The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-18
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
PHONE co.
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service. not time. and when that
service II cut TO the limit and
tho customer pcnaiiaed earh timc
he lifts tn. phone hook. the citi.
rcss intend To takc measures 10
remedy the situation. they say.
Regulation Of public utilities
Il at present q farce" declared
prominent business man. The
only thing Ia do IL 90 take over
the phone company and run u
ourselves as . municipal corpora
ton"
As the rroverblni ''horrihis exam.
pie." he cited the case Of the Puget
Sound international Light a Power
Co. which furnishes Everett with
Juice
The report of the light company
showed them 10 be making a ~ per
cent profit. The public service com.
mission demanded reduction to an
8 per cent profit
what did the Hight company eof
They got an injunction restraining
the commission from interfering with
them. and the case may never be
settled a, least not the way the
public wants.
THE light company used TO sell
Juice In Seattle at five cents kilo-
watt, and charge Everett III cents.
over tho same wire.
William Neal Winter. president OF
the company. consented to be inter
viewed wednesday.
lie declared that no was content
TO let the case rest on the facts 70
be presented at the hearing. iuns 9
ara did not care to say anything
further"
winter previously defended tbs
tsIschronemeler with ths assertion
that the phone company was chart
tn~ unknown seas" with IN. device.
and had no previous expsrtsnee 20
guide them In fixing rates ut thsiF
present figure.
lie admitted, however. that II ne
telechrouometer falls Of the BOARD
hearing. that's the end OF n
That Everett citizens are stun rot
.undsr thu collar about rheir phone
meters Il indicated by the following
expressions
ED T. WHITE. ;sss broadway.
memb~r Of the Riverside Commercial
club. Tho phone meters arc wrons
IN principle. They take The peoples
rights away from them They MAKE
living In the country worse. Wen
fight them. sure"
MRS. y. kURE. ssia Ruek~r ave-
what do think of the meters
Rotteni I'd save money with a
nickel phone"
MRS. T.. I. EsfMANs. 1890 ruek
or ave. The phone Is only good for
an ornament now. and a poor on-
nj that. I told them TO come and
take n out. Working people cant
afford a phons now
MRS. n. v. EMMONs. 1905 liar
rison ave. received bin for $3.50
and yet the meter registered II
points under her minimum $50 oi
teiecrones,
MRS. L. ID. PATTERSON OF Few
eriy Park, ordered her phon. re
moved after receiving BIN for 1895
Mrs. O. ID. GRIsw0I.D Of Pine
hurst: Il won't have a phone that
costs me 1910 when It's never used
once. I was away from home for q
month and that was my bill"
MRS. BERTHA STOREY. ASH
Hoyt ave: II never used the phon'
but very little. and yet the bin wa
over So"
MRS. FRED TREICHEI. 2si'
Hoyt ave: II signed the petition
asking for removal Of the meters
Ny bin was the Same but Fm not
using the phone much"
S. a. BIsABANTsA, 1870 Hoy
ave: i've had phone 20 years, bui
I had mine taken out week ago
because my bin ran too high. Tn,
meters are dead wrong"
DAVE MYERS. s4ls Hoyt ave.
kicked when he received bin fol
1850.
MISS J. McET.ROY. z7ii Hoy
ave. started TO tell the reporter just
what she thought Of the system. but
compromised on. i've signed tn,
petition. and l want the fiat rate
back again. My ball was twice az
much as IL used to be. You won'i
print what ! said 1T first will your
One irate woman at 2aI0 Hoyt
ave. took the reporter for a tel
ephone company Investigator.
Sine demanded, what do ] think
OF the phone meter? think II Is
ROTTEN! TERRIBLE! You
people must think we're FOOLSf'
Bang went the door.
Another housewife at 1924 Rucker
ave. sold. I'D like TO smash that
meter. that's what I'd like to dol Its
nuisanceF'
a prominent business mans wife
on Hoyt ave, declared she expected
her phone bill TO run as high as s14
next month. She uses the phone for
social work.
Another woman who refused her
name said: II don't like the meter
at all. never kicked on anything
before in my life, but I'm kicking
now. MIR. Winters 10 certainly fool
ish n he thinks we'll stand for the
meters"
MRS. J. ". GILLETTE. 1890 Hoyt
ave, was the only person In Everett
that I encountered today In favor OF
the teiechrOnomoter. She was per
fecfly satisfied With H."