The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-28
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
Work to Commence on Long
Distance Phone Line.
ONE HUNDRED TOWNS
Can be Reached From Wich-
tia by New System.

Within the next thirty days work viii
begin on the long distance line Of the
Oklahoma in Kansas Telephone. company
between Wichita and 0Iedford. This
This company was granted a franchise
to place a long distance station in Wien
tia, by the city council some time last
March. It was the intention of the com
pany TO build the line few months
after the franchise was granted, but ow-
ing to the rush Of the work in Okla
homa the matter was deferred until this
time
The material for the line has been ord
cred and will be here in about two weeks
A force Of men viii commence work here
and another force will start the line this
way at Medford. In about ninety days
after the work begins the long distance
line win be completed and Wichita will
Z then have connection with more than
100 Oklahoma towns on the company ;
circuit
The president Of the company was in
the city yesterday, Mr. J. w. Pyle Of
Medford, and ne was looking up a loca-
ton for the company's Office. he found
several desirable locations but VIII not
close the contract until a little later on
In connection with the long distance line,
phones will be placed in the wholesale
houses at a nominal cost and each whole
sale merchant will have the opportunity
Of talking with the Oklahoma people
wit
This IS not by any means a local sys-
TEN, but is only for the long distance
business At the time that the franchise
was granted many of the wholesale mer-
chants signed a petition asking the city
council to grant a franchise owing to the
fact that it viii give the wholesale inter
ests better accommodations in Oklahoma
than they are now able to get.
There are more than 100 Oklahoma
towns connected with the company's sys-
TEN and this viii mean very much 10
the wholesale merchants. It means that
they will have the opportunity of con-
versing with their customers regarding
orders and other business at a nominal
cost and much more satisfactory and
better than by mall or even telegraph.
There are few towns IN the state which
are connected with this line and it is the
intention Of the company to arrange for
connection with the principal towns in
the southern part Of Kansas Not only
has the company direct connection with
over 100 towns in Oklahoma, but they
have means of transferring with other
companies in Oklahoma, thus giving
them the advantage of much larger
system. This transferring does not mean
more cost to the customer. for the com
pany arranges these things itself If the
material necessary for the construction
of the line between here and Milford can
be secured before the thirty days the
work may begin then. but from the state
ments Of President Pyle yesterday. it viii
begin in the thirty days limit. Possibly
the same arrangements win hold good
in this part of the state as in Oklahoma
in regard to transferrln, and Wichita
merchants viii have an opportunity Of
talking with more Kansas towns.
The Offices of the Oklahoma & Kansas
Telephone company are located in Med
ford and the first lines were built out Of
that city. The concern Is one of the
largest telephone companies in that part
Of the country and is quite an institution
for any state