Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-12-09
Telephone Rates In The County
Revised.

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company has completed plans for new
rates and improving telephone service In
Montgomery county, which will be put into
effect about February LIST. when the new
Bradley exchange in Bethesda opens, II
was announced last Saturday by C. T. Cla-
gctt, general commercial superintendent.
The new rate schedules will eliminate
the present toll charge on calls to Wash
ineton from subscribers on the Bradley
and Silver Spring exchanges and vice
versa.
There will be two schedules of rates
available. One is designed to meet the
needs of those subscribers whose primary
use OF the service is to talk with their
neighbors with an occasional demand for
service to Washington. This schedule will
carry lower monthly charge and is re-
ferred to as the Maryland schedule"
The other schedule. higher one, Is de-
signed to meet the needs Of those sub
scribers whose use for Washington service
is predominant. This is described as the
metropolitan schedule"
Under either the Maryland or the Metro
politan schedules. all subscribers in the
Bradley exchange area. whether they now
bear the designation of Bradley or Wis
consin, will be entitled to call each other
without toll charge. The same condition
will be established as between subscribers
now bearing the designation of Silver
Spring and Shepherd.
On messages from Washington to Mary
land subscribers, whether the latter are
under the Maryland or Metropolitan sched-
ules. there will be no toll charge.
The purpose Of the Metropolitan schedule
according to Mr.. Claeett is to avoid con-
tlnuation of uneconomical equipment ex-
tensions and at the same time to offer an
optional service which has as ito feature
the privile Of calling Washington without
toll charge. and which further will not
limit the usefulness of the local exchange
service.
Under the Maryland schedule there will
be no change in the present rates for local
exchange service. The Metropolitan sched-
ule will provide fiat rate unlimited in
dividual line telephone at So a month, and
message rate individual line at $3.50
month for so calls. Calls in excess Of that
number will be charged for according TO
the usage. There also will be two-party
line message rate at So a month for 40
calls. the excess to be paid for according
TO the usage.
Subscribers under the Metropolitan sched-
ue will appear in the Washington section
of the telephone directory as well as in the
suburban section.
The improved service will embrace Chevy
Chase. Bethesda, Silver Spring, Takoma
Park and other communities in Montaom
cry county adjacent to the District of Co
lumbia. 1t was planned. Mr.. Claeett said, to
overcome certain conditions which brought
about serious and unusual problem for
the telephone company. becaus. Of the
practice of serving Maryland telephones
from central Offices located in the District.
The lines required to connect these
telephones with the District Of Columbia
central Office are excessively long and as
the areas to be served have increased In
population and have become more ex-
tended, the length of these lines has cor
respondingly increased" said Mr.. Claeett
These long lines themselves not only add
TO the cost Of furnishing the service, but
the necessity of preserving satisfactory
transmission over the extended lengths of
the lines requires special equipment. which
further increases the cost.
THE extension of the District Of Colum-
bia service into Maryland is making in
roads on the Maryland exchanges where
local service is furnished. The general
effect of this is to reduce the usefulness of
the local service to the local subscribers