The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-05-21 00:00:00

PRO-Pz.CIUS,

This Company has been formed for the workieg of
existing Telephonic exchanges, and establi-,hiug others,
as well as for the introduction and application of
Telephones for the Pu ply of the general elipbonic
wants of the community, under the license of t,.e
United Telephcne Compiny, Limite, in the following
towns and indn,trial districts. - _ - -

The district lately occupied by the Midland Telephrr e
Company, Limited, viz.: BlLimt,..all.m and WoL-
VERHAM,TON, ad twenty miles radius round each,
the circles being joined at the sides. • • •
The County of YORE.
MIDDLEBORou3II, and radius of twenty.five miles
round (eat:Jiang Sunderlend and radius 4 five miles
round),
GLASGOW, EDINBURGH.. DUNDEE, and ABERDEEN, and
a radius of twenty.five miles round eich.
So much of the Counties of NOTTINGHAM and Lxicnts-
TER us is cAnprised in a radius of twenty miles
round the County TOWO of each.
BELL:tax and Pitovisme ox
. The radios n each case is measured from the
General Post Office,
The Company has acquired Telephonic Ficebanges
and businesses, now JU operation, in Gaisemw, bur.; h,
Belfast, Leeds, Braeferd, kPrining.c.trim aLd W ~verhamp.
too, at present )ielildig a large gross revenue which t'
Directors have good reason for believing will be rapid.y
increased.
The Telephonic businesses in Lceds and Bradford
above mentioned have been formed by the •ornpany,
and the possession of the remainirr.; Teleplionic preperty
named, has been obtained by purchase from the Provin-
cial Telephone Company, Limited. the Scottish Tele-
phonic Exchange, Lioatted, and Menet,. D. •& . G.
Graham, of ela.gow, and by, the purchase of all the
Share Capital in *he Mtdl.ad Teiephone Company,
Limited; the particular agreements under which these
properties have been acquired dre set forth, at the close
of tne prospectus.
The Consolidated Telephone Construction and Main.
tenance Company, Limited, having. acquired the
Telephonic interests of Mr. Gower and 'is associates.
! has entered into an -arrangement with the Thdited
Telephone. Company, one feature of which is to give to
the latter, as regards all new busine-s, in additien to its
former possession of the Bell. Crossley, and
other patents, the exclusive supp.., of telephones in the
UrAted Kingdom, under the Scott and Wollaston .‘groe-,
meat and the Gower patent.
From the above it will be seen that a large proportion
of the most important mauufectuiig wing, su.ppin, •
and industrial centres in the United Kingdom ate
included in the field of operatmns of T.Lui t.ompany. . •
In letters of various dates this Coropany has been
promised. on behalf of the PostnaJater-General, Agree-
ments under which the , foilowing towns will work
telephonic Exchanges under that °dice
Lii.minow, with a rachua of , 5 mies
EDINBURGH do. •• 4
GREENOCK do. • • 3 o
. DUMBARTON do. • • 3 91
PAISLEY do. • • 3
EIREC.ALDY .10. .. 3 „
Dorman do. , 3 „
Foetus, .do. • .. 3..
-.ABERDEEN do. .. . 3 „
-Lazne do. • • 5
BRADFORD do. .• 4 yt
HUDDENeFIELD do. • • 4 o
DEYOBURY do. • • 3 ST
HALIFAX do, .. „
WAAEFIELD do. • • 3
OTT SCHISM do. • • 3 1,1
BIRMINGHAM do. • • 4 gf
OLVERILIIIPTON do.
WALSALL do. • ..
WEDNEsBURY do. ••
DUDLEY do. •• e,
BRIERLEY HILL do. ••
SIOURBRIDGE do. 11) „
BELFAsT do. • 5 o

In the United States, the Telephone is so extensively
adopted that, am;rding to reliable iitformation, one
Telephone is tried to an average of 125 initabita,,ts in
many towns of the first chus, ant in tbo.e of the
second and third class one to an average of 75 inhabi-
tants, althoug'u the business is only in its infancy. toe
first District Exchange having been °rout?. !d to
Chicago, in July. 1878. 1171.,en us,d to the sante extent
in the towns of this Company's Districts, as it is in
Boston, Chicago, it. Louis, tan Fiancisco. and many
other American cities there will be over 30,000 Tele-
phones in use.
The Lvicailire Telephone Comnany, whose operations
have been mainly Col:lulled ih Liverpool and Manchester,
has in the short period of eighteen months created a
gross annual revenue of overl2o,000; cud in Glasgow,
notwithstandiug the disadv.tntaes of severe competition
hitherto existing, the gross teems of the Tetephoae
undertal,ings as now amalgamated, already amounts to
close upon £B,OOO per annum, which is sure to be
mediately and largely augmented now that all the
competing companies are united, and the facilities
otioed to the 'public greatli increased. These reiulcs
' confirm experience .in America and.
,other fc,reign
countries where the Telepho;.ie has been used, and
farther justify this Company in auticipating a rapid and
sound success.
This C-mpany has guaranteed, subject to reduction
under ctrtain conditions spec.thni in Agreements Nos.
2 and 5. to put 7300 rtlepinnies at wort; by die end of
! two years, or to pay a royalty upon • that number, and
the Directors feel confident of achieving a much larger
result,

SIGNATITRE

PUBLIC NfiI!TCES.

Company (Limited).—Gentlemen—Please allot to me

Shares in the above Company, for

which cheque for

first instalments on

account thereof, is enclosed.

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1881.