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biomm at no nrtitdtcthis puzzled Mr cacti somewhat and he wrote TYour do 0th willbodezggd can do ifeyou inform me tooth at to the pronoun entertainment this write in ms You1m probably acquainted withdrawn Mints and its operations have cited to Pusan the dosha cues of him that ambition nodstile come one unpainted with the workings of the talcumm oneoiour agents 1n4tbe hoods of one un badmintonlore might be some failure uglbe donned favor if that suggest any steps for the Telephone your county play that my rst con on with Miss Rye was held hoists before saw her phone am Dr Sir Yours truly Thomas Henderson 01 the same day Mr Henderson addrwcd the following letter to Huffman whose name In his hurried writing appears like Poes aer tor Presser wrote on Saturday promising to communicate more fully We 35m to with the necessary in struments You will require number of telephones Our anxi ety in such case as you repre sent in be to bavo the tele phonic bition mlth the control of some one acquainted with their workings venture to suggest 131 903300 the services of one of our agents might be had Say Mr Towler of Petorboro Your Committee on and it eco nomical and sat ctory to en gage him At all events no harm can come of your corresponding with him on the whim It will with the give me tribute to aid our In atltute asgar as Iican in it under takmc anatomic not written the same day He ms evidently Peterhoro Agent dor relatively brief per iod aincelhia name does not appear delepllone agents who nearly 1879 Mr out may wilybeen on the ncmpaper ubiiclt forthe telephone andlFad sen binHenderson clipping which acknowledgm Poterborou Times All trodinst forwarded dho articleoriginal pre sumo11 venyammlng he went on to inform Mr F3 1853 Under whose hospice is it pro posed that the entertainment will be given About what time And in connection with what building cannot say whether it will be at all convenient for me to attend personally may however have it in my power tdpromote your views when am davorcd with your reply Mr Presscy or Presser as Mr Hepdersonsoemed to prefer speil ing the name wrote twice and in rapid succeSSlon notes of in qulry about terms to telephone agents Whether it vias Mr Pres Seys own idea or Mr Henderson had suggested that he not in such capacity is difficult to say At any rate Mr Henderson was both cordial and businesslike in his note on November 1877 addressed to Mr Presser Librarian Mechan ics Institute unfortunately some of the letter is indccipherablc Yrs of 6111 and 7th recd Our terms to Agents are 15 per cent on Ttrsl years rental 10 pr ccht opgeach rental thereafter as ice for collecting At any time will be happy to arrange re Readingsby Prof Bell Terms one half of gross proceeds with guarantee of $1500 Will send few programmes forward list of Telephone agents There will be expense of wire etc Have the kindness to inform me as to the course which you please to adopt it It may be more satisfactory for you to place the telephone exhibition in the hands of one accustomed You can pro pose or ascertain terms Both Professor Melville Ball and his brother Professor David Bell were popular olocutionlats as well as lecturers They were joint writors and compilers of fine textbook on elocution Both were tineaappearing men and had beautifully modulated voices nat ural eloquence and were men scholarship and social attractive ness Both too were eager to back their Alecks invention one hundred per cent so were glad on callito give lectures or classi cal recitations coupled with tele phone demonstrations to draw big audiences to enjoy their readings and tosee and har how thetele phone worked Active plans were evidently under way by December 1877 for the Barrie demonstra tion local clergyman evident ly serving on the programmecom mittee had written Mr Henderson for details and the latter replied promptly mhtlous barf 3911 itllg moth mde totolvisinmwliout mm mm hailWe t2 hove the ptivila Mminym TwlYNODERN EUEL for Cooking and Water All Exhibition Seated at desk was Churchill Ohio Operator Left to right standing Miles mall ll Rae Curtis At switchboard Wornica Eraser somerville Bunker 8ROWGHL BomorvillepG Stoddard Your favor or our date is to hand Owing to the demand for telephonic entertainments tit has been arranged thatrcharge for in strumenis be made at the follow ing rates For first ve 30200 and bio for each instrument after that In order that all may be accom modated at such meeting as you propose if possible 60 telephones should be used send you list of our agents that you may corres pond with any one of them as you may deem boat As Comp any we cannotundertnkc manage ment of entertainment but will be pleased to meet the wishes of any who desire to have them and aff ord all facilities in our power expenses such as express charges must be borne by portion having the use of our instruments think that either Mr Small of Toronto or Mr 2W owlor Pat erborobolh of agents could undertake this for you Next day Henderson in postscript Mr wrote the London of agent Mr Cairns tDid you that request to visit Barrie dram mne anlcs Institute dime pro pose having Grand Telephonlci On December ii 187 Mr Harv derson wrote the newly appointed Barrie agent literacy Along with telephones send commission If you are pleased with tthe terms go and return to me atonce et one of our entsto set you going Yr exth tion gives goon chancemllie 53ml they Mr Ken derson forwarded by express Box Telephones for Mec Ex and also instructed Mr George