The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-23
GEoRGIA-Fulton County:

N0SeSNO u.
GE0RGIA-Fulton County:
To the Secretary of the State Of the State of
Georgia.
The petition of H. NJ. Atkinson. p s. Ark.
wright, R. e. Cullinane, S. J. Bradley, NJ, b.
Lipscomb, f. NJ. Sisk q. w. Brine, ], G.
Rossman. ]. r. Hunter and W. B. StoyaIl Ali
OF Atlanta, Georgia, shows that they desire
for themselves, their associates, successors and
assigns, to be incorporated as street and
s 9 fpe oTPalWag under the name
COMPAN1. 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-
Vate 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
Railway company may desire.
said corporation desires power to purchase
and own existing lines, or 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
beth, Hurt, Boulevard, Jackson, Pryor, Hous-
ton, billiard, 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
DON Alabama, Park, Lee, Smith, Crumley
PuIllam, Clark, Washington, and Ormond
streets; Ridge Georgia, Cherokee. Woodward
Capital, Central Park, West End, Lucille
Lake, Jones, Madison and Trinity avenues
Wayerly Place, Fair, Frazier, FORSYTH Church
Burns. South Boulevard, Grant Gain Orme
Mills, Gallatin, Ellis, Irwin, Sampson, McLen3
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, OglethorDe
Glynwood, Hendricks, Auburn, North and For
est avenues.
In the town of Decatur North Railroad av-
enue, Court streets or Square, Oak, Broad, Nc
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 Oity 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 theDur-
pose being to purchase and acquire or build
ana construct, and maintain and operate. a
y
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 i'll 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, of their works. power houses
lar dc
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
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
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 corparation shall he
THREE MILLION DOLLARS of which at
least three hundred thousand dollars NAV be
preferred stock with the right to increase the
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-
ferTed stock and said corporation NAV If IL
sees MT 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
| = n he Tod will ba t1,o
Atlanta, Georgia
The term of existence of said corporation.
| and 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 ofits
! stockholders.
| Petitioners intend in good faith to 30 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 2165 to 2179l inclusive of the OWL Code
| of 1895, together with such additional powers
| as are conferred specially upon electric street
| railroads, as contained in sections Psi to 21s4
| 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 pub
| ished in each of the counties of Fulton, De-
! Kalb and Cobb, once week for four weeks
| before the filing thereof
H. NJ. ATKINSON, F. s. SISK