The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-09
BOONES

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Knox
County.-ss. To Hon. ALLEN D. CAND-
LER, Secretary of State of the State OF
Georgia: Your petitioners, Albert +.
Boone, resident OF Knoxville, Tenn:
Edgar ]. Pratt. resident of KNOXVILLE.
Tenn, William Il. Gass. a resi-;
Vile. Tsnn. Richa aS5lae ". Austin hn0H
a resident OF knoxville. Tenn: Peter
NJ. King, resident Of Knoxville, Tenn;
August Todtenhausen, a resident OF
KNOXVILLE, Tenn; John 3. Harrison, a
resident OF Knoxville. Tenn; William
Henry Richards, resident of Knox
vile, Tenn; c. Gustave Schrader. resi-
dent Of Knoxville, Tenn; Martin Luther
Ross. a resident of Knoxville. Tenn.
f. George w. Murphy, a resident OF Knox
vile Tenn. James L. McMulien. a 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-siX $3.50 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-
Rabun Gap, to Clayton, Ca; thence to
Augusta, Ca; and thence to the city OF
Savannah, In the county OF Chatham and
state of Georgia, the general direction
Fifth The counties through and into
which the said road will probably run are
Rabun, Habersham, Franklin, Hart, Ell
bert Lincoln, Columbia. Richmond,
Burke Screven, Effngham and Chatham.
Sixth The amount of the proposed cap
ital stock Of said company IL ten million
$4,000 00O) dollars,an divided into shares
OF one hundred GlOO dollars each, OF
which seven million. @7MO0O0 dollars
600 OOO 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 vote OF
the stockholders; but the holders OF pre-
ferred stock shall be paid a dividend OF
Ave 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, TO 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-
tion in the newspapers In which the
each of the counties through which the
road will probably run, once a week for
four weeks before the filing Of their petit
The petitioner request that they may
be Incorporated under the name and for
the purposes in this petition stated, for
period OF ninety-nine g9) years.
'9is"a'u ALBERT f. BOONE.
EDGAR J. PRATT.
WILLIAM II. GASS.
DANIEL M. HAYNES.
RICHARD w. AUSTIN.
JOHN BANE
PETER KERN.
JAMES NJ. KING.
AUGUST TODTENIIAUSEN.
JOHN b. HARRISON.
WILLIAM III. RICHARDS.
c. GUSTAVE SCHRADER.
MARTIN LUTHER ROSS.
GEORGE w. MURPHY.
JAMES p McMULLEN.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, Knox Coun.
ty-ss Albert +. Boone, William III.
ally duly sworn, doth each for himself
and say;
fa)' That he is one OF the persons form-
ing the Ohio River, Augusta and Tide
water Railway Company.
Oh. That the names subscribed to this
foregoing petition are the genuine sig-
natures of the persons named therein.
tion are true, to the best of his knows
edge, information and belief.
ALBERT e. BOONE.
WILLIAM II. GASS.
JOHN B. HARRISON. .
Sworn to before me this 18th day oG
February A. ID. 1896. SAM'L e. LYNN,
(CoptedD Notary Publics