The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
To GUST COULDS?
Battle on For Control of
Missouri Pacific.
STANDARD OIL Is IN FIGHT.
Attorney Representing Kuhn & Loeb,
New York Brokers, Demands Ad-
dresses of StockhoIders-AnnuaI
Meeting Next Month.

st. Louis, Feb. ia financial bat
tie to gain control of the Missouri Pa
cific railroad began in st. Louis, it is
reported. when a New York lawyer
representing the Kuhn G. Loeb-Stand-
ard OIL interests made a demand for
the railroad stock books, that the
names and addresses OF the stockhold-
ers might be obtained. The New York
lawyers, accompanied by Attorneys f.
=. Judson and Judge II. s. Priest of ST.
Louis, went to the Office of Martin
Oardy, general solicitor for the Mis-
souri, Pacific, and asked that the stock
books be surrendered
The prime object for this movement,
it was reported, was to get the stock
holders proxies for use In the election
of March II, at which the allied finan-
ciai interests hope to wrest control of
the system from the GOulds. Clardy
was not in his Office, but his assistants
spoke for him. After the three attor-
neys had departed Assistant Solicitor
Merriam hastily sent telegram tell
ing of the demand that had been made
on his office.
Kuhn, Loeb e. Co., who have made
big loans on Missouri Pacific and have
held large blocks of its stocks, are said
TO be dissatisfied with the management
of the road and to be displeased by
the company's failure to resume the 3
per cent dividend on common stock
which was suspended in 1907.
The first demand for the records
was made Monday. and at that time a
stock ledger was turned over to the
lawyer, but they found on inspecting
it that it did not contain the addresses
Of stockholders. They therefore re-
turned with demand for other rec
Ords from which they could get the
addresses. Merriam declined to dis
cuss the purpose of the visit.
The Missouri Pacific proper controls
3.SS3 miles of road. with principal ter
mini at St Louis and Denver. It also
controls the st. Louis Iron Mountain
and Southern and its subsidiaries and
leased lines. 3,2SS miles running south
west and south to El Paso, Galveston
and New Orleans. 1t owns 40 per
cent of the stock of the Denver and
Rio Grande, which not only controls
2.59S miles of road. but owns all the
capital stock of the Western Pacific.
with 927 miles more The total of
10,696 miles of road, even though some
Of It is poorly equipped, makes a pret-
ty stake to fight for entirely apart from
the advantage derivable from alliance
lines.
Mr.. Gould would say nothing about
the reports of contest at the stock
holders meeting.
New York, Feb. 15.-Of the outstand-
ing $S3.OOO,OOO stock of the Missouri
Pacific Railway company approx
mately $20,O00,OOO, or about % per
cent, is owned by members of the
Gould family and their close adherents
and controlled by George ]. Gould
oldest son of Jay Gould, who has been
president of the company since his
fathers death. John ID. Rockefeller
a heavy holder of Missouri Pacific Sc,
curites from Jay Goulds time, is said
to control a block of the stock as large
ms that of the Goulds. The important
international banking house Of Kuhn
Loeb & Co. controls a large block both
through direct ownership and through
the syndicate which took over the
holdings of the fantastical Pearson
Farquhar syndicate last July.