The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1912-11-08

| OF SAID directors as af0reSalQ the
following perscn rs were elected as
officers and to fill the office set
opposite their respective names,
toWit:
President, E. B. Field.
First Vice-President, Edw. b.
Field, Jr
Secretary, j. E. Macdonald,
Assistant Secretary, Roderick
Reid,
Treasurer, Edw. B. Field. Jr..
Assistant Treasurer. W. P. Allen,
General Manager, E. M. Burgess,
General Auditor, Roderick Reid !;
and
Whereas, the directors at said
joint meeting as aforesaid desig-
mated E. B. Field, <. M. Burgess
and Roderick Reid as the three
stockholders of The Colorado Tele-
phone Company, and Edw. B.
Field, Jr., Philip Hamlin and
j. E. Macdonald as the three stock
holders of The Tri-State Telephone
and Telegraph Company to sign
and acknowledge the certificate of
incorporation for said consolidated
company. prepared and approved
by said directors; and
Whereas, by the terms of said
written proposition and agreement
of consolidation approved as afore-
said by the stockholders of said
companies, the consolidated COM
pany is to be known as The Noun
tain States Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, Now Therefore;
We. E. B. Field, f. M. Burgess.
Roderick Reid, Edw. B. Field. Jr..
Philip Hamlin and j. E. Mac
donald, all of the city and county
of Denver and state of Colorado,
do, pursuant to the statutes in
such cases made and provided, and
in accordance with the action
taken by the directors and stock
holders of The Colorado Telephone
Company and The Tri-State Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company,
and the action of the directors at
the joint meeting as aforesaid. do
hereby make and execute in CEN
DUPLICATE this certificate in
writing of our intention to become
and to organize a body corporate.
as by said laws provided; and we
do further certify:
The corporate name and style Of
our said corporation shall be The
Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
II.
The objects and purposes for
which said company is Incorporated
are:
~ To carry on general tele-
phone business, general telegraph
business, a general messenger bust
ness, and any business involving
the transmission of intelligence by
electricity, in the state of Colo
RADIO, and in any other state or
territory or colony of the United
States, or of any foreign country.
and particularly in the states of
Utah. Wyoming, Idaho and Mon
tana, and in the territories of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico.
(2) To construct. lease. pur-
chase by deed. conveyance. assign
ment or otherwise acquire, and to
establish, hold. own. maintain,
operate, improve and extend, tele-
phone and telegraph lines and
systems, and telephone exchanges.
in the different cities and counties
of the state of Colorado, and in
any other state or territory or
colony of the United States or of
any foreign country. and particu-
larly in the different cities and
counties of the states of Utah,
Wyoming. Idaho and Montana,
and in the territories of Arizona
and New Mexico; and to construct,
lease, purchase or otherwise ac-
quire, and to establish, hold. own,
maintain and operate, improve
and extend, telephone and tele-
graph lines and systems between
the different towns and cities in
the state of Colorado, and in any
other state or territory or colony
of the United States, or of any
foreign country, and particularly
in the states of Utah, Wyoming
Idaho. and Montana, and the terri
tories of Arizona and New Mexico,
and to collect tolls and charges
for the transmission of messages
or conversations along, on or over
said lines or systems.
90 To contract for. acquire by
lease, purchase, deed, conveyance,
| a,ei0pnapt nv otharu,vo opd m