The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-09-15


The statement 10 last weeks Press
which aimed to deceive the public into
the belief that Mr.. Kress is q legitimate
| subscriber to the Telephone exchange
cOmpels us to make + ply which we had
! hoped to avoid. lnasmuch as we are in =
truding upon the Pilot We ehall with this
communication permit the matter to
| drop.
The "joint arrangement" mentioned in
the Press Is Of the came class frequently
complained of by subscribers whereof,
one party does all the paying and tn
other all the nsing of tine instrument.
Mr.. Kress' Lame does not appear or
the card list. Neither upon our office regis
ter of subscribers. He has never signed
a lease individually or jointly for tele
phone. He has never paid Us one cent
rental IL al the FEARS he has nsed a for e.
Ii he has any special arrangement with
The Brandt Printing Co. it is in direct
conflict with the stipu!atlf Ms Of heir
contract which specially provides that
the use of the telephone by non sub
'scribers shall not be permitted her { r
remuneration or otherwise"
As well might a farmer rent a reaper
TO cut bis grain at a stipulated rental
agreeing not 10 sublet the machine, then
permit the nej shbors to nse it without
further compensation to It's riyhtfnl own
ar, or following MIR. krese' liue of req SON
ing we could rent a tone to q sIngle m
dividual IN each block throughout tht
city and permit the ba ance of the inhab-
ltGnts to aim Joint arrangemen =
therein.
1t is singular TO note that after riding
the free horse ali these years 1T WAS Lot
until last weeks Issue OF The Pilot that
Mr.. kress discovered that the "durned
old thIog want good for nnthun pohOw."
1t is somewhat difficult to write Oh this
matter, giving Il few OF Mr.. Kress' typo
their jlst dues, without dong Injustice
to Others who perchanee used the Ton,
without compensation but who have ap-
preciated the favors. Let 1t be dis sinctly
understood that this controversy Was
brought about by people who freely used
the exchange without compensation then
publicly criticised it IN one case and
found fault and abused the central oper
ators in others; to this we take exception
1t affords US pleasure to do I'D apprecla
tive person favor ard the occasional
mot habitual) nse of fone IS invited
Even the habitCal use Of a phone has moi
heretofore met with any strenuous objec
ton from us except in three certain chses
where subscribers had complained to us
OF there being too much of the "julnt ar
rangement" in their neighborhood and as
they were trades people and could lily
afford to make enemies by correcting the
abuse appealed to US to relieve the an
noyaDce or they would be compelled TO
remove the fCne. In these three cases
We severed the central connections and
informed the Intruding parties that they
must deslst. We could have adopted
the same method with MIR. Kress but
such WAS not our desire. We have &C
corded him free service At BrRndts MS
we'll as elsewhere. Our thanks are pub
lie criticism through the Press, an unkind
act that no subecr iber has found it nee
eGsary to resort to.
The Press man abhors self praise. To
HIM it depicts lack of Intelligence and
is trait TO be frowned upon. Read bis
self l8udation in last weeks Press regard
ing the lost pOcketbook that all other
mediums had failed to resnrrect until il
was sna.ched from its hiding through
the wide circulation OF the Press. Then
too, note the Improvement In the tele
phone service ere the Press had reached
half Its subscribers due entirely TO the
Z merclfnl scorching given lis employees
We are now through with Air. Kress
To our patrons let me say that no griev-
ance WAS ever presented to the manage
ment In gentlemauly manner that did
not receive courteous considerations
You do both yourselves and us an injus-
tlce by failing to present your complaints
How can you expect us to cor rect a diff
ficulty that We know nothin. OF? And
II your grievance Is imaginary you give
lis opportunity TO correct your mist AIKEN
ideas, while if it goes uncorrectsd you
hoard it against us, advising others of
the troubles you have met In the service.
An expert at one end OF the line may be
greatly mistaken as to what the Difficult
ty may be at the other. Explanations
count for much and censure upon en-
ployees you will certainly not expect un-
less investigation warrants that step.
Many subscribers have acknowledged
within the past week that our calls for
them are considerably neglected par
ticulsr person being delegated to answer
the fone each plays waiting game on
the other. You can largely assist in the
betternent OF the exchange by answering
your fone promptly at first call.
W. W. DELANo.
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