Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-07-15
NEW RAILROAD TO
CROSS NEW MEXICO

paid into the territorial treasury was
tnat received last Saturday BY j. w.
Raynolds, the secretary OF the terri
tory, when the 81. Louis, Rocky Noun.
tain q Pacific company paid SLIGO, AZ
required by law, for the nling OF the
following articles Of Incorporation.
81 Louis. Rocky Mountain A Pa
oihc company. The incOrpOrat0rs are
iaury koeAlef, Huge k0ehlur OF 81
Louis and Charles springer Of Cimar.
ron, New Mexico. The principal place
OF ruslnesa Is Ration, n. ~. and ser
umiah LeRDy, - named a. the agent.
The objects OF the company are 20
mine, quarry, excavate, bo.e and otn.
erWise produce iron, coal, stone and
chase, lease. or otherwise, coal miuee.
iron mines, mineral lands and Othsr
lands and property, and mineral and
mining lights, 70 develop mine and
operate SUCH mines and property, 10
buy and sell coal and other minerals
10 manufacture. Vlrchase aud sell
coke, iron aud all by products, 10
do a general mercantile business 70
DO q general real estate business. 20
acquire water rights and privileges !.
70 construct pipe lines and mains and
taiablish WAGER works, With all the
necessary equipment TO manufacture
and produce electricity. The cap.
itai stock Ia tii.OO0,OOO. divided into
il0,0e0 shares at si0u each. OF which
10000 shares are preferred stock and
TOO u.s. shares are common stock tnp
number of dlrecto.s shall be fixed
from time 10 time by the bylaws, but
Il nxed at more than three. shall bo
some multiple OF three. Those who
will manage the AFFAIRS OF che com.
pany for the iirat three months are
The incorporators.
Railway Company AlsC incorporated
The same incorpOratOrH also paid 9
leo Of $3.50 10 Secretary OF the Terri
tory j. W. Reynolds Tor the hling oi
The incorporation papers OF the 81
Louis, Rocky Mountain a Pacific Rail
way company, A. follows;
The 80. louis. Rocky Mountain A
Pacific Railway company. The incOi
porators the Hem kochlcr, Hugo
NOehier, Max koehlcr, Oryille u. B
Turner, and Thomas y. Harlan OF 81
Lous. jeremiah Leahy, Christopher
\. Blackwell. Ration. Charles X. Beck
man. New York city. Charles %. ing
or, Cimarson. The purposes Tor whici
ihia corporation was formed are e
construct, maintain and operate a rail
road Tor tho conveyance Of pc. sons
and property Tor hire. The capita
stock Is g5,500.0O divided into 35.0Ot
shares OF 500 each. The term Of ca
istence b atty years and the prlhcipa
place OF business Is Raton. New Mex
leo, with Jeremiah Lcahy named a.
agent The directors are the incor
poratois.
The eastern terminus OF said roa,
g az point forty.dyc miles north
west of Clayton. ON the Colorado a
southern railway, near Bos Munes
IN township 30 north. range 20 east
in Union county, New Mexico. From
this point the road takes northwest
" Direction % Ration, IN township
~ north, range 20 east. Ia Coliai
| county, distance OF about i0rty.nv,
miles. From Ration the road turns &
the southwest, passing near Dawson
Ia township - north, range 20 east
I iu point near Clmafran. la TOWNSHIP
/ ~ nprih. range 10 east. q distance .
about hiiyfye miles. AZ this pon
toe road turns Ia no thwesterly al
| fcction through timarrOn canyon. @
The western terminus a; point noa
| kll1Rbothiown. Ia township Is norm
range 10 east. a distance OF ahou
/ twenty miles. This gives an ontir
length 0f road Oi about t20 miles an
/ opens up the large coal flolds in Unlo
and Collax countlea, conceded 10 b
the largest body OF coal under on
la A..
comprises about h25,UO0 acres, and II
cludos an area OF about 800 sduar
miles. Beside opening up these Goa
helds L will furnish an eastern cutie
70 the fertile Taos valley for ihe shll
ment Of the large productions OF agr
| cultural products and fruits.
Il Is believed that the moving splri
behind the enterprise Is the great IN
cage, Rock Island a Pacific railwa
system. and that Il Is moro than llkoi
that within the next few months art
cles of incorporation for n railrOa
company 20 build from Ellzabethtow
south through the Taos pags and the
west through the territory, and on
the paclfio coast, will DO flled In n
oiiice OK the secretary of the terrtor.
While there Is nothing sure about thi
the belief that Il will come 20 pass
more or less we'll grounded. Havln
/ quite d Number OF surveys made fro
Taos. through Taos. Rio Arriba IN
} San Juan counties 10 the western sid
} Of the te rltory, which one OF the
viii be selected, 10 OF course, nroblor
! attic, but railroad men who are We
: posted on the situation and on q
] plans Of the Rock Island road are
I the opinion that the connection viii
/ an assured fact By December 81, iso