The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-09
TO MAKE ICE FOR
REFR|GERAT|NG CARS
Raleigh People Erecting a
Plant at Hamlet.
TO BE IN OPERATION MAY |
THE BUILDING WILL BE FINISHED
NOT LATER THAN APRIL 1ST.
CONTRACT FOR THE MACHINERY SIGNED
The AshevIIe Telephone Company With $685.
600 Capital and the Oakland Furni.
ture Company of Winston
Also Chartered.

The Secretary of State yesterday in
corporated the Hamlet Ice Company"
Its capital stock is $4,000, with priv
ilege of increasing to $4,000; and the in
corporators are Chas. L. Johnson, ALI A.
Thompson and ]. Ludlow Skinner, all of
Raleigh. The number of shares is now
one hundred, of par value of $1OO each.
The business proposed is the manu-
facture, purchase and sale of ice. refrig-
Grating cars, furnishing cold storage and
the conduct of all other business Incl
dent to the manufacture of, and dealing
in, ice and refrigeration.
The place where it is proposed to car
ry on the business is in North Carolina
The principal factory and chief business
of the corporation is to be in Hamlet
Richmond county, n. c., with branch
factories and store rooms at any availa
bic place in the State of North Carolina.
The meetings of the corporation may be
held in Wake county or Richmond coun-
ty, and the financial affairs may be con-
Quoted in Raleigh, Wake county.
The length desired for the existence
of the corporation is thirty years.
The contract for machinery for this fac
tory has already been placed. 1t will be
the latest improved machinery with
daily capacity of % tons, and refriger-
ating capacity of 40 tons a day. The
building is to be erected by April list and
the machinery put in and running not
later than May LIST. The plant is to be
a modern one, up to date in every par
ticular.
1t will be managed by Mr.. 7. NJ. Rose,
of Fayetteville. He has had long ex-
perience in the ice business at Fayette-
vile and Norfolk.
Hamlet is not only an excellent point
for a refrgerating plant, on account of
it's railroad position, but the water there
is exceptionally pure and suitable for
ice making.
OTHER CORPORATIONS.
The Asheville Telephone Company was
chartered yesterday with the following
Stockholders: Charity Rusk Craig, 3S3
shares; Harlan p. Proctor, of Wisconsin,
300 shares; w. S. Proctor, 100 shares; e.
r. Craig, 10 shares; Lycurgus j. Rusk, of
Wisconsin, 2 shares. The company has
power to conduct a telephone business in
all its branches. including the manufac-
ture of instruments and electrical sup
plies. The capital stock is $4,000 with
privilege of increasing to S1S5,O00 if the
company shall so order.
The Oakland Manufacturing Company,
of Winston. applies for articles of incor-
poration. The business is to be the man
ufacture and sale of all kinds of furni-
ture and other articles of metal, wood
or leather. 1t may also build tramways
and roads and use streams for floating
timber to its plants, and may mine and
smelt ores and minerals of all kinds
whatsoever The capital stock is $40
600 with privilege of increase to any
amount not to exceed $500.000 The in
corporators are w. p. Hill, John w.
Fries. William A. Blair, r. }. Reynolds
and b. f. Huntley. The stockholders VIII
meet at the Peoples National Bank at
Winston on the 18th instant to organ
ize and elect officers and directors.