Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-17
ANOTHER NORTH
AND SOUTH LINE
TO RUN FROM IA PLATA CITY.
SAN JUAN COUNTY, TO MAsTo.
bON, DoNA ANA couNTV-lN.
CRPoRATEp TUESDAY.

jFrom Thursdays Daily Citizen.
Articles Of incorporation filed Tues.
day 90 tho capitol give the preliminary
plans for another railroad Tor thc
western part Of New Mcxlco. The
name of ihe road is the ~ Paso
Durango and ali Of the work accom-
piiahod up % date has been done With
much secrecy Dodge company and
the El pas1 a Southwestern Railway
company. which now runs into Bishoe
and Douglas. Arizona tapping the rich
copper nelda IN that section and in
northeastern Sonora
Tho main line viii begin at Masto.
don. in nona Ana county al a juno
ton with The El paao a Southwestern,
and proceed northwest through DOna
Ana. Luna Grant, SucorrO. Valencia,
Mckinley and san Juan counties. Put.
nam. which 10 at present an indian
trading post n the southeastern part
of San Juan county. will bo the north.
western terminus of g. bnbCN of l2D
miles in length, which Will run io AT.
buquoruuo. passing south of ihe
Chacn Mesa and travorsing Mckinley
sandoval and Horualiilo counties.
H W. fronch. OF Douglas. Arizona.
holds an 0i tbe stock 0f the company
with the exception o' one share, hold
hy each of che other alX incorpOratOH.
Tho capital stock OF the company ls
$500 900. According 10 the papers illod
Iato yesterday afternoon. no per cent
of this amount $50 .OOO--has been
placed in the hands of the treasurer
of the company. Abraham l.. Hawley.
Charles A. spiess of las Vegas, ls the
attorney for the corporation and Ste.
nhon - Davis. Jr., Of Las Vegas, also.
the assistant attorney
The members of the board OF direct.
ors. OF whom four were In the city
yesterday. spent nearly the entire day
in tho office of the territorial score.
tary. perlccting their plans Mr..
Frouch. who is said to Doe The preai.
dent OF the com Jnny. was represented
nd the meeting hy Charles ~ Mills of
Moroncl. Arizona. wno is one uf Che
directors Attorneys Spioss and Davis
and Treasurer Hawley of El PasO.
were also present The articles were
n-t flied until shortly after q o'clock.
santa Fe % given boz the articles as
the principal place of business of the
company
Tho principal object OF the company
Eeoma On be- ihe hauling Of coal from
tho western part of San Juan county
90 the mines of southern Arizona and
MeKico. where the fuel is scarce and
high priced
a. looks a. lf the surveys whiaR
have hcon made hy the Colorado a
Arizona from San juan 20 MurCnc
and Clifton. Arizona have demonstrat
cd that thc route contemplated viii
offer some great engineering difficult
ties and hence the parties therein In
tereatod aOom 90 have taken time by
tho f0relock by the incorporation OF d
more easily constructed road IN order
10 have a more choaply administered
railroad from southwestern New Mex
leo and southeastern Arizona
The main lime of tho road from Ia
Plata City to Maslodon viii ho about
900 miles lp longtA and the branch
from putnam. san Juan county, 60 Al
buquorquo. about i2O miles Ia length
Partial surveys. % la Understood, have
already been made and more careful
aud detailed surveys 90 the line viii
commence shortly and viii Doe prose
cuted vigorously
Mr French holds 1894 shares Of
stock ont of 5000 shares OF stock re-
ported as issued and paid up.