The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26
COMMITTEE AT WORK.
Interesting Letter From Norfolk Tele-
phone Man

phone Man.
The telephone people have gone to work
! with will and as the leading business
men Of the city are at the back of the de-
| mand for cheaper phones, Roanoke may
rest assured that exorbitant prices will
not toe charged next year, notwithstand-
| ing the fact that the Bell Company has
refused to lower their rates or to be run
out. Below is given the prospectus for
| subscription to stock to the new ENTER
prise and it Is understood that considera-
BILE stock has already been subscribed to:
1T having become necessary to the bus.
mess interests of Roanoke for its business
men and residents to have cheaper tele.
phone exchange in said city,
1--WE, the undersigned citizens. agree to
form joint stock company, to be known
| as the Roanoke Telephone Company, the
object of which shall be to establish "a tel
ephone exchange in the city of Roanoke
and other towns and cities of Virginia
and to make proper connections there
with.
The company shall organize as soon as
sufficient subscriptions to stock and sub
Scribers to phones are obtained to enable
said company to erect plant sufficient
to operate phones for 200 subscribers
The company to be so formed shall fur
nish to all subscribers to its stock.
phones for business houses at not more
than S24 per annum, and for residences at
not more than S15 per annum, to be paid
for monthly OF quarterly, in advance, as
the board of directors may direct.
The said company shall furnish phones
to non subscribers to its stock, for bust
ness houses at not more than $50 per an
mum, and for residences at not more than
SIS per annum, to be paid for in the same
manner as phones furnished to subscrib-
ers to its stock.
The capital stock of said company shall
not be less than six thousand CSC. 000) dol
lars, nor more than twenty thousand
(S2O,O0u) dollars. The said capital stock
shall be divided into shares of ten $50
dollars each, payable as follows, to-wit:
"One-half as soon as the company is or
ganized and ready to begin the erection
of its plant, and the other one-half as soon
as it shall have completed its plant sutIi
cientfor a service for phones for two hun
dred subscribers. No subscription, how
ever, shall be payable or be binding
until shares of stock shall have
been subscribed for and until 200 phones
shall have been subscribed for.
In order to carry into effect the above
purposes, we the undersigned subscribe
to the lumber of shares affixed TO our
names, and bind ourselves TO pay the
same in the manner and upon the terms
above set forth
I'VE further agree TO subscibe for the
number of phones affixed to our names
upon the conditions and terms above ex-
pressed
The following letter explains itself ard
will be of special interest TO all parties
DESTROYS of obtaining relief from oppres-
II nricac fo,. tala
L. L. Fishburne, Roanoke, Va.
Dear Sir---I understand that tele-
phone exchange is about TO be started in
your city and you are interested If such
be the case and no contracts let out. /
with you. We have almost completed
our exchange here which will be in opera
ton about the 10Th of August. We have
met here with all the success that could
be desired. We have now $50 subscribers
at the rate of $50 per annum and all have
signed contracts for nine years agreeing
to use our phones and no other for that
time. am sure / could have your people
do the same. / am thorough telephone
man, and was with the Bell Company for
ten years as electrician. Would be glad
TO hear from you at once in regard to this
matter. We have the best telephone
switchboard ever made, | tested over one
hundred makes and selected the ones we
have here. l will take great pleasure in
giving you any information you may
desire. If you would like to have a copy
of one of our contracts will send you one.
Very respectfully, Frank Crews
Address Southern States Telephone
Company, 1lS Main street. Norfolk, Va.
Solid comfort. That lawn swing at
Yost- Forrer's