Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1918 — Telephones in Canada. [ARTICLE]

Telephones in Canada.

A most remarkable increase is evidenced in the use of the telephone in Canada during the past five years, according to a report recently laid upon the table of the house of commons. The number of telephones in use throughout the Dominion in 1912 was 370,884, in 1917 the number had grown to 604,136. The number of telephone companies operating in 1912 was 683, and five years later there were 1,659 companies in operation. A total of 889,572 miles of wire was in use during the year 1912. In 1917 the wire mileage was 1,708,202. The capitalization of telephone companies also shows a great Increase in the five-year period. In 1912 it was $42,278,851, while in June, 1917, it was $79,121,702.. The revenue during the same period had grown approximately $8,000,000. The number of persons for each telephone in the Dominion in 1912, was 19.3 and in 1917, 13.4.