The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-02
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VT ANNN NINMINiltf IANN|Nl|NNI.N
Alouzo Gartlcy. who was send % ihe
mainland 70 look into the telephone ~
toms To operation n ihc various eitcs
throughout the United States ard par
ticulurly 90 investigate thc automabc
telephone system. returned 10 Hawaii
ON the Manchuria yesterday aiier an
absence of several months. During iho
time he BIAS been away Mr. 6urgcy
has visited the leading cIties ii BE
East as well as The Pacific Coast, ana
has gone deeply into telephone matiers
in each place while be Is satisfied
that the automatic system s feasible
here, he is also satisfied thai the man.
ual system can be made 90 Work out
to the utmost satisfaction ID Homo
lulu
CAS- matter Of fact. said Dir.
Gariiey yesterday afternoon % an Ad-
vertiser representative ana altagfit-
cr ON the fence as 30 whether my zee
ommendation will favor installing TIE
automatic on improving tie manual sya-
TEN. There are So many Things u b.
considered Ia the matter. aud am 10
yet acquainted with TIE local end ~
the proposition. Mr uumme. is l4nd-
ling this, and j win haze eolLer-
ence with him in tho morning.
In the first place. there Wera tuo
investigations that were necessary -
fore the work OF starting the naH COM
pany could be carried forward Ihe
first one considered tle mcdaniel pos.
sibilities of the automatic phone. anl
the other was the financial p1ssiblltias
Of operating 1t here with success Tic
wires and outside distribution service
is, / know, in a Woefuily bad atp1
40 the present time and d IS VIII To-
end in view Of correcting his feature
that Mr.. Hummel Is working.
Good results can BE- obtained Hilh
the automatic, j am sure, aud ihe me
chanical end Of this may Dr. improve
on shortly 20 such an extent that t
would pay 10 install the system. l
have brought back o vast amount 0f
data regarding the system and tll8
will all have ~ De gone Over and
discussed before any definite decision
may be arrived a.
81 visited Los Angeles, San frau-
cisco, Portland. Tacoma Seattle, lhl-
cag0, MarshalltOwn iowa; l0Ilmlns.
Ohio, and Philadelphia. an Of these
towns, with the exception n Seattle.
having the automatic phone in 9pefa-
ton. The threeWire system y LEO
everywhere save IN San Eraueisea.
which has probably the latest installed
automatic system 10 the Uu1ed Saics-
The san Francisco system j. called
two-wire system, and appears " W9Ik
out better than any q tie Others ~
il Is decided 70 install ibe autQWale
here, i think the two-wire would p
the pattern followed
fThis matter. however, eaunoi ~
settled until ] have had an opportunity
20 get in touch with the local epd
Of Il. -
George r. Carter, who Is heaTly in-
terested in the new company. stated
yesterday that be knew nothing further
than what Mr.. Gariley had tod him
in q brief conversation, the o. ~
which is given above.
- AS ] understand II said 4r- Car-
ter, 1.-THE thing has about narrowed e
self down 10 where We have ~ tEuFe
whether 81 Is financially worth Wa.e
for us 10 make q scrap heap 1ui ~ -le
present system and install p neW one at
vast outlay u money The manual
system. which u n operation lef ~
present. is in good condition, We T3r
ing stock Of ihe company practically
new, and we are up against cold 4la
ton IF cash when We ialf aD9r tAlf
! girlless phone proposition.
"All The down town outside fittings
viii be UNDERGROUND fh0ugh. whether