The oasis., 1902-08-23

Saturday. August a3, 1902
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 COMPANY

ARTICLES OF iNCORfOkATloN OF THE SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 COMPANY.
 KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together tor the purpose of forming corporation under the laws oi the State of California and we hereby certify
 First: That the name of said corporation is SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
 SECOND. That the purposes for which i' is formed are: To purchase. construct, lease. or otherwise acquire and to hold, operate, main tain, lease. sell or otherwise manage or dispose of all kinds of telegraphic and telephonie rights patents, licenses, franchises, lines, in- struments, submarine or other cables, ma chnery, wires poles, materials, apparatus and other property hpper raining to the telegraph or telephone business; to deal in all k nds of teephonic, telegraphic and electrical mate rials and supplies, and to contract for the con. struclion, maintenance and sale of all kinds or telegraphic, teiephonic and electrical systems and apparatus; to receive, transmit and deliver telegraphic and telephonic messages for hirel and generally to do and perform all kinds of telegra phic and teiephonic business private or prblic, and everything pertaining theretoi to do general district and local telegraph and messenger business in various cities and towns in the State of California and elsewhere; to construct maintain and operate in cities and towns and elsewhere telephonlc and tele- graphic lines connecting the houses qua ouces of subscribers with its central or branch offices and to connect such offices, towns or other places by telephonic and telegraphic wires; to acquire, hold and dispose of shares and interests in the capital stock and other property of other corporations and to acquire and hold real estate for the purposes Of its business, with power to sell lease or otherwise dispose of the same; to purchase, sell, lease and acquire any and all kinds of property. pertaining to the pur poses and objects of said corporation and gen erally to do and perform all other acts and things which may be deemed necessary or proper to establish and carry on said business in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada. and the Territories of Washington, Utah and Ari- zona, and elsewhere.
 THIRD That the place where it's principal business is to be transacted is the City and County of San Francisco, in the State of Cali fOrnia.
 FOURTH. That the term for which it is to exist is fifty ,50, years.
 FIFTH. That the number of its Directors or Trustees shall be seven (7), and that the names and residences of those who are appointed for she first year are:
 NAMES. RESIDENCES. George S. Ladd San Francisco, California John l. Sabin, San Francisco, California, Louis Glass, San Francisco, California William c. Oliver, San Francisco, California, Monroe Greenwood. San Francisco, California, Percy T. Morgan, Berkeley, California, David Gage, Oakland, California SIXTH. That the amount of it's capital stock shall be threee million t3. ,000) dollars. div ided into thirty thousand iS0,O0Ol shares of the par value of one hundred GOO dollars each.
 SEVENTH. That the amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is one hundred thousand 100, 000l dollars, and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed, and the amounts thereof, respectively, to wit: i4f
 NAME. NO. OF SHARES. AMOUNT George S. Ladd 25O s25,00O John l. Sabin 25O 25,QVO Monroe Greenwood 250 25,0O0 Louis Glass 100 10000 William c. Oliver 50 '." 5000 Percy T. Morgan 50 5000 David Gage 50 5000 EIGHTH And we hereby certify to these addi- tiOnal facts, viz The kind of telegraph and telephone lines intended to be constructed under these articles. is electromagnetic, with all modern appliances and improvements, and the places from and to which said lines are in- tended to be built, and all the intermediate branches thereof, are as follows:
 l. From the City of Modesto, in the County of Stanslaus, to the City Of Bakersfield in the County of Tulare.
 2 From the City of Sacramento, in the Coun- ty of Sacramento, to Chico, in the County of Butte, by way of Marysville
 B. From Woodland, in the County of Yolo, to Red Bluff, in the County of Tehama, by way of Colusa, and all necessary intermediate lines: all these in addition to such lines as may be purchased and leased,
 f. Tn the cities and towns hereinbefore named, and in other cities or towns in the State of California and in their vicinity, and elsewhere out of said State, to run wires, radi- ating from the offices of the corporation to the various houses and buildings occupied by it's customers, for the purpose of transmitting and receiving telegraphic and telephonic com 1 munications, or other signals, and for the con | nection of such wires with each other, or with | the wires on main routes, as heretofore de- scribcd, and with such as may be purchased | leased or otherwise acquired
 NINTH The length of all the lines hereinbe- fore described to be built is estimated to be one | thousand l1,000l miles
 TENTH. That at least ten ll0l per cent of the said capital stock subscribed, to wit the sum of ten thousand [10,000l dollars has been paid in cash for the benefit of said corporation to William c. Oliver, the Treasurer of this intend ed corporation, and who has been elected as such by the subscribers hereof,
 If Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 25th day of April A. D. 1882
 GEO. LADD, Seal
 JN0. 1. SABIN, Seal
 MONROE GREENWOOD, { Seal
 LOUIS GLASS Seal
 VIM. c. OLIVER, Seal
 PERCY T. MORGAN, Seal
 DAVID GAGE, Seal Signed and sealed in the presence of
 HOLLAND SMITH.