The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-02
INDIANA OIL COMPANIES
DISCOVERIES ARE At
TRACING EASTERN CAPITAL.
Two New Companies File Articles of
IncOrpOratiOn-NariOus 9th
err Industries.

TIE discoveries OF oil in this State have
attracted Eastern capital as evidenced by
the filing of articles yesterday in the secre-
tary of states office by the Allen Oil Com
pany, of Marion, with a capital of 500, 900
and a board Of directors made up of Will
liam j. Richardson and Edward C. Brown,
Of Wellsville, N. Y; William CT. Noble, of
Belmont. n. Y; Riley Allen, of Allentown.
n. Y, and John r. Droney, of Olean, n. Y.
Gas and oil companies figured prominently
in yesterdays business record. The Evans
Vile Mutual Gas and Oil Company filed ar
ticles and gave its capital at $4,000. The
directors are Louis Kramer. Fred w.
Reitz. Henry II. Haynie, Louis II. Legfer
(auditor of Vanderburg county,, Philip
j. Euler, Jordan E. Gibson, Frank May,
Will o. Ferguson and William A. Koch.
The company has elected officers as fol-
lows: President. II. II. Haynie; vice presi-
dent, Fred w. Reitz; secretary, Will O..
Ferguson; treasurer, Philip ]. Euler.
Indianapolis capitalists compose the
Greenwood Water Company that incor.
furnishing the town of Greenwood in john
son county with a water works plant. The
board of directors consists of Samuel V.
PerrOtt, Henry G. Ulen, jr. and Albert g.
Perrott. These gentlemen recently incor-
porated a construction company.
The Seymour Monument Company, with
a capital of $1,000. will engage in a general
monument and grave stone business. The
directors are John Wiesner, Charles III.
Spray, Moses Bauer, Leslie p. Byrne and
Hartman Hoffman.
As a result of a conference of fuel dealers
of Elkhart and South Bend articles were
filed Yesterday by the Interurban Coal
Association. in which the objects are stat
ed to be the promotion of social inter
course among the members of the asSocia-
ton and their associates, and for the pro-
motion of good feeling and friendly rela-
dealers in the counties Of Elkhart and St.
Joseph and their patrons, and for the pro-
lection of all patrons of the retail wood
and coal dealers of said counties, and to
secure for such patrons correct weights and
full measure of a good quality of fuel at
the lowest reasonable prices, and for the
members of this organization to use their
influence to promote in a friendly way the
best interests of the patrons of the wood
and coal dealers Of said counties The
Miller, Frederick Winkler a. ID. Hubbard.
II. w. Godfrey. Cyrus s. Swank, Owen G.
Cover and G.. w. Kuhns.
The New Castle Telephone Company in
corpOrated with a capital of $4,000. Will
liam O. Matthews has been chosen as pres
ident and manager and the directors are
w. o. Matthews, Lewis Sands and Walter
S. Bowler.
The Mackie Steel Tube Manufacturing
Company, of Chicago. filed articles in COM
| pliance with the foreign Incorporation law.
The articles state that $47,272 of its total
capital of $4,000 is represented in Indiana.
The resident agent Is John a. ArmbruSter,
of Hammond, Ind.
Bright & Binkley Company, of Richmond
i'm yesterdays Journal, it was inadver-
IDENTIFY stated that the capital stock was
| $1,000. The company's capital is $4,000.