Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-01-03
Petition For Charter.

70 the Honorable Phillip Cook, Secretary OF
the tate eff Georgia:
The Petition Of = Tildcn IIoltzendorf,
e. Whitney and F. X. Walblidge, each re-
siding at New York City, State OF New Yorl
md l., G. Holtzendorf, residing at Valdost
Georgia, AMI G. 2. Holtzendorf. residing il
Ntlanta, Georgia, and II, I. Kirkland, resio
ing in Irwin County, Georgia. and G. \
Holtzendorf. 7. M. Parsons, d. B. Jay ant
clayton JAY, each residing la Fitzgerald
en- Hill County, Georgia and B. F. Holtzen
iorf, residing at Douglas, Coffee County,
Georgia, shows
That the names of your petitioners anC
their residences are above set forth, ant
that your said petitioners desire to form ano
30 bs incorporated as u Suburban and street
railroad company under the corporate name
# "Fitzgerald and Celia Electric Railway
ma Power Company; that said railway is
10 be constructed upon the following street,
venues and drives In the city of Fitzgerald
Ben Till County, Georgia, to-wit: Central
Avenue Main Street, Thomas Street, Long.
street. Palm and suwanee Streets, and Roam
ike, NerIimac, Sultana and Monitor Drives
also Irwin Avenue in the city of Ocilla, Irwin
County Georgia.
That petitioners desire to connect the sale
street railroad in the City of Fitzgerald afore-
said by an interurban electric railway line
running south from Fitzgerald about 9 miles
to the city of DC LA, and there connect witt
tho said street railroad line in the City OF
Della, with the right to build, own and oper
ate such further extensions of said street
railroads In the said cit es of Fitzgerald and
-
urban electric car lines in connection there
with as may from time to time be determin.
I'D, upon complying with the law in this be-
half.
Petitioners desire to operate an electric
Liz hit plant and furnish the electric light and
electric power to any town or city within
the mits of the counties of Ben Hill and Ir
win State of Georgia, and also to corporations
companies and private citizens residing OF
doing business within the limits thereof anG
charge for the same.
Petitioners desire to buy. own, hold and us
such property, real and personal, as may be
necessa or convenient to exercise the fore
goiug powers.
That the amount of The proposed capital
,teek shall be,Fifty Thousand Dollars, with
the right to increase the same from time TO
time to such sum as the stockholders may
prescribe by two-thirds vote ut any meet
ing at which a majority of the existing stock
may be represented, such meeting to be held
as prescribedin section 2l65 of the Civil Code
Of Georgia. The pres ent stock to be common
stock, but the share FOLDERS in Increasing the
same at any time. and from time to time, as
above provided, may by vote create a pre-
ferred ock or stock S with such preferences
as resolution creating same may fix.
That said corporation may be author lied
to do any and all acts necessary and incident
to the building equipping and operatiog said
street railroads and interurbau lines, and
shall have all such powers and privileges as
are usually granted un er the laws of Georgia
TO street railroads and surbulban railroads in
this state.
That petitioners have acquired franchis S
from the corporate authorities OF the said
cities of Fitzcerald and DELLA authorizing
petitioners, their successors and assigns, to
build equip. and operate electric railway
lines in said cities upon the streets avenues
and drives hereinbefore named.
That petitioners desire to be Incorporated
for u term of Forty Years from the date of
of renewal as are or may be hereafter pro.
vided 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 10
the capitrl stock of said company and to con-
struct. eduip maintain and operate the said
railroad,
That stttl loer> have given tour weeks no.
tee of their intention to apply for cha ter
by publication OF this petition in a news
paper in which the sheriiT'S advertise men
are published in each of the counties of Ben
Hilland Irwin ones a week for four weeks
before the fling of this petition,
petitioners request to be Incorporated
as above prayed under the laws of Gee rRia.
s. Tildou Roltzendorf.
I. G. Holtzendoff,
c. A. Holtzendorf.
Clayton Jay
W.T., Whitney,
c. P. Holtzerdorf,
I. NJ. Parsons.
b. F. IIeltzendorf,
b. X. Walhridse,
X. |. Kir<laad,
D, Jsy.