Holbrook argus., 1902-10-18
Certificate of Incorporation
 of The AtchisOn, Topeka and San ta Fe Railway Company.
STATE OF KANSAS, { ss

WHEREAS, The Atchison, Topeka and San tn fe Railway Company, corporation creat- ed by an .ct of the Territory of Kansas, en- titled An Act incorporating the Atchlson and Topeka Railroad Company" approved February Il, ,s'9' and existing under the laws of said Territory and of the state of Kansas, did, on the 10th day Of October, loo', execute its certain m lrtgage or deed of trust to the Union Trust Company, of New hork' ms Trustee, to SC ,ure the bonds of said Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Cohphny' issued under and pursuant to said mortgage or deed of trust and in and by Said mortgage or deed or trust, mOrtgagod and cohNeSSu to said Union Trust Company Of New hork, us Trustee. all of itssrallroad constructed m the state of Kansas, running IT, m Atchlsoh on the Missouri ri CT through Iopekh, to u point on the western boundary or the state of kunSas, being 'aOout tour hunireu nlu seventy id nity-eight hundredths ltiO0o) miles in length, together wiih all the ap- purtenance, thereof, including telegraphs and teleph lnes, and all trnnchses rlghts, privileges and mnunities, then or thereafter pertaining to said railroad, telegruphs, tsIe- phones and pthsr property or the ,hPP"rte nan.es ani appendages thereof; ana all pro, perty. real an personal ot every name uH', nature wh discover and wheresoeVer situated including all shares of the capital stock ana bonds of other operations. whether then possessed O thereafter acquired Dy the salo Atchi>on, Topeka and Shntd Ve haurouu Company, for tn purposes or the cohstI,ic- tion equipment. maintenance or opera of the said railroad, telegraphs telephones and other property, or for use in connection tneFeW1tn, together with all he revenues. income pro hts, benedtS aud advantages ol, or in any way growing out of, any or all or the ,hid above scribed property; and also ceftali stncxs and b,uds mentioned and described in said mortgage and then owned or there- after to be ucquired by sad At 'h'son, lOpe- ka and santa ge Railroad Company ana
 WHEREAS, Thereaft r. and on or apput the 2ith day ot August, Sl,, the Circuit Court of the United States for the ilisi 1ct or Kansas the same being court oI cbnpe' .tf Ia ftr,tl tain judgment or decree tOrecloSing Said mortgage or deed of trust, which Judgment or deiree was entered in n certain consoil- dated eau. pending Ii sad Court wherein the Union Trust Company of New York. the Trustee under said mOrtgag" or deed or trust. was u complainant, and said AtchiSon' Topeka and santa fe halroad NohphnN Wa' adegendant; and
 WAEREAS The said railroad properties aud franchises on the 10th day of December ls1i. were duly sold in pursuance O! the said in lgment or decree of said C lurt to Edward King. Charle> C. 3eaman and Victor Mora, wstz, all of the City of Sew York, N. Y. and such sale having "een duly eonhrlneu DS said Court, the said railroad, properties and franchises. in pursuance of said judgment or decree and the orders of Sal i'd court made thereon, were conveyed by deed, executed by John B. J ohn son. Special Master in Chan cery ap lpint, by sli Court in said cause to the said Edward King, Charles C. Beaman and Victor Moraweth as jnint tenants and not as tenants in com non, who thereby ac uured title to said railroad, properties and fran ,hises uu Ter such sale; and the said pur, chasers and heir aSsociafes successors and assigns. under tnd by virtue of the laws of the state of Kansas in such case made and provided, did thereby have and acquire and become entitled thereafter 10 exercise and enjoy, all the rights, privileges rants. fran chises. immunfties and advanta re, in and by said mortgage or deed of trust conveyed, which belonged to and were enjoyed by said AtchisDn, Topeka and nta Fe Railrond Company, so far as the same relate and ap- pertain tO said railroad, deScribpd in and conveyed by said mort gage or deed of trust as above set forth; and
 WHEREAS, The said Edward King Charles c. Beamun and Victor Morawetz, the said purchasers. for the purp 'se of organizing n now corporation under and in pursuance of the laws of the state of Kansas have as- sosiated with themselves the follOwir rg named persons, viz: Edwar! P. Ripley. who is citizen of the state of illinois, residing at the city of Chicago Aldace Y. Walker who is a citizen of the snte of III uoiS, resid- ing at the city of Chicago; Benjpnn v Cheney, who is a citizen If the state oi Ma,s- achlsett,, residing at tho city of Dover; Ed ward N. Gibbs, who citizen of the stat of New York, residing at the city uf New York Charles S Gleed who K a citizen o the state of Kausas, residing at the city O. Topeka; R. Somers Hayes, who s. ci'iaet of the state of New York, residing ~ th' city of New York; ieorge H. Haven, wh1 | citizen of the state of New York, re. iini at the city of New York; Cyrus. K. Holiday who is a citizen of the state of Kansas, resd ing at the city of Topeka; Thomas N Os born, who IS a cltlZen or the statc or thit as residing at the city of Topeka; WnAan Rotch, who is a citizen of the state ot Siassa chusetts, residing at the city of Boston; Ed ward Wilder, who is a citizen of the state O Kansas, residing at the city of Topeka.
 WHEREAS, The said pure hasers and theii said sociates have organized themselve and do hereby organize thetuselvcS as a new corporation as hereinafter in this certi licat, set forth:
 NOW THEREFORE, The undersigned, beins the said purchasers, and their associates, d, IL. I ct. .llf
 RST The name of the corporation formed by the undersigned is THE ATcHGsoN TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY
 SECOND The purposes for which sucl corDoration is formed are as follows:
 To acquire, construct, own. matutain and operate a railway running from the city oi Atchison on the Missouri river in the state of Kansas through Topeka to a point on the yves ern boundary of the state of Kansas through the counties of Atchison, Jefferson Shawnee. Os tge yon, Chase, Marion, Har- ,,o, Rnno Rire Rartnn pnwnep. Edwards