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Telephone Progress

The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise
A.B. Thatcher, Editor

Thursday, March 17, 1927

S
ince its establishment on July 12, 1900, the Newhall telephone exchange has grown from one telephone to 100 telephones and, during the past few years, has undergone rapid growth, according to M.M. Perret, manager of The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. During 1926, 24 telephones were added to Newhall's telephone system, a net gain of 43.64 per cent.
    Newhall had only one telephone until 1911, when a second telephone was installed. In 1912 it had 3 telephones; in 1913, 2; 1914, 2, 1915, 3; 1916, 3; 1917, 5; 1918, 18; 1919, 13; 1920, 15; 1921, 27; 1922, 31; 1923, 42; 1924, 48; 1925, 57; 1926, 74.


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