The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-26
TO MAKE PHONE
CABINETS HERE
RICHMOND MAN INvENTs a DEVICE
TO MAKE TEIEPHONIS6
MORE PRIVATE.
RECENTLY PATENTED
ENABLES USER TO TALK OVER
PHONE WITHOUT BEING HEARD
BY OTHER PERSONS IN TIRE
SAME ROOM.

A most interesting device invented
! by Richmond man, Mr., George w.
Lancaster. Is known as the telephone
/ cabinet.
/ 1t H. contrivanee thai is attach
/ ed to ones desk SO that it rnay be
readily used by the operator without
| leaving his chair.
The cabinet. although perfectly
| ventilated. enables the operator to
shut out all the noises about him ana
to shut In all the noise he makes III
talking over the telephone. increasing
the conI.>rt of teleph oning and at the
| same time ensurns the privacy of
his conversation.
Patents were recently granted upon
! the device and on yesterday the state
/ CORPORATION Commission granted a
charter to the company, which is to
/ manufacture and market the device.
! The company liz the American Tele-
phone Cabinet Company, Jncorporat-
ed, with its principal office in Rich
! mond. The capital stock OF the com
pany liz to be not less than $4,000
nor more than 100000. under the
terms of the charter. and the COM
| pany will manufacture the cabinets.
! Councilman Morgan X. Mills Is nam
I'D as president of the company. Will
! ham =. West Is vtce-prcsident and
! the inventor of the device, Mr., George
| W. Lancaster, is secretary and treas-
urer.
! 1t is the object of the incorporators
TO manufacture the cabinets in this
city. and 1t is probable that it nea ns
/ the asta bllshnent OF another good
local industry.
| The device will not be sold but
will be rented to the user. 1t is
believed that the cabinets will be very
I Ill IA
lie ascerta ms their comfort and prac-
tical utility.
Other charters were granted az fol-
| lows yesterday:
| Stanton Motor Company. 1ncor-
porated, stanton. Va. Automobile
business. j. J.. Baugher. president;
j. w. II. Pilson, vice president; g. A.
ton. Va. $4,000 to $4,000.
Virginia Packing Company. Incor-
porated. Suffolk. Va. Canning bust
ness. $4,000 to 5000. n. q. Nor
heet, president; j. Z. Williams. vice
president; II. n. Fitzgerald. secre-
tary and treasurer. all of Suffolk. Va.
! Roanoke Development Corporation.
$1,000 to $4,000. James +. Hart.
president: Il. G. Pace, ce-president;
NJ. Il. Pace, secretary and treasurer.
all OF Roanoke.
Meem a. Kiunier. incorporated.
Lynchburg, Va. $1,000 to $4,000.
| Construction business. J. L. Meem.
president: Randolph Harrison. vice
president. G. l.. kinnier, secretary and
TT, asurer, all OF Lynchburg.
| Amendment to charter of the Pom
peisn Company. elrr orporated, Alex
landria, Va, increasing its maximum
capital from 100000 to 100000.
Virginia Audit Company. Incor-
| porated, Roanoke, Va. Auditing and
accounting business. $4,000 to s10.-
900. &. J.. Byrne, president. Wash
ington. u. c.: G. A. McHugh. vice
president; F. z. Jacobs. secretary and
treasurer, both Of Roanoke, Va.
| Hassinger Lumber Company, lncor-
porated. konnarock. Va. Lumber
] business. 100000 10 $4,000. III. l..
Hassnger. president, Barnes. Pa; }.
II. Hassinger. vice president. Kon-
narock, Va; l.. G. Hassinger, treas
urer.. Konnarock. Va.
! j. Il. Wood K Brother. Incorpo-
rated. Lynchburg. Va. Mercantile
business. $4,000 to $4,000. J. f.
Wood, Jr.. president; w. u. Wood,
Ivice-president; O. ID. Riley. secretary
and treasurer, all OF Lynchburg, Va.