People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-24
The Proposed Telephone Line.


Pliny Simpson, of the Missouri &
Kansas Telephone Co., informs us
That the proposed extension of the
telephone line to Anthony and Con.
Way Springs isa assured fact. Man
ager Duggan of Wichita, has just re-
turned from Conway Springs, where
ne succeeded in securing a sufficient
i guarantee to warrant the company In
constructing line to that place. The
line will be extended west of yelling.
Ton TO Harper and Anthony, and will
connecta at intermediate stations along
the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific
roads. The line to Conway SPRINGS
will branch off from the main line at
Milan.
Work on the construction will com.
mence as soon as possible. Men Tor
the construction department are be-
Ing employed now. The telephone
company will also build line west
from Wichita to Kingman. The two
lines will be commenced at the same
time and will require about thirty
men.
The Missouri & Kansas Telephone
20. are making many Improvements
in their service in southern Kansas. A
metallic circuit from Arkansas City to
Wichita is one Of the improvements
soon to be made. This will be an ad.
vantage to Wellington and the other
towns west and south of here, in that
1t will enable us to talk to Wichita
while the Wichita. Arkansas City line
is in Use, The metallic telephone CIR
! cult is similar to the duplex system in
/ telegraphy.
~ The building of the proposed line
west of Wellington will add 30 and
possibly 50 miles of line to the local
managers territory. The office here
will in all probability have control
of the entire line to Harper and An.
thony, which will make the total
number of milesOt line operated from
this place about ll5. There are now
about 60 miles Of line in the Well
ingtOn division.
By the first of May Wellington will
be connected by telephone with Kan
sas City, st. Louis, Chicago and New
York. This will put this place and
neighbOring towns N instantaneous
communication with the great COM
mercial centerS of the United States.
The Milan Press Friday says: A let.
ter from Superintendent Mcdaniel, of
the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.,
to the editor OF this paper states that
the manager of their exchange at
Wichita will visit Cur city shortly for
the purpose OF looking the ground
over and aScertaining the sentiment
of our people in regard to the proposed
telephone line which is to connect
Milan with Wellington and Conway
Springs. He says his company expects
to connect Wichita with Kansas City
this year, thus giving that part of the
country telephone communication
with all Of the principal cities of the
United States, and as they own and
operate the exchanges in Hutchinson,
Wichita, Wellington, Winfield and
i Arkansas City, with lines connecting
s3these towns, it would be greatly to
our advantage to have line from
Milan to connect with the Wellington
exchange. II the company are as
sured that the line will pay, they will
build it without asking any bonus. 1t
IS possible that they may make can
vass for the sale of coupon tickets, re-.
ceivabe 10 lieu Of cash for the use of
the line, merely to see how much of a
demand there is for the liue. We
trust that when Mr.. McDaniels visits
Milan our citizens will be prepared to
offer him every encouragement, to the
end that the enterprise may be pushed
to completion as speedily as possible.