Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-08-21
THE R. R. & 0. 5.
HAS ORGANIZED
Mr.. q. A. Collins Is
Made President
AFFECTED AT SEATTLE
Construction Work Will Begin
During December of the
Present Year.

The Rogue River and Oregon South.
ern Railway company was formally
organized in the city of Seattle, Tues.
day of this week with Chisf Engineer
g. A. Collins, who has been here the
past few weeks making the prelimi-
nary survey of the proposed line into
the Illinois Valley, as president; II.
B. Buddenburg, an extensive mining
man of Seattle, president. and G.
G. Shepard Of the law finn of Shepard
q Flett Of Seattle as secretary treas.
ureI.
The company is capitalized for
81. O0o,O 900 or 10000 shares of 900
par value. OF the capital stock 1000
shares are preferred. the other 5000
being oommon stock. The company is
incorporated for period of 80 years
and will have board of five trustees,
which number may, by vote Of the
stockholders, be increased to nine
The articles of incorporation, which
are herewith published, provide that
the company construct line with
Grants Pass and Waldo as termini.
As has already been sta ted in these
columns chief engineer, Mr.. Collins,
has been comforting with the county
board relative to the construction of
the proposed new bridge across the
Rogoe River at this point with view
to having the same a combination
wagon and railroad bridge. Mr.. Col.
lins submitted plans and specifications
of such bridge to the board at its
meeting this week This bridge, &C.
cording TO Engineer Collins figures
would be what Is known rs tombi.
nation wood and steel structure of the
Howe Truss pattern at cost of about
s15, 900 aud would last 20 to % years
The county board at this weeks ses
son decided to advertise for bids on
two different types of bridge, said
bids to be opened at the next sess on
of the court, Septebmer 4th. The
court asks for separate bids on regu
lstion steel wagon bridge and for a
combination wagon and ra road
structure of wood and steel ss sug-
Rested by Mr.. Collins.
Mr.. Collins has suspended operations
on a portion of his reliminary survey
for the present, pend ng the action OF
the court on the bridge propos tion.
If the county should not see { to
construct combination wagon and
railroad bridge Mr.. clio rs stats that
it will probably necessitste a cham g
n this end of the ! no as now sur.
veyed, In which event road nay
cro's the river at point perhaps half
a mile above the present wagon bridge
or two or three miles below the
bridge. 1t would app ar that to cross
the river at either of these latter
points would be less advantageous to
the people of the city than if the
road Gro sed at the present wagon
bridge at the foot of Sixth street, ss
this latter would give direct commu.
nication with the city park across the
river.
Howeye-, Mr.. Collins hopes tn have
the survey all completed aud ready for
construction work to beg some time
in Novebmer or Decs mber, and 10 be
able TO let contracts to the local saw
mills for the cutting OF ties and tim.
bers during the winter months. This
would give the mills opportunity 10
run during the winter months when
hauling out lumber in ordinary years
would be difficult and the mi lis won Id
ordinarily be closed down for the
whole winter.
Following are the articls uf incor.
porstion Of the new road. subject tc
minor changes:
i ARTICLE /.
The name of the corporation shall b,
Rogue River Oregon g. Southern Rail
road.
ARTICLE ii.
The objects and purposes for whic
said corporation is formed shall be a
follows: