The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-30
FILE PHONE KICKS
Ten Cases Since September 1
With Utilities Body.
Commission Is Clearing House
for These Complaints.

Since September 1 of this year ten
telephone cases. ranging from service
complaints to applications to sell tele-
phone systems, have been filed with
the public utilities commission. Dur
ing the time that the commission has
been handling telephone complaints
about three years-hundreds of them
have been received and adjusted.
y The first complaint in September
was received from Ray Bowles against
the Arlington Telephone company. al
leging that the respondents service
was Door and that the Telephone COM
pany did not keep its lines In proper
shape. The case was dismissed October
1s preceded by an agreement between
the complainant and respondent. Sep
TENDER another complaint was filed
against the Perry Home Telephone
company by j. w. Kinkell. asking that
the respondent be required to furnish
service per agreement at the time
the subscriber installed his telephone.
A complaint was also filed the same
day by Charley Decker against J. D.
Frost Of the Prairie Home Telephone
company. asking that the company be
required to furnish service as per
agreement. The case is still open.
September - a complaint was filed
against the Darlington Mutual Tele-
phone cOI0pdHy ny tIlC VII dA0 ICAC-
phone exchange. The complainant
asks that the respondent be required to
fulfill agreements of a contract. The
case is set for hearing Friday, Novem-
Der 6. at Girard. Kan.
A complaint against the Center
Township Telephone company was also
filed by c. L. Patton asking that the
telephone company be required to give
better service and keep a central night
and day that calls for doctors might be
made. Paxton is q doctor. The case
was closed after an informal agreement
between the complainant and respond
ent.
The Melvin Telephone company
filed a complaint against several COM
panies, including the Carbonate TeIe-
phone company, the Scranton Tele-
phone company, the Burlingame Tele-
phone company, the Usage Telephone
company. the Lyndon Mutual Tele-
phone company, the Overlook Tele-
phone and Garage company. the Mich
fgan Valley Telephone company and
the Quenemo Telephone company.
In this case improper use of re-
spondent's toll lines is alleged. The
case is still unsettled.
Four cases were filed in October.
Fritz Willenberg filed complaint
against f. w. Ruch, owner of rural
telephone company asking that the
complainant be furnished the same
service as other subscribers Willen-
berg alleges that his telephone was
taken from his house. The respondent
in the case has not filed his answer.
Three of the cases in October were
acquisitions for permission to sell tele-
phone systems and telephone prop
erty. The three requests were filed
by Anna c. Christensen, administra-
trix for company at Whiting; the
New Albany Telephone exchange and
the Fall River Telephone company.
The request of the New Albany COM
pany has been set for hearing in To-
peka October 81 in Topeka, and the
Fall River company's request assigned
for hearing in Topeka on the same
date.
No telephone cases were filed with
the utilities commission during August.