The Detroit times., 1915-10-04

Detroit. the dynamic. The auto
mobile center OF America. A city
Ihnovn,t 20 lead all Others in the man
t1facfl1o ~ stoves. paints and var
aishSo. nedicines and chemical
prodh4tS. The third largest export
! ing pd1nt IN the United States. A
city u, Wtde streets and beautiful
boulj (r1A magnificent parks. fine
build and thousands OF pretty
hou1S,, These and many other at
tribx{6u ma mentioned TO distin
euiahf no4tnit from its sister cities
Of tIH scg1nkiy.
AtG&&xnd and enc things there
are thSt may be reckoned among the
factors that make Detroit a great
and prupperous city. II might web
be te1lhe6 fhe electrical city, for the
wondes1nl. Invisible current that
lows tlFOush wires, overhead and
unde rnfoaand. the agency that has
transfofinsd the whole activity OF
the word h less than half cen
tury, an9n1ng neighbors OF people
that 1lvsd Formerly In isolated com
muniti1ss ID used perhaps more In
Detrcif than IN any other city in
the eS6fry.
GG4rSle : Telephone City.
DetS0ltegS have seized with avid
IT. uu6uR ox1ty form of electrical ap-
plisn1c - Developing the city and
makSifx ~ xhA wonder of the hand.
Amos sctk1r things, they have
made ~ n NE ~telephone city OF
America - great Is the demand
for telephone service In Detroit, so
thoroughly has the field been devel-
cped and so frequently do Detroit
- usa. the telephone that the city
hiGh thl6xod unique distinction In
SulS respect O. well as In other mat
tpPSsr-w. ssssissss-rf
\ The growth OF the telephone bust
ness In Detroit is one OF the won
ders OF the day. Thousands OF De-
lrpiters not beyond the middle age
o. life recall the day when there
was no such thing as telephone. |
ely l5 years ago there were but
1t,7fg Telephones IN Detroit, whereas
10 August reports of the telephone
lCupany showed q total OF 95.613 |
stations in Detroit. at the end OF |
hat month. Contrast this figure |
Nith 93.ess stations Jan. I, 1915.
lndfwith $3.50 at the end Of Au
frhf osyeer ago, and the wonderful
ITowth Of the number OF telephones
d use in Detroit appears no less re-
markable than the growth of the |
sity itself.
46e Percent Gain In Decade.
The territory served by the De
trcit telephone exchanges is today
nakpec cant greater than it was ten
years ago. There has been an in
- axhpeE seset ~. the num-
k1iIdjbSe required to handle
az Detroit business. While the pop
silaticn OF the area served by the
Detroit telephone exchanges in
creased SO per gent, In the last dec
ade. the gain In the number of tele-
phones connected was 45e per cent.
The city's growth and require
merts have been anticipated with
1hG installation OF modern, efficient
and ample telephone equipment.
The cpmpeny looks to the future. II
builds yeS5s y advanceof the actual
demands made upon It. discerning
he trend Of AGairs and anticipating
tie public's needs. That is why the
'cg1mpany's business was able to ex-
tnnd 456 per cent while the city's
population gained only SO per cent.
n other words, the scope or calling
poesibilities OF every telephone In
petrojt have been increased 456 per
'eont during the last ten years, plac-
Ana Detroit In the lead among the
I11g cities Of the country so far as
he average number OF calls per tele-
none II concerned.
z wcosfs Riss; Rates Stationary.
n spite OF the great increase In
oervice In the face Of rapidly rising
expenses caused by the higher cost