The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-12
SIMMONS LEAVES DIRECTORATE
Company Will Probably Remove the
Central Offices of the Company to
Hartford Simmons Sugar Company
Re-organizes.


Kenosha lost one of its old traditions
on Tuesday afternoon when the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Northwestern Telegraph Company was
held and as a result CT this meeting the
headquarters of the $4,000,O00 corpora
tion which have been located in Keno
sha for the past forty-fve years will
leave the city to go to the east 1t is
probable that they will be moved to
Hartford, Conn. The Kenosha men
who were associated with the late z.
G. Simmons for so many years as of
fcials of the company have stepped
down and out and their places have
been taken by eastern men who con
trolled the majority of the stock voted
at the meeting.
This was the first meeting of the
stockholders held in eleven years and
in that time the stock of the company
had been slowly bought up by the Hart
ford, Conn. fnanciers and when the
meeting was called on Tuesday Francis
R. Cooley of Hartford appeared with
proxies representing large majority
of the stock and completely controlled
he election of directors of the company.
There is little left for the directors
of the company to do as the lines of
the company are leased to the Western
Union Telegraph Company and the d.
vidends on the stock are paid directly
to the stockholders. The former d.
rectofs Of The company wsrez 8. Sim
mons, z. G. Simmons, Jr, Charles G.
Brown and A. III. Lance Of Kenosha;
w. H. Wood of Boston, and Charles
Baker of Racine. The new directors
elected are: Jonathan B. Bunce, Charles
2. Cooley, Lyman B. Brainard, Arthur
L. Shipman, Arthur II. Bradley, Fran
els R. Cooley and Henry NJ sperry, all
of Hartford. Tt is expected that Fran
els R. Cooley will be elected to succeed
the late Z. G. Simmons as president of
the company. The meeting revealed
the fact that ninety per cent of the
stock of the company all Of which was
at one time held in Kenosha is now
held in New England. z. G.. Simmons
stated this morning that the total
amount of the stock held in Kenosha
today would not exceed $4,000 and he
declined to accept any office under the
new board of directors.
The late z. G. Simmons had been
the president of the corporation since
its reorganization more than forty
five years ago and during that entire
time the central Offices OF the com
pany had been in Kenosha.
Announcement is made that re-or-
ganization has been effected by the
Simmons Sugar Company. This com
pany is regarded as d company which
has greater possibilities than any of
the companies in which Mr.. Simmons
was interested. The company is now
experimenting with patented plans for
the removal of sugar from the cane and
it is claimed that if these plans are
successful there will be a revolution
in the sugar industry as a result.
The officers Of the recognized COM
pany follows:
President-Z. G. Simmons.
Vice President-W. S. Shaw Of
Boyne City, Mich.
Secretary and Treasurer H.
Lance Of Kenosha.
The executive committee consists of
the officials A. w. Preston of Boston
and George W. McMullen of Chicago.
The members of the board of directors
of the company are A. r. Lance, Z. G..
Simmons Of Kenosha, w. s. Shaw and
William H. Matthews of Boyne CITY.
Mich; A. W. Preston of Boston. and
George W. McMuIlen of Chicago.