The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-03

study, feels constrained to say few
words relative thereto, and gives as
an excuse for so doing a desire to pre-.
vent the people of Paducah from
being misled.
Doubtless nearly all of us are
familiar with the history Of the new"
oompany's entrance into this city.
LIST. Recognizing that a second
telephone system would be An added
useless expense, to say nothing Of the
annoyance, we were almost unit in
our opposition to permitting the
new" company to come here.
End. After the new" company
came q committee was appointed by
various organizations to secure sigma
lures to petition. the signers Of
which were to use the service of one
company. When the petition was
being circulated most of us were
clearly under the impression that the
service of the "old," or East Tonnes
see Co, would be selected. as the
latter has always given us satisfactory
service at reasonable rates.
3rd The new company, finding
that we were opposed to having two
systems, sought to introduce its ser
vice by Offering three months service
free, with the understanding that we
could discontinue the use of the same
on July should we desire to do so.
4th. July has come and passed.
We have given the new telephone a
trial. Since the LIST some of us have
dispensed with the service of the new
company, and some Of us with the
service of the old company. Most of
those who dispensed with the old
company's service discovered that
their business was being injured
thereby. and have had their telephones
reinstalled
Now, what is the result from bust
ness mans viewpoint Of the new COM
pany's entrance into this field? D
Business men have telephones for the
convenience and accommodation Of
their customers, and for the dollars
and cents they can get from their use.
This being true, the service . business
man should have would be the one
which afforded the most facilities,
and at the same time the best service.
(2) The cid company offers us connec-
ton with more than l,700 subscribers
in this city. about two-thirds more
than the new company has, at practi-
cally the same rates that the new
company proposes to charge. Practi-
cally all the subscribers of the new
company can be reached through the
old company's system. In addition to
offeridg us very much larger number
of subscribers, the old company gives
us free service with its subscribers
the county and places in
our homes q facility which enables us
to talk over Its long distance lines to
all the principal towns and cities in
this country. This facility the new
company cannot hope to have for many
years, If at all. The writer has heard
il said by many successful business
men that the chief value of the tele-
phone lay in its extensiveness, snd
there is no disputiug the fact that the
old company's long distance system is
of infinite value to this city's com.
mercial interests.
4th. The new company has just
begun to present its bills for the first
fhree months service, and, judging
from expressions made by prominent
business men, its collectors, before
they have gone far, will conclude that
the "ice man has been mingling
with the telephone users Of Paducsb.
In other words, those whom the writer
has heard express the nselves intend to
have the new telephone taken out as
soon as they attempt to collect for it
Those who might desire to keep the
new telephone for feY6d lopths
realize that by paying fl es !. first
quarter they are finding themselves
to an iroaclsd, Anytime contract,
and as the lmpany's exact
standing and future are unknown,
they are unwilling to pay for the first
three months. with the result that tie
new telephone must come out.
5th. The bottom has fallen out of
her ,tition signed by some of tine
Bri. IS men ami inSpiry. at the old
not Ms office reveals the fact that
Louipse who ordered their tele- !