The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1889-03-02

p0rtant document. II was tile articles
OF Incorporation Of the Denver and Salt
Lake Short Line Railroad company. Ths
incorporates are William A. ii. Love
land. Humphrey u. Chamberlain, Ed.
ward l.. Berthoud, Frank W. LoveiaDd
and John T.. Bfockway OF Arapahoe
county. Colorado; Henry Steers. Orson
Adams. T.. T.. Gedney. Maurice Is.
Flynn. Theodore Moss. Thornton n.
Motley and William II. Browne u New
York city. and Jacob LeFever OF New
faltx, Ulster county, New York.
The objects for which the body cor
porate shall be created are to build, OPP
crate, own aud maintain IL railroad,
with single or double track, over the
route described, and To secure the rights
OF way and privileges necessary; also u
line Of telegraph over the same route
Ks t!ace eqpp a Nh wv W *tASf NJ
tended TO construct the proposed rail
road and telegraph lines Of said COM
pany are from Denver in "a westerly di'
rection through the counties Of Arapa'
hoe. Jefferson. Boulder, Gilpln. Clear
Creek. Summit. Grand, Eagle. Ron,t,
Garfield, Pi,kin and Mesa IN said State
OF Colorado. la u point on the State line
between the State Of Colorado and the
Territory Of Utah. at or near the point
where White river crosses said line !;
thence In westerly direction through
the counties Of tiniah. Wasatch, Utah
and Salt Lake. to the city OF Salt Lake
In Utah; and with such branches In the
into the several counties above men.
toned Us may ic hereafter located. The
time OF tho commencement; Of this cor.
poration shall bc III. date Of the Ming
o! the papers with ihr Secretary Of the
State OF Colorado. and the period Of IN.
continuance. OF this said corporation
shall 10 iif,y years.
The officers and persons In whom the
government of this corporation and the
management Of It's Affairs shall bc
vested shall be a president. one or more
vicc presidents. n secretary. treasurer
and general manager oi said company
and u. board Of directors. a board OF
directors consisting OF nine persons,
who shall manage III. affairs Of ihr
company for the inst year. aru: Henry
Steers. T.. l.. Gedn-y. Orson Adams,
Maurice u. Flynn. William a. II. Lave.
land. Humphrey u. Chamberlain. Frank
~ 4 Gl.sa.,.t 4 Il.,tthnssI ANIL
John T.. iIrockway. The capital stock
Of this corporation shall IL 81 coo. 90. Ia
liz divided Into 1000 .nssc>sabl.
shares Of siO each. The principal Of.
iicc shall lie nj Denver. The company
may aiso have branch Office In the ci,y
Of New York. and tho principal busl.
ncss OF said c"m'aiiy viii br carried on
In the coua,y u. ArE.alcc and State u
Colorado. Meetings of tho board Of
directors Of ,hc.comIany m.y be held
outside tho limits 81 the State Of Colo.
RADIO and within the State II New York,
nj such times and In tho manner pro.
viicsi for by the laws 81 said company.
The articles were signed on January H.
nj New York. and February u nj
Denver.
There Is a great deal more In this
project than would appear by mere
relation of the above facts. A glance
al the map 81 Colorado and Utah will
show that the projected line Is by fai
tho shor,cs, aud mos, dircc, line bc.
tween Denver aud salt Ink. City,
Starting from Denver the road will run
through jefferson county into Boulder
county near Boulder: thence 1t will run
through Gilpin into Clear Creek county,
taking either the Iovrlaad. Boulder OF
itcrthoui passes. the route to grea,
extent depending on which pass Is SO.
lccici. II. as seems probable. Love.
land pass Is selected. the route west
ward will he through Summit county Ia
the Grand river. which will lie followed
through Eagle county. In the north.
western corner OF which tho road will
strike for the White river valley. wlicl,
will bc followed TO the Colorado State
line. The White river will still he fol.
lowed 10 its Junction with the Green
river. and from there tho bu Chesnc
river will be followed westward 10 Provo
City. This latter place seems Mt the
present time TO be. rather than Salt
Lake. the western constructive point.
The new line to Provo would be, accord.
ing to the surveys made. about III
miles. The Rio Grande's route makes
Salt Lake about 40 miles distant from
Denver and by the Union Pacific 1t Is
us miles away. so that the shortened
distance by both routes is not far from
go miles. This Is not the only nd.
vantage. To 90 from Denver to Dillon
at present requires travelling n distance
Of 81 miles: b. the new route 1t can te
made eighty miles. and n proportional
saving OF distance to Lcadyille. Aspen.
Glenwood Springs and other points can
he made. There were many other ad.
vantages brought out during the inter.
view. which the News reporter had
with W. A. II. Loveland. one Of the in
corporators Of the new company.
"In the frs, place let /; be under
stood. said Mr.. Lovcland. that there
Is not man connected with this COM
pany that has anything to do with any
road now in Colorado or heightened as
about to come here. Some Of them
have money invested in Eastern securi-
ties. but they are not interested in any