Black the telephone agent at whom are our Hamilton to send an equal num ber of Hand Tel bones He added in second no do not know whether you have got any one to not you going If you have not completed arrangements and are at any loss write at once to Mr 281991 who has had experi once One can only hopethat plans for the Barrie demonstration in Mech anics institute did get agoing sat isfactorily Mr Henderson was very naturally eager to have news On December 18 um he wrote Mr George Blank agent in Hamilton You were understand in vited to Barrie Did you go And how did the exhibition succeed learn that the telephone is to be introduCed into Osgoode Hall and connected with several law offices in the city of Toronto At present however IHamilton has the load Pro Melville Boll proposes to give command the Telephone This may help business Still no word however on Janu 11878 when Henderson wrotoMr May at Barrie Must alr Wltlbltion was success have not seen any notice of it you had better return of the Instruments ie Box and Band Telephones to me The others you can account for another time As you are our agent they will remain in your care afford you oppor Lunttiea for showingtheir work Sanguine and conding in his fellow creatures as Mr Hender ouWasfiie at lastgrw sbthewllaf impatient with Mr Presscy at Bar rie That gentleman had never as far as can be ascertained given Mr Henderson the satisfaction of or more Ontario mimics Mr by name peopleJar were printed during the tam now living in But before he and Alexander Graham Bell the in knowing how the Grand Talent onic Exhibition had gone Furth ermore he was dilatory in standing in reports and in returning the borrowed telephones On June ill 1878 Mr Henderson wrote him have repeatedly forwardedkblank forms for Monthly Statement but have had no return from you Have the kindness to infurm me as to the prospects of business in your localityJinx anything been done since the time of the Exhibitio in connection with the Manhunt Institute to bring the invention be fore the people and advance the interests of the Company We de sire to hear from all our agents at least monthly Late in July Mr Henderson wrote Presscy again this time in an swor to letter from the Barrie agent in which the latter eVidently reported small returns or interest shown at Barrie Preasey bad cvlm dcntly decided to move from orrie shortly 1dr Hendersons response was kindly trust you will find th change conducive to your comfort Should you lentil Barrie before you hear from me again please forward the Instruments belonging to our Coxto me Do not trouble about the small balanced regret your loss by Exhibitions This was written on July 31 18181 On 2the some tiny 31143an wrote Mr Clark of ithef Dominion Telegraph Company Barrie notifying him that he was to be appointed the new telephone agent in that town if he desired the responsibility have not un til now been in position to make changein re our Barrie Agency The way is now open Please let me know if you are disposed to undertake it lt lOn August 101877 MrrCiaik was appointed and on the same day Mr Pressey was told rmly to hand his instruments over to Mr Clark who wouldsign re 10 Yars Pros958m the dial bidders TN result in Canada3 telephone W1 early in ownership 15 C833 dig patent pressed into iii tare larger cities of Canada for whole provinces and some for one Clarii hadciirge of Simon Coun is no record that was in leaning any 10 phones in Sonic bonre kiddo evidence from the ear respondoncc that hed at leastbouo mortality 03 messing ow the worked and there is no advertisements for the Wuhan appeared in the loan new wry to it his Cans or at any rate in NW dial telephone patent rights He would and no likely bidders in Canada Minolta as was the new invention as scientific toy buttons men felt it represented dubious investment res it By 1879 Professor Melvllle new eagertojoihibiaoonwho was uproot thomoalm iron Brantfoaii renter insisted that the American the bands or the National Bell Tel ephme WW Which on Hatch 20 mo it one in The Amerho ad Chain any The new owner commission ed maria Flectford 811 New England business man to go up to Canada with 0115 and authority to organize Canadian telephone Company just as soon as be cotdd bring together certain conicting telephone interests which had already sprung llllu existence 1880 To 1890 Exchange Wos Opened Here Mr Sise had alrcad proved himself an able organ er in the re insurance business and had won the respect and good will of several Canadian business leaders among whom were men like And rew Robertson George M055 Turn to page thirtylive please Town of Barrie KEMPENFELDT CREDIT UNION umrro Socier Owned and operated by Barrie and district residents 53 OLDHOUE WEEK AUGJTO Affiliated with 800 other Credit Unions in the valnce of Ontario through the Ontario Credit Union league Member of the tuna Mutual Insurance Society an organization set up to provide lite immune at cost to credit union members It also insures members savings dollar 101 dollar in case of death and insures allmembers loans taken out with their credit union roa INFORMATIONINQUIRE AT THE OFFICE lemons5191 DUNLOP STREET or Irom one of the following directors MR HAROLD BRANDON MRS VIOLET Kim MR REIT MR RAY WON MR MSWWOK MR GEORGE comm MR MR MR MRS CORA SMITH rooms wmrann CADOGAN MANAGER BANSOM THROUGH maacmue mnm AND use MONEY Mhuaoamr CREDIT UNIONS HEIIP TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITY Kitchen One Hundred YeorsAgglmost 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