The age-herald., 1901-04-24
BIRMINGHAM
 IS ID HAVE A
 NEW RAILROAD The Line Will Have Terminals at Aberdeen, Birmingham
 and Atlanta | PROMOTERS ARE LOCAL MEN Declaration of incorporation Was Sent Yesterday To the Secretary of State--Known as "Birming- ham & Atlanta Air Line."
PROMOTERS ARE LOCAL MEN

Birmingham is to have a new railroad. A declaration of incorporation was filed yesterday by Attorney Walker Percy and others. It was mailed to the Secretary of State at Montgomery and provides for the construction of a railway. to be known as the Birmingham and Atlanta Air Line Railway" with terminals at Ab- erdeen. Miss. at Birmingham and at At lanta, Ga. The declaration of incorpora- tion provides that the road shall pass through the counties of Lamar, Fayette, Walker and Jefferson to the city of Bir- mingham and from Birmingham contin- uing in an easterly direction through the County of Jefferson and across the State of Alabama to the Georgia line.
 The incorporators are all Birmingham men. They are ,Messrs. Walker Percy, H. L. Badham, w. S. Lowell, H. H. May berry, W. H. Kettig, Thomas Worthing- ton and W. W. Crawford. Though the matter given out by MT. Percy yester- day came as somewhat of surprise, it is presumed that these Birmingham parties are acting for some outside large rail-, road interest which is evidently anxious to get into Birmingham. There has been much talk for year or two past of both the Illinois Central system from the West and the Seaboard Air Line system from the East getting into Birmingham. Many surveys have been made of the territory leading out of Birmingham in several di- rections.
 l Just what this declaration of incorpora- ton means will probably be fully devel- oped in a short time.
 MT. Percy's Statement. When asked about the matter yesterday Attorney Walker Percy gave out the fol- lowing statement
 "The incorporation of the Birmingham and Atlanta Air Line Railway means sim 1 ply that Birmingham is to have a new | eastern connection to Atlanta. am not at liberty to state who my clients are, but I will say that they are people of ample financial ability and responsibility to complete the enterprise, and that it is their intention to build the road in the shortest possible time. The people of Birmingham have 1t in their power to | to aid the new company in securing req sonable and desirable terminals, and I am sure that with their accustomed lib- erality and progressiveness they will see that the new road is we'll treated in this respect. The company will ask no bonds or contributions from the city and coun- l ty, but only such rights of way and ter | minals In the city the city can law fully give. am not at liberty to say more I on the subject at this time"
 Further than this MT. Percy would not say anything.
 Following is the declaration of incorpo- ration as sent to the Secretary of State yesterday afternoon:
 Declaration of Incorporation. 1 To Hon. Robert P. McDavid. Secretary of
 State for the State of Alabama:5 1 We, the undersigned desiring to form a corporation, under the laws of Alabama for the purpose of constructing, building 1 and operating a railroad do hereby file l this declaration of incorporation, as re- 1 quired by the laws of Alabama, and de- | clare and state as follows: l First-The names and residences of de- l clarants and subscribers hereto are: | Walker Percy, Birmingham, Ala. l H. L. Badham, Birmingham, Ala. l w. s. Lowell, Birmingham, Ala. H. H. Mayberry, Birmingham, Ala. l w. H. Kettig, Birmingham, Ala.
 Thomas Worthington. Birmingham, Ala. l w. W. Crawford Birmingham, Ala. | Second-The name and style of the pro- posed corporation is and shall be "Br- l mingham and Atlanta Air Line Railway" l The terminal of the proposed corporation 1 will be Aberdeen, in the State of Misss- sippi, and said road will run thence In an i easterly direction through the county of Monroe, in the State of Mississippi. and thence into the State of Alabama through | the counties of Lamar. Fayette, Walker and Jefferson, to the city of Brmlng- ham, and from the said city of Birming- | ham, continuing In an easterly direction l through the county of Jefferson and across the State of Alabama to the line between the States of Georgia and Ala bama.
 Third-The amount of stock of the pro- l posed corporation will be one hundred 1 thousand dollars (s10o, ,o0o). divided into l one thousand shares of the par value of | one hundred dollars Gloo) each. 1 Fourth-It Is the purpose of the cor | poration to build said railroad as afore- l said to and through the city of Birming l ham and to a point on the line between l the States of Alabama and Georgia, In an easterly direction from the said city of ! Birmingham, it being contemplated that connection will be made at such point with a railroad line from the city of Att i lanta, extending In westerly direction l to the point aforesaid.
 1 It is further contemplated. and 1t Is the 1 purpose of the proposed corporation. to 1 build such branch lines from the main l line of said railroad. as the board of di-
 
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