The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-26

The Chicago Telephone aroused the
antagonism of a number of Hammond
people this morning by abrogating the
above rule in it's Hammond directory.
Henceforth when a toll number is
called for and obtained, toll will be
charged the patron whether the nser
gets the party he wants to talk to or
not If he gets the number he has to
pay and take his chances of getting
his party.
Moran to the Rescue.
Attorney Dan Moran has risen up as
the defender of the right of the down
trodden people and what Dan said
about the Telephone company, after he
had attempted to call a party at Gary
and failing, found that he had been
charged with a call. anyway did not
sound like. Now I Lay Me Down to
Sleep"
Outrageous. preposterous. the limit"
We're few of the ways that Mr. Moran
designated the attitude of the tele-
phone company. He called at THE
TIMES office to lay his case before the
people and said that he would devote
his summer vacation in framing ordi-
nances to make the Hammond company
trouble and expense and would take
upon himself the enforcement of all
ordinances and franchise provisions
which were being violated by the COM
pany.
Offers His Services Free.
Mr. Moran also made the sweeping
offer that he would give his services
free to any one who had a case
against the telephone company and he
bet that he would cost the company
more money the first year than they
were able to get out Of toll calls.
which did not reach the party for whom
they were intended.
Moran says it Is preposterous to
charge person a toll when he fails to
find his party at a certain place. He
says that he is often compelled to
call up several numbers in his effort
to find a man and that his toll charges
would be doubled If he were to be com
PEELED to pay for every inquiry he made.
What if it is centrars fault because
you don't get the right party, as is
very frequently the case, then I sup
pose we will have to pay for the call
just the same" said Moran Il Will
never put up with it. I will fight the
company to a finish" continued Moran
1t is understood that the new rule
applies to toll calls which are 10 cents
or under and that the rule does not
apply to the more costly calls.
District Manager Is Interviewed
o. A KrinbilI, the district manager
of the Chicago Telephone company, was
seen this afternoon and was asked the
cause of the new order. He said that
the order was not a new one. but was
merely the enforcement of an old order
He said that the order was printed
on page seven Of Chicago Telephone
company's directories and that the su-
perintendent of tolls had recently de-
manded its enforcement.
The defense that the superintendent
of tolls made for the order was that
it was not the telephone company's
fault If a person could not find his
party at the number he called.
He gave as an illustration. "Suppos-
ing man got on a street car and rode
a mile or two to see another man on a
business appointment and after he ar
rived at his destination the man was
not at hame. should the street car com
pany refund the carefare?
Mr.. Krinbill said that the superin-
tendent of tolls would be in Hammond
with the district manager and that, al
though IT was possible the order would
be revoked, it was hardly probable.