Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-09-21
UNDER A new
MANAGEMENT
LlBRY-TR0Y TELEPHONE co. SYS-
TEN PURCHASED BY JOHN
DAVIES AND ASSOCIATES
CONSTRUCT NEW TELEPHONE LINE
Means Long Distance Telephone Ser-
vice Between Bonners Ferry
and Libby.

John F. Davies, vice-president and
general manager of the Interstate
Telephone Company, operating in the
1--WE northern counties of Idaho, with
headquarters in Spokane, announced
today that he and his associates have
purchased the Libby-Troy Telephone
Co, possession being given yesterday.
The new owners of the Libby-Troy
Telephone Co. are John MacGinniss.
II. !. Wilson, d. ]. Fitzgerald, Stanley
Easton and John f. Davies. The ex-
changes at Libby and Troy. serving
several hundred people, will be op-
Grated under the name of the Libby
Troy Telephone Co., but in coniunc-
tion with the Interstate Utilities Co.
Charles Hall present plant manager
for the Interstate Utilities company,
at Wallace, Idaho. will be manager
of the Montana company, succeeding
W. II. Snowden, who, with E. III. Cook
ingham of Spokane, has owned and
managed the system for many years.
Vice-President Davies, of the Inter-
state Utilities Co, his son, Frank Da-
vies, assistant general manager, and
Richard Baker, assistant superinten-
dent, passed through Bonners Ferry
Wednesday on their way from Spo-
kane to Libby to take possession of
the Montana telephone systems at
Libby and Troy
Mr.. Davies stated while here that
work will be started Immediately on
the construction of a telephone line
connecting the Libby and Troy sys-
TENS with that of the Interstate Util-
tiles company. The construction crew
will be here the first of next week in
charge of w b. Patterson The poles.
wire and all necessary material for
the construction of first class long
distance telephone line have been un-
loaded here and il is expected that
the long system connecting the two
Montana towns with Spokane long dis
tance service will be ready for use
about the first of October.
The officers of the Interstate Util-
tiles Co also stated that as soon as
possible it is planned to construct a
new long distance telephone line be-
tween Bonners Ferry and Standpoint.
with view to lettering the service
and providing for an increase of long
distance business.
The purchase of the Libby and Troy
system by Mr.. Davies and his asso-
ciates and the fact that the Montana
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in conjunction it h the Interstate
Utilities Co.. means much to the peo-
pie of Bonners Ferry, Libby, Troy,
Standpoint and other towns served by
the Interstate Utilities Co. in north
ern Idaho. The business relations of
the Montana towns and localities in
northern Idaho are very closely allied
and the lack heretofore of long dis
tance telephone service to Libby and
Troy, westward, has been handicap
that has been seriously realized by
Montana people and also by the peo-
pie in nearby towns and states having
interests in northwestern Montana.
The new line will be of especial ben
eft to Bonners Ferry inasmuch as the
interests of this city and Troy and
Libby are identical and closely asso-
ciated, this district having in past
years found a ready market in north
ern Montana for its products
The fact that John f. Davies and
his associates have taken over the
management of the Montana tele-
phone systems is in itself an abso-
lutte assurance that the district will
receive and benefit from first class
telephone service and equipment.