The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-09
Goulds no Longer
Control Iron Mt.
and NJ. P.
None of Three Former Direct
ors Reelected to Board
When Ballotting Is Com
pleted Before Noon.

Ht' is""tnt MHiNn " ne passing ui
the Goulds from official connection
with the Missouri Pacific Iron Noun
tain system WAS expected to take place
at the annual meetings of the two
roads here today.
Enough proxies To- control the cleo
tions were In the hands OF otto A..
Kahn, representing Kuhn. Loeb and
company of New YORK and Of a. H..
Hcmphill Of the Guaranty Trust com
pany of New York and just before the
balloting began u was predicted that
none Of the three Goulds- George j..
Kingdom and Frank J. Woud be re-
elected to the directorate uf either
the Missouri Pacific or the Iron
Mountain
George J. Could is now chairman
Of the boards of both roads and Il
was thought that -. +. Bush. now
president OF both roads. would be
elected as chairman Of both boards
today.
The balloting was completed before
noon and the Goulds were eliminated
from the directorate OF the two roads
as had been predicted.
The new directorate of the Missouri
Paolnc are Edward 4. Faust william
II. Lee and r.. J. Pearson of ~ Louis,
B.,d Nicholas r. Brady, Newcomb
Carlton, 4. J. ficmphill. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, and W. u. willnms OF
New York.
The old directors reelected are:
benjamin r. Bush, r.dgar l.. Marston,
Edwin c. Merrill. Finley J. Shepard
and H. Lancaster Williams.
The old directors who are not on
the new board are George 4. Gould.
Edwin Gould. Kinsdon Gould. James
Speyer, r. .. Adams. j. q. Metcalfe.
n. r. Jenery aud ). r. Pryor
The new directors OF the ~. Louis.
Iron Mountain and Southern are:
Nicholas r. Brady, Ncwcomb Carl
ton, A. j. Hemphill. Cornelius Van
derbilt. W. II. Williams and Festus j.
Wade a banker OF 81. Louis.
The directors OF the Iron Mountain
reelected are benjamin +. Bush,
Edgar l.. Marston. Edwin q. Merrill
Finley j. Sheppard. Albert Wiggin
and Aboc G, Simmons of st. Louis and
e. a. Pratt, Of Little Rock. ARK.
The old directors of the Iron Noun
tain who were eliminated in the or
SANITATION OF the new board are.
George J. Gould. James Speyer, r.. T.
Jenery. Jacob .. Metcalfe. Jay
| Gould and = +. Pryor.
% r. Bush of 81 Louis was elected
chairman of the boards Uf directors
OF the Missouri Pacific ana of the 81.
Louis. Iron Mountain ~ southern
. railways. and also chairman ot the
executive committees OF both roads
In these offices he replaces George
j Gould, who was eliminated from
official relationship To the Missouri
Pacinc-lron Mountain system al the
J. annual meeting Of the roads today.
/ Bush was reelected president oi
| the combined system.
The changes made today were CON
! sidercd as definitely marking the
| transfer of control Of the principal
! part at the so.allcd Gould system
! from New YORK Go ST. Louis. TIVE
/ vice presidents. now iu the NeW YORK
office, were eliminated and three vice
presidents IN St Louis IN active man
agomout of the road were reelected
The mon reelected vice presidents
were. T.. j. Pearson, iu charge OF up
Grafton. John a.. Drew, accounts; J
NJ. Johnson train, ana Finley J
shepard in charge of the New Yort
office. Kingdom Gould ani Frank J
Gould were NOT reelected Vice prosi
dents.
H. f.. Uttcr was elected secretary
treasurer and Will have his hcaduuur
tcrs In New Nurk
D.. r. Jrncry, chairman of the boar,
of directors uf the Denver a Ri'
Grande, was NOT rr-rlrctod 10 tn
Iron Mountain directorate
-. u. HuntsWun, one uf the form"
vice presidents. was elected ussistun
secretary treasurer and wds appoint
ed vice president ro look after th
yalidatiou oi stock certificates In IN
New York ofhyy