, 1874-03-05
C., c., C. & |.
Election Of Directors for the
O., c., @. & I. Railroad.
4 Victory for tho Broal-Gauge, or
Great Western, Party.
Lake-shore Interests Pushed to the
Wall,

Special Dfspatch 10 The Chitaqd Tribune.
CLEVELAND, o.. March 4.-Tho annual oloo-
tlon Of Tho Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati Il
indianapolis 1tailroaa took place horo to-lay.
Two pnrtics made desperate struggle for tho
control OF tho road Tho victory was won by
what is known ~ tho "brond-gauge" faotion.
In whogo hands tho road has boen fora year past.
THE HISTORY OF THE CASE
is. TINT yoar ago tho President Of tho Company,
II. 3. Hurlbut. md Bnyoral loading Stockholders
sold their stock to cortain parties Interested In
tho Atlantio i Groat Western Company, and
tho Board then elected sought to effect porlnn-
mont lcaso OF tho Cleveland, Columbus, Oincln-
natl l. indianapolis Road to the At
lantic Company. This plan was frustrated
by iniuncttons md special legislation, 80 that
broad-gaugo party waB obliged to curry tho olec-
ton Of to-day. This has made an active CAM
paigp for month past botwoen tho two parties
MAJORITY or THE STOCK.
The ontiro Rtock of tho road amounts to
s15,oo0,000. At Inst yaars election onIy $G, oo0,-
900 woro represented, befng about $2000,U10
moro than waH usually voted in previous cleo
t!onH. Two wecks ago. tho broad-Kauge party,
headed by 11urlhnt, hold so,00o,0oo Of stock.
holders, ard hoaded by Leland DroH. l. Ferguson,
brokers, Of Now York, hold about S7,000, 900.
ThtB alarmed the broad -gaugc faction, md, by
strenuous olforts aud tho liberal expenditure Of
money It succeeded In getting sl4ooo ooo r., IN
stock up to 81 in tho Now York market, at which
many OF tito stockholders Of tho Loland party
sold out. giving tho victory, as 1t turned cut, to
tho present management.
THE MEETING.
Tho stockholders aud officers mot at 10 a. m.
to-day. hlr. J. II. Dovoreau1, President of tho
ronl, mAdo brief address. showing that the
road Ind been managed during the past yonr
strictly in the intoroaH OF tho stockholders, atd
not iuu subject to tho .wisho,a4 of tho Atlantic
or other outside companies. He compared tho
annual report with that Of the Lake Shore Com
pnny, showing that whereas tho Luke Shores
running expenses had |, creaBed per cent over
those Of 1872, tho expenses Of the Cleveland,
Columbus ciuclnnaH L indianapolis had not
Increased over tho previous year.
Objection was made to the nRmo
Of Oscar Townsend, former President Of
tho Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indian
npoltB Road, who appeared as candidate on tho
drawn, and that Of tho Hou. D. F. Wade aubAti-
tutod+
then began. Prosidont .Deveroaux caat "a, ,494
slarea in favor Of the following Board: ].
r r. Nannoy. T. II. Hubby. ". s. q. Oils, r. r. II. H.
M. Barlow, r. q. Watson, +. sohucLnrdt, and
William B. Duncan. This decided tho victory at
once, and it WAS debated for q moment whether
it was worth wlito to go through tho Formally
Of voting the remainder Of the stock.
THE OTHER Side.
It waB agreed to go on, and the voting con-
tinuod all the afternoon. and until after dark,
57,997 Bhatos being voted for the following
Ros. pbans aos ~ dfom 1omn Asss s0np IT,
Wade. B. r. Wade, J. ", Audrows, ". Il.
Boarlman, Williams ColtiuB, FranciB Leland,
Alelanchlhon Barrett, St,llman Witt. David
Kilgore. This Board, it eloctol, would have been
in tho intorost Of the Lake Shore Roard.
THE PRINCIPAL QUESTION DECIDED
by to-day'g election in that tho Clovelanu, Coum.
bus, Cincinnati. Il indianapolis nsilroad 30 far
as it has any auxiliary character, will DO foodor
Of tho Atlantic l. GreRt Western Road instead Of
the Lako Shore. The stockholders present saem
mainly quito satisfied with the result, there
boing glent confidence in the ability Of Prcsi-
dent Dovareau1 aud his management Of the road
On itB own morris.
To the Asgoc,a.td l'ress.1
CLEVELAND, March 4,-Groat interest has
boon manifested in tho meetiug Of the stock
holders OF Tie c. G. l. l. II. H., and very nearly
tho ontre capital atock has boon voted,
being $l3, 500, 900 Of tho $15,000.0 QUO. The
following Directors we're elected they having
II. B. Hurlbut, stellman Witt, Il. ?. Rannoy, Z.
L. Upaon, Z: E. Paraon, p. H.
Watson, s. L. NJ. BARLOW, William Butler Dur
can, r. Schuharut. Among these Directors
aee gentlemen representing both tho Atlantic l.
Groat Western mud LaAo Shore Roads, aud their
election gives vory general satisfaction. as it is
believed the road will bo maungod with
view to promoting the interests OF
tho Stockholders and Of tho public. Tho
statement 1nado by the President Of operas
tions during tho last soyon months Of the year
since ho took charge, showed the road to bo in
IN excellent condition. ind was we'll received.
Thora IL to be no change among the officers.