Show it liia 18 reported that the iho country in tho the wasatch laatch moun mountains taing in utah is very n rich h in its agricultural valleys and mineral I 1 its through tigh which our line iffie will pass being the ho shortest line affie to salt lake by about mile mi leg of course our rond road will participate ad van in the traffic of that lake region of country beyond provo prove and utah liske wo have a very mch region of country information of a rell reliable ablo character corner to us that one of tho the richest eliest ri mining regions in the world is iq on or near ourlie our line lim westward west ivard near ono one of our routes and the state sta feline line of nevada in mountains everything E i ng that wo learn w is favorable favor ablo to the success of the enterprise arif prise 4 1 1 now nov ay au to the proper course of procedure first r dinst let us have it a railroad company this thib the conigl committee atteo proposes bo placed in in tho hands of a board of of 0 f financial botand engg in 00 blutt their nj will corn mandi an d afi md 05 alie I 1 seand let the S 1013 D COMI corn jy late ahil fity to mn ciary r on hie felc eu M ieT pm 10 aft under irisi deff the 1 to focati make mail lre e naul surveys of competing Z rout lacato suad lad erm a ion braeg on the ibe sald sned sm ae s am these ro adeff A the to I 1 go wry baym in tile tee of 0 may beforce bf t he mii reviled t e la de finely locatell loca aa thi ehg te ys OTH on both routes intes ean can be fo going DID an the li tl that t or tile roua ra can be b tecuma of baytan sites and tota lof deput depoi M anda timber lands coal and makey oil well q edif not whole at kowt damit ions of half interests fat ereg to fo help ibur brtha eld the rowl may le he secured on ca both ih cardeti rard eti A generl outly no of tho routed may they are both fen feasible sible and vety rich in mines etc careful gurvey alone alane can determine on which the bet road can be secured for business peed opma and economical operation the iho shortest line and the cheapest of construction canvassing only can determine which route will afford the most moat material ten al aid the least impediment and the largest amount of local business for the road when built it will be very assuring to parties undertaking 1 the enterprise to know the faath already ready a ascertained beyond question girat that a line can bo ba found b by Y either of two routes from twenty five to fifty miles a part through rich eoal coal regions and gold old silver copper and lead M mines nes and oil regions and large bodies of excellent timber and at various points on both loutes that there will be no absolute absolum necessity to use a greater thana per cent maximum grade on either ather route nor a less than sixteen of curva curvature fure and that the average expense per mile for construction will not be greater than other transcontinental lines on either route proposed even including the expense of a tun range at an below feet above sea level say from two iwo to five miles long this tunnel which has boon been the lion in the way of all propositions to build this short line through a wonderfully wonderful lv rich country becomes insignificant whon when its expense is spread over so long a line of cheaply built road one of those routes goes up clear creek valloy valley the other by way of the south boulder valley on this side of the range and on the othor other side the one goes by way of tho the white river and uintah unit ah valleys and the other by the yampa river river valley both of which runs in the direction of the shortest line tho the names proposed for the board of directors after a careful canvass it is believed if selected by the chamber cha m be r will v 1 11 accept t as a s a patriotic patrio ti e duty d uty and server at least until by their ability and shill success is organized the names proposed to bo be inserted as directors director for the first year iro aro W N byers IL M X porter george 0 ta J S brown CB 0 B kountze J J J bier deimann P F A keener roger ler W WD J B cialfi a W roteal Eol liin J W and johni john E ebanis tanis it ms may fx e that othia 0 wing to the mal r oi of their other oilier baia en eia gagelin dagena ga gemin enday somei off of the 05 gen flamen j named may hesitate to accept thet flier yo rooer ithon but your committee corm mUe IX af eve the y will not hesitate to tle the armus t im porta uce of fab the eaters rale and the ment of the ch chamber that their services am apotos ueless lary adyr to dou of the I 1 1 Coup ledwith with the report were the article of incorporation in m which the I 1 capital toek iff placed at iu in slaw s of 1100 each the company is to be known at the denver salt laic dalre and san r francisco n abisco railroad and are authorized to acquire own and operate railway telegraph and telephone companies and also provide for the acquired acquire ing of property in colorado UL utah nevada and california fifty five shares out of oven aro are to bo tho the pre preferred forred stock if of the company and the remaining fory forty five sh shares ires are to be the common stock and for every forty five fite shares of common stock isred fifty five shares of preferred stock must first bo be issued the whole of the preferred stock is i s to be held by a trustee or trustees appointed by the board of directors and tho the vote of ten out of the thirteen di rectors must be received to legalize a traus transfer for of the stock on motion of ofa C F wilson failson FW ilson seconded by fred williams f the board of directors named in tho the report were named as tho ancor incorporators p orators with power to fill vacancies the city of denver is named as the business headquarters of the company the entire report was adopted unanimously ani after speeches by prof E P wells and ex governor evans vans had been made judge E T wells will in all probability be the att attorney oriley of shenew the new company |