The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-22
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TELEPHONE.
INDUSTRY

The Official reporiF the T. $ do
pnrlnicnt Of ccmmcrf and labor gives
lnlcreslIng facts aie Boston News
Bureau a daily fSnelal publication,
dated February iiysays
10 the nitIen igoserpment work.
Ing through the department Of com
merce and abl belongs the cfeiii
Tor having anaf determined the oal.
clal facts In b long disputed ques.
ton as tn NJ relative size OF the
PEN ana inJiieudcnt telephone iu.
eresls of thfpnited States.
THIS gavejnent figures for 1897
/ ,how gise9 He'll stations ana g,eS6..
,ts lndopeffnt stations rr telephones.
lhe indegndents have an aiDag
claimed ~ i.090.0O9 stations. of ful.
ly IA perfnt more than they actual
4 ~ have,
rhe gNrnment figures 40 not make
3nv ntt1pt 10 classify the lndonen
Gents betwoen independent and
tbp5slbhr companies Us natter
AZ noAf the so-celled independents
lfuiv N0000. OF 80 per cent os tne
lentl1lhumher form through subil
cen or service arrangements part
az tb4comprehonsiye Bell system, bui
I'M Z other respects ere independent
sesbntrolling organizations an pres
pyCYer tl000G0 Independents Qr
akat 40 per cent e. The total are Ihue
Eiiatcd w'lh Rcl lines.
llWl.h ttis yeeg imppraSl Niiust
Vent made. al Adjustment which thr
government slatlsiieians obviously
'ould not mako Il Wlll be Found tunl
instead o. the ael companies having
,ut lA5,000 more stations lhan thn I'M
dependents Che resi- Ggrres are some
hing IKE f,l00000 iar tho Boil aa
lgainst 2l50,O90 Tor the Independents.
i ratio Of ncarl9 2 tl T. the vrepJn.
lernncc Of Gcll ogeg independent ala.
ion may be better Illustrated by the
olloWlng comparisog
pell system. 1897 f,G05990, 1902
400 9O1. iuclcaap, 2G5G,otQ, gor cent
ncrease 1876
independents. 1907, 2,l5o0o0 1902
,CJt,f01 increase, il50l100. Der cent
gcreaac ii5.
aeii excess. 1907 ssaq.aaa; 1902
$50 l2ercaae. i,6hataA
IN ccusi .prlee these ligurnA, %
hQula hu borne Is mins, thai ihe a.a
Ion statistics of Tho Bell aud connect
ng systems are ell d matter o. record
ID q central point, due 70 The fact that
he Instruments used hg tae .leli sfd
en- are furnished By ihe American
Telephone company alaiistica kepl
ly lhe Sch companies arc ea prculse
Is figures a. fallroaa earnings. tn
trumcnis ugat BY NE GoI companies
.re an given Cut ir1m enc source anf
ro ldenllea IN typo Of construction
therefore, ihe statistics of nell iaie
lhune sinipus are aa reliable as bal
Iee sheets or any clhgf AnancIal reg
rs
lhe rel1iNc public utility ol Iue
,eI and independent telephone lnitt
sis Is nul measured hY Aunher 0f sta
Ions so much as bY the fact that thn
lcll lines are one c0mprrhen8iv0 anu
accommodating syslom operated
1ser one general p1iley and connect
q with tell md l9ngdlalanee lines
ggregallg nearly 2090,0el niles lu
1nElb fhe independents on iho 0in7r|
and ara scattered companies aud f1r|
he most part small associations or GO
pefatiye groups having With few
exceptions No relation
'ith each other ana only limited con
ecllon By local toll lines The in'I
lrumenlH ami apparatus come ff1m
b or ~ different manufacturers. Cher
no uniform aeauuntlng sgdlem and
here IS 10 temptation TO make tho
CURES any smaller than lhHY actually
re. furthermore, some independents
oport telephones "a Single lnalru'I
lentl while others conform to the BHii
ustnm AMI report stations two ih
trumentsl 70 ihig extent the lade
endent figures are undulY swelled,
at there III no wa q 1 knowing how
naietlal this factor Is
Tho significant feature of The fapld
olephone development a the United
lates during the past ilYe years has
een this quiet steady aiilllaiipn vilh
he Ameflc1n Telephone aystcn %
f4e39 Ii ienendent stations As g
csali, thousands Of subscribers IN fhs
Vest have today wha hey have never
efofe enjoyed. the adYanlaee ~ con
lection wiih The nniY national falt
hone service ln the eonnteY.