The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-03-07
CHESAPEAKE AND POT
OMAC TELEPHONE co.
ELECL'S OFFICERS

At the annual meeting OF the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tel
ephone Company of Virginia in
Richmond yesterday (tebruary
~, Marshal ID. Sedam;. gener-
al manager, was elected vice
president and a member of the
Ooaru OF directors. Philip ..
Coffin, vice president and gen
eraI auditor, was also- elecUeu u
me board. Members of the
BOARD reelected include John
>. Eggleston, Richmond; Colds
oorougn Serpell, Norfolk; Ho-
mer j. ferguson, Newport
news; and Albert E. Berry,
Deruene s. Porter, and Charles
j. Sell, Washington and Walt
er s. Clifford and Engine S.
wilson, New York.
The officers OF the company
reelected were Albert r. Berry
president; John c. Rooms and
Durdett otryker, vice presl-
dents; Dozier A. DeVane, gen.
oral counsel; Thomas 3. Clark
son, treasurer; Deruelle S. Port
er secretary and Mr.. Coffin.
Mr.. oeuam,, the newly elect
ed vice president, entered the
employ OF the Bell System at
indianapolis in 1908 with the
Central Union Telephone Com.
pany. In 1907 he was appointed
special traffic agent of the Pa
CHIC Telephone ,and Telegraph
company at San Francisco. In
1908, he was made division trat
fic superintendent of Los An
secs .snu Ill IJl9 ne was trans
ferred to a similar position in
San Francisco. Mr.. SEDAN waa
~ppolnteu general traffic man
ager of the Chesapeake and
rotomac Telephone Company OF
Virginia in February 1922. On
May 10, 1927 he was appointed
general manager
Inc board IN making it's re-
port for 1873 to the Slockhold-
ers showed that additions and
improvements to the telephone
system IN Virginia during 1929
viii Involve estimated gross eX-
pcndICureS Oh So,lo3,0UO. Net
aoullIOns for this year are es-
Iinated to be $2,518,000. A
mong the major additions are
new buildings and central Of
lie e4ulplnvAt wnEtcn will Pm
we've gross expenditures of 81,
495, 1000; outside plant facilities
1,4l6, 900; and private branch
eAcnange. switchboards and sta
o4on apparatus So5i 700. In the
iloAJ ave years the company
plans to provide additions and
improvements to the telephone
sy seem Ill Virginia involving ex-
pendltures OF S1S,9l4, 900 with
net auoiClons of S10,121, 900.
improvements to central Of
flee apparatus involving eX-
penulLures OF $2zo,UOO will be
made at Clarendon, Danvilie,
Newport News, Norfolk, Nor
ton, ana Roanoke. Outside plant
eAtens4ons wfrich will provide
auuILlonal facilities necessary
W meet the demands of the pub
lie for telephone service in
hampton VIII cost $4,000;
->cwport News 1920; Lynch
burg $1,000; Norfolk $31, OG0
ocean View S13,000; Ports
mouth $4,000; Richmond S101
600 Roanoke $4,000 and Vir-
glnla Beach $4,000. Replace
ments to exchange and toll pole
lines will involve expenditures
OF $4,000.
! Providing dial system equip.
| ment for Richmond including
land, building, central office
and station apparatus, when
cyInpreLed in 1880 will repre-
sent gro4b expenditures of a.
vout S3,9O0,000. Telephone of.
| ficials estimated that the ex'
penditures for this project dur.
ing 1929 will amount to tpprox
-uately $1,100,000.
During 1929 company offici
ais expect to increase the thu
number of telephones in Virgin
ia by 1890. In 1923 the net gail
was 6,261 telephones making ;
total of 128,461 in service Dec
ember 81. To secure this ne
gain the company installed %
SAG telephones and discontin
ued 1885. Also, 1926 tele
phones WIRE moved from on
location to another during tn
year.
improvements made by tn
ta1orhona in Viruipio dl,yi,,