Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-11
DENVER a NORTHWESTERN.
New Line Files Incorporation Papers
Showing Route.

Denver. April i-T1Ie News this
morning says:
Two highly signihrant statements In
dicatins tn. imi-1rianc- to Denver OF
III. new penvcr-salg Lake air line.
were made yesterday by David II. Aiof-
fat. th. Denver mulIimiiiionnir-. who
some weeks nso siaTils.i and gratih.d
the financial and husin'ss world with
the announcement that a new railroad
line was To be built through Grand ana
ltouit counties and oH Io Salt Lake al
u cost Of x.S!UD.GSp
\ r-iterniion Of IL" determination to
build the road. together with III. state
mrnt TINT great steel plant should
and probably would l.. built In the dis
trieS, and which would l.. directly trib-
utnry 10 Denver. was mni. by Air. Mof-
fat.
The article. of Incorporation ms iii.d
with the secretary Of state yesterday
specify the routes 90 Ia constructed as
follows:
.Ti.s, ti,- -.-vcrni iin.-~ Of railway Of
said ia. Denver \ Northwestern Hail.
way Company shall extend FROM the
city OF Denver:
"Fir~t-Hy the mos; feasible route 90
III. city Of 6rciry. In th. county OF
Weld. Colorado.
.'s.cond-By the mos, feasible tout.
To the city of Boulder and town of
Louisville. la the county OF Boulder.
Colorado.
''-rhiri-isy the most f.nsibi. rouic
TO ia. city of Golden. In III. county OF
jefferson. and state OF Colorado.
"Fourth-Isy the most feasible route
through th. town of l.lttlcJon. In the
county Of .Arnpaho-. stat. OF Colorado.
To shc mouth of the i'iattc canon, In
Douglas county. Colorado.
"Einh-By the most feasible route
from the city Of Denver To ih. town "t
Arvadn. la jefferson county. nnd
thence wcstwar,iiy tn the mouth of
Coal Cryck canon: thence by the most
feasible route following In n general
westward direction up Coal Greek eau.
on so point where practicable to cross
from the Coal Greek valley Into the
valley Of South Boulder creek: thence
following wcstwar,lly aion: or near
South Houllcr creek and its tributaries
In BOULDER and Giipin counties and
through or near the town Of Rollins
willie. In Giipin county. Colorado. To n
point upon the main range or Cont
mental divide. about two miles north
Of James peak: theme. through and
across the Continental divide west
war,iiy to the valley Of Frazier river:
thence down the valley of the Frnsicr
and Grand rivers To- Hot sulphur
Springs. In GRIND county. Colorado.
"And also the following branch lines
thcrcfrom. to-wit:
branches extending from or near
| Roiiinsviiic To Central City. In Giipin
county: to Eliora nnd Ward. In Boul-
| der county: TO Estes park. In Larimcr
county, and from or near Hot sulphur
| Springs to GRIND Lake. In Grand coun-
~. making such dctours In extending
from point Ia. point. above mentioned.
Ms the contour and physical character
istIcs of the country truvcrscd render
necessary or desirable.
"And. In Connection Herewith. to con-
struct. operate and maintain spurs, sid.
ings, sidefrncks. Ys. turnouts and
switches ms may bc necessary. proper
| or desirable In operating the lines and
In reaching mines. factories. resorts,
town md places near or along the route
OF said railway lines and branches de-
scribcd herein: and to erect and main
tain along and In connection there
with such power houses. plants, ma
chincry and appliances. together with
poles overhead and feed wires ms may
In necessary. or useful In the main-
tcnance and operation thereof"
The papers show that the company
was originally Incorporated June q.
1901. with a capital stock of S2.JOO.OOO.
December 2nd the articles were amend
ed and the stock increased to SJ.OOO.-
900, and mt meeting held In Denver.
January 11th Of this year the articles
We're again amended increasing the
stock to S6.OOO,OOO The amendment
was not signed and sworn to until
March 31st. The articles were filed
Yesterday with the secretary of state.
Mt 3 o'clock. The fees were S212.5O.
Prior to yesterday other fees had been
paid by the company. amounting to ST.
90 william q. Smith and Francis A.
Perry signed the papers. The directors
given are William q. Smith. Samuel
NJ. Perry, Francis A. Perry. Charles J.
Hughes. Jr.. Gerald Hughes, Clyde
Turnbull and Albert Smith.
s. NJ. Perry is president: w. G.
Smith, general manager and vice pres
ident. and. with Charles J. Hughes.
Jr.. and Gerald Hughes. are the only
ones who have any financial interest
in the road. The others are attaches In
either Mr. Perry's or Mr. Hughes of
fees, and represent Mr.. Moffat and
the real owners of the road.
The contract for the first ten miles
OF the line from Arvada to Coal creek.
was not let yesterday. though the Of
fcials spent the day examining figures.
The bids ranged considerably in price.
variance of $4,000 being between
the lowest two. The outfit Of the low
est bidder is not large enough, it is
feared, to enable the contracts being
carried out with the speed the owners
of the road desire. and for this reason
1t may be rejected.