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Show MORONI TELEPHONE CO. SEES FRANCHISE FROM MT. PLEASANT The Moroni Telephone Co. has made a request of the City of Mount Pleasant to grant them a franchise to extend their system to Mount Pleasant and increase the number of phones on their exchange. The request has been received by City Officials and will be considered at the next regular session of the Council. Coun-cil. Official representatives of the Moroni Telephone Co. were in Mount Pleasant Wednesday to talk the matter mat-ter over with some of the citizens of the town. They want to get 1,000 phones on (heir system. At present they have 100 at fountain Green and about 200 at Moroni, making a total of 300 phones. The price charged by the company is ?1.00 a month for residence phones and $1.50 for business busi-ness phones. They boast of having the selective ringing service which permits the calling of families on party lines without disturbing their neighbors. |