The Coconino sun., 1914-07-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATlON
 OF SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

COMPANY
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
 STATE OF UTAH,
 COUNTY OF SALT LAKE.
 KNOW ALI. MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, seven of whom are citizens of the United StAtes, and one of whom is a resident Of the State Of Utah, being desirous of forming corporation for the purposes here matter forth under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Utah. do hereby enter into and adopt the following agreement, and Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE l-The name of the corporation here by formed shall be SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
 ARTICLE 1.-The said corporation Is organized in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 ARTICLE III-The names of the incorporators and their several places of residence are as follows:
 NAMES PLACES OF RESIDENCE. DAVID C. COLLIER San Diego, California. HERBERT A PARKYN, Chicago. Illinois. SAMUEL S SHERMAN. Wilmette, Illinois AUGUST II. BUNGE. Chicago liihos' CHARLES c. CHAIRMAN, wilmette' Illinois Illinois HENRY B. RETTIE, Chicago lliinos' JOHN E. CHAIRMAN, canton, ohio' En Fl FrTCHER San Diego California. THOMAS MARIoNEAUX, Salt Lake City. Utah.
 ARTICLE Iv-The said corporation shall con tipue in existence for a period of One Hundred aeO years from and after the date or ths agreement.
 ARTICLE y-The purposes and business TOT which the corporation is organized are to acqure' by constructing purchasing, leasing, or other wise and to equip, own, control, maintain anp onerate by steam or electric power, for the ear riage of passengers and freight for hire, man
 or trunk line of Railway, extending rom the City of Denver in the County or Denver anu State of Colorado, by what shall appear to pe inc most feasible and favorable route 10 ter minaI point in the harbor of San Diego m the county Of San Diego in the State oi Csli'o'n'a' the said line of railroad having terminus m fit nf County or DenNef Sthie Oa Colorado and running in approx imateP south westerly direction, distance ol app t sixty five miles, through Denver Nap%nV' pn, Douglas and Jefferson Counties, and lhto fai" County in said State Of Colorado; thence m ap- proximairIy a northwsSterly direction A tur.her distance nf approximately one hundred ana IhuS eight miles continuing through Park thanee' Lake Pikin and Eagle Counties. and mo 'hr field County in said State Of Coloraho' ana thence in approximately southwestefly alfectoh alf q further distance of approNlnatey SihH wy miles, continuing through Garfield Conhy anu into Mesa County, said StIte of Colorado thence continuing ju approximately south"eSirtN ui rection a further distance of approximately one hundred and eight miles, through Mesa. M"h' rose and San Nigue! Counties State of Colorado to the utab Colorado State line; thence m aP- pr0NimatCY ; southwesterF dlre't#"h lu''n', distance of approximately eithty-sN m'ies thf"'sH san Juan County, State ni Utah, to the ttah- Arizona State line. thence in approx lnattN d ssouthwcsterly direction further distance "t aP- proximateiy fnty-five miles. and thence Tn northwesteTly direction iu't"F ni''hu'' VI 'P prox,mately ninety one miss, through Nnysjn and Coconino Counties in inc State of Arizona to the Ar2ona-Uiah State line thence III aP- r-o, o,irnatcly n nor1hwesterly direction l further distance of approx lmaely eleven miles and thence in approxiratety a snuthwesterly direction a fu thcr distance Of approximately tsehty-FeNen hleS through Kane County, State of Utah, to the rtab Arizona State line: thence in approx ,maieIy A southwesterly direction further distance or approximately hundred and twenty-two mics through Geronimo and MojaVe Counties Staie or Arizona, to the Arizona Nevada State me meme in approx matey southwestery dlrectph further distance of approximately nineteen miles through Clark County in the State of Nevada to the Nevada Arizona State line po'oTado river); 2 thence in approximately southwesterly direction a further distance Of approximately one hundred and six miles through MoIavc County. State. Of Arizona to the ArIzona-California State line Colorado rfyer): thence in approximatey southwesterly direction further distance or ap- { proximately two hundred and thirty seven miles through San Bernardlno, Riverside, Imperial and San Diego Counties, State Of California to the said terminal point the harbor of San Diego in the County of San Diego in the State Of California, total distance of approximately | eleven hundred and twenty seven Oi27) miles. | more or less together with all necessary and appropriate branch lines and extensions of said line in and through said States and particularly;
 l. A branch line designated for convenience SALT LAKE CITY BRANCH LINE, extending from the point on said main line at or near Rifle in Garfield County State of Colorado which shall appear to be the most appropriate point for junction of said branch line with said main line. and running thence In a northwesterly direction distance of approximately one hun dred and fifteen miles through Garfield and Rio . Banco Counties, State of Colorado. to the Utah. f Colorado State line; thence in northwesterly direction further distance of approximately one hundred and eighty miles through uinta, wasatch and Summit Counties, and into Salt Lakc County. State of Utah, to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, State of Utah. entering said Salt Lake City from the east, total distance Of vt,,at .I, hnpd draI and miles: and
 2 A branch line. designated for convenience DOLORES BRANCH LINE. extending from point on said main line In San Juan County, State of Utah. which shall appear to be the most appropriate point for a junction of such branch line with said main line. about five miles west of the Utah-coorado State line and running in approximately easteriy direction approximately five miles through San Juan County, State of Utah, to the Utah Colorado State line: thence In a southwesterly direction into Dolores County State of Colorado, distance of approximately forty-three miles, to the town of Dolores. Dolores County, State of Colorado, total distance of approximately forty-e'ght uS miles: and.
 PAHREAH EsCALANTE BRANCH LINE, extend ing from the point on the said main line in Kane County. State of Utah. which shall ap- pear to be the most appropriate point for junction of such branch line with said main line, about eight miles south of the town of Pahreah in said County, in a northerly direction dis tance of approximately forty miles, thence in an easterly direction further distance of approxi- matey fifty miles. then in northwestery d. rection further distance of approximately one hundred and six miles, and thence in westerly direction a further distance of approximately thirty five miles through Kane, Garfield Wayne and Emery Counties State of Utah. into Sevier County, In said State, to the town of Salina, In said Sevier County, on the Marysvale branch line of the Denver and Rio Grande railway, a total distance of approximately two hundred and thirty miles f231): and,
 4 branch line. designated for convenience KAIBAB BRANCH LINE, extending from point on said main line which shall appear to be the most appropriate point for junction of such branch line with said main line about four miles south Of the Utah-Arzona State line. and about one mile east of Johnson Creek In Coco nino County, State of Arizona. in southerly direction. distance of approximately seventy 'onr (7p miles through Geronimo County State