MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



DETROIT:-THE TELEPHONE CITY 



LOCAL 



LONG 



DISTANCE 

 TELEPHONE 



The BELL in Detroit 



Has more telephones per capita ) 

 Answers more messages per telephone , 

 Charges lower rates ) 



X1 , 1 1906 . . 21,950 



lelephones |907 2g 353 



in Detroit ]9Q8 33473 



September ( 1 909 43 j 4 



lst '1910 ! ! 53,500 



Employes in ) Women . 1 ,223 

 Detroit I Men . . . 730 



Gain in Population from 1 900 to 

 Gain in Bell Telephones from 1 900 



Than companies in other cities of the 

 same class. 



Average num-\ 1 906 



her of 1907 



Telephone 1 908 



Calls \ 1 909 



Per Day '1910 



227,759 

 275,495 

 288,837 

 375,921 

 530,067 



Buildings owned 

 in Detroit 



I Built ... 10 

 \ Under way . 2 



1910, 180,389, or 63.3 per cent 

 to 1910, 44,500, or 494.4 per cent 



A modern, up-to-date plant, capable of promptly caring for the telephone 



requirements of a growing city 



MICHIGAN STATE TELEPHONE COMPANY 



