Show Committee Elected at Murray urray to Protest Tolls Mass Meeting Held to Discuss Proposed Telephone Rate Reduction MURRAY Dec 29 A 29 A mass meetIng meet meet- Ing ng by the citizens of Murray was held Thursday at 8 p p. p m. m in the city firemen's hall haU and a permanent committee com corn was elected to proceed with petitions lor for complete revocation of the he present telephone toll char charge e. e The committee elected Li is as follows fol fol- lows City Attorney Glen E E. Howe chairman Mayor Fred Peters May- May elect r G. G R. R Berger Commissioners E. E L. L Eckman and J. J Clifford ClIford Hanen Han Han- sen Sen en elect Commissioner Sherman G. G Freeze T T. Ray Rny Kingston druggist and member elect of the board of tion Ion F. F R. R Anderson business man E. E 2 general Jeneral contractor and Ernest Smith business busine s man and representative rep rep- resen of ot the city fire department department depart depart- ment and R. R R. R city recorder reorder re re- re corder order and bishop of Murray Second ward vard the committee secretary City Attorney Howe presented petitions petitions pe- pe bearing the signatures of or telephone users who arc are asking for iora fora a reduction in rates There are telephone subscrIbers ers era rs listed in the Murray directory and nd it was brought out at the meetIng meet meet- Ing ng that 81 of ot th these e subscribers were paying pain a toll toil charge of ot 2 or more each ach month The citizens' citizens committee believes the ie telephone company Is unjust in splitting plitting the county Into districts and charging higher rates in irs some than the they hey do in others The present toll rate ate is keeping small business men from rom entering business In the c cities Ues of f Holladay and Murray declared Mr Howe Irvin T. T Nelson spoke for a It citizens citi citi- ens' ens group residing on the border borderlIne borderline lIne Ine between Murray and Salt Lake and nd said said- If U the toll toU charge was eliminated the people in our district would transact more business with he the Murray merchants We are just justas as close to Murra Murray as we are ore Salt lake but the toll charge is keeping us from telephoning our wants to your stores Paul E. E Reimann Salt SnIt Lake attorney I ne ney addressed the meeting and as as- the committee the citizens of ot the Thirty third street district were in m sympathy with Murray and that they were preparing a petition to present to the utilities commission requesting the toll charge be elim dim mated It was WM estimated at the meeting that 05 is per cent of the phone calls caUs made in Murray were calls to Salt Lake Thirty people expressed their desire desire desire de de- de- de sire to Install telephones If the toll was discontinued and the committee was instructed to canvass the city to get the approximate number of people people peo pee plc who would install phones if the rate was lowered |