The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-12-02
TO OPEN BIG AREA IN WEST
VIRGINIA AND OHIO.


ersburg Line Construction to
Begin at Once,
PARKERsBuRG, w, Va, Nov. %.
-One of the most important tele
phone deals ever made in this State
has just been concluded when ar
rangements were perfected and
contracts let for the construction
of an Independent long distance
line from Parkersburg to Athens
and Pomeroy, Ohio. Although
not directly involving many exist
ing companies, it will yet go far to
stimulate Independent enterprise
as whole in the territory which
IL will tap. Upon it's completion
a strong impetus will be immedi-
ately felt throughout wide area
in western West Virginia and
southe eastern Ohio.
Independent companies now op
Grating in that field have long fell
the handicap of inadequate toll
and long distance facilities and the
direct connections which this line
will afford will bs of the greatest
value to them More than that,
the possibility of securing suoh
long distance facilities as are now
to be supplied will mako for the
immediate building up of dozens
of towns and small communities
in which there is now no Independ.
emit service.
The building of this line, there.
fore, will ultimately result in an
exceedingly thorough development
of the Independent telephone busi
ness in the territory reached In
fact definite assurance has already
been given, during the considera-
ton of the project, that numerous
email Independent companies
| would be formed 80 soon as there
was reasonable assurance that they
would be given the necessary toll
and long distance connections
And towns hitherto isolated from
the Independent system of the two
States will now be rapidly built by
local companies.
The completion of the line will
afford this oity direct oommunica.
ton with Columbus. Hitherto ii
has been necessary to reach that
oity through zanesville, Ohio, a
oirouitous and unsatisfactory route,
The traffio between the two cities
is very heavy and the need of thit
connection has long been apparent.
Only second in Importance to the
Parkersburg system will be the di
rect line to Pomeroy, Athens, Mid
dleport and Point Pleasant,
Pittsburg will also feel the effects
of the new line, which will prao.
tioally form an extension of the
splendid long distance circuits now
connecting that CITY with Parkers.
burg, which were finished last year
And Wheeling and the other inter
vening cities will be correspond
ing benefited by the enlargement
of their field.
The new line being built j Unity
by the West Virginia " osterp
Telephone Company, of this oityi
the Point Pleasant Telephone
Company, Point Pleasant, w. Va;
the Athens County Home Tele
phone Company. of Ooolville. 0
all Independent.
CONSTRUCTION must be complete
| within four months, although it it
believed that the line will actually
be in operation in half the stipu
lated time The circuits will be OF
heavy copper and the total cost is
estimated at about $40 600.
Throughout West Virginia the
Independent telephone oompaniee
are reporting steady advance:
They are broadening the SCOPE OF
their systems, bettering their local
plants and toll lines, largely I'M
oreasing the number of their sub.
soribers and making substantial
gains in, their revenue. AS whole,
they are far in advance of the Bell
in every respect.
The fiscal year of several of the
larger independents has just closed
and, without exception, the annual
reports show an exceedingly satis
factory progress, With comprehen.
sive plans for extension and better
ment already provided for and to
be set in action at once.
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