Evening journal., 1898-08-12
AGAIN AFTER ADDICKS
Stock of the Company Trans
ferred Without Authority.
OTHER CORPORATIONS IN THE SUIT

O1Ahn OVhrOhAI1UNb In IHh bUlI
FNRAFS6 c. JONES CLAIMS THAT
THE DELAWARE BAY STATE
GAS COMPANY IS DEPRIVED or
TINE USE CF STOCKS OWING TO
THEIR BEING HANDED OVER TO
ANOTHER COMPANY.
Frank c. Jones, of New York, has
brought suit in the United States
Court for this district against the Bay
State Gas Company, Of Delaware, in
cluding other corporations. The suit
is to set aside deed Of trust by which
the Bay State Gas Company, of Della
ware, transferred to Henry II. Rogers,
John G. Moore and Frank w. Whit
ridge the interests it held in the Bay
State Gas Company, Of New Jersey,
which controlled various gas compan-
les in Massachusetts. Mr.. Jones
claims that this deed of trust has
passed into the control of the New
England Gas and Coke Company, and
that the bay State Gas Company Of
Delaware, is deprived of the use of the
stocks of the various gas companies in
Massachusetts,, and, therefore, Is in
jured to a great extent. The defend
ants in the suit are the Bay State Gas
Company, of Delaware, ]. Edward Ad-
dicks, president; the Mercantile Trust
Company, of New York, Henry H.
Rogers, John G. Moore, Frank w.
Whitridge, the Boston Gas Light Com
pany, the South Boston Gas Light
Company, the Roxbury Gas Light
Company, and the Bay State Gas
company, of Massachusetts; Henry M.
: Whitney, as president of the New Eng
land Gas and Coke Company; Robert
S. Pruyn, Stephen Peabody, William
L. Elkins, William L. Eikins, Jr., Will
liam Finn, Henry P. Dlmock, George
c.. Haven, Anthony NJ. Brady, Emer-
son NlcNIillin, exIAttorney- General
Richard Olney, Robert w. Lord, AL
merle H. Paget and Henry NJ. Whit
: ney, individually and as trustees OF
r the New England Gas and Coke Com
pany.
I Frank c. Jones owns 1900 shares o.
r the Bay State Gas Company, Of Della
2 ware, and the Delaware company own
I ed al 1.-The stock Of the Bay State Gas
b Company, OF New Jersey, until abou
e November 1. 1896. The New Jersey
Q company held the stock OF various gas
j companies in Massachusetts, and as
! long as the Delaware Company con.
S trolled all the stock of the New Jer-
r sey company it also controlled Tho
r. various Massachusetts companies. Th'
: plaintiff alleges that aboutNovember 1
k 1885, ]. Edward Addicks, as presiden
6 Of the Delaware company, transferre,
e tc Messrs. Rogers, Moore and Whit
y ridge, without the authority of the di
d rectors of the stockholders of the Della
J, ware company or without considera
h tion the stock of the New Jersey com
II pany held by the Delaware company
10 The stock of the Massachusetts, com
i panies was held in trust by the Mer
d camille Trust Company for the NeV
" Jersey Company, and when tn
stock OF the New Jersey com
pany was turned over
Messrs. Rogers, Moore and Whitridg
V. they secured the proxies to vote th
se stocks OK the various Massachusett
On companies. BY securing such proxie
"a Messrs. Rogers, Moore and Whit
IN ridge have made an agrssment wit
Us the New England Gas and Coke Con
ne pany to elect officers OF variou
Va Massachusetts Gas companies as tn
~ the New England company may direc
IL The agreement also gave Messrs. Roi
ly ers, Moore and Whitridge power
y elect the officers Of the warrior
p Massachusetts companies and by sue
ain election contract for fifty yea
has been made with the New En-
land Gas ard Coke Company for Il
!, other companies to buy gas from it
20 cents per 1000 cubic feet. IN
Plaintiff alleges that this price is t
high and that it ALSO rendered US
less and valueless the manufacture
plants owned by the various Mass
" chusetts companies.
The bin is made returnable on Sc
- temlber 5. The summons on ]. Edwa
Addicks was served upon him yeste
day.