Evening journal., 1898-02-15
ATTACK ON THE DELMARYIA
THE UNDERMINED WORK OF
SOME ENEMIES OF THE NEW
COMPANY.

To the public or whom it may concern:
Certain articles have appeared in the
Evening Journal of February A. 1898,
a daily paper published in Jersey City,
containing statements to the effect that
certain suits had been instituted in
that city which would ultimately in
volve the Delmarvia Telephone Com
pany, of Wilmington, Delaware, in
connection with other companies,
charged in the articles referred TO with
using certain telephone patents owned
originally by George S. Maxwell, and
by him transferred to William ]. At
kinson. Someone in Wilmington, Della
ware, has, in the past few days, taken
the pains to mail to the subscribers
and patrons of the DelmarVia Com
pany, copies Of the newspaper referred
to.
Who is responsible for this under
hand action, it is not difficult to cor
rectly conjecture, nor, in view Of the
fact that the Delmarvia Company has
heretofore been subjected to the annoy
ance of having its wires cut clandes-
timely, it's instruments tampered with
and false reports circulated as to equip
ment. management and extent of its
service, is it difficult TO supply mo-
tive for this kind Of bushwacker war
| fare.
All the world admires an open, man
ly contest, and entertains the opposite
opinion for the methods of the black
mailer and sneak.
1t may interest the Wilmington pub
lie to know that in the first place, SC
far as the said newspaper articles make
mention of Wilmington, the statements
therein are absolutely false. The Del
marvia Company does not own, use ol
have in its possession, either for pres
ent or future use, any patent, patented
| right, instrument or device owned ol
claimed by either Maxwell or Atkinson
and any suit instituted in New Jersey
or elsewhere, involvingany alleged con
tractural rights between either of thes'
parties, and anyone else cannot in an!
way affect the system in use by th'
Delmarvia Company, which has beer
supplied by the Western Telephone
Construction Company, and its us
guaranteed against any and everybod.
who may claim or imagine that it is al
infringement on some other system.
Anyone desirous of testing the va
hdity of the present position OF tn
Delmarvia Telephone Company, is in
vited TO adopt the only course whic
honorable people pursue, and if SO in
clined to resort to the United State
Circuit Court for this district for
judicial determination of any questio
growing out of alleged infringement Q
the use of patent rights not justly an
legally the property of the Deimarvi
Company.
1t will remain with the public to sci
tie the question of the survival of tn
Ifittest" in this pending competition fc
telephone patronage, by either adop
ing or declining to adopt that systel
which proposes to give value receive
and furnish persons needing and usir
. a telephone, with prompt, efficient sc
vice at a reasonable price. The DE
= marvia Company is not asking favor
o but has come here for legitimate bus
= ness purposes, and intends to stay.
/ does not, in order to establish its no
in this community, propose to reso
= to underhand methods. nor to attem
Q to extend its system by biackmailiI
i | processes.
J. DELMARVTA TELEPHONE co
/ Wilmington, Del, February 10, 1Ss