'■i''i'i'.M.4;,:Vtr;.::.:!'.:: TK W«A^A's--"ffl TK FROM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS Ax^jsus isMiS g 506 Rev. Stat, prohibits the withdrawal of this book for htAneAise. Cornell University Library TK 5123.A3T2 1912 3 1924 022 817 690 *...i Date Due "^jffl"^ ! ! 1 ■ Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022817690 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ■^^' BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WM. J. HARRIS, Director TELEPHONES AND TELEGRAPHS AND MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS 1912 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1915 TK ADDITIONAL COPIES OP THIS PUBLICATION MAT BE PBOCnBED FEOM THE SDPEEINTEiroENT OF DOCUMEHTS GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE ■WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 50 CENTS PEE COPY CONTENTS. TELEPHONES. Chapter I.— INTRODUCTION. Page. "General description of the census of telephones 9 Period covered 10 Unit of enumeration 10 Limitations of the Btatistics 10 Chapter II.— DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. Summary for 1912 12 Comparison with previous censuses 12 Telephone and telegraph systems 13 .States and gec^raphic divisions 14 Chapter III.— EQUIPMENT AND TRAFFIC. Nature of equipment 21 Miles of wire 21 Nimiber of telephones ,. 25 Rural telephones 27 Number of central offices or exchanges 30 Messages or talks 30 Traffic and population 33 Chapter IV.— COMPARISON OF BELL AND OTHER SYSTEMS. Companies for which statistics are compared : 34 Telephones connected with the Bell system 37 Exchange and toll circuits 38 Messages or talks 38 Comparative summary 39 Public exchanges 39 Private-branch exchanges 41 Chapter V.— FINANCIAL STATISTICS. Character of the statistics 42 ■Comparison with prior censuses 42 •Capitalization 42 Oapital stock and ftinded debt 43 Dividends and interest payments 44 Income and expenses 45 Taxes 46 Relation of traffic to income and expense 46 Balance sheet 47 Assets - 47 Liabilities - 47 Employees, salaries, and wages 48 Chapter VI.— TELEPHONE EXCHANGE RATES. Index to cities of the United States for which rate schedules are given 51 Telephone rate schedules 53-156 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. Diagram 1. — All systems and lines — Number of telephones and miles of wire, by geographic divisions, ranked according to miles of wire: 1912, 1907, and 1902 18 Diagram 2. — All systems and lines — Number of telephones and miles of wire, by states, ranked according to miles of wire: 1912, 1907, and 1902 19 Maps showing average population per telephone and average number of messages per capita: 1912, 1907, and 1902 20 (3) 4 CONTENTS. TELEGRAPHS. Introduction 159 Combined land and ocean telegraphs 159 Land telegraphs 159 Commercial systems 159 Train dispatching by telephone 164 Governmental telegraphs and telephones 165 Porto Rico 164 Washington- Alaska military cable and telegraph system 164 Philippine Islands 164 Military lines in the United States 164 Weather Bureau 164 Ocean cable telegraphs 165 Commercial systems 165 Governmental cables 166 Wireless telegraphs, or radiotelegraphy 166 Commercial systems ' 166 Railway wireless 167 Governmental wireless 168 Panama Canal Zone 168 Alaska 168 Philippine Islands 168 Naval stations 168 The Arlington station 168 Other governmental radio stations 168 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. Scope of the inquiry 171 Combined fire-alarm and police-patrol signaling systems 171 Methods of administration 172 Fire-alarm and police-patrol systems in municipalities: 1912 172^ Underground wire 189 Fire alarms, fire loss, assessed valuation, and insurance 191 APPENDICES. Appendix A. — Schedules — ^Telephones, Telegraphs, and Municipal Electric Fire-alarm and Police-patrol Signaling Systems 197' Appendix B. — Instructions to special agents 205. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Sik: DEPARTMENT OP COMMERCE, BUEEATJ OF THE CeNSUS, Washington, D. C, October IB, 1914. I have the honor to transmit herewith the report on the census of telephones, telegraphs, and municipal electric fire-alarm and pohce-patrol signaling systems for 1912. This is the second report on these industries that has been prepared in conformity with the requirements of the act of Congress of June 7, 1906. The canvass for the collection of these statistics was started early in April, 1913. It generally requires about a year to collect satisfactory reports from all establishments covered by a census of this character, The field work for this census, however, was completed by the middle of October, 1913. The United States totals were published in January and February, 1914. A preliminary bulletin was published during June, 1914, which presented the principal data in regard to each branch of the census in each state. The results were made pubhc at an earher date than they were published for preceding censuses. It was not thought essential, therefore, to hasten the pubhcation of the final report transmitted herewith, and only a limited force was employed in its preparation. The various telephone and telegraph companies cooperated with the Bureau of the Census in devising the forms of the schedules used in the collection of these statistics. At prior censuses the office experienced con- siderable difficulty in securing complete reports from a number of companies. No difficulties of this character were encountered during the census of 1912, and I feel that this willingness on the part of the companies to furnish the information was due very largely to securing their cooperation through their associations. The statistics were collected and the report prepared under the supervision of Mr. WiUiam M. Steuart, chief statistician for manufactures. Acknowledgment should also be made of the services of Mr. John W. Curry and Mr. W. A. Countryman, who assisted in the preparation of the text and analytical tables. Respectfully, To Hon. WiLi-iAM C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce. Director of the Census. (5) TELEPHONES (7) TELEPHONES. CHAPTER I. INTKODUCTION. Oeneral description of the census of telephones. — The census of telephones is taken every fifth year, and thus far three enumerations have been made, covering the years 1902, 1907, and 1912. This report presents de- tailed statistics for 1912 and comparative figures for the two earlier years. Each census has covered all public telephone systems and Hnes that were operated during all or any part of the year to which it related. None of the censuses, however, include statistics for private telephone lines used exclusively for commu- nication between different rooms or departments of manufacturing or mercantile estabhshments, hotels, or private residences; nor do they include statistics for systems operated by Federal, state, or municipal governments for communication between different bureaus or offices. A number of steam and electric railroads operate telephone lines for the conduct of their business, but such liaes were omitted from the census of telephones because they were not operated for the accommodation of the general pubhc. Data relating to train dispatching by telephone are included in the section on Telegraphs (p. 163). The census of telephones is confined to continental United States, and therefore does not include Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, or the Panama Canal Zone. Statistics of governmental telephones are given in connection with those for governmental telegraphs, in the section on Telegraphs (p. 163). The reports of the regular decennial censuses of 1880 and 1890 contained statistics for the telephone industry, and the figures for those years are placed in comparison with the data for the last three censuses, although the prevailing conditions and the methods employed differed in many important respects from those pertaining to the censuses of 1902, 1907, and 1912. The number of telephones and miles of wire are the only statistics concerning the small telephone systems and farmer or rural lines that can be collected with any degree of accuracy. It was necessary, therefore, to estabUsh a line of separation between the companies for which detailed statistics concerning employees, financial transactions, and equipment would be col- lected and those for which only the number of tele- phones and miles of wire would be secured. At the census of 1902 an attempt was made to collect com- plete statistics for all farmer or rural lines that oper- ated switchboards, without regard to size or amoimt of business. The fact that a switchboard was oper- ated was, however, found to be of but Httle assistance in estabhshing the Hne of separation, and a different pohcy was adopted at the census of 1907. At that census complete statistics were not secured for the farmer or rural lines operated on a combined mutual and revenue basis if the combined income and assess- ments for the full census year amounted to less than $1,000, nor for small systems owned by individuals or firms and apparently operated for revenue but having an income of less than $500 for the year. The experience at the censuses of 1902 and 1907 demonstrated the fact that it was impossible to collect statistics concerning the financial transactions of the small commercial or mutual systems or the rural lines. Some of the small companies keep no books of accovmts and their employees do not devote their entire time to the telephone business. In many cases it was difficult to locate any person who had enough famiharity with the line to give even an estimate of the statistics required. Under these conditions it was determined at the census of 1912 to limit the detailed statistics to com- panies that had an annual gross income of $5,000 or more. The companies, systems, or lines that had an annual income of less than this amount were required to report only the miles of wire and number of tele- phones. Therefore the statistics are presented sepa- rately for these two classes, but combinations are made when it is necessary to show the total miles of wire and number of telephones for all companies and systems. The telephone industry is pecuHar in that one com- pany, the American Telephone & Telegraph C!o., and its associated companies, known as the Bell Telephone System, control such a large proportion of the wire and telephones. The company collected and com- piled the statistics for its 176 subsidiary companies, including its long-distance service. It furnished the totals for the United States and separate figures for each state for the miles of wire, telephones, number of public and private-branch exchanges, and number of messages or talks. The telephone companies or systems that had an annual income of $5,000 or more are well known, and their names and addresses could be easily ascertained. (9) 10 TELEPHONES. Many of the smaller systems, however, and especially the farmer or rural lines, have no distinctive names and it was very difficult to locate them. Every source of information was utilized to obtain a complete list for the canvass of 1912. A basis for the canvass was obtained from a list of the systems reporting in 1907, when postmasters in places having a population of less than 5,000 had been requested to furnish lists of all Unes in their vicinity. State and county officials were also requested to supply such Hsts. Lists were also obtained from telephone associations and from direc- tories. Reports of all state offices that collect statis- tics or other information concerning telephones were consulted. Lists from these various sources of infor- mation were prepared on index cards, which were assorted according to localities, and the entire United States was divided into districts. Each district was assigned to one or more agents, who were required to coUect reports from all companies, systems, or Unes named on the hsts that had not made reports to the Bureau of the Census by mail. The agents were also required to make careful inquiry for any companies, systems, or lines not named on the hst and to secure reports for them. Each agent was required to make a thorough canvass of his district, and it is beheved that the census includes data for aU companies, systems, or lines iatended to be covered by the inquiry. Period covered. — The statistics for the companies and systems reporting an annual income of $5,000 and over relate to the year ending December 31, 4912, or the business year of each company most nearly confo rmin g thereto. The number of telephones and miles of wire and the statistics contained in the balance sheet are reported as of the last day of the business year covered by the return of each company. The number of tele- phones and miles of wire reported by the companies and systems having an income of less than $5,000 relate to December 1, 1912. The statistics do not represent a fuU year's operation for every company reported, as many systems were installed, a number abandoned, and many absorbed by, or consoHdated with, other companies during the year 1912. Moreover, the rapid advance of the indus- try necessitates a constant increase in the number of telephones in use, therefore in some cases the number given in the annual report of a company does not agree with the number reported to the census as of December 31, 1912, or the end of the business year to which the report related. These conditions should be considered in comparing census figures with those compiled from other sources. UnU of enumeration. — The terms "company," "system," and "line" are used to designate the unit for which a separate census report was secured. They are frequently used as synonymous terms. They rep- resent a statistical unit the significance of which vanes sUghtly to meet the requirements of the different meth- ods of bookkeeping of the various companies and the practice of the office in the compilation of the data. As a rule, a distinct ownership marks the separation of the statistical units, and all exchanges and lines operated under the same ownership are counted as one system. Where several lines are combined under one ownership or several properties have been brought under one man- agement by purchase or stock control, they are counted as one system. The associated companies comprising the Bell Telephone System and other larga companies which furnished separate reports for their subsidiary companies are, however, counted as separate units. The number of systems in the report, therefore, repre- sents only the number of separate ownerships report- ing an annual income of $5,000 or more, without regard to the character of the ownership. "Company" or "system" is generally applied to the larger units and as a rule represents a number of lines. The term "line" denotes a farmer or rural liue for which a separate census report was made, and therefore represents one of the smaller statistical units. Each independent farmer or rural line, however small, was counted as a separate unit, provided a separate census report was made. Li some instances, however, a single census report was made for a number of independent farmer lines that connected at a com- mon exchange. Therefore the 30,317 systems or lines reporting an annual income of less than $5,000 must not be accepted as the total number of independent lines. Since the meaning of the terms " systems " and "lines" is not always the same, the number is no indi- cation of the magnitude of the interests, nor is it in any way a guide as to the number of exchanges. The process of consohdation may have resulted in an actual decrease in the number of companies, but at the same time the number of exchanges, miles of wire, number of telephones, and amount of business transacted may have increased. Limitations of the statistics. — -Data for all systems and lines, large and small combined, are confined to the miles of wire and the number of telephones in use. Statistics of capitaJization, income, expenses, number of persons employed, and amount paid in salaries and wages, and other features in addition to miles of wire and number of telephones, were secured only from such companies as showed an annual income of $5,000 or more. Li some cases even these companies did not have books from which exact data for aU inquiries could be obtained, and it was necessary to secure estimates. At the censuses of 1902 and 1907 the financial sta^ tistics, employees, wages, etc., were shown for the separate states. This presentation required estimates for the segregation of the state figures for companies INTRODUCTION. 11 that operated in different states. The extent of these estimates was not so great for 1902 as it was for 1907. By 1912, however, such a large proportion of the companies and systems operated in more than one state that it was decided to abandon the state pres- entation, except for the miles of wire, the number of telephones and exchanges, and the estimated number of messages or talks. The number of messages includes exchange, long-distance, and toU messages, and these are necessarily credited to the state in which the exchange through which the original call was made is located. A uniform system of accounts, which became effec- tive January 1, 1913, was provided for telephone com- panies by the Interstate Commerce Commission un- der the provision of the act of Congress to regulate commerce as amended in 1910, and the statistics for future censuses may be affected thereby. CHAPTER II. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. Summary for 1912. — Table 1 presents a summary for the telephone industry as a whole for 1912. It shows the miles of wire and number of telephones, messages, and pubHc exchanges, and distinguishes three classes of companies or systems: (1) The BeU Telephone System, which includes all lines oper- ated by the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and its associated companies; (2) telephone com- panies other than those included in the BeU System and which reported a gross annual income of $5,000 or more; (3) telephone companies, systems, and lines reporting a gross annual income of less than $5,000. The third group includes all of the small companies, ia- cluding the iadependent farmer or rural lines, for which only statistics as to miles of wire and number of telephones Were collected. Table 1 AH systems and lines. . Bell Telephone System. ALL OTHEB SYSTEMS. Reporting annual incomes of $5,000 or more. Report- ing annual incomes of less than 85,000. ■20,248,326 100.0 8,729,692 100.0 13,735,658,245 100.0 11,515 100.0 15,133,186 74.7 5,087,027 58.3 9,133,226,836 66.5 5,853 50.8 3,886,205 19.2 2,239,721 25.6 4,602,431,409 33.5 5,662 49.2 1,228,935 6.1 1,402,844 16.1 (») Per cent of total Niunber of telephones Per cent of total Estimated number of mes- sages or talks * Per cent of total Number of jmblio ex- P) Percent of total ■ Exclusive of 1,665 miles in Canada. 2 The number of messages reported by the Bell Telephone System includes onlj^ completed calls, while the figures for all other systems may include some original calls not necessarily completed, such as calls to which the operator replies, " Line busy," or "Does not answer." > Not reported. As previously explained, the statistics do not include data for telephone lines of steam or electric railways operated in connection with the conduct of the roads, for private lines in hotels and manufacturing and other establishments, or for lines operated by Federal, state, or municipal offices. With these exceptions the tele- phone industry during 1912 operated 20,248,326 miles of wire and 8,729,592 telephones. The companies with an annual income of $5,000 or more estimated that there were 13,735,658,245 messages handled during the year. It was impossible to obtain esti- mates of the number of messages for the smaller companies, and therefore this total is not a true indication of the extent of the use of the telephone systems of the country. The BeU Telephone System is the dominating factor in this total, as it operated 74.7 per cent of the wire and 58.3 per cent of the (12) telephones. The number of public exchanges is about evenly divided between the BeU System and other companies. The census figures for the BeU System do not agree exactly with those contained in the annual report of the directors of the company, because the former include certain affihated and con- troUed companies that were not covered in the annual report. Comparison with frevious censuses. — ^As already stated, statistics for the telephone industry were col- lected in connection with the decennial censuses of 1880 and 1890. In comphance with the requirements of the act of Congress approved Jime 7, 1906, the census of telephones is now taken every fifth year. Substan- tiaUy the same forms of schedules were used and the same methods foUowed at the censuses of 1902, 1907, and 1912. The statistics for these three censuses, therefore, are directly comparable, but different meth- ods were foUowed at the censuses of 1880 and 1890. At the beginning of the census year 1880 the indus- try was of httle importance, but at the end of that year it represented one of the great interests of the country. The organization of many companies during the year and the rapid growth of systems already established made it impossible to coUect statistics that are completely satisfactory. Hence the figures for the census of 1880 represent only approximately the magnitude and condition of the telephone indus- try at that time. WhUe the industry had become much more stable by 1890, the conditions under which it was then con- ducted and the census methods employed at that time were such that the statistics are not strictly com- parable with those for subsequent censuses. Dur- ing the earlier periods the telephone service was confined almost entirely to strictly urban areas, sel- dom extending beyond the city limits. It now ex- tends to aU sections, and in some localities it has developed more rapidly in the rural than-in the urban districts. The remarkable growth of the telephone industry since its establishment in the United States is shown by the statistics of nules of wire, number of tele- phones, and number of messages or talks given in Table 2. During the 32 years covered by this table the num- ber of telephones increased from 54,319 to 8,729,592. This was accompanied by a much greater increase in miles of wire — from 34,305 in 1880 to 20,248,326 in 1912. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. 13 Tables Census: NUMBER or SYSTEMS, MIIES OF -WIRE, TELE- PHONES, AND MESSAGES — BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS: 1880 10 1912. Num- ber of systems and lines. Miles of wire.' Number of tele- phones. Estimated number of messages or talks.2 United States 1912 1907 1902 1890 1880 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 32,233 22,971 9,136 63 148 20,248,326 12,999,369 4,900,451 240,412 34,305 8,729,692 6,118,678 2,371,044 233,678 54,319 13,735,658,245 11,372,605,063 5,070,664,653 463,200,000 (') Bell Telephone System 176 175 44 32,167 22,796 9,092 15,133,186 8,947,266 3,387,924 6,115,140 4,052,098 1,612,527 6,087,027 3,132,063 1,317,178 3,642,666 2,986,616 1,063,866 9,133,226,836 6,401,044,799 3,074,630,060 4,602,431,409 3,999,389,159 1,996,024,493 1 Exclusive of 1,565 miles in Canada in 1912, and 5 miles in 1907. ' Exclusive of systems reporting annual incomes of less than J5,000 in 1912. ' Not reported. The development of the small farmer or rural lines that are counted as separate systems or lines detracts from the value of the number of systems or lines as a measure of the growth of the industry. Comparatively few of these companies keep a record of the number of messages or talks, and it was impossible to obtain even an estimate of the number of conversations over lines which do not require interconnection at the pub- lic or central exchanges. Moreover, no estimates were required concerning the number of messages over the 1,402,844 telephones on the lines of small com- panies which had incomes of less than $5,000 during 1912. Messages for these smaller systems were in- cluded, to some extent, at the census of 1902; there- fore the statistics of messages reported for the three years are not strictly comparable. No statistics con- cerning messages were collected at the census of 1880. The numbers of messages reported at the four censuses from 1890 to 1912, however, furnish an indication of the great increase in telephonic com- munication. Separate statistics for the Bell Telephone System were not collected prior to 1902, but since then the miles of wire and number of telephones operated by that system have increased by 346.7 and 286.6 per cent, respectively, as compared with 238.2 and 245.6 per cent for all other systems. While the statistics for employees, income, ex- penses, and capital for the censuses of 1880 and 1890 are not strictly comparable with those for later cen- suses, they are of interest, as they indicate the extent of the industry in the first stages of its development, and therefore are given in Table 3. Percentages of increase are shown only for the censuses from 1902 to 1912, and the statistics for the last two censuses are for the systems that reported an annual income of $5,000 or more. The statistics for 1902 represent the systems classified at that census as commercial or mutual, but they do not include the independent farmer or rural lines that had no regular exchanges or central offices. COMPAEATIVE SUMMARY— TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OR MORE FOR 1912 AND 1907, AND ALL TELEPHONE SYSTEMS, 1902, 1890, AND 1880. Table 3 Number of systems and lines - - - Miles of wire Number of telephones Number of public exchanges Estimated number of messages or talks . Number of employees Income Expenses Capital stock and fimded debt Assets 1912 19,0 7," 1,916 020,817 326, 748 11,515 13,735,658,245 183,351 081,234 764,909 294, 115 699,485 S256, $203, $991, $1,298, 190J 1,636 11,921,960 4,906,693 10,613 10,400,433,958 131, 670 $176,700,408 $135,475,177 $758,122,214 $943,519,301 1902 4,161 4,850,486 2,315,297 10,361 6,070,554,663 78, 752 $86,826,536 $65, 164, 771 $348,031,068 $466,421,553 1890 53 240,412 233,678 1,241 463,200,000 8,646 $16,404,583 $11,143,871 $72,341,736 W 1880 »$3, »2, <$14, »$15, 148 34,305 64,319 437 3,333 098,081 373, 703 605,787 702, 135 PER CENT OP INCREASE.' 1902- 1912 —53.8 292.1 216.5 11.1 170.9 132.8 193.8 212.7 67.2 178.4 1907- 1912 17.1 59.6 49.3 8.5 32.1 39.3 44.4 50.4 30.8 37.6 1902- 1907 — «0.6 145.8 111.9 2.4 105.1 67.2 103.5 107.9 117.8 102.3 I A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease. * Not reported. ' For 132 systems; 16 systems did not report this item. The percentages of increase shown for wire mileage and nxunber of telephones for the five-year period 1907-1912 are notable. The miles of wire increased from 11,921,960 in 1907 to 19,020,817 in 1912, or 59.5 per cent. This increase is no doubt due largely to the extension of long-distance and toll lines and the instal- lation of overhead and underground cable, although comparative figures covering these features are not available. During the same period the nimiber of telephones increased from 4,906,693 to 7,326,748, or 49.3 per cent. The large increase shown for expenses is more apparent than real, being due in a measure to the * For 72 systems; 76 systems did not report this item. <• For 74 systems; 74 systems did not report this item. inclusion in 1912 of depreciation charges, not called for in the schedules for preceding censuses, although included to some extent at those censuses by the large companies as an item of maintenance. The number of employees continued to increase steadily. Persons engaged in the industry in 1902 numbered 78,752; in 1912 the total had increased to 183,361, or by 132.8 per cent, the gain from 1907 to 1912 being 51,691, or 39.3 per cent. TelepTione and ielegraph systems. — The object of both the telephone and telegraph is to furnish quick and satisfactory communication between distant points. The telephone service, however, has developed very 14 TELEPHONES. largely in restricted areas where the telegraph could not be used with such great advantage. On the other hand, the telegraph has developed in the exten- sion of communication between points at great dis- tances, in which field the employment of the telephone is not yet practicable. A comparison of the statistics for the two industries as reported at the last three censuses is given in Table 4. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS— COMPARATIVE SUMMARY: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 4 NumlKr of systems and lines. . Miles of single wire. , Ocean cable, nautical miles.. Employees and salaries and wages: Average number Salaries and wages Capital stock and bonds outstanding . Income Expenses. Census. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 Total. 32,261 22,998 9,161 22,062,522 14,577,325 6,218,801 67,676 46,301 W 6 220,656 172,203 106,379 $121,005,535 J86,087,376 $51,295,294 $1,213,798,950 $1,134,909,579 $510,977,583 $319,844,077 $238,045,615 $127,765,574 $262,133,861 $182,681,918 $96,112,805 Telephones.' 32,233 22,971 9,136 20,248,326 12,999,364 4,900,451 183,361 144, 169 78,752 $96,040,451 $68,279,127 $36,255,621 $991,294,115 $814,616,001 $348,031,058 $255,081,234 $184,461,747 $86,825,536 $203,754,909 $140,802,305 $65,164,771 Tel^raphs.' 28 27 25 > 1,814,196 1,577,961 1,318,360 67,676 46,301 W 37,295 28,034 27,627 $24,964,994 $17,808,249 $15,039,673 $222,504,835 $220,293,575 $162,946,525 $64,762,843 $51,583,868 $40,930,038 $58,378,952 $41,879,613 $30,948,034 PEB CENT OF TOTAL. Tele- plumes. 99.9 99.9 99.7 91.8 89.2 78.8 83.1 83.7 74.0 79.4 79.3 70.7 81.7 79.3 68.1 79.8 78.2 68.0 77.7 77.1 67.8 Tele- graphs. 0.1 0.1 0.3 8.2 10.8 21.2 100.0 100.0 16.9 16.3 26.0 20.6 20.7 18.3 28.7 31.9 20.2 21.8 32.0 22.3 22.9 32.2 > Includes farmer or rural lines, and in 1907 and 1912 systems reporting annual incomes of less than $5,000; therefore, except for number of systems or lines and miles of wire, flgmes do not agree with those shown in other tables. 2 Does not include wireless telegraph systems. 3 Exclusive of 314,329 miles of wire owned and operated by railway companies. * Not reported. ' Number employed September 16, 1912. At the census of 1880 the telegraph companies re- ported the operation of 291,213 nules of wire, as com- pared with 34,305 miles for the telephone companies. By the census of 1902 the amount of wire for the telegraph systems had increased to 1,318,350 nules and that for the telephone systems to 4,900,451 miles. Thus in 1902 the mileage of wire devoted to the trans- mission of telephone messages was almost four times as great as that used for telegraph purposes. Both industries developed rapidly between 1902 and 1907, but the telephone wire mileage increased over eight miUion miles, and by the end of that period the mileage of single wire devoted primarily to tele- phone business was eight times as great as the milea^ used for commercial telegraph busiaess. Between 1907 and 1912 the telephone systems of the country added 7,097,426 miles of wire, while the telegraph companies increased their wire mileage by 236,235. The increase shown by the telephone sys- tems during the single five-year period is more than four times as great as the total amount of existing wire that has been added by the telegraph industry siQce the date when the first statistics concerning that industry were gathered. In the amount of business done in 1912, the amount paid in salaries and wages during the year, and the capital invested, the telephone business was about four times as extensive as the telegraph industry, and during the year it furnished employment for almost five times as many persons. States and geograpTiic divisions. — Naturally the most extensive equipment and the greatest amount of tele- phone busiaess are in the states that have the largest population. During recent years there has been a great development in the long-distance lines as well as in the rural service, and this has tended to a wider distribution of the telephone business. About half of the wire mileage and telephones, however, are stiU found in the Middle Atlantic and the East North Central states. The extent of the industry in the different geographic divisions and states is shown by the statistics of miles of wire, number of telephones and messages, and population for 1912, 1907, and 1902, given in Table 5. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. 15 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MILES OF WIRE, NUMBER OP TELEPHONES, ESTIMATED NUMBER OP MESSAGES OR TALKS, POPULATION, AND NUMBER OP TELEPHONES PER 1,000 OP POPULATION, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 5 DIVISION AKD STATE. United States. Geographic divisions: New England Middle Atlantic. East North Central.. Cen- sus. West North Central. South Atlantic. East South Central.. West South Central. Mountain. Pacific. New England: Maine Miles of wire. New Hampshire. Vermont. Massachusetts.. Connecticut and Rhode Island. Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey. Pennsylvania. East Nokth Central: Ohio Indiana. Illinois. Michigan.. Wisconsin.. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 20,248,326 12,999,364 4,900,451 1,545,252 997,885 408,337 6,035,019 3,056,193 1,261,843 4,645,218 3,308,021 1,466,145 2,932,578 2,043,383 688,290 1,121,458 875,173 328,022 977,694 714,871 305,089 1,312,553 799,606 236,884 668,450 364,605 2,120,104 839,647 216,995 Number of telephones. 141,687 94,073 26,451 75,917 49,448 18,390 64,756 36,419 16,379 863,426 534,220 257,461 409,466 283,705 90,656 2,790,060 1,630,076 644,984 338,608 136,617 1,699,975 1,087,509 601, 601 1,161,032 986,053 516,892 667,839 530,044 213,157 1,689,074 986,949 428,304 728,184 494,612 197,863 8,729,592 6,11S,S78 2,371,044 626,488 410,269 166,167 1,782,146 1,252,903 483,064 2,378,257 1,712,390 740,059 1,621,523 1,251,655 399,856 531,402 366, 764 ' 146,765 337,292 243,234 112,851 643,102 342,256 114,939 226,652 154,061 48,067 683,731 386, 147 169,287 Estimated number of messages or tallcs.i Population.2 68,914 63,134 14,070 40,017 28,920 9,949 40,142 30,833 12,151 329,992 209,383 96,512 146,423 87,999 33,485 970,449 685,612 247,340 185,632 116,988 48,980 626,064 460,403 186,734 631,206 495,636 224,083 354,560 289,452 136,561 807,253 668,585 221,008 335,074 209,842 95,415 250, 174 158,875 62,992 1 Exclusive of farmer or rural lines in 1902 and systems 2 Official estimates of the Bureau of the Census. 310,363 110,929 reporting annual Incomes of less than $6,000 tn 1907 and 1912. 13,735,658,245 10,400,433,968 6,070,664,863 810,524,037 572,523,863 298,292,134 2,422,868,241 1,947,571,139 909,887,064 4,025,908,387 3,087,416,813 1,733,817,138 2,238,770,806 1,664,198,498 712,440,737 869,439,943 749,939,984 353,569,870 662,046,512 731,000,908 377,960,187 1,079,617,948 646,501,299 303,647,439 436,368,129 299,270,686 102,374,364 1,191,218,442 722,010,968 278,685,620 84,033,152 73,197,982 21,923,915 49,984,600 36,537,513 18,987,012 48,306,101 35,666,788 19,075,847 401,817,640 298,824,440 183,115,320 226,382,644 128,297,180 67,190,040 1,297,849,047 1,034,651,594 360,098,123 192,311,511 138,914,842 56,171,223 932,707,683 774,004,903 493,617,718 1,301,603,565 1,014,222,376 668,707,801 683,821,519 498,660,086 294,657,586 1,105,751,431 833, 749, 156 641,181,932 694,363,258 413,557,846 237,695,112 340,666,614 307,327,151 101,694,728 96,545,336 85,532,761 78,576,438 6,767,613 6,111,093 6,769,477 20,179,371 17,667,920 16,008,719 18,767,149 17,863,394 16,462,313 11,926,513 11,363,251 10,624,893 12,686,662 11,574,988 10,770,414 8,602,701 8,330,783 7,768,517 9,288,200 8,037,775 6,883,018 2,847,946 1,992,698 1,783,813 4,689,381 2,790,861 2,525,272 Telephones per 1,000 of popu- lation. 753,085 717,832 700,072 434,818 436,128 418,602 358, 710 351, 495 345,886 3,491,888 3,083,013 2,917,796 1,729,012 1,522,625 1,387,122 9,626,146 8,386,673 7,633,011 2,683,309 2,248,332 1,969,821 7,969,916 7,032,915 6,605,887 4,903,439 4,497,198 4,252,372 2, 742, 117 2,743,305 2,681,575 5,821,305 6,618,190 5,019,628 2,897,207 2,611,790 2,480,764 2,393,081 i, 292, 911 2,127,974 91 72 30 92 67 29 71 SO 127 97 46 136 110 38 42 32 14 29 16 68 43 17 80 77 27 149 138 63 92 74 20 66 24 112 88 36 94 68 85 58 24 102 82 33 62 25 79 64 129 110 63 129 106 63 139 101 44 116 80 105 69 30 16 TELEPHONES. ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MILES OF WIRE, NUMBER OF TELEPHONES, ESTIMATED NUMBER OF MESSAGES OR TALKS, POPULATION, AND NUMBER OF TELEPHONES PER 1,000 OF POPULATION, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 6— Continued, DIVISION AND STATE. Cen- sus. Miles ol wire. Number of telephones. Estimated number of messages or taU:s.i Population.^ Telephones per 1,000 of popu- lation. West North Centeal: Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas South Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida East South Central: Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi West South Centeal: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1*2 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 19U7 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1002 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1002 663,479 387,758 137,274 S04, 101 360,884 147,586 874,334 640,660 177,072 76, 174 61,728 9,532 73,921 66,946 10,877 393,319 257,812 53,285 357,250 267,695 62,664 403,655 312,282 107,827 161, 136 108,588 46,678 112,954 99,844 66,812 109,110 83,251 26,120 73,712 60,226 19,445 206,691 187,904 £4,301 64,300 33,078 16,839 362,644 262,691 155,482 287,685 202,605 86,640 162,849 134,337 32,966 184,616 116,338 30,001 141,014 98,932 24,273 138,905 101,325 49,688 211,176 104,780 21,498 821,469 494, 569 141,626 2f2,369 171,479 63,192 332, 645 138,400 404,150 312,627 103, 166 51,241 34,087 6,762 65,868 48,405 10,387 201,689 162,279 36,766 245,932 200,233 41, 193 147,246 110,282 36,383 76,652 65,641 26,762 80,251 62, 144 22,801 65,152 37, 104 17,036 33,239 20,911 10,753 96,436 62,260 25,761 32,426 17,522 8,268 130,751 93, 996 46,949 104,353 71, 130 36,392 66,292 40,481 14,170 45,896 37,627 16,340 68,303 49,676 16,928 46,602 36,692 17,543 116,217 68, 125 15,732 311,980 188,862 64,736 418,720,464 274,434,462 113,124,262 471,126,059 336,184,981 193,054,738 655,616,330 468,138,352 242,309,227 49,861,643 39,874,764 14, 106, 733 47,881,574 60,548,810 17,919,604 291,615,176 246,047,837 73,227,030 303,949,361 238,969,302 58,699,143 177,756,722 165,995,216 70,981,973 164,421,931 116,364,885 66,494,626 103,266,136 109,065,223 41,605,891 90,831,013 80,667,891 36,485,398 68,170,380 61,558,785 23,893,914 206,631,042 187,647,940 06,192,066 68,374,719 39,660,044 18,906,002 287,807,892 276,476,058 143,101,564 188,865,474 231,218,676 128,274,719 100,983,408 102,736,572 46,158,943 84,389,738 120,569,603 60,414,961 124,445,991 71,950,886 36,716,883 101,597,617 120,647,366 68,083,915 163,999,696 108,725,669 31,667,627 689,474,644 345,177,378 167,079,014 2,148,235 2,071,318 1,822,106 2,223,189 2,201,331 2,301,427 3,335,080 3,405,901 3,187,031 634,731 487,890 344,778 624,668 476, 631 429,808 1,220,371 1,068,849 1,087,526 1,740,249 1,651,331 1,452,217 1,868,374 1,798,652 1,693,019 2,107,998 1,992,925 1,899,440 1,279,781 1,096,006 998,004 2,276,165 2,086,912 1,948,984 1,472,734 1,378,150 2,696,961 2,481,617 2,298,713 802, 729 646, 142 654,104 2,321,823 2,349,152 2,202,804 2,221,503 2,197,786 2,070,354 2,207,283 2,049,407 1,891,755 1,852,092 1,734,439 1,603,604 1,633,238 1,439,910 1,347,934 1,717,834 1,666,762 1,434,033 1,850,987 1,414,177 897,748 4,086,141 3,617,936 ' 55f'P^'™^?' fermej or ra™! Ihies in 1902 and systems reporting annual Incomes of less than $5,000 in 1907 and 1912. 2 OfHoial estimates of the Bureau of the Census. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. 17 -^^^r^^^^^^^S ^^^ LINES— MILES OF WIRE, NUMBER OP TELEPHONES, ESTIMATED NUMBER OP MESSAGES OR TALKS, POPULATION, AND NUMBER OP TELEPHONES PER 1,000 OF POPULATION, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Tabic 5— Continued. DIVISION AND STATE. Mountain: Montana Idaho Colorado New Mexico Arizona "Utah and 'Wyoming. Nevada PAcmc: Washington Oregon California Cen- sus. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 Miles of wire. 54,259 28,386 8,609 58,205 37,364 6,366 261,987 173,633 62,115 22,492 12,606 3,366 18,621 10.277 3,890 133,094 92,396 13,106 9,792 10,043 1,394 487,079 208,810 43,027 272,481 87,723 29,531 1,360,544 543, 114 144,437 Number of telephones. 35,637 17,168 5,451 29,464 16,394 3,886 90,397 65,908 24,533 10,346 6,653 2,610 11,224 6,203 3,264 44,010 37,134 7,258 5,684 4,601 1,165 160,016 98,846 31,447 99,713 49,629 21, 190 434,002 237,672 106,660 Estimated number of messages or talks. 1 Population." Telephones per 1,000 of popu- lation. 74,199,468 18,869,410 11,352,976 405,734 313,616 266,120 83 65 20 45,634,700 24,883,595 6,451,762 362,229 213,028 176,416 81 77 22 165,041,703 138,203,661 60,268,533 857,016 628,216 • 559,715 105 105 44 20,174,439 12,648,942 4,297,920 356,819 219,830 202,316 29 30 12 11,673,427 10,379,750 6,072,727 222,563 147,214 129,869 60 42 25 110,244,799 87,596,433 13,631,312 652,867 428,468 388,046 80 87 19 8,497,593 6,788,945 1,409,134 90,718 42,336 41,331 62 110 28 295,273,362 200,184,465 64,623,982 1,281,508 630,712 658,055 117 157 66 170,065,267 83,833,637 35,777,238 730,736 484,938 429,380 136 102 49 725,879,813 437,992,966 178,284,400 2,577,137 1,676,211 1,537,837 168 142 69 1 Exclusive of farmer or rural lines in 1902 and systems reporting annual incomes of less than $5,000 in 1907 and 1912. 2 Official estimates of the Bureau of the Census. The percentages of increase in miles of wire, num- ber of telephones, and number of messages or talks for the geographic divisions are given in Table 6, and percentages of distribution in Table 7. Table 6 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— FEB CENT OF tNCEEASE ' IN MILES OF WIEE, NUMBER OF TELEPHONES, AND ESTI- MATED NUMBER OF MESSAGES OK TALKS, BY GEO- GRAPHIC DIVISIONS (BASED ON TABLE 6). DIVISION. MHes of wire. Number of telephones. Estimated num- ber of messages or talks." 1903- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 United States.... 313.2 65.8 165.3 268.2 42.7 168.1 170.9 32.1 105.1 New England Middle Atlantic East North Central West North Central.. . . South Atlantic East South Central West South Central Mountain 278.4 299.0 216.8 398.5 241.9 220.5 454.1 528.6 877.0 54.9 64.7 40.4 43.6 28.1 36.8 64.1 53.2 152.6 144.4 142.2 125.6 247.3 166.8 134.3 237.6 310.4 286.9 276.4 268.9 221.4 305.5 262.1 198.9 372.6 371.5 329.2 62.6 42.2 38.9 29.6 45.3 38.7 68.7 47.2 77.1 146.9 169.4 131.4 213.0 149.2 115.6 197.8 220.6 142.4 171.7 166.3 132.2 214.2 146.9 75.2 255.6 325.3 327.4 41.6 24.4 31.2 34.6 15.9 —9.4 67.0 45.6 65.0 91.9 114.0 76.9 133.6 112.1 93.4 113.0 192.3 159.1 I A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease. ' Exclusive of farmer or rural lines ia 1902 and systems reporting annual incomes of less than 86,000 in 1907 and 1912. 81100°— 15 2 Table 7 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES — PER CENT DISTRIBUTION OF MILES OF WIRE, NUMBER OF TELEPHONES, AND ESTI- MATED NUMBER OF MESSJS.GES OR TALKS, BY GEO- GRAPHIC DIVISIONS (BASED ON TABLE 5). DIVISION. Miles of wire. Number of telephones. Estimated num- ber of messages or talks.i 1912 190J 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 United States.... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 New England Middle Atlantic East North Central West North Central. . . . South Atlantic 7.6 24.9 22.9 14.6 5.5 4.8 6.5 2.8 10.5 7.7 23.5 25.4 15.7 6.7 6.5 6.2 2.8 6.6 8.3 26.8 29.9 12.0 6.7 6.2 4.8 1.8 4.4 7.2 20.4 27.2 18.6 6.1 3.9 6.2 2.6 7.8 6.7 20.6 28.0 20.6 6.0 4.0 6.6 2.5 6.3 7.0 20.4 31.2 16.9 6.2 4.8 4.8 2.0 6.7 5.9 17.6 29.3 16.3 6.3 4.8 7.9 3.2 8.7 5.5 18.7 29.6 16.0 7.2 7.0 6.2 2.9 6.9 5.9 17.9 34.2 14.0 7.0 East South Central West South Central. . . . 7.5 6.0 2.0 Pacific 5.5 1 Exclusive of farmer or rural lines in 1902 and systems reporting annual incomes of less than 85,000 in 1907 and 1912. There has been a rapid development of telephone service in all sections of the country during the last five years. This growth is particularly noticeable in the Pacific, Middle Atlantic, and West South Central divisions, where the wire mileage increased 152.5 per 18 TELEPHONES. cent, 64.7 per cent, and 64.1 per cent, in the order named. While two of these divisions, the Pacific and the West South Central, led in increase in telephones, the Middle Atlantic fell behind the New England divi- sion in this respect. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio are the four most populous states and contain the great- est amount of telephone equipment. The systems in these states reported 7,240,141 miles of wire and 3,005,972 telephones, these totals forming 35.6 and 34.5 per cent, respectively, of the aggregates for the United States. Table 7 shows that the Middle Atlantic and the East North Central divisions, in which these states are located, contained 47.8 per cent of the wire mileage and 47.6 per cent of the telephones reported for 1912. In 1902 these two divisions contained 55.7 and 51.6 per cent, respectively, of the wire mileage and tele- phones reported for the United States. The consid- erable reductions in the proportions are due,~of course, to the development of the industry in other sections of the country. During the same period the percentage of wire mileage in the Pacific Coast states increased from 4.4 to 10.5 and of the telephones from 6.7 to 7.8. Table 6 shows that the percentage increase of the tele- phone industry was much greater during the five years from 1902 to 1907 than it was from 1907 to 1912; also that as a rule the greatest percentages of increase were in the geographic divisions containing the least popu- lation. During the 10 years from 1902 to 1912 the miles of wire in the Pacific Coast states increased by 1,903,109, or 877 per cent, and in the Mountain states by 469,604 miles, or 528.6 per cent. While the per- centages of increase were not so great in other divi- sions, the actual increases were much larger. The percentage of increase in the Middle Atlantic states was 299, but there was an actual increase of 3,873,176 miles, and in the East North Central division there was an increase of 3,279,073 miles, or 216.8 per cent. DiAGEAM 1 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— NUMBER OF TELEPHONES AND MILES OF WIRE, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, RANKED ACCORDING TO MILES OF WIRE: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. MIDDLE ATLANTIC IP SOUTH ATLANTIC EAST SOUTH CENTRAL 2 I MILLIONS OF TELEPHONES 2 3 4 MILLIONS OF MILES OF WIRE ISQT DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. 19 Diagram 2.— ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— NUMBEE OF TELEPHONES AND MILES OF WIRE, BY STATES, RANKED ACCORDING TO MILES OF WIRE: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. HUNC3RE0S OF THPUSANDS OF TELEPHONES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES OF WIRE NEW YORK ILLINOIS PENNSYLVANIA CALIFORNIA OHIO MISSOURI MASSACHUSETTS | TEXAS MICHIGAN INDIANA MINNESOTA NEW JERSEY IOWA WASHINGTON CONN.AND R. I. D C^DEL.,ANDMD. WISCONSIN NEBRASKA KANSAS KENTUCKY TENNESSEE OREGON COLORADO' OKLAHOMA GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI VIRGINIA ALABAMA MAINE ARKANSAS LOUISIANA UTAH AND WYO. | WEST VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA I NORTH DAKOTA NEW HAMPSHIRE SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTH CAROLINA IDAHO VERMONT FLORIDA MONTANA { NEW MEXICO 1 ARIZONA NEVADA f ^B 1903 I ^^^■11012 * . DECREASE 1812 20 TELEPHONES. MAPS SHOWING AVERAGE POPULATION PER TELEPHONE AND AVERAGE NUMBER OF MESSAGES PER CAPITA: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. AVERAGE POPULATION PER TELEPHONE: 1912. AVERAGE NUMBER OF MESSAGES PER CAPITA: 1912. ^fw^ ^^^fetete^ a^ ^^m ^^P ^v°*^^ ^^ # ^^^m ^^S m ^^ i^ r ^ '5'5^^^^^^^^^^w O'^'^VC^VV'^ >^^ 7 ly^^^^^^^^v^ ^fi$$gj^55 nNofi^ V^^^^^^ »"■■ ^^H 0^ *^4 ^^ ^^^^ ^^88^^^^ w^ ^^^^Wo ^^^^^^^ ^^ »?%",■,""$%* ^ ^R « ^p^ 1 1 50 AND OVER i ^^^^^^^ P?^30 TO BO ^pgSwi^^f^JJ ^^ EggJlO TO 30 ^^ ^Q LESS THAN 10 ^56*» — ^ ^^ » ^ w ^ w •^^ P M s W J^A w ^^ ^p ml. ^P ^ r t6vv^^^k^^« ^% ^ ^^^ ^P i ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^B 8 i^J5Vx| ^Sssa^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^m, ^^ ^ ^ ^^p ^p ^fe s 1 1 LESS THAM 40 x^ ^^ ^ ^« ^2i P^ 40 TO BO ^ ^ W' ^« ««2g^ KSa 80 TO ISO ^ aP Kfl 130 AND OVER ^< c AVERAGE POPULATION PER TELEPHONE: 1907. AVERAGE NUMBER OF MESSAGES PER CAPITA: 1907. ^^m ^ ^H ^^^^ ^J r M K ^S ! '^ W.C. ' r ^^^^^ P ^^^^ |.,». •"- [ 1 60 AND OVER ^30 TO EO ^iO TO 30 BQ LESS THAN 10 ^j» m ' i^fe^ ^ » 1? ^^8 ^^p ^^ '^ ^ ^m^- ^SvS^VKi^^i^S^^ ^P w ^^ M m t^ H P ^^^^^^ s IM ^0? 1 % ^ K i mk) ^^ ^^^ ^^ H ■ 1^^^ 1 1 1 N.C- 1 1 UE83 THAN 40 ^w ^^^ ^^ !^^ ^ m. WX *0 TO 80 "^f* ^^^^ JS^% ^k E^ BO TO 120 ^^^ ^^^ WWl 190 AND OVER ^^ ^ AVERAGE POPULATION PER TELEPHONE: 1902. AVERAGE NUMBER OF MESSAGES PER CAPITA: 1902. OHAPTEE III. EQUIPMENT AND TKAFFIC. Nature of equipment. — The miles of wire and pole line, number of telephones, and number of exchanges are the only features of telephone equipment for which statistics were collected at the census of 1912. Sta- tistics as to other classes of equipment, such as the number and capacity of switchboards, number of drops or jacks, mmiber and capacity of engines and dynamos, batteries, miles of duct, number and cost of poles purchased, etc., were collected at prior censuses. In order to simplify the schedule these features were abandoned at the census of 1912. Miles of wire. — ^The wire and line construction in- cludes the electrical conductors which connect the substations with the central offices, and the poles for their support. No data were secured as to the length of cables, underground subways, or conduits, although the number of miles of single wire therein was reported. In the early development of the wire plant, tele- phone companies, following the practice established by telegraph companies, used iron wire supported on wooden poles. The number of wires and poles re- quired by the rapid development of telephony, .how- ever, soon became a menace and a ntiisance, especially in cities, and the old system is being rapidly aban- doned.- The wires are now in many cases inclosed in cables, which to a large extent are laid in underground conduits. In. fact, practically aU of the wire under- groimd, as well as a large proportion of that overhead, is now carried in cables. This method of carrying a niunber of wires to some central or convenient point for distribution is very general in the urban districts. The inquiry of 1912 called for the miles of single wire on exchange and toll circuits, overhead and under- ground, respectively. The statistics are summarized in Table 8. . Table 8 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MILES OF SINGLE WIEE, EXCHANGE AND TOLL CIECUIT3, CLASSIFIED AS OVERHEAD AND undekgeound: 1912. Total. On exchange circuits. On toll circuits. Total 20,248,326 17,665,110 2,683,216 11,083,338 9,164,988 18,876,694 8,688,616 2,206,744 476,472 1 Includes 1,228,935 miles o( wire operated by systems reporting anaual inooihes of less than i5,bsX). The 20,248,326 miles of wire is the quantity of single wire that was in operation or that was ready for oper- ation at the end of the census year. If several wires were on one line of poles or in one conduit or cable, the length of each wire was included in the total as a separate item. A number of companies, as well as the smaller systems and farmer lines, reported that they had no record of the miles of wire. In such cases it was necessary to secure estimates. These estimates were checked with the actual miles of wire per tele- phone reported by other companies, and when it appeared necessary the reports were returned for revision. Of the total wire (20,248,326 miles) reported for 1912, there were 2,683,216 miles, or 13.3 per cent, on the long-distance or toll circuits, and 17,565,110, or 86.7 per cent, on the local or exchange circuits. The increase in the percentage of wire underground and the corresponding decrease in the proportion of overhead construction are shown by the totals and per- centages given in Table 9. Table 9 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MILES OF -WTEE: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. CENSUS. Total. Overhead.! Under- ground. Per cent of total • Over- head. Under- ground. 1912 20,248,326 12,999,364 4, 900, 451 11,083,338 2 8,009,332 3,200,409 9,164,988 4,990,032 1,700,042 64.7 61.6 66.3 45.3 1907 38.4 1902 34.7 1 Includes all wire reported hy systems having annual incomes of less than $5,000 in 1912, and all wire reported by farmer or rural lines in 1907 and 1902. 2 Exclusive of 5 miles in Canada. The percentage of aerial wire decreased from 65.3 in 1902 to 54.7 in 1912, while during the same period the percentage of underground wire increased from 34.7 to 45.3. There were 671,686 miles of pole line reported at the census of 1912, 553,752 in 1907, and 421,828 in 1902. The average miles of wire per mile of pole line was therefore 16.5 in 1912, 14.5 in 1907, and 7.6 in 1902. Companies operating in two or more states con- tended that it would be a hardship to require them to furnish a segregation of the miles of aerial and under- ground wire, the miles of pole line, or the miles of wire on exchange or toll circuits for each state; therefore no statistics on these subjects are given for individual states or cities. Table 10 shows, for each state, for 1912, 1907, and 1902, the miles of wire, the number of telephones, and the per cent of increase in each item. The states are ranked according to the miles of wire in 1912, and their ranking is also shown for each year on this basis and on the basis of number of telephones. (21) 22 TELEPHONES. ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MILES OP WIRE AND NUMBEE OF TELEPHONES, MILES OF WIRE IN 1912, WITH PER CENT OF INCREASE: BY STATES, RANKED ACCORDING TO 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 10 Total. New York., niinois Pennsylvania. California. Ohio. Missouri. . Massachusetts. Texas. Michigan. Indiana. . Minnesota. New Jersey.. Iowa. Washington. Connecticut and Rhode Island. Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia. Wisconsin. Nebraska. Kansas. Kentucky. Oregon. Census. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1 A minus sign ( 272,481 87,723 29,531 -) denotes deor ease. Miles. 20,248,326 12,999,364 4,900,461 2,790,060 1,630,076 623,625 1,689,074 986,949 428,304 1,599,975 1,087,609 601,601 1,360,644 543, 114 144,437 1,161,032 986,063 515,892 874,334 640,560 177,072 863,426 634,220 257,461 821,459 494,669 141,526 728,184 494,612 197,863 667,839 530,044 213,167 653,479 387,758 137,274 644,984 338,608 136,617 604, 101 360,884 147,686 487,079 208,810 43,027 409,466 283,706 90,656 403,655 312,282 107,827 399,089 310,363 110,929 393,319 267,812 63,285 357,250 267,695 62,664 362,544 262,691 165,482 287,686 202,606 86,640 Hank. TELEPHONES. Number. 8,729,592 6,118,578 2,371,044 970,449 685,512 247,340 807,253 558,586 221,008 626,064 450, 403 186,734 434,002 236,672 106,660 631,206 495,636 224,083 404,150 312,527 103,155 329,992 209,383 96,512 311,980 188,862 64,736 335,074 209,842 95, 415 354,550 289,452 136,661 272,359 171,479 63,192 186,632 116,988 48,980 380,294 332,645 138,400 150,016 98,846 31,447 146,423 87,999 33,485 147,246 110,282 36,383 260,174 168,875 62,992 201,689 162,279 36,766 246,932 200,233 41,193 130,751 93,996 46,949 104,353 71, 130 36,392 99,713 49,629 21,190 Bank. PEB CENT OF INCBEASE.l Period. 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 Miles of wire. 313.2 66.8 165.3 347.4 71.2 161.4 294.4 71.1 130.4 219.0 47.1 116.8 842.0 150.6 276.0 125.1 17.7 91.1 393.8 36.5 261.8 235.4 61.6 107.5 480.4 66.1 249.6 268.0 47.2 150.0 213.3 26.0 148.7 376.0 68.6 182.5 372.1 90.5 147.9 241.6 39.7 144.5 1,032.0 133.3 385.3 351.7 44.3 212.9 274.4 29.3 189.6 259.8 28.6 179.8 638.1 52.6 383.8 578.4 33.5 408.3 126.7 34.2 69.0 232.0 42.1 133.7 822.7 210.6 197.1 Num- ber of tele- phones. 268.2 42.7 158.1 292.4 41.6 177.2 265.3 44. S 152.7 235.3 39.0 141.2 306.9 83.4 121.9 181.7 27.4 121.2 291. S 29.3 203.0 241.9 67.6 117. 381.9 65.2 191.7 251.2 59.7 119.9 169.6 22.5 112.0 331.0 58.0 171.4 279.0 58.7 138.8 174.8 14.4 140.3 377.0 51.8 214.3 337.3 66.4 162. S 304.7 33.5 203.1 297.2 57.5 152.2 448.6 32.4 314.2 497.0 22.8 386.1 178.5 39.1 100.2 186.7 46.7 95.5 370.6 100.9 134.2 EQUIPMENT AND TRAFFIC. 23 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MILES OP WIRE AND NUMBER OF TELEPHONES, BY STATES, RANKED ACCORDING TO MILES OF WIRE IN 1912, WITH PER CENT OF INCREASE: 1912, 1907, AND 1902— Continued. Table 10— Continued. Census. •wraE. TELEPHONES. PEK CENT OF INCBEASE.' STATE. MUes. Eank. Numher. Bank. Period. Miles of whe. Num- ber of tele- phones. Colorado 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 261,987 173,633 52,115 211,175 104,780 21,498 206,691 187,904 64,301 184,616 115,338 30,001 161,136 108,588 46,678 152,849 134,337 32,966 141,687 94,073 14,070 141,014 98,932 24,273 138,905 101,325 49,688 133,094 92,396 13,106 112,954 99,844 66,812 109,110 83,251 26,120 76,174 61,728 9,532 75,917 49,448 18,390 73,921 66,946 10,877 73,712 50,226 19,445 58,205 37,364 6,366 54,766 36,419 16,379 54,300 33,078 16,839 54,259 28,386 8,609 22,492 12,506 3,366 18,621 10,277 3,890 9,792 10,043 1,394 23 23 23 24 27 32 25 22 20 26 25 28 27 26 25 28 24 27 29 31 37 30 30 31 31 28 24 32 32 38 33 29 19 34 34 30 35 36 40 36 38 34 37 35 39 38 37 33 39 39 42 40 40 36 41 41 35 42 42 41 43 43 44 44 44 43 46 45 45 90,397 65,908 24,533 116,217 68,125 16,732 96,436 62,260 25,761 45,896 37,627 15,340 76,652 65,541 25,762 56,292 40,481 14,170 68,914 53,134 14,070 68,303 49,676 16,928 46,602 35,692 17,543 44,010 37,134 7,258 80,251 62,144 22,801 65,152 37,104 17,036 51,241 34,287 6,762 40,017 28,920 9,949 65,868 48,405 10,387 33,239 20,911 10,753 29,464 16,394 3,886 40, 142 30,833 12,161 32,426 17,522 8,269 35,637 17,168 5,451 10,346 6,653 2,510 11,224 6,203 3,264 5,684 4,601 1,165 25 23 24 21 22 30 24 24 23 36 32 31 27 26 22 32 31 32 28 27 33 29 29 29 34 35 27 36 33 39 26 25 25 31 34 28 33 36 40 38 38 37 30 30 36 40 39 35 42 42 42 37 37 34 41 40 38 39 41 41 44 43 44 43 44 43 45 45 45 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 402.7 60.9 233.2 882.3 101.5 387.4 280.5 9.9 246.0 515.4 60.1 284.4 245.2 48.4 132.6 363.7 13.8 307.5 907.0 50.6 568.6 481.0 42.5 307.6 180.1 37.1 104.3 915.6 44.0 605.0 98.8 13.1 75.7 317.7 31.1 218.7 699.1 23.4 547.6 312.8 53.5 168.9 679.6 10.4 615.5 279.1 46.8 158.3 814.3 56.8 486.9 234.3 60.4 122.4 222.5 64.2 96.4 630.3 91.1 229.7 568. 2 79.8 271.6 378.7 81.2 164.2 602.4 -2.5 620.4 268.5 Oklahoma 37.2 168.6 638.7 70.6 333.0 274.3 Mississippi . , 64.9 141.7 199.2 Virginia / 22.0 145.3 197.5 38.0 115.6 297.3 39.1 185.7 389.8 29.7 277.6 303.5 37.8 192.9 166.6 30.6 103.5 606.4 West Virginia 18.5 411.6 252.0 29.1 172.6 282.4 North Dakota 75.6 117.8 667.8 49.4 407.1 302.2 South Dakota 38.4 190.7 534.0 36.1 366.0 209.1 Idaho 69.0 94.6 658.0 79.7 321.9 230.4 30.2 153.7 292.1 85.1 111.9 551.9 107.0 215.0 65.5 165.1 243 9 80.9 90.0 387.9 23.5 294.9 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. 24 TELEPHONES. New York, Illinois, and Pennsylvania are the three leading states in population and in the telephone tadustry, while CaUfomia, which ranks twelfth in population, holds fourth place in the miles of telephone wire. Missouri ranks seventh in popu- lation, hut stands sixth in telephone wire mileage, outranking Massachusetts, which stands sixth in population. The large area to be covered in some states, such as California, Missouri, and Texas, naturally tends to raise the ranking of those states in wire mileage, while they would not hold such high ranks in the number of telephones. There are only six states that have the same rank in wire mileage and number of telephones, although there are a number in which the variation is but slight. The most notable exception is shown for Mississippi, which ranks twenty-sixth in miles of wire . and thirty-fifth in number of telephones. This is due to the installation during 1912 of several new systems, with a large amount of underground circuit, which had not completed the installation of tele- phones at the close of the census year. The wire mileage in each of the nine geographic divisions is given in Table 11, which also shows the percentage of increase and the proportion of wire in each division. Table 11 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MTLES OF ■WIRE, BY GEOGRAPHIC DITISIONS, -WITH PEE CENT OF INCREASE AND PER CENT DISTEIBUTION. DmsioN. Miles of wire. Per cent of increase. Per cent of total. 1912 1907 1902 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 1912 1907 1902 United States 20,248,326 12,999,364 4,900,451 313.2 65.8 165.3 100.0 100.0 100. (> New Engird 1,545,252 6,035,019 4,645,218 2,932,678 1,121,458 977,694 1,312,653 568,450 2,120,104 997, 865 3,056,193 3,308,021 2,043,383 875,173 714,871 799,606 364,605 839,647 408,337 1,261,843 1,466,145 588,290 328,022 305,089 236,884 88,846 216,995 278.4 299.0 216.8 398.6 241.9 220.5 464.1 528.6 877.0 54.9 64.7 40.4 43.6 28.1 36.8 64.1 53.2 152.5 144.4 142.2 125.6 247.3 166.8 134.3 237.6 310.4 286.9 7.6 24.9 22.9 14.5 5.5 4.8 6.5 2.8 10.5 7.7 23.5 25.4 15.7 6.7 6.5 6.2 2.8 6.5 8 3 Middle Atlantic 25.8 -East North Central 29 9 West North Central 12.0 South Atlantic 6.7 East South Central 6 2 West South Central 4 8 1.8 Pacific 4 4 The East North Central division had the largest pro- portion of wire in 1902 and 1907, while ia 1912 the Middle Atlantic division was sUghtly in the lead. At each census the Mountain states had the lowest per- centage of the total for the United States as a whole, while the proportions in the East and West South Central divisions, the South Atlantic, and New England were of minor importance. Almost one-half of the total wire was reported from the Middle Atlantic and East North Central divisions at all three censuses. The rapid extension of telephone service in the Pacific division increased the proportion of wire ia those states from 4.4 per cent of the total in 1902 to 10.5 per cent in 1912. The companies with an annual income of $5,000 or over that operated in two or more states furnished separate totals for the wire and telephones in each state. The figures for each state in Table 5 (p. 15) represent the wire operated by the companies located within its borders, and therefore include wire actually in adjoining states. Table 12 shows the wire mileage and number of telephones in each state, excluding that outside of the state in which the reporting company was located and including that in the state but operated by com- panies with offices in adjoining states. This table, therefore, shows the true wire mileage and number of stations in each state. This table shows that in some instances a consider- able proportion of the equipment is located in states other than those in which the main offices of the com- pany are situated. The state of Missom-i is the most pronoimced example of this condition. The compa- nies in this state operated 56,799 miles of wire and 14,778 telephones in adjoining states. This equip- ment is located principally in Illinois, and serves the traffic controlled from the St. Louis offices of the tele- phone companies. The companies having their princi- pal offices in Oregon reported that 24,657 mUes of their wire was located in adjoining states, principally in. Washington. Next to Missouri, Iowa shows the largest number of telephones, 3,398, located in ad- joining states, principally in Nebraska,, the systems of CoimcU Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebr., requiring an interchange of telephone instruments. Following Iowa in the number of telephones reported outside of state are New York, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Washington. EQUIPMENT AND TRAFFIC. 25 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MILES OF WIRE AND NUMBER OF TELEPHONES, BY STATES, WITH WIRE AND TELE- PHONES OWNED OUTSIDE OF STATE BY COMPANY REPORTING, AND WITHIN THE STATE BY OUTSIDE COMPANIES: 1912. Table IZ United States. Alabama.. Arizona.. . Arkansas.. California. . Colorado... Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia. . Florida Georgia Idaho... Illinois. - Indiana. Iowa Kansas.. Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts. Michigan.. Minnesota. Missouri. Montana. Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire. . New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina. North Dakota.. Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina. South Dakota.. Tennessee. Texas Utah Vermont.. Virginia... Washington... West Virginia. WisconsLQ Wyoming MILES OF WIRE. Net total in state. 20,248,326 153, 125 18, 621 1«,613 1,360,383 261,987 306,446 48,632 126,279 64,300 206,476 61,827 1,726,752 676, 575 496,704 376, 185 345,666 138,905 141,687 229,960 863,446 728,450 650,839 184,670 818, 176 54,695 395,432 9,953 75,968 644,991 22,442 2,789,118 109,006 79, 612 1,161,420 211,287 247, 825 1,697,649 102,906 73,732 77,249 285,041 821,054 112,726 54,700 163,706 508, 113 113,716 399,923 20, 560 Eeported by com- panies in state. 20,248,326 162,849 18,621 141,014 1,360,544 261,987 306,560 48,632 126,279 64,300 206,591 58,205 1,689,074 667,839 504, 101 367,250 352,544 138,905 141, 687 228,744 863,426 728, 184 053,479 184, 616 874,334 54,259 393,319 9,792 75,917 644,984 22,492 2,790,060 109, 110 76,174 1,161,032 211,175 272,481 1,599,975 102,906 73,712 73,921 287,686 821,459 112,726 54,756 161, 136 487,079 112,954 399, 089 20,368 Outside of state owned by reporting companies. 123, 163 22 126 461 15 123 232 834 8,826 212 8,370 175 4,030 166 56,799 44 75 SO 1,325 104 1,012 718 170 24,657 3,711 3,623 600 118 Inside of state owned by outside companies. 123, 163 298 625 300 15 7 3,622 37,910 8,570 429 19,147 1,492 1,216 20 441 1,390 220 640 480 2,505 461 51 383 4,450 1,106 1 1,285 20 2,521 2,682 600 5,849 38 95 56 2,570 24,657 1,362 962 192 NUMBER or TELEPHONES. Net total in state. 8,729,592 66,555 11,224 68,521 433,990 90,397 "104,633 15,842 46,603 32,434 96,275 31,816 815,436 356, 615 377,311 252,768 128,820 46,602 08,914 85,346 330,007 335,208 270,661 45,886 389,940 35,817 201,308 5,696 40,068 185,641 10,331 967,965 65, 116 53,247 631,872 116,525 99,680 626,817 ■ 41,664 33,269 67,299 102,420 311, 582 34,064 40,090 78,532 147,687 80,578 260,475 10,055 Reported by com- panies in state. 8,729,692 56,292 11,224 68,303 434,002 90,397 104,769 16,842 46,603 32,426 29,454 807,253 354,550 380,294 245,932 130,751 46,602 68,914 84,801 329,992 335,074 272,359 45,896 404, 150 35,537 201,689 6,684 40,017 185, 632 10,346 970,449 65,152 51,241 631,206 116,217 99,713 626,064 41,664 33,239 65,868 104,353 311,980 34,064 40,142 76,652 150,016 80,251 250, 174 9,946 Outside of state owned by reporting companies. 40,004 13 327 12 126 2 164 276 1,193 3,398 128 2,891 224 2,487 110 14,778 20 386 50 15 3,032 36 615 625 132 35 2,255 Inside of state owned by outside companies. 40,004 276 '645 10 3 2,362 8,458 3,258 415 6,954 960 545 15 358 789 100 568 300 5 12 51 548 2,621 1,291 440 2 3,008 30 1,229 1,941 467 2,670 8 69 52 1,880 2,364 485 137 35 812 438 109 Number of telepTiones.— The term "telephone" as used in this report refers to the complete instrument or set, consisting of a transmitter and receiver. The report covers all telephones wired for service December 31, 1912, that were connected through exchanges or switchboards, and those on farmer or rural lines, whether they were or were not connected with exchanges. It does not cover those used exclusively within hotels or mercantile or other commercial or private build- ings, unless they were connected with outside or public exchanges. The number of telephones is generally accepted as the most satisfactory unit of measurement to deter- mine the importance of the industry. The number wired for service is almost invariably a matter of record or is so well known that it can be readily furnished. At the census of 1880 ther,e were 54,319 telephones reported. By 1912 the number had increased to 8,729,592. In addition, there are a considerable num- ber of telephones on the wires of railway companies and in mercantile, manufacturing, and other estab- lishments that are not included in the census. The total shown, therefore, is somewhat less than the actual number wired for use. The total number of telephones is shown for each state and geographic division in Table 5, and the rank of each state in this respect iu Table 10. There were 15 states for each of which more than 200,000 telephones were reported ia 1912. There were 6,555,168 telephones in these states, or 75.1 per cent of the total for the United States. Table 13 shows the number of telephones reported for each of these states at the censuses of 1912, 1907, and 1902; also the percentage of increase and the percentage that the number for each state forms of the total for the United States. 26 TELEPHONES. Table 13 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— mjMBEE OP TELEPHONES IN STATES HAVINO OVER 200,000 TELEPHONES IN 1912,-\nTH PEE CENT OF INCREASE AND PER CENT DISTRIBUTION. STATE. 1912 1907 1902 Per cent of increase. Per cent distribution. 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 1912 1907 1902 United States 8,729,592 6,118,578 2,371,044 268.2 42.7 158.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 New York 970, 449 807,253 631,206 626,064 434,002 404, 150 380,294 354,650 335,074 329, 992 311,980 272,359 250, 174 245,932 201,689 2,174,424 685,512 558,585 495,636 450,403 237,672 312, 527 332,545 289, 452 209,842 209,383 188,862 171,479 158,875 200,233 152,279 1,465,293 247,340 221,008 224,083 186,734 106,650 103,155 138,400 136,561 95,415 96,512 64,736 63,192 62,992 41,193 36, 766 546,307 292.4 265.3 181.7 235.3 306.9 291.8 174.8 159,6 251.2 192.5 381.9 331.0 297.2 497.0 448.6 298.0 41.6 44.5 27.4 39.0 82.6 29.3 14.4 22.5 59.7 57.6 65.2 68.8 57.5 22.8 32.4 48.4 177.2 152.7 121.2 141.2 122.9 203.0 140.3 112.0 119.9 117.0 191.7 171.4 152.2 386.1 314.2 168.2 11.1 9.2 7.2 7.2 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.3 24.9 11.2 9.1 8.1 7.4 3.9 5.1 5.4 4.7 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.6 3.3 2.5 23.9 10.4 Illinois . 9.3 9.4 Pt^TinsylvftTiift 7.9 California 4.5 4.4 Iowa S.8 5.8 Michigan : 4.0 4.1 Texas 2.7 Minnesota . -" 2.7 Wisconsin 2.7 Kansas 1.7 1.6 All other 23.0 During the decade covered by this table the great- est increase in the total number of telephones was in the five years ending with 1907. There was an increase during this period of 3,747,534, or 158.1 per cent, as compared with 2,611,014, or 42.7 per cent, from 1907 to 1912. During the decade there was an increase of 6,358,548, or 268.2 per cent. New York state contains more than 11 per cent of the telephones in the coun- try, and Illinois 9.2 per cent. With slight variations the proportion of telephones in each of these principal states has been about the same at each of the three censuses. Table 14 shows the number of telephones for each geographic division, together with the percentages of increase and the percentage that the total for each division forms of the total for the United States. Table 14 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— NUMBER OP TELEPHONES, BY GEOGRAPHIC PER CENT or INCREASE AND PER CENT DISTRIBUTION. DIVISIONS, WITH DIVISION. Number of telephones. Per cent of increase. Per cent distribution. 1912 190J 1902 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 1912 1907 1902 United States 8,729,592 6,118,578 2,371,044 268.2 42.7 158.1 100.0 100.0 100 625,488 1,782,145 2,378,257 1,621,523 531,402 337,292 543,102 226, 652 683,731 410,269 1,252,903 1,712,390 1,251,555 365,764 243,234 342,255 154,061 386,147 166, 167 483,084 740,059 399,855 146,765 112,851 114,939 48,067 159,287 276.4 268.9 221.4 305.5 262.1 198.9 372.5 371.5 329.2 52.5 42.2 38.9 29.6 45.3 38.7 58.7 47.1 77.1 146.9 159.4 131.4 213.0 149.2 115.5 197.8 220.5 142.4 7.2 20.4 27.2 18.6 6.1 3.9 6.2 2.6 7.8 6.7 20.5 28.0 20.5 6.0 4.0 5.6 2.5 6.3 7.0 Middle Atlantic West North Central 16 9 West South Central : 4.8 6.7 The Middle Atlantic and East North Central di- visions reported the largest percentages of the number of telephones, their combined proportion being 47.6 per cent of the total for the United States. There was a slight decrease in the proportions for these two divisions and also for the West North Central and the East South Central divisions from 1907 to 1912, accompanied by a corresponding increase in all other divisions. The comparison of the numbejr of telephones with the population is the most satisfactory comparison that can be made to show the development which telephone traffic has reached. It is necessary to use the total population in making this comparison, although this includes many persons too young to use the telephone, as well as those who live in remote districts to which there are no immediate prospects of service being extended. The average number of telephones per 1,000 of population in each state, and the rank of the states in this respect, are shown in Table 15 for 1912, 1907, and 1902. The number of telephones installed has increased much more rapidly than the population, the average number per 1,000 of population rising from 30 in 1902 to 91 in 1912. Twenty states reported more telephones according to population in 1912 than the average for the United States, Iowa leading, with 171, followed by Cali- fornia and Nebraska, with 168 and 165, respectively. South Carolina had the smallest number, 21, although this was an increase over 14 in 1907 and 8 in 1902. EQUIPMENT AND TRAFFIC. 27 Washington, which ranked first in 1907, with 157, had only 117 in 1912 and dropped to tenth place. Although the increase in telephones in this state was 55.1 per cent, the gain in population, estimated, was 103.2 per cent; therefore the ratio was less than that at the previous census. Table 15 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— NUMBER OF TELEPHONES PER 1,000 OF POPU- LATION AND RANK OF STATES IN THIS RESPECT. STAXE. Telephones per 1,000 of population.! Rank. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 United States 91 72 30 Iowa 171 168 165 141 139 136 129 129 127 121 117 116 112 105 105 105 102 94 92 92 88 81 8t 81 80 79 79 76 69 6S es 6B 66 SO V Jfi Ifi 38 S6 B9 29 m B6 151 142 142 121 101 102 106 110 83 92 157 80 88 105 102 69 82 68 ee 74 SS 68 77 70 87 61 % lit 48 67 109 40 li SS «8 SO IS » « 60 69 34 SS 44 49 53 53 35 32 56 38 35 44 s-i 30 33 33 «4 SO so li so 19 SI S9 SO SS 18 SS B8 SI SS IS 13 IS 11 U IS 9 IS 7 10 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 31 32 32 33 34 35 36 2 3 3 4 10 9 7 5 14 11 1 16 12 8 9 20 15 21 22 18 27 25 17 19 13 24 23 28 28 29 26 6 31 30 33 32 36 37 35 34 41 40 40 39 42 2 Califomia 9 14 Kansas Illinois Oregon 5 Indiana Ohio 4 Missouri ^ 11 Michigan 7 Vermont g South Dakota 16 New York 10 Mftwswhn.sfltts 10 Maine 20 roTiTie(.ti(!iit and Khode Island 16 Idaho 18 North Dakota TTtah a.Tid WynmiTig 21 Maryland, Delaware, and District of Co- 13 Texas ... 20 15 Oklahoma 22 West Virginia Nevada..". 14 TCentiifiVy .... 19 15 Tennessee 22 ArkH^iflas 25 23 24 28 North Carolina 29 26 31 28 Ponth ^aroiipa .... 30 'Italics indicate averages less than that lor the United States as a whole. As shown by Table 16, there is a considerable varia- tion in the number of telephones per 1,000 of popu- lation in the different geographic divisions. The Pacific division reported the greatest number of telephones per 1,000 of population at each of the three censuses, having 149 in 1912, 138 in 1907, and 63 in 1902. The East South Central division reported the smallest, 39 in 1912, 29 in 1907, and 15 in 1902. The increase in the number of telephones for each 1,000 of population in the United States as a whole for the period 1907-1912 was only 26.4 per cent, com- pared with 133.3 per cent for the preceding period and 203.3 per cent for the decade. The percentages of increase from 1907 to 1912 were fairly uniform, except in the case of the Mountain and Pacific divisions, in which the increases were only 3.9 and 8 per cent, respectively. The percentages of increase in other divisions ranged from 23.6 for the West North Central to 37.3 for New England. The extremely low rates of increase in the Mountain and Pacific divisions for this latter five-year period are accounted for by their rapid increase in population. Table 16 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— TELEPHONES PER 1,000 OF POPULATION AND PER CENT OF INCREASE, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS. DIVISION. 1912 1907 1902 Per cent of increase. 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 United States 91 72 30 203.3 26.4 140.0 92 88 127 136 42 39 68 80 149 67 71 97 110 32 29 43 77 138 29 30 45 38 14 15, 17 27 63 217.2 193.3 182.2 257.9 200.0 160.0 241.2 196.3 136.5 37.3 23.9 30.9 23.6 31.3 34.5 34.9 3.9 8.0 131.0 Middle Atlantic 136.7 East North Central 115 6 West North Central 189.5 South Atlantic 128.6 East South Central 93.3 152.9 Mountain 185.2 Pacific 119 Rural telephones. — There is no clear fine of demarca- tion between urban and rural telephone systems. The statistics for the systems which had their principal offices in places with a population of 4,000 or more were given for the censuses of 1902 and 1907 as repre- senting the urban districts, aU other systems and lines being classed as rural. This classification, however, was unsatisfactory because many of the systems that had their principal offices in places of 4,000 inhabitants or more extended their lines into the surrounding rural districts. By 1912 these extensions into the rural districts had become so great that it was believed the classification, if adopted, would be misleading. It was also found impracticable to obtain separate statistics for different cities from companies that operated in two or more places of 4,000 population or over. At prior censuses the larger telephone companies re- ported separately the number of telephones on their rural lines. This was combined with the number reported by mutual systems and farmer or rural lines, the total being accepted as representing the rural tele- phones. The extension of the industry, however, was so rapid during the period from 1907 to 1912 that a classification of this character was practically impossi- ble at the last census. The only practicable segregation apparent was one based on the size of the companies or systems. Of the 32,261 telephone systems and lines for which sta- tistics are included in the present report, there were 30,317 that reported an annual income of less than $5,000, and no statistics other than the miles of wire and number of telephones were collected for them. These statistics for the two classes of companies, (A) those with an annual income of $5,000 and over, and 28 TELEPHONES. (B) those with an income of less than that amount, for 1907 and 1912, are given for each geographic division in Table 17. Systems having an annual income of $5,000 or more controlled larger proportions of both the miles of wire and the number of telephones in 1912 than in 1907, operating 93.9 per cent of the wire and 83.9 per cent of the telephones in 1912, as compared with 91.7 per cent of the wire and 80.2 per cent of the telephones in 1907. The same conditions existed in all geographic divisions with the exception of the East South Central, where the wire used by the smaller systems and lines increased from 7.5 per cent to 8.3 per cent of the total and the telephones from 18.9 per cent to 22.5 per cent, and the South Atlantic and Mountain divisions, in which the proportions of tele- phones installed by the larger companies showed a slight decrease. The wire mileage of systems reporting an annual income of less than $5,000 formed only 6.1 per cent of the total for aU systems, and the telephones operated by them 16.1 per cent. Therefore, while the operations of these small systems assume considerable proportions, they form a comparatively small part of the telephone business of the country. Table 17 Census. ALL SYSTEMS iND LINES— MILES OF WIBE AITO NUMBER OF TELEPHONES, BY CLASS OF COMPANIES: 1912 AND 1907 Total. Miles of ■wire. Number of telephones. Per cent of total. DIVISION. Miles of -wire. Number of telephones. Miles of ■wire. Number of telephones. Class A. Income $5,000 or more. Class B. Income less than S5,000. Class A. Income t5,000 or more. Class B. Income less than .$6,000. Class A. Class B. Class A. Class B. United States 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 20,248,326 12,999,364 8,729,592 6,118,578 19,019,391 11,921,960 1,228,935 1,077,404 7,326,748 4,906,693 1,402,844 1,211,885 93.9 91.7 6.1 8.3 83.9 80.2 16 1 19.8 1,546,252 997,865 5,035,019 3,056,193 4,646,218 3,308,021 2,932,678 2,043,383 1,121,458 875,173 977,694 714,871 1,312,553 799,606 658,450 364,605 2,120,104 839,647 625,488 410,269 1,782,145 1,252,903 2,378,257 1,712,390 1,621,523 1,251,565 531,402 366,764 337,292 243,234 543,102 342,255 226,662 164,061 683,731 386,147 1,523,273 973,915 4,949,078 2,985,774 4,353,416 3,011,164 2,530,833 1,664,769 1,016,144 790,932 896,912 661,470 1,162,823 692,602 625,976 342,413 2,070,936 798,921 21,979 23,950 85,941 70,419 291,802 296,857 401,745 378,614 105,314 84,241 80,782 53,401 159,730 107,004 32,474 22,192 49,168 40,726 600,207 384,413 1,675,681 1,167,667 2,020,802 1,360,544 1,109,359 767,050 428,311 296,271 261,294 197,291 387,022 239, 746 204,608 141,339 639,564 352,372 25,281 25,856 106,464 85,236 367,456 351,846 512,164 484,505 103,091 69,493 75,998 45,943 156,080 102,609 22,144 12,722 44,167 33,775 98.6 .97.6 98.3 97.6 93.7 91.0 86.3 81.5 90.6 90.4 91.7 92.6 87.8 86.6 94.2 93.9 97.7 95.1 1.4 2.4 1.7 2.4 6.3 9.0 13.7 18.6 9.4 9.6 8.3 7.5 12.2 13.4 5.8 6.1 2.3 4.9 96.0 93.7 94.0 93.2 85.0 79.5 68.4 61.3 80.6 81.0 77.5 81.1 71.3 70.0 90.2 91.7 93.5 91.3 Middle Atlantic 6.3 6 Bast North Central. 6.S 5 West North Central 20.5 31 6 South Atlantic 38.7 19 4 East South Central 19.0 2*' 5 West South Central 18.9 28.7 30.0 9 8 Mountain 8.3 6.5 8.7 The group of companies with incomes of less than $5,000 is composed largely of the small farmer and rural lines, but also includes the systems that are located in the smaller cities and towns. It represents the telephone business carried on independently of the large companies that .operate principally in the im- portant cities and their suburbs. The number of sys- tems of this class, together with the nules of wire and number of telephones, for 1912 and 1907, is given in Table 18. The statistics in this table may be accepted as indi- cating in a general way the telephone operations in the smaller cities, towns, and rural districts in so far as that service is carried on independently of the larger commercial companies. In accepting the statistics in this table it must be understood that in many instances the companies with annual incomes of $5,000 or more, as well as those with incomes of less than that amount, operate in the same community. As previously explained, a telephone system which is counted as a imit for census purposes may include a number of lines which are operated largely independ- ently; therefore the increase in the number of lines from 21,335 in 1907 to 30,317 in 1912, or 42.1 per cent, is no indication of the actual increase. During the five years the wire mileage of the small companies increased by 151,531, or 14.1 per cent, and the number of telephones by 190,959, or 15.8 per cent. The greatest percentage of increase in miles of wire ,was reported for the East South Central division, and in the number of telephones, for the Mountain division; while for the New England division an actual decrease was shown in both particulars. Decreases appear for the miles of wire in 14 states, and for the number of telephones in 13 states. The only divisions in which all the statps reported increases both in miles of wire and number of telephones are the West South Central and the Pacific. EQUIPMENT AND TRAFFIC. 29 TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL INCOMES OF LESS THAN $5,000, INCLUDING FARMER OR RURAL LINES— NUMBER OF SYSTEMS, MILES OF WIRE, AND NUMBER OF TELEPHONES, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS • AND STATES: 1912 AND 1907. Tabic 18 NUMBEE OF SYSTEMS OR LINES. MILES OF WIEE. NUMBEE OF TELEPHONES. PEE CENT OF INCEEA3E.' DIVISION AND STATE. 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 Number of aystems or lines. MUes of wire. Number of telephones. United States 30,317 21,335 1,228,935 1,077,404 1, 402, 844 1,211,885 42.1 14.1 15.8 Geographic divisions: 828 2,118 4,296 10, 128 2,607 2,928 6,717 937 1,258 319 1,400 4,375 9,176 1,279 1,138 2,187 425 1,036 21,979 85,941 291,802 401,745 105,314 80,782 169,730 32,474 49,168 23,950 70,419 296,857 378,614 84,241 53, 401 107,004 22,192 40,726 25,281 106,464 357,455 512, 164 103,091 75,998 156,080 22, 144 44, 167 25,856 85,236 351,846 484,505 69, 493 45,943 102,509 12,722 33,775 2.8 51.3 —1.8 10.4 103.8 157.3 161.4 120.5 21.4 —8.2 22.0 —1.7 6.1 25.0 51.3 49.3 46.3 20.^ —2.2 Middle Atlantic 24.9 E ast North Central 1.6 West North Central 5.7 South Atlantic 48.3 East South Central . .. 65.4 West South Central 62.3 74.1 Pacific 30.8 Kew England: Maine 157 62 81 25 ''^ 3 778 90 1,250 572 947 1,091 975 711 1,295 3,298 2,212 343 436 797 1,747 50 149 318 285 603 384 751 67 946 1,061 476 445 1,033 180 l,-336 3,178 144 197 125 315 63 33 42 18 334 303 621 138 64 85 30 2 10 831 20 549 803 754 1,672 498 648 770 3,316 2,577 238 306 812 1,157 1 17 273 177 388 136 200 87 387 199 289 263 516 64 693 914 89 79 64 97 37 31 13 16 467 287 282 9,660 3,667 6,369 2,319 « 164 31,708 2,794 61,439 61,816 66,099 80,646 38,513 55,728 55,696 84,429 94,622 17,662 22,757 43,673 83,006 595 3,268 19, 113 18,557 26,673 10,931 20,854 6,423 28,332 30,726 12, 726 8,998 21,249 3,657 41,120 93,704 7,087 5,811 4,734 7,399 2,074 1,428 3,048 893 16,729 14,763 17,676 7,815 5,078 7,144 2,386 403 1,124 32,221 2,887 35,311 54,203 75,408 96, 111 27,085 44,050 44,690 92,452 92,917 11,649 16,380 46,348 74,278 10 2,536 16,871 14,148 23,556 10,245 10,582 6,293 20,354 12,525 9,208 11,314 17,993 3,012 22,982 63,017 4,839 3,387 2,993 5,409 2,298 1,269 949 1,048 13,743 13,077 13,906 10,926 3,965 8,644 1,489 <'^ 257 47,313 3,213 55,938 63,633 80,259 103,023 46,920 63,620 64,019 137,331 118,678 18,326 26,559 45,070 102, 181 632 3,115 19,684 25,218 23,975 8,368 17,572 4,527 30,577 25,636 12,148 7,637 22,560 2,696 61,002 79,822 4,349 5,979 2,475 4,511 1,299 1,096 2,046 389 15,976 14,790 13, 401 9,288 4,575 8,716 2,182 170 925 47,631 2:460 35,145 63,785 86,960 124,067 30,679 46,455 45,595 144,607 119,584 13,252 20,604 44,761 96,102 41 2,688 16,678 15, 435 14,725 5,518 9,692 4,816 18,626 10,773 8,008 8,536 17,288 2,244 31,367 61,610 2,469 2,651 1,368 3,047 1,157 918 610 602 12,407 12,458 8,910 13.8 14.8 -16.7 22.3 —29.8 —10.8 —2.8 17.6 Nfiiy HampRhirft , , —13.3 -0.8 —31.8 —70.0 —6.4 350.0 127.7 —28.8 25.6 -34.7 95.8 9.7 68.2 -0.5 —14.2 44.1 42.5 —1.8 51.0 4,900.0 776.5 16.5 61.0 55.4 182.4 275.5 —23.0 144.4 433.2 64.7 69.2 98.3 181.2 92.8 247.7 61.8 149.4 95.3 224.7 70.3 6.5 223.1 20.0 —28.5 5.6 120. 2 —85.4 —1.6 —3.2 45.7 -4.4 —13.7 . —16. 1 42.2 26.5 24.7 —8.7 1.8 61.6 38.9 -5.8 11.8 5,850.0 28.9 13.3 31.2 12.8 6.7 97.1 —13.8 39.2 145.3 38.2 —20.5 18.1 21.4 78.9 48.7 46.6 71.6 58.2 36.8 —9.7 12.6 221.2 —14.8 21.7 12.9 27.1 —72.2 Middle Atlantic: New York —0.7 30. b PftTiTi.sylvaTiirv ... , 69.2 East North Central: -0.2 TTidiftTia, , . , . . —7.7 Illinois -17.0 53.4 Wif (^OTisiTi . . . 36.9 West North Central: IWimifisot!^... 40.4 -5.0 Missouri.... -0.8 North Dakota 38.3 South Dakota 28.9 Nebr^ka . . 0.7 6.3 South Atlantic: 1,441.5 15.9 18.7 West Virginia 63.4 62.8 South Carolina 51.6 81.3 —6.0 East South Central: 64.2 Tennessee. 138.0 51.7 -10.5 West South Central: 30.5 20.1 Oklahoma 62.6 Texas 64.7 Mountain: 76.1 Idaho 125.5 Wyoming 80.9 48.0 12.3 19.4 Utah 235.4 —22.5 Pacific: 28.8 18.7 60.4 1 A minus sign (— ) denofes decrease. 2 No systems reported annual incomes of less than $5,000. 30 TELEPHONES. Number of central offices or exchanges. — The tele- phone companies and systems that had an annual in- come of $5,000 or more for 1912 reported the number of public exchange offices and private-branch ex- changes. A retabulation was made of the reports for 1907 so as to show the statistics for the same class of companies for that census. It was impossible to make a retabulation of the reports for 1902, and therefore the statistics are confined to the last two censuses. For census purposes the "exchange," or "central office," is defined as the place or office in which lines for the use of the general public are interconnected by means of a switchboard. The word "exchange," when used by itself in this report, refers to the public ex- change and not to the private-branch exchange, which consists of a switchboard located within a business building, apartment house, hotel, or private establish- ment, and serving as a means of connection for wires between buildings, departments, offices, or rooms as well as with the central office or exchange. The two kinds of exchanges are established for separate and distiact purposes. The "central" ex- change is for the use of the general public in making connections between distant points and distinctive interests. The private exchange is for the exclusive benefit of the establishment in which it is located. The combination of the statistics for the two classes of exchanges would have but little, if any, significance. In fact, a total of all exchanges would be misleading. The following statement shows the amount of this class of equipment. NUMBER OF EXCHANGES.' PuWlc. Private branch. 1912 11,515 10,631 52,651 1907 28,276 1 Only systems reporting annual incomes of $5,000 or more. During the period from 1907 to 1912 there was a slight increase in the number of public exchanges and a very large increase in the private-branch exchanges. The installation of private-branch exchanges in hotels and manufacturing and mercantile establishments has become quite general. They insure quick and satisfac- tory communication between different rooms and de- partments,.and are now considered a necessity in every institution of any magnitude. The exchange o.r central is an adjunct of the larger telephone companies, and "the statistics for companies with an annual income of $5,000 and over cover the majority of them. At the same time, there are a num- ber of public exchanges operated by the smaller com- panies, and the 11,515 must not be accepted as the total number of such exchanges. The private-branch exchange is even to a greater extent characteristic of the large companies, and it is probable that the total of 52,651 shown in the fore- going statement represents approximately the actual number wired for use. The nvmiber of public exchanges in each state is given in Table 30 and the number of private-branch exchanges in Table 31. Messages or talks. — ^The word "traffic" is generally used to indicate the amount of business, or in other words the number of messages, passing over the wires. Each message sent by a subscriber is usually an origi- nating call and may be either a few words or a long conversation. For this reason the number of calls does not represent the extent to which the equipment is used. All systems reporting an annual income of $5,000 or more in 1912 were required to report the number of messages originating on their lines during the year. To avoid duplication, only the original calls were included. It was not thought advisable to re- quire the smaller companies or independent farmer lines to report the ntimber of messages, as it had been found at previous censuses that they could not furnish reliable data. No doubt a large number of messages passing over lines of this character were included by the larger companies, which in many cases perform switching service for them. It was of course impossi- ble to obtain information as to messages passing over private-branch wires and party Hues when calls on such lines did not require interconnection at public or central exchanges. Local exchange messages were reported separately from long-distance and toll mes- sages. Messages through one central office, or within the same exchange district, were counted as exchange messages, as they do not include any interchange of business between separate companies or separate exchange systems. Long-distance and toU messages are those between different exchanges. The traffic statistics were reported in reply to the following inquiry: "Estimated total number of mes- sages or talks (originating calls) handled by the exchange system during the year (do not include interior private-branch calls)." It is presumed that in reply to this question each company reported only the completed calls originating on its lines; in other words, only those calls in response to which the sub- scriber was successful in getting the number with which he wished to communicate, as distinct from calls in response to which the operator reported "Line busy" or "Does not answer." Some of the systems, however, may have included originating calls not nec- essarily completed, but if so the number is relatively small and does not seriously affect the comparative value of the statistics. In considering traffic statistics it must be re- membered that the quantity of traffic is very largely EQUIPMENT AND TRAFFIC. 31 estimated. Many of the larger companies make an actual count of the messages handled during a certain period of each month, and this is used by them as a basis for computing the amount of yearly business. Other companies, however, keep no records on which reliable estimates can be based. In this connection it should be stated that the figures for 1912 are prob- ably more accurate than those for any prior census, because a larger proportion of the companies kept records in 1912 than in previous years. Of the 1,916 systems reporting annual incomes of $5,000 or more in 1912, 299 failed to estimate the number of messages passing oyer their lines, and for these systems estimates were prepared by the Bureau of the Census, based on the a-verage number of mes- sages per telephone as computed from the reports of companies that furnished complete statistics. Of the 13,735,658,245 messages shown for the United States in 1912, 469,821,376, or 3.4 per cent, were estimated in this manner. Table 19 shows the numbers of exchange and long- distance or toU messages for 1912, 1907, and 1902^ together with the percentage which each class formed of the total number of messages reported at each census. Table 19 TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EEPORTINQ AmJTJAL INCOMES OF 85,000 OE MOKE— MESSAGES OLASSIFIED AS EXCHANGE AND LONG- DISTANCE: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. CENSCS. Number of messages. Per cent of total. Total. Exchange. Long- distance or toll. Ex- change. Long- dis- tance or toll. 1912 13,735,658,245 10,400,433,958 5,070,554,553 13,394,885,442 10,160,630,944 4,949,849,709 340,772,803 239,803,014 120,704,844 97.5 97.7 97.6 2.5 1907 2.3 1902 2.4 The statistics for 1912 and 1907 represent the companies reporting annual incomes of $5,000 and over, while those for 1902 are for all companies that had exchanges. The table shows that there has been very little variation in the proportions of exchange and long-distance messages. The percentages of increase in these two classes of messages and the average annual numbers per tele- phone are shown in the following statement: PER CENT OF INCREASE. Census. AVERAGE ANN UAL NUM- BER OF MESSAGES PER TELEPHONE. PEKIOD. Total. Ex- change. Long- dis- tance or toll. Total. Ex- change. Long- dis- tance or toll. 1902-1912 170.9 32.1 105.1 170.6 31.8 105.3 182.3 42.1 98.7 1912... 1907... 1902... 1,875 2,120 2,190 1,828 2,071 2,138 47 1907-1912 49 1902-1907 52 Table 20 presents the number of messages or talks, by geographic divisions and states, for each of the three censuses, together with the estimated number of mes- sages per telephone per day. In computing the daily average 325 was used as a divisor because, as a rule, it repr^ents the number of days on which switch- boards are used to their fuU capacity. The figures for 1902 are not strictly comparable with those for the other years, as they include data for all systems operating switchboards, whether large or small. The total estimated number of messages reported for 1912, by systems reporting annual incomes of ■$5,000 or more, for the United States as a whole, is 13,735,658,245, a gain of 3,335,224,287, or 32.1 per cent, since 1907, as compared with an increase of 5,329,879,405, or 105.1 per cent, during the preceding five years. The East North Central division led in the amount of traffic, with 4,025,906,387 messages, fol- lowed by the Middle Atlantic division, with 2,422,- 868,241, and the "West North Central division, with 2,238,770,606. These three divisions reported 63.2 per cent of the traflBic for the entire United States, com- pared with 64.2 per cent in 1907 and 66.1 per cent in 1902. The percentage of increase for the decade was greatest in the Mountain division, where it was 325.3 per cent . The West South Central followed , with 255.6 per cent. This division, however, showed the greatest gain for the five years from 1907 to 1912, reporting 67 per cent for that period. It was followed closely by the Pacific division, with an increase of 64.4 per cent for the five-year period. In Table 6, on page 17, the percentages of increase for the decade and for each of the five-year periods are shown, and in Table 7 the percentage distribution is given, in both instances by geographic divisions. Ohio, although standing only fourth in number of telephones, led all other states in trafiic, reporting 1,301,503,565 messages, a gain of 742,795,764 for the decade, or 132.9 per cent, while for the five years 1907-1912 the increase was 29.3 per cent and for the preceding census period 81.5 per cent. New York, Illinois, and Pennsylvania each reported more tele- phones than Ohio, and followed that state closely in the number of messages. The apparent decrease shown by the six states. Alar- bama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Dakota, and West Virginia, from 1907 to 1912, is not due to an actual decrease in the use of the telephone but to overestimates some of the larger companies made at the census of 1907. Although the total number of talks has greatly in- creased at each census, the average number of messages per telephone per day has decreased, this average in 1912 being 5.8, compared with 6.5 and 6.7 in 1907 and 1902, respectively. The decrease is attributed to the in- crease in the number of telephones per 1 ,000 population (see Table 5) and the extensive adoption of "limited" or "measured-service" rates. 32 TELEPHONES. TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL INCOMES OP $5,000 OR MORE— ESTIMATED NUMBER OF MESSAGES OR TALKS AND THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES OR TALKS PER TELEPHONE PER DAY BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVI- • SIGNS AND STATES: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 20 DIVISION AND STATE. United States.. Geographic divisions: New England Middle Atlantic East North Central. West Nortli Central South Atlantic East South Central. West South Central. Mountain Pacific: New England: Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Is- land. Middle Atlantic: New York Census. New Jersey. . Pennsylvania.: East Noeth Centkal: Ohio Indiana.. Illinois . . . Michigan. Wisconsin. West Noeth Central: Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota. South Dakota. 1012 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912. 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 Number of telephones. 7,326,748 4,906,693 2,315,297 600,207 384,413 166, 103 1,675,681 1, 167, 667 481,567 2,020,802 1,360,544 721,649 1,109,359 767, 050 389,619 428,311 296,271 143,314 261,244 197,291 111,472 387,022 239, 7-46 114,627 204, 508 141,339 47,953 639,664 352,372 159,193 67,988 43,846 14,045 36,062 24,345 9,949 31,498 22,117 12, 112 328,603 207,201 96,512 146, 166 86,904 33,485 923, 136 637,881 246,015 182,419 114,528 48,980 570, 126 415,258 186,572 567,673 431,851 222,767 274,291 202,492 132,489 704,230 434,518 211, 187 288,154 179,263 93, 961 186,564 112,420 61,145 208,340 125,884 62,039 242,963 187, 938 120,017 285,472 192,943 93,371 32,916 20, 835 6,762 39,299 27,801 10,306 estimated number of messages or talks. Total. 13,735,658,245 10,400,433,968 2 5,070,564,653 810,524,037 672,523,863 298,292,134 2,422,868,241 1,947,571,139 909,887,054 4,025,906,387 3,067,416,613 1,733,817,138 2,238,770,606 1,664,198,498 712,440,737 869,439,943 749,939,984 353,559,870 662,046,612 731, 000, 908 377,950,187 1,0791,617,948 646,501,299 303,547,439 436,366,129 299,270,686 102,374,364 1,191,218,442 722,010,968 278,685,620 84,033,162 73,197,982 21,923,915 49,984,600 36,637,613 16,987,012 48,306,101 35,666,768 19,076,847 401,817,540 298,824,440 183,115,320 226,382,644 128,297,160 67,190,040 1,297,849,047 1,034,661,694 360,098,123 192,311,511 138,914,642 56,171,223 932,707,683 774,004,903 493,617,718 1,301,603,565 1,014,222,376 558,707,801 583,621,519 498,560,085 294,657,665 1,105,751,431 833, 749, 156 541,161,932 694,363,258 413,657,846 237,696,112 340,666,614 307,327,151 101,594,728 418,720,464 274,434,452 113,124,262 471,126,059 336,184,981 193,054,738 655,616,330 468,138,352 242,309,227 49,861,643 39,874,764 14,106,733 47,881,674 60,648,810 17,919,604 Per tele- phone per day.' 6.8 6.6 6.7 4.2 4.6 5.5 4.4 5.1 6.» 6.1 7.6 7.4 6.2 6.7 6.9 6.2 7.8 7.6 7.8 11.4 10.4 8.6 , 8.3 8.2 6.6 6.5 6.6 5.7 6.3 6.4 4.5 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.6 5.3 4.7 5.0 4.8 3.8 4.4 6.8 4.8 4.5 6.3 4.3 6.0 4.5 3.2 3.7 3.6 5.0 5.7 8.1 7.1 7.2 7.7 6.5 7.6 6.8 4.8 5.9 7.9 7.4 7.1 7.8 6.6 8.4 6.1 6.2 6.7 6.6 6.0 6.6 6.0 7.1 7.5 8.0 4.7 4.6 6.9 3.7 6.7 6.4 DIVISION AND STATE. West North Central — Con. Nebraska Kansas. South Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia. Virginia West Virginia. North Carolina . South Carolina. Georgia.. Florida. East South Central: Kentucky Tennessee . Alabama.. Mississippi. West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana.. Oklahoma. Texas - Mountain: Montana. Idaho Colorado New Mexico. Arizona Utah and Wyoming. Nevada.. Pacific: Washington . Oregon California.. Number of telephones. estimated number of messages or talks. ensus. Total. Per tele- phone per day.' 1912 1907 1902 166,619 107,518 36,163 291,615,176 246,047,837 73,227,030 S.7 7.0 6.2 1912 1907 1902 143,751 104,131 40, 972 303,949,361 238,969,302 68,699,143 6.5 7.1 4.4 1912 1907 1902 143,499 107,653 36,383 177,756,722 165,995,216 70,981,973 3.8 4.7 6.0 1912 1907 1902 66,968 38,963 24,130 164,421,931 115,354,885 65,494,626 8.9 9.1 8.4 1912 1907 1902 . 55,033 46,709 22,376 103,255,136 109,065,223 41,605,891 S.8 7.2 S.7 1912 1907 1902 41,177 22,379 16,252 90,831,013 80,667,891 36,485,398 6.8 11.1 6.9 1912 1907 1902 24,871 15,393 10,467 68,170,380 61,568,785 23,893,914 8.4 10.3 7.0 1912 1907 1902 78,864 62,668 25,490 206,631,042 187,647,940 96,192,066 8.1 11.0 11.6 1912 1907 1902 27,899 12,706 8,216 68,374,719 39,660,044 18,906,002 e.4 9.6 7.1 1912 1907 1902 100, 174 75,370 46,266 287,807,892 276,476,058 143,101,564 8.8 11.3 9.5 1912 1907 1902 78,717 60,357 36,060 188,865,474 231,218,675 128,274,719 7.4 11.8 10.9 1912 1907 1902 44,144 32,473 14,077 100,983,408 102,736,572 46,158.943 7.0 9.7 10.1 1912 1907 1902 38,259 29,091 15,069 84,389,738 120,669,603 60,414,961 6.8 12.8 12.3 1912 1907 1902 45,743 32,288 16,892 124,445,991 71,950,886 36,716,883 8.4 6.9 6.7 1912 1907 1902 43,906 33,448 17,609 101,597,617 120,647,366 68,083,915 7.1 11.1 12.0 1912 1907 1902 65,215 36,758 15,716 163,999,696 108,725,669 31,667,627 7.7 9.1 6.2 1912 1907 1902 232,158 137,252 64,410 689,474,644 345,177,378 167,079,014 9.1 7.7 8.0 1912 1907 1902 31,188 14,699 6,421 74,199,468 18,869,410 11,352,976 7.3 3.9 6.4 1912 1907 1902 23,475 • 13,743 3,862 45,634,700 24,883,595 6,451,762 6.0 5.6 6.1 1912 1907 1902 85,886 62,861 24,633 165,041,703 138,203,561 60,258,633 8.9 6.8 7.6 1912 1907 1902 9,047 5,496 2,481 20,174,439 12,648,942 4,297,920 7.9 7.0 S.3 1912 1907 1902 10, 128 5,285 3,259 11,573,427 10,379,750 6,072,727 3.5 6.0 4.8 1912 1907 1902 39,489 35, 156 7,232 110,244,799 87,696,483 13,531,312 8.6 7.7 5.8 1912 1907 1902 S,295 4,099 1,166 8,497,593 6,788,945 1,409,134 4.9 6.1 3.7 1912 1907 1902 134,040 86,439 31,447 296,273,362 200,184,465 64,623,982 6.8 7.1 6.3 1912 1907 1902 84,923 37,171 21,172 170,065,267 83,833,537 36,777,238 6.2 6.9 5.2 1912 1907 1902 420,601 228,762 106,574 725,879,813 437,992,966 178,284,400 6.3 5.9 6.1 1 Computed for 325 days to the year. ' Exclusive of independent farmer or rural lines. EQUIPMENT AND TRAFFIC. 83 The West South. Central division, with an average of 8.6, ranks first among the geographic divisions in the number of naessages per telephone per day, and is the only division reporting an increase. The New England and Middle Atlantic divisions reported the lowest averages, 4.2 and 4.4, respectively; and among the states Texas reported the greatest average, 9.1, and New Jersey the lowest, only 3.2. Only nine states reported an increase, compared with 29 in 1907. Traffic and population. — Table 21 shows, by geo- graphic divisions, the number of messages per capita for each of the three censuses, together with the per- centages of increase for the decade and for each of the five-year periods. Table 21 TELEPHONE STiSTEMS REPORTING ANNTJAL IN- COMES OF $5,000 OR MORE— NUMBER OF MES- . SAGES PER CAPITA, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS. DIVISION. 1912 1907 1902 Per cent of increase. i 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 United States 144 122 65 121.5 18.0 87.7 New England 120 120 215 188 69 77 116 153 260 94 110 174 146 65 88 80 150 259 52 57 105 67 33 49 44 58 no 130.8 110.5 104.8 180.6 109.1 57.1 163.6 163.8 136.4 27.7 9.1 23.6 28.8 6.2 -12.5 45.0 2.0 0.4 80.8 Middle Atlantic 93.0 East North Central 65.7 West North Central 117.9 South Atlantic. *. . 97.0 79.6 81.8 Moimtain 158.6 135.5 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. It appears from this table that the average number of telephone messages for each man, woman, and child of the entire population increased from 65 in 1902 to 144 in 1912. The figures for 1902, however, cover some telephone systems of the class for which messages were not reported at the census of 1912; therefore the actual increase may have been lai^er than the figures indicate. The increase in the average was only 18 per cent from 1907 to 1912, compared with 87.7 per cent for the period 1902-1907 and 121.5 per cent for the decade. The Pacific states had the greatest traffic per capita in 1912 — 260 messages. This division also led in 1907, with 259, and in 1902, with 110. The South Atlantic division continued to show the smallest number, reporting only 69 per capita in 1912, com- pared with 65 in 1907 and 33 in 1902. The decrease shown by the East South Central division for 1912 is due not to any actual decrease in the use of telephones but to the extremely high estimate reported by one large company for 1907. Table 22 gives the numbers of messages per capita for the United States and for each state for the three 81100°— 15 — 3 censuses. The states are raixked accordijxg to the number of messages in 1912, and the rankings in 1907 and 1902 are shown for comparative purposes. Lower averages than those for the United States are shown in italics. Table .92 TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL IN- COMES OF $5,000 OR MORE — STATES RANKED AC- CORDING TO NUMBER OF MESSAGES PER CAPITA. STATE. Messages per capita. Rank. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 144 122 65 282 265 240 239 233 230 213 212 199 197 195 193 190 183 175 169 136 135 m 126 m 117 115 115 m 95 11 85 81 79 79 78 77 76 7S 7S 69 67 62 ! 261 226 158 230 173 317 182 153 204 137 132 220 151 60 145 96 134 123 lot 84 117 118 no 97 84 102 92 160 77 106 100 82 127 67 76 60 61 62 77 67 71 60 70 S6 S9 116 131 96 67 83 116 114 84 S6 76 62 108 108 43 40 62 48 f6 41 37 65 76 es il SI 4B li 62 If f4 42 27 11 fl S9 24 38 17 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30- 31 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 40 41 42 2 4 10 3 8 1 7 11 6 14 16 5 12 37 13 27 15 18 24 29 20 19 21 26 29 23 28 9 31 22 25 30 17 38 32 39 36 35 31 38 33 39 34 41 40 2 Ohio , 1 5 Nebraska 9 7 Washington 2 3 Iowa 6 i^tah airi WynrniTig . . . 24 Missouri 8 Minnftpot-a , . . , 12 Colorado 4 4 Montana 17 20 Texas 14 15 New York 15 Vermont 13 Connecticut and Ehode Island. 19 23 10 Pennsylvania g 11 19 26 Maryland, Delaware, and Dis- trict of Columbia 18 25 Oklahoma 24 12 West Virginia 18 North Dakota 19 18 Virginia 25 18 Arkansas 28 Florida 25 27 Louisiana 16 30 Arizona 21 29 22 South Carolina 32 31 Cahfornia, which ranked second in 1907 and 1902, with 261 and 116 messages per capita, respectively, led in 1912, with 282 messages for each person in the state, followed by Ohio, with 266 ; Michigan, with 240 ; and Nebraska, with 239. Washington, which was first in 1907, with 317, ranked sixth in 1912, reporting only 230 for that year. Sixteen states reported more messages in proportion to population in 1912 than the average number for the United States, compared with 18 states in 1907 and 13 in 1902. CHAPTER IT. COMPARISON" OF BELL AND OTHER SYSTEMS. Comfanies for which statistics are compared. — There were 1,916 telephone systems reported at the census of 1912 as having annual incomes of $5,000 or more. Of this number, 176 constitute what is commonly known as the Bell Telephone System. The principal offices of these 176 companies are located in 31 states. Many of them operate in more than one state, and the Bell System's long-distance service extends into all states. The miles of wire and nuraber of telephones are the only features for which satisfactory comparison can be made between the Bell System and all other telephone sjrstems, because other features were not reported for the companies or systems that had annual incomes of less than $5,000. This comparison for 1912, 1907, and 1902 is made in Table 23. Table 33 United States . . . Bell Teleflione System All otter systems Census. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINE3— MILES OF WIRE AND NUMBER OF TEL- EPHONES, BELL TELE- PHONE SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Miles of wire.i 20,248,326 12,999,364 4,900,451 15, 133, 186 8,947,266 3,387,924 5,115,140 4,052,098 1,512,527 Number of telephones. 8,729,592. 6,118,578 2,371,044 2 5,087,027 3,132,063 1,317,178 3,642,565 2,986,515 1,053,866 1 Exclusive of 1,565 miles in Canada in 1912, and 5 miles in 1907. 2 For number of telephones connected with Bell System', see p. 37. The wire operated by the Bell System increased by 11,745,262 nailes, or 346.7 per cent, during the 10 years ending with 1912, as compared with an increase of 3,602,613 miles, or 238.2 per cent, for all other systems. During the same period the number of telephones oper- ated by the Bell System increased by 3,769,849, or (34) 286.6 per cent, and those for all other systems by 2,588,679, or 246.6 per cent. In 1912 the Bell System operated 74.7 per cent of the telephone wire mileage and 58.3 per cent of the telephones reported for all com- panies. In 1907 the percentages were 68.8 and 51.2, and in 1902, 69.1 and 55.6, respectively. Table 24 shows, by number of telephones, the relative importance of the Bell System in the different geographic divisions and states for 1907 and 1912. The miles of wire and number of messages or talks were not shown separately for the BeU System in the individual states at prior censuses, but Table 25 gives such data for 1912. In this table, however, the esti- mated number of messages is confined to systems with annual incomes of $5,000 or. more. Table 25 (p. 36) shows that the Bell System oper- ated in every state in the Union and that the non-Bell systems operated in every state except Rhode Island and the District of Columbia. The largest proportion of telephones operated by non-Bell systems is shown for South Dakota, where it was 88.1 per cent in 1912 and 92.5 per cent in 1907. The independents reported a majority of the telephones in Illinois and Michigan in 1907, but in 1912 the BeU System had the larger number, while the reverse changes took place in Mon- tana and Nevada. The Bell interests are proportion- ately greatest in the New England states, where they controlled 92.7 per cent of the telephones in 1912 and 89.3 per cent in 1907; and they were of the least im- portance in the West North Central division, where more than two-thirds of the telephones were operated by the independents at both censuses. The BeU Sys- tem reported the greater number of telephones in 31 states in 1912, and in 28 in 1907. The largest propor- tion was reported from Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, where 99.1 per cent of the telephones ia 1912 and 97.7 per cent in 1907 were operated by the BeU System. The statistics for these two states were combined, to avoid individual disclosures. COMPARISON OF BELL AND OTHER SYSTEMS. ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— NUMBER OP TELEPHONES: 1912 AND 1907. 35 Table 24 DIVISION AND STATE. United States Geographic divisions: New England Middle Atlantic East North Central West North Central. . South Atlantic East South Central . . . West South Central Mountain Pacific New England: Maine Census, New Hampshire. Vermont Massachusetts... Connecticut and Rhode Island. Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey. . Pennsylvania East North Central: Ohio !. Indiana:.. Illinois . . . Michigan. Wisconsin West North Central: Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota . South Dakota . 1012 1907 1912 1007 1912 1007 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 Total. 8,729,592 6,118,578 625,488 410,269 1,782,145 1,252,903 2,378,257 1,712,390 1,621,523 1,251,565 531, 402 365,764 337,292 243,234 543, 102 342,255 228,652 154,061 683,731 '386,147 68,914 63, 134 40,017 28,920 40,142, 30,833 329,992 209,383 146, 423 87,999 970, 449 685,512 185,632 116,988 626,064 450, 403 631,206 496,636 354,650 289,462 807,253 568,685 335,074 209,842 250, 174 158,875 272,369 171,479 380,294 332,646 404,160 312,627 51,241 34,087 65, 868 48, 405 Bell Telephone System. 5,087,027 3,132,063 580,097 366,531 1,355,352 878, 428 1,159,303 702,746 519,069 297,432 340,227 209,308 184,366 137,128 283,681 157,080 177,617 116,115 487,326 268,296 62, 564 37,110 33,387 22, 432 23, 818 16,916 326, 186 204,059 145,142 86,014 809,635 504,753 161.037 97,864 384.680 276,821 261,116 183,368 117,897 72,462 473,799 273,263 193,699 103,793 122,892 69,870 99,093 66,861 116,813 62,772 140, 239 91, 704 17,328 7,462 7,836 3,664 All other systems. 3,642,265 2,986,515 45,391 43,738 426,793 374,475 1,218,954 1,009,644 1,102,464 954,123 191,175 166, 456 152,937 106,106 259,421 185, 175 49,035 196, 405 117,852 16,350 16,024 6,630 6,488 16,324 13,917 4,806 6,324 1,281 1,986 160,814 180,769 24,596 19, 134 241,384 174,682 380,090 312, 278 236,663 216,990 333, 454 285,322 141, 476 106,049 127,282 89,005 173, 266 114,618 263,481 279,773 263,911 220,823 33,913 26,636 58,022 44,751 per cent or total. Bell. 68.3 51.2 i2.7 76.1 70.1 48.7 41.0 32.0 23.8 64.0 67.2 54.7 56.4 62.2 78.4 74.7 71.3 69.5 76.3 83.4 77.6 69.3 54.9 98.5 97.5 99.1 97.7 83.4 73.6 61.4 61.2 39.8 37.0 33.3 26.0 58.7 67.8 49.6 49.1 44.0 36.4 33.2 30.7 15.9 34.7 33.8 21.9 11.9 7.5 All other. 41.7 48.8 7.3 10.7 23.9 51.3 69.0 68.0 76.2 36.0 42.8 45.3 43.6 47.8 54.1 21.6 26.3 28.7 30.5 23.7 30.2 16.6 22.4 40.7 46.1 1.6 2.5 0.9 2.3 16.6 26.4 13.2 16.4 60.2 63.0 66.7 75.0 41.3 61.1 42.2 50.6 50.9 56.0 63.6 66.8 84.1 66.3 70.7 66.2 78.1 88.1 92.5 division and state. West North Central — Continued. Nebraska Kansas South Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware, and District of Co- lumbia. Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida East South Central: Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas Mountain: Montana Idaho Colorado New Mexico Arizona Utah and Wyoming. Nevada Pacific: Washington Oregon California Census. 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 Total. Bell Telephone 201,689 152,279 245,932 200,233 147,246 110,282 76,262 65,541 80,261 62,144 65,152 37,104 33,239 20,911 62,260 32,426 17,522 130,761 93,996 104,363 71,130 56,292 40,481 45,896 37,627 68,303 49,676 46,602 35,692 116,217 68,125 311,980 188,862 35, 537 17,168 29,454 16,394 90,397 65,908 10,346 6,653 11,224 6,203 44,010 37,134 5,684 4,601 150,016 98, 846 99, 713 49,629 434,002 237,672 62,246 46,669 75,514 38,320 138,661 90,386 47,497 31,423 27,593 15,535 27,961 16,607 20,926 13,039 64,052 36,056 13,547 6,362 51,185 42,200 62,194 45,372 39,233 25,496 31,743 24,060 37,668 17,426 41,803 29,608 65,339 30, 116 148,881 80,030 16,180 9,050 17,660 10,640 84,626 61,435 8,482 3,177 9,802 3,055 38,442 25,238 2,525 2,520 106,151 63,194 58,030 33,406 323,145 171,695 All other systems. 139,443 105,610 170,418 161,913 13,368 19,896 29,165 24,118 52,658 37,201 20,597 12,313 7,872 32,384 26,204 18,879 11,160 79,566 51,796 42,159 25,758 17,059 14,985 14,153 13,567 30,645 32,150 4,799 6,184 60,878 38,009 163,099 108,832 19,357 8,118 11,894 5,754 5,771 4,473 1,864 3,476 1,422 3,148 6,668 11,896 3,169 2,081 43,865 35,652 41,683 16,223 110,857 65,977 PER cent Of total. BeU. 30.9 30.6 30.7 19.1 94.2 82.0 62.3 56.6 34.4 26.0 42.9 44.5 63.0 62.4 66.4 57.9 41.8 36.3 39.1 44.9 69.6 63.8 69.7 63.0 69.2 63.9 55.1 35.2 89.7 82.7 47.6 44.2 47.7 42.4 45.6 52.7 59.6 64.9 93.6 93.2 82.0 47.8 82.0 49.3 87.3 68.0 44.4 54.8 70.8 68.2 67.3 74.5 72.2 All other. 69.1 69.4 69.3 80.9 5.8 18.0 37.7 43.4 75. D 57.1 55.5 37.0 37. S 33. S 42.1 68.J- 63. T 60. » 56.1 40.4 36.2 30.3 37.0 30. S 36.1 44.9 648 10.3 17,3 S2.4 55. S S2.3 57. G 54. S 47. S 40.4 36.1 6.4 6.8 18.0 52.2 18.0 50.7 12.7 32.0 65.6 45.2 19.2 16.1 41. S 32.7 25.5 27.8 36 TELEPHONES. ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES— MILES OF WIRE, NUMBER OF TELEPHONES, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF MESSAGES OR TALKS, CLASSIFIED AS THE BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1912. cioij:.ivio, £>i Table 25 DIVISION AND STATE. Miles of wire. Number of telephones. Estimated number of mes- sages or talks.* BELt TELEPHONE SYSTEM. Miles of wire. Number of telephones. Estimated number of mes- sages or talks. ALL OTHER SYSTEMS. Miles of wire. Number of telepbones. Estimated number of mes- sages or talks.i ■United States... Geoqkaphic divisions: New England Middle Atlantic East North Central. West North Central. South Atlantic East South Central. , West South Central. Mountain Paeiflc New England: Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Bhode Island Connecticut- Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania East Noeth Centeal: Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin West North Centeal; Minnesota Iowa Missotui North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas South Atlantic: Delaware Maryland District of Columbia . Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida East South Central: Kentucky Teimessee Alabama Mississippi West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas Mountain: Montana Idaho Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Arizona Utah Nevada Pacific: Washington. Oregon California 20,248,326 8,729,592 13,735,658,245 15,133,186 5,087,027 9,133,226,836 5,116,140 3,642,565 1,545,252 5,035,019 4,645,218 2,932,578 1,121,468 977, 694 1,312,663 558, 450 2,120,104 141,687 75,917 54,766 863,426 102,906 306,560 2,790,060 644,984 1,599,975 1,161,032 667,839 1,689,074 728,184 399,089 653,479 604,101 874,334 76, 174 73,921 393,319 367,260 48,632 228,744 126,279 161, 136 112,964 109, 110 73, 712 206,591 64,300 352,544 287,685 152,849 184,616 141,014 138,905 211, 175 821,459 54,259 58,205 20,368 261,987 22,492 18, 621 112,726 9,792 487,079 272,481 1,360,644 625,488 1,782,146 2,378,257 1,621,623 631,402 337,292 543,102 226,662 683,731 810,524,037 2,422,868,241 4,026,906,387 2,238,770,606 869,439,943 662,046,612 1,079,617,948 436,366,129 1,191,218,442 1,498,417 4,227,908 3,006,320 1,636,056 886,897 662,218 971,439 498,564 1,746,367 580,097 1,355,352 1,159,303 519,069 340,227 184,356 283,681 177,617 487,326 778,472,201 1,766,522,790 2,208,734,660 1,135,464,339 678,091,893 437,261,959 860,106,989 372,292,039 906,299,966 46,835 807,111 1,638,898 1,296,622 234,561 315,476 341,114 59,886 374,737 46,391 426,793 1,218,964 1,102,454 191,175 152,937 269,421 49,035 196,405 68,914 40,017 40,142 329,992 41,664 104,769 970,449 185,632 626,064 631,206 354,660 807,253 335,074 260,174 272,359 380,294 404,150 51,241 65,868 201,689 245,932 15,842 84,801 46,603 76,652 80,261 66,162 33,239 96,436 32,426 130,751 104,363 56,292 46,896 68,303 46,602 116,217 311,980 35,537 29,464 9,946 90,397 10,346 11,224 34,064 6,684 160,016 99, 713 434,002 84,033,162 49,984,600 48,306,101 401,817,540 48,211,556 178,171,088 1,297,849,047 192,311,511 932,707,683 1,301,503,565 583,621,619 1,105,751,431 694,363,258 340,666,614 418,720,464 471,126,059 666,616,330 49,861,643 47,881,574 291,615,175 303,949,361 26,810,915 104,008,361 46,936,446 164,421,931 103,265,136 90,831,013 68,170,380 206,631,042 58,374,719 287,807,892 188,865,474 100,983,408 84,389,738 124,445,991 101,597,617 163,999,696 689,474,644 74,199,468 46,634,700 17,121,932 165,041,703 20,174,439 11,673,427 93,122,867 8,497,593 295,273,362 170,066,267 726,879,813 124,749 69,686 41,603 864,894 102,906 304,679 2,565,015 679,281 1,083,612 623,307 378,492 1,204,666 524,172 276,683 373,733 296,784 492,739 43,180 17,177 195,615 216,828 40,838 223,170 126,279 132, 827 64,256 66,366 58,848 149,889 25,436 199,161 232,979 130,168 111,623 133,434 160,676 665,806 30,662 50,191 15,634 263,518 19,648 16,669 108,316 3,936 429,025 186, 103 1,130,239 62,564 33,387 23,818 325, 186 41,664 103,478 809,635 161,037 384,680 251,116 117,897 473,799 193,699 122,892 99,093 116,813 140,239 17,328 7,836 62,246 75,614 12,648 79,410 46,603 47,497 27,593 27,951 20,926 64,052 13,547 61,185 62,194 39,233 31,743 37,658 41,803 55,339 148,881 16,180 17,560 7,471 84,626 8,482 9,802 30,971 2,625 106,151 68,030 323,145 79,734,699 42,697,908 35,539,241 395,927,259 48,211,556 176,461,638 1,037,894,644 161,926,960 656,702,196 647,068,736 262,578,455 713,993,119 468,146,344 236,958,006 204,606,168 241,438,379 322,331,011 27,920,018 14,201,488 128,625,649 196,331,726 22,145,989 101,210,919 46,936,446 148,083,057 62,420,225 68,757,607 60,087,496 161,675,074 26,775,080 124,681,062 147,677,363 88,499,665 76,493,879 112,397,972 100,700,585 149,006,621 498,002,811 29,034,109 36,577,475 17,121,932 163,508,703 19,387,139 11,121,388 90,576,087 4,966,206 236,826,440 119,183,718 560,289,808 16,938 6,231 13,253 8,532 1,881 225,045 65,703 £16,363 537,725 289,347 484,408 204,012 123,406 279,746 207,317 381,595 32,994 56, 744 197,704 140,422 7,794 5,574 28,309 48,699 43,754 14,864 66,702 163,393 54,706 22,681 84,696 29,391 6,471 50,599 265,653 23,607 8,014 4,734 8,469 2,844 1,952 4,410 6,866 68,054 86,378 230,306 16,350 6,630 16,324 1,281 160,814 24,595 241,384 380,090 236,663 333,464 141,476 127,282 173,266 263,481 263,911 33,913 68,022 139,443 170,418 3,194 5,391 29,156 52,658 37,201 12,313 32,384 18,879 79,566 42,169 17,069 14,153 30,645 4,799 60,878 163,099 19,357 11,894 2,476 5,771 1,864 1,422 3,093 3,159 43,865 41,683 110,867 4,602,431,409 32,051,836 666,345,451 1,817,171,727 1,103,316,267 191,348,050 224,794,553 219,410,959 63,074,090 284,918,476 4,298,453 7,386,692 12,766,860 5,890,281 1,709,550 259,954,403 30,385,561 376,005,487 764,444,829 331,043,064 391,768,312 236,216,914 103,708,608 214,114,296 229,687,680 333,285,319 21,941,625 33,680,086 162,989,626 107,617,635 4,664,926 2,797,442 16,338,874 50,834,911 22,073,406 8,082,884 54,966,968 31,599,639 163,126,840 41,288,111 12,483,743 7,895,859 12,048,019 897,032 14,994,075 191,471,833 45,165,369 9,057,225 1,533,000 787,300 452,039 2,647,780 3,531,387 58,446,922 50,881,549 175,690,005 » Exclusive of systems reporting annual incomes of less than $6,000. 2 Not reported, there being no ''AH other systems " in Wyoming with annual Incomes of 85,000 or more. COMPARISON OF BELL AND OTHER SYSTEMS. 37 The following table shows the percentages of the total number of telephones and miles of wire reported by the Bell System and by all other systems in the nine geographic divisions: Table 36 PER CENT OF WIRE MILEAGE AND NXIMBER OF TELEPHONES— BELL TELEPHONE SYS- TEM AND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS: 1912. DIVISION. Per cent of total wire mileage. Per cent of total number of tele- phones. Bell Tele- phone System. Another systems. BeU Tele- phone System. Another systems. United States . 74.7 25.3 58.3 41.7 NfiTV "RnglaTirt 97.0 84.0 64.7 55.8 79.1 67.7 74.0 89.3 82.3 3.0 16.0 35.3 44.2 20.9 32.3 26.0 10.7 17.7 92.7 76.1 48.7 32.0 64.0 64.7 52.2 78.4 71.3 7.3 Middle Atlantic 23.9 East North Central 51.3 West North Central 68.0 36.0 East South Central 45.3 47.8 Mountain ■ 21.6 Pacific 28.7 \ Telephones connected with the Bell System. — The cen- sus schedule contained an inquiry to determine the number of telephones on the wires of non-Bell com- panies that were connected for exchange purposes with the Bell System on December 31, 1912. The telephone companies operated independently of the Bell Sys- tem, and having annual incomes of $5,000 or more, reported that there were 1,071,987 telephones on their wires connected through their exchanges with Bell companies. The Bell System, however, reported that there were 2,369,047 telephones on the wires of other companies that had direct or indirect connection with its branches. The difference between these two totals, namely, 1,297,060 telephones, is accounted for by the fact that the number reported by the Bell System includes all telephones that were classed as "service telephones" (that is, telephones- on lines or systems with less than $5,000 annual income), together with telephones other than "service telephones," that were indirectly connected through exchanges operated inde- pendently of the Bell System. In other words, the Bell System reported all telephones connected either directly or indirectly with its exchanges. It is im- possible to obtain uniform statements in regard to this matter from aU non-BeU companies, and the following quotations from some of the letters that were received uidicate that some of those companies reported only the telephones which had a direct connection through their exchanges with the Bell System and did not include those having an indirect connection: "So far aa I have any knowledge of the company's affairs, there ig no direct connection with the Bell Telephone Co. or with any company operating for profit. The * * * company operates in this county, and we have indirect connection with them through some of their country switches and through private families who have phones on both lines; but we have no connection between centrals. " "Our company does not directly connect with Bell lines, but can get these connections through the * * * Telephone Co. at * * *. If this is considered a connection with the Bell System, the full number of * * * telephones would be accessible to connection.-' "The Bell telephone lines do not connect with this company, but our subscribers have access to all Bell telephones through other connecting companies. "We do not know how many of our subscribers have connection to Bell telephones. "We do not have any contract for Bell connections, although we transmit messages to and receive messages from the Bell lines." "We wish to state that we have no connection with the Bell Co. only through other telephone companies' exchanges. -'- "None of the telephones operated by us were, or are, connected in any way with the BeU Co. "The * * * Telephone Co., which operates in this county with an exchange and headquarters at * * * , has connection with the Bell Co. The toll Unes of the Bell Co. connect with the * * * switchboard of the above-mentioned mutual company, and a munber of the rural lines of this company connect with the Bell switchboard at * * *.'' "We have no direct wires belonging to what is known as BeU Telephone Co. attached to any of our switchboards. "We do connect with independent telephone companies, and after oiu' Unes connect with them we, through such connections, procure outlet over the Bell System.'' "The Bell Co. also has an exchange in * * * and a toll station at * * *. Our company has no connection whatever with the Bell Co., either directly or indirectly, in this vicinity, and are in durect competition. The BeU and associated companies have their toll lines, while we connect with the * * * Telephone Co., which, together with connecting companies, cover this and adjoin- ing states. "There are some points, however, at distances where we formerly had exclusive connection that have taken on BeU toU lines, and in this way both companies reach their subscribers. Such points, however, as have not done this — ^for instance, the * * * Tele- phone Co., where no combination has been made — our subscribers only can reach these exchanges and the Bell subscribers only can reach the Bell exchange in the same town. "In a few cases where the Bell Co. have bought out independent exchanges our connection has not been disturbed, and subscribers from those exchanges can reach our subscribers over independent toll lines and simUarly Bell subscribers over BeU toll lines. "- "If you mean that they had their wire on any of our exichange switchboards in 1912, I was correct * * * no. But we coidd send over them through other lines.'' "We have no direct connection with the lines of the Bell Tele- phone Co. Through the lines of the * * * Telephone Co. we do have access to a limited extent, for certain toll points, on the Bell wires."- "We operate here the same aa any other independent company, having no direct connection with the Bell System. However, we have long-distance business originating here and coming in from the Bell System over the Unes of the * * * Telephone Co." "We have no Bell connections nor have many of the inde- pendent companies of * * *. "We are connected with locally owned sublicense companies in * * * and * * * counties, who do business with the BeU Co., but won't accept our calls for Bell connections.'' "We are not directly connected with the Bell Co.; we are con- nected with other companies that may be connected with the Bell Co., but are not directly connected with them ourselves." 38 TELEPHONES. "Our long-distance connections are with the * * *, a concern not affiliated with the Bell Co. "We have no direct connection with the Bell * * *."- ' "All of our phones are connected with the * * * Telephone Co., the long-distance company that doea the bubiness through here, and I think', but don't know positively, if they connect with the Bell System or nM.'" "We connected with the * * * Telephone Co.; whether or not this is classed as Bell I am unable to say." "We have no access whatever to the Bell toll lines. There are, however, two or three small exchanges in this and adjoining coun- ties which are owned by the Bell and where there is no independent exchange, which our subscribers can reach by going over some sublicense toll lines between this exchange and those referred to. "With the above exceptions we have absolutely no connections with any of the Bell Systems." "We don't make connection with the Bell Co. There is a long- distance telephone line running through this county by the name of the * * * Telephone Co., and we make connection with that company and that company makes connection at * * * with the * * * Telephone & Telegraph Co., but I don't know if the * * * Telephone & Telegraph Co. belongs to the Bell Telephone or not. "The * * * Telephone does not have a connection with the Bell Telephone Co. The * * * Telephone Co. connects with the Bell at * * * and * * *. We have an exchange of service with the * * *, but not for Bell business." Exchange and toll circuits. — Table 27 gives statistics for the wire mileage on exchange and toll circuits, and underground and overhead, respectively, as reported for the BeU System and all other systems. Table 37 ALL SYSTEMS AND LINES — MILES OF SINGLE "WIRE ON EXCHANGE AND TOLL CIKCUITS; 1912. Total. Overhead. Under- ground. Per cent of total. Over- head. Under- ground. All circuits 20,248,326 15,133,186 5,116,140 11,083,338 7, 163, 108 3,920,230 9,164,988 7,970,078 1,194,910 54.7 47.3 76.6 45 3 Bell Telephone System All other systems 62.7 23.4 ■RirnhpTigft p.iTPnit,s 17,665,110 12,882,826 4,682,284 2,683,216 2,250,360 432,856 8,876,594 5,385,826 13,490,768 2,206,744 1,777,282 429,462 8,688,516 7,497,000 1,191,516 476,472 473,078 3,394 60.5 41.8 74.6 82.2 79.0 99.2 49 5 Bell Telephone System All other systems Toll circuits 58.2 25.4 17.8 21.0 0.8 BellTelephone System All other systems 1 Includes 1,228,935 miles of wire operated by systems reporting aimual incomes of less than $5,000. The tendency to adopt imderground circuits is becoming very general. Of the 20,248,326 miles of single wire reported in 1912, 9,164,988 miles, or 45.3 per cent, was tmderground. More than one- half of the total wire reported by the Bell System was undergrotind, as compared with a little less than one-fourth reported by non-Bell companies. Natu- ally, the greater amount of underground mileage is installed on exchange circuits, and was reported by the systems operating in the larger cities. The total exchange mileage reported by the Bell System was 12,882,826, of which 7,497,000 miles, or 58.2 per cent, was underground. Other systems reported 4,682,284 ^ The company referred to has Bell connections, a fact appar- ently not known by the reporting company. miles, practically three-fourths of which was overhead. More than one-fifth of the toU-circuit mileage oper- ated by the Bell System was underground, while of that reported by the non-Bell companies but eighth- tenths of 1 per cent was imderground. Messages or talks. — Table 28 shows, for 1912 and 1907, the number of local exchan.ge and long-distance messages for the Bell System and other systems hav- ing annual incomes of 15,000 or more. Table 28 TBArnC OF TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EEPOET- ING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OB MOEE —BELL AND ALL OTHER. 1912 1907 Percent of increase.! TOTAL. 1,916 7,326,748 13,736,658,245 13,394,886,442 340,772,803 1,875 1,828 47 1,636 4,906,693 10,400,433,968 10,160,630,944 239,803,014 2,120 2,071 49 17.1 Nnmhfir nf tAlftphonp.Ji7Tnhfir nf systeTTiR . 176 5,087,027 9,133,226,836 8,886,838,093 246,388,743 1,795 1747 • 48 1,740 2,239,721 4,602,431,409 4,508,047,349 94,384,060 2,066 2,013 42 175 3,132,063 6,401,044,799 6,209,430,615 191,614,284 2,044 1,983 61 1,461 1,774,630 3,999,389,159 3,951,200,429 48,188,730 2,254 2,227 27 6 62.4 Estimated number of messages or talks . Local exchange. . 42.7 43 1 28.6 Average messages or talks per telephone -12.2 —11.9 —21.3 ALL OTHER SYSTEMS. 19.1 Number of telephones 26 2 Estimated number of messages or talks 15.1 14.1 Long-distance or toll 95.9 Average messages or talks per telephone -8.8 9.6 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. It Was estimated that 13,735,658,245 messages were handled during the year 1912 by the telephone systems having incomes of $5,000 or more. Of this number, 13,394,885,442, or 97.5 per cent, were local exchange and 340,772,803, or 2.5 per cent, long- distance or toll. The Bell System had 8,886,838,- 093, or 66.3 per cent, of the local messages and 246,388,743, or 72.3 per cent, of the long-distance. In considering these figures reference should be made to the defects ioherent in the statistics of messages, described on page — . While there was a large in- crease in the total number of messages handled dur- ing 1912, as compared with the number for 1907, there was a decrease in the average number per tele- phone, both for the local and for the long-distanc6 service. This decrease Was most pronoimced in the statistics for the BeU System. For the systems other than the Bell there was a sHght increase in the average for local messages. In 1912 the long-distance or toll messages formed 2.5 per cent of the total messages, compared with 2.3 in 1907. The proportion was slightly higher in 1912 for the BeU System, being 2.7 per cent, as compared with 2 per cent for aU other systems. COMPARISON OF BELL AND OTHER SYSTEMS. 39 Comparative summary. — Table 29 presents separate statistics for the Bell System and for the non-Bell sys- tems having incomes of $5,000 or more. The steady growth of both the non-Bell and the Bell Systems is shown by this table. The compar- ison between the Bell and other systems, however, is not exact because the table does not include statistics for the systems having annual incomes of less than $5,000. While for some purposes it is proper to com- pare the statistics for the BeU • System with those for the non-BeU companies with annual incomes of $5,000 or more, such a comparison necessarily con- veys the impression that the BeU System controls a larger proportion of the telephone business of the country than it actually does control. The intercompany holdings of the Bell System are excluded from the figures for capital given iti this table, but the stocks and bonds of other telephone companies held by both the BeU and independent systems are included. TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OR MORE— COMPARATIVE SUMMARY: 1912 AND 1907. ■rable Z9 1912 1907 BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM. 1912 1907 ALL OTHER SYSTEMS. 1912 1907 Numter of systems Miles of single wire Miles of pole line Number of public exchanges Number of telephones Estimated number of messages or talks Income, total Expenses, including taxes and fixed charges, total Net income Dividends Assets, total Cost of construction and equipment Stocks and bonds and other permanent investments Cash and current assets Sundries, iacluding stock and bond discount and sink- ing and other special funds Liabilities, total Capital stock Funded debt Keal-«state mortgages, floating debt, and accounts pay- able Cash investments Interest, taxes, and dividends, due and accrued Reserves Sundries Net surplus Salaried employees: Number Salaries Wage earners: Average number Wages 1,916 19,019,391 671,686 11,515 7,326,748 13,735,668,245 $255,081,234 $203,754,909 $51,326,325 $34,120,809 $1,295,670,101 $1,081,433,227 $104,554,667 $96,618,255 $13,063,952 $1,295,670,101 $586,763,879 $404,530,236 $71,742,634 $3,287,138 $17,520,891 $148,818,981 $2,234,721 $60,771,621 38,753 $32,681,482 1 144,608 $63,359,059 11, 4, 10,400, $176, $135, $41, $23, $940, $794, $60, $82, 1,636 921,980 553,752 10,613 906,693 433,958 700,408 475, 177 225,231 448,212 357,998 096,971 731,090 963, 172 $2,566,765 $940,357,998 $466,788,725 $301,333,489 $74,388,603 $2,583,833 $11,855,910 $38,991,868 $6,210,884 $48,204,796 22,819 .$18,542,619 108,861 $46,466,730 176 16,133,186 353,422 5,863 5,087,027 9,133,226,836 $206,130,830 $163,024,105 $43,106,723 $29,709,841 $934,805,563 $780,017,746 $72,629,170 $82,168,648 $934,806,563 $397,886,433 $296,872,063 $49,818,920 $14,405,707 $137,967,085 $434,304 $38,422,061 31,435 $27,004,837 1 110,468 $49,896,524 175 8,947,266 287,458 5,418 3,132,063 6,401,044,799 $138,803,831 $107,366,551 $31,447,280 $20,201,937 $623,036,358 $526,079,031 $26,090,795 $71,866,532 $623,036,358 $294,578,646 $197,071,800 $50,826,741 $9,703,462 $36,168,979 $34,687,730 17,039 $14,501,916 78,772 $36,073,994 1,740 3,886,205 318,264 5,662 2,239,721 4,602,431,409 $48,950,404 $40,730,804 $8,219,600 $4,410,968 $360,864,538 $301,415,482 $31,925,497 $14,459,607 $13,063,952 $360,864,538 $188,878,446 $108,658,183 $21,923,714 $3,287,138 $3,116,184 $10,851,896 $1,800,417 $22,349,660 7,318 $6,676,645 134,140 $13,462,535 1,461 2,974,694 266,294 5,195 1,774,630 3,999,389,169 $37,896,577 $28,118,626 $9,777,951 $3,246,275 $317,321,640 $288,017,940 $35,640,295 $11,096,640 $2,566,765 $317,321,640 $162,210,079 $104,261,889 $23,582,762 $2,583,833 $2,152,448 $2,822,879 $6,210,884 $13,517,066 5,780 $4,040,703 30,079 $10,392,736 1 Number employed Sept. 16, 1912. Public exchanges. — In addition to the number of telephones and the nules of wire, the number of public exchanges or central ofiices is a significant index to the importance of the industry. Table 30 shows, by geographic divisions and states, for 1912, 1907, and 1902, the numbers of pubUc exchanges for the BeU and other systems, respectively, and the percentage which the number for each forms of the total. TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OR MORE— NUMBER OF PUBLIC EXCHANGES: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Xable 30 DIVISION AND STATE. Census. Total. BeU Tele- phone Sys- tem. All other sys- tems. 1 DIVISION AND STATE. Census. Total. Bell Tele- phone Sys- tem. AU other sys- tems.i •1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 11,516 10,613 10,361 5,853 6,418 3,753 6,662 5,195 6,608 Geographic divisions— Continued. South Atlantic 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 783 699 791 746 702 625 948 816 619 504 435 260 874 906 634 464 406 138 553 SOB 286 600 409 186 397 318 184 606 764 696 319 293 653 193 193 239 348 New England 731 732 699 1,862 1,687 1,731 2,858 2,716 3,143 2,209 1,921 2,069 626 643 473 1,001 938 946 967 971 699 640 460 246 106 89 126 861 749 785 1,891 1,744 2,444 1,569 1,461 1,824 West South Central Mnnnfai" 407 433 107 Pacific 86 268 142 38 I The data for 1902 includes all systems operating switchboards. 40 TELEPHONES. TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL INCOMES OP $5,000 OR MORE— NUMBER OF PUBLIC EXCHANGES: 1912, 1907, AND 1902— Continued. Table 30— Continued. DmSION AND STATE. New England: Maine New Hampshire. Vermont. Massachusetts. Connecticut and Rhode Island. . Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey. Pennsylvania. . East Noeth Centeal: Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan "Wisconsin West North Central: Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas South Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware, and District of Co- lumbia. Virginia West Virginia. Census. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 Total. 167 192 112 106 87 107 91 103 257 259 102 84 64 705 685 713 186 195 246 971 807 772 802 80S 757 484 463 621 772 763 912 501 472 511 299 222 342 363 276 246 442 440 710 379 313 482 171 113 49 186 167 103 354 220 305 258 259 135 157 114 108 77 139 139 171 180 BeU Tele- phone Sys- tem. 126 158 87 101 75 61 53 39 253 250 221 476 414 408 137 144 175 380 234 259 158 160 163 91 237 242 177 232 217 185 104 90 112 91 23 128 73 119 91 41 59 22 4 29 10 .113 122 All other sys- tems.i 41 34 32 11 5 12 229 271 305 583 427 568 646 699 324 300 630 535 511 735 269 255 195 132 254 261 185 223 314 367 642 260 112 91 45 157 167 94 266 256 143 209 183 22 35 80 54 34 125 84 123 163 nrVISION AND STATE. South Atlantic — Continued, North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida East South Central: Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas Mountain: Montana Idaho Colorado New Mexico Arizona Utah and Wyoming Nevada Pacific: Washington Oregon California Census. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 Total. 115 70 125 129 113 278 256 203 231 208 158 91 102 156 137 96 138 129 123 113 85 60 175 157 102 522 445 334 164 144 211 223 140 122 175 118 541 608 376 Bell Tele- phone Sys- tem. 65 50 7 52 54 15 115 81 33 10 175 166 96 163 144 95 134 116 64 100 42 19 106 63 45 116 111 4 279 193 118 61 28 158 130 80 27 16 2 27 14 12 65 65 35 5 11 119 173 135 77 155 99 410 436 AU other sys- tems.' 6a 2» 118 13. 12 67 64 48 80 42 21 107 58 64 63 1ft 19 38 22 21 31. 38 87 104 7 22 15 60 46 24a 262 216 46 1» 13. 14 16 4 11 5 14 IS » 16 1 22 12 3 92 60' 5 46 20 19 131 72 14 ' The data for 1902 include all systems operating switchboards. COMPARISON OF BELL AND OTHER SYSTEMS. 41 The total number of public exchanges or central offices reported for 1912 was about evenly divided be- tween the two classes of systems. As the exchanges or centrals reported for 1902 included aU systems operating switchboards, the number for "All other systems" reported at that census can not properly be compared with the corresponding figures for 1907 and 1912. The omission of the data for the systems with incomes of less than $5,000 also detracts from the value of the comparison between the Bell and other systems. A public exchange or central office may contain a small switchboard where only a few lines connect, or it may be an extensive office affording intercommunica- tion between thousands of subscribers. Therefore the number, if not accompanied by information in regard to the size of the exchanges, has little significance, but the relative importance of the exchanges in the differ- ent states can be approximated by comparing their number with the number of telephones. Private-lranch exchanges. — While the number of private-branch exchanges depends upon local condi- tions and is determined by factors entirely different from those governing the establishment of public ex- changes, the numbers of private exchanges reported by the Bell and other systems at the different cen- suses are of interest. Data of this nature are shown in Table 31. TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL INCOMES OP $5,000 OR MORE— NUMBER OF PRIVATE-BRANCH EXCHANGES, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 3 1 DIVISION AND STATE. total. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM. ALL OTHER SYSTEMS. DIVISION AND STATE. TOTAL. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM. ALL OTHER SYSTEMS. 1912 1907 11902 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 '1902 1912 1907 1912 1907 .52,651 28,276 7,883 45,387 24,702 7,264 3,574 South Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia 1,575 118 109 37 14 188 32 357 164 87 25 60 141 140 435 66 43 508 18 13 246 13 1,063 605 2,937 867 74 63 17 15 74 19 329 154 46 8 12 124 57 123 26 16 180 4 6 57 6 634 153 1,237 373 8 17 6' 11 92 16 3 "'"22" ....... 6 '""'24' 1 2' 51 19 285 1,575 117 62 34 13 167 29 136 153 81 23 60 139 139 383 41 39 508 18 13 201 12 1,029 509 2,366 774 71 32 16 13 65 4 148 130 39 8 12 123 57 96 20 13 180 4 6 57 4 418 153 916 ...... 47 3 1 21 3 221 11 6 2 Geographic diyisions: Knw Engl an H 4,855 26, 301 8,014 4,532 2,073 633 776 862 4,605 2,361 15,215 4,108 2,245 1,129 537 316 341 2,024 506 4,532 1,489 406 415 111 36 33 355 4,824 22,966 6,560 3,190 1,997 393 721 832 3,904 2,357 14,207 3,323 1,456 975 325 288 284 1,487 31 3,335 1,454 1,342 76 240 55 30 701 4 1,008 785 789 154 212 28 57 537 9S 3 Middle Atlantic West Virginia East North Central West North Central RniTt.h narnlinp. 2 South Atlantic East South Central Florida 15 West South Central East South Central: Pacific 24 7 New England: 199 65 49 3,451 1,091 19,311 1,906 5,084 2,099 536 4,008 1,009 362 1,133 613 2,012 57 20 437 260 67 19 22 1,793 460 11,193 610 3,412 1,338 277 1,763 517 223 853 151 943 30 1 183 84 1 1 1 408 95 3,807 141 684 447 84 771 115 72 208 6 174 ....... 1 171 65 47 3,450 1,091 17, 152 1,834 3,980 1,445 307 3,580 899 329 531 550 1,435 55 20 351 248 66 19 19 1,793 460 10, 865 568 2,774 868 170 1,673 425 187 438 92 680 23 1 165 51 28 1 Alabama Maine West South Central: ArVansj^"? 2 1 3 Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode T-mn'piana. . 2 1 52 25 4 1 Island Oklahoma 2,159 72 1,104 654 229 428 110 33 602 63 577 2 328 42 638 470 107 80 92 36 415 59 257 7 Texas 27 MroDLE Atlantic: New York Mountain: Montana New Jersey. g Colorado East Noeth Central: New Mexico Ohio Arizona ...... 34 96 571 \ TnHia-Tia . Utah and Wyoming 45 2 Illinois Afinhigan . . , Pacific: Washington.. Wisnrmsin , 216 West North Central: Mirmp-it-na California 321 Iowa North Dakota South Dakota.. . 86 12 18 33 1 Data not available to segregate figures for 1902. Statistics for this year cover all systems operating switchboards. The Bell System reported the greater number — over four-fifths of the total — at both censuses. As this system operates m the larger cities where many private- branch exchanges are necessary, and the independents principally in the smaller cities and towns where fewer are required, the reason for this preponderance is apparent. The Bell System had private-branch ex- changes in every state in 1912, but no independent exchanges of this character were reported for 12 states or for the District of Columbia. CHAPTER Y. FINANCIAL STATISTICS. Character of the statistics. — ^The statistics concerning the financial transactions of telephone companies col- lected for the census of 1912 were confined to the systems having annual incomes of $5,000 and over. Each company reported separately the principal items of income and expenses incident to its operation during the year, and furnished a balance sheet show- ing its financial condition at the end of the year. The amounts paid as salaries and wages to the various classes of employees were also reported separately. There was no uniform system of accounting in use by all companies, and some found it difficult to furnish the data required by the census inquiries. As a rule, however, the reports were prepared in a satisfactory manner, estimates being furnished when exact amounts could not be obtained from records. The Interstate Commerce Commission promulgated a uniform system of accounts to become effective January 1, 1913, and it is possible that at the next census more complete financial statistics will be available. As many of the telephone systems operate in more than one state, it was impossible to obtain separate statistics for the financial transactions in each state; therefore only the totals for the United States are shown. Comparison with prior censuses. — In most of the tables presenting statistics for prior censuses the figures for 1907 have been readjusted so as to bring them into comparison with those for 1912. It was impossible, however, to readjust the figures for the census of 1902; therefore the data for that census are not strictly comparable with those for either 1907 or 1912. Table 32, however, gives the general totals for all systems at the census of 1902 in comparison with those for systems having annual incomes of $5,000 or miore in 1907 and 1912. The net capital stock and funded debt are combined in this table to form the item of capitahzation, which therefore does not include intercompany holdings, _stocks and bonds of other telephone companies, or treasury securities. Table 32 Income Expenses and fixed charges Assets Capitalization (net cap- ital stock and funded debt) TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EEPOETING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OK MOEE— INCOME, EXPENSES, ASSETS, AND CAPITALIZATION. S2o5,081,234 203,764,909 1,298,699,485 948,829,883 1907 $176,700,408 136,475,177 943,619,301 722,647,076 $86,825,636 65, 164, 771 476,359,895 Per cent of increase. 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 193. g 212.7 172.6 44.4 60.4 37.6 31.3 1902- 1907 103.6 107.9 98.1 94.1 While the figures for the different censuses given in this table are not strictly comparable, they indicate in a general way the increases in the financial transac- tions of the telephone systems of the country during the decade. The income, assets, and capitahzation of telephone companies for 1912 were almost three times as great as the amounts reported for 1902, and even a larger increase is shown for the expenses and fixed charges. This item, which includes interest, taxes, and de- preciation charges, increased from $65,164,771 in 1902 to $203,754,909 in 1912, or 212.7 per cent. These figures, however, are not strictly comparable inasmuch as charges for depreciation were not reported sepa- rately for 1902, while for 1912 the item of expenses and fixed charges includes the sum of $40,755,657. It is quite probable that at the census of 1902 such charges were included to some extent as an operating or miscellaneous expense. Capitalization. — ^The par values of the common and preferred stock and the funded debt, as well as the value of real-estate mortgages, floating debt, and cash investment, were reported as separate items of liability in the balance sheet. All these items should be con- sidered in arriving at the capital invested in the tele- phone industry. The figures for the two groups of items are given in Table 33, for 1912 and 1907, and their sums may be accepted as representing the gross capital or investments at the close of those years for the companies and systems having annual incomes of $5,000 or more. Table 33 TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EEPOETING ANOTJAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OE MOEE— CAPITAL 1912 1907 Per cent of in- crease. Capital stock and funded debt, total. . . Eeal-estate mortgages, floating debt, $1,472,041,365 65,667,028 $1,016,312,203 54,035,708 44.8 3.0 1,527,698,393 623,211,482 1,070,347,911 293,665,128 42.7 Deduct intercompany holdings and 78.2 Net capital 1,004,486,911 62,090,435 776,682,783 25,265,951 29.3 Deduct investments outside of tele- phone industry 145.8 Net capital invested in telephone industry 942,396,476 751,426,832 25.4 As shown by Table 29, the cash investment was reported only for non-Bell ' telephone systems, and amounted to $3,287,138 in 1912 and $2,583,833 in 1907. This item represents to a great extent the original investment in systems operated by individuals, firms, and partnerships. In addition to cash investments the amount of floating debt and real-estate mortgages should be (42) FINANCIAL STATISTICS. 43 considered in connection with capitalization. The floating debt reported amounted to $51,111,243 in 1912 and to $50,263,394 in 1907, the mcrease being 1 .7 per cent. Of this amount the Bell System reported $38,536,087, or 75.4 per cent, for 1912 and $33,927,798, or 67.5 per cent, for 1907. The amount of real-estate mortgages was reported as $1,258,647 in 1912 and $1,188,481 ia 1907, the increase being 5.9 per cent. The Bell System reported $100,550, or 8 per cent of the total, for 1912, and $340,900, or 18.1 per cent, for 1907. A number of telephone companies have invested in the stocks and bonds of other telephone companies funds obtained from the sale of their own stocks and bonds. To ascertain the net capital invested in the telephone industry cognizance must be taken of such investments in stocks and bonds of other telephone companies, treasury securities, investments in stocks and bonds of companies other than telephone com- panies, and holdings in other permanent investments. A duplication appears in the statistics of capitaliza- tion to the extent to which the securities of certain telephone companies are owned by other telephone companies. For this reason, in ascertaining the net capital chargeable to the telephone industry, the total amount represented by this duplication must be de- ducted from the total outstanding capital. Further- more, some companies carry a part of their stocks and bonds in their treasuries as current assets. These stocks and bonds are regarded as issiled and outstand- ing. They are in condition for negotiation and delivery without further action or authority on the part of the directors. Hence such treasury securities are to be. deducted from the gross capital in determining the net capital. A number of companies reported interests in stocks and bonds of concerns other than telephone companies, and many other investments of a permanent nature were also reported. The income from these invest- ments is carried as separate items, hence the amount of such investments must be deducted from the gross capital to ascertain the net capital chargeable directly to the telephone industry. Table 33 shows that the total capital of the telephone companies and systems that had annual incomes of $5,000 or more in 1912, irrespective of the character of ownership, amounted to $1,527,698,393. From this gross capital there should be deducted $501,476,067, the amount reported as intercompany holdings, and $21,735,415, the amount of company securities held in their treasuries, leaving $1,004,486,911 as the capital invested or in the hands of the public. Of this sum, $62,090,435 was invested outside of the telephone in- dustry and therefore did not form a part of the industry proper. Upon the deduction of this amount there remains $942,396,476 as the net capital of the industry. The net capital invested in the industry increased by 25.4 per cent during the five years from 1907 to 1912. The large increase in investments outside of the telephone industry, from $25,255,951 in 1907 to : 090,435 in 1912, or 145.8 per cent, was due to the hold- ing in the later year by the Bell Telephone System of large interests in the Western Union Telegraph Co. Capital stock and funded debt. — Table 34 presents statistics of capitalization for all telephone systems operated under corporate ownership. There were 1 ,708 incorporated companies in 1 912 and 1,478 in 1907. The par value of the capital stock and funded debt of such companies forms 96.4 per cent of the total capital shown in Table 33. These corporations also re- ported practically all of the intercompany holdings and investments outside of the telephone industry. The net capitalization invested in the industry is shown, as in Table 33, by deducting the total amount of these investments. The number of corporations reporting was not shown for 1902, but although the figures for that census are not strictly comparable with those for 1912 and 1907, the differences are not suffi- cient to have any serious effect on the totals, and they are therefore included in the table. Table 34 Cen- sus. INCOBPOBATED TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EE- POETING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OE MOEE — ANALYSIS OF CAPITALIZATION: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Total. Bell Telephone System. All other systems. Number ot incorporated com- panies. Total capital (stock and bonds) outstanding. , Deduct intercompany holdings and treasury securities. Net capitalization of cor- porations. Deduct value of investments outside ot telephone industry of the United States. 1912 1907 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 1,708 1,478 11,472,041,365 1,016,312,203 487,060,895 623,211,482 293,666,128 124,780,830 948,829,883 722,647,076 362,280,065 62,090,435 26,255,951 24,187,349 886,739,448 697,391,124 338,092,716 176 175 81,174,504,736 749,840,435 372,300,773 492,181,436 258,189,989 114,842,488 682,323,300 491,650,446 267,458,285 61,194,984 25,090,796 24, 187, 349 621,128,316 466,669,651 233,270,936 1,632 1,303 5297,536,629 266,471,768 114,760,122 31,030,046 36,475,139 19,938,342 266,506,683 230,996,629 104,821,780 895,451 165, 156 Net capitalization invested in telephone industry ot the United States. 265,611,132 230,831,473 104,821,780 ' Includes also outside investments other than intercompany holdings, but ol insignificant amount. Does not include treasury securities. There were 56 incorporated mutual companies and 15 incorporated cooperative associations included in the 1,708 incorporated companies reported for 1912. The 1,478 companies shown for 1907 include 35 incor- porated mutuals and 11 incorporated cooperative associations. The capital stock and funded debt outstanding for all companies and systems having annual incomes of $5,000 or more increased from 1907 to 1912 by $455,- 729,162, or 44.8 per cent. From 1902 to 1907 the in- crease was $529,251,308, or 108.9 per cent. For the BeU System alone the increase was $424,664,301, or 56.6 per cent, for the former period, and $377,539,662, or 101.4 per cent, for the latter; for all other systems it was $30,064,861, or 11.3 per cent, and $151,711,646, or 132.2 per cent, respectively. 44 TELEPHONES. It is noticeable that in 1912 intercompany holdings and treasury securities represented more than one- third of the total stock and bonds outstanding. The bulk of such holdings was reported by the BeU System, although it did not report any treasury securities. The amount of intercompany holdings of this one system was more than two-fifths of its gross cap- italization in 1912; in 1907 and 1902 it was prac- tically one-third. A Httle more than 10 per cent of the gross capitalization of all other systems was invested in treasury securities and in the stocks and bonds of other telephone companies in 1912 and 1907, compared with 8.7 per cent in 1902. To ascertain the amount of stocks and bonds which represent capital invested in the telephone business itself, it is necessary to deduct not only intercompany holdings but investments in nontelephone companies. The table shows that the investments in the securities of companies engaged in other industries increased by $36,834,484, or 145.8 per cent, during the five years from 1907 to 1912, while the net capital stock and funded debt invested in the telephone industry in- creased by $189,348,324, or only 27.3 per cent. Table 35 is a further analysis of capital stock and funded debt compared, for the Bell System and for all other systems, as reported at both censuses. Although it is possible to calculate the net capitaliza- tion based on the telephone business of the United States, it is not possible to distribute that net capitali- zation precisely among the different classes of securities. The total amount of intercompany holdings is available, but not the amount distributed according to classes of securities. Furthermore, while the investments of telephone companies in stocks or properties outside of the telephone business of the United States may prop- erly be deducted from the total capitalization in order to ascertain the capitahzation based on the telephone business of the United States, the amount of this de- duction can not, of course, be taken out of any one class of securities, and although it would be possible to apportion this deduction among the classes of securi- ties pro rata, the results would have little significance. Table 35 Net capital stock and funded debt. . . Capital stock Funded debt Cen- sus. 1912 1907 1912 1907 1912 1907 TELEPHOKE SYSTEMS HAVING ANNUAL INCOMES OF S5,000 OR MOSB — NET CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDINO AND FUNDED debt; 1912 AND 1907. Total. 1948,829,883 722,647,076 686,763,879 466, 788, 726 404,530,236 301,333,489 ■BeU Telephone System. }682,323,30O 491,660,446 397,885,433 294,578,646 296, 872, 053 197, 071, 800 All other systems. $266,606,583 230,996,629 188,878,446 162,210,079 108, 658, 183 104,261,689 Dividends and interest payments. — It is obvious that in considering the relation between dividends and in- terest payments and capitahzation, it is necessary to show the entire amoxmt of capitalization in the hands of the pubhc and the entire amount of dividends or interest paid thereon, regardless of the question whether such capitalization represents the telephone business only or includes investments in other in- dustries, or whether the dividends or interest are derived wholly from income from the telephone busi- ness or include revenue from other sources. The inter- est payments reported for 1912 include the amounts paid on floating debts and mortgages as well as on the funded debt. It is necessary, therefore, to combine these three classes of securities and compare the inter- est payments with the total. Such a comparison is made in the following statement for 1912 and 1907. Comparable figures are not available for 1902. Amount of funded and floating debt and mortgages ' . Annual interest payment Average rate of interest X912 J456,900,126 $20,163,960 4.41 1907 $352,785,364 $15,935,395 4.52 I At end of year. The figures for total dividends represent the gross payments less duphcations due to intercompany pay- ments, but without any deductions of income derived from outside sources. Table 36 shows the two classes of stock and of dividend payments; but for reasons already mentioned it is impossible, in the case of the independent companies, to exclude duphcations due to intercompany holdings or payments from the fig- ures for the several classes of securities and payments. A notable feature of the telephone industry is that a large number of the small companies pay no divi- dends and have no outstanding funded debt upon which interest is paid. In Table 36 companies paying dividends are distinguished from those which do not. In this table it is impossible to exclude duphcations due to iatercompany holdiags ia the case of inde- pendent companies, but such duplications are ex- cluded for the Bell companies. It will be understood that the statistics for companies yielding a return on capitahzation covers the entire capital stock even though no dividends were paid. In 1912 the total dividend payments of incorporated telephone companies on their common and preferred stock amounted to $34,120,809 and represented 5.9 per cent on the net capitahzation of these companies. The percentage for the Bell System was 7.5, and for all other systems 2.3. These average rates, based on the outstanding capitahzation, are more or less mis- leading, however, as no dividends were paid on a FINANCIAL STATISTICS. 45 large amount of both classes of stock. Of the 1,708 incorporated companies, only 808 paid dividends in 1912. Table 36 CLASS OP STOCK. INCOEPOBATED TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EEPOBTING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OB MOBE— COMMON AND PEE- PEEEED STOCK, DIVIDEND AND NON- DIVIDEND PAT[NG, -WITH BELL SYSTEM INTERCOMPANY DUPLICATIONS EX- CLUDED: 1912. Total. BeU Telephone System. All other systems. Common stock: Number of companies reporting Dividend paying 1,708 808 900 $541,681,477 $426, 463, 971 $116,227,606 $32,256,125 7.56 231 161 70 $45,082,402 $34,761,619 $10,330,783 $1,866,684 6.37 176 71 105 $384,308,933 $372,595,815 $11,713,118 $28,906,001 7.76 37 21 16 S13,.576,500 $13,440,150 $136,350 $804,840 5.99 1,532 737 796 Amnnnt miistftTKliriir $167,372,544 $53,868,156 $103,514,388 $3,350,124 6 22 Dividends— ATYifinnt . Average rate per cent on dividend- paying stock Preferred stock: Number of companies reporting Dividend paying . . . . ' 194 140 Amnnnt nntsts^nHin/r $31,505,902 $21,311,469 $10, 194, 433 $1,060,844 4 98 Dividends- Average rate per cent on dividend- paying stock The average rate paid on common stock was 7.56 per cent and on preferred stock 5.34 per cent. The Bell System paid a 7.76 per cent dividend on 97 per cent of its outstanding common stock and almost 6 per cent on 99 per cent of the outstanding preferred stock. Non-Bell systems paid 6.22 per cent on 34 per cent of the common stock, and a 4.98 per cent dividend on 67 per cent of the outstanding preferred. Income and expenses. — Each company with an an- nual income of $5,000 or more furnished the detailed statistics in regard to income and expenses given in Table 37. The Bell System, however, furnished a statement covering the operations of all its sub- sidiary companies as well as its long-distance service. This arrangement enabled the company to eliminate all duplication due to intercompany receipts and expenditures. There are small amounts of interest and dividends received by certain companies from other companies operating independently of the Bell System. The combination of these receipts and expenses necessarily results in duplication, but the amount is not sufficient to have any appreciable effect on the percentages based on the totals. The gross income of the 1,916 companies and tele- phone systems for which statistics are included in this table amounted to $255,081,234. Of this total, 95.4 per cent was reported as receipts directly from telephone service. There was, however, $11,653,623 reported as derived from other soiu-ces of income, principally interest on investments and rents for lines, wires, and conduits. I'abic 37 Income, total. From telephone business Interest on bonds and dividends on stock of other telephone companies Interest on bonds and dividends on stock of compar nies other than telephone companies ^ Prom leased telephone lines, wires, and conduits Real-estate rentals Interest Assessments Miscellaneous Expenses, total. General operation and maintenance Salaries and wages Bentals of instruments and apparatus Rentals of offices and other real estate Rentals of conduits and underground privileges Payments for telephone trafTic made to other com- panies Miscellaneous Taxes. Interest Payments for use of leased lines . Depreciation cliarges Situting-fund charges Net income.. Dividends declared during the year, total. On common stock On preferred stock Surplus TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EEPOETINO ANNUAL INCOMES OF $6,000 OB MOEE— INCOME AND EXPENSES: 1912. 8255,081,234 243,427,611 867,619 3,507,347 4,076,278 464,949 1,698,777 164,318 884,335 203, 764, 909 28,444,000 96,040,641 116,425 2,280,545 1,206,015 1,187,265 402,784 12,411,516 20, 163, 960 405,907 40,755,657 340,294 61,326,325 34,120,809 32,266,125 1,865,684 17,205,516 Per cent of total. 100.0 95.4 0.3 1.4 1.6 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.3 100.0 14.0 47.1 0.1 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.2 6.1 9.9 0.2 20.0 0.2 100.0 94.5 5.5 ' Includes income from other permanent investments. The total expenses amounted to $203,754,909, making the net income available for dividends and surplus $51,326,325. The expenses of operation and maintenance, which include legal expenses and sala^ ries and wages, form 61.1 per cent of the total ex- penses. Depreciation charges were not reported separately at prior censuses, and when reported were probably included in maintenance. There is no uniformity among the telephone companies as to the amounts charged annually to this item, but the amounts thus charged during 1912 aggregate $40,- 755,657 and form 20 per cent of the total expenses. Taxes and interest are the next most important items of expense, amounting to $32,575,476 and forming 16 per cent of the total. Of the net income, 94.5 per cent was paid as dividends on the common and 5.5 per cent on the preferred stock. After all expenses, fixed charges, and dividends were paid there remained $17,205,516 as a surplus. The changes that were made in the methods of accounting during the period between the censuses of 1907 and 1912 seriously affect the comparability of some of the items in the income account. For example, the rental of instruments and apparatus was reported for 1907 as an expense amounting to $5,529,155, while the corresponding item for 1912 is $116,425. The total for 1907 very largely represented rentals on instruments paid by subsidiary companies to the parent company and was to that extent a dupli- 46 TELEPHONES. cation. This duplication was eliminated in preparing the reports for 1912. The item, "Eentals of offices and other real estate," reported for 1907, included the total real-estate expenses on both owned and rented prop- erty, together with estimated rentals on property- owned and used by the reporting company, which were credited as "real-estate rentals." For 1912 this item includes only expenses paid others for use of offices and real estate. Under these conditions a com- parison of the amounts reported for the separate itenas at the two censuses would be misleading. Therefore, in order to make a more satisfactory comparison, certain items reported separately at the two censuses have been combined in Table 38. Table 38 TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EEPOETING ANNUAL IN- COMES OP $3,000 OB MOEE— ntCOME AND EX- PENSES. Income, total From telephone business, includiag assessments From leased lines, wires, Sjid conduits All other income Expenses, total Operating expenses: Salaries and wages All other Taxes Interest Net income , Dividends declared daring year, total On common stock On preferred stock Surplus 1912 $265,081,234 243,591,929 4,076,278 7,413,027 203,764,909 96,040,541 76, 138, 892 12,411,616 20,163,960 51,326,325 34,120,809 32,265,125 1,865,684 17,205,616 1907 8176,700,408 167,148,389 2,403,660 7,148,369 135,476,177 66,009,349 48,316,961 6,213,472 15,935,395 41,225,231 23,448,212 21,753,665 1,694,647 17,777,019 Per cent of in- crease, 44.4 45.7 69.6 3.7 50.4 47.7 66.6 99.8 26.5 24.5 45.5 48.3 10.1 3.2 Per cent of total. 1912 1907 100.0 95.5 1.6 2.9 100.0 47.1 36.9 6.1 9.9 100.0 945 6.5 100.0 94.6 1.4 4.0 100.0 48.0 35.7 4.6 11.8 100.0 92.8 7.2 This table shows that while the total income in- creased by 44.4 per cent, the expenses increased 50.4 per cent. There was very little change in the relative importance of the principal items of income and ex- pense. The largest percentage of increase (99.9) is shown for taxes and the next largest (69.6 per cent) for income from leased lines, wires, and conduits. There was comparatively little change in the amount of dividends declared on preferred stock, but the amount paid on common stock increased 48.3 per cent. Taxes. — ^The five different classes of taxes enumer- ated in Table 39 were reported separately for the ma- jority of the companies. Some, however, carried but one tax account and charged to it all taxes paid during the year. Table 39 Taxes, total On real and personal property On capital stock Federal corporation tax On earnings Miscellaneous TELEPHONE SYSTEMS KEPOBTING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OK MORE — TAXES. 1912 $12,411,516 7,950,325 1, 147, 188 459,437 2,437,078 417,488 1907 $6,213,472 3,272,385 778, 027 1,307,957 855, 103 Per cent of in- crease. 143.0 47.4 61.2 The distribution of the total among the five classes for which separate figures are given in this table was necessarily attended by a certain margin of error. In some cases the taxes on capital stock included taxes which, while computed on outstanding stock, are based on plant, and therefore in reality are taxes on real and personal property and not on capital stock as such. Similarly, the taxes on earnings include commuted taxes in lieu of taxes on real and personal property, which might very properly be considered taxes on real and personal • property. Furthermore, the amounts reported for the different items depend upon the con- struction given to the laws in the different states. All of these factors must be taken into account in any attempt to determine the amounts of the different kinds of taxes actually paid. Relation of traffic to income and expense. — ^The census statistics were not collected with a view to making exact computations concerning the income and ex- penses per telephone or per message. The statistics necessarily include data for all systems, irrespective of the conditions under which these systems were oper- ated, and the methods of bookkeeping are not uniform for aU companies. Some companies charge to oper- ating expenses certain items that are charged by others to capital account. A considerable proportion of the companies, especially the smaller ones, have very imperfect systems of accounting, and the data reported by them were not complete. In considering the income and expenses per unit, proper weight should be given to the different methods of charging for telephone service; but this is impossible in census statistics, in which the reports for many companies are combined, and, furthermore, the "per telephone" de- ductions axe based on the number of telephones in- stalled at the end of the yeax. For these reasons the computation of earnings and expenses per telephone or message, given in Table 40, should be accepted only as indicating, or approximating, the actual conditions. Table 40 Average number of messages per telephone per year Average gross income: Per telephone Per message (cents) Average earnings from operation— Per telephone .'. Per message (cents) Average income from other sources— Per telephone Per message (cents) Average operating expense: Per telephone Per message (cents) Average deductions from income (taxes and fixed charges): Per telephone Per message (cents) Average net income: Per telephone Per message (cents) Average deduction from net Income (dividends)— Per telephone ■ Per message (cents) Average surplus: Per telephone Per message (cents) TELEPHONE SYSTEMS EEPOETING ANNUAL INCOMES OP $5,000 OE M O E E — INCOME AND EXPENSE PEE TELEPHONE AND PEE MESSAGE. 1912 1,875 1907 2,120 $34.82 1.857 $36.01 1.699 $33.25 1.773 $34.07 1.607 $1.57 0.084 $1.95 0.092 $23.36 1.246 $23.10 1.090 $4.45 0.237 $4.51 0,213 $7.01 0.374 $S.40 0.396 $4.66 0.249 $4.78 0.225 $2.35 0.125 $3.62 0.171 FINANCIAL STATISTICS. 47 It is, in one sense, improper to calculate the average gross income per station or telephone — that is, to di- vide the total income of companies from all sources by the number of stations or telephones — since the gross income includes income from outside invest- ments having nothing to do with the telephone traffic. Inasmuch, however, as the deductions from the net income (the dividends and the surplus) are derived from the gross income from all sources and not from the earnings from operation alone, it is necessary, if any calculation of the amounts of these various items per station or per message is to be made, to compute similarly per station or per message the total income from which these items are derived. Since the differ- ence between the gross income and the earnings from operation is comparatively slight, this distribution does show, with approximate accuracy, what part of the amount paid by the" public for the use of a tele- phone per year and what part of the amount paid per message are used for the different purposes indicated. The average number of messages per telephone per year shows a considerable decrease from 1907 to 1912. The average for earnings from operation also decreased, while the average for operating expenses increased, whether measured by the telephone unit or by the mes- sage unit. While for the reasons already stated the averages in the table should not be accepted as exact, the decrease in the income and increase in expenses per telephone and per message are in harmony with the generally accepted understanding of actual con- ditions. The increase in the number of telephones operated under the measured system of payment and the improvements in business methods are the prin- cipal factors leading to these results. The income and operating expenses per unit vary greatly for different states, being, in general, high for the states containing the large cities and districts of high telephone density. Balance sheet. — The balance sheets are supposed to show the financial condition of the companies at the end of the year or other periods covered by the reports. It was manifestly not within the province of the bureau to question the accuracy of these statements or to en- deavor to ascertain whether the proper amounts had been reported for the assets and Uabilities. Un- doubtedly differences in methods of bookkeeping are reflected in the balance sheets, and it is probable that part of the assets recorded for some companies are of questionable value. It is seldom, however, that a company underestimates the value of its assets, and therefore the combination of the balance sheets for the different companies doubtless results in larger totals than would be obtained from , a conservative valuation of the properties. The statements furnished by all companies reporting incomes of $5,000 or more at the censuses of 1912 and 1907 are combined in Table 41. Table 41 Total a^ets or liabilities . Assets. Cost o{ construction and equipment Stocks and bonds of other telephone companies Stocks and bonds of com- panies other than tele- phone companies Treasury securities (stocks and bonds) Other permanent invest- ments Cash and current assets Stock and bond discounts. . Sinking and other special funds* Liabilities. Capital stock and funded debts Keal-estate mortgages Floating debt (loans and notes) .- Cash investments (for un- incorporated systems) Reserves Accounts payable Interest and taxes, due and accrued Dividends due. ..." Sundries Net surplus TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPOETING ANUUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OB MORE— BALANCE SHEET, EXCLUDING BELL SYSTEM INTERCOMPANY HOLDINGS. 1912 $1,295,670,101 1,081,433,227 20,728,817 61,516,908 21,735,415 573,627 96,618,255 10,265,438 2,798,514 991,294,115 1,258,647 51, 111, 243 3,287,138 148,818,981 19,373,744 9, 744, 993 7,775,898 2,234,721 60, 771, 621 1907 $940,357,998 794,096,971 16,041,132 25,090,795 19,434,007 165, 156 82,963,172 (?) 2,566,765 768,122,214 1,188,481 50,263,394 2,683,833 38,991,858 22,936,628 6,033,464 5,822,446 6,210,884 48,204,796 Per cent of in- crease.* 1907-1912 36.2 29.2 146.2 11.8 247.3 16.6 9.0 30.8 5.9 1.7 27.2 281.7 -15.5 61.5 33.6 -64.0 26.1 Per cent of total. 1912 1907 4.7 1.7 (?) 7.5 0.8 76.5 0.1 3.9 0.3 11.5 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 4.7 84.4 1.7 2.7 2.1 (») 8.S (») 0.3 80.6 0.1 5.3 0.3 4.1 2.4 0.7 0.6 0.7 6.1 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. 2 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 3 Not reported separately. * Includes *' Sundries." 6 Excluding intercompany holdings of the Bell Telephone System. This balance sheet includes the duplication in assets and liabilities referred to in connection with Table 33, which can be eliminated by deducting the value of "stoclcs and bonds of other telephone companies." Assets. — ^The cost of construction and equipment includes the total cost of all telephone systems at the end of the year covered by the reports, including the cost of real estate, telephone instruments, telephone cabinets, control desks, etc., either in use or on hand, if owned by the reporting company. The capitalized franchise values if .considered as a part of the cost of construction were included. The item, therefore, rep- resents the book value of the telephone companies' equipment and real estate, and their capitaHzed fran- chise value, bonus, good will, etc. The total amount reported as cost of construction and equipment increased by 36.2 per cent during the five years from 1907 to 1912. It formed 83.9 per cent of the total assets reported for 1907, as compared with 84.4 per cent for 1912. Cash and current assets, including supplies, form the next most important of assets, representing 7.5 per cent of the total for 1912, as compared with 8.8 per cent for 1907. The item of treasury securities, winch amounted to $21 ,735,415 for 1912, is composed of stock to the value of $7*869,987 and bonds valued at $13,865,428. Liabilities. — The total capital stock and funded debt, including the duplications due to the purchase 48 TELEPHONES. by certain telephone companies of the stocks and bonds of other companies, amounted to $991,294,115 in 1912, as compared with $758,122,214 in 1907, an increase of 30.8 per cent. This item formed 76.5 per cent of the total liabilities ia 1912, as compared with 80.6 per cent in 1907. Reserves amountiag to $148,818,981 in 1912 formed the next most important item of liabilities. This item constituted 11.5 per cent of the total liabilities in 1912 and 4.1 per cent in 1907, and increased by 281.7 per cent during the period. The net surplus, which amounted to $60,777,621 in 1912 and $48,204,796 in 1907, is obtained by deducting the deficit of companies reporting a deficit from the surplus of those reporting a siirplus. EMPLOYEES, SALARIES, AND WAGES. All telephone companies and systems having annual incomes of $5,000 or more were required to report the numbers of the several classes of employees that were on their rolls on September 16, 1912, together with the amount of salaries or wages paid each class during the year. If the data for September 16 were not available, they were required to report the num- ber for the nearest representative date. All regular officers and employees, whether engaged in operation, maintenance, canvassing, or collecting, or otherwise em- ployed, were included. If any persons were employed only a portion of the time in the telephone service, the report was to include only the wages paid in connection with that service. The general superintendents or other heads of departments if considered as salaried officials of corporations were reported as such, but employees engaged exclusively in additions or extensions to the systems were not included. Overseers and foremen performing work similar to that done by men over whom they had charge were included with wage earners, but those whose duties were wholly supervisory were reported as salaried employees. The statistics are summarized in Table 42. TELEPHONE SYSTEMS REPORTING ANNUAL INCOMES OF $5,000 OR MORE 1912, 1907, AND 1902. -EMPLOYEES , SALARIES, AND WAGES: Table 48 1912 1907 1902 PEK CENT OF INCREASE.^ 1902-1912 1907-1912 1902-1907 Employees, total: 2 183,361 $96,040,541 38,753 $32,681,482 144,608 $63,359,059 96,332 $32,474,093 1,972 $870,671 2.0 94,360 $31,603,422 98.0 48,276 $30,884,966 131,670 $66,009,349 22,819 $18,542,619 108,851 $46,466,730 72,518 $22,636,671 2,457 $942,455 3.4 70,061 $21,694,216 96.6 36,333 $23,830,059 78,752 $36,255,621 14,124 $9,885,886 64,628 $26,369,735 39,858 $10,765,098 2,525 $729,666 6.3 37,333 $10,035,432 93.7 24,770 $15,604,637 132.8 164.9 174.4 230.6 123.8 140.3 141.7 201.7 -21.9 19.3 39.3 47.7 69.8 76.2 32.3 36.4 32.8 43.5 -19.7 -7.6 67.2 79.3 Salaried employees- 61.6 Salaries 87.6 Wage earners- Total average number 68.4 76.2 Operators- Average number 81.9 110.3 Men- —2.7 Wages 29.2 Women- Average number 152.8 214.9 34.7 45.7 87.7 Wages 116.2 All other wage earners— 94.9 97.9 32.9 29.6 46.7 52.7 I A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. The totals for 1902 shown in this table are not strictly comparable with those for 1907 and 1912, because they include the employees of systems hav- ing annual incomes of less than $5,000. It is believed, however, that the number thus included is not large enough to have a perceptible effect upon the percent- ages of increase. There were 183,361 salaried and other persons employed by the telephone systems of the United States during 1912, an increase of 132.8 per cent over the number reported for 1902. Amounts paid annually in salaries and wages increased from $36,255,621 in 1902 to $96,040,541 in 1912, or 164.9 per cent. During the same period the number of operators increased from 39,858 to 96,332, or 141.7 2 Number employed Sept. 16, 1912. per cent, and the wages paid to them during the year from $10,765,098 to $32,474,093, or 201.7 per cent. The increase in the number of female operators and in the wages paid is noteworthy. In 1902 there were but 37,333 women employed as operators; in 1912 there were 94,360, an increase of 152.8 per cent. During the same period the wages paid this class of operators increased from $10,035,432 to $31,603,432, or 214.9 per cent. The proportionate increase in wages, there- fore, was greater by 62.1 per cent than the increase in the number employed. The number of male oper- ators has decreased at each census, and in 1912 it formed but 2 per cent of the total number of operators, as compared with 6.4 per cent in 1902. CHAPTER YI. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE RATES. A comprehensive treatment of telephone rates would involve the collection of a great many data and the careful consideration of the conditions affecting each telephone system as regards both its construction and its operation. An investigation of this land would be of such magnitude as to make it impracticable in con- nection with the work of a general census. However, the demand for information on this subject has been so great that it was determined at the 1912 census of telephones to include some data of this character, although no attempt had been made at prior cen- suses to collect such statistics. Accordingly, sched- ules of rates for telephone service at 252 exchanges in the larger cities have been collected and are presented in this report. It should be understood, however, that the rate statistics herein given do not constitute a sufficient basis for a treatise on telephone exchange rates, inasmuch as the rates under any particular ex- change system are the results of varying factors, while in some instances no statistics are obtainable. No attempt has been made to take into account or even to enumerate the peculiar conditions affecting the several systems represented or to make any deductions as to the equity of thS rates. No conclusions, there- fore, should be drawn from comparisons of the rates in one city with those in other cities without careful study of all the factors which enter into the establish- ment of the rate schedules and a comprehensive knowl- edge of the local conditions in each case. In this connection it may be of interest to note a few of the more important factors to be borne in mind in the comparison of telephone exchange rates. At least two general considerations must be taken into account: First, the gross revenue which must be ob- tained for defraying the expenses of conducting the business and paying a reasonable return upon the cap- ital actually and necessarily invested, and, second, the commercial and social conditions obtaining in the ter- ritory served. Conditions affecting the construction, operation, and maintenance of telephone systems have been changing continually since the inception of the industry. Improvements in instruments and equip- ment have followed each other in quick succession, and with the older systems an enormous amount of reconstruction and reequipment has been necessary in order to keep the service up to date. Furthermore, the cost of plants per unit of telephone service varies with the extent of the areas covered by the systems, with the density of the telephone development, with the number of telephones installed, with the number of central offices required to serve the locaUty, with 81100°— 15 4 the requirements as to the placing of wires under- ground, with the character of the pavement which must be replaced when the wires are put underground, and with the prices of labor and materials. Any varia- tion in the cost of providing the necessary plant for a telephone exchange must, of course, be reflected in the amount of gross revenue required, through the amount of depreciation, the cost of maintenance, and the return on the capital invested. One item of particular interest as regards maintenance expenses, and one which affects in an important way the amount of revenue that must be obtained, is that of installing and removing telephones. This is an impor- tant factor in the cost of telephone serviee, and one in which there is a great variation in different cities in the country. In some cities where the population is stable in character the average life of a telephone installation is much longer than in other cities whose population appears to be of the same character. The following excerpt from the report of the special committee of the Merchants' Association of New York, appointed to inquire into the telephone service and rates in New York City, presents the views held by a large niunber of representative business men as to what constitutes a "reasonable margin of profit:" That the telephone businesa demands a continuous accession of fresh capital to satisfactorily serve the public. Having in view the importance to the public of constant improvement and expan- sion and the greatest possible efficiency of telephone service, as well as the necessity of offering an attractive investment to new capital to provide for such expansion, it is the opinion of this com- mittee that to provide a fair return on capital actually and neces- sarily invested, and a proper allowance for contingencies, 10 per cent margin above operating outlays is a reasonable and proper margin in the telephone business. In the various movements hitherto made for the limitation by law of telephone profits, wher- ever the permissible percentage of profit has been dealt with, this margin has been accepted as a proper one. It has also been spec- ified by law in the case of some other public-service corporations. This conclusion was acceded to by the New York Telephone Co., and it was therefore agreed that the rates should be so readjusted as to produce a net revenue of approximately 10 per cent on the actual capital necessarily invested in the business. Conamercial and social conditions — the second gen- eral class of factors responsible for differences in rates — ^vary widely in different communities, and therefore render rate comparison difficult. It is well known that the proportion of ilhterates, the propor- tion of foreign bom, the average income of the inhabitants, commercial and social activity, and topo- graphical conditions differ very widely in various communities of the same size and that these differences are naturally reflected in the character and volume (49) 50 TELEPHONES. of telephone service in such a manner as to affect rates. There are also some factors of a commercial and social cl^aracter of such pecuhar importance in con- nection with telephone rates that in exchanges of the same size and of the same general character a par- ticular schedule of rates will be remunerative where these factors are present and will result in a deficit where they are absent. By reason of the presence or absence of these factors, the proportions of business and of residence subscribers vary widely, and the local demand for particular types of service, such as high- grade individual-line service and lower grade 4-party or 10-party service, is more or less unstable in the same community, with resulting variations in revenues and in costs. The extent to which the patrons of a telephone ex- change use interurban or long-distance service has an important bearing on exchange rates. In connection with every intenuban message the plant and operat- ing force of the exchange are used, and where the company operating the exchange does not own the interurban line, a commission is received for the serv- ices of the local exchange. Where the same com- pany owns both the local system and the interurban lines, it is customary to credit the exchange with a portion of the toll revenue. As a part of the commis- sion, or credit, as the case may be, covers the use of a large portion of the plant, the amount and char- acter of which do not vary with the volume of inter- urban traffic, the quantity of such traffic naturally has an important relation to the exchange rates. The volume of interurban traffic originating in various ex- changes of the same size and character may vary widely under different commercial, social, and topo- graphical conditions, particularly as regards the prox- imity, size, and character of the surroimding cities and towns. Other differences in commercial and social con- ditions have been responsible for the adoption of message-rate schedules iu some exchanges and the retention of flat-rate schedules in others, a fact which renders the comparison of rates particularly difficult, since the average revenue from a message-rate service depends very largely upon the number of messages sent by the subscriber. The difficulty of comparison: is, moreover, increased by the fact that, other con- ditions being equal, the use of message-rate schedules- tends to decrease the cost of furnishing telephone service, since such rates, usually, automatically result in a reduction of traffic through the elimination by subscribers on their own initiative of numerous inci- dental or frivolous calls. The extent of what is known as the "local-service area" — that is, the area throughout which subscribers may talk without payment of toll charges — has such an important bearing on exchange rates that com- parisons of rates in different communities are of doubt- ful value. In many cases two or more complete schedules are available to subscribers in the same locahty, the difference between the schedules relating solely to the extent of the "local-service area." An extreme example of this kind is given in the schedules shown herein for Boston and vicinity (p. 64). These schedules were adopted on the recommendation of the Massachusetts Highway Commission in 1910, and illustrate the very large range of service and rates available to subscribers in metropolitan Boston. These schedules show also that a comparison of Boston rates with those in other cities is virtually impossible. In many cases the rate schedules are designed to meet the requirements of subscribers over a very large area. These requirements vary with the kind of equipment, the type of line, .the quality and scope of the service, and the subscriber's location. Sched- ules for the same class of service also vary within an area of continuous development in accordance with the size- of the central office or because of essential differences in traffic conditions which fundamentally relate to costs. It is readily seen from the foregoing statement of conditions that it is impracticable to show in a single tab.ular statement the important variations occurring in a considerable number of rate schedules. For this reason, and because of the impracticability of coUect- iug such information, the following schedules are shown, as previously stated, in the form in which they were submitted by the several systems represented, without any attempt at analysis or comparison. TELEPHONE RATE SCHEDULES. IITDEX. Alabama: Birmingham . Mobile Arkansas: Little Rook. Califoknia: Los Angeles Oakland Pomona Sacramento San Diego San Francisco. , Colorado: Denver Connecticut: Bridgeport. . . Hartford New Britain. New Haven. - Waterbury... Delawabe: ■ Wilmington., District of Columbia: Washington Floeida: Bartow Bradentown Clearwater Jacksonville Lakeland Plant City Port Tampa Tampa Tarpon Springs. Geobgia: Atlanta Savannah. Illinois: Alexander Alton and Belleville... Aurora Batavia BigKock Bloomington Bluffs Carrollton Chicago Coleta CoUinsville Crete Dundee East St. Louis (see Louis, Mo.). Elbum Elgin Frankfort Freeburg Galesburg Granite City ' Greenfield Hampshire Hillview Jacksonville Joliet Eaneville Lily Lake Lockport Manchester Monee St. 63 103 97 114 124 132 136,137 137 78 67 87 108 108 151 154 150 60 67 75 90 94 123 126 146 146 56,57 138 54 55 59 61 62 64 64 71 73,74 77 77 77 80 90 100 104 Illinois— Continued. Muirayyille Naperville New Athens Patterson Peoria Peotone Plainfleld Eoodhouse. Springfield Sugar Grove White Hall Woodson Indiana: Evansville Fort Wayne New Albany South Bend. Terre Haute Iowa: Des Moines Sioux City Kansas: Emporia Kansas City Wichita Kentucky: Covington (see Cincinnati, Ohio). Lexington Louisville Paducah Louisiana: New Orleans Maine: Portland Maetland: Baltimore Massachusetts: Boston (Cambridge and Somerville) , Brockton Cambridge (see Boston). Fall Elver Holyoke Lawrence Lowell Lynn New Bedford Somerville (see Boston). Springfield Worcester Michigan: Bay City Cadillac Detroit Grand Bapids Holland Lansing Saginaw Traverse City Minnesota: Albert Lea Badger Bamum Brabam Brook Park Cambridge 105 105 106 118 119 120 123 132 143 144 152 155 82 84 106 142 146 78 142 81 12,93 152 116 109 124 59 107 143 165 61 70 79 85 88 95 133 147 Minnesota— Continued. Duluth East Grand Forks Faribault Foley Forest Lake Glenville Graceville Hinckley Isanti Lindstrom Litchfield Mila£a Minneapolis Moose Lake Mora North Branch Ogilvie Ortonville Pine City Princeton Kush City St. Paul Thief River Falls WhiteBear MississiPFi: Hattiesburg Jackson Meridian MissouEi: Kansas City St. Charles St. Joseph St. Louis (and East St. Louis, 111.) Valley Park Nebraska: Beatrice Hebron Lincoln Omaha Bed Cloud New Hamfsbibe: Manchester New Jersey: Atlantic City. Bayoime (Hoboken and Jersey City) Camden Elizabeth Hoboken (see Bayonne). , Jersey City (see Bayonne). Newark Passaic Paterson Trenton New York: Albany Avooa Batavia Binghamton Buffalo Dunkirk Gasport Lockport Medina Middleport Montour Falls Naples New York Niagara Falls Prattsburg 79,80 80 84 84 84 85 85 102 103 104 104 114 115 116 121 126 132 135 146 152 102 92,93 133 133 134 150 115 129 100 106 116 117 147 53 59 61 62 68,69 80 85 97 101 102 104 105 109 113 126 New York— Continued. Pulteney Rochester Schenectady Syracuse Tonawanda (and North Tonawanda) Troy Utica Warsaw Yonkers North Dakota: Grand Forks Ohio: Akron Alliance Canton Cincinnati (and Covington, Ky.) .'. Cleveland Columbus Toledo Yoimgstown Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Oregon: Portland , Pennsylvania: Allentown , Altoona ." , . , Erie Harrisburg , Johnstown Lancaster Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Scranton , Wilkes-Barre Rhode Island: Pawtueket Providence South Carolina: Charleston Tennessee: Chattanooga Memphis Nashville Texas: Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Utah: Salt Lake City ViBGrNiA: Norfolk ." Richmond Washington: Seattle Spokane ...1 Tacoma Wisconsin: Frederick Grantsburg Milwaukee 127 130, 131 139 144 147 148 149 150 155 S3 55 71 74 75,76 77 147 156 lis 124, 125 54,55 55,56 81,82 86,87 91 94 120, 121 121 128,129 140, 141 152, 154 118 126 71 72 101 105 77 84 136 135 113 129 141 142 145 85 86 102 (51) TELEPHONE RATE SCHEDULES. AKROX, OHIO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE AKRON PEOPLE'S TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT TONE 30, 1911. [The local service area includes Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, and Tallmadge.] Individual and party-line automatic service: Business, individual line j42 OO Business, party line " 30I00 Residence, individual line ' 30! 00 Residence, 2-party line (witMn 1 mile) ... 18 00 Residence, 2-party line (1 to IJ miles), selective 20. 00 Residence, 4-par1y line (within 1 mile) 18 00 Residence, 4-party Une (1 to 1 J miles) 20. 00 Business extension station, within 50 leet ol main station and in same building, $8; more than 50 feet or in another building, according to distance and con- ditions. Residence extension station, within 50 feet oJ main station and in same build- ing, $6| more than 50 feet or in another building according to distance and conditions. Rural-line service: Business, 8-party line, semiseleotive $30. 00 Residence, lO-party line, nonselective 18. 00 Residence, 8-party line, semlselective— S18 basis; $2 each one-half mile or frac- tion, extra radius. Residence, 4-party line, full selective (automatic)— $18 basis; 83 each one-half mile or fraction, extra radius. Private branch exchange service: Trunk lines (according to distance) $42. 00 to 54. 00 Switchboard 12. 00 Station (individual, within 300 feet of switchboard) 12. 00 Contracts; For short-term service, 6 months or less than 1 year, one and one-half rate; 3 months, or less than 6 months, twice regular rate. Change of location: Forchangeof location when the new location is within reasonable distance of the company's existing plant equipment, maximum charge, $2. For interior change of location of individual instruments, a charge of cost to the company is made. For breakage due to causes other than natural wear and tear, a charge is made equal to the cost of broken parts. • Directory service: Extra names are listed at S5 per annum ^ in case the application for such extra name listing is a cohabitant in the residence or offices of a regular subscriber. AI/BAIVY, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW YORE TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Albany, Delmar, East Greenbush, Glenmont, Guilderland, Kamer, Londonvllle, NewtonvUle, Rensselaer, and Slmgerlands.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. ^^f:" "■^f' Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. $60.00 36.00 $48.00 30.00 $45.00 27.00 $6.00 Residence $24.00 6 00 Message rates {business only). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 $36.00 42.00 48.00 164.00 4 4 4 4 I $6.00 1 Additional messages, 3 cents each if contracted for in advance in lots of 200. Rural-line service: Business $30.00 Residence 24.00 No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store. — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than two stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power and an operator's telephone. $18. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position- First position $36. 00 Additional positions, each 24. 00 First trunk line, both-way only 60. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 45. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Ringing circuit (no additional charge if subscriber contracts for either 3 trunk lines or 20 stations) 18. 00 Hotel and apartment house — Message rates- Switchboard, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each (no charge for stations, including booth equipment, placed in public corridors for the use of the general public) 6.00 Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Local messages, each, public telephone rate. Ringing circuit (no additional charge if subscriber contracts for either 3 trunk lines or 20 stations) 18. 00 AliBAIWV, IV. Y — Continued. No. 2 private branch exchanges (an installation charge is made to cover the cost of construction of circuits between stations, Including labor and material): Business— Flat rates and message rates— Trunk lines, both-way only, each: Independent Ime rate less $6. (Under mes- sage-rate contracts the charge for the Initial trunk line includes the right to send in one year the number of local messages specified under the individual line schedule, with charges for additional local messages as provided in said schedule.) Stations with switching device, each: Equipped for 10 lines $12. v> Equipped for 20 lines 16-00 Equipped for 30 lines 18. 00' Stations, without switching device, each 6. Oft No. 1 residence system (an installation charge is made to cover the cost of construc- tion of circuits between stations, including labor and material): Flat rates- Trunk Unes, both-way only, each $30.00 Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 Unes 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 15-00 Equipped for 30 lines 18-00 Stations, without switching device, each 6.00 Short-term service: Individual andparty lines— Flai, rates.— The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates lor periods of less than one year for all classes of fiat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initialperiod. Annual 1 2 3 4 6 6 rates. month. months. months, months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge . . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 15.00 Short-term rate 12.25 12.50 12.75 13.00 13.25 IS..™ Termination charge . . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short-term rate 12.60 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.60 15.00 Termination charge... 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.65 14.50 15.45 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termmation charge . . . 11.56 10 50 9.45 8.40 7.35 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge . . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate 15.65 17.50 19.35 21.20 23.05 24.90 Termination charge . . . 12.66 11.60 10.36 9.20 8.06 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge . . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.50 23.26 26.00 28.76 31.50 Termination charge . . . 13.76 12.50 11.25 1000 8.75 7.50 64.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge . . . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 60.00 Short-term rate 19.85 23.50 27.16 30 80 34.46 38.10 Termination charge . . . 14.86 13.50 12.16 10.80 9.45 8.10 Annual flat rates. $12.00 16.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 64.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . 7 8 9 10 11 months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 13.76 14.00 14.25 14.50 14.75 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 16.60 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.60 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.05 5.25 4.20 3.16 2.10 1.06 23.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 28.60 5.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 26.75 28.60 30.45 32.30 34.15 5.76 4.60 3.45 2.30 1.15 30.50 32.80 35.10 37.40 39.70 6.00 4.-80 3.60 2.40 1.20 34.25 37.00 39.75 42.50 45.25 6.26 6.00 3.76 2.50 1.25 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 60.80 6.60 6.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 41.76 45.40 49.05 52.70 66.35 6.75 5.40 4.05 2.70 1.35 12 montJis. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Note.— The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any aimnal rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates.— When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the minim um rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified m the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. (53) 54 TELEPHONES. AliBAIVY, N. Y.— Continued. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proijortionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimxun charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges; Switchtoards.—The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as speciSed for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under " Flat rates. " Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the aimual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the establiaied annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaran- teed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such propor- tion of the minimum aimual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement be- yond the base rate area): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof !6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 3. 50 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, S6. Extra directory listings, business or residence, 83. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch ex- change station — Inside move No charge. Outside move, during first year or within one year from last free move- Main station moved independently S3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1 . 00 Extension station moved independently of main station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1.00 Private branch exchange switchboards — Inside move during first year or within one year from last free move — Same Another room. room. Cordless, 10 lines or less $5. 00 $8. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during first year or within one year from last free move — Cordless, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 2 private branch exchanges and No. 1 residence systems: First or subsequent years, estimated cost. AliBERT liBIA, IMIIWIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. Party Ime. Extension station. Business $24.00 15.00 S21.00 12.00 S6.00 Eural station $12.00 Connecting telephone companies, $4 per year per station. AliKXAIVDKR, 11,1.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business $18.00 Business with extension on sa me line in same building 27. 00 Residence 18. 00 Residence with extension on same line in same building 27. 00 Alil/EIVXOWIW, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT AUG. 20,1914. [The local service area includes AHentown and 23 surrounding localities.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Business. . . Residence. Individual line. $48.00 36.00 2-party Ime. $42.00 30.00 4-party line. $36. 00 24.00 Both-way auxiliary Line. $36.00 Extension station. $6.00 6.00 AI^IiENTOWIV, PA.— Continued. Individual and party-line service — Continued. Message rates Qmainess only). Local mes- sages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 $30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 4 4 i 4 $6.00 Additional messages $3 per 100, if contracted for in advance. Rural-line service: Business «. $36.00 Residence 24.00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence— Flat rates- Switchboard and an operator's telephone or receiving station and switch- ing devices, with battery power $30.00 First both-way trunk line business 48. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 36. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, residence, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Ringing power.-Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence — Message rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switch- ing devices, with battery power $24. 00 Trunk lines, botb-way, each 24. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each : 0. 03 Additional local messages, each 0. 04 If contracted for in advance, in lots of 100, each 0. 03 Ringing power. — Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel— Message rates (contracts are not acceptedfor less than 20 stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone tor each position, $24. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. (For flat-rate trunk lines, see the following paragraphs.) Stations, main or extension, each, $6. (No additional charge is made for the sta- tions and booth equipment installed in public corridors for the use of the general public.) Local messages. — The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public-telephone rates for all local and toll messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages originating at the private branch-exchange system. See hotel-message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines— Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges for use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of officials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines termmate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are to nave flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines, and with any other private branch- exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are not listed in directory. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard schedules for business flat-rate private branch exchange service. The charges for the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for connection with the flat-rate trunk lines are equEd to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply imder the business flat-rate and hotel message- rate schedule. Short-term service: Individual andparty lines — Flat rates.— The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for aU classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 5 months. 6 months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 $15.00 Short-term rate 12.25 12.60 12.76 13.00 13.25 13.60 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10..00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 $18.00 Short-term rate 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 16.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 $24.00 Short-term rate 13.55 14.60 15.46 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . . 11.55 10.60 9.46 8.40 7.35 6.30 $30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge. . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 $36.00 Short-term rate 15.65 17.50 19.36 21.20 23.05 24.90 Termination charge. . . 12.65 11.50 10.35 9.20 8.05 6.90 $42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 26.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 $48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.50 23.25 26.00 28.75 31.50 Termination charge. . . 13.75 12.50 11.25 10.00 8.76 7.50 $54.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge. . . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 $60.00 Short-term rate 19.86 23.60 27.15 30.80 34.45 38.10 Termination charge. . . 14.85 13.60 12.15 10.80 9.45 8.10 RATE SCHEDULES. 65 AIjI^ENTOWIV, pa Continued. Short-term service — Continued. Individual and party lines (flat rates)— Continued. Annual flat 7 8 9 10 11 12 rates. mouths. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1,00 SIS. 00 Short-term rate 13.76 14.00 14.25 14.50 14.75 15.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 418.00 ShorWerm rate 15.50 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.50 18.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 $24.00 Short-term rate 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.06 24.00 Termination charge. . . 5.25 4.20 3.15 2.10 1.06 $30.00 Short-term rate 23.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 28.60 30.00 Termination charge. . . 5.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 $36.00 Short-term rate 28.75 28.60 30.46 32.30 34.15 36.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 4.60 3.46 2.30 1.15 .$42.00 Short-term rate 30.50 32.80 35.10 37.40 39.70 42.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 :$48.00 Short-term rate 34.25 37.00 39.75 42.50 45.25 48.00 Termination charge. . . 6.25 5.00 3.75 2.50 1.25 $64.00 Short-term rate 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 50.80 54.00 Termination charge. . . 6.50 6.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 $60. 00 Short-term rate 41.75 45.40 49.05 52.70 56.35 60.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 5.40 4.05 2.70 1.35 Note. — The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — ^When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less -than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the minimum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and, message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such eases the maximum charge for local service and equipment is that specified lor the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the estabUshed annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Trivate branch exchanges: Switcliboards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. TrunJc lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assimied to be the one disconnected. stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon discormection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of mes- sages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge beingnot less than such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals or exceeds the TniTiimnm specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line measure- ments beyond the base-rate area): Individual line, per quarter mile or fraction thereof $5. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter mile or fraction thereof. 3. 00 Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter mile or fraction thereof, S5. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. -Joint-user service, business flat rate, individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Moving charges: .. . ^ ^. .^t , ■ 4. v t. Individual or party line, mam or extension station or No. 1 private branch ex- change station, during first year or within one year from last free move — Inside move $1. 00 Outside move- Main station moved independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switch- board 100 Extension station moved independently - 3. 00 Extension station moved In conjunction with and to same address as main station - - — i-"i-iVA'" i'"? Private branch exchange switchboards under annual contracts, the during first year or within one year from the last free move— Same - Another Inside move— ™2?-„„ ''°??'Ao Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less - $5.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less . l"-"," ,J-^-°P Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move— , ,„ .. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less lU-UO Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less . ,. ° j. Cord switchboard, over 40 lines - ■ ■ • - .-At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard termi- nal) ■ • ^ 2™ Ho. 2 private branch exchanges— During the first or subsequent years, at cost. AI.I.EIVTOWN, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE CONSOLIDATED TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 30, 1914. Individual and party-line service (flat rates): Individual line. 4-party iLue. Extension station. Extension bell. Business $36.00 24.00 $22.00 16.00 $6.00 6.00 $1 80 1.80 Private branch exchanges: Switchboard, 330. Trunks, individual line rates lor the first trunk, less $6 for each additional tnink. Stations, in same buildhig as private branch exchange, $6 each; outlying, $6 each, plus excess mileage charge of $3.75 for each quarter-mile or fraction thereof. Private branch-exchange rates are standard with the exception of the trunk- line rates, which are governed by the exchange to which the private branch exchange is directly connected. AI.L,IAIVCB!, OHIO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE KATES OP THE STARK COUNTY TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JUNE 30, 1911. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 2-partyline. 4-party line. Business $.30.00 21.00 $24.00 18.00 $21 00 Residence 15 00 Rural lines: Busiuess, up to 8 parties on line $24. 00 Residence, up to 8 parties on line 18. 00 Extension station 8. 00 Extra-name service in directory 10. 00 Private branch exchanges: Trunk 30.00 Station 12. 00 Moving and transferring telephone instruments: For moving station within the same premises 1. 00 For changuig instrument (wall to desk or desk to wall) at request of the subscriber 2. 00 For change of location not within the same premises, if made within year after the installation of the station 2. 50 AliTON AIWD BEL.IiEVIL.IiE, IL.L.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE KINLOCH LONG- DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 2, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 4-party line. Alton. BeUeviUe. Business $35.00 20.00 $30.00 18.00 $24.00 16.00 $15.00 Extensions: Business station $12. 00 Residence station 6. 00 ALiTOONA, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Altoona and 54 surrounding localities.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates): Individual line. 2-party line. 4-party line. Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. $48.00 36.00 $42.00 30.00 $36.00 24.00 $36.00 S6.00 6.00 Rural-line service: Business $36. 00 Residence 24. 00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence — Flat rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switch- ing devices, with battery power 30.00 First both-way trunk line, business 48. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 36. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, residence, each 36.00 Stations, each 6. 00 Ringing power.— Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in counection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. 56 TELEPHONES. AI/TOONA, PA — Continued. No. 1 or No. 2 private brancli exchange service — Continued. Business or residence — Message rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone or receiving station and switch- ing devices, with battery power $24. 00 Trunk lines, DOth-way, each 24. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each C. 03 Additional local messages, each 0. 04 It contracted for in advance, in lots of 100, each 0. 03 Ringing power. — Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel — Message rates (contracts are not accepted lor less than 20 stations, exclud- ing operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone for each position, $24. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. (For flat-rate trunk lines, see the following paragraphs.) Stations, main or extension, each, S6. (No additional charge is made for the stations and booth equipment, installed in public corridors for the use of the general public.) Local messages— The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public telephone rates for all local and toU messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toU messages origmating at the private branch-exchange system. Hotel— Message rates — With flat-rate trunk lines— Flat-rate trunk lines may be coimected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges for use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of ofiicials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are to have fiat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines^ and with any other grivate branch-exchange station. Flat-rate trunk Imes are not listed in irectory. Flat-rate tnmk lines are charged for at the rates given imder the standard schedules for business flat-rate private branch-exchange service. Theoharges for the switchboard and for these stations which are equipped for coimection wUh the flat-rate trunk lines are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply under the business flat-rate and hotel message- rate schedules. Short-term service: Individual and party lines — Fiat rates.— The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. $12. 00 $15. 00 $18. 00 $24. 00 $30. 00 $36. 00 $42. 00 $48.00 $54. 00 $60. 00 Short-term rate Terminationcharge . . . Short-term rate Terminationcharge . . . Short-term rate Terminationcharge . . - Short-term rate Terminationcharge - - - Short-term rate Terminationcharge . . . Shor1>term rate Terminationcharge . - . Short-term rate Terminationcharge . . . Short-term rate Terminationcharge . . . Short-term rate Terminationcharge . . - Short-term rate Terminationcharge . . - $12. 00 11.00 12-25 11.00 12.50 11.00 13.55 11.55 14.60 12.10 15.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 2 months. $12.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.50 10.60 16.00 11.00 17.50 11.60 19.00 12.00 20.50 12.50 22.00 13.00 23.50 13.50 $12. 00 9.00 12.76 9.00 13.50 9.00 16.45 9.46 17.40 9.90 19.36 10.36 21.30 10.80 23.26 11.25 26.20 11.70 27.16 12.16 months. $12. 00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 5 months. $12.00 7.00 13.25 7.00 14.50 7.00 17.36 7.36 20.20 7.70 23.06 8.06 26.90 8.40 28.76 8.76 31.60 9.10 34.46 9.46 6 months. $12. 00 6.00 13.60 6.00 16.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.60 7.50 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 8 9 10 11 12 months. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12. 00 Terminationcharge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 $16.00 Short-term rate 13.75 14.00 14.25 14.50 14.75 16.00 Terminationcharge . - . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 $18.00 Short-term rate 15.50 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.60 18.00 Terminationcharge . . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 $24.00 Short-term rate 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.06 24.00 Terminationcharge . . . 6.26 4.20 3.16 2.10 1.05 $30.00 Short-term rate 23.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 28.60 30.00 Terminationcharge. . . 6.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 $36. 00 Short-term rate 26.75 28.60 30.45 32.30 34.16 36.00 Termination charge , . . 5.76 4.60 3.46 2.30 1.16 $42.00 Short-term rate 30.60 32.80 35.10 37.40 39.70 42.00 Termmationcharge , . . 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 $48.00 Short-term rate 34.25 37.00 39.75 42.50 46.25 48.00 Terminationcharge. - . 6.25 6.00 3.75 2.50 1.25 $64.00 Short-term rate 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 50.80 54.00 Terminationcharge . . - 6.60 6.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 $60.00 Short-term rate 41.75 45.40 49.05 52.70 56.36 60.00 Terminationcharge .. 6.75 5.40 4.05 2.70 1.35 Note.— The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeed- ing months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate Increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such aimual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher aimual rate. AK.TOOIVA, PA Continued. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-hall the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year , the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one discoimected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards.— The charge is the proportionate part of the aimual rate, for the period olservice, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimmn charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate- Tmnk lines.— The charge is for the period of service as specified lor the aimual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under " Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations J main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guar- anteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the confract rate for the mes- sages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange-Une mileage (nuleage charges are computed on air-line distances, beyond the base-rate area, including the municipal area of Altoona, and the area within a radial distance of 1 mile from the central office, including also the municiiialities and localities of Juniata, Llyswen, Roselawn, and South Altoona): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $5. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mfie or fraction thereof 3. OO Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. OO Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $5. Extra directory listings, business or residence, S3. Joint-user service, business fiat rate, individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch ex- change station, during the first year or within one year from the last free move: Inside move $1. 00 Outside move: Main station moved independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjimction with and to same address as switchboard 1. 00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjimction with and to same address as main station 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboards under annual contracts, during the first year or within one year from the last free move: Same Another Inside move: room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $6.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move: Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal). . 2. OO No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. AI.TOOIVA, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE UNITED TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JULY 25, 1914. [The local service area includes Altoona, Bellwood, Hollidaysburg, and Tyrone.] Individual and party-line service. Individual line. 2-paTty line. Vml!^ Business $42.00 30.00 $30.00 24.00 $24.00 ATI/ ANT A, GA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ATLANTA TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT APR. 27, 1914. [The local service area includes Atlanta, East Point, Decatur, Chattahoochee, and Inman Yards.l Individual and party-line service: Business- Individual line, flat rate (inside 2 miles) $48. 00 Individual line, one way (inside 2 miles) 36. 00 Individual line, joint users,, separate flrm 6. 00 Individual line, extra list, same flrm 3. oO Party line, flat rate (inside 2 miles) 42. 00 Party line, joint users, separate firm 6. 00 Party line, extra list, same firm 3. oo Residence — Individual line, flat rate (inside 2 miles) 36. 00 Individual line, joint users, separate family g. 00 Individual line, extra list, same family 3. 00 Party line, flat rate (inside 2 miles) 30. 00 Party line, joint users, separate famUy g. 00 Party line, extra list, same famfly 3. go An extra charge of 25 cents per month wUl be required where desk set is used instead of regular wall station. An extra charge of 50 cents per mile (or fraction thereof) for each mile outside of first 2 miles from any exchange center. RATE SCHEDULES. 57 ATliAXTA, GA.— Continued. Extensions: Business extension station desk set, without bell 112.00 Business extension station desk set, with bell 15.00 Eesidenoe extension station wall set 6. 00 Residence extension station desk set, with bell . . . 9. GO Extension bell 3. 00 Extension gong e! 00 Private branch exdianges: Switchboard No charge. Trunk line, both ways (inside 2 miles) 48. 00 Trunk line, one waj; (inside 2 miles) 36. 00 Stations in same building up to 15 each 12. 00 Stations in same building from 16 to 20 each 9. 60 Stations in same building from 21 to 40 each 9. 