MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



DETROIT:-THE TELEPHONE CITY 



I 



LOCAL 



LONG 



DISTANCE 

 TELEPHONE 



The BELL in Detroit 



Has more telephones per capita ) 

 Answers more messages per telephone | 

 Charges lower rates 



Than companies in other cities of the 

 same class. 



TI u i 

 1 elephones J 



P\ 't. I 



in Detroit I 

 September ( 



1st 



1910 



Employes in I Women 

 Detroit \ Men . . 



21,950 

 26,853 

 33,478 

 43,184 

 53,500 



1,223 

 730 



Average num-\ 1 906 



ber of / 1 907 



Telephone 1 908 



Calls \ 1 909 



Per Day M910 



227,759 

 275,495 

 288,837 

 375,921 

 530,067 



Gain in Population from 1 900 to 

 Gain in Bell Telephones from 1 900 



Buildings owned I Built ... 10 

 in Detroit I Under way . 2 



1910, 180,389, or 63.3 percent v 

 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 



