clerk Christian and his deputy, Mr..
.awton Crutchfield. are kept at the
flee early and late struggling with the
reat mass of work that the action OF {
ave 10 be made of each paper filed. Very !
aw Of the papers have yet been
led. but out of this few peculiarly
athletic case has been developed. A
'idow woman, who only owed So on her !
rOperty. came in response to one If the )
Offices that had been served. She was
very poor woman. and the 50 had been I
ard TO spare. but fearful lest she might I
'se her property she had disposed of I
)me OF her household furniture TO meet C
he liability imposed upon her, which I
ad been Increased to more than So e
OTHER COURT NEWS.
The jury in the suit of Walter Bird & :,
D. against Thornton & Victor being un-
de TO agree in the Circuit Court, were ,
The case has been set for =
lother hearing on June 9th.
Several Chancery DEGREES were entered
the Law and Equity Court
There were no Council committee meet
gs yesterday, and none have been called \
r tonight.