00 Stations outside building not over 2 miles of line 36. 00 An extra charge of 50 cents per month for each mile (or traction thereoO out- side of 2 miles. Intercommunicating systems: Trunk lines (inside 2 miles) S51. 00 Stations in same building (inside 2 miles) 12. 00 Moving station to dlflerent locations, SI. When telephones are rented for less than one year, there is added an installa- tion charge of S5. Vacation charges: Business station, per month $1. 60 Residence station, per month 1. 00 AXIiAIVTA, GA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHERN BELL TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. [The local service area ineludes Atlanta, Decatur, and East Point.] Individual and party-line service: Note. — Where the same charge is shown for service with different numbers of subscribers on a circuit, under business or residence flat rates or message rates, the lower grades of service are ordinarily employed only beyond the base-rate area, with mileage charges. Flat rates. — Flat rates are available, without mileage charges, to all residence subscribers and to party-line business subscribers within specified radial dis- tances (1 mile or 2 miles) from the various rate centers, and to all individual line business subscribers within one-half mile of such center. ludividual-line business flat rates are also available, at fixed higher rates in lieu of mileage charges, to subscribers within specified radial distances between one-half mile and 2 miles of a rate center. Beyond this radial distance, regular mileage charges apply. Individual line. "-F^^' *-C!^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. ■Rn.QlTipfl'a 1S66.00 48.00 $48. 00 36.00 S4S. 00 36.00 S36.G0 S18. 00 r Wall set, 12. 00 \ Desk set, 18. 00 1 i mile radius. Individual-line business rates for zones within specified radial distances: I to f mile radius S72. 00 I to 1 mile radius 78.00 1 to 2 mile radius 84. 00 Message rates {on monthly guarantee basis). — Message rates are available, without mileage charges, to subscribers within specified radial distances (1 mile or 2 miles) from the various rate centers; beyond these radial distances regular mileage charges apply. Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 1,696 S48. 00 9.00 36.00 6.00 3 S18. 00 Limit of charge per 1,200 3 Wall set, 12. 00 Limit of charge per Desk set, 18. 00 Individual and party-line short-term service: Emergency service. — The charge is the regular monthly rate for the period of serv- ice plus the estimated expense of installation and disconnection. Season service. — For not less than 4 months the charge is the regular rate for the period orservice plus 50 per cent. Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are for periods of 6 years) — Commercial and departm.ent store— Flat rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, II for each station originally connected, minimum charge, $24. (When a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the switch- board charge is modified aocordin^lj;). Trunk lines, both-way, each, IJ individual line business rate. Trunk lines, incoming, each, f individual line business rate. Stations, main or extension, each, 312. Battery power.— Tliis charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mfie or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station. Including operators'^ telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' tele- phones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central oJTice by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. ATL,ANTA, GA Conthiued. Private branch exchange service— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges — Continued. Commercial and department store (fiat rates) — Continued. Ringing circuits. — This charge is computed as follows: A cironlt charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of S8 per annum; and a power charge of $0 per annum. Commercial and department store — Messa™ rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each station originally connected, minimum charge $24. (When a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the svpltch- board charge is modified accordingly.) Trunk lines, both-way, each $4S. (X) Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages. — One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, lor each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3_per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, raoluding operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central oflice by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter mfie or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of SO per annum. Hotel and apartment house — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way or incoming, no additional charge. (The average number of originating local messages per month for each trunk line in service must be 200 or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished.) Stations, main or extension, each: 1 When company installs and maintains inside wiring, S6. When subscriber installs and maintains inside wiring (ownership retained by subscriber), $4. Local messages, each, 5 cents. Battery power.- This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement: a terminal charge of S6 per annum for each circuit: and a power charge of 12 cents per a-Tim iTn for each station, including operators'^ telephones. The maximum charge is 50 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Ringing circuit.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges — Busmess and residence— Flat rates. (Contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling, mcluding the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pav the actual cost of cabling in excess of 50 feet for any station, including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnished is that for 10 lines). Trunk lines, both-way, each.. Trunk hnes, incoming, each . . Receiving station, with switching device. Stations, main or extension, with switching device, each. Battery power and ringing circuit . One-year contract. IJ individual line busi- ness or residence rate. } individual Une busi- ness or residence rate. $18.00 $12.00 $15.00 Three-year contract. IJ individual Une busi- ness or residence rate. i individual line busi. ness or residence rate- $24.00. $16.00. $15.00. Excess exchange line mileage.— Charges are computed on air-line measurements beyond the base-rate area, as indicated under the individual and party-line schedule, at $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. Changes are on a ''per line" basis. On unfilled party lines the total charge for mileage bears the same relation to tile above rate as the number of subscribers actually connected bears to the number that may be connected on that type of Une. Under message-rate con- tracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): Extension lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $5. 00 Tie lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 10. 00 Under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. Extra directory Ustings. — Each, per annum, $3. Under message-rate contracts one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the charge for listings. Joint-user service: Flat rates. Message rates. Business. Residence. Business. Residence. $24.00 818.00 $12.00 2.50 $12.00 Limit of charge per month . , 2.00 Twn-pnrty linp. is. 65 12.00 Under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the charge for joint user. 58 TELEPHONES. ATI,AIVTA, GA Continued. Moving charges: Move to another location in the same office or room, each station 31. 00 Move to another location in the same building, each station 2. 00 Move to another building, together -with extensions and supplemental equipment, if any, each main station 3. 00 Changmg service from individual to party line, each main station 2. 50 Changing party-line subscriber to another party line, at subscriber's request 2. 50 Changing equipment at subscriber's request, when the change is not required for the efficiency of the service 1. 50 Any move of a private branch exchange switchboard, together with ^11 asso- ciated stations and apparatus, to another location on the same or different premises, estimated cost of labor and material. ATIiAIVTIO CITY, »(. J. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE DELAWARE & ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. IThe local service area includes Atlantic City, Brigantine, Chelsea, Longport, Margate City and Ventnor/l Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individ- ual line. 2-party fine. ""C^ Both- way auxiliary line. Rural line. Exten- sion station. $60.00 36.00 $48.00 30.00 $39.00 24.00 $42.00 $39.00 24.00 $6.00 6 00 Residence Message rates (fittsiness only). Local mes- sages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 $36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 4 4 4 4 $6.00 Additional local messages, $3 per 100 if contracted for in advance. No, 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence— Flat rates- Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $30. 00 First both-way trunk line, business 60. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 42. 00 Trunk Unas, both-way, residence, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Hinging posper.— Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing _power furnished at $24 per aimum. No charge for ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence — Message rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1 ,200, each 0. 03 Additional local messages, eacli 0. 04 If contracted for in advance, in lots of 100, each 0. 03 Ringing power.— Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge forringing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel— Message rates (contracts are not accepted tor less than 20 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone for each position, $24. Trunk lines, both-way only no additional charge. (For flat-rate trunk lines, see the following paragraphs.) Stations, main or extension, each, $6. (No additional charge is made for the stations and booth equipment installed in public corridors for the use of the general public.) Local messages.— The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public telephone rates for all local and toll messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages originating at the private branch-exchange system. Hotel— Message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines — Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges for use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of officials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are to have flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines, and with any other private branch-exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are. not listed in directory. ATIiAIVTIC CITY, IV. J Continued. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service — Continued. Hotel — Message rates — Continued. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard schedules for business flat-rate private branch-exchange service. The charg;es for the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for connection with the flat-rate trunk lines are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply under the business flat-rate and hotel message- rate schedules. Short-term service: Individual andparty lines— Flat rates.— Tb» table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 month. 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . n.oo 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 15.00 Short-term rate 12.25 12.50 12.76 13.00 13.26 13.60 Termination charge. . - 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short>term rate 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 15.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.55 14.50 15.46 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . , 11.55 10.50 9.45 8.40 7.35 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge.. . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate 15.65 17.50 19.35 21.20 23.06 24.90 Termination charge. . . 12.65 11.50 10.36 9.20 8.05 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.60 23.26 26.00 28.75 31.50 Termination charge. . . 13.75 12.60 11.25 10.00 8.75 7.50 54.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge. . . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 60.00 Short-term rate 19.85 23.50 27.15 30.80 34.45 38.10 Termination charge. . - 14.85 13.50 12.15 10.80 9.45 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 8 9 10 11 12 months. months. months months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 15.00 Short-term rate 13.75 14.00 14.25 14.50 14.76 16.00 Tp.rTTnTin,tion cl^Hrge . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 18.00 Short-term rate 15.50 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.60 18.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 24.00 Short-term rate 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.06 24.00 Termination charge. . . 5.25 4.20 3.16 2.10 1.06 30.00 Short-term rate 23.00 24.40 26.80 27.20 28.60 30.00 Termination charge. . . 5.60 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 36.00 Short-term rate 26.75 28.60 30.46 32.30 34.16 36.00 Tertmnation charge.. . 6.76 4.60 3.46 2.30 1.15 42.00 Short-term rate 30.50 32.80 36.10 37.40 39.70 42.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 48.00 Short-term rate 34.25 37.00 39.76 42.50 46.26 48.00 Termination charge. . . 6.25 6.00 3.76 2.50 1.26 64.00 Short-term rate 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 50.80 64.00 Termination charge. . . 6.60 6.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 60.00 Short-term rate 41.75 45.40 49.05 52.70 56.35 60.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 5.40 4.06 2.70 1.36 Note.— The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not spectfled above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination cnarge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates.— When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the minimum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note.— Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flatrate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a, serious sacriflce of original construction or unusual new construction In such cases the maximum charge for local service and equipment is t^t specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message- rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, flie charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used m one year. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. ^ RATE SCHEDULES. 59 ATIiABJTIO OITTY, I«. J Continued. Private branch exchanges; Switchboards.— The charge is the proportionate part ol the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remammg portion of the year, the minimum charge being thre&-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate correspondmg to the trunk-line rate under "F&t rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main.or extension.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messafes.— When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the mmimum charge being not less than such Eroportion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year ears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified In the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Season service.— The minimum rate for busmess or residence exchange service furnished during any part of the season period from June 1 to September 30, mclusive, is the short-term rate for four months, as given above. Excess exchange line mileage charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the base-rate area: Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $5 00 Two-party line, per subscriber^ per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Foiir-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. . . 2. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement, S5. Extra directory listings, busiuess or residence, each, $3. Joint-user service, busmess flat rate, individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Moving charges: Individual or party-line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch ex- change station, during the first year or within one year from the last free move- Inside move $1.00 Outside move- Main station moved independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1. 00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 3 . 00 Private branch exchange switchboards under annual contracts, during the first year or vrithin one year from the last free move- Same Another Inside move — room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move — Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal). 2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. AURORA, IliE,. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDEPEND- ENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 2-party line. '-s^ Extension station. Extension bell. Business $30.00 24.00 18.00 $24.00 $21.00 $7.56 '12.00 6.00 $1.80 18.00 15.00 1.80 1 Includes listing. Rural party lines: Business $30. 00 Residence 18. 00 Private branch exchanges: Switchboards 42. 00 Sections 4. 80 Ilitercommunicating station 12. 00 HoifSe systems 3. 00 Business or residence listings 3. 00 AVOCA, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PRATTSBURG-OVEE- LAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-lin^ service. Individual line. Party line. Rural party line. $30.00 21.00 $15.00 15.00 $15. 00 Residence 12.00 • BADGER, AIINIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business phone, individual line $24. 00 Residence phone, individual line ■. 12, 00 Rural connecting companies, $2.60 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations ui excess of 10 to a circuit. BAI.TIMORE, MD. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO., OF BALTIMORE CITY, IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local-service area includes all of Baltimore.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates (.residence only). Individual line, $48. Extension station, $6. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Business individual line. Business and residence Additional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line (busmess only). Extension station. Retail rates: 360 $24.00 S 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 i 4 4 3 3 3 S6 00 600 $39.00 48.00 67.00 66.00 78.00 87.00 96.00 105.00 114.00 123.00 132.00 138.00 144.00 150.00 166.00 162.00 168.00 174.00 75.00 87.00 99.00 111.00 123.00 135.00 1147.00 $30.00 6.00 800 1,000 1,200 1,500 1,800 2,100 2,400 2,700 3,000 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 4,800 6,100 5,400 Wholesale rates (no refund for un- used messages): 1,800 30.00 2,400 3,000 3,600 4,200 4,800 • 6,400 1 Additional local messages $12 per 600 if contracted for in advance, and at least one auxiliary line be taken, at regular rates, for each 5,400 or less of such additional Subscribers' cntlnued. Excess exchange-line mileage: Charges are computed on air-line distances beyond certain specified distances from the central office or rate center at 17.60 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof- Individual line business, beyond 1 mile. Individual line residence, beyond IJ miles, except in case of rate centers, where measurements are beyond 1 mile from the rate center. Two or 4 party lines, business or residence, beyond 2 miles. Mileage charges are on a "per line" basis. On unfilled party Unes the total charge for mileage bears the same relation to the rates given above as the number of subscribers connected bears to the number that may be connected on that type of line. Under message-rate contracts 1 local message per month Is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. Extension and tie-line mileage {charges are computed on route measurements): Extension lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 87. 50 Tie lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 10. 00 Under message-rate contracts 1 local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. Joint-user service: Flat rates: Individual line Two or 4 party lines Message rates: Individual line Limit of charge per month Business. Hesidence. $24.00 24.00 12.00 2.00 $12.00 6.00 Under message-rate contracts 1 local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the charge for joint-user service. Moving charges: Move to another location in the same office or room, each station $1.00 Move to another location in the same buildnig, each station 2. 00 Move to another building, together with extensions and supplemental equipment, if any, each main station 3. 00 Changing service from individual to party hne, each main station 2. 50 Changing party-line subscriber to another party line, at subscriber's request 2. 60 Changing eqmpment at subscriber's request, when the change is not required for the efficiency of the service 1.60 Any move of a private branch exchange switchboard, together with all associ- ated stations and apparatus, to another location on the same or difierent premises, estimated cost of labor and material. BliOOMIIVGTOIV, Il/Ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE KINLOCH-BLOOMINGTON TELEPHONE CO. DST EFFECT MAY 12, 1914. iTidividual and party-line service. Individ- ual line. 2-party line. tn^ 8-party rural. Exten- sion station. Business $30.00 20.00 $24.00 16.80 $10.00 $15.00 $18.00 6.00 BliVFFS, IliKi. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business $12. 00 Business with extension on same line in same building 18. 00 Residence 12. 00 Residence with extension on same line in same building 18. 00 BOSTON, CAMBRIDGE, AND SOlMBRVIIiIiB, MASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. The exchange-rate schedules in efleot in the city of Boston are based on a system of classified areas, which cover all of the surrounding suburban territory included within what is known as the Boston Metropolitan District; and the 12 diflerent schedules which apply in various combinations in the diflerent areas are so closely related that Boston rates should be considered only in connection with all of the rates applying in the metropolitan district as a whole. The application of these schedules, which include flat rates, message rates, and subscribers' coin-box rates, is determined by the establishment of distinct territorial divisions, under which the metropolitan district is divided into schedule areas and into local service areas. SCHEDULE AREAS. A Schedule area is an area to subscribers within which a given schedule is available. There are 7 schedule areas. Schedule Area I covers the entire metropolitan dis- trict and is divided into Schedule Areas II and III. Schedule Area II covers about 432 square miles and embraces all of the metropolitan district except about 4 square miles in its central portion, which are covered by Schedule Area III. Schedule Areas IV, V, VI, and VII are separate groups of cities or towns within Schedule Area II. Schedule Areas I and II, therefore, each include several other schedule areas. The classification into one of the subgroups of Schedule Area II was origi- nally determined separately for each city or town by the approximate number of main stations served in its central office district, plus those served in all contiguous central office districts in Schedule Area II. Due to the nature of the distribution of population and of main-station development in the suburban area, the boundaries of Schedule Areas IV, V, VI, and VII tend, in a general way, to form concentric areas, in the order named, around Schedule Area III. RATE SCHEDULES. 65 BOSTON, CAMBRIDaE, AIVD SOIUGRVII/I.X), MASS Con. scaEDU[.E AEEAs— continued. Schedule Area I (MetTOpoUtan Zlisfric*).— Schedule Area I includes the other six schedule areas, and covers the following cities and towns: Arlington, Bedford (Lexington central office district), Belmont, Boston, Braintree, Brookline, Cam- bridge, Canton, Chelsea, Cohasset, Dedham, Everett, Hingham, Holhrook (Ean- dolph central office district), Hull, Lexington, Lincoln, Maiden, Medford, Mel- rose, Milton, Needham, Newton, Norwood, Quinoy, Eandolph, Heading, Eevere, Somerville, Stoneham, Wakefleld, Waltham, Watertown (Newton North central office district), Weiiesiey, Weston (Waltham central office district), Westwood (Dedham central offloe district), Weymouth, Winchester, Winthrop, Wobum. Schedule I is available to all subscribers in the metropolitan district. Schedule Area II (Full Suburban Dfairici).— Schedule Area II includes Schedule Areas IV, V, VI, and VII, and covers all of the cities and towns listed above imder "Metropolitan District," except that part of the city of Boston described below as the "Central District." Schedule II is available only to subscribers m Schedule Area II. Schedule Area III ( Central Disiricf).— Schedule Area III covers what may be termed the "down-town" business section and the Back Bay residential section of Bos- ton, and Includes the foUowlug central offloe districts: Back Bay, Fort Hill, Haymarket, Main, Oxford, Richmond. Schedules III-A and III-B ai-e available only to subscribers in Schedule Area III. Schedule Area /K— Schedule Area IV comprises the following central office dis- tricts: AriingtoUj Belmont, Brighton (part of Boston), Brookline, Newton South (part of Newton), Eoxbury (part of Boston), Cambridge, Charlestown (part of Boston), Dorchester (part of Boston), Everett, Jamaica Plain (part of Boston) (the Jamaica Plain central office is treated as the rate center of an exchange which includes both the Jamaica Plain and Belle^me central offices), Medford, Milton, Newton North (part of Newton), Somerville, South Boston (part of Boston). Schedules IV-A and IV-B are available only to subscribers in Schedule Area IV. Schedule Area V. — Schedule Area V comprises the following central ofDce districts: _ Dedham, Hyde Park (partof Boston), Lexington, Maiden, Melrose, Newton West (part of Newton), Quinoy, Revere, Stoneham, Waltham, Wellesley. Schedules V-A and V-B are available only to subscribers in Schedule Area V. Schedule A rea VI. — Schedule Area VI comprises the following central office districts: Braintree, Canton, Chelsea, East Boston (part of Boston), Needham, Randolph, Wakefleld, Weymouth, Wmchester, Winthrop, Wobum. Schedules VI-A and VI-B are available only to subscribers in Schedule Area VI. Schedule Area VII. — Schedule Area VII comprises the following central office dis- tricts: Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Lincoln, Norwood, Reading. Schedules VII-A and Vn-B are available only to subscribers in Schedule Area VII. Statement of schedules available to subscribers in each schedule area. Schedule area. Schedules available. Schedule area. Schedules available. I 1. i,n. I, iii-A. ni-B. I, II, rv-A, rv-B. V I, II, V-A, V-B. n VI I, II, VI-A, VI-B. m vn I, II, vn-A, vn-B. IV LOCAl SEKVICE AREAS. A local service area is an area to all subscribers within which unlimited or speci- fied numbers of messages may be sent without toll charges. In addition to the 7 schedule areas previously described, there are 92 distinct, though overlapping, local service areas, the local service area available to each subscriber depending upon the central office district in which his station is located and the particular schedule under which he receives service. It should be noted here that a local service area does not necessarily coincide with any schedule area. For example, any local service area under Schedule IV-B may cover territory in more than one schedule area, and, on the other hand, will in no case cover all the territory in Schedule Area iV. It should also be noted with reference to Schedules III-A, IV-A, V-A, VI-A, and VII-A (which include flat rates only), and to Schedules III-B, IV-B, V-B, Vl-B, and VIl-B (which include message rates only), that the local service area under message rates is greater than that tinder flat rates. Such areas as do coincide are indicated below. The following table indicates the basis of the local service areas established tmder each schedule: Schedule number. Local service area. Number of local service areas. 1 Schedule Area I 1 n Schedule Area II 1 III A Schedule Area III 1 TTT-Ti, Schedule Area III and all central office districts within 8 miles of its center. The central office district in which the subscriber is located, and all contiguous central office districts within Schedule ArealL The central office district in which the subscriber is located, and all central office districts in Schedule Area I within 8 miles. Total 1 IV-A, V-A, VI-A, Vn-A. . IV-B, V-B, VI-B, vn-B. . 44 44 92 METEOPOLITAN TOLLS. Messages to any point in the Metropolitan District beyond the limits of the local service area fixed by the schedule governing the calling station are treated as toll messages, and charged at 6 cents for each 8 miles or part thereof, air-line distance between central offices, except in the case of the Central District, where a rate center is assumed. [For statement of the Exchange Rate Schedules In effect m the Boston Metro- politan District, see page 66.] 81100°— 15 S BOSTON, CAMBRIDGE, AND SOMS:rVII.I.E, MASS — Con. METEOPOLITAN TOLLS — Continued. Auxiliary lines: Inward, 136. Extension stations: Under Schedule in-A (business only) 19. 00 Under all other schedules 6. 00 Private branch exchange service: Two classes of rates are in effect for private branch-exchange service, viz, local rates and Metropolitan rates. Under "Local rates" the local service area covers the central office district in which the subscriber is located and all other central office districts within a radius of 8 miles, air-li:;e distance, meastn'ed between central offices, except in the case of the Central District, where a rate center is assumed. Under "Metropolitan rates" the local service area covers the entire Metropoli- tan District. The rates quoted tmder the schedules given below are available throughout the entire Metropolitan District for the classes of service indicated. No. 1 private branch exchanges — Commercial — ^Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than three years) — Local rates — Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone for each position, two both-way trunk Imes, and 3,000 local messages per annum $144. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24.00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each- First 3,000, 3 cents: next 6,000, 2} cents; all others, 2J cents. Ringing circuit, within 1 mile of central office— 19 terminal stations or less 18. 00 20 or more terminal stations No charge. Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof of circuit 15. 00 Metropolitan rates — Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone for each position, and 4,000 local messages per annum 150.00 TruiLk lines, both-way only, each 24.00 Stations, each 6.00 Additional local messages, each 0. 03 Department-store — Message rates — Metropolitan rates only (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than 100 stations) — Switchboard, with battery power, rmging circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position No charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each J24.00 Stations, each 6.00 Local messages, used in the conduct of the subscriber's business, each 0.03 Hotel — Message rates — Metropolitan rates only (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than 50 stations, excluding operators' telephones)^ Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an opera- tor's telephone for each position, no charge. Trimk lines, both-way only, no charge. Stations, each, $6. Local messages, public telephone rates, less 15 per cent. Hotel — ^Message rates — Season service (this schedule applies only in Schedule Area II. Contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than SOstationsand aUow service for a period of 5 months in each year) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no charge. Stations — First 50, each $5.00 Over50, eaeh 4.00 Local messages, each 0.03 Apartment house — Message rates — Local rates only (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit, one operator's telephone for each position, two both-way trunk lines, and 4,200 local messages per annum $264. 00 Additional trimk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 03 No. 2 private branch exchanges (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than three years) — Business — Message rates— Local rates — Receiving station, with switching device, one both-way trunk line and 2,5U0 local messages per annum $105. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each— First 3,500, 3 cents; next 6,000, 2i cents; all others, 2J cents. Metropolitan rates — Receiving station, with switching device, and 3,000 local messages per annum $120.00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each o. 03 Residence— Message rates— Local rates — Receiving station, with switching device, one both-way trunk line and 1,000 local messages per annum 60. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each— First 5,000, 3 cents; next 6,000, 2J cents; all others, 2J cents. Metropolitan rates — Receiving station, with switching device, and 1,000 local messages per annum 60. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each o. 03 66 TELEPHONES. STATEMENT OP THE EXCHANGE RATE SCHEDULES IN EFFECT IN TflE BOSTON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT SHOWING SCHEDULES AVAILABLE IN EACH SCHEDULE AREA. SCHEDULE SCHEDULE II SCHEDULE lll-A SCHEDULE lll-B Scheduies IV-A, V-A, Vl-A, Vll-A SCHEDULES IV-B, V-B, Vl-B, Vll-B ' Local Service Area coincides tritb Schedule Area I Local Ser- vice Area coincides with .Schedule Area II Local Ser- vice Area coincides with Schedule Area lU Local Service Area covers Schedule Area III and all central office districts with- in eight miles of its center. Local Service Area covers the central office district in which the subscriber is located and aH contiguous central office districts in Schedule Area II Local Service Area covers the central office district in which the subscriber is located and all central office districts within eight miles in. Schedule Area L Message Rates only Flat Rates only FUtRaiSs only Message Rates Subscribers' Coin Box Rates Guarantee (b) Flat Rates only Message Rates Subscribere' Coin Box Rates Guarantee (b) Loc'l Ind. Add'l MKs.Line Mgs. Ind. 2-Pty4-Pty Line Line . Line Ind. 2-Pty Line Line Loc'l Ind. 2-Pty Add'l Mgs. Line Line Mgs. Ind. 4-Pty Line Line Ind. 2-Pty Line Line Loc'l Ind. 2-Pty Add'l Mgs. Line Line Mgs. Ind. 4-Pty Line line Schedule Area 1 Entire Metropoli- tan District. Bus. Res. 600 $60. Sc(a) 600 60. £c(a) Schedule Area II Full Suburban Dis- trict, embracing all Metropolitan Dis- trict except Sclied- uleAieallL Bus. Res. 600 $60. 5o(a) 600 60. So(a) $—$-$- 45. 36. 30. Schedule Area III Central District, embracing "down- town" section of Boston. Bus. Res. 600 $60. 6o(a) 600 60. 6c(a) $125. $— 75. 66. 840 $— $42. 3c 960 48. — 3c(c) 720 — 36. 3c 900 46. — 3c(c) $60. $36,. — 24. Schedule Area IV Embracing sixteen central office districts. Bus. Res. 600 $60. Sc(a) 600 «0. Sola) $—$—$— 45. 36. 30. Schedule IV-A Ind. 2-Pty Line Line SCHEDULE IV-B Loo'l Ind. 2-Pty Add'l Ind. 4-Pty Mgs. Line Lme Mgs. Line Line $69. $63. 39. 30. 720 $— $36. 3c 900 45. — 3c(c) 480 — 24. 3o 900 45. — 3o(c) $60. $30. — 21. Schedule Area V Embradag eleven central office districts. Bus. Res. 600 $60. Sc(a) 600 60. £c(a) $—$—$— 46. 36. 30. Schedule V-A Ind. 2-Pty Line Line SCHEDULE V-B Loc'l Ind. 2-Pty Add'l Ind. l-Pto Mgs. Line Line Mgs. Line Line $60. $54. '36. 27. 660 $— $33. 3c 840 42. — 3c(c) 480 — 24. 3c 840 42. — 3c(o) $60. $30. — 21.. Schedule Area VI Embradng eleven central office districts. Bus. Res. 600 $60. 6c(a) 600 60. 6c(a) «—$-$- 45. 36. 30. Schedule Vl-A Ind. 2-Pty Line Line SCHEDULE Vl-B | Loo'l Ind. 2-Pty Add'l Mgs. Line Line Mgs, Ind. 4-Pty Line Line $54. $48. 33. 24. 600 $— $30. 3o 780 39. — 3o(c) 480 — 24. 3o 780 39.. — 3c(o) $60. $30. — 21. Schedule Area VII Embracing a i x central office Bus. Res. 600 $60. £c(a) 600 €0. ficCa) $—$-$- 45. 36. 30. Schedule Vll-A Ind. 2-Pty Line Line SCHEDULE Vll-B too'l Ind. 2-Pty Add'l Ind. 4-Pty Mgs. Line Line Mgs. Line Line $48. $42. 30. 21. 600 $— $30. 3o 720 36. — 3o(c) 480 — 24. 30 720 36. — 3c(c) $60. $30. — 21. NOTES— (a) First 300— 6c: otl On an annual basi Messaeea in excess Iiers 3c. 3. Tolls wit of 6000— 2J bin the Metropolitan I io. Messages in ezce Jistrict inclu ss of 12,000- ded with local -2J^c. message charges. RATE SCHEDULES. 67 BOSTON, CAMBRIDGE, AND SOMBRVIIiliXi, MASS Con. Short-term service; Emergency service (regular Installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3 months' service) — riat-rate individual line or residence No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line- First day $3.00 Each additional day 0. 75 Message-rate trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both)— First three days $5. 00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate) 1. 00 Three months— Business. Residence. Individual line. ^fl^l^ Individual Ihie. "■& Flat rates: Schedule II $23.00 33.00 21.00 20.00 19.00 18.00 $20.00 Schedule III-A $48.67 30.00 27.00 25.00 23.00 Schedule IV-A $26.00 23.00 21.00 19.00 18.00 17.00 16.00 15.00 20 00 Schedule V-A Schedule VI-A Schedule VII-A Inward auxiliary line Message riiies.— Message rate private branch trunk line (no installation charge), $12. Service continuing beyond the initial 3 months' period is charged for at a rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the difference between the short-term rate and the annual rate lor similar service, with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The following charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above, for installation and removal of equipment furnished tor short periods: If instrument is on premises and mside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2.00 If both inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is neces- sary to furnish an mstrument 3.00 If either inside wiring or drop wire is in place— but not both— an instrument must be installed 4. 00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring, and instrument 5. 00 Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond 2 miles from a central of&ce or a rate center) — Per quarter-mile or fraction thereof — Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line $2. 60 Two-party line, per station 1. 00 Four-par% line, per station 0. 50 Extension line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): In Schedule Area III (central district) — Per qnarter-mJle or fraction thereof, $9; mininrnin charge, $20. In other schedule areas— Per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $5; TniniTniiTn charge, $10. Tie-line mueage (charges are computed on route measurements): When in the same building, minininTn rate, $10. Same subscriber, different buildings within the local service area specified in the contract — Per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $10; minimum charge, $40. Different subscribers (not more than three) or same subscriber when not within the local service area specified in the contract — Per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $15; minimum charge, $60. Extra directory listings: Business or residence $3.00 Names of tenants in hotels or apartment houses 5. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates— Individual line or private branch exchange, one-half of the annual base rate for the class of service employed, Tnayimnm, $50. Message rates— Individual line or j)rivate branch exchange, $6. Moving clwges (individual or party-lme stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations): Inside move — 25 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. OO Outside move — Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5. 00 Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed 4. 00 No wiring necessary but instrument tobeplaced 3.00 No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension station and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the scheduled charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of^switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems, or No. 2 ?rivate branch exchange-stations are made at actual cost. any time after the expiration of the initial contract period, the subscriber may extend his contracf for another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. BRADKNTOWIV, FI.A. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE PENINSULAB TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 23, 1914. Individual and party-line service (flat-rate): Indi- vidual line. Indi- vidual line joint- user. 2-party line. ^Fi^?^ joint- user. "-^ 4-party line joint- user. $36.00 24.00 $15.00 9.00 $30.00 18.00 $12.00 Besidence ... . 21.00 6.00 6.00 BRADBIVTOITIV, FL.A — Continued. Extensions: Business station (desk or wall) tl2. 00 Residence station (desk or wall) 12. 00 Bells (business or residence) 3-00 Gongs (business or residence) 6- W Directory service: Extra listmg 3.00 Additional line 3.00 BRAHAM, MIIWIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TBI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line 818- 00 Besidence station, individual line 12. 00 Eural station 12.00 Extension station 6-00 Rural conneottag companies, $2.60 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. BRIDGEPORT, OOIWN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENG- LAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Bridgeport and Stratford, Conn.] Individual and party-line service: i?toi rates. Indi- vidual line. "■^ *?r^ Auxil- iary line. Exten- sion station. $84.00 36.00 $60.00 $50.00 i$8.00 $30.00 16.00 1 Plus installation charge of $2. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Business: 800 or less. . 1,200 1,500 1,800 2,100 2,400 Residence: 400 or less. Indi- vidual line. $48.00 54.00 60.00 66.00 72.00 $36.00 ""S^^ $25.00 Addi- tional local (cents). Exten- sion station. '$8.00 16.00 ^ Plus installation charge of $2. Individual and party-line short-term service: Short-term flat-rate service, for periods of 6 months orl ess ,is charged for at two-thirds of the standard annual rate. Emer- gency service, installed on account of sickness, for periods of not more than one month, is furnished for a flat charge of $5. Rural line service: Service is furnished on an 8-plus-party line basis to both business and residence subscribers at $18 per annum. The local service area to rural line subscribers covers only that portion of the township in which such subscribers are located, which is served by the same exchange. Messages to all other stations within the exchange area are charged for at 5 cents each. No toll is charged for incoming messages originating at subscribers' stations within tjbe base-rate area or at subscribers' stations outside the base-rate area on which mileage is charged (not rural line stations). Toll charges to other exchanges are the same on messages from rural line stations as on messages from subscribers' stations within the base- rate area served by the same central oiSce. Eight-plus-party rural line stations, on which the 5-cent charge applies on messages to stations outside of the township of the calling station but within the same exchange area, are equipped with coin boxes. , Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (subscribers bear the expense of installation, excepting that portion to which regular mileage charges apply) — Commercial, department store, family hotel and apartment house— Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, without operating telephones No additional charge. First trunk line, both-way only $84. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each SO. 00 Stations, each 8. 00 Ringing circuit— $7.50 per aminm per one-quarter mile or fraction thereof of circuit required, plus $10 (subscribers bear costs incidental to the installa- tion of local ringing power). Commercial, department store, family and transcient hotel and apartment house— Message rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, without operating tele- phones, no additional charge. Tmnk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, each, $3. Local messages— Guarantee — 5,000 per annum, $160; additional local messages, each, 3 cents. 10,000 per annum, $300; additional local messages, each, 3 c^nts. 16,000 per annum, $400; additional local messages, each, 2i cents. 20,000 per annum, $500; additional local messages, each, 2( cents. Ringing circuit— $7.60 per annum per one-quarter mile or fraction thereof of circuit required, plus $10 (subscribers bear costs incidental to the installa- tion of local ringing power). 68 TELEPHONES. BRIDGKPOBT, OOIVRT Continued. private branch exchange service — Continued. No. 2 private branch exchanges — Business and residence— Flat rates (subscribers bear the expense ol installation and the cost of maintaining the wiring) — First trunk line, both-way only $84. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 60. 00 Stations, each 8. 00 Excess exchange line mileage. (Mileage charges are computed on air-line distances. In outlying sections having a community of interests, an average mileage charge is usually applied on party-line service, but individual line mileage is computed separately for each subscriber. These average mileage charges are computed on air-line distances between the centers of such communities and the boundary of the base-rate area) : Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $5. 00 Party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. 00 Extension and lie-line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, 87.50. Extra directory listings, busmess or residence, $4. Joint-user service: Flat rates, one-half the annual rate tor the class of service employed. Message rates, S8. Moving charges: Individual and party lines — Moving a station to a different location on the same premises $1. 00 Moving a main station to premises which are already wired 2. 00 Moving a main station to premises which are not wired 3.00 Private branch exchanges— Moving a part or all of a private branch-exchange sys- tem, actual cost. No charge is made under contracts for individual and party lines if the existing service has been used continuously at the same location for the full preceding year, or if the subscriber has paid the standard charges for all changes of location or equipment made during such preceding year, or if at the time of moving a contract is taken for a higher grade of service at an increased rate. BKOCKTOI^, MASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26, 1914. [The local service area includes Brockton and Avon, and parts of East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Easton, Abington, Stoughton, and Holbrook.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individ- ual line. "-Ce' 4-party liue. Inward auxiliary line. Rural line. Exten- sion station. $51.00 30.00 $42.00 24.00 $27.00 $36.00 25.00 $6.00 $21.00 6.00 Message rates (business only). Local messages per annum 825 Individual line $33.00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each $0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0.02J All others, each 0.02J Extension station 6. 00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house— Message rates. (Contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. No. 2 business systems are limited to a total of 10 lines)— Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receiving station, with switching devices and 2,500 local messages per annum. . $75. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 21. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages- First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses, all additional local messages are charged for at 3 cents each) 0. 03 Next 6,000, each s-.-- 0.02J All others, each 0.02i Ringing circuit (applies only within a radius of 1 mile, air-line distance, ftom a central office, for installations of 19 stations or less. No addi- tional charge is made if subscribers, within 1 mile from the central office, contract for 20 stations or more; beyond this distance a mileage charge is made f $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof) 18.00 Hotel— Message rates— Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods ol less than 5 years nor for less than 60 stations, and allow service for a period of 6 months in each year)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position No charge. Trunk lines, both-way only No charge. Stations- First 60, each $5.00 Over 50, each 4. 00 Local messages, each 0. 03 Department store — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 6 years nor lor less than 50 stations) — Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone No charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each , $24. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Local messages- First 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02} AH others, each 0.02* No. 2 Private branch exchanges — Residence — Flat rate (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years. Interior cable in excess of 600 feet and all out- side cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises is furnished at the subscriber's expense. The rate quoted for receivmg stations includes switching devices for all stations): Trunk lines, both-way, each $30. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 27. 00 Receiving station, with switching devices 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 BROCKTON, MASS.— Continued. Short-term service: Emergency service (regular installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3 mouths' service)— Flat-rate individual line or residence No. 2 private branch-exchange trunk line — • First day S3.00 Each additional day 0. 75 Message-rate trunk line and private branch-exchange station (either or both)— First 3 days $5.00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate ) 1. 00 Three-month periods: Flat rates — Busiaess^ IndlvidualUne 2L00 Party line, per station 18. 00 Flat rates— Residence- Individual line or No. 2 private branch-exchange trunk line 18. 00 Party line, per station 15. 00 Message rates^Private branch-exchange trunk line (no installation charge), $21. Service continuing beyond the initial 3 months' period is charged for at a rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the difference Between the short-term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro- rata for fractional parts of a month. The following charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above for installation and removal of equipment furnished for short periods: If instrument is on premises and msid ! wiring and drop wiring are in place $2.00 If both inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is necessary to furnish an instrument ■- 3.00 If either inside wiring or drop wiring is in place — ^but not both — and instrument must be installed 4.00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring, and instru- ment 6.00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances, beyond 2 miles from the central office for individual, 2-party, and 6-party line service, and on route measurements, beyond 6 miles from the central office for rural lines): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $2. 50 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. 00 Six-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 Rural line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 60 Extension and tie-line mileage: Charges are computed on route measurements. Extension lines: First half-mile or fraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof '. 5. 00 Tie lines, between svntchboards in the same exchange: Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber in separate buildings — First mile or fraction thereof, $36. Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $8.75. When the switch- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required, the mini- mum charge per line is $10. Switchboards contracted for by different subscribers in separate buildings (not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of different subscribers will be connected together by means of tie Unes)— First mile or fraction thereof $60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15. 00 Extra directory listings: Business or residence 3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses 5. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates — ^Individual line or private branch exchange, one-half of annual rate, not to exceed $50. Message rates — Individual line or private branch exchange, $5. Moving charges: Individual or party-line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations- Inside move — 25 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outside move — Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5. 00 Drop or inside wiring (1 only) necessary and instrument to be placed. 4. 00 No wiring necessary, but instrument to be placed 3. 00 No vriring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a mam-station, extension-station, and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the scheduled charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems or No. 2 private branch-exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period the subscriber may extend his contract tor another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. BKOOK PARK, MINN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TBI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $18. 00 Residence station, individual line 12. 00 Rural stations 12. 00 Rural-connecting telephone companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for aU stations m excess of 10 to a circuit. BUFFAI/O, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. [Exchange area includes Buffalo, Lackawanna, West Seneca, Cheoktowaga, Wil- liamsville, Kenmore, Sloan, Gardenville, Roland, and Blasdell.] Individual and party-line service: Business — Individual line (limited 1,600 messages), 3 cents additional $48. 00 Individual line, unlimited 72. 00 2-party line, unlimited 60. 00 4-party line, unlimited 36. 00 Extension 12. 00 Residence — Individual One, imlimited 35. 00 4-party line, unlimited 24. 00 Extension g.oo RATE SCHEDULES. 69 BI;fFAI,0, IV. Y Ckintinued. Private bianeli exchange: Switchboards, each $20. 00 Trunks, a-way, each 72. 00 Triml s, 1-way , each 36. 00 Extensions on same premises, Urst 20, each 12. 00 Extensions, each additional 6. 00 Intercommunicating system: Trunks, 2-way, each 72. 00 Trunks, 1-way, each 36. 00 Stations, each 15. 00 Business listings— Nonsubsoribers, each 6. 00 Subscribers, each 1. 00 Besidence listings l. 00 No listings accepted occupying more than 1 line. Miscellaneous service: Jackpoints 5. 00 Loud-ringing gongs 6. 00 Extension bell 3. 00 Extension private line equipment 4. 50 Key cutout. 1. 60 Unequipped wires (within a radius of 1 mile), per pair 50. 00 Special exchange 'service, per line 80. 00 Private line independent of central oiBce, if run aerial, are figured on the basis of $40 per mile and $12 per instrument. II run through company cables for a distance not exceeduig 1 mile, $25 per circuit and $12 per station. If the distance between the two points is greater than 1 mile, special rates are made. Moving charges: A charge of $3 will be hiade for moving stations installed under the Metropolitan contract. A charge at cost will be made for moving stations installed under contracts other than the Metropolitan contract. BUVFAI/O, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW YOEK TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Buffalo, Eenmore, and Sloan.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. ^^J "-^^ Both-way auxiliary Ime. Extension station. $84.00 48.00 $60.00 36.00 $63.00 36.00 $12.00 $30.00 6.00 Message rates. Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line. ^^ ^S?^ Addi- tional local messages' (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. Business: 1 000 $42.00 4 5 4 4 $6.00 1,200 i$60.00 $30.00 6.00 Kesidence: 600 $24.00 6.00 800 36.00 30.00 6.00 1 Additional messages, 4 cents each if contracted for in advance in lots of 200. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 2 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power, and an operator's telephone . $18. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power, and an operators' telephone for each position — First position $36. 00 Additional positions, each 24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only 84. 00 Stations, each — First A 12.00 Over 20 6.00 Ringing circuit (no additional charge if subscriber contracts for either 3 trunk lines or 20 stations) *18. 00 Commercial and department store — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, an operator's telephone for each postion, 2 both-way trunk lines, 3 stations, and the number of local messages indicated Local messages per annum Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each Additional stations, main or extension — First 17, each In excess of total of 20 stations, each Additional local messages, each Ringing circuit Schedule I. Schedule II. $202.00 3,600 i$36.00 $12.00 $6.00 $0.03 2 $24. 00 $222.00 6,000 i$36.00 $12.00 $6.00 $0.03 Noadditional charge. 1 A trunk line is furnished without additional charge with each 5,000 additional local messages covered by contract. . „ .„. , , 2 No additional charge if subscriber contracts for either 3,600 local messages or 20 stations. BI;FFA.I.0, IV. Y Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Hotel and apartment house — Message rates — Switchboard, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position, $36. Stations, main or extension,^ each $6. No station charge for stations, including booth equipment, placed in public corridors for the use of the general public. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Local messages, public telephone rate. Ringing circuit, $24. No addltoinal charge if the subscriber contracts for 20 stations. No. 2 private branch exchanges. (An installation charge is made to cover the cost of construction of circuits between stations, including labor and material): Business — Flat rates — Trunk lines, both-way only, each $74. 00 Stations with switching devices, each — Equipped for 10 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 16. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 18.00 Stations without switching device, each 6-00 Business— Message rates- First trunk line, both-way only, and 1,200 local messages $64. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 30. 00 Stations with switching device, each^ Equipped for 10 lines 12.00 Equipped for 20 lines 15.00 Equipped for 30 lines 18.00 Stations without switching device, each. 6.00 No. 1 residence system (an installation charge is made, to cover the cost of con- struction of circuits between stations, including labor and material): Flat rates — Trunk lines, both-way only, each $42. 00 Stations wim switching device, each — Equipped for 10 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 15. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 18. 00 Stations without switching device, each 6. 00 First trunk line, both-way only, including 800 local messages 30. OO Additional trunk hnes, both-way only, including no messages, each — 30. 00 Stations without switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines - 15.00 Equipped for 30 lines 18.00 Stations without switching device, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each 0.04 Short-term service: Individual and party lines — Flat rates. — The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for aU classes of flatrrate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. $12. 00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate.. Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-termrate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-termrate., Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge, Short-term rate Termination charge. 1 2 month. months. $12.00 $12.00 11.00 10.00 12.25 12.50 11.00 10.00 12.50 13.00 11.00 10.00 13.55 14.50 11.55 10.60 14.60 18.00 12.10 11.00 15.65 17.60 12.65 11.60 16.70 19.00 13.20 12. CO 17.75 20.60 13.75 12.50 18.80 22.00 14.30 13.00 19.85 23.50 14.85 13.50 months. $12.00 9.00 12.75 9.00 13.50 9.00 15.45 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.35 10.35 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 Annual flat rates. $12.00 16.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . 7 8 months. months. $12.00 $12.00 6.00 4.00 13.76 14.00 5.00 4.00 15.60 16.00 5.00 4.00 19.25 20.20 6.25 4.20 23.00 24.40 5.50 4.40 26.75 28.60 5.76 4.60 30.60 32.80 6.00 4.80 34.25 37.00 6.25 5.00 38.00 41.20 6.60 6.20 41.75 45.40 6.75 5.40 9 months. $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.60 3.00 21.15 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 36.10 3.60 39.76 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.06 4 months. 5 months. $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.0O 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.25 7.00 14.50 7.00 17.35 7.35 20.20 7.70 23.05 8.06 25.90 8.40 28.76 8.75 31.60 9.10 34.45 9.45 10 months. 11 months. $12.00 2.00 14.60 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.60 2.60 47.60 2.60 62.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.60 1.00 23.06 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.15 1.16 39.70 1.20 46.26 1.25 60.80 1.30 66.35 1.35 months. $12.00 6.00 13.50 6.00 15.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.60 7.50 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 12 months. $12.00 15.00 'i8."66 24.00 "sofoo "36." 66 "42." 66 'is." 66 "54." 66 '66." 66 Note. — The minTmnm charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeed- ing months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection wltii any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. 70 TELEPHONES. BVFFAIiO, IV. Y Continued. Short term service — Individtial and party lines — Continued. Message rates. — Wlien the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such pro- portion of the minimum aimual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the Tniuimntti rate in the messag&-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts lor the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious saorfiice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified tor the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the tniTiiTn nm specified in the schedule, the cimrge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the aimual rate, lor the remaining portion of the year, the miTiirnnrn charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same bmidtng as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk Kn«s.— The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunt-Une rate, under "Flat rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is asstuned to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the aimual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established aimual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedifie, the charge is such proportion of the mlniinum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guar- anteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Kxcess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement beyond the base rate area): Individual line, or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mHe or fraction thereof $6.00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 50 Four-partv line, per station,per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tle-lmiBmileage(charges are computed onroute measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 7.50 Extra directory listings, business or residence, each 3. 00 Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch ex- change station- Inside move No charge. Outside move, during first year or within one year from last free move — Main station moved independently $3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1. 00 Extension station moved independently of main station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboards- Inside move during first year or within one year from last free move: Same. Another room. room. Cordless, 10 lines or less $5. 00 $8. 00 Cord board, 40 Ihies or less 10.00 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during ■Irst year or within one year from last free move- Cordless, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 2 private branch exchanges and No. 1 residence systems: First or subsequent years, estimated cost. OADIIil/AC, MICH. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CITIZENS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT APE. 28,1914. [Exchange area includes Cadillac and rural territory adjacent.] Individual and party-line service flat rates: Individual line. Z^.*^ $24.00 18.00 521. 00 Bural party line $15. 00 Rural party-line rates increase for distance beyond 6 miles or less than 8 on line. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHON & TELEGRAPH CO. [Cambridge is included within the Boston, Mass., Metropolitan District, the rates for which are described in the statement under Boston, Mass.] CAMBRIDGE, MINIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $18. 00 Residence station, individual line 12. 00 Rural station 12.00 Business station, summer season 15. 00 Residence station, summer season 10. 00 Connecting telephone companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. CAMDEN, X. 3. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE DELAWARE & ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Camden and Woodlynne, N. J.] Individual and party-line service: Flai rates. Individual line. 2-party line. ^Te*^ Both-way auxiliary Ime. Extension station. Business $60.00 36.00 $48.00 30.00 $39. 00' 24.00 $42.00 $6.00 Residence 6 00 Message rates (Imsiness only). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 $36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 4 4 4 4 S6.00 Additional local messages, $3 per 100 if contracted for in advance. Rural line service: Busmess $39. 00 Residence 24. 00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence — Flat rates- Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $30. 00 First both-way trunk line, business 60. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 42. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, residence, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Ringing power.- Hand-operated generator, for signalmg stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power lumished at $24 per annum. No charge lor ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence— Message rates- Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $24. 00 Trunk lines , both-way, each 24. 00 Stations , main or extension, each ' 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each 0.03 Additional local messages, each '..'./.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 0.'o4 If contracted tor In advance, in lots of 100, each 0.03 Ringing power. — Hand-operated generator, tor signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge tor ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel.— Message rates (contracts are not accepted tor less than 20 stations, exclud- ing operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone for each position, $24. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. For flat-rate trunk lines, see the following paragraphs. Stations, main or extension, each, $6. No additional charge Is made tor the stations and booth equipment, Installed in public corridors for the use of the general public. Local messages.— The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public-telephone rates for all local and toll messages and receives a commission on all charges lor local and toll messages orig- inating at the private branch exchange system. Hotel.- Message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines— Flat-rate tnink lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch- exchanges tor use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only tor the use of olHcials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are tonave flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the fiat-rate or message-rate trunk lines, and with any other private branch- exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are not listed in directory. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged tor at the rates given under the standard schedules tor business fiat-rate private branch-exchange service. The charges tor the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped tor connection with the flat-rate trunk lines are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply under the business flat-rate and hotel message rate schedule. " RATE SCHEDULES. 71 OAMDEIV, I¥. J Continued. Short-term service: Individual and party lines— Flat rates.— The table given helow shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual fiat rates. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 6 months. 6 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge.. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. - . Short-term rate Termination charge.. . Short-term rate Termination charge.. . ShorMerm rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge.. . $12.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.50 11.00 13.5.5 11.65 14.60 12.10 16.65 12.66 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.60 10.50 16.00 11.00 17.60 11.50 19.00 12.00 20.50 12.60 22.00 13.00 23.60 13.60 $12.00 9.00 12.76 9.00 13.50 9.00 15.45 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.35 10.35 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40. 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.26 7.00 14.50 7.00 17.35 7.35 20.20 7.70 23.05 8.05 26.90 8.40 28.75 8.75 31.60 9.10 34.45 9.46 $12.00 6.00 13.60 6.00 15.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.60 7.60 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual flat rates. • 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 S4.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge.. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short/-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge.. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 6.00 13.75 6.00 15.60 5.00 19.25 6.25 23.00 6.60 28.75 5.75 30.50 6.00 34.26 6.25 38.00 6.60 41.75 6.76 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 5.00 41.20 5.20 45.40 6.40 $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.50 3.00 21.15 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.46 3.45 35.10 3.60 39.75 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.05 $12.00 2.00 14.60 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.60 2.60 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.15 1.15 39.70 1.20 45.25 1.25 60.80 1.30 66.35 1.35 $12.00 "'"16.' 66 "'i8.'66 "'24.' 66 "'36.' 66 "'36.' 66 "'42.' 66 "'48.' 66 "'54.' 66 "'60." 66 Note. — The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such a.nnnqi p^te the termination cnarge specified above for the next higher annual rate. - Message rates. — When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimnm specified in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages giiaranteed under such rate, the minimnm charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the mim- mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note.— Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both fiat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remainrag portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. tJpon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switdiboaris.—The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the aimual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. TnmTt iines.- The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or ertension.—TTie charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, lor the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the mmlmum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest iu service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Zocal messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the clmrge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaran- teed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals or exceeds the mini- mum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. CAMDEIV, IV. J.— Continued. Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-Ilne distances beyond the base-rate area): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $5. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction fiiereof 3. 00 Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. OO Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are computed on route measure- ment), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 6.00 Extra directory listings, business or residence, each 3.00 Joint-user service, business flat rate. Individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch-ex- change station, during the first year or within one year from the last free move — Inside move $1.00 Outside move- Main station moved independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard, 1. 00 Extension station moved independently 3. 66 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboards under aimual contracts, during the flist year or within one year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move: room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $6.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move: Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal). $2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, duriag the first or subsequent years ... .At cost. OANTOIV, OHIO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE STARK COUNTY TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT JUNE 30, 1911. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. ""iS?^ Yr^ Business. J36.00 24.00 $30.00 18.00 $15.00 Rural lines: Business, up to 10 parties on line $24. 00 Residence, up to 10 parties on line 18. 00 Extension station 8. 00 Extra name service in directory 10. 00 Extra listing in directory 3. 00 Private branch exchanges: Trunk (first) 36.00 Trunk (each additional) 30.00 Station 12.00 Moving charges: For moving station within the same premises 1. 00 For changing station at request of the subscriber 2. 00 For change of location not within the same premises, if made within a year after installation 2.50 CAKROIiliXOIV, Ilil.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO., IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. .00 Business. , S24.0 Business with extension on same line in same building 36.00 Residence 12.00 Residence with extension on same line in same building 18. OO CHARI^ESTOWr, S. O. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHERN BELL TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Note. — Where the same charge is shown for service with different numbers of subscribers on a circuit, under business or residence fiat rates or message rates, the lower grades of service are ordinarily employed only beyond the base-rate area, with mileage charges. Flat rates. Individ- ual line. ^I?^?^ "■^^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $60.00 36.0(5 $48.00 24.00 , $48.00 24.00 $30.00 $18.00 f Wall set, 12.00 \ Desk set, 18.00 Message rates (on monthly guarantee lasts). Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line. "if^^ line. Addi- tional local messages (cents). Extension station. Business Limit of charge per 1,200 $36.00 6.00 $36.00 6.00 $36.00 5.00 18.00 3.00 3 $18.00 600 1 Limit of charge per month. 3 / WaUset,12.00 \ Desk set, 18.00 f 72 TELEPHONES. CHAKIiESTOIV, S. C— Continued. Individual and party-line short-term service: Emergency service.— The charge is the regular monthly rate lor the period of service, plus the estimated expense of installation and disconnection. Season service. — For not less than 4 months the charge is the regular rate for the period of service, plus 50 per cent. Private branch exchai^e service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are for periods of 5 years). — Commercial and department store — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each station originalljr connected, minimum charge S24. When a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the switchboard charge is modified accordingly. Trunklines, both-way, each $90. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 45. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per aimum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is S2 per annum per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations cormected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of S6 per annum, and a power charge of $6 per annum. Commercial and department store — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, SI for each station originally connected, minimum charge, S24. 'When a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the switch- board charge is modified accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each S48. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages.— One local message per month is allowed, without addi- tional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No mes- sage allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-nule or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit, and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station. Including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' tele- phones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations cormected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circmt. — This charge Is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of S6 per annum, and a power charge of $6 per annum. Hotel and apartment house — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost, installed. Trunk lines, both-way or incoming, each, $36. The average number of originating local messages jjer month for each trunk line in service must be 200 or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished. Stations, main or extension, each — When company installs and maintains inside wiring S6. 00 When subscriber installs arid maintains inside wiring 4. 00 Local messages. — One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per aimum for each circuit, and a power charge of 12 cents per annum for each station, including operators^ telephones. 'The maximum charge is 50 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Ringing circuit.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of S6 per annum, and a power charge of S6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges: Business and residence — Flat rates (contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling, including the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling in excess of 50 feet for any station. Including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnished is that for 10 lines). Trunk lines, both-way, each: Business Residence Trunk lines, incoming, each: Business Residence Receiving station, with switching device Stations, main or extension, with switching device, each. . Battery power and ringing circuit One-year contract. $90.00 54.00 45.00 27.00 18.00 12.00 15.00 Three-year contract. $90.00 64.00 45.00 27.00 24.00 16.00 15.00 Excess exchange-line mileage: Charges are computed on air-line measurements beyond the city limits at $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof and are quoted on a "per line" basis. On imfiUed party lines the total charge for mileage bears the same relation to the above rate as the number of subscribers connected bears to the number that may be connected on that type of line. Under message-rate contracts 1 local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. Extension and tie-line mileage- Extension lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof S.5. 00 Tie lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof '. 10. 00 Under message-rate contracts one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. CHA]i]L£:STOIV, S. C— Continued. Extra directory listings, each, per annum, S3. Under message-rate contracts one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, lor each 3 cents per month of the charge for listings. Jomt-user service: Flat rates: Individual line Two-party line Four-party line Message rates: Individual line Limit of charge per month Two-party Itae liimit of charge per month Four-party line Limit of charge per month Business. $24.00 18.00 18.00 12.00 2.00 12.00 2.00 12.00 2.00 Residence. $12.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 1.00 Under message-rate contracts one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month charged for joint-user service. Moving charges: Move to another location in the same office or room, each station $1. 00 Move to another location In the same building, each station 2.00 Move to another building, together with extensions and supplemental equipment, if any, each mam station 3. 00 Changing service from individual to party Une, each main station 2.60 Changing party-line subscriber to another party line, at subscriber's request 2. SO Changing equipment at subscriber's request, when the change is not required for the efficiency of the service 1. 50 Any move of a private branch-exchange switchboard together with all asso- ciated stations and apparatus to another location on the same or different premises, estimated cost of labor and material. a CHATTATVOOGA, TENX, NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CUMBERLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17,1914. [The base-rate area of the Chattanooga exchange coincides with the municip^ area. The territory adjacent to the northern and southern houndaries of the municipal area, and within which there is a continuous development, is divided into a series of zones. These zones are des^nated by numbers, "the lower numbers indicating the nearby or inner zones. Although somewhat irregular in shape, the zones are approximately one-half mile in width. They do not completely encircle the base- rate area, owing to the natural barriers formed by Mission Ridge and the Tennessee River on the easterly and westerly sides of the citv. The northerly sections of certain of the nearby zones, however, extend somewnat to the west of the Tennes- see River. The portions of the zone areas lying on the west side of the river are designated by adding the suffix " a." to the zone numbers. The southerly section of Zone 6 extends over the state boundary and that por tion of the zone area within the state of Georgia is also designated by adding the suffix "a," to the zone number. Mileage charges to all points within agiven zoneare averaged so that thesame rates are available to all subscribers within that zone. These rates are indicated below as zone rates.] Individual and party-line service — Flat rates — Individual lines only. Extension Business. Residence. station. $48.00 61.00 65.92 60.00 67.92 69.96 72.00 79.92 96.00 $24.00 27.00 30.00 33.00 36.00 39.00 42.00 48.00 48.00 $12 00 Zone la . . 12 00 ZnnA 9 pTui 7,nnft ?a 12 00 Zone 3 and Zone 3a - 12 00 12 00 Zone 5 12 00 Zone 6 - 12 00 12 00 Zone 7 12 00 Short-term service: Short-term service and season service is furnished at 37 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired for the first 3 months or fraction thereof, plus 7 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired, for each month m excess of the first 3 months. For very short periods, as during illness, and in other cases where this rat© would be excessive, approval is given to accept cancellations upon payment of regular charges for the period of service, minimum 1 month, plus a percent- age of the Installation and disconnection costs, determined by the ratio of the unexpired portion of the contract period to the fuU contract period, plus an estimated depreciation on equipment and materifj. Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are for periods of 3 years. Contracts are not taken for leas than 2 trunk lines)— Commercial and department store— Flat rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position- Equipped for 20 lines or less $60. 00 Equipped for 21 lines or more 120. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 72. 00 Stations, each 12. 00 Hotel and apartment house— Message rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost, installed. Trunk liues, both-way or inco m ing, each, $36. The average number of origi- nating local messages per month for each trunk line In service must be WO or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished. Stations, main or extension, each — Whencompany Installs and maintains inside wiring... , $6 00 When subscriber Installs and maintains inside wiring 4' qq .i'3&."„'ii;i RATE SCHEDULES. 73 CHATTAIMOOGA, TEIVIV Continued. Private branch exchange service — Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Hotel and apartment house — Message rates — Continued. Local messages.— One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit, and a power charge of 12 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maxi- mrmi charge Is 60 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of leet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, mcluding oper- ators' telephones, and dividmg the product by 120,000. Ringing oiroult.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per aimum per quarter-raile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum, and a power charge of $6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Busmess and residence — Flat rates (contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling, including the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling in excess of 50 feet for any station, including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnished is that for 10 lines). Trunk lines, both-way, each. . Receiving station, with switching device. Stations, with switolilng device, each. Battery power and ringing circuit One-year contract. IJ individual line, business or residence rate. $18.00 $12.00 $15.00 Three-year contract. li individual line, business or residence rate. $24.00. $15.00. $15.00. Excess exchange line mileage: Individual line, per mile or fraction thereof, route measurement $6. 00 Rural line, per station, per mile or fraction thereof, route measurement . . 3. 00 Extension line mileage, per ^quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measme- ment 7.50 Extra directory listings, business or residence 3.00 Joint-user service, business or residence 12.00 Moving chaises: Individual line — Moving within the same room $1. 00 Moving within the same building 2. 00 Moving to another building 3. 00 Private branch exchanges, actual cost. CHICAGO, IliE.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CHICAGO TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. In the city of Chicago two schedules of exchange rates are in force, namely: Sched- ule I, known as "Metropolitan rates," and Schedule II, known as "Neighborhood rates." Metropolitan rates are available, without mileage charges, to all subscribers within the city limits and, to subscribers at metropolitan rates, the local service area coincides with the municipal area. Metropolitan rates are the only rates available in the "down-town" or central section of the city. Patrons outside of the city limits may subscribe for metropolitan service by payment of foreign ex- change line mileage charges in addition to the charges shown under the schedule of metropolitan rates. In addition to the metropolitan rates, neighborhood rates are available, without mileage charges, to all subscribers in 13 Chicago central office districts (including 4 potential central office districts). These central office districts are each known as a neighborhood area and, taken together, comprise about one-half of the municipal area. Neighborhood areas are localities outside of the center of the city where there is a community of development. The portion of such a community outside the city is served from the Chicago central office which serves the neighborhood area within the city limits; the area outside of the city being treated as a potential sub- urbanexchange. Neighborhood rates are available in potential suburban exchanges and stations of neighborhood subscribers in such exchanges carry a distinctive cen- tral oiEce designation. It will be noted that only metropolitan rates are quoted in the central section of the city; both metropolitan rates and neighborhood rates are quoted in the out- lying sections of the city (about one-half the municipal area); and, except by pay- ment of foreign exchange line mileage charges, only neighborhood rates are quoted in suburban localities served from Chicago central offices and adjacent to the Chicago central office districts in which both metropolitan and neighborhood rates apply. SCHEDULE I— METBOPOLITAN BATES. Schedule I is available to all subscribers in the city of Chicago, and the local service area coincides with the municipal area. Flat rates. Residence only: Individual line $72.00 2-partyline 66.00 Extension station 6.00 CHICAGO, Ilili.— Ck)ntinued. SCHEDULE I— METEOPOUTAN BATES— ConthlUed. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line Additional local messages. Both-way auxiliary line.' Exten- sion sta- tion. Business: 960 $48.00 60.00 2 125. 04 3 198.00 40.00, s 194. 00 First 240, 5 cents; next 1,200, 3 cents; next 1,200, 2i cents; all others, 2 cents. First 1,200, 3 cents; next 1,200, 2J cents; all others, 2 cents. $24.00 $6 00 1,200 6,000 7,200 Residence: 800 . Ffrst 400, 4 cents; next 1,200 3 cents; next 1,200, 2i cents; all others, 2 cents. 6 00 7200 1 Without message allowance. ' Guarantee of 600 messages per month; no refund for unused messages. ' Including an auxiUary line and station. Each 6,000 local messages, in excess of 7,200, with an additional auxiliary line and station, $120. Subscribers' coin-box rates. Business: 1-party, 2-party Residence: 1-party 2-party 4-party Guarantee.' 4 local messages per day. . 2i local messages per day. 4 local messages per day. . 2 local messages per day.. 1 local message per day. . . Computed mimmum annual charge. $73.00 46.65 73.00 36.60 18.25 Local messagei (cents). i Exten- sion station. $6.00 6.00 6.00 8.00 6.00 ' In the adjustment of guarantees, collections are averaged for a period of flo days before and after any given collecrion. ' Local messages in excess of the guarantee, 4 oents each, except in connection with those stations where postpayment coin boxes have not been replaced by prepay- ment coin boxes, when the rate for local messages in excess of the guarantee is S cenis. SCHEDULE n— NEIGHBOKHOOD RATES, Schedule II is available in 13 neighborhood areas in the city of Chicago and is also available in certain potential suburban exchanges adjacent to these neighborhood areas, as follows: Central office districts in the city of Chi- cago where neighborhood rates are avail- able. Neighborhood Area 1.— Beverly Neighborhood Area 2. — Rogers Park Neighborhood Area 3. — Norwood Park. . . Neighborhood Area 4.— Irvin g Neighborhood Area 5. — Austin Neighborhood Area 6. — ^Mont Clare (served from Austin). Neighborhood Area 7. — West Pullman Neighborhood Area 8. — ^Riverdale Neighborhood Area 9. — Hegewisch (served from South Chicago). Neighborhood Area 10.— South Chicago . . . Neighborhood Area 11. — BtuTiside Neighborhood Area 12. — Chicago Lawn (served from Wentworth). Neighborhood Area 13. — Stewart (served from the Stewart Metropolitan central office). Potential suburban exchanges in which neighborhood rates are available and which are adjacent to Chicago neigh- borhood areas. Mount Greenwood (served from Bev- erly). Birchwood (served from Rogers Park). Niles (served from Norwood Park). Ridgemoor (served from Irving). Perry (served from West Pullman). Dalton (served from Riverdale). Burnham (served from South Chicago). Lake Shore (served from South Chi- cago). The local service area to neighborhood subscribers, in each case, includes both metropolitan and neighborhood subscribers within the respective neighborhood areas and within the associated adjacent potential suburban exchange areas in those cases where such suburban areas are shown. In addition thereto the local service area to neighborhood subscribers in Austin includes metropolitan subscribers in Mont Clare, and the local service area to neighborhood subscribers in Chicago Lawn and Stewart includes both metropoUtan and neighborhood subscribers in both of these areas, together with all metropolitan subscribers in Wentworth and Stewart (Metropolitan) central office districts. Messages from a station at neighborhood rates to a station within the city of Chicago and outside of the above described local service area for that station, are charged for as toll messages. 74 TELEPHONES. CHICACxO, Ilili.— Continued. SCHEDULE n— NEIGHBORHOOD BATES — Continued. Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party nne. ""S!^ Extension station. Business .. $48.00 36.00 $36.00 24.00 $24.00 18.00 $6.00 Kesidence . 6.00 Short-term service. — Message-rate contracts "with a monthly guarantee of 500 local messages, first month, 825. Each additional month, $10.42. No. 1 private branch exchanges. — Under the provisions o( an ordinance passed hy the city council of the city of Chicago, private branch-exchan£ e switchboards are furnished, without additional charge, to all message-rate subscribers requesting them, who contract for 2 or more individual lines at thesame premises. The rates for trunk lines and local messages are the same as for individual lines and local messages. Private branch-exchange stations are furnished at the extension-sta- tion rate. Additional both-way trunk lines, without message allowance, are furnished at the auxiliary-ltoe rate. A subscriber who contracts for one or more individual lines at neighborhood rates at premises at which he employs private branch-exchange service under metropolitan rates, has the privilege of connecting the neighborhood service lines to the private branch exchange switchboard. Extension an'd tie-line mileage: (charges are computed on the shortest street distance.) Extension lines — First half-mile or fraction thereof $20. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 10. 00 Tie-lines, between switchboards in the samebuilding contracted lor by the same subscriber ; 12. 00 Extra directory listings. — All classes of message-rate or flat-rate service, except the individual-line busmess-message rate with guarantee of 500 local messages per month, $3. Moving charges: . Individual or party -line station — On same premises — Business, actual cost, not to exceed 16. Kesidence, actual cost, not to exceed $2.50. To another premises, $5. If line and station are already in place at the new location, $1. Private branch-exchange systems, actual cost. When service has been used at the same location for a period of one year or more subscribers may extend the contract for the ensuing year in lieu of payment of the above moving charges. CHICAOO, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE KATES OP THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1913. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. ^r^' "■^^^ Extension station. $81.00 42,00 $51.00 30.00 $36.00 18.00 $6.00 6.00 Residence Private branch exchanges: Trunks, each $84. 00 Automatic stations — 10 or less 21. 00 11 to 15, inclusive 18. 00 16 or more 15. 00 Extensions 6. 00 Private-line rates: First mile or less $40. oo Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 10. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Broker's rate, each line 36. 00 Group service: Four stations only installed, rate $118. 00 This is a four-party line business-group service installed in offices only. Corwin intercommunicating systems: Stations $9. 00 Trunks 84.00 Building intercommunicating service with outside telephone service: Eate, not less than 100 stations, each §30. 00 Extensions, each 6. 00 Pay stations: Main-line guaranty pay stations for business houses, $18. 'Subscriber to receive SO per cent of money deposited in coio box over this amount. Pay stations to be installed in drug stores, cigar stores, candy stores, saloons, department stores, theater lobbies, and other public places on no-guaranty basis. Subscriber to receive 60 per cent of all money (feposited in com box. Extrarname charges. — Extra-name charges shall be 25 cents per month, commencing with the appearance of name in directory. No extra names on pay-station contracts. Buzzer circuits.— One-way buzzer circuits installed on extension telephone free of charge, when distance does not exceed 100 feet. Where distance between main line and extension exceeds 100 feet, subscriber will pay the additional cost plus 10 per cent for supervision. When 2-way buzzers are installed, subscriber shall pay 60 per cent of cost plus 10 per cent for first 100 feet or less, and the total cost of all over 100 feet plus 10 per cent for supervision. Long runs on extensions. — When an extension set is other than on the same floor as tile main line station on subscriber's premises, an additional initial charge shall be made for installing same, covering additional labor and material involved. When subscriber desires extension in other than same building as main line, the regular mileage charge as now employed shall apply. CIIVOIIVIVATI, OHIO, Al^D OOVIWrGTOWf, KY. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE CINCINNATI & SUEUR- BAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 26, 1914. Covington, Ey., is included within the Cincinnati, Ohio, local service area and all rates in the schedule given below, which are available in Cincinnati, are also available in Covington. With the exceptions noted, this schedule is also available to all subscribers in a number of suburban cities and towns which are included within the Ciioinnati Di itrict and to all such subscribers the local service area coincides with the Cincinnati local-service area. The Cincinnati local-service area embraces about 639 square miles and covers all of Hamilton County in the state of Ohio and all of Kenton County, together with the northern half of Campbell County , 1 n the state of Kentucky . In the four principal cities in the Cmcinnati District, viz, Cincinnati and Norwood in Ohio, and Covington and Newport in Kentucky, the base-rate area is the area within 2 miles of a central office, while in the smaller cities and towns the base-rate area coincides with the municipal area. The rates avaflable within a base-rate area are shown below as base rates. In the application of rates in the territory beyond a base-rate area, all of such territory within a radius of 4 miles of a central office, or, in some cases, 3 miles, depending on the density of population, is treated as a rate zone. For certain classes of service, in this zone, higher rates are in effect which are shown below as zone rates. No excess exchange line mileage is charged within the outer boundary of a rate zone, excepting as included in the zone rates. In addition to the schedule shown below, under which the local service area covers the Cincinnati District, other schedules are available In some of the suburban towns, at lower rates, covering much smaller local service areas which ordinarily comprise only the town in which the subscriber is located and in no case include either Cincinnati or Covington. Individual and party-line rate: Flat rates. ludividtial line. "■fint^ '■l?n^^ Auxiliary line. Extension station. Base rates: Business $100.00 48.00 100.00 60.00 $9.00 $30.00 9.00 Zones rates: Business . . 9.00 Eesidence 42.00 $30.00 9.00 Message rates.^ Local messages per annum. Individual line. Auxiliary Line. Extension station. Additional local messages (cents). Base Rates: Business only... Zone rates: Business only... 600 600 $48.00 ^ 60.00 $9.00 9.00 3 3 1 Not available in suburban exchanges where rates are quoted for local service. Subscribers' coirirtox rates. The rates shown below are available, without mileage charges, within the base area and the rate zone. Business, 1-party Business, 4-party Eesidence, 4-party... Guarantee. $5 per month in local Two local messages per day. One local message per day. Computed TniT^iTTinTin annual charge. $60.00 36.60 18.25 Local [uessages (cents). Extension station. $9.00 9.00 9.00 1 Refund of 1 cent per inessage on local message charges in excess of guarantee. 2 Not available in suburban exchanges where rates are quoted for local service. Rural-line service: Ten-party flat-rate service is furnished outside of the zone area, without mileage charges, affording service to all stations in the Cincinnati district at the ffi- lowing rates: Business $48.00 Residence 24. 00 Extension stations 9. oo Short-term service: Shor1>-term service is furnished at the proportionate part of the annual rate plus an installation charge of $10, where contracts are taken for service for periods of less than one year, under all classes of service except residence sub- scriber's coin-box service and in all cases where annual contracts are termi- nated within the initial contract term, provided, however, that the station is located not more than 1,000 feet from the cable head or tap on a party line, and provided no extraordinary construction is required. A short-term contract may be changed to an annual contract for the same class of service dating from tne original date of installation, the subscriber receiv- ing credit for the amount paid on the short-term contract. Extension stations are charged for at the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of use, plus an Installation charge of $3. In lieu of the regular installation charge, subscribers who contract for short- term service at locations where the line and instrument are intact are charged $1 per month in addition to the rate for short-term service, and such charges if any, that may apply for moving the station or changing the equipment to suit the convenience of the subscriber. Private branch exchange short-term service is furnished at the proportionate part of the annual rate, plus the cost of installation and remov^. RATE SCHEDULES. 75 CIIVOIXXATI, OaiO, AND OOVIMGTOIV, KY— Continued. Private branch exchanges: No. 1 private branch exchanges- Commercial— Flat rates. (Under contracts where multiple switchboards are to be installed, subscribers are required to contract for a minimum of 2 trunklines and 4 stations, excluding operating telephones) — Switchboard, with battery power and operating telephones— Nonmultiple, equipped for 50 lines or less (if 2 or more trunk lines are connected, nonmultiple switchboards equipped for 60 lines or less are furnished at S20 per annum) $60. 00 Nonmultiple, equipped for over 50 lines, per line 1.00 Multiple, equipped for 300 lines or less, per line 3.00 Trunk Imes, both-way only, each 100. 00 Stations, each 20. 00 Stations, for intercommunicating purposes only , each 9. GO Elnglng circuit' (no additionul charge, with multiple switchboards) . . 36. 00 Commercial— Message rates (flat-rate trunk lines may be connected to message- rate private branch exchange switchboards at the rate indicated) — Switchboard, with battery power and operating telephones— , Nonmultiple, equipped tor 50 lines or less (if 2 or more trunk lines are connected, nonmultiple switchboards equipped for 60 lines or less are furnished at $24 per annum) 160. 00 Nonmultiple, equipped for over 50 lines, per line 1. 00 Multiple, equipped for 300 lines or less, per line 3. 00 Trunk lines, message rate, both-way only, each 30. 00 Trunk lines, flat rate, both-way only, each 240. 00 Stations, each 9. 00 Local messages, each 0. 03 Ringing circuit (no additional charge, with multiple switchboards) . . 36. OQ Dmarlment store — Message rates- Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and operating tele- phones, equipped for 100 lines or less 100. 00 Trunk lines, first 10, both-way only, each 30. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Local messages, each 0. 03 Hotel — Message rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring when the contract period is less than 5 years) — Switchboard, with battery power and operating telephones, no additional charge. Trunklines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each $6. 00 Local messages, each 0. 03 Hinging circuit, no additional charge. No. 2rprivate branch exchanges (Installation charges apply under contracts for less than 5-y6arperiods. Under 5-year contracts, subscnbers bear the cost of cable in excess of 50 feet per station. The minimum installation is 3 stations and the maximum installation is a total of 10 trunk lines and stations). Business— Flat rates — Receiving station, with switching device. Including 1 both-way trunk line $144.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 100. 00 Stations, with switching device, each 20. 00 Stations, for intercommunicating purposes only, each 9. 00 Residence— Flat rates — Receiving station, with switching device, including 1 both-way trunkline 84.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 48. 00 Stations, with swltehing device, each 12. 00 Stations, for intercommunicating purposes only, each 9. 00 Excess exchange line nuleage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the outer boundary of a rate zone): In the 4 principal cities in the Cincinnati district; viz., Cincinnati and Norwood Ohio, and Covington and Newport, in Kentucky, the base-rate area is the area within 2 miles of a central office. In the smaller cities and towns in the Cincinnati district, the base-rate area coincides with the municipal area. Beyond the base-rate area, all of such territory within 4 miles of a central office, or, in some cases, 3 miles, is treated as a rate zone. For business message-rate and residence flat-rate subscribers in this zone higher rates are in effect. No excess exchange line mileage is charged within the outer boundary of a rate zone, except as included in the zone rate. Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter -mile or fraction thereof 4. 00 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): Extension Unes — Per one-quarter mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 Tie lines — First mile or fraction thereof 30. 00 Each additional one-quarter mile or fraction thereof 7. 50 Extra directory listings: m nn Trade names 10. 00 Members of firm, etc 3. 00 Residence ,„ 22 Office hours or special night-caU numbers 10. GO Joint>user service: Business. Residence. $25.00 12.00 10.00 $3.00 3.00 3.00 Moving charges (moving charges are applied when moves are requested before the expiration of the initial contract term and subsequently when moves are requested before the expiration of 1 year following the last move for which no charge was made) : Outside move — Individual or party line main station *," n2 Additional stations moved at same time, each 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboard, actual cost. Private branch exchange stations ■'•60 Inside move — . ^. . i ,. ,. t. Individual or party line main or extension station or private branch exchange station— , . Within the same room :■■■■,■,-■ *inn From one room to another withm the same bmlomg a uu Change in type of station equipment 2. 00 Private branch exchange switchboard, actual cost. CliEARWATEB, FliA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PENINSULAR TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 23, 1914. Individual and party-lme flat-rate service: Individ- ual line. Individ- ual line jotat user. X!^ joint user. *-f^^ 4-party Ime joint user. Business $36.00 24.00 $15.00 9.00 $30.00 18.00 $12. 00 $21.00 $6.00 6.00 Extensions: Business station (desk or wall) $12. 00 Residence station (desk or wall) 12. 00 Bells (business or residence) 3. 00 Gongs (business or residence) 6. 00 Directory service: Extra listing 3.00 Additional line 1 3.00 CI/EVEI^AIVD, OEDO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE CLEVELAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party Ime. "■Lt^ Extension station. $84.00 48.00 $12.00 $36.00 $24.00 6.00 % Message rates (.business onlt/). Local messages per q.TiTmTn ■ Indi- vidual line. ^S^ Additional local messages, i Inward auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. 900 1,200 $42.00 First 400, 3 cents; next 1,600, 2* cents; next 2,000, 2 cents; all others, IJ cents. First 400, 3 cents; next 1,600, 2* cents; next 2,000, 2 cents; all others, 1} cents. $12.00 12.00 $54.00 $36.00 1 The sliding scale of charges for additional local messages is applied on a quarterly basis as follows: First 100 per quarter, 3 cents; next 400 per quarter, 2i cents; next 500 per quarter, 2 cents; all other, li cents. Subscribers' coirirbox rates. Business, 1-party . . Business, 2-party. . Residence, l-party Residence, 4-party Guarantee. 4 local 3 local 3 local 1 local per day. per day. per day. per day- Local message! (cents).' Exten- sion station. $12.00 12.00 6.00 6.00 1 Refund of 2i cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Temporary service: The charge is the regular rate for the period of service plus the cost of installation and removal. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Business— Flat rates and message rates (no installation charge is made for switch- board or stations located within 300 feet of the switchboard; for stations beyond this distance subscribers are charged the cost of installation)— Switchboard, with battery power, one position $36. 00 No charge is made for single-position switchboard when six or more stations are installed. The charge for multiple switchboards depends upon the cost. Trunk lines, both-way, each — Flat rate , S96.0O Message rate 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each — lto6 12.00 7 to 20 8.00 Over 20 6.00 Ringing circuit, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 7. 50 No charge is made for ringing circuit when 16 or more stations are installed, provided wie switchboard is located within one-half mile of the central office. Beyond this distance, a charge is made of $7.60 per annum per quarter-mUe or fraction thereof. Local messages over message-rate trunk lines, each, first 400, 3 cents; next 1,600, 2i cents; next 2,000, 2 cents; all others, li cents. This sliding scale of charges for local messages is applied on a quarterly basis. Transient hotels— Message rates (subscribers furnish the wiring) — Switchboard, battery power, one position, equipped for 100 lines or less (the charge for multiple switchboards depends upon the cost) $100. 00 Additional switchboard equipment, each group of 10 lines or less — 10. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each, no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each — In private offices of the hotel (includes outgoing local messages on hotel business) 1200 All others 4.00 Local messages, each 0. 05 76 TELEPHONES. OMaVEIiAPVU, OHIO— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Family hotels and apartment houses — Message rates (an installation charge is made, to cover the installation expense in excess of $4 per station) — ■ Switchboard, battery power, one position, equipped for 60 lines or less (the charge for multiple switchboards depends upon the cost) {36.00 Additional switchboard equipment, each group of 10 lines or less 10.00 I'runk lines, both-way only, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Ixical messages, each 0. 03 No. 2 private branch exchanges: Busmess — Flat rates or message-rates — An installation charge is made to cover the installation expense in excess of S4 per station. The maximum equipment fur- nished consists of 20 lines. The rates are the same as for No. 1 business private branch exchanges; the several switching devices being treated as the switchboards). Residence— Flat rates (An installation charge is made, to cover the installation expense in excess of $4 per station. The maximum equipment furnished consists of 20 lines)— Switching devices for .5 stations or less (no charge is made for switching devices when 6 or more stations are installed) $36. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 48. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Excess exchange line mileage; Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $7. 60 Two-party line, per stations, per quarter-mile or or fraction thereof 3. 76 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereaf 2. 00 Extension line mileage; A charge of S12 per anninn is made^ in addition to the reg- ular extension station rate, for individual and party-lrae business extension stations, located outside of the building in which the main station is located, but within one-quarter mile of the main station. Beyond this distance, a mileage charge of 17.50 is made for each quarter-mile or fraction thereof. In connection with all private branch exchange stations not located in the same building as the switchboard, mileage charges are made at the rate of 87.50 per quarter-mile or fraction. Extra directory listings, business only, 53. Joint-user service; Flat rates, business only $12. 00 Message rates, or subscribers' coin-box rates, business only 6. 00 Moving charges; Movny a station to another location in the same building (except No. 1 private branch-exchange switchboards or No. 2 private branch-exchange stations) $1.50 Moving a station to another building — Main station 3.00 Extension stations, each 1.60 After the expiration of the initial contract period subscribers may contract for the ensuing contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. Moving No. 1 private branch exchange switchboards or systems or No. 2 private branch-exchange stations, actual cost. 01,EVEI.AI«B, OHIO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CUYAHOGA TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 31, 1913. The system of the Cuyahoga Telephone Co. embraces 12 exchanges, with con- necting toll lines, and is divided into 6 districts, as follows: District No. 1 — Cleveland— Served by "Brook," "Central," "Crest," "Lake," "Princeton," "Union," and "Valley" exchanges. District No. 2 — Wood. District No. 3 — WicldifEe. District No. 4— Dover. District No. 5— Chagrin Falls. Unlimited subscribers in any district are allowed free service to unlimited sub- scribers in any other district. Limited subscribers are limited to service in the district or districts for which they contract. The established toll rate is charged against the originating subscriber, whether limited or unlimited, for messages to or from limited subscribers in other districts. The regular established local toll charge between all the various districts is 5 cents, except the toll charge to and from Chagrin Falls district. By agreement with the United States Telephone Co. a toll rate of 10 cents is charged for messages tp and from Chagrin Falls district. For individual line service outside the exchange limits of Dov«r, Wood, Wick- liffe, and Chagrin the rate is the exchange rate plus $6 per ^.TiTinm for each additional mile or fraction thereof. Rates for service for a period of less than 1 year will be furnished by contract, and are as follows: For any period of less than 6 months a charge of $10 is added to the regular rental rate, for the actual time that service is in use. For any period of 6 months or more, less than 1 year, the regular rate is charged for time m use, plus 50 per cent of the unexpired time from the date of discontinuance to the end of yearly period. District No. 1. — Individual and party-line unlimited service: Individual line. ^K!^ "-^.'^ $72.00 48.00 $54.00 36.00 $36. 