The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-21
INDUSTRY
IN DIAN A.

Evansville-The Evansville & Terre
Haute shops here. employing two hun
dred men. have closed, poor business
being assigned as the reason. The men
are leaving the city.
Anderson-Charles Berry. for six
years superintendent of the municipal
electric light plant'in this city, has re-
signed. He is Republican and the
new board of public works is Demo
cratic. Differences resulted and the
board decided to have City Sontroller
Williams. a Democrat, to look after the
books of the light plant instead of
Berry. who disapproved of such plan,
and his resignation followed.
Newcastle-The directors of lac
Henry County Agricultural Society held
a meeting in this city Saturday after
noon and fixed August s to IL as TIE
dates for the annual fair in this city
Stake races were dropped and other
races substituted. Eight thousand dol
lars worth of bonds of the Kentland
Light and Ice Company were sold at
sheriff's sale by Sheriff Kirk Saturday
The bonds were obtained by the sheriff
on an execution from the circuit court
in favor of the National Exchange
Bank of Anderson, which lent the Rid l.
er-Lewis Motor Car Company, now in
receivership proceedings. $1,000. and
took the bonds as security. James w.
Stansberry. president of the bank.
| bought in the bonds at $44222o, he
| being the only bidder.
| Logansport-One of the birrest
fights ever waged by q private cor
poration or set of individuals to obtain
control of the municipal electric Iigh;
plant has been ended by the board OF
public works rejecting the proposition
submitted by the Logansport Central
Heating Company to take over the elee
trio light plant machinery and sell cleo
tricity at wholesale rates to the city a,
| ! per cent kilowat the switchboard
The Central Station Engineering Com
pany, of Chicago. was backing the local
concern in its effort to ge. fonthoid
in the city electric light plant Public
sentiment was against the acceptance
Of the proposition, citizens fearing tina
If this corporation obtained footholJ
In the plant that 1t would not be long
until it had full control The plan,
earned $4,000 for the city last year
Electricity for lighting purposes is
furnished for 6 cents a kilowatt and
the maximum for power purposes is
cents a kilowatt.
Observation-Disclosures OF resolutions
adopted by the Bedford Quaries Com
pany and the Perry Matthew's BuskirF
Stone Company, at meeting held BY
the two companies in Cleveland
January IL. at which the capital stock
of the companies was reduced have
been filed with the clerk of the circuit
court here. The capital stock of the
former is reduced from 100000, con
sisting of twelve thousand shares a
$50 each. to $4,000. consisting of TIVE
hundred shares at $50 each. In thu
latter the capital stock is reduced
from $4,000. consisting of six hundred
Ishares of 500 each, to $4,000. consist
ing of one hundred shares Of par valu,
of 500 each. The sale OF the United
States cement plant. which was mad,
in this city January IS. by order o
court. on petition of the stockholders
to f. c. Voris. of Charlottesville. on
bid of $751;, 900. has been set aside b,
Judge r. b. Wilson. and the plant viii
be resold March I. Mr. voris. the pur