The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-03-15
rColumbus Dispatch. ]

| TO Regulate Gue Cudi Sco VI AclePAoho
companies. The gentleman repre-
sents Wyandot county, in which there
are but four telephones. These were
placed there, at an expense of about
| $1OO per annum. by the Midland Tel
ephone Company, to hold the territory
until Upper Sandusky and adjacent
county seats can be connected under
one management One management
is better for the interests of the peo-
i pie of Ohio than a separate company
in each county. There are but three
companies in Ohio: The Midland, and
one company in Cincinnati and one in
Cleveland. The Midland has control
of nearly all the territory outside OF
the two cities named.
Mr.. Brunner's bill provides that the
charges shall not exceed ''for single
wire, 81 per month; for wire used
by two persons, So per month; for
wire used by three or more parties, 50
per month" The proposed penalty
for violation Of the act is a fine from
$500 to $780, It is not likely that
this bill will be passed at the present
session, unless it is given precedence
over mass Of matter already arrang
ed for consideration. Yet it is worth
while to look at the effect of the
proposed telephone legislation.
The fixed cost, at the Columbus
office, of operating each telephone is
S45 per annum, not including loss by
deterioration, which is estimated at
ten per cent. per annum on the in
vestment. The expenditures covered
by the S45 are salaries, royalty and
currentDffice expenses. The royalty
is $40 per instrument, per annum.
The expenses Of operating in towns
smaller than Columbus are less than
$45, and in larger cities more than
that sum, not including the estimate
Of ten per cent. for deterioration.
Last year nearly one thousand miles
of wire was strung in Ohio. This
year it was proposed to string from
two thousand to three thousand miles.
Since the Drummer bill was introduced
orders have been received from Chicago
to countermand all orders for con-
struction.
The telephone is cheaper than the
telegraph. A message to Lancaster
or Springfield, and reply, will cost
twenty-five cents each way, and each
message is limited to about ten words,
while five minute conversation, ex-
tending to nearly one thousand words,
may be held for twenty-five cents. By
the use Of coupon tickets the charge is
less. Five minutes talk may be held
in any county for twenty cents. In
cities, calls are almost innumerable, all
for the annual rental Of one instru-
ment.
Mr.. Brunner has bill buried some
where in the legislative rubbish, to
bury wires. AS only two wires run
into the village of Upper Sandusky,
up back alley, it is respectfully sug-
gested that bills relating to these i'm
portant interests be referred to some
body who has practical knowledge Of
the field. Railway wires, outside of
the village, are not, Of course, included
in the number referred to as being in
the alley.
1t is positively stated that the pas
sage and enforcement of this bill will
bankrupt telephone companies of
Ohio.
Never before has a remedy Of so
much merit as Elys' Cream Balm, for
the cure of Catarrh, Hay Fever and
Colds in the head, been offered to the
public. No dread attending the ap-
plication. Price so cents.
Apply into nostri1s with little finger.
Elys' Cream Balm. for Catarrh,
Cold in the Head, Hay Fever, &c. By
its use | have overcome disagreeable
discharge from my nostrils, am free
from pain in my eyes and head.
JOHN W. LANE,
Hardware Merchant,
Newton, N. J.
have had Catarrh for years in its
worst form. Before I had used one
bottle of Elys' Cream Balm droppings
into my throat had ceased, pain and
soreness in my head was removed, as
we'll as deafness. 1t gives immediate
relief for cold in head.
Mrs. J. D. HAGADoRN,
15mar2t. Union, N. Y.