Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — A Big Telephone Enterprise. [ARTICLE]

A Big Telephone Enterprise.

The American Telephone company, with a capital of f1'500,000, is putting up pole, for a long distance telephone line between Chicago and New York. Ten pin cross arms are being puc ou the poles and number twelve copper wire is being used. This will give what is known as metallic lines, and as the wires will not be cut into even the large cities on the route, but will be through wires, a talk over the broad expanse of half tLis great continent may be cairied on with the same ease we speak with our townsmen over our locfil lines. Later thirty more wires will be added, making forty in all. These wires will be out into cities and important towns en route. The company follows the highway, and pays for its privileges. A price of from $lO to $26 is cheerfully paid for a permit to erect poles along one side of a 40 acres.