Show PHONE CO COMPANIES ON EQUAL BASIS ASI I Contribution of Rocky Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tam tain Bell Co Cn to the City Treasury Fixed Time The vexed question of what contribution contri contrI- button the Rocky Mountain Dell Bell Telephone Telephone Tele Tele- phone company should make to the time city elly treasury Is In a fair fall wa way to 1 be finally settled If tr the recommendation of or the tue council committee last night nl ht is adopted The Thc arrangement to which a practical agreement has been reached reach reach- em ed ell is to put the two telephone companies companies com coma Panics on precisely the same amo basis exacting 1 per lieI cent of the gross earnings earn earn- logs ings from froni each cach and receiving recel In addition addi addi- lion ion forty fotty free fm-cc telephones Crom each company for fot city set services The rime Independent hide Inde pendent company an Is now no doing this by i Its Ils franchise The rime Bell Dell has been supplying sup SUl 1 plying the time free freo telephones but hut payIng pay pay- In Ing no tax The Thc ordinance calls for Cot 1 for tor each telephone for which a 0 rental of or 60 CO COor 0 or OL over O Is charged and CO GO cents for each with a no lighter rental To ro tit this Is the companies demurred and the time matter has been bed before the committees committees committees commit commit- tees for man many weeks The council had about decided to collect the full Cull tax and order out all nil the tue Bell telephones except those thos-e e alJ absolutely necessary al' al Suite State c. Before the he municipal laws lawi committee commit tee cc last evening a number r of or local telephone appeared Among mong these wet were 11 II Vance Lane president of or th the tho noel Rocky Mountain lieu Dell company 1 and George 1 V. V Wallace jr attorney and D. D S. S Murray ura general rai mana manager cr of the time same saume company There Thero were al also o present President f H. H A. A Harvey of or time the Independent ent company an and al emal Van Ull Colt attorney for 01 tho the company Tho The or ordinance ln will IU bo be o am amended b by striking out the sections Imposing the tax on telephone companies and an amendment ll bo La made to the time Dell Bell franchise e calling for COl the time 1 per cent of oC the earnings 3 and the free phones The Time Independent company compan already J IM Ii required to 1 do O so by lIy Its Us charter and will vili not be Ll affected |