Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-07
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Las vegss win have one telephone
syxtem after this year. The Las We.
gas Telephone company will be con.
solidated with the Colorado Tele-
phone company. Negotiations have
progressed 10 the extent that IN
agreement has h~en made whereby
the local Telephone company win dis
pose Of I'm capital stock and franchise
rights. The purchase price In not
given out for publication, and II Is
STATED shat u tAasfsr win not b
made until some time In 1907. or un-
ill the Colorado Telephone company
Ia ready far business In its new Of.
flee building at the corner Of Sew.
enth street and National avenue.
Shank Says II 10 Premature.
John Shank Of yhe Las Vegas Teie.
phone company vas interviewed re-
garding the merging Of TIE two teie-
phone companies by The Optic this
afternoon. There has been talk on
the streets for several days to the
effect that negotiations were going on.
but the persons at interest declined
TO talk on The subject. Mr.. Shank
said that II was a little premature
yet but admitted that an understand
Ing had been reached. 'There In an
agreement executed between she two
companies" he told the reporter after
quite a little auizzIng. whereby the
Colorado Telephone company acquires
the stock and franchise of the Las
Vegas Telephone company. Psrticu-
lars win be given later"
While Mr.. Shank did not say so
n in reported that In the event the To-
cal company's plant Is absorbed there
will be no change In the rental rates.
II is expected that the consolidation
win go into effect either next Jan.
nary or February. The Colorado Tele-
phone company will reconstruct It's
local system In the meantime and
the improvements include the erec-
tion of a modern offices and exchange
building.
No Official information.
d. w. Lee, resilient manager Of the
Colorado Telephone company, said he
had no official information concern
ing the absorption Of the Las
Vegas Telephone company, although
he had heard the reports which were
In circulation. He stated that the
general superintendent would be here
in few days and that particulars
could be learned from that official.
Mr.. Lee said that while there was
no information he couid give relative
to the consolidation Of the local teie-
phone systems he was not adverse
- telling what his company intend.
~ doing in the matter OF improving
tesBystem here. I'VE are going to put
81 complete aerial cable plant and
there win then be practically no bare
telephone wires in the city. The
cables viii be strung AZ far as prac.
ticable IN the alleys. The only cable
that win run along the streets win
be on Sixth and National. Terminal
boxes win be placed In each block
to take care Of the Instruments In the
various districts. .n< .
I'VE propose erecting a new build.
ing at Seventh and National. We
have the lots already bought. The
building win be Of brick, but dont
know how-high. The plans have moi
yet been drawn. The building VIII
cost about $4,000. The new plant
viii be what Is known as q central
energy requiring only the lifting Of
the receiver to call "centraf- and this
VIII mean the installation Of the mod
ern electric light signal boards. The
actual construction OF the cable line
and building win begin in 4 month
and a half or two months. A survey
or will be here next week to select
the routes for the cables"