Show Western Union Stockholders Meeting New York 12At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Western Union Telegraph Company today the following directors were elected for the ensuing year Nor vin Green Thos F Eckart Edwin D Morgan John Van Home Augustus Au-gustus Schell Harrison Durkee Jay Gould Russell Sage Alonzo B Cornell Sidney Dillon Edward S Sanford James H Banker Moses Taylor Robert Lenox Kennedy Hugh J Jewett J Pierrepont Morgan Mor-gan Frederick L Ames Edwin D Worcester and Wm D Bishop These were all reelected The new members elected are C Hunting ton Geo B Roberts S G Simmons Samuel Sloan Erastus Wiman Amassa StoRe George J Gould Chancey M Depew and James W Clendenny Over 60000000 of stock voted The following officers of the company were reelected by the board of directors President Norvin Green vicepresidents Eckert Van Horne Schell and Dnr keeThe The annual report for the year ending June 30th last shows the receipts to be 14060806 After providing for dividends etc a surplus sur-plus of 8127JoO remained President Presi-dent Green closes his report as follows The gross earnings of the company for the ensuing year cannot can-not be less than 815000000 and the net profits can scarcely fall below 6500000 The earnings are now and have been for the first quarter just closed at a rate considerably above the figures named Thos T Eckert has retired as general manager |