corporate in deed and in law by and under the said name of
The American Flange Frog and Railway Improvement Company
and grants unto them full authority to exercise the powers and
privileges of a corporation for the purpose above stated in accordance
with their said charter and the laws of this state.
     In Witness Whereof These presents having been attested with the Great
seal and signed and countersigned by the Governor and Secretary
of State of the State of Florida at Tallahassee the seventh day
of February  A.D.  1907.
                    N.B. Broward
          (seal)         Governor
                    H. Clay Crawford
                         Secretary of State

          Notice of Application for Letters Patent
   Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of February  A.D.  1907
the undersigned will apply to his Excellency Napoleon B. Broward
Governor of the State of Florida for letters patent on the Charter
proposed and accompanying this notice.
Under and pursuant to the requirements of the Statutes of the
State of Florida we, the undersigned C.W. Chase  Clarence B.
Strouse  E.E. Cannon and James E. Graham desiring for ourselves
our associates and successors, to form and be incorporated
a a corporation do hereby give notice that we shall
apply to the Governor of the State of Florida for letters patent.

     The Proposed Charter is as follows
First:  The Corporate name of said corporation shall be
"The American Flange Frog and Railway Improvement Company"
located and having its place of business at Gainesville
Florida and such other place or places of business as may
from time to time be designated by the board of directors.
Second:  The general nature of the business to be transacted and the
purposes and objects for which this corporation is organized are
the manufacture and sale of the "Graham flange frog" and
other railway appliances; the purchase and sale of foreign and
domestic patents; to buy, mortgage sell or deal in real
estate and personal property; to engage in any and all
manufacturing enterprises and industries that may be managed
owned or controlled by a corporation of this character; to conduct
own, manage, acquire or operate any and every kind and
character of business that may be conducted, owned managed
acquired or operated by a corporation of this character under
the laws of Florida now existing or hereafter enacted and
generally to do all things necessary and proper for carrying on
said business or to protect and advance the interest thereof
and for these purposes to have and possess all the rights
benefits privileges and immunities incident to and given under
the laws of this state to a corporation of such character.
Third:  The amount of the Capital Stock of said Corporation shall
be five million dollars, to be divided into fifty thousand shares
at a par value of one hundred dollars each payable in lawful