Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Railway Projects to Develop Resources of
Amador County.


come convinced that to build a rail
road to the mineral belt would prove a
paying Investment. Articles of in
corporation of the Amador Traction
Company have been filed with the Sec
retary of State, and the officers are:
President, LevingstOn jerks; Vice
President. H. G. Tilden; Treasurer,
James j. Pagan, (Vice-President of the
| American National Bank of San Fran
ciscol and General Manager, jackson
Dennis. All the men named are of San
Francisco, excepting Mr.. Dennis, who
is banker of Sutter Creek. The di-
rectors are: Levingston jerks, H. c..
| Tilden, Jas. j. Pagan, G. K. Harley
and Jackson Dennis.
The Incorporation is for $500 600,
there being 5000 shares at 300 each.
| The directors named are shareholders.
but the principal capitalists in the deal
are G. K. Harley. H. G.. Tilden and
Levingston Jenks. The smaller stock
holders are OF San Francisco and New
York. Bonds will be issued, but mostly
will be taken up by the directors them
selves.
The building of railway from the
terminus of the Southern Pacific to the
mineral belt will mean great deal for
the future prosperity of AmadOr coun-
ty. The amount of freight now leav-
ing lone for different towns OF the
has long been evident that the building
OF railroad would be paying invest
ment.
The Amador Traction Company will
ask for franchise to build an electric
,sQ lltrTn frrrr %
Creek, Amador City, Drytown, Ply
mouth, and Volcano, these being the
principal towns of the county, but the
first move will be to build to the larger
towns-Jackson and Sutter Creek.
AT present the exact route of the
road Is not known, but surveyors will
be at work in week to determine this.
No time will be lost in the construction,
and the management expects to have
the road in operation before Novem ber
1st
D. Mccall, of lone, also has a plan
for developing the resources of ANA
dor county. He proposes to float stock
in Amador county sufficient to raise
$3.50, 900, which will be used to con-
struct railroad from Sutter Creek to
the timber regions in the higher alti-
tudes. There are fine marble quarries
and immense bodies of timber in ANA
dor county which only need transporta-
tion facilities in order to give employ
ment to large number of men.
Mccall proposes at present to raise
money from among the business men of
the county in OrdertO send committee
to the timber region to investigate the
amount of timber that can be utilized
and what business will be in waiting
for the railroad.
While Mccall is talking of his pro-
ject, however, it seems that the ANA
dor Traction Company asks for fran
chise for railway to Volcano, which
town is nearest to the timber region
and on the route thereto, being twelve
miles distant from Sutter Creek. Evi-
IDENTIFY the AmadOr Traction Company
intends developing the county also, so
between the two schemes the people of
the county are hoping for the BEST
Sacramento Bee.
In reference to the above, we may
state few facts in regard to this rail
road project which have transpired
since. The Ledger sincerely hopes
that those who are at the front of this
proposition mean business; neverthe-
less we are free to state that the elec-
trio railway scheme is not on the up
grade in the estimation of the people
hereabouts. H. G. Tilden, Chas. K.
Harley and L. jerks, of San Francisco,
arrived in Jackson Friday evening, and
on Saturday made an inspection of the
route at this end of the proposed line.
These are the men who are expected to
contribute the money to build the road,
and their visit here was for the pur-
pose of satisfying themselves, as far as
an actual trip would enable them to
form an opinion of the outlook for the
enterprise from business standpoint.
They were not communicative as to
the details OF the road; neither did
they seek to find out the sentiment of
the business community concerning the
project. Jackson Dennis, who is named
as general manager of the road, was
here portion of the time. They had
a royal good time while here, and on
Monday morning departed for the city,
leaving Jacksonites little the wiser con-
corning the railway enterprise, which
is believed to be pregnant with so much
meaning to them.
On Monday, Ed. Records, of the
American River Electric Company,
was before the supervisors with an
ordinance which had been prepared in
the interest of the Amador Traction
Company, which he requested the
board to pass. The object of the Or
dinance was to grant franchise and
right of way for narrow gauge cleo
trio railway from lone to Jackson, SUIT
ter Creek and other towns. Mr.. Rec
ords was alone in the matter, and
seemed to be under the impression that
the board would merely have to pass
the ordinance the same as an ordinary
ordinance. and the thing would be done.
But the application for franchise for
railroad must be published in a daily
paper, and sold to the highest bidder
after advertised proposals therefor.
1t is privilege to be competed for.
The clerk was directed by the board to
have the advertising done in Stockton,
but soon ran up against snag.
No articles of incorporation have
been filed in the clerks Office of Anna.
dor county, which is preliminary step
in the formation of a corporation of