Wayside Telephone and Auto Service Company, Inc.
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Product Details
Wayside Telephone and Auto Service Company, Inc.
Certificate Type
Common Stock
Date Issued
September 29, 1921
Canceled
No
Printer
J. Meyers
Signatures
Hand signed
Approximate Size
10 3/4" (w) by 8 1/4" (h)
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Guaranteed Authentic
Yes
Additional Details
NA
Historical Context
This company was incorporated in Delaware and was formed to provide members with roadside service and free towing to the nearest Wayside service center.
The company's advertising detailed how telephones would be placed at mile intervals and the person with one of the company's $10 memberships would be given a masterkey which would open any telephone box. Comfort rooms for the convenience of men and women would be placed at approximately 15-mile intervals. Motorcycle delivery service would be maintained so that when help or supplies were needed, a call from a Wayside phone box would bring help. Wayside would maintain patrols along the highways to make temporary repairs, such as changing tires, cleaning 'spark plugs, adjusting carburetors, etc. at no charge to members. The Wayside telephones would enable victims of an accident to get in an immediate call for a doctor.
The company's original plans were for the service to be started along the Lincoln Highway in New Jersey and later spread to other thoroughfares within the state. But, as you could probably guess, there is no evidence this grand plan ever became commercially viable.
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