Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-23
Norfolk, Heat, Light and Power
Company Chartered Yesterday.
MANDATORY INJUNcTioN
ulerK oftnc county Court Required
to Permit Examination Of pe.ds,
Etc. In ais 0fice-In tho I.nw nnn
Chnnco,y vourt-Propcriy Trans
for.-potition in Bankruptcy.

Another electric light company has
secured q charter here. Judge Hanckel,
in chambers, granted a charter yester-
day to the Norfolk Heat. Light and
Power Company, the purposes of which
are to construct, operate and maintain
suitable plants for the manufacture of
electricity and distributing it through
the city. This company made bid for
the city lighting contract. which with
others was opened by the Light Com
mittee OF Councils yesterday. It's cap
ital stock may. by the provisions Of the
charter. be increased from $4,000 to
100000. divided into shares OF 500 each.
The principal office OF the company
shall be in Norfolk. The officers are:
George M. Bunting, of Chester, Pa,
president; w. D. Fender, OF Norfolk,
Philadelphia, secretary; Harold p.
Philadelphia. secretary; Harolr p
Keen, OF Philadelphia, treasurer; and
James III. Dawes, of Philadelphia, gen.
eral manager The above, with l.. Il.
Gaskins. OF Portsmouth, and David
Pender. of Norfolk. compose the direct
crate.
This is the second electric light COM
pany chartered in Norfolk within the
past two weeks.
MANDATORY INJUNCTION.
Judge r. r. Prentis. of the City Cir
cult Court, yesterday granted the mo-
ton OF Mr.. Laurence Warning, publisher
of the Daily Record, n court sheet. for
n mandatory injunction requiring Mr..
A. II. Martin, clerk of the Norfolk
County Court, to allow the complainant
to inspect the deeds and other instru-
ments admitted TO record in his office.
The mandatory order of the court was
issued, but n motion TO dissolve the in
Junction will be taken up at some flu
ture time by Judge Prentis. Major ].
e. Crocker was counsel for Mr.. Martin,
and Mr.. Claggett b. Jones represented
Mr.. Warning
Mr. Martin refused to allow Mr.
Waring access TO the records unless he
paid for the privilege. The Injunction
proceedings has attracted considera-
BILE attention. 1t is probable that the
matter will be carried to the Court of
Appeals.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
In the clerks office of the Corpora
ton Court yesterday the following
deeds of bargain and sale were admit
ted to record:
l.. a. Young to f. p. Williamson, lot
fronting so feet on the east side of
Windsor avenue, 55 feet south of High
land avenue; S1,400.
The Norfolk Company to w. +.
Smith, lot fronting 81 feet 6 inches OH
the west side OF the street west of
Stockley Gardens. Client; $4,000.
Same to Mrs. John Willis, Jr., lot
fronting 81 feet inches on the west
side of the street west of StockIey Gar
dens, Client; S2,700.
Alice *. Addngton to Baynie n.
Reed, two lots beginning at the south
east corner of Wide and Franklin
streets and fronting 563 feet on Frank
lin street; $500.
George w. Gilbert, Patrick Hart and
Samuel c. Phillips, trustees OF the
Twin City Permanent Building Asso-
citation, to James Corbett, lot with i'm
provements fronting 20 feet on the
northeast side of Brown avenue, near
Park avenue: S1,730.
The Norfolk Company to II. s. Her
man, w. w. Dey and A. w. Creecy.
two lots fronting % feet each on the
west side of the street west OF Stocklev
Gardens, Client; S2,70O.
LAW AND CHANCERY COURT.
In the Court of Law and Chancerv n
Judgment for $7S3.41. with interest from
July 25th, 1896. was entered for The
plaintiff in the case of Walter T.. stan
ley, receiver for the Boyd Land and
Improvement Company, against the
Norfolk Trust Company.
In the case of billiards. exccutriS.
against billiards. heirs, ETC., in chan
Gerry, a decree was entered ordering tho
sale of the property left by Louis Hill
lard, deceased, for The settlement of
the estate.
In the case of Richard u. Tunslall.
trustee. vs.. the Boyd Land and I'm