The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-18
MENTION Of
MEN OF HOUR
s. E. WAYLAND's NEW POSITION
IN TELEPHONE WORLD.
He Is General Manager of the Big
Consolidated Telephone Company
of Pennsylvania-Hon A. N. Ad-
ans Of Fairham, VT, Is in the
City--Big Task He Has Set Before
Himself--Charles B. Stevens the
New Treasurer of the Academy of
Music.

the opposition lobbyists that he was
fresh from Il mercantile life in the west
knew nothing of the telephone business
| and therefore not competent to run
Il telephone company. Mr.. Wayland
smiled. He was twice defeated in his
efforts to secure IL franchise, but all
| undaunted Kept hammering away and
finally succeeded. The Lackawanna
Telephone company was organized. it's
system installed and it's business opened
| up by Mr.. Wayland. He was at the
same time the lock, stock and barrel OF
| the Peoples Telephone company. Of
Wilkes Barre. While attending to these
two companies. he incidentally busted
| himself about the formation of the In
terstate Telephone company, u long dis
tance system connecting UP the indc-
pendent companies in Eastern Pennsyl-
vana.
Having seen these enterprises sue
ccssfuly launched. he set about tho
task of consolidating the Independent
companies. just what part he played
in this does not appear, but, be that as
1t may, the companies We're Consoi-
dated in II $600O,000 concern, and last
Friday, when they came together at
Allentown to organize, Mr.. Weyland
was elected general manager
The new combine is known as the
Consolidated Telephone company Of
Pennsylvania. In it are merged the in
dependent companies of Lackawanna,
Luzerne, part of Schuylliill Lehigh,
Monroe, Berks, Bucks and Montgomery
counties, and negotiations are under
way for the purchase OF others. The
officers of the company are: President
Robert T.. Wright. Of Allentown: secre-
tary and general manager. $. e. Wey-
land of Scranton; treasurer. c. NJ. w.
Keck, of Allentown: executive commit
tee, Robert Il. Wright, of Allentown:
George Il. Bedford, of Wilkes-Barre;
w. l.. Connell, of Scranton: George o.
Albright of Allentown, and c. W.
Kline, of IIaZletOn. Among the direc-
tors are w. l.. Connell, s. T.. Wayland
and w. J. Lewis, of this city. and
George r. Bedford, of Wilkes Barre.
Scranton has now within her borders
Il man who has undertaken a Hercu-
| lean task. He is Hon. A. n. Adams, of
Fairhaven, VT. who is visiting his son.
in-law, George y. Jermyn. Mr.. Adams
task is nothing less than the writing of
the genealogy of the Adams family
Recently he completed a history of the
Adams family in America, after ten
years of labor. SO thoroughly and in
terestingly was the work done that the
Adamses one and all joined in a de-
mand upon him to extend the work by
adding a genealogy of the family be-
fore it's coming to America. Despite
the fact that the Adamses are the old
est family on earth, he agreed to make
the effort and is now engaged on the
work.
Mr. Adams is - years of age. but
physically and intellectually is still as
virile as he was in middle age. He
made Il fortune in granite and some
years ago retired to pursue exclusively
| Il literary life. He was state senator in
Vermont for three terms, and is a close
| personal and political friend of Sen
| ator Proctor. He is promiuent in the
| New England society and an officer of
| the New England Historical society,
which has headquarters in Boston. Mr..
| Adams branch of the Adams family is
| that which gave to the country the two
| presidents of that name.
| One OF the first things Mr.. Adams did
on coming to Scranton was to look in
| the directory for the Adamses. He
| found twenty-five of them. He said he
proposed To see them all before he went
| away.
Charles Il. Stevens or Chick" Stew
ems, as he is popularly called, who was
recently appointed treasurer of the
Academy of Music. and who has charge
of that theatre under Manager A. j.
Duffy. is about as we'll posted on mat
ters theatrical as any man in this city
and it has always been n source of
wonder to his many friends that he
| never before took up the theatrical
| business as Il profession.
| Mr.. Stevens has been one of the
most ardent theatre-goers III town for
| years and his ability as dramatic
| critic of keen perception and of good
| Judgment has long been recognized.
He has acted as local representative
of the New York Dramatic Mirror for
several years and has done some lit
| tie dramatic work on local neWSpap-
ers. He has quite Il reputation. also,
as Il humorist and his series of letters
signed 1.-The Lightning Rod Man"
which appeared recently in The Tri-
bune We're widely read and fayorably
| commenced ulIoll. he ~ ulSo an ul-
list of ability and many of his sketches
are excellent. In addition TO his other
| talents. Mr., stevens is proving that
| he is possessed of executive ability of
no mean order by his business-like
| conduct Of The affairs OF the academy.
William Abrahams, The member OF
! the British parliament. who is now
in this country, will be the guest of his
! Scranton friends during the coming
week. and will deliver 4 lecture in
Mears hall Wednesday evening, Nov.
| 20. on "A Night in the House of Com
MONS
| This distinguished Welshman Is
more Familiarity known as "Mabon,
| and has been n leading spirit in the
labor movement in England for many
years. On Thursday evening Mr., ABB
rahams will speak at the Tabernacle
| in North Scranton on "The Legisla-
| tive and Labor Laws" and on Friday
and Saturday evenings he vii! be ten-
dered public receptions in West Scran-
ton, and on Sunday, NOV, q he will
preach in the Bellevue Welsh Calvin
| istic Methodist church.
The many friends of this distm-
| gushed visitor will accord him a gen.
! erous welcome, and his brief sojourn
in Scranton will carry With it many
pleasant recollections.
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