The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-14


Kansas company gBeil.o 81 and SIS and
this reduction has been met BY the Har-
rtscn exchange. The Missouri and Kan
sas company cuts its rates 3 per cent.
throughout It's territory. except Kansas
City and ST. Joseph The Central Union
company (Bein IS reducing rates through
cut the state % Ohio.
The Heads of the Combine.
TIE companies covering the several
reads Of the country are divided under
the following names, New York State
Company. Eastern Standard Company,
New Jersey Standard Company. the
Pennsylvania Standard Company. Column
bian Standard Company. Ohio and Indiana
Standard Company. Michigan Standard
Company. Northern Standard Company.
etc The model for all these was found
In the organization OF the board Of direc-
tors Of the Standard Telephone Company.
the parent organization. That company
has capital OF SIC. 0oe ose and Offices a, -
Broad street. New York. Its board OF
directors is made Up Of Thurlow Weed
Barnes. president OF the company. capt.
talist. and q grandson OF Thuriow Weed
so potent IN New York politics a genera
ton ago John A Brill. president Of the
]. G. Bril- Company. car builders, Phila-
deiphia: Carl f. Baker. Of the hardware
steel and iron house OF III. Baker Il Co.
gresham. railroad president and mer-
chant. Boston: George Croker, San
Francisco representing the great Croker
interests OF California: Senator John p
Jones, Of Nevada: Henry Merx. president
OF the HeIler-Merz Company. manufact-
urers OF coiors. New York; Allen I. Nye.
the promoter of the company Manning
C. Palmer. president OF the Syracuse Ma
tionai bank and electric light company.
Syracuse, N Y: Felix Rskemsn. Of Bulch
& Rakeman. Boston; John E. Searies,
secretary and treasurer of the American
Sugar Refining Company. better known
as the sugar trust, New York. Charles
T. Strauss. Of Charles Il. strauss q
Brother, importers Of lace. New York
and ST. Gall. Switzerland, and Louis
windmueller, of windmueller & Rocker.
one of the leaders OF the reform element
Of the Democratic party In New York.
The Local Companies.
The state companies which have already
been formed to operate as licensees OF
the parent company are the following:
New York Standard Telephone Com
pany. capital. 5000. 600; to operate In the
state OF New York.
Eastern Standard Telephone Company.
Boston. capital s6.eoo.ooo. TO operate
throughout New England.
New Jersey Standard Telephone Com
pany. capital $4,000 Jersey City, TO
operate in New Jersey and Delaware.
Pennsylvania Standard Telephone Conn
pany. Philadelphia, capital $5,o00oo. TO
operate In Pennsylvania.
Columbian Standard Telephone Com
pany, Washington. ID. c.. Baltimore and
Richmond, capital si.o0e. 90. to operate in
Maryland. District OF Columbia, Virginia
and West Virginia.
Ohio and Indiana Standard Telephone
Company, Cleveland. Cincinnati and In
dianapolis. TO operate in Ohio ana In
diana.
Michigan Standard Telephone Company.
Detroit. capital $i,0o0.ooo. to operate In
Michigan.
Northwestern Standard Telephone COM
pany, Chicago. Davenport and Milwaukee.
capital ss.0o0,00o. to operate In Illinois.
Iowa and Wisconsin.
Northern Standard Telephone Company.
st. Paul. Minneapolis and Pierre. capital
81 o00. 900, to operate In Minnesota. North
and South Dakota.
The Central Standard Telephone Com
pany. St Louis. Kansas City and Lincoln.
capital 100000. to operate In Missouri.
Kansas, Nebraska and Arkansas, Is In
process of organization. the promoter be-
ing Griffith Colt, president or the Union
Trust Company. st. Louis.
The organization OF the Mountain
Standard Telephone Company. Denver,
Albuquerque and Salt Lake City. capital
1900 600, 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
The following:
southern Standard Telephone Company.
Nashville, Louisville and Charleston, cap
ttal 100000 to operate In Tennessee.
Kentucky. North and South Carolina.
Gulf States Standard Telephone Com
pany, New Orleans, Atlanta and ST. Au-
gustine, capital s5,ooo.ooo to operate in
Georgia. Florida, Alabama. Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Texas Standard Telephone Company,
Austin. Galveston and Guthrie, capital
5000 COO to operate In Texas, Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma.
Pacific Standard Telephone Company.
Portland, Tacoma ana Helena. capital S.
100000 TO operate in Washington. Oregon,
Montana. Idaho. Wyoming and Alaska
California Standard Telephone Conn
pany, San Francisco. capital AocAo0. TO
operate In California and Nevada
Intercolontai Standard Telephone Com
nany Quebec st. Johns and Halifax.
capital 1000. 900. TO operate in all British
territory east of the province OF Ontario
British Columbian Standard Telephone
Company, Winnipeg Vancouver and Vic
"a,
fsh provinces west OF Ontario.
Mexican Standard Telephone Company.
City of Mexico, capital s.. 600. 900. 70 cper-
ate in the Republic OF Mexico.
why seattle Il Not Included.
II will be observed that under the head
OF pacific Standard Telephone Com
many" the cities OF Portland. Tacoma and
Helena are mentioned. Seattle is omitted
from the list because the city council
refused 10 grant a franchise 10 the new
company when s. III. Piles was seen
Yesterday regarding the ordinance which
was defeated and was asked II IL was
likely Seattle stood any chance of getting
In the combine some time In the future,
he said:
.T don't know anything about that.
Their man was here and the council would
no. give him franchise He said he
wanted a free. fair and open franchise.
but the council wanted him To put up
a cash bond OF about 81 200 and agree 10
have the plant In working order in six
months or forfeit the money and the
franchise. He was Disguised with the
outlook and told ne II the people wanted
to foster rnonopolies they could, and
that he would go elsewhere 20 find
place 10 put his capital He said that
in good times the present company here
cleaned up $4,000 a year clear. ] don't
think he VIII be back
l~tilI ExactIng Old Rates.
II will be remembered that Immediately
thereafter an ordinance was introduced
arbitrarily reducing the rates OF the
Sunset Telephone Company as follows:
From s. to 81 for business houses; from
q. for residences. 20 s3-e5- Later pc
fition was received signed BY ~ tels-
phone subscribers asking that the or
dlnanca cutting the rates be not enforced.