Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-11-02
WOULD PERMIT
PHONE MERGER
BY AMENDMENT
FRANKFORT CHAMBER OF CON-
MERGE GOES ON RECORD
FOR ONE SYSTEM PLAN
RESOLUTIONS Are ADOPTED
Submission Passed BY General Assem-
bly, With Only One Dissenting
vsts-Histsry OF Competition

The Frankfort Chamber of CON-
nsroe BY the action of its Board of
Din ectsrs is On record in favor of and
sss pledged its efforts to the adoption of
4 constitutional amendment at the Ne
'easer election serAittia: telephone
IN lzn as operating in this state to
-uGfsHHs ssnsGtsag lines.
Ike sct:sl Of tis Chamber Of Cen
-,scs sssri, taken vita q view Of eff
Gag e~eAssg ,. eliminating NJ
,s4,es1 ~ yhsses, vas given express
iaa in the following resolution:
s":eas, the GeAeral Assembly at
IS 1875 session adopted a Constitu-
s2si Amendment to b submitted to
xs vs.ers of the state for ratification
tie November, 1917, election, under
- terms Of which, with the approval
the state authorities and the City
'IuReil OF the city n which the tels-
.Ihe companies are located, one tels-
eAele company Ray purchase the
,aes Of aHsther, BE it
Re- aiysS, Tazi the Er2 skfsrt
AVE .. Cssssrcs syssyss the
,eSti.= .. a. C.s>i:tut;sse EaenS
eat so az, tie We: o, ..falS
csW,:y sd sss Stzt-at :srge t.
~ts fs2 tss ss~saS~st at tae snsu
sg NsvexSsr elect;ss, GIi se it fur
>cr
Resolved, That tks President Of tht
ta.sSer q C6Rkercs Ss authorizes
atBs n: q css sittes to a;s in what
'ec sasae" il csa bringing tn.
:sstitatisEal AseSS.est 10 tbs at
stisH Of tEa Es,es5 aaS ether con
HCs' ist.as"
fii...,y Of smsnsnent.
Ebs CsRajit u; ssal alzeaaReli
SGD sy tAa 1915 C"ser2l As: emily
sor|a "a ;Re purchase Of the tele.
yae Ines, passed the Senate with
zly CHe 4 saest.Eg vote and eaeouat
II Hs s9so5it:sa whatever in tbs
nse. The representatives Of beth
:res rece" aizeG. that only BY means
: dis av%es mex to the Constitution
;u:a tae state b. saved the iAHsy
80 sV4 expense Of tive telephoas
ys,eRS in tie same community.
S0fEe OF the Srser cities, particu
,arly Cincinnati, New Ysrk and Wash
agtol, early recognized that two tele-
shs%" systes3 were an unnecessary
surs q sa t.s community and never
gr2s I'd to mere than ere company q
rsaehise fer o telephone system, with
the result that every telephone user
n each Of these cities Is in direct
Communication with every ether sub
ssriker
Burden IN Kentucky.
In Kentucky, in the early stages Of
the development Of the telephone bust
aess, numerous small companies
were organized. They did not cen
nect, different kinds Of equipment
were used and Ae standard Of main
tea2lcs was net universal, which re
t2rSed the advaaceseHt Of telephone
.s:elssAest ia .Sg with s;is
states more progressive. Nearly
every community in Kentucky has, at
ssns tine in It's history, experienced
4 telephone Ear that elgeaderes
safd feelings, as eAch side had its
artisans, and the Dsblic has be%s de
rived Of the csaveaieles alS >c@s.
ny that sss telephone system sHsrss
The ysSlis iats- est is thoroughly
protected under the srspssed Csnsti
tHGslal aAeAdnelt. as ns purchase
saa 10 made witasat the consent Of
6s City Csu1Gl. Tis passage Of the
bid, providing far As Constitutional
Anendneat and the practically unsAi
n>us vets it received in the General
Anenhls Is evidence that It was
psssed il response to . Widespread
aaa psRulsr demand fer roller frsa
yrsssHt tefe3isns esAditfsls.