Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-11-09

| too much for telephone service.
The city ought to get what 10 com
ing to It out Of the telephone com
pany's gross receipts. Does 1T
The Telephone Trust il still doing
business. Its dividends are increas.
ing every year. The charges to the
| public are not decreasing.
That the Trust 10 q combine in re.
| straint Of trade is evident to many
from its attempt in Chicago to put
Its automatic competitor out Of bust.
ness.
The Chicago Telephone Company
sNargeA q much lower rental for ltd
0UgVsee In suburban towns than II
ooes in the city. Yet the oAcers Of
the corporation have the gall TO say
that all Of the big gain In ito service
reported ct the annual meeting this
year came from the country. This, Of
| course, 10 Q reason for raising the
rates. The following from the Chica.
90 Daily News shows how the phone
people bank on the reports Of the
city "sxpsrts:"
<"Slight gains in revenues were ~.
ported to the stockholders Of the Chi.
cago Telephone Company ct the An.
nual meeting, although there was .
falling on In the profits In the city Of
Chicago itself. This loss was due.
according to President Bernard n
Sunny's report, to the constantly In.
creasing number Of nickel . day"
telephones, the revenue on which ~.
erages @22.70 per annum 40 against .
cost Of operation. he said, Of $3.50.
% fixed by one city expert. and 826.2S
40 fixed By another city expert. The
pecentage Of nickel telephones in
Chicago increased IS per cent in 1SeS
and ~ per cent In 1911. The com.
pany reports increased earnings In
the suburban division. which Offset
the losses in Chicago"
The Telephone Trust doesn't want
much from the City Council.
Il snly wants the phone rates raised
. tribe. They are not high enough ct
present to swell the dividends Of the
local and the parent company.
Il only wants permissioa 70 install
pay.in-advance slot machines all over
the city. because people are not losing
enough nickels already.
Il wants the people to bear more Of
10 earning expenses than they DO now.
Il wants them to deposit . nickel
before they can get police or Ore pre-.
lection on IN emergency call.
Il wants the city to give Il free
rein 70 carry out it, designs On the
public.
Il wants . great deal more.
What aldermen will sell out their
eeastitusnts to help this monopoly
The extent to which the American
people are worked to MAKE money 70.
dividends for the owners of the tele-
phone monopoly Is shown In the IN.
nual report Of the Bell system for
1912 from which we take the follow.
ing extracts:
THE gross revenue collected from
the public in 1911 for telephone ssrv.
Ice by the Bell system-not includ.
Ing the connected Independent com.
panies-was $179,600,000: an increase
Of nearly $14,O00.000 over last year.
OF this, operation consumed 100000.
900; taxes. 100000 or IN per cent
on the outstanding capital; current
maintenance. @3o,200.000; and pro.
vision for depreciation, 32s. 100. 900.
The surplus was 351,600.000. OF
which @13.800.000 was paid in inter.
est and nearly s26.000.00 was paid
In dividends"
Election Of municipal judges should
be held by itself. It 10 purely Q mu.
nicipal affair and It 10 not right they
should be voted for at o big county
and state election. They should be
voted for at the spring election In
April or at seperate election In
June.
M. M. Connery has established .
garage at 1850 Wabash avenue which
10 one Of the finest In the city. Il will
take good care Of all kinds Of automo.
biles and 10 fully equipped to charge
electric trucks.
People who are looking for first.
class truck storage or automobile
space. will do well 70 patronixs Mr..
Connery. Mr.. Connery 10 q brother
Of John T. Connery. the well.known
coal merchant, and Of Frank d. Con.
merry, the city clerk. He 10 lifelong
resident OF Chicago and has hosts OF
friends In all walks OF life.
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