The Portland daily press., 1882-12-14
ANNUAL RAILROAD MEETINGS.
Eastern Raiiroad.


The annual meeting of the stockholders and
holders of certificates of Indebtedness of the
Eastern Railroad was held yesterday forenoon
at Boston, Willard p Phillips, Esq, presid-
| ing over the certificate holders and President
Phillips occupying the chair in the meeting of
| the stockholders.
In the meeting of the first named the law
regulating the right to vote was read and after
an announcement that George P. King was
| not candidate for director, the polls were de-
olared open until noon for the election of six
directors on the part of the certificate holders,
The stockholders then voted to adjourn until
l p M, that they might learn the result of the
first election and choose three directors other
than those selected by the certificate holders.
Previous to adjournment the annual report
of the directors, an abstract of which has been
published, was submitted in print and accepted
without reading.
The certificate holders ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Whole number of votes, 5,37S. r CHI
ard Olney of Boston, Jacob G.. Rogers of Pea
body, George q. Morrison of New York, and
George e. B. jackson of Portland, each re-
ceived that number. Jonas A French of
Gloucester, had 1854 votes and Samuel G.
Lawrence of Medford 4403 and were declared
elected
The new members are Messrs jackson,
French and Lawrence. (The latter was last
year stockholders directory They succeed
Messrs. George P. King, Alfred P Rockwell
and Elijah B. Phillips. The meeting of certi-
icate holders then adjourned.
The adjour ned meeting of the stockholders
was reasse mbed at o'clock, and balloting
was imm ediately begun for the three Direc-
tors, it being voted to close the polls in twenty
minutes. The following gentlemen were
chosen; Chas. Houghton, Boston; John Cum
mings, Woburn, Arthur Sewall, Bath. The
new director on the part of the stockholders is
Mr. Sewall. The three above directors are all,
like the directors chosen by the certificate hold
ers, in favor Of union with the Boston and
Maine
Mr.. w. e. L. Dallaway on behalf of many
large stockholders moved that there be placed
upon the records OF the company some testi-
monial of regret of the stockholders at the
termination of the services of President E. B.
Phillips, and their appreciation of the honesty,
fidelity and consummate ability with which
the. affairs of the Eastern Railroad have been
administered by him. The motion was receiv-
ed with applause and unanimously carried and
the secretary was directed to make the proper
entry accordingly.
Mr.. Phillips thanked the meeting in few
well chosen words, saying that he bad simply
tried to do his duty. The meeting was then
dissolved.
AT ia subsequent meeting the new board of
directors elected George E. B. jackson of Port
land, President.
Boston and Maine.
The annual meeting of the Boston and
Maine railroad was held in Lawrence yester-
day, George G. Lord of Newton, presiding.
The records of the last meeting were read,
after which the following were elected direc-
tors
Nathaniel G. White, Lawrence; George G.
Lord Newton; Amos Paul South New Market
N. H., Na.hanlel j. Bradley, Boston; Walter
Haverhill; John f. Osgood, Boston; Samuel
E. Spring, Portland; Nathaniel e. Farwell,
Lewiston, Maine
During the counting of votes for directors
the stockholders asked if there was any other
business to come before the meeting and were |
by ths president that SO far as he |
knew there was not 1t was announced that a |
meeting of directors would be held in the Bos-
ton office of corporation in the afternoon, for
the purpose of organization, after which the |
meeting adjourned.