Total amount of capital of telephone companies (Bell and Independent), operating in the United States, about . . . | $2,000,000,000 |
Two of the larger "Bell" Companies have over $200,000,000 capital each and nineteen companies have from $10,000,000 to $50,000,000 each. |
Total number of Bell exchanges . . . | 4,889 |
Miles of wire on poles and in buildings (Bell) . . . | 2,754,571 |
Miles of wire underground (Bell) . . . | 3,241,471 |
Miles of wire under water (Bell) . . . | 11,690 |
Total miles of wire (Bell) . . . | 6,007,732 |
Total circuits (Bell) . . . | 1,384,175 |
Total stations (Bell) . . . | 2,727,289 |
Total employees (Bell) . . . | 90,324 |
Total number of instruments in use (Bell) . . . | 7,107,386 |
Total number of messages per year (Bell) . . . | 5,305,900,000 |
Average daily calls per subscriber (Bell) . . . | 6 |
"Independent" companies in the United States . . . | 9,000 |
Number of instruments in use (Independent) . . . | 3,500,000 |
Number of messages annually (Independent) . . . | 3,700,000,000 |
Number of telephone shareholders in the United States . . . | 550,000 |
Increase in business per year . . . | 15% to 20% |
Total yearly income, Bell and Independent, about . . . | $450,000,000 |
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