Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-25
4. telephone COMBINE.
Plans Proposed to Consolidate All.
the Independent Lines in Va.
rious States
Company Nay Be Formed to Bring
About q Combine Of Iowa
Companies
Will Be Competing Line With
the Old System New Toll
Lines.

Des Moines. June 25.-H. E. Teachout
and NJ. McFarlin. Of the Des Moines
Mutual Telephone Company, were in
Cleveland the past week in attendance
at the annual meeting Of the National
Telephone Association OF America. The
association IS made up OF all the inde-
pendent companies in the country and
has been organized for the past four
years. It is the purpose OF the associa-
ton to bring about the organization OF.
all OF the independent companies in the
various states under the control of
large companies The purpose of this
is to secure good toll line service in the
various states and for long-distance
purposes, and enable the independent
companies In each state to compete IN
better shape with the Bell companies
which are organized In every state in
the union.
Local Indications point to the con-
solidation OF all OF the Independent
companies in Iowa in one large COM
pany in the near future and to that end
the delegates from the Des Moines and
other Iowa companies who were pres
ent at the Cleveland convention Will
work. Within six months an effort
will be made to consolidate the Iowa
companies" said Mr.. Teachout. At
first 1t will be with the toll line COM
panies which will all be brought under
one management, The stock being held
by the local individuals in the various
towns OF the state instead OF being
|controlled from Boston or New York as
| is the case with the Bell company.
.The toll line companies particularly
need to be consolidated in order to af-
ford proper service to patrons OF the
line. At the present time turnout the
state all OF the lines are built with diff
ferent kinds Of wires and to reach
many points 1t is almost impossible to
get good service For instance, to
reach Marshalltown we have to use
four different lines. After the toll line
companies are organized under one
company, which will naturally be very
much stronger than the independent
companies. and the service thru the
state is perfected then an effort vii
be made to consolidate the EXCHANGES
1t can only be done by forming a cor
poration with very large capita
stock, but when accomplished it is
bound to bring better results to pat
Irons and also to stock owners.
In Ohio such corporation has beer
organized with a capital stock of 81.
4 000. 900 and 1t has been very successful
4 In the city Of Cleveland the compan!
owns splendid eight-story building
4 occupying the seventh and eighth
floors. and makes good rentals out o
/! the remainder Of the building. There
are about 5000 phones Of the compan,
lin use in the city and the service Is al
that could be asked. BY means Of tn,
Il toll lines owned by the company it Il
4 very easy to talk to New York or Phil
adelphia and the service is competitive
in every respect OF the Bell companies
There were over 800 delegates pres
{ent at this convention and they were {
fine lot OF business men from all owe
4 the country. They are enthusiastic a
Ito the benefits to be secured by the for
8l.mation Of independent companies"
Messrs. Frank and Fred Musson. o
Des Moines, will establish an independ
ent telephone system at Atlantic. TIL
4 franchise was granted in that city b,
Il pOpularsvote last week. The thing car
4 rled about 420 to 90. The city council
declined to pass the ordinance, so i
i was necessary to get petitions signed
4 This was found easy, for the people o
\ Atlantic are progressive. they know
I competition is the life of business an,
i they welcomed chance for a new tele
phone system. The young men will es
tablish the plant Immediately The
already have contracts sufficient t
4 warrant the investment. which will in
]. volve not less than $4,000 at once. TIL
I business will be developed rapidly. ex
|tending toll lines all over the wester
part Of the state.
The Messrs Musson are the sons q
the late William Musson. who was tn
head OF the Odd Fellows Annuit,
J which he built up into one Of the hes
insurance institutions in the state. H
was also the grand secretary of tn
s grand lodge OF Iowa. /. o. O. F., an
was county clerk for many years. On
Of the young men is now engaged her
4 with the Bankers Life, while the othe
II has been inAtlantic for several month
engineering the plans for the establish
, ment Of the new phone pant ther'
y That 1t will he successful Is settled.
II r5sss
DEATH OF REV. WATSON.
Noted EpiscopaIian Clergyman Pas
SEES Away ut Iowa City.
iowa City. June 25.-Rev. DR.. Georg