Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-18
REDS FIRE ON TROOPS new TELEPHONE Rates

Schedule Becomes Operative Tuesday
All Toll Rates Throughout the
United States Will Then be on q
Uniform Basis.
Arrangements are being made by
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company to put into effect at 1901
AN, January 81, 1919. the new
schedule Of rates for toll calls
which was announced December 13
1918, by the Postmaster General,
and under which all toll rates
throughout the United States are
placed On a uniform basis.
Under the new schedule ''starion
tc station" rate IS the basis upon
which all rates for the various clas-
ses of service are computed. This
rate applies where toll callTs made
from one teleDhone to another with
out specifying that a particular per-
son is desired. The rate is determined
by the air line distance between toll
points and is computed Tor the in
itial talking period on the basis Of
5 cents for each miles up to "a
miles, and 5 cents for each s miles
beyond that distance.
In addition to the "station to sta
tion" rate, q ''person to person" rate,
an appointment rate a "mes-
sengcr call" rate and .'re-
port charge" are quoted for calls
to points on which the station to
station" rate is Is cents OF more.
The "person to person" rate, for
calls where particular person is
specified, is about one-four.h create
than the "station to station" rate. The
<"arpointment' rate is about onc-half
greater than the Hstation to station"
rate. The messenger call" rate is
the same as the appointment
rate, plus any necessary charges
for messenger service. The
report charge" is about one
fourth of the "station 10 station"
rate and is made in connection with
all toll calls other than those made
on a sent to "station 20 station
basis where the connection is estab-
iished but conversation is not held be-
cause the calling or called party is
rot present, will not talk, or has no
telephone.
The minimum "person TO person"
rate is 20 cents, the minimum zap
pointment" rate 25 cents and the
minimum messenger call" rate 25
cents. The minimum report charge"
is 10 cents and the maximum $500.
New evening and night rates ap-
plying only to calls made on a "sta-
tion TO station basis are also quoted.
For toll calls made between $3.50 2.
NJ, and midnight on a station to
station" basis, the rate is 2bout one
half the "station to station" day
rate, ami for calls made rbe1"'een mid
night and 4:30 A. NJ, the rate is
one-fourth the Station 20 station"
day rate.
For the purpose Of applying night
rates the time of day at which the
"s+ation tn station" call originates
is used. The minimum night rate is
25 cents and day rates apply on
"station to station" calls made at
night when the day rate is less than
this minimum. Day rates also supply
or all toll calls made at night or
other than a station to station"
basis.
The company points out that where
telehone directory information IS
available, subscribers calling should
specify the telephone call number de-
sired in making "station to station"
toll calls. Where directory informa-
tion is not available at the calling
telephone, such "station to station"
calls will be accepted if the name and
address of the called subscriber IS