Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-10-06
THE TELEPHONES
TO Be CONSOLIDATED
And Il viii Mean Much Better
Service 20 the
Patrons.
OFFICIALS ARE NOW IN CITY
The Colorado Telephone Company
Llils mortgages and Arc
Now Owners.

NNM.HMNNH AMN"MMNN MIN
A. I'll DcNike. special agent of the
Colorado Telephone c0muany, accom-
panied hy A. y. Graham, district man.
agef. called al the Citizen once this
morning and stated that active opera.
lions have already commenced 10.
ward taking over 20 The now system
Of the Colorado the patrons Of the
Mutual Automatic Mr.. DoNiko states
that he has pat On iho Geld this morn.
Ing representatives. of his company.
who Wiu personally call on ovlry tole.
phone subscriber in Albuquerque and
explain in them tie advantages of the
consolidation. in order 10 fully "a.
plain the situation 90 the citizens of
Albuquerque the following Interview
from Philip Hamlin. prosldonta ape.
cial agent Of che Colorado Telephone
company. 10 The Evening Citizen -
submitted ns follows:
Il thiRk the fact has beon pretty
generally known In Albuquerque for
some time that the Colorado Tele.
phone company held the bonds OF the
Mutual Automatic company. I think
TOO, that most OF the business men are
aware that some OF tho hcayiet stock.
holders ln the Mutual AUTOMATIC com
pnny got under cover us soon as they
learned OF this fact There WA fur
tupr reason than ghis, however. for
their action. and That was that the
c0mpanya liabilities were discovered
To- be much heavier than anyone bad
anticipated Our cOmuany was aware
of this whom We purchased the hondai
aud Wo also. nt that Ulme. got options
on large portions OF the stock, with
vlew og ultimately consolidating the
two companies.
= think nearly every one viii agree
that since sho changes In manage
mgnt the service has beer fully as
good. II not better than before, bat ln
spite of this fact thc Mutual Auto
matte has been inhuring under "a heavy
uurdcn aud ln order % safeguard our
mortgage. which % covered by the
bonds. we are beginning formal f0ro.
closure proceedings. Our people 10.
rot very much that this was nocea
sary, but even though We have been
pretty lcniont in the matter 0f col.
I lectinR tho bond interest. it has seem.
Cd impossible tor the company 90 rld
itself of the large floating debt and
"a tho same time provide for the
bond interest, and also tho sinking
fund provided for the retirement Of
the bonds.
IA Is our nope 20 complete necer.
aary legal proceedings in tlme 90
have all Of the telephone Subscribers
OF Albuquerque in one system az the
time our new plant Is completed. aud
with this IN view We are about 10
send out some representatives who
are lo call upon every telephone user
In town, lay before them the several
classes Of service and the rates and
arfanEe for the consolidation. hnd
that most Of the business men are
cmnently satisfied with our intended
action; IN The majority OF cases the
business men will effect a consider
able saving IN their expense BY having
but one telephone rent 10 pay. Instead
of two, and az the same time reach an
equal numbef Of subscribers a. over
the lines of both companies hereto.
fore.
There may be some regret on the
part o' a few Ha tn the doing away
Wih ihs automatic service. bat We
feel that after the common battery
system. Whlcn we are installing. has
been thoroughly tried this viii b. ca.
ilrely done away Nilh. Tho automatic
service ID more adapted 90 a country
town than tO a growing city guch ar
Albuquerque u la practically impos
aible to give good toll service in con-
nnciinn with ihe automatic system
and q laFse number uf lhe merchants
are now ayaillng themselves % oui
toll lines.
Subscribers who have heretofore
paid a rental t0 but one company will
have Tho additional advantage pN
reaching al of the aubscfibers of the
other company as well hereafter
q feel that this little talk d sum
client ~ explain our reasons for send
Ing oct solicitors into the field az thil
time I estimate that the people oi
Albuquerque will save some three ui
four thousand dollars per annum Ou
telephone rental when the two ays
TENS have beon consolidated
Undoubtedly. g win take some
time fo get the new plant started
new machinery cannot be- made b dr
lts he1t from the beginning. but q
1aa been our experience everywhere
that as soon as tho inequalities 81
ne service have been cared Tor fhf
soFvlce d much better than ever BE-
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