The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-16
GENERALIZATION County.

| GEORGIA-Fulton County. C.
| To the Secretary of the State of the State of
| Georgia
The petition of II. NJ. Atkinson, F. S. Ark
| wright, K. Il. 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 comnany under the name
of the GEORGIA RAILWAY AND ELECTRICJ
| 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 its lines to, in and through
| the city of Marietta and the county of Cobb,
/ and such other towns of said counties as said
1 Railway company may desire.
| Said corporation desires power to purchase
and own existing lines to construct their
| 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, billiard, CORTLAND. Pine, Fourteenth.
| Tenth, Broad, Luckie, Spring, Powers. West
| Peachtree, Linden, Gray, Simpson. Lambert
| Mitchell. Nelson, Iattnall. East and West Hun
| ter, Walker, Peters, Leonard, Ella, Ashby Cor
! don, 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 McIpn-
/ 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, Ansiey, 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 fOpcrate to apply to any part or all of said
streets 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 upen 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 Tor the purpose OF transporting persons
| and property i'll 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
| OF build and maintain and operate, any of
their lines or of their works, power houses
and necessary structures, upon private lands
| or rights 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 may
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 be
THREE MILLION DOLLARS, of which. at
| least three hundred thousand dollars NAV be
preferred stock with the right to increase the
amount of either said preferred or common
fstock, 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 il
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
corporation is to be located will be the city of
Atlanta, Georgia.
| The term of existence of said corporation
|
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
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 2179s inclusive OF the Civil Code
| of 1895, together with such additional powers
| as are conferred specially upon electric street
| railroads, as contained in sections 2lS1 to 21S4
| inclusive of said Civil Code of 1895. The cor
| poration to he 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
Iintention to apply for this charter. by the pub
| LEGATION of this petition in the newspapers in
! which the sheriff's advertisements are pub
! lished i'll each of the counties of Fulton De-
! Kalb and Cobb. once week for four weeks
| before the filing thereof.
| II. NJ. ATKINSON, F.S. SISk
p. S. ARKWRIGHTy G.. w. BRINE
r. II. CULLINANE, J. g. ROSSMAN
| 5. J. BRADLEY. j.. R. HUNTER,
| NJ. b. LIPSCOMB, W. B. SPONAIIA
| GEORGIA. CORR COUNTY