Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-07

Favorable Proposition From a
Local ompany..Will Connect
$500 Rural Phones.
The third meeting in as many weeks
sof the rural telephone men of Marshall.
and adjoining counties. held in this city
Wednesday, afternoon resulted in mat
ters assuming tangible form, and all.
that is now wanted in order to give the
business houses connection with about
$500 telephones In Marshall, Tama,
Grundy, Hardin, Story, Jasper and
Poweshiek counties, is to get the assur-
8ance of the business men of MARSHALL
town that they will maintain tha ex-
lscharge in this city.
| Members of several of the commercial
Hines of Marshall county We're present
lat the "Wednesday afternoons meeting,
as We're also members Of other lines
| that will lay commercial wires as soon
as the arrangements have been def
nitely made. AS a result of the Wednes-
Iday meeting the lines of Marshall coun-
| ty We're organized intosan association 10
be known as the Marshall County Mll-
Itual Telephone Company Chairman5J ].
/ c. Lloyd. of Taylor township, who pre-
sided at the last meeting. allied the tel
4 ephone men to order, in the east court
room. Chairman Mooney, of the COM
i mittee appointed atsthe meeting a week
i ago to interview the business men ane
obtain the sentiment in regard 10 tbs
4 project, was unable to be present anl
i the committees report was given by
lsJohn Hobbs, of Albion. Mr. Hobbs
i stated that a number of the business
linen had been seen and all seemed fav-
4 prable 10 the idea OF having the rura
a phones of the county and adjoining
counties connected at Marshalitown
a yet they didsnot like the idea of HAVING
u a third telephone put into their rlace.
|of business because of the incon
venience it Would cause, rearl!
all of the business houses havs
ing TWO phones in now. Mi
Hobbs also reported that the Marshal
Telephone Company Had been consuits,
upon the proposition OF placing TIL
phones on their sWitchboards and ha,
g e, " - ~ y -
month, regardiess OF the nuInpel g
phones.
The committee, after the report wa
concluded. was ordered disc arged an
the matter OF county sorganizatior wa
8 taken UP. a. vote btslii g carried 70 lie Ell
teet tilat an mutual mes m Marshal
county OF 'iie CONNECTING iliaes slsaSlh
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