The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-25
NEW TOLL SCHEDULES
IN EFFECT TUESDAY

Arrangements have been made by
The Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph
and Telephone Co. to put into effect
at 12.01 A. NJ, January q, 1913. the
new schedule of rates for toll calls Ito
points outside of local service areal
which was announced December Is.
1918, by the Postmaster General, and
under which all toll rates throughout
the United States are placed on a uni
form basis.
The new base rate for toll calls is
the station to station" rate, which
applies where a toll call is made from
one telephone to another without spe-
cifying 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 6 miles
up to "a miles and 5 cents for each s
miles beyond that distance.
In addition to the station to sta
ton" rate, a person to person" rate,
IN appointment" rate, a messenger
call" rate and a report 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 station" 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 connee-
ton with all toll calls 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 pres
ent or will not talk.
The minimum person to person.
rate is 20 cents, the minimum zap
pointment" rate 25 cents and the min
The minimum report charge is 10
cents and the maximum $500.
The e night rates applying only
to calls made on a station to station"
basis are also quoted. For toll calls
made between $50 P. NJ. and midnight
on a station to station" basis, the
rate is about one-half the station to
station" day rate, and for calls made
between midnight and 4.3O A. NJ. the
rate is 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 rates apply on "sta-
ton 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
a station to station" basis.
District Manager Smith states that
the station to station" rates are sub
s%tantially lower than the person to
person" rates and that patrons may
effect the greatest economy in their
charges for toll service, and also maxi
mum speed of connections, if they will
study their toll service requirement
and make the widest possible use of
station to station" calls.
When the telephone directory infor-
nation is available, it is necessary
that subscribers calling specify the
telephone call number desired in max
ing Station to station" calls. Where
directory information is not available
at the calling telephone, the number
should be obtained from Information
or if the called telephone is at a dis
tant point, the name and address of
the called subscriber should be given
to the Toll Operator, stating that it is
a "station to station" call.