Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1928, Page 33

. ' ~TIE_EVENINA ®TAW, WANHINGTON. T. . WEDNESDAY. TARCH T4 19%8. n Important nnouncement & In the interest of greater economy and service to our - from THE EVENING STAR o patrons, we announce the consolidation of the BI&E{?[;AEL&%P:SBTE:;E? - GRIFFITH COAL CORPORATION Griffith Corporation and Con- w i th i ha [ 4 Of the sumers Company {o Be Headed by H. R. Dulany. P Consolidation of the Griffith Coal Consumers 'Company onmm-Consume Co,. which will 43 s Gperate under s Delaware charter. (Effective as of April 1, 1928) ‘The consolidation of the two concerns has been -pmved by the boards of directors ot the two companies and rati- announced today Ro: Duuny who is m be nmxdent of !he known as the The combination of these two companies assures our thousands of customers, %3 both retail and wholesale, of a service second to none in any city in the country today. e e e ek With four (4) principal yards situated most advantageously in the four sections of = the city, we will be enabled to greatly expedite our service at a lower operating cost. yuds of the two companies. Three of med by the Griffith com- he Baltimore & Our Railroad Depots Are Located at g..:m;&’u Consimer ;igmm, m:: South Capitol & Eye Sts. Rosslyn, Va. Bethesda, Md. First & M Sts. N.E. terials business of the Gi for the present at least. will mnlnuln the business offices of the ¢ (on Pennsylvania Railroad) (on Pennsylvania Railroad) (on Baltimore & Ohio R. R.) (on Baltimore & Ohio R. R.) t 1415 K ilml lnd l'. 1319 G street, the latter bemz Lhe ol f of the Grifith compan: year or more. it is :nnnunced lhe Cun e cern. snd Cxoawiay both the —and our retail yards at 1365 D St. S.W. and 1200 R St. N.W. Our present yards give us a combined preunt Grifith and the Consumers g companies are {0 be dissolved as such. storage capacily in excess of 100,000 tons of coal, and in sufficient variety to meet every need at a moment’s notice. In addition to our large storage capacity for coal, each yard will Our combined fleet of eighty-five (83) trucks and tank cars be completely L(lUlppul for lhc storage and prompt delivery givc.s our customers every assurance of prompt and pleasing of Fuel Oil. service, The New Firm Name Will Be Grlfflth-Consumers Company MAIN OFFICES (for the present at) FRANKLIN 1510 1319 G Street N.W. and 1415 K Street N.W. oo gt OFFICERS : DIRECTORS : W. W. GRIFFITH, Chairman of the Board _ FRANK P, AVALEAR GENERAL WILLARD HOLBROOK H. ROZIER DULANY, Jr., President M. O. CHANCE SAMUEL C. REDMAN PERE A. WILMER, Vice President and Treasurer H. ROZIER DULANY, Jr. COLONEL DAVID S, STANLEY CHARLES H. ST. JOHN, Vice President W. D. GRIFFITH CHARLES H. ST. JOHN W. D. GRIFFITH, Vice President W. W. GRIFFITH WILLIAM F. THYSON M. O, CHANCE, Secretary L. M. ]ll‘?\\'l‘l‘l'l'l‘ PERE A, WILMER