The oasis., 1902-07-26
Saturday, July 26, 1902
ARTICLES OF INCoRPoRATiOS or THE SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 COMPANY

COMPANY
 KSow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we. the undersigned have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose Of forming corporation under the lhWs oi the State of California, and we hereby eertiiy: SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
 sEcoxD That the purposes for which f is formed are: To purchase construct, lease, or otherwise acquire, and to hold, operate, main tain lease sell orotherwise manage or dispose of all kinds Of te egraphic and telephonic rights, patents, licenses, franchises, lines, in strumeuts. submarine or other cables, ma chinery wires, po.es, materials, apparatus and other property appe taining t0 the telegraph or telephone business; to deal in all knds oi telophonic, telegraph1c and electrical mate rials and supplies and to contract for the con. struclion maintenance and sale Of all kinds Of teegraphic, teephonic and electrical systems and apparatus; to receive, transmit and deliver teegraphic and teiephonic messages for hire, and generally to do and perform all kinds or telegraphc and telephonic business, private or pTblc and everything pertaining thereto; Co do q general district and local telegraph and messenger business in various cites and towns in the State of California and elsewhere to construct, maintain and operate Tn cities and towns, and elsewhere, telephonlc aud teie- graphic lines connecting the houses aud offices Of subscribers with it's central or branch offices, and to connect such oiiices, towns or other places by telephonic and telegraphic wires; t0 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 it's 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 10 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 it's Directors or Trustees shall be seven @, and that the names and residences of those who are appointed for the 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 t3,0000O0 dollars. div ided into thirty thousand i30, 0O0l shares of the par value of one hundred 600 dollars each. SEVENTH. That the amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is one hundred thousand 100000 dollars, and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed, and the amounts thereof, respectiyely, to wit: