Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-11-23
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nance granting the franchise says:
THE city council as one Of the con.
ditions Of the grant Of the privileges
herein conferred upon the Chicago
Telephone Company hereby reserves
to itself the right from time to time
during the period Of this grant, by
special ordinance amendatory here |
Of, to hereafter establish, Ak, pre- |
scribe, and regulate the rates, charges
prices and tolls or other compensa.
ton or any limitations thereupon for
each and every kind Of service, ia.
cilities, and equipment which the Chi.
cago Telephone Company furnishes
or supplies or may furnish or supply
in the city Of Chicago under this or.
dinance, and also the basis, method,
manner, and means Of computing, ex.
acting, imposing, paying, and collect.
ing such rates, charges, prices, and
tolls or other compensation Of said
Chicago Telephone Company"
Elsewhere in the franchise. in sec.
ton s, is found this paragraph:
1.-THE city council shall have the
right by ordinance to regulate from
time to time during the term here.
Of In any manner each and every
kind OF service which said Chi.
cago Telephone Company may here.
after deal In. furnish or supply In the
city Of Chicago under or by virtue
Of this grant,"
In section 16 IL found this pro.
vision:
but said Chicago Telephone Com.
pany by the acceptance Of this ordi.
nance shall he understood as pre-.
cluded from in any manner attack.
ing or questioning the power Of the
city Of Chicago to exercise the author.
ity. powers. privileges. and rights
hereby reserved or granted, or any Of
them"
BY section II the company agreed
that in the event Of its default 'in
the observance or performance" Of
any Of the agreements Of the ordi.
nance continuing three months after
written notice from the city the coun.
ell can declare the grant land all the
rights and privileges" Of the company
forfeited and at an end.
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How the people Of Chicago do suffer
from that Bell phone!
The broken ear drums which 70
many Of its patrons complain Of are
a. nothing compared to the lost tenn.
pers OF usually good natured patrons,
who get wrong numbers and other
wrong treatment.
Not to speak Of the broken rest Of
people aroused from their beds by
these same mistakes and who are 40
mad themselves that they fail to
grasp the predicament Of the fellow
at the other end OF the line who has
paid q nickel in advance to have
wrong number" slammed into his
ear.
Then the tedious wait for the
right number!
Some times minutes elapse before
the operator finds her stick Of gum
or gets ready to answer.
Candidates for city treasurer will
be now making their appearance.
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Chicago is pie for the Phone Trust
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The proposition to elect aldermen
for four years 10 bad one. Good
aldermen can be reelected every two
years. While four years 10 too lonl
to wait to get crack at man wht
\ betrays the peoples interests.
ADVERTISEMENTS
IL THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
For good many years the Chicag'
, public had ample opportunity to oh
I serve what telephone monopoly moan
In the way of service.
The rates had been raised severa
times-and threats Of another rais'
were being made. There was talk o
abolishing certain forms Of residence
service. The public was treated will
scant courtesy. There were intermiu
able delays in changing old phone
and installing new ones.
Then came the automatic telephone
bringing with 1t the much needle,
spur of competition.
What happened?
Immediately the utmost efforts h
improve the manual service wer
made.
But It Is a cold. hard fact that thes
efforts have been to a large degre
unsuccessful 1t Is simply a physica
impossibility to make manual servic
come anywhere near the remarkabl
efficiency Of the automatic.
The reason Is obvious. The auto
matte is q higher development of tn
telephone principle.
1t has eliminated the huge cost an
great uncertainty Of the huma
operator.
1t has made telephoning secre
quick, low in cost.
On the Automatic telephone q m,
chine-quicls as lightning. absolutel
accurate-gets your number TOR YOU
There are no bitches. NO delays. n
wrong numbers.
Automatic telephone service has r
ceived a tremendous welcome In Oh
cago. Automatic service has double
and doubled again until over 10000
calls per day are being handled.