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ing People.
The Chicago Telephone Company li
bound by Its franchise to submit to
any order pasted by the city council
regulating either Its charges or Its
equipment. Section 7 of the ordi
nance granting the franchise says:
"The city council as one of the con
dltlois of the grant of the privileges
herein conferred upon tho Chicago
Telephone Company hereby resorves
to Itself the right from' time to time
during the period of this grant, by
special ordinance amendatory here
of, to hereafter establish, fix, pre
scribe, and regulate the rates, charges
prices and toll or other compensa
tion or any limitations thereupon for
each and every kind of service, fa
cllltles, and equipment which the Chi
cago Telephone Company .furnishes
or supplies or may furnish or supply
In the city of Chicago under this or
dlnance, and also the basis, method,
manner, and means of computing, ex
acting, Imposing, paying, and collect
Ing such rates, charges, prices, and
tolls or other compensation of said
Chicago Telephone Coompany."
Elsewhere In the franchise, In sec
tion 5, Is found this paragraph:
"The city council shall have the
right by ordinance to regulate from
time to time during the term here
of In any manner each and every
kind of service which said Chi
cago Telephone Company may here
after deal In, furnish or supply In the
city of Chicago under or by virtue
of this grant"
In section 1G Is found this pro
vision: "But said Chicago Telephone Com
pany by the acceptance of this ordi
nance shall bo understood ' as pre
cluded from In any manner attack
Jng or questioning the power of the
city of Chicago to exercise the author
Ity, powers, privileges, and rights
hereby reserved or granted, or any of
them." '
By section 17 the company agreed
that In the event of Its default "In
tho observance or performance" of
any of the agreements of the ordi
nance continuing three months after
written notice from tho city the coun
cil can declare the grant "and all the
rights and privileges" of tho company
forfeited and at an end.
Aldermen may rest assured of one
thing and that Is that the Automatic
telephone operated by the Chicago
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Tunnel Company Is far more popular
than the Trust phone.
Tho figures prove it.
The figures of the Bell Company are
misleading as to thf number of tele
phones. While their count of phones
Is no doubt correct, It Is misleading
because most people think that this
refers to subscribers. As a matter of
fact, tho number of telephones Is less
than 100,000 district subscribers, and
that Includes their lines In suburban
territory.
They have been thirty-six years get
ting 100,000 subscribers, whllo the
Chicago Tunnel Company have gotten
25,000 subscribers In less than two
years.
This shows that the public Is with
the new Automatic Company.
From the tens tefceheae expert
whoa report wee embattle te fee
City Council le May, 1111, we lean ee
pagea 40 and 60. that the Bell Tele
phone raoaopoly that reaehee all ever
the country, owns a eoatrolllag later
est la the local telephone coapaay and
the Western RUetrlcal Company. "The
latter la purely a manufacturing com
pany," aays the report, "eagagei la
the manufacture of Bell telephone ap
paratus and supplies." la 1104 a soa
tract waa entered lata between the
local telephone company and the alee
trlcal coapaay. both of them owned
by the Bell monopoly, whereby the
local company agreed to purchase all
of Its supplies from the electric com
pany. Under the terms of this con
tract the electrical company agrees te
deliver to the telephone company r.ll
telephone appliances manufactured un
der the license of the Bell Telephone
Company. The local telephone com
pany, on the other hand, agrees to pur
chase all Its supplies from the elec
trical company.
Here we have a fine sample of hew
the parent monopoly makes the sub
sidiary monopolies pile up profits for
each other and the public fays the
freight
On page 51 of the report of this
"Expert" to the City Council we la
the statement made that the Ben aa
opoly charges a rental of 61 seats per
station for each set of laetrameats
used.
This would amount te llttJN
yearly, but the expert discovered that
the local company really paid the
parent company 1811,711 tint fear.
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the report now a the heads ef Mm
Council eomahtee: "la jestlleaalea
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Chicago eoaseay wires esftata
services froa the tenet eeeasaaf
which It Is claimed are werth the
amoaat paid.
