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Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22

of newly added features whose no velty. uniqueness and popularity en- title them to first place in e0nsidera- tion. Prominent among these may be named the new liberty horse act, trained. conceived and produced b. the king of all equine trainer- Mer- ritt Bellew They do many wonder ful things and with amazing ac-
 curacy. These beautiful animals find their places in the most iutri- cate of drills and wonderful lorna tions II Is really marvellous 70 gee them find the numbers" and 70 play
 most exciting game of football
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22
MAY LOSE SIGHT OF EYE
 PIERCED BY KNIFE BLADE

Joseph Geriardi. twelve-year old son If Mr and Mrs. Vincent Geriarh, Powhattau street. will probably lose the sight of his right eve as the result of 4 cut received h friendly scuftle with playmates fer the possession If an open penkuife The blade of the knife pierced the Geriardi boys eve ball He was taken ta the office of Dr- Burroughs. eye specialist. Danielson. who gave the opinion that the sight would be lost and possibly the eye would have Co be removed
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22
TRAINED WILD ANIMALS
Christy Bros, Have Many Added
 Features This Year

The Christy Bros Trained Wild Animal Shows have an established reputation for magnitude and liber- ality precludng the necessity of spe- cial reference 10 the many wild beasts and arenic attractions heretofore pre- sented by them. and the best of which are naturally included in ther coi- tectious this year
 Tn their visit Co Putnam on Satur= day. August 9th. when two perform anees will be given at 2 and D.. n.. this season they announce a number
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22

that is really sensation.
 X company of trained dogs is also a feature that will please. Some of them are dressed as elephants and others as clowns. They perform with several educated monkeys, several goats and a troupe of trained sheep, Che dog s the sensation of the are nir world. He does double somer- sault ou the back of fast moving pony This is new feat in equine and canine education.
 The m naperie also affords unusu- al interest to those who are fond Of animals lu t are presented many new specimeutz hitherto unknown in zoologIcul exhibits The performance Is new this seasnu. from the ponder ous and elaborate vehicles of the new
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22
SAVINGS BANK ELECTS
Annual Meeting Held Monday-StAte
 ment Shows Growth

The annual meeting of the Putnam saVings Bank was held Monday. and the officers at the past year were re- elected as follows President. Ernest k Kent; president. John F Rear don; treasurer Daniel J Bvrne : trustees. Alfred L. Bonin. Ray C. BasWorth, George E Brousseau. ban lel J Byrue Henry T. Child. George p tiUrk John P Grosvenor. Claus 4. Hasstrum. Luther M. Keith. Ernest B. Kent. John f Reardon. Samuel P. Reynolds. MelaHethan Riddick.
 The deposits af the bank have reached nearly S3.o00.00O. a statement
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22

parade to the smallest piece of mate rial The program is one of great originality and the acts are new and exciting in every way.
 Clowns are most important fact or in the days entertainment and the large army with Christy Bros. have a number of uew and original stunts that includs bnrlesques on the latest topics of national and international events
 The new street parade will be one of the features of che day. IL will start at ll q. m., and traverse the business portions of the city.
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22

Appearing before T recent session of the Gantonai Tribunal of St. Gall at Geneva, a tfadesman asked a divorce on the sole ground of ''ab- normal obesity Ali his savings, he declared, were used to buy food for his wife, who ate as much as four adults. The jury gave a verdict of no cause for action
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22
RETURNING TO ITALY

Charles Bartolimei. who has had a fruit store on Front street for the past few years. has retired from busi- ness on account of i'll health and with his wife. son. and dauehter-in-law. will leave the first of the month for I.ucca. Italy. their former home.
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22

