Annual reports of telephone and telegraph companies, 1914-1947.

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Annual reports of telephone and telegraph companies, 1914-1947.

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Reports include company name; company organization date; reorganization or consolidation explanation; stockholder voting powers; directors and officers names and office addresses; corporations controlled by respondent; assets and liabilities; capital stock par value; funded debt amount; funded debt security; equipment depreciation amount; plant and equipment value; special fund purposes and amounts added or withdrawn; income account; profit-and-loss account; operating revenues and expenses; tax amounts accrued; guaranty or suretyship agreement terms; company changes made in the past year; number of employees and their salaries; and number of employee or other accidental deaths or injuries. Reports (1914-1915) include stockholder name with share ownership and value. Telephone company reports include line type and miles; central office location; station classification (i.e., one or more party line; city; rural) and number; switchboard number and capacity; number of completed local and toll exchanges; and towns served. Telegraph company reports include line location; pole, copper, and aerial wire miles; telegraph printers in service on customers' property; office location and number; domestic, foreign, and mobile messages; and message revenue amount. Also included for the Western Union Telegraph Company is a listing of the numbers of stockholders owning under or over 100 stock shares; shares owned by the Western Union Telegraph Company; fractional shares outstanding; and unissued stock amount.

50 cubic ft.ledgers 56 volumes.

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