Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-28
THE TELEPHONE INCREASE.
Some OF Those Who VIII Not Sub-
init to II.

One Of the protests against the
telephone company increasing 1t.
already high rates for instruments
has been completed, and the tele-
phone management now have q
chance to reconsider their proposed
action. The officials stated, in the
contest with the electric railway
company, that 1T5 to $50 instru-
ments were in use in this city. The
subscribers 10 the protest represent
a total Of 1e2 instruments, or one
fourth OF the entire number, with
others TO hear from. The magnitude
Of the opposition 10 the unreason-
able demand Of the telephone man
agement viii doubtless cause a little
sober reflection on the part of the
company's officials. Here is the
document referred TO:
To the Rocky Aoastdia Beu TIe.
phone Company:
GentleInen:-We, the undersigned
subscribers for the Bell telephone.
protest sgainstth the increase OF rent from
600 10 $50 per annum, as announced in
your letter OF March 10, Appreciation
the trouble under which Won have Ia.
bored since the introduction OF The
electric railway. we have kept the in.
struments in our places Of business
when tho service was virtually worth
less, and we think that from the prices
now charged the revenue derived
should fully Justify the company in
any outlay they may have to make 70
improve the service. Therefore, IL the
charge for the telephone is not KEEP; at
The former price-SS0 per annum-and
the service improved, we must rroues,
that you remove the instruments from
our places Of business on the night OF
March Al, 1870. or within .wenty-four
hours thereafter
Thomas G.. Weber. Superintendent
u. c. NJ l., Utah Stove and Hardware
Co., Remington, johnson & Co., w.
e Pavey & Co., Kahn Bros, Cum
mings & Jennings. Jos A. Jennings,
Harper Bros, Crismon-Scarff Co.,
Hanak Bros, Fred J. May, F. G.
Lyngourg, Rogers & Co., p. W. Mad
sen, Heesch & Ellerbeck, d. NJ. Steele
q Co., w. II. Smith, Wiscomb & Co..
Hardy, Young & Co, Estate X. b.
Margetts, NJ. +. Cummings, Cashier
Utah Commercial and Savings Bank,
Culmer Bros, W. II. Culmer, +. Cul.
mer, Sr., Godbe-Piits Drug Co.. Rock
Springs Coal Co.. Thirteenth Ward
Coop, David James & Co., Goldsmith
& CO., Peoples Equitable Coop,
BARNES, Lewis & Co., Sherwood
Bros, S. +. Ball & Co., johnson,
Pratt & Co, Little. Ponndy & Co
Solomon Bros, d. NJ. McAllister a
Co. Coslter & SDelgrove, Margeti,
Bros, Cunningion & Co., s. p. Teas.
del, William Peterson, Jr.. George T,
Brooks, William Wood & Sons, Z. q
ID. Margetts, Jackson, Ludlow 4 Co.
John Dean Swift, u. L. Davis, Georg,
W. Davis, H W. Lawrence. d. o. Cal
der Estate. Henry Dinwoodey, soren,
son & Carlquist, W. B. Calvert, W. =
Henderson, Walker Bros. Co., Hyd,
& Griffin Co.. Cooperative Wagon
Machine Co., II. J. Grant & Co., Price
& Clark, NJ. r. Evans. Kelsey & Gil
lespie, Salt Lake Hardware Co.
Star Printing Co., Bechiol &
sands, Eli l. Price, Californi'
Restaurant, Kennedy Il Guthrie
Weight, Sperry & Co., Burton, 0ross.
beck & Co, Sharp & Younger, Tullidg,
I & Co.. Martin LRnnan. Henry Sadler
Utah Poultry Co, Peoples Forwarding
Co., Blsckhurst Bros, Bang & Myers
e. b. Dust. Dangerheld & Co., Webb
& Olsen, Thomas Aubrey, c. W. Hall
berg, J. W. West, Andrew Gebhardt
kentucky Liquor Co.. A c. Smith
Co., Harvey, Seff & Cr., Sam Levy
Browning Brothers, o. S. Brown, E-S
Foote, Henry Cohn & Co., Davidson q
sampson. W. E. d. Barnstt, agent s. S
Dickinson & Co., II. Denhalter q Son
A. b Brixen. George A. Lowe, o
Connor & Shafer. FEE. Schoppe q Co.
I Bailey & Son, Arbogass & Trumbo Co.
Main Street. Arbogast & Trumbo Co.
! First South. George Arbogast, B. X
Bloch & Co., P. T. Systrom.