New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26
FOR CHEAPER TELEPHONES
AN IMPORTANT MEETING AT THE BOARD
OF TRADE


ntrRcrANra. LAWYERS AND MANUFAcIohENS
UNITE I'M FAyoRING THE BILL lSTho
nrcrn I'M THE ASSEMBLY BY ROBERT
RAY HAMILTON,
1arUe and influential meeting OF teiepuone
subscribers was held yesterday al Uno 49,
a. No,r yo,l, Roard of Trade and Transportation,
No Az Iibertv-st. in support of the Dill prepureo
hu +b. BOARD and introduced into the Assembly -
Robert Raw Hamilton, which provides ZOE tlio reuuo
t;on ~ telenhone charges in this city anu brooiAy
~ &c ner month, instead of 81 oO anu sl1, uus
nresert rates charged. Simon Sterhe pieSiue1' -
after the call for the meeting had Deon -e"N -
delivered an address. He explalneu .uo pU-fsss
~ rho hill now before the Assembly anu
the telephone companies not only lor inc
Of the service now given. but also lor eAoI -.
charges He said that he had o''en ~ I,.ns
waiting at his instrument for iuiiy .en 90
and finally could not connect WIN ne o,.-o1
vvhoro he wished TO talk owing to the cen'-" =
office being busy. In support Oh o. com.
r.tes he said there was good grounu iVi SSI
rIeir, AGAINST present charges, as III l1o,
.ho ro,.s were from 500 to $40 year; IN perm,
con IN Vienna. $40; and in Paris only iroi"
. .ro ~ continued The objection genei""S
- ,ooinst such measure as we are ehuo"'
ne Of
- ont Is that il is the voluntary ao' -
.r NE ,hsor;bers 70 nay for inefficient service anu
). =. H. soid that subscribers have Uneii
- ooosino N use the instruments DuO DO IL
80 ,as the telephone has become o.
"a ,oon,e demand not only cheap put'h
Ice = IN conclusion he expressed nope u-l
~ ,nerchants of this city would support 'ie iO"-
~ Trade in the action it had taken .so
Iar.es TaIcott then proposed the following reSO-
lutions, which were carried X.u,n oneya
y,yh.raaS When the telephone companies oess" -
,ons an New-York City, their charge was 90 pi , -
"a a. that time competition existed between rv IN
anu " S,S oor,net,tion has since disappeared ana
~. rates raised to e12 80 and s15 per MONTH slu -.
-,ca has not improved, but on the contrary mas .
less ancient and the profits have mcrea'en 1"
proportion than the business ,, oo,,n, that
pasol,,ed That Il is the sense OF his moeunh -.
49, "a, ,n.roducsd nv the Hon Robert Ray Hamilton 70
Az maximum rate Of 90 and 90 respectively % -HN
h.resy approved and the should become i"" =.
pos,yas That the chairman OF this meeting DO IN
structed to appoint committee Oh SMenS ..,,s a.
onerae with the Board Of Trade and TranspOr's'o" :.
49, :, hI h,Il and TO appear before the Committee on
csrer. laws OF the Assembly at Albany on tnO '0''
inst to advocate the passage of the same. ~,
r q Shayne next spoke in support OF the Dill
and said that the charges for telephone Set'ioo
a, r,hioago and Cincinnati were only So monui'
and no lrnev of other cities where the charge was
only "a a month He paid 81 year ZOE ms
toIenbone. and used il about six tunes "eeN
and three times out of the SIX. almost peiose w
rot a connection he was interrupted by the glrl
~ the central Office, who would yell out: Hello
Are YOU through" QAughterl MT. enayh0
also complained Of the damage to buildings py
Tho wires being run over the roofs. Jeremiah
Fltzoatrick. w. /. Martin, Frank o. Herring ana
othcrs also spoke in favor OF the DILL
A gentleman who said that his name was ID. D
uor+or created much amusement ~ ASKING tho
meeting not to act precipitately IN the maVVer' io
fear the telephone companies should taKe away
their Instruments He delivered long speech, IN
the course of which he did not make ci'ar "n'
his views on the subject were ana ne was nv
ouently interrupted by gentlemen rising 10 pOlh'e
Of order. ETC., but he kept on talking 40 wac
finally moved that Mr.. Horton be appoinoed
committee Of one to consider his own grieV"nv's
BEFORE he finished his speech genuenan 90, -,
the chairmans attention to the iact tn"' - 90
Horton WIS usually so long-winded' u was 10
wonder that he was asked over the WIRE II ne
100 tbronoh vet- loud laughter) Mr. hor.oh
Ala mot seem TO mind these little pleasant
hut kept right on talking until his atIenTn was a
called 10 the object OF the meeting "heh NC '''
down ssod 20 Robert Raw
Hamilton for introducing the Dill, ahu, or
gentlemen having offered 70 gVI ~ Vhe cbaiyy1nan
was to select members Ho tic to f BsS9a Of Trade
Mr. Sterne announced 9na ,sr shy within forty-elght
hours in support Of its action The meeting 'neH
adjourned. L.u,dos those already men
,onea We're ex-Judge Dittenhoefer, a
" Folsom. Lloyd l. Seaman, eX-C9ng a,
Calldn. benjamin II: 1yrrel l. y, Ca AZ r
Burtcn \. Harrison, J. Fitzpatrick aio 9o w rcure.
. ssSwfi The AbendrOtR < Root G9@
pany, Ogden & CO., lumber merchanud N"i Davis.
Chambers Lead CcmPsny cUzs e So China SS
eiay g3'. the Jonta Lime Company, Peckhawy ~ ~
taylor LAWYERS AsGR b.. Sses sDgse the C SfT
I boSti ts NewlYork Mercantile Exchange Vander
and HOLMES Bot s6 cpT pP1 Dock se Company
WatsrIdfo2e morse r E. Dietz Company Baker aksT
Williams J. CspcuttI S q CO.. r M % Company
SSasBa1S lumber R, the LSoPas sr hs' Ok
lev Giddings az Enos anu uhS N'"
| Machine Company.