New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
NEW PHONE CUTS
ORDERED BY P. S. c.
rtat Five-Cent Rate Starts
July 1 for All City, Ex-
cept Tottenville.
ApARTMENT HOUSES
ALSO GET RELIEF
Attorney for Company Refuses
TO Discuss Changes Until
Order Is Received.

rhe Public Service Commission is
,,,S Yesterday a memorandum Of its
S.,ision on the New York City tele-
,hons rates. The order fixes maximum
,,tss leaving the company free to
.ske reductions during the period COW
sred by the order. which Will become
sssetiye July !, and remain in force
i.r three years, and after that until
further order by the commission,
The memorandum makes further
,rts over the reductions which the
scmpary agreed 10 make. 4 maximum
,Ssrse Of FIVE cents a message and the
ssme for apartment house dwellers is
e-iered. Toll charges between the
,rincjpal borouGhS are abolished. This
rssns that Manhattan may telephone
"A any part Of the greater city, except
To,tenyille, Staten Island, for a nick
Il All of Queens is brought into the
I,,sl area with Brooklyn, except the
Far Rockaway section.
The order will provide that the max
,num rates shall be those submitted d
N the company at the last hearing,
,ith the following notifications:
/ The message rates of the company
,lsll be established as for ten zones,
h accordance with the zone map filed
" the company IN connection with its
proposed rates.
3 The local areas for service under
Message contract rates are changed
rom those fixed by the company, so
,lst Zones 6 lNewtown. Flushing and
psyside). and (Richmond Hill, Ja-
-aica. Hollis and Springfeld), are not
orlv local TO each other, but local also
with Zones lthe greater part of
grooklyn from Astoria TO Flatbush) },
AID s Bath Beach and Coney lsland).
This. under their message contracts,
nsrnits Queens subscribers to talk
With all Brooklyn, Coney Island, Long
Island City and Astoria. The mini
rum message direct line rate OF $50
lor T20 messages is retained.
Zone 8 .the upper Bronx region) is
nade local not only with Zone2 (the Ire
mont, Melrose and Fordham section of
The Bronx but also with Zone / MAN
isttsn Island). so that all Manhattan
md The Bronx will constitute a single
loesl area for Zone 3, without a toll
charge. The minimum message direct
Inc rate Of $50 for 720 messages is re-
uined for Zone 3.
Zone S (the Far Rockaway and Ham
rsls exchange srea), which the COM
pssy proposed to make local only with
Zone 7 (the Richmond Hill and ia
uhcs district, is also made local with
Zone (the Coney Island and Bath
Beach station).
). From Zone s to Zone l the pro-
,osed toll rate is reduced from 10
snts TO cents. the same as the com
uny's proposed toll charge from Zone s
. Zone I the Brooklyn and Long
Island City district.
The minimum message rate for in
:udual subscribers stations direct
1ne in Zones I. =, I and for both bust
,t;s and residence service is reduced
inm the proposed rate of SAP for $40
Messages 10 $40 for 500 messages.
s. Private exchange rates in Zones l,
- and for the minimum equipment
I'D messages. described by the com
,sry in its schedule Of proposed rates,
rs reduced by the commissi from
E39 10 Sl26 for monitor board service,
and from si3S 10 Sl32 for corded
Switchboard service. These are the
sane as the rates stated by the COM
lsny for Zones 8, 6, 7 and s, which are
not changed.
The company's charges for minimum
private branch exchange equipment and
Messages in Zones 9 New Dorp, West
New Brighton and Tompkinsville) and
10 lTottenville) are required to be kept
upon the present schedule rates as dis
counted. and TO that extent are made