Browse Items (1 total) Tags: underground telephone cables Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Charles S. Hankins Photograph of Charles S. Hankins (d. 10/1/1933). He was the former owner and operator of the Decatur Independent Telephone Co., which he sold to the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. in 1907. He was a pioneer in the use of underground telephone cables,… Tags: 1897, 201 N. Main St., biography, Charles S. Hankins, City Council, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Independent Telephone Co., Illinois Bell Telephone Co., nomination for mayor, Photo File: Biography, real estate, Republican County Central Committee chairman, underground telephone cables