The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-18

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DISTINGUISHING
| Z ocAI g oMpAhs is IMPROVING
ITS LINES AND sERyJ ICE.
A new directory for the consolidat,
lea; Telephone Company ID being pre-.
fpared by the printers at the present
time. Every effort is being made By
that company to get the directory for
delivery between March list and The
18th. This directory will be q large
land complete book, in size about
l1ox12 inches. embracing the systems
1of the Consolidated Telephone Com,
|pany, the National Telephone Com.
tpany Of Monongalia county; tie
Beeghley Telephone Company the
Western Central Telephone. and all
Of the citing companies and will
embrace nearly 10000 names. TIE
name Of almost every Independent tel tel.
ephone4 subscriber in the sixteen adj.
Joining counties to Marion will be
printed in this telephone directory.
| The directory Is in preparation on a
large scale. and will be the most com.
plete and largest directory ever got.
ten out by the local company. Several
handsome cuts and plates win be used
lin the new directory 1
The Consolidated Telephone Com.
panyS has grown rapidly since Its or
ganization; which was when the Graf:
ton Telephone Company, the Clarks.
burg Telephone Company, and the
Fairmonta and Warrington Telephone
Company consolidated about ten years
ago. The unit Of Organization OF the
Fairmont sand Warrington Telephone
Company was when "a private line was
strung by Captain Prichard and 9th:
ers from Warrington to the Court
House at Fairmont. This line was
used for service to the county seat,
and began to graw In number Of: teie.
phones until the Tairrnont and Man
|ninston Telephone Company was was or, or
ganlzed. This growth has been very YER,
rapid and beyond the expectations Of
any OF the first people who helped to.
organize the company The consol.
dated service has increased with the
number Of subscribers, and ,notwith.
Standing Misrepresentation the Con-,
solidated is sstill in the field giving
more service for the many than any
other company, and rendering; first.
class service its subscribers. Late.
" an additional feature; has been In;
troduced in the local field, that IS
county and district service lat very "
low rates: To those people who do
not desire dIstriS service, coah IL VI Ser e
vice is offered ct; a cheaper rate,, and al d
this has become a very popular SER
vice. No doubt many local people will
take advantage Of the new directory
being published, and viii file their ap.
plicationS for telephones on or before;
February 18th, as any one doing this
will get their name III the new direc.
Companyis a local concern owned and
operated by West Virginia people, and;
deserve local patronage. Monopoly
issa great enemy to good management,
which can never be universally es.
tablished, but In consequence OF that
free and universal competition which
affords everybody to have recourse to,
1t for the sake Of self.defense." Ev:.
cry one can realize the truth OF this
statement when they stop and think.
what telephone service would be win.
out competition, namely, high rates
and poor service! S ft5 81
During the year 1910, the toll SER
vice Of the local company was great.
" bettered by additional circuits. An
entire new toll lead was constructed
between Fairmont and Clarksburg.i
giving twice the number Of toll cir:
cults between these two towns. On.
account Of this construction better,
telephone service has been obtained
BY all of the small towns Intervening:
between these two towns. Two add.
tional toll circuits have been finished
between Fairmont and Grafton, and
a new switchboard has been Installed
recently at Pennington lettering the
service at that point.
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