Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-10-17
Petition For Charter.

10 the Honorable Phillip Cook, Secretary of
the tate eff Georgia:
The Petition If =. Tiiden Holtzendorf, W
T. Whitney and y. K Walbridge each re-
siding at New York City, State OF New York
and L. C. Holtzendorf. residing at Valdosta
Georgia, AMI c. P. Bol re dorf. residing in
Atlanta, Georgia, and RI. Kirkland, resid-
Ing in Irwin County, Georgia. and G. A..
Heltzendorf. T. NJ. Parsons, D. f. lay and
Clayton lay, each residing In Fitzgerald
Ben Ii II County, Georgia and B. F. HotzeG-
dorf, residing at Douglas, Coffee County,
Georgia, shows;-
Thai the names of your petitioners and
their residences are above set forth. and
that y, III said petitioners desire to form and
to b9 Incorporated as Suburban and street
railrsad company under the CORPORATE name
OF "Fitzgerald and Celia Electric Railway
and Fower Company; that sasd railway is
to be construc ed upon he following streets
avenu"s and drives in the city of Fitzgerald,
Ben Hill COMFY Georgia, towit: Central
Avenue, Main Street, Thomas -tIeet, Long
street. Palm an Suanee Streets, and Roam
olie, Merrimac, Sutana and Monitor Drives
also Irwin Av, hue in the city of OciIla Irwin
County Georgia.
That petitioners desire to connect the said
street. railroad in the City of FitzUerald afore
sal by an nteIban electric railway lire rum
ming south ON Fitzgt raid about nine miles
t the CT of o. H. and there connect with
the sal street railroad line in the City OF
Ocilla. with the tight to build, own and oper-
ate suc1 further extensions If sail st Get
railroads. In The said cit es Of r tz :erald ard
O lila, and such further exttnti n OF cleo
tric Car lines in connection herewith as may
from time to time be determined, upon COM
plying with The aw in this heha f..
titioners desire to operate in electric
li1ht plant and furnish the electric light and
electric pow to auy town or city within
the mits of the cou. ties of Heu Hill and Ir.
win S ate of Georgia, and - SO to corporations
compani' ard private citizens residing or
doing bus neS, within the mits thereof and
charge 5or he same.
Petitto Crs d, Sire 10 buy, own no d aid u 9
such property. zeal a ID personal. as may be
necessa' y or c"nvene to exeecse the fore
go ng powers
That the amount of lhe proposed capital
ste k shall BIZ Fifty Thou sand Dollars, with
the right to iecr1 Sc the same from time to
time to Snch sum "a the stockholders may
rescribc by twn-thId- vote AT any m tt
Ing at which m jor!;y OF the existing stock
m ~ b. repre- .nttd, Il Ia Ill. citing to be held
as prescribed IN 81 ction 2If5 of the i>-il ode
of &c 'rga- The pres mt stock TO be c)mm n
stock, but the share hold. rs in increa>in IL Q
same at any time. and ON time to tim, as
ab We provided, may By vote cate pre-
ierred Ock or Stocl = with such preferences
as d resolution cra$tjng same may fix.
hat said corporation may be authorized
to do any and II acts necessary and Inc id. Mt
to the BUILDING tquippiug and operaii said
street railroads and lit ban lines. and shall
have all such lowers and priviles as are
usually granted unf'r thu laws of Georgia
to st eel railroads and suburban railr. ads in
this stat.
That petitio 1ers have acquired franchises
fir ,m the corporate authorities OF the said
ctI IF Fitzgerald and q lila authorizing
petitioners, their Successors and assigns, to
build equip and operate electric railway
lines IN said citi uron the streets sv nus E
and drives h"reinbefore named.
That Drt tionvrs desire 10 he incorD. rated
for term of Forty Years from rue date If
the certificate ,'f corporation, t',a! rgh
of renewal as are or may he hereafter PRO
vided by law. rho principal office of SD id
corpoTatiun to be at F,:l crald Ben Hat
County Georgia.
1 eGlbOneFS inteIltl IN E'ENi lth To go Tor
ward without delay to secure subscriptions 10 |
the capitrl stock OF sail com any and to con- |
Siruct. cduip maintain and operate the said |
railroad
That petitioners have given four weeks nc /
tee of their intention to apply FOR hsrter /
By publication of this petition in news |
paper In which the sherifS adv ertisement |
are published in each of the counties of Ben |
Hill and Irwin once a week for fur weeks
before the fling Of this etitioD,
tetitinnegs request TO be Incorporated
as above played undt the laws of Georgia.
3. Tiden Poltzendorf,
/. q. l;uI zendolf,
G. A. neitaendorf
aytun lay
VT. Whitney,
c. T.. A'ltzendorf.
T. ". Parsons.
X r. HeItzendorf
b. X. Wslqri1pe
X. kirkla I'd.
l.. b. joy.