The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-01-01
CONSTRUCTION WILL Be PUSHED.
The Lines to MassilIOn and tOI
Alliance to Be Erect.
ed Immediately.
GEO. S. WALTON IN CHARGE.
Tie viii Reside In Canton-A Number Of
Solicitors Now al Work-What the
Company Proposes to do
Something With Refer
enCe to the Plant.

The Stark County Telephone company
Is going right to work with the con-
struction of the plant for this city.
The company recently Incorporated and
elected officers and hat now secured al
general manager in the person of George
$. Walton.
Mr.. Walton is we'll known in this
city. He is from Salem. Ohio originally.
but lately of Cleveland.
Mr.. Walton was an attorney of
promise before he entered the telephone
business. His rise has been rapid ami
his advancement from assistant couu-
sci of the Cuyahoga Telephone company
to general manager of the Stark
County Telephone company, is his latest
promotion. Mr.. Walton is well knownl
in the Eighteenth congressional district
and was chairman of the Democratid
committee in the district during thel
campaign when General /. r. Sherwood
made the race on The Democratic ticket
He was secretary the year that ED.
Raft was the candidate. He was also 8l
NRember of the Columbiana county conf
mittee for time. He is cordial, in
teresting gentleman, whose genialityI
and business ABILITY will make him many
friends in this city'-and he will be wei
coined as resident.
In conversation With thS. gentlemaR9
News Democrat representative gath
cred some information concerning thu
new company and its purposes.
The Stark County Telephone company
intends to put in a plant in Startl
county that will be in every way eaual
to the finest in the land. Each telephontI
will have a copper metallic circui
and none but long distance instruments.
will be used. With the new compan,
such a thing as party lines" will b,
unknown. Each telephone will have
a circuit of it's own.
The cost of the plant to be installed
in Stark county will exceed $500, 900. a.
viii reach every town in the county ano
outside it will have the long distance
service of the United States Telephon(
company, which has connections will
the principal places of the state an,
the surrounding country The people
who are back of the enterprise will
spare no expense to put in the YER,
best and most modern plant. They dc
not say they will put in as good a plan
as others, but they will put in a bette
system and a better plant.
Work on the actual construction o.
the lines in Canton will be commenced
as soon as possible. An Office will b.
selected and a line Will be run from
Massillon here and from Alliance here
at once. This will be done in order to
facilitate the work of the company.
but the public will probably be allow
ed to test the efficiency of, the service
on these lines at any time.
The new company will put in a mts
better system chan any other. They ar,
not bound by any contracts causint
the payment of royalties and the us,
of any certain instruments. They havI
the right to and do use the latest in
struments in the telephone way. Thi
alone gives the company q great ad
vantage.
Mr.. Tiftin Gilmore. of Cleveland, will
for the present have supervision ovea
the local men who will solicit subscrip
tions for the company. Mr.. Gilmort,
has assisted other Independent compan
les in the state alnog this line. h
Mr.. w. B. Woodbury.. who has charge
of the bureau of publicity for indepen
dent telephone companies generally, ac
companied Mr.. Walton to the city. III
is an active, bright looking busines
man, and while attending strictly IL
telephone business. he must mix occa
sionally in politics, for he Isl presiden
tial elector from the Twelfth Ohio dis
trict.