Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-04

At last speculation as to the composition
of the board of directors and the personnel OF
the officers to control the policy of tho recently
consolidated or amalgamated st. Paul & Sioux
City, Chicago, st. Paul & Minneapolis and
North Wisconsin railroads, is put at rest by the
authoritative action of the parties to the
Transaction. As announced in the GLOBE of
yesterday would be the case, these
parties met at the general Offices
of the st. Paul siouz City company at lit
tie after 10 o'clock, at which the following
board of directors and officers were elected:
DIRECTORS.
Eff. Drake, John L. Merriam A. II. Wilder,
Chas. Il. Bigelow and ]. @. Adams, st. Paul;
h. Fl. Porter, Chicago; Augustus Kuntze,
Geo. 1. Seney, r. P. Flower, David BOWS. H..
r. Bishop, J. Nj. Fiske and BENZ. Brewster.
New York; Phie.us Sawyer, Oshkosh. and p.
L. Cable, Rock Island.
OFFICERS.
The new board then proceeded to the cleo
ton of officers, which resulted in the selection
of the following:
President-H. Il. Porter, Chicago.
First Vice Preeident-E. E. Drake, st. Paul.
Second Vice President-Benj Brewster, New
York.
Treasurer. s. Egerton, New York.
As will be seen st. Paul gets Eve represents
tives on tho board of directors, Messrs. Drake.
Wilder and Merriam of the old st. Paul &
Sioux City board, Mr.. @. b. Bigelow and Mr..
j. @. Adams, the financial representative In
this city for several years paat of MIR. David
BOWS. The election of Mr.. E. +. Drake as the
second executive officer of the amalgamated
interests, may also be accepted as guarantee
that the interests of st. Paul have been and
will continue to be fully protected.
The meeting at which the above business
was transacted was only IN session about TWO
hours, and as we are informed considered moth
ing but the facts given connected with the
amalgamation.
In the afternoon the parties interested pro-
ceeded in the splendid business car Columbia,
III which they are travelling, by special to Hud-
son, Wis. where the reorganization OF the
Chicago. st. Paul Minneapolis and North
of the same list of officers IS at the St.>Paul
meeting, and the same board of directors except
that Messrs. Seney, Adams and Bigelow werc
omitted and hfr. John Comstock added. This
business through with, the party returned to
St. Paul, arriving about o'clock.
Shortly after their return GLOBE repre-
sentative called upon Mr.. Porter. the new
president, to see if there was anything more in
connection with TIE amalgsmation interests to
be made public at this time, but beyond
general statement that the policy of the roads
would remain as at present, at least until the
new directory had had time for confederation
end could more fully understand the wants of
the traffic which would ask for accommodation
at their hands, hedeclined to say anything.
While no action has been had "a to the gen.
eral subordinates of the amalgamation, it can
be authoritatively stated that there are to be no
immediate changes, and that probably most, If
not all the gentlemen filing places of trust in
connection with the operation of the different
roads will be retained in their same or equally
important positions. Gen. Bishop, it is posi-
lively asserted, will be continued as general
manager of the st. Paul & Sioux City division,
and Mr.. G. A. Hamilton will remain as the
local secretary and treasurer of the same COM
panY.
This morning at So'clock the new manage
ment will leave by special train for . tour of
inspection of the st. Paul & Sioux City road
and its branches, returning to st. Paul Satur-
day evening or Sunday.