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

246 THE PHONOGRAM good plan were completed wjien the great •fire of 1889 came along and consumed the city and the entire supply of phonographs and disorganized the company. Mr. J. W. Wilson was sent to Spokane, after the fire, by the North American Phonograph Co., as expert and manager. He at once took charge for the company and has remained in this position ever since. He placed machines in the mining towns of Coeur d'Alene, Wallace and Wardner, in Idaho, and shortly thereafter in Moscow, Walla Walla, Dayton, Pomeroy, and Colfax. The care of these machines was placed in the hands of responsible agents and they at once began to make good returns. A large expense in the operation of tiese machines was the freight on the storage cells between the small towns and Spokane Falls, as, when the current was used up, they had to be returned to be re- charged. This expense is now avoided, as this company use exclusively the Edison- Lalunde battery, and say : “ We are using this battery almost entirely, as we find • • • it more satisfactory and more economical in tin* end.” So far. the commercial use of the phono- graph has not been developed to any very great extent, though there are machines in use for commercial purposes. The Spo- kane people are not backward in adopting every practical advance in science, and Mr. Wilson thinks it will not belong before the business men will recognize the necessity of the phonograph its an indispensable article for the office. The offices of the company overlook the main street of the city of Spokane Falls, and consist of a handsome suite of rooms in the Hazel Block.with workshop and total equipment for making small machinery. Owing to the fact that up to the time of going to press we have received no data of the following companies, we are unable to give any particulars, beyond the mere facts of organization, officers, etc , etc. The Missouri Phonograph Co. was organized March 2, 1889. The officers are : A. W. Clancey, president; J. C. Wood, general manager, and A. W. Thompson, assistant manager. The capital stock is 8625,000. This company has leased county rights to agents, and is one of the most progressive and flourishing companies in the Federa- tion. Mr. A. W. Clancey, the president, was twice elected president of the National Phonograph Association, and distin- guished himself by the able and efficient manner in which he conducted the pro- ceedings. The Old Dominion Phonograph Co. was organized November 18, 1889, with full paid capital stock of $300.00. The officers of the company are : J. H. McGilvra, president, and Clias. F. Howe, secretary and treasurer; with a board of directors comprising the following : J. 11. McCiilvra, C. F. Howe. 15. S. Boswell, T. W. Miller, B. L. Greider, Chas. A. Cheever, John L. Martin, Kevins Fishbufn and Ralph D. Gunn, with headquarters at Roanoke Va. The Eastern Pennsylvania Phono- graph Co. was organized May 14, 1S89. The officers of this company are : Chas. F- Berwind, president; E. 11. Williams, vice- president ; James O. Cleplmne, secretary ; E. P. Wallace, general manager, with head- quarters at Philadelphia. The New Jersey Phonograph Co. was organized February 19, 1889. The of- ficers are: G. G Frelinghuysen, president; N. M. Butler, vice-president ; II. W. Hayes, secretary ; S. S. Battin, treasurer, and Wm. L. Smith, general manager, with headquarters at Newark, N. J. The Georgia Phonograph Co. was organized March 11, 1889. The officers of this company are. : J. L. Ingliss, president; W. Stephens, vice-pres- ident ; J. L. Marvin, secretary and treas- urer, and F. W. Wohlgemuth, general