Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-18
ImPoRTANT RumoRs.

The Bostvvick Or New England Party
 obtain . SuDstanttfal Footing In
 Inc KHOusntOnic Roadss NHanage-
 ment-WhaG Was Done At The
 Roads Annual Meeting Yesterday-
 Directors Elected-MOre Surprises
 Locked For.
 Especial to the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
 BRIDGEPORT, Dec. 1.-The annual meet ing of the stockholders of the Housatonic railroad company was held here to-day. The preliminary meeting of the directors was held in executive session in President Bar num's office. There were about one hun dred and twenty shareholders of the road present at the meeting. At the preliminary meeting of the directors it became known. that O. K Averill and John P. Peck, of the old board of directors, were to be left of and to be superseded by New England men. It was also known before the meeting that the name of J. A. Bostwick, president of the New York & New England road, was to be one of the new directors and Francis A. White of New York, New England road director, was to be the other. These two names were printed on the list of directors to be elected, but the name of Henry News will say to morrow morning: 'The printed ticket contained the name of Bost- wick crossed out. The original ticket had been made out enough ahead to be put in type and the change of President Bostwick was an afterthought for which unexplain- able reasons exist. The Messrs. White and Hentz are identified with the Bostwick par ty who captured the New York and New England road the other day. White is di- rector in that road"
 The result of the meeting proves the sub stantial accuracy of recent rumors to the eff ez~k -s.l- an important footing in the Housatonic road They now.h two out of the nine directors and it would not be surprising if important changes and combinations looking to closer relations between the New York and New England and the Housatonic roads should develop in the near future. The directors elected are: William Fl. Barnum, Lime Rock; Horace Nichols, Bridgeport; H. Y. Leavitt, New York; William D. Bishop, Bridgeport; A. B. Mygatt, New Milford; D. w. Plumb and Wm.E. Downes, Birmingham; Francis A. White, New York; Henry Hentz, Brooklyn. The amount of stock voted on was unusually large. President Barnum was interviewed tonight. He said: "A meeting of the directors will be called in 8 few days to elect officers. We had no time this afternoon to select an entire ticket" He declined to be interviewed on the subject of a contemplated change in the management of the road.
  off the election as follows: ''This move is very unusual one. Heretofore it has been the custom for the directors to choose officers right after the stockholders meeting, or in the course of an hour or two, and it has al- ways been so. The inference is that some. thing unusual is on foot. It looks very much as if the admission of the New York and New England interest into the share owner ship and directory of the old Housatonic | would lead to more surprises before many days.''
 Superintendent w. H. Stevenson was in | the city at noon to-day and was asked ! whether he intended to take any part in the I Housatonic meeting. He declined to be in- | terviewed.
 A director of the road said to night in re- gard to the contemplated change in the man agement: ''I think that no doubt there will be | 3 few surprises in store for railroad men be- fore long. I can't say whether or no this re- fers to the Housatonic." The annual report | of the Housatonie road shows gross earnings | s690, ,015, an increase of $44, 156.