Show NEWHOUSE WAS fd MADE A DE DIRECTOR salt laker Is chosen on board of the mines company of maine augusta maine april I 1 the first annual meeting ot of the stockholders of tho the mines company was held hero here today the chief business transacted was the election reelection re of the old board of directors and the enlargement of the directorate from nine to eleven members the new members of the board ot of directors aro are samuel newhouse of salt 1 lako ako tko and lyman B kendall of new york the stockholders attending represented shares controlled by charles H boynton and AV C orr both ot of new york supported by proposition to increase the number of directors charlos charles hope caldwell of new york representing C F jonasson of new now york who controls shares said to represent the holdings I 1 of about 1000 persons made an unsuccessful attempt to get several votes put through jonasson and george F 16 morton forton of toronto conducted a campaign previous oua meeting to secure proxies to be used in a voting for certain reforms which they de dared were in management of the company they claimed that secretary W T greene of new york refused to allow them to see the minutes of 0 the meetings of the board of directors and ot of the executive committee mr Cald caldwell nell asked that the stockholders present vote to give him permission to see these minutes he said the small stockholders ought to know how bow the business had bad been conducted the motion was defeated the bylaws by laws were amended so as to provide for not less than three nor more than fifteen directors and it was voted that tor for the ensuring year the number bo be flyod at eleven previous to this vote a motion that the number tor for the coming year be fixed at 15 was lost the meeting then adjourned until april 22 when the stockholders will vote on the propos proposition idon to retire of capital stock which has never been issued |