The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-04-01
PETITION FOR CHARTER.

State. of Georgia. Fulton county.-To
the Honorable A. D. Gambler, Secretary
of State, in and fol the State of Georgia..
Your petitioners j. S. James, c. ID
Camp, r. E. James, J. P. Watson, re-
siding at Douglasville in Douglas county,
Georgia; Simon Baer and Charles Pratt,
| residing in Fulton county, city Of Attain
ia, Georgia; George L. Bell, whose resi>
dence is Gainesville, Hall county, Ge0r
gia; L. H. Galloway, a resident Of Deca>
tur, DeKalb county, Georgia; George f.
Payne, William D. Charley and Charles
q. Wetter, residing in the city of Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania and their associ-
ates respectfully show the following facts.
/. That petitioners have entered into
an association tor the purpose of becoming
a corporation to construct and operates a
railroad in the State of Georgia from aid
to the places hereinafter named and that
they intend to construct and operate a
railroad after becoming corporation and
desire 10 become incorporated under the
| name and style of the Atlanta q Douglas.
|'ville Railway Company.
2. Said railroad when constructed and
put in operation will be about twenty five
miles long.
3. The main line thereof will run
from the city OF Atlanta, Georgia, in a
Westerly direction
4. The said line of railroad to be con-
structed by said Atlanta s. Douglasville
Railway Company will run through the
counties OF Fulton, Cobb and Douglas in
said State. Said railroad is intended to be
constructed from the city of Atlanta, Ful>
ton county, Georgia, to Dolglasville,
Douglas county, Georgia.
D. Petitioners further show that the
amount of the proposed capital stock of
said Atlanta & Douglasville Railway
Company is the sum of (S375, 000.00)
Three Hundred and Seventy-Flye Thou
sand Dollars, which is divided into shares
OF the par value Of (S100 00) One Hun
dred Dollars each and that none of said
capital stock is to be preferred stock, hut
ali common stock.
6, That said Company desires 20 be
incorporated for the term of twenty years,
with the privilege of renewal az the ex-
piration of said time.
Z. The principal Office of said Atlanta
& Douglasville Railway Company shall
be in the city OF Atlanta, Georgia,
3. Petitioners allege that they do in
tend In good faith TO go forward without
delay to secure subscriptions to the capt.
talAstock of said company and construct,
equip, maintain and operate said railroad
from aud to the points aforesaid.
., Petitioners hereby request and pray
to be incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid under the laws of this
State, and further show that they have
given four weeks notice of their intention
to apply for charter for said COMPANY
by the publication of this petition in one
OF the newspapers in which the Sheriff's
advertisements are published in each of
the counties Of Fulton, Cobb and Doug
las through which said proposed railroad
will probably run, which publication has
been made once week fer four consecu.
tive weeks, in each of said newspapers
before the filing of this petition.
10. Petitioners therefore pray that said
Company may become a corporation
under the name and style aforesaid and
for the purposes aforesaid by the granting
LOT charter by the Honorable Secretary