Sentence:  Service running through Barnumville and to Bennington County towns east of the mountains was in the hands of the `` Gleason Telephone Company '' in 1925 , but major supervision of <WSD>telephone</WSD> lines in Manchester was with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company , which eventually gained all control . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals