Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-07-11
NORTH
NEW MEXICO
New Railroad From Des Doines,
Union Co., to EIizabethtown
incorporated.
I2O MILES IN LENGTH
Primary Object the Coal Fields on Max
we'll Land Grant...Ths Rock Island
Probably Behind It.

paid into the territorial treasury, wa
that received last Saturday by ]. "
| Reynolds, secretary of the Territory
& Pacific Company paid $1,10O, as re
| quired by law, for the filing of tn,
following articles of incorporation:
ST. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pa
cific Company. The incorporators are
Henry Koehler, Hugo Koehler, of st
| Louis, and Charles Springer, of Cimar
ron, New Mexico. The principal place
| of business is Ration, New Mexico, and
jeremiah Leahy Is named as agent
The objects of this company are to
mine, quarry, eXcavate, bore, and 9th.
erwise produce iron, COAL stone and
other minerals; to acquire by pur.
chase, lease, or otherwise, coal mines,
iron mines, mineral lands and other
lands and property, and mineral and
mining rights; to develop, mine and
operate such mines and property; to
buy and sell coal and other minerals;
to manufacture, purchase, and sell
produce and deal In gas and oil; to
purchase, sell, lease, and build houses,
store buildings, and other buildings; to
do general merchandise business; to
10 general real estate business; to
acquire water rights and privileges; to
construct pipe lines and mains and es.
tablish water works, with all the nee
essary equipment to manufacture and
produce electricity. The capital stock
Is $11 100000 divided into 10000
shares at 800 each, of which 10000
shares are preferred stock and 100000
shares are common stock. The mum.
Der of directors shall be fixed from
time to time by the bylaws, but if
fixed at more than three shall be some
multiple of three. Those who will
manage the affairs of the company for
the first three months are the incor-
porators.
Railway Company Also incorporated. i.
The same incorporators also paid a
fee of $3.50 to secretary of the Terri
tory ]. w. Reynolds for the filing of
the incorporation papers of the st.
Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific Rail-
way Company, as follows:
The st. Louis, Rocky Mountain &
Pacific Railway Company. The incor.
porators are Henry Koehler, Hugo
Koehler, Max Koehler Orville H. B.
Turner and Thomas B. Harlan, of st.
Louis; jeremiah Leahy, Christopher
N. Blackwell, Ration; Charles K Beck.
man, New York City; Charles Spring.
er, Cimarron. The purposes for which
this corporation was formed are to |
construct, maintain and operate rail- |
road for the conveyance of persons
and property for hire. The capital
stock is $3,500O00 divided into $4,000
shares at $100 each. The term Of ex-
stence is so years and the principal
place of business is Ration, New Mexi'
60, with jeremiah Leahy named as
agent The directors are the incor-
porators.
The Route of the New Railroad.
The eastern terminus of said road Is
at a point As miles northwest of Clay |
ton, on the Colorado & Southern Rail- |
way near Des Moines, in township 29 |
north, range 20 east, in Union County, |
New Mexico. From this point the road |
takes a northwesterly direction to |
Ration, in township 81 north, range % |
east, in Colfax County, distance of |
about as miles. From Ration the road |
turns to the southwest, passing near
Dawson, in township % north, range |
20 east, to point near Cimarron, In |
township q north, range 10 east, a |
distance of about 55 miles. At this
,oint the road turns to northwesterly |
direction, through the Cimarron can.
IN to the western terminus at a point /
lear Elizabethtown in township 2S
north, range 16 east, distance of
about 20 miles. This gives an entire
ength of road of about 120 miles and
opens up the large coal fields in Union
md Colfax Counties, conceded to be
he largest body of coal under one
in the world This field
about $4,000 acres and in.
,ludes an area of about 500 square
miles, Beside opening up these coal
ields ii will furnish an eastern outlet
o the fertile Taos Valley for the ship.
nent of the large productions of agri-
cultural products and fruits.
rhe Rock island May BE Behind the
Enterprise.
1t is believed that the moving spirit
behind the enterprise is the great Chi.
ago. Rock Island & Pacific Railway
System, and that 1t is more than likely
hat within the next few months arti.
lies of Incorporation for a railroad
to build from Elizabethtown
'outh through the Taos Pass and then
vest through the Territory and on to
he Pacific Coast will be filed In the
'fice of the secretary Of the Territory