Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-01-21
PHONE MEN ADVANCE THEIR
ORGANIZATION
NEED MILWAUKEE SYSTEM
Independent Connections With Cream
ance-Banquet rendered by Forty
Thousand Club and Hotelrnen's
Association.
Madison, Jan. IS.


The state convention OF independ-
ent telephone operators and owners
adjourned last night with large ban
quet rendered by the Madison Hotel
mems association and the Forty Thou
sand club, to meet again here March
will be further advanced. In the
meantime, during February, district
organizations will meet and their re-
ports will come before the adjourned
meeting of the state convention. Dis
trict associations already exist IN
nine of the Wisconsin congressional
districts.
At the adjourned meeting, among
other things, 1t is expected to form a
clearing house, similar to a bank
clearing house, for the adjustment of
long distance toll receipts This mat
ter is now in the hands of a commit
tee. A system similar to those now
in successful operation in Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan and other states is in
view.
Source of encouragement.
The convention was a source OF
great encouragement to the independ-
ent interests. There were present
some 100 operators and owners of in
dependent telephone systems, cover
ing the entire state and representing
between two and three millions of
actual investment, owned by the peo-
pie operating Item. Sentiment is
strong for Independent Milwaukee
connection, and it is deemed of the
utmost necessity to the Independent
interests as well as to the facilitation
of business involved in these tele-
phone systems that H. D. Critchfield
be successful in his undertaking to
establish an independent system in
Milwaukee, for which he already has
been granted franchise by the Mil
Waukee common council The fact
was emphasized throughout the con-
independent telephone interests in
Wisconsin had not been nearly so
great as in adjoining states, because
of the fact that i'll Wisconsin COM
munication has been shut off from
Milwaukee so far as the Independent
telephone systems have been con-
cerned. 1t was argued that the Mil
waukee Independent system would
surely reduce long distance rates.
Besides the Wisconsin men, there
were present at the convention from
other states a number of men of ma
tional reputation in the independent
telephone field, among them j. b.
Hoge, president of the international
Independent Telephone association OF
America.
The banquet, given last evening at
the Capital hotel, had been arranged
under the auspices of the Forty Thou
sand club and the Madison Hotel
mems association. The tables were
arranged upon the raised portion of
the dining room and every table was
frightened witt roses ana carnations.
In the absence of Fl. d. Cr1tch1ield,
who was to act as POSTMASTER, ]. j.
Nate of Minneapolis introduced
Mayor Schubert who SPOKE on Our
City. The mayor briefly told of tRs
advantages which Madison possessed.
Ex-Mayor j. w. Groves disclaimed
any ability as public speaker, but
his bright talk on Madison as Con-
yention City was such as to cause his
hearers to doubt what he first said.
He told of the growth of the city and
Of the part played in that growth by
the city and of the part played in
that growth by the Forty thousand
club and those Other organizations
which are intended to advertise Mad
ison. Legislation pertaining to tele-
phone matters was the subject of
Francis c. Grant of GAINESVILLE Orga-
nization was treated by j. B. Ware of
Michigan, and G. S. Norton of Indi-
ana dealt with the Duties of a Mem
Der to an Organization The Arion
orchestra played