The Portland daily press., 1885-12-17
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Annual Meeting of tho stockholders.


The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Maine Central Railroad Company was held at the
Office of the company ON Commercial street yes
terday afternoon. The meeting was called to
order by President Sewall. The call for the meet
ing was read by the clerk, Hon. ]. H. Drummond.
1t was voted to dispense with the reading of the
annual report and the report was accepted.
1t was voted that the number of directors for
the coming year be thirteen.
1t was voted to proceed to the election of
officers, and Hon. Orville D. Baker of Augusta,
F. H. Patten of Bath, and Hon. j. H. Drummond
were appointed a committee to receive and count
the votes.
The committee reported that the following board
of directors had been elected:
Arthur Sewall, Bath.
George G. Lord, Newton, Mass.
Darius Alden, Augusta.
Frank Jones, Portsmouth, n. H. --4
Samuel G. Lawrence, Medford, Mass.
Amos Paul. South Newmarket, N. II.
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, Boston, Mass.
VIM. G. Davis, Portland.
Horatio N Jose, Portland.
Joseph S. Kicker, Deering.
John Ware, Waterville.
Thomas w. Hyde, Bath.
Francis w. Hill, Exeter
The whole number of votes thrown was 49, 1913.
Each one of the above directors received that
number except Horatio N Jose and Thomas w.
Hyde, who each received 26,s56 votes. s. N.
Chandler and D. E. Marston each received 272
votes.
There are two new directors in the board elect
ed yesterday. Nathaniel j. Bradlee fills the
vacancy left by the death of Hon. Abner Coburn,
and Francis w. Hill takes the place of W. B.
Bacon.
The following resolutions were adopted:
RESOLVED, That in the death of Hon. Abner
Coburn this board and the Maine Central Rail-
road Company have met with loss such as rarely
happens to men associated together in business
relations. Connected with the Somerset q Ken
nebec railroad from its Incorporation more than
thirty years ago, he was the main pillar of that
enterprise; and from that time forward until his
death he was among the foremost in developing
the resources of the State by the building up and
extension of our railroad system. In his thirty
years service as director and the three years
vice as president of the company, he exercised
that wonderful Sagacity which led to embarking
in enterprises of real merit, and avoiding any
which have come to disastrous or unfortunate re-
suits. In the dark days through which the COM
pany has passed he has never lost his confidence
in its ultimate success, and to tnat end ne mas
given his able services his sound judgment, and
even the pledge of his private fortune in crisis
in which nothing else saved it from most serious
embarrassment. In the judgment of this board
the success which the company has attained Is
largely due to Governor Coburn, and they desire
to put on record this expression of their appre-
citation of the obligation this company is under to
him.
RESOLVED, That, while this company has lost one
of its Oldest ableSt and most devoted friends the
members of the board have lost an associate
whom they had learned to regard In the highest
degree for his sound Judgment, his courteous
has lost a most Valued CITIZEN and fhe community
public spirited and large hearted man.
At subsequent meeting of the directors Arthur
Sewall was reelected president; Payson Tucker,
vice president and general manager, and Hon.
]. II. Drummond, clerk. The rest of the officers
remain the same as last year.