| Show TELEPHONE GROWS IN PUBLIC FAVOR Far Surpasses Telegraph In Physical and Financial M I Magnitude RATIO IS ABOUT 65 TO 1 1 1 I IC II I C Census C tin Bulk I It One Omie Telephone 1 10 to l E lery ery 1 a I Pel Persons ler on In IlL the tie I United Slut States i iI I I Ia a May Ia 20 A O.- O. A census I bulletin ju Just t issued sud on 0 the tel telephone and telegraph ty system tem in of th the United Slates for fOl J I 1902 90 shows hos that the former for for- or- or mer has surpassed t the tho latter In lit phy physical Ph-I Ph ideal an and amid financial magnitude e. e At the time lime of or the last last bulletin in 1380 1280 telegraphy had been growing for tor forty years ear while telephony was I in I its formative stage tag of development de Jn In 1 1002 1902 O the telephone systems op operated operated op- op 1 01 rate more moore than three fourths of the time wl wire mileage ted reported d for fo both tele- tele tell tell- dc- dc I and and telegraphs gave savE employment employ nH ment nt to lo s tenths seven ven of oC th tIme the wage- wage 1 earners paid Pail more mOe than han two thirds t o of I Ithe the wages wase received more than titan two- two thirds of the total revenue re an and paid more moie than two thirds of or the tIme total ex ex- ex j P Per Cn J Average Hr l I Capita pia TIme The TIl public employs s 's the lie telegraph at time the rate rile o of only a little more than once a year per pel er capita whereas tho the number of telephone messages 1 Is al alread already already al- al read ready 65 per p. CH capita ln The rhe report shows sho that on the average av av- there ther was one une telephone to tu every cv- cv ery th thirty four four persons and anI that thal each telephone was vas used 1100 1110 times Ohio led In iii the til number of messages c with wih r and IllInois Illinois Ill Ill- was WLM next net with wih In Ir long bug distance and toll tol lamin I lOlS ht WR was wi hi O 6 1 VJ tf J S X yx e tl L 6 01 i h lie number l 6 df of local ae 7 was reported ll d for Ohio find and th the next largest lal e t. t for Cor or Illinois Time The he number of salaried engaged engaged en en- service 1 i 1 In iii time the telephone sC was wa the tue tw average elase a number of oC wage wage- sam earners 6 and amid the time amount paid In salaries aN was S and amid wa wages cs 3 36 U 73 5 n Rural I Service SCIe During DUling the time rust past ten years ears there has been a ael el very rapid un and amid wl wide c extension lf telephone service In tim th the rural dis dis- districts ls- ls lct but hut the in industry u ll has shown the greatest growth glowth in hi th time the states stales having ing 11 the Lime largest est population and ant has hal 1 reached ached its is highest development In the leading cile cities In I there here were 1117 Incorporated ed cd d urban centers with wih or 01 more mOIe Inhabitants Of these 1002 were provided pro in iii 1 1002 ft with wih telephone ne S ys t Loins of some description e San Francisco with whim wih ono one telephone to LO nine persons was the time best beat belt telephoned telephoned tele tele- phoned ci city In lit th time the United in 1 1002 1902 O while Cleveland 0 O. ranked second sec see ond with wih ono one telephone for fur every ever sixteen six six- teen Leen per persons and autti Boston was third with one telephone tot for every tl C nineteen persons Average A Il t. t He Revenue TIme The average ge revenue per telephone amounted to tu an and the time average I emge per message H e to 1 1 17 i 7 cents while the lie average operating expense e was 2456 sage aige per Idi pet telephone and 11 11 cent pet per mes me- Tim The e tn twenty live ti 3 VC commercial systems in 10 1902 had hind an aim Investment or oh capitalization capital capital- of ot stocks and amid hon bonds s of IGi 5 a a. total revenue of an and amid total a assets ets of A sum ln amounting to tu was pal paid laid In iii salaries an and wages to 8 t salaried sal sal- al- al led aried atiel an and wage- wage earners The Time railway telegraph systems stems were l' l reported by companies They rimey emIllo employed em em- Illo operators and dispatchers dispatchers dispatch dispatch- ers ers ct to lo whom 7 0 pere ere pul paid in wages wages |
