Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-20
Another Big Project To Make
HOpkinsyille The Trade
Center.
$l,OOO,OOO-OO CORPORATION
Leading FinanCieS Behind The
Scheme To Connect With
NeighbOring Towns.

lCnarLer Tor tue KENTUCKY tennessee
| Traction Co. have been secured
through the Delaware Charter Guar.
antee & Trust Co.. Wilmington, Del
aware, with the following incorpor-
ators: M. c. Forbes, Nat Gather.
Nat F. Dortch. II. A. Reach. Sam
Frankel. T. j. McReynolds, A. H.
Eckles. of Hopkinsville, KY. and
Ralph C. Lupton. Of Wilmington.
Del.
The Kentucky Tennessee Traction
Co. is Incorporated for 81 900 900 90
OF which $500. 10000 will be Com
mon Stock and 100000 90 Preferred.
6 per cent mol cumulative.
The initial Lurp use of the company
is to build and operate the lnterur-
ban Line from HopkinsvilIe. Ky. via.
the Western Kentucky IIsane Ass-
lum, Selubria Springs, Pembroke
and TreAton to Guthrie. KY
AT a meeting Of the incorporators
and and stockholders held &C their
Offices in Hopkinsville, KY, the
original incorporators above men
toned we're each duly elected di.
rector for the ensuing year and at a
meeting Of the Board of Directors.
which followed, Mr.. Nat Gather
was elected President; Mr.. j. w.
Cross, Vice President; Mr.. H. A.
Reach. Secretary; Mr.. A. Fl. EckIes.
Treasurer; an Executive Committee
composed of M. C. Forbes, Nat F.
Dortch. /. ]. McReynolds, John H.
Bell and Sam Frankel; M. G. Forbes
Chairman Of Executive Committee.
Mr.. Chas. Van den Burgh. who is
the promoter Of the proposition and
organizer of the company has had
charge as General Manager through
all the initial stages and has negc-
tiated an agreement for the company
to be executed with a well known
and established firm of investment
Bankers for the financing and con-
srructing of InterL rban Railroads
and who will have charge OF the
e lgineering, making of location sur
veys, maps, prof es. plans and speci-
fications. pertaining to the prelimi
nary work and the sale of the neceS-
sary securities, constructing and
operation of the line. and who enjoy
an enviable reputation in this par
ticular line with the financial public
and have been actively engaged in
the construction of Electric Interur-
ban Properties from their very first
adoption and been instrumental in
the financing and building of such
well known properties as the Louis
vile and 0kalona Line; the Dallas &
Fl. Worth. Tex. Interurban and the
line from Terre Haute Ind. to
Paris, Ills, and are now financing
and building a line In Southern
Illinois.
The personnel of the interested
parties assures the success Of the
company in its undertakings; they
being identified with the following
enterprises: NC. Forbes. President
The Forbes Manufacturing Co. and
the Mogul Wagon Works; Nat
Gather. President The Bank of Hop
kinsville; Nat F. Dortch. Genl. Mgr.
W. S. Mathews & Sons; Jno. H. Bell.
of j. H. Anderson & Co; H A.
Reach. President Reach Furniture
Co. Sam Frankel. President Frankel's
Busy Store; 7. w. Blakey. President.
I. j. McReynolds, Vice President.
A. H. Eckles. Cashier, The Planters
Bank & Trust Co. of Hopkinsville.
KY: j. w. Gross. Cashier Farmers
& Merchants Bank. Pembroke. KY;
w, j. Dickinson. Capitalist. Trenton,
KY; R. F. Warren. Cashier Farmers
& Merchants Bank, Guthrie. KY;
andChas. Van den Burgh. Railroad
Promoter, PA "The Nasty" Toledo.
o.
Mr.. Chas. Van den Burgh is a large
stakeholder and will be an active
director in the company but will de-
vote his personal attention to the
similar duties in some other propo-
sitions which are in consideration
AID IN him great credit il dua To-.