The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-22

The story of Continental Wireless"
Ine company was organized he said IN
Arizona. on October 1. 1908. with a cap
llal Of S5,00O;00G. but did NOT begin OPP
eIations on large scale until May Of
this year
II obtained control of the Collins
/ Wireless Telephone company. the Pa
cific Wireless Telegraph company, the
! Clark Wireless Telegram -TelephOn
company The Columbia Finance cor
poratiOn was organized to market the
| stock and an ambitious selling cam
try.
salt Lake 10 Have station.
The Collins Wireless company was
I organized In the District of Columbia
with capital or $1,000. 900. The capt.
Ial OF the Clark company was $4,000
900; thai of the Pacific S1O00O.OO0 and
that of the Massie $500 GOO.
The purpose OF the consolidation, as
announced in a booklet issued by the
continental company, was TO give the
company a wide field of operation and
70 give investors an assured investment
Ia 'eonserFatiVely capitalized eorpo-
ration.
zone of the statements. said Inspect
or heene. read that by taking over
stations already established and adj
ding others al Pittsburg, St. Louis
Omaha. Denver. salt Lake city and
Reno, transcontinental service would
become possible
The Collins company said Inspector
heene, had headquarters for a NUM-
Der OF years ia Newark, where A. Fred
erick Collins, a wireless inventor, had
his laboratory.
The Clark company was organized
and controlled by Thomas r. Clark, an
electrical engineer Of Detroit.
The Pacific had its headquarters at
Los Angeles
The Massie company was organized
By Walter ". Massie. an electrical en-
gineer of Providence, r. l.
Wireless Officials.
In circular sent out from the Con-
tlnentaI Wireless headquarters in this
CITY there were given the names Of
/ me. rirst SET of Officers. F. T. Davis Of
philadelphia was listed as president,
! vaughn as vice president and treasurer
/ ana Massle IS director of the operating
department. G.. B. Walter as secretary
/ Clark as general manager and Collins
as technical director.
Samuel ID. Bradford. one of the pro-
motors OF the Pacific company, was
given as manager of the Pacific coast
department They constituted the
board OF directors, with these additions:
Frank Ford, banker of Detroit; n A.
Hawkins, business manager of a De-
| troit automobile company; a. .. Jessup,
a New York steel man: A. j. Lauer see
rotary or a brewing company of Au-
I burn, y. y; Fred II. ShOemak er of
seattle; General Joseph r. Steppleb ein
.
/ York, Henry W. Lee a Chicago pub
Usher; sylvester sullivan Of New York.
George NJ. Davis of Wilmington, Del;
isaac Cans OF Washington, and Judge
Edwin Il. Cochran Of Wilmington, Del.
Several officers resigned after the
concern got under way. President Da-
Wis was retired and was succeeded by
Bradford. Vaughan, resigned. although
ne continued his connection with the
company as a director, and LOeWenthal
was made vice president. Directors
L.auer, Shoemaker and Cochran re-
signed. as did Nj. Massie and Mr. Clark
None Could Furnish Bail.
President Burr of Burr Brothers was
not IN his office when the raid was
made. Inspectors found him later and
when arrested he remarked quietly:
ITS all ended"
None OF the prisoners could furnish
pail and spent the night in the TOmbs.
Assistant District Attorney Dorr said
thdt under the new law in effect on
January OF this year the maximum
penalty Tor single fraudulent UsA of
the mails is five wears Imprisonment.
ana that the offender could be charged
WIN violation or every letter proved
TO nave been sent by him.
After the raid Inspector Reddv was
sitting In Burr Brothers offices when
me telephone bell rang and David
bulck called up from Flint Mich, he
SAID 10 ask for particulars about the
raid ana what its effect was likely 10
be. When Reddy declined 10 give anv
Information Mr. Buick. he said de-
ciafed that he was coming 10 New York
Immediately. Branch offices of the
bufr ,bfOthers at Bakersfield, Cal, Los
Angeles and Seattle were closed nv the
postal authorities several months ago.
The Burr Concerns.
AIlef the raid Postmaster General
Hitchcock gave out memorandum
concerning the Burr Brothers. which
was organized several years ago, and
In 1907 was incorporated with q capital
on 100000, later increased to $500 goo
Inc memorandum states that among
other companies. the Burr Brothers are
selling the stock OF the Buick Oil com
pany, concern with $4,000. 600 capital
The memorandum further states:
ney have also organized the fol-
loving oil companies.
Carolina Consolidated. capitalized ar
Sl.0e000O
100000
600
New York-COalinga. capitalized at
~Coalinga Crude OIL. capitalized at
Peoples Associated OIL COMPANY.
capitalized at $1,000. 600
All the stock in these companies has
Deen sold except portion of the two
Iifst-named and the greater portion or
the money evidently has gone into the
hands or Burr brothers. incorporated.
while all the companies are still in
existence, none save the first four
named is doing any work at the pres
enr time.
Mining and Other Companies.
The Burr Brothers have also organ
lZed. promoted and sold the stock in
the following mining companies
Rawhlde Tarantula, capitalized at
81 600 900.
'Montezuma Mining & Smelling com
pany. capital Sl.OOO.O0O.
Golden Fleece Mining, Milling q Re
lining company, capital 100000
Practically the entire stock of these
companies have been sold TO the public
and at the present time all have gone
out Of existence. The Burr Brothers
have also organized, promoted and sold
the stock OF the following companies.
Ellesmere farm OF Michigan
California Eucalyptus Timber COM
pany, capital $1,000, 600, and the New
Amsterdam Securities company. with a
capital OF 100000, which was later
merged with the Burr Brothers. inc
They have also sold large amounts
OF stock in the Red Top Mining x Leas-
ing company. capital $1,000, zoe.
Long Beach, Mexico 4 Arizona Min
ing company. capital $1,000 600
Nevada-GOldfield Mining. Milling &
Smelling company. capital $1,000 GOO.
United States Standard Lead < Zinc
company capital 81 100000.
Florence Consolidated Mining &