The Durham daily globe., 1894-10-29
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD.
THE NEW HARRISON TELEPHONE ex-
CHANGE COMPLETED
1t Is Now in Full Operation-A Durham
Enterprise Which Pronisrs to
BE a Success

1t Is Now in Full Operation-A Durham
Enterprise Which Promises to
BE a Success
The work which has been in proprtss
here several weeks for the inaugurniinn
of new te ephOne exchange service is
now practically finished and The Harrison
telephones, which have been placed in
the business houses and residences of
more than one hundred subscribers, are
now working through tue central office
and giving entire satisfaction On the
first of November the public service viii
formally begin, and it is expected that
one hund ed and twenty FIVE teleph0nfs
will be in operation by that time The
plant has been built with a capacity for
one hundred and fifty subscribers and it
is not unreasonable to expect that it will
reach that number in the near future
The conception and successful CARRYING
out of this business have been due to the
enterprise and capital invested by Mr..
Louis A. Carr and Mr.. E G. Lineberry,
both we'll known citizens of Durham, and
is another evidence of the progressive
ness which has in the past always been a
notable feature of this active and enter
prising city Mr.. Carr is the president of
the Durham Fertilizer company and an
officer and director 10 several other prom
inent and successful companies, and Mr.
Lineberry is connected with the More
head Banking company of Durham
Notwithstanding the predictions made
by the old monopoly telephone that fail
ure and disaster awaited Them these gen.
tlemen haYe steadily progressed with this
new telephone enterprise until now these
predictions have been proved to be only
attempts to scare them off.
The number of subscribers in the new
exchange includes all who were in the
old Bell exchange except five, and in ad
dition nearly fifty entirely new sub
scribers, so that the new exchange starts
out with twice as many telephones as the
old one, and the d exchange is being
rapidly red ICED in numbers as the sub
scriptions expire.
This press nts great advantage to the
subscriber, for in addition to a reduction
in rates amounting to about fifty per cent
the subscriber has one hundred per cent
more people using the telephone The
subscribers are very apt to appreciate
these advan ges, for if they get larger
and better service at greatly reduced
price they reap great gain and 1t is to
| their interest to give the new enterprise
their hearty encouragement and support
Another advantage presented to the
patrons is that it is home enterprise
the telephones, plant and all the interests
Being owned and controlled by home
capital and influence and therefore not
/ subject to the dictation of outside and
| Indifferent owners, the capital and in.
come all being used and distursed at
| home
The plant has required the use of more
than sixty miles Of wire, nearly three
hundred poles, three thousand glass in
llatrrS, seven hundred cross arms, three
th u~and n,ulat'r brackets, three fifty
wire i sulatrd cables, besides the nsua
an NOR (e iCate rarapht rnalia lightn
in Il rest r , switch 'ards. power gen
e~e'"r~ L~t'Iandie batteries, etc.
The work has been under the drec
lprrl lion f Mr. Warren Choate, gen
eral manager Of the Southern Harrison
Telephone company, assisted by Mr. J
| L. Blrket, electrician, and Mr. John X
Stout in charge of the construction gangs
The operators in charge of the centra
office will be Mr. John Cults, of Durham
and Mrs MILAN, of Wilson, N C, as
sisted by another operator who has no
yet been selected.
The Southern Harrison Teleph rt
company, which built this exchange un
der contract with Messrs Carr and Line
berry, is a company incorporated in Nir
ginia with its offices in Washington, d
G Mr. Seymour " TullOch is the
president, Mr. w. II. B Stout, vice presi
lent, Mr.. ). II Merrill secretary anC
treasurer, and Mr. Warren CuOate, gen
eral manager Its territory includes the
states of Maryland, Virginia, West Nir
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Florida and Alabama A very
strong guarantee against infringement
suits is given by the parent Harrison
company, of which Mr.. Steven B. Elkin:
and other prominent and wealthy men ART
officers and owners Any inquiries ad
dressed to Mr. Warren Choate at Dur
ham, n G, or to the Southern Harrison
Teiepho lie company at Washington, d
c, will be promptly answered
AS soon as several of the towns anC
cities in this section Of the territory art
completed with the Harrison exchange 6
Fplan for connecting each with long dis
tance service will be inaugurated, sc
that a subscriber in Durham from hi:
own telephone may talk with a subscri
Der in another town or city with the
l.