St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-05-06
LOUISIANA RAILROAD
COMMISSION ESTAB.
ta
F.. LISHES new TOLL
RATES.
Baton Rouge. La. ApriI-n.

Baton Rouge, La, April 90
The Louisiana Railroad Commits
lsion has issued an order estab-
fishing a new set of toll rates in
the state, applicable to all of the
lines, and being a reduction in a
many cases, over the rates,
which are now in effect. The
order Of the commission putting
these new rates into effect, is in
part as follows:
In consideration of the reduc-
ton made in exchange rates in
the city of New Orleons and at
various towns in the state of
Louisiana, and on account Of the
vast and extensive improvements
which have been made in the
telephone service in the state of
Louisiana, the following rates for
long distance telephone converse
Etions to apply on all telephone
fines in the State of Louisiana
and to became effective May /,
1911, the said rates being reduc-
tions in the present toll telephone
rates on all long distance tele-
phone lines in the state of Louis
lana:
For rates for long distance
telephone conversations of three
minutes duration or less, from
one to twenty-five miles, meas
urements will be made according
to pole line mileage, and the
rates will be as follows:
From l to 1Omiles, inclusive, Zoe
Over 10 to Is miles, inclusive, 15c
Over Is to Is miles, inclusive, Zoe
For rates for long distance tele-
phone conversations of three
minutes duration or less, be-
tween points in the same parish
or adjoining parishes, over 20.
miles-pole line mileage apart
measurements shall be made ac-
cording to the air line distance
between stations. In all towns
or cities where there are tele-
phone exchanges, said exchanges
shall be considered stations.
For rates for long distance
conversations Of three minutes
duration or less, between points
in any parish to points in any
other parish, not bounding same,
measurements shall be made ac-
cording to air line distance
from parish site to parish site.
Rates based upon airline
measurements shall be com
puted as follows:
Over 20 miles to 80 miles, inc Zoe
Over 80 miles to 40 miles, inc &cI
Over 40 miles to SO miles, inc Doc
Over 80 miles to 60lmiles, inc 35c
Over 60 miles to 70 miles, inc Acc
Over 70 miles to so miles, inc 45c1
Over SO mile to 100 miles, inc Soc
Over 100miles to 110miles, inc55cI
From 100 miles and over the
rate is half a cent per mile, air
line measurement; the rate in
creasing 5 cents for every 10l
miles or fraction thereof. For
example,: If the distance is 1927
miles, the rate is IS cents.
In computing rates between
points in different parishes which
do not join each other, the par
ish site will be used as the basing
point, and the rates between all
points in such parishes shall be
the same as the rate between the
two county seats. Each parish
be called a square and
given a number, for greater con-
Venience in computing rates.
The air line distance shall be used
in computing such rates.
For conversation longer than
three minutes the charges for
each extra minute shall not ex-
coed one-third of the three-min-
ute rate.
Stations located in the extreme
southern part of Plaquemine Par
ish, on what is known as the
Port Eads line, will continue to
use rates already authorized.
For convenience these stations
will be given a square number,