Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-15
the UNION PACIFIC.
Consolidation Of Ite Kansas ana
Colorado Lines.
Hew Line Projected to the Coal Fields OF co'o'ooo
-The Principal Offices of the Consolidated
Company to be at Topeka and DenUer
-Raiiway Matters.

-Ihe PH0cfo0 OVceS " t"S Sv"e~"s
Company to be at Topeka and Denver
-Raiiway Matters.
Articles of union and consolidation
between the Union Pacific, Lincoln 4
Colorado railway company in Kansas
and the Union Pacific, Lincoln & Col
orado railway company in Colorado
forming the Union Pacific, Lincoln &
Colorado railway company, have beer
fled in the office of secretary of state
The first named company owns ano
operates railroad from Salina to
Waldo, line from Oakley to Colby
and line from Lincoln to the ives,
line of the state, together with various
other lines and branches, now in
course Of being and yet to be con-
structed and completed, all in the
state of Kansas, with an authorized
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The second company was organized
under the laws of Colorado to build
and operate line of railroad from a
point on the eastern boundary line of
the state of Colorado. where the line
of the Union Pacific, Lincoln & Colo
RADIO railway company in Kansas in
tersects said boundary line, in Ebert
or Arapahoe county, running thence
in a westerly direction to Denver, to-
gether with a branch from the most
suitable point thereon to ManiUou, in
Ell Paso county. Also branch from,
the east line of the state of Colorado,
in Bent county, thence southwesterly
through Bent, Pueblo and Fremont
counties, to CaLon City, in Fremont
county, together with spurs to the
several coal mines and stone quarries
in Fremont county, with a branch
from the most suitable point on last
described line; thence sOuthwesterly
through Bent and Las Animas coun-
ties to the south line of the state of
Colorado, together with spurs to the
several coal mines and stone quarries
in Las Animas county, all being in the
state of Colorado, which lines of rail-
way are now in course of construction
or yet to be constructed. The capital
stock of this corporation is $780,
600.
By the terms of the agreement of
union and consolidation it is agreed
that the capital stock shall be S27,-
100000, being the total aggregate
amount of the capital stock of the
constituent companies, which shall be
divided into shares of 800 each. and
SO much of the same shall be issued
in lieu of the stock of said constitu-
ent companies, on the surrender for
that purpose BY the respective holders
thereof, as may be necessary and re-
quisite to retire the stock of the said
constituent companies, share for
share.
1t is further agreed that the new
corporation shall, without further de-
lay issue certificates of stock in such
form as may by the board of directors
be deemed advisable.
The first directors of the new COM
pany are: C. f. Adams, f. l.. Ames.
+. G. Dexter, f. Atkins, and NJ. D.
Spaulding, of Boston; J. S. Cameron.
of Omaha; and A. L. Williams, of
Topeka.
The first officers are: C. F. Adams,
president; Z. l.. Ames, vice president;
James G. Harris, treasurer: Alexan-
der Miller, secretary.
The principal offices of the compa-
ny will be at Topeka and Denver.
with branch office in Boston, and
until otherwise ordered, the annual
meeting of the stockholders will be
held in Topeka on the first Tuesday
in August of each year, between the
hours of 10 a. m. and p. m.
The agreement is signed on the part
of the respective parties by the prop
er officers to-wit: A. L. Williams
president, and H. P. Dillon, secretary
of the Kansas company, and j. K
Choate. president, and Scott BRYAN
secretary, of the Colorado company.
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