00 Residence 24.00 Rural unlimited service (Valley exchange only)— Business, 8-party line $36. 00 Residence, 8-party line 24. 00 District No. S. — Individual and party-line unlimited service: Individual line. Y^e!^ *Te!^ $72.00 48.00 $54.00 36.00 $36. 00 Residence 24.00 CliEVBIiAlVD, OHIO— Continued. DISTMCTS — continued . District No. f— Continued. Individual and party-line limited service: Individual line. Xe*^ $30.00 24.00 $21.00 Residence 15.00 District No. S. — Individual and party-line service; Individual line, unlimited. Individual line, limited. unlimited. limited. limited. Business $150.00 100. 00 $30.00 24.00 $76.00 60.00 $24.00 18.00 $21. Oft 15.00 District No. 4.— Individual and party-line limited service: Business . . Residence . Individual line. $36.00 24.00 6-party line. $24.00 15.00 District No. 5.— Individual and party-line service (rates in effect after Oct. 1, 1913): Individual line. "-fin'e!^ Rural $30.00 20.00 $24.00 15.00 $15.00 A toll rate of 10 cents is charged for each conversation of 6 minutes or less, to all points in Geauga County outside of the Chagrin Falls district, excepting only Bainbridge and Newbury. Private branch exchanges: Switchboard (single position) $12. 00 This rate apphes to all classes of private branch exchange service unless other- wise herem specified. Trunk, first line $84. 00< Trunk, each additional line 72. 00 Trunk, one-way (incoming to subscriber) 42. 00 These rates apply to all elates of private branch exchange service unless other- wise herein specified. Stations, commercial unlimited (same building) within 300 feet of switohboard— First 6, each $12.00 Next 14, each 8.0O Twenty-first and succeeding, each 6. 00 Automatic intercommunicating stations- Primary station 12. 00 Substation, same building, within 300 feet, each 12. 00 Automatic intorcommunicating service is limited to a TniTiimnTn of 1 trunlt line and 3 stations and to a maximum of 2 trunk lines and 8 stations. Transient hotels — Stations in the rooms, each $5.00 Stations in the offices, each 12.00 Stations in rooms at the above rate are liinlt«d to house intercommunication. Outgoing messages are charged to the subscriber at the rate of 3 cents tor each conversation of 6 minutes or less. Rate for switohboard of 300 lines same as above quoted. Switohboard of more than 100 lines is rated in accord- ance with the factory cost and the maintenance cost for each particular installation. Family hotels and apartments- Station in rooms, each $8. 00 Rates lor trunk lines and switohboard of 100 Unes same as quoted above. Switohboard of more than 100 lines is rated in accordance with the factory cost and maintenance cost for each particular installation. Inside and outside stations- Inside stations more than 300 feet from switohboard and outside stations on the same premises are rated in accordance ■wiih the construction and main- tenance cost, in each particular case. Outside stations on other premises are rated in accordance with the mileage distance in each particular case. A charge of $7.60 per year is made for eaSi quarter-mile or fraction thereof in addition to the r^ular station rate. Private branch exchange service will not be installed unless the service required is at least 1 trunk line, 1 switchboard, and 6 stations. Pay station service: Busine'?s rates, guai'antee basis- Individual Ime $72.00- Individual line (drug stores onlv) 48. 00 Four-party line 30. 00 Telephone extension to pay stations 12. 00 The subscriber guarantees that the gross local receipts for service will equal the amoimts above specified. Settlements are made monthly at the end of each month, as nearly as possible, and in case the receipts do not equal the- amount guaranteed, the subscriber makes up the deficit. The subscriber is allowed a commission of 40 per cent on receipts in excess of the amount. guaranteed. RATE SCHEDULES. 77 OliEVEIiAND, OHIO— Continued. Pay-station service; Business rates, rental basis — Individual line $72 00 Individual line (drug stores only) !!!.!!!!.!!!!!!!!! 48! 00 Telephone extension to pay stations '. 12. 00 The sulisoriber pays lor this service quarterly in advance and is furnished a code word for his own private use. The subscriber is allowed a commission of 40 per cent of the gross local receipts. Besidence rates, guarantee basis- Individual line $54 00 Party line- •-.■- isioo Ihe subscriber guarantees that the gross local receipts for service will equal the amounts above specified. Extension service: Buaness extension station, same building, within 100 feet of primary set. $8. 00 Besidence extension station, same building, within 100 feet of primary set. 6. 00 Extensions more than 100 feet from primary sot and outside extension on same premises, either business or residence, are rated In accordance with the construction and maintenance cost in each particular case. Outside extensions on other premises are rated in accordance with the mileage in each particular case. A charge of S7.5D per year is made for each quarter- mile or fraction thereof tn addition to the regular extension rate. Applications tor extension service must be signed by the subscriber. This service is installed for the exclusive use of the subscriber, and is limited to a maximum of 5 to any one primary station. Extension jack service: Business portable extension, with plug ending cord $8. 00 Each busme.'is jack terminal 1. GO The subscriber pays the cost of wiring to the jack terminals. When the portable extension set is equipped with a pay-station box, in connection with regular pay-station service, a commission of 40 per cent of gross receipts is allowed the subscriber. Besidence portable extension set, with plug ending cord $6. 00 Each residence jack terminal 1. 00 The subscriber pays the cost of wiring to the jack terminals. Extension bell service: Same building (3-inch gong) 3. 00 Another building (3-inch gong) 5. 00 Vibrating bell and drop (5-inch gong) 5. 00 Extra name service: Business 10. 00 Individual name (member of same firm) 5. 00 Extra listing (business classification only) 5. 00 Besidence 5.00 Private-line service: When all stations are in the same building, each station 8. 00 The buscriber pays the cost of wirmg to each station. When stations are located in other buildlogs, line rental per each quarter- mile or fraction 7. 50 Stations, each 8. 00 If line is used for telegraphic purposes subscriber must furnish instru- ments. Long-distance terminal service: Within 2 miles of long-distance switchboard, S24. Outside 2 miles add $7.50 for each additional quarter-mile. Moves and changes: Company will move or change the location of any station at the expense of the subscriber. Subscribers are not permitted to change the loca- tion of any equipment without the company's consent. COIiBTA, IL,Ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE INTEBSTATE INDEPEND- ENT TELEPHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAJ^. 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 2-party line. "it^ Eural. Extension station. S30.00 18.00 $24.00 $24.00 18.00 $7.56 BFKideTinA $12.00 6.00 Extension bells, $2.04. COI/K,INSVIE,Iii:, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE KATES OF THE KINLOCH LONG-DIS- TANCE TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 2, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. "•Se!^ 4-party line. «24.00 18.00 $21.00 16.00 Residence $13. 20 Extensions: Business station -- S12.00 Residence station 6.00 COIiVlHQBIJS, OHIO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE COLUMBUS CITIZENS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT SEPT. 28, 1911. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. "Tef selective ringing. $40.00 24.00 $34.00 18.00 COIiVniBITS, OHIO— Continued. Bural individual and party-line service: Six party lines (outside the city only): Business station $40.00 Besidence station 24. 00 Individual lines outside of the city, $4 added to city residence rate and $6 to city business rate for each half-mile or fraction thereof beyond city limits. Extensions, business or residence: On the same premises $12. 00 On different premises 24. 00 Direct trunk line to long-distance switchboard 30. 00 Private branch exchange: Trunks, each 40. 00 Trunk Itoe dffect to long-distance switchboard 18. CO Station connecting through the switchboard 12. CO Station intercommunicating only 6. 00 The minimum number of extensions is 5, and the minimum charge $100 a year. No charge is made tor the switchboard itself. Automatic stations will be furnished for substations equal to the number of trunk lines. For other automatic stations an additional charge of $3 a year wiU be made. Above is for switchboards for manual operation. Automatic switchboards are special. Extra-name service in directory $6. 00 Extra-number service in directory 3. 00 This company also operates under lease the system of the Franklin County Telephone Co., with exchanges at the following points: Alton, Canal Winchester, Dublin, Gahanna, Grove City, Galloway, Groveport, Harrisburg, Hilliards, Look- boume, New Albany, Pickerington, Roynoldsburg, WestervDle, Worthington. The following rates apply to each of the above exchanges: Individual line service: Individual line business station $24. 00 Individual line residence station 12. 00 Outside of village limits.— Individual lines, for each half-mile or frac- tion thereof. 4. 00 Six-party rural line (outside of villages): i Busmess station 24.00 Besidence station 15.00 Extremely long lines may be special. Miscellaneous service: Unlimited service for subscribers, their immediate families, and permanent employees, to Columbus or from Columbus to the local exchange while in the city, $12 per aimum. Extension station on any line in the same premises, $9. Desk sets, $3 additional. OOVIIVGTOIV, KY. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE CINCINNATI AND SUBUBBAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. (Covington, Ky., is included within the Cincinnati, Ohio, district area and the Covington exchange rates are described in the statement of Cincinnati, Ohio, exchange rates.] CRETE, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE INTEBSTATE INDEPEND- ENTTELEPHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service.: Individual line. ^S?^ Extension s.ation. Business $24.00 18.00 $24.00 $12. 00 6 00 Rural service per station $18. 00 Extension bells 3. 00 DAI/IiAS, TEX. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE DALLAS AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 20, 1914. Individual-line automatic service: Business $60. 00 Besidence 24. 00 Extension stations: Business 12. 00 Residence 6. 00 DAI/K,AS, TEX. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN TELE- GRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. (NEW YORE;). IN EFFECT AUG. 23, 1914. [The local service area includes Dallas and Hiland Park.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates) : Individual Ime. ^?lf' Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $60.00 24.00 $42.00 $30.00 $12 00 / Desk set, 12.00 t WaUset, 6.00 Rural-line service: Business $36. 00 Besidence 24. 00 The company furnishes the main line of circuit. The subscribers furnish the branches between the main line and the stations. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, including operators' telephone) — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power and ringing circuit No additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way, each $60. 00 Stations, each 24. 00 78 TELEPHONES. DAXIiAS, TTEX.— Continued. No. 1 private-branch ezohanges — Continued. Transient hotel — Message rates (subscribers furnish the wiring. All other installa- tion expense is borne by the company) — Switchboard, cord only, with an operator's telephone for each position — Norunultiple — Magnetic signal, capacity 30 lines $24. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 30 lines 30. 00 Magnetic signal, capacity 80 lines 30. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 80 lines 39. 00 Multiple — Magnetic signal, capacity 200 lines 48. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 240 lines 48. 00 Lamp signal, equipped for— 240 to SOO lines 60.00 Over 50O lines 72.00 Trunk lines, both-way only No additional charge. Stations, each- First 25 $5.00 Over 25 3.00 Local messages, each 0. 02J Battery power 24. 00 Ringing circuit — Nonmultiple switchboard — Capacity 30 lines 12.00 Capacity 80 lines 18.00 Multiple switchboard — Magnetic signal, capacity 200 lines 18. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 300 lines 24. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 600 lines, equipped for — 240 lines 30.00 Over 240 lines 36. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges and No. 1 residence systems — Flat rates (sub- scribers furnish the cabling. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 6 stations tor busmess service nor for less than 1 trunk line and 4 sta- tions for residence service): Trunk lines, both-way only, each — Business $60. 00 Eesidence 24.00 Stations, with switching device, each- Business 24.00 Eesidence 12. 00 Short-term service: The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed, the minimum charge bemg the rate for 3 months, plus the cost of installation; except in the case of private branch-exchange trunk lines for which the charge is $7.50 per month for a miniynnTn period of 6 months. Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances, beyond 2i miles from the central office): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $3. 00 Party line, per statioUj per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $3. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $4. Joint-user service: Business $12.00 Eesidence 6. 00 Moving charges: No charge is made for moving telephone equipment provided service has been rendered continuously at the same location on the same premises lor 1 year or more, and provided service is continued at the new location for the ensuing 12 months. Except as noted above, telephone equipment is moved at actual cost, with a niinimnm charge of $1. DENVER, OOIiO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 21, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. "Se!^ Extension station. $98.00 36.00 $6.00 $30.00 Message TotesA Local mes- sages per gnnnm, Individual line. ^^^ Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. f 900 \ 1,800 / 480 \ 720 $36.00 2 2 $6.00 $48.00 6.00 3.00 . 18.00 24.00 3.00 1 Monthly guaranty of one-twelfth of the contract number of "Local messages per annum." Subscribers' coirirbox rates. Business, 1-party . . . Business,, 2-party. . Eesidence, 1-party. Eesidence, a-party. Residence, 6-party. Guaranty. 3 local messages per day.. . 2 local messages per day . . , 2 local messages per day .. . H local messages per day . . i local message per day Computed minimum annual charge. Local messages (cents). $54.75 36.50 36.60 25.55 14.60 IS 16 6 5 Exten- sion sta- tion. $6.00 6.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 1 Refund of 2 cents per message on local 3 Refund of 1 cent per message on local charges in excess of guaranty, charges in excess of guaranty. DEIWER, COI.O Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. Cord switchboards are furnished only under contracts for 10 or more stations, excluding operators' telephones) : Commercial and department store— Flat rates- Switchboard, cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone, capacity 2 trunks and 4 lines, or 3 trunks and 7 lines $108.00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone — First position $120.00 Additional positions, each 84. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 192. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each _ 24. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Commercial and department store — ^Message rates — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone, capacity 2 trunks and 4 lines, or 3 trunks and 7 lines 108.00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone: First position 120.00 Addiuonal positions, each 84. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only No additional charge. Stations, each $6.00 Local messages O.Oli Hotel — Message rates — Switchboard, cord, with battery power, ringing circuit and an oper- ator's telephone, first position 111.60 Trunk lines, both-way only No additional charge. Stations, each 3. 60 Local messages, each 0.02i No. 2 private branch exchanges (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years nor for less than 6 stations): Business — Flat rates — Tnmk lines, both-way only, each $108. 00 Stations, with switching device, each 11. 40 Eesidence — Flat rates — Trunk lines, both-way only, each 48. 00 Stations, with switchmg device, each 8. 40 Business — Message rates — Trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, with switchmg device, each i 11. 40 Local messages, each 0. Oli Residence— Message rates — Trunk lines, botn-way only, each, including 720 local messages (month- ly guarantee of 60 messages) 24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each 8. 40 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Short-term service (the charge is the regular rate for the period of service, plus the cost of installation and disconnection plus 15 per cent. Under contracts for indi- vidual and paity-line service the minimum charge is for a period of one month). Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements. No mileage charges are made within the city limits. On party lines charges are prorated between the subscribers): Individual or party lines, per line, per quarter- mile, or fraction thereof, $5.40. Extension line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $5.40. Extra directory listii^s, each, per annum, $4.20. Joint-user service: Business — Flat rates... $30.00 Message rates 12. 00 Eesidence, flat rates or message rates 4. 20 Moving charges: Individualand party-line stations— For the secona'and subsequent moves within a current contract year- Inside move, except pnvate residences $1. 00 Outside move 2. 50 No. 1 private branch exchange switchboards and No. 2 private branch-exchange stations, actual cost plus 15 per cent. DES niOINES, IOWA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE IOWA TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 11, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. "•gs^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station.1 Business 2 $60. 00 30.00 $48.00 24.00 $30.00 24.00 $12.00 1 Wall, without bell, $6. ' For stations equipped with coin-collecting devices, a flat charge is made ol $84 per annum. Subscribers are furnished with keys to coin boxes and retain col- lections for local messages. Subscribers' coivrbox rates. Business only, 1-party Annual guarantee. $6 per month in local messages. Minimum charge. $60 Local uessages (cents). • EefuBd of 2i cents per message on local message charges in excess of guaranty. Individual and party-line shor(>term service (the charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed, plus the cost oi installation and disconnection^). Eural line service, business or residence, $24. Private branch-exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges — Commercial department store— Flat rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 10 stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operators' telephone for each position No additional charee Trunk lines, both-way, each $60 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each g^ qq Stations, each 12 00 RATE SCHEDULES. 79 DKS MOINKS, IOWA— Continued. Private branch exchange service— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Transient and family hotel and apartment house— Message rates (subscribers bear the cost ol wiring. Contracts are not accepted for a period of loss than 3 years)— Switchboard, cord only, with batterv power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position No additional charge. Trunk lines, incoming or both-way No additional charge. Stations, each J3.00 Localmessages,guarantee2,400; each I] .[[][]. ..V l[[[[\ . o!o2i No. 2 private branch exchanges- Business and residence— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years nor for less than 6 stations. The maximum equipment furnished consists of 20 lines)— Trunk lines, both-way, each- Business $60.00 Residence 30. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each, bushiess only 30. 00 Stations, with switching device, each: Business 12. 00 Besidence — If company installs wiring fl. 00 If subscriber installs wiring 6. 00 Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements beyond the city limits): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof IS. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or traction thereof 3. 00 Extension line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route distance, S5. Extra directory listings, additional listings per directory issue, each, 81. Joint-user service: Business $12. 00 Residence 6.00 Moving charges: Individual and party lines, no chaise, DETROIT, IIIIOH. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE MICHIGAN STATE TELEPHONE CO. IN EPEECT AUG. 24, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. 'Te!^ 4-party line. Extension station. Business.... $72.00 42.00 $60.00 36.00 With bell, $12.00. fWith bell, $12.00. Without bell, $6.00. 124.00 1 Limited to fonr S-minute messages per day, this number including both out- going and incoming messages. The company does not check the messages unless complaints are received that the line is used to excess, in which case the company reserves the right to cancel the contract. Subscriiers' coin-box rates. This service is furnished only at locations where the telephone is subject to use by nonsubscribers. Rooming houses having S or more tenants come under this classification. Guarantee. Minimum charge. Local messages (cents) .1 $0,165 per day in local messages. . $0,082 per day in local messages.. $60.23 29.93 5 Multiparty lino 5 1 Refund of 2i cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Individual and party-line short-term service: The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed plus a termmation charge equal to 50 per cent of the rate for the unexpired portion of the contract term, maxi- mum termination charge $7.50. Bural-line service: Business $36.00 Residence 24.00 This service is available, without mileage charges, within 5 miles of the Detroit city limits provided 3 subscribers per mile of pole line can be secured. Private branch exchange service: A hand-operated generator for signaling stations is furnished without additional charge; or the ringing circuit is furnished from the central ofBce, to private branch exchanges within one-half mile, at $12 per annum. For distances in excess of one-half mile an added annual oliarge is made of $3 per quarter mile or fraction thereof, route measurement. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial— Flat rates (contracts are taken for 3-year or 5-year periods. The minimum installation Includes 2 trunk lines and 5 stations, excluding oper- ators' telephones )^- Switchboard, battery power, and 1 operator's telephone $18. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 72. 00 Stations, each — lto30 18.00 31to50 16.00 51 to 100 12-00 Over 100 9-00 Additional operators' telejphones, each 6.00 Additional jacks, for tie lines between 2 switchboards, including bat- tery supply, each ..--- - -.-■ 6-00 Family hotel— Flat rates (contracts are taken for 3-year or 6-year periods. The mmimum installation includes 2 trunk lines and 5 stations, excluding oper- ators' telephones) — , , , „.„ „„ Switchboard, battery power, and 1 operator's telephone $18. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 72. 00 Stations, each— ItolO 18-00 llto25 12-00 26to50 ■ 9-00 Over SO b-O" DETROIT, MIOH Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Contmued. Commercial — Message rates (contraets are taken for 3-yeax or 5-year periods) — Minimum equipment, consisting of switchboard, battery power, 1 op- erator's telephone, 2 trunk lines, 6 stations, and 4,800 local messages. . $207.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 36. 00 Additional stations, each- First 5 9.00 All others 6. OO Additional local messages, each 0. 04 Ifpurohasedinadvance, in lots of 1,000, each 0.03 Hotel— Message rates (contracts are taken for 3-year or 5-year periods. The mini- mum installation includes 25 stations, excluding the operators' telephones. The subscriber wires or pays for wiring the building)— Switchboard, battery power, and 1 operator's telephone $6. 00 Trunk lines No additional charge. Stations, each $6.00 Local messages, each 0. 05 No. 2 private branch exchanges: Busmess or residence — I'lat rates (installations include not less than 1 trunk line and 5 stations and not more than 2 trunk lines and 8 stations. Under 3-year contracts no installation charge is made except for cabling in excess of 30 feet per station. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made for all cabling) — Trunk Imes, each- Business $72.00 Residence 42.00 Stations, each — With exchange connections 24.00 Without exchange connections 18.00 When the subscriber furnishes all materials except telephones and pays all costs of installation (residence only) 12. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the city limits): Individual line, per c[uarter-mlle or fraction thereof $3. 00 2-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 1. 92 4-party line, J)er station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 96 Extension and tie-line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measure- ment, $7.66. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Joint-user service, business or residence, $12. Moving charges: Station with all associated equipment — Moved to another location m the same building $1. 50 Moved to another building 3. 00 No. 1 private branch exchange switchboards, and stations connected with No. 2 private branch exchanges, actual cost. DUIiUTH, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE NORTHWESTERN TELE- PHONE EXCHANGE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 11, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individ- ualline. ^S^!^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $48.00 24.00 $36.00 16.08 $30.00 $10.08. Residence ... (Desk with beU, $10.08. ■^WahwithbeU, $7.80. IWall without beU, $6. 00. Subscribers* coiiirbox rates. Business only, l-party . .. Business only, 2-party . . . Guarantee. $4 per month in local messages. $3 per month in local messages. Minimum charge. $48.00 36.00 Local messages (cents) . 1 1 Refund of 2i cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Individual and party-line short-term service: Business only, during the season of lake navigation, April 1 to December 1, individual line flat rate, $35. Rural line service: Business $36. 00 Besidence 24. 00 Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges- Commercial and department store— Flat rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 both-way trunk lines and 5 stations, excluding operators' tele- phones)— Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, rmgmg ottcuit, and an operator's telephone lor each position $12. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 48.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 30.00 Stations, each :---:-r l^-^O Transient and family hotel and apartment house— Flat rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring between the switchboard and all rooms) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, and ring- ing circuit, without operator's telephones No additional charge. Trunk lines, incoming or both-way No additional charge. Stations, each ---- $12.00 Transient and family hotel and apartment house— Message rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power and rmging circuit, without operator's telephone No additional charge. Trunk lines, incoming or both-way -'- - No additional charge. Stations, each ^"Si Local messages, each 0. 025 80 TELEPHONES. DUI-UTH, MINJV.— Continued. Private brancli exchange service— Continued. No. 2 private brancli exchanges: , . , Business and residence— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted lor a period ol less than 3 years nor when the actual revenue to be derived therefrom is less than that obtained from 1 both-way trimk line and 5 stations. This class of service is furnished for banlis and offices but not tor factories^ large whole- sale houses, or places of similar nature where extensive cabling is required)- Trunk lines, Doth-way only, each — Business **^- "" Residence 24.00 Stations, with switching device, each - W.m Excess exchange-line mileage: All classes of service, air-lme distance, per hall mile or fraction thereof, beyond the city limits, $6. . ^ ,, Extension-line mileage: For each half mile or fraction thereof, air-lme mileage, be- yond the first quarter-mile, 86. ^ , The charge for private branch exchange stations not on the same premises as the switchboard or the main station is $24 per annum, the excess rate bemg m lieu of the first quarter-mile, or fraction thereof, of circuit. Extra directory listings, business or residence, each, S3. Joint-user service: Busmess * ^'S Residence ".ou Moving charges: Individual and party-lines, no charge. Private branch exchanges, actual cost. i>i;i>TUTH, raiNX. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ZENITH TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. "■S^!^ *-Ce!^ Extension station. $36.00 24.00 $30.00 18.00 $24.00 16.00 $10.00 Residence 6.00 Extra-name service in directory, S2. ItlTNDEB, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE INTERSTATE INDEPEND- ENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 2-party line. Extension station. $24.00 18.00 $24.00 12.00 $12.00 Residence. 6.00 Miscellaneous service per station: Rural $18.00 Employees 9. 00 DVIVKIRK, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE DUNKIRK HOME TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 2-party line. 4-party line. 8-party ru- ral line. Business $30.00 21.00 $24.00 $15,00 $16 00 Extensions: Business or residence $6. 00 BeUs 3.00 Miscellaneous service: Employees, 4-j)arty 10. 00 Clubs and societies, 2-party 18. 00 Extra-name service. EAST aRAIVD FORKS, MINIV. 3.00 NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. Party line. Extension station. $30.00 18.00 $24.00 15.00 $6 00 Residence 6 00 Rural station, $18. EAST ST. 1.0UIS, lUL. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. OF MISSOURI. [East St. Louis, 111., is included within the St. Louis, Mo., district area and the exchange rates in effect in both cities are described in the st&tement under St. Louis, Mo.] EI.BURIV, II>I.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDEPEND- ENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. iTidividual aTid rv/ral-line service: Individual line. Rural par- ty line. Extension station. $24.00 18.00 $24.00 18.00 $12.00 Residence 6.00 EliGIIV, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDEPEND- ENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual-line service: IndividHal line. Extension station. $24.00 12.00 $7.56 Residence . 6 00 Miscellaneous service per station: Rural $18.00 Employees 9. 00 EI.IZABETH, IV. 3. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE KATES OP THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Flat rates {residence only'). Individual line $42. 00 2-party line 36. 00 4-party line 30. 00 Both-way auxiliary line 31. 50 Extension station 6. 00 Message rates (Inisiness only) Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line. '■Se'^ ^^^ Addition- al local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. 600 800 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,600 1,500 1,800 $42.00 61.00 60.00 $36.00 46.00 '$30.00 5 5 4 5 3 • 4 3 4 3 $30.00 $6.00 54.00 66.00 63.00 72.00 72.00 2 78.00 1 Guarantee of $2.50 per month in local messages at 5 cents each. 2 Additional messages, 2 cents each, if contracted for in advance in lots of 300. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Message rates: Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, an operator's telephone for each position, 2 both-way trunk lines, 2 stations, and 1,200 local mes- sages per annum $132. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Additional stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 03 If contracted tor in advance in lots of 300, each 0. 02 Ringing circuit (no additional charge is made for ringing circuit if the subscriber contracts tor either 3.600 local messages or 20 stations) 24. 00 No. 1 residence systems— Flat rates (an installation charge is made, to cover the cost of construction of aU circuits between stations, including labor and material): Trunk lines, both-way only, each $36. 00 Stations with switching device, each- Capacity 10 lines 12. 00 Capacity 20 lines 15. 00 Capacity 30 lines 18.00 Stations, without switching device, each e. 00 RATE SCHEDULES. 81 E1,IZAB1;tH, IV. J Continued. Short-temi service: Individual and party lines — Flat rates.— The table given below sbows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates ior periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the Initial period: An-nnal flat 2 3 4 5 6 rates. month. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 S12.00 $12.00 Termination charge.. . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 16.00 Short-term rate 12.25 12.60 12.75 13.00 13.25 13.60 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short-term rate 12.60 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.60 15.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.65 14.50 15.46 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . . 11.55 10.50 9.46 8.40 7.35 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge. . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate : . . 15.65 17.50 19.35 21.20 23.05 24.90 Termination charge. . . 12.65 11.50 10.35 9.20 8.05 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.50 23.25 26.00 28.76 31.60 Termination charge. . . 13.75 12.60 11.25 10.00 8.75 7.50 54.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge. - . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 60.00 Short-term rate 19.85 23.60 27.15 30.80 34.46 38.10 Termination charge. . . 14.85 13.60 12.15 10.80 9.45 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 8 9 10 11 12 months. months. months. months. montlis. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 15.00 Short-term rate 13.75 14.00 14.25 14.60 14.76 15.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 18.00 Short-term rate 15.50 16.00 16.60 17.00 17.50 18.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 24.00 Short-term rate 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.05 24.00 Termination charge. . . 5.25 4.20 3.15 2.10 1.05 30.00 Short-term rate 23.00 24.40 26.80 27.20 28.60 30.00 Termination charge. . . 6.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 36.00 Short-term rate 26.75 28.60 30.45 32.30 34.15 36.00 Termination charge. . . 5.75 4.60 3.45 2.30 1.15 42.00 Short-term rate 30.60 32.80 35.10 37.40 39.70 42.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 48.00 Short-term rate 34.25 37.00 39.75 42.50 45.25 48.00 Termination charge. . . 6.25 6.00 3.75 2.50 1.25 64.00 Short-term rate 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 60.80 54.00 Termination charge. . . 6.50 5.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 60.00 Short-termrate 41.75 45.40 49.05 62.70 66.35 60.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 5.40 4.05 2.70 1.35 Note.— The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of suc- ceeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next liigher annual rate. Message rates. — When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is , less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge bein? not less than that specified for the annual flat rare corresponding to the mini- mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note.— Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, efiective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrfflce of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the max- imum charge tor local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimvun charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Staiions, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the expu:ed portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. 81100°— 16 6 KILIZABETH, N. J.-Conttaued. Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the base-rate area and within 2J miles of the central office or rate center, and on route measurements beyond this distance). Individual line, or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or traction thereof $9, 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 50 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 25 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measur»- ments), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.60. Extra du'eotory listings, business or residence, $3. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch ex- change station — Inside move No charge. Outside move, during first year or within one year from last free move — Main station moved independently $3.00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1. 00 Extensi on station moved independently of main station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboards- Inside move during first year or within one year from last free move — Same room. Another room. Cordless, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during first year or within one year from last free move- Cordless, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 1 residence systems— First or subsequent years, estimated cost. KRIPOKIA, KAIWS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE EMPORIA TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 11, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 2-party line. *-C!^ Extension station. $36.00 18.00 $27.00 $6.00 Residence $12.00 6.00 Private branch exchange: Trunks, each $36.00 Stations, each 3.00 ERIE, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Erie, Belle Valley, Kearsarge, and WesleyviUe.] Individual and party-line service — Flat rates: Individual line. 2-party line. 4-party line. Extension station. $60.00 30.00 $48.00 24.00 $30.00 20.00 $6.00 6.00 Rural line service: Business $24.00 Residence 18.00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence — Flat rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $30.00 First both-way trunk line, business 60.00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 30.00 Trunk lines, both-way, residence, each 30.00 Additional both-way trunk lines, residence, each 15. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Ringing power — Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence — Message rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $24.00 Trunklines, both-way, each 24.00 Stations, each 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each 0.03 Additional local messages, each 0. 04 If contracted lor in advance, in lots of 100, each 0. 03 Ringing power— Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in coimection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 20 stations, exclud- ing operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone tor each position $24. 00 Tnrnlr lines, both-way only (for flat-rate trunk lines, see the following paragraphs), no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each (no additional charge is made for the stations and booth equipment, installed in public corridors for the use of the general public) 6. 00 Looil messages— The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public telephone rates for all local and toll messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages origmating at the private branch exchange system. 82 TELEPHONES. ERIE, PA.— Continued. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service— Continued. Hotel— Message rates— With flat-rate trunk liuep— V Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges lor use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only lor the use of officials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are to have flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines, and with any other private branch exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are not listed in directory. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard schedules for business flat-rate private })ranch exchange service. The charges for the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for coimection with the flat-rate trunk lines are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply under the business fiat-rate and hotel message-rate schedules. Short-term service: Individual and party lines— Flat rates.— The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating aimual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 6 months. 6 months. tl2.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . - short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.60 11.00 13.65 11.55 14.60 12.10 15.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.60 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.50 10.50 16.00 11. OO 17.50 11.50 19.00 12.00 20.60 12.60 22.00 13.00 23.50 13.50 $12.00 9.00 12.76 9.00 13.60 9.00 16.46 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.36 10.35 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12. 00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.88 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.25 7.00 14.50 7.00 17.35 7.35 20.20 7.70 23.06 8.06 26.90 8.40 28.76 8.75 31.60 9.10 34.45 9.46 $12.00 6.00 13.50 6.00 15.00 6.0O 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.50 7.50 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 iLimual flat rates. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. tl2.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . - Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . ShorMerm rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 5.00 13.75 6.00 15.60 6.00 19.25 6.26 23.00 5.50 26.75 5.76 30.50 6.00 34.25 6.25 38.00 6.50 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 5.00 41.20 5.20 45.40 5.40 $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.50 3.00 21.16 3.15 26.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 35.10 3.60 39.75 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.05 $12.00 2.00 14.50 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.60 2.50 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.15 1.15 39.70 1.20 46.25 1.25 60.80 1.30 56.36 1.35 $12.00 ""'is.' 66 '"i8.'66 "'"24.' 66 "'30.' 66 "'36.' 66 '"42.66 '"48." 66 "'64.' 66 "'66.' 66 Note. — The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional 'parts of suc- ceeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate Eart of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next igher annual rate. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the aimual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate lor the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the mam station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges; Switeliboaris. — The charge is the proportionate part of the aimual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Tmnlc liTtes.—TUe charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate under "Flat rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension,— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-hall the proportionate part of the aimual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the mmimum charge being three- fourths of the established aimual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages.— Wbea the number ol messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guar- anteed under such rate, the minimum charge beiug not less than such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals or exceeds the minunum specified In the schedule, the charge is the contract rate lor the messages used as though such messages were used in one year. ERIE, FA.— Continued. Excess exchange-line mfleage (mileage charges are computed on air-line measure^ ment beyond the base-rate area) ; Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $5. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Four-party line, jier subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof — 2. 00 Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $5. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Joint-user service, business fiat rate, individual or party line, onfr-hall regular rate. Moving charges: . „ , . ^ . Individual or party Ime, mam or extension station or No. 1 private branch exchange station, durkig the first year or within one year from the last free move- Inside move $1. 00 Outside move- Main station moved independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1-00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved la conjunction with and to same address as main station : - - - ^^ i" "* Private branch exchange switchboards under annual contracts, durmg the first year or within one year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move— room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $6.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move — Cordless switchboard, 10 Ihies or less $10.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal). 2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. ERIE, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE MUTUAL TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual Ime. ^C!^ 4-party fine. Multiparty line. $40.00 28.00 $36.00 24.00 $30.00 22.00 $30.00 22.00 Above rates apply to wall set. Desk set in place of wall $3 00 Extension station, wall or desk, with bells 12. 00 Extension station, wall or desk, without bells 9. 00 Extension bells 3. 00 ' Private branch exchanges: Trunks, each $4a00 Trunks, ringing, each 28, 00 Stations, each 10. 00 Special rates: Direct line. '-f^' "■^ Charitable institutions $24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 $22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 $18.00 18.00 18.00 Cily offices laoo Miscellaneous services: Clubs open only at night, residence rates. TemporEuy service, 6 months or less, two-thirds of regular annual charge. Two listings in telephone directory under the same business are allowed on direct lines. Two residence listings in telephone directory are allowed on direct lines. One listing only is allowed on all party lines. For additional and extra listings, $3. Nurses' listing, $4. Extra-business listing, $12. Extra-business listing with extension station, $18. Charge for moving telephone from one location to another, $2. EVAIVSVIIiliE, IIWD. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CUMBERLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. [The local service area includes EvansviUe and Howell, Ind.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. ""fint^ *-S!^ Extension station. Business . .... $60.00 30.00 $54.00 24.00 $42.00 18.00 $12.00 12.00 Subscribers' coirirbox rates. Guarantee. Minimum charge. Local messages (cents). Extension station. Business only, 1-party. . 90 local messages per month. $64.00 15 $12.00 1 Refund of 2.5 cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. RATE SCHEDULES. 83 EVANSVIIiliE, IND Continued. Individual and party-line short-term service: Short-term service and season service are furnished at 37 per cent o( the annual rate for the class of service desired for the first 3 months or fraction thereof, plus 7 per cent of the amnual rate for the class of service desired, tor eaohmonth m excess of the first 3 months. For very short periods, as during illness, and in other cases, where this rate would be excessive, approval is given to accept cancellations upon payment of regular charges for the period of service, minimum 1 month, plus a percent- age of the installation and disconnection costs, determined by the ratio of the unexpired portion of the contract period to the fvill contract period, plus an estimated depreciation on equipment and material. Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are for periods of 3 years. Contracts are not talcen for less than 2 trunk lines)^ Commercial and depaitment store — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit, and one operator's telephone for each position S60. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 90. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 45. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Commercial and department store — Message rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit, and one operator's telephone lor each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each $6. 00 Loeil messages, no guarantee, each 0. 03 Hotel and apartment house — Message rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost, installed. Trunk lines, both-way or incoming, each (the average nvunber of originating local messages per month for each trunk line in service must be 200 or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished) 36.00 Stations, main or extension, each — When company installs and maintains inside wiring 6. 00 When subscriber installs and maintains inside wiring 4. 00 Iiocal messages. — One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges lor switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of S6 per nTinnm for each circuit: and a power charge of 12 cents per annum for each station, including op-rators' telephones. The maximum charge is SO cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central ofllce by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of S6 per annum; and a power ctwge of S6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges — Busmess or residence — Flat rates (contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabUng, including tbe co.'it of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling in excess of 50 feet for any station, including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnished is that for 10 lines) — One-year contract. Three-year contract. Trunk lines, both-way, each: S90.00 45.00 45.00 22.50 18.00 12.00 15.00 $90.00 45.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each: 45.00 22.50 24.00 Stations, main or extension, with switching device, each. . 15.00 15.00 Excess exchange-line mileage: Individual Une , per mile or fraction thereof, route measurement S6.00 Rural line, per station, per mile or fraction thereof, route measurement. . 3.00 Extension-line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement, J7.50. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $2. Joint-user service, business or residence, $12. Moving charges: Individual line— Moving within the same room o SS Moving within the same building 2. 00 Moving to another building 3. OO Private branch exchanges, actual cost. FAIili KIVSR, MASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26, 1914. Individual and party-line service: ^ ^ ^ i Schedule I —The local-service area mcludes Fall River and Somerset and parts of Dartmouth, Rehoboth, Swansea, Westport, Mass., and Tiverton, R. I. Flat rates. Individual line. "Sr T^' Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $57.00 33.00 $30.00 $6.00 $27.66 $25.00 6.00 FAIiEi RIVER, MASS Continued. Individual and party-lino service — Continued. Message rates (fiusinesa only). Local messages per «iTiTinm 720 Individual Ime $36. 00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02f All others, each 0. 02i Extension station 6. 00 Suiacribers' coirirboz rates. Gnarantee.i ft Minimum charge. Local messages (cents). Exten- sion station. Business, 4-party Residence, 4-party li local messages per day 1 local message per day. . $27.38 18.26 5 5 $6.00 6.00 1 On annual basis. Schedule JJ.— The local-service area mcludes Fall River and Somerset and parts of Swansea, Westport, Mass., Tiverton, R. I., Portsmouth, R. I., Dartmouth and Rehoboth, Mass. Flat rates. Individual line. ^i Inward auxiliary Ime. Extension station. $69.00 42.00 $30.00 $6.00 Residence. $33.66 6 00 Message rates {business only). Local messages per flTiTinm. Individual line. ^& Additional local messages (cents). Extension 720 900 $36.00 3 (■) $6.00 6.00 $45.00 1 Up to 6,000, each, 3 cents; next 6,000, 2i cents; all others, 25 cents. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. No. 2 busmess systems are limited to a total of 10 lines) — Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receiving station with switching devices and 2,500 local messages per annum. . $75. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 21. 00 Stations, each 6.00 Additional local messages — First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses, all additional local messages are charged for at 3 cents each) 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0.02} All others, each 0.02J Ringing circuit (applies only within a radius of 1 mile, air-hne dis- tance, from a central office, for installations of 19 stations or less. No additional charge is made if subscribers, within 1 mile from the cen- tral office, contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this distance a mileage charge is made of $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof) . . 18. 00 Hotels— Message rates — Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than 50 stations and allow service for a period of 5 months in each year) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery powei, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position No charge. Trunk lines, both-way only No charge. Stations — Fffst 50, each $5. 00 Over 50, each 4.00 Local messages, each 0.03 Department store — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 6 years, nor for less than 60 stations)— Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone No charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each $24. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Local messages — First 6,000, each 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0.02} All others, each 0.02} No. 2 private branch exchanges— Residence— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years. Interior cable in cccess of 600 feet and all outside cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises is furnished at the subscriber's e-^pense. The rate quoted for receiving stations includes switching devices for all stations): Trunk lines, both-way, each $33. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 30. 00 Receiving station, with switohini; devices 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 84 TELEPHONES. FAIili RITER, RIA.SS.— Continued. Short-term service: Emergency service (regular installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3-month service)— Flat-rate individual line, or residence No. 2 private branch exchange trunk liae— First day $3. 00 Each additional day 0. 75 Hessage-rate trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both)— First 3 days S5. 00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate) 1. 00 Three-month periods (flat rates)- Schedule I. Schedule II. Business: $23.00 S30.00 Eesidence: Individual line or No. 2 private branch exchange 19.00 16.00 22.00 Party line, per station 19.00 Message ro(es.— Private branch exchange trunk line (no installation charge), $12. Servioecontinuing beyond the initial 3-month period is charged for at a rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the difference between the short- term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The following charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above for instal- lation and removal of equipment furnished for short periods: If instrumeat is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2.00 If both inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is necessary to furnish an instrument 3. 00 If either inside wiring or drop wiring is in place— but not both— and instrument must be installed 4. 00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring, and instrument- 5. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances, beyond 2 miles from the central office): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $2. 50 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. OO Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are comimted on route measurements): Extension lines — First haU mile or fraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 5. 00 Tie lines between switchboards in the same exchange — Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber in separate buildings- First mile or fraction thereof $35. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the switch- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required the minimum charge per line is $10) 8. 75 Switchboards contracted for by different subscribers in separate buildings (not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of different sub- scribers will be connected together by means of tie lines). First mile or fraction thereof. $60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15.00 Extra directory listings: Business or residence 3. 00 Names of tenante in hotels and apartment houses 5. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates— Individual line or private branch exchange, one-half of annual rate, not to exceed $50. Message rates — Individual line or private branch exchange, $5. Moving charges — Individual or party-line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations: Inside move — 25 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outside move — Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5. 00 Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed 4. 00 No wiring necessary but instrument to be placed 3. 00 No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension station, and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made tor moving the main station, and one-half the schedule charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems or No. 2 private branch exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period, the subscriber may extend his contract for another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. li'ARIBAVliT, MINN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TEI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Indiviiual and 'party-line service. Individual line. 2-party line. 4-party line. Extension station. $24.00 18.00 $21.00 15.00 $18.00 12.00 $6.00 Residence 6.00 Rural station $15. 00 Rural connecting companies, $4 per year per station. Extra name service in directory 12. 00 FOI.Ki'V, raiNN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $12. 00 Residence station, individual line 12. 00 Extension station 6.00 Rural connecting companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. FOREST i/AKE, niinriv. NET ANNUAL EXCELANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $24.00 Residence station, individual line 18. 00 Residence station with business station 12. 00 Lake and rural territory: Business station, individual line 24. 00 Residence station, individual line 18. 00 Residence station, party line 15. 00 Business station, summer season 15. 00 Residence station, summer season 10. 00 Rural connecting companies. $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. FORT WAVIVE, IIVD. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE HOME TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT MAY 9, 1914. Individual and party-line service (flat rate— unlimited service): Individual line. 2-party Une. ^f^' Extension station. $36.00 24.00 $30.00 21.00 $9.00 $18.00 9.00 Rural party-line service $18. 00 The installation of both business and residence service entitles the subscriber to a reduction of $6 per annum on either service. All party lines are harmonic or individual ringing except the rural party-line service. FORT WORTH, TKX. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN TELE- GRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. (NEW YORK), IN EFFECT AUG. 22, 1914. [The local service area includes Fort Worth, Polytechnic Heights, and Niles.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates): Individual line. "■f^' Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $60. 00 24.00 $42.00 $30.00 $12.00 / Wall set, $6. 00 \ Desk set, $12. 00 Rural-line service, business or residence, $36. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk Imes and 4 stations, including operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power and ringing circuit, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way, each $60.00 Stations, each 24.00 Transient hotel — Message rates (subscribers furnish the wiring) — Switchboard, cord only, with an operator's telephone for each position— Noimiultiple — Magnetic signal, capacity 30 lines $24. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 30 lines 30.00 Magnetic signal, cai>acity 80 lines 30. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 80 lines 39. 00 Multiple- Magnetic signal, capacity 200 lines , 48. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 240 lines 48. 00 Lamp signal, equipped for — 240 to 600 lines 60. 00 Over 500 lines 72. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only No additional charge. Stations, each- First 25 5.00 Over 25 3. 00 Local messages, each o. 02} Battery power 24. 00 Ringing circuit — Nonmultiple switchboard — Capacity 30 lines 12. 00 Capacity 80 lines 18. 00 Multiple switchboard- Magnetic signal, capacity 200 lines 18. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 300 lines 24. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 500 lines, equipped for — 240 lines 30.00 Over 240 lines 36. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges and No. 1 residence systems— Flat rates (subscrib- ers furnish the cabling. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 6 stations for business service nor for less than 1 trunk line and 4 stations lor residence): Trunk lines, both-way only, each — Business $60.00 Residence 24.00 Stations, with switching device, each — Business 24. 00 Residence 12. 00 RATE SCHEDULES. 85 FORT WORTH, TEX.— Continued. Short-term service: (Tlie charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed, the minimum charge being the rate tor 3 months, plus the cost of installation; except in the case of private branch exchange trunJc unes for which the charge is $7.50 per month for a minimum perioa of 6 months). Excess exchange Une mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond 3 miles from the central office): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $3. 00 Party lin^ per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension and tie-Une mileage (charges are computed on route measurements), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, S3. Extra directory listings, business or residence, each, $4. Joint-user service: Business $12.00 Residence 6. 00 Moving charges: No charge is made for moving telephone equipipent, provided service has been rendered continuously at the same location on the same premises for 1 year or more and provided service is continued at the new location for the ensuing 12 months. Except as noted above, telephone equipment is moved at actual cost, with a TTiiniinnTn charge of $1. FRAIWKFORT, IE.E,. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE INTERSTATE TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. ^SS?^ Rural party lines. Extension station. Business S24.00 18.00 $24.00 18.00 $12.00 9.00 Hesidence $18.00 FREDERICK, WIS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $18.00 Residence station, individual line 12. 00 Extension station 6. 00 Rural connecting companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. FREEBVRG, II/I.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE E3NL0CH LONG-DIS- TANCE TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 2, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. ="C!^ '■^f' S24.00 18.00 $21.00 15.00 Extensions — Business station $12. 00 Residence station 6. 00 OAI.ESBIIRG, IIX,. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE GALESBURG UNION TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 15, 1914. [Exchange area includes Galesburg, KnoxvUle, and localities within a radius of 10 miles.] Individual and party-line service: Individual line. ^^fj 'S^ Extension station. Business. . $42.00 21.00 $30.00 15.00 $12. 00 $12.00 6.00 Rural-line service (magneto), $12. Private branch exchange service: Trunks $36.00 Stations 9.00 GASPORT, !V. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. Party line. Extension station. Business.. $24.00 12.00 $18.00 12.00 $6.00 6.00 Miscellaneous service: Rural lines Employees' stations. Extension bells Extra-name service. . $12. 00 6.00 3.00 Free. GI.ENVIIiK,E, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Individual-line service: Business station (Haywsrd) $18. 00 Business station (Glenville) 12. 00 Residence station 12. 00 Rural station 12.00 Connecting companies, $2 per year per station. GRAOEVII.I.E, MINIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $24. 00 Residence station, individual line 12. 00 Rural station 15. 00 Connecting companies, $3 per year per station. GRAND FORKS, IV. DAK. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. ^^ '■^ Extension station. Business $36.00 24.00 $30.00 18.00 $18.00 15.00 $12 00 Extra name service in directory $12. 00 Rural station 18. 00 Intercommunicating systems: Trunliline 36.00 Stations, each 9. 00 Rural connecting companies, $3 per year per station. GRAND RAPIDS, lUICS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE CITIZENS' TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT APRIL 28, 1914. [Exchange area includes Grand Rapids and rural territory adjacent.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates) : Individual line. "■^^ 4-party fine. Business «36.00 24.00 w 1 Business rate applies within 1 mile from central with increase of $2 for each additional one-fourth mile. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE MICHIGAN STATE TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 24, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. "■ffe!^ Extension station. Business., S36.00 18.00 $30.00 15.00 $6.00 6 00 Residenee Message rates (tusiness only, on a quarterly guarantee basis'). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 800 or less 1,200 $24.00 30.00 f $6.00 Individual and party-line short-term service. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate lor the class of service employed, plus a termination charge equal to 60 per cent of the rate for the unexpired portion of the contract term, maximum termination charge, $7.60. Rural line service, business or residence, $18. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store— Flat rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, including battery power, ringing circuit, and one operator's telephone $12. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 36.00 Stations, each — Main 12.00 Extension 6. 00 86 TELEPHONES. GRAND RAPIDS, nilOH.-Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— CJontinued. Hotel— Flat rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and one operator's telephone $6.00 Trunk Imes, both-way only, each 46.00 Stations, each 6.00 Hotel— Message rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and one operator's telephone 6. 00 Trunk lines No additional charge. Stations, each ■. 6. CO Local messages, each 0. 05 No. 2 private branch exchanges— Flat rates: Trunk lines — Business, both-way only, each 36. 00 Besidence, both-way only, each 18. 00 Stations with switching device, each- Business 18. 00 Besidence (if subscriber pays installation charges, the rate is $12) 15. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the base-rate area): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $3.00 2-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 4-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measure- ments, $7.60. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Joint-user service, business or residence, $6. Moving charges (if the initial contract term has not expired and subsequently if the contract is not renewed for the ensuing term): Inside move, per main station and associated apparatus $1. 00 Outside move, per main station and associated apparatus 2. 00 No. 1 private branch exchange switchboard or No. 2 private branch exchange station, at cost. GRANITB CITY, Il.Ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE KINLOCH LONG-DIS- TANCE TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 2, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 7i^^ "-^^ Business $45.00 30.00 $30.00 24.00 $18.00 Extensions: Business station $12. 00 Besidence station 6. 00 ORANTSBVRG. WIS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE TBI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $24.00 Besidence station, individual line 18. 00 Bural station 18.00 Bural connecting companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents eachfor all I stations m excess of 10 to a circuit. I GREEIWI'IEK.D, Ilil.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Busmess $24.00 Business with extension on same line in same building 36. 00 Residence 12.00 Besidence with extension on same line in same building 18. 00 HAAtPSHIRE. Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE INTEBSTATB INDE- PENDENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Business... Residence.. Individual line. $24.00 18.00 2-party Une. $24.00 18.00 Extension station. $6.00 6.00 Employees' station $9.00 BARRISRintO, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Harrisburg and 19 surrounding localities.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. "S'e!^ ?iSS^ Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $60.00 36.00 $48.00 30.00 $39.00 24.00 $42.00 $6.00 6.00 Message rates (jbusiness only). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 $36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 4 4 4 4 $6.00 Additional local messages, $3 per 100, if contracted for in advance. Rural-line service: Business $39.00 Besidence 24.00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence— Flat rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receivmg station and switching devices, with battery power 30. 00 First both-way trunk lin e, business 60. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 42. 00 Trunk Imes, both-way, residence, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. OO Ringing power.— Hand-operated generator for signaling stations furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence — Message rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each *. 0. 03 Additional local messages, each 0.04 If contracted for in advance, in lots of 100, each 0.03 Binging power.— Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing _power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 20 stations, exclud- ing operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, $24. Trunk lines, both-way only (for flat-rate trunk lines, see the following para- graphs), no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each (no additional charge is made for the stations and booth equipment installed m public corridors for the use of the general public) $6. Local messages. — The subscriber as the company's agent charges patrons the regularlj; established public-telephone rates for all local and toll messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages or^- nating at the private branch exchange system. Hotel message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines — Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges for use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of oflicials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are to nave flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections witli either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines and with any other private branch exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are not listed in directory. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard schedules for business flat-rate private branch exchange service. The charges for the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for connection with the flat-rate trunk lines are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply undei- the business flat-rate and hotel message- rate schedules. RATE SCHEDULES. 87 HARRISBITRG, PA Continued. 8hort-term service: , Individual and party lines— Flat rates.— The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for aU classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given belo-w, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the Initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 6 months. 6 months. J12.00 15.00 13.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Shortterm rate Termination charge. . . Shortterm rate Termination ch^ge. . . Short>-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termiaation charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-termrate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.60 11.00 13.65 11.65 14.60 12.10 16.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.76 18.80 14.30 19.86 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.60 10.60 16.00 11.00 17.60 11.50 19.00 12.00 20.60 12.60 22.00 13.00 23.60 13.60 $12.00 9.00 12.76. 9.00 13.60 9.00 16.46 9.46 17.40 9.90 19.35 10.36 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 26.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.25 7.00 14.60 7.00 17.35 7.35 20.20 7.70 23.05 8.06 25.90 8.40 28.75 8.75 31.60 9.10 34.46 9.45 $12.00 6.00 13.60 6.00 16.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.60 7.60 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. (12.00 16.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Shortrterm rate Tenntnation charge. . . Short-term rate Termmation charge. . . Short-termrate Termmation charge. . . Short-termrate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. - . Shortterm rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termmation charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 5.00 13.75 5.00 15.50 6.00 19.26 5.25 23.00 6.50 26.76 5.75 30.50 6.00 34.26 6.25 38.00 6.60 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 6.00 41.20 6.20 46.40 5.40 $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.60 3.00 21.15 3.16 25.80 3.30 30.46 3.45 35.10 3.60 39.75 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.05 $12.00 2.00 14.60 2.00 17. CO 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.50 2.60 47.60 2.60 62.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.15 1.15 39.70 1.20 46.26 1.26 60.80 1.30 56.35 1.35 $12.00 "'i5."66 "'is.' 66 "'24.' 66 "'36.' 66 "'36.' 66 "'42.' 66 "'48.' 66 '"64." 66 "'60.' 66 Note.— The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeed- ing months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate Increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in coimection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual jate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — -When the number of messages raider a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified m the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the minimum amiual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages giiaranteed imder such rate, the minimum ciiarge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the mini- mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are guoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases, the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used imder a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the aimual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the mmimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. i'rivate branch exchanges: Switchboards.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Truni lines.— The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus onfr-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the rematoing portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — -When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used beats to thenumber of messages guar- anteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. -When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. HARRISBVBG, PA Continued. Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line measure- ment, bmond the base rate area): tadividual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $5. 00 Two-party Ime, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 3. 00 Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $6. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Jomt-user service, business flat rate, hidividual or party line, one-half regular rate. Movmgpharges: r .> > s, Individual or party line, maui or extension station or No. 1 private branch exchange station, during the first year or within one year from the last free move — Disidemove ji.oo Outside move — Main station moved independently 3. oo Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1. 00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1.00 Private branch exchange switchboards under aimual contracts, during the first year or within one year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move— room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move — Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less J8.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines Atcost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal). 2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. HARRISBVRG, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY TELEPHONE CO. OP PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT MAY 21, 1914. Individual and "party-line service. Individual line. 2-party line. tint^ Party line, local only. Extension station. Business $48.00 36.00 $36.00 30.00 $30.00 24.00 $24.00 18.00 $6.00 6.00 Bates applying to all other exchanges operated by company. Individual Ime. ^fin^ 4-party fine. Party line, local only. Extension station. $36.00 30.00 $30.00 24.00 $24.00 18.00 $6.00 6.00 Residence '$16.00 1 -With a few exceptions, the $16 rate does not apply. HARTFORD, COIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHERN NE-W ENGLAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford Newington, Rocky Hill, South Windsor, West Hartford, and Wetheisfield, Coim.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual Ime. "-f^^' 7iS^ Auxiliary line. Extension station. $84.00 36.00 $60.00 $50.00 i$8 00 $30.00 1 Plus iiista.llation charge of $2. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Individual line. ^fi^^ fr-party line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. Business: $36.00 4 4 4 3i 4 i$8 00 1,200 $48.00 64.00 60.00 66.00 72.00 1 600 1,800 2,1 CO Residence: 400 or less . . $25.00 '6.00 1 Plus installation charge of $2. Indi-vidual and party-line short-term service: Short-term flat-rate service for periods of 6 months or less, is charged for at two-thirds of the standard annual rate. Emer- gency service, installed on account of sickness, for periods of not more than one month, is furnished for a flat charge of $6. 88 TELEPHONES. MARTFOKE), CONM Continued. Eural-line service: Service is lurnlshed on an eight-plus-party line basis to both business and residence subscribers at S18 per annum. The local service area to rural-line subscribers covers only that portion of the township in which such sub- scribers are located, which is served by the same exchange. Messages to all other stations within the exchange area are charged lor at 5 cents each. No toll is charged for incoming messages originating at subscribers' stations within the base-rate area or at subscribers' stations outside the base-rate area on which mileage is charged (not rural line stations). Toll charges to other exchanges are the same on messages from rural-line stations as on messages from subscribers' stations within the base-rate area served by the same central office. Eight- plus-party rural line stations, on which the 6-cent charge applies on messages to stations outside of the township of the calling station but within the same exchange area, are equipped with coin boxes. Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private .branch exchanges (subscribers bear the expense of installation, excepting that portion to which regular mileage charges apply) — Commercial, department store, family hotel, and apartment house — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, without operating tele- phones, no additional charge. First trunk line, both-way only $84. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 50.00 Stations, each 8. 00 Ringing circuit— $7.60 per annum, per one-quarter mile or fraction thereof of circuit required, plus (subscribers bear costs incidental to the installation of local ringing power) 10. 00 Commercial, department store, family and transient hotel, and apartment house — Message rates — Switchboard, cord, or cordless, with battery power, without operating tele- phones, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, each $3. 00 Local messages — guarantee— 5,000 per annum, $150.00; additional local messages, each 0. 03 10,000 per annum, $300.00; additional local messages, each 0. 03 15,000 per annum, $400.00; additional local messages, each 0. 02^ 20,000 per annum, $500.00; additional local messages, each 0. 02i Ringing circuit— $7.50 per annum per one-quarter mile or fraction thereof of circuit required, plus (subscribers bear costs incidental to the installation of local ringing power) 10. 00 No. 2 private branch exohanses— Business and residence — Flat rates (subscribers bear the expense of installa- tion and the cost of maintaining the wiring) — First trunk line, both-way only $84. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 50.00 Stations, each 8. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line distances. In outlying sections having a community of interests an average mileage charge is usually applied on party-line service, but individual-line mileage is computed separately for each subscriber. These average mileage charges are computed on air-line distances between the centers of such communities and the boundary of the base-rate area): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $5. 00 Party line per station, per quarter-mile, or fraction thereof 1. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (mileage charges are based on route measurements), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.50. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $4. Joint-user service: Flat rates, one-half the annual rate for the class of service employed. Message rates, $8. Moving charges: Individual and party lines- Moving a station to a different location on the same premises $1. 00 Moving a main station to premises which are already wired 2. 00 Moving a main station to premises which are not wired 3. 00 Privatebranch exchanges — Moving a part or all of a private branch exchange system, actual cost. No charge is made imder contracts for individual and party lines if the existing service has been used continuously at the same location for the full preceding year, or if the subscriber has paid the standard charges for all changes of location or equipment made during such preceding year, or if at the time of moviag a contract is taken for a higher grade of service at an increased rate. HATTIESBURG, BIISS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE HATTIESBURG TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 7, 1914. Individual and varty line automatic service. Business... Residence. Individual line. $36.00 24.00 Party line. $30.00 18.00 Extenson station. $12. 00 6.00 iiEBROx, ns;br. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE LINCOLN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JULY 1, 1914. Individual and party line service. Individual line. ^Z!^ Farm line. $24.00 12.00 $16.00 $15. 00 mililLVIEW, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business $12. 00 Business with extension on same lino in same building 18. 00 Residence 12. 00 Residence with extension on same line in same building 18. 00 HINCKKiEY, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line Jl|- W Business station, extension set "• 00 Residence station, individual line 12. 00 Rural connecting companies $2.60 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. HOBOKEIV, IW. J. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. [Hoboten is included within a district area which also Includes Bayonne and Jersey City, N. J., and the exchange rates in effect in all three cities are described in one statement. In the alphabetical arrangement of statements here employed, this statement may be found under Bayonne, N. J.] HOI/I>AIVI>, MICH. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CITIZENS' TELEPHONE. CO. IN EFFECT APR. 28, 1914. [Exchange area includes Holland and rural territory adjacent.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates): * Individual line. 4-partyline. $33.00 18.00 $16.00 Rural party line, $18 up. Rural party-line rates increase for distance beyond 6 miles or less than S on line. HOI.YOKB, MASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Schedule I. — The local service area includes Holyoke and parts of Chicopee, South Hadley, and Westfield. Flat rates. Individual line. 2-partyline. 4-partylino. Inward auxiliary line. kxtension station. Business $51.00 30.00 $42.00 24.00 $27.00 $6.00 $21.00 6.00 Message rates {business only). Local messages per annum 825 Individual hne $33. 00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0.02i All others, each 0. 02J Extension station 6. 00 Schedule II.— The local service area includes Agawam, Chicopee, Holyoke, Longmeadow, Springfield, and West Springfield, and parts of East Longmeadow, Ludlow, South Hadley, and Westfield. Flat rates. Individual line. ^partyline. Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $75.00 54.00 $27.00 $6 00- $42.66 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. No. 2 business systems are limited to a total of 10 lines) — Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receiving station with switching devices and 2,600 local messages per annum. . . $76. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 21. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages — First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses all additional local messages are charged for at 3 cents each) 0. 03 Next 6,000, each o. 02J All others, each 0. 02J Ringing circuit (applies only within a radius of 1 mile, air-line distance, from a central office, for installations of 19 stations or less. No addi- tional charge is made if subscribers, within 1 mile from the central office, contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this distance a mile- age charge is made of $6 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof) 18. 00 Hotel— Message rates — Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than 50 stations and allow service lor a period of 6 months in each year)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position jjo charge. Trunk lines, both-way only No charge. Stations- First 60, each $5. 00 Over 60, each ^[oq Local messages, each " q'qs. RATE SCHEDULES. 89 HOE.YOKE, MASS Continued. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges— Continued. Department store — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than S years nor for less than 60 stations)— Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone No charge. .Trunklines,both-way only, each $24.00 Stations, each 6. 00 Local messages — First 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02} All others, each 0. 02J No. 2 private branch exchanges— Residence— Flatrates (contracts are not accepted lor a period of less than 3 years. Interior cable in excess of 600 feet and all out- side cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises, is furnished at the subscriber's expense. The rate quoted for receiving stations includes switching devices for all stations): Trunk lines, both-way, each 830. 00 Trunk lines. Incoming, each 27. 00 Receiving station, with switching devices 24.00 Station, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 Short-term service: Emergency service (regular installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3 months' service) — Flat rate, individual line or residence Ko. 2 private branch exchange tnmk line — First day $3.00 Each additional day 0. 75 Message rate, trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both)— First three days $6. 00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate) 1. 00 Three-months periods — Flat rata. Schedule I. Schedule II. Business: Individual line $21.00 18.00 18.00 15.00 832.00 Party line Residence: Individual line or No. 2 private branch exchange trunkline 26 00 Party line, per station 22 00 Message rates. — Private branch exchange trunk line (no installation charge) ,812. Service continuing beyond the initial 3 months period is charged for at a rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the difference between the short-term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The following charges are made, in addition to the rates quoted above, for instal lation and removal of equipment furnished for short periods: If instrument is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2.00 If Doth inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is necessary to furnish an instrument 3. 00 If either inside wiring or drop wiring is in place, but not both, and in- strument must be installed 4.00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring, and instrument 6.00 Excess exchange line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances beyond 2 miles from the central office): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof S2.60 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1.00 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile orfraction thereof. 0. 60 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): Extension lines — First half-mile orfraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 5. 00 Tie lines (between switchboards in the same exchange)— Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber in separate buildings — First mile or fraction thereof. $35.00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the switch- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required, the minimum charge per line is $10) 8.76 Switchboards contracted for by diilerent subscribers in separate buildings (not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of different sub- scribers will be connected together by means of tie lines)— First mile or fraction thereof. $60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 16.00 Extra directory listings: Business or residence 3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses 6. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates, individual line or private branch exchange, one-half of annual rate, not to exceed $60. Message rat^, individual line or private branch exchange, $5. Moving charges: Individual or party-line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations- Inside move — 25 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 26 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outside move- Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5. oo Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed 4.00 No wiring necessary but instrument to be placed 3, 00 No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension station, and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the scheduled charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems or No. 2 private branch exchange stations, are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period the subscriber may extend his contract for another contract period in lieu of payment of the above HOUSTON, TEX. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. (NEW YORK) IN EFFECT AUG. 22. 1914. [The local service area includes Houston, Houston Heights, Harrlsburg, and Central Park.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates) — Individual line. 2-party Bne. 4-party line. Extension station. $60.00 24.00 $42.00 $12.00. Residence, $18.00 /Desk set, $12.00. \Wall set, $6.00. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, including operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power and ringing circuit, without operators' telephones No additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way, eacli $60. OO Stations, each (extension stations, not to exceed the number of trunks connected, are furnished at $12 each per annum) 24. OO Transient hotel — Message rates (subscribers furnish the wiring) — Switchboard, cord only, with an operator's telephone for each position — Nonmultiple — Magnetic signal, capacity 30 lines 24. OO Lamp signal, capacity 30 lines 30. 00 Magnetic signal, capacity 80 lines 30. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 80 lines 39. 00 Multiple- Magnetic signal, capacity 200 lines 48. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 240 lines 48. OO Lamp signal, equipped for — 240 to 500 lines 60.00 Over 600 lines 72.00 Trunk hues, both-way only No additional charge. Stations, each — First 26 $5.00 Over 25 -. 3.0O Local messages, each 0. 02i Battery power 24. 00 Ringing circuit— Nonmultiple switchboard — Capacity 30 lines 12. 00 Capacity 80 lines 18. 00 Multiple switchboard — Magnetic signal, capacity 200 lines 18. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 300 lines 24. 00 Lamp signal, capacity 600 lines, equipped for — 240 lines 30.00 Over 240 lines 36.00 No. 2 private branch exchanges and No. 1 residence systems — Flat rates (subscribers furnish the cabling. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 6 stations for business service nor for less than 1 trunk line and 4 stations for residence service) : Trunk lines, both-way only, each — Business $60. 00 Residence 24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each — Business 24. 00 Residence 12. 00 Short-term service: The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed, the minimum charge being the rate for 3 months, plus the cost of installation, except in the case of private branch exchange trunk lines for which the charge is $7.60 per month lor a minimum period of 6 months. Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond 3i miles from the central office): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $3. 00 Party Une, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension and tie-Une mileage (charges are computed on route measurements), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $3. Extra directory listings, business or residence, each, $4. Joint-user service: Business $12.00 Residence 6. 00 Moving charges: No charge is made for moving telephone equipment provided service has been rendered continuously at the same location on the same premises for 1 year or more, and provided service is continued at the new location for the ensuing 12 montM. Except as noted, telephone equipment is moved at actual cost, with a minimum charge of $1. ISAIVTI, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $18. 00 Residence station, individual Une 12. 00 Extension station 6. 00 Rural station 16. 00 Rural connecting companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. JAOKSOIV, MISS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE MISSISSIPPI HOME TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 7, 1914. IndtvidiMl and party litie automatic service. Individual line. Party Ime. Extension station. $36.00 24.00 $30.00 18.00 $12.00 Residence 6.00 90 TELEPHONES. JAOKSOIVVIIiI,E, FliA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHEEN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Note. — Where the same charge is shown for service with different numbers of subscribers on a circuit, under business or residence flat rates or message rates, the lower grades of service are ordinarily employed only beyond the base-rate area, with mileage charges. Flat rates. Business. . . Residence,. Indi- vidual line. S60.00 36.00 348.00 24.00 4-party line. $48.00 24.00 Inward auxiliary line. $30.00 Extension station. $18.00. (Wall set, $12.00. \Desk set, $18.00. Message rates (on montlily guarantee basis). Local messages per annum. Indi- vidual Ime. ^Lt^ *i^t^ Addi- tional local mes- sages (cents). Extension station. Business: 1,200 Limit of charge per $36.00 6.00 $36.00 5.00 $36.00 5.00 18.00 ,3.00 3 $18.00. Residence: 600 1 ■ Limit of charge per month /Wall set, $12.00. \Desk set, $18.00. Individual and party-line short-term service: Emei genoy service (the charge is the regular monthly rate for the period of service plus the estimated expense of installatioii and discomieotion). Season service (for not less than 4 months, the charge is the regular rate for the period of service, plus 60 per cent). Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are for periods of 5 years) — Commercial and department store — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each station originally connected, minimum cnarge $24: when a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the switch- board charge is modified accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each $90. 00 Trunk lines, in coming, each 45.00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' .tele- phones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central ofBce by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per amium. Commercial and department store — ^Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each station originally connected, minimum cnarge $24; when a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the switch- board charge is modified accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each $48. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, ea^h , 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages.— One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and apower charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maxi- mum charge is $2 per annum per station, mcluding operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Hotel and apartment house — ^Message rates. — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost, installed. Trunk lines, both-way or incoming, each (the average number of originating local messages per month lor each trunk line in service must be 200 or more before an additional trunkline will be furnished) . $36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each— When company installs and maintains inside wiring 6. 00 When subscriber installs and maintains inside wiring 4. 00 Local messages.— One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. JAOKSONVIIil^E, FliA.— Continued. Private branch exchange service— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges — Continued. Hotel and apartment house— Message rates— Continued. Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charee of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measuremoit; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 12 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maxi- mum charge is 60 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of ciicuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including opetatocs' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is copiputed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges — Busmess and residence — Flat rates (contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subsciibers pay the actual cost of cabling, including the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling in excess of 60 feet for any station, including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnished is that for 10 lines)— 1-year contract. 3-year contract. Trunk lines, both-way, each: $90.00 54.00 45.00 27.00 18.00 12.00 15.00 $90. 00 54.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each: 45.00 Residence 27.00 Receiving station, with switching device Stations, main or extension, with switching device, each. . RftttAry pnisrer ^j\(^ ringing nirpuit. , 24.00 15.00 15,00 Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are oonrputed on air-line measurements beyond the city limits at $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof and are quoted on a "per line" basis. On unfilled party lines the total charge lor mileage bears the same relation to the above rate as the number cf subscribers connected bears to the number that may be connected on that type of line. Under message-rate contracts one local messege per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month on the mileage charge). Extension and tie-line mileage: Extension lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $5. 00 Tie lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 10. 00 Under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allcwed without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. Extra directory listings, each, per aimum, $3. Under message-iate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for eacli 3 cents per month of the charge for listings. Joint-user service: Flat rates: Individual line 2-party Une. 4-party line Message rates; Individual line Limit of charge per month 2-party line Limit of charge per month 4-party line Limit of charge per month Business. $24.00 18.00 18.00 12.00 2.00 12.00 2.00 12.00 2.00 Residence. $12.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 1.00 Under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the charge for joint-user service Moving charges: Move to another location in the same office or room , each station $1. 00 Move to another location in the same building, each station 2. 00 Move to another building, together with extensions and supplemental equipment, if any, each mam station 3. 00 Changmg service from individual to pai ty line, each main station 2. 50 Changing party-line subscriber to another party line, at subscriber's request J 2. 60 Changing equipment at subscriber's request, when the change is not required fr^r the efficiency of the service 1. 60 Any move of a private branch exchange switchboard together with all associated stations and apparatus, to another location on the same or different premises estimated cost of labor and material. JACKSONVIIiliE, lEiIi. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business $24. 00 Business with extension on same line in same building 36.00 Residence 18. 00 Residence with extension on same line in same building 27. 00 JBRSET CITY, I«. JT. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. [Jersey City is included within a district area which also includes Bayonne and HoDoken, N. J., and the exchange rates in effect in all three cities are described in one statement. In the alphabetical arrangement of sta'',ements here employed, this statement may be found under Bayonne, N. J.] RATE SCHEDULES. 91 JOHNSTOWN, PA. NET ANNtTAl, EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area Inclades Jolmstown and eight surrounding localities.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates): Individ- ual line* ^& X!^ ^& Both- way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. Business $30.00 24.00 S24.00 18.00 $36.00 $6 00 »15.00 $12.00 6.00 Rural-line service: Business $24.00 Residence 18.00 No. 1 or No. 2 private brancli exchange service: Business or residence — Flat rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power 30.00 First both-way trunk lines, business 30.00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 36. 00 Trunfcllnes, both-way, residence, each 24.00 Stations, each 6.00 Ringing power. — Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence — Message rates- Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $24.00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 24.00 Stations, main or extension, each 6.00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each 0.03 Additional local messages, each 0.04 H contracted for in advance, in lots of 100, each 0. 03 Ringing power. — Hand-operated generator, for signaliog stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel— MessE^e rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 20 stations, exclud- ing operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only (for flat-rate trunk lines, see the following para- graphs). No additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each (no additional charge is made for the stations and booth equipment installed in public corridors for the useofthegeueralpublic) $6.00 Local messages. — The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public telephone rates for all local and toll messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages originating at the private branch exchange system. Hotel— Message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines — Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges for use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of officials an d employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do n ot fit the message-rate station jacljs. Station s which are to nave flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines, and with any other private branch exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are not listed in directory. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard schedules for business flat-rate private branch exchange service. The charges for the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for connection with the flat-rate tnmk lines are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply un der the business fiat-rate and hotel messag&-rate schedules. Short-term swvice: Individual and party line— Flat rates. — The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 2 3 4 5 6 month. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge... 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 15.00 Short-term rate 12.25 12.50 12.75 13.00 13.25 13.60 Terminaiion charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short-term rate 12.50 13.00 13.60 14.00 14.60 15.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.65 14.50 15.45 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . . 11.55 10.50 9.45 8.40 7.35 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge. . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate 15.65 17.50 19.35 21.20 23.05 24.90 Termiaation charge. . . 12.65 11.50 10.35 9.20 8.05 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.50 23.25 26.00 28.75 31.50 TH-mioation charge. . . 13.75 12.50 11.25 10.00 8.75 7.50 54.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 26.20 28.40 31.60 34 80 Termiaation charge. . . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 60.00 Short-term rate 19.85 23.50 27.15 30.80 34.45 38.10 Termination charge. . . 14.85 13.50 12.15 10.80 9.45 8.10 JOHIWSTOWIV, PA Continued. Short-term service — Continued. Individual and party line — flat rates— Continued. Annual flat rates. 7 8 9 10 11 12 months. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge.. . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 15.00 Short-term rate 13.75 14.00 14.25 14.50 14.75 15.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 18.00 Short-term rate 15.50 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.50 18.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 24.00 Short-term rate 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.05 24.00 Termmation charge. . . 5.25 4.20 3.15 2.10 1.05 30.00 Shor t-term rats 23.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 28.60 30.00 Termination charge. . . 6.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 36.00 Short-term rate 26.75 28.60 30.45 32.30 34.15 36.00 Termination charge. . . 5.75 4.60 3.45 2.30 1.15 42.00 Short-termrate 30.50 32.80 35.10 37.40 39.70 42.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 48.00 Short-term rate 34.25 37.00 39.75 42.60 45.25 48.00 Termination charge. . . 6.25 6.00 3.75 2.50 1.25 54.00 Short-termrate 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 50.80 54.00 Termination charge. . . 6.50 5.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 60.00 Short-term rate 41.75 45.40 49.05 52.70 66.35 60.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 5.40 4.05 2.70 1.35 Note.— The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of suc- ceeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportion ate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Extension stations. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same buUdiag as the main station that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service plus one-hau the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines.— The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under " Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trimk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations^ main or extension, — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the Tninimnm charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest ia service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the TniniTrmm annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guar- anteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the mes- sages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange line mileage (mileage charges are computad on air-line distances, beyond the base-rate areas): Individual lines, per quarter-mile, or fraction thereof $5. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter -mile or fraction thereof, $5. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Joint-user service, business flat rate, individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch exchange station, during the first year or within one year from the last free move — Inside move $1.00 Outside move — Main station moved independently 3.00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1-00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1- CO Private branch exchange switchboards under annual contracts, during the first year or withui one year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move — room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move — Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord switchboard, 40 Imes or less 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal) . $2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. JOHIVSTOWIV, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE JOHNSTOWN TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 1, 1914. [Exchange area inclades Johnstown and localities and territory within a radius averaging about 7 miles.] 92 TELEPHONES. JOHIWSVOWN, PA.— Continued. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. ^?^ '?I^' Less than 1 mile: $30.00 24.00 36.00 30.00 42.00 36.00 6.00 J24.00 18.00 30.00 24.00 36.00 30.00 4.00 Residence 1 to 3 miles: Business . 124.00 18.00 More than 3 miles: Business . . 30.00 24.00 Mileage beyond exchange area per i mile or 3.00 Kural-llne service: Multiparty lines, $24. Private branch exchange service: Switchboard (1 position cord) battery power and operating telephone. $30.00 Switchboards, additional, per position 25. 00 Trunks, each 36.00 Stations, each, extension-station rate. Miscellaneous: Listing contract 6. 00 Business-extension station 12. 00 Eesidence-extension station 6. 00 Desk-set equipment, additional 6. 00 Extension beUs 3.00 JOI.IET, IL,!.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE KATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDEPEND- ENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual-line service: Individual line. Extension station. $30.00 18.00 /$7.66-$9.00 \ 9.96-12.00 6.00 Miscellaneous service per station: Employees (female) $9. 00 Employees (male) 12. 00 Rural 18.00 KAIVEVII.I.1:, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDEPEND- ENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Indimdual and party-line service. Individual line. '?1^^ Extension station. $24.00 30.00 18.00 $6 00 Business, including toll tree to Big Rock or Residence . $18.00 18.00 KAIVSAS CITY, KAIVS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE KANSAS CITY HOME TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAR. 8, 1913. Individual-line service (metallic circuit): Individual line. Extension station. Business . . $54.00 36.00 $12 00 9.00 Exceptions to above rates, if any. — The business rate in the territory inside a , point 2i miles from the Chamber of Commerce Building, near Fifth and Central Avenue, is $54 per year, and outside this limit, for each mile or fraction thereof, $24 per year. The $12 rate on extension applies where extension is in the same room or suite of rooms. Extension gongs $6. 00 Extension bells 3. 00 Intercommunicating system: Trunks 60.00 Stations 15. 00 Private branch exchange: Commercial — Switchboards 30. 00 Trunks .' 60.00 Stations on switchboards 12. 00 Stations outside, per mile or fraction thereof 24. 00 KAIVSAS CITY, KAIVS.— Continued. Private branch exchange — Continued. Hotel— _ „ Trunk lines and switchboard .f n oA 25 to 60 stations * „ ?? 51 to 100 stations 9-"2 101 stations or more, '•^'' Subscriber furnishes inside wiring. Miscellaneous: . ,^ Switchboard key J- J™ Springjacks, per pair ^-o" OftU trunks 36.00 Return buzzer circuits ''• "" Private lines: „ Stations each .....,...........•--.....----.-----•--■-- iz, uu Mileage, per mile or fraction thereof, for inside mileage 24. 00 Switch to connect private line with main line -.-■-- 6, 00 Extra service on business station (publishing name of a nonsubscriber) with one clasifioation in alphabetical and business classified list 12. 00 Extra name on business station (publishing name of a representative of main subscriber) with one classification in alphabetical and busmess classified Ust *-00 Extra names on residence station. 4.00 For extra service and extra names to bo published in bold-iace type 8. OO Moving charges (a charge of $3 will be made for moving a station from one address to another, and a charge of $1.50 for moving a station from one location to another at the same address, provided same has not been used for 12 consecutive months at exact location occupied before move is made). KAIVSAS CITY, KAIVS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE MISSOURI & KANSAS TELEPHONE CO. [Kansas City, Kons., is included within the Kansas City, Mo., district area, and the exchaage rates in effect in both cities are described in the statement under Kansas City, Mo.] KAIVSAS CITY, MO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE KANSAS CITY HOME TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAR. 1, 1913. Individual line — unlimited service: Business, within corporate limits $60.00 Business, outside corporate limits, $60 plus $6 for each quarter-mHe or fraction thereof. Residence, within corporate limits $36.00 Residence, outside corporate limits, $36 plus $8 for each quarter-mile or fraction thereof. Extensions: Business stations in same room, each $12. 00 Business stations, outside room, $12 plus $6 for each quarter-mile or fraction thereof. Residence stations $9. 00 Gongs 6.00 Bells 3.00 Intercommunicating system: Business trunks, each 60. 00 Businessstations, each 15. 00 Residence tnmks, each 36. 00 Residence stations, each 12.00 Private branch exchange: Commercial- Switchboard 30.00 Trunks 60.00 Stations inside building 12. 00 Stations outside building, $12 plus $6 tor each quarter-mile or fraction thereot Hotel— 25 to 60 stations per year, each 10. 80 51 to 100 stations per year, each 9. 00 101 or more stations per year, each 7. 