The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-02
BETTER TELEPHONE
SERVICE IN STATE
IS EXPECTED NOW

Hotel Runner. j. z EolSSeau, pup
Lefty manager for the Chesapeake &
Potomac. lectured on Our Telephone
System showing views by motion
ipictures which gave the large audi
eace an insight into the wonderful
workings OF the system. The pic
lures shown are the same that have
been featured at the Panama Pacific
exposition. and were shown the first
:; tine in east, here on this occas on.
,asr Boissesu v thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the subject OF telephone sys-
tenn ana handled the saoject in man
ner intensely interesting and OF prof1t
Ito everyone who heard him, his hear
ers admitted.
! A mornings program proved OF
great value The Hon. W. P. Hawley.
of the BluefeId Telephone Company.
having occupied considerable time on
the subject OF Satisfactory Rates,
while Collections" was the subject
i handled by H. E. Smith, OF the Ash
land Telephone Company! Mr.. Bots
seaa introduced Advertising" as a
timely topic and covered the subject
as only an experienced man in that
line can do.
J. w. Downs. OF the Peoples United
7 Telephone Company. concluded the
program of the evening with interest
ing papers and talks on the matter OF
Present Connections and How TO
! Improve Them He brought ont
mented on the exhaustive manner in
I which ne brought them into notice.
Z general discussion of matters of
/ interest, some OF them vitality so. 10
4, the telephone people took up The time
until noon.
| While everything done al the meet
ing was OF an informal nature, many
subjects were gone over thoroughly
end an Improvement OF service VIII
| tended have admitted where they can
bring about changes that will rebound
10 general advancement.
! Those in Attendance.
! The connecting company represen-
tatives in attendance at the meeting
| included the following:
". P. Hawley. general manager,
and F. NJ. Hawley. auditor. the Blue
field Telephone Company. Bluefield.
IL b. Smith. general manager. Ash
land Telephone Company, Ashland,
KY.
j. ". Downs, general manager
Peoples United Telephone Company,
5. S. Talbot. president. Peoples
United Telephone system, Philippi
f. NJ. Bell. general manager, Lime
stone Telephone Company. Lewisburg.
Clark Morgan. general manager,
West Virginia Eastern Telephone Com
pany. ElEins
". A. Pankey. assistant manager,
Bluefeid Telephone Company, Blue
field
NJ. c. johnson. general manager
Barboursville Telephone Company,
BarboursviIie.
R. G. Williams. president. hinton
Judson Telephone Company. Judson.
J. S. Zicka Dose, secretary, Green
Sulphur Telephone Company. Green
Sulphur.
J. \. Rhodes. president. Citizens
Telephone Company. Chenille
G. c. Reynolds, general manager. ].
E. Pauley. manager. Citizens Tele-
phone Company. Elkview.
S. J. Kane. president. D. L. Irwin,
secretary, Milton Telephone Company.
Million.
W W. ogden. manager Oak Hill
Telephone Company, Pax.
! a F. Black, secretary. Lincoln
w. T. Cox, secretary. Cabell-Nason
Telephone Company. Cox Landing.
II. c. White. president, Gauley
! Bridge. Summersville and Camden
Telephone Company, Summersv:lle.
d. L. Long. secretary, Buffalo Teie-
phone COMPANY. Sutton.
1 J. NJ. Paris. general manager. Ron
ceverte & Eikins Telephone Company,
| aMrlinton.
D W. P Kessler, president, Cowen
Telephone Company, Cowen.
! II. B. Mauch, general manager Ohio
Valley Telephone Company, Proctor
vile. o.
Others present We're L. T. Minor,
manager Western Electric Company,
and W. II. McGaun. also of that COM
pany. of Cincinnati.
/ The Chesapeake & Potomac was
/ represented by s. NJ. Greer. general
/ construction superintendent: e. Car
rigan. general traffic superintendent;
/ J. Z. Boisseau. publicity manager; C.
i A. Hoppock. commercial engineer, all
/ OF aBltimore; W. T. Williamson. di-
vision manager; E. F. Hill, division
/ plant superintendent; G. E. McGuirk.
general traffic superintendent: E. o.
Le:gh1ey. division engineer: P. P.
Hamilton, district plant chief: c. NJ.
i Boren. district manager; II. D. Reece.
special agent: F. E. Smith, chief
clerg, all OF Charleston.
H. X. Roberts, district manager.
/ huntington D. Petty. local mana
1 ger. weston:, George r. Bullock, local
manager, Thurmond; E l.. Branch,
/ local manager. Hinton; II. z. Will
/ liams. local manager. Williamson.