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FROM GRANADA TO WEST LAS ANIMAS.

54.62 MILES

BUILT BY

THE PUEBLO AND ARKANSAS VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY I.

PLACED IN OPERATION SEPTEMBER 15, 1875.

This is the first of three seperate companies, of the same name, incorporated, respectively, March 24, 1875; September 29, 1875 and September 12, 1878. For convenience they will, in what follows, be referred to as I, II and III.

From its charter we learn the following as the major aims of the company:

Second

The object and purposes of said company are to locate, build, construct, manage, operate and maintain certain railroad and telegraph lines to be hereinafter described and to purchase, acquire, improve and dispose pf lands or any interests therein, either abssolutely or on condition for the purpose of aiding in any manner the construction or maintenance of said railroad and telegraph lines; the said railroad as well as the said telegraph lines are described and by routes are designated as follows, that is to say; commencing at a point at the present western terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, in the Arkansas Valley, at or near the eastern boundary of the Territory of Colorado, in the county of Bent, and Territory of Colorado; thenece westerly and northwesterly following the general direction of and along such route as may be deemed most advantageous and practicable through the Counties of Bent and Pueblo in said Territory, to the City of Pueblo in Pueblo County in the said Territory; thence extending in a westerly and northwesterly direction by way of the Tennessee Pass through the counties of Fremont and Lake in said Territory to the western boundary thereof; thence in a northwesterly direction to Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah;

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also a railroad and telegraph line branching off from the route above designated at a convenient and practicable point, and extending there from in a westerly and southwesterly direction through the counties of Bent and Las Animas in the Colorado Territory to Santa Fe and Albuquerque in the territory of New Mexico and also a railroad and telegraph line extending from the most suitable point on the line last described thought the counties of Bent and Las Animas, to Trinidad, in said County of Las Animas and the Territory of Colorado. Said telegraph lines mentioned herein are to be appendant and appurtenant to railroads and are to be built, constructed, operated and maintained by said Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Company, at its option and election on and along the lines and routes of said railroads as hereinbefore specified or as near thereto as may be thought expedient by said railroad company, and that offices for the transaction of telegraphic business shall be opened and maintained at such points along the line of said railroads as may be deemed expedient. The termini of said telegraphic lines shall be the same as the termini of said railroads.

The number of trustees of said company shall be eight, and Mahlon D Thatcher, Oliver H P Baxter, James N Carlile, Thomas Nickerson, Joseph Nickerson, R H Peabody, B P Cheney and Charles L Perkins are herby designated trustees of said company for the first year.

Corporators

Joseph Nickerson Oliver H P Baxter F H Peabody Mahlon D Thatcher B P Cheney Thos Nickerson James N Carlile Chas L Perkins.

From ICC Valuation Reports, Volume 127, we learn of the following accomplishments:

The Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Company (of March, 1875) was incorporated March 24, 1875, in the Territory of Colorado. It was controlled on September 29, 1875, the date of consolidation, by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail Road Company in consequence of advances made for construction. On the other hand, the records reviewed do not indicate that this company controlled any other common- carrier corporations.

The property was operated under lease by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail Road Company from September 15, 1875, the date it was placed in operation, to the date of consolidation. The railroad owned on the date of consolidation consisted of 54.62 miles of standard-gauge steam railroad extending form Granada to West Las Animas, and an undetermined amount of uncompleted road between West Las Animas and Pueblo, all within the Territory of Colorado. This entire property had been acquired by construction.

This railroad, together with tow others, was consolidated into the Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Company II on September 29, 1875.

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