Show THE SANTA FE ELECTION Clauses in the Hoard of Directors The General Ollices to Be Moved West TOIEKA Kaus May 9At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Atchison At-chison Topeka Santa Fe railway here today 021811 shares were represented This was the largest vote ever cast at a meeting of the company there being 110000 shares more than were ever before represented repre-sented A unanimous vote was cast for the following directors Benjamin F Cheney William B Strong A F Spear Boston C K Holliday Topeka T P Purcell Manhattan Kans L S Everin Euiporia George C McGown Thomas Baring New York Oliver AV Peabody George C Crocker Boston Edwin H Abbott Cambridge Cam-bridge Mass William Libby and John McCook New York The last six are new members elected in place of A W Nick erson George O Shattuck J T Barr Warren Sawyer W 1 Wharton and C R Codman of Boston The annual eport was presented and adopted and ordered to be distributed to the stockholders The newly elected board of directors reelected the old officers Subsequently the resignation of C W Smith first vicepresident was presented to take effect June 1 and was adopted the request of Strong Resolutions were passed transferring the presidents office from Boston to Chicago A number of changes in the bylaws were presented and a plan to provide for the change in organization ation The presidents removal to the west to give his entire attention to the management of the property rendered it desirable that the functions of the chairman chair-man of the board should be somewhat enlarged larged upon a basis which has been found systems to work so well in the cases of other large George C Magoun was elected chairman of the board Executive and finance committees com-mittees were elected consisting Magouu Strong Cheney Spear Baring Peabody Abbott Before the adjournment Strong expressed his thanks to the board for this renewed expression of confidence in his management and said his fullest powers would be devoted to producing the best results by way of economies and the en argmcnt of the business of the company in the interest of the stockholders The icrnbers of the board expressed their full confidence in his management and their determination termination to give him their heartiest cooperation operation with the object of securing the largest benefit to the stockholders |