Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-01
MILLION MILES Of
WIRE ADDED BY
BELL PEOPLE
Half Million New Stations in
Past Year. Six Billion Calls
in a Year Handled by I'M
menSe NERVOUS System"

IN q year Handed by I'M
menSe NERVOUS System"
oyer a million miles Of wire put III
during the year; half Il million ne'
phone stations installcd-nineteei
J million calls handled daily or six bill
.llion q, wears and twcnty-six millions
Of dollars sffnt on improvements ant
additions There are q few Of tn,
startingly erbrmOus figures regarding
the Bell telephone lines contained ii
q general st;soment for the past ycai
BY president Theodore y. Vail, In
tcorporated ittthc annual report Of thu
American telephone and Telegraph
company. tbs statement was handed
The Morning Journal by Local Man
agcr Graham of the Colorado TeIe-
phone company. a Bell corporation,
contains q binch Of figures that are
simply over hclming ana is as fol-
lows.
There was total Of 4,3G4,G29 tele-
phone statioR connected to the Ben
systom as gainst 3.S39. 900 Mt the
close Of the previous year, an in
crease Of 525b29 stations. or the to-
tai there wcH l.l03,144 exchanges
and toll statidls connected to the Ben
system by tot or tong distance lines,
but operated hy some 400 local, coz
operative, all rural independent
companies or~bssociations having sub
license or connection contracts.
The total bro mileage Of the Ben
companies fb toll and exchange
service was @30,71S. over q million
mites being laddcd during the year
The daily aveslge Of calls handled by
the Bell combines was 1865, 900 or
at the rat3of about six billions a
year. The pint additions were S15,-
$4,000 for ~tchangcs, $S.8I2.0O0 for
buildings. mabng Il total Of $26, 631.-
200. Duringthe past nine years a
grand total a $~37S.472.S00 has been
expended In nlarging the Bell prop
critics.
During the year 9.73G,7OO was
applied out pf revenue to maintc-
nance ANA RECONSTRUCTION purposes.
The rcportthows that the main
tenancc of I'D property is wen pro-
vidcd f0f. sr,fthat the plant itself is
~. Nssing a Hre. permanent charac-
tel, due. chieff ii ffr"6fcreascd fsstssI
portion Of cqper wire and under
ground ccnduk and cables.
OF the totaAaluc of the telephone
plants ownedby the American Tel
ephonc and Ttegraph company and
associated %coipanics, real estate
Constitutes . ID cent, underground
cunduits and dbles 20 per cent, cop-
per wires andherial cables on poles
Is per cunt, PIE lines, not Including
wires, 90 I'D cent-$S,0OO 600 Of
this represontsbwnorship Of rights of
way over priNal property-iron wires
per cent. cdtral office equipment
20 ucr cent,
.Ilhe misunderstanding companies
show r%ednction3n floating indebted
ness ana incroals IN cash on hand,
IA net ~improvemht of $1,000, 600. The
Western Electro company shows an
equal improvetnt. so hat the cur
rent and ~floatinl Indebtedness of the
associated complies is wen within
the limits of curInt operations.
president NaikhoWs that the real
or replacement value of the Bell
plants is largclyn excess of an out
standing oblig0ths.
The Ron husftss as NN'WnoTe, OK II
Guiding duplicaths and treating it
as if opcrated h a single company.
showed a subantial Improvement. !
total carnirs showed an in ,
crease over thd previous year Of /
xTOOQ6OO. the aal an in
crease of $3.101. u. The balance of
not earnings Wd S45.q74. 600. and. .
dcducting s~lf.03450O for in ,
and S2l.8Sd00 for dividends, !
was lcft SlG0f4UO in undi-
vilcd profits. mi combined balance
shows total ssets Of S6SO.O44.- 3
20a. with a surais of %$SI.759.6OO. y
and dcpreciation AL other reserves
of S%lo4S080O. \
The earnings ofhe American Tel
and T,fcgrbh companv also
shaw "a decided d-nrnvemcnt over =.
Iost veor and ovd nrovious wear. :
nct revennc vh SfS1at7072 %. H.
IN If which dNtdlds Of 4 pcr cont ,
vyern nsid. amoudne to S1245g.- y
lowing n slplus of S5.662.- ~
% I
There is shown .~ronsfderablo i'm >,
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there boinr mo and of the :
,r,r "a $40 sbaroboors Win nm ov-
orapo hotaine ~ eancb Nv means
tho issnc ofthc bhnrn If mo an
horfyea S1tn oooI In ronvnrtihie
bonds tbe financinehf the romnnnv
md lis ossocint.d cdnonfes is com.
for 1000 ana hqtO Including
Ina ,,,uent or san R ooo ,nt.e mo-
dnrine thnsr L,,s
Tbr Awrrf,an T~ci.bon, and T.i-
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a.. s,.t.n,s ~ $50,
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