Mohave County miner., 1912-10-12
Certificate of Incorporation
 OF Western Arizona Railway Com pany.


 of The arizona and Utah Railway Company, a rLil 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 he Fourth Judicial District ot the rerrltoly of Arizona, in and for tht County of Mohave, the same being Court of com petent jurisdiction, to ARTHUR c. WELLS aud THOMAS J NORTON both of the City of Los Angeles, State of California as joint ten. al tS aud ..ot HIS tenants in common, and said sale hving been duly confirmed by said Count on the twenty-second day of December 1905, the said properties, franchises, immunitieS, and exemptions were, Tn pursuance of said de- cr' c and .e order of said Court made therein conveyed to the 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 muniIeS and exemptions ln the manl pre- scribed by law; and
 WHEREAS, the said purchasers ARTHUR G. WELLS ana THOMAS J. NORTON have assOciat ed with themselves the following named per sons, viz: G. DERBY HoLTERHOFF, dr., citi zen of CalifUrnia and residing at Los Angeles, anu w. A. DRAKE a citizen oi Arizona aLd re- Siuing at Prescott; and PAUL BURKs a eit.zen of Arizona and residing at Prescott; and the said purchasers and tn l. associates deS re to become cor poration pursuant to the laws of the Territory of Arizona in such cases made and provided, tU wit, paragraph eight hundred aud eighty (SSOl of the aevised statutes of Arizona, of 1901, anu d. such to take aud possess the prop critics franchises. immunities and exemptions
 
 the tIma of sale possessed by said The Ari, zona and Utah Railway Company:
 Now, rHG tEFoRE, in compliance with the provisions of inc Iaw> of Arizona Territory in su ,n c,Ses niode anu provided, we the under SiA nsu, ARTHUR q. WILLS and lHOMAS J. NuRr'N, "nd q DERBY HULTERHOFF, dr., w. A. DnAkE anu ,uL BukkS, being sald pur. cuas,ls .nl thelr associates du hereby certify: First: he name of the corporation whose properties. irancnisrs. immuuities and eXcmp ti, n> appertaining thereto they have acquired is fhe Arizona and Utah Railway Company, and sad corporation was organ ized 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 5, 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 o Mohave, under and pursuant to judgment or decree authorizing id directiug the same, which Judgment or decree was made and entered by the said Court on the sixt en, h day of October, 1905, at the October, l9J5. Term of the said Court in a certain cause therein pending wherein petl- ti.n was hlt d against The Arizoua and Utah Railway c, npaLy by The New York Trust Company, as Trustee aud Successor in Trust to Continental Trust Company of the City of New York. u.der 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 ls- stance and payment of bonds issued there uuder, which said cause was instituted to fore close the aforesaid mortgage or deed of trust, and in said judgment or decree the railroad, telegraph liue, properties franchises, immuni. 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 as the same was located and constructed, from point on the santa Fe Pacific Railroad, now he Atchisou, Topeka d d Santa Fe Rall- way, about four miles southwest from the town of kngman in the County of Mohave in the Territory of Aiizona, thence norther)y in said County to point beyond the town of Chloride, a distance Of 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 sad railroad and thence along said railroad as constructed and completed, as aIoreSaid to the terminus thereof: Also all rights of way road beds station grounds, depot grounds, yards and all other lands and inteIe Tn lands, which the railway company owned at the date of said mortgage, or which it acquired in connection with said railroad since the execution of said mortgage; Also all SidiugS, turn 'utS, switches and turntables super structures, bridges treStles string-rS, ties. rails frogs, chairs, spices and other rail Toad appurtenanceS which the railway company owned at the date of said mortgale 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 mortgages; Also all engine s, tenders cars and other rolli ing stock and equip ment which the railway company owned at the date of sald 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 and 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 com pany had at the date of said moi tgape 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 SaiC 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 sait mortgage; Also all tolls. revenues income ant profits from any of the aforesaid property ant franchises.
 Fourth The name Of the new corporation intended to be formed by the filing of this cer tihcate is "WESrERN ARIZONA RAILWAY stock of such new corporation shall be five hundred thousand dollars (50O,0OOS), divided into five thousand 5000 shares
 sixth: The affairs of the new corporation shall be managed by five (5) directors. Tn, names and pOstoffice addresses of the directors for the first year are as follows:
 NAMES PoST OFFICE ADDRESSES ARTHUR C.. WELLS, Los Angeles, Californl; THOMAS J. NORTON, Los Angeles. California GODFREY HoLTERHoFF. JR.,
 Los Angeles, California w. A. DRAKE, Prescott, Arizona Territor, PAUL BURKs, Prescott, Arizona Territor!