The copper era., 1903-09-03
BIG RAILWAY
IS PROJECTED.
One of the Most Important Deals Of
Recent Years Has Deem Inaugur-
ated in Denver.

ated IN Denver.
The following from the Denver
Times o. Friday = Of utmost impor-
lance to the entire southwest, and i
one Of the greatest railway and devel-
opment schemes exploited in recent
year,:
The financing Of the first division Of
the Arizona, New Mexico Il Colorado
Railroad which i TO connect this
STATE with the northern border OF
Mexico. has been completed. and the
work Of locating the line mas begun.
w. +. Kline, president OF the company,
has just returned from a trip east.
where satisfactory arrangements were
made for beginning the work.
The company has secured possession
OF vast coal field 10 Soccoro and Va
lencia counties, New Mexico, and the
primary object Of the new railroad is
TO open route for the delivery Of this
coal TO the big smelling works and
mining plants in the northern part of
Mexico, the southern part OF Arizona
and on the Pacific coast. At the same
time the line will give the Southern
Pacific Railroad is long desired en-
trance into Denver, aud cut of 500
miles between Denver and Southern
California, via the southern route.
The road will connect with the
Southern Pacific in Cochise county,
Arizona, aud will then be extended TO
Benson to form Il connection with the
Sonora railroad, which will open a
route from Denver to the port OF Quay
mas on the Pacific coast Of Mexico.
The road will reach the territory in
Mexico where John ID. Rockefeller is
prosecuting the Investigations OF the
iron and steel business.
Two companies have been formed TO
carry out the plans. The first one,
the Arizona and New Mexico Iron *
Fuel company, is to take over the iron
ore properties and follow the cOnstruc-
tion of the railroad by the building of
steel plant. The capital stock Of this
company is placed at 100000, di
yided into $4,000 shares of 800 each
The board Of directors consists OF
Thomas ID Baird, Walter y. Houser,
Frank w. Kline, George NJ. Tromb-
ling, James 5. Aubrey, George truth,
Nellie L. Kline, Charles b. Martin and
Charles Thomas. NJ. Baird is presi-
dent. The liability of the company is
limited to 50, 3S3, 334. SolomOnville in
the county Of Graham, Arizona, will
he the principal place of business.
The Arizona, New Mexico & Colorado
railroad company is incorporated with
81, 900, 600 capital, divided into $4,000
shares, of 800 each, OF which $3.50, 900
in cash has been paid in. The incOr-
poration papers provide for the buying
OF rights OF way, constructing, equip
ping and operating railroad complete.
The incorporators are Frank w. Kline,
James >. Aubrey, George truth, Geo.
NJ. Trembling, Thomas ID. Baird, Cecil
l.. Hanna and Walter \. HOuser, all of
the state Of Colorado, and Charles
Thomas and Charles Is. Martin of Ari
IONA. The route as outlined in the
incorporation papers from the point Of
commencement on the Southern Pa
citic, passes through the counties of
COchise and Graham in the territory of
Arizona, the counties Of Grant, So
coro, Valencia, Bernallilo, San Juan
and Rio Arriba in New Mexico, and
the counties of Conejos and La Plata
in Colorado to Durango on the Denver
& Rio Grande. The entrance into
Durango will be followed largely along
the San Juan river.