The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-12
HAWAII ! Telephone
CHARGES APPROVED
by COMMISSIONERS
Public Utilities Body Publishes It's
Formal Report On Big island
Investigations
SWITCHING SERVICE RATE
FOUND FULLY JUSTIFIED
Order Authorizes Collection Of
Tolls For Accommodation BY
Hawaii Telephone Company


After thorough investigation Of
the difficulty in collecting switcbing
eb.r,.s ror ,oIo,h,.. -. .-.-....o
- "V" W. ''0' oe'"eeh
,ne ha"a' I'I'Phohe company and
he Korala Telephone Company, the
public utilities commission yesterday
lecided that the charge of ten cents,
which the Hawaii Telephone Company
has been collecting from subscribers Of
the Kohala Telephone Company for
switching service is justified
For long time there has been q
question as to whether subscribers for
the serVir" Of both companies should
be obliged to pay this extra toll Of ten
cents. But the Hawaii Telephone
Company declared il vas not within
the province of the concern to deter.
mine wherRer or not telephone callers
were subscribers of br;n concerns
There never has been any question as
to the right TO charge the extra toll =
for subscribers to only one of the tele.
phone companies who desired % talk
over the lines Of the other company.
In order to obtain a ruling on the
subject George II. Wears and W. ID.
stone, representing the Hawaii Tele-
phone Company, and George p. Tul,
loeb, representing the Koaala Tele.
phone Company, brought the matter to
the attention of the utilities commits.
sion. Before II fun meeting of the
commission the subject was discussed
and the following order issued by the
commission:
Board Issues Order
''Pursuant to the decision of this
commission in the above entitled mat.
ter, fleo this sixth day of September,
| 1915, it is the order Of this commission
that in the matter of the collection of
tolls by the Hawaii Telephpne Com
p0ny from persons desiring switching
service with the kuhala Telephone
Company the full amount of such toll
be collected by the HAWAII Telephone
Company from each person desiring
such service.
The Investigation showed that the
Hawaii Telephone Company and ko-
hala Telephone Company are two dis
tinct telephone companies operating in
different districts upon the Island OF
Hawaii, but which companies com
monty operate mutual switching
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irons.
Commissions Report
Following Is the report OF the com.
mission after the entire sub)ect hhd
been carefully inVestl gated: IL
Inc praetSe US between "e Wv"
companies has been that the hohalh
Telephone company, Limited mas eharg
ed the Hawai- Telephone Company the
nf switch
messages sent from the lines OF tue ma
wall Telephone Company over the hnss
of the kohala Telephone Company, Ltd1
which sum the Hawan Telephohe Com-
pany collects from the person MAKING
the call.
'The present dlmculty ARISES from
the fact that certain OF the s"pserloerS
nt the Hawan Telephone company are
also subscribers or the kohala rene
phone Company, Ltd, ana the hohaia
Telephone Company, Ltd.' uoeS NOT u%
sire that its regular Subscribers shonln
be charged a toll for service wnich
is within the service Tor whlch thelr
""gular subscription charge is collected
The contention 0f the Hawan Telephone
company is that the Hawah Teiephone
Company is not In POSITION owing 70
the constant change OF snbser bers ana
the difficulty OF detecting indlViauM
voices to ascertain whether the person
using ITS system ana desiring eOnhee'
u0n with the kohala Teleph"ne Com,
pany Ltd, is or is not subscriber OF
tsuch company.
EFnIains switching onarGe
This ten cents switching charge u
collected by the hawah telepnohe CON,
pany to meet the charge MADE against
It by the kohaia Telephone Company
l'td., for the switching service ana the
fact that the person from whom thls
ten cent toll Is collected IS emitted
to free service from the hohaia feie-
phone Company Ltd, Is matter pure
" between sueh person ana mat CON
pany' when can De readily adjusted De-
tween such person ana the hohala Ieiej
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