The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-01
ERA OF GREAT ACTIVITY
SEVERAL NEW TELEPHONE COM
PANIEs INCORPORATED.
Indiana Is Pretty Well Supplied with
Talking Macbines'-0ther
New Concerns.

Yesterdays record of business in the sec
rotary of states Office showed that there
is unusual activity in telephone circles i'll
this State at present. One telephone COM
pany filed notice OF increase of its capt.
tai stock and a number of new companies
were organized.
The Jackson Telephone Company will OPP
crate in Crothersyille. Ind, with a capital
OF 5000. It's directors are 1. p. Warner,
Edward Lester, p. A. Earring. George W..
Fleener. James T.. Reach. William f. Rey-
nolds, William Peugh and Frank Brana-
man.
The Luce and Ohio Township Telephone
Company notified the secretary 81 state
that it had decided to issue new capital
stock to the amount of $3.50. the proceeds
OF which will be employed in making ex-
tensions and betterments of the company's
service.
The Logansport Home Telephone Com
pany is capitalized at $4,000, and its di-
rectors include many of the prominent
citizens of the place, as follows: NJ. y.
Jordan, Walter +. Uhl. NJ. b. Larry. Sol
ID. Brandt and j. +. Digan. The director
ate also includes several well-known Fort
Wayne men, as follows: Theodore Thor
ward, Charles Ii. Worden. f.. +. Yarnelle.
{. A. Pfeiffer and M. a. Mason.
The Cass County Telephone Construc-
ton Company filed articles yesterday. The
board of directors includes William j..
Eesey. Charles n. Wtiding, \. $. Cover
dale, s.. NJ. Foster. George w. Seybold. j..
g.. Powell. NJ. f. Mahoney and J. H.. Foley.
The capital is So, OOO.
The Electrical Investment Company of
Indiana. with home office at Fort Wayne,
would seem TO have some connection with
the Cass County Telephone Construction
Company from the similarity between the
boards OF directors of the two companies.
The investment cOmpany's directors ARE
Louis Fox, Asabel :. Coverdale. Gottlieb
Halter. Charles II. Worden, Edward f..
Yarnelle, William r. Mossman, Charles y.
Wilding, oliver s.. Hanna. Melville a. Ma
son. Samuel NJ. Foster. Ernest w. Cook.
William J. Vesey, Owen n. Heaton, Charles
+. Pfeiffer, George w. Beers and Theodore
T~hOrward. The company Is capitalized at
100000.
State Senator c. c. BinkIey. of Richmond.
is identified with the Bright q Binkloy
Coffee Company of this city. which filed
the directors are John Il. Bright. Charles
&. Binkley and Senator Binkley'S son,
Howard G.. Binkley.
The Beech Grove Cemetery Association,
of Lebanon, Ind. Incorporated yesterday.
The directors are John X. Adatr. Alexander
.. Spencer, Frank B. Spencer and William
Means.
Another local Incorporation was the
Brighton Medicine Company, capitalized at
$4,000. The directors are Charles F.. Jacob
j., John L.. and Robert r. Baron and Wal
The Linton Water Company was incor-
porated 20 provide a water works plant for
the town of Linton. in Greene county, In
diana. The company is capitalized at $50
600 and the directorate includes, besides eX-
Senator d. J. Terhune. the following:
Joseph Moss, Francis NJ. DUgger, Il. II.
Beeman and Frank Schefold.
The Riverside Mining and Milling Com
pany. of Greensburg, notified the secretary
of state that it has decided TO increase it's
capital from 10000 to $65.009.
Under the foreign incorporation act the
Marion brick works filed articles yesterday,
i'm which the statement was made that the
~company's entire capital OF $l56.50O is repre-
sented in Indiana. The resident agent is
Arthur w. Penny, 55 Majestic building,
this CITY.