New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-06
A BIG TELEPHONE CONCERN
FORMED TO FIGHT THE BELL MONOPOLf
1T WILL COVER A LARGE TERRITORY AND WILL
USE THE PATENTS or w T. COLA

USE THE PATENTS or W. r. COLA
CAPITAL or sGoococoO.
There now seems to be n doubt that the Bell
Telephone Company * to be broken and that an
enormous combination Of Eastern and Western
capital has been formed to accomplish this pur-
pose and to enter actively into the telephone Dust
ness II was officially announced yesterday mat
the Standard Telephone Company had been formed
and that the entire country east Of the Mississippi
River and good part Of that west of the river,
had been parcelcd out and placed in the hands OF
local companies each OF which IL organized ike
the parent company by Of wealth and strong
political influence Tho aggregate capital lnVoiVei
IS s0co0c0 The electrical patents to he used are
those of william r. cole, of Detroit who took out
rot.nts for his appliances I'm 1851 and ISIS. The
headouartcrs OF the company are In this city AT
No GS Broad-st but next week they VIII De mo'ei
to the Postal Telegraph Building The officers anu
the directors OF tho company at the Organization"
were Thurow Weed Barnes. president; John ~
Bril- president Of tho J. q. Brlil COMPANY car
builders OF Philadelphia: Carl +. Boxer Of the hard
ware. steel and iron houE" Of II. Boxer q Co. Oh
New York: John w Gambler. formerly Representa-
tive. railroad president and merchant OF BOSTON,
George Croker OF san Francisco; Henry Mer"'
president Of the HellerMerz Company. manuiaci-
urcrs Of colors Of New York; Allen r. Nye. gen
eral manager Of the company: Manning c. Palmer.
president of the Syracuse National Bank
and Electric Light Company. Of Syracuse
Felix Rat,ma Of Bulch ~ Rakeman. or los
ton; Charles 7. Strauss. of Charles r. Strauss
A. Hrothcr-. importers of lace Of New-York; Louis
WinAmuller. OF WlnImuiler & Rocker, OF New
York ami Senator John J. Jones.
John r. Sear,es was director but he sold out
yesterday to william Murray Tu;tle, OF the sugar
Trust.
The state companies which have already been
formed to operate as Licensees Of the parent COM
panv are the Ncw- York standard Telephone COM
pany. capital tl0Go0O. to operate In the state II
Ncw-York. Eastern STANDARD Telephone Company
Boston. capital @o"o" 20 opcrat" throughout
-f.ncaud: New Jersey stan Hard Tclephon" 'pm-
pany capital Seno.o. Jersey city. 10 operate IN
New-Jcrscy ami Delawar-: Pennsylvania Standard
'rclcphou" Company. Philadelphia capital &0@'"h
to operate in Pennsylvania; Columbia StIndArl
Telephone Company WASHINGTON. j.. c.. Baltimore
ami Richmond. capital <i"D0'l To- operate m Mary
land District ~ Columbia. Virginia ana NeSl II
GINA; ohio and Indiana standard Telephone COM
pauy. cleveland. Cincinnati ana indianapolis. 70
operate JOB ON, ana Indiana. Michigan STANDARD
T. .,ph1no Company Do'ro, capital $i'fo'i to oier-
A.. I'm Michigan. Northwestern standard Telephone
Company. Chicago. Davenport and Milwaukee. ctil-
tai Y~"oor. fo operate in Illinois. Iowa aHl VS.
caa-ln. Northern standard Telephone Company.
s., Paul Minneapolis and Pierre. capital $topool
90 ,porat. .u Minnesota. N0rth AMI south Dakota,
Ih. Contra, standard Company. -. Louis. Kansas
Ci'y AMI Lincoln capital G."""p. - operate IN
Missouri kansas Nebraska AMI Arkansas. l- In
Ir -ee- of organization. th" promoter beng Grimm
,oit preston. 80 th- Union Trls, Company. ~ -.
Io,.i, TN, ORGANIZATION .t th, Mountain StanllrI
Telephone COMPANY 800 Denver. Albuquerque and sat
I4. t'.ts capital Si"' 1890 10 op.rlt" IN ''.or1i'
N.w-li,>.rp. tt4h AMI Arz)ul. j. I'm th" hands ~
Cory. . cannon. the bead ~ tar Mormon church.
There arr o'h.r -omp1u.'s being Organized west
~ 't, Nl...-.ipp
Tho Instrument which th" Now company VIII ms"
doe. up, depend for electrical force on batteries
rlufA.l. .u ,l.h instrument as Us DO" cas-" win