1906 LETTER REQUESTS CALHOUN PHONE COMPANIES - Phones Came Early To County

(12/05/2023)

State of West Virginia
Auditor's Office
Arnold C. Scherr
Auditor

Charleston, Dec. 1st, 1906

Mr. S.W. McClung County Clerk, Grantsville, W. Va.

Dear Sir:

Please furnish this office with the name of the parties and their Post Office address who own the following Telephone Lines:

Arnoldsburg Doddrell Telephone Co.

Staten & Doddrell Telephone Co.

Geo. Griffin, Jr., Telephone Property.

S. J. Wayne Telephone Property.

Dr. Lowe & Ralph Bennett Telephone Property.

Farmers Telephone Line.

READ: EARLY CALHOUN PHONE COMPANIES - Independent Operations Covered Most Of County By 1900

ALSO: STURM FAMILY RAN CRANK'EM HUR PHONE COMPANY FOR OVER 50 YEARS

(07/06/2015) AND: CRANK'EM UP PHONES WERE "HIGH TECH"