The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-07-24
PREPARED TO
FURNISH FACTS
Telephone Company Replies 10
Governors Committee
COUNSEL JONES' STATEMENT
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ur W u Jones. counsel ier ne
Mes EnKiAns Teleghon~ and feis-
ssspA tsM ,zAY. tskes difeei lssas
Nlsh ne recommendation Ter fedae
,ians a telephone rsuials and ioli
rates hy Governor FTeicher'a special
Telephone commission Ne denles
,hai ~ company declined % furnish
information n thia comuission and
Sharply questions the accuracy ~
several Il the statements ~ fact pre-
SEATED IN these recommendations
Mr. Jones says a have fcAd
TIE report u Governor Fletcher .
'sseclhi commission Mith interest
TIE principal attempt % ipsufy
ihr Report appears 10 BE- 0ascd upon
the alleged refusal Or negicct o. me
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph company and lls subsidiaries 70
furnish Nessfs Graham and COOK
with information
Upon this poln, ! desire 70 take
direct aud emphatic issue Nt'h these
gentlemen
Instead 81 refusing them intorma
,son / wrote 10 them on June Of
fefing any information concerning the
New England company and It's snhsld-
taries that you may desire and since
that date information, both verbal ana
written, has been furnished at great
length III only one Instance was IN
formation declined Msssrs Graham
and Cook requested us 10 furnish the
names and addresses Of your stock
holders. the amount held by each.
Tbh declined 10 give. on the ground
that II Involved the personal rights
81 our stockholders. but At the same
nme offered 10 furnish them with
4 statement ~ the amount Of stock
held By the New England company 10
esch u SIS subsidiaries 10 this Of
Ter Messrs Graham aud Cook made
30 roply
1.-THE requests made by these gentle
men Nere very genera and Il was
matter Of much time and labor 10
compile the statistics desired. but data
Was forwarded as rapidly as II could
be prepared ! forwarded certain data
rs late az Monday July IL, as no init
nation had been given by the special
commissioners that they had filed
their report or even that they we're
near the point Of completing their In
yestigations In fact the attitude OF
this special commission has appar-
entity been that Of unwillingness TO
use Information rather than eagerness
10 receive Il. / have no desire 10
ihresh out the detail of this extended
matter At this time but in support of
my statement will cite two or three
Illustrations from the report
n The report states that traffic
contracts between the New England
Telephone aud Telegraph company
and the independent companies pro-
hlhli them from connecting with any
other company without our consent.
The fact Is that ali our contracts
made since 1910 expressly permit,
connection with any other company
and | explained verbally to the spe-
cial commissioners In response to
their question that We had repeatedly
urged 81 comynies TO substitute this
form 81 contract for the old or obso-
lnlc one
% The report Gays that the New
England company leases receivers
and transmliters 10 al is subsidiaries
and majority Of It's other connect
ing companies. charging TO some rs
cents and 10 others 81 25 year
The fact Is, as pointed out by me
IN memorandum sent to Messfs,
Graham aud Cook on June Is, that no
connecting company. subsidiary or
Otherwise. is Obliged 10 rent It's in
strumants Of the New England com
pany. but is Of liberty 10 purchase
their own Instruments Where COM