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Show iOCOST OF TELEPHONE ? TOLL SERVICE IS . REDUCED Sweeping Long Distance Call Prices in Effect January 1. . By Aiociaed Presa. WASHINGTON, IHr. 16.-SwefpmR r reductfnna In .'Tin distance and toll tel phono rate ty the adoption of huaic charjjn f 4 Trillin, a mUe. air-ifnrmTr''aiiC. air-ifnrmTr''aiiC. alicT haTrTfiTaTTTe for night acrvlce up to midnight, and onf-fourth onf-fourth lhe day ThTa after -that" tionr, are innoun'H ly r'imuKi Central Hurlson. They I-cmine effective nxt January 21. The new ratea were recommended In the flrt report of the committee "n rat tanlKrtization and Mr. Iturlaon'a atatement .ud their effort i to ciial- Ue the toll and Ion diHtance chat gee overth conniry, -'removing iiparl- tlea and preference and providing a ectentlffc haata fur future reductiona contemplated aa unification of telephone tele-phone and telegraph wire pmveeda." CHEAPER AT NIGHT. ' "K night aervlce rate." aid the . ... i.uif lh .t.iv rate, t ei-tal.Hahed Iwi ween v.lo ami IS p. m. HpIwwii midnight and 4 Ki 4 ' a. m. the iitaM rale a nni-f"urih the day rate. Theae are grt-at.-r reduc- j ttone In nluht ratra than have ever ( been mad In any country, anil doubt- j Icra will be cxtenalvely lined, especial- j y for 'wn wM fam-ty piiM""''1 A peraon might talk from San rranHafn r ' to New York for almut $4. whereaa the day rat la approximately lit. J MANY TOLL RATES. i A afatton to nation aervice i rMab-i rMab-i Itahed mich aa now exlatn In the Ia1-' Ia1-' a nee of the world: that in. when, a mn- j nectlon la eatatdiahed with a man', houae or office, the opportunity to con- i i -verse fa provided and the atatlon to a atatton rnte. which ia the l-aic rate. J applies and la payable whether the .' particular perron dtirtd reapnde or ; ' "a not. Th la rate up to twenty-four mile j i la at th rate of fi cent for aix nitlea and or greater dhManct 5 cent for j each eight mile, or about '4 nillla ii , mile. The dlatftnre fa computed by' air line methmta and md ly rde Hn . or public hiithwaya. The air line dia-j lancea are nunmonly about K0 mMea. . when the othera would run 1&0 mMea. f It la atated by the committee that j more than alxty varietiea if toll ratea ( have exiated In the I'nited Statea up to the present time. The effect of thla -uniform nr basic rate In the ata-3 ata-3 tlon ,rt etatron aervtc ia to reduce or not affect about TO per cent of the ratea. though neceaaardy slightly raia- i Inr ahtt'il " w r ent Iti the prttceaa of atandardi7.uiin. , J i.t "It retjuirea about two and one-half ''( times aa much work to establish con- i nactlon with a particular person than t tba station to station service. Hlthcr- i to the ratea have been the same for -T both kinds of aervlcen, nothing twins; paid, however Great the aervlcea pcr-'f pcr-'f formed on the failure of the telephone - Institution to secure tht particular pr-son. pr-son. The parthular ierson rervice "ro haa also been used to defraud the jrov-T. jrov-T. arnment out of Jta toll revenues. Ie-slanlns; Ie-slanlns; persons employ codes under . which. allhoiiKh the deslrefl telephone? - Is reached the particular neraon Is fcitd not lo be there, but words of explana- J n ptiven from his phmie answer all the purp-aea of the call under t:ie code nrri.ftnrnt. 1 REDUCE FRAUDS. I The particular person service is not divcnnttnueil. bi-t the role therefor ia -a modified aa tu prevenL these Miurs i s and conpeneale tlie telephone service j In part fir the extra expenae if labor and plant involved, and a charge of 25 I per cent of the station to atatton rate t is made for such service, when the particuler jer4n Is secured and a re- tinn to station rate ia made when the lt houae or office telephone la obtained ' and his whereabouts or refusal lo talk is reported. RATES MUCH LESS. .. . "In many la rue aectl-tna of the ronn-try ronn-try the smallest toll rate haa not been , leas than IS rents. I'nder the new scheme for short distances th rates . are reduced to & cents and 10 cents for U the cheapeat form of service the per son can talk five minutes aa compared with three minutes now, or In some 1 cases only two minutes or one minute. Free toll arena where th exchange rate was designed to cover the free I srvlce or a lower char therefor are ! not affected by this order." |
