Newark post., 1919-01-22
NEW TELEPHONE RATES
BEGAN YESTERDAY
District Manager Bardo Ad-
vises Study of Toll
Service Require
mcnts

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Telephone Company put into ef-
feet the new schedule of rates for
toll calls to points outside the local
service area, announced by the
Postmaster General ON Dec. 13.
Under this schedule all toll rates
throughout the United States are
placed on a uniform basis.
The new base rate for toll calls
is the "station to- station" rate,
which applies where toll call is
made from one telephone to an
other without specifying that a
particular person is desired. 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 6
miles up to "a miles and 5 cents
for each 8 miles beyond that dis
tance.
In addition to the "station to
station" rate, "person to person"
rate, am appointment" rate, a
messenger call" rate and a ere
port charge are quoted for calls
to points on which the "station to
station" rate is Is cents or more.
The person to person" rate, for
calls where a particular person is
specified, is about one-fourth
greater than the station to- sta
tion" rate. The appointment"
rate is about one-half greater than
the "station to station" rate. The
messenger call" rate is the same
as the appointment" rate, plus
any necessary charges for mes
senger service. The report
charge" is about one-fourth of the
station to station" rate and is
made in connection with all toll
icalls other than those made on a
"station to station" basis where
the connection is established but
conversation is not held because
the calling or called party is not
present or will not talk.
The minimum person to per-
son" rate is 20 cents, the minimum
appointment" rate 25 cents and
the minimum messenger call"
rate 25 cents. The minimum Ere
port charge" is 10 cents and the
maximum $500.
New night rates applying only
to calls made on a Station to sta
tion" basis are also quoted. For
toll calls made between $50 P. M.
and midnight on a Station to sta
tion" basis, the rate is about one
half the Station to station" day
rate, and for calls made between
midnight and 4.30 A. M. the rate
lis about one-fourth the "station to
station" day rate.
For the purpose of applying
night rates, the time Of day at
which the "station to station" call
originates is used. The minimum
night rate is 25 cents, and the day
rate 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.
District Manager Bardo stated
that the "station to station" rates
are substantially lower than the
person to person" rates and that
patrons may effect the greatest
economy in their charges for toll
service, and also maximum speed
of connections, if they will study
their toll service requirements and
make the widest possible use of
'"station to station" calls.
When the telephone directory in
formation is available, it is neces-
sary that subscribers calling
specify the telephone call number
desired in making "station to sta
tion" calls. Where directory in
formation is not available at the
calling telephone, the number
should be obtained from "Informa-
tion," or if the called telephone is
at distant point, the name and
address of the called subscriber
should be given to the Toll Oper-
ator, stating that it is ''station
to station" call.