The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-23
LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR
THE TELEPHONE HEARING.
Another Report of the Recent Meeting
at East Randolph.

Mr. Editor--The undersigned believe
tina enclosed Is fairly accurate re-
port of the hearing on the telephone
| petition, and as it Is Of general inter
est we hope you may find place for
| it in your valuable paper.
Yours very truly,
| tSigned by some Of the petitioners
III. T.. Newell,
r. IT, Smith,
w. ]. Eastman,
A. w. Emery,
G. q. Boswell,
]. w. Rogers,
~ III. w. Bennett.
East Randolph, Feb. "a, 1922.
The president and officers Of the Or
ange County Telephone company held
hearing on petition at Woodman
hall, East Randolph, on Friday Of last
week. The meeting was called to or
der by G. j.. Spear, president of the
company, who read the petition, which
was signed by about 30 members from
North, East and South Randolph and
vicinity, respectfully requesting that
the lines Of the company be put and
maintained in better condition and
the service improved so that the pat
rons could receive service more eom-
mensurate with the service charges
President Spear and about fifty
members of the telephone company
were present. The evening was more
or less informal--rather more than
less. President Spear presided What
al he "a xafl fhsa %
have acquired. some of them, at least,
have developed an admirable degree Of
patience. forebearance and suavity.
II is a pity that so little time and
consideration could be given to the
main subject of the petition--wbich
was the betterment of the telephone
lines and serviee-for, hardly had this
begun TO be discussed before the at
tention was diverted to other and ex-
traneous questions which were impor-
tant, but foreign to the purpose, de-
less Immediately connected with the
purpose and object of the hearing and
which could more properly have been
thrashed out at special meeting
called for that purpose, while ills
meeting was simply a hearing upon
the petition. However,. there were
some pertinent questions asked. and,
finally some answers were received
Ii is regretted by many of the petit.
TONERS that there were so many lin |
puistic bouquets-rank with vitupera-
ton and odorous Of brimstone-hand-
ed to the officers and directors of The |
company, even though containing |
much truth.
1t developed from the hearing that
there has been much trouble with the
old switchboard which had been
.scrapped" once and then brought here /
and installed last summer. Much has |
been expended in money-to say moth
ing OF the annoyance and trouble it
has caused and still is causing net
,nly the exchange operator but all
he patrons--and Il has proved to be
Entirely unsatisfactory, and in the
opinion Of experts and the patrons il
lever was and never can be made sat
sfactory; il has proved to be much
IS one might suppose a second hand
Iet OF false teeth. old and worn and
nisfits would turn out 10 be, entire
v unadspted for further use end
hould he again scraPPed, and that fer
lood and all.
il was also shown that there have
zen numerous times when the ln.ts
ave been out Of commission, and
weeks, and sometimes months, would
lapse before relief would be effected,
NTH many had decided to ahanion
he use Of the compsny's lines II hsra
; not speedy Improvement in the
erHice.
We believe and expect and have re-
emit assurances that our belief j. vel
ounded. that there viii hc IN imme-
late aud marked improvement in lie
rrsicc 81 result Of this petition aEi
be hearing fbtrean. We advise eF- I
ryuns % set tight. pay ii. ices and !
rcr Ii ttierhcnc.