The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-07
PHONE PATRONS 1000.
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clEculC between Greenfield and Bellows
rails, thus giving an opportunity for talk
ing with buffalo and other places at a
adelphia.
A metallic circuit was put in, but IN
to July 10, 1896, only % subscribers had
changed to, that system, it being more ex-
penslve than the original system. OF the
% original metallic circuit stations three
still remain. They are in the office of
=. Crosby d Co., the F. Z. Dickinson resi-
dence and Col. j. Gray Estey's residence
on School street.
The metallic circuit is the system now
IN use and consists of two wires. one for
TRANSMISSION and one for receiving. 1t
gives much clearer connections than did
the old grounded system where one wire
was used. With the grounded system the
TRANSMISSION went out on the open wire.
and the wire returned through the ground
to the receiving end. All the original
lines throughout the country were
grounded, but these are used now only
IN smaller places, where there is less dis
turbance by railroad traffic, electrical and
telegraph lines.
The names of all the % subscribers to
the new system are contained in Ma.
tlonal Telephone Directory" published in
October, 1896, by the Observation-Disclosures &
Telegraph Co, with general offices in New
York, The directory was presented this
week to Manager Eldridge of the local
exchange by John T. Morse of South
NeWtane, who was at that time with c.
L. Dexter & CO., confectioners, in Phil.
delpha.
The directory was published for the
purpose OF furnishing list OF the sub
scrlbers and public stations connected by
metalllc-clrcult lines with the long dis.
lance system of the American Telephone
Telegraph company in the states OF
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District
OF Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachu
sets, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ten
nessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Nir-
glnia and Wisconsin. 1t is about the
size of the present Boston directory of the
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
being II inches long by nine wide 1t con
tains 645 pages with two columns to a
pages
The Vermont section of the book CON
tains the names of 20 cities and towns
as follows: Bellows Falls, Bennington,
Bradford, Brandon, Brattleboro. Bristol,
Burlington, Chester, Fair Haven, Ludlow,
Middlebury, Montpelier, Poulney, Rut-
land, St Adams, St Johusbury, Yer
genes, Wells River White River junction
and Wilmington. There was a total OF
432 subscribers in the state. 10 Of which
were also public stations Besides there
We're Il strictly public stations There
was but one subscriber and no public
station in Ludlow, while in Nergenne.
there were two public stations and NJ
subscribers The Brattleboro list follows
the star designating stations which were
equipped with instruments suitable foI
service between points not more than 20t
miles apart:
PUBLIC STATIONS.
No. Name Location
10 American House, Main.
@ Brooks House. Brattleborc
1l2 Warren & Farmer,
Chesterfield y. II
ll-5 ]. H. Stearns, Spofford Lake.
Chesterfield. n. H
lib Stratton & Foster, Spofford
Lake, Chesterfield, n. Fl
Ia W. X. Ware, Spofford Lake,
Chesterfield, \. II
80 Jones & O'Brien, Hinsdale. ~ H
". F. Gleason, Jamaica
5-3 A Withheld. Vernon, Vt
G. A. Briggs, Wardsboro, Vt
Barber Bros
West Townshend, Vt.
Putnam & Wait.
West Wardsboro, Vt
SUBSCRIBERS.
No. Name Business Address
American House, Main
Barber Bros, Gen. Store.
West Townshend
Briggs, c. A., Store, Wardsboro
Brooks House, % Main
1868 Childs, A. w. & Co,
Insurance, "A Main
1912 Crosby & Co, Grain, "A Main
III Dickinson, f. T., Residence.
l6 Linden
l02 Estey, j. j., Residence, Schoo
l0l Estey Organ Co., Birg'
1912 Farmers & Mechanics
Exchange Store, Ellio
1882 Fuller, Levi K, Residence,
S. Cana
Gleason, W. F., Hotel, Jamaic;
100 Henkel, Carl, Mgr. Tel. Exch,.
"a Main
l05 Henkel, Charles, Residence,
10 Eros
50 Jones & O'Brien, Store,
Hinsdale, n. II
1903 McGillivray, D., Greenhouse,
North, cor lyle
ll3 Metropolitan Stock Exchange,
Mai
8 Postal Telegraph Co., Tele
grams only, Hig
Putnam & Wait, Gen. Store,
West Wardsbor
1922 Severance, C. E., Physician.