Mohave County miner., 1912-10-19
Certificate of Incorporation
 OF Western Arizona Railway Com pany.

pany.
 WHEREAS, the pl operties franchises. i'm munitleS and exemptions appertaining thereto of The ,rizona and Utah Railway Company, a raili oad corporation created by and under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, were sold pursuant to the judgment and decree of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, in and for the County of Mohave, the same being d Court of competent jurisdiction. to ARTHUR G. WELLS aud THOMAS J. RroN, both of the City of Los Angeles, State of California, as joint ten. al ts aud ..Ot as tenants in common, and said sale having been duly confirmed by said Cou,t on the twenty-second day of December, 1905, the said properties, franchises immuni ieS, and exemptions were Tn pursuance of said de- cree and the order of said Court made therein, conveyed to tn" said ARTHUR G. WELLS anC THOMAS J. NORTON as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, who have thereby acquir. ed title to the said properties. franchises, i'm. munities and exemptions in the manler pr. Scribed by law; and
 WHEREAS. the said purchasers ARTHUR G. WELLS aud THOMAS J. NORTON have assocat ed with themselves the following named per sons, viz: G"DFREY HOLTERHOFF Jr., a citi- zen of California and residing at Los Angeles, and w. A. DRAKE Il citizen oi Arizona aud re- siding at Prescott; and PAUL BURKS d citizen of Arizona and residing at Prescott; and the said purchasers aud their associates desire to become cor
  of Arizona in such cases made and provided, to wit, paragraph eight hundred and eighty (SSO) of the Revised Statutes of Arizona. of l9Ol, and Us such to take and possess the prop critics franchises, immunites and exemptions appertaining thereto thus sold which were at the time of sale possessed by said The Ari. zona and Utah Railway Company:
 Now, THEREFoRE, in compliance with the provisions of the iaws of Arizona Territory in such cases made and provided, we, the under. signed, ARTHUR C. wtLLs and r+oMAs J. MORTON, and G DERBY HoLTEaHoFF, Jr., w. A. DRAKE and PAUL BUCKS, being said pur. chaserS and their associates do hereby certify: First: The name of the corporation whose properties. franchises immunities and exemp- tionS appertaining thereto they have acquired. is The Arizona and Utah Railway Company, and sad corporation was organ,z by Articles of Incorporation filed with the secretary of the Territory of Arizona on or about the tenth day of April. 1899. under and pursuant to the pro. visions of Chapter D. Title l2 of the Revised Statutes of Arizona of 1887
 Second: The sale aforesaid was made by authority of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona. in and for the County Of Mohave, under and pursuaht to Judgment or dec ee authorizing and directlng the same, which judgment decree was made and entered by the said Court on the sixteenth day of October, 1905, at the Oc,ober. l9J5. Term of the said Court. in certain cause therein pending wherein petl- tion was filed against The Arizoua and Utah Railway Company by The New York Trust Company, as Trustee and Successor in Trust to continental 1ruSt COmpauN or the C1ty Ot New York under mortgage or deed of trust exc cuted by said he Arizona and Utah Railway Company, dated April twenty-seventh, 1892 in favor of said Continental Trust Company of the City of New York, as Trustee. to secure the iS- suance and payment of bonds issued ihere. under, which said cause was instituted to fore close the aforesaid mortgage or deed of trust, aud in said Ju0gment or decree the railroad, telegraph line. properties, franchises, immunl. ties and exemptions hereinafter described Were ordered and directed to be sold
 Third he following is brief description of the properties sold at said sale:
 The railroad OI the defendant railway com pany us the same was located and constructed. from point on the santa Fe Pacific Railroad, now he AtchiSOu, Topeka d d Santa Fe kall- Way, about four miles southwest from the town of Kingman, in the County of Mohave Tn the Territory of Aiizona. thence northerly in said County to a point beyond the town of Chloride, distance of twenty five miles or more; Also the telegraph line of the defendant rail ay company, as the same was located and cen Structed, from said town of kingman to the initial point of sad railroad and thence along said railroad as constructed and completed, as aforesaid to the terminus thereof: Also all rights of way, road beds, station grounds, depot grounds, yards and all other lands and interests Tn lands, which the railway company owned at the date of said mortgage, or which 1t acquired in connection with said railroad since the execution of said mortgage; Also all SidugS, turn uts, switches and turntables super structures, bridges trestles stringers, ties rails. frogs, chairs, spices and other rail
 
 owned at the date of said mortgafe and all that it acquired in connection with said rail. road since the execution of the mortgage: Also all station houses, depOts, warehouses engine houses, car houses, water stations, machine shops. office buildings and other structures and fixtures which the railway company owned at the date of said mortgage or which il acquired in connection with said railroad since the exc cution of said mortgaee: Al,o all engines, tenders, cars and other rolling stock and equip ment, which the railway company owned at the date Of sad mortgage, or which it acquired in come ctiOu with or for the use of said rail. road since the execution of said mortgage: Also all machinery, tools and implements, furniture, materials aud supplies which the railway company owned at the date of said mortgage or which it acquired in connection with or for the use of said railroad since the execution of said mortgage: Also all fran chises and powers, rights, privileges, immuni. ties and exemptions which the railway cCm pany had at the date of said mortgage and all which it acquired in connection with or for the purposes of said railroad or by reason of the construction thereof since the execution of said mortgage, or which appertains to such railroad or other property; Also all other property of whatever description which the railway company owned at the date of said mortgage. and all which it in any way acquir ed in connection with or as part of or for the use of said railroad since the execution of said mortgages; Also all tolls. revenues, income and profits from any of the aforesaid property and franchises.
 Fourth: The name Of the new corporation intended to be formed by the filing of this cer- titicate is WESTERN ARIZONA RAILWAY COMPANY"
 Fifth: The maximum amount of capital stock of such new corporation shall be five hundred thousand dollars (500,00OS), divided into five thousand 5000 shares,
 sixth: The affairs of the new corporation shall be managed by five (O directors. The names and postofice addresses of the directors for the first year are as follows: