The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-09

Co. Of New York: John ". Gambler
formerly Representative. railroad presi
dent and merchant. Of Boston, Mass.
George Croker. Of San Francisco. Cal
Henry Merz, president OF the Heller
Merz Company, manufacturer of colors
Of New York; Allen T. Nye. promoter Of
the company; Manning c. Palmer, presi
dent Of the Syracuse National Bank an
Electric Light Company, of Syracuse, y
Y; Felix Rakeman, Of Bulch & Rakeman
OF Boston; John L. Searles. secretary and
treasurer OF the American Sugar Rein
ing Company, better known as the Sugar
Trust, of New York; Charles T. Strauss
OF Charles T. Strauss & Bros, importer,
Of lace, Of New York, and Louis Wind
muller. OF Windmuller & Rocker. OF
New York
The state companies which have already
been formed to operate as Licensees OF
the parent company are the New YORK
Standard Telephone Company. capital
5000 CO. to operate in the state Of New
York; Eastern Standard Telephone Com.
pany, Boston, capital S6.000.0O0. to operate
throughout New England; New Jersey
Standard Telephone Company. capital
100000, Jersey City, to operate in New
Jersey and Delaware; Pennsylvania
Standard Telephone Company. Philadel-
phia, capital s5.OO0O0O. to operate in Penn
syxania; Columbia Standard Telephone
Md, and Richmond Va, capital $1,000. 0O0
TO operate in Maryland, District Of Column
bia, Virginia and West Virginia.
Ohio and Indiana Standard Telephone
Company, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indian
apolis, to operate in Ohio and Indiana
Michigan STANDARD Telephone Company
Detroit. capital, 100000, to operate in
Michigan. Northwestern Standard TeIe-
phone Company, Chicago. Davenport and
Milwaukee. capital 100000, to operate
In Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Northern
Standard Telephone Company, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis and Pierre, capital $4,000 COO
TO operate in Minnesota, North and South
Dakota.
The Central Standard Company. st.
Louis. Kansas City and Lincoln, capital.
100000, TO operate in Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska and Arkansas, is in process OF
organization, the promoter being Griffith
Colt, president of the Union Trust Com
pany of st. Louis. The organization OF
the Mountain Standard Telephone Com
pany, in Denver, Albuquerque and Salt
Lake City, capital S4.OOOOO0, to operate in
Colorado, New Mexico. Utah and Arizona,
is in the hands of George Q. Cannon, the
head OF the Mormon church.
The local operating companies, whose
organization is not yet completed are;
Southern Standard Telephone Company,
Nashville, Louisville and Charleston,
capital $4,000. 900; to operate in Tennessee,
Kentucky and North and South Carolina.
Gulf States Standard Telephone Com
pany, New Orleans, Atlanta and st. Au-
gustine, capital. 100000, to operate in
Georgia, Florida, Alabama; Louisiana and
Mississippi. Texas Standard Telephone
Company, Austin, Galveston and Guthrie
capital, A,Oo0,000; to operate in Texas, In
dian Territory and Oklahoma.
Pacific Standard Telephone Company
Portland, Tacoma ard Helena, capital
$4,000 to operate in Washington. Ore
gon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and
Alaska. California Standard Telephone
Company, San Francisco, capital, 81, 000,-
600, to operate in California and Nevada
Inter-colonial Standard Telephone Com.
pany, Quebec, St. Johns and Halifax
capital, $2,0o0, 900, to operate in all British
territory east of the province of Ontario
Canadian Standard Telephone Company
Montreal and Ottawa, capital S2,0O0.OOO. tc
operate in the province OF Ontario, British
Columbian Standard Telephone Company
Vancouver and Victoria, capital 81, coo, 900
Of Ontario. Mexican Standard Telephone
Company, Mexico, capital $2.000,00O tc
operate in Mexico.
The instrument which the Standard
Company proposes to use does not depend
for its electrical force on batteries con-
talned IN each instrument, as Is the ease
with phones now in use. Electricity fol
an entire system is supplied from a central
plant, as are electric lighting systems. In
this way, 1t is asserted, the system is
freed from local conditions of atmosphere
and resists Induction. 1t Ia alleged that
tests over practical resistances equivalent
to more than 5000 miles have been entirely
successful. and that as soon as the expert
ment shall be tried conversation can easily
be carried on between New York and San
Francisco.
Another advantage claimed for the ell.
minatton of batteries is that it reduces the
size of the instrument, and, hence, the
room ii takes up. This, together with this
form of the instrument, which is all In
one piece, transmitter and receiver, makes
1t practicable to place 1t anywhere. II
takes up no room, as 1t may be hung VI
on a hook in the wall at any convenient
hight.
In the method of making connections II
is automatic, something similar to The
express lines of the Bell telephone. WheH
q subscriber is rung up he takes his tele
phone down, places the receiver to hts ear
which brings the transmitter in the proper
position before his mouth, and the connee
ton is made. When the conversation Il
finished he hangs up his instrument, which
makes the discOnnection.
The entire instrument is described a:
consisting of two pieces of cork and on,
piece of platinum, the whole being nj
longer than ones hand.