The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-27
ON HIS PERIODICAL TOUR.
President Glidden Of the Southwest.
ern Telephone Company Is Here.
cOMPASy's PROPERTY IS IN FINE SHAPE
Mr.. Glidder Entertained by the Left
Handed Fishing Club and Cen
trys Band.

MIR, thHrleS j. Gtu1ens president OF tue
Erie Telegraph and Telephone company
and the Southwestern Telegraph and Tcle'
phone company. with headquarters al
Lowell Mass, ACCOMPANIED los Mrs Gid
den and his private secretary Mr. An
thony Bucek. spent yesterday In Houston
In company with the local officials Of the
Southwestern company and Colonel h. IS.
Baker. general manager for the company
I0r the Southern Tp1os district, whose
headquarters nfe al Austin.
M Glidden Is on a periodical tour OF
his compauys system aud VIII spend seN
eIal DAYS IN Texas visiting on tue pFln
al the Rice hotel last night by repre-
sentative OF The iost and talked enter
gainlngly about the telephone business.
Regarding the condition OF the compsny's
property Ia Texas sir. Glidden said.
''Ihe storm Of last September wrought
great damage to our interests In the dis
trict over which u swept, but; OF course,
Galveston being the largest place In The
immediate part OF the hurricane. the dam
age there was greater than az anF othct
point our system suffered severely In
Houston also and our losses here were
quite heavy. Buf az Galveston, besides
the SEXUAL damage done 70 our property.
we lost many patrons. We formerly mad
over 700 subscribers In that city. but
since the disaster we have hardly 1000.
However VIC hope TO get all that busi-
ness back. ana have c"mmcnced the con
sirucion Of our underground system there
With thar view In mind.
That part ~ our system, though, that
was NOT destroyed by the storm Is In the
most excellent condition. In fact, there is
no better telephone service anywhere than
that which has been provided by tho
Southwestern company for Texas and ar
kansas Tho system is up.iodate IN every
ContinniuE Ne. Giiddon said. ut seems
10 be the belief 81 people in general that
The telephone business f. one " the b. II
ian = Be- Imagined
/ but such " not the case. ! think that
| Idea must have originated when the Amcri'
can Bell TELEPHONE company was receiving
/ royalties on It's patents. which have nov
expired For seventeen years NJ paid inc
Bell company So rear for the receiver
aud tranFmittar on each telephone IN our
Srstem Tho cost ~ those attachments T.
7 about 81 and n eau hc readily seen that
the company that owned The patents made
/ lots OF money That, | think, Is where
/ The idea that An Interest IN telephone
/ company was equal 10 q gold mine or even
/ an on we'll. Now that the patents on those
/ ATTACHMENTS havc expired We do not pay
! the ROYALTY. Whom Il became so that Our
| company was relieved Of the expense OF
/ paving inc ROYALTY on instruments We
reduced tho price OF the service. The
/ Southwestern company now paws divi
/ dcnd ~ about nor cent and that paid
I by tho Eric company y per cent"
Asked about the effect recent labor
/ troubles have had on the business Of IN,
| Southwestern comnauv Mr. Glddcn 70
piled, ~ nm not familiar With the detsil'
| regarding Iur troubles " which speak
Mr. Trt'cnrlil has heen handling that mt
ter and nll Tho Information I have hnf
has come In tho nature ~ rcports frcr
him. lou't think. though, that our husl
moss hs> been materially affected through
that source"
Ou the occasion Of Mr. Gliddens visit
to Houston three Years ago the Left Hand
cd Fishing club entertained him and OK
Governor Hosg NJ their club house on the
bay az Morgan Point The fIicndlest
feelings sprans up between Mr. .Glddcr
! md tho members Of the club aud on hi,
visit to the city last year h. reclnrocatcd
/ the clubs hospitality and rendered tht
members thereof banquet nj the lIutchin,
Yesterday. knowing that he was in IN,
home town Of his warincst friends, Mr.
'ilidden felt that he conld not leave with
out paying his RESPECTS to them and aC
cordingly invited the club To SOC him Al
the Rice hotel large number Of tn,
members called aud thcy took Nj cid
den and tolencl Baker In charge, com
mlticc csCortiug them r. the clubs room,
ON fnnuln street where few hours wer,
most pleasantly spent.
! Tho Gentry BROTHERS band. with Prof
Reach PurrOtt rs leader rendered the clul
y complimentary screnadc In honor OF Mr.
Gliddon and several beautiful selections
3 were rendered in n thoroughly artistic man
ner among, them being "Fantasy., "olf
ktutnckv Homo, medley, Albion" pvro
, iechplc intcrmegzo, Fncl.eltanse No. . new
J. Glidden.
Tho last mentioned number was com
rosch especially FOR the occasion and Mr.
? Gliddcu being the guest. the march ha
been named THE Gldden"
! Refreshments wcrc served throughout IN
entertainment and tho hest NJ rooI Scl
iowship rcgncd everybody heinc In 4 ioi
! ~ frame ~ mind and apparently bent o,
: seeing that evcrvhodv else had a goo
time Mr. Jerry l.. Mitchell acted us mas
ter Of ceremonies
7 As token Of Tho esteem in which III
, guest 81 the evening Is held hv member
Of the club, be was presented with n beau
o tlful souvenir snoor suitably engraved
A christening him Captain Goldfish -
/ Whom tho hour came for Mr. Glidden I,
= break COMPANY with his friends IN ordc
; 80 catch the westhound train MI were re-
- uctnnt 10 ser him 70. Int babe him good
+ hyc with their best wishes and tho cx
n pressed hope that his visits to Houston
q VIII become more frequent.
i ~
AMER Mr. Gliddcn and Colonel Bake
had been escorted back ia their hotcl h,
committee from the club. the band tina
has become SO popular with the club mcm
,. hers aud which furnished the music dur
2 ING the evening was entertained at
> lunch spread in the club rooms.
r Mr.. Glidden and party, accompanied by
:. Colonel Baker left during the night 10
y san Antonio. where they will spend a da,
and then proceed TO Austin and othe
/, points whore the Southwestern compan
II has extensive Interests