New-York tribune., 1875-07-14
ERIE DIRECTORS CHOSEN.

The ELECTION CARRIED BY s. l. NJ. BARLOW >
PRoxIES-OPPOslTION OF JOHN LIVINGSTON
COL SCOTT, JOHN KING, JR., F. sChUCHARDT,
JOHN A. C. GRAY AND W. BUTLER DUNCAN Sue
CFFDED BY NEW DIRECTORS.
The election of Directors of the Erie Rail-
way Company year 1896 took place yesterday
n West and Duaness., and with the exception OF the
opposition of John Livingston, passed of quietly and
harmoniously The inspectors of election were George
JYclpor Curtis Chairman Judge Shipman and James H.
Fay, Mr. Fay acting as Secretary.
The claims OF John Livingston based, he said
upon his representation Of number Of stockholders IN
Great Britain and elsewhere whose interests he asserted
that he desired TO protect when s. L. NJ Barlow pre-
sented his vote shares and proxies 10 the value OF
goa 63l 5CO - being 2363I5 votes - Mr.. Livingston
obiectcd ON the ground that he did not be-
Heye that the proxies submitted represented actual
stockholders. Mr.. Barlow however, presented ail-
davits that the stock was held by legal
olders George TicknOr Curtis the Chairman OF the
Inspectors that the vote must be accepted as the
claim was based upon atfdavs, and two respectable
men had compared the proxies with the transfer book
and had found everything correct. Mr. Curtis added
that IL Mr. Livingston could produce proof that the
stock had been transferred since the proxies had been
given, he was willing TO consider the matter. MT Law
ingson replied that he had proofs to offer them but
he had every reason believe that the toc lcd been
~ transferred Mr. Curtis directed that the votes should
bc received Mr. Barlow then said that he had other
proxes representing Sl2 100000 Of stock but he
did not consider necessary 10 them. The voting
proceeded slowly but steadily until O'clock when the
nols were declared closed Shortly before the close of
the noll Hugh j. Jewett deposited his vote without Op
position.
The votes having been counted the inspectors declared
thai the ticket elected had secured 2Gl 73j votes while
the opposition ticket pat forth by John Livingston had
only secured 700 votes The total vote was, therefore,
26z4s5 representing $26 PAS 800 Of stock being rep
resentaon Of less than onehrd OF the stock OF the
Company Mr. Livingston said that he had IN his pos
session proxies - 900, emitting him to 1000
votes but he considered the election Illegal he would
mot vote upon them. The ground for the alleged Illegal
y he declared was that proxies had been received from
se other side of the tlanc 13 days after June 49,
whereas by law the books should have been cosed and
that those had been admitted lie ana oter STOCK
holders had careful TO inspect the DOCKS c1Oe June
49, and they were certain that The English proxies had
NOT then been received. . ,n -
Batter Samuel l.. NJ Barlow, X. Suydam Grant Hugh
JeWett John Taylor Johnston, Louis Never, Edwin
u. Morgan, Marshall o. Roberts samuel ei1hh %, anu
Philadelphia; Solomon z. Guthrie, Bunal0; Giles w.
Hotchkiss, Binghamion; Asa Packer, Manch Chunk !;
Cortlandt Parker, Newark; Homer RaInsdell, New
b1rgh: Incius Robinson, Enira. OF these = = Guthrie,
Giles W. HOchkss, Asa Packer, Samuel sloan, ana
Thomas Dickson directors, ana take te placcs
King ir Of the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad; Frederick
SchucIaTdt. John A. G. Gray and W. Butler Duncan OF
kewYork John King 1r, resigned some nne ag9
by authority not could not be asecralned torehus
Vanderbilt W. II. Vanderbilt, W X vanderbilt, Moses
Taylor Z. X. Pyne j. j. Bnrrl, ii X f1eIson, W -
I9,nrch a. j. Whiting, Samuel Sloan, H. N IhuTber, G.
X Depew, Augustus Schel, = T. Barger, Z. W. CLapln,
NJ Hollinger, and 6. A. HOlngcr.
Mr. Livingston said when the vote was announced
that he should protest against the election bu tooA no
formal action In the matter.