Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-21

OF Texas.
The affairs of the corporation will be under the man.
agement OF the following board of directors:
e. L. swaine, General of he Telephone and
TELEGRAPH company OF Los Angeles,
r. j. McIIuEh Chief
"ser or the Kellogg switch Board and supply
Ernest A. olds Superintendent
I SS,S. S%a rS.eTr"pn onpnny Of Los Anseles Cal
ment of the Home Telephone and Telegraph company.
r. j. Norris Cashier of the Occidental and Savings
Bank of Los Angeles formerly the Home
Telephone and Telegraph
j. NJ o. Rech Los AnEe Cal.
Edgar A. sharp, Attorney. Los Angeles Cal.
The officers of the company are
svvninc president, NJ r. wilson first vice pre.dent
H. L; Edward second vice presidents f. A. od' third
The men who will have charge of the field work and
operation of the affairs of the Southern Telephone
trio Company are all practical successful telephone
of unquestioned integrity and special ability their par
ticular branch of technical effort
The chief engineer for this Company Mr. R. l. Nc
Hugh has been associated with the Kellogg Switch
Board and Supply Company for a number of years.
During that period he has engineered and installed some
OF the largest telephone exchanges in the United
States, notably those of Cleveland Baltimore and St.
Louis.
The Home Telephone Company of Los Angeles,
which has been of the most prosperous and
fu telephone corporations of the United States has had
as its general manager Mr. E. L. Swaine. The admnis-
trave affairs of the corporation will be under his
agement ably assisted by Mr. H. L. Edwards. Mr.. Ed
wards has also been connected with the Home Telephone
Company of Los Angeles for number of years and has
won enviable reputation for himself by carrying
successful campaign for the securing of in Los
Angeles in the face of tremendous opposition the
part of the Sunset Telephone Company.
Mr.. Ernest A. Olds resigns superintendent of the
construction department of the Home Telephone Com
pany devote his entire time the Southern Telephone
Electric Company Mr. Olds is the man who set the first
pole for the Empire Construction Company in Los An
geles, since which time he has been continuously en-
poyed superintendent of construction of the Home
Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Home Tele-
phone Company of Los Angeles. In addition these
duties Mr. Olds has acted consulting engineer in the
construction of numerous small suburban telephone
plants constructed by independent corporations.
Mr.. F. J. Norris formerly auditor of the Home Tele-
phone Company of Los Angeles and at present cashier
of the Occidental Trust and Savings Bank will act in
the capacity of of the Southern Telephone
Electric Company, thus assuring careful and economi-
cal management of the financial end of this enterprise
Further information as to the standing of the
behind this proposition seems unnecessary their long
continuous record of and their practical expe-
rence in their chosen work sufficient evidence of their
ability to carry out the plans and success of the
Southern Telephone-E Electric Company. Remember
also that these gentleman have sold and are selling their
interests in other telephone corporations and placing
their available funds in the stock of the Southern Tele-
phoneElectric Company at the price and on the
same basis as the stock is offered to you.
The territory in which this corporation will operate
is no less than the cotton belt of Texas belt containing
greater population than the three Pacific states Cali
fornia Washington and Oregon combined. This is to-
day. in the minds of these the best richest ter
rtory in the United States for the operations of such
corporation Let emphasize the fact that these men
familiar with the telephone situation throughout the
United States and that they have chosen this rich cotton
belt of Texas because offers greater inducements and
quicker and surer profits than any other territory The
company already possesses the keynote to this entire
toy 1t has already purchased long distance telephone
lines which constructed and in operaton also rights
of way for long distance lines and franchises for
strucng independent telephone systems in cities and
up and down this belt In fact much work has
already been done and much progress made that no
other company, should it possess the financial
advantages and the able board of directors could
possibly become a competitor. This is big element in
the success of this corporation.
Great Profit in Telephone