Woodbridge. Suffolk, is the home of unique water mill which. although nine miles inland. obtains all is pow CT from the tides of the River Deben. Rental records show that a mill, pro hably this water mill, was standing on the same spot TO years ago.
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22
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A survey made by the bureau of railway economies indicates that American consumption of fruits and vegetables is twice what it was ten years ago.
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-22
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.blets from Aheltht baby- la' Assyria, show that the
 .rensactions. not so differ ur those of the present time. ], 'ih--;sd on four or five thous- E. ago. Checks and notes ]. s- @f clay. which was then r Modern banking origiHat- Iia.y
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
A STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT JAMES 7. MORAN
OF THE SITUATION WHICH MAGISTRATES AN
INCREASE IN TELEPHONE RATES

similar to the first, must be established.
According to the varying possibilities Of
economical arrangements with respect to
buildings and outside plant, these addi-
tional Offices are housed sometimes in the
same building and sometimes in separate
buildings designed and constructed for the
purpose. In either case, additional space
must be provided for them; prompt, COM
plete inter connection between any two GUS
toners of whatever units must be made
possible; inter Office cables must be installed
to connect the various switchboards togeth-
er; each central office must be equipped not
only with its regular switchboard but also
with supplementary board where calls
from the other offices are received and COM
pleted; and additional operators must of
course be employed to handle these trunked
calls. These requirements have even more
marked effect upon the cost of central office
equipment per customer than has the expan.
sion of a single switchboard, yet they are
absolutely essential to the provision for
complete interconnection which the GUS
toner fairly expects.
While much of detailed explanation
could be added, we believe that enough has
been stated to demonstrate that the tele-
phone business differs from general bust.
ness in the economic relation between ex-
pansion and financial results under constant
prices; or, in other words, that the telephone
business is unique because the addition of
each new customer builds up the multiplic-
ity of connections that must be available to
ALL and thus tends to increase the cost of
plant and operation per telephone.
This adverse tendency, however, does not
necessarily imply that repeated rate adyanc-
es will be required through the indefinite
future. In considerable measure we have
been able to offset this tendency by devel-
opments in the art and by improved meth
DDS and practices in the conduct of the
business. In fact, for many years prior to
the World War we we're able to do even
more, and our rate history of those years
is one of voluntary reductions. The pres
ent ext gency results not alone from the
tendency inherent in the business but in
large part from another factor which is
discussed under the following caption.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01

s5,OOO,000 per year. According to the
general forecast that we regularly maintain
for five years ahead, the aggregate re-
quired during that period to provide for
an expected growth Of $4,000 telephones
will be S42,o00,000, or nearly as much as
the total plant investment of the Company
at the close of 1926 after forty-four years
of operation. In the larger exchanges, old
buildings are enlarged and new buildings
are constructed to house the various CEN
trail Offices of the area; many of the smaller
exchanges, for which sing lie room and the
simplest OF equipment once suthced, come
to require separate hreproof buildings and
all the equipment attributes of city ex-
changes; experience demonstrates the merit
of dial service for certain types of exchang-
es; cable replaces open wire not only in the
local plant but in much of the toll plant;
in short, the provision of facilities for ex
banding and improving telephone service
is constantly going forward in every direc-
ton.
All this is as it should be; yet it is sig
nifcant not only of the greater public ac
ceptance of and dependence upon the
telephone as a vitality essential utility, but
also of the responsibility which attaches
to us to plan and build accordingly. Our
desire and obligation to keep all rates as
low as sound business prudence will permit
cannot be divorced from the primary obi
CATION to provide ample facilities and ade-
quate service.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
Some Comparisons

< INCE 1914, certain telephone rates
~ have been advanced, certain have re-
manned unchanged, and certain have been
reduced. The average Of all these changes
discloses an advance of approximately 1917,
During the same period, according to the
figures of the National Industrial Confer
ence Board as this is written, the cost of
living has advanced 05B.
By resolving each of these advances into
the relative worth of the present dollar as
compared with that of 1914, it becomes evil
dent that the present dollar will buy 81
cents worth of telephone service but only
81 cents worth of those things which COM
prise the cost Of living
Stated in another way, the rates for tele-
phone service, measured in terms of wages
or Of prices of materials or of the cost of
living, are actually lower to-day than in
1914.
Surely this comparison evidences that
we have sought no undue margin of profit
and that the conduct of the business has
been economically progressive.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
How the Rates Will be Changed

