Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-01-31
new u PHONE RATES
IN EFFECT GENERALLY m D. S.
; s..S INJUNCTION SERVED IN
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
The telephone company put into ef.
fect January 81 the new regulations
charges for long distance tel
ephone calls which were recently order
Cd effective on that date by Postmaster
General Burleson. The order places long
distance telephone rates throughout the
United States on uniform basis. The
new ruling makes no changes in local
telephone rates. At the present time
however, the rates noted below are not
IN effect on business originating in Min
nesota, due to the fact that court action
by injunction has been taken to pre-
vent same, which matter is to be decid-
ed at an early date. The rates, howev-
er, do apply to calls from Minnesota to
other states. There has been more or
less misunderstanding as to the propos-
ed rates,and perusal of the informa-
ton following will be of interest.
The principal change from the form
er 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
ton calls, another when definite per
son is desired, another for ."appoint-
ment" calls, for night calls, and so on.
The basis of all charges on long dis
lance telephone calls under the new
regulation is the "station to station"
rate. This is determined by the air
line distance between towns. The rate
is computed for the initial period Of
conversation 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 applies
when the calling party does not ask to
talk to q particular person at the tele-
phone designated but merely to anyone
who answers the telephone. The word
"station'' as used here means "tele-
phone,'' the method being a telephone
to telephone service. "Station to sta
tom calls must be made either by Civ
ing the telephone number wanted or the
name and address under which the tele-
phone is listed. \ If the calling party
states that he wishes to talk to a de-
finite person, the "person to person.
rate which is higher, is charged.
Charges for "station to station calls
cannot be reversed, that is charged to
the telephone called.
The *sstation to station service is
the cheapest and quickest form of long
distance communication. It is furnish
ed at a lower rate than other classes Of
service because it requires minimum
amount of work on the part of the long
distance operators and cites up the
wires for a shorter period than when a
particular party must be summoned to
the telephone.
In addition to t'station to station
service, '1person to person" rate, an
appointment rate, messenger
CALI rate and a t'report charge" are
quoted for calls to points on which the
"station to station rate is Is cents
- The s.person to person. rate is
charged for messages where the calling
party asks to talk to particular per-
son. 1t is about one.fourth greater
than the tstation to station rate.
The appointment rate, applicable
when definite time is specified to talk
to particular person, is about one-haf
greater than the "station to station -
rate. ~
| The messenger call' rate, where q
messenger is necessary to summon the
: called person to the telephone, is the
| same as the appointment" rate, plus
any necessary charges for messenger
, service.
The "report charge" applies when q
"person to person" call, an "appoint
l
made and the person desired is not il
or will not talk or when the exact ad
dress of the person desired has not beer
given and he cannot be reached at a tel
phone within one hour. However, if the
| connection is made and the conversation
held later in the same day the "repor1
CHARGE is not made. This charge alst
applies if the calling party is absen
when the connection is completed with
in one hour. The "report charge' i!
about one-fourth the "station to sta
tom rate.
The lowest "station to station" .rat'
quoted is s cents, the minimum ''per
son to person rate is 20 cents, the min
imum appointment rate IS cents ant
the minimum messenger rate q
cents, while the lowest report charge il
10 cents. Only "station to station ,
service is to be had for short distances
where the "station to station rate il
5 or 10 cents.
On "station to station" calls, where
the rate is Is cents or less, an initial
talking period of 5 minutes is permit
ted. For longer conversations an add
tional charge will be made. On "per
son to person. calls and messenger
calls the initial talking period is 3 min
! utes.
! Night rates apply only to ''station to
| station calls. Day rates apply at
night on other classes Of service. The
rate for "station to station" calls
made between $3.50 p. m. and midnight
is about one-haf Of the station to
station" day rate, and for calls made
! between midnight and 4:30 a. M, the
rate is one-fourth Of the "station to
station day rate. The minimum night
! rate is IS cents and day rates are
charged at night when the day rate Is
less than this. .