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Show GOULD RETIRES FROM .PRESIDENCY -M J NEW YORK, Feb. 1,5. Press- ed by Uio RockofellerandKuhn- 4- Loeb interest George J. Gould Is shortly tq relinquish tho presidency ofj the Missouri Pa- 4- 4- cific Rallwayj company, a posi- tion In whicji hia father, Jay Gould, placej him IS years 4- ago. Ho wllj be succeeded by 4- a railroad mn, not yet public- -- -f- ly named, who, to quote one of -t- f the new interests, will "eat, 4- drink and shop on the job." 4- 4-44-44-4-4-444-4-4-4-4-4-4--V Mr. Gould hlnself announced his fdrthcomlng retirement which will take place just Ins soon as his successor suc-cessor Is choFenj Marks Passing jf Gould's Influence. The fact that Mr Gould will become be-come chairman cf the boaid does not alter the opinion generally held In fl nancial circles (hat today's developments develop-ments mark tho msBing of the Gould influence, not o l1- :n Missouri Pa-clfic, Pa-clfic, but in other railroads with which the name of Oojjd has for so many years been identified Rumors foreshadowing tho change have been curren for weeks and more recent developments Indicated that a spirited contest vhs to be waged for control of tho stick. Several conferences confer-ences were held today and at their conclusion at a t me too late to have any effect on t day's market, the Gould statement as Issued. It tells not onlf of Georgo Gould's forthcoming resignation as president, but of the slmult neous retirement of. tho other mombe s or the Gould family. fam-ily. This puts an end to all probability of a contest. The New'Directorate. Messrs Warhu g, Marston and Adams Ad-ams will take the places on the directorate direc-torate now held by Howard Gould, S. C. Clarke and S. F. Pryor, the latter two of St. Lou I s.j Much Interest cemcis about the selection se-lection of Mr. Gould's successor and remarks current ,n Wall street this afternoon montloteu aoveral railroad men connected with some of the lead-Ing lead-Ing southwestern iystems He will have p'actlcally unlimited powers and will be given every chance to build the MlBbourl Pacific up to the highest standard of efficiency. What i3 no less IruporWnt, his successor suc-cessor will be at St. Louis, the logical and strategic hae of the system. International importance. Kuhn, Loeb anal company and Blair and company hata previously had financial fi-nancial relations with the Gould roads, as has oso tho Deutsche Bank of Berlin, Ber-lin, Germany, btit never before have these Interests been represented on the board of any. Gould property. The selection of Mr. Warburg was doubtless doubt-less doomed advjstble hocauso of the i i '' - l'- " '" -' prominence of other Kuhn. Loeb, partnersOtto part-nersOtto H. Kuhn end Mortimer L Schlff In the affairs of tho Harriman lines. The selection of a representative representa-tive of the Deutsche bank gives the announcement a tinge of International importance. Missouri Pacific was the feature of today's stock market and Its feverish course at nines unsettled tho general list II advancod to C3 In the first hour, but before the end of the day lost all but a small fraction frac-tion of Its early gain. Trading In the stock aggregated about 70,000 shares, or one-fifth of the day's total operations. opera-tions. Seldom Visited Property. Tho Missouri Pacific system takes in 10.C9C miles, Including 3.SS3 miles' of the Missouri Pacific proper, 3.2S8 miles of the SL Louis, iron Mountain & Southern and Its leased lines, the Denver & Rio Grande, with 2.59S miles of owned or controlled lines, and the Western Pacific, with 927 miles. Though Georgo J, Gould has boen president IS years he seldom visited the property. oo |