The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-23
TELEPHONE CONTRACTS LET.
GEORGIA COMPANY CONDUITs WILL
BE DOWN BY MAY L.


Mr.. Bisbee's Bond to Comply With
City's Requirements FiIed-The
Underground System to Be Ex-
tended to Liberty Street.-The Com
pany in the Field for Business.
The Wen Who Are Back of II.
Savannah IS soon to have another tee
phone system. Mr.. W. A. Bisbee filed the
required bond of $500 with the city yes
terday. preparatory to beginning work un-
der the franchise granted him sometime
ago. The contracts for. the conduit work
have been let, and the new system will be
pushed to rapid completion.
At meeting of Council last night the
following resolution introduced by Alder
man Dixon, was passed:
That w. A. Bisbee and his associates,
representing the Georgia Telephone Com
pany, shall be required to put their wires
under ground in the area bounded on the
north by Bay street south by Liberty
street. east by Lincoln street, and west
by Jefferson street provided always that
no street or lane shall be used until the
consent of the committee on streets and
lanes shall have been first obtained The
resolutions heretofore adopted. are amend
ed accordingly"
Since the franchise was first granted Mr..
Blsoee has been doing a good deal of quiet
Work. He went to New York recently, in
Nesugated the different systems of con-
dulls and got figures as to the cost All
oetalls looking TO prompt beginning of the
WORK when the final conditions had been
compiled with, seem to have been complet-
cd and everything is now ready for the
contractors to proceed. The Camp Con-
dutt Company of Chicago, one of the lead
ing firms in this business. will have the
work. Their reputation in cities where
conduit systems have been built is enough
10 warrant the belief that quick work will
oe done here, and that the telephone COM
pany VIII not be delayed in any way in
complying with The terms of its contract
with the city.
The section in which the underground
system is to be built is about twice the
size as the territory in which other com
panes are required to use the under
ground system, but 1t is stated there may
be a change in the other ordinances, by
which all the companies viii be put on the
same basis
eve intend 10 start at once building our
has been let TO a firm in whom I have
confidence, ana there is no reason to fear
II Will not complete the system by May /,
the time the ordinance become operative
against digging up the streets. / cannot
say yet a. what point the system will
be started, but the probability is the con-
tractors viii work south from River
street We have not allowed cost to in
tertere with our getting the best material
NO -
outs Will begin at once, and the next
few days will be enough in Savannah 10
keep busy the force of men we intend to
employ
1T is the intention of the Georgia Tele-
phone Company" continued Mr. Bisbee
TO build a system that will give salts
faction to all its subscribers. The ser
vice viii always be equal to the best In
order to do this we found il necessary to
make slight increase in our rates, but
this was readily accepted by 80 per cent
of the subscribers"
The III. B. Camp Conduit Company
which is to do the work, has built about
100000 feet of conduits in the last wo
years. Their contracts include 100000 feet
of duct for the New York and New Jer-
sey Telephone Company, 109, 600 feet for the
Delaware and Atlantic Telephone Com
pany of Atlantic City, N j., and a large
Kali
way OF New York. 1t is stated about 90 =
COO feet will be laid in Savannah. While
the company is bound to adopt the under
ground in the section named, Mr.. Bisbee
states the company will not stop at this
but Will continue the underground even
beyond the limits required.
Ihat the new company means business
Is attested in the business energy and
financial standing of the following. who
viii at once apply for a charter for the
Georgia Telephone Company: Henry
Blum, John Flannery, ]. H EstiH. W W
MackaI' ). ID. Weed, Leopold Adler. W.
A. Bsbee, Jacob Paulsen and II
Smart.
Pierce & Richardson. consulting enai-
neers' of Chicago, will have active con.
trol OF the work. Mr.. r. Fl. Pierce ,s
now in the city, and will probably remain
mere uhtil the work is well under way
Inc conduit material will come nv raj,
and the shipments are axnaotoI - IAN