Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-11-02


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The Chicago Telephone Company IL
bound by its franchise to submit to
any order passed by the city council
regulating either its charges or ito
equipment. Section Z Of the ordi.
nance granting the franchise says:
THE city council a. 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, nx. 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, OK.
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 8. 10 found this paragraph:
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 10 10 found this pro.
vision:
But said Chicago Telephone Com.
pany by the acceptance Of this ordi.
nance shall be understood % 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.
Gil can declare the grant land all the
rights and privileges" Of the company
forfeited and at an end.
~SA
Joseph e. Bidwill. Jr., has made .
hne record as Clerk Of the Circuit
Court. Reflect him.
ADVERTISEMENT
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
For q good many years the Chicago
public had ample opportunity to oh.
serve what telephone monopoly meant
In the way of service.
The rates had been raised several
times-and threats Of another raise
were being made. There was talk of
abolishing certain forms Of residence
service. The public was treated with
scant courtesy. There were intermin'
able delays In changing old phones
and installing new ones.
Then came the automatic telephone.
bringing with 1t the much needed
spur of competition.
| What happened?
Immediately the utmost efforts to
improve the manual service we're
made.
But II is a cold, hard fact that these
efforts have been to large degree
unsuccessful. It is simply a physical
impossibility to make manual service
come anywhere near the remarkable
efficiency of the automatic.
The reason Is obvious. The auto
matte Is higher development Of the
telephone principle.
1t has eliminated the huge cost and
great uncertainty of the human
operator.
It has made telephoning secret
quick, low In cost.
On the Automatic telephone q ma
chine--quick as lightning. absolutely
accurate-gets your number for you
There are no bitches, no delays. M
wrong numbers.
Automatic telephone service has re
ceived a tremendous welcome in Chi
cago. Automatic service has doubled
and doubled again until over 400.00l
calls per day are being handled.
And all this In the face OF one o
the most powerful monopolies tn
world has ever seen.
For better telephone service. phon'
for your Automatic today-Commer
cial Dept. 33.111.
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE,
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