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Show STATE ORDERS PHONE SERVICE JAIEjLASHES Public's Bill to Drop $136,234 Yearly by New Setup Telephone ritei paid by Utah sub-acribers sub-acribers war slashed $138,234.04 annually an-nually by an order Tuesday of the atata public aervica commission. Tht order climaxed an investigation investiga-tion and aeriea of hearlnga that have dragged through four yeara and waa Uiued with the conaent and agreement agree-ment of Mountain Statea Telephone and Telegraph officiate. The order fixed January 1 aa the date telephone charge! are to be reduced. re-duced. I A final oenfsienee Tuesday be tween C. A. Alston, Utah manager of the telephone company, and W. Q. Van Cod. Utah counael. with members of the public service commission com-mission preceded issuance of the order. Action Explained In explaining action of the commission. com-mission. Chairman Waltsr K. Granger Gran-ger aaid that although in tha yeara just past any rate reductions might not have been justified becauss of depression conditions, business has improved considerably and It Is reasonable rea-sonable to assume that telephone company revenue! will increase In the near future, y .. Tha total reduction of $138,234.04 is made up of nine aeparate Items. Equalisation of rates between cities of comparable size will save subscribers in communities which have been discriminated against $24,231 annually. Elimination of ths 15 cent per month charge for the cradle, or hand-set. telephone will save consumers con-sumers $31,000. Special costs and losses to the company as a rssult of ths elimination elimina-tion of this cradle phone charge waa estimated at $10,000. Party line Rate Cut Reduction of the four-party line monthly charge by 20 cents in Salt Lake City will decrease telephone bills here $31,184 annually. Lowering the one-party and two-party two-party residential phone chargea 25 cents per month in Salt Lake City will cut $20,113.50 from these bills, and in Ogden the same reduction will aave customers $6428.78. The four-party line charge In Ogden Og-den will be reduced 25 centa per month, aaving subscribers $10,118.78 in a year. For the most part the rats reductions reduc-tions do not affect business lines. but in Ogden the business measured service, which now costs $5 for 80 calls and 8 cents each for additional ones, will cost $4 for 80 calls and 3 centa each for added ones after January 1. This reduction is expected ex-pected to save business men there $1060. Rural Savings Duo Saving of $2120 to rural telephone subscribers is anticipated from a change in -the mileage rate. The present charge of 25 cents for each three miles in excess of six Is to be reduced to 10 cents. Under the new rate structure effective ef-fective January 1 in Salt Lake City, one-party residential lines will cost $3.75 per month; two-party lines. $3 per month, and four-party service $2.30 monthly. In Ogden, subscribers will pay $3 monthly for one-party service; 2M for two party, and $2 for four-party, i e |