The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-21
,7,c TELEPHONE CON-
,ny WOULD CHARGE $4.a5
eoR BUSINESS PHONES.
Lance Telephones s2.a5 a Month
L;sa Will Probably be Dis
posed of Tonight.

mates charged pau W ~
-totas Telephone and Telegraph
DC 9 an,, in Walla Walla are nearly
cofpa', cont less on residence phones
81 PEI nroximately 25 per cent less
anu airess phones than the Auto
on Tolephone company expects to
ha''l IL Granted a franchise in Wal
cHa u7oua The rates charged by the
Ia ;eo states Telephone company
are d. 1fuiJ,,a1 residence phones $3.50 per
month. .,o r. conn
per month. , o, r.,
per month,
NV -Four Party Lines Popular.
=, UaIIa Walla 500 subscribers of
pacific States company have the
,"s ,n nartv telephones in their resi-
aonces and pay a monthly rental of
ST50 These 500 subscribers repre-
cont 20 per cent of the total num-
IF teIephone users in Walla Wal
- and snow that the four party line
" tho most popular because of its in
expensiveneSS'
Two hundred and twenty subscrib-
arc are on the two party lines paying
% nor month and only 20 residences
have individual telephones for which
tho subscribers pay the meximum rate
Of $3.50 per month.
The two party lines are hi@hly pop
MAR with business men and mer-
chants 800 using the two party line,
novng the monthly rate of SO, while
onjy 40 have individual phones, pay
inc tbe maximum rate of 81 per
month.
What the Automatic Will Charge.
According to the rate fixed by c. E.
= Simmer. president of the Automatic
Telephone company, who is in Walla
Walla today comforting with the jul
dietary committee of the council, the
maximum residence rate will be $2.35
month and the business house rate
A35 a month While the maximum
rate is Is cents per month less than
the maximum rate charged by the Pa
cifc States Telephone company, the
Automatic cOmpany's system is such
that each subscriber will be cOmpell-
ed to use individual phones and
therefore must pay the maximum
rate of $235 per month for residence
phones. The 500 subscribers Of the
Pacific States Telephone company
VINO prefer the four party system,
shows how averse the average tsle-
phone user is to paying a monthly
rate exceeding $3.50 per month,
charged by the Pacific States COM
pany for the four party telephones.
Will Franchise be Granted?
The judiciary committee of the coun-
ell met this afternoon and went over
the terms of the franchise being
sought for by the Automatic Tele-
phone company. The committee VIII
probably bring in a report at to-
nights meeting The original ordi-
nance has been carefully scrutinized
by the committee and numerous
changes made. The ordinance as it
stood today prohibits the company
from selling to any other corpora
ZION or telephone company except by
permission of the council and then
De used shall be automatic A district
ID which an underground system shall
De maintained is designated as fol-
lows: From Sixth street up Alder
70 Palouse; out Palouse to Rose;
uoWn Rose to Sixth street. The city
reserves the right to compel the COM
lpdhy to place wires underground in
ANY part of the city. The maximum
'fale Is placed at S2.35 for residence
pnoheS and $4.35 for business phones.
me company also agrees not to make
any cnarge to subscribers until 700
pHohes have been installed. Mr.. Sum-
!er informed the judiciary committee
NIdl II was the intention of the COM
Poiy 10 give subscribers a 30-day trial
VI 'he automatic system without
CI8fse in event a franchise was
granted.
Means Double Expense.
1t VIII be seen that business men
~" paying SO month for a two
"a" y line telephone. who necessarily
'lu De compelled to put in auto
a."'lc phones if the company gains
eulrahce to Walla Walla, would