The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-15
UTILITY MANAGERS
BEFORE COMMISSION
LIGHT AND POWER NND TEi.E-
PHONE COMPANY HEADS
EXPLAIN CHANGES.

citizens ~ Ar,imOre have been max
INK frequent complaints and protests
70 Mayor Roberts lately relative tc
the new rulings Of the telephone and
nsht and power comnAnies. In order
10 arrive at the cause and see II rem
,aies can not be secured. the local man
ayers of each utility were requested 10
attend the meeting of the city com
mission TueSias night
Paul EESrn rnanager Of the local
light. power and gas company, mace
an explanation as 10 the complaint 81
the people desiring extension % seT>
vice NJ those utilities He said thar N
teriAl is hard 20 secure. asd that the
REQUIREMENTS NJ the raNment of c1st
OF poles and in advance for the ser
vice. was brought about because ther1
is no market Tor additional bones ef
the cornpAny. and the cNnu0ny does
no; have the capital wiki which 20
make extensions However. he said II
the individual cases of requests Tor
service Are turned over 70 him he viii
handle them as he has others, make
the best arrangement lsNSSlc'e. whlch,
50 FAR. had been satisfactorily adjusted
with the TsoPoSei consumers, ltc s,a-
tel that he had provided FOR iOorc taan
the usual supply ~ piVc and t-hsr
material necessary - keep ~ ths e.
fscleney Of the plant hut the rapid
growth q the city and unusual ds-
rnanas had absorbed sueh q, this eS-
ira supply. and he has not been aole
10 replace some ~ the lSrser gSs nsalus
as he had intended ~ do
w. II. Berry. Ir~ manager 81 the
telephone cornp&ny. stated that he had
issued notice that the ten per sent;
discount that has been in vogue eeTN
would he discontinued after the tele-
phone coznpSny moves into its new
building and installs improved serVica
He felt that this was understood by the
PEOPLE generally As being in cornplf
ance with a eon,rac, between the oiih
zens and the telephone Company for
securing the new exchange and inn
proved service Mr.. Berry declared that
the cos-spSny had more than complied
with its part Cr the eon,rAc; by putting
in a telephone system that cost about
sSea t<Ae. instead - sieo .eee. as had 81
first been contemplated. Nj Berry
stated that the company hSd v0lun-
s&rsly adopted the discount plan IN
onae- 10 set the people 70 pay more
promptly. and that II was No; 0Slig2-
to-y On the part ~ the company. The
coSs % improvements and operation
Srs mach higher than formerly. he said.
TIE growth - the telephone plant here
the number q phoass ana the differ
en-, SrsountS pAi3 by subscribers weTs
explained by Mr. Berry. and he stated
that any other information desired Is
&v&a~ele - TIE city conmisssorsrS
HE felt that the oi,irshs oush, 10 com
rSy With thoir CONTRACT with the cosn.
parry and nos expect ,he ten per cent
sisoosas after ;he improved se-vioe hSs
seSr installed Thoss WHO desired 70
.so - coul8 now pay in a3vanes and
sss the 5iscoant-
The pSvS1s g Z stree; rorshreS,
UrsS CONSIDERED and the representative
q The brscS conaS-N desired some
Slnf q 3sczsion in ;he matter. and fuoun
,he tsnor u his us1arSs it = believed
,s1t he woGl3 NS Sso- aAl-5o- the
pro5ecg owtas se the scarc.ty q lAbor
sz& material There slSo enters into
ms suap~ove-lsnt the question a. 70
whether the horsS couli oe scl3 with
he Opposition z1s f-5c.io1 euEendersi
Into TINS paving co1trsc,
Paving Situation
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