The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-04-08

The hill, a~ amended gave to the com
pany the power to De- only the surety bust
ne~s The notifications and changes were
explained to the Senate. the bin rciutra-
duced and, after many delays. was passed
90 the last day ot the session and signed
by Governor jackson on April ,. 1890.
It will thus be seen that the securin. Of
the power necessary e. DO the surety bust
as,s was not an easy matter, and required
GREAT perseverance aud hard work upon
the part Of Nr Warf.ld and bis associate.
RAISING THE CAPITAL
The charter of the company hayin. been
perfected. Nr WarGeld and his associates
s,i about securing the necessary capital
wah which e. ~. s underway They
fixed the amount a. BE- secured before be
.isniu- business at 5000 opu Sut~,rip-
tiuI~ were net easy te secure. ~ the 6uan-
cial men o. Baltimore hal grave doubts a.
to 'be feasibility of the project. and they
thought that Mr. War6elj va, chimerical
10 lis belief and ideas that the company
would ,uccp,,i
Many per~auS ,ub,srlb,d through q De
sire urnu their part Go accommodate NJ
NsTfi.ld and 20 encourage him tp locate
in Baltimore City S5me o: them have
siuca stated that Uhen thcy made their
subscriptions they thought they we're ,imF.
Is making a donation and Investing Iu
wildcat enterprise The subscriptions. a,
a rah. ranged IN amounts from one fn i've
thousand dollar
The la; slpo. 600 was quite difficult ,a
raise Mr. joseph X Siancbrakc-. uas
second ,iee president # the company. nLq
took much io,er,--, IN i., organization. au3
who bad faith ln 30, future. ~ueyeg.lcd sa
getting Nr J II Baslrr. a yramincn.
and influential business man 81 Carlisle
Pa. to take an Interest in ,hc enterprise
Nr B,eley. after lalkia- ,he matter ofer
vl,h Mr. Wsracld ami h,, associates
ns!,red that thcge was future far ,ach
a company IN B4ltsmore and A. evidence
of hl, fa.lh subscribed iar a large block of
,bc stock himself. and advised a number
oT hls friend, 60 become subscriber,
uEaANtEArIuN
The 5000 GOO of capital stock harin-
been fally subscribed the rsmpany was
sr-aaizrd by the election ut zen Clinton
7 Paine president, Il1,i l. Jackson,
dr-t y,ce president. Edwin Warhe,i. s.v-
und yjt,, president and general manager.
pr George " Bishop. treasurer, Her
man + Bsslor, ssyretary. " 4 Ham
mgul general counsel. aud y Wiu-low
Williams assistant counsel
The first executive committee aas c5us
p,-eI of the president, hrst sad second
y,ce presidents. Ns>>rs. II Crawford
Black. Joseph L >tonrbrakcr. George
Gator. Andrew r. .ion,~, Rohcr, uber,
y Rafu, G,ll and Frederick II Smith
The other members Il the urst board ii
Director, were Me~s-- Thomas C. Bass
h0r. JAIME, Slsan. Jr Wilbur F Jack
~au. John Il Mcpouaid. Charles L Fink
lloyd l.owuIr,. james y Mason. ~ey
uour Mludelbaum. Franco, + Waters.
J Thomas G. Hopkins, T. J Ccid. }
II Bo,lcr. William 4 Hammond Gerrzr
" Bishop and Gvor-. Nartcld ln
NAV. ieS3 Ne~,ry John ii Wight, =
+ pe'url john sheridan. Henry 4 Parr
and Hon \ T. Ciumau were elected di.
r,ctur~. vice Nrs>y, t,rpr.r Gator. jaime,
u. Mason \ Rufus GlIl. j Thomas G.
Hvpkiu, aud GeUr-ae " Bishop, who had
resigned I,F Bishop finding that his
business and family Interests required his
presence in Snow Hill. hi, home. also re
signed a., treasurer 1t the company. and
Mr Herman f. bo>lcr was elected as his
SUCCESSOR On April %. lS92 General
Clinton T. Paiac desiring tu 20 abroad
and also finding that be could not give 10
the company the time tina, it, increasing
business and the cXacfin- duties of the
position required, rendered his resignation
As president Nr Llyyd L. Jackson. first
vice president, was elected a, president TO
serve until the annual meeting of stock
holder, IN January following. Mr. Edwin
Warlield. the general manager and second
vice president, was made first vice preei-
AttlA- dtiI III II Y lhNltiLiA IbAltA. ~Etttll
vice president Mr. Seymour Naudel
baum was At the same time elected mem
ber Of the executive committee
REORGANIZATION.
On January II, 1893, Edwin Warheld
was unanimously elected president II
Crawford Black. first vice president; Jo-
seph r. Stouebraker, second vice presi-
dent, and Herman t. Bosler, secretary
and treasurer, which positions they have
held ever since. At thi, annual meeting
MeSsr>, George NJ. Upshur, Il. X. War
ing, solomon Frank, Thomas A Whelan,
John X. Shaw and James d. Mason be
came members Of the board Of directors,
vice Messrs James Sloan, Jr, +. j. Codd,
Andrew ID. Jones. Lloyd l.. Jackson,
John b. Mcdonald, resigned, and VIM.
\. Hammond, deceased. Since tina, time
but few changes have taken place in the
membership Of the board, and they have
been caused principally by death.
In January, 1896, Mr. Henry B. Platt,
of New York, was elected Il member Of
the board and made third vice president
He has the management of the New York
office, which is the largest department of
the company outside of the home office
1t embraces the entire State of New York
and the northern part of New jersey. Mr.
NJ Gillet GILL of Baltimore, was elected
member of the board at the same time
In 1S97 Mr. Herman E Bosler was elected
director in place of his father, deceased.
During this year Gen. Francis V. Greene,
of New York, and Mr. George Blackiston
were elected vice Frederick H, Smith,