Show MENT ISSUED TElEPHONE COMPANY I mr ar Van Cott Cot Gives oration Version of Litigation J. J ting king that in its insistence lies ics l s issued by the t Mountain r Telegraph Co ing ug the use or ot telephones subscribers themselves the thes s f their families and to their theirs s only fair to the subscribers I Waldemar Van Cott Cotto counsel company has issued the follow follow- ment ement of the company's side of Aphone phone controversy now pend- pend h he courts Thas has as been said in the papers ast i few days about these cases I Il l 1 it is due to the company compan- should explain the company's the matter with particular t elto the justice and propriety J rules and regulations of the which they are seeking t to- to for the violation of which have been instituted telephone company the same as lousiness concerns has tp to adopt I r orce certain rules and regula- regula govern the conduct of its This is ie necessary not only of the company but In a rests of the public as well Cited ted ol f these rules and regulations the Ithe subscribers subscriber's telephone Is to i only Ionly by the subscriber his Im- Im household and his business This rule has been for a a. long time and nd has been sated ted in different ways and irly iry by the p publication thereof periodical telephone directories frates rates of ot the company are de- de upon dupon the basis pasia of compliance and the operating determined by the aver- aver lUng rate estimated upon a aice anee I nee ice with this rule The of the company realize u I as outsiders frequently do not the the necessity for enforcing this rule nile In I l order to prevent overloading and congestion congestion con con- up upon certain lines To relieve this congestion and als also to insure to the company a fair compensation com corn for the service rendered th I company has in Salt Lake City adopted adopt adopt- ed the policy of placing public pay station sta eta tion telephones in places where transient transient transient tran tran- people and th the public generally are likely to require the use of telephones This provide provides a very convenient means of telephone communication Uon for such person ierson and a fair percentage of the receipts from these pay stations goes to the proprietor proprietor tor for the privilege of maintaining th he public pay station In his place of busi- busi ness In these places of busi business ss also the company offers to furnish telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone service over a private telephone for the use of the subscriber or when requested so to do the company wl will will place the thc proprietors proprietor's name in the telephone tee tee- phone directory under the public pay station number with a reasonable guarantee thus avoiding the necessity of two telephones where the establishment establishment does not require this service Company Alleges Unfairness Inasmuch uch as the rates are fixed with the understanding that the service service ser ser- vice over these private telephones Is t to be limited as s indicated above it t is ob obviously obviously ob- ob unfair to the company for a subscriber to insist upon supplying hi his patrons iu and iid d friends and the pUblic generally with the services of the company company com corn pany without compensation This practice o of the company and these rules and regul regulations have been gen generally rallY acc accepted and acted upon b- b by the company's subscribers in Salt Lake Lak City and as to these It Is manifestly unfair that their should adopt and continue the contrary ry practice tice at the expense of the telephone company this would constitute a man man- discrimination against the other subscribers who are complying with will the company's rules Certain subscribers have been fur fur- fishing their business telephones t to all al who went in their places of business ss and who desired to use the same These subscribers would not have done this had d they been obliged to pay for such uch calls but they did it to help their own business and at the expense of all al paying subscribers who ob obey y the company's com corn pany's rules i Many Calls Permitted One of ot these subscribers has per permitted pet pet- mUted as many as sixty unauthorized calls his office over telephone In a period of twenty four hours He al allowed allowed al- al lowed and encouraged this practice e to help his own private business So uSo far as this company knows practically every telephone subscriber obeys the company's rules It is only a a. very few who are ars insisting that this company must give substantially every person who comes Into their place o of business free telephone service |