The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-15

president gave passes 10 tDe hiDsny eultoie,
and also to his pastor, MIR. Sprague. Treas.
urer Pruyn gave passes to the regents Oh
the university, of which he was chancellor.
The directors on the line of the ROAD gave
passes to the editors within their bounos'
and also to special friends. Such was the
custom which, no doubt, was often carried
to an excess, but no clerk was detailed TO
such purpose as was stated. The story
about the dinner is also new. l OCCASION
ally was present in the central rooms when
meetings Of the directors were held. They
occurred on the evening of the first Monday
in every month. Sometimes the session
was of great length, but | never heard OF
auy dinner on the occasion. The directors
had their own hotel arrangements. Dean
Richmond and Gen. Chedell always stepped
at the Delsvau, whose guests did not need
any railroad dinners. The directors were
not gourmands.
THE ELECTION OF 1867.
The commodore concentrated the railway
empire in his own hands with wonderful
rapidity. In 1868 he became president OF
the Harlem. In the fall election OF 1865 he
was made president Of the Hudson liver,
and in 1867 he became president of the
Central. These offices have since remained
in his hand. The election to the presidency
of the Central was entirely different from
the statement to which reference has been
made. On that eventful day the conscious
ness of Vanderbilt's supremacy had caused
all opposition to disappear. The commo-
dore came in with smiling countenance,
elegantly dressed, and with that combined
dignity and courtesy which he 80 readily
DISPLAYED. Mr. Worcester examined the
stock list as rapidly as possible, but the
task required several hours. 1t was near
noon before the election opened. In few
moments the commodore arose and depos-
tied u ballot. No other votes appeared,
and though Mr.. Worcester waited patient
ly till O'clock, he was compelled to close
the polls with only one vote. That ballot
represented eighteen millions of stock, be-
ing three quarters of the capital, and 1t
elected a new set Of directors who in me-
| diatey made the commodore president, and
his son in-law, Daniel Terrence, vice presi-
dent.
| Z. D. WORCESTER.
The foregoing facts were mentioned to
me by Mr.. Worcester day or two after
the election. Mr. Worcester was the only
important official whom the commodore
retained in service. The reason was nc
other man could fill his place. Mr.. Wor
cester was formerly in the Albany city
bank, of which Erastus Corning was presi
dent. The latter observed his proficiency
and brought him into the Central Office
where he rose to be treasurer When the
Office waa removed to this city he became
a New Yorker, and he Is now one OF Inc
leading men in the AXE Shore Office. cor
uer Broadw way and Rector street. To refel
again to the erroneous article. L may al
Jude 10 the state ment that the STOCK Il vi
oerd WAS d, clared on Saturday in order II
avid IN ii junction. If the person wh'
wrote thai statement bad been properly IL
I rmeG, be would have known that IN at
apuesled To the l4w hut the CO mm' doie-
might have been expected IF umphed, an
the dividend was saucsio ned b, the courts
ABOUT JOHN NJ ToBIN.
+ The quts ion has also been discussed
: thu journal referred 10, whether John NJ
2 Tobln was not the commodores tool.
: Mr. Oakley denies this, from what he Cal
.his own knowledge" He sffirms thu
, Tobin & Jer, me held control of "Hudso
: river" in 1865, and that Vanderbilt solicilt
: the. latter to admit some of the Harlem
rectors to a seat in their board. This WI
! granted. and soon afterwards the "Harle
/ directors" got strong enough to reject lob
e and elect Vanderbilt TO the vacancy: M
:, Oakley saws that the admission OF tho
, hn mistake OF
n bins life. This statement, however, 90
If not apnear reasonable Vanderbilt cou
If only vote on stock. II Tobin " Jerou
held the majority of the latter, they cou
easily have turned out the obnoxious dire
tors. On the other hand, they FOOLISH
in sold their stock to Vanderbilt and his eng
a. being no doubt moved thereto by some
10 those Wall street canards wAlch are
easily set in motion. 1t this were the ca'
er they certainly were fooled by the comm
IL dore in n yery effectual manner no
- ever, it ia well understood that Tobin
:, once in Vanderbilt's service at the old 1erl
~ and there can be little doubt That ne W
&c eoually i'm the same service wheE he ACT
ia as president of the Hudson river road.
a any rate. as soon as Tobin lost the last MI
~ toned office. he sank at once into obscurl
~, If he had been man of original gem
he this would not have happened.
I'll A CURIOUS LAW.
i'm While speaking of the Hudson river 70
nd which now dispatches nearly 20 train
asst day both ways, am led to refer to c.
SOS GUS law which the reader will find 10 anC
il er column. THIS act is printed in ii,
at. Gaines's volume of the state laws, the
IN publication of the kind after the revoluti
in 1t was printed in this city in 1889.
,es remark that the early laws of our state
". ford many curious features in society wi
IAN interest such an antiquary as
ed IHE HERMIT IN NE" io"'
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