Arizona republican., 1904-06-10
TO THE CITIZENS OF PHOENIX.

me HnNenl& 1nQepCnQeLt I2lepEOue company is a corporation composed solely of Arizona people, a maio.i'y of whom are residents of the city cf Phoa- nix.
 Independent companies like this one have, in recent years to a very large extent, displaced the Bell comp n e. They have done this by reason of the'r liberal treatment and fair dealing wi h tha public and by their. not to be doubted, superior service. These ird5- pendent companies are rapi5ly Eain.ng the control of the business through ut the United States end have made large inrocds in the pas. year in Canada. They cooperate with each other arl connect one city with another.
 We presume the citizens are familiar with the progress of independent c-m- panies and the consequent retroEres sion of the Bell; therefors, we shall cn,y onJeavor to point out g few advartagss to the residents of Ph-eniX. To include them aI would be to1 much for an art icle of this k.nd.
 Ore of th- advantages Of our plan will be that what money may be made will be earned by residents of the te- ritory and spent in the territory and Ill JIG ultIlN ! uNtl-4N. ana llNl INlS it fl the territory, as is done by the preseu- company. The company proTo-es to exDend at least SG0 .OOJ in the .nstala- ton Cf the works. within the next nine months. and start work within ninety days. At least sixty pr C mt of this amount will be spent for labor: the balance for material. All m 1te-ial that can be purchased in Phoenix
  chants The labor employed will be Phoenix labor to the extent that it may be possible to secure it.
 The service will b. absolutely frs. clags the par lleI Of the Home company in Los Angeles. which in less than year had double the number of tel phones that the Bell system had, and greater number of IEones in us, at i a cheaper rate.
 The long distance lire between PhOe- nix and Prescott will be in course or construction at the same time We constructing. As soCn as pcssib,e. con nection will be made with the other in- dependent lines of the territory and new ones will be constructed to every i'm pOrtant town or county seat in ArizOn1, including many miniCg camIs. and in the near future connection will hc made with Los Angeles.
 Our system will be of the C-ntr3lz-d Battery type. there being no local hat tery in the individual telephone as the present has. Cur central VII know before you do if your phone is out of order. and it will be repaired without the delay to which you are now subjected. We will have complete met allie circuits and all main lines. Any one who has had experience with the line busy" party lines will realize the great advantage in this ALWAYS ONE RING AND ONLY WHEN YOU ARE WANTED.
 Our. charges will always be reas IT, able: no discrimination between sub scribers; all charges the same. We of fer to start with a reduction over pres cnt rates.
 Our wires in the principal part of the city will be underground and in the aI- lcys.
 We find some complaint from few that they will be compelled to keep two phones. This will not be the case af- ter we are thoroughly installed. Tn advantages Of our system over the oth- CTS will be so apparent that the pzo- pie will patrcnize us exclusively. | In Prescott the Bell system has been almost entirely displaced and the cnly phones they now have installed thera are for iCng distance purposes. and the merchants of Prescott say they will not even have any when the two indepsn- dent companies connect their long dis tance service with Phoenix. There are less than thirty pay phones of the Bell system in Prescott. Since the in auguratiOn of the Independent they have been reduced from 25O, while the Independent has over 900 actual pay phones installed in Prescott. This doc not look as though you would be com pellcd Co have two phones
 We refer you to ans resident or 2ny| former resident of Prescott who is not connected with either company. After a talk with him, we believe you w.ll join us
 We will make no charge for phones in residences where not used during the summer months.
 We have many other advantages and our solicitors will endeavor to call up- on you and explain.
 Fer information see any of cur solicitors or call at rooms 1915 Porter building, corner Center and Washington. CT phone Main 163
 REMEMBER WE GIVE ABSO LUTELY FREE SERVICE FROM THE INSTALLATION OF QUE PLANT UNITE WE SECURE zoo PAY SUBSCRIBERS.
 Yours, ready to commence ccnstruc- tion- the money is in the local bank
 PHOENIX INDEPENDENT
 TELEPHONE COMPANY