The herald., 1917-01-11
CHAR
OF NEW ORLEANS AND LOWER COAST
RAILROAD COMPANY.


KAlIkOAD NoMI AN
November %, 1910
United States of America. State Of Louisi..
ana, City OF New Orleans, Parish OF
Orleans.
BE il known. that on this 10Th day of the
month of November, in the year OF our Lord,
one thousand, nine hundred and sixteen and
of the independence of the United States OF
America, the one hundred and torty-hrst,
before me, Alfred c. Hammer, notary pub.
lie. duly commissioned and qualified IN and
for the State and parish aforesaid, and IN
the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared The several persons whose names
are hereuntO subscribed who Severally de-
clared that, availing themselves of the pro-
visions of the laws OF the State OF LouIsl-
ana, in such case made and provided, they
have covenanted and agreed and do by these
presents, covenant and agree and bind them
selves as well as such persons as may here
after become associated with them. 10 form a
corporation for the objects and purposes and
under the articles and stpulations follow
ing, tO-wit:
Article The name of this corporation
shall be New Orleans and Lower Coast Rail
road Company, and under its said corporate
name IL shall have power and authority to
have and enjoy corporate existence and sue
ceSSion for the full term and period OF
ninety years from and after the date
hereof; to contract, sue and be sued; to make
and use a corporate seal and the same 10
alter and break at pleasure; TO hold, receive,
lease, purchase and convey as well as mort
gage and hypothecate property, real, personal
and mixed as well as corporal and IN
and bonds Of other corporations; TO
name and appoint such managers, agents,
directors and officers as its business, inter
and establish, as well as alter and amend,
from time to time, such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the proper government OF the
affairs of the said corporation as may be
Article 1.-THE domie.Io of said corpora
tiun shall be in the city of New Orleans,
State of Louisiana, and all citations and
other legal process shall be served on the
seucc upon one of the vlce-presidents, or, IN
the absence of said officers, upon the sec
rotary OF said corporation.
Article lII-The objects and purposes for
which the corporation is organized and es-
tabliShcd. and the nature of the business TO
be carried on by 1t are hereby declared TO
be: To acquire: maintain and operate for
the carriage of freight, passengers, mail and
express matters the line of railroad former
ly owned and operated by New Orleans,
Fort Jackson and Grand Isle Railroad Com
pauy, beginning in the Fifth District of the
City Of New Orleans (Algiers), Louisiana, at
a point on the Mississippi river and run
ming in a general southerly direction through
the said Fifth District of New Orleans, (par-
iSh OF Orleans) and the Parishes of Jetfer-
and Plaquemines TO Buras, Louisiana
with all necessary spurs, side tracks, switch
eS, turnouts, watertanks, sand and gravel
pits, stations and station houses, yards and
depotS. roundhouses, sheds, coal shutes, ware
houses, platforms ferries and bridges and
all other accessories, adJuncts and appur-
teranceS, necessary, proper and convenient
Tor the operation of the said line of rail-
road; TO locate, construct or otherwise &C
quIre and operate, with all necessary access
SORES, adJunctS and appuTtenances, connect
r ing lines Of railroad from such points on
said main line as said corporation may Sc
lect 70 other points IN the State of Louis-
ana, or in any other State or Territory Of
the United States or in the Republic OF Mex
leo or IN the Dominion of Canada; to lease
or sell its lines of railroad in whole or in
part any Of its facilities or appurtenances
to other companies; TO lease other railways.
either within or without the State of Lou
isiana, IN whole or in part; to purcase or
consolidate with other railway corporations
organized under the laws of the State of
Louisiana or of any other state or of the
United States, and to acquire and hold the
stocks, bonds or other securities of such rail-
way or other corporations this corpora
ton may he interested in; TO construct and
maintain passenger depots, freight yards and
warehocs'' and to permit the use of such
depotS as Union Depots; 10 construct, own,
purchase, charter otherwise acquire and
operate steamships and other vessels for the
carriage of freight and passengers for hire
in connection with the said lines of rail-
way or as an incident to its said business;
10 construct, own, acquire or lease, and oper-
ate docks and wharves for the landing of YES
sells and for the receiving, storing and for
warding of freight and for the accommoda-
ton OF passengers; TO construct, acquire,
own, acquire or lease and operate ware.
houses, grain elevators and congresses; to
establish, maintain and operate as we'll as
TO lease or otherwise acquire telegraph and
telephone lines; if its said line Of railroad
De IN whole or in part operated by electric
ity, 20 establish and operate electric plants
for IT'S own and to vend electricity and
electrical energy for light heating power
and other purposes; to construct, own, lease
or otherwise acquire, maintain and operate
canals or Shansels for navigation in connec-
ton with lis said lines of railroad or as an