Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-25

the nan in charge could run it at a
Interest of the people. l was told at
the annual meeting that there were six
solicitors out trying to get new SUBJ
scribers, but / have never found any,
ono who has ever been asked to sub
scribe.
There is a wonderful demand for
Investigation Mr.. Winkelhoffer said
further on. IF you want to, you 0n
get 10000 anne to a petition in New
ark alone for an investigation"
Mr.. zusi's Statement.
Mr.. Zusi was called as one of the
original stockholders of the Newark
Telephone Company, after Mr.. Bethel
had tried in vain to shake some of Mr..
Wi%nkelhoffer's statements, nj de-
manded to know what made him think
the Bell controlled the Newark.
II paid $40 a share, full face value,
for my Stock said Mr.. Zusi, land the
other day l was offered 30 cents a share
for it. Mr.. Bethel wants to know how
we know the Bell owns the Newark. If
I have a pain here in my side l know
l have 1t. There isn't any question of
it in my mind, but ] might have some
| difficulty in proving to Mr.. Bethel that
I had such a pain.
Year after year the Newark Tele-
phone Company has gone backward
since the change of management of
which Mr.. Winkelhoffer has spoken.
One year the financial statement
showed profits of 5000. Last veal the
profits were given at $1.15, and at the
last annual meeting. held this month,
a shortage of $4,000 was reported for
the year, because, it was explained, the
had to move.
ut is an unfair comparison for the
telephone representative to compare
Newark with a small city. We have a
great manufacturing city of $50, 900, and
two companies would pay there il the
competition was real.
AT the last annual meeting of the
stockholders | asked the management
why they didn't get out and let some
one else run the company, someone whc
would make it pay, n they JUS
winked the other eve. 1t was shown
that the company's income was not suf'
fcient to pay the salaries of the officer:
and employees, and l asked where they
expected to get the money needed
They simply smiled and winked. The,
knew where the money to keep them ii
charge would come from.
81 am glad Mr.. Bethel admits the
New York Telephone Company has al
interest in the Newark Company. be
cause the management has always fatll
denied any connection whatever.
.The Newark company has a valuable
II - H. ..l afhor oCeafS hq We h0nf
old by experts that the franchise il
worth 81 900, 900. If the Bell would sci
control I'm sure someone would TAX
the company and make 1t pay
Harry B. Fowler, who is a subscribe
and has no other interest in the contro
versy. offered one of the strongest argu
ments presented for an investigation
He said he hadn't a friend who wouldn'
subscribe to what he had to say to tn
committee. He said in part:
I'm q Newark newspaper was an &C
count OF, the last hearing before thi
committee. in which the vice-presiden
of the telephone company made the fol
lowing statement: The subscribers ar
all satisfied except one newspaper. TIL
public is satisfied, as is shown, by tn
increase in business. In three year
"a, AGO stations have been added. q gail
of over 3S per cent
"At much inconvenience to myself
liz come here today to protest agains
the accuracy of this statement. | an
a subscriber, and heartily approve Q
an investigation of some kind that vii
get. at the actual facts as to compari
son of charges and efficiency OF III
service We are receiving as agains