Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-30
THE TELEPHONE WAR.
injunction Against Erecting Poles o
Church Street-CIosing of the EXCHANGE

ohurch street Closing OF the Exchange. !
The injunction served upon the New
England Telephone and Telegraph com
pany Monday evening" resulted in their
issuing the following circular to all sub
scribers in the city:
BURLINGTON, Oct. 2G 1881.
/ The New England Telephone and Telegraph
company hereby give notice that they viii he
obliged to discontinue your line October 70,
lS'j, and Will rom W. your telephone rs soon
after that date H. possible. TINS has become
| Il necessity owtnr 10 she action OF property
owners in Order,n- oar wires or th"i.' build
lngS, and the refusal of the city authorities to
give us the right of erecting poles to bring
such wires into our central Olli5C
NEW tNGGANE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
/ COMPANY.
This will deprive the city of all tele
phone communication and the exchange
Will be closed. How long our citizens will
wish to remain without the use of this
great modern business convenience re-
mains to be seen.
The fight between the telephone com
pany and our ctiz ms mas evidently reach
ed the point where passion takes the place
of reason. The recent raising of prices has
bred good deal Of hard feeling toward
the "grinding m)nopoly' and in some
quarters the feeling is decidedly retalia-
=
use of the telephone went into effect a
good many of our citizens ordered their
instruments removed, and several pro per
ty owners over whose buildings il number
of wires passed, ordered The company to re
move the wires or pay them certain sum
for the accommodation. The telephone
company declined to pay for such accom-
mediation and asked the Board of Alder
men for permission To place Il line of poles
on Church street to reach their Office The
application was referred to the committee
of tue Board. who reported against grant
ing it,
The telephone company again made APP
pliCatiOn and the matter was referred to
the street committee, with power to act.
1t was well known that a majority of the
street committee were in favor of grant
ing the right, 50 it was understood by the
Board and public at the time that it was
practically a vote in favor of permitting
the line to be erected in Church street.
The street committee then gave the de-
sired permission and located the position
of the poles. The telephone company
bought poles and conveyed part of them
to the designated places, where they were
met by another vote of the Board, without
notice to the company, reconsidering the
second vote, and Withdrawing the per-
mission thereby given. The telephone
company were advised by their
counsel that this action of the Board was
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