The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-04-13

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHARTER
OFTHE UNION AND NOFsTHWES' !
RAILROAD COMPANY.
SrATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF
ed that on this twelfth day of April A.
ID. 1889, before me Richard a. Young.
Deputy Clerk and OK oilicio Notary Public
within the Parish OF Ouachita, State OF
Louisiana, personally came and appeared
Uriah Millsars, A. b. Sholars, John l..
Parker, ID. A. Breard, Sr Herman Meyer,
f.. Endon. Ben Reynolds, g; G. Wood
Marx, +. NJ. Lee, John l.. Everett, Jacob
Stein, J. G. Trimble. Crank +. Stubbs. J..
Enaut, l.. Il. Dawkins, John S. Eoatner, t.
Blanks, I. Raer. w. 4. bright ana Geo. Nj.
Dilley, who declared and acknowledged
that, availing themselves of the privileges
conferred by tho Constitution and Statutes
of the State of Louisiana relative to the
organ iZation of corporations for public inn
provements. they have formed themselves
into a corporation and do hereby and by
these presents constitute themselves and
such other persons as may hereafter become
| associated with them into II body corpor-
ate or corporation, and 10 that end ana for
| that purpose do covenant and agree to be
governed by the following stipulations,
| obligations and regulations as articles of
corporation which are to be tho Charter
fOr S:ttu COrEOTdtfOfts tO-Wft.
ARTICLE ].
Tho nauo and tito of this corporation
! shall be the ''Union and Northwest ern Rail-
road Company" and that by said name said
corporation shall have succession and cor
porate existence for and during tha full term
of ninety-niHc years, from the dato Of this
act, unless sooner dissolved. In it's corpp-
rate name it may sue and be sued, may
| have a corporate seal, may hold and own
real and personal property, may make con-
tracts. may receive grants and donations Of
generally shall possess all tho power and
| privileges which such corpora, ions are or
may be authorized to possess under the
Constitution and laws of this state.
| ARTICLE IT.
Tho domicile Of said corporation is liked
| ut Monroe in the Parish of ouachita, State
| Of Louisiana.
| ARTICLE III.
| The purposes for which said corporal ion
| has been organized are as follows:
| Section Ito locate, construct, own and
manage IL standard guage railroad, with one
or more tracts and suitable tnrnouis and
switches, upon such Il course or route as
| the chief engineer of tho Company with the
tho approval of tho Directors may deem
most advisable and cNpcdient. from point
| on the Mississippi river in the Parish of
| Concordia, at or near Nilalia, or such other
point in tho State of Louisiana as tho ciliot
! engineer with the approval OF tho Directors
may select, through Monroe and Farmer
| ville Louisiana, to Camden in the State OF
| Aarkansas, and northwest thereof to such
| a point on the Arkansas river, rs the Board
of Directors may hereafter determine also
| tolocato, construct, lease, own, maintain
and manage telegraph and telephone lines
on the line of said railroad.
| Soc. 2.-To locate, construct, lease,
own, maintain and use such branch rail
roads and tracts as II majority of the Dircc-
| tors may from time to time deem proper
| eXpedient and for the benefit of said COM
pany. Said company shall not be restrict ed
i'll the exercise ofthese privileges. OF, to, or
| concerning either of said branch rail
| roads to the State of Louisiana, but may
connect its main line in such other stat es
| AZ shall authorize the exercise of said pri-
| yileges within their limits; to establish and
maintain proper elevators, freight and pas
seuger depots at such points and places as
may be doomed most convenient and pro
per, and said company shall have the right
to acquire by appropriation such property
as it may require for tracks, roads, etc,
depots, elevators or other necessary pur-
poses.
| Sec. >. To purchase, hold. operate
| maintain AMI use any connecting railroad
or railroads, or to consolidate with tho
same, and make ono company under the
name of the companies or any other name.
See. ito construct, establish or pur
chase lit this State and thereafter to own,
maintain and use such wharvcs. bridges,
piers, harhors, steamboats,, warehouses;
! elevators, yards, depois. stations AMI ther
works Us said company may deem ncccs
sarv. =
Soc. 5.-ro take transfer carry and con
voy persons, and property upon its rail
road and branches and to receive for SaG.
| Keeping and TO store merchandise and
other property in it's yards elevators and
] warehouses and To receive for such trans
portation, safe keeping or storage st,ch
| tolls aud charges as may from time to-
| time be tabliShed by the directors of SAID
company 90 make advances OF money, or
credits tor charges made by other tranSl.ur-
tation lines upon merchandise or property
| To be transported upon it's own railroads,
or to be stored i'll its yards, elevators, or
warehouses, to such extent and upon such
terms and conditions as tho nirecs OIsS ct
such Company may from time TO time iN
and establish or authorize TO to hNsd aud
established.
Soc. 6.--To take send and transmit 10
cere and deliver telcgraphc and tpic-
phonic messages aud communications to
aud from such offices as tho company may
establish along its lines or from and to
such other Telegraph and telephone COm-
pany, as said company may connect with
and to establish for such service such
charges and tolls as may from time Io
time be fixed by the Directors.
Sec. Ito obtain and receive hy Clirpr.
gifts and hequost hoth real and personal
property TO have and TO hold such real ana
personal property for the objects purposes
ana business of the company.
Sec. S.-To construct and maintain its
said railroad or any part Of the same and
10 acquire and have the right of-way there