20 Hotel wall type Instruments furnished; desk telephone, $3 additional. Oper- ator furnished and paid by subscriber. Subscriber furnishes inside wirmg. Minimum number of stations, 25. Trunks and switchboards furnished free. Private lines: Instruments $12. OO Mileage — Outside building, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 6. 00 Inside building, per mue or fraction thereof 12. 00 Switch to connect private line with exchange line 6. 00 Miscellaneous service: Switchboard keys 6.0O Spring jacks, per pair 3. 00 Return buzzer circuits 3.00 Publlshhig name of a nonsubscriber, with one classification in alpha- betical and business classified list 12. 00 Publishing name of a representative of main subscriber, with one classi- fication m alphabetical and business classified list 4. 00 Extra name on residence service 4. 00 Heavy type on extra service and extra names 8. 00 Moving charges: A charge of $3 is made for moving a station from one building to another and a charge of $1.50 tor moving a station from one location to another within the same building, provided same has not been used for 12 consecutive months at exact location occupied before move is made. A charge of $3 is made for moving outside stations on private branch ex- changes and a charge of $1.50 for moving inside stations on private branch exchanges. A charge of cost is made for moving stations on intercommunicating systems. Vacation rate: Telephones will be placed on hall-rate basis for a period of not more than 90 or less than 30 days. By this arrangement outgoing service only Is fur- nished; and reserves the directory listing and gives the privilege to call central in cases of emergency. RATE SCHEDULES. 93 KANSAS CITY, MO., AIV» KANSAS CITY,. KANS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE MISSOUEI & KANSAS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUGUST 22, 1914. KANSAS CITY DISTRICT SERVICE AKEA. The exchanges and central of&ces in the Kansas City district service area are as follows: Exchanges. Central offices. Kansas City, Mo Main, Grand, South, East, Hiland, Leeds. Kansas City, Kans West, Argentine. Bethel, Kans Bethel. Merriam, Kans Merriam. Bosedale, Kans Kosedale. Mount Washington, Mo. Subscribers in Mount Washington who contract for districtservice have the designation " Brooks"; subscribers to local service, the desig- nation " Fairmount." No special designations are given to distinguish between dis- trict and local subscribers connected with other central offices. Individual and party-line and rural-line service. Schedule I. — Schedule I is available to all subscribers served by any central office in the five exchanges above enumerated and this schedule, with mileage charges, when applicable, entitles subscribers to messages without other charges to all stations bearing the designation of any central office in Kansas City, Kans.; Bethel, Kans.; Merriam, Kans.; Bosedale, Kans.; or Kansas City, Mo. (except to subscribers to Schedule II rates connected to the Leeds central office at KaiLsas City, Mo.); to "Brooks" subscribers in Mount Washington under Schedule V, and to subscribers in Washington Township, Jackson County, Mo., under Sched- ule VII. Note.— Subscribers to Schedule I connected to Leeds central office are allowed messages without other charges to aU Leeds subscribers, to both "Broolis" and "Fairmount" subscribers in Mount Washington and to any station connected to the Independence central office, in addition to stations m the area outlined above. Flat rates. Individual line 2-party line 4-party line Inward auxiliary line. . JiXtension station Business. 36.00 12.00 Besidence. S36. 00 30.00 24.00 /Kansas, 9. 00 \Missouri, 12. 00 .Schedule II. — Schedule II is available to subscribers served by the Argentine central office in Kansas City, Kans., and by the central offices in Bosedale, Bethel, and Merriam, Kans., and by the Leeds central office in Kansas City, Mo. This schedule entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to aU stations bearing the same central office designation. In addition. Bethel subscribers at .Schedule II rates are allowed messages, without other charges, to stations con- nected to the West central office of Kansas City, Kans. Leeds subscribers at Schedule II rates are allowed messages without other charges to Independence subscribers and to both "Broolts" and "Fairmount" subscribers in Mount Washington. Flat rates. Individual line 2-party line Extension station . Business. $30. 00 Besidence. $18. 00 15.00 19.00 2 12. 00 ' Kansas. 2 Missouri. Schedule III. — Schedule III is available to subscribers in Main, Grand, South, East, Hiland, and Leeds central offices. The rate covers messages to any station in the Kansas City district service area, and to "Brooks" subscribers in Mount Wasliington. Subscribers' coin-box rates Qmsiness or residence)— Individual line. — Guaranty of 15 cents per day. Befund of 2 cents each on messages in excess of guaranty. Two-party line.— Guaranty of 10 cents per day. Befund of 1 cent each on messages in excess of guaranty. Schedule /K— Schedule IV is available to subscribers in Argentine, Bethel, Mer- riam, Bosedale, and West central offices. The rate covers messages to any sta- tion in the Kansas City district service area, and to "Brooks" subscribers in Mount Washington. Subscribers' coin-box rates (business or residence) — Individual line. — Guaranty of $4 per month to cover 80 messages. Excess messages, 3 cents each. Four-party Une. — Guaranty of $2.25 per month to cover 45 messages. Excess messages, 5 cents each. Schedule F.— Schedule V is available to subscribers In the Mount Washington exchange. Subscribers under this schedule have the designation "Brooks" and are entitled to messages, without other charges, to any station in the Kansas City district service area, to " Fairmount" subscribers in Mount Washington, and to stations connected to the Independence central office. Flat rates. Business. Besidence. Individual line $84.00 12.00 $48. 00 12.00 KANSAS CITY, MO., AND KANSAS CITY, KANS.— Contd. KANSAS CUT DISTRICT SERVICE AREA — Continued. Individual and party-line and rtiral-line service — Continued. Schedule T7.— Schedule VI applies to subscribers in rural sections adjacent to Argentine, Bethel, Merriam, and Bosedale central offices, and entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to any station in the Kansas City district service area, to " Brooks" subscribers in Mount Washington and to subscribers under Schedule VII rates in Washington Townsliip, Jaclson County, Mo. Flat rates.— Bural 10-party line, $24. Schedule V7/.— Schedule VII is available to subscribers in Washmgton Township, JaclQon County, Mo., and entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to any station in the Kansas City district service area (except subscribers connected to Leeds central office under Schedule II), and to "Broolis" sub- scribers In Mount Washington. Flat rates: Bural 4-party llhe rate $42. 00 Bural 10-party line rate 24. GO Schedule y//?.— Schedule VIII is available to subscribers in the rural districts adjacent to Hiland central office, and entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to any station in the Kansas City district service area. Flat rates.— Rural 10-party Une, $18. Schedule JX.— Schedule IX is available to subscribers at Argentine, Bethel, Leeds, Merriam, and Bosedale central offices, and entitles subscribers to messages, without other eiiarges, to all stations connected to the same central omce; except In the case of Bethel, where subscribers under Schedule IX are also allowed messages, without other charges, to stations connected to the West central office; and except in the case of Leeds, where subscribers under Schedule IX are also allowed messages, without other charges, to Independence sub- scribers and to " Brooks " and " Fairmount " subscribers in Mount Washington. Flat rates.— Bural 10-party line, $12. Individual and party-line short-term service. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed, minimum period one month plus a termination charge equal to $1 per month for the unexpired portion of the initial contract year. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cordless, with battery power and an operator's telephone, maximum capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines $36. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position, maximum capacity 80 lines — Equipped for 15 lines or less $24. 00 Additional equipment for each group of 10 lines or less 4. 80 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 60. 00 Stations, each — lto40 12.00 41 to 60 , 9.00 61 to 80 6.00 81 to 100 3.60 Over 100 3.00 Binging circuit 24. 00 Family hotel and apartment house — Flat rates (subscribers furnish and maintain wiring between the switchboard and stations in hotel rooms. Contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power and operator's telephone, maximum capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines— In Missouri $36. 00 In Kansas 24. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position, maximum capacity 80 lines — Equipped for 15 lines or less $24. 00 Additional equipment for each group of 10 lines or less 4. 80 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 60. 00 Stations, each- ItolO 6.00 11 to 20 5.40 21 to 35 4.80 36 to 60 4.20 51 to 100 3.60 Over 100 3.00 Binging circuit 24. 00 Transient hotel — Message rates (subscribers furnish the wiring between the switch- board and stations in hotel rooms)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, each— ItolO $6.00 11 to 20 6.40 21 to 35 4.80 36 to 50 4.20 61 to 100 3.60 Over 100 3.00 Local messages, no guaranty, each 0. 02J No. 2 private branch exchange: Busmess and residence— Flat rates (in Missouri, subscribers furnish the iaterior wiring; in Kansas, the company furnishes the interior wiring, but an instal- lation charge is made where excessive construction Is necessary. Contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations. The maximum equipment furnished consists of 10 lines) — Trunk lines, both-way only, each — Business $60.00 Besidence 36.00 Stations, with switching device, each — Business 15.00 Besidence 12.00 Secrecy switch 3. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the base rate area): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 4.20 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction tliereof 2. 40 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on the shortest established route between terminals), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $6. Extra directory listings, busmess or residence, $3. Joint-user service: Business $12.00 Besidence 6.00 Moving charges; Inside move — To another location In the same room 1.00 To another location in the same building L60 Outside move 2.60 94 TELEPHONES. liAKEIiAIVD, FliA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE PENINSULAR TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 23, 1914. Individual and party-line flat-rate service; Individual line. Individual line, Joint-user. Party line. Party line joint-user. Business... $30.00 18.00 S12.00 9.00 127.00 18.00 J12.00 6.00 Extensions: Business station (desk or wall) $12. 00 Residence station (desk or wall) 12. 00 Bells (business or residence) 3. 00 Gongs (business or residence) 6. 00 Directory service: Extralisting 3.00 Additional line 3.00 liANOASTKR, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area Includes Lancaster, Landisville, Lititz, Millersville, New Holland, and Strasburg.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party une. ^iSn^ Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. Business . $48.00 30.00 $42.00 24.00 $24.00 18.00 $36.00 $6.00 6 00 Residence Message Tales (business only). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 $30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 4 4 4 4 $6.00 Additional messages $3 per 100, U contracted for in advance. Rural line service: Business $24.00 Residence 18.00 No. 1 or No. 2 private brancb exchange service: Business or residence— Flat rates- Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $30. 00 First both-way trunk line, business 48. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 36. 00 Truni lines, both-way, residence, each 30. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Ringing power.— Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations cormected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence — Message rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power : . . . $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 24.00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each 0. 03 Additional local messages, each 0. 04 If contracted for in advance, in lots of 100, each 0. 03 Ringing power.— Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 20 stations, exclud- ing operator's telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone for each position $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only (for flat-rate trunk lines, see the following paragraphs) No additional charge. Stations, mam or extension, each (no additional charge is made for the stations and booth equipment, installed in public corridors for the use of the general public) 6. 00 Local messages.— The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public telephone rates for all local and toll messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages originating at the private branch exchange system. IjANOASTER, pa.— Continued. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service— Continued. Hotel message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines— Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch. exchanges for use In connection with flatrate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of officials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are to have flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines, and with any other private branch exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are. not listed in directory. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard schedules for business flat-rate private branch-exchange service. The charges, for the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for connection with the flat-rate trunk lines, are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply under the business flat-rate ana hotel message- rate schedules. Short-term service: Individual andparty lines — Flat rates.— The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year lor all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together vrith the charges for terminating aimiml contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rate. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 5 months. 6 months. $12 00 Short-term rate . $12.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.50 11.00 13.66 11.65 14.60 12.10 15.65 12.66 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.60 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.60 10.60 16.00 11.00 17.50 11.60 19.00 12.00 20.50 12.60 22.00 13.00 23.60 13.60 $12.00 9.00 12.75 9.00 13.50 9.00 15.45 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.35 10.35 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 &40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.25 7.00 14.50 7.00 17.35 7.35 20.20 7.70 23.05 8.05 25.90 8.40 28.75 8.75 31.60 9.10 34.45 9.45 $12.00 15.00 Termination charge Short-term rate 6.00 13.60 18.00 Termination charge Short-term rate 6.00 15.00 24.00 Termination charge 6.00 18.30 30 00 Termination charge Short-term rate 6.30 21.60' 36.00 Termination charge Short-term rate. . . . 6.60 24 90 42.00 Termination charge 6.90 28.20 48 00 Termination charge Short-term rate 7.20 31.50 54.00 Termination charge Short-term rate. . . 7.60 34.80' 60.00 Termination charge 7.80 Termination charge -■ 8.U Annual flat rate. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. $12.00 5.00 13.75 5.00 15.50 5.00 19.25 5.25 23.00 6.60 26.75 5.75 30.60 6.00 34.25 6.25 38.00 6.50 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 6.00 41.20 6.20 46.40 6.40 $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.60 3.00 21.15 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 35.10 3.60 39.76 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.06 $12.00 2.00 14.60 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.50 2.50 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.15 1.15 39.70 1.20 45.25 1.25 60.80 1.30 66.35 1.35 $12.00 "'i6.'66 ""'i8.'66 24.00 15.00 Termination charge 18 OO Termination charge Short-term rate 24.00 Termination charge Short-term rate. . . . 30.00 Termination charge Short-term rate "'"30 00 36.00 Termination charge 42.00 Termination charge 48.00 Termination charge Short-term rate "'48.'66 54.00 54.00 Termination charge Short-term rate 60.00 Termination charge '"60. 66 Termination charge Note.— The m inimum charge is forone month. Forfractionalpartsofsuoceeding montlis the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates.— When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less tlian the m inimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the mtnunum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the i^^ mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sac- rifice of original constraction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maximum charge for local service and equipment is that specified lor the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next highS grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension s&tions. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the mmimum charge being three-fourths of the established aimual rate. Upon discoimection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. RATE SCHEDULES. 95 1.AKOASTBK, PA.— Continued. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards.— Th.e charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines.— The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, tor the period of service, plus one-half me proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as Uie switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages.— Whem the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the mmimum charge being not less than such proportion of the minimum aimual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line measure- ments, beyond the municipal limits of Lancaster, and beyond a radial distsmce of 1 mile from the central ofiice): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $5. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Four-j)arty line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, S5. Extra directory listings, business or residence, S3. Joint-user service, business flat rate, individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Uoving charges: Individual or partyline, main or extension station or No. Iprivatebranohexohange station, during the first year or within one year from tlie last free move — Inside move $1. 00 Outside move — Main station moved independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1.00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1.00 Private branch exchange switchboards under annual contracts, diuring the first year or within one year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move — room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less S5.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move — Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less SIO.OO Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18. OO Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunkline, tieline, or outside extensionline (switchboard terminal) . 2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. liAIVSINC, MICH. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CITIZENS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT APE. 28, 1914. [Exchange area includes Lansing and rural territory adjacent.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates): Individ- ual line. ^F^^' 'fi^^ 133.00 22.00 $27.00 18.00 $24.00 16.00 Rural party line $18.00 Rural party line rates Increase for distance beyond 4 miles or less than 8 on Ime. liAWBEIVCE, MASS. ijET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26, 1914. [The local service area includes Lawrence, North Andover, parts of Methuen, Draout, Andover, and Salem, N. H.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individ- ual line. =?int^ ^^e*^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $57.00 33.00 $30.00 $6.00 $27.00 $25.00 6.00 Message rates (business only). Local messages per annum 720 Individual line S36.00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each : OOZJ All others, each o. 02 J Extension station 6. 00 I^AWRENCE, MASS.— Continued. Individual and party-line service — Continued. Subscribers' coinbox rates. Business, 4-party, Residence, 4-party.. Guarantee.' li local messages per day. . . 1 local message per day Minimum charge. $27.38 18.25 Local messages (cents.) Exten- sion station. $6.00 6.00 1 On annual basis. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years), No. 2 busmess systems are lim- ited to a total of 10 lines- Switchboard, with Isattery power, an operator's telephone or receiving station with switching devices and 2,500 local messages per annum.. $75. 00 Trunkliues, both-way only, each 21.00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages — First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses, all additional local messages are charged for at 3 cents each) 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0.02J All others, each 0.02J Ringing cirouit.—( Applies only within a radius of 1 mile, air-ltue dis- tance, from a central office, for installations of 19 stations or less. No additional cliarge is made if subscribers, within 1 mile from the central olBce, contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this dis- tance a mileage charge is made of $5 per quarter-inile or fraction thereof) 18.00 Hotel— Message rates— Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less tlian 6 years nor for less than SO stations and allow service for a period of 6 months in each year) — , Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position No charge Trunk lines, botn-way only No cliarge Stations — First 60, each $5.00' Over 50, each 4.00 Local messages, each 0.03 Department store — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years, nor for less than 50 stations) — Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone No charge. Trunkllnes, both-way only, each $24.00 Stations, each 6.00 Local messages- First 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02i All others, each 0.02i No. 2 private branch exchanges— residence — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years. Interior cable in excess of SOO feet and all out- side cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises, is fur- nished at the subscriber's expense. The rate quoted for receiving stations in- cludes switching devices for all stations) : Trunk lines, both-way , each $33. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 30.00 Receiving station, with switching devices 24.00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. OO Short-term service: Emergency service (regular installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3 months' service — Flat-rate individual line or residence No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line — First day S3. 00 Each additional day 0. 75 Message-rate trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both) — First 3 days $6.00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate) 1. 00 Three-month periods — Flat rates- Business — IndividualUne $23.00 Residence- Individual line or No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line 19. 00 Party line, per station 16. 00 Message rates — Private branch exchange trunk Ime (no installation cha-ge) $12. 00 Service continuing beyond the initial 3-montlis' period is charged for at a rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the difference between the short- term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The fallowing charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above, for instala- tion and removal of equipment furnished for short periods: If instrument is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2.00 If Doth inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is necessary to furnish an instrument 3. 00 If either inside wiring or drop wiring is in place, but not both, and instru- ment must be installed 4. 00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring, and instrument 5. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances, beyond 2 miles from the central office) : Individual line or private branch exchange trunk Ime, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $2. 60 Two-party line, per station, per quarter -mile or fraction thereof. 1. 00 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 Extension and tie-hne mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): Extension lines- First half-mile or fraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or traction thereof 5. 00 Tie lines (between switchboards in the same exchange}— Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber m separate buildmgs— First mile or fraction thereof $35. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the switchboards are m the same building and only inside wiring is required, the minimum charge per line is $10), $8.75. „ . , .,. . .. ^ -,j. Switehboards contracted for by different subscribers m separate buildmgs. (Not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of different subscribers will be connected together by means of tie lines)— First mile or fraction thereof S60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15.00- 96 TELEPHONES. I^AWRffiNOXi, MASS Continued. Extra directory listings: Business or residence $3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses 6. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates— Individual line or private branch exchange, one-half of armual rate, not to exceed $50. Message rates— individual line or private branch exchange, $5. Moving charges: Individual or party-line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations- Inside move — 26 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 25 leet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outside move — Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5. 00 Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed 4.00 No wiring necessary, but instrument to be placed 3. 00 No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension station, and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the schedule charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems, or No. 2 private branch exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period, the subscriber may extend his contract tor another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. liKXIIVaTOIV, KY. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE HATES OP THE FAYETTE HOME TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT DECEMBER, 1913. Lexington Exchange, area confined within city limits: Business, individual line Jo7. 00 Business, 2-party line 42. 00 Business, extension 9. 00 Business, listed extra user 18. 00 Business, one-way 36. 00 Extra listing member of firm 3. 00 Besidence, individual line 30. 00 Besidence, 2-party line 24. 00 Residence, extension 6. 00 Residence, listed extra user 9. 00 Residence, extra listing member of same family 3. 00 AU extension bells 3. 00 Fayette County, outside of city limits, per month: Individual line, residence, 12.75 plus 83 cents a mile, not to exceed $4.75 net. Two-party line, residence, $2.25 plus 42 cents a mUe, not to exceed $3.50 net. Four-party line, residence, anywhere In county, net $2.50. Eight-party line, residence, anywhere in county, net $2. Individual line, business, $5 plus 83 cents a mile, not to exceed $6.25 net. Two-party line, business, $3.75 plus 42 cents a mile, not to exceed $5 net. Four-party line, business, anywhere in county, $4 net. Eight^party line, business, anywhere in county, $3.50 net. Outside of county, special rate on application. Athens Exchange, area within 1^ miles: Business, individual line $33. 00 Business, 2-party line •. 24. 00 Residence, individual line 21. 00 Residence, 2-party line 18. 00 (For additional rates, see Lexington.) Rural service, outside of exchange area, per month: Individual line, residence, $2.83, $3.46, $4.29, $5 gross, not to exceed $4.75 net. Two-party line, residence, $2.42, $2.84, $3.76, $3.68 gross, not to exceed $3.50 net. Four-party line, residence, $2.21, $2.42, $2.63, $2.75 gross, not to exceed $2.50 net. Individual line, business, $3.83, $4.46, $5.29, $6.12 gross, not to exceed $6.25 net. Two-party line, business, $3.17, $3.59, $4.01, $4.43 gross, not to exceed $5 net. Four-party line, business, $2.96, $3.17, $3.38, $3.59 gross, not to exceed $4 net. I/I1,¥ lyAKK, ILL,. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDEPEN- DENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual and rural line service. Individual Une. Rural party ling. Extension station. $24.00 18.00 $24.00 18.00 $12.00 6.00 LIIVCOLIV, IVJBBR. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE LINCOLN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JULY 1, 1913. plxchange area confined to city limits. Additional charge outside of exchange area, where there is an existing pole line, for each one-fourth mile or fraction thereof, 1-party $5, 2-party $3.] Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 2-party line. Extension set. Farm line. $72.00 27.00 $54.00 21.00 $12.00 6.00 S30.00 24.00 Residence Extra service: Two parties using same station (business) $12. 00 Residence apartments, boarding houses, etc 3' 00 Extension bells 3 00 Individual line, business, incoming eaUs only !!''!!!!!!!!!! 48! 00 I.INDSTROIW, MINN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $24. 00 Residence station, individual line 18. 00 Residence with business 12. 00 Extension set 6. 00 Business, summer season 15. 00 Residence, summer season 10. 00 Rural station 15. 00 and 12. 00 LITCHFIELD, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $18. 00 Residence station, individual Une 12. 00 Extension station 6. 00 Rural station 12. 00 Rural connecting companies $3 per year per station; per month, flat rate, $5. LITTLE KOCK, ARK. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN TELE- GRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. (NEW YORK) IN EFFECT AUG. 22, 1914. [The local service area includes Little Rock, Argenta, and Pulaski Heights.] Individual and party-line service (flat rates) : Individual line. Extension station. $60.00 27.00 $12.00 No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store— Flat-rate contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operator's telephones — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 60.00 Stations- First 20— Main stations, each 24. 00 Extension stations, each 12. 00 All others 6. 00 Ringing circuit 24. 00 Hotel and apartment house — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit and an oper- ator's telephone for each position .No additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only No additional charge. Stations, each — Where subscriber pays cost of inside wiring $3.00 Where company pays cost of Inside wiring 6. 00 Local messages, each 0. 02} No. 2 private branch exchanges and No. 1 residence systems: Busmess and residence— Flat rates (subscribers furnish the cabling, including cable terminals)— Trunk lines, both-way only, each — Business $60. 00 Residence 27. 00 Stations, with switching device, each- Business ^ 24. 00 Residence 18. 00 Stations, for intercommunicating purposes only, each — Business , 12. 00 Residence 12. 00 Secrecy switches, each 3. 00 Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond 4 miles from the central office): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof- Business $6. 00 Residence 3. OO Extension and tie-line mileage: Extension line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, air-line distance — Business $6. 00 Residence 3. 00 Tie-line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, air-line distance. . . 7. 60 Extra directory listings, business or residence, each 4. 00 Extra directory listings, business or residence, each 4. 00 Joint-user service: Business 12. 00 Residence 6. 00 LOCKPORT, ILL. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE INTERSTATE INDE- PENDENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual line service: Individual line. Extension station. $30.00-$24.00 $18.00- 12.00 $7.56 6.00 Besidence Employees' station $9. 00 RATE SCHEDULES. 97 liOOKPOBT, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NIAGARA COUNTY HOME TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. Party line. $36.00 24.00 $24.00 Sesidence 15.00 Extensions: Wall or desk set connected only to exclusive line in same building $10. 00 Extension bell connected in same building with instrument 2. 00 Miscellaneous service: Extra listing in company's official directory 2. 00 Rural or multiparty service, wall-set instrument only, may be non- selective 12.00 liOS ANGEIiES, OAIi. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE HOME TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1913. Individual and party-line— unlimited service: Indivldualline. 2-party line. 4-party line. Exten- sion station. Desk. Wall. Desk. WaU. Desk. Wall. Business $69.00 30.00 27.00 66.00 42.00 S63.00 27.00 24.00 60.00 36.00 $51.00 27.00 21.00 $45.00 24.00 18.00 $42.00 $36.00 $12.00 12.00 Apartment house (10 Sending Ime, business . Receiving line, business Individual and party line — ^limited service: Individual line, i 2-party line. 2 Desk. Wall. Desk. Wall. $66.00 27.00 $60.00 24.00 $54.00 $48.00 1 1,200 calls, 2 cents additional. 2 720 calls, 3 cents additional. Intercommunicating systems — unlimited service: First trunk. Second trunk. Station. Business $96.00 48.00 $72.00 $15.00 9.00 Apartment house (10 or more), per station: Desk, $24; wall $21. Intercommunicating systems — mnited service, 1,200 calls (additional calls, 2 cents each): Each a-way trunk, business only $48. 00 ' Stations... 12.00 Private branch exchanges — unlimited service: Commercial— Switchboards with station 12. 00 Trunk, first 96-00 Trunk, each additional 72. 00 Trunk, sending oO-OO Trunk, receiving ?2' 00 Stations 1200 Extension stations 12. 00 Hotel, apartment, and lodging house-^ Switchboards with station 12-00 Trunk,flrst 60-00 Trunk, each additional |8. 00 Trunk, sending 60.00 Trunk, receiving °. U; Station 4-20 Stations, outside rooms To Ivl Extension stations 12. 00 Private branch exchanges — limited service: Commercial— 1,200 calls (additional calls, 2 cents each)— Switchboard with station 12-00 Trunk, first *|-00 Trunk, each additional 4». uo Stations ,■■-■■„■■„, '•?' Hotel, apartment, and lodging house— 1,200 calls (additional calls, 2} cents Switchboards with station *1?'59 Trunk, first 48.00 Trunk, each additional 48. uu Stations. , ■*-20 81100°— 15 7 liOS AIVGBIiES, OAIi. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1912. [The local service area includes Los Angeles and Glendale.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Indi- vidual line. 2-party line. "■f^T Outgoing auxiliary line. Incoming auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. Business: Wall set Desk set Residence: Wall set $60.00 66.00 36.00 36.00 $48.00 48.00 27.00 27.00 $36.00 42.00 18.00 24.00 $60.00 66.00 $36.00 42.00 $12.00 12.00 12.00 Desk set 12.00 Message rates (on monthly guarantee basis). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension Wall set. Desk set. station. Business: 720 $48.00 60.00 24.00 $54.00 66.00 27.00 3 2 2 $9.00 1200 9.00 Residence: 600 .. .. 9.00 Subscribers' coin-box rates. Guarantee (on montiily basis). Minimum charge. Local messages (cents). Exten- sion sta- tion. Business only, 1-party.. 3 local messages per day. . i$54.75 25 $12.00 1 Additional charge of $6 per year for desk set. 2 Refund of 2 cents per message allowed on local-message charges in excess of guarantee. Individual and party-line short-term service: Flatrates— Three months' contracts, double regular rate for period of service. Three to six months' contracts, regular rate for period of service plus 50 per cent. Six to nine months' contracts, regular rate for period of service plus 25 per cent. Message rates (regular contract rate for period of service plus one month's rental at the minimum messsge rate for same class of service). Rural-line service — suburban service: Business $36. 00 Residence 30. 00 The company builds circuits up to 5 miles from the central office provided there is an average of two or more stations per mile of circuit; beyond 5 miles the subscribers pay part or all of the construction cost. No. 1 private branch exchanges: , , . ^ „ ^. Commercial and department store— Flat rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, and an operator's telephone for each position, per position $12. 00 First trunk line, both-way 96.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 72.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Trunk lines, outgoing, each 60. 00 Stations, each 12-00 Ringing circuit ■^■„;- ^': "V Hotel and apartment house— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years, nor for less than 2 trunk lines. Subscribers are required to contract for an additional trunk line for each 25 stations or fraction thereof connected in excess of 50)— ^ , » , Switchboard, cord only, with battery power and an operator's tele- phone foreaoh position, per position *innn First trunk line, both-way ™-00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 4»-™ Stations, not in guest rooms, each ■ i^-uu Stations, in guest rooms, each ^4.^0 Commercialand department store^Message rates (an installation charge is made it the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, and an operator's tele- Dhone for each position, per position si-i- 00 Tnmk lines, both-way only, including 1,200 local messages per annum (on a monthly basis), each 4°- "0 Stations, each - "•"" Additional local messages, each "- "^ Ringing circuit ■"■ "" 98 TELEPHONES. liOS AIWGE1.es, CAIi.— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Hotel and apartment house— Message rates (contracts are accepted for a period of not less than 3 years)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power and an operator's tele- phone for each position 312. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, including 1,200 local messages per annum (on a monthly basis), each 48. 00 Stations, not in guest rooms, each 12. 00 Stations, in guestrooms, each 3. 00 Local messages, each 0. 02 Kinging circuit 21. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges- business— Flat rates (under 3-year contracts an mstallation charge is made to cover the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations: First trunk line, both-way S96.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 72. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Trunk lines, outgoing, each 60.00 Stations, with switching device, each — Equipped for 10 lines 15. Oo Equipped for 20 lines 18. Oq Equipped for 30 lines 21.00 No. 1 residence systems— Flat rates (an mstallation charge is made to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Con- tracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations); Receiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, and one both-way tnmk line — Equipped for 10 lines $48. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 51. 00 Equipped for 30 Imes 54. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 9. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 15.00 No. 2 private branch exchanges — ^business — Message rates (under 3-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations); Trunk lines, both-way only, including 1,200 local messages per annum (on a monthly basis), each $48. 00 Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 12.00 Equipped for 20 lines 16. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 18. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Excess exchange-line mileage, mileage charges are computed on route measurements beyond the base-rate area; Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof S6. 00 2-party liae, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 20 4-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension-line mileage, mileage charges are based on route measurements, extension line, per quarter-mile or fraction tnereof, $6. Extra directory listings; Business or residence, each $3. 00 Hotels, names of guests, each 6. 00 Joint-user service; Flat rates, business only 18. 00 Message rates or subscribers' coin-box rates 3.00 Moving charges: No charge is made for moving station equipment in case the initial contract period has expired, provided the subscriber signs a new contract. Except as noted, the following charges apply for movmg a station to another location — In the same room $1. 00 In the same building 2. 00 In another building 3. 60 liOVISVIIiliE, KV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CUMBERLAND TELE- PHONE AND TELECSRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. [The local service area includes Anchorage, Harrods Creek, Jeifersontown, Louis- ville, Pewee Valley, Pleasure Ridge Park, and St. Matthews, in Kentucky; and JeflersonviUe and New Albany, in Indiana.] Individual and party-line service: , Flat rates. Individual line. "Te!^ 4-party line. Inward auxihary line. Extension station. Business $72. 00 36.00 $51.00 24.00 1 $51.00 124.00 $42.00 $12 00 Residence... 12.00 ' Available only beyond the limits of the base-rate area, with mileage charges. Message rates (on monthly guarantee basis). Local messages per annum. Business— 1,200. , Residence— 996... Individual line. $48.00 30.00 Additional local (cents). Extension station. $12.00 12.00 K.OinSVIIiE.E, KY.— Continued. Individual and party-line service — Continued. Subscribers' coin-box rates. Business only, l-party. Guarantee. 3 local messages per day Minimum charge. $54.00 Local messages (cents). 15 Exten- sion station. $12.00 > Refund of 2i cents per message allowed on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Short-term service (shorMerm service and season service are furnished at 37 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired for the first three months or fraction thereof, plus 7 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired, for each month In excess of the first 3 months. For very short periods, as during illness, and in other oases where tliis rate would be excessive, approval is given to accept cancellations upon payment of regular charges for the period of service, minimum one month, plus a percentage of the installation and disconnection costs, deter- mined by the ratio of the unexpired portion of the contract period to the full con- tract period, plus an estimated depreciation on equipment and material). Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are for periods of 3 years; the mini- mum Installation includes 2 trunk lines) — Commercial, department store, and residence — Flat rates — Switbhboard, with battery power, and 1 operator's telephone for each posi- tion — Equipped for 25 lines or less $30. 00 Additional equipment, for each 25 lines, or fraction thereof, added . 30. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each — Business 90.00 Residence 48.00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Kinging circuit 30. OO; Commercial and department store — Message rates — Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit and 1 operator's telephone for each position — Equipped for 20 lines or less $36. 00 Equipped for 21 lines or more 72. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, with 83 local messages per month, each . . 60. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Hotel and apartment house — Message rates — Switehboard, cord or cordless, with 1 operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost, installed. Trunk lines, both-way or incoming, eaoh (the average number of originating local messages per month for each trunk line in serv- ice must be 200 or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished) $36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each — When company installs and maintains inside wiring 6. 00 When subscriber installs and maintains inside wiring 4. 00 Local messages. — One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges tor switehboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per aimum for each circuit; and a power charge of 12 cents per annum for each station, including operators'^ telephones. 'The maximum charge is 50 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying tiie number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Kinging circuit. — This charge is computed as follows; A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per aimum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges — Busmess or residence — Flat rates (contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years/ Under 1-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling, including- the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabhng in excess of 50 feet for any station, including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnished is that for 10 lines— 1-year contract. 3-year contract. Trunk lines, both-way, each: Business $108.00 54.00 54.00 27.00 18.00 12.00 16.00 $108.00 54.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each; Business 54 00 27.00 Receiving station, with switching device . . . -24 00 Stations, main or extension, with switching device, each. . 15.00 Excess exchange line mileage (mileage charges are computed on route measure- ments outside the city limits and beyond 2 mUes from a central office on business service, and beyond 3 miles from a central office on residence service); Business or residence, per mile or fraction thereof- Individual line or 2-party line, per station $6. 00 Four-party line, per station 3. 00 Extension-lme mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.60. Extra directory listings, busmess or residence, $3. Joint-user service, business only, $12. Moving charges; Individual line — Moving within the same room ji. 00 Moving within the same building 200 Moving to another building 3' 00 Private branch exchange, actual crfst. RATE SCHEDULES. 99 NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE LOUISVILLE HOME TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 5, 1914. Individual and party-line service (unlimited local serviceV Business, individual line $48.00 Business, extension station 12. 00 Residence, individual line (service witiiin 1 inile of courthouse)' '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 24! 00 Residence, individual line (1 mile but less than 2 miles of courthouse) . 30. 00 Residence.individualline (2 mUesof oourthouseandwithlncity limits). 36. 00 Residence, 2-party line 24. 00 Residence, extension stations ...........!.!.....!!. . .... 9. 00 liOWEI/K,, IMASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- ■ PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26, 1914. [The local service area includes Lowell, Chelmsford, parts of Tewksbury, Dracut, Billerioa and Tyngsboro.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. "fi^ '-^' Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $57.00 33.00 $30.00 $6.00 6 00 Residence $27.00 $25.00 Message rates (fiusiness only). Local messages per annum 720 Individual line $36. 00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0. 02} All others, each 0.02i Extension station 6. 00 Subscribers' coijir-box rates. Business, 4-party. . . Residence, 4-party.. Guarantee.i li local day. 1 local per per day. Minimum charge. $27.38 18.26 Local messages (cents). Exten- sion station. $6.00 6.00 1 On annual basis. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. No. 2 business systems are lim- ited to a total of 10 lines) — Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receiving station with switching d.evices and 2,500 local messages per annum. . . $75. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 21. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages — First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses all additional local messages are charged for at 3 cente each) 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0. 02} All others, each 0. 02i Ringing circuit (applies only within a radius of 1 mile, air-line distance, from a central office, for installations of 19 stations or less. No addi- tional charge is made if subscribers, within 1 mile from the central office, contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this distance a mile- age charge is made of $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof) 18. 00 Hotel — Message rates— Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than 50 stations and allow service for a period of 5 months in each year) — Switehboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no charge. Stations- First 60, each $5. 00 Over 60, each 4. 00 Local messages, each 0. 03 Department store— Message rates (contracts are not accepted tor periods of less than 5 years, nor for less than 60 stations)— Switehboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each $24.00 Stations, each 6.00 Local messages — First 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02} All others, each , 0.02| No. 2 private branch exchanges — Residence — Flat rates (eontracte are not accepted for a period of less thanS years. Interior cable inexcess of 500fe6t andall ouraide cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises is furnished at the subscriber's expense. The rate quoted for receiving stations includes switching devices for all stations): Trunk lines, both-way, each $33.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 30. 00 Receiving station, with switching devices 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 K.OWEE.Ii, MASS.— Continued. Short-term service: Emergency service (regular installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3-month service) — Flat rate Individual line or residence No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line- First day $3.00 Each additional day o. 75 Message rate trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both)— First 3 days $5.00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate) 1. 00 Three-month period — Flat rates — Business- Individual line 23. 00 Residence — Individual line or No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line 19. 00 Party line, per station 16. 00 Message rates^ Private branch exchange trunk line (no installation charge) 12.00 Service continuing beyond the initial 3-month period is charged for at a rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the dinerenoe between the short-term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro rata for frac- tional parts of a month. The following charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above for instal- lation and removal of equipment lumished for short periods— If instrument is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2. OO If both inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is necessary to furnish an instrument 3. 00 If either inside wiring or drop wire is in place (but not both) an instru- ment must be installed 4. 00 If it is necessary to install Inside wiring, drop wiring, and instrument . 5. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances, beyond 2 miles from the central office): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $2. 50 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. 00 Four-party line^ per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are computed on route measurements: Extension lines- First half mile or fraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 6. 00 Tie lines (between switchboards in the same exchange) — Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber in separate buildings — First mile or fraction thereof. 35. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the switch- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required the minimum charge per line is $10) a 75 Switchboards contracted for by different subscribers in separate buildings (not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of different sub- scribers will be connected together by means of tie lines) — First mile or fraction thereof. $60.00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15. 00 Extra directory listings: Business or residence 3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses 5. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates— individual line or private branch exchange, one-half of annual rate, not to exceed $50. Message rates— individual line or private branch exchange, $5. Moviiig charges — (individual or party-line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations): Inside move — 25 feet or less of inside wiring necessary .* $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outeide move — Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5. 00 Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed 4. 00 No wiring necessary, but instrument to be placed 3. OO No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension station, and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, fuU charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the scheduled charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems or No. 2 private branch exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period, the subscriber may extend his contract for another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. l,YIVIV, MASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG . 26, 1914. [The local service area includes Lynn, Swampscott, Saugus, Nahant, and parte of Lynnfield, Peabody, and Revere.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party line. "-gnt^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $57.00 33.00 $30.00 $6.00 $27. 00 $25.00 6.00 Message rates (business only). Local messages per annum 720 Individual line $36. 00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02} All others, each 0.02i Extension station 6. 00 100 TELEPHONES. l-irNIV, MASS Continued. Indiyidual and party-line service— Continued. Suhacribers' coiri-box rates. Business, 4-party. - Residence, 4-party. Guaranty.! IJ local messages per day 1 local message per day Minimum charge. S27.38 18.25 Local messages (cents). Exten- sion sta- tion. .?6. 00 6.00 1 On annual basis. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house — Message rates (contracts are not accepted lor periods of less than 3 years. No. 2 busmess systems are lim- ited to a total of 10 lines)— Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receiving station with switching devices and 2,500 local messages per annum. . $75. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 21. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages- First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses all additional local messages are charged for at 3 cents each) ; 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0.02J All others, each 0. 02i Ringing circuit (applies only within a radius of 1 mile, air-Une distance, from a central olhce, for mstaUation of 19 stations or less. No addi- tional charge is made if subscribers, within 1 mile from the central office, contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this distance a mile- age charge is made of $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof) 18. 00 Hotels — Message rates — Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than 50 stations and allow service for a period of 5 months in each year) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no charge. Stations — First 50, each J5.00 Over 50, each 4.00 Local messages, each 0. 03 Department store — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years, nor for less than 60 stations) — Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each $24. 00 Stations, each .' 6. 00 Local messages- First 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02i All others, each 0.02* No. 2 private branch exchanges — Residence — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years. Interior cable in excess of 500 feet and all outside cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises, is furnished at the subscriber's expense. The rate quoted for receiving stations includes switching devices for all stations): Trunk lines, both-way, each $33.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 30. 00 Receiving station, with switching devices 24. 00 Stations, with or without switchmg device, each 6. 00 Short-term service Emergency service (regular installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3 months' service)— Flat-rate individual line or residence No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line — First day $3.00 Each additional day 0. 75 Message-rate trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both)— First three days $5. 00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate) 1. 00 Three-month periods — Flat rates — Business— Individual line 23. 00 Residence — Individual line or No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line 19. 00 Party line, per station 16. 00 Message rates— Private branch exchange trunk line (no installation charge) 12.00 Service continuing beyond the initial 3 months' period is charged for at a rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the difference between the shorl^term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The following charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above, for installa- tion and removal of equipment furnished for short periods — If instrument is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2.00 If both inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is necessary to furnish an instrument 3. DO If either inside wiring or drop wiring is in place (but not both) and in- strument must be mstalled 4. 00 li it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring, and instrument . . 6. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances, beyond 2 miles from the central ofnce): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $2. 50 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. 00 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 Extension and tie-une mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): Extension lines- First half-mile or fraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 5. 00 Tie lines (between switchboards in the same exchange)- Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber in separate buildings — First mile orlraction thereof $35. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the switch- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required, the minimum charge per line is $10) 8. 75 Switchboards contracted for by different subscribers in separate buildings (not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of different subscribers will be connected together by means of tie lines)— First mile or fraction thereof $60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15. 00 liVIVIV, MASS Continued. Extra directory listings: Business or residence $3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses 6- "0 Joint-user service: Flat rates— Individual line or private-branch exchange, one-half of aimual rate, not to exceed $50. Message rates — Individual line or private branch exchange^ $5. Moving charges (individual or party line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations): Inside move — 26 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outside move — Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5. 00 Drop or inside wiringTone only) necessary and instrument to be placed 4 00 No wiring necessarybut instrument to be placed 3. 00 No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension station and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the scheduled charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems or No. 2 private branch exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period, the subscriber may extend his contract lor another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. MAIVCHESTER, II.Ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business $24. 00 Business with extension on same line in same building 36. 00 Residence 12.00 Residence with extension on same line in same building 18. 00 IHAIVCHESTER, IV. H. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26, 1914. [The local service area to subscribers under this schedule includes Manchester and parts of Auburn, Bedford, Goflstown, Hooksett, and Londonderry.] Individual and party-line service: Flat Totes. Individual line. 2-party line. ^^^ Inward aux- iliary line. Extension station. Business $51.00 30.00 $42.00 24.00 $27.00 $6.00 6 00 Residence $21.00 Message rates (business and residence). Local messages per annum 825 Individual Ime $33. 00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each 0. 03 Nsxt 6,000, each 0. 02} All others, each 0.02J Inward auxiliary line 27. 00 Extension station ' 6. 00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. No. 2 Ijusiness systems are limited to a total of 10 lines)— Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receiving station with switchiag devices and 2,500 local messages per annum. . $75 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 21. 00 Stations, each q'qi} Additional local messages — First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses all additional local messages are charged for at 3 cents each) 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0. 02} All others, each '..'.'.'.'.".'. 0' 02* Ringing circuit (applies only withm a radius of 1 mile, air-line distance from a central office for installations of 19 stations or less. No addi- tional charge is made If subscribers, within 1 mile from the central of- fice, contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this distance a mileage charge is made of $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof) 18 00 Hotel— Message rates— Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than S years nor for less than 50 stations and allow service for a period of 5 months in each year) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, linging circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no charge. Stations — First50,each . .5 go Over 60, each 4 OO Local messages, each !.-.!."!!!!!!!! 0, 03 Department store— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for' periods of less than 5 years, nor for less than 60 stations)— Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each $24 oo Stations, each ' g" go Local messages — First 6,000, each 03 Next 6,000, each ] | [ .' ^ q ' 02} All others, each '.'.]" o' 02i No. 2 private branch exchanges— Residence— Flat rates (contracts are riot accepted for a jieriod of less than 3 years. Interior cable in excess of 500 feet and all outside cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises is fur- nished at the subscriber's expense. The rate quoted for receiving stations includes switehing devices for all stations): Trunk lines, both-way, each 139 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each " ' 27 00 Receiving station, with switehing devices ' " 24' 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each ] ." g' qq RATE SCHEDULES. 101 MANCHESTER, IV. H.— Continued. Short-term service: Emergency service (regular instaUation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3 months' service)— ^^ ■'^ specuiea First da°^'*^^"^^ ^^° " ^^^"^™«« ^°- ^ Private branch exchange trunk line- EachadSitionaiday.".!!;.';!;""; *H^ ^'S^'^da' s™^ '™® ^'^^ private branch exohaigVstation'(eithCT or both)- Eaoh additional weeji (charge not to exceed 'annual rate) '.'.'.'.'.". 1 ' 00 Three-month periods — . .ui/ Flat rates- Business — Individual line S2i 00 Party line, per station '. is' on Inward auxiliary line ism Eesidence- ■'^■™ gidlvidual line or No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line 18 00 Party Ime, per station fi'nn Message rates— ' Private branch exchange trunk line (no installation charge) .... 12 00 Service eontmumg beyond the initial 3 months' period is charged for at a rate loreaeh whole month equal to one-ninth the diflference between the short- term rate and the annual rate lor similar service with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The following charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above, for histal- lation and removal of ec[uipment furnished for short periods— If instrument is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place X- o i2 m If both mside wiring arid drop wiring are m place, but it is necessary to furnish an mstrument 3 OO If either inside wirmg or drop wiring is in place (but not both) and in- strument must be installed 4 00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring, and'iiistaiment' ' 500 Note.— In addition to furnishing service tor periods of three monthsormore, at the rates shown above, the company also furnishes service at rates in accordance with the New Hampshire state law which provides for service at rates which are "15 percentmore than such fractional part of the yearly rate, as the number of months used is of 12 months, plus the actual cost of instal- lation." Subscribers signing contracts lor short-term service at the company's regular rates are required to waive in writing the provisions of the New Hamp- shire state law as quoted above. Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances beyond 2 miles from the central omce); Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $2. 50 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof'.! ^ ..... l! 00 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 - Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): Extension lines — • First half-mile or fraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 5. 00 Tie lines (between switchboards in the same exchange)— Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber in separate buildings — First mile or fraction thereof. J35. oo Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the switch- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required the minimum charge per line is SIO) 8. 75 Switchboards contracted for by different subscribers in separate buildings. (Not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of difierent sub- scribers will be connected together by means of tie lines)— First mile or fraction thereof. $60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15.00 Extra directory listings: Business or residence 3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses 5. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates — Individual line or private branch exchange, one-half of annual rate, not to exceed $50. Message rates — Iiidividual line or private branch exchange, $5. Moving charges (individual or party-line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations): Inside move — 25 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outside move- Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5.00 Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed. 4. 00 No wiring necessary, but instrument to be placed 3. 00 No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension station and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work jiractically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the scheduled charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems or No. 2 private branch exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period, the subscriber may extend his contract for another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. MBDIIVA, X. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. Party line. Extension station. Business 1S32.00 116.00 $24.00 12.00 $6.00 6.00 1 The business direct rate of $32 per year and the residence rate of $16 per year are subject to discount of 10 per cent if paid at the office of the company 3 months in advance before the 10th day of the first month of each quarter beginning January, April, July, and October. Other rates are net. Miscellaneous service: Bural lines, multiparty $12. 00 Employees' station 6. 00 Extension bells 3. 00 Extra-name service Free. MEMPHIfS, TENN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE CUMBERLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. Individual and party-line service. Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party line. *-l?n^^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $72.00 36.00 $60.00 30.00 i$54.00 124.00 $48.00 $12.00 Eesidence 1 Available only beyond the base rate area, with mileage charges. Message rates (business only, on monthly guarantee basis). Local messages, per annum 1,200 Individual Ime $48. 00 Additional local messages 0. 03 Extension station 12.00 Subscribers coin-box rates. Business only, l-party Business or residence, 4-pai"ty . Guarantee. 3 local messages per day. , Minimum charge. $54.00 Local messages (oente). 15 110 1 Refund of 50 per cent of local message charges in excess of the guarantee. 2 Not available within the city limits. Within 1 mile beyond the city limits guarantee $4 per month in local message charges. For each mile or fraction thereof in excess of 1 mile, 25 cents per month is added to the amount of the guarantee. Short-term service (short-term service and season service is furnished at 37 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired for the first 3 months or fraction thereof, plus 7 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired, for each month in excess of the first 3 months. For very short periods, as during illness and in other cases where this rate would be excessive, approval is given to accept cancellations upon payment of re^ar charges for the period of service, minimum 1 month, plus a percentage of the installation and disconnection costs, determined by the ratio of the unexpired portion of the contract period to the full contract period, plus an estimated depreciation on equipment and material) . Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exclianges (contracts are for periods of 3 years. Contracts are not taken for less than 2 trunk lines) — Commercial and department store — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each sta- tion originally connected, minimuTn charge, $24; when a considerable num- ber of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the swlteh- board charge is modified accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each $108.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 54. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12.00 Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of' $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power chai'ge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' tele- phones. The number of circuite required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switehboard Including ojierators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30 000 ' Einging circuit.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Commercial and department store — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each station originally connected, minimum charge, $24; ^en a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the switoh- . board charge is modified accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each $43 qq Trunk lines, incoming, each "!!!!!!!! 30! OO Stations, main or extension, each " e! 00 Local messages.— One local message per month is allowedj 'witliout'additioiial charge, tor each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mUe or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' tele- phones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. ' Einging circmt. —This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Hotel and apartment house— Message rates— Switehboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost, installed. Trunk lines, both-way or incoming, each (the average number of originating local messages per month for each trunk line in service must be 200 or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished) $36 00 Stations, main or extension, each— When company installs and maintains inside wiring g. 00 When subscriber installs and maintains inside wiring 4] 00 Local messages.— One local message per month is allowed, without additiona charge, tor each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges lor switehboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additionallocalmessages, each. Scents. 102 TELEPHONES. MEMPHIS, TEJXIV.— Continued. Private branch exchange service— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Hotel and apartment house — Message rates — Continued. Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 12 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is 50 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter -mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of S6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Busmess or residence— Flat rates (contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling, including the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling in excess of 50 feet for any station, including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnished is that for 10 lines. 1-year contract. 3-year contract. Trunk lines, both-way, each; Business J108.00 54.00 54.00 27.00 18.00 12.00 15.00 $108 00 54.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each: Business 54 00 27.00 Receiving station, with switching device Stations, main or extension, with switching device, each,. Battery power and ringing circuit 24.00 15.00 16.00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage is computed on route measurements): Within 5 miles of central office, per mile or Traction thereof- All classes of service, per station $6. 00 Beyond 5 miles from a central office, per mile or fraction thereof- Individual line 6. 00 2-party line, per station 4. 80 4-party line, per station 3. 00 Extension line mileage,per quarter-mile or fraction thereof.route measure- ment 7.50 Extra directory listings, business orresidence 3.00 Joint-user service, busmess or residence 12. 00 Moving charges: Individual or party line- Moving within the same room 1. 00 Moving within the same building 2. 00 Moving to another building 3. 00 Private branch exchange, actual cost. MERIDIAIV, MISS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE MERIDIAN HOME TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 7, 1914. Individual arid party-line automatic service. Individual line. Party Une. Extension station. Business . S36.00 24.00 $30.00 18.00 $12. 00 6.00 MIDDIiKPORT, N. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. Party line. Extension station. $24.00 12.00 $18.00 12.00 6 00 Miscellaneous service: Rural line $12. 00 Employees' station 6. 00 Extension bell 3. 00 Extra-name service Free. MIIiACA, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station^ individual line $24. 00 Business extension 6. 00 Residence station, individual line 18. 00 Residence station with business 12. 00 Residence station extension 6. 00 Rural station 18. 00 Rural coimectlng companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. MIIiWAVKEE, WIS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE WISCONSIN TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 24, 1914. The local service area includes Milwaukee, Cudahy, North Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, and West Allis.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. ^F^' *"Se'^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $96.00 42.00 $72.00 36.00 $30.00 $7.20. $30.00 /Wall set, $6.00. \Desk set, $7.20. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. Business: 1 000 $50.00 62.00 68.00 36.00 4 3 2 '2 $6.00 1 300 I'soo Residence: 800 6.00 » Applies in connection with first 600 additional local messages. No charge for additional local messages in excess of 600; maximum rate being $48. Subscribers' coin-box rates. Guarantee. Minimum charge. Local messages (cents). Exten- sion station. Business: l-nartv 3 local messages per day 2 local messages per day 1^ local messages per d&y . . . 2 local messages per day li local messages per day . . . 1 local message per day $54.75 36.50 27.37 36.50 27.37 18.25 15 25 5 15 25 5 $6.00 6.00 6.00 Residence: l-nartv 6.00 2-party . . 6.00 6.00 1 Refund of IJ cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. 3 Refund of 1 cent per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Rural line service; Business $36. 00 Residence 24. 00 No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store — Flat rates (contracts for cord switchboards are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 3 stations, excluding operator's telephone)— Switchboard, cordless, with local battery power and ringing circuit — Capacity, 2 trunks, 4 lines $24. 00 Capacity, 3 trunks, 7 lines 34.00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position — Magnetic signal, equipped for 15 lines $56. 00 Lamp signal, equipped for 15 lines 68. 00 Additional switchboard equipment, for each 5 lines or less 3. 00 First trunk line, outgoing 84. 00 Second trunk line, outgomg 72. 00 Additional trunk lines, outgoing, each 60. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 30.00 Stations, each 7. 20 Ringing circuit, cord switchboard 20. 00 Commercial and department store — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 3 stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringmg circuit, 2,000 local messages per annum, and an operators' telephone tor each position- Magnetic signal, equipped for 15 lines $108. 00 Lamp signal, equipped for 15 lines 120. 00 Additional switchboard equipment, for each 5 lines or less 3. 00 Trunk lines, incoming or outgoing No additional charge. Stations, each $6. 00 Additional local messages, each ........ 0. 02 Hotel— Message rates (subscribers furnish the wiring between the switchboard and stations. Contracts are not accepted lor less than 25 stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing chcuit, and an operator's telephone for each position No additional charge. Trunk lines, incoming or outgomg No additional charge. Stations, each $3.60 Local messages, each 0. 05 No. 2 private branch exchanges (installation charges are made under contracts for more than 10 lines. Contracts are not accepted for leas than 3 stations): Business— Flat rates- First trunk line, outgoing $84.08 Second trunk line, outgomg 72. 00 Additional trunk lines, outgoing, each 60. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each ; 30. 00 Receiving stationj with switching device 24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each 15. 00 Battery power and ringing circuit 20. 00 RATE SCHEDULES. 103 ItllliWAVKEE, WIS Continued. No. 2 private branch exchanges — Continued. Besidence— Flat rates — Trunlc lines, outgoing, each $42. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 30. 00 Keceiving station; with svritching device 18. 00 Stations, with switching device, each 12. 00 Battery power and ringing circuit 12. 00 Business only — Message rates- Trunk Ime, incoming or outgoing No additional charge. Receiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, and 1,500 local messages per armum S102. 00 Stations, with switching device, each 15. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements beyond the city limits. On party lines charges are divided equally among the sub- scribers); Individual or party lines, per line- First mile, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $7. 50 Between 1 and 2 miles, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 9. 00 Between 2 and 3 miles, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 10. 60 Subscribers to business com-box service may contract for an additional guarantee, in lieu of paying mileage charges. Extension line mileage, per eighth mile or fraction thereof, route measurement, {3. Extra directory listings, business or residence, each $3. Joint-user service: Mat-rate business $20. DO Message-rate business 10. DO Subscribers' business coin-box rates 6, 00 Moving charges (if the initial contract psrlod has not expfred, and subsequently if the contract is not renewed for the ensuing contract term): Main, extension, auxiliary, and No. 1 private branch exchajige stations — . Moved to another location in the same building $1. DO Moved to another building 3. 50 Private branch exchanges, e^imated cost. MIIVIVEAPOliIS, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NORTHWESTERN TELE- PHONE EXCHANGE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 11, 1914. JThe local-^rvice area includes Brooklyn Center, Columbia Heights, Edina Mills, Fridley, Golden Valley, Minneapolis, Richfield, Rohbinsdale, and St. Louis ' Park.] Indi\ Idual and party-line ser\ ice: Flat rates. Business... Residence. Individual line. 2-party line. $72.00 30.00 $48.00 24. DO Inward auxiliary line. $24.00 Extension station. /Desk set, $12.00 IWall set, $6.00 /Desk set, $12.00 \WsM set, $6.00 Subscribers' coin-box rates. Business only, l-party... Business only, 2-party.. . Guarantee. $6 per month in local messages. $4 per month in local messages. Minimum charge. $72.00 48.00 Local messages (cents).i ^ Refund of 2^ cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Individual and party-line short-term service (the charge is the proportionate part of the aimual rate lor the class of service employed, plus the cost of installation and removal. A flat charge of $5 is sometimes made for conventions, fairs, etc., desiring service for a few days only). Rural-line service: Business $36.00 Residence 30.00 Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges- Commercial and department store — Flat rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted unless the revenue to De derived therefrom is at least $240 per annum) — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power,ringingcfroult, and an operator's telephone for each position $12. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 72. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 24. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, with privilege of sending local messages at 3 cents each 24. 00 Stations, each 12.00 Family hotel and apartment house — Flat rates (flat-rate private branch exchange service is not furnished to transient hotels) — Switehboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing cfrcult, and an operator's telephone for each position •- $6. 00 Tnmk lines, both-way, each 72. DO Trunk lines, incoming, each 25. DO Stations, each 6. 00 Transient hotels — Message rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing cfrcult, and an operator's telephone for each position $3. 50 Trunk lines, incoming or both-way No additional charge. Stations, each S3. 50 Local messages, each 0. 02J No. 2 private branch exchanges— Business and residence — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years nor when the annual revenue to be derived therefrom is less than that obtained from 1 both-way trunk line and 5 stations. This class of service is furnished for banks and offices but not for factories, large wholesale houses, or places of similar nature where extensive cabung is requfred— Trunk lines, both-way only, each- Business 872. 00 Residence 30.00 Stations, with switching device, each 12. 00 IM:iNI>rEA.POI.IS, MIIMN Contfriued. Excess exchange-line mileage, all classes of service, per half-mile or fraction thereof, afr-line distance beyond the city limits, $6. Extension-line mileage, for each half-mile or fraction thereof, afr-line distance, be- yond the first quarter-mile, $6. The charge for private branch exchange station or extension stations not on the same premises as the switchboard or the main station is $24 per annum, the excess rate being in lieu of the first quarter-mile or fraction of circuit. Extra dfrectory listings, business or residence, S1.60. Joint-user service, business only, $12. Moving charges: Individual and party lines, no charge. Private branch exchanges, actual cost. »iiNi>ri:A.poiiis, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Individual line— Flat rate: Business station $48. 00 Business extension 12. 00 Residence station 3D. DO Residence extenciou 6. DO Private branch exchange and intercommunicating service: Trunk, each $48. DO Extensiori 12.00 MOBIIiE, AliA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE HOME TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. IndivHual and 'party-line service. Individual Ihie. ?lS^^ '■^' $42.00 27. OD $21.00 $18.00 Rates outside city limits will be according to distance from exchange. MOBIKiB, AliA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHERN BELL TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Where the same charge is shown for service with different numbers of subscribers on a cfrcult, under business or residence flat rates or message rates, the lower grades of service are ordinarily employed only beyond the base-rate area, with mileage charges. Flat rates.— Flat rates are available, without mileage charges, to all residence subscribers and to party-line business subscribers within 2 miles of a central office and to all individual-line business subscribers within 1 mile of a central office. Individual-line business flat rates are also available, at fixed higher rates in lieu of mileage charges, to all subscribers within specified radial dis- tances between 1 and 2 miles of a central office. Beyond this radial distance regular mileage charges apply. Base rates: 1 mile radius, business — 1 mile radius, residence . . . Fixed rates for zones within specified radial distances: 1 to li miles radius, busi- ness 1 to IJ miles radius, resi- dence li to 2 miles radius, busi- ness IJ to 2 miles radius, resi- dence Indi- vidual line. $48.00 30.00 54.00 30.00 60.00 30.00 2-party line. $42.00 24.00 42.00 24.00 42.00 24.00 4-party line. $42.00 18.00 42.00 18.00 42.00 18. DO Inward auxil lary line. $30.00 30.00 30.00 Extension station. $18.00 /Wall set, 12.00 \Deskset, 18.00 Message rates (on irwnthly guarantee 6(zs!»).— Message rates are available, without mileage cliarges, to all subscribers within 2 miles of a central office. Beyond this radial distance regular mileage charges apply. Local messages per annum. Individual line. "■r^^ 'f^:' Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. Business: 1 200 $36.00 6.00 $36.00 4.00 $36.00 4.00 18.00 3.00 3 $18.00 Limit of charge per month . . . Residence: 3 Wall set, 12.00 Limit of charge Desk set, 18.00 Individual and party-line short-term service: ^ . ^.-^ • j . Emergency service (the charge is the regular monthly rate for the period of service plus the estimated expense of installation and disconnection). Season service (for not less than 4 months the charge is the regular rate for the period of service plus 50 per cent). 104 TELEPHONES. MOBIL.B, AliA Continued. Private branch exchange service; No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are tor periods of 6 years)— Commercial and department store— Flat rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each station originally comiected, minimum charge, $24. When a considerable number of stations are subsequently coimected or disconnected, the switch- board charge is modified accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each $72. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Battery power. — This .charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per anniun per quarter-mile or Traction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of S6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximtun charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central ofSce by the number of stations comiected with the switchboard. Including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per a uTinm per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per anmun. Commercial and department store — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each station originally connected, minimum charge, $24. When a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the switch- board charge is modified- accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each $48. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each ! . . . 6. 00 Local messages.— One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message i^lowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or Iraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators'^ telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' tele- phones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annnm per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Hotel and apartment house — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost, installed. Trunk lines, both-way or incoming, each, $36. The average number of origi- nating local messages per month for each trunk line m service must be 200 or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished. Stations, main or extension, each — When company installs and maintains Inside wiring $6. 00 When subscriber installs and maintains inside wiring 4. 00 Local messages. — One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is coinputed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 12 cents per aTiTinm for each station, including operators'^ telephones. The maximum charge is 50 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Ringing circuit.- This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of S6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Busmess and residence— Flat rates (contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling, including the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling In excess of 50 feet for any station. Including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnisned is that for 10 lines) — Trunk lines, both-way, each: Business Residence Trunk lines, incoming, each: Business Residence Receiving station, with switching device. Stations, main or extension, with switching device, each. Battery power and ringing circuit . One-year contract. li individual line business rate. $46.00 f individual line busmess rate. $22.50 $18.00 $12.00 $15.00 Three-year contract. 1^ individual line business rate. $45.00. J Individual line business rate. $22.60. $24.00. $15.00. $15.00. Excess exchange-line mileage: Charges are computed on air-line measurements beyond the base-rate area, at $7.50 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, and are quoted on a "per line" basis. On unfilled party lines the total charge lor mileage bears the same relation to the above rate as the number of subscribers connected bears to the number that may be connected on that type of line. Under message- rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): Extension lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $7. 50 Tie lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 10. 00 Under message-rate contracts one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge. Extra directory listu^s, each, per annum, $3. Under message-rate contract one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the charge lor listings. MOBIIiE, AEiA..— Continued. Joint-user service: Flat rates: Individual line Two-party line Four-party line Message rates: Individual line Limit of charge per month Two-party line Limit of charge per month Four-party line Limit of charge per month. Business. Residence. $24.00 24.00 18.00 12.00 2.00 12.00 2.00 12.00 2.00 $12.00 12.00 12.00 6.00 1.00 Under message-rate contracts one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the charge for joint-user service. Moving charges: Move to another location in the same office or room, each station $1. 00 Move to another location in the same building, each station 2. 00 Move to another building, together with extensions and supplemental equipment, if any, each main station 3.00 Changmg service from individual to party line, each main station 2. 60 Changing party-line subscriber to another party line at subscriber's request 2.50 Changing equipment at subscriber's request when the change is not required for me efficiency of the service 1^ 50 Any move of a private branch exchange switchboard, together with all associ- ated stations and apparatus, to another location on the same or different premises, estimated cost of labor and material. moivee:, ii/ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDEPEND- ENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. "•Se*^ Extension station. Business 824.00 18.00 $24.00 18.00 $6.00 Residence . . 6.00 Miscellaneous service per station: Rural $18.00 Employees 9. 00 MOIVTOVR FAIiliS, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. Individudl and party-liTie service. Individual line. Party line. Business $30.00 21,00 $24.00 Kesidence 15.00 IMOOSE I,AKE, MIIVN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. iTidividual and party4ine service. Individual line. Party line. $iaoo 15.00 Residence $12 00 Rural connecting companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. MORA, MIIVBT. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. Party line. Extension station. $24.00 18.00 $6.00 6 00 Residence $12.00 15.00 Rural station Rural connecting companies, $2.60 per circuit per month and 10 cents each tor all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. RATE SCHEDULES. 105 raimRAYViLiiE, iiiii. NET ANNtTAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business $18. qq Business with extension on same line in same building .... '. '. '. '. '. . . . . . . . . . '. '. '. 27. 00 Residence 18. 00 Residence with extension on same line in same building 2?! 00 XAPERVIIiliE, II^I,. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDE- PENDENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1 1914. ' Individual and party-line service. Individual line. '■ffi'^ Extension station. Business $24.00 $12.00 12.00 $12.00 6.00 18.00 Rural service per station IVAPIiES, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PRATTSBURG-OVER- LAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service. Individual line. Party line. Rural party line. Business $21.00 21.00 $15.00 15.00 $15.00 15.00 Residence IVASErVII.I,K!, XEIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CUMBERLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. [This schedule includes service to those subscribers in the GoodlettsvIUe exchange who contract for Nashville service.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. ""Ce!^ 4-party fine. Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $72.00 36.00 $60.00 30.00 1 $48.00 118.00 $42.00 $12.00 Residence 12.00 ' These rates are available, without mileage charges, only beyond the city limits and within 3 miles of the "Main" central offloe. Message rates ilmsineas only on monlhly guarantee basis). Local messages per annum, 1,200; individual line, $48; additional local messages, 3 cents; extension station, $12. Subscribers' coin-box rates. Business only, 1-party Business or residence, 4-party. Guaranty. 3 local messages per day. Minimum charge. $54.00 Local messages (cents). 15 HO 1 Refund of 50 per cent of local message charges in excess of guaranty. 2 Not available within the city limits. Beyond the city limits and within 3 miles, route measurement, from the "Main" central office, guaranty is $3 per month In local message charges. For each mile or fraction thereof in excess of this distance 25 cents per month is added to the amount of the guaranty. Short-term service: Short-term service and season service is furnished at 37 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired for the first 3 months or fraction thereof, plus 7 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired, for each month in excess of the first 3 months. For very short periods, as during illness, and in other cases where this rate would be excessive, approval is given to accept cancellations upon payment of regular charges for the period of service, minimum 1 month, plus a percentage of the mstallation and disconnection costs, determined by the ratio of the unexpired portion of the contract period to the full contract period, plus an estimated depreciation on equipment and material. IVASHVIE.E.E, TBIVIV Continued. Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (contracts are for periods of 3 years. The mini- mum installation includes 2 trunk liues)— Commercial and department store — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with 1 operator's telephone, $1 for each station originally connected, minimum charge, $24; when a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or discoimeoted, the switch-board charge is modified accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each $90. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 45. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows; A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central oi£ce by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit.— This charge is computed as Jollows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Commercial and department store — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with 1 operator's telephone, $1 for each station originally connected, minimum charge, $24; when a considerable number of stations are subsequently connected or disconnected, the switchboard charge is modified accordingly. Trunk lines, both-way, each $48. 00 Trunk lines, Incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages. — One local message per month isallowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is Included in charges lor switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per g-nnnm for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for station, including operators' telephones. The maxi- mum charge is $2 per annum per station. Including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Hotel and apartment house— Message rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with 1 operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost. Installed. Trunk lines, both-way or incoming, each (the average number of originating local messages per month tor each trunk line in service must be 200 or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished) $36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each— When company installs and maintains inside wiring 6. 00 "When subscriber installs and maintains Inside wiring 4. 00 Local messages.— One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allowance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ringing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is coinputed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 12 cents per annum for each station, including operators'^ telephones. The maximum charge is 50 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including oper- ators' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Einging circuit.- 'This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Busmess or residence— Flat rates (contracts are for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling, including ,the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers pay the actual cost of cabling in excess of 60 feet for any station, including the cost of labor and material. The maximum equipment furnished is that for 10 lines) — 1-year contract. 3-year contract. Trunk lines, both-way, each: $108.00 54.00 5400 27.00 18.00 12.00 15.00 $108. 00 5400 Trunk lines, incoming, each: 54 00 27.00 Receiving station, with switching device Stations, mam or extension, with switching device, each. . 24.00 15.00 15.00 Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements beyond the city limits): Within S miles of a central offloe, per mile or fraction thereof- All classes of service, per station $6. 00 Beyond 5 miles from a central office, per mile or fraction thereof- Individual line 6.00 Two-party line, per station 4. 80 Four-party line, per station 3. 00 106 TELEPHONES. IVASHVII.E.E, TENN Continued. Extoision line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement. Extra directory listings, business or residence, S3. Joint-user service, business or residence, $12. Moving charges: Individual or party line — Moving within the same room SI. 00 Moving within the same building 2. 00 Moving to another building sioo Private brsmoh exchange Actual cost. NEW AJUBA.1STC, IND. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE LOUISVILLE HOME TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 5, 1914. Individual and party-line service— Unlimited local service. Business, individual line 530. 00 Business, 2-party line 24. 00 Besidenoe, mdividual line 18. 00 Residence, 2-party line 15. 00 Business, extension station 12. 00 Residence, extension station 9. 00 NEW ATHEIVfS, IK,Ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE KINLOCH LONG- DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 2, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. a-l)arty line. Ytat^ Business 124.00 18.00 S21.00 16.00 Residence S12 00 Extensions: Business station $12. 00 Residence station 6. 00 NEWARK, N. J. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Newark, Irvlngton, Arlington, and Harrison.] fiidividual and party-line service: Flat rates (residence only). Individual line, $48; both-way auxiliary line, S36; extension station, $6. Message rates. Local n\essages per ftTiTinm Individ- ual line. Xt^ *-F^' Addi- tional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary lines. Exten- sion station. Business: 600 $42.00 61.00 60.00 69.00 $36.00 4.5.00 54.00 i$,10.00 6 5 5 4 5 4 5 '4 6 5 5 $30.00 $6.00 SOO 1000 1 200 1200 63.00 1,500 78.00 1600 75.00 1 800 2 87.00 1 800 87.00 36.00 46.00 Residence: 600 42.00 61.00 30.00 6.00 800. 1 Guarantee of $2.60 per month in local messages at 6 cents each. 2 Additional local messages, 3 cents each if contracted for in advance in lots of 300. Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges — 'General — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, an operator's telephone for each position, 2 both-way trunk lines, 2 stations, and 2,000 local messages per annum $150. 00 Additional trunk Imes, both-way only, each 24. 00 Additional stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 04 If contracted for in advance in lots of 400, each 0. 03 Ringing circuit (no additional charge is made for ringing circuit if the subscriber contracts for either 3,600 local messages or 20 stations) . 24. 00 No. 1 residence systems: Flat or message rates (an installation charge is made to cover the cost of circuits between stations) — Tnmk lines, both-way only, each- Flat rate 842.00 Message rate, including 600 local messages per annum (additional local messages at rates given und er individual-line residence message rat«s) 36.00 Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 16. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 18.00 S-tations, without switching device, each 6.00 NEWARK, N. i Conthiusd. Short-term service: Individual and party lines— Flat rates.— The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than ore year for aU classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for termiiating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 2 3 4 5 6 month. months. months. months. months. months. 312.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 16.00 Short-term rate 12.26 12.60 12.75 13.00 13.25 13.60 Termination charge.. . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short-term rate 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 15.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.55 14.50 15.45 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . . 11.55 10.60 9.45 8.40 7. .35 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 ■ 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 2L60 Termination charge. . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate 15.65 17.50 19.35 21.20 23.06 24.90 Termination charge. . . 12.66 11.50 10.35 9.20 8.06 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.50 23.26 26.00 28.75 31.50 Termination charge. . . 13.75 12.60 11.26 10.00 8.75 7.50 54.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge. . . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 60.00 Short-term rate 19.85 23.50 27.15 30.80 34.46 38.10 Termination charge. . . 14.85 13.50 12.15 10.80 9.45 8.10 Aimual flat rates. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate . . . . Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short- term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. 7 8 9 10 11 months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 13.76 14.00 14.,25 14.50 14.76 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 15.50 16.00 16.60 17.00 17.60 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.05 5.26 4.20 3.15 2.10 1.05 23.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 28.60 5.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 26.75 28.60 30.45 32.30 34.15 6.75 4.60 3.46 2.30 1.15 30. .50 32.80 35.10 37.40 39.70 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 34.26 37.00 39.76 42.50 45.25 6.25 6.00 3.76 2.60 1.25 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 60.80 6.60 6.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 41.75 45.40 49.06 62.70 56.36 6.76 5.40 4.06 2.70 1.36 12 months. $12.00 "is." 66 "is." 66 "24.'66 '"36.'66 "36.'66 "42." 66 48.00 'si'oo "66.'66 Note.— The minimum charge is lor one month. For fractional parts of succeeding montlLs the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by whicn the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the ter- mination charge specified above for ttie next higher annual rate. Message rates. — When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rat«, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the aimual iiat rate corresponding to the minimum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note.— Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts lor the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where Doth flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate tor the same or next nigher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations lo- cated in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switcftiioards.- The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-hall the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk Kries.— The charge is lor the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk lines, that longest In service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service^ plus one-half the proportion ate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- . fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. RATE SCHEDULES. 107 NEWARK, IV. J Continued. Private branch exchanges — Continued. Local messages. — when the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaran- teed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals or exceeds the mini- mum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in.one year. Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the base-rate area and within 2i miles of the central office or rate center and on route measurements beyond this distance): Individual line, or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $9. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 60 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 25 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, 17.50. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. ' Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station, or No. 1 private branch exchange station- Inside move No charge. Outside move, during first year or within one year from last free move — Main station moved independently S3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1. 00 Extension station moved independently of main station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboards- Inside move during first year or within one year from last free move- Same Another room. room. Cordless, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during first year or within one year from last tree move- Cordless, 10 lines or less 310. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 1 residence systems — First or subsequeut years, estimated cost. IVEW BEDFORD, MASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE HATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26, 1914. IThe local service area includes New Bedford and Fairhaveu and parts of Acushnet, Dartmouth, and Freetown.] Individual and party-line service: Fiat rates. Individual line. =^C!^ tl^S^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $57.00 33.00 $30.00 $6.00 $27.00 $25.00 6.00 Message rates (business only). Local messages per annum 720 Individual Ime S36. 00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02f All others, each 0. 02i Extension station 6. 00 Subscribers' coiv^box rates. Guarantee.' Minimum charge. Local (cents). Exten- sion station. Business, 4-party Besidence, 4-party 1 J local messages per day 1 local message per day. $27.38 18.25 5 5 $6.00 6.00 1 On annual basis. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house — Message rates (oontrauts are not accepted forperiods of less than 3 years. No. 2business8ystemsarelimited to a total of 10 Imes)— Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receiving station, with switching devices and 2,500 local messages per aimum.. $75. 00 Trunk lines both-way only, each 21.00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages — First 3,500 each (in hotels and apartment houses all additional local messages are charged tor at 3 cents each) 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0.02} All others, each ." 0.02i Binging circuit (applies only within a radius of 1 mile, air-line distance from a central office, for installations of 19 stations or less. No additional charge is made if subscribers within 1 mile from the central office contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this distance a mileage charge is made of $6 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof). . 18. 00 NEW BEDFORD, MASS Continued. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges— Continued. Hotel — Message rates — Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than 50 stations and allow service for a period of S months ta each year)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no charge. Stations — First 50, each $5.00 Over 50, each 4. 00 Local messages, each 0. 03 Department store— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor for less than 50 stations) — Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's fslephone, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each $24. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Local messages- First 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02i All others, each 0. 024 No. 2 private branch exchanges — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years. Interior cable in excess of 500 feet and all outside cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises is furnished at the sub- scriber's expense. The rate quoted for receiving stations includes switching devices for all stations): Trunk lines, both-way, each $33. 00 Trunk lines, Incoming, each 30. 00 Eeceiving station, with switching devices 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 Short-term service: Emergency service (regular installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3 months' service)— Flat-rate individual line or residence No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line — First day $3.00 Each additional day 0. 75 Message-rate trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both)— First 3 days $5.00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate) 1. 00 Three-month periods- Flat rates — Business— Individual line 23. 00 Besidence — Individual line or No. 2 private branch excfiange trunk line 19. 00 Party line, per station 16. 00 Message rates— Private branch exchange trunk line (no Installation charge) 12.00 Service continuing beyond the initial 3-months' period is charged for at a rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the difference between the short-term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The lollowing charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above for Installa- tion and removal of equipment furnished for short periods; If instrument is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2.00 If Doth inside wiring and drop wiring are iu place but it is necessary to furnish an instrument 3. 00 If either inside wiring or drop wiring is in place (but not both) and in- strument must be installed^ 4. 00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring, and Instrument. . 5. 00 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances beyond 2 miles from the central office): Individual line or privata branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $2. 50 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 1. 00 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are computed on rorute measurements): Extension lines- First half-mile or fraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 5. 00 Tie lines (between switchboards in the same exchange) — Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber in separate buildings — First mile or fraction thereof. $35. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the switch- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required the minimum charge per line is $10) 8. 75 Switchboards contracted for by different subscribers in separate buildings. (Not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of different sub- scribers will be connected together by means of tie lines) — First mile or fraction thereof $60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15. 00 Extra directory listings: Business or residence 3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses 5. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates — ^Individual line or private branch exchange, one-half of annual rate, not to exceed $50. Message rates — Individual line or private branch exchange, $5. Moving charges (individual or party line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations): Inside move — 25 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outside move: Diop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed 5.00 Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed. 4. 00 No wiring necessary but instrument to be placed 3. 00 No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension station, and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the scheduled charges for moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private bmnoh exchange systems or No. 2 private branch exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period, the subscriber may extend his contract for another contract period in heu of payment of the above charges. 108 TELEPHONES. NEW BRITAIIV, COIVIW. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENG- LAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Berlin and New Britain, Conn.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. 2-garty '■^J^ Auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $60.00 36.00 $42.00 $36.00 i$8.00 16 00 Residence $24.00 1 plus installation charge of 82. