Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-20
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad id
Stockholders Hold a Meeting.
THE RYAN INTEREsp
Each Party 10 tho controversy os4v
stock Gives on. s,ntoment OF,
what Occurred ia tho Stealing
who Wore Present ana what.
they Eepresentod-Anoi Moes.
ing TO DO Held Ncxt Month.

tPortsmouth Bureau. Virginlan-PlIot.) 81
The stockholders of the Seaboard ana
Roanoke RAILROAD Company held an adj
journed meeting in the directors room
at Ssaboard Air Line headquarters. in
Portsmouth. with the following PERSONS
present: Judge l.. r. Watts, general
counsel Seaboard Air Line; Judge q. j.
D. Cross. counsel seabcard Air Line on
consolidation (also counsei-in-chfef OF
Baltimore and Ohio railway: Mr.. r. c..
Hoffman, of Baltimore, director sea-
board Air Line; Mr. w. w. Chamber
laine' secretary OF the meeting; Mr.. e.
ST. John. vice president and general
manager seaboard Air Line; Mr.. Good.
rich ilotton of Portsmouth: Mr.. Alex.
p. Warner, of Portsmouth; Mr.. e. RAN
dolph Williams, OF Richmond. Mr..
Charles z. Johnston, OF Charlottc. N.
g, and Mr.. w. Eason Williams, Of
Baltimore.
The above may be safely termed the
constellation party, and Of the RYAN
larty there were AIr. d. Lawrence
J.. Marbury, Baltimore counsel: Mr. w
r.. Page. Jr. OF New York, counsel.
AIR AnGert. of New York: Hon. teniuaI
Ely QuigS, OF New York, and Mr. + W
McGlOau. ~
me meeting vas called at l2 o'clock
ana there were just three moves In v
sisht' which, with q Unanimous con-
snt, could nave been passed lii from
.nree TO five minutes, but it didn't 20
that way $500 ~ a.
these three moves were rs follows.
Isl. To endorse the communicates, ne
president Williams lii regard to the ~
psnoiture Of money. disposing of stock
uh9 securities, etc. for betterments
ana needs OF the company. voted by the
MI t''i'i,tee az It's last meeting, and by
him carried out
"a. 10 uphold the president IN bis
carrying out the work planned thro,Irb
the: powers delegated by the vote NJ Ihn
comm tee at their former meeting ind
so. 10 favor any action that looked to
the better physical, official and b1si-
l'ess union or the various railroads
board Air Lirc-that is. the Seabnara
y Line, Georgia and Alabama ana
Tiorlda Central and Peninsulor rnii
tvaus. rive minutes could have coyere1
the whole transaction, but 1t didn't.
instead II was fully 1870 u. IN. when
sue uoor opened and the meeting was
over, and study OF the yarioiis con-,
- Z
lhe story One set was smiling and
eiated, flushed with victory. and thn
others-well, II was evident thar tba,.
had been defeated. There was stuS,
porn determination shown to hang to
Ihe inst ditch and every evidence
sven man the hsht VIII not be given
mains.
!, Ihe Hoffman Willianas-St. John fac
non, representing, as they did III YES.
terday's meeting. 2,I4S votes out or thc
a,iso present in person and by proxy.
seem con''dent that the Ryan faction
can never rally with any chance OF
success, as 1t was expressed bV ons.
or two of them, the resolution To con-
solidatc having been passed by a 5lsrea
majority OF the stockholders. All thar
remains to make the resolution effec.
i've is mere detail. and as the con-
soildation IS to be under the Raleigh
stead of under that of the Seaboard
and Roanoke Railroad, as forinerlv
MIR. Ryan will have but 81 shares in
the parent company instead Of, as now
2.70O. ~ y >
1: The meeting was q private one, and
the press was not admitted, but some
fey things have leaked out, and both
sides have issued statements.
Said one OF the Baltlmoreans pres-
ent: 1T was the same old cry Of the
Ryan faction, the card they have tried
to play from the beginning OF the
game. They wished to force a bro
ducng OF the books. that they Hight
find out the owners of the various
stocks and as before, so again, they
failed"
MIR. Hoffman. though OILY a director
of the company, was proxy for. 5000
shares, representing numerous .stock-
holders, and Mr.. Groner. Is said to have
alleged that he was representing the ,