The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-08
PUBLIC NOTICE.
70 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

PUBLIC NO1lCEs
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
I George n. Atkinson. was the Treas
urer of The Hudson Telephone Company
and in October. 1897, | resigned such po-
sition on my own vwolition in favor of
Cornelius j. Cronan; at that time made
out a list of bills payable and handed
them to nv successor. all Of which bills
have since been. paid. and the COMPANY
was in a solvent condition when re-
signed. as it owed nothing which was not
provided for by collections and otherwise.
7 am still a director of the company.
This notice is placed as a public adver-
isement because the following appeared
in the Evening Journal of February
4, A. D.. 1885,
GEORGE H. ATKINSON
Jersey CITY. Feb. I. 1895.
ut also charges that the creditors OF
the Hudson Telephone Company are
pressing for the payment OIL tiicii sAAA
That the Hudson Telephone Company is
receiving no income from its contracts,
and cannot extend its business because
the subscribers refuse to pay, as unuer
their contract it was guaranteed tnat the
service would be equal to that given by
the Bell Telephone Company.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
1. George H. Atkinson, was the Man
ager of The Hudson Telephone Company.
/ resigned for reasons of my own. I was
not requested to resign by the directors
nor was 1 influenced in my action by
any attacks printed or otherwise. I am
a director of Thu Hudson Telephone Com
pany.
This notice is placed as a public adj
yertisement because the following appear
ed in the Evening Journal of February
4, 1885,
GEORGE H. ATKINSON.
Jersey City, Feb. s, 1898.
The exact reasons for the resignation
of Mr.. George H Atkinson have not as
yet appeared. but it is said on one side
that certain directors were not satisfied
with the manner in which the business
of the mpa was directed. while on
the other and it is charged that the
pamphlet. Written in the interest of the
Bell Telephone Company, was what in
f1uenced his action
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
I, George H. Atkinson. am n of five
trustees, the remaining four being Charles
B.. Thurston, James B. vredenburgh,
Spencer Weart and Louis NJ. Simpson
who according to a declaration of trust
dated January II, 1897, on file with the
New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trus'
Company, hold more than sixteen thou
sand shares out of a total of thirty
thousand shares of The Hudson Tele-
phone Company, being a majority o.
the company's authorized issue of stock
The trust agreement enables the trustees
Hereunder to hold said shares of stool
until January 1, A. D. 1902.
IH6 IrQSI6eS- III CASE l1ey QcCii II az
vantageous to the company to sell SAID
stock. must SO declare unanimously an
his declaration must be submitted t
he stockholders of the company at {
stockholders meeting and ratified by {
vote of the stockholders equal to 80 pc
cent. of the stock.
While the original shares of stock arr
in the possession of the trustee, eacf
stockholder receives from the Title Com
pany a. certificate of beneficial interes
which entities him to the evidence that {
like amount of the original stock is OF
deposit with the Title Company. TIL
rangement, acts as a registrar OF tn,
stock. so that the proper issue and trans
fer of stock is under the supervision o
a neutral corporation.
/ have never been indicted in Baltimore
or at any other place.
Neither I nor any of the trustees hav'
attempted to sell any of the stock hell
in trust.
This notice is placed as a public ad
vertisement because the following ap
peared in the Evening Journal" of Feb
ruary 4, A. d.. 1898.
GEORGE n. ATKINSON,
Jersey City, N. j., Feb. s, 1898.
"The bill reproduces an alleged agree
ment called a stock pool, which repre-
sents a majority of 10000 shares o
stock. The bill charges that the poo
is designed to organize and develol
the and under the agreemen
the five men who are in the pool, rep
resenting, as they do, a majority of tn
stock. can sell out the Hudson 'Tele
phone Company, should they SO decide
1t charges that the stock is depositet
with the New Jersey Title Guarante.
and Trust Company, and that stool
pool certificates have been issued u
cover he amount of stock.
1.-The alleged agreement appoints a com
mittee of five men who hold the proxie
to vote on the stock. 1t names Messrs
George H. Atkinson, George Russell am
L. M. Simpson as the majority of the sal,
committee. The first two of these gentle
men. it is alleged, are now under indict
ment in Baltimore. 1t charges that unde
the agreement a majority of three o
4l:. ooporoit4nnt con x-ota and control fh