Show NEW NEY TELEPHONE TEL PHON COMBINE GOMBI E All the Southern Sot thern Bell Companies to Atlanta Gu Oe Nov 31 iThe The Journal says The Southern Bel Telephone e Tele Telegraph Telegraph Telegraph graph company and the Cumberland Telephone company operating perating sIvel in ln the southern s states are to be consolidated under a single manage management mentin mentia ment ui the immediate future Following this will occur a grand orand consolidation of all ail the Bell systems ms including the consolidated companies of the Cumberland Southern Bell Ben the Ithe Chesapeake Potomac the Chicago New York Boston and all aU other systems systems systems under the direct management of the American Bell Telephone Tele Telegraph Telegraph Telegraph graph company Its headquarters will willbe wIllbe willbe be in New York Heretofore the different Bell systems have been under control of ot separate managements About a year ago steps were taken looking IO king to the grand com corn combination combination of all lines under manage anage management J ment meat from New York President James E Caldwell Caidwell and Gen General General eral Manager Hume of the Cumberland Telephone winch is the Bell organization in Tennessee Tennesee left heft Chattanooga this morning for At Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta lanta to inspect the route roule It is said that after the first consoli consolidation dation is effected the Standard com company c m pany will be absorbed in Atlanta by bythe bythe bythe the conos dated lines HUPS and made a part of the system This rumor is denied by bythe b bythe the Standard people The Standard company wa wg af built by Philadelphia capital and their charter forbids con consolidation consolidation |