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Individual line. Xf^ ^S^ Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. Business: 60O' $30.00 40.00 $24.00 4 3i 4 4 i$8.00 lOOO Residence: 300 $18.00 ■6.00 600 30.00 1 Plus installation charge of $2. Individual and party Une short-term service: Short-term flat-rate service for periods of 6 months or less, is charged for at two-thirds of the standard annual rate. Emer- gency service, installed on account of siolmess, for periods of not more than 1 month , is furnished tor a flat charge of $5. Rural line service: Serviceisfumishedon aneight-plus-party line basis to both busi- nessandresidencesubscribersat$18per annum. Thelocalserviceareatoruralline subscribers covers only that portion of the township in which such subscribers arelocated, which is served by the same exchange. Messages to all other stations within the exchange area are charged for at 5 cents each. No toll is charged for Incoming messages originating at subscribers' stations within the base-rate area or at subscribers' stations outside the base-rate area on which mileage is charged (not ruralline stations). ToU charges to other exchanges are the same on messages from rural line stations as on messages from subscribers' stations within the base- rate area served by the same central office. Eight-plus-party rural line stations, on which the 5-cent charge applies on messages to stations oufeide of the township of the calling station but within the same exchange area, are equipped with coin boxes. Private branch-exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (subscribers bear the expense of installation, excepting that portion to which regular mileage charges apply — Commercial, department store, family hotel, and apartment house — Flatrates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, without operating tele- phones, no additional charge. First trunk line, both-way only $60. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 36. 00 Stations, each 8. 00 Ringing circuit. — $7.50 j)er annum per one-quarter mile or fraction thereof of circuit required, plus (subscribers bear costs incidental to the installation of local ringing power) 10. 00 Conrmercial, department store, family and transient hotel, and apartment house — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, without operating tele- phones, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, each $3.00 Local messages— Guaranty — 5,000 per annum $150; additional local messages, each 0.03 10,000 per annum $300; additionallocal messages, each 0.03 15,000 per annum $400; additional local messages, each 0. 02i 20,000 per annum $500; additional local messages, each 0. 02J Ringing clrouit.-7$7.50 per annum per one-quarter mile or fraction thereof or circuit required, plus (subscribers bear costs incidental to the installation of local ringmg power) 10. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges^ Busmess and residence — Flat rates (subscribers bear the expense of installation and the cost of maintaining the wiring). First trunk Une, both-way only $60.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 36. 00 Stations, each 8. 00 Excess exchange line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line distances. In outlying sections having a community of interests, an average mileage charge is usually applied on party-line service, but individual line mileage is computed separately for each subscriber. These average mileage charges are computed on air-line distances between the centers of such communities and the boundary of the base-rate area): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $5. 00 Party line, per station, per quaiter-mile or fraction thereof 1. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.60 Extra directory listings, busmess or residence, $4. Joint-user service: m , ... Flat rates, one-half the annual rate for the class of service employed. Message rates, $8. Moving charges: Individual and party lines- Moving a station to a different location on the same premises $1. 00 Moving a main station to premises which are already wired 2. 00 Moving a main station to premises which are not wired 3. 00 NEW BRITAIN, CONN.— Continued. Moving charges — Continued. Private branch exchanges — Moving a part or all of a private branch exchange system, actual cost. No charge is made under contracts for individual and party lines if the exist- ing service has been used continuously at the same location for the fuU preceding year, or it the subscriber has paid the standard charges lor all changes of loca- tion or equipment made during such preceding year, or if at the time of moving a contract is taken for a higher grade of service at an increased rate. NEW HAVEN, CONN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE SOUTHERN NEW ENG- LAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Bethany, Hamden, New Haven, North Haven, West Haven, and Woodbridge, Conn.] Individual and party-line service: Individual Une. "K!^ '?mt' Auxiliary line. Extension station. $84.00 36.00 $60.00 $50.00 i$8.00' $30.00 16.00 1 Plus iostallation cliarge of $2. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Indi- vidual line. ?mt^ ^^^ Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. Busmess: 800 or less ........ $36.00 4 4 4 3 4 i$8.0O 1200 $48.00 54.00 60.00 66.00 72.00 1,500 1 800 2 100 2,400 Residence: 400 or less $26.00 16.00 1 Plus installation charge of $2. Individual and party line— Short-term service: Short-term flat-rate service, for periods of6 months or less is charged for at two-thirds of the standard annualrate. Emergency service, installed on account of sickness for periods of not more than 1 month is furnished for a flat charge of $5. Rural-line service: Service is furnished on an eigh1>-plus-party line basis to both business and residence subscribers at $18 per aimum. The local service area to- rural line subscribers covers only that portion of the township in which such sub- scribers are located which is served by the same exchange. Messages to aU other stations within the exchange area are charged for at 5 cents each. No toU is charged for incoming messages originating at subscribers' stations within the base- rate area or at subscribers' stations outside the base-rate area on which mileage i» charged (not rural-line stations). Toll charges to other exchanges are the same on messages from rural-line stations as on messages from subscribers' stations, within the base-rate area served by the same central office. Eight-plus-party rural-line stations, on which the 5-cent charge appUes on messages to stations out- side of the township of the calling station but within the same exchange area, are equipped with coin boxes. Private Dranch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges (subscribers bear the expense of installation ex- cepting that portion to which regular mileage charges apply) — Commercial, department store, family hotel, and apartment house— Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, without operating tele- phones, no additional charge. First trunk line, both-way oiJy t84. oo Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 50.00 Stations, each g. oo Ringing circuit.— $7.50 per annum per one-quarter rmle or fraction thereof of circuit required, plus (subscribers bear costs incidental to the installation oflocal ringing power) 10. OO Commercial, department store, farnily and transient hotel, and apartment house— Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, without operating tele- phones, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, each $3. 00 Local messages — Guaranty — 5,000 per annum, $160; additional local messages, each 0. 03 10,000 per annum, $300; additional local messages, each 0. 03 15,000 per aimum, $400; additional local messages, each 02i 20,000 per aimum, $500; additional local messages, each 0. 02J Ringing circuit.— $7.50 per aimum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof of circuit required, plus (subscribers bear costs incidental to the installation of local ringing power) 10. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges: Busmess and residence— Flat rates (subscribers bear the expense of installation and the cost of maintaining the wiring) — First trunk line, both-way only $84.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each " 6000 Stations, each '/.' ' g! OO Excess exchange line mileage (mileage charges are computed' on air-uiie' distances. In outlying sections having a community of interests an average mileage charge IS usually applied on party line service, but individual line mileage is computed separately for each subscriber. These average mileage charges are computed on air-line distances between the centers of such communities and the boundary of the base-rate area): Individual line or private branch exchange trvmk Une, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof j5 qo Party Une, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof I'oo RATE SCHEDULES. 100 NEW HAVEIV, COWIIV Continued. Extension and tie-line mileage (mileage charges are based on route measurements), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.50. Extra direotory listings, business or residence, $4. Joint-user serrlce: Flat rates, one-half the annual rate for the class of service employed. Message rates, $8. Moving charges: Individual and party lines — Moving a station to a different location on the same premises $1. 00 Moving a main station to premises which are already wired 2. 00 Moving a main station to premises which are not wired 3. 00 Private branch exchanges— Moving a part or all of a private branch exchange system, actual cost. No charge is made under contracts for individual and party lines if the exist- ing service has been used continuously at the same location for the full preceding year, or if the subscriber has paid the standard charges for all changes of loca- tion or equipment made during such preceding year, or if at the time of moving a contract is talien for a higher grade of service at an Increased rate. IVEW ORIiGAIVS, I/A. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE CUMBERLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1914. (The local service area embraced by this schedule includes New Orleans, Chal- motte, Algiers, Harveys Canal, McClellansville, Millenburg, Southport, and West fend.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party line. Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $96.00 48.00 $48.00 $12. 00 $36.00 12.00 Message rates. Local messages per annum. Business: None. 1,000.. Residence: 1,000.. i$36.00 2 60.00 2 42.00 1 Fixed annual charge without messages. ' Quarterly guarantee of one-fourth of the contract number of "Local messages per annum." Subscribers' coinr-box rates. Business, 1-party. . . Residence, 2-party. . Guarantee. 3 local messages per day. . . 15 local messages per day. . Minimum charge. $54. 75 30.42 Local nessages: (cents). Extension station. $12. 00 12.00 1 Refund of 2i cents per message allowed on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Short-term service: Short-term service and season service is furnished at 37 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired for the first 3 months or fraction thereof, plus 7 per cent of the annual rate for the class of service desired, lor eaoli month in excess of the first 3 months. For very short periods, as during illness, and in other cases where this rate would be excessive, approval is given to accept cancellations upon payment of regular charges for the period of service, minimum 1 month, plus a percentage of the installation and disconnection costs, determined by the ratio of the unexpired portion of the contract period to the full contract period, plus an estimated depreciation on equipment and material. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store — Flat rates (contracts are for periods of 3 years. The minimum installation includes 2 trunt lines) — Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position — Equipped for 20 lines or less $60. 00 Equipped for 21 lines or more 120. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 180. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 90. 00 Stations, each 12. 00 Commercial and department store— Message rates — Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and one operator's tele- phone for each position- Equipped for 20 Imes or less $36.00 Equipped for 21 lines or more 72. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, with 83 local messages per month, each 60. 00 Stations, each 12.00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 IVBW ORIiEANS, I/A.— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Hotel and apartment house — Message rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, witti one operator's telephone, 30 per cent of the cost, mstalled. Trunlc lines, both ways or incoming, each (the average number of originating local messages per month for each trunk line in service must be 200 or more before an additional trunk line will be furnished) $36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each — When company installs and maintains inside wiring 6. 00 When subscriber installs and maintains inside wiruig 4. 00 Local messages. — One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for trunk lines. No message allow- ance is included in charges for switchboard, stations, battery power, or ring- ing circuit. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Batterypower.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per an- num per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per aimum for each circuit; and a power charge of 12 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is 50 cents per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required IS determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 120,000. Bmging circuit.- This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges: Busmess or residence— Flat rates (contracts are accepted for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers are required to pay the actual cost of cabling, including the cost of labor and material. Under 3-year contracts subscribers are only required to pay the actual cost of cabling in excess of 50 feet for any station, iududing the cost of labor and material. In all cases ownership of the cabling is vested in the company. The maximum equipment is that for 10 lines)— One-year contract. Three-year contract. Trunk lines, both-way, each: BiKiness S144.00 72.00 72.00 36.00 18.00 12.00 15.00 S144 00 Residence 72 00 Trunk Imes, tacoming, each: Residence 36 00 Receiving station, with switching device 24 00 Stations, with switching device 15 00 Battery power and ringing circuit 15 00 Excess exchange line mileage (mileage charges arecomputed on route measurements). Individual line — First IJ mile beyond the base-rate area— Per half mile or fraction thereof $3. 00 Beyond IJ miles from the base-rate area: Per mile or fraction thereof 15. 00 Two-party line, per station — Beyond the base-rate area, per mile or fraction thereof 9. 00 Five-party line, per station — Beyond the base-rate area, per mile or fraction thereof (in connection with 2-jarty line base rate) 6. 00 Extension-lme mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.50. Extra directory listings, busmess or residence, $3. JoiQ(>user service, business or residence, 112. Moving charges: Individual line — Moving within the same room $1. 00 Moving within the same building 2. 00 Moving to another building 3. 00 Private branch exchanges Actual cost. IVEW YORK, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Note.— The rates and charges specified herein, applying to local exchange service under standard contracts on a message-rate basis and all equipment in connection therewith, are subject to a discount of 10 per cent. This discount shall not apply to charges for service or equipment furnished under obsolete flat or public telephone contracts; neither does it apply to toll charges or to mileage charges on lines which eliminate tolls. New York City is divided by natural waterways into three geographical sections, namely, Manhattan and Bronx; Brooklyn and Queens; and Richmond. In the application of exchange rate schedules each of these three sections is treated sep- arately. While the schedule areas and local service areas under different sched- ules, available within one of these geographical divisions of the city, may overlap or be superimposed one on another, as for instance under Schedules I, II, III, and IV in the Manhattan-Bronx division, in no case does a local service area or a sched- ule area include territory in two of the geographical divisions. The map, included as the last sheet of this statement, illustrates the relative posi- tions of these divisions and the red boundaries shown define "zones," into which the more highly developed sections of the city are further divided. These zones serve as an aid in limiting local service areas and schedule areas. In addition the zones, where in effect, serve as the basis for the application of interborough toll charges. Eight schedules of rates for local exchange service, not including certain "locality rates, " are in effect in New York City. For completeness all of these schedules are given below, but it should be noted that the Borough of Richmond, and much of the Borough of Queens (see map) are distuictly suburban in character, Rich- mond being largely rural; and that the rates applicable within these areas are generally comparable to those of other suburban sections not included within the limite otthe city of New York, the rates for which are not stated herein. 110 TELEPHONES. NEW YORK, N. Y Continued. Schedule I. Schedule I is available only, in that part of the Borough of Manhattan indicated on the map as Zone 1, and entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearmg the designation of a central office mzc- ■ " Zones 1 or 2 Message rates. Local mes- sages per annum. Business and residence, individual line. Besidence only, Additional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. 600 80O 1,000 1,200 1,500 1,800 , 2,100 2,400 , 2,700 1 • 3,000 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 4,800 5,100 5,400 5,700 S48.00 67.00 66.00 75.00 87.00 99.00 111.00 123.00 135.00 147.00 156.00 165.00 174.00 183.00 192.00 201.00 210.00 219.00 228.00 $42.00 51.00 60.00 69.00 78.00 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 $30.00 $6.00 SCHEDDIE II. Schedule II is available only in those parts of the Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx indicated on the map as Zone 2, and entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designations of a central office in Zones 1, 2, or 3. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Business and residence, indi- vidual line. Business and residence. Residence only, Addi- tional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,600 1,800 2,100 2,400 2,700 3,000 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 4,800 5,100 6,400 6,700 $48.00 57.00 66.00 75.00 87.00 99.00 HI. 00 123.00 136.00 147.00 166.00 165.00 174. 00 183.00 192.00 201.00 210.00 219. 00 228.00 $42.00 51.00 60.00 69.00 78.00 $36.00 5 £ 6 5 5 5 5 5 $30.00 $6.00 Schedule III. Schedule III is available only in that part of the Borough of the Bronx indicated on the maj) as Zone 3, and entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a central office in Zones 2 and 3. Flat rates.— See Schedule IV. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Business and residence, indi- vidual line. Business arid residence Addi- tional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,500 1,800 2,100 2,400 2,700 3,000 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,600 4,800 6,100 5,400 6,700 $48.00 57.00 66.00 76.00 87.00 99.00 111.00 123.00 135.00 147.00 166. 00 166. 00 174.00 183.00 192.00 201.00 210.00 219. 00 228.00 $42.00 • 61.00 60.00 69.00 78.00 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $30.00 $6.00 30.00 6.00 KEW YORK, IV. Y.— Continued. Schedule IV. Schedule IV is available only in the Marble central office district, which serves the northern portion of Zone 2, and in the Kingsbridge, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn, Westchester, and City Island central office districts, which serve Zone 3. This schedule entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designations opposite the central office districts listed below: Central office districts. City Island Kingsbridge Marble Westchester Williamsbridge Woodlawn (only a part of the Woodlawn cen- tral office district is in New York City). Local service to- City Island and Westchester. Kingsbridge, Marble, and Williamsbridge. Marble, Kmgsbridge, and Williamsbridge. Westchester and City Island. Williamsbridge, Kingsbridge, Marble, and Woodlawn. Woodlawn, williamsbridge, and Mount Vernon (not in New York City). Flat rates. Individual lioe. 2-party fine. "■f^^ Boih-way auxiliary line. Extension station. ■$48.00 36.00 ■$36.00 30.00 $6.00 $24.00 $27.66 6.0O • Not available in Woodlawn central office district. Message rates. Not quoted under this schedule. Message rates in Marble central office district shown under Schedule II and ia other central office districts under Schedule III. Schedule V. Schedule V is available only in Zones 5, 6, and 7, which cover the Borough of Brooklyn and certain parts of the Borough of Queens. This schedule, with mileage charges when applicable or certain locality rates in lieu thereof, entities subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a central office in Zones 5, 6, or 7; andin addition to this local service area subscribers served from Zone 6 and from the Cypress central office in Zone 6 are entitled to messages without toll charges to Newtown and to Richmond Hill, respectively, in the Borough of Queens. Flat rates. Residence only— Individual line, $60; 2-party line, $48; both-way auxiliary line, $45; extension station, $6. Message rates. Local messages per ftntniTTi Business and resi- dence, indi- vidual line. Business and resi- dence. Besi- dence only. Addi- tional local messages (cents). Both- way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,600 1,800 2,100 2,400 2,700 3,000 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 4,800 5,100 5,400 6,700 $48.00 57.00 66.00 76.00 87.00 99.00 111.00 123.00 135.00 147.00 158.00 165.00 174.00 183.00 192.00 201.00 210.00 219. 00 228.00 $42.00 61.00 60.00 69.00 78.00 $36.00 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 $30.00 $6.00 Schedule VI. Schedule VI is available in 11 central office districts which serve the Borough of Queens exceptmg as included in Zones 5 and 6 (see map). This schedule, with inileage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to messages without other clmrges to all stations beartag the desigmations opposite the central office districts listed below: Central office districts. Bayside Far Bockaway Floral Park (only a part of the Floral Park central office district is in New York City). Flushing Forest Hills Hammels Hollis Jamaica Newtown Richmond Hill Springfield Local service to — Bayside and Flushing. Far Rockaway, Hammels, and Woodmere (not in New York City.) Floral Park (only a part of the Floral Park central office district is in New York City). Flushing, Bayside, and Newtown. Forest Hills, Newtown, and Richmond Hill. Hammels and Far Rockaway. Hollis, Jamaica, Richmond Hill, and Springfield Jamaica, Hollis, Richmond Hill, and Springfield Newtown, Astoria, Flushing, Forest Hill, and Hunteis Pomt. Richmond Hill, Forest Hills, Jamaica, and Cypress Sprmgfield, Hollis, and Jamaica. RATE SCHEDULES. Ill NEW YORK, IV. Y.— Continued. ScHEDTJLE VI— Continued. Flat rates. Individual line. ».party fine. Te!^ Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. Business . S48.00 36.00 J36.00 30.00 i$30.00 2 24.00 $36.00 27.00 S6.00 6.00 Residence ' Available only in Floral Park (see map). 2 Not available in Par Eookaway and Hammels (see map). Schedule VII. This schedule is available to all subscribers in the Borough oJ Richmond and with mileage charges when applicable, entitle such subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a Borough of Richmond central office. Flat rates. Residence only— Individual line, $42; 4-party line, $30; both-way auxiliary line, $31.50; extension station, $6. Message rates (business OTily). Local messages per R.Tnmm . Individ- ual line. "■S^ "■S^!^ Addi- tional local messages (cents). Both- way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,500 1,800 2,100 2,400 2,700 3,000 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,600 4,800 5,100 6,400 6,700 $36.00 45.00 51.00 57.00 63.00 69.00 76.00 is ia |i s s o 5 5 5 5 6 5 $6.00 $48.00 54.00 60.00 66.00 72.00 78.00 84.00 90.00 96.00 102.00 108.00 114.00 120.00 126.00 132.00 138.00 144.00 150.00 $30.00 .. Schedule VIII. This schedule is available only in the New Dorp and Tottenville central office districts of the Borough of Richmond (see map), and, with mileage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to alf stations bearing the designations New Dorp or Tottenville. Flat rates. Individual line. ^S^'^ "ISe^^ Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $48.00 36.00 $36.00 24.00 $6 00 Residence $30.00 $27.00 6 00 Message rates. — Not quoted under this schedule. See Schedule VII. No. 1 private hraiKh exchanges. No charges are made for the installation of No. 1 private branch exchanges, except where the installation is exceptionally expensive, as in reinforced concrete build- ings, etc., or when the system is not likely to be reasonably permanent. Schedule I applies exclusively in the Boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, and m that part of Queens known as Zone 5. Schedule II applies only in that part of Queens not included in Zone 5. Schedule III applies ozily in Richmond. Schedule IV applies only in that part of Queens not included in Zone 5. Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, an operating tele- phone for each position, two both- way trunk lines, two stations, and the number of local messages indi- cated Local messages per annum Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each Additional stations, main or extension, each Additional local messages, each If contracted for in advance in lots of Each Ringing circuit Schedule I. Schedule II. Schedule III. $204.00 3,600 $24.00 $6.00 $0.04 400 $0.03 No addi- tional charge. $166.00 2,000 $24.00 $6.00 $0.04 400 $0.03 i$24.00 $132.00 1,200 $24.00 $6.00 $0.04 300 $0.03 1$24.00 IVEW YORK, IV. Y.— Continued. SCHEDtTLE IX. This schedule applies to hotels, apartment houses, clubs, and locations of similar nature. Switchboard, with battery power and an operating telephone for each posi- tion $36 00 Stations, main or extension, each (no station charge is'made for stations' in- cluding booth equipment, placed in public corridors for the use of the gen- eralpubho) f. ^ goo Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Local messages, public telephone rate. Ringing circui t (no additional charge if subscriber contracts for 20 stations) 24. 00 No. 1 residence system: Flat rates and message rates (an installation charge is made to cover the cost of construction of all circuits between stations.including labor and materials)— Trunklmes, both-way only, each, individual-line rate less S6. (Under message- rate contracts the charge for the Initial trunk line includes the right to send ™ one year the number of local messages specified under the individual-line schedule, with charges for additional local messages as provided in said sched- ule. Additional message-rate trunk lines are charged for at the auxlliarv- hne rate.) ' Stations with switching device, each — Capacity, 10 lines $12 00 Capacity, 20 lines 16 00 Capacity, 30 lines is! 00 Stations without switching device, eaci . 600 Short-term service: Individual and party lines— Flat rotes.— The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initialperlod. Annual flat rates. 1 month. 2 months 3 months 4 months 6 months 6 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 64.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-termrate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate ; . . Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termmation charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-terra rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.60 11.00 13.65 11.55 14.60 12.10 15.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.60 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.50 10.60 16.00 11.00 17.60 11.60 19.00 12.00 20.60 12.50 22.00 13.00 23.50 13.50 $12.00 9.00 12.75 9.00 13.50 9.00 15.45 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.35 10.35 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.25 7.00 14.60 7.00 17.35 7.35 20.20 7.70 23.05 8.05 26.90 8.40 28.76 8.76 31.60 9.10 34.46 9.46 $12.00 6.00 13.60 6.00 16.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.60 7.60 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. $12.00 16.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate '. . Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-termrate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termmation charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 6.00 13.75 6.00 16.50 5.00 19.26 5.25 23.00 5.60 26.75 6.75 30.50 6.00 34.25 6.25 38.00 6.60 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 5.00 41.20 5.20 46.40 5.40 $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.50 3.00 21.15 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 36.10 3.60 39.75 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.05 $12.00 2.00 14.60 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.50 2.60 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.60 1.00 23.05 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.15 1.15 39.70 1.20 45.25 1.25 50.80 1.30 56.36 1.36 $12.00 "'i5.'66 "'is.' 66 '24." 66 ""30.' 66 '"36." 66 "'42.' 66 "'48.' 66 "'54.'66 "66.' 66 ' No additional charge if subscriber contracts for either 3,500 local messages or 20 stations. Note.— The minimum charge is for 1 month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates.— 'When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the mini- mum rate in the message rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective Irom the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations: The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. 112 TELEPHONES. NEW YORK, N. Y.— Continued. Schedule IX — Continued. Private branch exchanges: SwUchhoards.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-halt the proportionate part of the annual rate, tor the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being tbree-fourtlis of the established annual rate. Trunk linn.— The charge is tor the period of service as specified for the aimual rate corresponding to the trunk line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part ot the annual rate, tor the remaining portion ot the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection ot one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the numbe'.' ot messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number ot messages used bears to the number ot messages guaranteed under such rate, the mmimum charge being not less than such proportion ot the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number ot messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate tor the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Season service: In Far Roctaway and Hammels the ininiTn nTn rate tor individual line, party- line, private branch exchange trunk line, mileage charge or miscellaneous charges for business or residence service furnished during any portion of the season period from June 1 to September 30, inclusive, is the short-term rate for 7 months. This does not apply to extension stations, private branch exchange stations, or switchboards. In Sea Gate (a part of Coney Island) the TTm'm'Tnnm rate for business or residence service during any portion of the season period from June 1 to September 30, inclusive, is the short-term rate for 7 months. Excess exchange line mileage (no excess exchange line mileage is charged in the Boroughs ot Manhattan, the Bronx, or Brooklyn. In Hammels, in the Borough of Queens , certain locality rates are in effect in lieu of mileage charges. In other portions of Queens and in Richmond mileage charges are computed on air-line measurements tor distances beyond a base-rate area and within 24 miles of a central office or rate center, and on route measurements beyond this radial distance) : NEW YOBK, IV. Y.— Continued. ScHEDnLE IX — Continued. Excess exchange line mileage — Continued. Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof 19. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 50 Four-party line or four-plus-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2.25 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): For submarine cable less than 200 feet in length, regular mUeage charges apply. For submarine cable 20O feet or more in length, SWr cents per linear foot per annum is charged, except for North River and East River cable crossings, for which the following rates apply: North River — First circuit, $180; additional circuits, each, $150. East River — First circuit, $160; additional circuits, each, $120. In computing mileage, tlie total length ot all extension and tie lines is used, for which the same rate or scale ot rates apply, and which radiate from the same private branch exchange switchboard, or from two or more switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber and connected by tie lines. Extension and tie lines — Between points in the same local area, per quarter-mile or traction (does not apply in the Boroughs ot Manhattan and the Bronx) $7.50 Between points in difierent local areas (applies in the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx between points in either the same or diflerent local areas)— First 5 miles, per quarter-mile or traction thereof $12. 00 Next 5 miles, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 9. 00 Next 5 miles, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 6. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 9. 00 The following charges apply to tie lines between switchboards located in the same building — Where both switchboards are contracted tor by the same subscriber- Installation charge tor 600 feet or less $5.00 Installation charge for each 100 feet or traction thereof over 600 feet. . . 2. 00 Where the switchboards are contracted for by different subscribers, the mini- mum annual charge corresponds to the one-quarter-mile charge under the tie line mileage schedule. Extra directory llstmgs, business or residence, $3. RATE SCHEDULES. 113 NEW YOBK, N. Y Cionttaued. Schedule IX— Continued. Uoying charges: aidivldual or pmty-line main or extension station or No. 1 private branch exchange station- Inside move, no charge. Outside move, during first year or within one year from last free mov&— Mam station moved independently $300 Main station moved in conjunction with aiid'to'same'address'as switchboard 1^00 Extension station moved independently of main station a" 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address asmamstation j 00 Private branch exchange switchboards- Inside move during first year or within one year from last free move: Same Another o .., ,„,. ' , room. room. Cordless, 10 Imes or less JS.OO $8.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10 00 18 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estunated cost.' Outside move during first year or within one year from last free move- Cordless, 10 lines or less $10.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18*00 Cord board, over 40 lines ^.[.^"["[WW Esthnated cost. No. 1 residence systems, first or subsequent years, estimated cost. IVIAGASA FAIiliS, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NIAGARA COUNTY HOME TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. Party line. Business $43.00 36.00 $36.00 18.00 Besidence The above is unlimited local service — either wall or desk set. Extension station located In same bmlding as main station. Wall or desk set instrument, connected only to exclusive line service $12. 00 Extension bell connected in same building with instrument 2. 00 Extra listing in the company's official directory 2.00 Eural or multiparty service. Hotel type wall set only, may be nonselective. 15.00 IVORFOIiK, VA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE HATES OF THE CHESAPEAKE & POTO- MAC TELEPHONE CO. OF VIRGINIA IN EFFECT AUG. 18, 1914. Individual and party-Iiue service: Individual line. "-^ '■c^ Extension station. Business $60. 00 36.00 $48.00 24.00 $48.00 24.00 $12 00 6.00 Message rates.^ Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line. "-fin^ '?int^ Addi- tional local messages (cents). Exten- sion station. Business: 1,200 $36.00 6.00 $36.00 5.00 $36.00 5.00 18.00 3.00 3 $6.00 Limit of charge per month. Residence: 600 3 6.00 Lhnit of charge permonth. 'Monthly guarantee of one-twelfth of the contract number of "Local messages per annum." Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges- Commercial and department store — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each station connected, minimum charge, $24. Trunk lines, both-way , each $90. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 45. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per armum per station, including operators' tele- phones. The number of circuits required is determined by multipifing the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Hinging circuit.- This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; apd a power charge of $6 per annum. Commercial and department store— Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each sta- tion connected, minimum charge, $24. Trunk lines, both-way, each S48. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 81100°- 15 8 IVOBFOI/K, TA Continued. Private branch exchange service— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Commercial and department store— Message rates— Continued. Local messages.— One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for switchboard, stations, and trunk lines. Additional local messages, each, 3 cents. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators^ telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' tele- phones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central oflice by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including operators' telephones, and dividtog the product by 30,000. Hinging circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Hotel and apartment house.— Message rates — Switchboard, cord only, with an operator's telephone for each posi- tion :. $30.00 Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each (no charge is made for stations, in- cluding booth equipment, placed in public corridors for the use of the general public) 6. 00 Local messages, each, public-telephone rate less 20 per cent. Battery power. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The maximum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' tele- phones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard. Including operators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit. — This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a terminal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Flat rates— (contracts are accepted for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contracts subscribers are required to pay the actual cost of cabUng, including labor and material. The equipment fur- nished is that for 10 Imesj— One-year contract. Three-year contract. Trunk lines, both-way, each $90.00 18.00 12.00 IS. 00 $90.00 Receiving station, with switching device 24.00 15.00 Battery power and ringing circuit 15.00 Short-term service: Individual and party lines— Flat rates.— Tae table given below shows, associated with the corresp annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts with- m the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 month 2 months 3 months 4 months S months 6 months $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 16.00 Short-term rate 12.25 12.60 12.75 13.00 13.25 13.50 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short-term rate 12.50 13.00 13.60 14.00 14.50 16.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.55 14.50 15.45 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . . 11.65 10.60 9.45 8.40 7.36 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge. . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate 15.65 17.60 19.35 21.20 23.05 24.90 Termination charge. . . 12.65 11.50 10.35 9.20 8.06 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80' 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.60 23.25 26.00 28.75 31.50 Termination charge. . . 13.75 12.50 11.25 10.00 8.75 7.50 54.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 26.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge. . . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 60. db Short-term rate 19.86 23.60 27.15 30.80 34.45 38.10 Termination charge. . . 14.86 13.60 12.15 10.80 9.45 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 8 9 10 11 12 months months months months months months $12.00 Short-term rate ...;... $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 15.00 Short-term rate 13.76 14.00 14.25 14.60 14.75 15.00 Termmation charge. . . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 18.00 Short-term rate 15.60 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.50 18.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 24.00 Short-term rate 19.26 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.05 24.00 Termination charge. . . 5.26 4.20 3.16 2.10 1.06 30.00 Short-term rate 23.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 28.60 30.00 Termination charge. . . 6.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 36.00 Short-term rate 26.76 28.60 30.45 32.30 34.15 36.66 Termination charge. . . 5.75 4.60 3.46 2.30 1.15 42.00 Short-term rate 30.50 32.80 36.10 37.40 39.70 42.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 48.00 Short-term rate 34.25 37.00 39.75 42.50 46.25 48.00 Termination charge. . . 6.25 6.00 3.75 2.50 1.25 54.00 Short-term rate 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 50.80 64.00 Termination charge. . . 6.50 6.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 60.00 Short-term rate 41.75 46.40 49.05 52.70 56.35 60.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 5.40 4.05 2.70 1.35 114 TELEPHONES. NORFOE.K, VA Ciontinued. Short-term service — Continued. Note.— The minimum charge ia for 1 month. For fractional parts of Bucceed- Ing months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate Increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the mini- mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message rate contracts by flat^rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from th beginning of the contract year, where both fiat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use imder the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the- period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the mmimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: SwUchboards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, imder "Flat rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations^ main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in serv- ice is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaran- teed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the base-rate area. On 2 and 4 party lines the charge is prorated between the subscribers. Under message-rate contracts one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per montii of the mileage charge), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, S5. Extension and tie-line mileage (imder message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement, 85. Extra directory listings (under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month charged for extra listings), business or residence, S3. Joint-user service (under message-rate contracts, one local message per month Is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month charged for joint- user service): Flat rates: Business Eesidence Message rates: Business Limit of charge per month. . Eesidence Limit of charge per month- . Individual line. 824.00 12.00 12.00 2.00 2 or 4 party line. 818.00 6.00 12.00 2.00 6.00 1.00 Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station, or No. 1 private branch exchange station, during the first year or within 1 year from the last free move— • , Inside move 81. 00 Outside move- Main station moved independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1. 00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1.00 Private branch exchange switchboards, during the first year or within 1 year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move — room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $5.00 88.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move- Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less SIO. 00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extensionline (switchboard terminal) . . $3. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. NORTH BRAIVCH, MIIWIW. NET ANNUAL RATES OF THE TEI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELE- GRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. City and rural-line service: Business.. Eesidence. Individual line. $24.00 18.00 Eural line. $24.00 15.00 Business, summer season $15. 00 Eesidence, summer season 10. 00 Extension station 6. 00 Rural connecting companies $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circmt. OAKIiAlVD, CAL,. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1912. Individual and party-line service; Schedule I. [The local service area includes Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley.] Flat rates. Business . . Residence. Individ- ual line. $84.00 36.00 2-party line. $54.00 Wall set, $27. 00 Desk set, 30.00 Auxiliary line. ■ Inward, $36. OO Both-way, 72. 00 Exten- sion station. $12.00 I Wall set without bell, $6; with bell, 87.80. Desk set without bell, $9; with bell, 812. Message rates (business only, on monthXy guarantee basis). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. 960 1,600 $48.00 60.00 f 830.00 812.00 Suiiscribers' coin-box rates. Business, 1-party. . . Residence, l-party . Residence, 4-party . Guarantee (on monthly basis) . MlTliTrm-m charge. 3 local messages per day. 1* local messages per day 1 local message per day . . 854.75 27.38 18.25 Local message: (cents). Exten- sion station. $12.00 (») 1 Refund of 2J cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. ' Wall set without bell, $6; with bell, 87.80; Desk set without bell, $9: with bell,812. ' Refund of 1 cent per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. ScHEDUiE n. This schedule is available in that section of Oakland served by the Chinatown central offlee, and entitles subscribers to local service to Chinatown stations. Flat rates. — Business and residence Individual line, 824. Individual and party line short-term service: Flat rates — Three months' contracts, double regular rate for period of service. Three to six months' contracts, regular rate for period of service plus 50 per cent. Six to nine months' contracts, regular rate for period of service plus 25 per cent. Message rates, regular contract rate for period of service plus 84. Rural line service (suburban service): Busmess $36.00 Eesidence 30. 00 The company builds circuits up to 5 miles from the central ofaoe provided there is an average of 2 or more stations per mile of circuit. Beyond 5 miles the sub- scribers pay part or all of the construction cost. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store — Flat rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than three years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone- Capacity 2 trunks, 4 lines 830. 00 Capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines 39. oo RATE SCHEDULES. 115 OAKI^AND, OAIi.— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Comnierclal and department store — Flat rates— Continued. Switchboard, cord, with battery power, rineing circuit, and an oper- ator's telephone (or each position, per position $60. 00 First trunk line, both-way 108. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 81. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Trunk lines, outgoing, each 84. 00 Stations, each 12. 00 Hotel — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years nor for less than 2 trunk lines. Subscribers contract for an additional trunk line lor each 25 stations or fraction thereof connected, in excess of 60. Subscribers furnish wiring between the switchboard and stations)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an op- erator's telephone for each position, equipped for 15 lines $24. 00 Additional switchboard equipment, for each group of Ave lines or frac- tion thereof. 2. 40 First trunk line, bnth-way 108. 00 Additional trunk lijies, both-way, each 81. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Trunk lines, outgoing, each 84. 00 Stations, not in guest rooms, wall or desk, each 12. 00 Stations, in guest rooms, each — Desk set. Wall set. ItolO 89.00 S6.00 11 to 20 8.40 5.40 21 to 35 7.80 4.80 36 to 60 7.20 4.20 Over 50 6.00 3.00 Apartment house — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years nor for less than 50 stations, excluding operator's telephones. Sub- scribers ftimish wiring between the switchboard and stations) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an op- erator's telephone for each position 824. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 72. 00 'Tnmk lines, incoming, each 24. 00 Trunk lines, outgoing, each 48. 00 Stations, eacb, wall set, 83; desk set, 86. Commercial and department store — Message rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switehboord, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, an opera- tor's telephone for each position, two both-way trunk lines, and 3,000 local messages per annnm (on a monthly basis) 8120. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 24.00 Stations, each — lto20. 9.00 Over 20 6.00 Additional local messages, each 2 cents. Hotel— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. Subscribers furnish wiring between the switchboard and stations) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone lor each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, not in guest rooms, wall or desk, each, 812. Stations, in guest rooms, each— Desk set. Wall set. ItolO ..; 89.00 $6.00 11 to 20 8.« 5.40 21 to 35 7.80 4.80 36to50 7.20 4.20 Over 50 6-00 3.00 Local messages, each, 2i cents. . . . , Apartment house— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years nor for less than 50 stations, excluding operators^ telephones. Subscribers furnish wiring between the switchboard and stations)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no additional charge. Tninklines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, each— Wall set, 83; desk set, $6. Local messages, each, 2 cents. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Business— Flat rates (under 3-year contracts an installation charge Is made to cover the cost of cable in excess of 30O feet . Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the labor of makin g the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 both-way trunk lines and 4 station): Eeceiving station, with switchmg device, battery power, and rmging en-curt- Equipped lor 10 lines '07 nS Equipped lor 20 lines ^'■"" Equipped lor 30 lines ,Sonn First bofii-way trunk line 10=-™ Addltionaltrunklines, both-way, each |i."" First outgoing trunk line iS'm Addltionaltrunklines, outgoing, each o^.uu Trunk lines, incoming, each do. uo Stations, with switching device— Equipped lor 10 Imes "-"^ Equipped for 20 lines ^°-y" Equipped lor 30 lines '- -. .-.--.-. .'i- "o No. 1 residence systems— Flat rates (an mstallation charge is made to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable m excess of 300 feet. Con- tracts are not accepted lor less than 3 stations): _ . .... Receiving station, with switching device, battery power, rmgmg curcuit, and one both-way trunk line— • „ Equipped lor 10 lines '^fS Equipped lor 20 lines °J-"!^ Equipped lor 30 lines ■ %V^ Additional trunk lines, both-way, each ''«• ™ Stations, with switching device, each— Equipped for 10 lines -S-);}; Equipped lor 20 lines J|-g^ N0.I p?Se brmoh efchanges^BuViiiess VateV "(imder 3-year contract an mstallktion charge is made to cover the cost ol cable in excess of 300 f^t. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made to coyer the labor of mak- hig the i^tallation and the cost ol cable in excess ol 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 4 stations): , . .^ .^, +«,„v Reo^ving station, with battery power, ringmg circuit, necessary outgoing trunk Ifae" 1 facoming trunk line,£id 3,000 local messages per annum (ona monthly basis) — o.Ao nn Equipped for 10 Imes 1V1 no Equipped for 20 lines JH-^ Equipped for 30 lines .- -- iRm Addltionaltrunklines, inoommg, each "o-uu OAKI/AIVD, CAI< Continued. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Business — Message rates— Continued. Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines $12.00 Equipped for 20 lines 15.00 Equipped for 30 lines 18.00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Excess exchange line miileage (mileage charges are computed on route measure- ments beyond city limits): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $6. 00 2-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 20 4-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension line mileage (mileage charges are computed on route measurements) extension lines, per quarter-mile or Iraction thereof, $6. Extra directory listings: Business or residence, each $3. 00 Hotel, names ol guests, each '. 6. 00 Joiot-user service: Flat rates, business only 18. 00 Message rates or subscribers' coin-box rates 3. 00 Moving charges (no charge is made lor moving station equipment in case the initial contract period has expired, it the subscriber signs a new contract). Except as noted, the loUowing charges apply: Moving a station to another location— In the same room $1. 00 In the same building 2. OO In another building 3.60 OGII.VIB, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRl-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $18. OO Residence station, individual liue 12. 00 Rural connecting companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents each lor all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. OEXAHOIUA CITY, OK1.A. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PIONEER TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 22, 1914. Individual and party-line service (flat rates): Individual line. ^^f' Extension station. $49. 20 26.40 841.40 24.00 $12.00 6.00 No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit and an operator's telephone for each position (an additional charge of $24 per amnum is made if subscriber contracts for only one trunk line) $20. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 49. 20 Stations, each ■ 12.00 Hotel and apartment house — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 50 transient hotel stations or 40-tamily hotel or apartment-house stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, rioging circuit and an operator's telephone for each position $20. OO Trunk lines, outgoing, each 172. 20 Trunk lines, incoming, no additional charge. Stations, each 3. OO Hotel— Message rates (this schedule applies only to the larger hotels)— Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power rmging circuit and an operator's telephone for each position, no additional jharge. Trunk lines, incoming or outgomg, no additional charge. Stations, each, $3. Local messages, each, 2i cents. . ,. j. , Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-lme distances beyond ImUe from the central office): .„ «» Individual line, per haU-mile or firaction thereof. 83. 00 Party line, per station, per half-mile or fraction thereof 1. 80 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on the shortest street distances), per half-mile or fraction thereof, 812. Extra directory listings: Business, each o-uo Kef^idence eacb. ...,,.....,......---.---------------■■---------•------ **• "^ Moving charges (moves are made without charge, provided subscriber has had service at the same location for at least one year). Except as noted the following charges apply for moving station equipment: Inside move 1 m Outside move ^' "^ OMAHA, IVEBR. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 11, 1914. Schedule I. This schedule, with mileage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a Benson, Florence, or Omaha central office. Individual line. 2-party line. Inward auxiliary Ime. Extension station. Flat rates: 872.00 30.00 $54.00 24.00 $36.00 $12.00 Residence 6.00 116 TELEPHONES. OMAHA., NEBR Continued. Schedule II. This schedule, with mileage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a Belle- vue, Benson, Florence, Omaha, Eallston, or South Omaha central office. Flat rates: Business.., Residence. Individual line. $84.00 36.00 2-partyline, $66.00 30.00 Inward auxiliary line. $42.00 Extension sta- tion. $12.00 /Desk set, 12.00 \WaUset, 6.00 Individual and party-line short-term service. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed, plus the cost of installation and disconnection. Buralline service, business or residence, $24. Private branch exchange service; No. 1 private branch exchanges — Commerical and department store — Flat rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 5 years. Contracts lor cord switchboards are not accepted for less than 5 stations, excluding operators' telephones. Contracts for multiple switchboards are not accepted for less than 100 sta- tions, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit and operator's telephone, no additional charge. Switcnboard, cord, nonmultiple, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone, one position, Tna-yimnTn capacity 80 lines, no addi- tional charge. Additional equipment, per position, including operator's telephone . . $72. 00 Switchboard, cord, multiple, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone tor each position, per connected line 6. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 84.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, connected with nonmultiple or cordless switchboards, each- First 10 18.00 11 to 20 15.00 21 to 50 12.00 Over 50 9.00 Stations, connected with multiple switchboard, each (applies only to stations located in the same Dullding as the switcnboard. For stations located outside of the building the rate is $12 each, plus mileage charges) 6. 00 Family hotel and apartment house— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less tmin 5 years) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no additional charge. Trunklines, both-way, each $84.00 Trunk lines. Incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, each 6.00 Transient hotel — Message rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring. Contracts are not accepted tor a period of less than 5 years nor less than 2 trunk lines, one incoming and one outgoing, and 25 stations, excluding operators' tele- phones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery _power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, incoming, each, $42. Trunklines, outgoing, no additional charge. Stations, each, $3. Local messages, each, 2i cents. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Busmess and residence— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 5 years nor for less than 5 stations. The maximum equipment furnished consists of 201ines) — Trunklines, both-way, each- Business $84.00 Eesidence 36.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each- Business 42. 00 Eesidence 18.00 Stations, with switching device, each — Business — First 10 18.00 Over 10 15.00 Eesidence 9.00 Excess exchange line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line measure- ments, beyond 2 miles from the central office): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension Ime mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, air-line distance, 7.60 Extra directory listings, per directory issue, each, $1. Joint-user service: Business 18.00 Eesidence 6. 00 Moving charges: Individual and party lines. — One move each year without charge; additional moves inside or outside, $1.50. Private branch exchanges, actual cost. OKTOIWlHiE, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OP THE TEI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individual line $24. 00 Eesidence station, individual line 12. 00 Eural connecting companies $2.60 per circuit per month and 15 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. PADVOAH, KY. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OP THE PADUCAH HOME TELE. PHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT JULY 21, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Business.. - Eesidence.. Individual line. $30.00 18.00 $27.00 15.00 • 4-party line harmonic. $24.00 12.00 Extension station. $12.00 6.00 Extension bell. $6.00 3.00 Eural line service: Individual line. Party line. $30.00 18.00 $30.00 18.00 Additional charge of $3 per mile for each mile distant from city limits. Private branch exchange service: Trunks $30.00 Stations 9.00 Subscriber furnishes private branch exchange operator without cost to company. Intercommunicating sets: Trunks $30.00 Stations 12.00 PASSAIC, N. J. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE NEW YOEK TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Allwood, Athenia, Clifton, Delawana, Garfield, Lodi, Passaic, and Eichfield.] Individual and party-line service: Eesidence only— Individual line, $42; 2-party line, $36; 4-party line, $30; both-way auxiliary line, 1^1.50; extension station, $6. Message rates (bustTiess only). Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line. "fi^e!^ "■F^' Addi- tional local messages (cents). Both- way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. 000 800 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,500 1,600 1,800 $42.00 51.00 60.00 $36.00 45.00 i$30.00 5 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 3 S30.00 $6.00 54.00 66.00 63.00 72.00 72.00 2 78. 00 1 Guarantee of $2.50 per month in local messages at 5 cents each. 2 Additional messages 2 cents each if contracted for m advance in lots of 300. Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, an operator's tele- phone for each position, two both-way trunk lines, two stations, and 1,200 local messages per annnm $132. 00 Additional trunk Imes, both-way, each 24.00 Additional stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 03 If contracted for in advance in lots of 300, each 0. 02 Einging circuit (no additional charge is made for ringing circuit if the subscriber contracts for either 3 ,600 local messages or 20 stations) 24; 00 No. 1 residence systems — Flat rates (an installation charge is made, to cover the cost of circuits between stations, including labor and ma. terial) — Trunk lines , both-way only, each 36. 00 Stations, with switching device, each- Capacity 10 lines 12.00 Capacity 20 lines 16.00 Capacity 30 lines 18.00 Stations, without switching device, each 6. 00 Short-term service: Individual andparty lines — Flat rates. — The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates lor periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. RATE SCHEDULES. 117 PASSAIC, IV. J.— Continued. Short-term service— Continued. Individual and party lines— Flat rates— Continued. Annual flat rates. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 6 months. 6 months. J12.00 16.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . tl2.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.50 11.00 13.55 11.55 14.60 12.10 15.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.60 10.50 16.00 11.00 17.50 11.50 19.00 12.00 20.50 12.60 22.00 13.00 23.50 13.60 $12.00 9.00 12.76 9.00 13.50 9.00 15.45 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.36 10.36 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00- 13.25 7.00 14.60 7.00 17.35 7.35 20.20 7.70 23.05 8.05 25.90 8.40 28.75 8.76 31.60 9.10 34.46 9.46 $12.00 6.00 13.50 6.00 15.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.50 7.50 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 64.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination chaxge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 5.00 13.75 5.00 15.50 5.00 19.25 5.25 23.00 5.50 26.76 5.76 30.50 6.0O 34.26 6.26 38.00 6.50 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 5.00 41.20 5.20 46.40 6.40 $12.00 3.00 14.26 3.00 16.50 3.00 21.16 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 35.10 3.60 39.75 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.05 $12.00 2.00 14.60 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.50 2.50 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.06 28.60 1.10 34.16 1.16 39.70 1.20 45.25 1.25 50.80 1.30 56.36 1.35 $12.00 "'i5.'66 "'i8.'66 "'24.' 66 '"36." 66 ""'36.' 66 42.00 '"48.66 ""54." 66 """60." 66 Note. — The minimimi charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — "When the number of messages under a message rate contract is less thanihe minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the mini- mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established aimual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations lo- cated in the same buildmg as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the armual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specified for the armual rate corresponding to the truni-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk Hues, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate lor the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the established armual rate. Upon discoimection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in serv- ice is assumed to be the one disconnected. PASSAIC, N. J Continued. Private branch exchanges — Continued. Local messages.— When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guar- anteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such pro- portion of the minimum aimual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the base-rate area and within 24 miles of the central office or rate center and on route measurements beyond this distance): Individual line, or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $9.^0 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 4! 50 Four-party line^ per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 25 Extension smd tieJine mileage (charges are computed on route measurements), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.60. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Moviiig charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch exchange station — Inside move No charge. Outside move, during first year or within one year from last free move- Mam station moved independently $3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1 . 00 Extension station moved independently of main station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboards- Inside move during nrst year or within 1 year from last free move- Same Another room. room. Cordless, 10 lines or less 15. 00 $8. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10. 00 18. 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during first year or within 1 year from last free move — Cordless, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 1 residence systems: First or subsequent years, estimated cost. PATEBSOnr, IV. J. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Paterson, Dundee Lake, Fair Lawn, Haledon, Hawthorne, North Paterson, and Warrenpoint.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Residence only— Individual line, $42; 2-party line, $36; 4-party luie, $30; both-way auxiliary line, $31.60; extension station, $6. Message rates (Jmsiness only). Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line. ^fint^ ?i^e?^ Addi- tional local messages (cents). Both- way auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. 600 800 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,500 1,500 1,800 $42.00 51.00 60.00 $36.00 46.00 i$30.00 6 4 5 3 4 3 4 3 $30.00 S6.00 54.00 66.00 63.00 72.00 72.00 2 78.00 1 Guarantee of $2.50 per month in local messages at 5 cents each. 2 Additional messages, 2 cents «ach if contracted for in advance in lots of 300. Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges— Message rates- Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, an operator's tele- phone for each position, two both-way trunk lines, two stations, and 1 ,200 local messages per annum $132. OO Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Additional stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 03 If contracted for in advance in lots of 300, each 0. 02 Ringing circuit (no additional charge is made for ringing circuit if the subscriber contracts for either 3,600 local messages or 20 stations) ... 24. 00 No. 1 residence systems— Flat rates (an installation charge is made, to cover the cost of circuits between stations, including labor and material)— Trunk lines, both-way only, each $36. 00 Stations, with switchmg device, each — Capacity 10 lines 12.00 Capacity 20 lines 15. 00 Capacity 30 lines 18. 00 Stations, without switching device, each 6. OO 118 TELEPHONES. PATKRSOnr, IT. J.— Continued. Short-term service: Individual and party lines — Flat rates. — The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates lor periods of less than one year tor all classes ot flat-rate exchange service, except those classes tor which special rates are given below, together with the charges tor terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 6 months. 6 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 64.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate- ^ Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge.. Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . $12. 00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.50 11.00 13.55 11.55 14.60 12.10 15.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.50 10.60 16.00 11.00 17.50 11.60 19.00 12.00 20.50 12.60 22.00 13.00 23.50 13.50 $12.00 9.00 12.75 9.00 13.50 9.00 15.46 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.35 10.36 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 ■9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.26 7.00 14.50 7.00 17.35 7.35 20.20 7.70 23.06 8.05 25.90 8.40 28.76 8.75 31.60 9.10 34.45 9.46 $12.00 6.00 13.50 6.00 15.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.50 7.60 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. J12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short>term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . $12.00 5.00 13.75 5.00 15.50 6.00 19.25 6.26 23.00 6.50 26.76 5.76 30.60 6.00 34.25 6.25 38.00 6.50 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 6.00 41.20 6.20 45.40 5.40 $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.60 3.00 21.15 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.46 3.46 36.10 3.60 39.75 3.76 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.06 $12.00 2.00 14.60 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.60 2.50 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.16 1.15 39.70 1.20 45.25 1.26 60.80 1.30 56.35 1.35 $12.00 "'i5.66 '"is.'oo "'24.'66 ""30." 66 """36.66 ""42." 66 """48." 66 """64.66 ""60." 66 Note. — The minimum charge is tor one month. For fractional parts of succeed- ing months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate increases lor each additional month. To determine the charge in coimection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such aimual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — When the number of messages imder a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the mjnimimi annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed imder such rate^ the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the mini- mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note.— Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beeiniung ot the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a, serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mimi charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used imder a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum speoiBed in the schedule, the charge is the sdiedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switcliioards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established aimual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is lor the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under "Hat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest In service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for theperiod of service, plus one-hall the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switohboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. PATEBSOIV, N. jr — Continued. Private branch oxohanges—Conttaued. , ^, , . Local messages.— Wbea the number of messages used is less than the nUnim t iTti specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the m i nimum aimual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaran- teed tmder such rate,the mmimum charge being not less than such proper- tion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals or exceeds the minimum specified hi the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for tha messages used, as though such messages were used in one yea,r. Excess exchange line mUeage (charges are computed on air-line distances oeyona the base rate area and withm 2i miles ot the central oflioe or rate center, and on route measurements beyond the distance): Individual Une, or private branch exchange trunk Une, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof - $9.00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 50 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mfle or fraction thereof 2. 25 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements), for quarter-mfle or fraction thereof, $7.50. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Moving charges: . ^ ^. „ . . x ^ Individual or party Une, mam or extension station, or No. 1 private branch ex- change station— „ . Inside move Nochatge. Outside move, during first year or withm one year from last free move— • Main station moved independently $3. 00 Mara station moved in conjtmotion with and to same address as swlteh- board .- 1-00 Extension station moved independently of mam station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction vrith and to same address as main station l- 00 Private branch exchange switchboards — Inside move during first year or within 1 year from last free move — ' Same Another room. room. Cordless, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during first year or wtihin 1 year from last free move — Cordless, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 1 residence systems: First or subsequent years, estimated cost. PATTKRSOIV, Il/Ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business S12.00 Business with extension on same line in same building 18.00 Residence 12.00 Residence with extension on same line in same building 18. 00 PAWTUOItET, K. 1. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PROVIDENCE TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Schedule I. This schedule, with mileage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a Paw- tucket central office. • Individ- ual hne. "-s^ '-^^ lO-party Ime. Inward auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. $66.00 48.00 $48.00 36.00 i$24.00 118.00 $30.00 $9.00 Residence . . $25.00 6.00 1 For stations more than 2 miles from a central oflBoe, with mileage Message rates. Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line. ^C!^ 4-party fine. Addi- tional local messages (cents). Inward auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. Business: 600 $40.00 30.00 $33.00 25.00 $30.00 3 3 $30.00 $6.00 Residence: 600 6.00 Schedule II. This schedule, with nuleage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to messages, w'thout other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a Paw- tucket, Attleboro, Bristol, Centerdale, East Greenwich, East Providence, Green- wood, North Aaleboro, Providence, Scituate, VaUey, Warren, Warwick Neck, or Woonsocket central office. RATE SCHEDULES. 119 PAWTUCKJET, K. I.— Continued. Schedule II— Continued. Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party fine. 4-party fine. Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. Business 1120.00 100.00 $96.00 80.00 $30.00 $9.00 6 00 Besidence $70.00 Message rates (business and residence). Local per annum. 600 600 700 800 900 Individ- ual line. 2-party $54.00 60.00 65.00 69.00 72.00 rpar lin( $44.00 50.00 55.00 59.00 62.00 'fZ'J $33.00 39.00 44.00 48.00 51.00 Additional local 7 cents or $6 per 100. . 6 cents or 6 per 100. . 5 cents or 4 per 100. . 4 cents or 3 per 100. 3 cents Inward auxiliary line. $30.00 Exten- sion station. $6.00 Private branch exchange service: Pawtucket in Included in the Providence district, which includes the area within a radius of approximately 15 miles from Providence. Within the Prov- idence district both local and district service is quoted. The cities and towns included within the respective local service areas are emunerated in connection with Schedules I and II under "Individual and party-line service." In some ol the following schedules, the rate for trunk lines is shown as "Independent line local or district rate," m connection with which it is to be understood that either rate is available; No. 1 private branch exchanges — Commercial— Flat rates (this schedule entitles subscribers to local or district service depending upon the rates paid for trunk lines. Under 1-year con- tracts subscribers bear the expense, in excess of $5 per station, incurred in installing all equipment designed for connection with the exchange system. Under 3 or 5 year contracts mstallation charges are sometimes omitted in connection with equipment designed for exchange service, but subscribers provide smtable conduits or runways for inside wiring. Under contracts of any term, subscribers bear the total expense incurred m installing stations restricted to Intercommunicating service. Contracts are for not less than 3 stations, including operators' telephones. One station is furnished without additional charge for each trunk fine connected)— Switchboard, with battery power and ringing circuit, without operators' telephones — Cordless, capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines $15. 00 Cord, nonmultiple, lamp or magnetic signals — One position, capacity 10 trunks, 30 lines, equipped for— 20 fines or less 20.00 21 to 30 lines 40.00 One position, capacity 15 trunks, 80 lines, equipped for — 60 fines or less 40. 00 61 to 80 lines 60.00 The same rates apply for each additional position. Trunk lines, both-way, each — Local service. 66.00 District service 120.00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 30. 00 Stations, main or extension, each — Having exchange service 9. 00 Per intercommunicating purposes only 5. 00 Commercial — Message rates (district service) (under 1-year contracts subscrib- ers bear the expense, in excess of $6 per station, incurred in installing all equipment on the premises. Under 3-year or 5-year contracts, installation charges are sometimes omitted, but subscribers provide suitable conduits or runways for inside wiring. Contracts are for not less than 3 stations, including operators' telephones) — Switchboard, with battery power and ringing circuit, without operators' telephones — Cordless, capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines $15. 00 Cord, nonmultiple, lamp or magnetic signals- One position, capacity 10 trunks, 30 lines, equipped for— 20 fines or less 20. 00 21 to 30 lines 40.00 One position, capacity 15 trunks, 80 lines, equipped for— 60 lines or less 40. 00 61 to 80 lines 60.00 The same rates apply for each additional position. Trunk lines, both-way only, each 30.00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Messages, guarantee 600 per aTiTi inn for each trunk line, each 0. 03 Commercial— Message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines (flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with message-rate private branch exchanges, in which case, all of the rates and regulations apply which are given m connection with flat-rate private branch exchanges together with the following rates)- Trunk lines, both-way, including with each trunk line the number of local messages per aimum specifled in the individual line schedule, each, individ- ual line, business, local, or district rate. Additional messages— Standard rates quoted in connection with the busmess individual line,looal, or district schedules. Department store— Message rates (district service) (subscribers bear the cost of all runways for wire or cable including molding and conduit. Contracts are for periods of not less than 5 years and for not less than 75 stations)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power and ringing circuit, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each, $24. Stations, each, $6. „^ , , Messages, guarantee 50,000 per aimum, each 3 cents. The local service area to subscribers within the Providence district includes points to which the public telephone charge is 10 cents. All messages to such points are in- cluded in computing the guarantee as to message use; if used m the conduct of the subscriber's business, these messages are charged at 3 cents each; if sold to patrons, they are charged to the subscriber at 5 cents each instead of at 3 cents each. PAWXUCKKT, R. I.— Continued. Schedule II — Continued. Private branch exchange service— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges — Continued. Transient hotel, family hotel, and apartment house— Message rates (local service) (subscribers bear the cost of all nmways for wire or cable, including mold- ing and conduit. Contracts are for periods of not less than 6 years) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power and ringing circuit, ■ without operators' telephones $36. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Messages, guarantee 600 per annum with each trunk line, each 0. 03 No. 2 private branch exchanges: Busmess and residence— Flat rates (this schedule entitles subscribers to local or district service, depending on the rates paid for trunk lines. Under 1-year contracts subscribers bear the expense, in excess of $5 per station, incurred in installing all equipment designed for connection with the ex- change system. Under 3-year or 6-year contracts, installation charges are sometimes omitted in connection with the equipment designed for exchange service, but subscribers are required to provide suitable conduits or run- ways for inside wiring. Under contracts of any term, subscribers bear the total expense incurred in installing stations restricted to intercommimicat- ing service. There are no minimum requirements as to the amount of equipment. One station without switching device is furnished without additional charge for each trunk line connected)— Trunk lines, both-way, each, business or residence, individual line, local or district rate. Trunk lines, incoming, each, S30. Stations, with switchmg device, each— Business. Besidence. Capacity 10 lines $12.00 S9.00 Capacity 20 Imes is.OO 12.00 Capacity 30 lines 15.00 12.00 Stations, without switching devices, each 9. 00 6. 00 Stations, for intercommunicating purposes only, each 5.00 5.00 Business and residence — Message rates (district service) (under 1-year contraots subscribers bear the expense, in excess of $5 per station, incurred in install- ing all equipment on the premises. Under 3-year or 5-year contracts in- stallation charges are sometimes omitted, but subscribers provide suitable conduits or runways for inside wiring. There are no minimum require- ments as to the amount of equipment) — Trunk lines, both-way only, each J30. oo Stations, with switcMng device, each — Capacity 10 lines g. oo Capacity 20 Imes 12. 00 Capacity 30 lines 12. 00 Stations, without switchmg device, each o. oo Messages, guarantee eoOper annum with each trunk line, each 0. 03 Business and residence— Message rates— With flat-rate tnmk lines (flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with message-rate No. 2 private branch exchange systems, in which case all of the rates and regulations apply which are given in connection with flat-rate No. 2 private branch exchanges, together with the foUowing rates) — Trunk lines, both-way, including with each trunk line the number of local messages per annum specifled in the individual line schedule, each, business or residence individual line local or district rate. Additional messages — Standard rates quoted in connection with the business or residence individual line local or district schedules. Short-term service: Individual and party-line flat rates — Six months or less, three-fourths annual rate; minimum rate, $18. Each additional month, one-sixth of remaining one-fourth of annual rate. Extension stations — Six months or less, $6. Each additional month, one-sixth of remaining portion, if any, of annual rate. Private branch exchange flat-rate trunk lines and stations may be furnished under the above rates. Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond 2 miles from a central office, per quarter-miie or fraction thereof): Individual line or P. B. X. trunk line $5.00 2-party line, per station 4. 00 4-party line, per station 3. 00 10-party line, per station 1. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): First half-mile or fraction thereof SIO. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 5. 00 Extra directory listings: Name of partner, officer, or manager $3. 00 Name of clerk 6. 00 Member of subscriber's family 3. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates, individual line, business — Local service $42.00 District service 90. 00 Message rates, individual or party line, business 6. 00 Moving charges. — For moving within the initial contract period, subscribers pay -actual cost. In connection with private branch exchange contracts, after expira- tion of the Initial contract period, subscribers either contract tor the ensuing con- tract period or pay actual cost. PKORIA, II.Ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE INTEESTATE INDE- PENDENT TELEPHONE & TELEGBAPH CO. IN EFFECT MAY 12, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. '■Se*^ "■Se*^ Extension station. $39.96 24.00 $30-00 18.00 $12.00 $15.00 6.00 Miscellaneous service per station: Railroad main line Bailroad party line Churches Intercommunicating system. . . Employees Extension bells Extension gongs $24.00 20.04 12.00 12.00 12.00 3.00 6.00 120 TELEPHONES. PEOTOIVK, lL,Ii. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDE- PENDENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. ' Individual and party-line service: Individual liae. =^C^ Extension station. Business $24.00 18.00 $24.00 18.00 $6.00 6.00 Residence Miscellaneous service per station: Kural S18.00 Employees 9. 00 PHIIiADELPHIA, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. In the city of Philadelphia two schedules of rates are in effect, referred to herein- after as "Schedule I," which gives full city service, and "Schedule II," which gives service only within certain zones or neighborhood areas. Bcnedule I is available to all subscribers within the city limits and, with mileage charges, to subscribers within certain communities which extend beyond the city limits. Subscribers to Schedule I rates are entitled to messages to all stations bearing the designation of any Philadelphia central office. Schedule II is available in three zones or neighborhood areas in the outlying portions of the city, and certain adjoining communities which extend beyond the city limits. A subscriber to Schedule II rates is entitled to messages, without other charges, to all stations, whether under Schedule I or Schedule II rates, served by a central office within the zone or neighborhood in which the subscriber is located. Individual and party-line service: Schedule I. Flat rates. Residence only — Individual line, $60; 2-party line, $48; extension station, $6. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. Business— Retail rates: 600 $48.00 67.00 66.00 75.00 87.00 99.00 111.00 1120.00 90.00 99.00 114.00 129.00 144.00 162.00 177.00 192.00 207.00 222.00 237.00 252.00 267.00 282.00 297.00 2 312.00 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 $30.00 800 1,000 1,200 1 600 1,800 2,100 2,400 Business— Wholesale rates (no refund for unused messages) : 2,400 30.00 2,700 . 3ioo 3,900 4,500 Business — ^Wholesale rates, in- cluding one auxiliary line (no refund for unused messages): 4,800 30.00 6.00 5 400 6,000 6,600 7,200 7,800 8 400 9000 9 600 10,200 10,800 • Additional local messages, $9 for 300 if contracted for in advance. » Additional local messages, $12 for BOO if contracted for in advance and at least one auxiliary line be taken at regular raies for each 5,400 or less of such local messages. Local messages per aimum. Individual line. "■ri^' *-r^' Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. Residence: 360 l$24.00 5 5 5 $6.00 600 $48.00 57.00 $36.00 42.00 6.00 800 ... PHIIiADEliPBDA, PA.— Continued. Individual and party-line service— Continued. Schedule I — Continued. SvMcribers' coirtrioz rates. 1 Guarantee of 30 local messages per month. Public places, 1-party Boarding houses^ 2-party Residences in Dickmson central office district, 4-party. . Fixed annual charge. $30.00 18.00 12.00 Local messages (cents). Schedule II (zone service). Schedule II applies in certain sections of Philadelphia for service within defined zones, as follows: Northern zone, comprising the Chestnut Hill, Germantowa, Manayunk, Oak Lane, and Roxborough central office districts. Eastern zone, comprising the Bustleton, Fox Chase, Frankford, Holmesburg, Somerton, Ta- cony, and Torresdale central office districts. Western zone, comprising the Baring, Belmont, Overbrook, Preston, and Woodland central office districts. The local service area covered by this schedule embraces the zone in which the subscriber is located. Messages to stations bearing the designation of other Philadelphia central offices are charged for at 5 cents each. Individual line. ^^^^ "■Lt^ Extension station. Flat rates: Business $90.00 36.00 $75.00 30.00 S6 00 '\i.PR\f\anop, 1S24.00 6 00 1 Does not apply ia the Chestnut Hill central office district of the northern zone. Private branch exchange service: Business — Message rates— No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges (the following schedule applies as described under "Schedule I." No. 2 private branch ex- change equipment has a capacity of 10 lines)— Retail rates. Wholesale rates. Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving sta- tion and switching devices, with battery and riaging power, two both-way trunk lines, 2 stations, and the number of local messages specffied $204.00 3,600 $24.00 $6.00 300 $0.03 $0.04 $318 00 9,600 Additional stations, each $6 00 Additional local messages: If ormiTarifiA fnr iTi ftfi vaiipfi in lnt.• oo Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station ■ v ■:- --.••.■- \v i * Private branch exchange switchboards under aimual contracts, during the first vear or within 1 year from the last free move^ ■' Same Another Inside move— rooi;?: romn Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less so-oo s»-uo Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less ,}"■''? ,,. * Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move— «in m Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less lo'SJU Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less a+ t Cord switchboard, over 40 lines .---- ;■/•■■•.■■-,;" "^'^; Trunk line, tie line, or oustide extension Ime (switchboard termmal) . - i.w No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. FL.AIIVFIEI'D, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE INTERSTATE INDE- PENDENT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1914. Individual line service: Business . . Residence . Individual line. $24.00 18.00 Extension station. $12.00 9.00 Miscellaneous service per station: Rural g' QQ Employees F1,A1VT CITY, FI>A. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PENINSULAR TELE- NET AiNINUAl^^^A^^ ^^ ^^ EFFECT JULY 23, 1914. Individual and party-line flat-rate service: « Indi- vidual line. Indi- vidual line joint user. 2-party fine. 2-party line joint user. '■^T Xe*^ joint user. $36.00 24.00 $15.00 9.00 $30.00 18.00 $12.00 S21.00 $6.66 6.00 124 TELEPHONES. PtAl^T CITY, FtA.— Continued. Extensions: Business station (desk or wall) $12. 00 Residence station (desk or wall) 12. 00 Bells (business or residence) 3. 00 Gongs (business or residence) 6. 00 Directory service: Extra listing 3. 00 Additional Ime 3. 00 POMOIVA, CAL,. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE POMONA VALLEY TELE- PHONE & TELEGEAPH UNION IN EFFECT MAY 12, 1914. [Company operates exchanges at Pomona, Claremont, Chino, Lordsburg, and San Dimas.] Individual and 'party-line service. Individual line. 4-party fine. "-g^^ Business - . . 130.00 24.00 $18.00 18.00 $12.00 PORTIyAIVB, ME. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26, 1914. [The local service area includes Cape Elizabeth, Portland, South Portland, and part of Falmouth.] Individual and party-Una service: Flat rates. Indi- vidual line. "iSf 6-party fine. Inward auxiliary line. Eural line. Exten- sion station. $60. 00 36.00 $54.00 30.00 $36.00 $33.00 25.00 $6.00 Residence $25.66 6.00 Message rates (puMness only). Local messages per annum. Individual line. "-C!^ Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 720 840 $36.00 3 $6.00 6.00 $42.00 ' Up to a total of 6,000, each, 3 cents; next 6,000, each, 2J cents! all others, each, 2i cents. Subscribers^ coinrbox rates. Business, 4-party. . . Eesidence, 4-party. Guarantee (on annual basis). IJ local messages per day. 1 local message per day. . . Mmlmum charge. $27. 38 18.25 Local No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges: Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. No. 2 business systems are lim- ited to a total of 10 lines)— . . Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receivmg station wim switching devices and 2,500 local messages per annimi. . .$75. 00 Tnink Unes, both-way only, each 21.00 Stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages— „,,.,. ,, , First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses, all additional local messages are charged lor at 3 cents each) 0. 03 Next 6,000, each 0.02i All others, each .-■,-■--■ j". 0. 02i Elnging circuit (applies only within a radius of 1 mile, air-line distance, Irom a central olnco, for Installations of 19 stations or less. No addi- tional charge is made if subscribers, within 1 mile from the central office, contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this distance a mile- age charge is made of $S per quarter-mile or fraction thereof) IS., 00 Hotefe— Message rates— Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than S years nor lor less than 50 stations and allow service for a a period of 6 months in each year)— _ _ . ,^ Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, rmgmg circuit, and an opera- tor's telephone lor each position, no charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no charge. Stations— ^ ,. „„ First 50, each S"-™ Over 50, each ^-M Local messages, each - • ■ - ■ ■ .-■--- "■, "^ Department store— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years, nor tor less than 60 stations)— ^ , ... , . Switchboard, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone, no charge. , „ TraiLk: lines, both-way only, each "cm Stations, each <>• "" Local messages— _ First 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0-U^J All others, each ''.024 PORTIiAIWD, IHE.— Continued. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Residence— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years. Interior cable in excess of 600 feet and all out- side cable between subscriber's buildings on the same premises, is furnished at th6 subscriber's expense. The rate quoted lor receiving stations includes switching devices lor all stations) — Trunk lines, both-way, each $36. 00 Trunk lines, incoming each 36. 00 Eeceiving station, with switching devices 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device, each 6. 00 Short-term service: Emergency service (regular installation and removal charges apply as specified below under 3 months service)- Flat rate individual line or residence No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line — First day 13.00 Each additional day 0. 75 Message rate trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both) — First 3 days $5.00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed azmual rate) 1. Oft Three-month periods- Flat rates- Business— Individual line 23.00 Party line, per station. 19. 00 Residence- Individual line or No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line 19. 00' Party line, per station 16. 6o Message rates^ Private branch exchange trunk line (no installation charge) 12. 00 Service continuing beyond the initial 3 months period is cliarged for at a. rate for each whole month equal to one-ninth the difference between the short- term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The following charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above, for installation and removal of equipment furnished for shore periods — If instrument is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2. 00 If both inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is necessary to furnish an instrument 3.00 If either inside wiring or drop wiring is in place, but not both— and instrument must be installed 4. 00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring and instrument . . 5. 00 Excess exchange line mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances, beyond 2 miles from the central office; tor individual 2-party and 6-party-Une service, and on route measurements beyond 6 miles Irom the central office for rural lines)— Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $2. 50 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. OO Six-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 Rural line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 0. 50 Extension and tie-line mileage--Charges are computed on route measurements. Extension lines: First half-mUe or fraction thereof $10. 00 Each additional quarter-mHe or fraction thereof 5. 06 Tie lines (between switchboards in the same exchanges): Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber in separate buildings — First mUe or fraction thereof. $35.00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the swltdi- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required, the minimum charge per line is $10) 8. 76 Switchboards contracted for by different subscribers in separate buildings (not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards oi different subscribers wiU be connected together by means of tie lines) — First mile or fraction thereof $60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15. o6 Extra directory listings: Business or residence $3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses... 5.00 Joint-user service: Flat rates^Indivldual line or private branch exchange, one-half ol annual rate not to exceed $50. Message rates— Individual line or private branch exchange; $5. Moving charges (individual or party line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations): Inside move — 25 feet or less of inside wiring necessary $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. OO Outside move — Drop and inside wiring necessary and instrument to be placed $5.00 Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed. 4. 00 No wiring necessary but Instrument to be placed 3. 00 No wiring necessary and iostrument in place 2.00 When a main station, extension station and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the mail station, and one-half tiie scheduled charges lor moving the other apparatus. Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems or No. 2 private branch exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expiration of the initial contract period, the subscriber may extend his contract for another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. PORTIiAIWn, OREG. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE HOME TELEPHONE & TELEGEAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1911. Business service: Individual line, unlimited $72. 00 Individual liae, limited to 1,200 calls; additional 2 cents each 48. 00 Individual line, second trunk 45. 00 Business prepayment service (nickel-tn-slot): Individual line, guarantee $54. 00 Subscriber to receive 50 per cent of the receipts for local calls only, exceeding the yearly guarantee of $54. Individual line, no guarantee. Subscriber to receive 25 per cent of the receipts for local calls only. Eesidence service, unlimited— Individual line, $24. Private branch exchange, unlimited — Commercial: Switchboard with power circuit and operator's set, per position $60. 00 Trunk, flrst 2-way 72. 00 Trunks, additional 2-way 43. 00 Stations, first 10, each 15. 00 Stations, next 16, each 12. 00 Stations, next 25, each 9, 00 Stations, next 26, each g qq RATE SCHEDULES. 125 PORTEiAIVD. ORKG Continued. Private branch exchange, unlimited— Commercial— Continued. Outside stations to same firm, only, same rate as inside stations plus $12 per year per mile per cable pair with a minimum of $12 for any one cable pair; $3 per year for each additional quarter-mile. Contracts will not be accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 8 stations. Under 3-year contract, no charge for installation. Under 1-year contract, actual cost of installation will be charged to subscriber. Private_ branch exchange service— unlimited— Hotel: Switchboard with power circuit and operator's set, per position $24.00 Trunk, first 2-way 72.00 Trunks, additional 2-way, each 48.00 Stations, first 10, each 6. 00 Stations, next 10, each 5. 40 Stations, next 15, each 4. 80 Stations, next 15, each 4. 20 Stations, additional, each 3. DO Contracts not taken for less than 3 years. Switchboard with power circuit and operator's set, per position 60. 00 Trunk, first 2-way 72.00 Trunks, additional 2-way, each 48.00 Stations, 100 or more, each 3. 00 No charge lor installation; contracts to be taken tor not less than 5 years. Xntercommunloating service— unlimited — Limited to 10 stations: Trunk, first 2-way $72.00 Trunks, additional 2-way, each 48. 00 Stations, each 15. 00 Contracts wiU not be accepted for less than 2 trunks and 5 stations. Under 3-yearcontract, no charge tor installation or material, including 300 feet of cable. Subscriber to pay for installation of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contract, actual cost of installation will be charged to subscriber. Apartment house service: Individual line, wall sets, only $20. 00 Vestibule intercommunicating set 20. 00 Janitor's set 20. 00 No contract to be taken tor less than 8 apartments, or for less than 3 years. Extensions, etc.: Business $12.00 Besidence 12.00 Outside e3(.tension, not over 100 feet from main line and not involving cable pair 18. 00 Outside extension with instrument, re^ar rate plus $12 per year per mile with a minimum of $12 for any one cable pair; $3 per year tor each additional quarter of a mile. BeU $3.00 Large gong 4. 20 Head cap receiver 3. 00 Booth — $5 InstEkUation charge and $12 per annum. Cord, Sfeet 2.40 Cord, 10 feet 3.00 Cords in standard length of 8 and 10 feet. Buzzer systems: 1 buzzer $3.00 2 buzzers 4.80 3 buzzers 6.60 4 buzzeis ". 8. 40 6 bu;szeis 10. 20 Single mounted jacks: 2 jacks, $5 installation and $1.50 per annum, slacks, $6 installation and $1.50 per annum. 4 jacks, $7 installation and $1.75 per annum. slacks, $8 installation and $2 per annum. 6]acks, $9 installation and $2.25 per annum. 7jacks, $10 installation and $2.50 per annum. 8 jacks, $12 installation and $2.75 per annum. 9]acks, $15 iostallation and $3 per annum. 10 j acks, $18 installation and $3.25 per annum. Each additional jack, $3 installation and 25 cents per annum. Extra name service: Joint user^ unlimited sevice $12. 00 Members of same firm, same business 3. 00 Besidence listings 3. 00 In case of a firm, one extra listing will be allowed free. Private line service: Instruments, including central office equipment, each $12.00 Private lines to be used in connection with the telephone business, without instruments, $12 per year per mile with a minimum of $12 tor any one cable pair; $3 per year for each additional quarter of a mile. Trunking cable pairs to be used in connection with the telephone business, without instruments, $24 per year per mile. Cable pairs for business foreign to the telephone business, without instruments, $6 per year per quarter of a mile, with a minimum of $24 for any one cable pair. Trunking cable pairs, tor business foreign to the telephone business, $48 per year per mile. Moving charges: Where the subscriber has had service for one year or more, he is allowed one move without extra charge, if renewal contract is signed. In moving private branch exchanges no charge will be made after the primary term oT the contract has expired. Where the subscriber has had service for less than one year there will be a moving charge as follows: Moving from one location to another in the same building $1. 00 Moving from one building to another or to an entirely diflerent address. 2. 50 Moving private branch exchanges will be charged according to the cost of doing the work. Changing instruments from one type to another $1. 00 Besidence service— Vacation rates: On written requests from the subscriber service will be suspended for a period of not exceeding 4 months during any one year. A rebate of one-halt the regular rental wiU be allowed duruig the time of such suspension. , , i.. , ^ Short-term contract: For subscribers desiring service for less than one year, short- term contracts may be accepted subject to a deposit of $5 on the following terms: 3 months' contract or less, double the regular rate; 3 to 6 months' contract, regular rate plus 50 per cent; 6 to 9 months' contract, regular rate plus 25 per cent. Cancellation of contract: A contract for regular exchange service may be cancelled by the subscriber upon written notice to the company at any time after 3 months' rental has been paw, upon payment to the company of a cancellation charge of $5 in addition to the re^ar rental. POKTI/AIVD, OREG.— Continued. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGBAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1912. [The local service area includes Portland and St. John.) Individual and party lines: Flat rates. Business... Besidence.. Indi- vidual line. $96. 00 36.00 2-party line. $60.00 27.00 4-party line. /Wall set, 1 $24. 001 \Desk set, i 27. 00/ Both-way auxiliary line. $72.00 Exten- sion station. $12.00 6.00 ' Applies only between 2-mlle radius and city limits. Message rates (business only, on monthly guarantee basis). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. 960 1,500 $48.00 60.00 2i 2 $30.00 $9.00 Subscribers' coin-box rates. Business, 1-party.. Business, 2-party... Besidence, l-party.. Guarantee (on monthly 3 local 2 local IJ local per day... per day... per day. . Minimum charge. $54. 75 36.50 27.38 Local message! (cents). Exten- sion station. $12.00 12.00 6.00 1 Betund of 2i cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee Individual and party-line short-term service: Flat rates- Three months' contract, double the regular rate for period of service. Three to six months' contract, regular rate for period of service plus 50 per cent. Six to nine months' contract, regular rate for period of service plus 25 per cent. Message rates— Begular rate for period of service plus $4. Bural line service— (suburban service): Business $36.00 Besidence 30.00 The company builds circuits up to 5 miles from the central office provided there is an average of 2 or more stations per mile of circuit. Beyond 5 miles the subscribers pay part or all of the construction cost. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department stores — Flat rates. An installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk Imes and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power, rmging circuit and an operator's telephone- Capacity 2 trunk lines, 4 stations $30. 00 Capacity 3 trunk lines, 7 stations 39. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an oper- ator's telephone for each position , per position 60. 00 First trunkltne, both-way 120.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 90. 00 Trunk lines. Incoming, each 76.80 Stations, each 12.00 Hotel and apartment house— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years nor for less than 3 trimk lines. Subscribers contract for an additional trunk line for each 25 stations or fraction thereof connected, in excess of 50)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringiog circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position , equipped for 15 lines $24. 00 Additional switchboard equipment for each group of five lines or less. . 2. 40 First trunk line, both-way 120.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 90. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 76. 80 Stations, not in guest rooms, each 12. 00 Stations, hi guest rooms, each- Desk Wall set. set. ItolO $9.00 $6.00 11 to 20 8.40 5.40 21 to 35 7.80 4.80 36 to 50 7.20 4.20 In excess of 50 6.00 3.00 Commercial and department store— Message rates (an installation charge is made it the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted tor less tlian 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an oper- ator's telephone for each position, 2 both-way trunk lines and 3,000 local messages per annum (on a monthly basis) $120. 00 Additional trunk line, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, each — First 20 9.00 In excess of 20 6. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 126 TELEPHONES. PORTIiAND. OREO Continued. No. 1. private branch exchanges— Continued. Hotel and apartment house — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods olless than 3 years)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone lor each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, not in guest rooms, each $12. 00 Stations, in guest rooms, each — Desk Wall set. set. ItolO $9.00 $6.00 11 to 20 8.40 5.40 21 to 35 7.80 4.80 36 to 50 7.20 4.20 In excess ot 60 6.00 3.00 Local messages, each, 2i cents. No. 2 private branch exdianges — Business— Flat rates (under 3-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Con- tracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations) : Keoeiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, and 1 both-way trunk line — Equipped for 10 lines $144.00 Equipped tor 20 lines 147.00 Equipped for 30 lines 150. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 90. 00 Trunk lines, incoming 76. 80 Stations, with switching device, eacii — Equipped for 10 lines 15. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 18.00 Equipped for 30 lines 21. 00 No. 1 residence systems— Flat rates (an installation charge is made to cover the labor of making the installation and tlie cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations) : Receiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, and 1 both-way trunk lines — Equipped for lOlines , $48. 00 Equipped tor 20 lines 51.00 Equipped for SOlines 54. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each — Equipped for 10 lines 9. 00 Equipped for 20 lines '- 12. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 15. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges— Business— Message rates (under 3-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the cos t of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made, to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 both-way trunk lines and 4 stations) : Eeceiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, 2 both- way trunk lines, and 3,000 local messages per annum (on a monthly basis) — Equipped for 10 lines $108. 00 Equipped for 201rnes 111. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 114.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24.00 Stations, with switching device, each — Equipped for lOlines 12. 00 Equipped for 201ines 15. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 18. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Excess exchangeline mileage (mileage charges are computed on route measurements beyond the city limits of Portland and St. John): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 2-party 1 ine, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 20 4-party line, per station, per quarter -mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension and tie-Line mileage (mileage charges are based on route measurements): Extension lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 Tie lines, between switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber- First mile or fraction thereof 30. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 7. 60 Extra directory listings: Business or residence, each 3. 00 Hotel, names of guests, each 6. 00 Joint-user service; Flat rates, business only ". 18. 00 Message rate or subscribers' coin-box 3. 00 Moving charges (no charge is made for moving station equipment in case the initial contract period has expired if the subscriber signs a new contract. Except as noted, the following charges apply): Moving a station to another location— In the same room $1.00 In the same building 2. 00 In another building 2. 50 FORT TAMPA, FL,A. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PENINSULAR TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 23, 1914. Individual and party-line flat>-rate service: Individ- ual Une. Individ- ual line joint user. ^^Se!^ joint user. "-1^ joint user. $54.00 30.00 $24.00 12.00 $48.00 27.00 $24.00 12.00 $42.00 24.00 $24.00 12.00 Extensions: Business station (desk or wall) $18. 00 Residence station (desk or wall) 12. 00 Bells (business or residence) 3.00 ■ Gongs (business or residence) 6.00 Directory service: Extra listing 6.00 Additional line 6.00 PRATTSBVRG, JV. V. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PRATTSBURG-OVER- LAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service. Individual Une. Party line. Rural party Une. Business $21.00 21.00 $15.00 15.00 $12.00 Residence... 12.00 PRIIWCETOIV, MINN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATB TELEPHONE, & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Individual line service: Individual Une. Extension station. Business $18.00 12.00 $6.00 6.00 Rural stations $15. 00 and $12. 00 Rural connecting companies, $2.50 per circuit per month and 10 cents eaoh for all- stations in excess ot 10 to a circuiC PROVIDEIVCK, R. I. