The Coconino sun., 1927-06-03
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES &
SALT LAKE RAILROAD COMPANY
United States Of America,
State of Utah,
County of Salt Lake.-ss
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That we, the under
signed, all of whom are citizens of
the United States, ard five of whom
are residents of the State of Utah,
being desirous of forming corpora
tion for the purposes. hereinafter set
forth, under and pursuant to Title
Eleven (1l) Of the Revised Statutes
of Utah, 1898, and the Amendments
thereof, and particularly under the
provisions of Chapter Seven (7) of
said Title, relating to railroad cor
porations, and the amendments there
to, and Of an act entitled can Act to
! Codify and Revise Certain Laws of
/ this State Providing for the Forma-
! tion Of corporations for the purpose
of Purchasing. Constructing, Acquir-
/ ing, Owning, Maintaining, Operating
or Extending Railroad Lines, Fran
/ chises, Properties and Appurtenances,
| Authorizing the Issue by such Cor
porations of Stocks and Bonds and
other Securities, and the making of
Deeds of Trust and Mortgages, and
Defining certain Rights and Powers
of such Corporations, and to Repeal
the. Following named Acts and parts
| of Acts, Namely: Chapter !, Laws
of Utah, 1899; Chapter II, Laws of
Utah, 1899; Chapter 2, Laws of Utah,
| 1901; Chapter 3, Laws of Utah, 1901 /;
Sections 431, 432, 433, ABS and 442,
Of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 49,
98," Approved March Seventh 1901,
do hereby enter intc and adopt the
! following agreement, and
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
ARTICLE /
The name of the corporation hereby
| formed shall be "San Pedro, Los An
geles, & Salt Lake Railroad Com
pany."
ARTICLE II
The said corporation is organized
in Salt Lake City, state Of Utah.
ARTICLE III
The names of the incorporators and
their several places of residence are
as follows:
Names Places of Residence
William A. Clark Butte, Montana
| r. c. Kerens St. Louis, Missouri
j. Ross Clark-Los Angeles, Cali
fornia
w. S. McCornick-sa Lake City,
Utah.
David Keith-Salt Lake City, Utah
Thomas Kearns- Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Chas. o. Whittemore- Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Reed Smoot Provo, Utah.
e. w. Clark-Ophir, Utah.
Charles Clark-Central Township,
Missouri.
S. A. Bemis-St Louis, Missouri.
Perry S. Heath-Muncie, Indiana.
Richard Kerens, Jr.-St. Louis,
Missouri
Charles w. Clark Butte, Montana.
George b. Leighton-St. Louis,
Missouri.
7. f. Gibbon-Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.
William B. Clark-Kansas City,
Missouri.
"A. II. Handlan-St Louis, Missouri.
ARTICLE "
The said corporation shall continue
in existence for period of One Hun
dred (100) years from and after the
date of this agreement.
ARTICLE v
The purposes and business for
which this corporation is organized
are to acquire, by constructing, pur-
chasing, leasing, or otherwise, and to
equip, own, control, maintain and op-
crate by steam or electric power, for
the carriage Of passengers and freight
for hire, 4 main or trunk line Of rail-
way, extending from Salt Lake City,
IN the County of Salt Lake, in the
State of Utah, by what shall appear
to be the most feasible and favorable
route to a terminal point at East San.
Pedro on the Bay of San Pedro on
the shores of the Pacific Ocean, in
the County of Los Angeles, in the
State of California, the said line of