Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12

like to have Mr.. Marsh prove this.
They claim to have spent $4,000
this last year; our company spent
$500, 900 In betterments alone not
counting salaries.
Regarding the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company's inability to
equip Medford with an up-to-date
plant, | would say that anyone who
attacks the financial integrity Of a
competitor is sure to be credited
with unworthy motives. Neverthe-
less, II what we know about the
United states Independent Telephone
proposition had been told, humid
reds OF innocent investors would
have been saved from loss, and legi-
innate interests would have escaped
illegitimate attacks. 1t seems time
that MISREPRESENTATION and direct
Telephone promotion should be met
frankly and boldly. In connection
with this, ! would like to ask Mr..
Marsh why operation on his Home
company" plant at Spokane, Wash,
was held up year ago, and why the
builders lien has never been re-
moved and work completed And
the people of Spokane given this
splendid Home service" he tells US
OF. The Spokane people don't seem
oyer-anxious to have It.
AS to the Bell company's having
$500, 900 subscribers as claimed by
Mr., Marsh, | would quote from the
annual report of the American Tele-
graph & Telephone company that at
January /, 1909, they reported over
100000 subscribers.
That Hartman Quotation.
Regarding Mr. Marshs quotation
Of Mr. Hartman. according to Ore
gon newspapers, Mr.. Hartman Is
long on promises, and 1t would seem
that Mr.. Marsh Is similarly afflicted.
The payroll proposition that Mr..
Marsh lays 80 much stress on seems
a little high to be in accordance
with sound business principles, un-
less they are going to arrange to
give someone fancy job with
fancy salary, which the proposed
stockholders and subscribers will
have to stand for. According to
our records, our company is spend
Ing an average OF $500 per month
at Medford, and In addition to this,
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company are going to rebuild and
equip Medford with modern, up-to-
date central energy plant, with new
telephones. This work will be done
by the Pacific company with real
money. and the Pacific company will
not ask the citizens OF Medford to
dig up the money to pay for this
work. as they are not promoters and
have nothing to sell but telephone
service.
Mr.. Marsh speaks OF the great bat
lies fought by the Bell interests and
Independents In Ohio and Indiana
where the Bell company died game.
Il might be well to quote few true
acts regarding this matter
November. 19O6--Hamilton Trust |
Co OF Noblesville, Ind, were ap.
receivers OF the Union &
Cornell Tel. Co.'S OF Cornell on appll. |
ation OF the directors of the Union |
company.
December, l9O7--Telephone COM |
ANY OF Ohio discontinued dividend |
IN common stock.
January, l90S-Citizens Tele-
'hone company OF Batavia, Clear
mont county, Ohio, went into the
ands OF q receiver. II Is alleged
hat the company is s21,OO in debt |
nd that lts business Is being run al
net loss
The above are Just few OF the
ompanlcs that have gone 10 the wall
tier being promoted by so-called
ldependent promoters, and after be-
,g MIXED by them they have been
llowed to die, and Mr. Promoter"
as got his and gone to new fields
Mr. Marsh quotes the Bell com. Z
any OF New England states AS hay.
~ absorbed all OF the New England
ates, aud that Is a fact. but ne /
ont say anything about the North.
'stern Telephone company that Or \
lnl1ed at Portland, Me. a few years v
20, and sold stock to the widows b
nd orphans and then let the con. Z
act to build aud equipped trunk
mes Portland TO Bangor, Me, and e
stalled an automatic exchange at 4
angor aud Portland. Me. Thus Il
the promoters had got their proat o
ley LET the company 80 into me p
'nds OF a receiver la September r.,
'O1 this after spending about {,
100000 the stockholders wcr, cI
It to hold the haS; aud further. II