The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-26
BONES

STATE OF TENNEssEE, Knox
.Cgnnty.-ss. To Hon. ALLEN ID. CAND--
GE Yoap oe '9 Abeq ae
Boone, a resident of Knoxville. Tenn;
Edgar J. Pratt. a resident of Knoxville.
dent Of "i Knoxv H. Gems Tenn pa Tssii
Vile. il Tenn; Rlcha S5lae w. Austin
a resident Of Knoxville, Tenn; Peter
Hern, resident Of Knoxville Tenn; Jas.
M. King. a resident Of Knoxville Tenn;
August Todtenhausen. resident OF
Knoxville, Tenn; John 3. Harrison, a
resident or Knoxville, Tenn; William
Henry Richards. a resident of Knox
vile, Tenn; c. Gustave Schrader a resi-
Ross, a resident OF Knoxville, Tenn;
George W. Murphy, resident Of Knox
vile, Tenn; James i. McMullen, resi-
dent of Knoxville, Tenn; respectfully
First. They desire to form a railway
corporation under the laws Of the state
OF Georgia.
Second. The name OF the railway COM
pany which they desire to have incorpo-
rated is the Ohio River. Augusta and
Tidewater Railway Company.
Third The length Of said road as near
as can be estimated, Is two hundred and
nnety-sx (206) miles.
Fourth The general direction OF said
road, and the names Of the principal
places from which and to which II Is to
be constructed, are as follows; Beginning
at a point on or near the state line be-s
tween North Carolina and Georgia, near
Rabun Gap, to Clayton, Ga; thence to
Augusta, Ga; and thence to the city OF
Savannah, I'm the county of Chatham and
state OF Georgia, the general direction
being southeast.
Fifth. The counties through and into
which the said road viii probably run are
Rabun, Habersham. Franklin, Hart, FL
bert Lincoln, Columbia, Richmond,
Burke Screven, Efiingham and Chatham.
Sixth The amount Of the proposed cap
itai stock Of said company Is ten million
S1O,0 900 dollars, and divided into shares
Of one hundred $le9 dollars each, Of
which seven million (T,WO,OOO dollars
shall be common and three million tS3,-
900 COO dollars shall be preferred stock.
Both the common and preferred. stock to
have an equal right to vote in all matters
which are TO be determined by a vote OF
the stockholders but the holders OF pre-
ferred stock shall be paid a dividend of
FIVE 90 per cent out of the net earnings
of the road before any dividends are paid
to holders of the common stock.
Seventh. The place where the princi-
pal office of said corporation is to be To-
Gated IS Knoxville, Knox county, state OF
Eighth. The petitioners do intend, in
good faith, 10 go forward without delay,
and secure subscriptions to the capital
stock construct, equip, maintain and
operate said railroad.
Ninth. The petitioners have given four
weeks notice of their intention TO apply
for a charter for the Incorporation Of said
company, by the publication of this peti,
ton in the newspapers in which the
sheriffs advertisements are published in
each Of the counties through which the
road will probably run, once week for
four weeks before the filing of their peti-
tions. Eva
Tshe petitioner request that they may
be Incorporated under the name and for
the purposes in this petition stated, for
period of nnety-nlne t99 years.
'7is "A'1 ALBERT e. BOONE.
EDGAR J. PRATT
WILLIAM II. GASS
DANIEL NJ. HAYNES;
RICHARD w. AUSTIN.
JOHN BANE.
PETER KERN
JAMES NJ. KING.
AUGUST TODTENHAUSEN.
JOHN b. HARRISON.
WILLIAM II. RICHARDS.
c. GUSTAVE SCHRADER.
MARTIN LUTHER ROSS.
GEORGE W. MURPHY.
JAMES p. McMULLEN.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, Knox Coun.
ty-ss Albert +. Boone, William Fl.
Gass and John 3. Harrison, being sever
ally duly. sworn, doth each for himself
(a) That he is one of the persons FORM
ing the Ohio River, Augusta and Tides
water Railway Company.
Oh That the names subscribed to the
natures of the persons named therein.
(c). That the facts stated in said petit
ton are true. to the best of his knOwl-
edge, information ard belief.
ALBERT ID. BOONE.
WILLIAM H. GASS
aiJOHM 3. HARRISON
Sworn to before me this 18th day Of
February. A. ID. 1896. SAM'L r. LYNN
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