The suburban citizen., 1900-12-22

ginia for the CeTDer1te Manufacturing
Company, the capital Of which is ST.
900 900, in shares of the par value of
$40 each. The incorporators OF this
company are: James l.. Norris, vice
president of the National Bank OF
Washington; A. p German, Jr,, Mel
vim Il. Meyers, Wilton j. Lambert,
Frank Hume j. Fred Kelly, Frank l..
HanYey, william j. Hendricks and
Louis P. Shoemaker a prominent real
estate broker and director Of the Col
umbia National Bank and Washington
Loan and Trust Co,
"Other prominent gentlemen known
to be interested as stockholders are
Charles e. White, cashier Of the Ma
tional Bank of Washington; r. +.
Crist, Il. f. Brady and R. f. Dunning.
"Mr Wilton j. Lambert, who is
named above as one of the incorpora-
tors, is member OF the influential
law firm of Lambert & Lambert, by
whom the legal details relative to the
formation Of the company were attend
ed to. The charter members, or in
corporators, will compose the Board OF
Directors for the first year Officers
have not as yet been elected.
"All OF the stock which 1t was deter
mined to issue at the start was at once
subscribed for, and a tract of land,
consisting Of some sixty acres, located
on the Pennsylvania Railroad some
eight miles from Washington, towards
Baltimore, was purchased. This land,
which comprises a large part of the
territory between the stations Of Lam
dover and Ardwick, was at once put
in proper condition for factory pur-
poses and six or seven substantial
buildings were erected. Everything is
now ready for the work of manuiac-
ture. On December 1 Mr.. Richard Mar
tin, for many years foreman for the
Dittmar Powder Company left that con-
Germ and entered upon a contract with
the Cerberite Manufacturing Company
as its superintendent. Mr.. Martin Is
an acknowledged expert in his llne and
will have under him corps Of able
assistants.
Extensive and successful expert
ments have been made with cerberite,
and it has been found that even the
largest claims that have been made on
its behalf have been more than justi-
fed by the actual performance. By all
competent critics who have investigat-
ed the facts, 'cerberite is regarded as
one of the great discoveries OF the age.
There is an immense field for it and
the company has several large orders
already booked and as it is satisfied
that its product is not only safe but
also imperyious to anything like ordi-
nary winter temperatures, 1t expects
steady demand from the market
throughout the year The real merit
Of 'cerberite' rests in the discovery of
a method of insensitizing nitro-glycer-
inc without depriying it Of any of its
high explosive properties
Cerberite' will be manufactured in
grades similar to dynamite, which will
range in price about the same as dyna-
mite.
Under its charter the company OBJ
tains the right to manufacture dyna-
mite, gunpowder and all other kinds OF
explosives, which will probably be
done.
1--WE do not know whether any Of the
stock of this company will be offered
to the public or not, but it can readily
be seen that in such an article as has
been described, large money making
capabilities are embodied
This enterprise is wholly without
speculative features, in the sense OF
depending upon the unknown. Its
success does not involve the forced
growth Of an industry, nor rest upon
the diversion OF trade from existing
and satisfactory channels. II offers a
legitimate investment, with every
promise OF large permanent profits;
and the more closely and intelligently
1t is investigated, the more safe and
satisfactory it appears to be-"