Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-11
WHAT TELEPHONE USERS SAY.

a number of persons as indicated by
the following opinions, are commended
to the members Of Council and all other
persons for their careful considera-
ton:
LINCOLN, ILL.
Il regard two telephone systems as
confusing, expensive and useless.
THOMAS H. STOKES"
DANVILLE, ILL.
ITO be required to use two tele-
phones in the same office is certainly a
very great nuisance and an unnneces-
sary expense. A. r. SAMUEL"
DAVENPORT, Ia.
BETTER one good telephone system
at a decent price than twenty poor
ones, aver though we have them for
nothing. DAVENPODT OUTLOOK"
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
1T is a perfect nuisance. 1t costs
more and is of more bother. | have to
pay for four phones. l would be in
favor of consolidation.
'Dr. l.. e. BEST"
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
II think the use of two phones on
different lines is a nuisance, and l will
be glad to see the time, which l believe
will surely come, when 1t will be abol-
ished by the determination of one line
by the other. Business men are much
annoyed by residence 'phone-users
calling up and requiring the transfer
of a message from one line to another
as a favor. JOHN E. PECK"
BELvIDERE, ILL.
sT aNnoidor {x,A to1onhnnnc in nur
town a nuisance.
WILLIAM H. PEEL"
TOLEDO, o.
'It is a great nuisance to have two
different systems of telephones in the
same city, and we find it especially in
convenient to have SO many wires in
our building. SPITZER & CO."
SANDUSKY, o.
II have not found that the use of two
telephone systems is Of any advantage.
On the contrary, the expense of two
telephones is greater than the old
phone was before the new system was
introduced. DR.. ALTA F. COOK"
DECATUR, ILL.
"a person is obliged to have the two
phones in order to be able to talk to
all the persons having telephones, and
we are often annoyed by having a sub
scriber on one line call us up and ask
III to transmit a message over the other
line. :
DECATUR PLUMBING & HEATING
CO."
DECATUR, ILL.
1.-TWO telephone systems in one city
are a nuisance as regards the service
and no saving from a financial stand
point. R. w. FERGUSON"
BRAZIL, IND.
1--WE cannot understand how two tele-
phone systems could be of any advan-
tage in any city, when such perfect
service can be given by one system.
81. V. AVER"
SHELBYVILLE, IND.
1.-THE use of two telephones in an Of
flee or place of business is a great
nuisance, and it would be far better if
but one system or company's phone
was in use in a city or town.
I'D. L. WILSON"
FORT WAYNE, IND.
I'VE have no comments whatever to
offer In favor of using two telephones
in our place of business. y y = Why
should we be compelled to pay for two
phones when one will answer all prac-
tical purposes?
GROSS & PELLENS."
ST. JOSEPH, MO.
w feel that a city has as much use
for W telephones as a dog has for two
tails. We are paying bitterly for what
we thought at n time might be a good
thing.
F. C. DARLINGTON"
ST. JOSEPH, MO.
In u opinion, it is a great mistake
for two telephone companies to try to
do business in the same city, and we
can very plainly see that it has not re-
suited in any better service, and has
caused a great deal of unnecessary ex-
pense by compelling some concerns to
have two telephones when they did not
really gain anything thereby, but were
simply forced to put in a second tele-
phone. This seems to us to be a very
unfortunate state of affairs.
r. w. POWELL"
ST. JOSEPH, MO.
After my experience here with two
telephones i must candidly confess that
when the matter was first talked of in
u city | thought it a big thing, but.
to my sorrow, l find it useless expense.
H. NJ. GARLICHS."
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
I'VE had the Bell phone taken out,
but after trying for several months to
get along without it, we were compell-
ed to have it put back. The two
phones made the cost of service more
than business would justify, so we took
out the new and find we get along
well without it.
S. RAIN"
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
W. find in business that it is a very
rare occurrence when we have business
communication through one telephone
that cannot be attended to through the
other telephone. On general principles
it is a nuisance without being a benefit
in any respect.
CRANE & COMPANY"
LEAVENWORTH KANSAS.
I'VE find that two telephone compan-
les in u town are not perfectly salts
factory to us, as to increase the expense
for telephone service, and we find no
better results for having two instru-
ments in u office.
THE WIN. G. HESSE & SON
MFG CO."
L~EAVENWORTH, KANSAS.