Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-06-20
new lATE ESIAB
LISHED FOR LONG
dist nee CALLS
CHARGES ARE QUOTED
FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF
g. TELEPHONE CALLS.

FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF
TELEPHONE CALLS.
The telephone company put into eff
feet May 81, 1919, new regulations
governing charges for long distance tel
ephone calls.
These regulations are the same as
have been in effect for interstate te1e-
phone calls since since January Fl, but
they have not been put in force before
because, only recently the United States
Supreme Court fixed the authority for
making telephone rates within the
state. .. =.
; The principal change from the former
method Of determining long distance
telephone rates is that instead of one
class of service there are several, each
with a. different rate. For example,
there is one charge for station to sta
tion' calls, when anyone will talk at
the telephone called, another when de-
finite person is desired, another for
appointment calls, for night calls,
and so on.
lance telephone calls under the new reg.
ulation is the "station to station' rate.
This is determined by the air line dis
lance between towns. The rate is COM
puted for the initial period Of CONVEX.
sation on the basis of cents for each
six miles up to "a miles and 5 cents for
each eight miles beyond that distance.
The "station to station' rate ap'
plies when the calling party does not
ask to- talk to particular person at the
telephone designated but merely to any
one who answers the telephone. The
word "Stationn as used here means
"telephone,' the service being .tele-
phone to telephone method. "Station
to station' calls must be made either
by giving the telephone number wanted
or the name and address under which
the telephone is listed. If the calling
party states that he wishes to talk to
a definite person, the F'person to per
son. rate which is higher, is charged.
Charges for "station to station .
calls cannot be reversed, that is charg
ed to the telephone called.
The "station to station' service is
furnished at lower rate than Other
classes of service. because it requires
less work on the part Of the long dis
lance operators than other classes OF
calls and cities up'' the wires for a
shorter period than when a particular
party must be summoned to the tele
phone. =. :.
In addition to "station. to station
service, "person to person. rate, al
"|appointment' rate, "a t'messenge7
calf, rate and '''report charge" arr
quoted. :>.:-.>,
that conversation is desired with a par
ticular person and the connection is es
tablished and conversation held witt
that person, the person to person;
rate applies. i~~t J. -"':.T7:.1 49, : ~. >
AS this service requires a s~greate1
amount of operating effort and holds tint
wires for longer period than "sta
ton to station = calls because a particu
lar party must be brought to the tele
phone. before a conversation is held
the rate for such calls is about one
fourth greater than the ".station to sta
ton" rate.
The "appointment" rate, applicabl.
when definite time is specified to tall
to a particular person, is about one
half greater than the "station to sta
tom rate.
The messenger call" rate, where :
messenger is necessary to summon tn
called person to the telephone, is: tn
same as the appointment" rate, plu
any necessary charges for messenge
service.
The "report charge' applies when {
"person to person. call, an "appoint
ment" call or messenger" call i
made and the person desired is not il
or will not talk or when the exact ad
dress of the person desired has beef
given and he cannot be reached at tel
ephone within one hour. However, i
the connection is made and the CONVEX
sation held later in the same day tn
"report charge' is not made. Thi
charge also applies if the calling part.
is absent when the connection is com
pleted within one hour.
The cost of handling call where TIL
operator is unable to locate the part,
called, telephone officials say, is nearl:
as great as when the person is foun,
and the conversation held. The perso1
placing the call is asked to stand par
| OF This expense WHICH Is calleQ a re
port charge.'' 80 =
The rate for a report charge is abou
one-fourth the 'fstation to station
rate. .. 49,. ..
|. On "station to station' calls, wher
the rate is Is cents or less, an initia
talking period Of 5 minutes is permit
ted. For longer conversations an add
tional charge will be made. On "pe1
son to person" calls, appointment
| calls and messenger" calls the initia
! talking period is three minutes: I:
Night rates apply only to "station t
station': calls. Day rates apply a
night on other classes of service. TIL
rate for "station to station" call
made between $3.50 p. m. and midnigh
is about. one-half Of the t.station t
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