Show PRICKS WISH COST 750 Plttsburg Steel Man Tires of Turning Crank to Get Central Secures Latest Model Prides Crossing Mass That money mon-ey talks Is an old adage that may well bo aplled to tho efforts of Mr Henry Clay Frlck of Plttsburg to get better telephone facilities Mr Frlck has the most beautiful summer palace on tho whole north shore For many weeks of tho summer season ho contents himself with spending only time weekends week-ends with his family at Eagle Hock as his place is called and ho conies on from New York usually on Friday nights In his private car returning to business Monday During tho hottest part of the season when he lives here all tho time ho Is In dally communication communica-tion with his New York office by telephone tele-phone Mr Frick like all other subscribers along tho north shore when ho wants to use his telephone must ring central cen-tral by turning a little crank as the more uptodnto method of signaling central by simply lifting the telephone receiver from Its hook has not yet been Installed In tho small towns along tho shore This ringing tho bel proved too arduous a task for Mr Frlck it appears and ho made an application ap-plication to the telephone company for tho more uptodate device Hi was told that the only way ho could got the service he wanted was to have I his phone connected with Beverly Beverly Is only four miles away from the Frlck mansion and only eight miles of wire had to bo stretched between time Beverly exchange ex-change and the Frick mansion at a cost of only a few hundred dollars to comply with Mr Pricks desire A small army of telephone employes was set to work and when Mr Frick returned homo from a game of golf at the Myopia golf links and called up his New York pfflce he didnt have to exert himself by turning tho crank Ho simply lifted his receiver from Its hook and central answered prompt ly It cost only 760 to do It |