Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-26
Nebraska
- TELEPHONE COMPANIES OR
Thirty-Three of Them Taken from
Books of Commission.
SEVENTEEN OUT, OF BUSINESS
TetA Of Them Bought by independent
cJtspnnIes and seven by Nebraska
Telephone COmpany-More
Election Expenses.
ZION a staff correspondentl

LINCOLN, Aug. 25.-(speclal )-During
the last year the State Railway commission
has checked out thirty-three telephone
companies which were doing business the
year previous. Some of these companies
have been bought by other companies and
some ...e commission does not knew what
has become OF them.
OF the companies now off the books OF
the commission. ten have been bought by
Independent companies and seven by the
Nebraska Telephone company. Other COM
panies which have bought the missing
companies may belong either to the Ne
braska company or to the independent
companies, the commission having no in
formation as to their ownership.
Following are the names of telephone
companies which have been dropped from
the records OF the Nebraska State Railway
commission and the reason Therefore
Auburn Telephone Construction company
(Alliance), sold to Nebraska Telephone com
pany.
sold 20 Farmers United Telephone company
OF Panama.
Brown Bros! Telephone company BURR,
sold TO Burr Telephone company Of Bur.
Crab Orchard Telephone company (Crab
Orchard), sold to Nebraska Telephone COM
pany.
College View Telephone company Col
lege View, sold to Lincoln Telephone and
Telegraph company of Lincoln.
Cambridge Telephone company Cam
Exchange Telephone company CBig
Spring.. sold to North Platte Telephone
company of North Platte.
Exchange Telephone company (Spring-
View sold to Springview Exchange Tele-
phone company of Springyew
farmers Independent Telephone company
Farmers Mutual Telephone company
(AvOca), mutual.
Farmers and Merchants Telephone com
paHy (Ragan),, name change dto Raglan
Farmers and Merchants Telephone COM
pany sItS 80,
baeh), sold to Wolbach Telephone company
Pot Wolbach.
Humphrey Electric Light and Telephone
company MumphTey2, H sGlG 10 humphrey
HaskeIlA & Harrison Telephone company
(WakefeSD sold 10 Coon Creek valley Tele-
phone company of Wakefield, a mutual
Home Telephone company Uyonsl sold to
Burt County Telephone company or lyons.
(Spencer) sold TO Boyd County Mutual Tele-
phone company of Bristow.
Kramer Denton Telephone company
(Crete) sold to Crete Telephone company of
Crete. &gk
toni sold to Nebraska Telephone company
Lincoln Telephone exchange (Lincoln) sold
to Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph com
pany OF Lincoln ..,
(Omaha) transferred to New State Tele-
phone company of Sioux City, Ia.
Lyons Independent Telephone company
U,yonsl sold to Burt County Independent
Telephone company of Lyons.
Nebraska Clark Automatic Telephone
company (Sioux City, la leased to Ne
braska Telephone company.
New Home Telephone company lBeatr1ce)
sold to Lincoln Telegraph and Telephone
company OF Lincoln. -
oxford Home Telephone company (ONtord)
sold TO Nebraska Telephone company
Overland Telephone company (HafT1s-
burpo sold to Western Nebraska Telephone
company OF Harrisburg.
Ogallnlla- Keystone Telephone company
(Ogallaia) out OF business.
Palmyra, Telephone company PaImyraI
mutual.
Powell Telephone company PowelD sold
to Fairbury Telephone company of Fair
bury
Tqdmrose Cooperative Telephone com
pany (Spalding) sold to Spalding Tele
phone company of Spalding.
Paxton Telephone company (PaXton
charter cancelled.
Scott Telephone company (Fairntc:1t
leases rellnquished TO Nebraska Telephone
company.
Western Nebraska Telephone COMPANY
(I4incoln) sold 10 Lincoln Telephone Il Tele'
graph company of Lincoln
Wayne Telephone company (Wayne) sold
TO Nebraska Telephone company.