were competent to undertake such a work. Hubbard had little aptitude as announced that it had "the only original telephone," and that it was ready to supply "superior telephones with all the latest improvements capitalists who, for purely business reasons, invested money in the for the first time to be taken seriously. And the Western Union, in commence the manufacture of aeroplanes. In a flash, the telephone ceased business world. The effect was as if the Standard Oil Company were to H. Forbes, who came in as a friend of the Bradleys, were the first at the rate of a thousand a month. He was no longer a promoter, but a the endeavor to protect its private lines, became involuntarily a little telephone exchanges were being started in a dozen or more cities. Sanders's relatives, who were many and rich, came to his rescue. Most of clearly, was to create a business organization. None of the partners treasury. bell-wether to lead capitalists in the direction of the telephone. business in New England only, and put fifty thousand dollars in its endorsement to the telephone, these men organized a company to do The result was strange and unexpected. The Bell group, instead of being Bell patents. Two months after the Western Union had given its weighty made by the original inventors--Dolbear, Gray, and Edison." general manager. Men were standing in line to ask for agencies. Crude them were well-known business men--the Bradleys, the Saltonstalls, to be a "scientific toy," and became an article of commerce. It began There was a spirit of confidence and enterprise; and the next step, Fay, Silsbee, and Carlton. These men, together with Colonel William driven from the field, were at once lifted to a higher level in the In a short time the delighted Hubbard found himself leasing telephones