The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-11
The Nashville Roofing and Pay
ing Co Absorbed.
Half n Million Dollar Company Re.
tains President Ingram-oId
Go. Has Much business.
PAVED PART on BROADWAY

material. and expects to do a great
deal more work in Paducah az the
people become familiar with IFS ma.
terial. Mr. George Ingram, presi-
dent of the Nashville Roofing and
Paving company, will be president of
the new concern.
Yesterdays Nashville Banner
says:
"The Southern Bitulithic company,
with a capitalization of 100000,
was organized this morning by the
stockholders of the Nashville Roofing
and Paving company to take over the
business of that company. The new
company will be the biggest thing of
It's kind in the south. and one OF the
largest corporations in the city It,
headquarters will remain in Nash
willie, and among its stockholders and
directors will be many of the city's
leading business men.
"The officers of the now company
are: President. George NJ. Ingram
lvice president, Hunter McDonaldi
secretary, Hon ]. NJ. Head; treasur-
lor, j. c. McLester; auditor, X. C.,
Cayce. The directors are: G. NJ In
gram. Hunter Mcdonald. j. NJ. Head
~. c. McLcster and X. l.. Proctor.
"The growth of the Nashville Roof
ing and Paving company, which wa
incorporated only two years ago, has
been so rapid that the first capitali-
zatlon of $4,000 has been made
quatc. I'm addition to the usual roof
ing and paving business, the compa-
ny is contractor for the Warren
bitulithic pavement, the street paw
ling that the city of Nashville has
adopted, and of which It has laid
over 100000 square yards. Con
tracts aggregating about 100000
square yards of bitulithic have been
secured in Birmingham. Shreveport
Paducah and Nashville and Ia sever
al other cities this pavement viii be
H:lithic company will have as It's ter
ritory for bitulithic paving Tonnes
see, Georgia, Alabama Louisiana,
Mississippi, Arkansas and the west
ern part of Kentucky As the street
paving work progresses, branch OF
fees will be opened in different cit
les in the south.
"A copy Of the new company
charter will be fled in the secreta-
~ of states Office at once, and the
organization will become effective.
immediately. over half million dol
lars worth OF contracts are now on
hand and the work TO be done Is
scattered over several states The
,ucoess of the bitulithic pavement ia
Nashville whore II was first laid in
the south four years ago. has been
50 marked that quite a number of the
larger southern cities are now con
ridering the paving of many miles OF
their streets with this material In
he past few years this city has been
one OF the places always visited by
INVESTIGATING committees sent out by
both southern and northern cities TO
eek the most satisfactory pavement,
aud the municipal and engineering
journals of the country have given
considerable attention to the Nash
Vile plan.
although the Southern Bitulithic
company will take over the old Nash
lyille Roofing and Paving company,
he latter company will still retain
its organization and viii be in direct
charge of the brick, granite blo,G,
concrete and granitoid paving and
he roofing business, The company
has now several large contracts for
paving streets with yitrliied brick In
cities in adjoining states,
"Mr Ingram, who retains the
presidency of the new corporation
has held that Office since the incep-
ton of the old company. lie has
7elNed az president OF the htblhe'l
ing association Of the south, and Is a
contractor well known over the en-
lire south,
"Mr. Mcdonald is chiet engineer Of
The Nashville, Chattanooga and 81
Louis railroad and man who stands
high in the engineering world
MIR. Head served two terms as
mayor Of Nashville and his admins
iration was one OF the Invest the city
mas ever had
"Mr. McLester has been treasurer
of the old company, and is a young
man of fine business ability Mr.
Cayce has been connected with the
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