The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . e business section. Infour years the Independents i)atrons had in-creased to , while its rival showed no jiro-gress. In 1911 it was found expedient andeconomical to merge the two telephone systemsand when the Inde)iendent took over the Bellit added oidy KJ city telephones to its list,showing conclusively that the Bell phone w
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . e business section. Infour years the Independents i)atrons had in-creased to , while its rival showed no jiro-gress. In 1911 it was found expedient andeconomical to merge the two telephone systemsand when the Inde)iendent took over the Bellit added oidy KJ city telephones to its list,showing conclusively that the Bell phone wasonly kept as a duplicate, or for long distanceconvenience. The merger j)roved a great econ-omy to subscribers, as it enabled many of thejnto do away with the exi)ense and annoyance oftAvo phones. It also avoided the duplication ofexpense caused by the maintenance of twosystems. In 190,) the Independent moved from itsquarters in the Opera House Block to its own so THK STORY OF STREATOK. building, a substantial brick structure, design-ed especially for telephone ]iurposes. The bestequipment that money could l»uy wa- installed been increased year by year until it now hasreadied tlie grand total of 2,500 subscribers,about of them being the city and about. Home of Telephone Company. in tlie new Imilding, while outside many valu-able and costly improvements were made; wireswere placed under ground in the business sec- 500 in the country. This policy of maximum efficiency has notbeen limited to the mechanical department.
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