Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-11-05
Petition For Charter.

10 the Honorable Phillip Cook, Secretary OF
the State ef Georgia:
The Petition of $. Tilden Holtzendorf, w.
II. Whitney and B. X. WalbrldRe' eacn 10
e,d,nv at New York City, State OF New YORK
and l., c. Holtzendorf, resldlng al Faiuooo"
Georgia. and c. P. Holtzendorf. residing In
Atlanta, Georgia, and X, l. hlrKlanu' LeSi.
inc in Irwin County, Georgia. and g. a.
Holtzendorf T. M. Parsons d. b. Jay anu
Clavton Law. each residing ia Fitzgerald
Ben Hill County, Georgia ana b. f. ho''~eh
dorf residing at Douglas, Coffee County
Georgia, shOws;-
That the names of your petitlohers AM
their residences are above SET lor'h' ""'
that your said petitioners desire 10 lorhh "n'
to be incorporated as SUBURBAN ana SIroo
railroad company under the corporate n"l''
of "Fitzgerald and Ccilla Electric hail""S
and Power Company; that said railway Is
to be constructed upon the ionowlhR etioo.'
avenues and drives in the city OF hlCIRel"iu
Ben Hill County, Georgia. to-wiI' CchOi"
Avenue, Main Street. Thomas street, Long
street. Palm and suwanee Streets anu no"h'
oke, Merrimac, Sultana and Monitor Drives
also Irwin Avenue in the city OF oclila' lF"ih
County Georgia.
That petitioners desire to connect the salo
street railroad in the City of Fitzgerald arore-
said by an interurban electric railway hue
running south from Fitzgerald about miles
tn the CITY of Dc liza, and there connect Win
the said street railroad line In the Guy OF
Ocilla, with the right to build, own ana oper-
ate such further extensions OF sa'd sCree'
railroads In the said cit es of Fitzgerald ana
OciIla, and such further extensions OF SUI
urban electric car lines in connection lhere-
with as may from time to time be deterinih'
cd, upon complying with the law In TINS De-
half.
Petitioners desire to operate an electric
light plant and furnish the electric light ana
electric power to any town or city "lthlh
the limits of the counties of Ben Hill and IT.
win State of Georgia, and also to corporations
companies and private citizens residing OF
doing business within the limits CheIeot anu
charge for the same.
Petitioners desire to buy own, hold and use
such property, real aud personal, as may be
necessary or convenient to exercise the FORE
goiug powers.
That the amount of The proposed capltaI
stock shall be.Fifty Thousand Dollars, WIN
the right to increase the same from time 10
time to such sum as the stockholders may
prescribe by a two-thirds vote at any meet
ing at which a majority of the existing STOCK
may be represented, such meeting to be held
as prescribed In section 2l65 of the civil Cod
of Georgia. The present stock to be common
stock but the share olders In increasing tht
same at any time. and from time to time, as
above provided, may by vote create pre-
ferred ock or stocks with such preferences
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That said corporation may be authorized
to do any and all acts necessary and incident
TO the building oquippng and operating SAID
street railroads and interurban lines, and
shall have all such powers and privileges as
are usually granted un Ter the laws OF Georgia
TO street railroads and suburban railroads In
this state
That petitioners have acquired franchises
from the corporate authorities OF the SAID
cities of Fitzgerald and Ocilla authorizing
petitioners. their Successors and assigns to
build equip, and operate electric railway
lines in said cities upon the streets aYe nues
and drives hereinbefore named.
That petitioners desire to be Incorporated
for a term of Forty Years from the date OF
the certificate of corporation, with all rights
of renewal as are or may be hereafter pro-
yided by law. The principal Office of said
corporation to be at Fitzgerald Ben Hill
County Georgia.
Petitioners intend in good faith to go for
ward without delay to secure subscriptions to
the capitrl stock OF said company and to con-
struct, eduip maintain and operate the said
railroad
That petitioners have given four weeks mo-
tice of their intention to apply for charter
by a publication of this petition in news
paper in which the sherif's advertisement
are published in each of the counties OF Ben
Hill and Irwin once n week for four weeks
before the fling of this petition,
Petitioners request TO be Incorporated
as above prayed under the laws of Georgia.
s. Tiden Holtzendorf.
l.. g, Hotzeudorf,
C. a. Holtzendorf.
Clayton jay
W.T.. Whitney,
c. P. Holtzendorf,
T. NJ. Parsons,
b. f. Holtzendorf,
b. X. WaIbridEe,
r. /. Kirkla.d.
d. B. Jay.