The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-30
GEoRGIA-Fulton County:

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GEORGIA-Fulton County.
To the Secretary Of the State of the State of
Georgia
The petition of II. NJ. Atkinson, P. S. Ark
wright, r. e. Cullinane s. J. Bradley, NJ. B.
Lipscomb, f. NJ. Sisk, q. w. Brine, J, G.
Rossman, J. r. Hunter and w B. Stovall, all
Of Atlanta, Georgia, shows that they desire
for themselves, their associates, successors and
assigns, to be incorporated as street and
suburban railway company under the name
of the GEORGIA RAILWAY AND ELECTRICI
COMPANY. The length of said road will be
about one hundred and forty miles, as near as
can be estimated. The general direction of
same is to be through the streets of the city of
Atlanta, and upon the public roads and pri-
waite rights OF way of said company in the
counties of Fulton and DeKalb; also through
the towns of Edgewood, Decatur, East Point,
Oakland City, in said counties, with the right
hereafter to extend it's lines to. in and through
the city of Marietta and the county of Cobb,
and such other towns of said counties said
Railway company may desire.
said corporation desires power to purchase
own lines, upon the following streets in the
following named places: In the city of At
lanta, upon Edgewood, Piedmont, Highland,
Angler, Euclid, Moreland and Ponce de Leon
avenues; Peachtree, Decatur, Marietta, Eliza
beth, Hurt, Boulevard, Jackson, Pryor, Hous-
ton Hilliard, CORTLAND, Pine, Fourteenth,
Tenth, Broad, Luckie, Spring, Powers, West
Peachtree, Linden, Gray, Simpson, Lambert,
Mitchell, Nelson, Tattnall. East and West Hun
ter, Walker, Peters, Leonard, Ella, Ashby, Cor
dom. Alabama, Park, Lee, Smith, Crumley,
Pulliam, Clark, Washington, and Ormond
streets; Ridge Georgia, Cherokee, Woodward,
Capital, Central Park, West End, Lucille,
Lake, Jones, Madison and Trinity avenues;
Waverly Place, Fair, Frazier, Forsyth, Church,
Burns. South Boulevard Grant, Cain, Orme,
Mills, Gallatin, Ellis, Irwin, Sampson, McLen-
don, Cooper, Richardson, Mcdaniel, Glenn,
Davis, Magnolia, Chestnut, Haynes, Chapel,
Clarke, Kelley, Hill, Rock, Elliott, Walton
Alexander Kennedy, Howell, Ivy, Juniper,
Bass and Crew streets Atlanta, Hemphill,
Dodd, Augusta, Green's Ferry, Oglethorpe,
Glynwood, Hendricks, Auburn, North and For
est avenues.
In the town of Decatur: North Railroad av-
enue. Court streets or Square Oak, Broad, Me
Donough, Ansley, Haddock, Atlanta and De
pot streets.
In the town of Edgewood: On McLendon
street and Decatur road.
In Oakland City: Through Forrest Park and
through Oakland City to point opposite the
Mcpherson Barracks, and in Oakland City and
East Point along the East Point public road
The said right to build and construct. own
or 'operate to apply to any part or all of said
streets or parts thereof in the discretion of said
company, and the said company to have the
right to construct, own, build, purchase and
operate its lines of railway upon the public
roads of said three counties hereinabove named
and upon any and all other streets and parts
of streets in said city of Atlanta, or other
towns and cities in said three counties the pur-
pose being to purchase and acquire, or build
and construct, and maintain and operate a
complete system of street and suburban rail
roads for the purpose of transporting persons
and property in the cities and towns of At
lanta, Decatur, Edgewood, East Point and Oak
land CITY and in the counties of Fulton and
DeKalb, with the right of extension as afore-
said, and to connect the various towns and
various points in said counties with each other
and with such other points to which the same
may be from time to time extended. They de.
sire power also to purchase and own construct
or build and maintain and operate any of
their lines, or of their works, power houses
and necessary structures, upon private lands
or RICH is of way, and the same to acquire by
purchase or contract, or by the exercise of the
right OF eminent domain and condemnation.
They desire also the power to own and oper-
ate electric plants, and furnish electric lights
and power; also to own and operate steam
heating plants and to buy, own, hold and use
property necessary or convenient to the eXer-
else of such powers and all others that it NAV
possess, and to have all the powers in these
respects specified by the laws of the State of
Georgia, and particularly those in respect to
electric railroad companies, together with the
right to use and occupy the streets, roads and
avenues and public places in the cities, towns
and counties where they may operate or to
condemn property for the purpose of erecting
and maintaining their said lines for the trans
mission of said light, heat and power, subject
to the provisions in regard to such use or CON
demnation as are provided in the law for the
incorporation of railroads.
The capital stock of said corporation shall he
THREE MILLION DOLLARS, of which at
least three hundred thousand dollars may be
preferred stock with the right to increase the
stock, or both, in the manner provided by law
for the increase of capital stock of railroads.
the terms and limitations thereof, and the
rights and privileges of such preferred stock
over the common to be such as are fixed in the
resolution authorizing the issue of such pre-
ferred stock and said corporation NAV. if it
sees fit, make classes of such preferred stock
said corporation may retire or decrease said
capital stock to any extent not less than the
minimum herein prescribed.
The place where the principal Office of said
q ~ wi bn tI,f ait
Atlanta, Georgia.
The term of existence of said corporation.
ana of the continuance CT its rights powers
and privileges shall be one hundred and one
years, with the right of renewal and continu-
ance thereafter as may be provided by law
SAID corporation may at any time, during its
existence, however, by majority vote of its
entire stock, wind up its business, dissolve and
surrender its charter. Said corporation Shall
also have the right TO sell, dispose of, assign,
transfer and convey all or any part of its prop
erty, privileges and franchises at any time
when authorized by majority in amount of its
stockholders.
Petitioners intend in good faith TO go for
ward without delay to secure subscriptions to
the capital stock, acquire or construct, equip
maintain and operate said railroads. They re-
quest to be Incorporated under the laws of this
state applicable to the incorporation of street
and suburban railroads. with all the powers
specified in the Code of Georgia providing for
the incorporation of railroads as contained in
sections 2l65 to 2l79l inclusive of the Civil Code
of 1895, together with such additional powers
as are conferred specially upon electric street
railroads, as contained in sections Psi to 2ls4
inclusive of said Civil Code of 1895. The cor
poration to be be formed will have the right to
apply for and accept by majority vote of its
shareholders any additional powers or amend
ments to its charter, whether fundamental or
immaterial and whether conferred. or to be
acquired, under general laws of special acts
They have given four weeks notice of their
intention to apply for this charter, by the pub
LEGATION OF this petition in the newspapers in
which the sheriff's advertisements are nah
lished in each of the counties OF Fulton, De-
kalb and Cobb, once a week for four weeks
before the filing thereof.
H NJ ATKINSON 8 SISE