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| : . » J se . Their choice was Robert Allen, a magistrate, who became C} local manager on May 17, 1892. The switchboard was placed iz his home on Main street, which also served as his office. It was a long distance office at first, but by 1900 | changed to a regular‘exchange, providing local telephone service * as we.l. O ; O The twelve original customers were listed in the official ‘ Eastern Ontario telephone directory for December, 1900; e BOFEY ; F.sverxiscussmasrax BIECHCCscevsuskiesmessieeiMAiID BurtOn, R.....«@..sesses>>« Residence ...............Crawford C.P.R. Station .......... A. Atcheson, agent . ~ Delahey Bros............. General Merchants .......Main B Polohty, BX« FiG:a s wrv uns OEELGQ anes en n enc re n ces cME TA 20 * Grand Union Hoetel ....... T.W. Patterson ..........Jolin & . Bromloy . â€" McCoy‘s Hotal ........... JOhn MCCOY......}.........MAin MCIAXON, DZFs FPS.xve«swvie«s OfLLCC visv.scvsevice.s..MALR MaixX, DY. A.V. ««.e.eseese OffiC@ .....ke.eese.}.}..Â¥M8in Sine, Clifford .......... Druggist, G.N.W. Telegraph ‘ office..Main * Tuffy,; E.......e.@es...., General Merchant.........Main > YOung, T.G..«r«eresesesereee V.S., Livery ............Crawford : e About this time the Bell Telephone Company was promoting ‘ the use of its new long distance telephone, which gave more â€"â€" ; <â€"__ satisfactory service at greater distances. In fact, a directory 2 advertisement of 1903 promised: . ‘ ' 7.5’ » . * Long Distance Equipment . ' - , Improves service locally,, 22 C) , . Brings trade from distant points. " This same directory placed an asterisk before the listing ~â€"_â€" for Delahey Brothers, general merchants on Main atreet, to indicate . $ ge k 9t * gth ts a «4 us e .