Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-19
NINETEEN DIRECTORS

Elected at the Consolidated Railroad Meeting-Judge Hall Gets the Most Votes and speaks-The Expansion Made Necessary by the Absorption of the 0ld Colony - One short for Massachuse setts.
 The twenty-thir annual meeting of the stockholders of the Consolidated road was held at the company's stockh olders' room in the depot in this city yesterday. Presi- dent Clark presided.
 Previous to the meeting being called to order many of the stockholders visited the company's magnificent new offices, which are nearly completed. President Clark opened the meeting by saying that when the negotiations for the lease of the | Old Colony railroad were in progress it had been agreed that four names should be added to the board of directors of this road, and that these four were to represent the Old Colony interest. He stated, also, that the number which had constituted the board for many years had been thirteen, seven of whom, according to the charter provisions, were residents of Connecticut. The charter provided that more than half small live In this state.
 The names that were to be proposed were Charles F. Choste of Boston, Freder- ick L Ames of Boston, Nathaniel Thsyer of Boston and Royal o. Taft of Rhode Isl and, but because of Mir. Ames' death but three would be presented from out of the state. President Clark then said that in | order to maintain majority of the direc- tors in this state, three more would have to be added and that their names were Charles F. Brooker, ex-Copgressman Carlos French and Professor George J. ! Brush of Yale. Besides these the name of ex Judge John M. Hall of Willimantic, the l company's new first vice president, was also added to the list of directors. THE NAMES OF THE BOARD of directors as submitted for election are ss follows: E H. Trowbridge, New Haven William D. Bishop, Bridgeport; Nathaniel Wheeler, Bridgeport, Henry O. Robinson, Hartford; Charles P. Clark, New Haven Joseph Park and Chauncey N. Dspsw New York; Henry s. Lee, ,springfsld; Wn Rockefeller, NewYork; Leverett Brainard Hartford; J. Pierpont Morgan and George McCulloch Miller. New York; John NJ Hall, Willimantic; Charles F. Choate, Bos ton; Nathaniel Thayer, Boston; Royal O. Taft, Rhode Island; Charles F. Brooker Torrington; Carlos French, Seymour George J. Brush, New Haven.
 When 1t had been voted to proceed to ballot Stockholder Henry l.. Good win, who had bsen vainly trying to attract attention arose and protested at the order of busi ness being reversed, as 1t was customsr, to vote on the acceptance of the annual re port first. No one would move to recon sider, and MT. Goodwin was obliged to si down.
 While the vote was being taken Mr
 Goodwin stated that he was very glad t note a very great improvement in tn
 makeup of the report, more details bein : given instead of Jumping items together , and that in the presidents last report b had stated that hereafter they would smok
 the pipe of psaee at these meetings. l
 thst meant that & stockholder could hay i, the right to inquire about the affairs of tn road without being ridiculed he was yer 2 glad of 1t. He then wanted committe , to investigate the item of $257, ,000 for legs expenses, declaring that he wanted to kno,
 what became of the money. He said: "W
 have
 A RIG SCANDAL
 8 in Hartford over the bridge matter, whic 6 the papers are all talking about, but tbs t ia only a matter of s25, ,OOe or $50, 900 an T is not anything to be compared with th affair"
 Alderman A. Msxcy Hiller of New H, u ven asked if the accounts of the road al