The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-11
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put q premium on conversation.
Many have gone on rccord by
having the phones removed after
the meter had Increased their
bills from 100 TO zoo pr cent
A cross section Of Everett bust.
ness men. selected at random along
Hewitt ave. tho main business ar.
terry. showed the following results;
r. =. sHUMwAY. grocer. 2io2
Hewitt ave:
Everybody kicks on them don't
set tho phone calls I used TO. Per.
sonally I'm saving s. "a mouth. but
I seldom use the phone"
STOP AND SHOP GROCERY.
3ois Hewitt ave-; The phone costs
me more than Il used to-"
SAVOY HOTEL. MRS r. MEL
son: Il don't like Il. II costs me
more now"
kR0>FEID BROTHERS. .ois
AhtEAAA AVE- 4 1Nft = AARN ntAk "
cost the last month. but " It's NOR.
than II used to be. III have II taken
out 4"
'1f you could hear wha, people say
about those phones" sal a promin.
ent cigar stand proprietor. who 70
fused permission TO as- hts name.
you'd soon tfecide what ~e have 20
do-to Tight them 10 the last ditch
They're awful. terrible. fierce. Were
all scared 10 use ons. When a Gus.
toner asks TO use my phone he lays
a dollar down on top OF H.
A prominent shoe store, owner told
me that h. had decided 20 Rave his
residence phone taken Gus. because IL
registered terrific Increase. lie
declared that he had nsvNr heard his
customers say anything good o. the
new system.
In direct contrast 20 Tho flood Of
anathema that has descended upon
the iuckicss teicchronofns tet. H. the
following statement Of NJ ". nridx
ham. 1905 Hewitt ave. siail0ner.
"Fine' WONDERFUL Never saw such
good service, I'm saving $50 n
month";
W. q. GORDON. % the Electrical
Supply Co. declared thu: THE Star
must he crazy. Tn. phones are all
right. Everybody n satisfied. In
fact. we're paying % cent? less than
formerly"
MRS. VI. VI. JEWELL. % the Jew.
ell Collection agency. announced that
she had been presented with a bin
for SIS. the first month OF the teio-
chronomcter ;ryout. She said abe
might has~ the phone removed.
In the residence districts. among
tho housewives. the principal oblec.
ton is not the Increase. ccst. hut
the curtsilment OF service. One hun.
dred per cent OF Everett women are
using the phones oniy TO order tho
family groceries and TO answer calls.
Out OF nm even dozen house
wives questioned On two fairly
representative residence avenues,
only one declared that sbe liked
the new talk meters" She l.
business woman who does little
or no phouing. but answer calls.
She admitted that the calls had
been reduced In number ond her
business had suffered.
Three women we're neutral. but er.
pressed dislike Of The device. ana
eight were bitterly opposed to II.
Following are excerpts from the
remarks:
TITS the bunki It's awful All II
dare TO use the phone for Is Just 10
call up the grocery."--Mrs. T.. An.
derson. 1890 cakes ave.
II don't like u. want the old
system back again. Mrs. T. ~.
Williams. 1926 Cakes ave.
The meter cut my bin 81, and I'm
satisfied It's handicap for my
business. however" Mrs. l.. W. Cor.
son. 1910 Cakes ave.
Il can't call my friends any more.
don't like Il. II they raise my
rates III get along without a phone"
Mrs. l.. Tweedaie. Rockefeller ave.
Il don't use the phone much. but
the bill IL just the same Mrs. c.
l.. Lingenfsld. 1921 Rockefeller ave.
Mrs. J. Christianson. 3z02 Rookie
Teller ave: II don't know what to
think about II yet"
The phone Is not satisfactory at
all. l should say not. They charged
me lots more declared a woman
who refused to be quoted.
Wen keep tho phone another
month and see what happens. &C.
l.. Hawks. 3lO7 cakes ave.
Il haven't had time TO think about
the phone. Mrs. T. w. Cobb. 3I29
Cakes ave.
Another woman who declined
TO have her name used said she
had received bill for 81 and
registered n vigorous kick, which
caused the phone company to
put In new meter. She said
the metered phone WINS rotten"
Another woman wrote To May.
or w. II. Clay, asking his aid in
adjusting her phone bill. which
she declared had totaled the as
tonisbing sum Of x2l60, an In.
crease Of 1000 per cent. The
phone company then offered TO
reduce the charge by So. They
said her meter had been slip
ping" she said.
II am bitterly opposed 20 the new
meter" said Mrs. j. II. Fickei, 3126
Rockefeller ave. II think will have
IL taken out. There's no reason or
sense in giving a person only five
minutes "A day 10 transact business
and make "a friendly call in"
II expect my phone bill to 20 out
of sight - Father Morris lfo1