The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-17
81 SMALL COMPANIES
GET IMMUNITY
Barre, Montpelier and Wa
terbury Are Affected by
Proposed Reduction-New
England Company Threat
ems to Appeal Case

phone & Telegraph Co., with its sub.
salaries, had practically monopoly IN
its field of operation in Vermont, the
Vermont puhlic service commission to-
classes of service afforded By that COM
pany and It's subsidiaries; orderea re-
duction on single service OF the Spring
field Local Telephone Co.; and dismissed
action against 81 other companies on
the ground that their rates were rea-
sonable, or the companies had gone out
Of business or were Not doing exclusive
ly Vermont business.
The report and order were the result
of the public hearing held at Montpelier
from December to January, last at which
time yollminous testimony was taken.
The order is signed by Chairman Robert
G.. Bacon and Commissioner Park II. Pol
lard. while Commissioner William K.
Warner issued a dissenting report. Fol
lowing the announcement of the order,
Vice President Il. K. Hall of the New
England Tel. & Tel. Co. intimated that
his company will appeal to the courts
against the majority report.
Cases Dismissed.
In the cases of the following, the COM
mission found the exchange rates rea-
sonahle for the quality of service fur
nished and dismissed the respondents;
Addison & Panton Telephone CO., G. r.
Andrews, Barnet Telephone Co., Barton
Telephone Exchange, Bethel Telephone
Co., Blue Mountain Telephone Co, Hol-
louisville Telephone Co., Bradford 4
West Newbury Telephone Co., r. e.
Brown, Champlain Telephone Co., Fred
erick Chapman, ). w. Farnsworth, F.
G. Fletcher, Franklin Telephone Co.,
Georgia Plain Telephone Co., Glebe
Mountain Telephone Co., R. 0. Buchan-
an, Groton Telephone Co., j. NJ. Hill,
Home Telephone & Telegraph Co., Inde-
pendent Telephone Co., Lake Morey
Telephone & Telegraph Co., Lunenburg
Telephone Co., Mcguire Telephone Co.,
Marlboro Telephone Co., Melendy Tele-
phone Co., Miltonboro Telephone Co.,
Mollys Falls Telephone Co., North Will
lston Telephone Co., Orange County
Telephone Co., Pomfret Union Telephone
Co., Randolph Telephone Exchange, Ii.
H. Rideout, Strafford Cooperative Tele-
VUOHB 1O.s IUpSHdiu ItitpuuHt W. Oh-
ion Telephone Co., Weathersfield Tele-
phone Co., West Georgia Telephone Co.,
West Windham Telephone Co., Wey-
bridge Telephone Co., White River juno
tion & Interstate Co., Fay & Kenyon
Telephone Co., Cuttingsyille & Shrews-
bury Telephone Co., r. G. Corey, Lake
shore Telephone Co., Highland Avenue
Telephone Co., Middlebrook Telephone
Co., Atllers Pond Telephone Co., New
bury & Peacham Co., Thetford Tele-
phone Co.. South Corinth & West Fair
lee Telephone Co, Wright's Mountain
Telephone Co., Dodge Telephone Co.,
Leighton Hill Telephone CO.. f. NJ. Moul-
ton and Elmer +. st. John; have no ex-
change rates whatever exceeding $l2 a
year and no toll rates exceeding 10 cents
per message.
Rates Reasonable.
In the cases of the following respond
ents, John F. Alexander, ir., John B.
Hay, Central Telephone Co., Citizens
Telephone Co., Cornwall Telephone Co.,
Fairlee Telephone Co., Granville Tele
phone Co., Ernest A. English, Heath
Telephone Co., Isle La Motto Telephone
Co., Ludlow Telephone Co., Mount Holly
Telephone Co., Northern Telephone Co.,
Proctor Telephone Co., Rapid Tel. g. Tel.
Co., Rutland County Tel & Tel. Co.,
Shoreham Telephone Co., Southern YER
mont Telephone Co, Waitsfield & Fays-
ton Telephone Co, West River Tele-
phone Co., Woodstock Telephone Co.,
White Mountain Tel. & Tel. Co, and
the Northfeld Telephone Co., the COM
mission found that exchange rates were
reasonable when service is considered
and should not be changed.
Out of Business.
The following companies are no longer
engaged in telephone business, cases are
dismissed: Bridgewater Telephone Co.,
Citizens Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Guilford Telephone Co.. Hartford &
Woodstock Telephone Co., . Woodsville
Telephone Co., Peoples Telephone Co,
d. L. Mcguire, Essex Telephone CO., and
Vermont Peoples Telephone Co.
No Jurisdiction.
"The Coos Telephone Co., and CO.
operant Telephone Co.. do no business
which is exclusively within the state of
Vermont and not coming under the jur-
isdiction of this commission are there
fore dismissed"
Springfield Local Telephone Co.
The commission gives brief attention