The Phonogram, Vol. 1:11-12 (1891-11)

THE PHONOGRAM. 245 phonOgmph company has not met with us great success as some of the other com- panies, one of which has been the con- tinued and unavoidable absence of its general manager, Mr. Thos. Conyngton. Lately however, Mr. Conyngton has been at his post and a vigorous campaign has been inaugurated, and from the present prospects, the company will soon be on a substantial and prosperous basis. The K e n t u c k v P h o x oo r a p ii Co. commenced business April (5th 1889. For many months the company labored under difficulties contingent to a new enterprise. Much capital was wasted in costly im- provements before the present manage- ment were elected as executive officers. The present officers are : It. C. Kinkead, president ; L. Leonard, vice-president, and Geo. \V. Grant, secretary and treasurer. • This company takes considerable.pride in the fact that since July 1st, 1890, they have been known as a conservative company, maintaining a high credit with the parent company and drawing on their reserve only for additions to the establishment of a permanent plant. They have been fortunate in. having efficient and faithful employes. No changes whatever luive been made in the last eighteen months. This company say their patrons return an unqualified indorsement of the phono- graph : but add, “ We have yet to receive a satisfactory approval of any storage or primary battery ; we therefore watch with great interest the advent of the com- ing storage battery/' The Florida Phonoorapii (Jo. was organized in the summer of 1889, by Messrs. John 1,. Ingliss. who is also tin* President of the Georgia Phonograph Com- pany ; II T. Hava. John L. Marvin. G. B. Rogers, ('. 11. Smith, E. A. ( ham- plain, John F. Dunn, J. L. Martin and Chas. A. Gheever, with its headquarters at Jacksonville. The present officers are John L. Ingliss, president; II. T. Hava, vice-president, and John L. Marvin, secre- tary and treasurer. Business commenced at once with L. B. Plummer as general manager. Within a few months Mr. Plummer resigned and J. P. Clarkson was put in charge for several months. After Mr. Clarkson left, T. Foster Gaines was chosen superintendent of the company, which lie remained until last May, 1891, when he resigned and was succeeded by Lee R. Bigelow. The capital stock of the company is $75,000. While the company has never yet met with any marked success, owing to the sparsity of large towns, and while it was disastrously burned out in a fire which occurred August 18th last, in which it lost its entire stock of supplies, beside^ office furniture, fixtures, etc., it has gone right ahead with renewed vim, has fur- nished temporary offices at 20J Newman street, and is preparing to'move into more extensive quarters very soon. The Wisconsin Phonograph Go. was one of the first companies organized, and began business in ^e fall of 1888. It has always (Pone a fairly good business, and sjnee the beginning of the sale system has made a great deal of money. Under that system if it. is continued, it has-no doubt, of the immediate and continued success of the enterprise. The company has so]d a number jf machines for busi- ness purposes, ami people to whom it never could have * rented a machine it finds no difriculty in inducing to purchase. It looks to buihliiTg, up a very large and profitable business on the new basis. The Simkank Phonograph (Jo. was organized in the early part of 1889. by Messrs. W. S. Norman, II. L. Gutter and 4k '> v ' >’ • ■ C. B Hopkins. _ Thetofficors oLJhe company are: Itoek- wood Moore, president ; II. L. Gutter, treasurer; 11. L. Nprmjpi, secretary, and J. IV. Wilson, general manager. * Articles of incorporation were filed, the stock was dicing paid up and necessary paraphernalia to start operations on a 1