The Portland daily press., 1891-12-17

felt that this was not a good showing and
that If the present course was kept up Il 9
road would be bankrupted. He had asked
the addition of three gentlemen named by
him because he believed that the three gen.
tlemen appointed at the annual meeting Of
the Boston g. Maine, Messrs. Whitney,
Blake and Jordan, were distant from the
with other affairs. In calling for stock
vote on bis amendment, Mr.. Hamlin want
ed to call attention to the anomalous posi-
tioa Of the Boston 81 Maine directors in
this matter. A vote had been passed at
the annual meeting of that road indicating
connection with the leases, the Maverick
Bank business, etc. Now, il those Boston
& Maine directors come down here, and
by power of the Maine Central stock which
that foreign corporation holds, say that
we shall not have an investigation into the
affairs of the Maine Central, they are fly
ing ia the face of the interests of the Maine
stockholders.
Hon. Orvile D. Baker repli ed. he said
he could not see why 1t should be assumed
that an investigation was not to be bad
when the motion already put by him (Mr.
Baker, had been especially directed to the
procuring of an investigation. The stock
holders named in that motion as the COM
mitlee were not unknown in the state, and
they represented over thousand shares of
the company. None of them were on the
directorate. The names Of Messrs. MILL
ken, Wilson and Hill were sufficient guar.
antee of any judgment that they might ar
rive at. Mr.. Aamlin's motion called for
the addition of three ether men, good men.
1t was true, but representing very little
stock, only one share between them.
Mr. Hamlin replied that he and his
friends simply asked that some gentlemen
whom they named should be put on the
committee.
Mr.. Drummond said he hoped that the
Hamlin motion would not prevail. He
had been connected with the Maine Gen.
trail road for 80 years. and although for
eign corporation holds q majority OF the
stock, that corporation has always cOnced-
ed to the Maine directors in the manage
ment of the road. Under the present ad-
ministration the Maine Central had -four
ished greatly, and had become of great
benefit 20 the people of Maine. Mr. Drum
mond did not like the idea Of parties hos
tile TO that management coming in here
and stirring up trouble against the inter-
ests of the road and the interests Of Maine.
Mir. Hamlin said he had no charges to
make against the gentlemen managing the
Maine Central; but it was fact that
there WAS feeling In certain quarters that
the Knox Il Lincoln lease should be inves-
tigated, ana it seemed that a representa-
ton On the committee should not be denied
TO parties coming in good faith to ask it.
Mr.. Baker said he wanted 1t understood
that in his resolution he had put first on
the committee the three gentlemen selected
by MI Hamiin at the Boston 81 Maine
nesting,
The debate being finished, President
Sewall appointed as tellers Messrs. j. FL.
Drummond, r. E. Goodwin and John ID.
Elliott.
While the vote was being counted Presi-
dent Sewall SAID he would state In reply to
Mr.. Hamln's figures as to the state OF the
roads finances that the increases in
charges were due to the natural growth of
the road In three years about three hum
died miles OF new road had been added and
Of course this addition would be accom-
panied by increased rentals, etc. He also
stated that it was the desire of the
management TO have every thing investi-
gated. and he wished and expected that
the committee would go through il thor
oughly. The vote was then announced:
Shares.