The herald., 1894-01-01
SOUTH SPEAKS TO NORTH.


Notes of Interest of the Sunset Tele-
phone Company.
The Sunset Telephone and Telegraph
company is one Of the best known insti-
tutions on the Pacific coast. The eys-
TENS of the company are found in the
smallest hamlet, as we'll as the largest
cities on the coast. The company has
furnished the greatest convenience of
the age to the mercantile public espe-
cially and to the people in general in
the shape of their longdistance tele-
phone, thereby enabling parties living
conversation, settle or arrange business
matters. and doing away with the an
noyance and expense of making long
trips or TO take chances Of having mis-
understandings occur either by mail or
telegraph.
The Sunset Telephone company are
eDdeavoring to accomplish the gigantic
undertaking of connecting q merchant
Of Blaine, Washington, with San Diego,
the most northerly situated town in
America with the one lying at the ex-
treme south.
At meeting Of the stockholders OF
the company, recently, an issue of bonds
amounting TO the sum of $3.50, 900 was
authorized. with the purpose OF connect
ing all towns of any importance with
the central system of the city of San
Francisco. The bonds are being placed
at ak per cent and for term of twenty
years. AS security, mortgage has
been given on the property OF the Sunset
Telephone and Telegraph COMPANY, in
Guiding telephone and telegraph lines,
rights, privileges and real property. in
California and Washington, already
owned by the company, and to be &C.
quired during the next twenty years.
1t will be of the greatest benefit to the
publis to have q complete set OF connec-
tions, the aim toward which the COM
pany is pushing with all possible speed.
The company are now operating over
5000 miles of toll-lines, has SO telephone
exchanges in both California and Wash
IngtoD, and this number will be rapidly
increased with the aid of the new capi-
tai raised by the issue of bonds. The
line going north is completed up to San
Louis Obispo, radisting from Los Angeles
in all the other directions of the state,
San Bernardino and San Diego and all
the other thriving towns of Southern
California. Connections can now be
made with San Diego and San Louis
Obispo, distance of over $50 miles.
A line running through the San joaquin
valley has recently been completed to
Soledad. The connection with San
Louis Obispo and Soledad are also rap
idly approaching completion, which will
then give thorough connection to San
Francisco and all the towns of central
California.
The line in the north extends as far
as Vina, embracing Sacramento and the
principal towns of Northern California
by branch lines. A gap existing be-
tween Vins and Albany. Ore., will also
be spanned within brief space Of time,
and telephone messages will 60 over the
Siskiyou and Mount Shasta northward
toward Washington and Puget sound.
The company maintains and operates
q very extensive system of wires through
Washington, from Snohomish to Ore
gon, connecting at the border with the
wires OF the Oregon Telephone company.
Lines have been completed between
Portland and Spokane, showing q COM
plete network OF telephone wires
throughout the Pacific northwest. The
time is rapidly approaching when Puget
Sound will call up Southern California
and vice versa, covering q distance Of
1900 miles, certainly most marvellous
accomplishment OF human enterprise in
this modern age OF advance. Ths COM
pany's Office in Los Angeles is located at
lI5% North Main street.