The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-27
DENVER.COAST
PHONE Line
BY WAY ELY
Local Company Will Secure Connec
ton With Either Bell or Inde-
pendent People.
MAY BUILD $50, 900 DIRECT LINE
TonOpah Line to Connect in Ely With
Wire From Salt Lake, Filling
4OO-Mile Gap.

]. r. Marsh, manager OF the White
Pine County Telephone company, has
returned from Salt Lake, where he
had been for two weeks, to confer
with the officials of the Utah Inde-
pendent Telephone company in the
matter of the construction of tele-
phone line to connect with the Inde-
pendent service, between Ely and
Salt Lake.
The Utah Independent Telephone
company now possesses license for
the construction of pole line on the
right of way of the Western Pacific
for their line, which is sublet to the
Postal Telegraph & Gable company.
The Utah Independent company is
now being reorganized, and this re-
organization is delaying the work on
the construction of this line.
Mr.. Marsh learned that he would
b. able to secure sub-license from
the Utah Independent company over
the Western Pacific right of way, if
the White Pine County Telephone
company can begin the work earlier
than it can be undertaken by the In
dependent company.
Mr.. Marsh also has under conside-
ration the proposition of building a
direct overland line between Ely and
Salt Lake, the route being about 100
n lies in length. This line would cost
e',out $4,000, according to present
e. climates. 1t will be developed with
IL the next ten days which course will
b pursued by the company.
The Independent company is eager
to carry this line through, and secure
c INJECTIONS with the White Pine
company, but If this cannot be done
omptly, the White Pine company
i'll arrange for connections with the
] 9cky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany.
G. Adams, of the proposed Reno
Ely telephone line, reached Ely last
Friday night with his party of sur
Nyors, after having completed the
survey of the line from Reno to Ely,
~ way of Goldfield and Tonopah. He
says that this line will be construct
ed at once, Malcolm Macdonald, the
Tonopah millionaire, being behind
the proposition.
The White Pine Telephone COM
pany will be the connecting link on
the line from Reno to Salt Lake by
way of Ely. There is about 400 miles
of line to be constructed, which when
filled in, will be the link completing
a transcontinental service. 1t will
then be possible for Denver and San
Francisco to converse by telephone,
by way of Ely. Denver has telephone
connections through to the east
Mr. Adams will be back in ten
days, he having gone for confer
ence with the officials of his COM
pany, and upon his return will take
up with the local telephone company
the matter of traffic arrangements,
and will determine whteher construc-
tion will begin on his line at this
end or at each end. This will be de-
termined by the amount of material
that can be secured here, and its cost.
The line from Salt Lake to Ely will
be simplex, carrying on one circuit
the traffic of the telephone company,
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany and the Postal Telegraph COM
pany.
The Ely-Reno line will be duplex,
to be used by the telephone company
and the Postal Telegraph company.
Along the line of the Western Pa
cific the Utah Independent Telephone
company has a license for a pole
right, and has constructed Sc miles
of pole line toward Ely from Salt
Lake. This pole line and right will
also be secured by sub-license by the
local company.