From the get-go, the Americans, after arriving in Davao in 1900, launched the agenda to open roads for transport and the installation of telephone lines along the beachlines. For areas separated by…
From the get-go, the Americans, after arriving in Davao in 1900, launched the agenda to open roads for transport and the installation of telephone lines along the beachlines. For areas separated by riverways and ravines, the plan was to construct appropriate bridges to facilitate passage. The construction of passable roads later led to the introduction of wheeled vehicles.
When Maj. C.D. Cowles, commander of the U.S. 17th Infantry Regiment, reached Davao on September 30, 1901, he observed that 15 miles of telegraph lines in the south had been completed. Decades later, weather conditions and other elements eventually affected the poles that held the lines. By February 1906, The Far Eastern Review reported, the Santa Cruz telephone line was completed but only the stretch between Davao and Tagulaya was operational.
On November 27, 1931, Congress, under Act No. 3913, granted Davao Telephone Company a franchise to install, operate, and maintain a telephone system in the Province of Davao and its municipalities. Cyrus Hale McLean was the chairman of the Board. Four years later, it was purchased by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company , which assured the installation of a radio-telephone station to give the city wired contact with the outside world.
The deal, however, was contested. PLDT, on June 23, 1964, filed a case for prohibition and mandamus against the city and the Public Service Commission , which approved the deal. The phone company enjoined the city from fulfilling its agreement with ITT Philippines, Inc. and asked the PSC to require the city to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
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