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PROVIDENCE TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service: SCHEDUIE I. This schedule, with mileage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to mes- sages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a Providence or East Providence central office. Flat rates. Individual line. ^a^ "■^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. Business $80.00 48.00 $60.00 36.00 1 $60.00 '36.00 S30.00 $9 00 1 For stations more than 2 miles from a central office, 'with mileage charges. Message rates. Local messages per annum. Indi- vidual line. "■^ '■^ "iSf^ Addi- tional local messages (cents). Inward auxiliary line. Exten- sion station. Business: 600 or less.. Residence: 600 or less. . $40.00 30.00 $33.00 25.00 i$33.00 i$25.00 3 3 $30.00 $6.00 t.oa ' For stations more than 2 miles from a central office, with mileage charges. Subscribers' coin-box rates. Business, 4-party.. Residence, 4-party Guarantee.' li-5 cents local messages per day. 1-5 cents local message per day. . . Minimum charge. $27.37 18.25 Local messages (cents). ' Adjustments retroactive tor 3-month periods. Schedule II. This schedule, with mileage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to mes- sages without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation of a Providence, East Providence, Attleboro, Bristol, Centerdale, East Greenwich, Greenwood, North Attleboro, Pawtucket, Scituate, Valley, Warren, Warwick Neck, or Woon- socket central office. Flat rates. Individual line. ^?^' *-S^^ Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $120.00 100.00 $96.00 80.00 $30.00 $9.00- 6.0O $70.00 RATE SCHEDULES. 127 PROVIDIilWOE, R. I Continued. Individual and party-line service— Continued. SCHEDXJLE II— Continued. Message rates (business and residence). Local messages per ftTiTHim Indi- vidual line. ^1?^^ *-Sf Additional local messages. Inward auxiliaiy line. Exten- sion station. 600 or less — 700 S60.00 65.00 69.00 72.00 $50.00 55.00 59.00 62.00 $39.00 44.00 48.00 31.00 6 cents, or $5 per 100. 5 cents, or $4 per 100 S30.00 $6.00 800 900 3 cents . . . Private branch exchange service. — In tlie Providence district, which Includes the area within a radius ot approximately 16 miles from Providence, both local and district service is quoted. The cities and towns included within the respective local service areas are enumerated in connection with Schedules I and II under "Individual and party line service." In some of the following schedules the rate for trunk lines is shown as "Individual line, local or district rate," in con- nection with which it is to he understood that either rate la available. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Conmierclal— Flat rates— (This schedule entitles subscribers to local or district service, depending upon the rates paid for trunk lines. Under 1-year contracts subscribers bear the expense, in excess of $5 per station, iaourred in installing all equip- ment designed for connection with the exchange system. Under 3 or 6 year contracts installation charges are sometimes omitted in connection with the equipment designed for exchange service, but subscribers provide suitable conduits or runways for inside wiring. Under contracts of any term subscribers bear the total expense incurred in installing stations restricted to intercommunicating service. Contracts are lor not less than 3 stations, including operators' telephones. One station is furnished with- out additional charge for each trunk line connected) — Switchboard, with battery power and ringing circuit, without operators' telephones — Cordless, capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines $15.00 Cord, nonmultiple, lamp or magnetic signals- One position, capacity 10 trunks, 30 lines, equipped for — 20 lines or less 20. 00 21 to 30 lines 40. 00 One position, capacity 15 trunks, 80 lines, equipped for— 60 lines or less 40.00 61 to 80 lines 60.00 The same rates apply for each additional position. Trunk lines, both-way, each- Local service 80.00 District service 120. 00 Tnmk lines, incoming, each 30. 00 Stations, main or extension, each — Having exchange service 9. 00 For iatercommunicating purposes only 6. 00 Commercial — ^M^age rates (district service) (under 1-year contracts subscribers bear the expense. In excess of $5 per station, incurred in installing all equip- ment on the premises. Under 3 or 5 year contracts. Installation charges are sometimes omitted, but subscribeiB provide suitable conduits or run- ways lor inside wiring. Contracts are lor not less than 3 stations, including operators' telephones) — Switchboard, with battery power and ringing circuit, without operators' telephones- Cordless, capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines $16. 00 Cord, nonmultiple, lamp or magnetic signals — One position, capacity 10 trunks, 30 lines, equipped for— 20 lines or less 20.00 21 to 30 lines 40.00 One position, capacity 15 trunks, 80 lines, equipped for— 60 lines or less 40. 00 61 to 80 lines 60.00 The same rates apply for each additional position. Trunk lines, both-way only, each 30. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Messages, guarantee 600 per annum for each trunk line, each 0. 03 Commercial— Message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines (flat-rate trunk liaes may be connected with message-rate private branch exchanges, in which case all of the rates and regulations apply which are given in connection with flat-rate private branch exchanges, together with the following rates)— Trunk lines, both-way, including with each trunk Ime the number of local messages per annum specified in the individual line schedule, each indi- vidual line business, local, or district rate. ...... . Additional messages— standard rates quoted m connection with the busmess, individual line, local, or district schedules. -^ -^ ^^ ^ , Deipartment store— Message rates (district service) (subscribers bear the cost of all runways for wire or cable, including moulding and conduit. Contracts are lor periods of not less than 5 years and for not less than 75 stations)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power and ringing circuit, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, each, 824. Stations, each, $6. ' . ^ m._ , . . ^ Messages, guarantee 50,000 per annum, each, 3 cents. Thelooal service area to subscribers within the Providence district includes points to which the public telephone charge is 10 cents. All messages to such points are mcluded m computing the guarantee as to message use; if used in the conduct of the subscriber's business, these messages are charged at 3 cents each; if sold to patrons, they are charged to the subscriber at 5 cents each instead or at 3 cents each. Residence. $9.00 12.00 12.00 6.00 S.OO PROVIDENCE, R. I.— Continued. Schedule II— Continued. Private branch exchange service— Continued. Transient hotel, family hotel, and apartment house— Message rates (looalservice) (subscribers bear the cost of all runways for wire or caqle, including mould- mg and conduit. Contracts are for periods of not less than 6 years) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power and ringing circuit, without operators' telephones $36.00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 24.00 Stations, each 6. 00 Messages, guarantee 600 per annum with each trunk line, each 0. 03 No. 2 private branch exchanges: Busmess and residence— Flat rates (this schedule entitles subscribers to local or district service, depending on the rates paid lor trunk lines. Under 1-year contracts subscribers bear the expense, in excess of $5 per station incurred in Installiiig all equipment designed for connection with the exchange system. Under 3 or 6 year contracts, installation charges are sometimes omitted in connection with equipment designed for exchange service, but subscribers are required to provide suitable conduits or runways for inside wiring. Under contracts of any term, subscribers bear the total expense incurred in installing stations restricted to intercom- municating service. 'There are no minimum requirements as to the amount ol equipment. One station. without switching device is furnished without additional charge lor each trunk line connected)— Trunk lines, both-way, each, business or residence individual line local or district rate. Trunk lines, incoming, each, $30. Stations, with switching device, each— Business. Capacity 10 Imes $12.00 Capacity 20 lines 16. 00 Capacity 30 lines 15. 00 Stations, without switching device, each 9. 00 Stations, for intercommunicating purposes only, each. . 6. 00 Busmess and residence— Message rates (district service) (under 1-year contracts subscribers bear the expense, in excess of $5 per station, incurred in installing all equipment on the premises. Under 3 or 5 year contracts installation charges are sometimes omitted, but subscribers provide suitable conduits or runways for inside wiring. There are no minimuta requirements as to the amount of equipment — Trunk lines, both-way only, each $30.00 Stations, with switchmg device, each- Capacity 10 lines 9.00 Capacity 20 lines 12. 00 Capacity 30 lines 12. 00 Stations, without switching device, each 6.00 Messages, guarantee 600 per amniTn with each trunk Ime, each 0. 03 Businessandresidence— Message rates— With flat rate trunk lines.— Flat rate trunk lines may be connected with message-rate No. 2 private branch ex- change systems, in which case all ol the rates and regulations apply which are given in connection with flat-rate No. 2 private branch exchanges, to- getherwith the toUowing rates: Trunk lines, both-way, including with each trunk line the number of local messages per annum specified m the individual line schedule, each— business or residence individual lioe local or district rate. Additional messages— standard rates quoted in connection with the business or residence individual Ime local or district schedules. Short-term service: Individual and party line, flat rates- Six months or less, three-fourths annual rate. Each additional month, one-sixth of remaioing one-fourth of annual rate. Extension stations: Six months or less, $6. . . ,.. ., , , \. Each additional month, on6.sixth of remammg portion^ it any, of annual rate. Private branch exchange flat-rate trunk lines and stations may be funushed under the above rates. . ,. j- ^ ,. j Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-lme distances beyond 2 miles from a central office, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof): Individual line or P. B. X. trunk Ime $6.00 Two-party Ime, per station o.w> Four-party line, per station «■ JJ? Six-party line, per station • • ^.w Extension and tie-lme mUeage (charges are computed on route measurements): First half-mile or fraction thereof • * ?'!J; Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof s. uu Extra directory listings: Name of partner, officer, or manager ^."U Nameof clerk , 6-00 Member of subscriber's family '>•"" Joint-user service: Flat rates, individual line, busmess— Looalservice ?J-™ District service »u.uu Message rates, individual or party Ime, busmess. ..................... . . 6. 00 Movms charges -For movmg within the mitial contract period, subscribers pay actual cost: In connection with private branch exchange contracts, after expira- tion of the Initial contract period, subscribers either contract for the ensumg con- tract period or pay actual cost. PUtTElVBY, BJ. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE PRATTSBUEG-OVEE- LAND TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Business. . . Residence - Individual line. SIS. 00 15.00 Party line. $12.00 12.00 Rural party line. $12.00 12.00 128 TELEPHONES. READIIVG, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OP PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Beading and 41 surrounding localities.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. "■C^ "-^ Both- way auxiliary line. Extension station. $60.00 36.00 $48.00 30.00 $39.00 24.00 $42.00 S6 00 Eesidenoe 6.00 Message rates (biisiness only). Local messages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 l.OO'O 1,200 $36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 4 4 4 4 $6.00 Additional local messages $3 per 100 if contracted lor in advance. Bural line service: Business $39.00 It esidence 24. 00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence— Flat rates- Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $30. 00 First both-way trunk lines, business 60. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 42. 00 Trunk lines, both-way , residence, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Binging power. — Hand-operated generator, tor signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in coimection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence— Message rates- Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each 0. 03 Additional local messages, each 0. 04 If contracted for in advance in lots of 100, each 0. 03 Binging power. — Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 20 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an opera- tor's telephone for each position, $24. Trunk lines, both-way only (for flat-rate trunk lines, see the following para- graphs), no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each (no additional charge is made for the stations and booth equipment, installed in public corridors for the use of the general public), $6. Local messages. — The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public telephone rates for all local and toll messgaes and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages originating at the private branch exchange system. Hotel message rates — With flat rate trunk lines — Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges for use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of oiBcials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are to have flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines, and with any other private branch exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are not listed in directory. Flafrrate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard schedules for business flat-rate private branch exchange service. The charges for the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for connection with the flat-rate trunk lines, are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply under the business flat-rate and hotel message- rate schedules. READIIVO, PA ConthiVLed. Short-term service: Individual and party lines— Flat rates.— The table given below shows, associated with the correspondmg annual base flat rates, the rates lor periods of less than 1 year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 5 months. 6 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termmation charge. . . $12.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.50 11.00 13.55 U.55 14.60 12.10 15.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00' 12.60 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.50 10.50 16.00 11.00 17.50 11.50 19.00 12.00 20.60 12.60 22.00 13.00 23.60 13.60 $12.00 9.00 12.76 9.00 13.50 9.00 15.45 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.35 10.35 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.25 7.00 14.50 7.00 17.36 7.36 20.20 7.70 23.05 8.05 25.90' 8.40 28.76 8.76 31.60 9.10 34.46 9.46 $12.00 6.00 13.50 6.00 15.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 3L50 7.50 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge.. . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . ShorMerm rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . - $12.00 5.00 13.75 5.00 15.50 5.00 19.25 5.25 23.00 5.50 26.75 5.75 30.60 6.00 34.25 6.26 38.00 6.60 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 5.00 41.20 5.20 45.40 6.40 $12.00 3.00 14.26 3.00 16.60 3.00 21.15 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 36.10 3.60 39.75 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.05 $12.00 2.00 14.60 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.60 2.50 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.76 LOO 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.15 LIS 39.70 L20 46.25 1.25 50.80 1.30 66.35 L35 $12.00 ■"isJoo '"'is.' 66 "iifoo "moo "'36.' 66 "'42.' 66 "'48.' 66 ""s4.'66 '"eofoo Note. — The minimum charge is for 1 month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amoimt by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in coimection with any annual rate not specifled above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specifled above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — ^When the number of messages under a message rate contract is less than the minimum specifled in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the mini- mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note.— Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by nat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, efleotive from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacriflce of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maximum charge for local service and equipment is that specifled for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. 'When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the TniniTnuTn specifled in the schedule, the charge Is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used ml year. Extension stations.- The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remammg portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located m the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. RATE SCHEDULES. 129 RBAmiVG, PA Continued. Private branch exchanges: Switchboarde.—'The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate tor the period oi service, plus one-half the proportionaiie part of.the annual rate, for the remammg portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines.— The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the truni-lhie rate, under " Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of 1 of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, lor the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages.— When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used Bears to the number of messages guaran- teed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the mmimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in 1 year. Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line distance, beyond the municipal limits of Reading and Wyomissing, and beyond these limits to a radial distance of 2 miles from the Reading central oflicei: Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof '. $5. 00 Two-party .line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $5. Extra directory listings, business or residence, S3. Joint-user service — Business flat rate, individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch- exchange station, during the first year or within 1 year from the last free move — Inside move $1. 00 Outside move^ Main station moved Independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1. 00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved m conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboards under annual contracts, during the first year or within 1 year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move — room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 line.s or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move- Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal), 2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. READIIVa, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CONSOLIDATED TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 30, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. 2-party une. 4-party line. Extension station. Extension bell. Business $45.00 36.00 $36.00 30.00 $24.00 18.00 $6.00 6.00 $1.80 1.80 Private branch exchange rates: Switchboard, $30. Trunks, individual line rate for the first trunk, less $6 tor each additional trunk. Stations, in same building as private branch exchange; $6 each; outlying, $6 each per year plus excess mileage charge of $3.75 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. Private branch exchange rates are standard with the exception of the trunk line rates, which are governed by the exchange to which the private branch exchange is directly connected. RED CliOUD, NERR. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE LINCOLN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JULY 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service. ,_ ... . Individual Ime. 2-party line. "-^^ Farm line. $30.00 18.00 $24.00 15.00 $12.00 $18.00 RICBMOIVD, VA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. OF VIRGINIA IN EFFECT AUG. 18, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party line. tint^ Extension station. Business $72.00 36.00 $48.00 24.00 848.00 24.00 $12.00 6.00 Residence Message rates.'- Local messages per annum. Individ- ual line. "■r^:' ^-^e'^ Addi- tional local messages (cents). Exten- sion' station. Business: 1,200 $36.00 7.00 $36.00 7.00 18.00 $36.00 7.00 18.00 3 » $18.00 6.00 Limit of chargeper month. Residence: 600 ■.. 3 3 '18.00 800 24.00 5.00 Limit of chargeper month. 3.00 3.00 6.00 ' Monthly guarantee of one-twelfth of the contract number of "Local messages per annum." 2 One local message per month is allowed without additional charge for each 3 cents charged per month tor extension stations. Private branch exchange service; No. 1 private branch exchanges — Commercial and department store — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 lor each sta- tion connected, minimum charge, $24. Trunk lines, both-way, each $10S. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 54 00 Stations, main or extension, each 12. 00 Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum lor each circuit; an d a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The max- imum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central oiBce by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including oper- ators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit.— 'This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Commercial and department store — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with one operator's telephone, $1 for each sta- tion connected; minimum charge, $24. Trunk lines, both-way, each $48. 00 Trunk liaes, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages. — One local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents charged per month for switchboard, stations, and trunk lines. Additional local messages, each 3 cents. Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of $3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for eacn station, including operators' telephones. The max- imum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard. Including oper- ators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuits.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of $6 per annum. Hotel and apartment house— Message rates- Switchboard, cord only, with an operator's telephone for each position, $30. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each (no charge is made for stations. Including booth equipment, placed in public corridors for the use of the general pub- lic), $6. Local messages, each^ public telephone rate less 20 per cent. Battery power.— This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of 33 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum for each circuit; and a power charge of 36 cents per annum for each station, including operators' telephones. The max- imum charge is $2 per annum per station, including operators' telephones. The number of circuits required is determined by multiplying the number of feet, route measurement, between the switchboard and the central office by the number of stations connected with the switchboard, including oper- ators' telephones, and dividing the product by 30,000. Ringing circuit. — 'This charge is computed as follows: A circuit charge of S3 per annum per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement; a ter- minal charge of $6 per annum; and a power charge of S6 per annum. 81100 ■'—15- 130 TELEPHONES. RICHMOND, VA.— Continued. Private brancli exchange service— Continued. No. 2 private branch exchanges— Flat rates (contracts are accepted for periods of either 1 or 3 years. Under 1-year contract subscribers are required to pay the actual cost of cabling, including labor and material. The equipment furnished is that lor 10 lines.)— Trunk lines, both-way, each Receiving station, with switching device Stations, with switching device, each Battery power and ringing circuit 1-year contract. $108.00 18.00 12.00 15.00 3-year contract. $108.00 24.00 15.00 15.00 Short-term service: Individual and party lines— Flat rates. — The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than 1 year for all classes of flat- rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. - . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Sliort-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge . . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . 1 2 3 4 5 month. months. moiiths. months. months. $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 .7.00 12.25 12.50 12.75 13.00 13.25 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 12.50 13.00 13.60 14.00 14.50 U.OO 10.00 9.0O 8.00 7.00 13.55 14.50 15.45 16.40 17.35 11.55 10.50 9.45 8.40 7.35 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 15.65 17.50 19.35 21.20 23.05 12.66 11.50 10.35 9.20 8.05 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 17.75 20.50 23.25 26.00 28.75 13.75 12.50 11.25 10.00 8.75 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 19.85 23.50 27.15 30.80 34.45 14.85 13.50 12.15 10.80 9.45 6 monttis. $12.00 6.00 13.60 6.00 15.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.60 7.50 34.80 7.80 38.10 8a 10 Annual flat rates. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination eliarge. Sliort-term rate Termination charge. Sliort-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Sliort-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rat© Termination cliarge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. 7 8 9 10 11 months. months, months. 1 months. months. $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 13.75 14.00 14.25 14.50 14.75 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 15.50 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.50 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.05 5.25 •4.20 3.15 2.10 1.05 23.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 28.60 5.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 26.75 28.60 30.45 32.30 34.15 6.75 4.60 3.45 2.30 1.15 30.50 32.80 35.10 37.40 39.70 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 34.25 37.00 39.75 42.50 45.25 6.25 5.00 3.75 2.60 1.25 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 60.80 6.50 5.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 41.75 45.40 49.06 62.70 56.35 6.75 5.40 4.05 2.70 1.35 12 months. $12.00 "is." 66 "is." 66 "24." 66 "36." 66 "36.'66 " "42.' 66 "48." 66 "54.' 66 "eo.'oo Note. — The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to tho minimum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of me. Note.— Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use imder the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the aimual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specifled for the annual rate corresponding to the trimlc-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assiuued to be the one disconnected. RICHMOND, VA Continued. Private branch exchanges — Continued. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, tor the period of service, plus one-haft the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge bemg tliree-fourths of the established annual rats. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages, — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guar- anteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears, to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specifled in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate tor the^ messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the bass-rate area. On 2 and 4 party lines the charge is prorated between the- subscribers. Under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.60. Extension and tie-line mileage (under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month of the mileage charge), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement, $7.60.. Extra directory listings (under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, for each 3 cents per month charged for listings), business or residence, $3. Joint-user service (under message-rate contracts, one local message per month is allowed, without additional charge, tor each 3 cents per month charged for joint- user service): Individual Ime. 2 or 4 party- line. Flat rates: Business .... $24.00 12.'00 12jOO 2.50 12.00 2.00 $18.00 12.00' Message rates: Busmess 12.00' Limit of charge per month 2.50' Residence 12.00' 2.00 Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch ex- change station, during the first year or within one year from the last tre& move — Inside move $1. OO Outside move — Main station moved independently 3. 00' Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard l.M Extension station moved independently 3. 00' Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 00' Private branch exchange switchboards, during the first year or within one year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move — room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00- Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00- Cord switchboard, over 40 lines .•. At cost. At cost. Outside move- Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10. 09' Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18. 00- Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunkline, tie line, or outside extensionline (switchboard terminal) . . $3. DO- No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first »t subsequent years, at cost. ROCHESTER, N. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE. CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Rochester, Barnard, Brighton, Gates, ChDi, Cold Water, Irondequoit, Lincoln Park, Mortimer, and Sea Breeze.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual Ime. ■ 2-party line. Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. $48.00 30.00 $42.00 24.00 $36.00 22.50 $12. 00- Residence.. . 6 00' The following rates apply, instead of those shown above, in the event of a subscriber taking both business and residence service: Combination A: Individual line, business. Individual line, residence. Combination B: Individual line, business. 2-party line, residence Combmation C: 3-party line, business Individual line, residence. Combination D: 2-party line, business 2-party line, residence Annual rate. $48.00 24.00 48.00 21.00 42.00 27.00 42.00 21.00 Combined annual rate. $72.00' 69.00 69.00' 63.00> RATE SCHEDULES. 131 ROCHESTER, IV. Y.— Continued. Eural line service: Business j30.oo Residence 24. 00 Private branch exchange service: No. 1 private branch exchanges.— No charge is made for the installation ot No. 1 private branch exchanges except where the installation is exceptionally expensive or when the system is not likely to be reasonably permanent. Commercial and department store— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 2 stations, excluding operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cordless, with battery power and an operator's telephone $18. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power and an operator's teleiflione for each position — Fttstposition. j36.oo Additional positions, each 24.00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 48 00 Stations, main or extension- First 20, each 12 00 Over 20, each ". 6.00 Ringing circuit (no additional charge, if subscriber contracts for either 3 trunk Imes or 20 stations) 18. 00 Hotel and apaxtmenthouse — Messagerates — Switchboard, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position 36.00 Stations, mamorextension, each (no charge for stations, including booth equipment, placed in public corridors for the use of the general public) 6. 00 Trunklines, both-way only, no additional charge. Local messages, each, public telephone rate. Kinging circuit (no additional charge if subscriber contracts for either 3 triinJ: lines or 20 stations) 18. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges (an installation charge is made to cover the cost of construction of circuits between stations, including labor and material. Business — Flat rates — Trunk lines^ both-way only, each J42. OO Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 15. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 18. 00 Stations, without switching device, each 6. 00 No. 1 residence system: Flat rates (an installation charge is made to cover the cost of construction of circuits between stations, includinglabor and material) — Trunk lines, both-way only, each $24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each — Equipped for 10 Imes 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 15. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 18. 00 Stations, without switching device, each 6. 00 Short-term service: Individual andparty lines — Flat rates. — 'The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than 1 year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts wlliin the initial period. Annual fiat rates. 1 month. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. 5 months. 6 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. - . ShorMerm rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Shorf>term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Shori>term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.50 11.00 13.55 11.65 14.60 12.10 15.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.75 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.60 10.50 16.00 11.00 17.60 11.50 19.00 12.00 20.50 12.50 22.00 13.00 23.60 13.60 $12.00 9.00 12.75 9.00 13.60 9.00 15.45 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.36 10.35 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.25 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.16 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.25 7.00 14.50 7.00 17.35 7.36 20.20 7.70 23.06 8.05 25.90 8.40 28.75 8.76 31.60 9.10 34.46 9.45 $12.00 6.00 13.60 6.00 16.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.60 7.60 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Shori>term rate Termination charge. . . Shor1>termrate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Shorf>term rate Termination charge. . . Shorl^term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination cliarge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. - - $12.00 5.00 13.75 5.00 15.50 5.00 19.25 5.25 23.00 5.50 26.75 5.75 30.50 6.00 34.25 6.25 38.00 6.60 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 6.00 41.20 5.20 45.40 6.40 $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.60 3.00 21.15 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 36.10 3.60 39.75 3.76 44.40 3.90 49.06 4.05 $12.00 2.00 14.50 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.50 2.50 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.76 1.00 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.06 28.60 1.10 34.15 1.15 39.70 1.20 46.26 1.26 60.80 1.30 56.35 1.35 $12.00 "ie.'oo '"ii'oo ""24.'66 '"36.06 "'36.' 66 "'42'66 ""48." 66 "'64.'66 '"'66.'66 Note.— The minimum charge is for 1 month. For fractional parts of suc- ceeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge m connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. ROCHESTER, N. T.— Continued. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards.— Th.e charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk Ime rate, under "Flat rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate for the remaining portion of the year, the mmimum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement beyond the base rate area): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 50 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $7.60. Extra directory listings, business or residence, each, $3. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch exchange station — Inside move, no charge. Outside move, during first year or within 1 year from last free move — Main station moved Independently $3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switch- board 1.00 Extension station moved independently of main station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1.00 Private branch exchange switchboards — Inside move during first year or within one year from last free move- Same Another room. room. Cordless, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during first year or within 1 year from last free move- Cordless, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 2 private branch exchanges and No. 1 residence systems— First or subsequent years, estimated cost. ROCHESTER, N. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE BOCHESTEH TELE. PHONE CO. IN EFFECT FEB. 1, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Individual line. "■^^ ^S^ $48.00 36.00 $40.00 30.00 $24.00 Extensions: Individual line. ^^J' ""Lt^ Business: Station . $12.00 2.00 10.00 2.00 $12.00 2.00 10.00 2.00 $12 00 Bell 2.00 Residence: 10.00 Bell 2.00 Temporary service: Pro rata rate, plus cost of Installation and removal. Private branch exchange: Business (5-year contract, renewing itself from year to year after expiration; except with the city of Rochester and such other institutions as are pro- hibited by their respective charters or by-laws from making contracts for a period of more than 1 year. No charge for use of private switchboard, battery, or generator circuits. Subscriber pays expense of operating the private switchboard) — Trunks, each $48.00 Subscribers' stations, each 12. 00 Outside subscribers' stations, requiring 1 or more circuits, each cir- cuit 25.00 Additional stations on such circuit 15.00 Systems operating 8 or more trunks, each trunk 36. 00 Systems operating 40 or more subscribers' stations, each station 8. 00 Systems owned and maintained hy subscribers of less than 40 stations — Battery and generating circuits, each 26. OO Trunks, each 48.00 Subscribers' stations, each 8.00 More than 40 subscribers' stations, trunks Special. Hotels (10-year contract)— 50 or more subscribers' stations, each, $2. Each message to central station, 2 cents. No charge for battery or generator cir- cuits. If equipment is owned and maintained by subscriber, no rental from subscribers' stations; 2i cents charged for each outooming message to central station. 132 TELEPHONES. BOOHESTER, N. Y Continued. Intercommunicating ystem: Business (5-year contract)— Subscribers' stations, eacb, SIO. 00 All other conditions and rates regulated by ttiera, same as specified imder private branch excliange. esidence (owned and maintained by subscriber) — Trunk, including 1 station $36. 00 Two additional stations 8. 00 Additional stations, below 30, each , 2. 00 Additional stations, more than 30, each '. 1. 00 vircuits leased.— Circuits in use for telephone service, leased to the Denio General Electric Co. for attaching flre-alarm boxes, for one-half the rental collected by them tor such flre-alarm boxes. Morse circuits.— Lines used for press and brokers' telegraph reports, all telegraph apparatus furnished by subscriber, $100. VILLAGE OF EAST EOCHESTEB. Business— Magneto trunk direct line, $75. TOWN OP lEONDEQUOIT. Not exceeding 6 miles from central station, magneto lines, open ringing: Individual line. 2-party line. 4-party line. S60.00 60.00 12.00 10.00 2.00 $48.00 40.00 12.00 10.00 2.00 S40.00 Residence 24.00 Business extension station 12.00 10.00 Extension bell 2.00 Pay stations. — Summer residence rates, unlimited number on line, S12 per summer season lor 150 messages to or from central station; 10 cents for each additional Residence.— More than 6 miles from central station, magneto line, open ringing, individual line, $175. TOWN OF BKIGHTON. Individual line. 2-party line. 4-party line. Unlimited party line. Residence: Magneto line, open ringing $24.00 Three and not over 4 miles from central station, cen- tral energy, selective ring- $30.00 10.00 2.00 $40.00 10.00 2.00 $30.00 10.00 2.00 Extension stations 10.00 2.00 TOWN OF PITTSFOKD. More than 6 and less than 6 miles from central station: Individual line. 'S^' '?£' Residence: S90.00 10.00 2.00 $50.00 10.00 2.00 $40.00 10.00 2.00 More than 6 and less than OJ miles from central station: Individual line. Yi^j'^ 4-party line. Kesidence: $160.00 10.00 2.00 $125.00 10.00 2.00 $75. 00 10.00 2.00 PART OF TOWNS OP CHILI, GATES, GREECE, HENRIETTA, PENFIELD, AND PITTSFORD. Residence— Magneto line, open ringing, unlimited party line, $24. FOREST LAWN, TOWN OP WEBSTER. Residence: Megneto line, open ringing $40. 00 Pay station, $12 per summer season for 160 messages, 10 cents for each additional message, unlimited number of subscribers on a line. Extension stations 10. 00 Extension bell 2. 00 ROOnHOUSE, IliL,. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business $24.00 Business with extension on same line in same building 36. 00 Residence 12. 00 Esidence with extension on same line in same building 18. 00 BITSH CITY, MIIVIV. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TEI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Business station, individnal line, 824. Residence station, individual line, $18 and $12. Extension station, S6. Rural phone, $16. Rural connecting companies, $2.50 per curcuit per month and 10 cents each for all stations in excess of 10 to a circuit. SACRAMENTO, CAIi. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1912. [The local service area includes all of Sacramento.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Business... Residence. Indi- vidual line. $72.00 36.00 2-party line. $42.00 27.00 4rparty line. 18.00 Auxiliary line. rinward 136. 00 \Both-way 54. 00 Exten- sion station. $12.00 6.00 Message rates (on montMy guarant-ee basis). Business only: Local messages per aTiTmrn 960 Individual line $42.00 Additional local messages $0. 02 Both-way auxiliary line $30. 00 Extension station $9. 00 Subscnbers' coiTirbox rates. Business, l-party. . . Business, 2-party. . . Residence, l-party. . Guarantee (on monthly basis). 3 local 2 local li local per day. . per day. . per day. Minimum charge. $54.75 36.50 27.38 Local 15 25 15 Exten- sion station. $12.00 12.00 6.00 1 Refund of 2^ cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. 3 Refund of 2 cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Individual and party-line short-term service: Three-months' contracts, double regular rate lor period of service. Tl^ee to six months' contracts, regular rate for period of service plus 50 per cent. Six to nine months' contracts, regular rate tor period ol service plus 25 per cent. Rural line service (suburban service): • Business $36.00 Residence 30.00 The company builds circuits up to 5 miles from the central office provided there is an average of 2 or more stations per mile of circuit. Beyond 5 miles the subscribers pay part or all of the construction cost. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store — Flat rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power, rmging circuit, and an operator's telephone — Capacity 2 trunks, 4 lines $30. 00 Capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines 39. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery jjower, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, per position 60. 00 First trunk line, both-way 96. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 72. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Trunk lines, outgoing, each 72. 00 Stations, each 12. 00 Hotel and apartment house — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted tor a period of less than 3 years nor lor less than 2 trunk lines. Subscribers contract tor an additional trunk line tor each 25 stations or fraction thereof connected in excess of 50. Subscribers furnish wiring between the switchboard and star tions) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, equipped lor 15 lines $24.00 Additional switchboard equipment lor each group of 5 lines or fraction thereof 2.40 First trunk line, both-way 96. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 72, 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Trunk lines, outgoing, each 72. 00 Stations, not in guest rooms, wall or desk, each 12. 00 Stations, in guest rooms, each^ Desk Wall set. set. 1 to 10 $9.00 $6.00 11 to 20 8.40 5.40 21 to 35 7.80 4.80 36 to 50 7.20 4.20 Over 50 6.00 3.00 Commercial and department store — Message rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord, with battery power, ringing circuit, an operator's telephone tor each position, two both-way trunk lines and 3,000 local messages per annum (on a monthly basis) ji20. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24.00 RATE SCHEDULES. 133 SAORAMEIVTO, CAI^,— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Stations, each— lto20 $9.00 Over 20 6.00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Hotel and apartment house — Message rates (contracts are not accepted lor periods ol less than 3 years. Subscribers lurnish wiring between the switchboards and stations) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. i Stations, not in guest rooms, wall or desk, each, $12. Stations, in guest rooms, each- Desk WaU let Sfit ItolO $9.00 $6.00 11 to 20 8. 40 5. 40 21 to 35 7. 80 4. 80 36 to 60 7.20 4.20 Over 50 6.00 3.00 Local messages, each, 2^ cents. Ko. 2 private branch exchanges — Business — Flat rates (under 3-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contracts aai installation charge is made to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted tor less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations): Receiving station, with switching device, battery power, and ringing circuit — Equipped lor 10 lines $24. 00 Equipped lor 20 lines 27. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 30. 00 Fust both-way trunk line 96. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 72. 00 First outgoing trunk line 72. 00 Additional trunk lines, outgoing, each 54. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, with switchmg device, each — Equipped for 10 lines 16. 00 Equipped lor 20 lines 18. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 21.00 No. 1 residence systems — Flat rates (an installation charge is made to cover the labor ol making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Con- tracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations): Eeceiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, and 1 both-way trunk line — Equipped for 10 lines $48. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 61.00 Equipped for 30 lines 64. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 9. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 16. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges — Business — Message rates (under 3-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the labor of mak- ing the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 4 stations): Receiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, necessary outgoing trunk lines, 1 incoming trunk line, and 3,000 local messages, per annum (on a monthly basis) — Equipped for 10 Imes $108.00 Equipped for 20 lines 111. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 114. 00 Additional trunk lines, incoming, each 36. 00 Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 15. 00 Equipped tor 30 lines 18.00 Additional local messages, each - - - - 0. 02 Excess exchange line mileage (mileage charges are computed on route measurements beyond the city limits): . ^. .,. , -. „„ Individual line, per quarter-mile or traction thereof $6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 20 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Extension line mileage (mileage charges are computed on route measurements), extension lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $6. Extra directory listings: Business or residence, each «^- "JJ Hotel, names of guests, each o- oo Joint-user service: ,„ Flat rates, business only --.. - ^J-O" Message rates or subscribers' corn-box rates — - -.- • - . ?• yu Moving charges (no charge is made for moving station eqmpment m case the imtial contract period has exphed, provided the subscnber signs a new contract). Except as noted, the following charges apply: Moving a station to another location— In the same room o'm In the same building J-"}; In another building '*•"" SAGIIVAW, MICH. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE MICHIGAN STATE TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 24, 1914. Individual and party-line service (flat rates): Business. . . Residence - Individual line. $46.00 24.00 2-party line. $36.00 20.00 Extension station. $9.00 /With bell, 9.00 Without bell, 6.00 Individual and party-line short-term service.-The charge is the Proportionate part SSeionual rate for the class of service employed, plus a ternunation charge equa^ to 60 per cent of the rate for the unexpired portion of the contract term, maxunum tenmnation charge $7.60. Rural-line service, business or residence, $18. SAGINA1V, MICH Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store — Flat rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, including battery power and ringing cir- cuit $12.00 Operator's telephone 12. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 46. 00 Stations, each- Main 12.00 Extension 9. 00 Hotel— Flat rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and 1 operator's telephone 6. 00 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 46. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Hotel — Message rates (subscribers bear the cost of wiring) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and 1 operator's telephone 6. 00 Trunk lines, no additional charge. Stations, each 6.00 Local messages, each 0. 05 No. 2 private branch exchanges: Flat rates — Trunk lines- Business, both-way only, each 46. OO Residence, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations with switching device- Business 18.00 Residence (if subscriber pays installation charges the rate is 812) 15. 00 Excess exchange line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-Une distances beyond the base-rate area): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $3. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 2. 00 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measure- ments, $7.60. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Joint-user service, business or residence, $6. Moving charges (If the initial contract term has not expired and subsequently, if the contract is not renewed for the ensuing term) : Inside move, per main station and associated apparatus $1. 00 Outside move, per main station and associated apparatus 2. 00 No. 1 private branch exchange switchboard or No. 2 private branch exchange station At cost. ST. CHARIiES, MO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE KINLOCH LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 2, 1914. Individual and party-line service: Business. . . Residence. Individual line. $30.00 18.00 2-party line. $24.00 15.00 4-party line. $13.20 Extensions: Business stations $12.00 Residence stations 6.00 ST. JOSEPH, MO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE MISSOURI & KANSAS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 22, 1914. Individual and party-line service (flat rates): Business . . Residence . Individual line. $60.00 30.00 2-party line. $48.00 24'. 00 Incoming auxiliary line. $36.00 Extension station. $12.00 (') 1 Desk set, $12; wall set, $7.80. Wall set without bell, $6. Individual and party-line short-term service. The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed, minimum period 1 month, plus a termination charge equal to $1 per month for the unexpired portion of the mital contract year. Rural-line service, business or residence, $18. Contracts are not accepted for less than 4 nor more than 10 subscribers on a line, nor for an average of less than 1 subscriber per mile of circuit. No. 1 private branch exchanges: , , ^ ^ , . j , , Commercial and department store— Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power and an operator's telephone, capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines $24.00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position, capacity 80 lines- Equipped for 15 lines or less 24. 00 Additional equipment, for each group of 5 lines or less 2. 40 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 60. 00 Stations, each— lto40 1200 41 to 60 9-00 61 to 80 6- 00 81 to 100 3.60 Over 100 J.OO Ringing circuit 24. 00 134 TELEPHONES. ST, JOSEPH, MO.— Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges— Continued. Fajnily hotel and apartment house— Flat rates (subscribers furnish and maintain wiring between switchboard and stations in hotel rooms. Contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power and operator's telephone, ca^ pacity 3 trunks, 7 lines $24. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each position, capacity 80 lines — Equipped tor 15 lines or less $24. 00 Additional equipment for each group of 5 lines or less 2. 40 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 60. 00 Stations, each — ItolO 6.00 llto20 5.40 21 to 35 4.80 36 to 50 4.20 51 to 100 3.60 Over 100 3.00 Ringing circuit 24. 00 Transient hotel— Message rates (subscribers furnish and maintain the wiring between the switchboard and stations in hotel rooms)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, each — ItolO $6.00 11 to 20 5.40 21 to 35 4.80 36 to SO 4.20 51 to 100 3.60 Over 100 3.00 Local messages, each 0. 02J No. 2 private branch exchanges: Busmess and residence — Flat rates. (The company furnishes the interior wiring. An installation charge is made where excessive construction is necessary. Contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations. The maximum equip- ment furnished consists of 10 lines)- Trunk lines, both-way only, each — Business $60.00 Residence 30. 00 Stations, with switching device, each- Business 15. 00 Residence 12. 00 Stations, without switching device, each 12. 00 Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the city limits): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $6.00 Two-party line, per s1;ation, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 20 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on the shortest established route between terminals), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $6. Extra directory listings, busmess or residence, each, $3. Joint-user service: Business $12.00 Residence 6. 00 Moving charges: Inside move — Same room 1. 00 Same building 1. 60 Outside move 2. 50 ST. liOVIS. MO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE EINLOCH TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 2, 1914. fExchange area includes St. Louis, Maplewood, and University City, Mo., and East St. Louis, nl.] Individual and party-line service: Individual line. ""C!^ T^ $72.00 48.00 $60.00 36.00 $24.00 Excess exchange-line mileage (based on air-line distance from exchange limits to subscriber's station): Individual line, per quarter mile or fraction thereof $9. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or traction thereof 6. 00 Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 00 Privateoranch exchanges: Commercial- Trunks, unlimited, each 125. 00 Trunks, limited, each 48. 00 Switchboards, cord circuit, standard 60. 00 Stations, each 6. 00 Excess mileage on all outlying stations, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 7.60 Hotels- Switchboards 60. 00 Stations 3. 00 The subscriber furnishes and pays operator. Intercommunicating automatic system. — Subscriber pays cost of interior wiring. No operator is required. Minimum service, 1 trunk and 3 stations; maximum service, 2 trunks and 8 stations. Business trunks unlimited, each $125 per annum. Busmess stations $12 each per annum. Residence trunks, $60; stations, $9. Extensions: Business stations $18. 00 With outside connections 24. 00 Desk sets 6.00 Residence stations (desk or wall set, optioiml) 12. 00 Bells (within building)— Standard, installation charge 8. 00 Loud ringing, installation charge 15. 00 Extension arms, common battery exchanges onlyj 75 cents per annum, or Installation charge, $5. Switching key, 2-point switch, installation, each, $5. Private lines: Mileage, each quarter-mile or fraction thereof, route measurement $9. 00 Telephone sets, standard equipment, each 12. 00 Jacks, in connection with portable sets, installation, each 5. 00 ST, liOUIS, MO.— Continued. Moving charges: Stations, any location, not to exceed $5. Changes of location of private branch exchange or Intercommunicating system will be charged tor at actual cost. No moving charge will be made It instrument has been in continuous service for 1 year or more at the present location, or when move is accompanied by change to a higher grade of service, providing subscriber signs new contract. Directory service: Extra listing, per line, nonsubscriber $8. 00 Extra listing, per line, regular subscriber 6. 00 Boldfaced type, per line 2. 50 Extra listmgs 3 . 00 ST. liOVIS, MO., AND EAST ST. K,01JIS, Ilili. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN TELE- GRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. (OF MISSOURI) IN EFFECT AUG. 22, 1914. In the application of exchange rates, St. Louis, University City, Maplewood, and Welston, Mo., and East St. Louis, 111., together with the suburban municipali- ties of Granite City, Madison, and Venice, 111., are treated as one area. The rates shown below under Schedule I are available in all of this area, whereas the rates shown below under Schedule II are available In all parts ot the area except ing the cities ot St. Louis, University City, Maplewood, and Welston. AU subscribers in Granite City, Madison, and Vrauce are served from one central office in Granite City. Those stations served under Schedule I bear the designa- tion "Illinois," and those stations served under Schedule II bear the designation "Tri-City." There is no toll charge tor messages, in either direction, between "Illinois" subscribers and subscribers under Schedule I in St. Louis or East St. Louis, but there is a toll charge for messages in either direction betwaen "Tri- City " subscribers and subscribers served by any other central office. Subscribers in University City, Maplewood, and Welston are served from St. Louis, Mo. Individual and party-line service: Schedule I. This schedule Is available in St. Louis, University City, Maplewood, Welston, East St. Louis, Granite City, Madison, and Venice, and, with mileage charges when applicable, entitles subscribers to messages, without other charges, to all stations in Granite City, Madison, and Venice, which bear the designation "Illinois," and all stations bearing the designation of any St. Louis or East St. Louis central office. Flat rates. Individ- ual line. "■s?^ ^Snt^ Extension station. Business $78.00 48.00 $66.00 36.00 $18 00 $24.00 $12.00; wall set without bell. $6.00. Message rates i (business only). Local messages per annum. Individual line. "Sfe!^ Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 1,800 $45.00 60.00 72.00 $39.00 48.00 4 3 2 $6.00 1 This service is not available to subscribers in Granite City, Madison, or Venice. Subscribers' coin-box rates.^ Guarantee. -- Business, 1-party . . . Business, 2-party . . . Residence, 1 party. - Residence, 2-party. . 3 local 2 local 2 local U local per day. , per day. , per day. , per day. Minimum charge. $54.00 36.00 36.00 27.00 Local messages (cents). as 85 25 »5 1 This service is not available to subscribers in Granite City, Madison, or Venice. 2 Refund of 2 cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. 3 Refund of 1 cent per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. SCHEDtTLE II. This schedule is available to aU subscribers in East St. Louis, and entitles such subscribers to local messages to all stations bearing the designation of an East St. Louis central office. The schedule is also available to all subscribers in Granite City, Madison, and Venice, and entitles such subscribers to local messages, without other charges, to all stations bearing the designation "Illinois" or "Tri-City." Flat rates. Individual line. "■^nf ^ ' 4-party fine. Extension station. $42.00 30.00 $30.00 24.00 $12.00 6.00 >$18.00 1 Not available in East St. Louis. RATE SCHEDULES. 135 ST. E.Oi;i!S, MO., AND EAST ST. liOVIS, Ilili,— Continued. Schedule II— Continued. Individual and party-line short-term service.— The charge Is the proportionate part of the aimualrate for the class of service employed, plus a termination charge etermrate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 11.00 12.25 11.00 12.50 11.00 13.55 11,55 14.60 12.10 16.65 12.65 16.70 13.20 17.75 13.76 18.80 14.30 19.85 14.85 $12.00 10.00 12.60 10.00 13.00 10.00 14.50 10.50 16.00 11.00 17.50 11.60 19.00 12.00 20.50 12.50 22.00 13.00 23.50 13.60 $12; 00 9.00 12.75 9.00 13.60 9.00 16.45 9.45 17.40 9.90 19.35 10.35 21.30 10.80 23.25 11.26 25.20 11.70 27.15 12.15 $12.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 14.00 8.00 16.40 8.40 18.80 8.80 21.20 9.20 23.60 9.60 26.00 10.00 28.40 10.40 30.80 10.80 $12.00 7.00 13.26 7.00 14.60 7.00 17.35 7.36 20.20 7.70 23.05 8.05 25.90 8.40 28.75 8.75 31.60 9.10 34.45 9.45 $12.00 6.00 13.50 6.00 15.00 6.00 18.30 6.30 21.60 6.60 24.90 6.90 28.20 7.20 31.60 7.50 34.80 7.80 38.10 8.10 Annual fiat rates. 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. J12.00 16.00 X8.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. . . $12.00 5.00 13.76 6.00 15.50 5.00 19.25 5.25 23.00 5.50 26.76 6.75 30.50 6.00 34.25 6.25 38.00 6.50 41.75 6.75 $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60' 32.80 4.80 37.00 6.00 41.20 5.20 45.40 5.40 $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.50 3.00 21.16 3.16 25.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 35.10 3.60 39.75 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.05 $12.00 2.00 14.50 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.50 2.60 47.60 2.60 62.70 2.70 $12.00 1.00 14.75 1.00 17.50 1.00 23.05 1.05 28.60 1.10 34.15 1.15 39.70 1.20 45.25 1.25 50.80 1.30 56.35 1.35 $12.00 "'is.' 66 "'i8.'66 "'24.'66 ""36.66 '"36.' 66 "'42.' 66 "'48.' 66 ""54.' 66 "'66.' 66 Note. — The minimum charge is for 1 month. For fractional parts of suc- ceeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amovmt by which the rate increases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connec- tion with any annual rate not specifled above, add to the proportionate part of such aimual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located In the same building as the main station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. SYRACUSE, N. T.— Continued. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards. — The charge Is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specified lor the aimual rate corresponding to the trunk line rate, under " Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-hall the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switehboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one discontinued. Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement beyond the base-rate area): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk luie, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 3. 60 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-hne mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $6. Extra directory Ustings, business or residence, $3. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch exchange station — Inside move, no charge. Outside move, during first year or within 1 year from last free move — Main station moved independently $3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switchboard 1. oo Extension station moved independently of main station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. oo Private branch exchange switchboards — Inside move during first year or within 1 year from last free move — Same Another room. room. Cordless, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during first year or within 1 year from last free move — Cordless, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 2 private branch exchanges and No. 1 residence systems; First or subsequent years, estimated cost. XAOOMA, WASH. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT JAN. 1, 1912. Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. nne. Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. $72.00 36.00 $48.00 24.00 $64.00 $12.00 Message rates (business only, on monthly guaraiUee basis). Local messages per annum i, 200 Individual Ime $48. 00 Additional local messages o. 02 Both-way auxiliary line i 30. 00 Extension station 9. 00 Subscribers' coirirbox rates. Guarantee (on monthly basis). Minimum charge. Local messages (cents). Exten- sion station. Business only: l-nartv 3 local messages per day 2 local messages per day $54.75 36.50 15 25 $12 00 1 Refund of 2J cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. 3 Refund of 2 cents per message on local message charges in excess of guarantee. Individual and party-line short-term service: Three months' contracts, double regular rate for period of service. Three to six months ' contracts, regular rate for period of service plus 50 per cent. Six to nine months' contracts, regular rate for period of service plus 25 per cent. Rural-line service (suburban service): Business $36. 00 Residence 30. o6 The company builds circuits up to 5 miles fi'om the central office provided there is an average of 2 or more stations per mile of circuit. Beyond 5 miles the subscribers pay part or all of the construction cost. 81100°— 15 -10 146 TELEPHONES. TACOMA, WASH Continued. No. 1 private branch exchanges: Commercial and department store— Flat rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cordless, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone — Capacity, 2 trunks, 4 lines $30. 00 Capacity, 3 trunks, 7 lines 39. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an opera- tor's telephone for each position, per position 60.00 First trunk line, both-way 96. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 72. Oq Trunk lines, incoming, each 57. 60 Stations, each 12. 00 Hotel and apartment house — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years nor for less than 2 trunk lines. Subscribers contract for an additional trunk line for each 25 stations or fraction thereof connected, in excess of 50. Subscribers furnish wiring between the switchboard and sta- tions) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, equipped for 15 lines S24. 00 Additional switchboard equipment for each group of 5 lines or fraction thereof 2. 40 First trunk line, both-way 96. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 72. 00 Trnnlr lines, incoming, each 57. 60 Stations, not in guest rooms, wall or desk, each 12. 00 Stations, in guest rooms, each— Desk set. Wall set. ItolO S9.00 S6.00 11 to 20 8.40 5.40 21 to 35 7.80 4.80 36 to 50 7.20 4.20 Over 50 6.00 3.00 Commercial and department store— Message rates (an installation charge is made if the contract period is less than 3 years. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk Imes and 4 stations, excluding operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, an opera- tor's telephone for each position, 2 both-way trunk lines, and 3,000 local messages per annum (on monthly basis) 3120. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way only, each 24. 00 Stations, each: lto20 9.00 Over 20 6.00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Hotel and apartment house — Message rates (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 3 years. Subscribers furnish wiring between the switenboard and stations)^ Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone tor each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, not in guest rooms, wall or desk, each $12. 00 Stations, in guest rooms, each — Desk set. Wall set. ItolO S9.00 $6.00 11 to 20 8.40 5.40 21 to 35 7.80 4.80 36 to 50 7.20 4.20 Over 50 6.00 3.00 Local messages, each, 2i cents. No. 2 private branch exchanges — Business — Flat rates (under 3-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made, to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 trunk lines and 4 stations): Receiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, and one both-way trunk line — Equipped for 10 lines $120.00 Equipped for 20 lines 123.00 Equipped for 30 lines 126.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 72. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 57. 60 Stations, with switehmg device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 15. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 18.00 Equipped for 30 lines 21.00 No. 1 residence system— Flat rates (an installation charge is made, to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations): Eeceiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, and one both-way trunk line- Equipped for 10 lines S48.00 Equipped for 20 lines 51. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 54. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each — Equipped for 10 lines 9. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 12.00 Equipped for 30 lines 15.00 No. 2 private branch exchange— Business — Message rates (under 3-year contracts an installation charge is made to cover the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Under 1-year contracts an installation charge is made, to cover the labor of making the installation and the cost of cable in excess of 300 feet. Contracts are not accepted for less than 2 both-way trunk lines and 4 stations): Receiving station, with switching device, battery power, ringing circuit, 2 both-way trunk lines, and 3,000 local messages per annum (on monthly basis)— Equipped for 10 lines $108.00 Equipped for 20 Unas 111.00 Equipped for 30 lines 114.00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Stations, with switching device, each- Equipped for 10 lines 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 15. 00 Equipped for 30 lines 18. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 02 Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on route measurements beyond the city limits): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 20 TACOniA, WASH Continued. Extension and tie-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on route measure- ments): Extension lines, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 Tie lines between swiichboards contracted for by the same subscriber — First mile or fraction thereof 30. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 7. 50 Extra directory listings: Business or residence, each 3. 00 Hotel, names of guests, each 6. 00 Joint-user service: Flat rates, business only 18.00 Messagerates or subscribers' coin-box rates , 3.00 Moving charges (no charge is made for maving station equipment in case the initial contract period has expired, provided the subscriber signs a new contract. Except as noted, the following charges apply): Moving a station to another location — In the same room $1.00 In the same building 2. 00 In another building 3. 50 TAMPA, FliA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PENINSULAR TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 23, 1914. Individual and party-line flat-rate service: Individ- ual line. Individ- ual line joint user. Business... Residence. $54.00 30.00 $24.00 12.00 3-party line. $48.00 27.00 2-party line joint user. $24.00 12.00 4-party J-pa $42.00 24.00 4-party line joint user. $24.00 12.00 Extensions: Business station (desk or wall) $18. 00 Residence station (desk or wall) 12. 00 BeUs (business or residence) 3. 00 Gongs (business or residence) 6. 00 Intercommunicating systems: Individual line 54. 00 One extension 24. 00 Extra extensions, each 18. 00 Two line, one extension 102. 00 Extra extensions, each 24. 09 Three line, one extension 150. 00 Extra extensions, each 36. 00 Directory service: Extra listing 6. 00 Additional line 6. 00 TARPOIV SFRIIWGS, F1.A. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE PENINSULAR TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 23, 1914. Individual and party-line flat-rate service: Individ- ual line. Individ- ual line jointuser. "-r^ 2-party line joint user. '■f^ 4-party line joint user. Business $36.00 24.00 $15.00 9.00 $30.00 18.00 $12 00 $21.00 $6.00 6.00 Extensions: Business station (desk or wall) $12- 00 Residence station (desk or wall) , 12. OO Bells (business or residence) 3. oO Gongs (business or residence) 6. 00 Directory service:. Extra listing 3. 00 Additional line 3. 00 TEBRi: HAUTE, IIVD. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE R'ATBS OF THE CITIZENS INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT MAY 12, 1914. Individual and party-line service. Individual line. ^C.'^ 4-party Ime. 8-party rural. Extension station. $36.00 24.00 $30.00 21 00 $12.00 $18.00 $18.00 6.00 THIEF RIVER FAI.I.S, RIIIVN. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 10, 1914. Indlvldual-llne flat rate : Business station $24. 00 Residence station 18.00 Extension station 6. 00 Rural station 18. 00 Private branch exchange, per year per station 5. 00 Rural connecting companies, ii per year per station. RATE SCHEDULES. 147 TOI.BDO, OHIO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE TOLEDO HOME TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT NOV. 1, 1911. [Exchange area confined to city limits of Toledo.] Individual and party-line service: Individual line. "■L^!^ '?£' Business $48.00 30.00 140.00 24.00 J18. 00 Buial individual and party-line service: Business . . Kesidence. 4-party line. S48.00 30.00 8-party line. J40.00 24.00 Individual and 2-party service, $12 per mile or fraction thereof added to the city rate. Private branch exchanges: Commercial — Switchboard $20.00 Trunks, each 48. 00 Stations within same buUding 12. 00 Stations outside building, 2 cable pairs 48. GO Stations outside building, 1 cable pair 40. 00 Stations outside building within 1,200 feet, 1 cable pair 18. 00 Power generator circuit 12. 00 Hotels.— Each telephone instiument $4 for the first year and $5 for each year thereafter for 5 years. Switchboard and trunk lines free. 50 per cent of the local receipts are rebated to the hotel company, and all toll receipts are retained by the telephone company. Intercommumcating system: Trunk lines $48.00 Stations 12.00 Private branch exchange or intercommunicatmg systems sold: For first trunk Ime $80 net per ftnnnTn and $70 net per aimum for each additional trunk line. Public pay stations are installed in drug stores and business houses at a guarantee of $54 per year. A 5-cent charge for all local messages is made, and all long-dis- tance messages at the regular toU rate. Fifty per cent of the local receipts is re- bated to the subscriber. All toll receipts are reTained by the telephone company. Leased telephone loops at a rental of S24. 00 Leased telegraph loops at a rental of 50. 00 Vacation rates: Subscribers who are absent from the city for 2 months or more are allowed 50 per cent discount during the period of absence. Miscellaneous service: Push button and buzzer circuit S3. 00 Combination brackets 1. 60 Business extra name listing 12. 00 Residence extra name listing 6. 00 Cut-off switches 3. 00 Loud-ringing gong 6.00 WaU jacks 300 Chargmg circuits ^4.00 Return push buttons and buzzer circuit 4. 00 Leased telephone instruments, each 1-50 Submarinelxunk Unes, for the first trunk 80. 00 Submarine trunk Unes, for additional trunks, each 70. 00 Leased switchboards, each 50. 00 One business and one residence station connected together on one num- ber using 2 cable pairs 78. 00 Extensions: „ „„ Bells 3.00 Bslls vibr&tinE ..,,............-----•..--------•-••------- o. uu Business station'outside room within 1,200 feet of buUding. 18. 00 Snecial rates: A special discount of 25 per cent from regular busmess rates is allowed on county and city 'phones, the Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian jfeociation. Newsboys' Association, and regular residence rates extended to churches, convents, social clubs. Salvation Army, schools and colleges, charitable organizations, hospitals, and lodges. TOXAWAIVDA ATiD IVOKXH TOJVAWAJ^BA, IV. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT MAY 1, 1913. Individual and party-line unlimited local service: Business. -- Residence. Individ- ual line. $36.00 24.00 Party line. $24.00 16.00 Extensions: - j. j.- n Extension station located in same buildmg as main station, wall or desk set instrument, connected only to exclusive Ime.... *^^-9x Extension bell coimected in same building with mstrument VnOHITA, KAIWS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE MISSOUBI & KANSAS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 22, 1914. Individual and party-line service (flat rates): * Indi- vidual Ime. '?r^ Extension station. $48,00 24.00 $36.00 18.00 Desk set, $12. Eesidence [Desk set, $12. Wall set, $7,80. Wall set, without bell, $6. Individual and party-line short-term service. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate for the class of service employed, mmimum period one months plus a termination charge equal to $1 per month for the unexpired portion of the mitial contract year. Eural-lme service (contracts are not accepted for less than 4 nor more than 10 sub- scribers on a line, nor for an average of less than 1 subscriber per mile of circuit), business or residence, $24. Family hotel and apartment house — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 3 stations, excluding operators' telephones): Switchboard, cordless, with battery power and operator's telephone, maxi- mum capacity 3 trunks, 7 lines $24. 00 Switchboard, cord, with battery power and an operator's telephone for each po- sition, maximum capacity, 80 lines — Equipjied for 15 lines or less $24. 00 Additional equipment for each group of 51ines or less 2. 40 Trunk lines, both-way only, each 48. 00 Stations, each — ItolO 6.0O 11 to 20 6.40 21 to 35 4.80 36 to 50 4.20 51 to 100 3.60 Over 100 3.0O . Einging circuit, no additional charge. Transient hotel— Message rates (subscribers furnish and maintain the wiring be- tween the switchboard and the stations in hotel rooms): Switchboard, cord onlyj with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, no additional charge. Trunk lines, both-way only, no additional charge. Stations, each — ItolO $6.00 11 to 20 6.40 21 to 35 4.80 36 to 50 4.20 51 to 100 3.60 Over 100 3.00 Local messages, each '. o. 02J- No. 2 private branch exchanges: Busmes&and residence— Flat rates (an installation charge is made when unusual expense is incurred. Contracts are not accepted lor less than 3 stations. The maximum equipment furnished consists of 10 lines)— Trunk lines, both-way only, each- Business $48. 00 Residence 24. 00 Stations, with or without switching device — Business, each 15. 00 Residence, each — First three 12. 00 ' All others 6. 00 Excess exchange line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the city limits): Individual Ime, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $6. 00 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4.20 Extension and tie-lme mileage (charges are computed on the shortest established route between terminals) , per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. 6. 00 Extra directory listings, business or residence, each, $1.80. Joint-user service: Business 12. 00 Residence 6. 00 Moving charges: Inside station moves— Within the same room I.OO Within the same building l. 50 Outside station moves 2. 50 TVIIiKES-BARRE, PA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OP THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Wilkes-Barre and 33 surrounding localitles.il Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. 2-party line. '■J^S'e!^ Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. $60.00 36.00 $48.00 30.00 $39.00 24.00 $42.00 $6.00 6.00 Residence RATE SCHEDULES. 153 Vm^KKS-RARRE, PA.— Continued. Individual and party-line service— CJontinued. Message rates (business only). Local mes- sages per annum. Individual line. 2-party ane. 4-party line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 $42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 $36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 $30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 4 4 4 4 $6.00 Additional local messages, $3 per 100 U contracted tor in advance. Bural-line service: Applying in Bear Creek and between Bear Creek and Laurel Run— business.. j48 00 Residence 36 00 Applying In rest of rural territory— l^siness 39.00 Residence 24 00 No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence— Flat rates— Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power 30 00 First both-way trunk-line business 60. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 42* 00 Trunk lines, both-way, residence, each 36' oo Stetions, each g' Oo Ringing power.— Hand-operated generator, lor signaling stations, furnished with- out charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations con- nected, or ringing power furnished at |24- per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards otmore than 20 stations. K Busmess or residence — Message rates — " Switchboard and an operator's telephone, or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Stations, each 6. OO Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each •. o. 03 Additional local messages, each 0. 04 If contracted for in advance, in lots of 100, each 0.' 03 Ringing power. — ^Hand-operated genera tor, forsignalingstations,fumished with- out charge in coimection with switchboards with less than 20 stations con- nected; or ringing power finuished at $24 per annum. No charge for ringing power in connection with switchboards ol^more than 20 stations. Hotel— Message rates (contracts are not accepted for less than 20 stations, exclud- ing operators' telephones) — Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, $24. Trunk lines, both-way only (for flat-rate trunk lines, see the following para- graphs), no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each (no additional charge is made for the stations and booth equipment installed in public corridors for the use of the general pubUo), $6. Local messages. — The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrbns the regularly established public telephone rates for all local and toU messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages originating at the private branch exchange system. Hotel message rates— With flat-rate trunk lines — Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges for use in coimection with fiat-rate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of officials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not fit the message-rate station jacks. Stations which are to nave flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines, and with any other private branch exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are not listed in directory. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard sched- ules for business flat-rate private branch exchange service. The charges for ' the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for connection with the flat-rate trunk lines, are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply under the business flat-rate and hotel message- rate schedules. Short-term service: Individual andparty lines — Flat rates. — The mble given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than one year for all classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes for which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. WII.KES-BARRE, PA Continued. Short-term service— Continued. Individual and party -lines — Continued. Annual flat rates. 1 2 3 4 5 6 month. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. - . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 15.00 ShorMerm rate 12.25 12.50 12.76 13.00 13.25 13.60 Termination charge.. . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short-term rate ■ 12.60 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.60 15.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.55 14.50 15.45 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . . 11.55 10.50 9.45 8.40 7.35 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge. . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate 15.65 17.60 19.36 21.20 23.05 24.90 Termination charge. . . 12.65 11.50 10.36 9.20 8.05 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.50 23.26 26.00 28.75 31.50 Termination charge. . . 13.76 12.50 11.25 10.00 8.75 7.60 64.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge. . . 14.30 13.00 n.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 fiO.OO Short-term rate 19.86 23.50 27.15 30.80 34.46 38.10 Termination charge. . . 14.85 13.50 12.15 10.80 9.45 8.10 Annual flat 7 8 9 10 11 12 rates. months. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00. $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 16.00 Short-term rate 13.75 14.00 14.25 14.50 14.76 16.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 18.00 Shor Werm rate 16.50 16.00 16.60 17.00 17.50 18.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 24.00 Short-term rate 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.06 24.00 Termination charge. . . 5.25 4.20 3.15 2.10 1.05 30.00 Short-term rate .' 23.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 28.60 39.00 Termination charge. . . 5.60 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 36.00 Short-term rate 26.75 28.60 30.46 32.30 34.16 36.00 Termination charge. . . 6.76 4.60 3.46 2.30 1.15 42.00 Short-term rate 30.50 32.80 36.10 37.40 39.70 42.00 Termination cliarge. . . 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 48.00 ShorRerm rate 34.25 37.00 39.76 42.50 46.25 48.00 Termination charge. . . 6.25 6.00 3.75 2.50 1.25 54.00 Short-term rate 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 60.80 54.00 Termination charge. . . 6.60 5.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 60.00 Short-term rate 41.75 45.40 49.05 62.70 56.35 60.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 5.40 4.05 2.70 1.35 Note.— The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above lor the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the minimum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts lor the same or a higher grade service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, wliere both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maximum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used imder a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge Is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Bxtension stations. — The charge Is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the mmimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located In the same building as the mam station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchioards.—Tbe charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, lor the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines. — The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the ■trunk-line rate, imder "Flat rates." Upon dis- connection of one of several trunk lines, that longest In service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate jpart of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-hall the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guar- anteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such pro- portion of the minimum aimual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange-line mileage (mileage charges are computed on air-line distance, beyond the base-rate area): Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. $5. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 3. 00 Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $5. Extra directory listings, business or residence, $3. Joint-user service, business flat rate, individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch exchange station, during the first year or within 1 year from the last tree move- Inside move $1. 00 Outside move- Main station moved independently 3. 00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switch- board 1.00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 00 Private branch exchange switchboards under annual contracts during the first year or within 1 year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move — room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move — Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. Trunk line, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal) . . $2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. 154 TELEPHONES. WIIiKES-BAKRi:, FA. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OF THE CONSOLIDATED TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JULY 30, 1914. Individual and party-line service Individual line. ^F^ Extension station. Extension beU. 130.00 24.00 124.00 20.00 J6.00 6.00^ tl.80 Residence 1.80 Private branch exchange rates: Switchboard, $30. ' Trunks, individual-line rate tor the first trunk less 16 for each additional trunk. Stations, in same building as private branch exchange, S6 each. Outlying, S6 each per year plus excess mileage charge of $3.75 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof. Private branch exchange rates are standard with the exception of the trunk- line rates, which are governed by the exchange to which the private branch exchange is directly connected. WII/MINGTOl^r, DEIi. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE EATES OP THE DIAMOND STATE TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. [The local service area includes Wilmington and 26 surrounding localities.] Individual and party-line service: Flat rates. Individual line. ^E^ ^K!^ Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. $60.00 36.00 $48.00 30.00 $39.00 24.00 $42.00 $6.00 Eesldence 6.00 Message rates (business onlt/). Local mes- sages per annum. Individual line. Additional local messages (cents). Extension stations. 600 800 1,000 1,200 $36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 4 4 4 4 $6.00 Additional local messages, $3 per 100, if contracted for in advance. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchange service: Business or residence — Flat rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $30. 00 First both-way trunk line, business 60. 00 Additional both-way trunk lines, business, each 42. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, residence, each 36. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Ein^g power.— Hand-operated generator, for signaling stations, furnished without charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations connected, or ringing power furnished at I24perannum. No charge for ring- ing power in connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Business or residence — Message rates — Switchboard and an operator's telephone or receiving station and switching devices, with battery power $24. 00 Trunk lines, both-way, each 24. 00 Stations, main or extension, each 6. 00 Local messages, guarantee 1,200, each 0. 03 Additional local messages, each 0. 04 If contracted for in advance, in lots of 100, each 0. 03 Elnging power.— Hand-ojierated generator, tor signaling stations , fumbhed with- out charge in connection with switchboards with less than 20 stations con- nected, or ringing power furnished at $24 per annum. No charge tor ringing power m connection with switchboards of more than 20 stations. Hotel— Message rates (contracts are not accepted lor less than 20 stations, exclud- ing operators' telephones)— Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, ringing circuit, and an operator's telephone for each position, $24. Trunk lines, both-way only (for flat-rate trunk lines, see the following para- graphs), no additional charge. Stations, main or extension, each (no additional charge is made lor the stations and booth equipment, installed in public corridors for the use of the general public), $6. Local messages.— The subscriber, as the company's agent, charges patrons the regularly established public-telephone rates for all local and toll messages and receives a commission on all charges for local and toll messages originating at the private branch exchange system. Hotel — Message rates — With flat-rate trunk lines — Flat-rate trunk lines may be connected with hotel message-rate private branch exchanges for use in connection with flat-rate business stations, which may be provided only for the use of officials and employees of the hotel. Under such an arrangement the flat-rate trunk lines terminate on special cords, the plugs of which do not flt the message-rate station jaclis. Stations which are to have flat-rate service are equipped with two jacks to permit connections with either the flat-rate or message-rate trunk lines and vrith any other private branch exchange station. Flat-rate trunk lines are not listed in directory. Flat-rate trunk lines are charged for at the rates given under the standard sched- ules for business flat-rate private branch exchange service. The charges for the switchboard and for those stations which are equipped for connection with the flat-rate trunk lines, are equal to the sum of the respective standard rates which regularly apply under the business flat-rate and hotel message- rate schedules. WIIiRnniGTOIV, DEIi Continued. Short-term service: Individual andparty lines — Flat rates. — The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates tor periods of less than 1 year lor all classes of flat-rate exchange service^ except those classes lor which special rates are given below, together with the clrarges lor terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Aimual flat rates. 1 2 3 4 5 a month. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 15.00 Short-term rate 12.25 12.60 12.75 13.00 13.25 13.50 Termination charge. . - 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short-term rate 12.60 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.60 , 15.00 Termination charge. . . n.oo 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.55 14.60 15.45 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . . 11.55 10.50 9.45 8.40 7.35 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge. . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate 16.65 17.50 19.35 2L20 23.05 24.90 Termination charge. . . 12.65 11.50 10.35 9.20 8.05 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.50 23.25 26.00 28.75 31.50 Termination charge. . . 13.75 12.50 11.25 10.00 8.75 7.50 54.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge. . . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 60.00 Short-term rate 19.85 23.50 27.15 30.80 34.45 38.10 Termination charge. . . 14.85 13.50 12.15 10.80 9.45 8.10 Annual flat rates. $12.00 15.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60. OO' 7 months. Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. . . Short-term rate 'Termination charge. Short-term rate . — Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. - - Short-term rate 'Termination charge^ Short-term rate Termination charge. Short-term rate Termination charge. months. $12.00 5.00 13.75 5.00 15.50 5.00 19.25 5.25 23.00 5.60 26.75 5.75 30.50 6.00 34.25 6.25 38.00 6.50 41.75 6.75 9 months. $12.00 4.00 14.00 4.00 16.00 4.00 20.20 4.20 24.40 4.40 28.60 4.60 32.80 4.80 37.00 . 5.00 41.20 6.20 45.40 6.40 10 months. $12.00 3.00 14.25 3.00 16.50 3.00 21.15 3.15 25.80 3.30 30.45 3.45 35.10 3.60 39.75 3.75 44.40 3.90 49.05 4.05 11 months. $12.00 2.00 14.50 2.00 17.00 2.00 22.10 2.10 27.20 2.20 32.30 2.30 37.40 2.40 42.50 2.50 47.60 2.60 52.70 2.70 12 months. $12.00 LOO 14.75 LOO 17.50 LOO 23.05 L05 28.60 LIO 34.15 1.15 39.70 L20 45.25 1.25 50.80 L30 66.35 1.35 $12.00 "15.06 18.00 '24.06 30.00 '36.06 "42."66 '48."66 '54.'66 '66.' 66 Note. — The minimum charge is for one month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate part of the amount by which the rate in- creases for each additional month. To determine the charge in ooimection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the termination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. Message rates. — When the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than tlie minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such propor- tion of the minimum aimual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified for the annual flat rate corresponding to the mini- mum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note. — Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contracts by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases, the maxi- mum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the clarge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Extension stations. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located In the same building as the mam station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Trunk lines.— The charge is for the period of service as specified for the annual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three- fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in serv- ice is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages. — When the number of messages used is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to tne number of messages guaran- teed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the mini- mum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. RATE SCHEDULES. 155 WII.]M[IIVGTOIV, DEI^.-Continued. l!xcess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances beyond the base-rate area) : Individual line, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof S5. 00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or traction thereof 3. 00 Four-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or traction thereof 2. 00 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurement), per quarter-mile or fraction thereof, $5. Extra directory listings, business or residence, each, S3. Joint-user service, business flat rate, individual or party line, one-half regular rate. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station or No. 1 private branch ex- change station, during the first year or within one year from the last free move- Inside move tl. 00 Outside move- Main station moved independently 3.00 Main station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switch- board 1.00 Extension station moved independently 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1.00 Private branch exchange switchboards, during the first year or within one year from the last free move — Same Another Inside move — room. room. Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 10.00 18.00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines At cost. At cost. Outside move — Cordless switchboard, 10 lines or less $10. 00 Cord switchboard, 40 lines or less 18. 00 Cord switchboard, over 40 lines Atcost. Trunkline, tie line, or outside extension line (switchboard terminal) $2. 00 No. 2 private branch exchanges, during the first or subsequent years, at cost. fVOODSOIV, Ilil.. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE ILLINOIS TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT DEC. 31, 1914. Business. $1S* 00 Business with extension on same line in same building 27. 00 Residence 18.00 Besideuce with extension on same line in same building 27. 00 WORCESTER, MASS. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE BATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND TELE- PHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 26. 1914. rThe local service area includes all of Worcester; and parts of Auburn, Boyls- ton, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Shrewsbury, and West Boylston.] Individual and party-line service; Flat rates. Individual line. ^m^e*^ V Inward auxiliary line. Extension station. $63.00 36.00 $33.00 $6.00 $30.00 $26.00 6.00 Message rates (business only). Local messages per annum c,J™ Individual line $39.00 Additional local messages: Up to a total of 6,000, each 0.03 Next 6,000, each 0-02| All others, each 0.02i Extension station "• "o No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges:- ..,»„;. Commercial, residence, hotel, and apartment house— Message rates (contracts are not accepted lor periods of less than 3 years. No. 2 busmess systems are limited to a total of 10 lines)— , , , ^ Switchboard, with battery power, an operator's telephone or receivmg station with switching devices and 2,500 local messages per annum. . . $75.00 Trunklines,both-way only, each 21.00 Stations, each ■>■"" Additional local messages— _^_ ^. „ jj.h , 7„„„i First 3,500, each (in hotels and apartment houses all additional local messages are charged for at 3 cents each) 0.03 Next 6,000, each...- "-"jj All others each * Bineing circuit (ap'pliesoniy within a radius of 1 mile, air-line distance, from a central office, for installations of 19 stations or less. No addi- tional charge is made if subscribers, within 1 mile from the central office, contract for 20 stations or more. Beyond this distance a mile- age charge is made of $5 per quarter-mile or fraction thereof) . . --■----■ .l*- "^ , Hotels— Message rates— Season service (contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 5 years nor lor less than 60 stations and allow service for a period of 6 months in each year) — . . . -^ ^ „ 4....j„ Switchboard, cord only, with battery power, rmgmg circuit, and an operator s telephone for each position, no charge. TrunKlines, both-way only, no charge. Stations— .e nn First 60, each '"'^ Over 60, each J-^ DepSnSS^tae— Message rates'(contracts are not accepted for periods of less than 8 years, nor for less than 60 stations)— .^ ^ . , , . . „„ Switchboard, with battery power, rmgmg circrot, and an operator's telephone, no charge. toi nn Trunk-lines, both-way only, each «m Stations, each ">"" WORCESTER, MASS.— Continued. No. 1 or No. 2 private branch exchanges— Continued. Department store — Message rates — Continued. Local messages — First 6,000, each $0.03 Next 6,000, each 0.02} All others, each 0.02* No. 2 private branch exchanges— Residence — Flat rates (contracts are not accepted for a period of less than 3 years. Interior cable in excess of 600 feet and all out- side cable between a subscriber's buildings on the same premises is furnished at the subscriber's expense. The rate quoted for receivmg stations includes switching devices for all stations); Trunk lines, both-way, each $36. 00 Trunk lines, incoming, each 33. 00 Beceivlng station, with switching devices 24. 00 Stations, with or without swltchmg device, each 6. 00 Short-term service: Emergency service (regular installation and renoval charges apply as specified below under 3 months' service)— Flat-rate individual line or residence No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line — Furstday $3.00 Each additional day 0. 75 Message-rate trunk line and private branch exchange station (either or both) — First three days $5.00 Each additional week (charge not to exceed annual rate) 1. 00 Three-month periods — Flat rates— Busloess- Individual line 25.00 Residence- Individual line or No. 2 private branch exchange trunk line 20. 00 Party line, per station 17. 00 Message rates- Private branch exchange trunk line (no installation charge) 12. 00 Service continuing beyond the initial 3 months' period is charged for at a rate for each whole monm equal to one-ninth the difference between the short-term rate and the annual rate for similar service, with a charge pro rata for fractional parts of a month. The following charges are made in addition to the rates quoted above for in- stallation and removal of equipment furnished for short periods: If instrument is on premises and inside wiring and drop wiring are in place $2.00 If both inside wiring and drop wiring are in place, but it is necessary to furnish an instrument 3. 00 If either Inside wiring or drop wiring is in place — but not both — and instrument must be installed 4. 00 If it is necessary to install inside wiring, drop wiring and instrument. 5. 00 Excess exchange-lioe mileage (mileage is charged on the air-line distances, beyond 2 miles from the central office); Individual line or private branch exchange trunk line, per quarter- mile or fraction thereof $2. 50 Two-party line, per station, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 1. 00 Four-party line, per station, per quarter-nule or fraction thereof 0. 50 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route measurements): Extension lines — First half-mile or fraction thereof $10.00 Each additional quarter-nule or fraction thereof. 5. OO Tie lines (between switchboards in the same exchange) — Switchboards contracted for by the same subscriber m separate buildinp— First mile orfraction thereof $35.00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof (when the switch- boards are in the same building and only inside wiring is required the minimum charge per line is $10., 8.75 Switchboards contracted for by different subscribers in separate building. (Not more than 3 private branch exchange switchboards of different sub- scribers will be connected together by means of tie lines) — First mUe or fraction thereof $60. 00 Each additional quarter-mile or fraction thereof 15. 00 Extra directory listings; Business or residence 3. 00 Names of tenants in hotels and apartment houses 5. 00 Joint-user service: , , , Flat rates: Individual line or private branch exchange, one-half annual rate, not to exceed $50. Message rates, individual line or private branch exchange, $5. Moving charges (individual or party-line stations or No. 1 private branch exchange stations) : Inside move — * 25 feet or less of inside wnmg necessary $1. 00 Over 25 feet of inside wiring necessary 2. 00 Outside move— , . , ^ ^ , , , „„ Drop and inside wirmg necessary and instrument to be placed 5. 00 Drop or inside wiring (one only) necessary and instrument to be placed. 4. 00 No wiring necessary but instrument to be placed 3.00 No wiring necessary and instrument in place 2. 00 When a main station, extension stations, and other station equipment are moved at the same time, the work practically constituting one job, full charge is made for moving the main station, and one-half the scheduled charges for moving the other apparatus. ._ i -kt Moves of switchboards, entire No. 1 private branch exchange systems, or JNo. 2 private branch exchange stations are made at actual cost. At any time after the expnatlon of the mitial contract period the subscriber may extend his contract lor another contract period in lieu of payment of the above charges. YOIVKERS, N. Y. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES OF THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. IN EFFECT AUG. 20, 1914. Individual and party-line service; Flat rates (jesiiense only). Individualline S36.00 4-party line... f-^ Both-way auxiliary Ime L'^ Extension station ">• "" 156 TELEPHONES. YOIVKERS, IV. Y.— Continued. Individual and party-line service — Continued. Message rates (business only). Local messages per annum. Individual line. ""^ne!^ Additional local messages (cents). Both-way auxiliary line. Extension station. 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,500 1,800 2,100 2,400 ' 2,700 3,000 $36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 60.00 66.00 72.00 78.00 84.00 90.00 $30.00 36.00 42.00 48.00 S 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 $21.00 56. 00 No. 1 private tranch exchanges: General — Message rates — Switchboard, cord or cordless, with battery power, an operator's tele- phone for each position, 2 both-way trunk fines, 2 stations, and 1,800 local messages per annum $108. 00 Additional trunk lines, both-way, each 15. 00 Additional stations, each 6. 00 Additional local messages, each 0. 03 It contracted (or in advance in lots of 300, each 0. 02 Ringing circuit (no additional charge if subscriber contracts for either 3,600 local messages or 20 stations) 24. 00 No. 1 residence systems (an installation charge is made to cover the cost of con- struction of circuits between stations, including labor and material): Flat rates- Trunk lines, both-way only, each $30. 00 Stations, with switching device, each — Equipped for i(J I'nes 12. 00 Equipped for 20 lines 15.00 Equipped for 30 lines 18. 00 Stations, without switching device, each 6. 00 Short-term service: Individual and party lines— Flat rotes.- The table given below shows, associated with the corresponding annual base flat rates, the rates for periods of less than 1 year for ail classes of flat-rate exchange service, except those classes fqr which special rates are given below, together with the charges for terminating annual contracts within the initial period. Annual flat rates. 1 2 3 i 5 6 month. months months months months months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . , 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 16.00 Short-term rate 12.25 12.50 12.75 13.00 13.25 13.60 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 18.00 Short-term rate 12.50 13.00 13.60 14.00 14.50 15.00 Termination charge. . . 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 24.00 Short-term rate 13.55 14.50 15.45 16.40 17.35 18.30 Termination charge. . . 11.55 10.60 9.45 8.40 7.35 6.30 30.00 Short-term rate 14.60 16.00 17.40 18.80 20.20 21.60 Termination charge. . . 12.10 11.00 9.90 8.80 7.70 6.60 36.00 Short-term rate 15.66 17.50 19.35 21.20 23.06 24.90 Termination charge. . . 12.65 11.50 10.35 9.20 8.05 6.90 42.00 Short-term rate 16.70 19.00 21.30 23.60 25.90 28.20 Termination charge. . . 13.20 12.00 10.80 9.60 8.40 7.20 48.00 Short-term rate 17.75 20.50 23.26 26.00 28.75 31.60 Termination charge. . . 13.75 12.60 11.26 10.00 8.75 7.50 54.00 Short-term rate 18.80 22.00 25.20 28.40 31.60 34.80 Termination charge. . . 14.30 13.00 11.70 10.40 9.10 7.80 60.00 Short-term rate 19.85 23.60 27.15 30.80 34.46 38.10 Termination charge. . . 14.85 13.50 12.16 10.80 9.45 8.10 Annual flat rates. 7 8 9 10 11 12 months. months. months. months. months. months. $12.00 Short-term rate $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 15.00 Short-term rate 13.75 14.00 14.25 14.50 14.75 15.00 Termination charge. . . 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 18.00 Short-term rate 16.50 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.50 18.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 24.00 Short-term rate 19.25 20.20 21.15 22.10 23.05 24.00 Termination charge. . . 5.26 4.20 3.15 2.10 1.06 30.00 Short-term rate 23.00 24.40 26.80 27.20 28.60 30.00 Termination charge. . . 5.50 4.40 3.30 2.20 1.10 36.00 Short-term rate 26.75 28.60 30.45 32.30 34.15 36.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 4.60 3.45 2.30 1.16 42.00 Short-term rate 30.50 32.80 36.10 37.40 39.70 42.00 Termination charge. . . 6.00 4.80 3.60 2.40 1.20 48.00 Short-term rate 34.25 37.00 39.75 42.60 46.25 48.00 Termination charge. . . 6.25 6.00 3.75 2.60 1.25 64.00 Short-term rate 38.00 41.20 44.40 47.60 50.80 54.00 Termination charge. . . 6.50 5.20 3.90 2.60 1.30 60.00 Short-term rate 41.76 45.40 49.06 52.70 56.35 60.00 Termination charge. . . 6.75 5.40 4.06 2.70 1.35 Note.— The minimum charge is for 1 month. For fractional parts of succeeding months the charge is the proportionate ;part of the amount by which the rate increases lor each additional montn. To determine the charge in connection with any annual rate not specified above, add to the proportionate part of such annual rate the ter- mination charge specified above for the next higher annual rate. YONKERS, IV. Y Continued. Short-term service — Continued. Individual and party lines — Continued. Message rates.— Whea the number of messages under a message-rate contract is less than the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is such pro- portion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaranteed under such rate, the minimum charge being not less than that specified lor the annual flat rate corresponding to tn» minimum rate in the message-rate schedule for the period of use. Note.— Subscribers are privileged to supersede message-rate contract by flat-rate contracts for the same or a higher grade of service, effective from the beginning of the contract year, where both flat and message rates are quoted and where the proposed change does not involve either a serious sacrifice of original construction or unusual new construction. In such cases the maximum charge for local service and equipment is that specified for the period of use under the annual flat rate for the same or next higher grade of service. When the number of messages used under a retail message-rate contract equals or exceeds the minimum specified in the schedule, the charge is the schedule rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in 1 year. Extension stations.— The charge is the proportionate part of the aimual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the mmimum charge being three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the mam station, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Private branch exchanges: Switchboards. — The charge is the proportionate part of the aimual rate, for the period of s erviee, plus one-half of the oroportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the minimum charge being three-fourths of the established aimual rate. Trunk lines.— The charge is for the period of service as specified for the aimual rate corresponding to the trunk-line rate, under "Flat rates." Upon discon- nection of one of several trunk lines, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Stations, main or extension. — The charge is the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the period of service, plus one-half of the proportionate part of the annual rate, for the remaining portion of the year, the mmimum clarge being ■ three-fourths of the established annual rate. Upon disconnection of one of several stations located in the same building as the switchboard, that longest in service is assumed to be the one disconnected. Local messages.— When the number of messages used is less than the miuimnm specified in the schedule, the charge is such proportion of the minimum annual rate as the number of messages used bears to the number of messages guaran- teed under such rate, the mmimum charge being not less than such propor- tion of the minimum aimual rate as the expired portion of the year bears to the whole year. "When the number of messages used equals, or exceeds, the mini- nlum specified in the schedule, the charge is the contract rate for the messages used, as though such messages were used in one year. Excess exchange-line mileage (charges are computed on air-line distances): Individual line or private branch exchange trunk Ime, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof $9.00 Two-party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction thereof 4. 50 Four-or-more party line, per subscriber, per quarter-mile or fraction there- of 2.25 Extension and tie-line mileage (charges are computed on route distances), per quar- ter-mile or fraction thereof. $7.50. Extra directory listings, business or residence, each, $3. Moving charges: Individual or party line, main or extension station, or No. 1 private branch ex- change station- Inside move No charge. Outside move, during first year or within one year from last free move- Main station moved independently » $3. 00 Mam station moved in conjunction with and to same address as switch- board .• 1.00 Extension station moved independently of main station 3. 00 Extension station moved in conjunction with and to same address as main station 1. 0(V Private branch exch^ge switchboards — Inside move during first year or within one year from last free move — Same Another room. room. Cordless, 10 lines or less $5.00 $8.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 10. 