The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-18
THE GREAT OIL TRUST
LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS IN THE
STANDARD COMPANY.
Concerns That Have Been GobbIed
from Time to Time by the Corpor-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Withheld.

COLUMBUS. o.. June 17.--Attorney Cen
eral Frank S. Monnett has secured from the
Standard Oil Company a list of the con-
Germs that went in on the great oil COM
bine and the amount of capital stock that
each carried. A short time ago he filed a
suit in the Supreme Court here to Dust
them from business in the State on the
ground that they were trust and were
operating in violation of the laws of the
State. The suit was answered In the usual
way and in reply to that he filed some
interrogatories The court held they were
correct and competent, and through the
court the order was issued to the Standard
Oil Company with instructions to answer
1t was in the reply to these interrogatories
that the information was gained. The al
legged trust has been in operation since 1892.
One of the inquiries made by the attorney
general was with regard to the number of
stockholders and the shares they hold in the
stock. 1t is said the shares are worth some
thing over $500 each, and there are, in all,
II, 795 shares. This does not include, how
ever the fractional shares of the stock that
are held in great numbers in different parts
of the East. According to the report of John
d. Rockefeller, who owns over half of the
Standard Oil stock, the following are the
stockholders and their holdings in the trust:
John D. Rockefeller 9244 shares; Martin
Snider, /; Frank Rockefeller, 1; F. b.
Squire, 1; L. H. Severance, 1922 Charles w.
Harness. 2,076; VIM. Rockefeller, 467; H. M.
Flagler, 1,G07: Benjamin Brewster, $685. Fl.
H. Rogers, SIT: John d. Archbold, 2S7; w.
r. Tilford, SO; Walter jennings Sc; Esther
]. Jennings 1856; Oliver G.. Jennings, So;
Emma B. Auchincloss, So; Annie B. Jen-
nings, So; Oliver H. Payne, 719; estate of
Charles Pratt, 1,799; Helen j. James, So; A.
McGregor, /; Simon Hardness, 80; w. L.
Hardness, 251; total number, 1875.
Another of the inquiries made by the at
torney general was with reference to the
number of companies comprised in the
Standard Oil Company, and the amount of
money they have on hand in cash and other
Rockefeller did not know and could not have
the means Of knowing now what amount of
he Said at the time they went into the trust,
in 1892 they had sums, each, as follows
Anglo American Oil Company, $6,sl3 ,639. 40 ;
Atlantic Refining Company, $S,Ssl,S7667;
Buckeye Pipe Line Company, ST. Is;
Eureka Pipe Line Company, 81 547 ,055. 16;
Forest, Oil Company $3,52S,Sl3:l1; Indiana
Tr pe t9s company 81 s Y6rH
Transit Company, s4,999,3O0; Northwestern
Ohio Natural Gas Company. 81 1866 Ohio
Company, $711 1881; Southern Pipe Line
Company. $3,O21, t54S7; Standard Oil Com
pany, Indiana, s1.O3S,5lS61 Standard Oil
Company, Kentucky, $3.604SOO.7s; Standard
Oil Company. New Jersey. $l49s3, 943. 80;
Standard Oil Company, New York, SIG, 772,-
1922 Standard Oil Company, Ohio, So, 1885,
014.72 Union Tank Line Company, $3,O57,-
1914.
Another inquiry made was as to the
dividends declared during the years they
have been in operation. Mr.. Rockefeller
said he could not give the dividends save as
they were given out last year OF all the
companies there was but one that did not
declare dividend, and that was the Union
Tank Line Company. The others all de-
clared dividends running from 500 600 to
$4,000 600.
With this information in hand the state
here will proceed with the trial.