The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-02
.DANCEROF TWOPHONE
SYSTEMS WAS REAL
Republican Did Not Misrepresent Facts
When 1t Stated The Mayor and Some
of the Councilmen Were Expecting|
Matter

a representative of the Bell Tele-
phone Co, perhaps Mr.. Putnam
himself. Is expected to be in Plym-
suth tonight or tomorrow to confer
with Mayor Bowel and the city
council regarding the granting of a
franchise to that company in Plym-
outh. Mr.. Putnam stated this over
the telephone on Thursday. to one
interested in the Bell system here.
The reason the franchise was not
presented at the last meeting was
because it was no. ready. 1t is be-
ing prepared at Indianapolis.
The Republican was telling facts
when 1t stated last Saturday that
the "Mayor' and several OF the
eouneilmen had been talked to about
the matter and that the said May
orr and some of the council were
favorable to granting a franchise
The matter being brought so nm
expectedlv into the lime light, the
Mayor and some of the council
men "dncked' and tried to get
awav from any responsibility in the
matter That there was something
DOING and that the danger of the
double phone system was real the
following facts are given. that the
public NAV judge for itself whether
the Republican or the Mayor was
telling the truth. At the last CONN.,
eill meeting the "Mayer'' stated
that he knew nothing about the mat
fer except what he had seen in the
Republican: that he had never been
spoken to about the matter and that
the council knew nothing about it at
ell: that the whole matter was a
fabrication made up by the Republi-
can to bring the council into disre-
pute. However. here are the facts:
DIR. Aspinall has much use for the
Bell telephone, because his patients
In the Sanitarium have frequent
calls on that line. He is therefore
much annoyed by the necessity of
going to- the Bell telephone booth to
answer these calls for patients who
cannot 60 themselves. He is there
fore much interested to have the
Pell connections if he can get them.
He therefore interested himself in
the matter of getting a line of the
Bell company to the Sanitarium.
DIR. Aspinall states positively that
on THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
he had conversations with Mayor
Bowel about the granting of
Franchise to the Bell Telephone Com
parry. That Mr.. Bowel was very
raueh in favor of granting such a
franchise. and PROMISED DIR.
Aspinall that he would do all in his
power to bring it about. Will the
nrhlie believe Dr. Aspinall, or the
Mayorf"
DIR. AspinalI further states that
he had conversation with Council,
man MeCrory about the matter, and
that MeCrory favored the franchise
and was ready to do all he could for
if. Yet Mr.. McCrory stated in
council meeting that he knew moth
inr of the matter and that the an
nouncement in the Republican came
from clear sky; that it was the
l. L.
ter!
Another gentleman Interested in
the Bell proposition states positive
ly that he had talked to Councilman
Van Glider about the matter. Coun-
eilmen Underwood and Bergman
both say that they had been talked
to about the matter, and they were
considering it.
One councilman was solicited on
Wednesday Of last week. bv a bust
ness man of the city who wishes the
Pei. Telephone Company to come In
70 the tity. to use all his endeavor
to get the matter pushed through
without delay. This man said posi-
lively that the matter was all ready
to come no Monday night. That lie
knew the Bell people would be here
ready to present the matter. He
said further that the Committe of
the Council had been seen, and would
- this time favor its passage, but
be wished to get all the Council to
favor it. s
Later; in conversation with an
other business man, this same coun-
Gilman was spoken to about the hsst-