Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-06-02
Telephone Franchise.


Relating to the proposed rural
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ta,lves vi the luteislHte lele-
phone company aud tue repr.sen-
tativts vi sAiu rural association Id
made publlc. After tue voters
OF Mo Valley have hAd time 10
read aud consider the came, SOME
comments by us may be, utf ,red
j Interstate Telephone Compan, ),
AT .ne request of Alder,
Gre.ne, Sscty Ut tue ~ csll.u
Missouri Valley Rural Telephone
ASSOCIATION OF Missouri Valley,
Iowa. the Directors of The Inter-
state Telephone Company met
with a Committee of said Farm.
ers Telephone Association at
Missouri Valley, Iowa, on March
10Th 1910. The Directors for the
Interstate Telephone Co., present
were, w A Smith. Pres, Ed Bra
dley, F NJ Terry, $ A Spooner
and John Young.
The following is true copy OF
the demands made by said Miss.
ouri Valley Farmers Telephone
Association.
LIST: We DEMAND five minutes
talk on all lines.
End: We DEMAND Interstate
Telephone Company repair all
telephones on Rural lines free Of
charge, excepting cost of parts in
case of breaksge and ordinary
wear, we to pay transportation
Bird: WE DEMAND as good and
prompt service as parties having
phones in town.
4th: We DEMAND that the In
terstate Telephone Co., refrain
from building lines conflicting
With rural lines in town or count.
ry and hereby causing cross talk.
5th: WE DEMAND emergency
calls.
9th: We DEMAND free service
over Interstate Telephone Co.'S,
and Woo1bine Independent in
Harrison County.
9Th: WE DEMAND that rates he
not more than forty cents pc,
month.
Copy ofreply made to the de-
mandof the Missouri Valley Rural
Telephone Association.
Office OF the Interstate Tele'
ohone Co., Modale, Iowa, April
1910
Missouri Valley Rural Telephone
Association, Missouri Valley,
Iowa.
l Gentlemen:
In reply to your demands oil
March l9Jb 1910, We wish to say
lst:: That we will co.operat.
with you and do all in our power
to limit conversation to five
minutes talk when liue is wanted
by others.
2nd: We will repair your phones
free of charge when brought te
our Office, charging only for mat
erial or parts used or broken, and
will furnish man to inspect you,
lines when not engaged in other
trouble work you paying expense
If same.
9th: We will render as prompt
service as possible on party lines
4th: In building new lines we
will avoid rs we can consistently
conflict with lines now in opera
ton.
5th: We will adopt an emery.
ancy call, said call not to conflict
with calls now in use.-
9Th: We are not in a position
to render free service over toll
lines in Harrison county.
9TH; We will renew contracts
Expired or expiring for term Of
five years in substantially the
same from ss heretofore and a,
the same rate heretofore existing
With the above included.
| All of which is respectful,
submitted by the Board of Dir,
| 9 .sors of the Interstate Telephone
Go. Very truly,
a M Silsby, Sec
w I Roden w j Rode1
Roien & Son
Real estate, loans and Insuranc,
Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Missouri Valley, April I'd 1917
Mr. Silsby,
Modale, Iowa.
Sir: Your pr ,pc sition of Apri
lst is rejected.
Yours truly,
Albert Greene, Sec