The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-01
AND STILL ANOTHER.
The Bio Grahde Pacific Bail
way Company.
WHAT DOES THE MOVE MEAN ?
The Articles OF Assoeiation-Lengt 9Th
of the Hoad-rhe Route-Ihs
Incerporators

The articles of association of the Rio
Grande Pacific Railway Company have
been filed with Auditor Clayton. They
provide that the term of its existence
shall he fifty years, and the capital
stock is placed at $1,000 600, divided
into $4,000 shares of the par value of
$l00 each. The actual contemplated
cost of constructing the line of railroad
named, together with the cost of right
of way, motive power, telegraph and
telephone equipment, and other appur-
tenances necessary for the completion
and running of said road. is estimated
to be IS 000,0 900. The government of the
corporation. and the management of
its affairs, shall be vested in a board of
five directors, and John E. Dooley,
David 81. Moffat, Sylvester T. Smith,
Walter s. Cheesman and John F. Vale
have been elected and shall be the
directors for the frst year, and until
their successors are elected and quail
flied.
The company is created for the OBJ
jects and purposes following, tO-wit:
70 locate, build, construct, complete,
equip, manage. operate and maintain
line or lines of railroad as hereinafter
set forth; to construct and operate 8
line or lines of telegraph and telephone
IN connection with said railroad, and
as .appertenent thereto; and to es
tablisn, maintain and conduct an ex-
press business in, along and upon said
lines or line OF railroad, and any other
lines of railroad or lines of stages con-
nec;ed herewith; to purchase, acquire,
own, hold and dispose OF the stock and
bonds of other railroad COM
paiies or construction compan-
les in the said Territory Of
Utah and elsewhere so far as may be
allowed by law; 10 purchase any rail
road or railroad property situated
within the Territory of q ah, etc., -etc.
The line of railroad to be constructed
0y this company shall commence. on
the east boundary line of the Territory
of Utah, at point between the Yampa
Plateau on the north and the south
side of the canyon of the White River
on the south, which shs,l be found
most eligib for connecting with the
railway line of the Denver & Rio
Grande, q corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of
Colorado, and from such point on said
boundary line runnina ia a general
westerly direction by the most pract-
ieable and advantageous route to the
cities of Salt Lake and Ogden.
The countries through which the line
will pass are Uintah, Wasatch, Summit,
Utah, Salt Lake, Davis and Weber, and
the length OF the road is 800 miles.
The principal Office of this company
in the Territory Of Utah shall be kept
at Salt Lake City, Utah. Other offices
may be kept in The city of Denver, New
York City. and elsewhere where the
company may have interests.
The first meeting of the board of
directors STALL be held in the city of
Denver, and thereafter meeting of the
said board of directors may be held in
said city of Denver or elsewhere, either
within or beyond the limits af the Ter
ritory of Utah. as may be provided by
the bylaws of the company.
The names and places of residepce of
the incorporates. and the amount of
stock held by each is given below: