The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-10
Citizens Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Sends an Open Letter to Pat
rons and People OF the City.
EXCHANGE READY JANUARY 1ST.
Company Plans to Expend Large Sums In
Improving Telephone Service In Ke-
nOsha.-Plans of the Company

The managers Of the Citizens Tele-
phone and Telegraph company have
sent out letter to the patrons setting
forth the plans of the company in
opening the new exchange in Keno
sha. The letter will be of great later
est to all the people in the city inter
ested in telephone service. The letter
follows:
Kenosha, Wis, Dec. 2.
To our Subscribers and the Public:
We are pleased to announce to our
subscribers and the public generally
that the service of the Citizens Tele-
phone & Telegraph Company is ex-
pected to be ready for its patrons about
January LIST, 1904. AS is generally
known, our construction work and
other preparations have been and are
being vigorously prosecuted, and in
struments are now being installed.
We have SIS of the latest improved
telephones already delivered to us,
which we anticipate installing to start
with, and hope to increase this mum Der
of the present telephone users, and feel
assured that we shall have 1000 sub
scribers shortly after on, service is in
operation.
We have arranged for service with
the Racine Exchange and lines tribu
tary to it in Racine county, and hope
for the early development of connec-
tons with other independent lines
built and to be built throughout Keno
sha county.
The new system has so far pro-
gressed that the organization of its
various working departments is now
being effected. Recent developments
of Importance promise more extern
sive and valuable institution than
heretofore contemplated, both to its
stockholders and the public generally,
and this has determined the company
to select strong conservative special
representative to care for it's general
interests. Mr.. ]. w. Johnson has just
assumed this official position.
Mr.. Johnson will endeavor to obtain
the personal acquaintance and good
will of all patrons and the public, and
is now located at the new Offices of the
company. The Offices of the company
and its exchange are being fitted up in
the third story of the Lentz & Funck
building, US Main street, and you are
kindly invited to.call there at your
pleasure and make his acquaintance.
Other representatives will devote their
time to obtaining additional subscrib-
ers which will enlarge the usefulness
of the exchange land at the same time
promote the interests of the company.
1t is the idea of the management that
in proportion as the subscribers and
patrons are interested and cooperate,
the exchange will be efficient and
pros porous.
One of the best telephone engineers
in America has been especially en-
gagged to take charge of the installing
of the operative department. He is
now on the ground.
The Citizens Telephone and Te1e-
graph company was orga nized contem
plating local capital. Mr.. johnson is
authorized to carry out this purpose in
good faith in such form as may adapt
itself to present conditions and com.
mend itself as advantageous to any
who may at this time be interested, all
with the express purpose of giving the
citizens of Kenosha and vicinity the
best possible telephone service under
a 2Tna orc
company supplying the apparatus un-
der contract is located at Winthrop
Harbor, less than ten miles from Ke-
nosha, and will have special motive
in supplying for this exchange only
such apparatus as will be credit to
the manufacturer and may be referred
to by it for exhibit purposes, and all
lines, cables, Instruments and other
equipn emf are the best obtainable. All
lines are OF the latest metallic circuit
style, and the construction work in the
central sections of the city under
ground, with cable of twisted pairs Of
wires throughout all sections of the
city. There is ample capacity for a
substantial excess above present
needs to provide for future growth and
increase. AS stated above. an early
installation approximating one thcus-
and telephones is contemplated and
sufficient conduits, cables and line
work laid out for ready increase to
twenty-five hundred telephones.
Concluding, briefly, our new te1e
phone system will be so closely identi-
fed with the citizens of kenosha that
they will feel just pride in it, and be
so built, organized and managed as to
reflect special credit on the Com
pany.
Respectfully yours,
CITIZENS TELEPHONE &