Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-27
NEW TELEPHONE.
'"e Electric Telephone Messenger and Carrier
Service Nearly Completed.

Inc new telephone exchange will be
noleted by Jan. 1st. Since the first Of
september, Manager C. H. O'Brien has
'eei. ianoring industriously in the work
Oh establishing this new service. This
ne" exchange has been put in by the
oreeiey Electric Co., Of New York. and
Mr = brien has had general supervision
"nu control OF the entire business of es-
'apiishing the line. The transmitter in
operation is the French kind, which is
USED largely on all European telephone
lines with splendid results. 1t is a clear
ana pleasant instrument to converse
'nroGgh and the various subscribers about
the city seem pleased with the 'pbone
IL Is the plan now that when the line is
hnlshed here to extend it to Hallowell and
uirdlner, and furnish the extra service
Tree for all subscribers. The cost to
each subscriber is but s25 year and when
oince and house are connected the price
VIII be 500 for each telephone One of the
special features of the new system will
De the public telephones in corridors, for
instance in that of Dirigo Business Col
lege and Meonian hall block corridors
Inc street telephones conducted on the
nlckle-in-the- slot plan will be another de-
clded novelty in the telephone business,
-Four telephones will be put in immediate
ly for this purpose, one at the corner of
State and Winthrop streets, and at Win
throp and Sewall, corner of Green and
Sewall, and corner of Cony and Bangor.
Boys can be summoned by telephone to
do messenger service, and carriages may
be ordered in this way to any part of the
ty.
The central office is located over the
Postal Telegraph office and the arrange
ment of everything is of modern design
and convenience. The subscribers up to
date are as follows:
Andrews, A. G.,judge municipal court
Augusta Beef Co.; Augusta House;
Blodgett, George, trucking; Bruce Bros,
grocers; Burgess studio, photographer;
Brickett, G. w., physician, office; Brick
EFT, G. W., physician, residence Burleigh,
G. B., residence; Burleigh & FIynt,
Kcnnebec Journal; Domestic bakery;
Brooks, S. S., hardware; city clerk S
Office, L. A. Burleigh; Cunningham, C.
e., cement, skins, wool, hay; Chick, C.
B., insurance; City Hotel; Cony House;
court house; Cassavant & Cloutier, gro
GERS; Dunton, studio, photographer;
American express; Hoyt's express c. Fl.
White, proprietor; Fuller, the J. E. Co.,
grocers; Foster, A. W, grocer; Gannet,
W. H., publishers; Guppy drug store,
Everett Hutchins, proprietor; Hotel
North Harris, w. H., residence; Harris,
W. H., physician, office; Home Treasury,
H. Moore, proprietor; Jones, c. W, law
yer jenkins, Chas. fish market; kinsman,
f. G., druggist; Kennebec Journal; Lee
& Wadleigh, grocers; Little, Horace,
hardware; Moody's livery stable; Muir
ply, C. b., druggist; Mason, c. H.,
clothier; North, DR.. J. W; Phinney, 6.
H., public market; Postal Telegraph Co.
Plaisted, Fl. NJ & Son, publishers New
Age; Randall, Fl. r., painter; Soule,
r. W., produce; Smart, E. p, druggist;
Southard, f. E., lawyer; State House,
secretary States office; Stone E. & Co.,
coal office; Trouant & Bates, undertakers;
Tuell, J. f., physician, office; Tuell, }.
f., physician, residence; Thompson, W.
s., physician; Williamson, Joseph, law
yer; Wcbher, +. L., grocer.