Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-08
LONG DISTANCE
PHONE LINES
Connections With
Kansas City and
St. Louis.
COST At LEAST 100000
Denver Company to Build
Extensive Lines..New Mex
leo Points Included.

Denver, Colo, June 8.-Construction
of telephone lines between Colorado
and Kansas City, also Omaha, Is the
purpose of the Colorado & Eastern
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
which has been organized by e. b.
Field, president Of the Colorado Tele-
phone Company and associates. An
other purpose is to extend the com.
panys service in Colorado and New
Mexico.
"The incorporation of the Colorado
& Eastern Telephone and Telegraph
Company is the first step taken toward
connecting the Colorado Telephone
Company's system in the state of Colo
RADIO and Territory of New Mexico
with the entire long distance, and ex-
change telephone system in the east
and the SOUTH" said Mr.. Field.
For several years | have been
working with this comprehensive tele'
phone connection in view, and I am
glad to say that it will now be an
accomplished fact.
'It was necessary first, that a tele-
phone system should be constructed
in the state OF Colorado which would
reach enough telephone subscribers
so that a sufficient business would be
assured to the long distance eastern
connection to which would be neces'
sary.
Hello to Chicago.
1T will be an interesting fact to
the people of our state to know that
we have now the largest telephone de-
velopment pro-rated to the number of
inhabitants of any state in the Union,
and this fact, and the liberal patron
age of our local long distance lines
which we are receiving has been the
determining factor which has enabled
me to accomplish this long distance
connection.
"The Colorado & Eastern Telephone
and Telegraph Company will operate
ullucl tuC bCll paIChlo ehu thS i"hS
distance line which will be construct
ed will be of the best telephone con-
struction known, Three copper meta-
lie circuits will be constructed from
Kansas City directly to Denver, COM
ing into our state In Prowers County,
and thence to this company's exchange
at Pueblo, thence north to Colorado
Springs and thence into Denver.
"This line will cost in the neighbor
hood of 100000 to construct. 1t will
be equipped with all devices to render
what is known as commercial tele-
phone talking. AS soon as this partic-
ular line is finished, another route for
similar line will be laid out, which
line will run north through Boulder.
and to Greeley, and thence east to the
Nebraska state line, and then on to
Omaha.
Better State Service.
"These two lines, which are contem.
plated under the incorporation of this
company, when completed, will enable
the merchants in all of the cities and
towns connected with our Colorado
system to have direct commercial
telephone talking with Chicago, st.
Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and all In.
tervening towns.
"It is with great deal of personal
pleasure that / am enabled to an
nounce this, for 1t cannot but be
very important factor In the upbuild-
ing of our state and the Territory of
New Mexico.
"The question may naturally be
asked as to whether the construction
Of this line means that we will be
able to talk with far eastern cities,
like New York and Boston, and 1t is
well for me to say in the first place
that talking from Denver to Boston
or New York will not be possible, for
the state Of the telephone art does not
as yet, permit of practical talking for
a distance much over 1900 or 1900
miles. 1t is my belief, however, and
that Of all others engaged In the tele,
phone business, that 1t will not be very
long before much longer distances can
be covered by telephone talks"