The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-21

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Co the reading matter
Everything was nicely explained IN y
little booklet entitled A Personal Appeal"
witch had he state seal % California 90
tho cover and u neat picture ~ MIR.
PIKE ~ the head or the first page The
appeal wans this wsy:
nome weeks ago Ne addressed our Gus
TONERS aud stockholders making them an
offer witch We considered one Of he greatest
opportunities to make money without the
least risk that We ever saw, OF course. rs We
expected the ofer was quickly taken 40 and
scores OF our investors were too late to secure
any portion OF the allotment, ion will re-
member the III proposition was this In New York
and Hartford there has been formed what IL
known ~ the Electric Gas Lighting and Heat
ing Company OF America. who own what IL
predicted will prove n second Bell Telephone.
II Is conceded by gas men the greatest dts
covery made in gas making In ffty years.
Notwithstanding the great future ahead Of
this company, they guarantee the whole
proposition Will first mortgage : per cent.
gold bonds In n regular gas COMPANY, The
bonds alone are worth what IL asked for the
whole PROPOSE lon. The only reason that you
can secure any of these stocks and bonds 10
because the gss company IL building an
electric light plant in addition to the gas
plant. We want TO raise several thousand
dollars this week and We are Offering you
gilt edge securities at about one-third their
real value. We are also Offering You stock
In an oil company that is now earning 81. 900
q month and s25. 900 il predicted within sixty
days. Eastern Consolidated. il IL predicted.
win be selling at 80 cents a share within
sixty days.
Mr.. Pike then z es on to tell about six
propositions he is making. BY the first,
which means q subscription Of from 81 to
$40. you can get four shares OF Eastern
Consolidated and four shares Of Blackbird
Gold Leasing mine stock for every dollar.
For $40 you get forty shares Of oil stock
and the same OF mining stock. and IL SIS
is subscribed you can get Electric Gas
stock in place of the mining stock. For
$500 one can buy 1000 shares of oil stock,
$500 worth Of Butler Gas Lighting and Heat
ing bonds. n 1000 shares OF Blackbird
Gold Leasing stock. You get 81 600 worth
of gold bonds $1,000 worth Of Electric Gas
stock and 1900 worth Of oil stock. all for
81 600, az the fifth proposition. and the sixth
proposition il to lend MIR. Pike all the money
o can spare and let him pay you 8 per
cent. interest.
The appeal closes with make all checks.
truly yours. l.. +. Pike 4 Co"
A circular which tells all about the Elec-
trio Gas Company Of America savs that
among the officers are Gen. John p. Hsr-
Hon. Daniel Nash Morgan. vics- prssident.
Mr.. Morgan. it will be remembered. was
Mayor OF Bridgeport two terms and was
Treasurer Of the United States under PreG-
dent Cleveland. The company 10 capital
lied at 5000 900. in view OF the magnitude
Of the business to be DONE" and the par
value of the shares is only $25, although the
circular says they will probably be selling at
It appears that the Electric Gas Company
il goin4so make gas By a new process by
substituting the heat Of electricity for the
intermittent heat OF incandescent coal.
which quickly cools and has to be replaced
every few minutes al great expense. BY
using electric heat we reduce the cost OF
production to Ocents Q thousand cubic feet.
which will mean q saving OF so many mil
country hat they will be compelled to pur-
chase from US the right to our process just
as soon az We have demonstrated that IL in a
commercial SUCCESS
The circular says that in order TO do this
ss quickly as possible the ompany has
lighting and Heating Company OF Butler.
: ~. ~, whose plant 10 now nearipxpcHHA6
pIetion," for their equipment. to include
n complete outfit OF electric gas producing
tUHculIcTy-
The man from PottsvHle. who came to
town to look into Mr.. Pixies propositions.
didn't find any one in the Office in the Metro
politan Building but q young woman. but
she said she would he willing to tell all
che knew. although she wasn't very well
acquainted with gas making. especially
by the electric process.
IF you want to take a chance on making
a fortune as well a. 70 get a good paying
Investment Idon't him YOU can do better
than get some Electric Gas COMPANY stock
and some OF the gold. bonds" she said.
"I think IL 10 very attractive because you
a get a gamble and a sure thing for the
same price.
-Of course I don't Know whether they
will be able to make gas by the electric
process or not. Mr.. Van Steenberg, the
inventor. thinks they can. and I wouldn't
be a bit surprised IL they did. I think it's
better to take a chance nov than to wait
until it succeeds and then not be able to
buy any stock Personally l nave great
confidence in the gas company.
Our gas plant over In Butler hasn't
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