Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-09-29
WANTS TO OPERATE
CITY CENTRAE EXCHANGE
CONSTRUCT THROUGH LINE
Some Residents Favor and Some OPP
pose Dual Telephone Service.

Il. I. Charlton. general manager
OF the Home Telephone company.
with headquarters at San Francisco,
appeared before the city council
Thursday and asked that fran.
chise be granted his company 10 op-
crate in Grants Pass. Mr.. Charlton
submitted tentative copy OF fran
chise which was referred ty the
council to City Attorney Clements.
The telephone manager made q
shortaddress to the council! In which
he urged that franchise be granted
as Grants Pass would, he said, be
greatly benefited thereby. He de-
clared that competition would bring
better service to this city; that rufs
al phones and smaller towns would
get connection with Grants Pass
that now were barred from connec-
tion here, which Is working to the
detriment of the commercial inter-
ests Of the city; that his, company
plans to put In an automatic service
here; that the service for urban and
rural lines would be OF the most
modern, and he further declared
that comparison OF service would
show the Home company far super
Tor to the company now doing busl-
ness here. Giving some de. ,ied in
formation regarding the Home sys-
tenn in this region, Manager Charl-
ton stated the company now has To-
cal toll lines Of copper wire from
Ashland to Grants Pass, the wires
taking the Postal Telegraph and
Cable company's poles, that the COM
pany has long distance service from
Ashland to Portland and VII con-
meet with Northwestern I.Olg Dis
tance company thereby 'eaching
many Oregon and Washington
points. He stated that his company
now has plants at Medford, Jack
sonville, Woodvllle and Gold Hill,
and is now building at Ashland;
that the Home company connects
with the Sans valley line at Gold
HILL and at Woodville IL has lines
up Evans creek and Pleasant creek
and that the Sans valley lne and
the Evans creek and Pleasant creek
lines are not now able TO connect
with Grants Pass, but that the peo-
pie on those lines are anxious TO con.
meet with this city.
The speaker then touched on the
objection raised by telephone sub
scrlbers to a dual system, in other
words, the extra cost OF two phones
which the business houses necessar-
fly would be compelled to install
His answer TO this objection wal
that In the dual service th.te would
be keen competition and a desire tC
give the best OF service; that tn,
cost OF two phones would be offse
, by the better service and by the fac
; that a business house could ant
would reach a far larger number o
Z people both In the city the countr!
. districts. In other words, that thl
> cost OF an extra phone would be a
{ nothing to the Increased business I
= would bring from city homes an,
Z from farms, many OF the latter IA
o from the city.
n The speaker then asked that hi
Q Medford superintendent, n. @ Feb
n renbach, be allowed to nd iress tn
/; council. Mr.. Fohrenbach then r,
" lated what had been accomplished |
1. Medford since the company had IN
a stalled a plant there and 0tberwif
dllated on the value OF such serviC
le 90 Grants Pass.
y Mayor j. n Beeman OF Gold I'll
ID also addressed the council In fave
r OF allowing the Home company
" ffunchlse. The Cold HIll offlcIi
IN stating that his city had granted
is franchise 20 the Home company nj
ID that since the plant was install'
a. Gold Hlll people had receivfd re
n. telephone service.
"The home company can deliv