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TELEPHONE  REpoRT. 
The first report of President Keller 
of the New England Telephone and 
Telegraph Company presents some 
interesting facts in a condensed form. 
The total number of telephones 
connected with the New England’s 
system at the end of I9gI10 was 
388,022, this including. sub-license, 
associated and connecting companies. 
The wire mileage required to fur- 
nish service was 734,204, of which 
442,166 miles, or about three-fifths of 
the total, represented wires placed 
underground. 
The total number of employees was 
10,153. 
For 1911 the estimated appropria- 
tions are as follows: for new con- 
struction and real estate, $4,000,000 ; 
for repairs and depreciation, $4,400,- 
ooo. 
The net earnings were slightly less 
than in 1909, and the profits, after 
the payment of dividends and after 
allowing for certain depreciations of 
stocks and bonds, were $710,797.27 
for 1910 as against $864,974.42 for 
1909. 
A footnote in the balance sheet 
calls attention to an interesting point. 
The Company’s telephone plant is put 
down as worth $43,212,980.61. In 
the liabilities there is a balancing item 
of $2,469,314.50 credited to ‘“Inven- 
tory Adjustment.” This footnote ex- 
plains that this valuation of the plant 
was made by the Massachusetts 
Highway Commission during its in- 
vestigation of the rate schedule, and 
that the result of this investigation 
showed that not only was the stock 
not watered but that the independent 
appraisal showed property largely in 
excess of book records. 
BEVERLY’S Boom. 
“Beverly is a growing place and the 
school board is put to the limits to 
provide accommodation for pupils in 
every grade. Even the new Wash- 
_ ington school will be crowded as the 
pupils gather faster than the build- 
ings. School Superintendent Small 
suggests that the city build a real high 
school building planned to allow ad- 
ditions which will accommodate the 
needs of the future big city, and 
Beverly will probably double its pop- 
ulation in a few years. He suggests 
a location where there is sufficient 
land to give the pupils an athletic 
field and room to stretch out. If the 
U. S. M. Co. can afford to provide 
recreation grounds and building for 
its employes the city should be able 
to do as much for its children,” says 
the Beverly Morning Citizen. 
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