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Show to Ballard, a little 1ms than eight miles. nil ia planned to tap the immense Coal deposit that has been developed in the vicinity of Bnllar.l. The mines will be tbe closest to the main line of the Denver Den-ver A Kio Orande of anr known coal deposit in Utah. The company is incorporated for ISO.flflO, with shares at tbe par value of l'i each. The officers of tbe com pany are: H. f. Bauer, president; H. T. Ballard, first vice president; '. U I'roekrell. sec ond vice president; William Darke, secretary; sec-retary; W. Mrl'srthv, treasurer. These with R. K. Neslcn and L. W. Hahn form the directurate. With the exception of Mr. Hallv'l. who is a resident of Thotnn, all "f the incorporators are residents of Salt I Lake itv. I I(i0ji?$9::-Mn$ RAILROAD COMPANY m ITS ARTICLES New Coal Line Financed Almost Entirely by Salt LaKers. With the Cling this afternoon with tbe county clerk of Halt, Ijike county of articles ef Incorporation of the Thompson 4 Ballard Railroad company, another step has been tsken for the (wilding of n new rsilrosd in t'tah. While the line will be but a short one st first it will tap one of the biggest eoal ilenosits in the state, nnd it is eipected will later be extcndi-d fur many miles into the north part of (Iran. I county and the southern part of Uintah ronntv. - The promoters and stockholders of the road have little to say about their plans. Thev auaounce that tbe mooev for the building of the first part of the road is on hand and that work will be started within n short time. It is . nlso sdmitted that there is plenty of eastern and tTtsh capital behind the project to complete tbe road to almost aav distance tbut ita promoters and barters may see lit. The road as designated in the arti eles of incorporation filed this afternoon after-noon will run from Thompson, on the iniw line of the Denver Rio rnli- |