The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10
THE TELEPHONE ABROAD.

AhG AGbGI IlONE ADhOAO.
The telephone has been Government
monopoly In France since 1899 The de-
Veiopment outside Of Paris has been
siisht- There are more telephones in New
orA 'nan In the whole OF France. At the
oesinnins OF 1901 Paris. with a population
Oh Z'oSo'o"o' had 1890 telephones. about 80
per cen. Oh the number In France Only
.oui other cities mad more than LOCO sta
sN,, 'o"ip'fihs with American cities as
ioiio"s' lyons population $4,000. tele-
p,o"es -'-V'' oleVeiahd' population %Sooo.
. ..a IN s's'z' Marseilies, population
'-.""' .eiephches z'i'i' cincinnati, popu-
ia'ioi S-''Vp telephones 9I42 bordeaux.
pVp,'a''o" -s"'"V eeiephohes z'"'s' Mil
~ pupuia'i'n .oo,o"' teiephohes s''sz.
Ia,,,,.i,,l -ioV'O, 'e.ep"ones i'V't'
80 poPuid'ion ""''V"'' teiephohes
- '"e Company enai ecu si-o
- - 10, .ne "o' co ''iieiie e,iai ses soo'
-. n, ",' 80 a IA" iee''S pasSeu,
p.r,s ~ ~ -. 80 ~ - ou's''e Vi
l., poIl~, " On ~ - ~
~, 90 300 -. ~ 80.
,i,,r t,,'-.1 1,ps' 90. go
,I,,o, 30 900, e
,vara n 600 -
ouor,ar -. a. -, A.. e,
rr,,,,o,, -. n. -
there wara A soz ,a,a,s,r, -
vvern with a ,,o,,,,.,,o, =, DC 900 -.
wore , $40 IT,. -. g. -. -.
service In p-rssa,s "a -. ~
while s7o - oho.,ro, 9 ~-..,,i -
E.lseuh,ra ~ - -, eu.'
~, e i".es range from 20 TO
f9f. lhihgs are better In Switzerland
The population of the Republic in 1890 was
$500. Co., and on the first Of this vear ,bera
were n ga ,a,o,,ho,,o,. a., - -
-, Al use. Nuricn, ehe
.ais E ~ eity' mas population oil lsz.Ooo
ana 5000 telephones. The rates are so for
the first year. sf4 for the secoud and ss
for each s,bseouan, v.ar
Irn,;, ,se-
ness was conducted by several private
companies. and since that fine the Cow
eminent bas baa,, 4, o,,,. tn. -.
,,.,.a,,,., IA ma Inc chieA
e'phent mas peeh IN the large cities,
and The number of telephones in use in
the country at the beginning of tbi, va,r
was n oo2 NJ which 10 900 ,,.era l., 49,
~h,o,, 49,, '-,.., - -. ' 'ei.iia'
"eh mas population OF i,6e9,WV, While
IN chicago. with practically the same
population. the number of telephones is
nearly do,,lIa ,rhI :, 600 -
uouoiu- ne rate Is w year.
metre (about fve-eighths OF a mle) In
Hungary there is no develounent 10
sneak of outside of r,,,5aros, ~ o.. 49,
~. "a. U pest where eiieie
are D. $50 teephones In a population of
$4,000. j. Germany patents. have not
been allowed for tho telenhone and tho
hus,ra.s 70 oona,,ato-, c,S-.
~ !" sonuuetee as governments
monopoly Berlin mad at the beginning
of the year Al, $50 telephones as compared
with 5i.647 in New York, the cities being
relatively the same size.
In Bavaria the same rates and policy
as In other parts of Germany prevail, al
though the system is operated sepa rately.
Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in Holland i
have municipal systems At the begin
ming of this year Amsterdam with its |
population of 3d. OOO had A. 462 telephones
At The Hague a private company charges |
I2 year. In Norway and Sweden the |
has done a good deal to help
the companies In Copenhagen with a |
population of 312 49, there are 1911 tele-
phones and II is one of the best-t
phoned cities in Europe The rates are
W for residences 49, 40 70 S4S 90 at b,isiz
ness places, and a message rate of from |
,13 up. Except in Stockholm the business |
If Sweden is conducted by the Govern
rent With population of 10000 on the
irst of this year the telephones numbered |
2 600 There Is a private system and |
Government system the rivalry being |
great
The development in Great Britain has
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