The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
THE GRANTING OF
MANY CHARTERS
Strenuous Day Put in by
the Corporation Com
mission.

The CORPORATION Commission has not yet
rendered its opinion lntthe case Of E. s.
Taylor and Company and Stamford Manu-
featuring Company vs.. the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company. q. complaint
Of discrimination in rates by the defend
ant against the plaintiffs, which was ar
gued before the commission on Friday.
Messrs. Brown and Loving. for the plain
tffs, and Henry T. Wickham. for the
defendant, argued the case deliberately.
An opinion in the case, which Is one Of
great Importance In its results, will prob
ably be handed down this week.
Tomorrow at II a. NJ. the demurrageS
cases will come before the commission.
The rules governing this matter have
been printed by The Times-Dispatch.
The commission yesterday had an I'M
usually busy day. Charters were issued
Lynchburg Lodge, B. P. Q. Elks. Cor
porators. Fred. Harper, G, "A. Calhoun
Fairfax Social Club, Of Norfolk, with
George w. Walker corporators. Capital
nominal.
Twin-city Social Club, of Norfolk. with
Claude West, j. j.. Skinner and George
The Mechanics Club, ofNewport News,
with Mr. Caspari, George Lewis and John
Palen as corporators Capital stock from
b Bay y view Canning Company, of Middle
sex county. with NJ. j, Mason; VI VI, =,
and w. II. Norton as corporators,
Montgomery Ice and Cold Storage Com
pany of Richmond, with G. z. zolllcoffer.
w. b. Browning and l.. G. Crenshaw as
corporators: MAXIMUM capital. $1,000, !..
vania county, with privilege of extending
its lines a distance of thirty miles from
the town of I1lba, and maximum CAPT
tai stock of 5000. corporators. r. y.
The Virginia Christian College Of
Lynchburg, with Josephus Hopwood Eff
The college is to conduct school for
white children of both sexes and to be
managed by board OF from nine to
fifteen trustees It y anror u 10 no,d
not exceeding 100000 In value, The
trustees for the first year, are Josephus
Hopwood. F. r. Bullard, ]; W; Giles, J.
er. r. NJ Harman, John b. Lyon. The
college has acquired the Westoyer Hotel
property on the western suburbs or Lynch
Hot Springs Lumber and M lar !, e
coiwell, G. w: McNees, ! G; Moor rens
r. W. Moorehead g p: \, Grier + c Ge 60 re-
The Ioughran Company, Of Norfolk,
with ~. r. Loughran, John B. Lough-
ran, Jr, and William Prleur as corpora
The Black Mountain Railway. with
maximum capital stock of $40, 900, and y.
Il. Dulaney, John II. Caldwell, w Is.
Emmert, j. j. Gordon, S. l.. King, Joseph
l., Kelly, d. D.. Hull, ,Ir.. as corporators.
Bristol is the headquarters,
The chesapeake Shipping Company IN.
corporated, of Norfolk. with capital or
from 5000 to $4,000, and b. u. White, |
g. r. Dey and I. S, Purdy as corpora
The Cape Henry Casino, with maximum
capital stock Of $50, 600, and John j. burke, l
nj. j. Madden, John ], Bergin. w. j. |
OKeefe and B. D. White as corpora
The Montgomery Power Company, of I
Maryland, and the Norfolk County INDUS,
trial Company have been consolidated. ana
merged under the name of the Potomac
Power Company. The merger was re,
corded yesterday by the secretary OF the
The Times-D Dispatch has. received from
the Corporation Commission a copy or
circular No, * entitled "Nlethods and
Cost of Obtaining Charters IN Virginia,
an Abstract of the Corporation Law Chapr
ter by Chapter" eliminating all unneres-
sary language and enabling any lawyer 10
draw a charter with understanding as 10 |
fees, seal and recordation charges.