The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-09
CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED
 PHONE RATES
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property owners, the opinion to be handed in at the next regular meeting of the council
 Chairman Haef reported that the fire plug had been installed on the corner of Third and B streets and was in good working order
 The matter of appointing a munich pal magistrate was laid over until the next regular meeting of the coun- cil.
 Chairman Haef of the cemetery committee reported that the only feasible ground for burial purposes was strip of land 350x50 feet near the Heney monument along the new road with another strip a short dis tance east, 3OOx15O feet. It was the committees opinion that should once and that at least forty feet square should be cleared so as to nave d plaSo lol Dul ldl purposes this coming year. Councilman Doo- ley suggested the plateau on the east side of the slough across the trestle from the railroad depot and after some discussion the matter was referred back to the committee to look at this site.
 The special committee to whom the application of the Alaska Pub lie Utilities for permission to raise the telephone rates in the town of Cordova had been referred, made 8 written report as follows, which was read to the council by the clerk:
 We, your special committee, ap- pointed to consider the application of the Alaska Public Utilities for permission to faise the rates for telephone service in the town of Cor dova, Alaska, from S400 per month per telephone for business houses and offices to $500 per month; and from $2.0O0 per month per telephone for residences to $500 per month, beg leave to report as follows:
 We have carefully gone over the showing made by the Alaska Public Utilities in regard to the costs of telephone operation and maintenance and the receipts from the telephone service in the town of Cordova for the past three years and have care fully considered ordinance No. 46 of the ordinances of the town of Cordova which is the ordinance gov erning the telephone franchise held by the Alaska Public Utilities Sec ton 8 of this ordinance plainly states that the company operating the tele- phone service shall be entitled to re- ceive for it's telephone service sum sufficient for the operation and main .tenance of the telephone system and s per cent interest on a sum equiva- lent to the cost of the telephone plant
 After carefully considering the showing made by the Alaska Public Utilities and consulting with the of- ficers of this company we are thor oughly satisfied that this company for the past three years has sus- tained a net loss of $4417.49, as shown by it's statement; that Is $529.75 loss in operation; $1104.64 loss by depreciation of plant and $27S3.08 loss at per cent interest on It's investment We have also considered the rates charged for telephone services in the towns of Anchorage, Seward, Valdez, Juneau, and Ketchikan and compared these rates with the rates heretofore charged in the town of Cordoya and we find the rates heretofore charged in the town of Cerdova considerably lower than the rates in any of these other towns along the Alaska coast.
 we therefore recommend that the monthly rates for telephone service that the Alaska Public Utilities may charge residents and inhabitants of the town of Cordova for the period of five (5) years comm encing with the first day of July, 1921, be as follows:
 "For telephones in business houses or offices, $500 per month per tele- phone. .-..
 "For telephones in residences, pri- vate lines, $500 per month per tele- phone.
 'For telephones in residences, par ty lines, $2.50 per month per tele- phone, and that this rate be fixed and established ,-by the council.
 We herewith return the annIica-