Show = = A TEN CEST TELEPHONE TfiOUBLE 1 A Subscriber KjcKs Against the Last i Now Rule of the Company I EDITOR DEMOCRAT The telephone managers here seem to be always striving to make it as unpleasant as possible for their subscribers and patrons In the first place they have new rules every month and subscribers are bound to follow fol-low them or be refused a connection they claim in every case that it is beneficial bene-ficial and will greatly improve the service I ser-vice This may or may not be true I The rates of telephones are about double I what they should be but in support of this they cite what the rates are in some of the cities in the East that is picking I out those places in which the rates are high and not making mention of the ones where the rates are low in comparison Their last freak or fancy is to request the operators to ask of every strange voice that comes to the telephone i he be 1 subscriber and if not that they will be charged 10 cents if they use the telephone tele-phone This is done invariably or connection I con-nection refused which is not only 1 hindrance to the service for it takes up the time of the operators but it is a great annoyance to subscribers for often a person per-son is refused a connection when he is telephoning for the interest of a subscriber Contracts should be made with subscribers and while they lease their instruments they I should be held responsible for any abuse of their privileges and no person should I be refused a connection if he asks for it as they require I the public telephones were placed in various I places about the city they would get I most of the transient business There is no other telephone exchange outside of the Rocky Mountain Com panys district that we have heard of which refuses these connections and it would not be done here if they did not have a monopoly of the business SALT LAKE July 3 1885 HELLO I |