The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-02
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ELIE PIN, RES

Il J !! ! I ! / ] | ] J $ !.
from 5, a9s u, 90 To- 4.5D ot.l
or I,y ID per cent
The He'll interests are prppD Il. sscHz5
atelE strongest in tie New IN Elan1
states, where tlles controls. "
81 per cent of the telenliunrs I'M
|I91 and rela lively cal ast Tie
West North Contra states l5:lfsst,T
ia. lows IiasouTi North AMI ss;oit.lit
Dakota, Nehsas; IA. and ISansas).s
where lore than o-thirds ofs The
telephones were operated by the IN
depend dents in THAT year The largest
tproport ions Of teIerho zones Operated sl.s
inon-Beli systems in I, 2. III per
Icent.Fwas reported for South Dahe,s.i.
The great devcl opnfent Of fnde
pendent Tltral telephone syst ems y III
Iintslcated bs Hui i act Il aat tic total
lnumbcl. Of systems or lines increased
from 2 2 In Il 80 in
1aieo or these systems. Fell inter
ests controlled III B IN The earlier year
and 1G iii the later.
NheIc Telephones are Numerous.
About half tie wi ire mileage ana:
te1enh ones are found in lie eiEilt
states OF New iftork New Jersey:
Pennsylvania; Ohio. Indiana. Illinois,
Michigan. and WISCONSIN. which to-
Ectirsr contains about ID per cent Of
the entire population Of the United
states The greatest wire milcags7
for any on state Ii 1917. 2,19D, 900
was reported by New York. while.
Illinois stood second, viii, 16S9.-
GOO miles. aud Pennsylvania third.
with 1900, 90 miles. Ili@n11n Der OF
Telephones New Tprk and Illinois
again ranked first and second, vita
$40, 900 and S u h. ~ 4. respectively
while Ohio soccu pied 4 bird place. with
IG31,00e. .TE1c 5nlallc5t wire nlilsaEe.
1872 2. q nd ttlcf smallest number OF;
Telephones 5;6d 8, Nscrn found in
! Nevada.
Telephones in comparison With
Population.
Tie number of telephones per
1 1.OOO populatio in the entire 5nitaf
Estates rose from; &c in It9 o : to- ne tn
t19NT and to Oh in j ttli:s. The Errzt
| est telephone densi IT,, w;ts foun, IN
Iowa, where there were I'll tiei.
lrlloncs nrr i, 00u population. r
tfurllff Wttr n close second With rs
and Nebraska stood tilird. with l CD
The smallest number of II nPhoha;
per 90 population, II Wis lo.lll
in South Carolina
The mum bn:- Of nj ssas s,s u, 1. rallita
Tor tho United 81 Es i; IuIs ttts-
ltciuSiye those SORT over; lic lines ef
tcompalies having afi d il;l inrtnl,;s IF
less tl1an ID. 90 inc sa:is.tI from Il 81
Fir IaD2 lo i44a522 iii IJ and tn lsf4 in
Iina1eat hi AT sei nf5
messages per capita dur III ;atci@
yea "a s:. s; s., Y. WAS reported from
fbrnia. while Ohio. witt, o., and
Michigan, 4 with "a q, F<sl,tetl Second
ti1ftl third: North Carolina: Will: TO-.
had the smallest nltnlbe1s Till S. per
capita.
Tclegranhs.
Some Of tic more 81 sni fcant Stats
Fics rclat ing to tel egra1lls have alrelds
lbeep quoted in cOnlp4I.ispn with cor
RESPONDING data: referring 10 tcfc-
IIsnhpnes. Reports were 81 aired fru.n
;2475, 5OU miles OF pole limo AMI
sl.s Id o mil los of wire exclusive of
wire wholly owned and operated by
3raill:oad com panifs) in 9fI2 OF tho
l1innsantHs wire. 2aa2,0U1 miles and
y. 2,9'6, 900 miles, respectiseis. were
located along rail WAY lines, and lin
addition s. la, 600 miles or wire was
wholly owned and operated by
railroad companies TIE number OF
MESA gcs snrt, not including press
Edispatches in 4 q IL was TO g IS 90, 90 %,
an increase ia per cont as COMPARED
III i q o. al
Ocean Cable Companies.
There arc six occan5cabln copra-
mics Eincurpprated4in in tile United States
with 81 ci.ble Offices and Az $50 miles
of cable. These companies handled
s., ., up " nessa gcs ill n o ~ an irls
}#creascs oil 2 o. per CEN over the NUNS
/ Der fnt. u 9O1. In atldi ion. the West
scrn Union telegraph Company ops
lerated = so o. miles OF cable and
i land ed nearly 5 q 10, % GO cabtc mos
ltsascs i'll Oh
Wireless TclcErapEiy.
53 Between 10 AN NJ the nuns
Der or commercial wireless telegraph
iscunlnanies doing business in the
n United States decreased FROM 3 to i
the number of tower stations from
1t To- Nd NJ and tho canital izati on from
4 So q, to- 0N The nuIn-
4 be-, OF nnessAg sent. however, I'M
creased from q 4, 81 I'd To s., {. .,el /. or
II by So a relsSc ent q. a net deficit Of
5. ;s s. in was Il, ailEed to- al net
income O s4 .17fsss in e. ;le NUM-
hex OF employed Increased from ls7,6
N To- II by IA rer cen n: AM the
amount paid in alaries and wages in
crea:;ed from, ssSSaa, 10 90 to 50 10 10. or
Il by $50 per cert.
y Governmental Wireless.
Enc United States Government
maintains ~ wireless 5:atl on+.4 a con
SID cradle number of which arc open
q or plIblic5 biisif1 et;s he sf1 ms OfEtt1e