Mohave County miner., 1912-11-02
Certificate of Incorporation
 OF Western Arizona Railway Com pany.

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 Court of competent jurisdiction. to AkTHUR G. WELLS and THOMAS J. NORTON, both of the City of Los Angeles, State of California as joint ten al tS and .,ot aS tenants iu common, and said sale having been duly confirmed by said Court on the twentySecUnd day of Decrmb. r, 1905, the said properties, franchises, immunl' ieS. and exemptions were, Tn pursuance of said de- cree and the order of said Court made therein, conveyed to the said ARTHUR G. WELLS anC THOMAS J. NORTON as joint tenants aLd n tt as tenants in common. who have thereby acluir' ed title to the said properties, franchises i'm munitieS and exemptions ln the mani er pre- scribed by law; aud
 WHEREAS the said purchasers ARTHUR G. WELLS anu THOMAS J. NORTON have associat ed with themselves the following named per sons VIZ: GODFREY HoLTERHoFF. Jr., a citi- zen of California and residing at Los Angeles. and w. A. DRAKE d citizen oi Arizona and re- siding at Prescott and PAUL BURKS a citizen of Arizona and residing at Prescott; and the said purchasers and their associates des're to become cor poration pursuin to the laws of the Territory of Arizona in such cases made and provided, to wit, paragraph eight hundred and eighty (SS0) of the Revised Statutes of Arlzona, of 1901 and as such to take and possess the prop critics franchises. immulities and exemptions appertaining thereto thus sold which were at the time of sale possessed by said The Ari- zona and Utah Railway Company;
 I provisions of the iaws of Arizona territory in sucn cases made and provided, we, the under signed. ARTHUR c. WILLS and rHOMAS J. NORTON, and DERBY HOLTEKHOFF, Jr., w. A. DRAKE and PAUL BUCKS, being said pur chasers and their associates do ereby certify:
 First: The name of the corporation whose properties, franchis s immunties and eXemp tions uppertaining thereto they have acquired is The Arizona and Utah Railway Company, and sad corporation was organized by Articles of Incorporation filed with the secretary of the ArlZOna about of April lS99 under and pursuant to the pro visions of hapter B Title i2 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 pursuant to Judgment or dec ee authorizing aLd drecti 'g the same, which judgment decree was made and entered by the said Court on the sixteenl h day of october, 1905, at the October, l9O5. Term of the said Court, in certain cause therein pending wherein a petl tion was filed against The Arizona and Utah Railway C"mpaLy by The New York Trust Company, as Trustee and Successor in Trust to Contine ntal Trust Company of the City of New York. under mortgage or deed of trust exc cuted by said he Ariz ma and Utah Railway Company. dated April twenty-Seventh, 1899, n favor of said Continental Trust Company of the City of New York, ds Trustee, to secure the suance and payment of bonds issued there under, which said cause was instituted to fore close the aforesaid mortgage or deed of truSt and in said judgment or decree the railroad telegraph line, properties, franchises, immuni. tieG and exemptions hereinafter described We're ordered and directed to be sold
 Third; he following is a brief description of the properties sold at said sale:
 The railroad ol the defendant railway com pany as the same was located and constructed from point on the santa Fe Pacific Railroad now he AtchisOn, Topeka d Santa Fe Ral way, about four miles southwest from the town of kingman, in the County of Mohave Tn the Territory of Arizona. thence norther)y in said County to point beyond the town of Chloride substance oi twenty five miles or more; Also the telegraph line of the defendant rail ,ay company, as the same was located and con Structed. from said town of kingmAn to the initial point of sald 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, which 1t acquired in connection with said railroad since the execution of said mortgage; Also all sidings turn uts, switches and turntables super structures, bridges treStleS StrngrrS ties. rails, frogs, chairs, spices and other rail road appurenances which the railw " company owned at the date Of said mortgat and all that 1t acquired in connection with said rail. road since the execution of the mortgage; Al>o 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 which il acquired In connection with said railroad since the exc cutlon of said mortgage; Also all engintS, tenders cars and other rolling stock and equip ment, which the railway company owned at the date or said mortgage or which it acquired In connection with or for the use of said rail road since the execution of said mortgage: Also all machinery, tools and implements, furniture, materials aud snprnes 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, immuri. ties and exemptions which the railway com. pany had at the date of sa' d mo -tgage and all which 1t 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 [, Il other property of whatever description which the railway company owned at the date of said mortgage. and all which it in any way acuuir. ed in connection with or as a part of or for the use of said railroad since the execution of said mortgage; Also all tolls. revenues income and profits from any of the aforesaid property and franchises.
 intended to be formed by the filing of this cer- titcate 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 (5 directors. The names ard postoffice addresses of the directors for the first year are as follows:
 NAMES PosT OFFICE ADDRESSES THOMAS J. MORTON. Los Angeles, California GODFREY HoLrERHoFF JR,
 Los Angeles California W. A. DRAKE, Prescott, Arizona Territory PAUL BuRkS, Prescott, Arizona Territory
 Seventh: Previous to the time of such sale plan or agreement was entered iuto in antic patton of the formation of such new corpora-