The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-18
new TELEPHONE co,
WILL SOON APPLY FOR A CHAR
TER.
FOR LONG DISTANCE TRAFFIC.
CAPITAL TO BE 100000 WITH
PRIVILEGE OF INCREASE.

Mainly savannah Men and the
Stock Is TO BE Increased as soon
as Needed to One Million Dollars.
Charter VIII BE Applied for with
in Few Days-First Construction
VIII Point Towards COrdeIe and
Thence to Macon.
Application will be made TO the
Georgia Legislature within a few days
for charter for the Southern Long Dis
tance Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany.
The application Will state that the
purposes of the new company are to
build and operate telegraph and tele-
phone lines within the state Of Geor-
gia and the proposed capital stock is
placed at 100000 with privilege of in
creasing to $1,OOO,OOO.
The incorporators who will be named
in the application for charter
are as follows: J. H. Estill,
w. A. Bisbee, Herman Myers,
II. P. Smart, ]. Paulsen, Leo
pold Adler, w. w. Gordon, Jr., and
John Flannery.
This announcement is another i'm
portant event in the onward march of
Savannah, for the organization of this
company is due to the enterprise of
Savannah citizens, and designed not
only to make money and business for
the men directly Interested but also
to bring several sections of the state
into closer touch with this city, and
thus increase the general business and
prosperity of the place.
Into New Territory.
From various sources it is learned
that the lines proposed by the new
company will reach into territory
where there is now no direct telephone
communication, and gradually, but
steadily the lines will be extended
throughout the state, and each town
and city reached will thus be put into
communication with all Of the others.
An enterprise such as this requires
capital and besides this, enthusiasm,
and the men who are embarking in the
scheme are confident that ii will prove
of lasting benefit and be the filling of
great and pressing need. The trend
of the times is towards shortening and
SApeulNlHB every means Oh commune
cation between merchants and their
customers and business men in all
kinds of pursuits. The mails are we'll
enough for general uses, but the tee-
phone has come to be recognized as
a wonderful aid to the work of the
business man. and there is no thought
of the systems becoming too numerous
or the service over extended.
AS far as the plans of the proposed
new company can be told the design
is to begin work of constructing long
distance lines from Cuyler, at which
point there is already an extension,
and from Cuyler the line will reach out
towards Cordele. The best construc-
ton will be employed, No. 10 copper
wires, metallic circuit and supplement
tary construction for handling local
traffic for large places on the line. 1t
is stated that work will begin as soon
as the necessary formalities are gone
through with, one of which is the pro-
curing of the charter.
where Lines VIII Go.
When the line has been completed to
Cordele ii will then be extended to
Statesboro, and from thence to Ma
con. With Macon, on account of its
central location, as a distributing
point, the lines will then be extended
10 Atlanta and Augusta and inter-
mediate points all along the lines will
be taken up and exchanges establish
ed, as feeders, at all the more inn
portant places.
The Importance of the first work
even must be acknowledged, for the
line to Cordele will be about $50 miles
in length and will include a large
number of small, but paying stations.
The first construction will include the
stations formerly operated from Ella
bell. and include, Palaky, Lanier,
Pembroke Daisy, ClaXton, Hagan,
Groveland Madden Branch, Manassas,
Collins, Cooper, Lyons. Vidalia, Higg-
ston, McGregor. Alley and Mt Yer
rangements have already been ar
ranged with the Atlanta Standard
Telephone Company.
1t was said by one of the incorpora-
tors that a considerable portion of the
required 100000 had already been sub
scribed and the remainder will be
taken as soon as the plan is generally
known and appreciated.
There are no bonds TO be issued for
the enterprise as it is the plan of the
organizers TO carry on the work with
the money received from stock sub
ScriptiOn in the same manner that the
building of the Georgia Telephone and
Telegraph Company was conducted.
1t is also stated that Atlanta CAPT
LdtlSlS nave lnulCaJeu tnelr Willingness
10 go into the new company. but the
projectors mean to make this a Savan-
nah concern, and are confident that
there will not be the least trouble in
getting the required amount of capital
within very short time.
AS would be, of course, surmised from
the list Of incorpOrators. the Georgia
Telephone and Telegraph Company will
be closely identified with the new COM
pany and have perfect traffic arrange
ments for the city lines and suburban
lines now owned by the Georgia Com
pany. The incorporation of the new
company and beginning of work will
mean at once considerable work for a
great many men and the results would
be felt within very short time As
soon as any portion of the long lines is
completed the service will begin an6
the efficiency and extent of the com
pany's lines will be constantly increas-
ing.
Col. r. NJ Charlton will leave fol-
Atlanta, in company with Mr. w. A
Bisbee, in a few days in order tC
make application to the Legislature
for the charter of the new company