The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-17

oaAlng calls y q factor Of assistance to
- rockoned.
Only ONE TELEPHONE CON-
PANY IN NEW YORK.
0sW York City has only one telephone
OnQany. On vnrious occasions the pub
- Aas expressed itself us opposed to the
0nlsance and extra burden OF two oS
Onre competing telephone companies In
- same AREA. Security Of one company
= the field. 40 long ~ its service 10 gooo
80 ~ rates reasonable. has been almost
guaranteed by public opinion
moe the Public Service law became ef-
SoUtivA In 1910. and control over public
ooFvlce corporations was vested In the
oeote Commission. there have been inter-
0oetent protests against the rates
GAasGed for service In New York City by
- New York Telephone Company. These
0uooursts have been met by the company
- . soothing and gently conciliatory
Go1B1l 4 little II has been conceded here
- there complaints snoothed out. We
6oO0t directors lulled by local or tenn
oosAsy adjustments. asitators headed OF
~ clever manipulation and every effort
Ua1e to prevent any storm growing Into
v1ssst forcA
Out with this conciiiatory policy there
~ bean the protective policy OF surreni-
- - little ~ poasibie, giving away
~ IN inch At time never hitting the
DuDlie IN the face. smoothing every COM
onlnt. but never reducing rate 80 long
. q can be maintained without serious
noat1e.
NJ By biz slight reductions Of rates
oa1e been made In New York City. but
IAaV have been only nibbles around the
49,. Zone areas have been altered. toll
uoeos cut hero and there. but all tho
fssees At the companys command have
oom called into play time and again to
Oaantaiu to the highest possible level me
oaG1p contract "a 20 and the principle Of
q extra charge for messages between
- Sesoughs. Manhattan and Brooklyn.
0aascsly half mile apart. are psnalizcd
= extra hvs cents for every interborough
toe0hons message
oNe rate for all Of New York City Is
0ouesoesd BY the telephone company with
Oua4G opposition than 70 any other
pvopo0ation. There 10 hve-cent fare for In
togeorough transportation on the present
- the new subways, but = tele,,no,e
0oDoaSs costs more than = ride In a
tsaln. The Western Union Telegraph
Company delivers kilograms anywhere
Woehia ne city limits without extra
SAArgA but the New York Telephone
osnoAny imposes extra charges for
1g0ax and Brooklyn. Queens and Rich
0ond. Newspapers are sold at the same
Os9oD throughout the city. Letter postage.
Aecsl post rates and free postal delivery
- Sniversai through the entire area Of
0ssater New York. In brief. all means
g REORGANIZATION Of intelligence
voeoaAu the city ID upon . one-price basis
ennapting telephone service.
RATES RAISED ON A DIVISION
OF THE CITY INTO ZONES.
Ne rates ~ charged to-day by ths
WSW York Telephone Company are bases
- Q division OF the city into severA
oeees. irregular In size. being based prin
IDEALLY upon telephone exchange areas
~ example. Zone No. I includues Man
ookeAn Island from the Battery up I,
ooe Hundred and Tenth street Zone No
. laeiudes Harlem above One Hundrs<
~ Tenth street and the lower Bronx
2o0s No. 10 upper Bronx. Brooklyn aat
Owens arc divided very irregularly.
Telephone rates within any one zon
~ On . local basis for subscribers; tn 4
~ 10 toll charge being imposed. Pa,
station rates are Ave cents. But between
oooe sones there IL an extra toll charg,
9Aare y no extra charge between Man
haitian and Harlem. but there Il betwee,
Manhattan and Brooklyn. A subscribe
- the Battery can call up anywhere ~
- Bronx Park, ten miles In distance. an
~ ~ taxed extra. Any citizen can y
~ . pay station and obtain the san,
, ssEvics for nvs csnta
1hs telephone cables 10 the Who'll
lsaseh OF Manhattan Island In und ar
@ound conduix owned by the Empir
City Subway Company. and also In sub
marine cables under the Harlem Rive
n y important 10 remember the Harlem
River. The telephone company does NJ
conAldsr It a toll barrier like the Eas
Hevor. Everything about telephoning M
Ger the Harlem River Is the same as tel,
phopinS under the East River save tn,
soe 10 . little wider than the other-no
- sEosed half mile wider. But for thI
tBtR half mile OF East River wldt
svsey telephone User IN New York
ta091 ave cents extra. The subscribe
.WA0 talks from one end of Brookb
Igs10s to the other rnds "a toll charge ,
0ve cents for each call on his MONTH
Tn The man In the street who uses
~ 0tAtiOn 10 charged 10 cents for eao
ell between Manhattan and Brookly'
ne man who talks by telephone aero
~ Harlem River Is not penalized.
NeoG TINE otD-TiME TOLL GATE
IN THE ROADS.
~ East River II fve-eignths OF a mi
~ between the Brooklyn bridge to,
60 All the bridges across II are free Z,
pGoU1e who wish to walk. The street Cd
t0ooss no additional charge beyond thc
Gln01s avs-cent fare for carrying passel
Oego across the river. But the teiephol
eoAoany By its surtaA of hve cents
S0uGv suebsass carried across the riv
0AAno that five-eighths Of mile AN n
eoo10AGiy profitable short haul. certain
N aDost remunerative piece OF submari
aaAos h tho world
yhogo have been various efforts MAJ
~ telephone subscribers and public DO
- - obtaAn an sbolition Of this Ia
~ ~ tmposed by the telephons. COZ
- 7SA1Ds sRorts have gradually ce
~ - demand for one rate for Il