The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
To Be Or
LIKED in This
County.
..ut Men To Back It,


!, manning for the orgah'Aa''o"
!, ,aIsObone company in Hough-
~ and yesterday his plans were
!. made public, and subscrlt ers
|. and stock solicited. In Han
T. H. Richardson has charge oil
.,iotiou papers. At Calumet, as
sps.terday's NEWS, Mr.. Paul
md at Lake Linden, Mr.. A. F.
Mr.. W. f. Miller began IN
y hi. morning. In Hancock
,nty have subscribed Tor about
..,,Oments and "A number OF
stOcs. A..
(Ilowiug is the prospectus OF the
m County Telephone Company:
lstOck 100000. One thousand
500 each. to be called in In
,pts Of S25 each, as needed. FRO
tss for business phones $3 a
sss year; for residence phones
month. SIS per annum. Each
n for a phone is entitled to sub
one share OF stock Tor each
n,b rights not transferable; all
taken by subscribers forphones
he allotted equitably among
ho take it,
company will at once commence
etion OF a telephone system
out Houghton county in the
dern method, and will supply
he's and service equally as good as
tom in use in the United States,
expectation OF a connection by
with Baraga, Marquette and
gon counties.
The Undersigned do hereby agree
tribe for the number of pt ones
Dste our names. at the prices
pentioned, and also for the num-
hares OF istock set opposite our
or which we agree to pay, when
by the board OF directors, in in
pts Of s25 per share"
rguments advanced by Mr.. Han
ind the others engaged in the or
ion Of the proposed company are
as follows:
people Of Houghton county have
Subscribers of the Bell Telephone
y fora good many years, and
i'd a large price for the use oil
bones, and we believe have paid
any times the amount of their
investment. Nevertheless, the
pc company refuses either to part
" Of the stock to the local capl.
hnd users OF the telephone. or to
the price Of rental to a reasonable
people OF other communities have
Jed telephone companies OF their
nlch have been a great success
now time for Houghton county
70 incorporate for itself, and re-
profts that may be made in
trict.
telephone companies in opposi
'ne Bell have universally been q
because the people in the district
pckholders and most citizens will
one industry. They usu lily ex
PWerlul opposition from the Bel
pne company. such as cutting
out the experience has been that
AL Al
Sol telephones will take adyant
ne nrst cut, and il only a reason
cels charged, will stick to tn,
mat makes the reduction, be
usy Know that if the Bell Tele
o@pany succeeds in destroytns
'Osltlon, their price will immedi
pack to where, as a monopoly
Ant 1t to be.
rates to be charged are a it'll,
A'e'S Of those charged by othe
pupanles, but 1t is evident tina
W. more to construct and oper
'ousnton county, and as it i
mat each subscriber OF th,
.a'' pea stakeholder, the user
oaek in dividends all in excess O
pal cost"
''ns the last paragraph it may
I'''ed that the management O
'0mpany claim the increase,
maintenance Of their lines i,
county is responsible for a lii
'a.e here than in some othe
Inc promoters OF the Hough
wy telephone have taken this in
ospectus goes on to say:
\, "qu'tte Telephone company /
s'Aample OF the success OF a IL
WI 1t was organized two and
aeO oy the local capitalists 9
OWNS OF Ishpeming, Negaune
auette. The president of th
NJ II. Call, president OF Oh
I, ! National \ Bank. The vic
SD. M. Powell. OF Powell
!, " Marquette. The secretar
y. q, o. Miner, cashier Of the Isf
i, '"Onal Bank. The manage
w.. promoter =, Daniel Mcvichis
'e' Of Ishpsming.