ALTHOUGH each subscriber is being
II advised directly as to such rate
changes as are being made in the exchange
with which he is connected, it may be ap-
propriate TO state here the general charac-
ter of the proposed revision. Except for
the correction of two rates which are clear
ly discriminatory and which apply to
relatively small number of customers, the
substance of the revision is a re-grouping
of exchanges by rates in accordance with
present and probable variations in size.
Basically, the present classification, con-
sisting of six rate groups, has remained
practically unchanged for more than twen
ty-fve years. During that period the num-
Der of subscribers in each exchange has, of
course, increased greatly; but the rates of
growth have differed widely. As a conse-
qucnce, certain exchanges which now bear
little relationship to one another in the num-
Der of telephones or in the cost of render
ing service are still grouped together. 1t
is obviously unfair to continue to apply the
same service rates to two exchanges, for
example, which at one time had approx.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
The Increased Value Of Tele.
phone Service

HE foregoing has dealt mainly with
the problems and performance of the
Company under service expansion. 1t now
may not be amiss to comment briefly upon
the development of service value to the
customer.
After giving effect to the proposed
changes, our rates will differ but little from
those of 1902 - twenty-five years ago. At
the close of that year the Company was pro-
viding service to 20,760 telephones in Con-
necticut; to-day the same company is pro-
viding service to 100000 telephones within
the same area. The quality of service,
while never as good as we strive to make
it, is undoubtedly superior to that of twen-
tyfve years ago. We leave with you
therefore, the answer as to whether or not
the service developments of this period
have brought to our customers an enhanced
value unrenected in telephone rates.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01

As indicated in recent newspaper ad-
IA vertisements, this Company is about
< \ to make various changes, effective
next month, in its rates for telephone ser
vice,in certain exchanges.
We cannot expect that those of our Gus
toners who are affected will be pleased
at this news. We do entertain the hope,
however, that with due knowledge and
understanding of the conditions underlying
the changes, they will accept our action as
essential and Of good faith.
The purpose of this statement is to set
forth certain significant facts and to ex-
press our readiness TO furnish any further
information to those who may desire it.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
The Effect of Increasing Costs

NJ the beginning of the World War the
n Company had been in business for
thirty-hye years, and had gradually in
stalled a substantial amount Of plant and
equipment at the relatively low costs which
prevailed during that period. AT the close
Of 1916 the plant investment was Sl2l.65
per telephone. Since that time the higher
postwar prices have necessarily been paid
not only for all new plant required for
growth but for the requirements of the old
low-priced plant worn out and removed
from time to time. As result, the plant
investment per telephone was Sl67.6l at
the close of 1926, and according to our five.
year forecast will approximate $4,000 in
1881.
1t is pertinent that while the increase in
plant investment per station for the ten
year period between 1916 and 1927 was
1882, the increase in telephone rates for
the same period was on the average only
1889.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
Financial Results: Past, Pres
ent, and Predicted

= OR many years, under act of Congress,
l the accounts Of the Company have been
kept according to the system prescribed by
the Interstate Commerce Commissions; and
for no year during that period have the net
earnings been as high as 6.5% upon the
actual investment in telephone plant. For
1925 the return was at the rate of 6.3726;
for 1926 it was at the rate of 6.2l%; for
the first six months of 1927 it was at the
rate of 5.976; and under the general fore
cast for the next five years it continues to
average less than OBJ even after giving effect
to the impending rate changes.
The Southern New England Telephone
Company has operated the telephone SER
vice for Connecticut continuously since
1882. During that entire period of forty
four years it has accumulated surplus of
$2,0O0,l55, or an average of SIS, 458 per
year. In terms of property investment, the
Company stands to-day as a $5O,00O,00O
institution, doing an annual business in ex-
cess of $l4,000,00O. Yet in no year of
its existence has it earned in Undivided
Profits an amount exceeding $4,000, and
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01

mately the same number of telephones,
when to-day one connects twice or three
times as many customers as the other. To
correct this condition, we are re-classifying
the II exchanges of Connecticut into II
rate groups. Under this classification
the rates will be changed in varying degree
in 38 exchanges. In 80 exchanges no
changes are being made except to correct
the two discriminatory rates referred to
above. No changes are being made in
toll rates.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
A Summary

