The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-06
TWO ROADS CONSOLIDATE
AGREEMENT FILED IN OFFICE OF
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Fee of 81 900 Paid Into the State
Treasury-Articles Filed by
New Companies.

The filing in the secretary of states Of
fee yesterday of consolidation agreement
between the South Chicago & Southern
Railroad Company and the State Line q
Indiana City Railway Company brought
into the state treasury a fee of $1,000, the
capital of the consolidated company being
s1.0OO.00O. The South Chicago & Southern
Railroad Company owns a line of railroad
between South Chicago, on the east side of
the Calumet river, and Bernice, both in
Cook county, Illinois; also a branch ex-
tending from Hegewisch to a point on the
state line between Illinois and Inuiana. and
is also the owner of a railroad in operation
between South Chicago and Hegewsch
formerly known as the Calumet River Rail-
way.
The State Line & Indiana City Railway
Company has line of road from the state
line between Indiana and Illinois in Lake
county to the intersection of the Wabash
and p. Ft w. a. Z. railways at Clarke
Junction, in Lake county. The consolida-
ton agreement recites that the two roads
merging into each other are not parallel or
competing lines, but that they are so con-
nected and united at the state line as TO
form with each other a continuous line for
the passage Of cars. The South Chicago &
Southern Railroad Company has for some
time been operating the railroad of the
State Line & Indiana City Railway Com
pany, so that the present consolidation will
cause no change in the management of the
roads. The former company is TO redeem
and cancel obligations of the latter 10 the
amount of s13i.2O9.S9. also capital stock
amounting TO $4,000 for which obligations
and capital stock shares of the capital
stock of the South Chicago & Southern
Railroad Company will be issued dollar
for dollar The property of the State Line
&c Indiana City Railway Company is to be
formally transferred by deed
The Excelsior Lamp Black Company, in
corporated yesterday with a capital of
$4,000. Is addition to the already large
number OF gas belt industries, the location
Of its principal office and of its plant being
at at MaItheMs, IN 6 6bant Iouniy Inc diree
Cole, A. Wuchner and Luke House.
The lions Evangelical Lutheran Gene
terry Association of East Germantown, Ind.
filed articles OF Incorporation and named
as its trustees j. l.. Mcdaniel. Henry b.
Lyons, William G. Rieser, Joseph Daley
anu Charles A. Bertsch. The attaches OF
the secretary Of states office smiled audi
bly, when they read in the articles of this
association that its object shall be ito pur-
chase and receive donations of and hold
man dead
The Central Traction Company, incorpor-
ated "A few weeks ago by John w. Chapman,
Ansel Fatout and other well-nnown citizens
OF indianapolis and Indiana, filed amended
articles yesterday stating that the name of
the company has been changed to THE
Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Com
pany."
Owing to the oversubscription of its orig
inal capital OF $4,000 the Security Trust
Company of Indianapolis (Americus c. Dali
ly, PRESIDENT has increased its capital to
$4,000. IL is understood that the company
has on hand nearly enough subscriptions
to take up this additional stock
The Pan-American Plate Glass COMPANY
of Dover. Del, filed articles under the for
eign incorporation law yesterday showing
that S35O,OOO OF its $2,000,0O0 capital is repre-
sented in Indiana, which required the com
pany TO pay the secretary of state a fee
Of $685. so. The resident agent is Samuel
Mack, of Anderson
The Diamond Meter Company of Peoria,
Ill, also filed articles under the foreign
law. naming as its Indiana agent Etna
kaufman. of Elkhart. Ind.