Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29
POPULATION GAIN
IN CALIFORNIA IS
SHOWN BY PHONES

Interesting figures on telephone
development in California. showing
this state to be III the fore front
IL the number OF telephones per
c2pita, are ta.sled i'll the annual
report of the Telephone and TEE
graph division of the engineering
department of the railroad comnis
sion for the fiscal year l924-25 just
filed.
, 1t is we'll recognized fact. the
report points out. that an increase
in population iS Indicative of prog
ress. II is also true that the prog
ress which results from an increase
in population generally of greater
relative magnitude than the actual
increase in population and is directly
reflected in the use of the telephone
There are now 1873 telephone utii-
iI:es operating under the iurisdic-
tion of the railroad commission in
California. As result Of the phe-
Lonienal growth i'll population. which
has taken place in California during
tle last II wears, the popula lion OF
the state increased from 2.511, 900
in 1910 20 1866 900 July /, 1924.
This represents population develop
nent Of 81 per cent.
Telephone Use Gains
Consistent with the general prog
ress obtained throughout the state
i, L.. fn, h.
Der of telephone stations in service
in California has increased from
I'D .137 as Of December II. 1922 to
952 ,033 as of December 81, 1924,
which is an increase of 24.j per
cent as compared with the increase
in population for the same peli"d of
10 per cent. At the present time,
there is one telephone TO every ~
persons in California or in other
words 23.s telephones for each 100
population. During the year 1922.
there were onv 20.4 telephones for
each 100 population or one telephone
TO each - persons
The definite relation between the
development of Il state and the de-
gree to which the telephone is used
n that state, is perhaps more eff
fcctivelv shown in connection with
the development of certain large
cities. As of December 81, 1874.
thc city and county of San Francisco
had record Of a telephone to each
9.7s persons or 3J.y telephones for
each 100 population. For this same
period Los Angeles showed enc 10
each - persons or 23.s telephones
for each 100 population. The cities
of the east bay area, including Oak
land, Berkeley, Alameda, Aibany,
t.mcryyilie and Piedmont hard s5.5
telephones for each 100 populatron
Or enc telephone TO each o.36 per
sons.
( U. S. Has Most Phones
THIS court report gives statistics
showing tnat on january / 1874,
tine toLd number Of tclcphoues III
the world was Z4,5N6,12I, OF which
] iJ.369.345 or 63 per cent, were in the
United States although the nited
States has only about six per cent
OF the world population. There
were 1871 telephones per 400 popn-
lalion IN the United States as
against I.3 telephones per 100 popu-
la,lon in Europe on that date.
tame telephone development of
tie countries ot the Wor,a, us OF
1anuary /, 1924, was a, fonows;
tinted States; lo.7 per 100 pOpula-
ton; Canada, IL; DcmarK, 81;
Ncw Iealand, Sd; Sweden. 0.l; Nor
way, 81; Austrana, >; Switzcrland
81. Germany 5.S; .>ethcriands, 2.i;
UioSt AH1s-IIs "a; I'nlmid, 20;
Australia, - Argentine, 10; Cuba
10; Belgium I.oj itngarY, b9;
o.Ian, 90; Chile. o.; lzecno SiO.
vakla, o.; Italy, o.; MeXIeo, o.;
Spun, "a; Bra>n, D.o; Russian. o.I
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