Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-19
Dally nsnnebec Journal
PETITION GRANTED.
OIrIgo Telephone CompanyWiI|
Enter City Of Augusta.
Municipal Officers Unanimously Vote
in Favor Of Petitioners.
company Now Asks Permission to Establish
General Exchange.

- consider the petition of the Dirigo
Telephone Co. asking permission to
erect poles and wires and establish 4
pay station in Augusta.
Thomas Leigh of this city. and I.ouis
\. Goudy of Portland. appeared for the
company. l.. c. Cornish and Norman
l.. Bassett represented the New Eng
land Telegraph and Telephone CO.
After the question of the sufficiency
of notice was adjudged to have been
made in due and proper form. Mr..
Leigh said in part:
The Drigo Telephone Company of
Maine prays for location for its poles
III this city for the purpose of making
Il connecting loop between its system
in Hallowell through Augusta to the
Belgrade line. The company is acting
under charter granted by the Leg
islature of 1889. This company has
heretofore asked for permission to en-
ter the streets of Augusta, and was
refused. Since that time the company
has been changed in many respects.
New men have taken charge of it's af-
fairs. new capital has been secured,
new energy has been injected into its
management and men of character
and financial ability have invested
their money in the enterprise. The
company asks the right to erect its
plant from the Hallowell to the Bel
grade line so as to connect its trunk
system now operating 81 pay stations,
with 20 more stations contracted for.
We have already made application for
admission to HalloWell, where we not
only propose to establish a pay station
but to also establish an exchange for
general distribution by underground
corduits The petition for these rights
is nov. pending before the HalloweN
municipal officers.
We expect to go into Gardiner and
establish an exchange there We shall
ask to erect wires across this bridge
and through the streets Of the east
sitt. of the river 10 Riverside. to Getch-
els Corner over To North Nassalbori
and into Waterville.
Give US the righi to connect ON
trunk line from the northwestern part
of th. state to the southwestern por-
non. and we will have an exchange IL
running order in Portland patronizeo
bv from 800 t. Coo Of the stronges'
business firms Of the city. And we VII
have patrons ell along the line.
The Dirigo Telephone Go. desires I
establish competitive telephone service
This company has spent in Maine luI
ing th,. past year more than Sloo'o'' II
uerfecting its service. II VIII spent
more money in the future II YOU slN'
! il the right To do 50.
There is no intention TO sell "ut I
I 1s,a4
amy other company. We are "lliihs
tn nave il a part Of the contract viz
This city that If at any time the Dir's'
~ coils or dispOSes of its business =
AM other concern Or increases us r"'e>
Il shall forfeit all its property |" IT
city. , +,,a nati.
.io, of the citizens of Augusta III laN ~
ot the company's request, anu ~
:, so,,,n Of the leading slSherS.
netition is as follows:
~ ~. honorable Board OF Mayor Il,'
70 tr,,,tn ~ Of the City II Augusta
~, He undersigned, citizens ana .,It.,- laH-
,,..r. hi In, City of Angus -,
tuiIv petition yolr tl"n0rt''i,i I,i,io, Telc-
Sift. En,,ranV of Maine. which prt4uo''
tas neon. IL your Honorable b""i'
n.i>ad ana Il hearing thereon ,I,t.
" ..ir.,.rrIv trust and hope hh"t 49, H!
W W hhI. Rodv viii grant to The pltlE
Iraia,hann company of Name. m Ilsn III
o construct and erect poleS "Ili L',.. ,.tl
arr,s thereon. along ana upon ~, t,I-
etr,a.> ana highways "a the titE n III
st.,''' SUI, NJ. I!on; said SewaI street ia
7id i-i.c ~ the corner OF Court s.lt =
thnnc, ,AsterlN along Sald ,ouit 1'i,,rt
~ mo corner of Water ana Salu 20. .
ctrat fur NE purpose oi StrllAih1
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'ininit, tn he hereafter located
Nh .,ien along said Sewall Street from
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cnn,inning along ard across Nln'hr93I
Stre.t II Winter Street and along Sd'
1vintar street to the corner Of Y lhI'
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-,.,;d bridge Street To tAr ''In'
pr;dpr ana Water Streets I"r 'llc p"t
nns,. of stringing its wires any V""i'n b|,,,..
!, n,,v station in said vicinity To pr mere
after located. IL pr;d.,.
And also from the corner Of Eria?I
and state Streets aortheriy along SttI
state Street and along Boilu p ~ rir,..
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