Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-10

telephones fer the use of the city and the
company pays no revenue to the city.
The Providence Telephone Company ope-
rates in Providence. X. l., and has about
$500 phones. The business rates on metal
lie circuit are s120 year. and on grounded
circuit SOC per year. The same price Is
charged for private dwellings. except that
a discount of 800 is granted to those who
Fave business CT nrection on metallic cir
cult and 81 on a grounded circuit. There
are no free telephones for local use. but
The company pays ~ per cent tax on its
gross rental receipts.
In bridgeport, Conn. the Southern New
England Company operates 800 phones
charging business houses from So to SI2p
a year and private dwellings from So to
siS per year There are 10 free telephones
Tor public use. The company PAYS no rev
enue to the city and the use of the tele-
phones by subscribers is restricted.
The Southern New England Company
also operates in Hartford. Conn. business
rates there are SO to s120 year ard pri-
waite dwellings SIS per year. The company
pays no revenue.
Over i'm baltimore.
In Baltimore there are two phone COM
panies in operation, the Chesapeake and
Potomac Company, which is the same as
that operated in Washington, and the
Home Telephone Company. The Chesa-
peake and Potomac has 2, 800 instruments
in operation and the Home $50 instr,l-
ments, which is increa sing daily For bus
II ess purposes the Chesapeake and Po-
tcmac charges SIS year on grounded cir
cunt and Sl25 year on a metallic circuit
Inc Home charges SIS per year on a me-
taliic circuit only. The Chesapeake and
Potomac charges $40 for private dwellings,
limited to three calls daily, while the Home
charges SS5 per annum for an unlimited
service. The Chesapeake and Potomac re-
stflcts the use of the phone to subscrib-
ers, and the Home does not The compa-
MES pay tax of 81 per pole each and So
Tor each yard of conduits. There is ais,
regular tax on stock.
In richmond ihe Southern Bell Company
AID the Richmond Telephone Company op-
crate ABOUT 1,6U telephones each. The
iNIchnlond charges S36 and the Bell $50 in
advance, per year, for business houses and
81 per year for private dwellings, The
Bell used to charge $50 until the Richmond
was started. The Bell is without charter
at present, and is lighting the CITY for The
night 10 continue in business.
Alexandria is Fortunate.
In the nearby town of Alexandria there
are two companies-the Bell and The Home.
The Bell has 132 and the Home 40 instru-
ments. The Home charges So and the Bell
s. per month for business houses. The
Home charges 81 and the Bell $3.50 for pri-
yate dwellings,. The Home provides seven
and the Bell four for free city uses. Each
pays 500 per, year taxes.
In Atlanta, Ga, the Southern Bell Tel
l,SDO Instruments, but the Atlanta Stand
ard Company is now putting in a plant.
The Bell charges business houses $50 and
private dwellings so per year. Use by
subscribers is restricted. There are no
free telephones, and the company only
pays an ad valorem tax on its plant.
In Nashville, Tenn, the Cumberland Tel
ephone Company, which is a branch of the
Bell system, operates 1000 telephones.
Business houses are charged $50 per
month for long distance and $3.50 for ordi-
nary; private dwellings 50 80 per month for
long distance and 81 for ordinary. The
company pays the city a tan OF 81 for each
pole in use. There are no free telephones.
In Memphis the Cumberland company
also operates. 1t has 500 phones. Bus
mess houses are charged $50 and private
dwellings $50 per year. The anagement
of the telephone company is not satisfac-
tory to its subscribers, according to the re-
ply from the mayors office.
A perusal of the above will further en-
phasiZe the fact that where the Bell COM
rs,py enjoys a monopoly 1t charges rates
q 3 IL pleaSeS.