These services consist ef teehaleal
advice-and counsel and the nee ef ap
paratus patented by the aareat com
pany. What do you think ef that?
And then the aldermea are asked
to raise the rates oa the people te
help the loeal eeassay eat
Any alderman who votes te raise
rates should be outlawed.
Rates are twice aa Buck as they
cught to be at the present Usee. They
sheald he ledaeef.
How the people of Chicago do suffer
from that Bell phonet
Tho broken ear drums which so
many of Its patrons complain of are
as nothing compared to the lost tem
pers of usually good natured patrons,
who get wrong numbers and other
wrong treatment.
, Not to speak of the broken rest of
people aroused from their beds by
theso snino mistakes and who are so
mad themselves that they fall to
grasp tho predicament of tho fellow
at the other end of the lino who has
paid a nickel In advance to have
"wrong number" slammed Into his
ear.
Then tho tedious wait for tho
right numberl
Somo times minutes elapse before
the operator finds her stick of gum
or gets ready to answer. ,
Chicago Dally News editorial, De
cember 10, 1011
It has been the aim of the telephone
company to do away with unlimited
service as far as possible and to re
quire all users of Its Instruments to
go on the measured service basis. Op
position to tho measured service plan
Is aroused whenever a patron of the
telephone company Is mado to pay
two tolls where one should be suffi
cient The ordinary person In attempting
to telephone to a railroad passenger
station, for example, Is 'likely to ask
tor the wrong number for the purpose
of his call, for so confusing Is the
array of titles and numbers In the
telephone directory that It Is ottea
difficult to decide upon the department
that Is wanted. Frequently the Infor
mation bureau at a railroad station,
when appealed to, refers the Inquirer
to another telephone number In the
sntue building. This necessitates the
payment of a second toll. Telephone
operators are 'careful to prevent the
second call from being mado without
the payment of a second nickel.
Both the railroad companies and the
teiephono company should do their
best to seo that the arrangement of
department names In tho telephone di
rectory Is sufficiently clear to ennblo
Inquirers to call the first time for
the number they really want
The city ought to havo a bureau of
complaints to which appeals for the
Improvement of faulty conditions of
service might be made by patrons of
local public utility corporation-.
Candidates for city treasurer will
bo now making their appearance.
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Tho proposition to elect aldermen
for four years Is a bad ono. Good
aldermen can be rc-clocted every two
years. Whllo four years Is too long
to wait to get a crack at a man who
betrays the peoplo's Interests.
Teiephono competition Is what tho
peoplo want.
. M. M. Connery has established a
gnrngo at 2C30 Wabash avenuo which
is ono of tho finest In tho city. It will
tako good care of all kinds of automo
biles and is fully equipped to charge
electric trucks.
People who are looking for first
class truck storage or automobile
space, will do well to patronize Mr.
Connery. Mr. Connery Is a brother
of John T. Connery, the well-known
coal merchant, and of Frank D. Con
nory, the city clerk. He Is a life-long
resident of Chicago and has hosts of
friends In all walks of life.
ADVERTISEMENT.
The Home Brewery le not only Chi
cago'a youngest brewery, but It le oae
of her most successful. Nobrewery
In the United States ever achieved
success In such a short time aa the
Home Brewery. Its beer already has
a reputation among the lovers of good
beer aa being par excellence. The
Home Brewery also bottles Its beer
and, a case can bo had by calling up
Humboldt 0310. Advortlsoment
No Imported beer on tne market to
day 1ms met with greater succoss than
that handled by August Luchow. Tho
Original PUsoner, from Plleon, Bo
hemia, is sold by this big concorn, as
Is also tho famous Wurzburgor Hof
brau from Wursburg, Bavaria. Theso
beers aro the favorites at Chicago's
lending clubs, restaurants nnd buffets,
They nro without a poor. Tho Chicago
olllces of August Luchow aro located
In tho Stock Exchange building, 30
North I.nSallo street and aro undor
tho management of Hans Luchow. Mr,
Luchow 1ms mado a splendid record
for tho business In tho West and ho
enjoys a widespread popularity among
Chicago's leading business men and
citizens. Advortlsoment.
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