Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-01-07
A SUCCESSFUL
GATHERING
Stockholders Of National Sewer Pipe
.3. Company Hold Social
and Business Meet
ing.
A LARGE NUMBER PRESENT.
Fine Banquet Served by Baptist La
dies-Roard of Directors
Elected, Etc.
LARGE NUMBER PRESENT

| stockholders of the National Sewer
Pipe Company came from all parts
OF the country to attend the pre!im-
mary annual meeting held in the
Elks hall yesterday. There were be-
tween $50 and 175 Of the stockhold-
ers present. Had the weather been
more moderate and the roads in as
good condition as they We're last
week, there is no doubt the attend
ance would have reached over 200.
Quite a number from near Stratford,
Boone and Ellsworth, as well as AL
den, were present. Those who could
took advantage Of the train service,
while others came in their automo-
biles and faced the severe weather
that they might attend this, the first
meeting of the stockholders of the
National Sewer Pipe Company.
Conveyances were provided for
taking the visiting stockholders out
to the factory. They were al great
ly surprised to find not only such a
large and commodious building, but
one so we'll built and SO we'll design
ed. .-
The meeting was called to order
at 10 o'clock with C. H. Clifton, the
president, in the chair. The report
of the secretary was read in full,
giving a complete statement of the
company's financial condition.
At l o'clock, the stockholders
were taken up stairs to the large
hall where they found the Baptist
ladies had prepared for them a
sumptuous dinner. Special music
was furnished by Messrs. Mullins
and Ash and the Misses Cook and
Lee during the serving of the ban
quet. B ..
The following menu was served
by twenty ladies':
First course--mashed potatoes,
roast turkey, gravy, dressing, escal-
loped oysters, sherbert. pickles, jel-
ly, rolls and coffee.
Second course-Waldorff salad
and waters.
Third oourse-mince pie, ice
cream and cake.
After the banquet, H. NJ. Sparboe
acted as POSTMASTER. He called up
on the secretary to- read the report
of the financial condition of the
company again for the benefit of
those who We're not present at the
forenoon session. Following this,
the contractor, w. ]. Zitterell, gave
"a lengthy report upon the amount
and kinds of materials used in the
construction of the big plant. The
toast master then called upon the
superintendent of the factory,
George E. Lowrie, who gave short
talk on the Lehigh clay. E. P.
Prince was called upon, who re-
sponded quite wittily upon
knocks" which some people per-
sisted in giving the company from
its infancy up. w. o. Mcconnell
gave splendid talk on the benefits
to be derived hy Webster City and
Hamilton county because of the sew
err pipe industry now being located
here. c. II. Richeson, after cracking
few jokes and telling some cute
stories, proceeded to deliberate at
some length upon the serious side OF
the subject, and exhorted the bust
ness men and farmers to put their
shoulders to the wheel and help
make this, the National Sewer Pipe
Company, not only the best instltu-
ton in Hamilton county, but the
best Institution of this kind in the
West. f. F. Snow county superin-
teadcnt, expressed a very high opin-
ion Of the company, and felt that in
time the children of the schools he
now superintends would be running
the National Sewer Pipe Company
factory. e. S. Boudinot, county en-
gineer, gave report as to the
amount of drain tile used in the
county, and from these figures show
ed that in a very few wars it would
be possible for this factory to pay
for itself with the dividends en- the
tile to be used in Hamilton county
alone.
After the banquet the directors
completed the count OF the ballots
with the resalt that the Eo!iowiaS
were elected to act as directors o.
the company for the ensuing year:
c. II. Clifton, H. r. Dodge. 2. w.
Hearn, w. O. Mcconnell. Il. p.
Prince, j. L. Petersen. w. a. John
son. w. ]. Zitterell. H. M. Sparboe.