The Newtown bee., 1908-03-27
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 To the Editor of The Newtown Bee: It will be remembered that last lOcto- Der The Mems Literary and Social Club of Newtown appointed commit tee to present to the Southern New England Telephone Company a petit ion for a cheaper rate for toll line be- tween this Division and Bridgeport.
 The Committee attended to their duty and after drawing up petition giving the reasons for re-rating of this Division, secured the signatures of nearly all the subscribers in the town.
 This petition was entrusted to F. J. Naramore, resident of our town as well as prominent in business circles in Bridgeport, lit being a matter which concerns that city equally with our selves. By him it was presented to the Telephone Company and also brought before the Business Mems As sociationlof Bridgeport and referred to the Executive Board with power to act. By them it was referred to a special committee who later brought the matter before the telephone com pany.
 gAn answer to the petition has been received. :. It is due to the petitioners and the inhabitants of the town in gen. eral that they should know the result of the petition and the reasons given by the<H officials of the company for their refusal. *s. In order that the matter may be thoroughly understood, l will give first the petition, secondly the reply of the Company, and thirdly will examine the reply as to its reasonableness, and state what redress there is for the pe- titioners.
 Not to occupy too much of your val uable space at one time, l will this week ask,,you to print only the petit ion. In your succeeding issues, will, with your.permission, takeup the other matters which follow 1t.
 Respectfully, James H. George.
 Newtown, Conn.,, October 29, 1907.
 To the Southern New England Tele- phone Company: The undersigned, subscribers of the Southern New Eng land Telephone Company in Newtown, respectfully request that you make for this Division rate of ten cents for a five minutes conversation with the Bridgeport Division.
 A consideration of the location and business relations of our town will, we think, make this request appear reason able.
 Newtown is practically one of the suburban towns to Bridgeport, and ninety per cent of our out-of-town business is done with that city. By examining the Official Telephone List | of your Company we find that in the case of theslarge city Divisions, which include the.towns immediately adjoin- ing, your company grants rate vary ing from five cents to fifteen between such city Divisions and their subur- ban Divisions.
 For instance: The Hartford Divis- ion, including, besides the town of Hart ford, the towns of Bloomfield, East Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, South Windsor, West Hartford, Weth- ersfeld and Windsor, has rate of five cents to the Pennington, Glastonbury and Simsbury Divisions, one of ten cents to the Manchester Division. and one of fifteen cents to the Enfield, New Britain and Rockville Divisions. The same practice we find to prevail with the New Haven and Waterbury Divisions.
 In regard to Bridgeport, we find that that Division, including, besides the town of Bridgeport. the towns of East. on, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull, has five cent rate to the Fairfield Di vision, a ten cent rate to the Milford tl U.zxn.@ n,-y,c;onc ond a Gffooy