Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-06
Petition to Amend Charter.

No.. So, r. D.-State OF Tennessee In the
First ChanceFy Court of Shelby county.
WHEREAS, the Memphis and Charleston
w Railroad Company have mis- day filed
their petition In toe said Court, praying bat
theC harter Of Incorporation OF said com
pauy, and the several acts ~amendatory
That the said Memphis and Charleston
Railroad Company be authorized snd en-
powered to purchase, own. control and ope-
rate the following named railroads:
1. The railroad running from Fayetteville
to Decherc, in said State, belonging 70 the
Winchester and Alabama Railroad Company.
2 The railroad running rom TullahOtna 10
McMtnnVtlle. In said State, belonging TO the
s. eMinnvIle and Manchester Railroad Com
S. The railroad rurning from McMinnvile
to The KENTUCKY State line. belonging TO the
Southwestern Railroad Company, and par
italy graded TO e polntat or near Sparta;
And, in order 10 make the necessary and
proper connections between said roads, and
with the present line of the Memphis and
Charleston RailrC ad, that the said Memphis
and Charleston Railroad company also be
complete, own and operate the following
roads, to-wtt:
IA railroad from a point on the Lint be-
tween the States OF Tennessee and Alabama,
connecting with q Dad 10 be constructed
nom & point on the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad, near Fesrn's Switch, TO said
State line. and running thence TO q point on
tine said Winchester and Alabama Railroad,
and from thence, II fOund necessary or desi.
rsble: crossing said last named 2 an
running 70, and connecting with, the said
McMinnville mi Manchester Railroad al or
near Tullahomzs
"a railroad from Deeherd, connecting
with the said Winchester and Alabama Rail-
road, and running 70 any point on the Nc
MinnvfIle and Manchester Railroad, between
Manchester and TuIlahOma- nd
3. The said Southwestern Railroad. ext and
ing from McM1nnYll1e, by way OF sparta and
Livingston, TO the Kentucky line:
And that such OF said roads as may be SO
Nnrnnaaad or cnnafFucfed- ehnuld be cOn-
solidatsd with, and form = part OF, the said
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. and De
called and known by that name throughout
the entire line, instead of the present names
OF said roads, and that all the provisions Of
the Charter ofthe said Memphts and Charles
ton RAILROAD Company should oe extended
over, and applied TO, such of said rOaus as
may be so purchased or constructed, and
that, for the purpose Of better providing for
tine construction, control and operation OF
said roads, all the powers, privileges and
franchises possessed Dy, or conferred upon
the said Winchester and Alabama Railroad
Company, the McMtnnytlle and Manchester
Railroad Company and the southwestern
Railroad Company, or such OF tncm as may
be purchased as Aforesaid, should, upon the
purchase thereof, respectively be transferred
10, vested in ana possessed by the said
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany.
Charleston Railroad Company should be
authorized TO issue its bonds secured oy
mortgage on the roads 10 be purchased or
constructed as Aforesaid, to an amount not
exceeding fateen thousand dollars per mile
of the whole length of the roads so 70 be
purchased and constructed, said bonds 10 be
Issued on such terms and conditions as to
said Company may seem proper.
And that the said company have and pos
sess all other powers n privileges neces-
ssry and proper to carry into effect the Oh
ject5 above enumerated.
Therefore, all persons are hereby noti1ed
to appear before said COurt, At the Court
house in the city OF Memphis, on the FIRST
Monday OF October, 1871, to show cause why
the said amendments should not be granted.
Acopy-Attest
EDMUND A. COLE, CLERK and Master
By r J. BLACK, Deputy O. and ID.
Elicit Phelan. soils. sept