Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-16

ended In failure. But Miss Andrews.
being an American girl, refused 10 be
daunted or stopped by red tape OBJ
stacles
She secured the warm approval and
support OF Mr. Bernard Desonches,
who is the head OF the coal trust. and
whose father was the director of the
first telephone company In France a
''Societe Anonymc" or Joint stock COM
pany with n capital of 10000 francs
was formed Under the title OF Les
petits Messagsrs,' and to the amaze
fnent OF everybody the persuasive and
enterprising Daisy Andrews obtained
not only the sanction OF the ministry
of posts and telsgraphs. but an agree
fnent from the state TO lay the wires.
The advantage OF this arrangement Ia
obvious, as In the event OF anything
going wrong it is the state which Is
responsible.
From the moment that abe patron.
age OF the state had been secured,
there could be no collision with the
Postal and Telegraph service or with
the prefecture OF police, and success
was practically certain.
FIFTEEN DIVISIONS.
The city area will be divided into
! 3 Iadil, The Opera radius has been
open for the last two months, and In
eight months the whole system will
be working. Three months would have
suf1lCed for the laying down OF the
wires. but delay mas been caused by
the displacement Of tho sewers IN or
der to make way FOR The Metropolitan
railway
The estimated cost Of laying the
wires. etc. for l5 offices, each with
500 subscribers is s $4,000 The so
ciety has had the good fortune 10 Sc
cure the last available space along
side the sewers, This puts compete
tlon practically out of the question:.
for ANY future rival company would
have 10 do special Chnnnelllng (Which
the municipal authorities would IN all
probability refuse 20 sunCtiOnl ana the
necessary outlay would be at least ST.
600 O00.
TEN YEARS FRANCHISE.
The concession IL for 10 years with
The right OF renewal, Should the state
at any time decide TO avail itself of
the option OF purchase. five years mo-
tioe must be given, the purchase price
being ilged as follows; The state must
refund the original cost on InstalIa-
zion together with the net profits on
the last five years, plus D per cent On
the net profits The society Is ,srgan-
teed FOR 80 years, thc contingency OF
state purchase being provided toT Ina
a special CLAUSE.
That the idea is catching
on" Is evident There are
already 1000 subscribers, among these
being practically the entire American
colony, Mrs, LIylngston-Sampso tNho
WAS the Duchess DC Dino. Grand Duke
George OF lspchtonbcrg Mmo. Henry
Say, VCtOrIen Sardou. Grand Hotel
Rits. Continental Bristol. RuNpe.may-
err Domenici Paillar1. Rcdfein, Pa
qnin. NlrOt an the shipping lines In the
Rue Scribe. etc. Within two or three
weeks 700 subscribers Wall have thelr
boxes
LONG DISTANCE ERRANps,
Not content with applying tho An
glO-Ameflean system 10 Paris. Miss
Andrews t.Ss Improved upon II by
introducing two Innovations II oc-
CURED 10 her 10 add q oyclst call al
the same price as the other calls BY
this means long distance srrands are
much more rapidly accomplished. sec-
onaly. there VIII be police Service al
tached TO the cnil box. a jeweler, we
viii say SETS the ledger az 'pO Ice F
before leaving business, The burglar
VIII inevitably come into contact WITH
some wine connecting with the leieer.
VIII set II ringing n the eall uftlce
OF the quarter ana viii be pOunrod up-
on by the police whilst he Ii unsuspe /.
insly hlllne his pockets with diamonds
and pearls,
The 'Pelits Messengers" are already
an institution. and Parislans are beg n !.
nlns 70 look 10 them 10 help them out
ot a dlniculty, Just ~ the nfemhn 4 thA
Recognized handy man ehen child