The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-16
CONCERT BY PHONE
Bell Company Will Give One
Next Month.
CONNECTING TOLL LINES
Music in Kansas City VIII be
Heard in Wichita.

Mr.. G. B. Meredith, local manager Of
pany, is making arrangements TO give a
telephone concert over the wires. and the
people of Wichita are anticipating the
event with great interest The concert
viii be the occasion OF the completion OF
the long distance line with the eastern
lines, and it Will be held some time in
the fore part Of next month, when it is
expected the connection Will be made.
This improvement on the part of the
Bell people will furnish communication
with the entire north and east
The concert viii be In the nature Of a
grand opening, and Manager Meredith
viii issue invitations in a short time. At
the opening a large funnel will be at
tached to one of the receivers. Music
win be played in Kansas City or Omaha.
or some other town to be designated
later. and the gustes viii get the benefit
OF it here. The guests win also be privi-
legged TO call up and talk with any per-
son on the eastern lines free Of charge.
Various receivers will be attached TO the
one phone and the arrangement 10 be
made will enable ten or twelve persons To
listen to the conversation at the other
end.
The concert will be in charge Of Man
ager Meredith, who can be depended
upon to make it pleasant for the guests
1t was the intention to obtain the par
lors Of the Carey hotel for the occasion,
but owing to the incommcdious quarters
for an entertainment of this kind Mr..
Meredith may have to get some larger
place The concert will be a unique treat
for those who have never witnessed any
thing of the kind.
The Improvement IN connecting the long
distance lines Of the Missouri and Kan
sas company is of great Importance TO
Wichita and the business interests Of
the town. 1t closes up a large gap and
opens communication with the north and
east and will enable Wichita people to
say hello to residents in even the smaller
towns in northern and eastern Kansas
When completed there will be three cir
cults between Wichita and Kansas City.
The connecting point with the east Will
be Emporia- where a long distance ex-
change office is maintained. Three gangs
Of men are now working on the lines be-
tween here and Oklahoma, and the work
is being vigorously pushed towards COM
pletion.
The concert opening will be attended
by all the prominent men Of the Missouri
and Kansas company. President John
r. Mulvane Of Topeka. General Manager
A. Burt and Superintendent c. w. Nc
Daniels of Kansas City will be here Mr.
L. F. Duggan, who has charge of the
toll lines in this district rs assisting
ianager Meredith in the work. One OF
the purposes Of the concert is TO prove
to the Wichita public the efficiency OF
the lines.
Improvements in the local exchange
office are also being made. The company
recently put In g new toll line switch
board and a new switchboard for the
city exchange has been ordered. It will
be OF modern pattern and a vast i'm
provemeflt over the one now in use II
will be a multiple metallic circuit with
1850 drops, allowing one operator to make
the connections. With the new board one
operator can easily make all the neces-
sary connections