Show The Bell Telephone ST Louis June SThe Bell Telephone Company threatens to quit business in St Louis owing to the recent ordinance passed reducing the annual rental telephones from 100 to 50 Already they have taken out many telephones and Commissioner Turner proposes in the letter and spirit of Mayor Francis recent ordertotake down the wires and poles The Bell Company while assuring assur-ing the people that they will get out of business at the same time are preparing to resist a removal of the Wires and poles They received right to establish a service Irom the State and f not municipal government They assert as-sert they will not take advantage of any scheme to evade the law though many subscribers whose contracts expired are willing to pay the full rental demanded de-manded and wilt do it by donation or otherwise just so they can have the use of a wire Ji |