The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-11-03
NEW TELEPHONE
DIRECTORIES
.coNsoLfpATEp COMPANY Dis
TRIBUTES NEW BOOK TO
iTs SUBSCRIBERS.

The handBonle new dlTeCeofles %
the Consolidated Telephone Company
have been distributed to all the sltb
scrfbers of the company here and all
over the district. The directories ar
put up In a long harrow book with 2
neat cover having the shield the am
bIem 6t Independent Telephone Com
.panies at the top Of the cover. The
book is by far the neatest and most
attractive Of any put out by the cpm-
.pany since its existence. ,5
The book Is very complete in eyets
particular, having 4 listed directory
of twentyssix exchanges covering ten
counties within a radius OF n nun
bred miles Of Fatrmont, The consol-
idated Company owns and controls
these lines alone and offers to the CUB
scriber a free talking service to Aye
thousand telephones. In addition 10
this number, there r several Other
small companies with whose lines COZ
nections are made making a total Of
nine thousand telephones all of which
are listed in the directory.
The company has made extensive
improvements lately, among them is
a new number ten copper circuit be-
tween Weston and clarksburg whleh
has recently been completed. The
towns OF Terra Alta and shinnston
have been cabled and those people re-
siding there are enjoying a metallic
circuit. This will give much better
service to these towns. New selectlve
ring lines were installed in Barnsyille
last week and these people are ,no~
given. the same service as city sub
scrfbers.
Many new telephones all over the
circuit are being installed every
month, in Falrmont alone sixty-seven
new telephones were installed during
the month Of October This is the
case all oyert the district, This rapid
Iy increasing number OF subscribers
necessitates the company getting out
a new directory every six months ana
although it is impossible to keep up
to-date and have every name in the dt-
Irectory, this is done as much as posi-
BILE and the subscriber will facilitate
the service very much If they will al
ways refer 10 the directory and ask
for parties by number instead of CIV
ing the name. of the party desired. to
the operator,
The Consolidated Telephone Com
pany is now giving excellent long lis
lance service TO, Pittsburg, Wheeling.
IPqrkersburg and intermediate points.
The local company Is now in the East
ern Traffic Association and through
these lines good toll service Is given
ito all points in Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania and to practically all
parts of West Virginia. By using the
CONSOLIDATED Long Distance lines to
the above points, the subscribers cali
get direct communication with two or
three times as many people as is pos
sib1e over the competing lines. Nine
ty-f1ve per cent. of the business OF t1e
subscriber is done within a radius OF
one hundred miles and the free dis
trlct service given by the CONSOLIDATED
people is largely p~atronized as n v
a home company owned and operated
by West Virginia people. III
The local company is Strengthening
all departments, Miss Bertha Ham
mer, travelling chief operator of The
National Telephone Company Of
Wheeling, is at present going over the
system trying to discover any defects
that may exist in the operating field
Extra solicitors and inspectors lave
been employed and are looking after
these departments.