Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-31
The company's notice gays:

The company notice says:
Fol convenience in accounting, con
tracts will be taken or renewed only al
the above figures. or figures obtained
by advancing from 1900 to 1000 in lots
OF 200. at $500 per hundred; but in
making adjustments at the end of the
contract year, when the number oi
messages sent is less than the number
paid for, the entire schedule (Which
advances by steps of 100 from 500 to
1000 messages will be taken into con-
sideration.
Monthly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS line;
thirty local calls per month; yearly
contract; $3.50 per month; additional
local messages five cents each"
Residence Rates Lower.
The residence rates are also lower
tina in Newark. They are as follows
Number of local messages to be sent
in one year 600; direct line, SAB; four
s party line, s36; additional local mes
sages, ) cents. Number Of local mes
sages TO be sent IN one year, 800; direct
line, s57: additional local messages, )
cents.
Monthly Settlclnent-Two-party line;
thirty local calls per month; yearly
contract. $3.50 per month, additional
local messages. ) cents each.
Flat Rate-Direct line, per annum,
s48.
The regulations provide: Direct
linz, flat-rate service at a residence may
be suspended for a period not exceed
ing four months in one year, and a re-
bate allowed equivalent to half the rate
Is during the period of suspension. On "a
four months suspension, this rebate
would amount to SIS. reducing the net
cost of direct line, flat-rate service, to
$40 per aInuln
Perhaps the best city in the United
States TO compare telephone rates with
Newark is Minneapolis, MINI Both cit
les have about the same population n
both are progressive places. There are
two telephone systems in the Flour
City. The TRUST company there Is
known as the Northwest Telephone Ex-
chanse Company and the Independent
compan is known as the Tri-State
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
The rates for business unlimited service
In the trust mpa is $50 per month,
or 800 a year. as against $2"S for about
the same service i'll Newark.
There Is a discount of 30 cents on
every monthly bill allowed IL the same
is paid ON or before the 18th of the
month. Allowing for the discount the
yearly rate is therefore reduced to Ssi
a year, the same as the annual rate in
: Buffalo, and about one-third that which
is extorted from the business men of
Newark. The residence rate there is
IS so a month for unlimited service.
with the 80 cents a month discount.
For a two-party line the prices are
v,1ttat JnNtor rsEa tt1lct tNaa forced
soile time ago to abandon its measured
service Ia Minneapolis. Business men
complained like they are now doing in
Newark, and tho Hat rates were
secured. There are over 10000 teie-
phones in use in the Flour city, and
the services is re garded as excellent.
independents Rates.
The Tri-State Company charges but
Sd o month-s4S a year-for its unlimited
service business phones. and but $3.50
per month for residence phones. I'm
like the trust company there is a pen
atty Of 25 cents II month if a subscriber
neglects to pay his telephone bill by the
fifteenth of the month.
Exorbitant telephone rates, as they
exist in Newark, as comsared with
other cities. bring forth "a large
amount of criticism of the New York
Telephone Company. Heads OF the va
vious merchants organizations have
enlisted ia the telephone fight. as told
in the EVENING STAR o II Saturday,
and now various city officials are join
ing the popular movement.
The excessive telephone rates were
discussed at the meeting of the board
I of directors of the Sixth Ward Demo-
cratic Club yesterday afternoon. but
action was deferred until the clubs
regular meeting next week, at which
time, the telephone imposition will be
thrashed out and proper resolutions
adopted. Interviews have been given
to the EVENING STAR by the fol-
lowing: Alderman William Penning-
ton, president of the Common Council;
: Frederick r. Guild, president of the
Board of Education; Augustus r. Egg
gers, member of the Board of Works:
Alderman Seth Il. Smith and James
Shape. They all expressed themselves
as being heartily in favor of the EVE
MING STARS fight for lower telephone
rates.
Louisyille's Low Rate.
Newark's telephone rate is more than
twice that charged by the trust in
Louisville, Ky. q city of about the
same size in area and population. The
Bell Telephone Company in Louisville
gives the business men an unlimited
service for 500 a year. The minimum
rate there for business purposes is $500
a month. The residence phones are
$3.50 to 81 a month. The Home Tele-
phone Company, the independent COM
psny. gives "A fiat rate of but s4S q year
for an unlimited service. and in the
residences the rates are So, $3.50 and IS
a month. There are about 10000 phones
& Installed in Louisville, and. strange as
it might seem. the independent COM
pany has about 1000 more subscribers
b the Bell company. The telephone
service there is of the very best and
the reason is believed to be due to the
healthy competition that exists there.
Regarding the steps Senator Osborne
Is taking to force q legislative inquiry
of the phone monopoly. President PEN
nington, Of the Common Council, said;
Senator Osborne's resolution is a
good thing and meets with my
hearty approval. Anything that will
benefit the public in general interests
me, ana / am sure that the proposed
measure cannot have any other effect
than to prove a benefit. There should
be Investigations such as the Senator
proposes, to see that everything is Just
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