The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-02
RIVAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES
London Il blessed with Competition
That Benefits the rubiic.


From Electricity.
Obtaining the rights from property
owners for the running of telephone ex-
change lines in London is a very expen-
sive and troublesome business. A large
number of building are built on ground
which is leased for a long term of years
And since these are often sublet 1t is
necessary to get the written permission
OF all to place the fixtures on the roof.
Generally, as a consideration for this
! privilege, the telephone company has to
| agree to keep the roofs in repair In Law
| ing out the route for trunk lines often
| the particular building you require is very
! dif1cult to secure, and more especially If
the Janitor should by accident ascertain
this fact.
In 1882 the London & Globe Telephone
and Maintenance company was engaged
in establishing a telephone service in
London in opposition to the United Tele-
| phone company, which controlled the
Ben and Edison patents for London
CONNECTS arose frequently between the
employees of the two companies and es-
pecially in reference to housetop rights
In one instance where the London q
Globe company had secured rights for a
long trunk line and had run wires out
from the central office about a mile the
men quit work. as was the custom. AT
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they started to continue their work. they
found that the United company had
placed high fixtures directly at right an
giles to their line, and placed thereon
wires in such manner that they could
not continue the extension of the trunk
line and large portion of the work had
10 be abandoned and a new route secured
Within few days the United companv
leased the roof of one of the buildings
IN which we had a small office and /
served written notice upon me TO have /
MIXTURE we had upon the building re- /
moved by noon the next day or they
would take II down themselves. The fix |
ture was taken away, and we, of course.
mad to abandon the office. Previous 10
this had written to the United COMPANY
several times advising them that we
should take steps to protect ourselves II
they continued this kind of warfare
The central offices of both companies
were located on the same street and in
the same block, but some distance apart
Inc London Globe company had its
ofhces in the Wool exchange, an immense
building fronting on two streets, the en-
tlre roof OF which we had leased and
the United company, without any permit
from us, had placed large number of
wires with fixtures on the building / Sc
cured Tor the London & Globe company
the lease of the roof of the building on
three sides of that occupied nv tho
Jnited company, the fourth side being
ne street. There was also a place near |
ne Bank OF England where IL was very
iihcult TO secure building high enough
o carry the trunk lines to one section ,
u the city-in fact, there was only one
ma that was occupied by firm with |
when our company had considerable bus
ness. The United company had apnro
'riated the roof of this building without .
my lease and had a large number Of
Vlres and cables thereon, the lease ~
MS roof having been secured for the
1ohdoh q Globe company. I constructed
N apparatus which would send over a
me a very strong current of electricity :
nat would ring magnetic bells, and when d
ne telephone was taken off the hook IN :
hswer supposed call would cause the
INDUCTION in the receiving telephone ~ .
so strong that no conversation could :
e heard. This instrument. connected IA I
large battery was placed in the Wool r
office ready for use. L
A few days after the United comnanv
al ordered our pole removed from our '
ullulng. / sent them a letter copyin1 "
leir note and ordered all their fixtures >
nd wires removed from the buildings we o
40 secured leases on by noon the next =
ay' They paid no attention to the no <
&c whatever. and at five minutes past n
BON 1 had all their wires on the several "
lildings punched together and connected G.
a wire that ran 10 the Wool exchange el
nee, and this by a switch was connected I o.
ith the apparatus mentioned. What V
Well. afterward II was de- 10
rihed as a pandemonium. Half OF their o.
pscrioers In London were called and
hen the telephone was taken of the in
ok such terrible noise was heard in b
. receiver that the telephone was i'm CO
ediateiy hung on the hook again. only
cause the call bell 10 ring again. and II oN
As stated in some instances that the in al
-uments were pulled from the walls IN be
Aer 70 stop the noise. This settled cl
alters with the United company on
usetop lines and after thar da, &, a. "a
edless 20 say. We never had any furth- r.
trouble in this direction. De
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