The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-18

Bell company who have offices in To-
peka are: E. F. Carter, general man.
ager; J. W. Gleed, general attorney;
L. F. Duggan, commercial superin-
tendent; H. d. Liverc, plant superin-
tendent; j. A. Armstrong, traffic SUI
perintendent; E. T. Mahood, state ii
gineer; A. H. futile, division auditor
OF receipts; w. r. Kercher, general
PupHelty agent; and Forrest Haynes,
division paymaster.
+. F. Carter, general manager. is
one OF the most widely known and ex-
perlenced telephone operating officials
In the southwest. At the time of his
appointment he was on the staff of the
second vice president of the South
western system in the states of KAN
sas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Texas with general headquarters
in st. Louis. Like most other public
utility corporation officials, Carter has
risen from the ranks of the workers
thru devotion to duty and hard work.
]. w. Gleed, general attorney, is
nationally known as a public utilities
attorney and is recognized everywhere
as an authority on the administration
of telephone laws.
L. F. Duggan, before his appoint
ment as commercial superintendent
for Kansas, was division commercial
superintendent at Wichita. He has a
record of almost thirty years continu-
Gus service
Joseph, Mo-, where he was plant
superintendent. He has been connect
ed with many construction projects
altogether different from telephone
construction at various times in his
career.
]. A Armstrong, traffice superin-
tendent for Kansas, came to this office
from Kansas City where he held the
same office. Before that he was di-
vision traffic superintendent at
Wichita.
Years of loyal service as drafts
| man took E. T. Mahood to the job of
division engineer at Little Rock, Ark.
He was transferred to theTopeka gen.
eral offices from that point, and is
now engineer for Kansas.
A. H futile, division auditor of re-
ceipts, was transferred to the new
Kansas division from st. Louis, where
he held the same title
Forrest Haynes was transferred
from st. Louis and with his coming
brought the payroll for the entire list
of Bell employees in the state. This
means that now Bell telephone en-
ployes anywhere in Kansas are paid
thru the state Offices in Topeka
w. R. Kercher, publicity agent is
Topeka product, a member of the To-
peka Press club. and was for many
years correspondent here for the Kan
sas City Journal He has been with
the Bell people for a number of years
and has made great success IN bulId-
ing up a house organ which is de-
manded by the Bell employees.
Couldn't Find Houses.
When the new force of the general
offices was brought to Topeka a great
deal of difficulty was experienced in
finding houses and rooms for their
housing. Houses renting for more
than $40 per month were easily OBJ
tainable the officials said, but homes
renting for a more reasonable rate
were next to impossible to find. The
officials and employees were unanimous
in their opinion that this state of af-
fairs vouches much for the INABILITY
of the city. Topeka is a city of
homes" they said, land we are glad
to become a part of the citizenry.'
| The field organization for Kansas is
made up of three districts, known as
Northern. Southern, and Western. The
headquarters of the Northern district
is at Topeka, with A. ]. Mackay as
district commercial superintendent,
the headquarters of the Western dis
trict is at Wichita, with J. S. Martin
as district commercial superintendent
and the headquarters of the Southern
district is at Coffeyville. with C. J.
York. as district commercial superin-
tendeQt