Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-05-12
TELEPHONE Co. OFFICIAL
SAYS SERVICE HERE IS
BELOW NORMAL

"0niH ucd from Pag' uun
10 Increase thu rates from Sasf fp 4
per month Tor rcsid.nfr phone nn.
from - Ia 81 10 q business phone 80
Caldwell said that these Increases vuuI
increase tho compluy's anru.I n.HH.
about $50 900 "rshllrs %. .1mftr. q.
eject c'rt1in h't'y r,. I.tI Improvement
and 60 grant tairs ir sllf.s q. '.f.
phone opcrai ~ 1- wen O. f. Iu,..I..
the force. n WIS ur .far.I Cha n.
r1larier 20 the OPERATOR. N.r1 f.
creased total 90 $4,000 u.r ,,.I
Geo u liili district usrlr.. sid.
that the company is now ..I .t.rHr u.tr
shout % gir'- e'' tt ? Oh. r....I ...s.
''r'neui % "a 90 G.r..r ID r.,..- d.
the ct thrt Oh. .f.uIr, r1.lF .r.
ploy rs MANY rlr'r er fb., can re. d
they - d. r' tGe th1t OBJ. .ur
ranN 10 nr~ r..f.e in-rs az 90 ,..
each applicant brought .n rv lry .rr.
ploye ~ ~ mpsrr wheir.- fb. ..,.
picnni o. T''riri o. r.i and In .r
dition7l s. o. thr party Vhl % ...ir...i ,,..
application u The applicant is 4...,.,..i
Tor position. Mr. lHH sIlI TN, ...-
" The company were liIo tu ..pi., i,.
Total complement ~ operators uu..I
aiely u would h' Impossible - e. fr.
service back 20 normal under q...r..
weeks for time s. required o.. Oh. I.....
INK n the operator before ID, is r..
mittei o. op'rst, RI stt. Hl.IrI d..
'fid few op. raiugr hteumf efficient DO,
less than Fix months tim.
Rates Given.
IN answer % Qucr'iurs pruluurl,sI De-,
Mayor Mars the officials gave. fb, .g
lowing figures relative o. IA. t.-,,
rates and the number 81 telephones r
other Texas cities Wirhup sails
300 phones. rates s. ana S. r.ainv.y
zoe phones. rates g. fn tnl 81. tuIl.-.
700 phones n'.f s. $50 and 81. s,,r..
lord 100 phone. rates 81 ss ana 81 pt
las 5000 phones rates g. ami &. r.r.
$3.50 'N"
W n ETi"s ~.cr-tary 81 90. i.,~i
~ CITY Development v4iH tf.f d.. Dad
written y lrticrs o. as many ,.,t.. b,
Texas. inquirinr intu conditions r.i..
tive 20 the telephone rumpanv aud 'ba
Her,ice rendered Relative % s,l,ri .
paid by the cnmuny o. ieiorhora ola.
orators Mr Est riid hot he t.,Ni
mum was much lower than is Paid Bon
restaurants estes. laundrics and otl.s
places wher, female help i1 used iIe
presented figures that D. hli gather. :
In Amarillo for the purpose 90 l.a-.ng
cut his contention
Waited 81 Minutes.
Relative 60 the s,rglce now L,sn,
given By the company Perry ; Pan .a,.
declared thar upan on. ocarinn Do. ',.Ii
ted q iulnuiva actual cuuut.i time co. O.
rcspcnsc from N. operator Dean Kirb
~ the firm q White q Kira. said that
he now has three telephones and t..o
extensions IN tbs store ana thr -,ro
business cuula b. transacted oy o..
t~lephone sixty DAYS sru than can nu,y
d. transc;ed "a, Ca az three o., i1.aas
HE said Tint n tlr S4vire ,I-tI ta
r-~sored h. would he m.re thtu 4
IN ray the incrrns 4 rates because D.
could then transact on huarcss Over
one telephon. instead 81 ihrts
". J. u Iacksln ropUra;lD1 coun.
sci. declared that present indication
are that a deliberate campaign b. being
waged by the telephone company On
compel the public o. ems ut O. paying
the proposed Increased rates. and hUth
AR. Pearson and & " Mccullough said
that rumogS L. that effect ara curreu,
In Amarillo. Mr. Caldwell declared N. q
II such were the ease h. would resign
his position Immediately
WI Invite Business Men.
I; was explained hy Msyor Mars that
the purpose of tomorrow nights meet
ing is not % discuss the poor service
being rendered by the telephone com.
pany nor 10 receive complaints relative
o. the service bat that q would hr o.
meeting ~ business men ard tcirphrn
officials for the puruosc q crdesyorng
90 devise some means by which the
service car be improved az the ,sirli-s,
possible date ard o. cors.der the plel
81 the telephone company Cor imm.dIat"
relief In the way Of increased ioral rates
About 100 huriuess men viii D. invited
tn attend the meeting whtrh viii b.
open for all who wish o. attend and
VIII begin a. = o'clock.