The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-02
Roth the petitions follow:

Both the petitions 1olioW!
 To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Birmingham:
 Your petitioner, the Birmingham Termi- nal company, respectfully represents unto your honorable body:
 l. That 1t is a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Alabama with its principal place of business in the city of Birmingham, Jefferson county, Ala bama, and that the object of its incorpor- ation is to construct and maintain and operate a union passenger depot in this city fronting on Twenty-sixth street and extending from about Third avenue to about Sixth avenue, in said city, same to be for the use of the following railroad companies, namely:
 Southern Railway company.
 Alabama Great Southern Railroad com pany.
 Seaboard Air Line Railway company.
 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. Illinois Central Railroad company. and such other railroad companies as may hereafter be admitted to the privileges of the same.
 2. That the plans for the construction of said union passenger depot building and connecting car she'd tracks and other Improvements require the partial occu- pancy or use of certain avenues, some of which have never been opened by the city. The plan of said depot. building and Improvements and details thereof show Ing what avenues and to what extent such avenues will be occupied used, will be furnished to your honorable body, or to the city engineer in connection with this petition.
 Your petitioner, therefore, respectfully asks that your honorable body will enter tain it's petition and will give the same proper direction so that due inquiry may be made to the extent and manner of the occupancy and use of the avenues or highways of the city for the purpose of said union passenger depot, and when due report thereof shall have been made to your honorable body and approved that your honorable body will pass such ordinance or ordinances, as may be requi- site and necessary to grant to your peti- tioner the right of franchise on such fair and equitable terms as may be granted to occupy and use said city highways for the purposes stated.
 This November l. 1905
 BIRMINGHAM, TERMINAL COMPANY
 By G. B. MCCORMACK, President. 10 the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Birmingham.
 Your petition. the Southern Railway company, respectfully represents unto
 
 l. That for more than twenty vears Ia st past, it and other railroad companies. un- der whom it claims, has occupied and used Eth street from about 1st ave in the city of Birmingham, to about 10th ave- in the city of Birmingham, for railroad pur- poses, during which time said 27th street has not otherwise been used as a highway That large number of railroad tracks owned by your petitioner are constructed and maintained along said 27th street con tinuously between the avenues herein above mentioned and have so been main tained and operated for many years.
 ?. Your petitioner states that when the proposed union passenger station shall have been completed. the railroads using said station will necessarily require to use some of petitioners tracks located on and along said 27th street to gain ac- cess to and egress from said station.
 Your petitioner represents that it desires such action on the part of your honora- ble body as may be deemed requisite or proper to enable your petitioner to have the enjoyment of trackage rights on and along said 27th street within the limits mentioned for it's purposes and for afford ing proper facilities for access to and egress from said union station by other railroads.
 Therefore, your petitioner respectfully asks of your honorable body. that it's rights and privileges along and over said 27th stree. as hereinbefore set forth, shall be confirmed by proper ordinance duly enacted by your honorable body and your petitioner represents that 1t Is willing to do on its part. whatever is just and equitable in the premises.
 This the 1st day of November 1905. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY,
 James Weatherly, Attorney.