Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-21
Big Family Gathering OF Prom
inent Officials at StockhoId-
ers' Meeting Today.
SUBSIDIARY LINES LIST.
Some Details Regarding the Various
Branches In Utah Taken Under
The Parental Wing.

"All corporate acts for tho legal dis
solution of seven subsidiary railroad
| companies In this state. and for mer-
ging them into the parent road, the
| Denver & Rio Grnnde. will be accom-
| plIshcd today" said Joel F. Vale. gen-
eral counsel of the Denver G Rio
| Grande Railroad company. when seen
after the opening session OF the stock
holders OF tho companies named at the
| Knutsford hotel this morning. There
| will be some few moro legal steps nee
esSary. but the actual work has been
done and the Denver & Rio Grande now
owns In fact the various roads acquired
during the past 20 years in the process
of rallroadlng In Utah"
The subsidiary lines named consist
OF the Carbon County railway, the
Castle Valley railway, Copper Belt rail-
road. Sanpete Valley railway SEWER
Valley railway. Tintlc Range railway
| and the Utah Eastern. Notice of the
proposed conveyance of these roads to
the Denver & Rio Grande had been ad-
VertiSed for some weeks prior to the
date of the meeting. and resulted In
the gathering In this city of an aggre-
cation of high ID. & r. G. officials In
this city such as has not been seen
here In years Those In attendance at
the meeting this morning were #. NJ.
Schumacher. vice president of the
Western Pacific and Denver & Rio
Grande c. II. Schlacks. Vice president
of the Denver 81 Rio Grande; Joel F.
Vale. general counsel for the Denver
& Rio Grande: II. w. Clarke. second
vice president and general manager OF
the Denver & Rio Grande; A S. Hughes,
general traffic manager. e. r. Muir
ply. general auditor. F. A. Wadleigh-
assistant general passenger agent;
Fred Wild, Jr.. general freight agent;
S. V. Derrah. assistant general freight
agent of the Denver & Rio Grande
and C. NJ. Levy vice president and
general manager of the Western Pacl-
f1c
We are just having a little meet
ing" said Vice President c. II.
Schlacks. after the meeting this morn
ing. "and there is nothing other than
ordinary business being discussed. We
are going to get the Western Pacific
into shape for through passenger traf-
flc as soon as the weather will permit
the ballasting of the road. We always
like to get into Salt Lake, and feel that
1t is one OF the coming cities OF the
land"
BRANCHES TAKEN IN.
The oldest OF the roads now merged
Into the Denver & Rio Grande is the
Sanpcte valley which was originally
Incorporated in this city June 20. 1874
The road was constructed from Nephi
through Salt Creek canyon to MantI. In
Sanpete county. The articles of in
corporation were amended in 1891 TO
cover proposed extension of the road
north to Salt Lake and south to ST
George. but the extensions were never
built and after a great deal of ncgo-
tiation with an English company which
came to naught, the Sanpete valley
passed into the control of the Denver
& Rio Grande
The Carbon county railroad, which
was constructed from Sconeld up the
Clear Creek valley to the Pleasant
Valley coal mines. is another COM
pany concerned in the merger This
road was Incorporated Nov. Is, 1899
road up to the mines at Sunnyside.
traversng a distance of rs miles from
the main line OF the Rio Grande
The Castle Valley railway. extending
from Price, In Carbon county, so miles
up the coal fork of the Cottonwood
canyon to the coal miles at Pittsburg
was organized April 4. 1891 Consld-
held by local people, the incorporators
being Ben. w. briggs, Jr., B. F.
Thornburg, Milando Pratt and E. NJ
Cummings.
The Copper Belt line at Bingham IS
also taken In by the merger This road
was Incorporated May II. 1901 for The
purpose OF handling a lease and build
Ing three miles of track up Bingham
canyon TO the Bingham Copper & Gold
Mining company's properties
The Tintic Range railway. extending
from Provo into the Tintic, Eureka and
Mammoth mining districts, Is taken
Into the parent company by today's
merger The line was Incorporated
May 5. 1891, by Col d. c. Dodge, A. E
Welby, and other officials OF the Rio
Grande. representing Rio Grandc capl-
tai.
The Scvler Valley Railway company
was also child of the Rio Grandc
parent. Col Dodge being at the head
OF the company which Incorporated in
this city April 6. 1891. with a capital
stock of ss.O0o.000. to extend the line
through Sanpete and Sever valley and
through Piute county to Marysvale,
which Is the present southern terminus
OF the Denver Rio Grande In this
state.
The Utah Eastern Railway company
Is the seventh and last concern to be
absorbed by the Denver G. Rio Grande
This company was Incorporated by S
ii. Babcock. Robert Hardness. Theron
Geddes, a. r Welby and w. F. Cotton,
and was first projected to extend from
Park city through Summit, Wasatcn
and Uintah counties to the Colorado
state line The date of incorporation
was Dec. rs, 1897. An amen\nent 10
tho articles llcd at a later period on
abled the company to terminate It's line
starting at the Davis ranch in Provo
canyon at Hcber City