The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-13
THE TELEPHONE LINE.

interest OF The WIsner Ielephoht
q Co, whose domicile is at Delhi, In.
aud who has. already line of tele-
phone in operation from Wiusborc
& to Floyd. The Wisner Co, has con.
i tracted lately with the rensas District
Levee Board to put up line of tele-
4 phone OIL the whole front of their dis
4 trict, that is from Arkansas City 10
4 the Louisiana line, distance of sc
miles and the object of Mr.. Cooks
visit here is to solicit subsidy, on the
4 part ofthe citizens of Providence, to
justify the Company to bring their
line from the LouisianAline to Proyi-
dence aud thence to Floyd, instead OF
going directly from the line to the
hills aud then to Floyd.
For several years, the citizens OF
! this parish have wished to be con-
nected by telegraph or telephone with
the Arkansas system of levees; in
! high water we have 10 rely on what
news we can get by boats, by letter,
by private messengers or any other
wise concerning the leyees immediate
~ above us and thus we are held in a
continual state of anxiety, season after
season, because we are not able to
ascertain the exact condition of the
levees above here. With the telephone
we could speak TO any one along the
line, to the engineers in charge es-
pecially, and ascertain officially the
condition of things. That alone
would be an immense benefit to our
people. 1t would relieve continual
strain on their minds; and in case of a
levee about to break on the Tensas
front, the people in the swamp could
be given The alarm in time, aud take
their cattle TO the hills.
Add 10 this the woild-be appre-
preciated daily service Of a telephone
line, to find out something about the
boats above. We have no connection
whatever with the river above. no
way to ascertain anything about boats,
aud when waiting for a boat, we have
to etrain our ears to hear the whistle.
and stand the chance of getting left.
as many were last Wednesday morn
ing who intended to go down on the
Leathers, or reach the landing just in
time to see the boat crossing over 10
Ben Lomond. Any one waiting for a
boat would be willing to give 25cts.,
the price of a telephone message, to
ascertain how far is the boat and be
relieved from that anxiety.
To the people of Old River, this
line would be of immense service. Il
wouid put them in direct communica-
ton with the town and save them
many dollars IN sending private mes
sengers. L taken suddenly III, they
could send for their family physician,
and ascertain whether he is in town
or not, aud in his absence, get the
services of another at once.
The line to Floyd would be of some
service to our merchants and an inn
meuse benefit to our landing keepers.
who would get, by its establishment,
a large increase in freights; for il a
merchant in Floyd could ascertain
when his freight does come TO Provi-
denca, he would order ii to Providence
aud not to Delhi, thus saving railroad
carriage, the distance being The same
to haul from Providence 10 Floyd as
from Delhi 10 FLOYD.
Our people fully appreciate the
benefit of a telephone line, and many
of our pubiic-spirited citizens SUBJ
scribed at once to the subsidy demand
ed by Mr. Cook to bring the line from
Ashton to Providence instead of cross
ing directly to the hills. Both of our
landing keepers subscribed immedi-
ately $25 piece, and the Providence
Lumber Co., never behind in any
public enterprise, subscribed $50.
Mary more of our citizens have
already added their mite 70 the enter
prise. We can never appreciate it fully
until we see it Incorporation +; let us get
it, let everybody contribute to it.
The telephone line from Arkansas
City here means its completion to
Vicksburg and all along the Fifth
Louisiana levee line; when once we
get it in operation and see the benefit
of it, we shall wonder why we did moi
have it years ago; and we will not
stop until we get it all along on this
side of the river. Let us secure then
what we can get now, for small SUBJ
sidy.
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