The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-02-26


ban and street railroad company as fol
lows, to-Wit:
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
Fulton County.
To the Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary of
State: The petition of D. b. Gray, j D.
Good, F. w. Montgomery, Warren Mont
gomery, Nathaniel Haven, of New York;
p. ID. McCarley, resident of Fulton
county, Georgia; A. II. Cox and A. T.
| Cox, residents of DeKalb county, Geor-
gia; W. Il. Power, X. W. Boone, j. J..
Anderson. residents of Cobb county,
| Georgia; respectfully shows:
| l. That they desire to form suburban
and street railroad company, using cleo
| tricity, or other motive power, as they
may at any time decide upon, pursuant
| to the act of the General Assembly of
Georgia approved December 10th, 1892,
and amended by the act of the General
Assembly approved December 18th, 1894,
with all the rights and privileges of rail
road corporations, in so far as the same
| may be applicable thereto, and with all
| the powers and privileges as set out in
! paragraphs 21SO, 21S1, 21S2, and PISA of
the Code of Georgia of 1895; including the
right and privilege of transportation of
freight as provided for general railroads.
| 2. The name Of the company for which
the petitioners thus seek incorporation
is to be
ATLANTA & MARIETTA ELECTRIC
| RAILWAY COMPANY"
the name not being the name of any ex-
listing suburban or street or other rail
road corporation, in the state of Georgia.
3. The length of said load, as near as
can be estimated, shall be about twenty
| (20) miles.
4. Said road shall run from the city of
| Atlanta, Fulton county, Georgia, in a
| nOrthweSterly direction on the most
practicable route to, or near the electric
| plant of the Atlanta Electric Company,
| near the shoals known as Randall Shoals
on the ChattahOochee river, through the
counties of Fulton and Cobb to Marietta.
| Your petitioners specify rs the cities,
towns, OF villages through which the said
! road is to run, the city of Atlanta, Full
ton county Georgia, and the city of
Marietta, Cobb county, Georgia. Pc
titioners specify, as to streets in she
city of Atlanta on which they propose
to construct and operate said railroad
as follows; along West Peachtree street
I to Sixth street, thence along Sixth street
to Spring street, thence along Spring
| street to Luckie street. thence along
Luckie street to Broad street, thence
| along Broad street to Marietta street AMI
along West Peachtree street to Sixth
street, thence along Sixth street to
| Spring street, thence along Spring street
] to Alexander street, thence along Alex
ander street to Williams street, thence
along Williams street to West Cain
street, thence along West Cain street to
a, S.Gtpn oil L.,
| to Cone street, thence along Cone street
to Marietta street, and thence into the
| center of the city, Also, on such other
| streets, as the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Atlanta may authorize
from time to time: and in Marietta,
along Atlanta street to public square
around the public square, along Chero-
kec street and Church street, kennesaw
avenue and on such other streets as the
! Mayor and City Council of the city of
Marietta may authorize
). The amount of the proposed capital
stock is six hundred thousand 5000, OOO
| dollars, in shares of one hundred
| $4,000 dollars each, all OF which shall
| be common stock. with authority to in
| crease said capital stock at any time, to
a sum not exceeding twU million So
00O,000) dollars.
6. Petitioners desire and petition to
be incorporated under the laws of the
State, as aforesaid, for and during the
term of One Hundred and One QOD
years. with the privilege of renewal at
the expiration of said term, as allowed
by law.
:, The principal Office of said proposed
corporation to be in the city of Atlanta.
said State and county,
s. Petitioners do intend in good faith,
to go forward without delay to secure
subscriptions to the capital stock: con
struct, equip, maintain, and operate said
railroad.
8. Your petitioners further show that
they have given four weeks notice of
their intention to apply for said charter
by publication of this petition in one of
the newspapers in which the Sheriff adj
vertisements are published in both said
counties through which said proposed
| road will run once week for four weeks
before filing of this petition: and pray to
be Incorporated for the purpose and
withthe powers aforestated according to
law, and will ever pray.
1 d. b. Gray, j. D. Good.
(! I. w. Montgomery, Nathaniel Haven,
Warren Montgomery, P. D. McCarley,
! A FL Cox, A. T Cog.