Evening journal., 1914-06-03
THE WORLDS TELEPHONES AND TELEGRAPHs

~HNHROUGH the courtesy of f. p Bardo district man
ager for the Diamond State Telephone Company,
have received copy of Telephone and Telegraph
Statistics the World" compiled by the stastician OF
the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. AS
a concretely compiled Informative agent it is
ceedngly valuable document and extend to Mr..
Bardo our appreciation of his kindness in remember
ing us.
The figures set forth should be exceedingly gratifying
to Americans They show that IN entire world there
are 1S57Os74 telephone stations OF that number g.
72s5sS are government 9s42,Ss6 private. The
total number stations in the United States is S729
592 according to the Federal OF 1912, all pr
vate 64s2 cent Of the total for the world.
The nearest approach to that percentage Is held by
the German Empire which comes in poor second
with $50 per All the telephones there owned
by the The United states also leads in the
OF the number of stations per 100 of population
The number for this country, where there is
ment ownership. is OIL The nearest approach to that
is Canada including Newfoundland which has sc tee-
phones each 100 of population. In the Dominion So,
664 stations owned by the government and 345,-
1888 by private interests.
When II comes to the telephone wire of the world,
the United States, under private ownership, is far
ahead Of the rest of the world. The number of miles
of such wire in in this country 2O24S326 or 6OSS
per cent Of the the world which 9S4
The mileage per 100 of population in the United
States is BLOB against 11.9 in Canada and 1913 in
Denmark, the nearest competitors.
The total telegraph wire mileage Of the world is
5196S91 of which the United States has S49 per cent
against S.37 per cent owned by the German Empire
| The gross earnings of the telephone and telegraph
lines Of the world in 1912 $6SO99SOO, of which
$444sS12OO earned by the telephone lines and
$173,21SIOO by the telegraph lines. The total gross
earnings of the telephone and telegraph lines Of the
United States in that year SS34509OOO Of which
S2S2172.OOO earned by the telephone lines and
S52337 by the telegraph lines. other the
of fno Ifnou an TTuffa In
that year S43 per cent. Of the gross telephone
line earnings OF the world and 1871 per cent of the
telegraph line earnings of the entire world On
the other hand bearing the cheapness of pri-
vateyowned telephone service in this country. the
statistics show that the average gross telephone
ings station in this country in 1912 $SS per
station, whereas under government ownership else
where they mounted high $50 per station In fact
in only sixteen countries in the
station earnings smaller than those in United States
and Great Britain Germany France. Austria and nations
of that class not included i'm the sixteen.
The total telephone investment of the world on Jan
uary 1, 1919 S1sO6O41,OOO. OF that amount 81.
O94SO0oOo, or 5744 cent placed to the credit
OF the United States. There no other nation II
the world that even approximated that showing. Th
nearest Germany with $3.50 600 to its credit
Americans, to- the statistics show. are by all odd
the greatest of the telephone the telegraph
The total OF the telephone conversations Unite,
States in 1912 was 1900 100000 or 161995 per 1000
population The total of telephone in tn
twenty-one nations in Europe in that year was on,
6SO9 100000 1879 per 1000 of population othe
words the United States had 81 per cent of all tn
telephone conversations and kilograms Of the Unite
States and Earope
In thirty-three European cities with a total popula
ton Of S69s215s there we're January l. 1913. lisa
$50 telephone stations average S.2 stations
each 100 Of population, while in eleven cities in tn
United States Of over 100000 each and with tota
population of 15264OOO there were 15s5.SO9 station.
average of 1O4 stations each 100 of population
In other words it is a remarkably good showing
for the priyatelyowned operated lines Unite
States ana a correspondngly poor showing the gov
eminent owned operated lines in other counrie.
Sandals have become fad in Boston More ike an
cient Atbens .rsr,