Show the factory stockholders meeting the annual meeting of the stockholders of the provo manufacturing company was held in the basement of the meetinghouse meeting house in this city on monday president A 0 smoot occupied the clifair the secretary read the statement of tho condition of the business for the fiscal year ending february 20 1888 showing in the aggregate total assets and bi abilities capital stock paid in reserve accounts balance the net earnings of the year amounted to of this there had been placed to the reserve fund 30 paid in dividends in feb and balance in hand now ordered to be paid in dividends of 2 per share the president referred to proposition that had been made namely to rive salt lake stockholders who held a large portion of the stock a representation of four member on the board and if the rest of the stockholders desired des ired a larger representation alian the two remaining nine bembera mem bera measures could bo taken to amend the articles so that the total I 1 number of members of the board could he increased to either nine or eleven this proposition was apparently acceptable cep table to the stockholders pre ent and the election of directors was prodded with which resulted as follows 0 smoot avron tanner H J it W B preston W H rowe C amton john C cutler alie total number of shares represented at the meeting was |