Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-13

WILLIAM
Leader Of the Dunno Fore,
stood for the purpose Of getting data
bearing on the alleged telephone
trust, have you not?" DsWoody was
asked.
"That Is q matter that I cannot
possibly discuss. There 10 nothing
that we can announce regarding any
such investigation" was the reply.
Chicago Daily News editorial. Do.
cember 10, 1911:
II has been the aim Of the telephone
company to do away with unlimited
service 20 far 40 possible and to 70
quire all users Of it, instruments to
60 on the measured service basis. Op.
position to tho measured service plan
10 aroused whenever . patron Of tho
telephone company 10 made TO pay
two tolls where one should be sum.
Client.
The ordinary person In attempting
to telephone to o railroad passenger
station, for example. 10 likely to ask
for the wrong number for the purpose
Of his call. for 20 confusing 10 the
array Of titles and numbers In the
telephone directory that Il 10 often
dificult to decide upon the department
that IL wanted. Frequently the infor.
nation bureau at Q railroad station.
when appealed to. refers the inquirer
to another telephone number In the
same building. This necessitates the
payment Of second toll. Telephone
operators are careful to prevent the
second call from being made without
the payment Of q second nickel.
Both the railroad companies and the
telephone company should do theiy
best to see that the arrangement Of
department names In the telephone d.
rectory ID suficiently clear to enable
iuQuirers to call the hrst time fol
the number they really want.
The city ought to have . bureau oi
complaints to which appeals for the
improvement Of faulty conditions oi
service might be made BY patrons oi
local public utility corporation.
~
The telephone monopoly ebliess ~
users Of nickel phones to guarantee I
cents per day. II the monthly Aspose
Of nicksls falls short Of ~ gua1aAto>
the company makes The pheae rsatsl
pay the difference. II there she1l(
happen 70 bs IN excess q liekoas ~
company gobblss them an. Tho phoal
renter gets no credit for hat excess
That's the iogie a tAo AsoeDoly.
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We take the following from page
"a Of the Report on the Causes oi
Municipal Corruption In San Fran
cisco as disclosed by the investiga
tions OF the oliver grand Jury and thu
prosecution of certain persons fol
bribery and other offenses against thu
state" made BY . committee appoint
ed by the mayor Of that city and pub
lished by order Of the board Of %
pervisors. cit; and county Of sar
Francisco. January 8. 1910:
1.-THE Pacif Telephone and Tels
graph Company bribed the 9upervis
ors to prevent the Home Telephone
Company or any other organisation
from obtaining q telephone franchise
In San Francisco. No attack Of any
kind on the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company was threatened
by the Supervisors. and the sole pur
pose OF the crime was to maintain {
profit which might be cut BY thu
competition Of business rivals. Th(
Supervisors were paid In all oveI
$4,000. The managing committee o
the board Of directors OF the company
swore before the Grand Jury that thsy
did not know how the funds wers
procured for the bribery"
This report was signed BY william
Kent. formerly well known alder
man and refor.ner Of Chicago and oil
other members Of the committee ap
pointed by the mayor Of San Francis
CO. Oct ~. 1908.
Penny telephones are to be estab
lished in Detroit and there Is no goot
reason why they should not be estab
l!she5 IN Chicago. The following
dispatch from Detroit explains itself
Reduction Of local telephone rate
80 per cent for the average user
elimination OF the distinction between
/ residences and business telephone
and the establishment OF a rate o
$3.50 per month and cent each To-
outgoing messages In excess Of 20(
per month on single party lines, will
no limit on incoming calls are pro
vided for In an ordinance. ON whicl
q common council committee begal
hearings."