Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-06-08

$4,000. The managing committee Of
the board Of directors Of the company
swore before the Grand Jury that they
did not know how the funds were
procured for the bribery"
This report was signed By william
Kent, formerly . we'll known alder
man and refor.nsr Of Chicago and six
other members Of the committee ap.
pointed BY the mayor Of San Francis.
CO. Oct. ~. 1908.
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Telephone rates are entirely too
high in Chicago. The Aldermen have
chance to lower them. Will they
do It?
Chicago Daily News editorial. Dc.
cember 10, 1911:
It has been the aim Of the telephone
company to do away with unlimited
service as far as possible and to re.
quire all users Of its instruments to
go on the measured service basis. Op-
position to tho measured service plan
Is aroused whenever q patron Of the
telephone company II made to pay
two tolls where one should be sum
Client.
The ordinary person in attempting
to telephone to a railroad passenger
station, for example, is likely to ask
for the wrong number for the purpose
OF his call. for 20 confusing IL the
array Of titles and numbers In the
telephone directory that II 10 often
difficult to decide upon the department
that 10 wanted. Frequently the infor.
nation bureau at railroad station.
when appealed to, refers the inquirer
to another telephone number in the
same building. This necessitates the
payment Of q second toll. Telephone
operators are careful to prevent the
second call from being made without
the payment Of second nickel.
Both the railroad companies and the
telephone company should do theil
best to see that the arrangement oi
department names In the telephone di
rectory is sufficiently clear to enable
inquirers to call the first time fol
the number they really want.
The city ought to have bureau oi
complaints to which appeals for the
improvement Of faulty conditions ol
service might be made by patrons ol
local public utility corporations.
The Telephone Trust doesn't wan,
much from the City Council.
It only wants the phone rates raised
. trifie. They are not high enough at
present to swell the dividends Of the
local and the parent company.
It only wants permission to install
pay.in.advance slot machines all ovel
the city. because people are not losing
enough nickels already.
II wants the people to bear more oi
It's earning expenses than they do now
Il wants them to deposit Q nicke
before they can get police or IRE pro
lection on an emergency call.
It wants the city to give II fret
rein to carry out its designs on thu
public.
It wants a great deal more.
What aldermen will sell out theil
constituents to help this monopoly
The telephone trust is the mos
grinding Of the many trusts that exis
in the United States.
1t snuffs out competition by tn
power Of its money and the peopl'
are like SO many serfs to be used q
its own beck and call.
The rising tide OF indignation vii
never subside until the whole telt
phone trust and It's aides and abettor
are punished.
Charles F. DeWoody, division supel
intendent in the Department Of Jul
tice secret service, returned from
trip on which 1t is reported he ha
been gathering Information for the A
torney.General regarding the allege
Bell telephone monopoly.
It Is reported that an investigate
national In its scope. is being carrie
on by the forces Of Attorney.Gener
Wickersham looking to the hling {
proceedings for the dissolution Of th
alleged trust. An exhaustive invest
cation has been going on in Chicag
1t Is said, of the operations of the Be
syndicate alleged to be In violation (
the Sherman law.
"You have been West Il 10 unde
stood for the purpose Of getting dat
bearing ON the alleged telephou
trust. have you not?" Dewoody va
asked.
"That 10 q matter that I came
possibly discuss. There 10 nothin
that we can announce regarding an
such investigation" was the reply.
The Chicago Telephone Compau
charges q much lower rental for u
service In suburban towns than
does in the city. Yet the ofacers {
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