The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-05
Mitigation in, New York Courts Disc1oses Lodge Interests of Marcellus Hartley Dodge in Another Bridgeport Corporation.
War Boom Has Relieved Financial Strain of Plant, Which Now is Directed By Interests That Control Big Arms Plants.
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 New York, Jan 5-That the American & British Manufac- turing Go. of Bridgeport has been made a part of the great Remington interests and that Marcellus Hartley Dodge, who controls most of the Remington stock, has also become one of inc largest stockholders of the American & British Go. became known yesterday through re- cords filed with the Supreme Court of New York.
 The Bethlehem Steel Go., MT. Dodge, Charles R. Flint, Allan A. Ryan and Chauncey N De- pew are recorded as the largest stockholders of the Bridgeport concern
 The profits from business stimulated by the war have en- abled the American. & British Co to pay offa $6O,OO0 mort gage, add S125,OOO to the value of its real estate holdings and to increase its assets S7OO,OOO further became known.
 Justice Ford directed Charles H. Ridder. receiver for the International Power CO. of which the Bridgeport plant Is subsidiary to vote fhe stock Of the American & British co for, the the Park City concern
 The plant Of the American & British Go is fuTnzshlng parts<5f guns and shells to the Bethlehem Steel Co.. the United States army and many nnni-,1 uon factories in this country and Canada
 About s, 100000 worth of stocks of ed several years ago to the Interna- tionaI Power CO for $15O,000- Since the European war began the Bridge port factory has been operated night and day on war orders, and in the first few months of the war, the papers filed in court show the profits were so large that the company pros pered.
 The owners of the pledged stock recently attempted to obtain share of these profits by means of an action brought by the New Jersey receiver of the International Power Co., Ed win Sadler. Of Trenton. The American e British Co., thereupon brought an action against the New York receiver to account, but Justice Whitaker de- nfed the petition. The p1aintin then began an action before Justice Ford to "instruct the receiver in regard to certain stock transactions"
 In these papers, filed in the county clerks office, it is stated that efforts were being made to influence the In ternational Power receivers to vote the business out of the hands of the contr ro1Iing members, and Justice Ford was asked to direct MT. Ridder to vote to keep the present management in control.
 To indicate that a, new management might upset the business, the affida- wits recite that the company, is ne- gotiating for new orders embracing hundreds of thousands of shells for the Allies, and that at the present time it has in process of manufac- ture these -orders:-10O, 1000 3-fnch shrapnel case forgings for the United States army; 90o,OOO AT high exp1o- sive shells for the Bethlehem Steel Co, 25O breech mechanism for Srinch guns for the Bethlehem Steel Co, be- sides breech rings for guns, 1athes, automobile trucks and other materials used in war.
 Tn his decision Justice Ford said q can see no valid objection to the present management of the plaintiff ments why the existing board should be continued in control of it's now fiourishing business. The receiver, Charles H. Bidder. is instructed to vote the stock of the plaintiff cor poration for the reelection of the present directors at the next meet ing.
 Although Karl T. Frecerfck. of No. l49 Wall street, the attorney for the I8ternation Power receiver is con- nected with the firm which conducts the legal business for J. F. Morgan & fr1 T7o haf he iz in behalf of the Inunition agents of the Allies in an effort to obtain con- trol of the Bridgeport works The attorney who represented the Amer ican and British company is George S. Graham, a representative in Con- gress from Philadelphia, who has law office at No A Broadway.