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Show C. Loomis Allen Is Here; Gas Expansion Plans Laid i Details Of Activity Now Being Worked Out; Franchise Applications Ap-plications Are Made to Six Cities And Towns Of County; Directors Meet, Elect Officers s C. Loomis Allen, who recently purchased the Utah Valley Gas and Ccke company, is now In Provo, working out the details of future activity and expansion of the con- cern. Applications for gas franchises have been made to Lehi, American Fork, Pleasant Grove. Orem, Salem and Payson. The company already has franchises in all other cities and towns of the county, as well as the county itself. Friday night, Utah Valley Gao company representatives will confer con-fer with the mayor and city council coun-cil of American Fork for a hearing on the franchise application there. The board of directors of the company recei1y held a special meeting in Provo, with the following follow-ing directors present: C. Loomis Allen, H. D. Keillor, L. J. Durrant, A. B. Morgan and Harlow E. Smoot. A. B. Morgan acted as chairman. The resignation of Director Eugene Eu-gene S. Bibb was presented by Mr. Allen, and unanimous acceptance of the resignation was made by the board. Phillip H Farley was then nominated to fill the vacancy, and this nomination was unanimously approved. Officers of the corporation were then elected unanimously, as follows: fol-lows: chairman of the board, C. Loomis Allen; Phillip H. Farley, president; A. B. Morgan, vice president; pres-ident; H. D. Keillor, secretary-treasurer; secretary-treasurer; G. A. Bunnell, assistant secretary; Alfred G. Allen, assistant treasurer. Special Meeting Booked . Director Harlow, . Smoot moved" that the secretary be directed to 'all a special stockholders' meeting meet-ing to be held Saturday, Aug. 2, at 3 p. m. at the office of the Utah Valley Gas and Coke company. Consideration of the advisability of changing the articles of incorporation incorpora-tion as to the number of directors to be elected to the board, and the method to be sued in their electioh will be taken up at that time. This motion also - was unanimously passed. A resolution allowing directors' meetings in Minneapolis, Minn., passed in 1927, was rescinded. |