Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-11

The smart Aleck population OF our
nearby suburbs likes to be bunkoed.
If the late p. T. Barnum was alive
he would rival Rockefeller with the
fortune he would make in trimming
the suckers in Oak Park, Evanston
and hundred similar places.
But as he is, dead the telephone
company has kindly volunteered to
take his place and the suckers like the
treatment it gives them.
The wide awake world beaters who
live in Oak Park-the largest village
in the world, by the way-Evanston,
the home of intellect, River Forest,
the former home of Governor Dunno,
Forest Park, the summer home of the
Gumps, and the self satisfied multi
tude who reside in the hundred odd
thickly populated towns, cities and
villages, suburban to Chicago, hire
their telephones from the Chicago
Telephone Company.
Ninety per cent of their telephone
calls are to and from Chicago and
therefore they pay an enormous sum
in tolls for the privilege of paying a
fixed rental for a Chicago telephone.
Observing the meekness with which
the suburban suckers pay toll which
they should not pay, the company has
given them a rare reward.
II has taken the names of it's suburb
an subscribers out of the Chicago
City Telephone directory.
There was a meek howl at first, but,
like the good law abiding, Sunday
movie hating people that they are,
the Suburbs" are taking their medi-
cine.
The following article from Oak
Leaves, the Oak Park publication for
December 4, shows how the wind is
blowing and also gives samples of the
soup the telephone gentlemen are
feeding to the indignant and we'll
cleaned suburban subscribers:
Rumors that the Oak Park fone di-
rectory is to be combined in a direc-
tory with other western communities
from Cicero to Elgin disturbed local
business men this week. G. p. Cor
ming and other representatives OF the
fone company said that the old direc
tory system would be continued local
ly A committee composed of G. A
willard, A. l.. Linder and Frank l.
Strickland has been named by the
Commercial Association to confer with
officials of the company and to urge
that the practice Of having loca
fone directory be continued as mos
advantageous to local people and tt
the company.
The separation of suburban fon'
numbers from the city numbers anC
the publication of two books Ca cit!
book and a suburban book is an &C
complished fact and everyone is ad
vised of this. The trouble caused b.
this arrangement is to be somewha
relieved by the company's effort to ad
vertise the fact that there are tw'
fone directories. In time it is ez
pected that users will understand thi
and will not conclude that suburban
fone has been taken out when it doe
not appear in the Chicago book.
"A short explanation of the prir
ciple involved in the change of MAXIM
may clear up erroneous impression
now existing" said H. F. Crunder
special agent of the company. sen
to Oak Park this week to explain tn
situation.
Until the last issue the Chicag
Telephone directory was the larges
directory of it's kind in the world. I
increase its volume became impra
tical. The limit had been reached, bot
from a mechanical and commerci'
viewpoint.
I'm order to make the telephor
directory practical possibility, 1t VIZ
divided into two parts; one contat
ing the names of subscribers in Il
city of Chicago, the other director
containing the names OF subscribe