Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03

paratus and supplies" IN 1904 con- |
tract was entered into between The
local telephone company and the eloe
trical company, both OF them owne6
BY the Bell monopoly. whereby the
local company agreed TO purchase all
Of ito supplies from the electric con-
pany. Under the terms Of this COZ
tract the electrical company agrees %
deliver to the telephone company IN
telephone appliances manufactured IN.
der the license Of the Bell Telephone
Company. The local telephone CON.
pany. on the other hand, agrees to pur.
chase all it, supplies from the elee
trical company.
Here We have . nne sample Of how
the parent monopoly makes the sub.
sidiary monopolies pile up profits for
each other and the public pays he
freight.
on page 81 Of the report Of this
expert" to the City Council we and
the statement made that the Boil men
opoly charges rental Of % cents ~
station for each ct Of instruments
used.
This would amount % oiSS.See
yearly. but the expert discovered that
the local company really paid Tie
parent company )3ss.711 last yeas.
About this enormous ovoroAa1oo ~
expert" naively 0ayo q paeO % g
the report now IN tho hands Of Ne
Council committee: IN justlAea&1oa
Of the payment Of the Ai6ersnoe ~
tween these amounts. q >111, AL ~
Chicago company receives eeetAiA
services from the parsnt company
which Il 10 claimed are WoetA ~
amount paid.
These services consist Of technical
advice and counsel and the uso o. ~
paratus patented By the parent Con-
pany.
What do you think Of thatf
And then the aldermen ere asked
to raise the rates on The people -
help the local company out
Any alderman who votes % raies
rates should be outlawed.
Rates arO twice % much % they
ought to b ct the present tinA TAsy
should bs reduced.
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| It Is reported that the telephone
company has hit upon . new scheme
for the extraction Of the nimble nickel
from the clothes OF customers.
| The new scheme 10 called the
short ring"
Heretofore when . call was made
the telephone bells jingled q long
time or until they were answered.
Now. In some parts Of the city they
are barely tapped.
OF course II the party called does
not hear the mild ring or takes the
sound for crossed wire," Or mis-.
take" the caller has to try It over
again and drop another nickel.
; This nickel movement 10 q great
thing.
: In fact. In Chicago the telephone
company has discovered the richest
nickel mine on earth.
~
Penny telephones are to be estab
! lished in Detroit and there Is no good
+ reason why they should not be estab
{ lished in Chicago. The following
Q dispatch from Detroit explains itself:
Q Reduction of local telephone rates
Q so per cent for the average user
a elimination of the distinction between
t residences and business telephones
:. and the establishment Of rate O
!, $3.50 per month and cent each To-
r outgoing messages In excess OF 20|
Q per month on single party lines, will
Q no limit on incoming calls are pro
Q vided for in an ordinance, on whicl
o common council committee begal
It hearings"
Ir The manner in which the capita
If stock of the Chicago Telephone Con
1. pany has been increased should b
10 investigated by the Aldermen.
,r The city is entitled to 8 per cent G
the gross receipts of the compan!
If Does it get It?
Ie The following, taken from the Oh
If SAgo Daily News Of December II
,f 1905, shows what was talked about
former days:
Efforts to force the Chicago Tel
phone Company to produce its book
It for public inspection were begun
70 the Circuit Court today by the cit
N of Chicago, which asked an accoun
o ing with the company. It is declare
" that since 1889 the telephone con
=. pany has held out between $4,000
q and s5O0,O00 which 1t should hav
10 paid the city.
q. The city bases its demand for q
u accounting upon its agreement wit