Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-01-05

tN"N T.
According to pamphlos Just issued
by tho International Telephone Com
| pany OF Paris there are 1852 cities ip the
world furnished with that latest adjunct
Of modern civilization. the telephone.
Of these 81 are located in the United
States. l6 in Great Britain. IL in Italy.
10 in Germany eight in France. six In
Belgium. three each In AuStrD hungary.
Russia. Switzerland and British India.
two each in the Netherlands, and one
each in Denmark, Sweden and Mexico.
This is pretty good showing consider
ing the very short time that the tele-
phone has been In practical use. The
total number OF subscribers 10 the tele-
phone exchangesin these i52 cities are
90, 500, Of whom the I'm ted States have
81, 199. or nearly iwo-thi ds. the other
third being scattered over the g'obe as
follows; Great Britain. 4.9l6; france.
a.6l0; Italy. 2.902; Germany. 1922;
Belgium. 2i56; Hungary. go;
Sweden. 672; Switzcrlnnd; OF; Den
mark. 35s; Mexico. $40; Russia. 23S;
British India. 2l3; Egypt. l8j; and the
Netherlands. f5f. The statistics for the
United States arc rsthor behind date,
having been gathered chiefly during last
year. but those for the countries out
side the United States are much more
recent and there ore much moro re-
liable.
The contrasts presented between tho
extent TO which the telephone is used
here and between lis use elsewhere
would. therefore. be even more violent
vur,tu. 4Io ..~oa.ut N<~r~.u ~ ...~. <...-.~ -
changes TO be used instead Of those Of =
year ago. Those Of London represent
the degree 10 which the telephone was
employed on the 9th Of March last.
There were then 1861 subs 'ribers In =
district having . population Of l.764,-
00Q In the district served by the Met
ropolitan Telephone Company. which
includes New York City. Brooklyn aud
Hoboken, and having = population Of
1.942. 900. or about forty per cent oi
the London distrist. there were In May,
1881. 1000 subscribers. 20 that II Lon
don were supplied at tho same rate 10
New York was thon II would have now
about 10. 900 instruments In tcad Of this
beggarly 1861.
Berlin, which now has q population
almost as large IS New York City. has
95l instruments. which IL . considera-
BILE advance over London. and Paris is
ahead OF Berlin, there being 2, 2,442 telo-
nhones In operation there in district
ostimstcd 10 contain 1900. 600 In Italy
il appears 70 be quite popular, there be-
ing AIS subscribers In Rome. which has
. population II only 2s9. 60; 40 In
Turin. population 2yl. 900; l57 IN Flor
cnce. Populetion 10. oVo; l69 N boloK'
nc. Popuiat on z5z,o0o; lle IN Vienna.
population ~ w and 3l0 - pP!es'
population 9c9.tS'. t1c !ct!c ~
ing twice as wen s~|l1.cd encs
don. while Rons 3 islly : VI mpplied
- New York
places whore TIC lelephore has bosn in
induced are s. Petersburg. Noesox
snd Odessa The former has LA - q |
thc 277 instyunen;e. The oll =
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