HERE is no magical resource in the
l conduct of the telephone business. La
Dor and materials must be obtained at cur
rent prices. Public recognition of the
increasing value of telephone service is
responsible for the great growth of the
business. To meet this demand, we must
construct more and more telephone plant,
for which new capital is constantly re-
CURED Capital in turn must be secured
from the investing public. In return for
this capital, investors are entitled to fair
wages in the form of interest and divi
dends. To pay fair wages for capital we
must have adequate earnings. We cannot
have adequate earnings without adequate
rates for service. Therefore, we must ask
the public to pay rates for service which
will enable us to earn reasonable return
upon our property. The Reconsideration of
exchanges for rate purposes, with an in
creased rate in certain of these exchanges,
stands as the fairest and most logical re-
source for the additional revenue required
at this time.
In our last annual report to stockholders,
we stated:
In this matter of rates the con-
cem of the patron is that of obtain
ing the best and the most service
for the least payment that can con-
sistently be required. The concern
of the Company is that of obtain
ing through fairly apportioned
charges an aggregate revenue suf-
hcient to provide for adequate SER
vice and to maintain the business in
a sound and healthy financial con.
dition. Both of these requisites
are entirely justi6able and our rate
policy is based upon full accept
ance of them"
We have only to add that no ultimate
good can come from rates that are unfairly
high or unfairly low. In the changes that
we are about to make, we seek nothing be-
yond a proper balance of rates between
exchanges of varying size, and an aggre-
gate revenue sufficient to maintain the
modest margin of the past few years, with
such freedom of action as will enable US
to go forward with projects and develop
mems that will bring the best and the most
of telephone service value.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
The Fundamental Question

NUR business is being conducted to-
Oday at an actual though small mar
gin above requirements for expenses, taxes,
interest, and dividends. Moreover, the
number of customers grows larger each
year. The natural question, therefore, is:
If the Telephone Company is now earning
even slight margin Of profit per customer,
why does not this growth tend toward
larger aggregate margin instead OF intro
ducing financial problem?
The starting point Of the answer to this
vital question is found in the fact that tele
phone service is the only utility or commo-
dity in the world which depends for its
value to the user upon the extent to which
it is purchased by others. Every other item
of home or business equipment is selected
for the value that it holds in itself. But a
single telephone is Of no value in itself; it
acquires the minimum value when it can
be connected with one and onl y one other
telephone; and this value becomes gradu-
ally enhanced as connections to other tele
phones are made possible. The telephone
customer, seeking the full value Of his SER
vice, very properly expects provision for
potential connection between his own tele-
phone and that Of any other customer, near
or far.
As applied to exchange service, this
provision for complete inter connection can
readily be understood by first visualizing
the initial telephone exchange as single
unit of equipment with one operator in at
tendance, and by then taking note of what
must be accomplished as the exchange
grows. In the course Of time a second unit
and second operator become necessary.
Naturally, the customers connected into the
second unit wish to be able to talk with
those connected into the first unit and vice
versa. Each unit must, therefore, be so
equipped that either operator may connect
any two of the total number of customers.
Similarly, when third unit becomes neces-
sary, each Of the three operators must have
the same connecting facilities as the other
two - and so on as units are added to the
switchboard from time to time.
This inter comection of the several units
of complete switchboard is accomplished
by duplicating the switchboard terminals of
all customers lines again and again
throughout the switchboard at such inter-
walls that the entire range is within reach of
each operator. 1t is clear, therefore, that
as the original one-position unit grows into
a switchboard of many units, the amount
of central Office equi pment per customer is
unavoidably increased through the many
and costly DUP lications Of line terminals
which are required to provide for complete
inter-connection.
But this is not all. In the larger ex-
changes, the time comes when all units
of a complete switchboard will no longer
suffice for the telephone growth. A second
central Office, and later third, fourth, etc.,
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
IMPORTANT FACTS

