Local History Index: Business Index
Telephone Service
Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly
Last Revised 03/11/2009
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The chronological entries below are all credited to The Waukesha Freeman unless otherwise noted.
1911/ Aug 10 - a joint meeting of the representatives of the several telephone companies will be held in Sussex this (Thursday) evening to discuss toll lines between our several switchboards. The toll scheme is not popular among the subscribers and it seems likely that, should it be introduced, the companies would lose more in subscribers than they would in tolls. Many phones would no doubt be taken out.
1911/ Sept 7 - The Lisk telephone company is preparing to build a new line from Abel's corner to Week's as the old poles are not worth crossarming and there is to be another circuit put up, which will not connect Merton and Sussex switches with subscribers on the new circuit.
1911/ Oct 5 - A crew of Wisconsin Telephone's Co.'s line-men are putting up eight new lines of wire...