The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-15
BOSTON AND MAINE HAS REYOLUT TION
Nine New Directors Added, In cluding Four Connecticut Men--Four Members
 Dropped.
$12,ooo,ooo BOND ISSUE
To Pay for Floating Indebtedness and royements--SamMel Hem lngway, of This City.
 on Board.

Lawrence, Mass, Oct l4--Nine new men, majority of the board. will have seats at the directors table Of tha Boston and Maine railroad as the result of the annual meeting of the stockholders in this city to-day, or these newcomers four were placed on ihe board at the request of John J.. Bil'ard of Meriden. Conn, who Ie- cently acquired nearly 10000 shares of Boston and Maine stock from the New Yu'k New Haven and Hartford railroad fnd th other five were nom mated ty tho old executive commit tee of the board after consultati 1n with MT. Billiard,
 Retained from present board---Luc, [, luS Tuttie, president, BrooklIne: sam uel C. Lawrence, Medford; Ri.re,d Olney, Boston: Alvah W. Sullowsy, Franklin, x. H.; Joseph H. White, trookline; William Whiting Holyo6e; and Amos Williams. Brookline.
 New members-John Rillard Me"- .dcn, Ccnn,, retired business ma, Samuel Hemingway president of the Second National Bank of New Haven, Conn; Charles r, Linsley secretary of the Bradley X Hubbard Manufactur- Ing company of Meriden, Conn; Frank T, Brown, attorney. Norwich, Conn, Frederick C, Dumaue. Con cord, Mass. treasurer of the Amos keag Mills, Manchester. \. IT,; Edwin r, Greene. Wnyland, Mass, treasurer of the pac'nc Mills, Lawrence, Mass; ] M Prendergast of Boston, director n' the Boston elevated railway; Fred F. Richards, Portland, Me, president of the Union Mutual Life Insurance company of Portland, and Edward '. Kicker, South Poland, Me, director of the Maine Central railroad,
 The following members of the old board were dropped. Walter Hume well of Wellesley. Mass; Henry F. Dlmock. New York; Alexander Coch- rane, Boston. and Thomas ?. Bcal Boston. samuel N, Aldrich Of Marl- boro. a member of the old board died during the past year.
 Whether the new blood has been inetelled into the board in order to bring about q technical merger of the Boston and Maine with the New Haven, after two years abortiye work in that direction in the Massachusetts legislature was not disclosed to-day New Haven officials in this city ex- pressed great interest in the outcome of the meeting but declared that go far as they were aware, cverythine was in tho hands of Mir. Billiard
 That gentleman attended the meet ing in company with President Tuttle and was very willing to discuss the personality of the men for whom he had secured places on the board, but as to whom they represented he would only say that as holder of 2 large block of the stock he thought that it was only right that his interests should bc considered. President TtN file in commenting on the changes said that the board was made up entirely bI puNlneSN IOFHt iiH HNhF'
 And not one of thom is identified with either the New Haven road or l. F. Morgan,
 The former hoard was made up of twelve men, and, until the acquis- ition of tho 10000 shares by the New Haven railroad. had as members several New York financicrs, To-day the board was increased to sixteen members All apparent connections with New York interests were severed by dropping Henry r pimock of that city
 The directors Nill oIsarize somr time next week and it is the genera belief that President Tuttle will be re. elected In the meeting to-day there was but a single isrrlng word to dis. turh lts tranquility, and that came from a woman. As the sixty stock. holders present were about to ca their ballots for directors Mrs, Annie K. Brown of Boston, offered q motion that In future the list of directors lc be hsllotod for he made public to the stockholders q week or more DNfOrf tho meeting. Mrs Browns motlor was ruled out of arder by FresIder' Tuttle, The list is usually made ur by the executive committee If tho out going board, but not made public uu | tl the voting f, about 10 begin.
 In addition to choosing directors l stockholders authorized tho issuance 1 of s12,OOo,Ooo bonds to take up float 1 ing indebtedness. and authorized tho directors to sell the Boston and Lowel l Terminals here to the city of Law 1 renee,
 Ot the 3o2,a16 shares of stock out standing, 'os,in5 shares voted for di 1 rectors,