The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-10-31

thickly shaded II has been difficult to
avoid interference with the trees in few
instances We regret this and assure all
who have in any way been discommoded
that 1t is not through design, but what
seemed an unavoidable necessity.
When the work about the village is com
pleted the men will change the line to
oberlin from the direct route to the street
one mile east, going north until the east
and west Center Road of Pittsfeld is reach
ed; then west to Pittsfeld Center; then
north to Oberlin as at present. This is
made necessary by the heavy induction oi
the postal telegraph which now runs para
lell with the telephone line and on the
opposite side of the street four miles north
The induction mentioned has made il
difficult, and many times impossible, to
understand conversation with distant
points. With this remed;ed the telephone
can be made one of the most prompt and
obedient servants; one OF the greatest aids
in the transactions of business; an econo
mizer of time, which is money, and what
It lacks, If anything, in returning a full
equivalent for the money paid, may be
considered an investment in one of the
most valuable and satisfactory luxuries
known TO modern times. But the expense
Is not so great as might appear. Lsrger
sums are paid every year by half the fam.
lilies in town purely in the line of luxuries,
tb "a hr;pco lass ratrrno ;y o0,,,for+ o0nvan-
ience and satisfaction than this, and which
could well be dispensed with in favor of q
telephone.
An increasing familiarity with the cost of
building and maintaining an Exchange
shows to our satisfaction that the prices
charged for rental Of instruments are not
exorbitant. The larger towns are more
profitable but many smaller than this are
an actual loss to the company every month.
Whatever they may be doing on their
business as a whole, we can assure our
readers that no company would be willing
to invest capital for less return than that
afforded by this Exchange and that the
charge of unreasonable rates has no foun-
dation in fact This objection removed,
those who are solsituated, financially, as
to bear the expense, whether for profit or
for luxury, ought not to delay the matter
longer. To be on speaking terms with over
seventy Of the business places and residen-
ces in town is an advantage that needs
only to be experienced to be appreciated.
The uses which can be made of 1t can
hardly be enumerated. It brings within
reach of your command dealers in dry
goods, groceries, hardware; the market,
thedrayman, the expressman,th the carpenter,
the 1umberman the coal and wood dealers,
the .machinist, the baker, the freight and
express Offices, besides enabling you to do
errands and exchange friendly saluations
with your neighbors and friends, not for.
getting that greatest convenience of all the
abiiity to. call, at all hours. Your physician
In case OF disease or accident, besides being
able to consult with him during the pro-
gress Of disease when otherwisea trip to
his house would be necessary. 1t is like
living in the same house with all these
different tradesmen and citizens, without
the embarrassment OF their actual presence.
The first half of this article was in type
for last weeks paper. The work has pro
gressed faster than we had anticipated,
and tomorrow we shall have ten new num-
bers on our switchboard in working order.
The prospect Of adding five more numbers
within two weeks is better than when we
wrote the first Of this article. We shall
have them. The working of the lines is
even more satisfactory than we had antici-
pated, and we find that when the postal
telegraph is not in use we can get Cleve-
land with as much ease as any place in
town. We invite our friends to make a
years trial, feeling assured that long before
the time has expired they will have reason
to thank us for urging them to do so.
: As soon as the additional instruments
are in we will furnish subscribers with q
list of new numbers which can be written
In the blanks on their cards left for that
purpose. A complete list Of all the sub.
scribers in the county, arranged alphabet.
cally, and in another place classified &C
cording to business occupation, will be
printed in pamphlet form very soon and
furnished free.
The following new names have just been
connected with our Exchange, and should
be written plainly opposite the proper
numbers on subscribers cards:
76-wm. Cushion, jr,, Residence.
TIE. Benedict Store.
7s-H. G. Starr, Residence.
79-J. P. Eidt
S0,James Sheldon,
s6-Dr. s. B. Emerson, Residence.
SIP. Nichols,
s8-Rev NJ. F. Warner,
S9-John Roser,
OOH. II. Hall.