The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-05
Nj. Holmes Explains
His Ideas About the
Detroit Telephone
Company.
Work Upon the New Churches
n. 8eiur Rapidly Pushed Ahead ny
the Contractors-AD Excursion 10
ChasseII-Other News.

Mr.. Holmes, representing the Detroit
Telephone Co., has this to say regard
ing the article which purported to be an
interview with Mr.. Dee, the manager oil
the local exchange of The Michigan Bell
Telephone Co." II Mr.. Dee stands spon-
sor for this, be is very careless OF the con-
sequences of making libelous statements,
such as appeared in this article.
In the first place neither the Detroit
Telephone Co." nor any of its representa-
tlyes have sold any illegal stock. The
Detroit Telephone Co." was incorporat-
ed and it's articles OF incorporation duly
recorded in the Wayne county clerk :
Office in March of this year as provided
by the laws OF Michigan.
There has not been a share OF stock oil
the Detroit Telephone Co" sold Tor less
than 500 a share, nor will there be.
There is none OF their stock held in Sagi-
nav, nor has any been offered for sale
there at SO or any other price. That
this stock has been offered for sale there
for so per share is too utterly ridiculous
to require an answer.
There is no firm OF lawyers in Detroit
outside of our board OF directors who
hold more than five shares OF stock.
The Michigan Bell Telephone CO.
have no franchise from the city OF De
troit. The Detroit Telephone Co." is
the only telephone company holding a
franchise in Detroit, as anyone can easily
ascertain by making inquiries in Detroit.
Mr.. Dee says he understands that our
company is paying twice as much per
foot for laying conduit as the Bell COM
pany and in the next breath says the Bell
company have no underground system
in Detroit. The words "be (Mr
Holmes) says" were left out by the typo
and therefore this remark does not prop
erly apply. l-ED.
feel quite grateful to Mr.. Dee for add
ing his testimony to mine regarding the
character of the men who compose the
Detroit Telephone Co." These men ar,
among the most successful business mer
in Detroit, men who have never made {
failure OF anything they ever undertook
and who would not put money, mucl
less lend their names. to any question
able enterprise. These men are all hold
ers of large blocks OF stock, and pait
800 a share for every share they own.
No venture in this State has ever mad
larger dividends than the BELL Tele
phone Co" and Mr.. Dee might as we
wonder why James Mcmillan did no
float a per cent loan and buy all OF tn
stock in il.
The Detroit Telephone Co.. is open t
and invites investigation from anyon
who may take an interest in It, All {
their contracts for constructing thei
plant have been let, and they will hay
the best equipped and most modern tell
phone plant in the United States.
Perhaps Mr.. Dee can explain why th
people in this county have TO pay 81
and $50 for telephones, and the sam
company are Offering the same service
Marquette county for S25. Or why tn
people in Detroit have to pay abou
three times az much for "Bell" telephon
service as the people in Toronto, Ont, {
city about the same size as Detroit) hay
TO pay for the same service.