The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-05

the IoloDnOn0 BUSINESS Oy d. IL A0ke
sey, financial editor of Telephony. and
a native Kansan. There win be
round table discussion, and after adj
journment before the lunch hour
photograph will be taken.
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
John M. Kinkel, member public utili-
ties commission, will speak on 1.-THE
Telephone" Samuel r. Howe. men,
Der Kansas state tax commission. will
address the members on Taxation" :.
F. B. McKtRnon, secretarys Of the Na-
tional Independent Telephone as0Oc1a-
ton. and formerly secretary Of the
sKansas Independent Telephone associa-
ton, will deliver an address, The SEES
sion will close with a round table dis
cussion.
Thursday morning at o'clock Her
man c. Henrici, a Kansas City en-
gineer. will speak on valuations Of
Telephone Property" w. r. Kercher
Of Topeka will speak on THE Value of
Publicity" Election Of officers will be
held at IL o'clock.
Account That Never Closes.
A telephone account is one that
never closes according to G. M. STRAIT
ton of Clay Center, who spoke before
the phone men this afternoon on
collections"
"A telephone account never let's up
for a minute" he said.
Telephone collections consist of
thousands OF small items; none very
large but in the aggregate they COM
prise the Turbine wheel, the Corliss
the makes the wheels go round and
round.
They keep our plants in working
order; they pay for the material used;
they keep the men knocking out
crosses and climbing poles; they keep
operators at the switchboard to say,
Number, please in fact, they fur
nish the very lifeb1ood to the te1e-
phone business
Good Telephone Displays.
The displays on the sixth and sew
enth floors Of the National hotel rep
resent the last word" in telephone
equipment. The latest type OF switch
board is there. It Is SO constructed
| that an operator cannot listen In
when a conversation IL in progress.
There are q thousand and one intri-
cate parts in this clever device yet the
| switchboard works with accuracy and
old style boards. a.
| One of the interesting displays iD q
factory signal system used in calling
any department in large manufactur-
ing establishments. It. may be used
also as a fire alarm device.
|
calls at hotels, depots, etc. The de-
parture Of trains may be called out
from several points in a great station
| at one time.
| A Topeka firm is demonstrating an
up-to-date accounting system.
| There are displays in great variety
Firms that handle telephone poles
1 have representatives here to demon
strate the value of special chemical
treatment for poles which Is claimed
to materially increase their period OF
| usefulness. The exhibits would serve
as an eye opener to the average To-
pekan. They are open to the public.
COulson's Speech.
Fred CSulson secretary-treasurer OF
the Kansas Independent Telephone as.
sociation, looks for q rapid growth OF
the organization in the next twelve
months. In his annual report deliv-
| cred at the meeting Of the association
this afternoon, he predicted that prac-
tically every company In Kansas will
more than 200 subscribers will be II
the organization by 1916. The repor
showed that a large percentage of tho
companies are already members and
that the association has made mucl
progress along various lines in the las
year.
i Secretary Coulson said in part
The association has, perhaps. pro
crossed further this year than evel
before for the reason that such excel
lent constructive work had been don,
in prior years and the fact that thu
members of the executive committe,
have given SO unstfntingly Of theil
thought ana time, for the furtherancl