The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-19

critics owned by the United States Cordaee
Compapy,land last year the Union Selling Com
nany was organized TO act as selling. agent for
iSsiH' were sS'54I 1853 and pi in fsos 3d. q i iStSf ~ =
bu. q deficit OF Sl67,S3O in 1897 was converted
IN iSts int9 a surplus OF S223.583. The capi-
The American Straw Board Company. an
p"id dlyidsHGs" Of 2 T per cent e1ioY IN March eShDi "nd
June, 1872. and none have been paid since.
The half dozen straw board factories which
izing a combination of their W with $1,000
ranized in New Jersey in 1881, paid dividends
in full up TO 1896 on the common stock 10 per
c csa1 t sSsa sd i loss g sF 81 t2S q 4.5 S2lii1 4 is f. l i SS Tss
year Sli3sI5 was paid in dividends from the
s 81 HiI SnG is sY9EET %H III i o4 iSm 6or the los 3 T ,Gs
annual report of operations. the year ending
with August.
Tine American, Tyne Founders Company. or
ganized in 1917 for the manufacture OF tyne
and printers materials, with S.5.O0o.O00 com:
The Union Typewriter CoApauv. organized
mon stock; $44,Vo0OOn Of !, per cent, first pre-.
tsrred and s4,olo'OOO OF 8 nor cent. second
The Diamond Match Company. with a capt.
tai OF Sll .VO0. 900 increased from 5 i.50O,OUOl
was orEanized I'm Illinois iq 1880. and has fac
o.. and Oshkosh and store properties at Phila-
deIphia, and Baltimore. It has sawmills at
Athol, Mass. and Green bay. Wis. and owns
also extensive pine stumpage.
The American Brass Company has been or
ganiZed In Connecticut with a capital Of 500
of brass manufacturers The Pacific Ameri-
can Fisheries Company has been chartered by
bought the salmon fishing and canning inter-
ests about Puget Sound and is said TO be ne
notiating for Alaskan interests. The United
states Cast lion Pine and Foundry company
has been Incorporated at Trenton with $50
100000 %eapital. and there is to be Incorporated
with 100000. 00O:capital. which will control the
leading wrought iron pipe factories in the
United ws. ,r states The formntl0nIof t this company ny
The sixteen .companies included in it have q
c%anacity "f 100000 tons. The Union ParerBag
capital, S~27.OOO,OOO. with the purpose indicated
in its title. The United Shoe Machinery Com.
name. has been formed with s20,W0O.OOU capt
tai. the stock being listed on the Boston Stock
EXCHANGE, 1t includes seven companies OF
GREAT TRUSTS IN MUNICIPAL FIELDS.
Some organizations with a purely municipal
field. like. the gas or electric lighting COM
panies of large cities; have a capitalization as
trusts, One Of these. the PENNSYLVANIA Manu-
featuring Light and Power COMPANY. organ;
which only / 100000 was called and a divi-
dend was paid ON that. for the purpose OF con-
trolling the electric light companies Of Philadel;
mia. has branched out and under the name OF
the Electric COMPANY of America. capital S25.-
00O,00o. is buying up illuminating companies
outside Of that city. Among these are tho ia
maira GEong Island Electric Light and Power
Company. COMPANIES in Camden. Atlantic CITY
ana Scranton and GONE others in the Lacka-
wanna Valley in the neighborhood of Scranton.
IL is said.
TO attempt to tell of the trusts in process of
formation would.reIuire altogether too much
space. and the consolidated companies ac-
tually Incorporated are INCREASING almost ey-
cry dav. as the columns Of the daily press show.
OF the com hinations talked of as likely to ma
proposed copper company with S~lOO.OOO.OOO
A proposed S:I3. OOp.OOu trust. the American
! Cereal Company. q combination Of % per cent.
of the mill capacity Of the country. which was
all but established u lew DAYS ago. was aban-
loned. for the time being at any rate. owing TO
litigation begun against the principal COM
pany concerned to prevent the consolidation