Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-03

1902 through 1906, the National Tele-
phone company of Grea Britain,
which somewhat corresponds to the
Bell system in this country. saw its
total OF messages mount from 1876
900. 900 to 1900. 600. 00O. In Austria
from 1901 to 1905. the growth in the
number OF conversations was from
104,s4T,96s to 166.477.1S3; In Belgium
between 1901 and 1895. from 3S. 49,
357 to 53,977,696: in Denmark, be-
tween 1901 and 1906, from 5s.4l0.S55
to los. 75O.035.
France is a country whose tele-
phone service has long been notori-
ously poor-so bad. in fact. that citi-
gems have organized an association
for the sole purpose Of forcing the
government to accommodate better
the business men and residents n
would ike to see established In French
communities such facilities as prac-
tically all Americans enjoy. Yet even
in France. according TO the somewhat
belated statistics which h govern
ment issues. a total of 17O.Ss5.7 ia tel
ephone conversations in 1909 grew to
about $4,000 900 in 1905. Switzer-
land is a well governed country. alert
TO adopt modern methods, and II has
a khNh NfAtN ~ - -
judged BY European standards. This
in 1901 handled 2i.s35.222 messages.
In 1905. 3s.SO3.415.
These totals appear small when
COMPARED with the enormous figures
% Rel telephone messages in the
United States-in 1903 there were
more than 5000. 000. 0O0 Of these and
in 1906 nearly $500. 900. O0O-but they
Indicate what n world wide movement
for interconnected telephone SER
vice there IL. Most countries are
ava kening 20 their mast deficiencies
and the seeking to install the most
up-to-date apparatus and TO place this
IN the hands % telephone engineers
who are familiar with American
methods. The demands upon the
Western Electric company, the manu-
featuring assoriate OF the pell compa-
mics OF the United States. for tele-
phone. switchbOards and other appa-
ratus for use In foreign countries is
steadily growing. Engineers who
come here "a famiiiarize themselves
with American methods Of operation
are apt 20 decide very quickly that
these can be put into force only IL
they are applied 20 the right kind Of
standardized apparatus. Accordingly.
for some years a policy OF supplying
NtltNNNWNAAE NAaAFNAaAE " gil IttAE u Alt
world has been in force and this. by
recent arrangements under which the
Western Electric company will sell its
apparatus to any n who want IL
either in this country or abroad. Is
likely to be greatly furthered.
New Zealand. to take a specific exA
ample. Is a country which is supposed
to be very seif-sufficient and self-sat-
isfied. IL has thus far not been very
well developed telephonicaliy. but
American appliances have been intro
duced and the popularity Of telephone
service. particularly In the four lead
ing centers 81 population. Is steadily
increasing a. Is shoWn BY the fact that
the number Of subscribers in New
Zealand grew from $3.50 In 1909 to
1898 in 1895. In a manual publish
ed some time ago in France. descriptive
Of the telephone and telegraph sys-
TENS Of h world. Il Is somewhat sur
prising 10 find noted in out-of-the-Way
lands. such a. the Straits Settlements.
Natal and Mozambique. the use Of
Bell telephones Meantime every
where IN the European nations Amer
ican telephones are IN active compe-
tition with h clumsier and more
primitive Instruments manufactured
BY SWedeS. Germans and English.