White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-03
L0NG-O|STANCE
PHONE SERVICE
MANAGER BENNETT OF LOCAL
COMPANY PLANS TO PUT ELY
ON MAP FOR CROSS-CUUNTRY
CONNECTION.

James s. Bennett, general manager
of the White Pine Telephone COM
pany. has returned from San Fran
cisco after attending the annual con-
vention of the telephone pioneers of
America. Mr. Bennett reports having
had very enjoyable time at the con-
vention where matters of business
nature were quickly and satisfactor-
lily disposed of. and men now at the
head of one Of the greatest enter
prises In the world shook the hands
of old time friends and recalled Incl
dents of the days when they talked
over their lines to one another in
neighboring towns and dreamed of
the time when they would discuss
business matters over line from
New York to San Francisco. Mr..
Bennett has devoted his life to the
telephone business and to be men,
ber of the Telephone Pioneers of
America is In itself distinction.
While at the convention our local
man who has done so much to bring
the telephone service up to its pres
en- high standard of efficiency in this
district did not overlook the oppor-
tunity of accomplishing still greater
work. and as a result of his efforts
at no far distant date We will be able
10 stand in Ely and talk to our
friends. relatives or business asso-
cfates In New York. San Francisco.
or any other city as the occasion may
present itself. Think Of what-a great
benefit such would have been in the
boom days OF 1906 and 1907. Had
such service then been at our COM
mand how many mining transactions
running into the hundreds OF thou
sands Of dollars might have been con-
summated In just a few seconds over
the telephone. Thinkof the benefit TO
be derived from such a service today
Not only by our residents but by the
the travelling public. II means prac-
tically instantaneous connection with
any point in the United States.
Mr.. Bennett's plan IL to run a
double copper wire service along the
Lincoln highway from Salt Lake to
Ely. on through Hamilton and Eure-
ka to Reno. from which point a like
connection will be made with Tono-
pah and Goldfield. II is proposed
to have cut-in stations one mile
apart. BY means OF these stations
no traveller could ever become strand
ed at a greater distance than a half
mile from a telephone station from
which he could call for relief The
traveller could procure an instrument
from station at either end by pay
ing small deposit upon II. just suf-
ficient to insure its return In proper
condition when he reached the sta
tton at the other end OF his journey.
The Lincoln highway. as pointed out
by Mr.. Bennett, makes an ideal right
OF way and the advantages to the
public would be so great that pay
ing business would soon be estab-
lished.
Among Mr.. Benefits personal
friends OF years standing and with
whom he took up the proposition are
J. j. Carly. chief engineer of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company; r. ID. Lockwood. chief en-
gineer American Bell Telephone COM
pany; G. II. Armstrong, superinten-
dent OF the commercial department,
lntermountain Telephone and Tele-
graph company. W Il. Huntington,
superintendent of Traffic depart
ment. American Telephone and Tele-
graph company.
The state of Nevada is in the ter
ritory covered by the Pacific Tele-
phone and Telegraph company. and
both Mr.. Carly and Mr.. Lockwood,
who became very enthusiastic over
the proposition. assured Mr.. Bennett
as their friend of so many years,
that the matter would be promptly
taken up with the Pacific T. & T.
company. and the construction of the
line could be figured on In the very
near future.