Increased rates wHI become effect
iue neat month.
Not all exchanges in Connecticut
will be affected by these rate increases.
Not all classes of service roiU be
affected in all exchanges in which
rates uiU be increased.
Increases ,uiN be made IL ~o.as for
local exchange service only. Rates for
toll service will not be affected.
Every telephone subscriber, rehetAer
to business or residence service or
both, 1oN be notified by mail during
the present week 1Ohether or not his or
her rate is to be increased, and if SO,
to 1Uhat extent.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
To Our Customers

To us you stand as our only resource for
patronage and good will. Of all our bust
ness problems, the most distasteful and
disheartening are those which involve con-
troversy with our patrons. We have writ
ten the foregoing as evidence of good
faith in the step which we are about to
take. If you find it obscure or unconvinc-
ing, we earnestly urge that you give us tho
opportunity for further explanation, to tho
end that the business relations between US
may be maintained with mutual friendli-
ness and confidence.
JAMES T. MORAN, President.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01

its annual return to stockholders has aver
aged almost exactly 6%. So much in answer
to the possible and natural question as to
whether the earnings of the Company reflect
unfair exactions upon its customers.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
Growth in Plant: Past, Present
and Predicted

\ DOZEN or more years ago we consid-
n cred that budget of 100000 for
gross plant additions constituted a sub
stantial program for a single year. For
the last five years the average expenditure
for such additions slightly exceeded
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
Chicken Dinner Given In Honor
OF Marriage

Seventy-tive guests were present at
"a chicken dinner and trimmings"
which was given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. George Sebold, of Hoyes,
Nd, in honor Of the marriage of their
son, Emerson Sebold, to Miss Ger
trude Beachy, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Beachy, of Grantsville.
The couple were married in Oak
land at the Catholic Parish house on
Saturday. Miss Beachy taught school
the past year at Blooming Rose
school. Mr.. Sebold has been aiding
his father on his farm at Hoyes.
Those present at the dinner includ-
ed: MIR. and Mrs. James McGettigan,
Accident; Mrs. D. T. Rush, Garrett,
Indiana; Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Glover
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
McGettigan and family, and Mr.. and
Mrs. W. NJ. Mattingly and family, of
Uniontown, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Sebold and family, McHenry;
Miss Theresa Paul and Miss Ola Sc
bold, Akron, O.; Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Sebold and family, Deer Park;
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bittinger, and
Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ. Alexander, of Nc
Henry; Mr.. and Mrs F. E. McGetti-
gan and family, Accident; Mrs. Will
liam L. Casteel and Lawrence Fraley,
of Oakland; Mr.. Clarence thinner
man, Mr.. Arthur Alexander, Mr..
Arthur Savage, Miss Margaret Sc
bold, of McHenry; Mildred, Virginia
and Evelyn Casteel, Oakland; Ken
meth Skeleton, John Supler, f
Waynesburg, Pa; Mason Glotfelty,
Addison, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
CHURCH SERVICES.
st. Paul's M. E. Church, Oakland.
Rev. Archibald Moore, Pastor.


9:45 a. M, Sunday school hour, Mr..
E. R. Jones, superintendent. Glasses
for all ages led by group of earnest
teachers. An interesting opening ex-
ercise always precedes the study of
the lesson. The Mems Bible Glass
meets at ten o'clock each Sunday
morning.
HOO a. M, morning worship hour
with sermon by the pastor.
500 p. M, evening worship hour
with sermon by the pastor.
Wednesday, s p. M, regular mid
week prayer service in charge of the
pastor.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the general public to attend these SER
vices and join with pastor and people
in divine worship.