Show TELEPHONERATESDOWN Reductions Have Been Ordered All Along the Line SYSTEM BEING IMPROVED LO A C03IPA > YSPARIG ETHEU LABOR NOR CAPITAL Is Determined to Build Up an Ad mirahle Service Announcement Regarding the Standard Telephone Tele-phone Company and Its Branches Caused Considerable Excitement In the Business World Roclty Mountain Bell Telephone Company Com-pany People Say They Are Not at All Worried Regarding the Matter Mat-ter The news of the prospective organization organiza-tion of one of the branches of the newly Incorporated Standard Telephone company com-pany to cover the territory embraced within the state of Colorado and the territories ter-ritories of Utah New Mexico and Arizona Arizo-na and be known as the Mountain Standard Stand-ard Telephone company with a capital stock of 4000000 given exclusively in The Herald yesterday morning rather startled the business world in which telephonic tele-phonic competition will be cheerfully received re-ceived however The promoters of the new telephone enterprise are still silent regarding their future plans but several of the gentlemen yesterday admitted that the statements contained In The Herald were correct and that tho Standard company com-pany is to enter this field as it Is also to compete for business with the Bell Telephone Tele-phone company throughout the United States Canada and Mexico Just when the Mountain branch is to be Incorporated Incorporat-ed the gentlemen would not state but It I Is understood that It will not be many weeks now and that when once a public I move is made the campaign will be vigorously vig-orously inaugurated This threatened competition does not seem to bother the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company people a great deal and when questioned regarding the matter mat-ter yesterday afternoon President Wallace Wal-lace who was just preparing to leave for Boston this morning on a business visit stated that the company was now In a position t make a very good fight and did not propose to take any back seats For some time past the board of directors direc-tors of the company has had under advisement ad-visement a proposition to make a general reduction In the price of telephones and on Saturday a stated In The Herald on Sunday a favorable conclusion was reached the reduction in the rentals of Instruments used in the business section being 10 per cent while the residence tariffs tar-iffs were ordered reduced even more materially ma-terially with greatly improved service guaranteed These changes were decided upon Mr Wallace stated before anything any-thing was known of the prospective organization or-ganization of a local competitor and were authorized by the board for the reason that the company Is very desirous of extending ex-tending its system and making some improvements Im-provements of a very substantial and important im-portant nature These Improvements will consist mainly of double circuiting and long distance instruments The reduction Is to date back to April 1st and all patrons pat-rons who have paid for the quarter In advance ad-vance will have the difference between the old and the new rates refunded to them The new schedule was completed yesterday afternoon and the following rentals were made public I Business ot professional metallic circuit cir-cuit double wires lng distance equipment I equip-ment 90 per anunrJhvo parties on the same circuit 8 per annum grounded or return wire and Blake equipment old style 80 per annum two parties on same circuit 6 per annum three parties on the same circuit 5 four parties 4 per annum This increase in the number of Instruments on the same circuit is an Innovation In-novation as it Is also with the residence system Residence telephones Metallic circuit I and long distance equipment unlimited Service 6 per annum formerly 5 per month with the oldstyle machines two 1 parties on the same circuit liii three parties on the sameffcircult 4 limited neighborhood service metallic circuit I and Blake equipmentfour parties on the same circuit limited to 100 calls per month 36 per annum five parties 30 six parties 24 sever parties 21 eight I 18 grounded or return wire and Blake equipment one party unlimited service 48 per annum formerly 0 two parties I on the same circuit H2 three parties on the same circuit 36 The limit for these reductions Is one lmit I mile from the Exchange building on State Street just above First South street and oxtra mileage charge of 6 per annum will be taxed for each quarter of a mile beyond I be-yond the limit Where two or more parties par-ties use the same Instrument the sum of tes I 16 per annum will be added to the regular I reg-ular rate Discount Is to be made to parties par-ties having two or more instruments In the same exchange For two Instruments i 5 per cent will be deducted from each i rate three Instruments 71f per cent four Instruments Ph per cent five instruments in-struments 10 per cent These are very material reductions especially es-pecially In view of the fact that the general gen-eral system Is to be so materially improved Im-proved In the outside cities and towns there may not be any very material changes In the old schedules but the subscribers sub-scribers are to be given the long distance equipment and their service otherwise improved Im-proved Work on the double circuiting of every Instrument In the Park City Provo Eureka Logan Sandy Murray Bingham and other toll stations Is to commence at once and be completed at the very earliest moment in order that all outside subscribers may have the very best service at the command of the company com-pany As before stated the material reductions reduc-tions come In the double circuiting and long distance equipment This Is the best service the company Is able to furnish One other change for the better Is the neighborhood service through which several sev-eral people may club together and each secure a telephone at a greatly reduced rate even as low as 1 per annum Inasmuch In-asmuch as the operators at central control the line exclusively there will be no confusion result from the Inauguration of this service General Superintendent Murray yesterday yester-day received advices to the effect that the materials for the construction of the branch line between Helena Montana and Great Falls had just arrived and the work of building the line had commenced This extension is 105 miles In length and It Is the Intention of the company to complete com-plete It within three months The double circuiting between this city and Lehi and Ogden and Logan Is to commence within the next few days |