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Show UNION PACIFIC INCP.EASB3 ITS CAPITAL STOCK. 100,000,000 Mow llouils Will ho Isaoed to Take llu 8. I-, Horurlllot. A special meeting of the stockholder! of tbe Union Pacific Ilallroad company wat held In Halt Lake Saturday, at which the common capital atock waa Increated by the sum of 1100,000,000 and the company wa authorized to Ittue 1100,000,000 of new 4 per cent bond The additional atock makes the Union Pacific total capitalization 1280,178,700, which I aald to be the largest In the world of any one tingle corporation Preaentat the meeting were Preildent Iltirt, who presided, Secretary Millar, Oen.ral Solicitor W. IL Kelly, Attorney Lawrence (Ireer of New York and other. The protlea were voted by Meisra. Millar. Kelly and Oreer. Out of a total ol 1,031,501 shares outatand-Ing, outatand-Ing, 1,CJ3,3M were voted, the result being an affirmative vote on the action relating to tbe Increase In atock and the Issue of bonds. The action was taken In foltowlngup the Immense purchase of IMward II. Ilarrlman and asaoclatta of the Hpeyer-Huntington Hpeyer-Huntington Interest In tho Houthern Pacific The atock la to be laaued for Southern Pucltlo atock and the bonds exchanged for Southern 1'acltlo bonds, but the company ha five year, or until May I, 1U0A, to complete the exchange ex-change of bonds. In the meantime inoro Southern Pacific securities on be secured ao that the Southern will be wholly engulfed by the great Ilarrlman yndlcato. |