Show THE articles of incorporation has been filed for the denver salt lake san franciseo francisco railway co the board comprises thirteen of the wealthiest men in denver and the road will be pushed through as fast as possible as there is no lack of money awaiting investment in the now new enterprise which promises to f 0 be one of the best paying railroad corporations west of the mississippi i river it will open up a large amount of the finest agricultural and mineral lands to be found in the west which without a railroad are of but little value the vast beds of coal and asphaltum would be worked instead of being useless for the want of transportation the route it would take instead of be ing thinly settled as it is is now would become denely populated p q opu in a surprisingly short time the following copied from the salt lake tribune shows that some the men whose names are mentioned as the board of directors of this new nev road are no novices in railroad building ex governor evans was president of the company that built the figat into colorado and drove the last spike in denver on tho 24 21 2 1 of juns jim 1870 he was president of tho south park railroad Bail road company which was ono one of the most profitable railroad enterprises ever inaugurated in the country ho he was president of the denver texas fe gulf railroad Bail road until it was extended all tho the way to fort worth tex tes in fact his connect tion with this san francisco lino in inspires general only that it will bo built bull bu that it will be an exceedingly profit profitable ablo enterprise E A keener is one of denvord Den vors vers stable business men is a director and one of the largest stockholders in the denver tramway company and has been connected with and director in somo of danvers Den vers strongest railroad enterprises henry W porter is ono one of abo old est ablest and most wealthy citizens citi zenn of denver at present largel engaged in tho the cattle bui siness and a director in tho denver national bank he was ono one of the active promoters of the first railroad sud aud tela telegraph graph lines into colorado john W is president and principal proprietor of the groat colorado iron works of denver deaver he wits was formerly master mechanic of the colorado contral central railroad and subsequently general superintendent of the denver south park pacific rail road S H elbert was formerly governor oi of tho the territory of colorado chief justic of supreme court of the he state and formerly connected with her railroad enterprises but is now classed among the cites capitalists E W rollins kollins active member of the banking firm of E H rollins bollins sons of boston new york and denver is son of E H rollins bollins formerly secretary of the union pacific railroad Eail road company united states senator from now new hampshire and founder of the banking houses of which mr rollins kollins director in this company is his la fathers thors successor frow probably bly there never was a stronger railroad company organized in this country u at the beginning 0 of the antor priar and the gentlemen connected with it believe there has been no such route open for occupancy before of the other directors it can be seen noen that J sidney brown late president of the city national bank is senior member of the firm of brown brothers one of tho the largest oldest and most substantial wholesale grocery houses in the west he wab waa a director and the trustee that held the assets and money for tho the denver south park pacific company I 1 0 B kountz is president of the colorado national bauk bank and was also a director di and add treasurer of the south park fark company and of the denver texas gulf company george late president of the german garman national bank is now of the george hardware I company he was wag also a director of the denver south park pacific company to the very profitable profit ablo result of which reference has already boon been made john J hman is now president dont of the german national bank of don ver and vice president and tho largest stockholder in in abo denver tramway company ono of the most substantial cable and electric street car c companies I 1 aa in tho worlds world roger boger W woodbury woodbur y is president out of the union national bank ono of the ablest financiers of denver and was formerly editor and proprietor of the denver times william N byers is president of the donver denver chamber of Com commerce morce and board of trade vice president of the union national bank and tho founder oun of tho the rocky mountain afountain news james H platte id the gont gentleman loman who made the able silver speech at the late worlds fair bankers convention at chicago he is a director of the chamber of Com commerce and president of tho the great denver paper mills company |