The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-05
Telephone
Rate Case
Is Settled
Omaha Private Branch Em
changes Mus, Pay Increase
Hotel Patrons Must
Pay City Toll.
Surcharge Is Continued

Nebraska state railway commission.
/ IN nm order issued today, gave tho
| Northwestern Ben Telephone com.
rnny new rnto schedule which is
| 1895 900 less annually than the rate
demanded by the company nearly a
| year ago.
The new set of rates. however, in.
I ercnses the prices for telephone scr.
/ vice that must be paid IN Omaha and
4 other cities for private branch ex.
/ changes service, extension sets. extra
directory listngs and other special
services The extra revenue, 20 be
taken from omaha as result Of tho
new rates. IL estimated at from $50.
600 TO 10000 n year
Hotel Patrons are Hit.
This means that omaha and other
1 hotels With private branch exchanges
| may charge their customers 10 cents
| for every call outside of the hotel or
pay the added chnrgo demanded by
the company Themselves, II the hotels
put the tax on the customer. II must
pay cents Of the 10 cents 10 the
company for lis trouble and guarantee
The company a certain amount of busl-
ness each month.
Tb. new rates, complicated and in.
trlcate will according TO a statement
issued by the commission, mean that
telephone rates except those mention.
ed will be approximately the came a5
tbev have been I'm tn past since tie
10 nor cont war increase. commonly
l,noun az the surchargo. wns inaugu.
ratad
M Reduction Made.
rbe comnany asked for considerable
,,.,re, tban the surcharee and that
accounts for tho s325 900 cut made by
~. oe,,,,,,,isoio, II means the com.
.,oty sao5 ooo Ioss than II asked
H., ,,,,,,,,,issio, IN grant II
M. oal,od for norma.
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''e''s - -, -, ~ oo,,,.
s''iii'''''''ol ! -. ,se.'a ~. fro,,,
pai's " pei'',anen' s, ~. 80 o,,se.. haa
one speehieu ps'iV' =, ~ -,
sfa'i'ei q 's"poloi' ...,,.
crease VI ~. '.'''s ~ " 80 -.
~ was Heaiy n''io "io'''
the company wen. psioie 'o
mission ana asheu ioi poi'l'an'
rates "hich were iaurn AZ 'Aeoa "
the surehaises' ei'iiiins
pnone companies receiNeu pi"eii
than other hheS Oh business III .ne
way OF increased rates curing 'ho
war.
heVoH Against increase.
Inc entire terrltory IN Nepfasha
served py the North"esteih ien i., .,
phohe company reVoiteu aeaii's' .A'
detnaho VI tne co''pahS n'''
.ies eiipiosea a''oi " - a.,,a'
near i,ss anu no',s '''' '''
were neiu ~ in"oo"' 49,. r.,s
~ "ds e'a,',1.u ,r',. siat .s a,,,, -,
ieiepii1he anu ie''s.apn , s ~ ao,,,a
ils pooh e~ps',u9 80 ,,,a Mo,thuaetarn
,ii'.r .iip -, 49, ha,,,,dary
~ 80 ., ',oAr r,ot,' ou s'',H. san.ratad tho
nm. ..'ie - ~ ~ 80, osso,.tda ,hat tba
Nonth piatto country served nv the
NJ ttr,ostern was not one whit differ.
ont tban the south platte country
.ar,,ad hy the Lincoln comnany and
thare vas No reason for the more ex.
nensive oneratlon Of the Northwest
ern as shown on its books.
II also was charged that the North
western. an admitted subsidiary Of the
American Telephone & Telegraph COM
pany. was flimflamming the public
en- its earnings by Interviewing the
accounts Of the two companies. 1t
also was charged that the Northwest
ern. by being controlled by the Ameri-
can Telephone Telegraph company,
was forced TO buy supplies from the
Western Electric company. another