Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-07-30

Wires.
Only Few days ago the Sussex
Telephone Company" was inoor-
porated, and ere this reaches the
readers of the Pass the network Of
Telephone lines that is to cover this
and adjoining countries will be
fairly under way. This energetic
method of going at job of this
magnitude is not usual with corpor-
ate bodies. But this organization is
strictly a business one, and every
member of it is an energetic, brainy
man, fitted to fill his position per
fectly and altogether forming body
singularly adapted to the work be-
fore them. A combination that does
not often occur. Mr. Ethan Paul,
of Brooklyn, is the gentleman who
furnishes quite a good share of the
motive power thatis to say the CAPT
tai as he has money to invest, and
has taken a deep interest in tins
project. Mr. Paul is a contractor,
and builder of high class buildings
The home of Benedict, the friend Of
ex- President Cleveland was of his
design and construction.
Mr.. E. j. Wright, also of Brooklyn,
is an expert Bacteriologistan scien-
tific electrician. He will reside in
Newton, and have charge of the
construction work as well as the care
of the system afterward. He is a
hustler of the first water. Van Etten
Brothers, of Coneshaugh, are mem
bers of the company also and as is
well known are practical electricians
thoroughly grounded III the con-
struction and care of telephone work.
These gentlemen already have a
telephone system of their own, which
will connect on reasonable terms
with the Sussex company Last,
but not in anywise least in the or
ganization issJames N Miller, NJ. d. +,
of Layton. The Doctor is no mean
authority on electrical science as
applied to telephone work under
stands the needs of tie people and
section over which their system is
to extend, and is an all round,
thorough business man. The Doc
tor is stockholder, and we under
stand is booked as President of the
Association when the formal organi-
zation takes place. He modestly
disclaims any special part i'll bring
ing tho work to its present salts
factory stage, but we know that the
idea of this system was conceived
by him two years ago or more, and
that but for his large and exacting
practice he would ere this have gone
into the work single handed, so sure
was he of its practicability and neces-
sity. But now the happy combina-
ton of talent, and capital that he
has been largely instrumental in
combining into the Sussex Telephone
company will speedily carry out the
work that the Doctor has so long
been desirous of accomplishing
Work commences this week at lay
ton, and will be pushed to Branch
vile, Augusta and probably even to
Newton before the week ends. Other
lines to Bonneville, Deckertown,
Hamburg, Franklin, Ogdensburg,
Sparta, Andover, Swartswood, Still
water and Blairstown will be built
while some other company would
be dreaming about it. 1.-THE Sussex
Telephone company" asks no money
of the people, nor solicits anyone to
take phone, only as they desire t,
They will leave none of the small
towns out in the cold, as the Hud-
son River company would have done
nor will they restrict the ownerof a
phone to local service only. Super
ior instruments will be put in,
and the service will be unlimited.
Asa local organization this company
will aim to keep in close touch with
the desires and interests of the peo-
pie whom they serve. The larger
field that they may occupy in the
future is a matter of conjecture now,
but there can be no doubt that as
the need arises they VIII be equal to
the occasion and meet satisfactorily
the requirements of any other sec
ton however large that may desire
the maximum of telephone facil-
tiles at minimum rates. II.