And he prepared the way for the period of expansion by borrowing fifty millions for improvements, and by adding greatly to the strength and influence of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Hudson remained at the head of the telephone table until his death, in 1900, and thus lived to see the dawn of the era of big business.

Under his regime great things were done in the development of the art.

The business was pushed ahead at every point by its captains.

Every man in his place, trying to give a little better service than yesterday--that was the keynote of the Hudson period.

There was no one preeminent genius.