The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-05-03
NO need
OF TRUST
Independent Lines Arc
Strong Enough.
DISTANCEL|NES
Are Being Constructed Every
where, Which Gives tho In
dependent People All
Needed Strenath.

Runners of the telephone trust for the
formation of which negotiations are
now pending between John M. Clarf
and John /. Sabin, of San Francisco,
president Of the Pacific States Telo-
phone company, have occasioned no lit
tie comment among telephone users in
this city, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
What is proposed by the new COM
bine is not generally understood. The
promoters of the big combine arc
throwing a haze of mystery about their
movements and are careful not to des-
ignate the companies entering into the
deal.
1t has been thought by some that
the new trust is to include all tele-
phone companies, but experts in this
line say that such is not the case.
Regarding this matter, James E.
Hoge, of this city, vice president and
secretary of the Federal Telephone
company, the largest Independent tele-
phone organization in the world, hal
this to say:
iC ploD'otu u uoI 10 III way
connected with, nor does it include the
independent telephone companies in
this and adjoining states; it is simply
a combination of Bell interests, that is,
companies operating under licenses
from the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company, formerly the American
Bell Telephone company.
THE independent companies are cut
ting into the Bell patronage until the
octopus is frenzied.
1--WE are not going into the trust, but
will keep our faith with the people
give them the best we have in the shoH
and that at reasonable rates, and we
will win.
"The other people realize that they
have lost their hold upon the patron.
age of the country. After twenty years
undisturbed possession of the field
they have not accomplished in the way
of telephone development what the in-
dependents have in the short period
from 1894 until the present time
THE new combine is quoted as con
trolling 100000 telephones. Why! 1t
is a mere bagatelle. The Independents
control considerably over 100000
telephones in the United States. with
such strongholds as Boston, the home
of the monopoly; Philadelphia, New
York, Pittsburg, Cleveland. Chicago,
Kansas City and San Francisco, now
in the Independent columns, with
plants either built or building.
Here in Ohio alone the independent
companies have 10000 telephones as
against 1880 of the other people
The independents have at least 1000
toll points, against $50 of the old COM
pany.
1--WE do not need trust. The people
are with u.s."
LONG DISTANCE CONNECTIONS.
The Independent telephone men of
this city have been interested for some
time in an injunction procured against
the independent telephone company of
Pittsburg, restraining 1t from con-
structing its line through Beaver, Pa.
says the Cleveland Leader. This is the
line which will connect Pittsburg and,
Cleveland with long distance tele-
phone.
The Cleveland company has already
constructed its line to the PennsyI-
vania border and has been waiting for
the Pittsburg men to meet them anil
join wires. 1t is claimed here that ar
opposition company is responsible for
the injunction. but that has been dis
posed of and Manager Mark Davis, of
the Cuyahoga company, promises long
distance service to Pittsburg by May /
On Monday the Federal COMPANY
the financing telephone company, will
commence actual work on the Detroit
system of Independent telephones
Henry A. Everett owns 30 per cont. of
the stock IN the Detroit company and
declares that he already has between
4,OC0 and 5000 contracts for tele,
phones.
'The conduit work will be com
menced on Monday" said Secretary
J. r. Hoge yesterday. I'VE intend to
keep hard at work placing our wires
underground in that city and expect to
have the exchange in operation by the
first OF next year. While conduits cost
more money In the first place, the econ
omy In operating more than pays for
the additional enpense. We have re-
Gently found the advantage OF conduits
in this city. After the recent storm
our wires in conduits were in as good
shape as ever. In fact. the wires In
conduits will last almost forever. The
conduits are drained and the copper
wires are placed in lead pipes. which
prevents anything from interfering
with them.
1--WE hope to have the Findlay ex-
change ready for operation by June 1.
At Canton we are putting up building
to be used as an exchange. In other
Ohio cities we are doing much work" Z"
1t was stated yesterday that the De-
troit company had saved fully $4,000
In the purchase of q switchboard by
competitive bidding.