| Show LONG DISTANCE RATES REDUCED it reductions d u c ti ons in long distance annance telephone clione d day ay rates which it Is estimated will save the public annually will be in effect january 1 according to A 0 gregory local manager tor for the mountain telephone and telegraph company it la Is the fourth such reduction in little more than three years word of this reduction which will apply throughout the mountain states territory and generally throughout the dell bell system m was received by ilia the local manager from P F 11 II areld denver president of the company corn pany these thes rates affect station to station calls call 8 on which you are willing to talk to anyone at the called telephone tills this latest cut la Is in una line with the dell bell system policy 0 provide the best possible service at the least possible cost tho rho last long distance stanca dl rate reduction was effective february 1 1929 and similarly meant an annual saving ol of about to the public this was preceded by another reduction on december 1 1927 which meant a boving ot of about ft and on oil october 1 I 1926 saying saving boma idea of the improvement in quality of service may be had from the tact fact that the average lima now required la in the mountain states territory to complete a long dirance connection Is two minutes us as compared to almost six minutes in ill 10 at the present time about 93 per cent of all long distance connections are corn plated while the calling party holds holda them the line iron county It |
