The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-03-26
The Chieftain's s State
Capital Letter.

The stale corporation eommlNsicn
Il going after the teiephene eotnpe'
nlea 0g the atate Wlih . sharp Atlck.
The commission has employed experts
aud will prosecute Is Inquiries aiong
sclcnliic and teehnieai iinee untu 4
learns exactly whal 4 costs te oper
ate d telephone exchange 0f a given
siEe and capacity aad ell use these
statistics m ascegtalnlns shat rates
shoalt De IN larges or SMALLER ek
chankea The exchange At enid, one
u lhe meet modern IL the world. ar'
coFdine in experts, vnl BE- used Is =
test ii fainlng thm information,
Tho heaa and front u the telephone
business ln the state Ia the P4CHsef
Tslenhcge ana TeieeFaph. Successor
il .ao Mlssouu q Kansas Telephone
company The Pioneer company pe.
ioaEs tu the Hsil Telephone company
and rs lntefloeRing companies it
pays ta the nea company 40 annnal
royalty ct s. ieg each receiver and
ransmliier slieh rival companies
are emefinR 20 sell outright TOT ig&l
than s. The rluneer has issued ~.
eSs shAses q stock al $500 a share ot
tAis aumhgr the AmeEeAn Telephone
a Teiegraph company owns 4e.2s1
thsfea The pioneef com pany has -
exchanges Ia the state. fss. miles o.
pole lines, as11t Miles q wire lines.
ana lo7g ten stations aud claims %
have about 5 nasliian dollars invested
IN - properties n the state The
corporation commission vii wa}en
to see u thlH amount 81 property 10
listed by the company ing lsxaiiea.
The present lnaulry ii dae ,n a spe
cine complaint made ~ cltiteua 81
Enid agalnks q PROPOSED raise by the
Pioneer c0mpahY 10 che mcaihiy rsns
iAi price of business telephones from
g re 70 81. and residences telephones
from Size o. s. The commission
was asked Is icfAld toe raise. and
keep the old rates IN force Both ine
commission and the telephone com
pany base employed experts 70 rep
resent them IN tbs controversy. The
telephone company asserts that tB
keep a plant like shN az Enid In good
working condition The annual income
from each instrument should BE- not
lsks than from tzi 10 81. and that for
Interest on its investment aud fcF tue
rebuilding os the plant 81 some future
time as necessity mag require. an
additional s. should BE- derived annu.
ally from each Instrument and set
sside a. a sinking fund. making the
fetal necessary income from tss 60
81 = year
This elalm OF the Pioneer company
Il refated By the expert testimony %
! G KELSEY. construction enRineef
for tAs kslioEE Electrical supply
company of chicaEo lie said that Tor
an exchange Ike that 81 Enld the
annual cost per Instrument Ia keep
lug The plant in good s0fkins eonaf
tion should net BE- more thaa t1t. and
that for interest On the Investment
and for rebuilding The plant the "a.
dlilousl revenue for each instrument
should BE- about 81 year A total OF
81 = year vas regarded b. KELSEY as
ample fur the purposes uamea The
Floaesr company probably all have
to eunrlnre the corporation eHmmIk
siou that KELSEY s pfonE before 1t
sins Its case
The commissioner has asked the
corporation commission q Wisconsin
for the use ~ lis telephone expert
and also fef = eoHY at the evidence
taken in = tewn 10 Wisconsin. about
the slze q knld "a he quesilaa of
telephone rates
Al this time be corporation eam.
mission probably NiIl Dot a. more
ihsa aak mntusl aad farmers iele
phone eompenles In the state &c
ahaFEs reasonable sates fog service
should complaints 81 made 3D. PAT
rnua. however he commisaian Nig
Haaf them