Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-18
PETITIONS FOR INCORPORATION
Petition 10 Amana Charter.

No. So, r. D-State OF Tennessee In The
HTHEREAs. shs Memphis and C-HsfIeton
w Railroad Company hays mis- Gag Ned
thsir petition In the said Court, praying q az
PAM and the several acts amsndatory
thereof may be further amended as follows,
That the said Memphis and Cha4isston
Railroad Company b authorized and en-
powered 20 purchase, OWL. control end ope-
rate the following named -atlrcads:
l. The railroad n from Fayettevflie
to Dsche7d, Ia said stats, belonging to the
Wfnchester and Alabama Railroad Company,
2 The railroad running fcola Tuuahoma 70
McMtnnvfle- IN said Btste, belonging 70 the
HcAiEnviHe and Manchester Railroad Com
any and
Il Therafiroad ruruing nom MeNiunyuIe
70 the Ksntueky STATE line. belonging 70 the
southwestern Railroad Company, q par
italy graded % q point at or near Sparta
And, In order 10 make the necessary and
proper connections between said roads, and
with the present line OF the HemDnfs and
Charleston RaiirC ad. that tas said Msnphis
and Charleston Railroad Company also be
complete. own and operate the following
roads, to-Eft:
tween the states Of Tennessee and Alabama.
connecting with q road 70 BE constructed
from s point On the Memphis ard Charles
ton Railroad, near Eezrns Switch, 70 said
state line and running thence to = point on
the said Winchester and Alabama Kalroads
and from thence, II found Necessary or desi-
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running %, and connecting with, the said
Hcainnyi1e and Manchester Railroad az or
near ullahoma.
"a railroad from Decherd. couueefi1z
with the said Winchester aud Alabama Rail-
rad and running % any point on the Ne
Minnyilie and AaashestsF Railroad, between
B. The said Southwestern Railroad, EXTENT
ing from McAfunvilta, By way OF 8partaand
Livingston. 70 the Kentucky line:
And that such OF said roads as mEy Be 50
purchased or constructed, Should be cJn-
solidatsd with, and form q part Of, the aid
Memphis q Charleston Haflr cad, ana be
called and known By that name throurhOut
the entire IN instead OF the presenf Eames
o. said roads. and hat All the provisions OF
the Charter Ofthe said Memphis and CHARLES
ton Railroad Company should os eNtsnded
over, and applied 70, suca OF said roses -
may be 50 purchased OF CONSTRUCTED, and
that for the urpOs OF better providing for
the construction, control and oQe1zftou OF
said roads, all the powers, PRIVILEGES ard
Gancoises possessed By, or conferred upon,
the said Winchester % Aiabama Railroad
Company, the M~cNiinnTills and VDchester
Railroad Company and the Southwestern
Railroad Company, or such OF thea IS mag
De purchased as Aforesaid. should upon the
purchase thereof, respectively be t-ans erred
&c, vested IN ana possessed b. the said
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
And further that the said Memphis and
Charleston Railroad Company should Be
mortgage on the roads 20 be purchased or
constructed as Aforesaid, to an aHOunt o
exceeding ddteen thousand dollars per mlls
Of the whole length Of the 70. Is 50 to be
purchased and conEti ucted, said 10 be
Issued on such terms and cGndiflLns IS 70
said Company ms seem proper.
And that the said company haV and pos
sess all other powers and privileges neces-
sary and prOper 70 carry into effect the Oh
Jsct5 above enumerated.
The -efOre, all perzon4 are hereby notified
to appear before said Court. at the Court
house in the city Of Memphis, On the drst
Monday Of October, ISL, to show cause why
the said amendments should not be granted.
Acopy-Attest
EDMUND A COLE, Clerk and Master.
BY r. J. BLACK, Deputy Q. and n.
Elicit 4 Phelan. soils. sept