The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07

public patronage during this year, there
is none deserving the support of the citi-
zens and public more than the Georgia
Telephone and Telegraph Company. Mr..
w. A. BSbee, who has been identified
with Savannah for the past year, under
took the organization of the company and
the commencement of the work al the be-
ginning of the year. under very adverse
circumstances but with his indomitable
energy and zeal, he secured the requisite
number of subscribers at an early date,
and during the month of March awarded
the contract for laying the underground
system OF conduits to the H. B. Camp
Company of Akron, o., this company COM
menced the work April l. and completed
it on April 80, giving the Georgia Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company the finest
and most complete conduit system in Sa-
Vannah, admirably arranged for the prop
er distribution of wires to the premises
of the subscribers. The conduit system
was arranged to accommodate a large
number of cables, and allow extra ducts
for emergencies when needed. In the
conduit system spacious manholes We're
arranged at convenient distances to allow
for the drawing in of the cables and maxi
ing the necessary spices and taking out
of the proper wires for distribution from
each manhole.
The company obtained a very liberal
charter from the state, and completed its
organization by the election of the follow
ing officers: w. A. Bisbee, president;
Henry Blum, vice president; Leopold Ad-
Ter, treasurer; j. r. Anderson, secretary.
Directors: j. H. Estill, Jacob Paulsen,
II. T. Smart, w. w. Mackall, R. H. Polk.
general manager.
The election of such a strong body If
Savannah's influential citizens speaks wen
Tor the strength and soldity of the com
pany, and Launches it in to public favor
at once. The company is to be coneratu
lated In getting Mr. R. Il. Polk as the
general manager, as his sixteen years
continuous service with the Bell Telephone
Company, as manager of their exchange
at Montgomery, Ala, and Savannah. Ga.
eminently fit him for the position of gen
eral manager of the Georgia Telephone and
Telegraph Company, as he is thoroughly
conversant with the business in all of its
details.
The rates offered by the company are
made as low as possible, consistent with
good service and a reasonable return IN
the investment. Almost every dollar ex-
pended for material and labor is spent
among the merchants and laborers, and
only such material as cannot be furnished
by the home market Is purchased else
where. The policy of the company is to
expend its money among the people from
whom it derives its revenues as far as
possible
The rate of $40 per year, payable quar-
terly in advance. for a business station on
an individual circuit within one mile of
the exchange, and $25 per year for resi-
dence stations on individual circuits places
the cost SO low that everyone can afford
| a telephone. This company does not fur
nish congested party-line-n ickel-a-call
| system, as its rates are very low and al
| low unlimited use by the subscriber. The
| company has contracted for the best
! equipment of cables and switchboard ap-
| paratus that is on the market, with the
sole idea of giving the best service pos
! slble at all times.
A report has been circulated that this
| company had stopped business, and if il
| should even commence again, that it would
| be years before 1t could begin it's service
| with the hope that its subscribers would
! decline to wait for the new service In
| stead of weakening confidence among the
| subscribers 1t has materially strengthened
! their faith in the Georgia Company.
The universal prosperity along all lines
| OF trade, has affected the telephone and
cable manufacturing business more than
! any other, and it is very difficult to get
| material needed, this has occasioned a con-
| siderable delay in commencing the work
Of construction all along the line. Already
| several large gangs of workmen are at
| work setting poles to be ready for cables
and switchboard when they arrive. and