The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-04
TELEPHONE SER
VICE.
The Automatic Switchboard Must ne
Universally Used.

The Automatic Switchboard Must ne
Universally Used.
Ills gratifying TO the public TO know
that independent telephone companies are
being organized all over the United
| states. and In spite Of this efforts Of that
great monopoly. the Bell Telephone CON-
pany, these companies ere generally suo-
cessful The expiration Of the Bell tsle-
phone patents has allowed Inventors 20
make improvements In the system.
knowing az they do that suoh improve
ments will be appreciated and adopted BY
independent companies and the public
he given the benefit Ut lower charge
for telephone services.
Few improveme nts have been By
the Bell company In their % years OF
business existence. and the rate for SER
vice has remained practically the same.
Toe demand for ohesper rates In tele-
phone service is universal and is>being
met BY independents companies very rap
Idly.
1t Is often asked. Why does NOS the Bell
company buy up the opposition oompa-
niesf The reason 10 easily explained BY
reading the report OF the Independent
Telephone convention at Chicago, June
1928, 1899. which shows that since the
expiration Of the prin ,ipal Bell patents
six years ago there have been organized
$500 Independent oompanies. operating
800 exchanges, with toll line system Of
over 45,Cu0 miles and output OF 5io COZ
Instruments. not including those operated
on side OF public exchanges, or about
ons-third of the instruments now In MSS
In this country, ali Of which has been
accomplished during the last four years.
representing an investment OF capital in
independent telephone companies OF so5,-
COZ, 700, W hils many millions Of capital are
engaged In manufacturing supplies for
the construction and operation Of the In.
dependent companies.
Probably the telephone system operated
by the New England Automatic Tele-
phone Company Is tho greatest In use
and is destined to be the telephone sys-
TEN of the future. This fact is apparent
when we state that IL dispensss entirely
with the expensive manual Switchboard,
which IL the cause Of 30 much additional
cost to operate q telephone system. With
the automatic system each subscriber
can place himself In talking communi-
cation with every other subscriber Of
LEGAL system without the assistance OF
bird party. The agency that makes tbs
connection Is electricity. and Is always
ready at the com nsnd Of the subscriber
! to connect him as desired.
With the new automatic system now
ready for installation, the New Eng
land Automatic Telephone company.
the sole lioensee for the states Of Mime,
| New Hampshire. Vermont and Connsc-
ticut, arr in q position to offer and will
guarantee TO the citizens OF Portland
telephone service second to none. and not
only cheaper but absolutely Superior to
any ever placed before the public. The
praotioability. efficiency. convenience and
economy of this system OF automatic
telephone exchange has been thoroughly
dem Of s.rated In large number Of places
throughout the country where 1t has
been In continuous operation from one
to four years, and In every place where it
has been Installed has gwen unqualified
satisfaction ana h as proven beyond ques-
ton Of doubt it's vast superiority over
all known systsins. 1t Is ussf and COM
mendsd ty the following well-known
electrical expe rss of America, kDgland
and Germany, where the system Is now
In suoct ssfnl operation, by United States
government officials under whose super
vision the system was installed In the
government buildings at Washington, ID.
G, by professors of the leading colleges
in our own country and In England, by
bankers and brokers and thousands of
professional and business men through
out the country, many Of whom have
used the Automatic for q period of from
ten to five years, freely endorse ths sys-
TEN.
ELECTRICAL EXPERTS.
Col. Montgomery, US. Army, Govern
ment Intsllise noe department..
Col Blngh am, U. b. Army. Corps En-
gineers.
Prof. Sylvarius Thompson, London.
England.
Prof. Hughes, London, England.
Prof. sidney Hand Browne, John Hop
kins University, baltimore, Md.
Prof. William Lbbey. Princeton Uni
versity. Princeton. N. ].
Prof. Fred G. Torrsy, Princeton Uni
versily, PrinostoD, N. }.
:gProf. Francis Philip Nash, Hobart
College, Geneva, N. Y.
NJ. A. r. Bennett, Consulting Engi-
neer for London and Glasgow.
DIR. Louis Duncan. :. Consulting Electro
cal Engineer, Baltimore. Md
BANKERS.
President American National Bank.
Baltimore, md.
President Citizens National Bank, Per
~, N. Y.
President Georgia railroad Bank, Au-
gusta, Ga.
President Citizens National Bank, AL
lion, N. Y.
President Loan and Savings Bank, Au-