Show TELEPHONE RATES DISCUSSED BY CLUB findings ol of committee reported jt at meeting Wed wednesday nesda elenin the michhel I 1 comin ercil club met in regular tension on wednesday evening ahe question of telephone hiie rates was t iken up and a report of the of nf the committie was given 1 bl 1 0 C tile chaiem in in their investigations ationo the committee had first al acl for som cone cones b qiong from the mountain states com lilii hut but had not received that ana iii thing loa I 1 be don done 0 r e to a I 1 redu tiomi of rates or a an n increase aal of ser hermle ice the com 11 atee lie he stat stated d had liard investigated the working of the tha lins imps in manti and other othe t county towns from all the in information formatin obtainable thare thebe lines were 1 i I both is as 9 utility and from a financial point of mere few the report of the manager and secretary of the mantl manti basum that it had not only given ane people the best of service at t i reduced cost but in addition tu to this had been able abla to 10 pay considerable in dividends keep keel up the natural depreciation and e tend its at ara of service ir dr J and president earl thompson had also made mada some in adanti that tended to corroborate corro berate the report of the com mittle one of the principal faults found with the mountain states service serice in richfield was the tha variety of its ita rates for phone rent these rates rate varra varying I 1 ng from sa 3 to 93 75 per month tor office phones and from 1 50 to sa 2 for residence rentals fhe long lone distance rates had indrei iner eTed ed in lost cost per minute as the volume of business had grown usually jn in inc reisa in production lessened the cost but ith the phone business it seemed to be tho the re leerae erae mr hyde representing the mountain states telephone and telegraph company made the statement that it would be impei sibe to reduce the rates at the present time in nany n any places the companas comp anys investment did not pay interest the richfield exchange had a greater scope of territory at its disposal than in mana man other places and this fact in some measure accounted for the difference on phone rent mr hyde was quite emphatic in ili his discouragement of the er of an independent system he gave figures of the cost of installation find and maintain anee and made the club in an offer of the entire ho holdings dings of the mountain state company in south ern utah at its present cash value or if the tha parties wishing to establish an independent line wished to take stock in the mountain states com piny he would guarantee them 7 per lent cent dividends which was more he believed than thel the could hope to make on investing in ili an independent line further discussion on the tha subject w was as postponed to a future meeting and the committee were to make further investigation of independent telephone conditions authority was given the committee to invite the maniger of the mantl manti system to meet with the club and give the members some information relative I 1 to cost of nf installation and main Ita tai nence mence |