The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-30
FROM UTAH TO
LOS ANGELES
Final Decision to Build the Long
Contemplated Railroad
Line.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Nov. 2-The talk
which has been current for the past three
months, regarding a direct railroad con-
nection between this city and Los An
geles, took final shape today in the agree
ment for corporation of the Los Angeles
and Salt Lake Railroad Company and the
enterprise now seems assured.
Senator w. A. Clark and associates. who
are interested in the enterprise met here
yesterday and went into conference
which lasted until 2 o'clock this morning.
The articles of Incorporation which had
been drawn up by Attorneys Gibpon aHd
Whittemore, were discussed and APPROX
ed The articles will be filed with the
Secretary of State tomorrow.
The capital stock of the company was
placed at $25, 000, 900 of which $6OOO,O00 has
already been paid up.
The directors of the company are: w.
A Clark Montana; c. w. Clark, Montana;
r. c. Kerens, Missouri; e. w. Clark, Mis-
souri,; G.. b. Leighton. Missouri; j. Ross
Clark, California; T. f. Miller, California;
Perry s. Heath, Washington: Thomas
X, arms, Utah; w. s. Mccormick, Utah,
and Reed Smoot, Utah.
The incorporators of the road were all
the directors named and David Keith, G.
u. w nlLleII1OIt, n. iocAiiS, "a - N-~N''
lin and w. B. Blark.
The directors named the following Of
ficers:
President, w. A Clark; first vice-presi-
dent r. c. Kerens; second vfce-president,
J. Ross Clark; third vice-president, Il. T..
Gibbon; secretary, T.. F. Miller; treasurer,
F. *. Rule. s. ..- ,....S, g.
The road. when completed, will have a
trackage of 100 miles and will absorb
the Los Angeles Terminal Railroad, nifty
one miles in length, with all its property
and franchises, including between 1900
and 1000 acres of land and embracing all
the wharfage of the San Pedro Harbor,
about two miles in length. The Los An
geIes Terminal road in which Senator
Clark now has a large interest, will be
taken over by the new company at a
valuation of 100000.
1t was decided to build a road at once
from Los Angeles to Riverside, dis
lance of about fifty miles, the construc-
ton of which will cost. approximately,
with rolling stock, $1,000, 900.
1t was also voted to purchase additional
locomotives. passenger and freight cars
for the Los Angeles Terminal road now in
operation.
The Empire Construction Company was
organized with a paid up capital of $1,000,
900 This corporation will undertake the
entire construction of the new road and
many. The president of the construction
company is j. Ross Clark, with T. e. Glib
bon as vice-president. A development
company was also organized with Thomas
Kerens as president; Percy 8. Heath, vice.
president, and r. c. Kerens, Jr., as secre-
tary.
The development company will have
capital of 5000, 900 and will control all the
town sites, real estate and coal and min
oral lands along the line of the road, in
Guiding the property of the Los Angeles
Terminal Road.
Authority was given to ]. Ross Clark
and T E. Gibbon, to determine between
the two surveys already made between
Los Angeles and Riverside and to let a
contract for the construction of the road.
While Perry S. Heath has been named as
director, his connection with the road
may extend further than his duties as a
director. Overtures have been made to
him to take an active part in the con-
struction and operation of the road.