The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-27
READY TO BEGIN BUILDING.
sAVANNAH's CAR MANUFACTORY
ASKS FOR A CHARTER.


With the Privilege OF Increasing
IL to s5OO,OOO-There Are Also
100000 Of First Mortgage Bonds.
Hon. John J. McDOnOugh to BE
President and Mr.. VI. 4. O'ByFne
Secretary and Treasurer - Ar
engagements Being Made for Lo-
eating the BuIIdings-The Plant
VIII Employ Nearly 800 WOrIxmen.
The gentlemen who subscribed 10 the
bonds and stock OF the Georgia Car and
Manufacturing Company held a meeting
yesterday at noon at the office OF Messrs.
OCOnnOr & O'Byrne, and made final ar
rangement for the organization Of the
company.
The petition for charter was filed IN the
superior court yesterday afternoon. and
Is published to-day. The incorporators
named in the petition are AIessrs. John
J. McDonough, John Flannery, p ,.
O'Connor, NJ. A. O'Byrne, J. G. Blain and
N. c. Blain.
The petition states that the name of the
company will be the Georgia Car and
Manufacturing Company" The petition
covers everything that such a company
can undertake to do, such as manufac-
turing and repairing freight, passenger
and street cars, manufacturing furniture
lumber ana doing an general manufacture
Ing business, building boats and vessels,
buying and selling ali sorts Of property,
and many other features such as usual
~ come within the province OF a company
of this kind
savannah will be the company's prInc;-
pal place of doing business. and It is d
0lf No ffsrr
invested, with the exception perhaps OF
a rev thousand dollars, is invested hy
SaVannanians. The corporation however
expects 10 DO business all over the cOun-
The amount Of capital to be actually
paid IN by the stockholders Is 100000 10
DC ulViaed INTO shares of 500 each but
power Is asked for TO increase the capital
STOCK at the Organization meeting or
from time to time thereafter 10 anv
amount not exceeding $4,000, and to is
sue income stock or certificates in such
amount as may be determined on at the
oTganlzation meeting. II is provided that
the holders OF these income stock certih-
Cates snall not be entitled to vote at the
stockholders meetings, but shall be on an
equality with the common stockholders
IN az other respects, and shall share
igt4 ~ with them In the company's prof
The fifth section Of the petition asks
LOT the usual powers. rights and privi-
reyes OF chartered company as pro-
Vlded under the laws of GEORGIA The
statement made with regard TO the stock
aoes not include the 100000 Of first mort
gage bonds, all Of which have been sub
scribed to in Savannah.
~ company expects 10 begin
%orK so on building the plant
can determine on the pToper IocatioSs 'G of
the shops and buildings. The shops will
De Dullt, as was stated in the Morning
news on a tract OF land located at the
gunctlon Or the Charleston and Savan-
nan ana the Florida Central and PENN
ssular railroads. which was purchased
ir VIass Messrs- Fawcett Bros. for $4,000.
Otnaessrs. McDonough, Flannery, Blain
QByrne and others will 90 out there to.
Gag LgF the purpose Of looking over the
s a1un9 ana as soon as possible they will
ueteTmlne upon the location of the differ
ent buildings and the work will begin.
Saney Will be accompanied by Mr. John a
SuIiiEan VINO Will superintend the work of
CONSTRUCTION OF the buildings. The work
however, Will not be let out by contract
DuJ VIII be done directly by the company
anu anu qhder the direction Of Mr.. J. G.. Blain,
company's plans nv
While no definite plans have vet been
made with regard to the officers or man
agement it is pretty well Understood ii tbat
MT J. McDonough Will be president
and Mr.. NJ. a. o'Byrne secretary and
Messrs. MeDonongh. O'Byrne, FlannerV
Blain and other SaYannahlans The cant
"a "a invested In the enterprise is almost en-
tlrely from Savannahians and ii will he
directly ia .heir charge and control
1t is expected that they will be able n
start wQk on the buildings within the
next week or ten days. The only thing in
me way now is the matter of the location
o. the dlHerent buildings, and it will not
take long to decide upon that The ma
cnlnery from the Huntingdon Pa DIont
VIII be loaded on the cars within tbirtv
days and 1t will all be brought To Sava6y
nan Just as soon as enough of the build
lngs are under roof to furnish place to
put II. Some Of the heavier machinerv II
Is expected VIII be brought here before
The Huntington plant is a very vaIua-
Die one, and II It had not been for the
tact that Mr.; McDonough and Capt Elan
merry were able to secure an onion on II
at very low figure. this new epfer Ur ~
would scarcely have been contemplated
Inc plant cost from first to last more
about $4,000, which practically incIudee
the transportation Of the machinery 10
savannah. The machinery is ali i'm good
ffoneF S.. ana was in use only three or
The new enterprise will include shops
tor the manufacturing and repairing of
Irelgnt, passenger and street cars The
estaollshmen of plant for vulcanizing
wood IS also contemplated at an eariY
oa5e' Inc company will buy the wheels
ana aXles TO be used for the present
put expects in the course of time to es-
tablish its own foundries and FORCES for
making these products also
Those interested in the enterprise saw
tne plant viii be ready to begin opera
tons by Sept. l; All of the railroads en-
deal of encouragement to the enter65rise
and a great deal of work, both in the
building and repairing of cars. is ex
pected from them. Though not yet form
ally organized, the company is now ffgur-
ing on contract for a large number of
cars, though they are not to be delivered
1or some months to come. The company
will employ all the way from 200 to "a
men. and according to, present caicuia-
tons when working fun time and up TO
quire a force OF fully 500. va
This is the largest enterprise that has
time and the people of Savannah are to
be congratulated, not only because il is
now an assured thing, but particularly on
capital that is doing the work The com
pany has promise of considerable patron
age, and so far as can be seen. Ii has
the brightest outlook for assured and
continued success.
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