The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-24
COMPANY FORMED
TO PROMOTE LINE
Links Clark Road With Santa
Fe via ST. George and
Grand Canyon.
BRANCHES OVER 400 MILES
ARTICLES TO BE FILED IN SALT
LAKE WITHIN FEW DAYS.

Articles of Incorporation of the Iron
Mountain, st. George & Grand Canyon
Railroad company. capitalized at s24,-
900, 600, have Just been filed in the ter
ritory of Arizona and similar articles
will be fled with the secretary of state
OF Utah in a few days. The company is
organized by Salt Lake people, who
propose TO construct a railroad through
southern Utah. a small portion of
southeastern Nevada, and the north
western portion of Arizona, forming
an ultimate connection between the San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake rail-
way in Utah, and the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe system in Arizona. A rich
and promising territory, now isolated
from the outside world, so far as rail
connection is concerned, will be tapped
by the proposed new route, actual work
ON the building of which is intended to
commence in the immediate future.
The proposed new route is to extend
from or near Thermo. on the main line
of the Salt Lake Route in southern
Utah, by the most practical route
through or by Cedar City, Harmony,
Kanarravllle and st. George. Utah, to
the Santa Fe system at or near King
man. aFAL., WIN d fIdICfl from Nd
narraville, or some other convenient
point on the line. through the Buckskin
mountain timber region to the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, and another
branch from point near st. George to
the Salt Lake Route at Moapa, New.
The capitalization is divided into 240,-
000 shares of 800 each. and steps sre
now under way for the financing of the
project. The incorporators, who are
L.. 4 Z
are: j. r. Walker, Charles Read, Abra-
ham Hanauer, jr., Archibald e. Ry-
kert. John II. Woodmansee and NJ. T.
Burgess all of Salt Lake. with the eX-
ceptions Of Rykert and Burgess.
To Utilize Bonuses.
Il is the intention of the new COM
pany to avail itself of the bonuses Of
fered by Washington and Iron cOun-
ties of 100000 each in labor, and of free
rights of way, etc, TO the first railroad
constructing a line through that re-
gion. The town of st. George, especial
~ has been clamoring for railroad ia
cilities for a long time. and it had been
hoped that the Salt Lake Route would
sec its way clear TO rebuild its main
line so as to include St. George but
hope of any such action has been about
given up. The route of the Iron Noun
tain, ST. George e Grand Canyon rail-
road. however, Will give st. George and
the surrounding country the transport
tation facilities it seeks, and will open
a new route to and from northern Ari-
iona and southern Utah
The total length of the proposed new
line. including the two branches, will be
about 400 miles. The line from Thermo
to St. George, a distaneae of ninety
miles. is TO be constructed at once
after which the extension through TO
Kingman, Ariz., or else to Chloride,
Ariz., a branch of the Santa Fe, near
Kingman, will be undertaken.
Such q line as proposed will, it is felt
by the promoters and others interested,
be a big boom and of inestimable bene-
lit to southern Utah and northern Ari-
IONA. in that il will tap the rich coal
and iron mining districts of Utah and
the timber region n Arizona, to say
nothing of the scenic country which il
will open &c population. To the fruit
and produce growers il will open up an
outside market, something the people
of the Dixie country have always been
denied in the past because of the great
distance 10 railroad transportation.
The opening of a line through to the
grand Canyon country will serve to
make it most popular with tourists, at
the same time affording a means
whereby homeseekers will be enabled
TO go into the rich and fertile country
and lay the foundation for prosperity.
Such a direct connection with the
Santa Fe road as proposed. viii open
a new direct route to Salt Lake, via
the Salt Lake Route, and should be the
means of diverting much of the south
EN- tourist travel through Utah. Here
tofore there has been no direct route