The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-17
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900. Oo0v4orNsdditiohS 'ssifd ddhprnYe
menta of telephone service lin
Washington. Maryland, VirY ois
sGlssVgSk EitEib " d.asnS t6s rex
five yesfg Eesy n9oincea tQdsy by
President A. e, Berry.
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rstsSb0nS syststhf HOWE 6pettS!tes sSg
AceGtFsiy 6fftces n&ith spprbysRdsteES
s6esd00 Telephones, q cPaeGA j1t dfers.
cgAs shove thar tbere owil5 be about
! 721O0u ttsasphoneacdnx ssry lice at the
end Of 1888. For the 5irse FIVE
@opths OF the present Iyesr. there
was ! gain Of s2,5OS Telephones in
service. This is the largest growth
In ganH asimilarr period I'm the scen,
panies' history except the abnormal
war gain In -1S1S, from present
indications, this rails, Of growth
win be q, ssintaihed7 fhr61gh6us the
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kIfNeA forplaNef4 and buiIdlnRs gtosS
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pfRi6s eAosIsprnenfp ESd7, as ,10e; Il :ex-
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at'' ~ "a M 5eS ,0ggG,
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bnB5eG6s ape sailfcltl Tea ld nAthes five
nj } s1Ss. ri IT. sddtAions TO- b9Rdings
tVili BE- erected TO- Ii6ase central
Sffics~ -eu,TfpnentA afad.-for-- other
burpdsesFA reese 5teladS al ditihhs
10 two existing bIMldfngs in Wash
angtons FSnr new Ibplild ihga and lad
t4itions. to TWO, existing b1lildings" in
baltimore: s1s6 three new buildings
2 and three building additions in.
L0tA e. Maftlands cBtiess I'm Virginia.
ores auew building and O. building
addition win be erected in Rich
niIoftidd3 Also F6rIe z NEW Sbuildins and
xWdyt sbAlihdinsF eddktiqns Gin. other
Virginia cities, I'm West Virginia
kjvs new btfit6iHgs ana Cone btTildfbgl
ADDITION are contemplAtedsyTE -
Al r. Tell EKRRinlsiOnyr ~
y The eexpsHsioT 6fkfhs comp anies
toll line a9tsIR { " 91AAel IMPORTANT
item In the nrograml due largely TO.
the great iiSef fssasg IA the S'utse of
\ such SERVES ID hfhes pest few years.
In expectation OF al acHhtfnIa of
this growth. approximately S66e0,-
900 will be expended in additions
and improvements OF the toll line
plsnt, Much of this will involve
tho substitution OF cable for open
wire to protect the service against
intArruption from storms. This work
wit involve the erection OF 140, 900
poles, $40 miles OF stormproof cable
AND about $4,000 miles OF copper
wire. The program also eontem.
plates the installation of nearly
1900 telephones repeaters. These re-
peaters are necessary to the efficient
operations or telephone service be
tween distant points. =
The use Of stormproof cable &
place of open wire lines has b xfonna
very general in the past fer ,,an,s
and nesriv all OF the La a. 'citias
in the eastern portion c.(+bs 1fnitsd
cables.
Bankers J.. <1sve Wednesday
An arrang nents in miuutist de,
tail nave 6een completed for the
OHslrlct Bankers eleventh annual
kconven don. which opens at ,Montauk
20 Long Island, next Thursday
mo fhing, according to announce
"6ent by President Robert W. Elem
(ng and the committee chairmen.
b chairman Claude C. woodward OF
the transportation committee yester-
day announced the list or bankers
and their guests who will attend
this big annual conclave. There will
be flrther additions, it being sx.
pectsd that the attendance will be
practically the same as last year.
K Debts Decline
, Debts TO individual accounts, as
reported by banks in, leading cities
foS, the week ended June II, and
made public June Is, by the Federal
i. Reserve Board, aggregated $500,
> 100000, or z per cent below the
total reported for the preceding
week, which included but five bust
ness days in most of the reporting
cities. and IL per cent below the
total for the corresponding week of
Cast year.
Aggregate debts tor TAI centers
for which figures have been pub
Hshed weekly since January, 1913,
NAanaounted to approximately $14,
OOO,000. as compared with $15,597..
O0QA0O0 for. the preceding week and
$1S,51s,09 ,009 for the week ended
June 10, of last year.