The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-01-29
THE srAi,DARn TELEPHONE co.
Men and Material Now on the Ground
ard improvements Rapidly
Moving.

operating condition. Poles art
now being set and distributed anC
the men are busy all down the
line. Eight diggers and ten line
men are at work on the new, anC
improving the old construction
and in twenty-five or thirty days
the outside work will be completed
The line to the county intirmary
is almost completed and telephone
communication between Logan and
that important point will soon
open up at no additional cost to
subscribers. A new switch board
| to accommodate 800 subscribers will
be installed at once. The increase
in the size Of the switch board is
necessary to accommodate the many
new subscribers whose names APP
pear beloY. A contract has been
made with a local firm of Junk
dealers TO take the old wire and
material as fast as it is replaced
by the new equipment. When
completed the Logan exchange
will be in first class condition and
strictly up-to-date. There will be
no party lines in the Standard
Telephone service here and every
subscriber, merchant, professional
man, or resident will have an in
dependent wire. One Of the
principal objections to the Bell
system everywhere, is its party
line service, placing from two to
six persons on a wire. Such Il
system is not up-to-date. In CO.
lumbus, Cleveland, Lancaster, Mt.
Vernon and other places where the
Bell telephone system has become
roaring farce, or a two act comedy,
they, use the party line system.
Do the people of Logan expect
better telephone service than the
places named? Another cause
which contributed to the failure
of the so-called Bell Telephone
company had served the public
needs, there would not have been
this. general dissatisfaction upon
the party Of the public all over
the country and the Independent
lines could not have entered into
successful competition. The sue
cess of the independent or Citizens
telephone companies has been due
to operating improved and up-to-
date system at a reasonable cost
to subscribers and the public. In
every community where these
rival companies operate, the in
dependent companies have obtained
a permancy in business that has
benefited the public in their local
and long distance business. No
Independent telephone company
organized and conducted on a
basis and liberal in furnishing
service to its patrons has failed.
In the state of Ohio where tele-
phone developement has been very
actiye for the past few years,
there are now in the neighborhood
of 1856, 900 Independent telephones
as against about70, 600 of the Bell
company, and thousands of the
latter are nickle-in-the-slC ma
chimes, placed in residences and
business places to pick up a few
pennies each month.
The Ohio developement is all
connected with the United States
telephone long distances services,
the finest service on earth, and
reaching every part of our coun-
try. Today there is hardly a city
town or village in Ohio that does
not have an Independent tele-
phone system either in operation
or under construction. The peo'
gle of Logan haYe had experience
in the past with the alleged Bel
Telephone company. Seven years
ago they came to Logan, solicited
and departed. They did the same
thing five years ago. In both in
stances they promised the gooC
people Of D., Logan that they were
coming back soon to install an eX
change, and for many moons thos
aforesaid = good citizens LOOKED
longingly up the roads leading t.
Logan and sighed: "Bill Bale,
won't you come back" 1t is sur
prising what interest the grea
Bell Telephone company has no'
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