Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-06-28
INCORPORATION
ARTICLES FILED
Boise 10 Named AZ The Headquarters
OF The New Railroad-life
Of Articles 10 50 Years

d,
The Butte, Boise & Winnemucca
railway company filed articles OF IN.
corporation today with Secretary OF
State w. L. Clifford showing one OF
the new railroad enterprises over
which there has been many rumors,
to be capitalized for $40, 100000 with
6538 shares of par value OF $685.
500 actually subscribed. The officers
of the new road, as we'll as sub
scribers Of stock are named as L.
o. Leonard, Boise, president; Chester
N. Halveston, Boise, secretary; James
A. Pinney, Boise, treasurer and T.
F. Halveston, John D. DAILY, Asa
Baldwin, Lewis w. Ensign, G. X. Nc
Crum and John s. Springer. When
interviewed today as to who the back
ers Of the new road are, President
Leonard was non-committal but de-
clared DIT is neither Hartman or a
Hill enterprise. The filing fee At
tached to the registering Of the ar
ticles of incorporation was 20O-odd
dollars.
The articles name Boise as the
headquarters of the new railroad and
the term of life of the articles is
placed at so years. The number OF
directors is given as ndne, OF whom
five shall constitute a quorum foI
the transaction Of business. The
shares are 100000 in number of pal
value Of 500 each. The route the
road will take is specifically outlin
ed in the articles from the surveys
that have been made. The road viii
be $50 miles long between Butte, its
northern terminal, and Winnemucca
it's southern terminal. Direct con
nections will be made, it is suppos
ed. but not stated in the articles
with the northern transcontinenta
line passing through Butte and the
southern transcontinental lines pass
ing through northern Nevada.
President Leonard, of the new rail
way corporation, has personally su
perintended the running OF the sur
veys, estimating the tonnage ant
gathering such other statistics ne
cessary and has made Boise his
headquarters. For IL years he wal
traffic manager of the Gould lines IL
territory in Montana, Idaho, Utah
and Nevada with headquarters a
Salt Lake and is well known in rail
road and engineering circles. Cheste
N. Halveston, secretary of the com
pany, is bookkeeper in the Idaho
Savings & Trust company; James A
Pinney ia the we'll known head Of thu
Pinney theatre, pioneer and capitals
T. F. Halveston is Boise attorne!
and United States commissioner here
John D. DAILY is vice-president of thu
Pacific National bank; Asa Baldwin
Is a well known mining man, hav
ing large properties in the Owyhe'
district; C. X. McCrum is loca
business man and druggist; John S
Springer is a Boise physician, AM
Lewis w. Ensign Is local insurance
and real estate man.
The purposes OF the new corpora
ton. as set forth in the articles o
incorporation, are set forth in par
as follows:
ITO purchase or otherwise acquire
construct, equip, lease and operate
by steam, electricity or other motiy
power, surface, underground or othe
railways for the conveyance an
transportation Of passengers, mai
express, merchandise or freight Q
any kind, and to do generally tn
business Of common carrier by rail
"To purchase, or otherwise acquire
construct, equip, lease or operate tel
graph and telephone lines to be us
ed primarily in connection with 1t
railway business, but to be subjec
to use at its option for the receI
ton, transmission, communicate
and delivery of telegraph or telt
phone messages for hire.
ITO manufacture, generate, bu.
sell, accumulate, store, transmit, ful
nish, transport and otherwise utiliz
electric current for light, heat an
power, and all other lawful business
connection with its railway business
and the operation of it's trains, an
not otherwise.
ITO manufacture, purchase, leas
or otherwise acquire engines, motors
rolling stock and all kinds Of appl
ances in the use and operation {
railways"
The route of the proposed road wi
rurrv a. nvov fhroo mountain divides