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===Theodore Vail: The Leader Behind the Bell System===
===Theodore Vail: The Leader Behind the Bell System===
Theodore Vail instituted the Bell System. He was hired by Gardiner Hubbard to become the General Manager of the Bell Telephone Company in 1878. During that time the company is experiencing difficulties to raise capital because most politicians and financiers believe that the telephone is not a profitable business. Despite the negative impression regarding the telephone business and discouragements from family and friends Vail accepted the job.His yearly salary is even lesser compared to his former job as General Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service.<ref>[http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/vail_ntbl.html#ted Vail, Theodore Newton - First president of ATT - Visionary that created the AT&T Monopoly]</ref>
==Early International Expansion==
==Early International Expansion==