The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-28
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u.. and private lines will he modified
n. .. Ilpssd and exchange rates Tor many
.,. sill ho cut down IN Rrpoklyn. Queens,
A.. .r. md Jersey Ctty. Hobuken IA yonn"
r.. Newark. Moreover. the range ~ local
Co.,. will ho greatly Increased
.nr New York Telephone Company de-
r .I 80 make these reductions last Noyem-
l.. uu' n WIS impossible to put them into
,T.r' until tho plant had been enlarged
.rH.l'ntly Ia meet tho increased business
,as, I- bound 20 follow. The work on the
enlargement began "a soon IA the plans
ha. been prepared and In the past siN months
tha company has spent $3.50 ,on on con
sirlrtion. a. against 81 .5OO. coo in the CORE
sronding six months Of the previous year.
In ,thcr words. according to Mr.. Bethel,
IN" corporation has expended $4,000 0O to
rut It in u position to handle the increased
business without loss Of efficiency and
,1prtnness. The s~witchboards at the
various ttIl ~ FldNlbIlN IdN' btth fIIul kfNt
ncw cables have been laid in many sections
Of the city and additional apparatus Of all
kinds has been installed.
one of the most important phases OF the
new conclude. az far a, subscribers and
patrons are concerned, Is the extension
Of the range Of local me ssa ges which are
to . sent under the reduced rates, In
thI- respect there will be a radical change
Ia tho praaanf GvGtan Manhattan and
The Bronx have been divided into three
overlapping zones. The frat zone ex-
tends from the Battery to 10th %street,
the second from 10th street II Melro's
and fremont. and the third to the city line.
Under this plan the pay station Rates in
the old city of New York will be as follows:
From any station conpected to a central
Office south OF 10th street, to any Man
haitian, Melrose or fremont station, five
cents.
From any station connecte | to a Man
haitian central Office north of ll0th street,
aIelrose or 'Tremont. to any point in Man
haitian or The Bronx, five cents.
From any Bronx station north OF Mel
rose and fremont to my station connected
with a central Office in The Bronx or in Man
haitian north of 10th street, five cents.
from anv station in Manhattan south
Of 10th street to any station connected
with a central Office north of Melrose and
fremont, 10 cents.
The nearby Long Island and New Jersey
territory that is served is also divided
into overlapping zones. The zones in
Kings and Queens are Brooklyn, Long Island
City and the Coney Island district. On the
other side of the North River they are
Jersey City, Bayonne and Hoboken. In
the more s~parsely settled districts it will be
the yolicy of the company to charge a fiat
ra;e and to extend the area in which mes
races can re cent for the minimum price.
Jamaica, Richmond Hill and Queens, for
instance, are now separate central offices,
Tut they will all be merged into one ex-
olarge under a fiat rate.
IN Manhattan, according to the new
schedule, PARTY lines will be SAP for 600
messages, instead Of s4s. Direct line ser
vice only will be furnished at business
places connecting with central offices sout h
of 10th street.
Contracts with prospective subscribers
will he accepted at the new rate from June
!, to take effect on July /. Subscribers
whose contracts can he properly modified
by a written advice will get the benefit OF
no new rates from July /, regardless OF the
provisions Of The present contracts. When
tho terms of a contract must be 80 changed
that i cannot be done by a written advice
or wh>n the subscriber under the new rate
pian may have a choice of two or more
forms Of contract. an agent will call on tn e
subscriber to arrange the terms