in early february 1891, the articles of incorporation of cr&psn had been filed in portland, oregon. the capital stock was $500,000, and the incorporators were john leary, of seattle, capt. uriah bonser "u.b." scott (1827-1913) and lamar boudinot "l.b." seeley (1851-1932), both of portland, and ernest whitcomb crichton (1850-1913), of oswego, oregon u.b. scott was the president, john leary, vice-president, l.b. seeley, second vice-president, e.w. crichton (or creighton), secretary-treasurer. e.a. seeley and capt. z.j. hatch were directors, but hatch's interest was soon bought out by the other principals in the firm. s.h. brown was another founder of the company.