Charles Otto Berger
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| Born | April 15, 1847 Rintelu, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Company Founders |
Charles Otto Berger born in Rintelu, Germany, on April 15, 1847, and arrived in Honolulu in 1878 by way of San Francisco. Berger, along with Herman A. Widemann was a co-founder of the first telephone company in the Hawaiian Islands, The Hawaiian Bell Telephone, Co.[1] [2] [3] On December 30th, 1880, The Hawaiian Bell Telephone, Co. began providing telephone services to the people of Honolulu.
At the request of King Kalākaua, Berger was responsible for orchestrating and executing another first in Hawai'i's history, the very first demonstration of the electric light at Kalākaua's residence, Iolani Palace, on the night of July 21, 1886. [4] [5] This was 4 years before the White House had electric lighting. [6]
References
- ↑ Balch, J.A. (1912). Annual Report of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce for the year ending August 16th, 1911 (1st ed.). Honolulu, The Hawaiian Gazette CO., LTD. pp. 76, 77.
- ↑ Judd, C.J. (1889). Decisions at Chambers by Single Justices of the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Islands: Admiralty, Criminal, Equity, Law, and Probate. Not Appealed from, and not Hitherto Reported. 1866-1889 Hawaiian Reports Vol. VI (1st ed.). Hawaiian Gazette Company. p. 398.
- ↑ "Obituary". Evening Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii). January 26, 1895. p. 3.
- ↑ "The Birth of Hawaiian Electric".
- ↑ "Legislative Assembly, Session of 1886" (PDF). Hawaiian Gazette. September 14, 1886. p. 9.
- ↑ Monkman, Betty C. "The White House Gets Electric Lighting, 1891".
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