The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-07
FILED ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION
For Charter of Birmingham
Southern Railroad Co.
TERRITORY OF THE MINERAL
Will be Penetrated by the New Organi-
zation-G. B. Mccormack Tells of
the Plans of the Concern
Will Build Three Lines.

Montgomery, February 6.-(Special. AR
secretary OF state this morning for the
charter of the Birmingham Southern Rail-
road company" Nathaniel Baxter, Jr., A.
M. Shook, James Bowron, G. B. McCor-
mack and Walker Percy, all of Birming-
ham, are the incorporators.
The capital stock of the company is to be
$1,2OO,00O, of which sum 100000 shall be COM
mon stock, and 900 preferred stock.
The corporation is authorized to build a
road from Birmingham to Blocton by way
Of Bessemer and Woodstock; another line
from Birmingham by way of Thomas, Pratt
City and Ensley to Wylam, with branches
to Coalburg, Blossburg and other points
where the company may desire; third line
from Birmingham to Oxmoor, and fourth
line from Bessemer, running in a general
direction along Red Mountain to the vari-
Gus ore mines on the mountain.
The charter is to give the company furth-
er power to build any other lines in Jeffer-
son or any other counties of the state that
1t sees fit. The company is authorized to
take any carry for hire persons and prop
erty, using such motive power, or such COM
bination of different motive powers as it
may deem best"
Further power is given the company to
lease or purchase other railroads, to run
porated town, to operate telegraph lines, to
operate lines of barges, steamboats, and
other craft along the navigable waters OF
the state, and in fact it is put the same
basis with all the other railroads of Ala
bama-
10 iptu coi1 n
Mccormack, general manager of the Ten
nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company,
and one of the incorporators of the new
company in an interview this afteroon. I'VE
thought it best to get legislative charter,
but in case this should fail-though there is
hardly possibility of its doing so-we can
still get a common law charter. In either
event we will be in q position to organize
in two, three or four weeks.
every dollar of the stock has already
been subscribed in New York and else
where, so that there will be no negotiating
to be done after the charter is obtained. I
think we will be in a position to start ac-
tive work in a month or two
1.-THE primary object of the new corpora
ton is to buy out and operate the present
lines of the Tennessee company, for we
will have authority to rent acquire any
railroads we desire Then with the addf-
ton of a few new roads which must be
built, we will have a very complete sys-
tenn of railroads in the Birmingham
district
1.-THE most important branch to be built
is the one from Birmingham to Blocton,
which will give a complete circuit.
Another one will be built from Birmingham
to Oxmoor and there connect with the Ten
nessee company's Ishkooda line. The lines
referred to in the charter running from
Birmingham to Wylam and the one along
Red mountain are those of the Tennessee
company's already in operation. We will
buy them. The branches to Coalburg and
Blossburg will have to be built however.
"Our charter will give us the right to
own and operate barges and steamboats,.
This franchise may some day be very val
liable, should the Warrior river ever be
opened up for practical navigation. At
present, however, we shall confine our op
erations entirely to the Birmingham dis
trict.
Yes, this new railroad system will be
very advantageous to the Tennessee COM
pany.The roads now operated by them,