Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-20
liant ~ wILMINGIoS


Describing the company's plar IN VII
mington Mr. fhesterman enumerated
items ~ follows.
Real Estate Lard piece, buildings.
2
Ger tral off &C equipment COMMON bat
terry switchboard, ]
Common battery switchboard -tlpera-
tors positions, Is
Subscribers apparatus Stations Owned
16, 4Ss; No private branch exchange,
small boards los; large multiple boards,
A. No 2, private branch exchange sys-
tens. so number Of booths. Il
Overhead system Poles. .03i. cross
arms S54 guys. 3l6, feet of areal cable,
so GOO; number " terminals. 350s miles al
single wire IN cable. 2075 miles al single
wire, aerial mot including drop wircal
10A bare copper, Is Ia, .0s0 rare copper.
CLAP $50 insulated copper. 40, iron
wire rare and insulated. Al; No II,
twisted palr copper, insulated. 10 II.
No N twisted pair copper ue. So II
twisted pair copper. steel insulated. a. ~
Distribution system Drop wires. . 9nG
interior block wires. 500
Underground system Trench focf of
underground conduit. PSI III duct feot
of underground conduit, T13. Oh3 number
f, Of manholcs. 652, square wards Of paving,
! ~. $40. fcet Of underground cable mann
and subsidiary 45i 1Oi. number ~ ierrnl-
mails. underground. main and subsidiary
1878. number az loading coil pots. s,
number Of loading coils in pots. 81 ] feet
/ Of house cable. 9.u03 rumbcr OF terminals,
/ house cable 2Og, Miles Of single wire IN
/ underground cable mann and subsidiary,
/ rs. ia miles of SINGLE wye in house cable,
4 Isl
Submarine system Feet OF submarine
/ cable 1900; miles of single wire IN sub
4 marine cable, 100, total miles OF aerial
/ wire. Excluding drop wlres). 100. 40: total
/ miles Of wire in aerial cable, 2,075. total
/ miles of wire IN underground and house
/ cable 30 OPS: total miles Of vie in sub
/ marine cable, 100, total miles Of wire, all
kinds except drop and interior block,
/ Al 800 40.
COST or RAW MATERIAL.
/ Mr. ChcsterInan presented a chart show
ing the prices OF raw material required in
i plant construction. also a chart showing
/ the trend Of average monthly wage per
/ employe, the latter being as follows.
January 100 in 1914 qSS in 1915,
/ a55 in 1916, l063 in 1917. 100 in 1918.
/ Isl IN 1919 and III s in 1920
February-S9 8 in 1914, o26 in 1918.
i OIL in 1916. 100 in 1917 100 3 in 1918.
/ 40 II in 1919 and l59 in 1920
March 1929 in 1914, 1923 in 1915
/ 95 6 in 1916, l07 3 in 1917. 1901 in 1918
+ l447 in 1919 and 1856 in 1920
| April l00l in 1914, 103 ) in 1915.
+ "a in 1916. 1902 l in 1917, 1l61 IN 1918.
/ la 6 in 1910 and lis in 1920
/ May -9S in 1914, 1903 Is in 1915, 90 )
~ f0S ~ N I0I- IDtS
/ 1893 in 1919 and t72 Q in 1920
/ June 923 in 1914, % 6 in 1915. 90 ] IN
/ 1915 % in 1917, las in 1918, l42 3 in
] 1919 and l763 in 1920
/ July % 8 in 1914 % in 1915. 967 in
/ 1915. 1929 in 1917 1903 in 1918 l5s
/ in 1919 and ISL 3 IN 1920
August 90 in 1914, 95e in 1918. 9S s
/ in 1916, l0l 2 IN 1917. l27 3 IN 1918, ISL
/ in 1919 and $50 6 in 1920
+ September 600 in 1914, 96 in 1918.
! 81 8 in 1916. 95.5 in 1917, 1908 IN 1918,
I l55 5 in 1919 and 1875 IN 1920.
/ October $50 in 1914, ga IN 1915,
/ 9S 2 IN 1916, Ia in 1917. 1906 In 1918,
/ l62 in 1919 and 1907 in 1920
/ November 900 in 1914. o. 2 in 1915.
! 10l 2 in 1916, LOG in 1917, 1865 in 1918
| and 15S IN 1919.
December 1893 in 1914. 100 . in
1915, 90 8 in 1916 100 8 in 1917, 1876 2 in
/ 1918 and 1853 in 1919
Mr.. Chesterman expressed the opinion
that the cost of labor will not decrease in
the next few years
Senator Robertson was told by Mr..
| Chesterman that the par value OF the
/ Diamond State Telephone Cos stock is
I S25 per share He was also informed
/ that the company real estate in vii
mington Is assessed at sl3l 500 its under
ground conduits at SI60325 and It's pole
lines at Sl1S,475 MIR Chesterman said
the Bell Telephone Co paid par value
for the Diamond State Telephone Cos
stock. Senator Robertson remarked that
the Bell Telephone Go. paid too much
for the stock and is now asking the citizens
of Wilmington 10 pay fictitious price
Mr. Hazard submitted approximate
revenues and expenses of the Diamond
State Telephone Co in Wilmington, as
follows: