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Reprinted from the “Milwaukee Journal”
5—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
November 2. l»50
community and everyone coming into
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costs have gone up in the past year
and I see no relief in the future, but
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one of you for a most pleasant year,
and hope for many more to come.
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phones. The lines are grossly over­
loaded and some are noisy because of
their age and state of repair. The
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1 solution is very simple.
city or state and we will go back
The cost to the local company
to the "good old days’’ of several would be prohibitive unless the stock­
hundred population. How many of us holders are willing to invest around
can stay in business under those cir­ $200,000, in a reorganization plan.
cumstances? Not many.
According to several stockhol d e r s
The city is working on the first pro­ they would like to sell out to other
ject, that of the streets, next week interests, but no one has led the move­
engineers will be here to tell us what ment.
we can do and how to do it. That is
The opportunity is open to sell out
good. Let’s pitch in and tell our coun­ the present holding and franchise to I
cilmen that we want good paved the Silverton telephone company.
streets, it’s no fun splashing around That company is ready and willing
in water holes every time we go out­ to buy out the local holdings and
side, or fighting dust in the summer­ install a dial system, in the city, al­
time. We can save the cost of paved lowing the country lines to continue
streets on repairs and tires for our as they are at present as long as they
automobiles alone.
wish. The city rates would undoubt­
Housing is not too serious and edly be $3 for resident and $5 for busi­
it will undoubtwJly take care of itself ness phones according to estimates.
This could all be accomplished in
with a little help.
Schools need to have the confidence about a year’s time. In the meantime
of everyone in order to progress. improvements would begin immedi- i
Hard work has been put into them ately, while getting prepared for the
I’m sure. I believe that we must do switchover to the dial system The
still more if we are to provide the present conscientious and loyal oper­
best, and the best is none too good. ators would be given positions in the
One solution is a union high school new system, because of their valuable
for the canyon. It must surely come experience and knowledge of this ter­
some day, now is the time to get ritory and its telephone needs.
started and take a vote on that ques­
It is practically impossible for the
tion. I see no reason for three high local company to reorganize and put
schools in this canyon, with less than in an efficient system, because of the
200 high school students. The loca­ difficulties involved in financing, so
tion is immaterial, just so we get the the answer, it seems, is to sell to a
company who is willing to gamble on
best there is.
Communication service is very con­ the future growth of the city. Un­
gested. The telephone operators are remitting speed is necessary on this
to be congratulated for the quality of problem, because the world situation
service they are giving when you con­ points to a serious shortage in tele­
sider the equipment they have to use. phone equipment.
Today the Mill City system has about
A good telephone system would
400 telephones on a switchboard us­ permit housewives to call up and
ing lines intended for about 100 tele- order groceries and visit with their
friends without inconveniencing any­
body. It would allow private conversa­
tions without interruptions from
! others on the party line and generally
to conduct business much more effi-
i ciently than is possible on the present
’ system.
With all these plans underway you
will witness a continued steady
growth that will be healthy for the
Anniversaries
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Rr printed from th* Chtrlenton W. V*, • Guette”
We have used twice as much tim­
ber as existed in 1630, but through
regrowth, we still have abundant for­
ests. We have cleared millions of
acres for agricultural crops but we
still have two-thirds of the original
forest area left.
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