The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-08
COUNCIL HEARS
MERGER PLANS
AMENDMENT To FRANCHISE
PASSED FIRST HEADING IN
SESSION LAST NIGHT.
WANT A CONTRACT
CuuutiImcn Look With Favor on
Agreement 90 Insure Future
Performance Of the
Company.

when the city county assembled
last night a committee from the
Chamber OF Commerce was present
To make report on the proposed tel
ephone merger. First. General Man
aver ]. r. Earle of the Texas Tele-
phone company asked the council to
amend the telephone franchise 20
permit the company to charge
rental OF $3.5o for business tele-
phones. following which Will Moore.
chairman of the committee. an
pounced that the committee had been
considering the merger matter for
some weeks and submitted the fol-
lowing report covering their inves-
legations
Committees Report.
To the Honorable City Council of
Waxahaehie:
we. the undersigned committee
from the Chamber of Commerce OF
Waxahachie. appointed TO make an
Investigation OF the proposed teie-
phone merger. and to present same
to the City Council. beg leave to
submit the following facts:
There are 1903 Duplicates Bus
mess telephones at $500 $4,000
az nnpicate Residence Tele-
phones at s2.00. ....+. 5000
fetal amount paid for Dupli-
cate Telephones ...... $4,000
Added rental on Business Tel
ephones, 26o phones. -. $4,000
Net saving ............ szoS'oo
The committee, not willing to as
sumo the responsibility OF recon-
mending the merger without know
ing the wishes of the people thor
oughly, decided upon plan of cir
a petition, requesting each
user of a business telephone to ex-
press himself fer or against the mer-
ger. finds that the users OF 159 bus
mess telephones favor the merger.
while 81 users of business telephones
are opposed TO the merger. We FOUND
refusing To vote. and there were
20 when we we're not able TO reach.
We did not take into consideration
the s phones used by the city, nor
used by city aldermen. There were
10 phones in lodges, library, SANTA
rum. etc, where the person IN
charge would not have the author
ity to vote either way. We take 1t
for granted that the 707 residence
phone users. who are benefited by
the dual service without added cost,
and especially the IS who save $500
per month, are in favor of the mer-
ger.
Based upon this expression OF the
telephone users, the committee would
recommend the passage of an amend
ment to the franchise authorizing
a merger upon the basis of $3.50
for business telephones.
The committee has been assured
that all employees of both companies
will be taken care of at as good "
bitter salaries; that service of the
company will be improved and kept
up to a standard satisfactory to the
city government; that the merged
company will give long distance ia
cilities over both the Independent
and Southwestern long distance
lines: aud that the rural lines will
be maintained and from time to
time extended the same as has been
the policy OF the company in the
past.
The city has in the past been
greatly benefited by the removal of
poles and wires in the business dis
trict. and a merger of the two sys-
TENS would further benefit by the
removal OF one set of poles and
wires over the residence districts.
Respectfully submitted,
WILL MOORE.
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