The courier., 1903-04-04
ARRANGE FOR CONNECTIONS
OUTSIDE TELErHONE COMPANIES
MAY REACR LINCOLN.

Al n meeting OF the Bills brothers
with Il II, Pollock, manager OF the
PlHttsmouth telephone company, and
G. G. Hansen OF the Fairbury company
held Thursday mutually satisfactory
arrangements were made To connect
the last two companies with the Lin
coin exchange of the new independent
company. The plans as formulated at
the meeting viii open up 20 Lincoln
| subscribers OF the new company close
! to two thousand phones. subscribers to
I the Plattsmouth and the Fairbury COM
panies Besides the Plattsmouth com
/ pany has already exchange arrange
| lnents with companies In southwestern
Iowa, northwestern Missouri and north
ern Kansas. Including these companies
Mr.. Pollock said last night that Ii
! would put Lincoln In communication
/ with 200 towns. Another result of the
| conference will he the withdrawal of
the franchise ordinance In the granting
the plattsmouth people right of way for
Il toll station In Lincoln.
| The impression has gone out that
We are fghting the Bills company"
said Mr.. Pollock last night. This is
not true; we are working In perfeot
! harmony and To correct this false im-
/ preston we have decided To withdraw
the ordinance. We Will make direct
connection with the Lincoln ,omp my.
arrangements for which were made
| today"
Mr.. Pollock's company has extended
Its line to Havelock and will begin
work as soon ms possible to build II to
the city limits.
Mr. Hansen Pleased.
Mr.. Hansen of the Fairpury company
expressed great satisfaction at the
outC ome OF the conference.
II consider IL the greatest event In
irdcpcndent telephone circles except the
granting OF the franchise To the Bills
people that has happened. There was n
good chance for a rupture In case
either party stood out for his own in
terests to the detriment of the others
II that had happened II would have
been disastrous to the Independent In
terests. We have been looking for q
long time for a way to get into "a good
wholesale center. Heretofore our pa
irons have been unable to reach any
wholesalers except In st. Joseph. This
agreement Will give US just what We
were after. II was consummatej With.
out the least friction"
The territory In which the Platts.
mouth and the Fairbury companies
operate comprises practically all OF IN,
counties east OF and including Saline
and Jefferson and as far north AS
Saunders and the lower part of Doug.
las, excepting Johnson. The rairbury
exchange has lines reaching to Wash.
ington and Belleville, Kansas. In Ne.
bruSka II connects with Diller ana De-
Witt. 1t Is now connected with 90t
phones.
PlattsmOuth Territory.
The Plattsmouth company has be
sides the main exchange at Platts
mouth systems i'm Havelock. WeepinI
Water, Louisville, Elmwood. Eagle
Union, Murray and Ashland. They al,
now installing system at Nehawka
1t is rapidly expanding especially II
farm lines.
1t Is understood that the Lincoln
company will supplement the eastern
service provided by this agreemen
with number of toll lines reaching
westward.
Mr. Hansen. who Is secretary OF tn
state association, said that a meetin,
of the association would be held II
Lincoln at which Colonel Bills will
confer with the managers of practical
ly all of the local companies of tn
state regarding connections. He ex
pressed the opinion that within Il shor
, time the Lincoln exchange will be cor
} nected with every village and hamlet O
any Importance In the eastern part o
the state. The Independent companie
are said 10 have close 70 re.J00 teIo
phones in operation over the state.