Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Com pany Is the
 Purchaser
NEW OWNER NOW
 IN POSSESSION
Many Improvements Con templated and Better Service Promised; Old
 Employees Retained

Under the terms of deal made May goth the Mountain States Tele phone and Telegraph company. a sub sidiary of the American Bell Tele phone company, has acquired all of the properties of the Arizona Tele- phone and Telegraph company, ac
 cOrding to announcement made by representatives of the former com pany yesterday The Mountain states Telephone and Telegraph company is incorporated under the laws of Colo radO with an authorized capital of $50. 000 00000 and in addition to the properties acquired in Arizona. is operating the telephone systems in the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho. and New Mexico, the territory covered being approx l imately one fifth of the land area
 of the United States.
 i The company is not new to Ari zona. it having acquired the tele phone properties in Cochise county
 year ago At that time the plants in
 that section were run down, but in
 the interval the new owner has prac- tically rebuilt hem and the patrons are reported to enjoy an up-to date telephone service. A copper toll line was also constructed from Fl PasO to Bisbee and the purchase of the Arizona cOmpany's properties round
 out the system in the state. The
 headuuarters of the Mountain States
 Telephone company are at Denver,
 Colorado it's officers being F.. E.
 Field. president Edward B. Field,
 vice president; Phillip Hamlin, assis-
 tant to the president; c. s. Mac
 auditor; and F. M Burgess, general
 manager.
 The properties of the Arizona Tele- a phone and Telegraph company, taker
 over. comprise toll or long distance } lines extending from Prescott on the i north to Yuma on the west and Ben
 son on the east, with exchanges 1T
 jaIl the principal towns, and includine ? Hines eastward through the Gila val l Hey Messrs W. II. Ferguson and Il NJ. FennemOre. representatives of tn e Mountain States company, were II $ the city last evening, and stated tha Q it was too early to discuss futur . plans of the company except to sa, f that it would be the policy of tn = company in Arizona as in other To h calities to first improve service con : ditions wherever needed. That at al s early date a detailed study of tn
 needs of the state in the way O Q extensions would be made, it bein q the intention of the company to eX . tend it's lines to every locality Wher Q present or future business warrant: O Division General Manager Srattor
 who will have direct charge of tn f operation of the properties in Ari y zona, has been in Tucson for severa d days lining up the new organization - Few, if any changes vii be made i 't the roster of local employees in tn e various exchanges. it being the polio If of the new owners to retain as ia q as possible the employees of the for e mer organization.
 The representatives Of the Noun d. tain States company emphasized tn n fact that their company in making l. heavy investment in the state Ina 10 every faith in the future industris Il growth of Arizona. and that to met h and care for these conditions to com
 the very best telephone service an IS facilities must be furnished Favorab d comment was also made upon tf T. provisions of the constitution and tf d laws of the state relating to the reg ie ulation of utility corporations by u d corporation commission.