The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-21
READY TO BUILD
TO THE COAST
Clark's Los Angeles Com
pany Incorporated.
OPENS HEADQUARTERS
ATTHIS END OF LINE
viii Start Survey and Ask for
Pioneer Square.

The articles ofincorporation of the san
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake rail-
road company were fled with the sec
rotary Of state and county clerk yes
terday afternoon. BY this, the most
important and beneficial project to
Utah in its history is given a birth.
So far as the papers themselves are
concerned there is nothing OF gIeat in
terest to the public in them, as they
are precisely the same as agreed upon
at the meeting of the promoters OF the
road last November, with two excep-
tiOns. The name has been changed
from the Los Angeles & Salt Lake 70
the San Pedro. Los Angeles * salt
Lake and the life of the corporation
is extended to 100 years. which was
made possible by the action OF the late
Legislature. But the fact that the conf
pany is now on record and pledged -
Dulid a railroad between the cities Of
Los Angeles and salt Lake. with ".
A. ClarkS almost unlimited wealth be-
hind il, all of which is implied by the
filing of the articles, makes the event
one of unprecedented Importance.
The papers We're Acknowledged by J.
Ross Clark, r.. +. Gibbon, both Of
whom are vice presidents and directors,
and g .. Whittemore, general counsel
for the company. The Incorporation
went Oh record at . p. m, Mr.. White
more handing them to the secretary OF
state at that hour, along with check
for $1,000, which covers the fees of the
state.
After. reciting that the name of the
incorporation shall be the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad COM
pany, the names of the incorporators
are given in the papers as follows;
William A. Clark, Butte, Mont; r. &.
Kerens, St Louis, Mo; J. Ross Clark,
Los Angeles, Cal; w $ Mccormick.
David Keith, Thomas Kearns. Charles
O. WhittemOre, all OF Salt Lake city,
Utah; Reed SmOOt, Provo, Utah; =. w
Clark, Ophir, Utah; Charles clark, Cen
trail Township, No; 5. A. Bemis, st.
Louis, No; Perry :. Heath. Muncie,
Ind; Richard Kerens, jr., St. Louis,
Mo; Charles W. Clark, Butte. Mont;
George b. Leighton, st. Louis, Mo; r
r.. Glbbon, Los Angeles, Cal; William
B. Clark, Kansas City, Mo; A IL
Hdndlan, st. Louis, Mo.
Purposes OF Incorporation.
The purposes of the company are then
It forth, which are, in erect 10 acquire
by building, leasing and purchasing Il
trunk or main line of railway extend
ing from Salt Lake City to d terminal
point at East San Pedro, in the county
Of Los Angeles, Cal, in a southwest
through the counties of salt Lake
Utah, TOole. Juab, Willard. Beaver and
Iron, in Utahs Lincoln county in Ne
vada, and the counties of san Ber-
nardinO, Riverside, Orange and Los
Angeles, in California. Provision is
made for two. branches in particular
one from an appropriate point on the
main line TO a place in the Deep Creek
valley named Ibapah, in TooeIe county,
and the other from point on the main
line to Cedar City. in Iron county.
The company also reserves the right
to purchase the property and franchises
"of any railroad corporation now or
hereafter owning railroad property or
franchises in the state of Nevada
which may be So situated as to con-
Veniently be made a portion of the
said main line" This is taken al con-
elusive that the Clark company has
entered into Il deal with the Utah *
California people to secure the old
Union Pacific grade when once its title
becomes clear. number of extensions
ana purchases OF property IN southern
California are also provided for
The length of the road is again es-
timated as LOO miles and the approNf-
mate cost. $25, 0O0, 600. Salt Lake is
named as the general place Of business
W \. Clark holds 1880 shares of the
capital stock, valued at 81 $50 COO in
property, and R. Z. Kerens has like
amount Ihe remaining inCOrpOra tors
hold one share each, valued at 800.
paid up. The property named is the
Los Angeles Terminal road The cap
ltal stock of the corporation is Sc, OO0-
600.
The officers are named as follows:
William A Clark, president and di-
rector; r. .. Kerens, first vice presi-
dent and directOrs }. Ross Clark sec
ond vice president and director; T. E
GibbOn, third vice president and di-
rector; T F. Miller, secretary and di=
rector; F h Rule, treasurer; ". 5.
AIfafTC 1ffalr
ton, director; Thomas Kearns, director;
Reed SmOOt, director; Z. ". Clark, di-
rector; Charles w Clark, director;
Perry 5. Heath, director.
Attached to the articles were the
oaths Of Messrs- J. Ross Clark, Gibbon
and WhittemOre, stating that 10 per
cent of the capital stock has been
paid in.
Survey from This End.
Second Vice President J. Ross Clark
arrived yesterday afternoon to execute
the perfection of the OrganiZa ton The
articles were ready to file soon after his
arrival, although great difficulty has
been experienced in getting the sigma
lures of the directors, for which pur-
pose the original papers have been sent
into five states. one territory and the
District of Columbia In this way the
long delay is explained.
You may state" said Mr.. Clark.
that within a very short while we Will
put q surveying corps INTO the HelQ at
this end and work VIII be pushed with
might and main. va have experienced
some trouble in southern California Sc
curing right Of-way- Especially is
this the case in the Los Angeles and
san Gabriel valleys. There are old
settled communities there who want to
hang onto their property. Some of
them are very reasonable, while others
insist upon the company buying whole
ranches Il few condemnation suits
viii be the result but on the whole
we are making good progress. We
have secured seventy miles Of right-Of-
way and it is now being graded "
When asked If the recent railroad
combines and their effects had discour-
aged the project. Mr.. Clark smiled and
replied: Not in the least. Not one
thing has occurred yet. SO far as 1 can
see. that would warrant US in enter
tanning The slightest suspicion of a
fear. In fact. every4ettef I get from
curing more rignt-Of-NaN. He wants