Palisadian., 1919-01-25
new SCHEDULE
OF PHONE RATES
NOW IN EFFECT
Some Facts About "Station to
Station" and ''Person to
Person" Calls.

Following arrangements made by the
New York Telephone Company, the
new schedule of rates for toll calls Ito
points outside the local service area)
which was announced December IL,
1913, by the postmaster general and
under which all toll rates throughout
the United States are placed on uni
form basis, went into effect one min
ute after last Monday midnight.
The new base rate for toll calls is
the "Station to station" rate, which ap.
plies where a toll call is made from
one telephone to another without spec
flying that a particular person is de-
sired This rate is determined by the
air line distance between toll points
and is computed for the initial period
on the basis of 5 cents for each six
miles up to "a miles and 5 cents for
each eight miles beyond that distance.
The "station to station" method of
calling provides the cheapest and
quickest form of telephone toll serv-
ice. The company points out that
station to station" calls must be made
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phone number of the called telephone.
Where the number is not known and
telephone directory information is not
available the number should be OBJ
tanned from "Information," or if the
called telephone is at Il distant point
the name and address of the called
subscriber should be given to the toll
operator.
In addition to the "statiOn to sta
ton" rate, IA "persOn to person" rate,
an appointment" rate, a messenger
CALI rate and report charge" are
quoted for calls to points on which the
"station to station" rate is 15 per cent.
81 more.
The 'person to person rate, for
calls where particular person is spec
flied, is about one-fourth greater than
the "station to station" rate. The zap
pOintment" rate is about one-half
greater than the station to station"
rate. The messenger CALI rate is the
same as the appointment rate, plus
any necessary charges for messenger
service. The report charge" is about
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rate and is made in connection with all
toll calls other than those made on a
''StatiOn to station" basis where the
connection is established but conversa-
ton is not held because of any reason
beyond the control of the telephone
company.
The minimum "persOn to person
rate is 70 cents, the minimum zap
pointment" rate % cents and the mini
mum messenger CALI rate % cents.
The minimum report charge" is 10
cents and the maximum 50.
New night rates applying only to
calls made on a station to station"
basis are also quoted. For toll calls
made between s 80 p. m. and midnight
on a "Station to station" basis the rate
is about One-half the "Station to sta
ton" day rate, and for calls made be-
tween midnight and 30 IA. m. the
rate is about one-fourth the "station to
station" day rate.
For the purpose of applying reduced
rates for evening and night "statiOn to
st.tiOn" service the time of day at the
calling point 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
apply on all toll calls made at night on
other than 'station to station" basis.