Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-06-03 | Page 7 | Hello.

I II J HELLO Anaconda Standard Not Not ot yet thirty years old the Iho telephone no iro industry indus c try Is one of the lie giants of ot the tho limes An n abstract of oC a n. report just completed ed h by the tho courses census bureau hureau presents somo sorno n astonishing facts acts anti and figures it I appears appears ap ap- ap pears that there thero are aro alC now rio about telephones In iii use In time the United States and auth about hout In Europe There Is one oure ole telephone to every e clY thirtyfour thirty thirty- four persons in tho tire United S States The rhe report does noes oes not trot give ie complete statistics for or any year cal later than Iran 1902 In that lint year car there were commercial commer cial s systems mutual systems systems and 1985 independent rural ruml lines For the systems tho the mileage wa wa and arid the number of telephones tele tIe phones for the lie mutual sj-s- sj y number of telephones ail and aind JJ tho number of telephones and amid ant forthe for tor the ho Independent lines the mileage was wa and altI the number of telephones 57 7 In connection with the lie c cOrn com m- m and auth rural systems there were weme Ie public exchanges The IJa ia pay stations sta sta- U Ions s numbered d o of which winch 32 32 17 1747 wore wor automatic The The number of or salaried eng engaged ed in iii tho the telephone r l eng 1 1124 4 and the average a number Jumber of or wage vage earners e The paid in fn n salaries was and In lii 11 inges San Francisco on One telephone to evel nino wih ont every persons per per- sons was the lie best bet telephoned eH city In Iii he the country Cleveland rane ranked 1 second see sec sc ond and with ono one onoto to evory e of or population pop pop- elation an and Boston Roston was third with wih io iO 10 to o every cven- nineteen Since 1902 there here hn tins ms been a n very rr wide ext extension of or tel- tel elhone service In the thc rural districts but lint notwithstanding JI that lint the time greatest great- great est st growth has been In tho lie big cities