The Forrest City times., 1913-11-14
New Telephone system.

lc League for procuring better tee phone service for Forrest City las met
 with the hearty support of the pa irons of the local exchange It is now
 an assured fact that within the next ] half year this town will have d tele- l phone system of the latest most im- proved type, giving service second to none anywhere. This is not the com i ing of new telephone company, but is the making of a complete change of 1 system by tie company now operating l here, the Southwestern Telegraph X
 Telephone Company The represent
 atiye of the company detailed for in-
 vestigation of conditions here. MT
 r. R. Ridgely, states that the necesi ty for change Of system arises from
 the fact that Forrest City has out grown the system now in use It is not that the equipment now lu use is worn out-if that were the case, q new 1 system of the same kind would give relief-but 1t is that as the town has grown the system has been added to and extended, until now it is not prac-
 ticabe to make further additions and
 at the same time maintain standard.
 commercial service Reliet from the
 inefficient, annoying service eXperi-
 enced by local subscribers for several
 months past is to be Lad only thror gh 1 putting in operation q new system ad- l equate to the demands of a town of ! this size
 The Southwestern Company did not
 attempt 10 deny that they were not
 furnishing the class of service that
 their local subscribers deserve. Nor. on the other hand did they fall over 1 themselves, as the saying is, ill making preparations for the needed improve ments, which, as MT Ridgely states,
 will entail an expenditure. of some thing like s3o,ooo0o. Upon receipt of
 the complaint from the Civic League, they assumed an attitude toward the
 matter about like this: We know our service in Forrest City ls every bit as
 bad as you say it is, and then some.
 But we don't believe that our sub scriberS are as badly dissatisfied as
 you have said they were. If you can l prove to us that they are. then we will
 kno" that 1t is up to Us to do some
 thing to better conditions: and we will
 be ready to do it. The worst thing on
 earth for a telephone company is a
 dissatisfied patron and we want as | few as possible. H
 MT. kldgely, accompanied by a rep
 resentative of the Civic League, las completed canvass of the town. They visited, as near as possible, every subscriber who will be affected by the change of the system that is. those | within radius Of one mile from the local exchange. A great many were found not at home: some were sick, and were not bothered with the i matter Of two hundred pr! iorty- four interviewed two hundred and l thir' t-seeen endorsed the improve ment by signing the petition to the company To each one was thorough iy explained the nature of the proposed | improvement, why such improvement | was necessary, the adjustment of i, rates to.meet the requirements and ! the liking of each individual and all ! other details concerning the change. {
 Mir. Ridgely has aekuoN ledged Jim ] self satisfied, for his company. and 1 states thatue" equipment va> ordered | Tuesday night through the Little ! Rock office for Forrest City Thi, ' equipment is made to order and it, manufacture will require something i like sixty days Mr EidgeN assures
 Us that at the expiration of that time | il will begin to arrive here=in car | load lots. From that time, for four months, there will be a gang of work | men busy all over town Central of i flee apparatus individual equipments, | cables, open lines, poles, everything | changed As he says, about the only | things that will survive the ruin are | "i' D. HuC aiiu Hl iH' Alien duu Ter l girls By the way it should be ex- plained that there is to be no inter ference or stoppage of service to make the installation. The "cut-over" from the old system to the new will be made in about twenty minutes. late some night.
 The Civic League Of Forrest City has wished this thing on it's owntown. | We are asked to state for them that, as far as they can receive il, they will appreciate public approyal They sin cerely believe that this k to be bet termeut for Forrest City
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