00 18. OO Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. Outside move during first year or within one year from last free move — Cordless, 10 lines or less." $10.00 Cord board, 40 lines or less 18.00 Cord board, over 40 lines Estimated cost. No. 1 residence systems: First or subsequent years, estimated cost. YOXJIVGSTOWIV, OHIO. NET ANNUAL EXCHANGE KATES OF THE YOUNGSTOWN TELE- PHONE CO. IN EFFECT JUNE 30, 1911. [Company also operates exchanges at Canfield, Lowellville, and Hubbard.] Individual and party-line service: Individual line. '-^? 2-party -line. '■^' Extension station. Business $36.00 24.00 $36.00 24.00 $30.00 21.00 $24.00 18.00 $10 00) 8.0O> > When 1 number and 2 cable pairs are used. Bural-line service: Business $24. 0(^ Residence 18. 00 Private branch exchange service: Trunks 36. OQi Stations 10. 00 Intercommunicating sets: Trunks 36.00' Stations 10. Oft Directory service: Listing of extra name 10. Oft TELEGRAPHS (157) TELEGRAPHS. INTRODUCTION. The statistics of the fourth census of telegraphs, which are presented in this report, relate to the calen- dar year 1912. The commercial companies or systems included are those operated in continental United States (the United States exclusive of Alaska and the insular possessions); but the statistics of govern- mental lines shown, in separate tables include land, cable, and wireless systems wherever located. The incidental telegraph business done by telephone com- panies is not covered by the statistics; nor are any figures given for the traffic of newspapers or press associations carried on over private or leased wires. The first census of telegraphs, that of 1880, cover- ing the year 1879, did not include ocean cable systems, and the figures are not comparable with the results of the census of 1912. The second census, which related to 1902, embraced both land telegraphs and ocean cable systems, but not wireless telegraphy, as at that time no regular commercial wireless service had been estabUshed. The third census, that of 1907, covered all three kinds of systems — land, ocean cable, and wireless — but with a separate showing for wireless only. It has been possible, however, to segregate to some extent the sta- tistics for land telegraphs and ocean cables, and they are presented separately in comparison with those for the present or fourth census, that of 1912. In order to avoid the disclosure of amounts reported by individual companies it has been necessary to com- bine for the various censuses some items in the balance- sheet parts of the summaries in a manner that may not be in harmony in every instance with up-to-date accounting methods. The reports for the census of 1912 were made before the accounting system formulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission was in force. This system was inaugurated January 1, 1914, and in future census re- ports certain changes may be made in the form of presentation, for the sake of conformity with the new system. COMBINED LAND AND OCEAN TELEGRAPHS. A summary for land telegraph and ocean cable sys- tems combined, for 1912, 1907, and 1902, is presented in Table 1. LAND AND OCEAN TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS COMBINED: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 1 1912 1907 1S02 PEK DENT OF mCEEASE.I 1902-1912 190J-1912 1902-1907 S27 '247,528 < 1,814, 196 67,676 109,377,698 30,864 164,762,843 $60,403,009 $4,359,834 $6,383,891 $58,378,952 6 $46, 780, 041 $3,955,381 $7,643,630 $298,288,906 $222,046,746 '$3.,, 933, 679 '$42,308,481 $298,288,906 8 $163, 645, 810 $62,741,000 $20,803,780 $19,755,480 '« $15, 492, 888 $15,849,948 $163,645,810 $6,180,061 $62,741,000 "37,295 $24,964,994 2 26 3 239,646 < 1,577,961 46,301 103,794,076 29,110 $51,583,868 $45,255,187 $6,328,681 $9,704,255 $41,879,613 $34,057,298 $3,436,690 $4,385,625 $261,807,899 $210,045,959 ° $36, 486, 446 $15,275,494 $261,807,899 $155,089,575 $65,204,000 $8,257,063 $10,411,379 $2,519,043 $20,325,939 $155,089,575 $7,477,083 $65,204,000 28,034 $17,808,249 25 5 237,990 « 1,318,360 16,677 91,655,287 27,377 $40,930,038 $35,300,569 $5,629,469 $9,982,004 $30,948,034 $24,455,511 $2,539,008 $3,953,515 $195,603,775 $161,679,579 $25,939,944 $7,884,252 $195,503,775 $117,053,525 $45,893,000 $7,859,648 $6,244,585 $373, 976 $18,079,041 $117,053,525 $6,256,693 $46,893,000 27,627 $15,039,673 8.0 4.0 37.6 305.8 19.3 12.7 58.2 71.1 -22.6 -36.0 88.6 91.3 55.8 93.3 52.6 37.3 30.8 436.6 52.6 39.8 36.7 164.7 216.4 4,042.7 -12.3 39.8 -1.2 36.7 35.0 66.0 3.8 3.3 15.0 46.2 5.4 6.0 25.5 33.5 -31.1 -34.2 39.4 37.4 15.1 74.3 13.9 5.7 -7.0 177.0 13.9 5.5 -3.8 151.9 89.7 515.0 -22.0 5.5 -17.3 -3.8 33.0 40.2 4.0 TWilAj? nf pnln Ifno 0.7 19.7 fla"t.ipji.l mTln-S nf npftan on-hle. 177.6 13.2 6.3 26.0 Telegraph traffic. . . 28.2 12.4 Net income.. -2.8 35.3 General operation and maintenance, including salaries and wages and legal expenses . . .. 39.3 35.4 10.9 Balance sheet: 33.9 29.9 Stocks and bonds of ot'her companies. 40.7 93.7 Liabilities total 33.9 32.5 Funded debt 42.1 5.1 66.7 Dividends, interest, and taxes due and accrued, and sundries 573.6 12.4 Capitalization: CaDital stock outstanding. Dar value . . 32.5 19.5 Funded debt outstanding, par value 42.1 Employees and salaries and wages: 1.5 18.4 1 A minus sign (—) denotes decrease. . , ^^ ,„,„ , ,„„, 2 CommeroiaJ Cable Company of Cuba (not reporting in 1902) counted as a separate company m both 1912 and 1907. » Exclusive of pole line wholly owned and wholly operated by railway companies. . . „,„ ^^^ „,,,„„ ., , ^ j -, » j » .^ . < Exclusive of wire wholly owned and wholly operated by railway companies. This in 1912 amounted to 314,329 miles: m 1902 moluded mileage operated outside of the United States by Western Union Telegraph Co. ' Includes charges for depreciation. • Includes treasury stock and "other permanent investments." ' Includes sinking iunds and stock and bond discounts. 8 Includes assumed stock of subcompanies. • Includes floating debt and cash investments (for unincorporated companies). . . . . ^J,ii ,. >« Includes deferred noninterest-bearing obligations payable only on determination of leases (not reported at previous censuses) and real.«state mortgages. " Number employed Sept. 16, 1912. (159) 160 TELEGRAPHS. The total expenses show a higher rate of increase, both for the decade 1902-1912 and for the two five- year periods, than the total income, there being no very marked differences between the figures for the two periods. The nmnber of employees and the amount paid in salaries and wages, however, increased much more rapidly between 1907 and 1912 than be- tween 1902 and 1907. The rate of increase in salaries and wages for the decade was greater than the rate of increase in income, but less than the rate of in- crease in total expenses. The reduction between 1907 and 1912 in total divi- dends paid and that in profit and loss surplus are accounted for, respectively, by the reduced rate of dividend declared by the Western Union Telegraph Co. and the large increase in the reserves reported by the Western Union Telegraph Co. and the Commercial Cable Co. The nimiber of messages sent by the commercial land and ocean telegraph companies in continental United States during the calendar year 1912 was 114 for each 100 of the population estimated for July 1, 1912. These figures may be compared with 203 per 100 for Great Britain and Ireland, 163 for France, 91 for Germany, 75 for Austria, and 52 for Italy. The cal- culations of foreign averages are based upon censuses of population taken in 1911, except for Germany and Austria, for which coimtries the latest figures relate to 1910. LAND TELEGKAPHS. Commercial systems. — Statistics for the following companies are included in this report: Adirondack, Lake George & Saratoga, of Albany, N. Y. Angels, of Angels Camp (San Andreas), Cal. Bridgton, of Portland, Me. California & Oregon, of Susanville, Cal. Chicago & Milwaukee, of Chicago, 111. Colorado & Wyoming, of Denver, Colo. Continental, of Montana. Great Northwestern, of Toronto, Canada. (Lines in the United States.) Louisburg, of Franklinton, N. C. Martha's Vineyard, of Woods Hole, Mass. Mountain,- of Denver, Colo. North American, of Minneapolis, Minn. Northern, of Bangor, Me. Pittsboro, of Kttsboro, N. C. Philadelphia, Reading & Potteville, of Philadelphia, Pa. Postal Telegraph Cable Co., of Texas. Postal Telegraph Cable System. Sierra, of Jamestown, Cal. Stock Quotation, of New York City. Vermont International, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Western Union. Included in the list of companies just given are eight that did not report in 1907, while seven of those reporting in 1907 were no longer in business in 1912. Of the companies reporting for the first time in 1912, one was a Canadian company operating in part in the United States. Only its business in the United States is included, however, and as the balance-sheet items could not be segregated, they have been omitted. The Western Union Telegraph Co. and the Postal Telegraph Cable Co. were each enumerated as one system. Complete separate reports were secured for the ocean cable companies and the land telegraph companies controlled by the Mackay companies and constitutiag the Postal System. The Western Union Telegraph Co., however, made separate reports for its land and cable lines only with respect to the number of messages and the number of miles of wire or cable. For this reason, all the financial statistics for the Western Union System, as weU as the total number of employees and the total amoirnt paid for salaries and wages, are included in the statistics for land- telegraph systems. Some of the companies reporting are subsidiary to railway companies, yet they do a commercial business and are therefore included. The following sununary presents statistics for the commercial land telegraphs for 1912 and 1907: Table 2 Number of companies or systems Miles of pole line Miles of single wire owned and leased — Number of messages * Number of telegraph offlces Income, total Telegraph traffic All other sources Net income Expenses, total General operation and maintenance, including salaries and wages and legal expenses Interest and taxes All other expenses Balance sheet; Assets, total Construction and equipment Stocks andbonds,including"other permanent investments" Cash and current assets, includ- ing supplies and sundries Liabilities, total Capital stock Funded debt Reserves Accounts payable i" : Dividends, interest, and taxes due and accrued Sundries Net surplus Capitalization: Capital stock outstanding, par value. Dividends on stock Funded debt Employees and salaries and wages: Average number Salaries and wages LAND TELEGBAPH SYSTEMS. 1912 21 8 247,528 8 1,814,196 106,632,530 30,781 $56,293,469 852,337,211 S3, 956,258 6 $3,431,044 $52,862,425 « $42, 771, 823 $2,740,827 $7,349,775 $190,705,751 $143,910,631 '$17,122,592 8 $29, 672, 528 $190,705,751 91108,156,410 $34,741,000 $5,254,329 $18,295,683 $1,460,733 "$13,444,926 $9,352,670 $108,156,410 $3,139,861 $34,741,000 "35,639 $23,797,980 1907 20 2 239,646 1,577,961 101,424,769 29,056 $43,912,168 $37,916,907 $5,995,261 $5,676,181 $38,236,987 $31,852,359 $2,246,382 $4,138,246 $166,183,007 $132,607,620 $23,514,882 $10,060,505 $166,183,007 $102,289,576 $37,204,000 $1,876,868 $7,916,138 $66,692 $16,829,744 $102,289,575 $4,944,042 $37,204,000 26,827 $16,893,166 Per cent of in- crease.' 5.0 3.3 15.0 5.0 5.9 28.2 38.0 -31.0 -39.5 38.2 34.3 22.0 77.6 14.8 8.5 -27.2 194.9 14.8 5.7 -6.6 180.0 131.1 5.7 -36.5 32.8 40.9 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. s Exclusive of pole line wholly owned and used by railway companies. > Does not include 22^816 nautical miles of ocean cable operated by the Western Union Telegraph Co. Exclusive also of 314,329 miles of wire wholly owned and operated by railway companies for their own business. ' Does not include land messages sent over its 207 nules of leased Itind wire by a wireless company in 1912, nor ocean cable messages except those reported by the Western Union Telegraph Co. s Less all expenses, including charges for depreciation. « Includes charges for depreciation, which were not included in expenses in 1907. ' Includes treasury stock. 8 Includes sinking fund and stock and bond discount. 9 Includes assumed stock of subcompanies. 10 Includes floating debt and cash investments (for unincorporated companies), n Includes deferred noninterest-bearing obligations payable only on ^termi- nation of leases, and real-estate mortgages, la Number employed Sept. 16, 1912. The number of wage earners does not include opera-' tors employed in telegraph ofiices at railway stations and doing work for both the railway and the telegraph company. But the telegraph companies claim that these operators, although paid by the railway com- LAND TELEGRAPHS. 161 panies, are constructively the employees of the tele- graph companies in the receipt and dispatch of their messages. In payment for the services of many of these operators the railways have the benefit of tele- graphing without charge. The number of offices operated solely by the com- panies reporting was 4,534, these being included in the total of 30,781 shown in the table. The inquiries con- cerning this feature of the census in 1907 were worded thus: "Total munber of telegraph offices, including railway offices, whether operated solely or only in part for the business of the telegraph company," and "Total number of telegraph offices in railway stations." In 1912 the first inquiry remained the same, but the second was phrased thus: "Total number of telegraph offices operated solely by the respondent." If it be assumed that all telegraph offices operated solely by the respondent companies were outside of railway stations in 1912, a comparison can be made with the 1907 figures: Total number of offices, 1912 30, 781 Total number of offices, 1907 29,056 Number in railway stations, 1912 26, 247 Number inrailway stations, 1907 22, 282 In accepting these figures, however, the different wordings of the second inquiry must be given due consideration. ' Some of the most important telegraph companies stated that it was impossible to furnish statistics of the number, and salaries and wages, for the different classes of employees; therefore only the totals for all employees are given in comparison with similar totals for prior censuses. The combined total shows a con- siderable increase over that for 1907, and the amount paid for salaries and wages represents a still greater relative increase. The difference in the systems of accounting em- ployed in 1907 and 1912 to some extent invalidates comparison of the expense accounts. No statement was made in 1907 of charges for depreciation or for sinking fund. The net income shown for the year 1912 is the gross income less all expenses, including charges for depreciation. The effect of the difference in methods at the two censuses is shown in the appar- ent reduction of the net income by over one-third. A number of the companies could not furnish sepa^ rate figures for messages sent free or at reduced rates and those at full commercial rates, but 11 of the land systems, including the Western Union, reported 21,930,329 messages free or at reduced rates and 56,460,500 messages sent at full commercial rates during 1912. The comparable items of the balance sheet indicate a considerable decrease in the holdings of stocks and bonds and a great increase in the reserves reported as liabilities. The material reduction in net surplus is due in part to the growth of the reserves. The cost shown for construction and equipment of lines was greater in 1912 in proportion to capital outstanding than in 1907; and while the capital stock increased, the amoimt paid in dividends decreased because of the Western Union Telegraph Co.'s reduction in rates. Progress in the telegraph indxistry for 1912 was in the reinforcement of operating equipment and in stand- ardization of apparatus and line materials, while there was apparently an improved supervision and regulation of the traffic. WhUe the Wheatstone Automatic, the Buckingham- Barclay, and the Morki-um telegraph printers are already in considerable use in the actual transmission of messages over the telegraph wires of this country, it remains a noteworthy fact that approximately 90 per cent of the traffic is still handled by Morse opera- tors on simplex, duplex, and quadruplex circuits. The original Morse telegraph system, after half a century of use, still exists as the most general means of handling telegraph business virtually the world over. This report takes no recognizance of the enormous number of messages sent over the wires owned by telegraph companies and leased to the -various news- paper press associations. While the miles of leased wire used for this service are included in the statistics, no attempt was made at this or prior censuses to col- lect data concerning the number of messages. This branch of the telegraph business was inaugurated in 1874, and vdth the great increase in the newspaper interests of the country it has developed very rapidly. The class of the service, however, precludes very largel;y the possibihty of collecting accurate statistics concerning it. That there was a substantial increase in net earn- ings from operation and in gross and net income from all sources, is shown by the details of the revenue and income account, presented in Table 3. Table 3 Gross receipts from operation Operating expenses Net earnings from operation Income from other sources Interest on bonds and dividends on stock of other companies Leased telegraph lines, wires, and con- duits Keal-estate rentals Miscellaneous 2 , Gross income less operating expenses Deductions from income (fixed charges) — Taxes Interest Payments for use of leased lines Net income Dividends on stock Surplus LAND TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS— REVENUE AND INCOME ACCOUNTS. 852,337,211 45,627,664 6,809,647 3,. 956, 258 375, 903 2,419,065 191, 154 970, 136 10, 765, 906 7,334,861 1,132,234 1, 608, 593 4,594,034 3,431,044 3,139,861 291, 183 1907 $37, 916, 907 34,205,745 3, 711, 162 5, 996, 261 1,081,619 4,430,246 210, 014 273,383 9,706,423 4,031,242 753,378 1,493,004 1, 784, 860 5, 675, 181 4,944,042 731, 139 Per cent ofin- crease.i 38.0 33.1 83.5 -34.0 -65.2 -45.4 -9.0 254.9 10.9 82.0 50.3 7.7 157.4 -39.5 -36.5 -60.2 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. 2 Including interest. 81100"— 15- 162 TELEGRAPHS. While receipts from operation increased by nearly two-fifths, the income from other sources, chiefly from leased telegraph lines, wires, and conduits, decreased by more than one-third; but the increase in total income was $12,381,301, or 28.2 per cent. The increase in expense of operation, although con- siderable, was not so large as the increase ip. receipts; therefore the gross income, less operating expenses, shows a gain of nearly 11 per cent. Fixed charges, however, were swelled by larger payments for leased lines, due to the leasing in 1911 of the lines and ocean cables of the Anglo-American Telegraph Co. and the Direct United States Cable Co., and to a still greater extent by the annual reserve for depreciation and feinking fupds, not included in 1907. A considerable decrease is therefore shown in net income. It is notable that the amount paid in dividends was less than in 1907; this is due to a reduction in the Western Union Telegraph Co.'s rate. Within the five-year pe- riod, however — in 1908 — stock dividends amounting to $2,447,100 were paid by this company. Table 4 gives statistics pertaining to the operating expenses of land telegraph systems for 1912 and 1907. Table 4 LAND TELEGKAPH SYSTEMS— OPEBATraQ EXPENSES. ACCOUNT. 1912 1907 Per cent of in- crease. I Total $45,527,564 $34,205,745 33.1 General operation and maintenance Salaries and wages.. 42,771,823 23,797,980 15,269,031 3,704,812 2,247,311 101,035 228,907 178,488 31,852,359 16,893,166 14,959,193 34.3 40.9 Operation and maintenance, including 2.1 Rentals of offices and other real estate Kentals of conduits and underground privi- leges 1,596,466 5,920 667,501 83,609 40.8 1,606.7 Payments for telegraph traffic made to -65.7 113.7 1 A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease. The proportion of the operating expenses represented by payments for salaries and wages increased from 49.4 per cent of the total in 1907 to 52.3 per cent in 1912. The greater payments to other companies for the use of leased lines, shown in the revenue and income account, explain in part the decrease shown here in payments to other telegraph companies for traffic over lines operated by them. Table 5, the first of the three given below, shows the mileage of line and of single wire along railroad r^ht of way in 1912, as compiled from the reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Table 6 names the principal commercial companies owning lines along raiboad right of way, with the mileage reported. Table 7 compares the totals, 1912 and 1902, for all telegraphs along railroad right of way, whether owned by railways, jointly by railways and commercial com- panies, or by commercial companies alone. These figures are reported by the railways and not by the telegraph companies or other owners; it is possible, therefore, that the data may not be complete. Number of lines or systems reporting Miles of single track Miles of line, total Owned— By railway companies Jointly by railway and telegraph companies By telegraph and other companies not railway Operated — By railway companies Jointly by railway and telegraph companies By telegraph and other companies Miles of single wire, total Owned— By railway companies Jointly by railway and telegraph companies By telegraph and other companies Operated— By railway companies Jointly by railway and telegraph companies By telegraph and other companies - . Wholly owned and wholly operated by railway companies- Telegraph operators and dispatchers : Number ■ Wages Eailway telepraphs — Line and wire along rail- way right of way: 1912. $34, 619 1256,162 221,887 66,797 20,596 134,494 85,084 41,754 95,049 ,295,873 395,493 78,810 821,570 429,483 158,520 707,870 314,329 42,548 890,615 1 Trackage in the United States of all roads reporting to the Interstate Com- merce Commission in 1912. Table 6 Total. Western Union Telegraph Co Postal Telegraph-Cable Co North American Telegraph Go Great Northwestern Telegraph Co Philadelphia, Reading & Pottsville Telegraph Co. Great Northern Telegraph Co. Other companies (Pipe line, coal, "other telegraph companies," municipalities, etc.) EAILWAY TELEGRAPHS- LINE AND WIKE OWNEI> BY COMPANIES OTHEB. THAN RAILWAY: 1912. Miles Of line. Hil^oJ|>"gl» 134,494 124,559 4,209 461 936 491 670 3,168 821,570 752,935 44,164 8,592 3,834 2,447 2,115 7,483 Table 7 Number of lines or systems reporting. Single-tract miles Miles of single wire Owned by company reporting Owned by another company Telegraph operators and dispatchers: Number Wages .• RAILWAY TELEGRAPHS. 1912 619 256,162 1,295,873 395,493 2 900,380 42,548 $34,890,615 1902 684 204,503 1,127,186 242,837 884,349 30,336 $20,040,730 Per cent of in- crease.! -9.5. 25.3 15.0 62.9 1.8- 40. a 74.1 ' A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. ' Including wire owned jointly. At the census of 1907 the Bureau of the Census col- lected directly from the railways certain statistics con- cerning telegraphs. This in a measure duplicated the statistical work of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, and it was decided at the census of 1912 to use only the statistics collected by the commission. A similar arrangement had been made for 1902. Therefore the statistics for 1907 are not comparable with those for the other censuses, and they are omitted from Table 7, which presents comparable data for 1902 and 1912. The figures show that the railways in 1912 operated more telegraph wire than they owned, and that a greater mileage was operated jointly than was owned jointly. There is no way of ascertaining from the GOVERNMENTAL TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES. 163 returns whether the wire wholly owned and wholly operated by railways in 1912 was greater or less than in 1902; but the proportion of wire thus owned and operated in 1912 wasnearly one-fourth (24.3 per cent) of the total mileage reported. The mileage of line and wire owned by the different telegraph companies along railroad right of way is of much public interest. It is not surprising that the figures show that the Western Union Telegraph Co. owns by far the greatest mileage. Of the total mileage of line reported owned by telegraph and other com- panies, not railway, the Western Union is credited with 92.6 per cent, and of the total wire mileage, 91.6 per cent. It is an interesting fact that among the other corporations not shown by name in the table — pipe-line companies, coal companies, etc. — the city of Ciacinnati is included, having 336 miles of pole line and 1,068 mUes of single wire along the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway. This line is operated by the railway. The most notable fact about the comparative showing, 1902-1912, is the increase in miles of single wire reported owned by railways — 152,656 nules, or 62.9 per cent. This mileage can not be compared with that shown for 1907 in the census report covering that year, the bases of the calculations being different, as already stated. The wire mileage owned by com- panies other than the railway companies reporting includes that owned jointly by railway and telegraph companies. The increase during the decade was small. Among interesting developments in railway te- legraphy is the use of the telautograph — a writing or copying telegraph for reproducing writings or drawings at a distance to give notice of arrival and departure of trains, train numbers, and time. The nptices are written by the towermen and dispatchers and transmitted simultaneously to various parts of the stations. Train dispatching hy telephone. — A special effort was made by the Bureau of the Census to secure statistics relative to traia dispatching by telephone from rail- ways known to dispatch trains in this manner. The residts of these returns are given in Table 8. Table 8 Number of lines and systems reporting.. Miles of pole line MUes of single wire Railway telephones — Train dispatching: 1912. 42 66,850 129,856 The telephone circuits are ahnost altogether metallic, and therefore the mileage of single wire is double the nuleage of single line covered. Some pole lines carry more than one circuit. These 42 lines or systems, sta- tistics for which are shown in Tables 8 and 9, are the principal ones in the United States. Of the wire mileage, 17,837 mUes was used jointly for telephone and telegraph purposes. In addition, 3,243 miles of pole line and 5,704 nules of wire were used for "blocking" trains only, but part of this wire was reported by a railway not included with the 42 lines or systems, aU line and wire reported by it being used for blocking purposes only. Also, in addition, 6,659 nules of pole line and 20,006 miles of wire were reported used for messages, reports, and conversations only. One railway reported that it dispatched no trains by telephone in 1912, but that in 1913 it had three telephone dispatching circuits, covering 379.5 miles. Another reported that since the close of 1912 it had added to its telephone dispatchiag circuits 330 miles of line or 660 miles of wire. The Telegraph and Telephone Age of May 16, 1913, published a statement showing the mileage of railways in the United States and Canada, over which trains were operated by telephone. The total mileage repre- sented was 186,479; over 63,960 of this trains were telephonically dispatched. The deduction of the Cana- dian mileage reduces the latter figure to 56,602. The census figure for the mileage of Hne operated by tele- phone (56,850) represents substantially this amount. At the census of 1907 statistics were secured for tele- phone fines used in the operation of railways. While some of the pole mileage and much of the wire mileage were doubtless used for purposes other than the dis- patching of trains, the figures may be considered fairly comparable with those for 1912. This comparison is made in Table 9. Table 9 EAILWAT TELEPHOiraS— TBAOT DISPATCHING. 1912 1907 Per cent el increase. ■po^« line, miiftt! 56,850 8,249 689.2 50,581 6,269 129,856 6,596 1,653 62,518 666.8 279.2 iSinplft wire Tniip.-! 147.3 119,079 10,777 47,433 5,085 151.0 Leased 111.9 The increase shown for the five years was not un- expected. The pole-fine mileage reported for 1912 is nearly seven times as great as that reported for 1907. The real increase in wire mileage is much more than that here shown, as the figures for 1907 included wire used, doubtless, for all kinds of telephoning, in addi- tion to that used for train dispatching only. GOVERNMENTAL TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES. The commercial business over the governmental mili- tary and commercial telegraph and telephone land and cable lines shows a considerable growth in Panama and the Philippines during 1907-1912. The Alaskan lines, introduced of necessity by the War Department to con- trol scattered military posts, have also continuously served commercial purposes. Table 10 summarizes the statistics for certain governmental lines in Panama, Porto Rico, Alaska, and the Phihppine Islands for 1912 and 1907. 164 TELEGRAPHS. Table 10 GOVEENMENTAL TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SYSTEMS. Panama Canal Zone. Porto Eico. Alaska. Philippine Islands. 11912 1907 11912 1907 11912 21907 8 1912 21907 Miles of line construction 82 3,234 65 2,204 405 1,137 484 774 1,069 4,090 2,646 «259 $177,203 3350,000 $183,769 i» 140,343 1,403 <5,599 6,438 Miles of single wire Miles of submarine cable 2,524 1,437 Employees and salaries and wages: Number .- 6 168 $67,070 $1,731 (') 60 $43,800 350,988 $7,818 91,401 143 $53,620 $69,566 $71,628 247,860 132 $41,101 $51,945 $59,226 216,489 Salaries and wages $179,000 8 $236,912 "310,000 $236,679 657,404 Number of messages. .. 472,418 1 Year ending June 30, 1913. 2 From report of Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, for year ending June 30, 1907. » From report of secretary of commerce and police for year ending June 30, 1912. < Includes cable, not segregated in report. ' From report of the Panama Railroad Co., June 30, 1913. ' Includes 124 enlisted men. United States Army. ' Salaries and wages not reported separately. 8 Exclusive of Government business to the value of $135,746. • Figures not available. 1" Includes 87,729 commercial messages. 11 Includes 260,000 commercial messages. Panama Canal Zone. — The land, telephone and tele- graph facihties for the United States Grovernment are all maintained or operated by the Panama Railroad Co. Some details for the year concerning these enter- prises can be found in the annual report of the railroad company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, pages 20-23, and Exhibit P, opposite page 60; also in various numbers of the Canal Record, pubHshed weekly at Ancon under the authority of the Isthmian Canal Commission. An article by W. F. Henkel, published in the Telephone Review and reproduced hj the Telegraph and Telephone Age, December 16, 1912, page 823, is of value. Table 10 shows the few statistics that can be utilized from the information sent the Bureau of the Census by the Panama Railroad Co. The expenses during the year were divided as follows: Maintenance $7, 626 Dispatching trains 49, 721 Telephone and telegraph operation 9, 723 The smaU income of $1,731 shows the sniaUnessofthe commercial traffic handled, most of it in connection with business beyond the lines. No distinction is made between telegraph and telephone accounts. In addition to the telephone system operated for the Government work, there are two independent telephone companies on the isthmus. The Isthmian Telephone Co. operates exchanges at Colon and at Pan- ama city. The other company is in Panama city and furnishes local service only. Porto Eico. — The government telegraph and tele- phone system in Porto Rico in 1912 extended to 65 municipaUties, according to the report of the gover- nor. During 1912 much of the pole line was recon- structed with creosoted pitch pine and iron. A metaUic circuit was substituted for the grounded telephone line between Caguas and Humacao, and arrangements were in progress for the compositing of several telegraph lines so that they could be used for both telegraphing and telephoning. The sum of $15,395.50 was expended for reconstruction and exten- sion of all lines during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. The figures in Table 10, which include also those for telephones, show an increase over 1907 in all items except mileage of line. The total number of messages handled in 1912 (fiscal year ending June 30, 1913) was 247,860, an increase of 14.5 per cent over the number (216,489) reported" for 1907. Washington-Alaska Military Oaile and Telegraph system. — The Alaskan system of telegraphs is con- nected with the United States proper by a cable from Sitka- to Seattle, Wash. It was established in 1900 by the Signal Corps of the Army as a mihtary measure in order to connect the scattered posts. Later, by means of a cable to Seattle, it enabled the Government to avoid the necessity of sending orders and instruc- tions over a telegraph line through foreign territory — that is, by the Canadian line from Ashcrof t to Dawson.* The development of wireless telegraphy has made these lines of little worth for mihtary purposes, and the War Department has requested the Post Office Department to take over the system, with the con- sent of Congress. The decrease in the number of commercial messages in 1912 from the number reported for 1907, shown in Table 10, may be charged in part to the interruption of cables and to the increased use of wireless, the Signal Corps having adopted the plan of routing a certain amount of business each day by way of radio, to keep the system in trim. Philippine Islands. — ^The mileage of telegraph lines and cables operated by the United States Govern- ment in the PhUippine Islands decreased from 6,438 to 5,599, or 13 per cent, between 1907 and 1912, by reason of deterioration. Many of these lines were con- structed by the mihtary authorities and intended for temporary use only; the place of others has been taken by the new wireless stations; and nongovern- mental telephone lines have furnished means of com- munication in some localities. The necessity for new cable and land telegraph construction has thus in many cases been obviated. The number of messages sent over the governmental telegraph and cable lines increased from 472,418 in 1907 to 657,404 in 1912, or by 39.2 per cent. Military lines in the United States. — "Military tele- graph fines in the United States have been reduced to almost nothing," writes the Chief Signal Officer, ' Beport of Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army 1913 OCEAN CABLE TELEGRAPHS. 165 United States Army, in his report for the year ending June 30, 1912. The length is not given. In his report for the year ending June 30, 1913, this officer states that the abandonment of the former military telegraph line from Fort Huachuca to Huachuca Siding and Lewis Springs, Ariz., and the substitution of a Western Union line, leaves but one military telegraph, that between Fort Apache and Holbrook, Ariz. The distance between these places is about 75 miles. During 1912 the total receipts for commercial mes- sages over military land telegraphs in the United States amounted to $2,302, of which sum $1,683 was paid to commercial companies as charges for messages over their connecting lines. Weather Bureau. — The telegraph division of the United States Weather Bureau during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, audited accoimts for telegraph and telephone service amounting to more than a quarter of a million dollars, this being in part rendered by the various commercial companies. The lines owned by the Government include the cable extend- ing from Block Island to Narragansett Pier, and the Port Crescent-Tatoosh line, which continues to be of great benefit to the shipping and fishing interests on Puget Sound. The opening of the new salmon industries at Neah Bay, where about 2,000 fishermen, manning 350 or 400 fishing laimches, make their headquarters during the salmon season, has largely increased the commercial business handled over the last-named line. OCEAN CABLE TELEGRAPHS. Commercial systems. — Only ocean cable companies incorporated in the United States and doing business directly with this country are included in this report. These companies are as follows : Central & South American Telegraph Co. Commercial Cable Co. of Cuba. Commercial Cable Co. of New York. Commercial Pacific, Cable Co. Mexican Telegraph Co. United States & Haiti Telegraph & Cable Co. The statistics for these six companies are presented in Table 11. The Western Union Telegraph Co. could furnish separate statistics only for the miles of wire and number of messages for its cable business; therefore the table does not include statistics for this company. As the ocean cable business of the company is very large, it is hoped that by the time of the next census, which will cover 1917, separate data will be available. The fi^gures do not include the business of two other companies, namely, the French Telegraph Cable Co., of Paris, and the German Atlantic Telegraph Co., of Cologne, incorporated abroad, but doing business in the United States. The lengths of Atlantic cables owned and operated by these two companies are, respectively, 11,216 and 8,507 nautical miles, and the total niunber of messages sent from the United States by the two companies during the year was 406,302. If these figures be added to those in the summary and footnotes, the total number of nautical miles of cable, including that of the Western Union. Telegraph Co., becomes 87,399 and the total number of messages 6,247,582. Table 11 Number of companies or systems 2 Nautical miles of ocean cabled Number of messages ^ Number of cable offices ' Income, total Telegraph traffic All other sources Net income Expenses, total General operation and maintenance, including salaries and wages and legal expenses Interest and taxes All other expenses Balance sheet: Assets, total Construction and equipment stocks and bonds of other compa- nies, treasury stock, and "other permanent investments " Cash and current assets, including supplies^ Liabilities , total Capital stock Funded debt Accounts payable Dividends due and sundries Surplus Capitalization: Capital stock outstanding, par value. . Dividends on stock Funded debt Employees and salaries and wages: Average number Salaries and wages OCELiN CABLE TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS— BEVENOE AND INCOME ACCOTmTS. 1912 44,860 2,845,168 83 $8,469,374 t8,06S,798 $403,676 $2,952,847 $6,516,527 $4,008,218 $1,214,664 $293,765 $107,583,165 $78,136,116 $16,811,087 $12,635,963 $107,583,155 $55,489,400 $28,000,000 $15,549,451 $1,459,797 $687,229 $6,497,278 $55,489,400 $3,040,200 $28,000,000 5 1,656 $1,167,014 1907 40,572 2,369,317 64 $7,671,700 $7,338,280 $333,420 $4,029,074 $3,642,626 $2,204,939 $1,190,308 $247,379 $95,624,892 $77,438,339 $12,971,664 $5,214,989 $95,624,892 $52,800,000 $28,000,000 $6,381,105 < $2, 495, 241 '$2,452,351 3,496,195 $62,800,000 $2,533,041 $28,000,000 1,207 $915,083 Per cent ofin- 10.6 20.1 53.7 10.4 9.9 21.0 -26.7 61,4 81.8 2.0 18.7 12.5 0.9 29.6 142.3 12.5 6.1 143.7 -41.5 139.5 85.5 5.1 20.0 37.2 27.5 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. ' Does not include returns for Western Union Telegraph Co., as no segrega- tion of financial statistics or employees could be made for the cable business of this company. The number of nautical miles of ocean cable owned and leased by this company was, in 1912, 22,816 miles, and in 1907, 5,729 miles. The number of ocean messages reported by the company tor 1912 was 2,996,112, and as estimated by it for 1907, 3,500,000. ' Includes sinking and other special funds and sundries for 1912 and sundries bnly for 1907. * Includes floating debt. 5 Includes interest due and accrued. » Number employed Sept. 16, 1912. Only three of the ocean cable systems, not including the Western Union, reported free or reduced-rate messages, the total number being 171,982. Mr. E. C. Sweeney, of New York, manager in the United States of the French company, in a communi- cation from New York City to the Bureau of the Census, giving a list of the company's Atlantic cables and the mileage of its land lines in this country, writes as follows: The 1,170 miles of land lines on 310 miles of pole line are the regular connections from our cable station at Cape Cod, Mass., to our head office in New York City, carrying cablegrams from our trans-Atlantic cables to this city for delivery and distribution. The cable from Cape Cod to New York, 325 miles in length, is an emer- gency means of communication between these points, when the land lines are temporarily interrupted through storm or accident. No land messages — that is, telegrams between points in the United States — are transmitted by us. Mr. Sweeney also refers to lines leased from the New York Telephone Co., connecting branch offices in New York City and the cable house at Manhattan Beach, Long Island, with the cable company's head office in Broad Street. The cable systems between the United States and Europe are either owned or controlled as follows: The 166 TELEGRAPHS. Anglo- American Cable Co., five cables; the Direct United States Cable Co., one cable; and the American Telegraph & Cable Co., two cables (making a total of eight cables controlled and operated by the Western Union Telegraph Co.); the Commercial Cable Co., con- trolled by the Mackay (Postal) companies, five cables; the German Atlantic Co., two; and the French Cable Co., two; making in all 17 cables operated between the United States and Europe. The Commercial Pacific Cable Co., controlled by the Mackay companies, has a submarine cable from San Francisco to Manila, touching at Honolulu, Midway, Guam, and the Benin Islands, and extending also from Manila to Shanghai. During 1912 John Gott, chief electrician of the Com- mercial Cable Co., invented a device by which direct Morse dot and dash signals can be used on long subma- rine cables. Up to that time it had been necessary, when working cables of over 500 miles in length, to use a reversing key, sending two elements of signals by changing the direction of the current. For instance, in ordinary cable working, the letter s, indicated by a dot, was represented by a positive impulse, and the letter t, indicated by a dash, was designated by a nega- tive impulse, the galvanometer, or the siphon recorder, at the receiving station indicating these impulses by appropriate deflections of the mirror or moving coil. Now no such device is necessary; the ordinary Morse operator can send the conventional signals with the usual type of key. One of the latest developments in ocean cable teleg- raphy, following the Gott invention, is the practical utilization of a cable relay, whereby submarine cables and land lines may be connected and worked as one continuous circuit. The capitalization has increased slightly during the five years. The apparent increase in dividends is due in part to the fact that some of the reports for 1907 were made before all the dividends were actually paid. The profit and loss surplus is much greater than in 1907, notwithstanding the fact that a large amount was reported as set aside for reserves. The particulars relating to revenue and income for 1912 and 1907 are set forth in detail in Table 12. Table 12 Gross receipts from operation Operatinf; expenses Net earnings from operation Income from otlier sources Gross income less operating expenses. , , Deductions from income (fixed charges) . Taxes Interest Payments for use of leased lines Net income Dividends on stock Surplus 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease OCEAN CABLE TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS — BEVENUE AND INCOME ACCOUNTS. 1912 $8,066,798 4,214,254 3, 861, 534 403, 576 4,255,110 1,302,263 64,564 1,160,000 87, 709 2,952,847 3,040,200 1907 t7, 338, 280 2,373,339 4,964,941 333,420 6,298,361 1,269,287 30,308 1,160,000 78,979 4,029,074 2,533,041 1,496,033 Per cent ofln- crease.i 77.6 -22.4 21.0 -19.7 2.6 80.0 11.1 -26.7 20.0 a Deficit of $87,353. The great increase reported for operating expenses in comparison with gross receipts from operation is responsible for the decrease in net income shown. The dividends paid must have come in part from accumulated surplus, for the statistics for the year 1912 indicate that there was a net deficit in the combined total for all companies. The increase in operating expenses is not so largely in salaries and wages as in the other expenses of opera^ tion and maintenance. This is shown in Table 13. Table 13 OCEAN CABLE TELEGEAPH STSTEMS— OPEKATING EXPENSES. ACCOUNT. 1912 1907 Per cent of in- crease. Total $4,214,264 $2,373,339 77.6 General operation and maintenance Salaries and wages *. . . Operation and maintenance, including legal expenses . - 4,008,218 1,167,014 2,841,204 104,748 101,298 2,204,939 915,083 1,289,856 87,896 80,504 81.8 27.5 120.3 Rentals of ofHces and other real estate Miscellaneous ^ 19.2 25.8 1 Includes also rentals of conduits and underground privileges and payments for telegraph traflBc made to other companies. At the census of 1912 salaries and wages constituted only 27.7 per cent of total operating expenses, as com- pared with 38.6 per cent in 1907. It was not intended that the expenses of operation and maintenance should include expenditures for additions or extensions. Govemmeidal cables. — The Federal Government owns and operates an ocean telegraph cable extending from Valdez to Sitka, Alaska, and from Sitka to Seattle, Wash. No details are separable from those given for the governmental land lines under land telegraph sys- tems, however, except as to the length of the cable, which was 2,646 nautical miles. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHS, OR RADIOTELEGRAPHY. Commercial systems. — ^There has been a decrease in number of companies operating commercial wireless telegraphs since the census of 1907. The active list now comprises the following: Atlantic Communication Co., New York City. Federal Telegraph. Co., San Francisco, Cal. Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America, Jersey City, N. J. United Fruit Co. (wireless department), Boston, Mass. The Atlantic Communication Co. was in operation only three months in 1912. The wireless department of the United Fruit Co. has been organized since 1912 as the Tropical Radio Telegraph Co., of New Orleans, La. One company in receiver's hands is not reported here. Its chief business, however, is the manufacture and rental of apparatus and the perfection of inven- tions. No account is taken of the newspaper wireless plants, these being used exclusively for news purposes, nor of the large number of amateur and experimental plants. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHS. 167 Table 14 summarizes the principal statistics relating to commercial wireless telegraph systems for 1912 and 1907. Tabic 14 ■WIEELESS TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS. 1912 Number of companies or systems Number of messages Number of tower stations Income, total Expenses, total General operation and maintenance, including salaries and wages and legal expenses Interest and taxes All other expenses Net income Net deficit Balance sheet: Assets, total Construction and equipment Cash and current assets, including supplies * Net deficit Liabilities, total Capital stock Floating debt and mortgages Accounts payable Net surplus Capitalization: Capital stock outstanding , par value . . . Employees and salaries and wages: Average number Salaries and wages 2 285,091 74 $669,158 1664, 420 8588,712 17,826 567,882 >S4,738 $10,377,197 $1,206,770 $9,171,427 $10,377,197 $9,602,570 $18,483 6 $583, 160 $172,984 $9,602,570 8 958 $393,606 1907 6 154,617 117 $106,791 $160,329 $117,480 $5,562 $37,287 $53,538 $32,958,897 $317,614 $32, 196, 456 $444,827 $32,953,897 $32,676,242 $37,145 $245,610 $32,676,242 176 $81,771 Per cent of in- crease.! -20.0 84.4 -36.8 526.6 314.4 401.1 40.7 82.1 -68.5 279.6 -71.5 -68.5 -70.6 -50.2 137.5 -70.6 444.3 381.4 1 A minus sign (— ) denotes decrease. a Includes 5,013 land messages sent over a leased land wire by a wireless com- pany doing land telegraph business also. 8 Less all expenses, mcluding charges for depreciation. < Includes stocks, bonds, and sundries. 6 Includes reserves, cash investments, interest and taxes due and accrued, and sundries. ators « Number employed Sept. 16, 1912. Includes, in some cases, number of oper- ■s on shipboard, who, in addition to wages, receive board and quarters. The number of messages sent in 1912 was nearly double the number reported for 1907. The total includes a small number of land messages sent over land wires by one wireless company. Only two wireless systems reported free or reduced-rate mes- sages, the number of such messages being 1,154. The net deficit of 1907 was turned into a net surplus for 1912, and the capital stock was reduced nearly three-fourths, one large company disappearing from the field. No dividends were reported for 1912. The amount given ia the summary as total wages paid does not fuUy show the compensation of the operators, as many of them are on board ship, where they receive food and quarters in addition to wages. The Marconi Co. of America reports 60 land sta- tions in the United States and equipment on over 450 American merchant steamships. The Tropical Radio Telegraph Co., which is the wireless department of the United Fruit Co., reported for 1912, operates and controls the radiostations at New Orleans and Burrwood, La., and on 22 steamers belonging to the United Fruit Co. The SayviUe, Long Island, wireless station of the At- lantic Communication Co., equipped with Telefunken apparatus, is among the most powerful commercial wireless stations in operation in. the United States. In addition to equipment for local messages and for com- municatirig with ships up to 60 hours out of New York, it has apparatus for communication with ships four or five days out. The Federal Telegraph Co. of San Francisco, Cal, which uses the Poulsen wireless system, operated wireless stations during 1912 at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego, Cal.; Portland and Central Point, Oreg. ; Phoenix, Ariz. ; El Paso and Fort Worth, Tex. ; Kansas City, Kans. ; and Chicago, lU. On October 6, 1912, the Department of Commerce and Labor promulgated regulations for the enforce- ment, beginniag December 13, of the radiocommuni- cation act, approved August 13,1912. In this act the wave lengths and the tuning are specified and rigor- ous restrictions imposed to prevent interference with distress signals, which are given absolute priority in all cases.' One of the most important provisions is that all private stations must be licensed and duly inspected by the Government. In this way it is hoped that the annoying interference which has so greatly hampered governmental and proper com- mercial use of radiotelegraphy may be prevented. An act of Congress approved June 24, 1910, re- quired operators for radiocommunication on certain classes of ocean steamers. This act went into effect July 1, 1911, and was amended by an act of Congress approved July 23, 1912, which in general terms extended the requirements already made with respect to ocean-going vessels as to the number of operators, the provision of auxihary apparatus, and other im- portant points. Railway wireless. — The Delaware & Lackawanna Eaihoad has wireless stations of the ordinary sort at Scranton, Pa., and Binghamton, N. Y., cities about 65 miles apart, with a working radius of about 300 miles. Certain trains are equipped with very low aerials — quadrangles of wire supported at a height of only 18 inches above the roofs of the cars. Four quadrangular aerials are mounted on the roofs of four adjoining cars of the train, each quadrangle being connected to its neighbor by a special attach- ing plug. The wireless operator's station is installed in a booth in the third car of the group, so as to bring the lead from his apparatus to the middle of the fourfold aerial. The regular Marconi system is em- ployed, except that the power is furnished by a spe- cial motor-generator set driven from the regular train- Ughting dynamo, and the ground connection is made to the rails by a wire to one of the car trucks. The aerial is of heavy copper wire, and is insulated for the high sending voltage (between 8,000 and 9,000 volts) by large porcelain insulators mounted on wire posts at the corners of the car. It has been found possible to maintain communica- tion between a station and a train running at 55 miles an hour, at first, direct to the last station it has left, and later, when it is too far away for its short aerials to work to this station, to the next station ahead, the messages in each case being relayed to their des- 1 Report of Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army. 168 TELEGRAPHS. tinatiou if necess9,ry. In addition to railroad mes- sages, news and other communications have been sent-in this way to trains. Trial installations of wireless railway-train control apparatus have also been placed on the Pennsyl- vania lines west, and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Kailroad. GOVERNMENTAL WIRELESS. Panama Canal Zone. — In accordance with Congres- sional authority the large wireless station at Colon was opened to commercial business during the month of January, 1913. Messages are transmitted for 8 cents a word to ships two and three days out of port, delivery not being guaranteed to vessels farther north than Kingston. The station has been connected by wire direct to the Panama Railroad Co.'s telegraph office, and radiomessages to be dispatched to sea may be filed at any of the railroad offices open to commer- cial business. Alaska. — The old radiostations at Nome and Port Gibbon have been supplied with new 10-kilowatt installations, and the old apparatus removed from Nome has been installed at Nulato. The Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army, in his report for 1912, states that these installations complete a "chain of radiostations across Alaska from the Canadian boundary to Norton Sound, which can be depended on to maintain communication when accidents interrupt communication on land lines." Upon the completion of stations at Anadyr, Siberia, and Nome, about 500 miles apart, direct wireless communication was estab- lished between America and Asia. PJiilippine Islands. — On June 30, 1912, the Bureau of Posts had in operation wireless stations at Davao, Jolo, Malabang, and Zamboanga, all in the Moro Province. There were also stations at Cuyo, San Jose, and Pourto Princess, Palawan. The Signal Corps of the United States Army was operating stations at Manila, Corregidor Island, Fort William McKinley (Rizal), Grande Island, Carabao, El Fraile, and Caballo, while there were naval wireless stations at Cavite and Olongapo. Naval stations. — The Secretary of the Navy, in his report for 1913, states that the new radioservice has become an important part of the naval service and that 23 radiostations have been established and opened for public business. According to the following list of radiostations of the United States, issued by the Bureau of Navigation, for July 1, 1913, the naval wireless stations on land in the United States proper numbered 28. There were also stations on the Diamond Shoals Lightship (off Cape Hatteras, N. C); at Frying Pan Shoals, N. C. (off Cape Fear) ; and on the Nantucket Shoals Lightship (off Newport, R. I.). In addition to the naval wireless stations in the insular possessions, already mentioned under their respective heads, there are four stations located, re- spectively, at Guam, at Honolulu, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and at Peking, China. Annapolis, Md. Arlington, Va. Beaufort, N. C. Boston, Mass. Bremerton, Wash. Cape Blanco, Oreg. Cape Cod, Mass. Charleston, S. C. Eureka, Cal. Farallons, Cal. Fire Island, N. Y. Jupiter, Fla. Key West, Fla. Mare Island, Cal. New Orleans, La. Newport, R. I. New York, N. Y. Norfolk, Va. North Head, Wash. Pensacola, Fla. Philadelphia, Pa. Point Aiguello, Cal. Portland, Me. Portsmouth, N. H. St. Augustine, Fla. San Diego, Cal. Tatoosh, Wash. Washington, D. C. (navy yard). The ships of the Navy are provided with wireless apparatus. The equipment, although capable of receiving messages without relay at a 3,000-mile radius, has a sending range of only about 400 miles in in the daytime and 1,000 miles at night. The Arlington station. — ^The Government wireless station at Arlington, Va., consists of three steel towers, one of them 600 feet high and 150 feet square at the base (45 feet higher than the top of the Washington Monument) and two of them 450 feet high and 120 feet square at the base. The antennae in 3 sections are strung from the tallest tower to the two others. Communication from this station will eventually be had at all times with ships in the North Atlantic Ocean, with the station at Colon, and, through the station to be erected on the Pacific coast, with Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, Tutuila Island in the Samoas, Guam, and the Philippine Islands. Other naval vessels, whether near the African coast or in Chinese waters, will also be under direct control from Wash- ington by aerial communication, and the San Fran- cisco operator will be able to talk with the numerous small stations in Alaska. The United States will thus compass over half the globe with wireless and wiU become independent of commercial telegraph and cable companies. The station has been used in conjunction with the Eiffel Tower Station in Paris, in determining the differ- ence of longitude between the latter and our Naval Observatory by means of radiosignals. Other governmental radiostations. — The radiostations installed in the United States proper by the Signal Corps of the United States Army number 18, none of which is open to public service. They are at the following places Fort Andrews, Mass. Fort Hancock, N. J. Fort H. G. Wright, N. Y. Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Fort Levett, Me. Fort Monroe, Va. Fort Monroe, Va. (Coast Artil- lery School). Fort Omaha, Nebr. Fort Riley, Kans. Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Fort Stevens, Oreg. Fort Totten, N. Y. Fort Wood, N. Y. Fort Worden, Wash. San Francisco, Cal. (Port Win- field Scott). Signal Corps Laboratory, Wash- ington, D. C. Bureau of Standards, Washing-- ton, D. C. Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (Army Signal School). MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS (169) MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. Scope of the inquiry. — It is necessary to present the statistics for the municipal electric fire-alarm and po- lice-patrol signaling systems in order to cover the entire field for the commercial use of electricity. The ohject of a fire-alarm signaling system is to transmit an alarm of fire to the fire-fighting force ■within the shortest pos- sible time after a fire is known to exist, and the best efforts and ingenuity of skilled engineers have been brought to bear on this vital question of saving time in the transmission of alarms. It is obvious that a fire may be more readily checked in its incipiency than after it has made headway; therefore, no matter how efficient a fire department may be, it wUl fail in achieve- ment of its purpose if not supplemented by facihties for obtaining knowledge, without loss of time, of the exact location of a fire. The history of fire-alarm telegraphy shows progress toward certainty of opera- tion and an increasing use of alarm apparatus to meet modern requirements. The first fire-alarm telegraph system in the United States was installed in Boston in 1852. A telegraph signaling system consists of four ele- ments, namely, boxes or signaling stations, alarm apparatus, central station equipment, and circuits, lie central station is the heart of the signaling system, and at this point is located the apparatus for receiving, recording, and transmitting signals and fire alarms. The battery for supplying the electromotive force necessary to operate the system is also located in the central station. The boxes or signaling stations may be considered the outposts of the signaling system and constitute that element of the system with which the general public comes most frequently in contact. Each box is provided with a train movement which, when set in motion by the operation of the starting mechanism, propels a signal wheel, the revolution of which opens and closes the circuit a certain number of times in such a manner as to cause a code signal indi- cating the location of the box to be transmitted to the central station, where the number of the box is regis- tered, and from which the signal is transmitted to the fire-fighting force. The alarm apparatus informs this force of the location of the fire. This equipment con- sists of gongs and indicators in the fire department houses. Where volunteers form part of the fire- fighting force, public alarms are given by means of devices for automatically striking large bells or blowing whistles. These devices are supplemented by equip- mentatthe central stations which automatically records and dates all signals passing over the alarm circuits. Fire-alarm signaling systems range from single- circuit systems adequate for small towns to systems of many circuits, requiring forces of operators con- stantly on duty in the central stations, and they may be classified under two general headings, namely, auto- matic and manual. The word "automatic" may only be applied to systems which require no manual intervention what- ever in transmitting alarms from the street signal boxes to the fire-fighting force. "When a system be- comes large enough to warrant the constant attendance of one or more operators at the central station, it ceases to be entirely automatic in its functions and re- quires facilities for the manual transmission of signals from the central station to the fire department houses. There is great variation in local conditions and re- quirements of the municipahties in which central stations are employed, and for this reason no fixed rule as to the exact amount and arrangement of appa- ratus can be established which will apply in every case. The census inquiry covers systems operated by electricity and used exclusively for sending signals or messages to the central offices of fire or poHce depart- ments. In some cases these systems are leased by the municipahties wholly or in part from telephone or telegraph companies. The census does not cover the adaptation of local telephone systems for the con- veyance of alarms unless arrangements are made for registration at central offices devoted exclusively to the fire-alarm or poHce-patrol service. The following cities and towns reported arrange- ments with the local telephone companies to operate, through the regular switchboards at the telephone ex- changes, systems to carry fire alarms transmitted from boxes located at iatervals on streets: New Canaan, Conn. Lorain, Ohio. Dover, Del. Mount Vernon, Ohio. North Vernon, Ind. Marshfield, Oreg. Valparaiso, Ind. Abington, Pa. Charles City, Iowa. BeUevue, Pa. Kansas City, Kans. Honesdale, Pa. Wichita, Kans. Sayre, Pa. Grand Island, Nebr. Vandergrift, Pa. ColUngBWOod, N. J. WiUiamsport, Pa. No information was secured in regard to the number of alarms and other data relating to the fire-alarm service in these cities or ki any other places where similar arrangements were in existence. Combined fire-alarm and police-patrol signaling sys- tems. — Table 1 presents a summary of the principal statistics for aU of the fire-alarm and pohce-patrol (171) 172 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. signaling systems for which data were collected at the censuses of 1912, 1907, and 1902. Table 1 ELECTKIC FIEE-ALABM AND POLICE-PATBOL SIG- NALING SYSTEMS. 1912 1907 1902 Percent of increase. 1902- 1912 1907- 1912 1902- 1907 Number of systems 1,397 90,284 48. 290 41,994 81,282 73,393 7,889 175,539 789 369 420 4,953 1,167 70,812 42,796 28,016 62,504 58,121 4,383 120,719 679 287 392 2,427 889 54,710 40,008 14,702 46,767 45,597 1,170 85,070 539 226 313 834 67.1 66.0 20.7 185.6 73.8 61.0 674.3 106.3 46.4 63.3 34.2 493.9 20.7 27.5 12.8 49.9 30.0 26.3 80.0 45.4 16.2 28.6 7.1 104.1 30.1 Miles of single wire . 29.4 7.0 In underground subways or . conduits 90.6 Nimiber of boxes or signaling 33.6 27.5 274.6 Number of flre alarms received . . . Central ofHce eq uipment: Number of transmitters 41.9 26.0 27.0 25.2 Number of receiving registers of all ki"ds 191.0 During the decade ending with 1912 there was a rapid development of the &e-alarm and pohce-patrol signaling systems of the cities. The miles of wire used for the service increased from 54,710 in 1902 to 90,284 in 1912, a net gain of 35,574 miles, or 65 per cent. Dur- ing the same period the number of boxes or signaling stations iacreased from 46,767 to 81,282, or 73.8 per cent. The large increase in the number of telephone stations is due in part to the fact that no telephones were reported as used for fire-alarm service in 1902, whereas 2,688 were reported for such service in 1907 and 3,683 in 1912. The pohce-patrol service reported the use of 1,170 telephones in 1902, 1,695 in 1907, and 4,206 in 1912. The methods of reporting the number of fire alarms were not uniform in the dififerent cities, and it is prob- able that the same class of alarms was not reported for all places. The total includes a large number of false alarms and fires too small to have any significance. Methods of administration. — The police-patrol and fire-alarm systems are controlled by various adminis- trative offices and departments of city governments. Table 2 shows the numbers of systems reported at each census as under the control of the various boards or departments of administration. While the figures given in Table 2 are iaterestiag, they possess Httle significance on account of the dif- ference in titles applied in different locahties to offi- cials or boards exercising similar functions. Systems administered under similar conditions have been reported as directed by officials bearing dissimilar titles but whose duties were aHke. In some com- munities these is considerable doubt and coniusion among the officials as to the real authority over fire- alarm and pohce-patrol systems. It was impracti- cable to examine all of the ordinances which define the duties of municipal officials in order to deter- mine definitely the particular boards or departments that had jurisdiction over fire-alarm and poUce-patrol systems, respectively. The reports, however, indicate that in earlier years the general tendency in different cities was to place the fire departments under the gen- eral supervision of admiaistrative bodies, such as boards of aldermen, boards of selectmen, city councils, etc., and to place the poUce departments under the admin- istration of boards of police commissioners or pubUc safety departments. There has been, however, a ten- dency in later years to place these branches of the pubhc service under the authority of officers who have made a specialty of service of this character, rather than under the control of boards or committees the personnel of which is coixstantly changing. Table Z BOARDS OR DEPARTMENTS OF ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE- PATROL SYSTEMS— NUMBER, GROUPED ACCORDING TO BOARDS OR DEPARTMENTS OF ADMINISTRATION. ADMINISTRATION. Fire-alarm systems. Police-patrol systems. 1912 1907 1902 1912 1907 1902 Total number 1,149 979 764 319 226 148 Administrative bodies not specified Boards consisting of: Aldermen and police and fire commis- sioners 126 14 215 14 1 12 65 62 2 10 65 23 12 341 1 2 10 62 67 36 6 1 22 1 31 49 Commissioners of public utilities Fire commissioners (or commissioner) . . 6 76 68 5 19 125 20 13 55 2 2 18 ""2 1 42 14 52 ""2 8 2 Police commissioners (or commissioner) Polip-fland firfinnTpTniqfiinTiftrs 27 11 24 5 27 Q Public safety (or director or commis- sioner of) . . 14 Public works (or commissioner of) Selectmen and board of engineers 4 1 3 16 11 3 6 6 44 4 3 7 8 15 17 251 2 5 2 3 1 9 1 8 2 2 4 5 1 2 21 1 1 2 1 1 Chief of fire department and city electrician . City council and chief of fire department City council and fire marshal City council and superintendents of fire and 6 3 Committee elected by citizens at town meetings Department of: 58 5 36 1 "'io' 2 1 26 11 1 6 2 7 Fire aud police-pa'trol telegraph Police and public (or city) property 2 1 9 4 19 38 368 Fire and water committee of the sanitary improvement commission Fire commissioner and city council 3 4 I Fire department (chief, director, or com- 141 2 1 15 Fire marshal Joint board of fire wardens and selectmen .. . Mayor 3 3 3 1 6 1 4 1 1 Mayor and board of police commissioners... 1 Mayor and chief of police 1 24 20 6 Mayor and city marshal 1 Mayor, city councfi, and fire department Ordinance Department of United States Army 10 1 1 Park commission 2 2 1 61 2 Police and fire commissions 5 5 12 12 8 2 2 12 6 3 8 22 12 1 Police and fire departments 6 40 1 3 3 " Special committee by vote of town X Superintendent of fire-alarm and polioe- 20 2 2 23 7 4 9 Supei-intendent of police and board of pub- lic safety Water department 1 1 10 Water and light department 7 13 2 4 Notspecified 2 Fire-alarm and police-patrol systems in municipalities: 1912. — Table 3 shows, by cities and towns (1,160 in number) , the number of systems, miles of wire, num- ber of signaling boxes or stations, number of trans- mitters, and number of receiving registers of all kiads reported for the operation of fire-alarm and police- patrol signaling systems during 1912. FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 173 MUNICIPAL ELECTBIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912. Table 3 NUMBEK OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NUMBER OF BOXES OB SIGNALINO STATIONS. NUMBEB OF TKAN3- MITTEE3. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPALITY. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. 71 1,078 248 90,284 81,282 73,393 7,889 369 420 4,953 OEOGEAPmc divisions: N«w ■Rngla.nd 9 19 23 6 3 3 3 266 264 223 61 76 37 29 49 73 65 70 51 14 17 7 4 6 14 13,207 21,089 29,932 6,090 8,907 1,345 2,041 1,239 6,434 14,839 23,814 19,975 5,414 5,773 2,136 2,358 1,070 6,303 13,993 21,808 17,334 4,440 5,369 2,011 2,127 1,636 4,675 846 2,006 2,641 974 404 125 231 34 628 86 92 81 14 29 15 14 9 29 130 104 73 22 34 8 11 12 26 830 Middle Atlantic ^1,274 1,390 East North Central West North. Central 289 South Atlajitic. 312 East South Central 165 West South Central. . , . 159 127 Pacific 5 407 1 5 2 211 427 415 12 3 4 32 AnniFstnTi 1 1 1 1 9 37 83 52 25 5 38 32 112 124 97 60 12 99 32 112 124 97 40 10 99 1 3 1 12 Mobile 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 10 Selma.. 1 10 2 4 Sheffield 1 5 1 1 8 Douglas . . . 2 8 6 8 11 61 20 21 16 20 22 72 20 21 16 20 22 62 1 2 Globe 1 ■phneTiiT 1 3 Prescott 1 1 1 10 1 11 Vnrt Rmith 1 24 10 27 4,994 10 23 39 3,486 10 1 1 1 53 23 39 3,080 3 Little Rock 1 17 7 4 8 406 21 274 1 70 11 3 14 76 12 12 8 3 21 25 5 10 15 2,094 4 6 12 8 14 1 2 1,164 13 7 9 65 8 60 1 8 4 11 8 6 148 6 5 10 160 737 40 5 7 13 61 18 7 41 110 29 17 23 48 45 25 13 19 27 625 10 19 28 14 23 2 13 418 36 25 15 94 18 15 2 20 10 21 28 18 178 15 10 18 201 676 98 17 28 26 48 18 7 15 106 29 17 15 48 36 25 13 19 27 625 10 19 21 14 23 2 13 231 35 25 16 63 16 15 2 16 10 21 28 18 178 15 10 18 201 676 76 15 26 26 13 1 2 1 Areata 1 1 26 4 ^ 6 1 2 1 9 4 1 1 1 8' 1 1 2 Crockett 7 9 7 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 60 2 1 1 7 7 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 187 2 1 49 1 3 1 ■Pnlo AUji 1 2 1 41 6 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 Eedding 2 3 2 Eedwood City 1 1 1 Sacramento Salinas 1 9 1 1 San Anselmo San Bernardino i' 1 1 r i' 2 1 18 San Francisco San Jose - 22' 2 17 2 1 San Rafael Santa Ana 2 2' 1 2 174 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued NT7MBEB OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NtTMBEB OF BOXES OB SIGNALINa STATIONS. NTTMBEB OF TEANS- MITTEES. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MXTNICIPALITY. Com- bined Are alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. Calipoiinia— Continued. 16 9 6 7 11 2 18 3 14 6 6 6 7 660 8 18 12 26 7 124 7 24 17 7 25 10 712 8 18 12 26 7 43 7 24 17 7 25 10 695 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 81 1 5 1 Vallejo 6 1 1 "Whittipr 1 1 1 1 2 Woodland 1 Colorado 3 17 4 48 34 6 30 7 56 15 318 4 18 15 10 5 6 156 4 4 6 1,575 17 14 21 75 27 328 12 14 23 18 13 14 102 10 12 12 2,079 14 14 21 61 27 328 12 14 23 18 13 14 102 10 12 12 1,907 3 6 3 Colorado Citv 1 1 14 1 2 2 1 1 19 1 1 1 Fort Collins 1 1 2 2 1 Pueblo 1 2 S Trinidad 1 1 1 2 8 172 10 20 137 20 211 25 11 15 3 18 31 181 32 12 16 58 421 42 11 40 5 26 15 20 12 6 12 20 13 25 4 14 20 6 160 18 18 4 30 226 40 288 51 12 43 46 24 46 224 106 28 34 90 319 46 23 66 9 IS 24 20 18 12 18 28 41 64 9 26 49 24 140 37 28 7 32 150 40 233 51 12 39 43 24 16 224 81 28 34 90 304 46 23 66 9 16 24 20 18 12 18 28 38 49 9 25 42 24 129 31 28 7 27 160 1 1 65 1 3 1 13 4 1 1 4 3 4 1 2 2 Enfield 1 Greenwich i 1 1 3J 2 1 2 IS Meriden 25 1 6 Middletown. 5 1 New Britain 1 1 1 1 2 1 9 15 2 1 18 3 1 Norwich 1 2 2 Pawcatuck 1 3 1 Eookville 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 South Norwalk 1 3 5 4 1 1 3 Stonington 1 1 1 7 4 "Wallingford 1 3 11 6 2 1 13 1 4 W mdsor I^ocks . 1 5 2 1 1 3 1 1 226 4,888 160 919 160 842 1 2 fr 77 2 75 Washington 1 4,888 919 842 77 2 2 75 FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 175 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. OTJMBEB OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NUMBEB OP BOXES OB SIGNALINQ STATIONS. NTMBEB OP TBANS- MITTEES. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MTJNICIPAUTT. Com- bined Are alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. < Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. 10 3 279 410 387 23 2 3 23 Fernandioa 17 7 12 128 U U 32 3 9 10 SO 572 11 20 140 38 26 68 8 23 8 68 932 11 20 140 38 26 45 8 23 8 68 857 1 1 1 1 1 2 KeyWest 4 Miami 1 1 4 1 23 1 2 ^■(liTifty, , . 1 St. Augustine 1 1 Tampa 1 3 6 Georgia 75 6 9 51 1 10 18 233 82 15 8 22 9 2 5 1 28 10 6 18 98 7 137 26 37 257 129 25 10 32 21 5 16 3 126 14 12 47 155 17 217 26 37 185 129 25 10 32 21 5 18 3 126 14 12 47 154 15 217 1 2 2 1 72 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 4 S 1 Elberton 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 2 Valrtntita 1 Idaho 15 . 39 71 12 4 20 14 11 5 6,397 60 25 27 25 33 27 20 5,663 60 25 27 25 33 27 20 4,139 '1 1 1 6 2 3 1 Illinois 13 10 1,524 12 9 353 1 1 8 76 20 5 20 10 4,929 39 40 35 26 15 6 59 55 47 12 10 S 25 7 32 98 16 7 13 12 3 5 69 5 2 5 6 22 29 8 12 272 17 14 206 22 25 52 42 3,226 65 110 66 72 42 10 100 117 68 27 24 15 24 3 35 147 46 3 60 30 5 23 82 15 16 8 9 25 27 19 19 167 76 14 120 22 25 52 17 1,979 44 110 66 72 34 10 100 102 68 27 24 15 24 3 35 110 32 3 60 30 5 23 82 15 16 5 9 14 27 19 19 167 1 76 3 1 86 1 1 1 10 1 2 i 1 1 1 1 5 1 25 1,247 21 2 1 1 1 177 2 Cicero 2 1 5 3 2 7 13 DanviUe Decatur Dekalb 1 1 1 1 1 1 i' i" s" Dundee i" 1 is' 3 1 1 1 Forest Park i 4 4 3 Granite Harvey Highland Park Jacksonville 1 i 1 i' 1 37" 3 1 2 17 Kankakee LaSaUe 1 1 i' i' 14 i 1 1 3 8 Marengo Mandota Moline Monmouth Mount Pulaski 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i' 1 i' 3' ii' i' 1 4 10 2 1 1 1 3 i 2 Pana Pekin i 1 i' 1 4 3 2 176 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. NUMBEB Of SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NUMBER OF BOXES OB SIGNALING STATIONS. NUMBEB OF TEANS- MITTEB3. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPAHTIT. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. Illinois— Continued . Pontiac, 1 10 2 3 95 58 77 7 20 14 20 3 3 1,823 24 10 20 100 90 111 19 42 23 60 12 20 2,227 24 10 20 84 65 111 19 42 23 50 6 20 2,108 1 1 Rock Falls 1 1 1 1 2 Rockford 1 16 35 1 2 Rock Island 1 g 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 42 Sterling Streatdr 1 1 1 5 Sycamore 3 Wftlllrpgan 5 6 1 Woodstock Indiana 8 119 10 11 Albion 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 19 6 5 46 8 • 11 15 15 7 20 5 38 149 46 8 24 3 28 12 800 35 35 20 35 9 30 34 24 20 21 11 7 9 6 6 26 15 20 105 69 20 11 10 521 12 8 96 9 18 28 32 18 43 19 83 143 70 18 41 16 41 33 362 48 46 45 64 19 59 47 39 61 38 100 8 23 22 16 62 21 36 200 107 41 21 26 692 12 8 91 9 18 28 32 18 43 19 83 143 36 18 41 16 41 23 362 27 46 30 64 19 45 36 29 51 38 100 8 23 22 16 62 21 36 200 107 41 21 26 654 2 Alexandria 1 1 Anderson 4 1 1 Auburn Brazil 1 3 i Columbus Connersville 1 2 Crawtordsville Elkhart 4 1 12 15 9 2 11 1 7 1 37 5 7 3 4 8 6 7 Elwood 1 Fort Wayne 1 1 1 Gary 34 Gas City 1 Greencastle Hammond Huntington 10 Indianapolis 1 1 1 1 21 1 1 1 Laporte 1 15 Madison [....\.\""' 14 11 10 1 Michigan City 1 1 1 1 1 Mishawaka 4 New Albany 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 10 1 4 1 2 Noblesville Peru Prmceton 1 Richmond RushVille 1 Shelbyrille 1 Terre Haute 1 Vinceimes Wabash 1 Washington 2 38 6 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 50 26 70 80 107 35 5 8 10 8 10 12 6 5 10 43 16 6 60 62 70 47 87 85 67 15 13 15 3 18 38 6 14 19 62 31 10 43 62 70 47 80 85 67 15 13 15 3 12 23 6 14 19 69 31 10 7 2 6 1 6 Cedar Rapids 1 i' 1 Council Bluffs 1 i' 7 1 1 1 5 3 1 4 a 1 2 Dubuque 1 Fort Dodge i' 2 Le Mars 6" Mason City Missouri Valley 1 1 1 3 Waterloo i 3 i" 1 4 4 1 1 FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 177 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table a— Continued. NUMBER OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NUMBER OF BOXES OE SIGNALING STATIONS. NUMBER OF TRANS- MITTERS. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPAIJTT. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. 6 113 144 122 22 1 1 9 Arkansas City 17 50 10 6 10 4 34 667 22 15 10 24 6 67 976 22 1 Fort Scott 15 10 24 6 67 929 1 1 Ottawa 1 3 2 Pittsbiu-g . . . 1 1 1 4 47 4 1 72 Ashland 2 5 4 88 16 7 4 19 68 368 4 6 23 10 26 8 4 5 1,010 5 14 17 147 12 22 10 36 101 396 15 21 60 40 43 20 8 9 509 2 14 17 147 12 22 10 36 62 396 15 21 60 40 38 20 8 9 497 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 3 39 1 6 1 27 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 6 6 Paris 1 1 1 12 7 3 19 43 8 16 3 4 16 930 34 739 22 24 12 22 36 325 68 1,035 18 24 12 14 36 326 68 981 4 1 1 4 5 1 8 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 5 Maine 1 6 64 7 78 26 20 78 6 12 18 35 8 7 2 10 7 6 4 5 S 4 4 S 8 6 2 60 6 1 7 2 2 11 5 14 12 231 6 15 12 7 15 10 8 17 18 2 10 32 38 97 11 26 20 48 7 17 4 23 18 10 12 10 12 14 11 12 18 13 6 66 9 9 10 14 7 9 12 19 12 204 6 18 21 22 41 13 12 42 15 5 11 32 38 89 11 25 20 29 7 17 23 16 10 12 9 12 12 11 12 18 13 6 53 9 9 10 14 7 9 12 19 12 204 6 18 21 22 41 13 12 42 15 5 11 1 1 1 17 5 9 1 3 3 1 1 1 19 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 1 Eden Fairfield 2 1 j" 2 1 I Houlton Kingfleld i' is" 1 1 1 2 Llveimore Madison Millinocket 1 1 1 1 1 Oakland Old Orchard Old Town Pittsfleld i' i' 2 1 1 1 1 11 Presque Isle Kocfcland Bumford Falls 1 1 1 1 Saoo Sanford ^'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 Winthrop Yarmouth 1 1 81100°- 178 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS. STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. NTTMBEE OF SYSTEMS. Total nimiber of miles of single wire. NTTMBER OP BOXES OB SIGNALtUG STATIONS. NUMBER OF TRANS- MITTERS. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MtTNICrpAUTT. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. Maryland.. 4 1 1,298 1,131 1,118 13 3 20 ■Rfl.lti"T^rA 1 1 1,024 8 260 6 8,915 980 21 110 20 9,086 980 21 97 20 8,673 3 14 1 1 1 125 4 13 1 1 Massachusetts. . 6 39 413 61 81 461 Abington 17 28 13 13 35 34 20 77 4 6 18 121 2,565 28 11 130 75 191 60 S3 35 57 27 35 47 32 16 60 25 235 3 63 26 7 36 85 7 21 82 55 13 96 16 2 18 20 115 35 30 221 8 230 126 15 32 24 12 23 4 63 75 7 65 15 25 28 99 6 21 36 38 19 38 62 45 73 11 19 45 89 1,448 29 25 156 119 270 32 106 63 38 33 19 27 45 20 90 23 334 3 102 26 14 49 83 13 44 99 41 18 33 15 5 24 17 166 37 44 236 23 221 148 20 29 42 14 44 14 76 72 16 46 31 31 20 86 16 21 32 30 19 36 52 43 73 6 19 45 89 1,431 29 25 156 119 270 32 82 63 25 33 19 27 45 20 90 22 298 3 102 25 14 49 74 10 44 99 38 18 33 15 5 24 17 165 37 44 214 23 221 141 20 29 42 14 42 14 76 72 16 46 31 27 20 86 16 1 A^lamp 1 1 4 8 2 2 Amherst 1 Andover 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 Athol 2 3 1 1 Avon 5 1 Ayer 1 1 Beverly 1 3 1 19 7 Boston^ 17 20 34 Braintree 1 Bridgewater 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cambridge 2 5 1 24 2 1 Chicopee 4 Clinton 1 13 1 1 1 Danvers 1 4 Dedham. 3 6 Easthampton Everett 1 1 1 36- 9 Fall Eiver 1 1 2 9 Falmouth Fitohburg 1 1 1 1 1 1 Gardner 1 1 1 9 3 1 2 Great Barrington Haverhill 1 Hingham 3 3 7 Holbrook Holyoke 1 10 1 Hudson 1 3 Lawrence. 1 1 2 4 3 2 21 1 1 1 LoweU. ■ 1 22 1 1 2 Ludlow. Lynn 1 1 1 1 1 Maiden 7 7 3 2 3 1 4 1 2 4 1 2 2 Mansfield Marion Maynard Medford '.'...'.'.. i" 2 i' 3' Merrimac 1 i' Milton Monson i' 4 r 3 4 2 2 1 1 Includes figures for the Blue Hills and Kevere Beach Divisions of the Metropolitan Park Commission. FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 179 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Coii|mued. STATE AND MiraiOIPALITT Massachusetts— Continued. Nahant Nantasket Beach Nantucket Natick Needham New Bedford Newburyport. . . Newton North Adams... North Andover. North Attleborough. North Brookfield North Easton Northampton Northbrldge Norwood. . Orange PalmeE Peabody... PepperelL . Plttsfleld.. Pljrmouth. Quincy Bandolph. Beading. . . Eevere Bockland.. Bockport. . Salem NUMBER OP SYSTEMS. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Sharon Shelbume Somerville Southbridge South Framingham. South Hadley . Springfield Stoneham Stoughton Swampscott... Taunton Three Rivers. . Turners Falls. Wakefield Walpole Waltham. . . Ware Warren Watertown. Webster Wellesley West Springfield. Westborough Westfleld Weston Fire alarm. Weymouth Whitman Williamstown. Winchendon.._ Winchester. Winthrop.. Wobum Worcester.. Michigan. Adrian Alleptan Battle Creek. BayCit^r Big Rapids. . . Cadillac.. Calumet. Caro Clare Detroit.. Dowagiac.. Escanaba.. Essexvillo. Evart Flint Police patrol. Total number of miles of single wire. 68 36 17 35 42 188 35 151 30 25 35 3 16 60 24 138 15 40 92 45 7 132 45 7 2 138 11 40 6 293 22 18 14 94 6 15 37 29 126 8 6 79 10 47 24 9 30 30 53 20 10 20 15. 16 60 10,904 NUMBEB OF BOXES OE SIQNALINa STATIONS. 13 2 59 112 14 11 15 6 2 9,616 Total. 26 63 12 80 34 161 22 45 74 30 25 120 13 7 177 25 67 14 262 30 19 30 131 17 17 46 47 124 23 13 66 28 40 48 62 360 3,820 27 2 116 135 18 32 13 10 1,579 26 30 7 10 92 Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. 22 26 63 12 80 34 161 22 45 67 30 15 96 30 13 7 177 25 61 14 262 30 19 30 131 17 17 46 47 119 21 13 56 28 56 36 13 38 20 49 33 18 3,755 27 2 116 135 18 32 13 10 1,579 26 30 7 10 77 NUMBER OP TRANS- MITTERS. Manual. Auto- matic. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. 1 2 2 4 1 10 6 4 1 1 11 2 3 1 25 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 278 2 1 7 4 1 4 6 1 1 103 2 4 2 1 S 180 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALAEM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. STATE USD MUinCIPALITT. MiCHiGAi; — Continued. Flushing Gaylord Gladstone Grand Haven Grand Rapids Hamtramclc Hancock Harbor Beach... Harbor Springs. . Harrison Hastings Highland Park. Holland Houghton Ionia IronEiver Iron Mountain. Ironwood Ishpeming Jackson Kalamazoo. Lanstag Laurium... Ludington. . Manistee... Marine City Marquette .Marsnall Menominee Mount Clemens.. Mount Pleasant. Munising Muskegon Negaunee Norway. Otsego.. Owosso. . Pontiac Port Huron. . River Rouge. Saginaw St. Clair Sault Ste. Marie. Traverse City Wyandotte Minnesota. Anoka Austin Biwabit.. Chisholm. Cloauet... Crookston. . . Duluth Ely Eveleth Parmington. Hibbing Mankato Minneapolis. Moorhead . . . New trim.. Owatonna. Redwing. Rochester.. St. Cloud St. Paul South St. Paul. Spring Valley.. Stillwater Two Harbors. Virginia Winona NUMBEK OF SYSTEMS. Com- bined ftre alarm and police patrol. FiiB alarm. 22 Police patrol. Total number of miles of single wire. S 4 7 6 251 25 5 4 6 2 4 11 10 16 6 5 16 8 23 35 45 100 5 12 20 6 15 4 16 16 5 7 30 5 2,278 12 11 2 7 15 10 162 6 13 12 811 6 10 14 13 20 18 1,020 12 NVMBEE OF BOXES OB SIONALINQ STATIONS. Total. 7 10 17 21 286 20 22 12 9 4 16 22 37 14 50 39 35 113 60 94 7 16 42 42 58 10 25 14 29 16 86 15 26 100 14 33 44 16 1,764 20 17 10 33 75 5 193 17 31 18 44 19 576 16 25 16 36 20 22 427 9 10 29 13 20 66 Signal- ing. 17 21 286 20 22 12 16 22 37 23 24 14 40 39 35 113 15 26 100 14 33 44 16 1,635 18 17 10 33 76 5 193 17 31 18 44 19 547 15 25 18 32 20 22 245 9 10 29 13 17 55 Tele- phoning. 10 28 182 NXTMBEB OF TB^S- MITTEES. Manual. Auto- matic. Number of receiving registers ofaU lands. 1 1 1 3 16 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 4 1 7 6 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 6 2 2 5 6 2 12 2 1 5 1 110 1 3 2 1 1 2 9 1 2 1 6 2 37 1 1 2 1 1 2 20 1 1 2 1 I 8 FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE PATROL. 181 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3 — Continued. NUMBER OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NTJMEEK or BOXES OR SIGNALING STATIONS. NUMBER OF TRANS- MITTERS. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPALITY. Com- bined Are alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. Mississippi 9 126 196 177 19 5 2 34 Biloxi 6 12 3 11 6 11 63 12 10 9 2,462 5 2 22 16 19 32 33 48 20 2,419 6 2 22 15 19 32 33 29 20 1,822 1 1 1 Greenville. . . 1 1 10 1 Hattiesburg 1 1 4 Meridian 1 1 5 Vicksburg 19 7 1 1 4 MlSSOUBI 2 2 597 2 91 1 1 1 8 2 2 19 150 6 107 2,139 29 161 5 27 6 68 178 14 63 2,004 65 254 5 15 3 46 178 14 63 1,433 66 260 1 Cape Girardeau . . - 12 2 12 2 2 1 1 5 Kansas City 1 10 1 7 St. Josepli. 1 4 St. LouK 1 1 9 1 571 2 58 2 Montana . . 1 4 3 1 22 1 3 9 2 10 63 23 25 8 10 21 661 33 15 20 82 17 36 7 25 19 273 33 11 20 82 17 36 7 25 19 192 4 Billings 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 Missoula. 1 3 3 81 2 16 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 40 602 19 55 74 176 23 87 69 110 13 74 5 66 10 13 1 1 10 . 4 2 1 5 31 7 48 484 27 60 828 27 47 814 2 1 4 13 14 1 13 3 5 72 2 4 9 8 14 68 4 20 26 14 5 1 4 3 28 12 6 9 4 110 15 50 10 4 2 5 25 7 6 4 6 4 14 38 8 33 90 16 40 24 20 7 1 10 10 41 39 14 13 27 136 19 77 12 13 6 11 44 17 25 7 13 4 14 33 8 33 88 16 40 24 20 7 1 10 10 38 39 14 13 27 136 19 77 12 13 5 11 40 17 25 7 13 1 1 1 5 4 Bristol 2 2 1 2 1 9 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 \rilfnrH 1 1 6 1 4 Newport 1 1 Plymouth i i" i' 3' i' 1 4 Somersworth Mton 3 3 1 1 182 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. NUMBER OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NUMBEE OP BOXES OK SIGNAIJIIG STATIONS. NUMBEE OP TRANS- MITTERS. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPAUTT. Com- ■bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. 5 67 25 3,655 4,400 3,844 656 18 34 324 1 1 1 44 178 90 14 6 46 6 5 25 8 250 16 12 10 2 88 7 11 71 22 4 4 8 24 12 4 8 28 24 301 42 21 18 10 133 27 14 25 816 12 8 22 5 5 19 119 161 42 14 41 81 10 2 11 26 16 30 40 7 20 27 7 15 346 5 19 20 17 10 32 12 11 11 11 46 113 106 20 10 43 10 16 25 22 218 18 21 22 4 109 16 16 115 20 20 14 12 47 16 12 33 83 40 402 56 19 40 27 110 29 23 50 971 21 IS 26 21 14 36 114 268 55 24 72 21 11 6 22 39 12 19 !? 9 18 14 31 240 20 28 37 48 27 30 34 25 25 42 46 113 106 20 10 43 10 16 25 22 218 18 12 22 4 102 16 16 115 20 20 14 12 41 1 10 1 1 1 19 Bayonne , . . 2 Belleville 3 1 Bloomfield 1 1 7 1 1 4 Camden 1 2 1 14 Cape May 2 1 9 Dover 2 'East Newark I 1 7 1 1 1 East Rutherford 4 Edgewater 1 Elizabetli ; 1 1 Englewood 3 Glen Eidge 1 Gloucester 1 1 6 16 1 Haddonfleld 1 Haledon • 1 12 33 83 40 374 33 19 40 27 82 19 23 50 735 21 15 26 21 14 36 96 258 55 24 72 21 11 6 22 31 I 3 Hoboken 1 1 3 Jersey City 1 1 28 23 1 1 1 1 6 Long Branch Milbum 1 Montolair 1 1 28 10 1 g Moorestown 1 2 1 5 New Brunswick 1 7 16 Newark 1 236 1 13 Newton North Plainfleld Nutley X Ocean Grove I Orange Passaic 1 1 1 18 1 2 2 3 Paterson 1 16 5 PhilUpsburg Plainfleld 1 1 6 3 1 2 3 Princeton 1 Rahway Eed Bank Eidgewood 1 8 12 19 4 1 1 4 4 1 2 1 2 49 1 1 2 4 7 1 2 2 2 7 Eoselle 1 1 EosellePark 1 1 Eutherford 37 17 9 2 14 24 188 20 28 21 28 17 30 29 15 25 42 1 Somerville South Amboy 1 South Orange 1 16 South Eiver Summit 1 1 7 62 1 1 i" Union Vineland 1 1 16 20 10 West Hoboken West New York i' 1 Westfield 1 1 6 10 Wildwood 1 Woodbury New Mexico 11 42 42 7 FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE PATROL. 183 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Gontmued. STATE AND MUNICIPALITY. New York. Albany Amsterdam... Auburn Batavia Binghamton.. Buffalo Canajoharie... Canandaigua. Cartilage Catskill. Cazenovia. Coboes Coming Cortland... Coxsackie.. Degew DoBbs Terry. Dolgeville.... Dunkirk East Chester.. Elmira Fort Plain., rredonia... Freeport Triton Geneva Glens Falls.. Gloversville. Gouvemeur. Gowanda Granville Hancock Haverstraw.. Hempstead. . Herkimer.... NUMBEB OF SYSTEMS. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Hillbum.. Homell... Hudson.. Dion... Ithaca Jamestown... Johnstown Kingston Lackawanna.. Lancaster Larchmont. Leroy Lestershire.. Little Falls. Lockport Malone Mamaroneck Mechaoicsville. . Medina Middleport Middletown Mount Vernon. . New Eochelle... New York City. Newark Newburdi Niagara Falls North Tarrytown... North Tonawanda.. Norwich Ogdensburg. Olean Oneida Oneonta Oswego Owego Patchogue. . Peekskill... Pelham Plattsburg.. Port Chester... Potsdam Poughkeepsie.. EedHook Rensselaer Fire alarm. 97 Police patrol. 28 Total number ol miles of single wire. 205 22 25 19 69 1,181 16 10 12 9 1 35 131 100 6„421 10 NUMBER OP BOXES OE SIGNAUNG STATIONS. Total. 11,434 257 66 67 33 114 997 13 27 18 24 69 30 42 11 16 16 16 24 49 105 4 6 12 20 46 32 48 15 14 17 11 12 16 15 84 32 67 31 12 12 16 20 29 60 30 20 17 14 6 52 74 86 5,692 19 Signal- ing. 10,300 33 40 12.5 130 20 40 25 19 7 18 20 38 1,8 45 11 18 22 27 29 55 1 3 5 6 6 26 14 13 10 18 28 37 4 10 99. 60 9, 7 10 19 267 56 67 33 114 974 13 27 18 24 30 42 11 16 11 16 24 49 105 4 Tele- phoning. 1,134 4,862 14 40 130 23 12 25 18 840 6 NUMBER OF TEANS- MITTEES. Manual. Auto- matic. Number ol receiving registers of all kinds 3 6 1 7 9 117 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 3 • 1 6 4 1 1 8 10 2 35 2 1 2 4 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 1 4 1 1 184 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. NUMBER OP SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NUMBER OF BOXES OR SIGNAUNG STATIONS. NUMBER OF TRANS- MITTERS. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPAUTY. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. New Yoek— Continued. ■RhiTiphpfilr 1 5 16 824 37 13 3 10 5 27 74 8 7 5 3 438 28 42 120 15 97 7 6 65 8 6 6 66 780 242 10 16 439 60 56 12 22 15 43 126 23 15 5 10 263 22 44 135 27 189 13 14 113 27 15 14 63 243 449 10 16 429 60 43 12 22 15 43 126 15 15 2 10 263 22 44 135 12 179 13 14 113 27 15 14 45 233 402 1 Richfield Snrines 1 1 Rochester 1 1 10 6 1 7 Rome 3 1 13 St Johnsville 1 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21 8 Solvay 1 Southainpton 3 1 1 1 1 1 Tarrytown 1 s 2 16 1 15 1 1 10 S 1 3 2 13 45 15 10 1 Utica 1 1 "Warsaw 2 2 1 1 WatervUet Waverly 1 1 1 1 4 White Plains 1 1 2 18 10 47 1 6 13 45 23 10 6 26 10 5 7 26 8 8 31 5 20 31 43 52 39 12 18 34 24 10 20 51 26 15 64 14 27 73 24 52 33 12 11 34 24 10 20 36 26 15 64 14 27 67 19 1 1 5 Charlotte 1 6 4 1 3 4 2 1 4 4 1 1 6 1 4 4 Elizabeth City Goldsboro 7 1 (T-r^ePRT)"'''^ . High Point 1 Newbem I Raleigh 1 15 Rocky Mount 2 "WilTniTiEt/jn . . , . , . , 1 1 1 ■Wilson.".. Win.<5t^Ti-RalftTn 1 NoETH Dakota 1 6 1 1 52 1 21 10 7,979 46 27 3,489 40 27 4,991 6 3 1 361 GrftTifl Fftrlrp 5 18 498 28 22 Ada 6 182 33 8 8 7 11 226 10 1,766 9 2,542 682 3 262 13 36 44 6 25 28 15 10 25 8 SO 15 21 28 34 15 197 93 50 25 18 X5 148 40 900 25 895 334 23 336 21 30 56 5 15 35 24 21 43 30 83 23 31 31 63 15 197 93 50 26 13 15 148 40 683 25 770 324 23 336 21 30 40 5 15 35 24 21 43 30 83 23 31 31 64 1 1 1 17 3 2 5 1 1 9 3 64 1 87 26 1 3 1 2 9 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 4 Akron 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 Bucyrus Canton 1 2 1 217 1 Cleveland 1 1 125 10 2 1 1 1 5 Columbus Coshocton 1 1 East Cleveland 1 1 16 1 East YouTiwtown Elyria 1 1 Eindlay Gallon 1 1 Greenville 1 1 Hartwell 1 Ironton 1 1 Lima 9 1 FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 185 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. ■^able 3— Continued. NUMBEK or SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NXJMBEK OF BOXES OE SIGNALING STATIONS. NUMBEK OP TEANS- MITTEES. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPAUTY. • Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. Ohio— Continued. 1 15 62 8 28 14 38 22 72 18 75 18 35 18 40 14 105 40 40 1,009 10 12 20 19 8 4 22 149 79 188 21 70 40 43 38 74 42 66 21 61 43 75 21 49 29 197 63 64 427 26 13 23 36 16 36 30 145 115 264 21 70 24 43 30 67 42 29 21 61 43 75 21 49 29 187 63 54 427 26 13 23 36 16 36 26 145 81 250 1 Mansfield i 1 7 Marietta ... 1 16 3 Marion 1 7 8 7 2 Massillon 1 2 1 2 1 10 Middletown 4 Newark 1 37 5 New Philadelphia 1 Norwood 1 3 2 1 3 1 Sanduskv . .... 1 5 2 1 1 10 1 2 Steubenville . 2 TiflBn 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Toledo . . 1 19 1 Van Wert 1 Warren 2 Wellsville . . 1 3 1 1 Xenia 4 2 1 1 1 2 4 34 14 1 3 1 22 1 6 10 7 8 19 92 9 37 572 14 15 20 16 49 62 26 62 502 14 1 16 20 16 49 62 26 62 331 1 1 2 ■VTrtAlftst^r 2 1 4 1 4 1 r&^ :':::::;::::::;:::": 7 Obegon 1 171 1 3 63 100 3 5 10 8 2 539 5 6,265 12 7 20 22 6 428 7 7,980 12 7 20 22 6 257 7 7,664 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 171 1 2 55 1 Pennsylvania 8 17 316 30 ' 29 468 1 1 175 133 10 2 10 4 5 12 2 24 7 4 18 28 5 8 14 11 15 10 31 10 6 8 8 20 24 5 13 12 131 133 12 8 15 15 11 29 10 28 16 12 45 65 14 24 24 26 22 25 51 17 29 12 25 30 65 3 20 18 131 118 12 8 15 11 11 29 10 28 16 12 45 65 14 24 24 26 22 25 51 17 29 2 1 12 15 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 4 1 6 3 1 S 2 3 2 Bloomsburg i" 1 1 Bradford 1 Bristol Canonsburg i' 1 4 6 Chambersburg Charleroi Chester. 5 2 2 2 2 Corry Crafton Easton i' 12 30 55 3 20 18 25' i 2 1 9 1 1 Edgewood i' 1 2 1 186 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. NUMBEB OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NTTMBEE OF BOXES OK SIQNALINO STATIONS. NOMBEE OF TEANS- MITTEE3. Number of receiviag registers ofaU kinds. STATE AND MITNICIPALITT. Com- bined Are alarm and police patrol. Pure alarm. } Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. PENNSYLVANIA -Continued. Erie 1 124 10 2 9 8 2 18 7 70 10 9 51 8 63 5 4 16 4 5 6 97 4 4 33 7 12 6 7 4 16 4 63 40 80 14 4 2 6 2,019 4 1,827 10 8 26 2S 4 14 80 1 12 330 9 10 2 13 26 6 14 6 10 13 6 14 8 10 65 12 15 9 7 5 70 29 10 S 16 7 56 208 14 6 16 13 10 48 23 109 43 25 97 15 110 16 24 30 14 8 11 127 16 15 71 13 12 17 15 22 19 7 66 44 11 32 14 6 15 2,765 21 16 1,506 20 24 32 34 16 22 149 1 11 239 21 27 10 29 30 7 25 12 20 26 18 43 6 27 46 23 59 28 26 10 147 60 28 13 22 12 76 169 14 5 15 13 10 34 23 102 43 25 97 15 96 15 24 30 14 8 11 99 16 15 42 13 12 17 15 39 1 3 Etna 2 Forest Citv 1 1 2 1 1 14 1 1 2 1 7 1 16 I 1 1 1 1 14 1 2 Lansford . - 1 Lebanon g 1 Lititz l/uzeme I 1 28 1 Mahanoy City Mauch Chunk I Meadville 29 1 1 Millvale 1 MoT10T1£?V^«la f!it.y 1 Munhall 22 1 19 7 66 32 1 Newcastle 1 1 9 12 11 1 Q Ogontz 1 1 oScity 32 14 6 15 2,710 21 16 1,506 20 24 32 34 16 17 149 1 11 239 21 27 10 25 30 7 25 12 20 26 18 23 6 27 34 23 69 28 26 10 147 50 28 13 22 12 76 1 3 3 Parnassus 1 2 1 SS 2 1 104 4 Pbcenixville Pitoaim 1 Pittsburgli 1 2 1 65 Pittston 5 Plymouth 1 1 Pottstown 1 Pottsville 1 10 Quakertown 1 1 5 1 1 Beading 1 1 1 1 St. Clair 1 PcraTitrOTi , 1 1 2 5 Rhamokin . .. 1 Sharon 1 4 1 1 4 RbfiTianrioah ; , 4 Shieksbinny. , South Bethlehem 3 2 Sunbury 1 1 1 2 Swissvale 1 20 2 2 1 Taylor Titusville 1 1 1 1 1 12 5 ■Washington 1 Westchester West Pittston 1 1 3 10 Wilkes-Barre 1 1 1 WiUdnsburg 1 2 3 2 1 Wilmerfiing Windber Woodlawn Wyoming 1 10 York..... i 1 2 FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 187 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. NUMBEB OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NXJMBEE OF BOXES OR SIONAUNG STATIONS. NUMBER OF TRANS- MITTERS. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MTJinCIFALITY. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. Rhode Island 13 6 1,287 1,372 1,181 191 6 6 43 Burrillville 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 27 10 12 30 18 • 139 7 87 880 7 8 58 235 10 54 35 14 26 7 83 10 169 807 18 24 115 413 10 64 36 14 9 7 83 10 169 633 18 24 116 393 1 Central Falls 1 2 1 1 ■ East Providence 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 2 NarragMisett 1 1 1 12 1 Pawtucket 1 1 1 1 9 174 9 Ttiv«rp'^1'nt 1 1 1 Woonsocket ...... 1 2 2 6 2 20 7 27 Aiken 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 5 112 60 5 5 3 6 7 10 12 10. 24 11 15 171 64 10 20 12 14 37 25 32 12 49 11 15 171 64 10 20 12 14 17 25 32 12 48 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 6 1 1 1 3 2 20 3 TJnnlr'Trin " 1 1 1 1 2 South Dakota 2 1 5 1 1 1 6 1 1 12 11 1 341 20 26 3 637 19 26 3 490 1 2 2 1 1 1 47 3 1 27 1 37 8 7 15 25 185 64 782 110 28 12 12 76 141 158 1,613 80 26 12 12 76 126 158 1,318 30 2 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 2 ■WaeVi^llft 1 6 14 Texas 1 3 196 7 107 1 1 1 2 12 169 23 1S5 59 129 5 8 8 75 21 2 114 105 5 74 314 77 186 66 206 5 12 37 376 44 5 107 136 5 64 294 77 141 66 206 5 12 37 255 44 6 107 136 1 Beaumont Dallas i' 10 20 1 1 1 1 7 3 6 El Paso Fort Worth i' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 44 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 11 Houston Lufkin 1 12 1 2 Paris Port Arthur San Antonio 121 1 5 16 6 2 Waco Utah i' 1 1 4 1 18 10 Bingham 1 1 1 20 2 16 87 207 5 26 105 439 5 25 105. 437 i' 1 3 Ogden Salt Lake City Vermont 1 2 2 4 1 3 6 39 18 8 12 10 32 1 5 1 4 2 27 18 20 23 92 1 10 13 7 3 27 18 20 23 92 1 10 13 7 i' 7 Bellows Falls •l 6 1 6 1 Burlington 1 Hard wick 1 1 Ludlow 1 188 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table 3— Continued. NUMBEK OP SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NUMBEK OP BOXES OR SIGNALING STATIONS. NUMBER OF TRANS- MITTERS. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPALITT. Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. I-ire alarm. Police patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. Vermont— Continued. Montpelier . 12 16 S 8 2S 17 15 6 7 7 8 947 52 11 10 47 29 19 21 14 11 11 1,035 51 11 10 47 29 18 21 14 11 11 912 1 3 1 "RiitlaTid 1 1 2 St. Jolmsbury 1 1 Wliite River Junction 1 1 4 123 3 6 Danville 13 15 6 4 59 22 130 61 33 586 44 10 7 868 33 22 8 111 26 211 95 39 361 78 32 19 1,316 33 12 8 111 26 211 88 39 256 78 32 19 1,264 2 10 Harrisonburg 1 Lyncbburg 1 1 6 1 Newport News 1 Norfolk 1 1 1 13 Petersburg 7 2 1 2 1 Kictimond 1 100 1 1 2 Suffolk 1 1 Washington 1 5 51 7 6 70 Aberdeen 1 24 38 4 2 39 17 28 9 5 2 200 320 158 22 221 51 49 6 8 60 31 28 17 13 12 426 341 228 56 334 39 49 3 8 50 31 28 17 13 12 406 325 228 56 308 12 1 4 Centralia 1 3 i 1 2 \ Everett 1 1 1 1 3 Hoquiam North Yakima , 2 Olympia 1 Eoslyn 1 Seattle 1 20 16 1 2 2 9 19 Spokane } Taeoma 1 14 AVest VmsiNiA 2 26 3 Benwood 32 7 4 12 71 3 78 46 2,829 18 28 29 80 10 60 109 2,776 18 25 29 80 10 37 109 2,341 2 Bluefleld 3 1 1 1 1 Charleston 3 TTnntiTigtOTi .... 1 MoMechen 1 Parkersburg 1 23 3 Wheeltog 9 199 2 7 435 9 14 Appleton 25 11 3 24 12 11 29 1 2 23 3 27 4 35 4 44 36 4 32 34 21 2,139 9 9 76 73 30 4 54 13 23 53 2 7 42 12 61 7 74 "7 78 54 14 61 75 64 1,425 9 27 149 70 30 4 54 13 23 39 2 7 42 12 68 7 72 7 78 49 14 61 75 64 1,024 9 27 149 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 Ashland Beloit 2 Burlington 2 1 * 1 1 Eau Claire 1 14 1 Ellsworth 1 1 Green Bay 3 Hudson ■. 1 4 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 l/a Crosse 6 1 7 3 1 89 2 1 7 Madison 1 1 1 1 Milwaukee 1 401 1 1 Oconto Oahkosh i FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 189 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, STATES, AND MUNICIPALITIES: 1912— Continued. Table S— Continued. NUMBEK OF SYSTEMS. Total number of miles of single wire. NUMBEK OF BOXES OE SIGNALING STATIONS. NUMBEB OF TEANS- MriTEBS. Number of receiving registers of all kinds. STATE AND MUNICIPAUTT. • Com- bined fire alarm and police patrol. Fire alarm. PoUce patrol. Total. Signal- ing. Tele- phoning. Manual. Auto- matic. Wisconsin— Continued . Platteville 1 1 1 1 6 65 7 29 11 49 1 16 29 72 10 87 17 53 25 86 4 34 42 124 10 80 17 53 25 86 4 34 42 124 X Eaoine . . . , 1 7 Rhinelander 5 Slieboygan 6 Stevens Point 1 1 Superior 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 2 1 Watertown 1 Wausaw 1 4 4 Wyoming 12 Casper 9 34 12 4 5 8 31 38 23 6 11 15 31 38 23 6 11 15 1 2 2 2 "PvftTist^m 2 1 Laramie 4 2 In 1,149 cities and towns there were fire-alarm sys- tems, 1,078 of them being separate fire-alarm systems and 71 combined with police patrol. In 319 cities and towns there were police-patrol systems, 237 beiag in- dependent of the fire-alarm systems and 71 combined with the fixe alarm, while 11 cities had poHce patrol only. At the census of 1910 there were 14,186 incor- porated cities and towns in the United States, includ- ing New England towns having a population of 2,500 or more. The figures, therefore, indicate that only about 8.1 per cent of them have either electric fire- alarm or electric police-patrol signaling systems. Underground wires. — One of the improvements that have characterized the installation of signaling systems during recent years has been the placing of wire in subways or conduits. Table 4 shows, for 1912, 1907, and 1902, the nules of wire reported as being operated in this manner in cities of 30,000 and over. ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS— MILES OF. SINGLE WIRE IN SUBWAYS OR CONDUITS IN CITIES OP 30,000 AND OVER: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 4 STATE AND CITY. Alabama: Birmingtiam Abkansas: Little Rook Caufobnia: Los Angeles Oakland Pasadena Sacramento San Diego San Francisco COLOBADO: Denver Pueblo Connecticut: Bridgeport Hartford Meriden New Britain New Haven Delawabe: Wilmington DiSTBicT OF Columbia: Washington Geobgia: Atlanta Augusta Macon Savannah Illinois: Chicago Jollet Peoria Rockford Springfield Indiana: Fort Wayne , Indianapolis South Bend 423 825 5 8 3 101 58 71 11 151 1 2 276 50 12 7 52 1,864 16 145 2 2 42 200 35 1907 41 153 3 5 275 102 2 8 156 4 3,091 72 66 1,904 17 130 1902 2 "i65 3 152 760 1,278 11 105 STATE AND CITY. Iowa: ■ Davenport Des Moines Kentucky: Lexington ^ Louisville Newport LoinsiANA: New Orleans Maine: Portland Maeyland: Baltimore Massachusetts: Boston Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Fall River Fitchburg Haverhill Holyoke Lawrence Lowell Lynn Maiden New Bedford Newton Pittsfield Quincy • Salem Somerville Springfield Waltham Worcester Michiqan: Bay City Detroit Grand Rapids 1912 10 47 7 169 12 165 725 1,754 66 1 15 126 11 46 21 66 75 15 19 1 31 268 19 334 12 1,710 116 X907 133 280 1,844 250 25 285 7 1,105 87 1902 33 242 1,305 3 3 11 107 60 1 38 30 9 100 100 69 22 49 46 95 17 10 19 20 160 14 159 7 485 13 190 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS— MILES OP SINGLE WIRE IN SUBWAYS OR CONDUITS IN CITIES OF 30,000 AND OVER: 1912, 1907, AND 1902— Continued. Table 4-Coii. ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ 1912 1907 1902 STATE AND CITY. 1912 1907 1902 Michigan— Continued. 10 15 S 10 55 400 636 6 52 481 298 158 200 i i' 3 1 37 330 378 10 7 2 200 273 Omo— Continued. Springfield 13 731 . 51 231 50 73 6 49 21 6,899 1,260 55 660 18 9 85 4 4 2 80 15 4 25 32 3 40 352 18 100 80 4 1,844 18 10 2 Toledo 760 126 ■VnnngstfOwn.. Oeegon: Portland 78 Duluth Pennsylvania: St Paul Altoona 50 9 60 22 4,281 2 967 52 547 12 12 75 Erie 14 McKeesport 51 455 64 146 3 19 13 294 50 455 55 2 204 Philadelphia 1 3,905 Pittsburgh 2 601 New Jersey: AtlfiTit.ipflitv Rhode Island: Providence 236 South Carolina: Charleston Elizabeth 423 97 6 269 10 5 9 443 26 1 46 2,775 5 781 2 22 Tennessee: Memphis 45 11 264 25 2 26 3 45 Nashville Texas: Dallas El Paso 3 Fort Worth Galveston 5 2 Buffalo 253 12 265 12 Houston 6 20 12 36 198 34 20 Utah: Salt Lake City 46 2,830 "■"i,'645 New York City. Vieginia: 703 65 Norfolk 9 PinhmOTlrt 141 32 4 15 4 Troy Washington: Seattle Utioa 4 2 4 66 76 470 1,250 269 89 10 23 7 353 105 45 Ohio: 32 76 640 2,042 262 100 Wisconsin: La Crosse 10 1,097 15 304 Oshkosh 18 Superior 1 Only a portion of the wire is devoted to police-patrol and fire-alarm purposes; the remainder is used for municipal telephone circuits and is not included in the United States totals for 1912. 2 Allegheny included. The table furnishes indisputable evidence of the fact that cities are constantly increasing their wire mileage undei^ound. This tendency is in harmony with the practice of removing electric wires for Mghting, power, telephone^ and telegraph service entirely from overhead construction and placing them underground. Underground service is especially desirable in the cases of fire-alarm and poHce-patrol systems, whose success- ful operation in all conditions of weather is of prime importance. There were 132 cities in 1912 with a population of 30,000 and over that reported fire-alarm and police- patrol systems, with a total of 45,595 miles of wire underground. Nearly aU of the underground wire is located in the larger cities, only 1 ,477 miles being in cities of less than 30,000. The following cities, in the .order named, reported the greatest amounts of wire: Detroit, Washington, Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Boston. The underground wire re- ported for these 'cities formed 54.6 per cent of the total for all cities. During the period from 1902 to 1912 Detroit increased its mileage of underground wire by 8,225 miles. The decreases ia wire shown for certain cities are due, as a rule, to the fact that the individual circuits have been enlarged and the total number of circuits reduced, with the result of bringkig about a reduction of wire mileage without any diminution of the service afforded by underground construction. The figures given are as reported at the respective censuses. Certain inconsistencies appear, however, which can not be explained, though they may be due to a misunderstanding of the inquiry. Thus Los Angeles, Cal., reported 82 miles of wire in subways or conduits in 1902 and none in 1907, and a similar con- dition appears in the case of a number of cities. Table 5 shows, by states, for 1912, 1907, and 1902, the total mileage of single wire, the mileage in subways or conduits, and the percentage which the latter figure forms of the former. FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 191 ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS— MILES OF SINGLE WIRE IN SUBWAYS OR CONDUITS, BY STATES: 1912, 1907, AND 1902. Table 5 United States. Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut. Delaware District of Columbia. . Georgia Idaho.-. niinois Indiana... Iowa Kansas Kentucky. Louisiana. , Maine Maryland Massachusetts. Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire. . New Jersey New York North CaroUna. North Dakota. . Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania i. . Rhode Island... South Carolina. South Dakota. . Tennessee. , Texas Utah Vermont. . Virginia. . . Washington West Virginia... Wisconsin Wyoming All other states. TOTAL NTTMBEE OF MILES OF SINGLE WmE. 1912 90,284 211 61 4,994 660 1,575 225 4,888 672 137 6,397 1,823 521 113 667 1,010 739 1,298 8,915 10,904 2,278 2,462 161 661 65 484 3,655 11, 169 242 31 7,979 572 11,999 1,287 235 24 341 782 106 207 947 221 2,829 72 642 1907 70,812 241 42 2,232 432 1,193 90 3,091 629 39 6,692 1,423 430 144 401 496 597 1,056 8,320 2,886 1,966 2,977 107 242 36 476 61 179 621 157 2,177 26 2 336 1902 54,710 162 37 1,855 358 140 760 10 :,977 418 168 299 423 446 712 6,964 1,834 1,465 2,647 64 30O 11 336 2,549 4,084 10,133 7,152 156 95 27 25 6,672 3,741 199 S7 9,084 8,S69 1,167 751 235 121 15 15 309 18 110 506 183 68 1,263 8 187 MILES OP SINGLE 'WIEE IN SUBWAYS OH CONDUITS. 1912 41,994 4 37 1,385 159 444 60 4,888 163 7 3,088 75 26 188 32 185 725 3,384 8,984 1,097 539 1 300 19 7 1,396 4,437 3 6 3,977 231 7,459 691 18 4 147 5 419 182 20 1907 28,016 12 479 77 249 276 4 205 3,091 128 760 2,i24 81 31 1,330 116 2 27 152 280 3,068 1,272 747 506 76 2 19 799 1,058 2 2,992 78 5,436 656 27 76 15 20 1 280 2 2 1,149 1902 14, 702 33 242 2,043 528 473 505 242 1,964 4,420 9 150 2 "32i' PEBCENTAQE WHICH MILEAGE IN SUBWAYS OE CONDUITS FOBMS OF TOTAL MILEAGE. 1912 46.5 1.9 60.7 27.7 24.1 28.2 22.2 100.0 28.5 6.1 48.3 16.9 14.4 22.1 28.2 3.2 25.0 65.9 38.0 82.4 48.2 21.9 0.6 46.4 34.6 1.4 38.2 39.7 1.2 19.4 49.8 40.4 62.2 63.7 7.7 16.7 26.1 18.8 30.5 2.4 44.2 21.0 67.1 27.8 1907 28.6 21.5 17.8 13.4 23.1 4.4 23.1 100.0 24.2 100.0 31.7 5.7 7.2 26.7 8.9 0.6 17.1 25.5 26.6 36.9 44.1 38.0 17.0 1902 7.4 34.0 28.8 32.3 31.4 6.6 15.0 4.0 31.3 40.0 4.2 5.9 27.5 7.4 45.5 39.2 18.2 59.8 66.2 11.5 49.8 36.8 26.3 3.9 39.2 21.6 8.4 0.6 45.1 0.6 1.3 8.2 29.7 1.1 62.8 25.6 1 In Phfladelphia Pa only aportion of the mileage of wire shown is devoted to fire-alarm and police-patrol purposes, the remainder being used for municipal telephone circuits. This telephone wire is not included in the United States totals for 1912 (6,734 miles of single wire, 6,097 mfles in subways or conduits) but is included for 1907 and 1902, the figures for amounts included not being available. ' Includes the territory of Alaska. Fire alarms, fire loss, assessed valuation, and insur- - Table 6 presents the number of fire alarms, assessed valuation of real estate and improvements, ance. property loss by fires, and insurance paid in munici- palities having a population of 30,000 and over, for 1912 and 1907. 192 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. NUMBEB OF FIRE ALARMS, ASSESSED VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE AND IMPROVEMENTS, PROPERTY LOSS BY FIRES, AND INSURANCE PAID, IN MUNICIPALITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF 30,000 AND OVER: 1912 AND 1907. Table 6 STATE AND MUNICIPALITY. TOTAL NUMBEB OF ALARMS. 1912 1907 ASSESSED VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE AND IM- PKOVEMENTS. 1912 1907 PEOPEBTY LOSS BY FIBES. Total.i 1912 1907 Per capita. 1912 1907 TOTAL INSURANCE PAID.l 1912 1907 Alabama: Birmingham Mobile Montgomery Arkansas: Little Rook Califobnia: Befkeley Log Angeles Oakland Pasadena Sacramento San Diego SanFranolsoo Colorado: Denver Pueblo Connecticut: Bridgeport Hartford Merlden New Britain New Haven Waterbury Delaware: Wilmington District of Columbia: Washington Florida: Jacksonville Tampa Oeorqia: Atlanta Augusta Macon Savannah Ilunois: Chicago Decatur East St. Louis Joliet Peoria Quincy Rooklord Spring&eld Indiana: Evansville Fort Wayne Indianapolis South Bend Torre Haute Iowa: Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Sioux City Kansas: • Kansas City Topeka Wichita Kentucky: Covington Lexington Louisville Newport Louisiana: New Orleans Maine: Portland Maryland: Baltimore Massachusetts: Boston Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Everett FallEiver Fitchburg Haverhill. Holyoke Lawrence Lowell Lynn MTalden New Bedford Newton Pittsfleld Quincy Salem Somerville Springfield Taunton Worcester 1,485 277 436 337 290 1,833 614 127 217 367 1,873 1,028 299 439 174 92 162 843 395 213' 1,165 371 287 914 493 318 13,910 250 470 183 537 244 237 443 336 1,777 377 405 333 891 190 353 (") 260 (>) 319 290 1,177 127 624 516 1,947 5,420 661 719 380 261 519 193 357 459 1,000 301 487 452 163 378 274 697 880 342 1,333 675 229 212 114 1,074 180 104 1,026 311 C). 67 116 193 m 284 m 593 274 234 278 9,162 155 257 161 374 130 148 272 226 277 1,171 262 271 ('), 217 213 169 169 277 900 161 610 411 1,626 4,414 466 498 279 171 333 174 206 244 307 706 788 214 141 382 96 291 180 411 491 251 1,156 185,119,638 32,216,959 23,363,804 31,373,900 38,812,245 330,934,480 116, 881, 725 47, 138, 470 63,176,320 49,068,148 510,429,316 133,987,715 16,768,073 97,683,477 138,060,842 m 40,592,672 139,779,148 69,204,926 57,390,838 359,932,253 55,834,360 25,643,737 154,827,487 32,360,077 26,358,761 51,488,818 940,460,171 7,234,964 13,311,411 7,519,794 22,084,481 10,537,403 19,701,707 17,382,465 38,610,400 35,220,470 218,048,140 28,290,670 33, 763, 845 28,310,167 24,283,260 22,684,473 25,912,190 9,590,098 90,367,010 52,160,656 63,880,157 27,850,276 23,901,824 192,414,861 15,921,886 235,564,586 67,093,268 723,800,340 111, 28, 29, 97, 33, 37, 57, 75, 84, 81, 40, 101, 80, 34, 35, 37, 69, 151, 24, 153, 981,748 581,235 147,960 742, 700 935,957 150,934 031,095 526, 680 493,314 792, 243 529,354 617,596 744, 669 132, 446 014,985 375, 898 293,231 632,540 960, 100 023,617 883,568 $28,710,054 26,359,040 21,143,221 19,070,688 m 267,126,304 103,653,400 m 27,253,150 454,708,331 118,921,855 16,261,148 74,508,171 72,635,383 ^-^ 116,312,984 65,963,821 49,238,867 277,727,824 22,203,230 91,840,360 22,800,438 19,735,901 47,392,051 477,921,976 m 6,36T,939 3,990,637 11,3'5,291 5,920,267 7, 646.167 8,652,876 32,637,960 30,581,630 174,244,325 21, 89'', 950 28,656,920 21,763,635 18,510,340 24,376,460 8,127,937 13,888,502 12,460,855 7,690,657 26,319,119 166,302,330 13,288,890 217,366,255 54,198,386 626,756,439 1,315, 37, 107, 26, 24, 84, 31, 61, 92, 21, 124, 709,757 408,333 009,290 414, 750 050,350 730,844 474, 438 009,398 753,780 246,294 454,738 912, 157 769,650 279,611 523,685 451,589 527, 750 378,624 907,906 841, 138 $813, 109 49,290 134,309 225,493 65,220 860,635 136,269 73, 200 88, 737 52,251 1,035,233 389,221 16,000 68,843 3 206,315 39,035 50,477 279,034 186, 769 180,540 626,260 113,726 115,266 347,633 112,646 84,844 12,289 6,162,561 31,272 109,334 40,291 110,947 30,271 259,938 166,801 93,503 47,926 633,370 74,053 81,145 23,905 30,324 356,367 80,000 647,219 372,753 66,986 63,911 200,411 78, 112 819,332 12,418 453,086 261,039 996,650 (335,281 123,089 106,257 15,000 631,942 '^l 51,465 13,445 1,271,488 290.577 32,849 96,688 m 17,807 21,225 168, 086 92,226 m 434,272 83,977 222,843 64,949 31,394 191, 107 m 41,588 59,315 34,210 27, 721 199, 178 26,567 95,634 28,278 163,377 64,324 106, 713 40,948 23,979 17, 198 90, 122 722,445 67,405 593,353 188,071 916,603 2,630,475 2,314,517 104,540 87,644 328,488 166,233 119,760 126,098 53,214 25,482 147,842 276,013 25,637 12,985 227,845 73,158 125,720 145,673 63,466 168,118 264,528 247,591 126,982 120,180 63,313 m 143,369 15,008 100,688 60,062 328,576 53,520 66,859 32,122 140,689 i') 68,784 79,201 215,635 505, 715 177,058 85,304 149,513 145,479 J5.57 0.90 3.20 4.61 1.20 2.43 0.78 2.15 1.22 1.16 2.38 1.69 0.32 0.65 3 2.02 1.30 1.01 1.99 2.43 1.96 L78 1.75 2.46 2.11 2.25 1.97 0.18 2.59 0.95 1.82 1.06 1.63 0.82 6.20 3.03 L28 0.74 2.63 1.30 1.26 0.71 0.68 3.97 2.00 12.69 4.01 1.40 0.90 3.64 2.11 3.41 0.40 1.29 4.05 1.59 3.61 1.67 3.10 3.42 1.48 1.21 0.67 5.01 2.09 O70 2.45 1.37 1.40 1.37 2.70 9.13 1.91 3.06 0.86 2.25 6.06 0.96 $7.12 "i'.m 2.57 0.37 6.17 1.64 0.76 3.71 1.89 1.05 1.12 0.69 0.63 L36 1.45 1.39 2.21 2.10 1.26 0.96 2.89 2.00 1.39 0.87 0.76 5.03 0.60 1.81 1.10 'i'.W "i.'ie' 1.33 0.96 0.65 0.34 3.42 3.15 2.20 3.36 1.63 1.72 1.67 3.27 0.82 2.59 0.39 1.92 2.82 2.30 2.60 1.49 0.19 1.58 2.46 1.34 1.10 6.47 2.76 1.10 $733, 159 36,524 132,341 208,023 ^l 118,696 69,700 49,462 38,075 773,749 344,936 12,996 67,685 3 171,569 36,036 m 262,325 172,342 m (=) 107, 115 106,470 331,507 102,648 70,998 6,162,561 28,755 96,879 40,291 110,947 30,271 244,288 166,097 (=) 45,661 m 60,782 79,226 21,885 28,634 348,389 77,031 606,529 349,085 55,760 53,911 150,867 65,332 819,332 11,962 (.') 225,360 883,097 2,397,388 90,011 304,446 112,157 52,060 133,939 25,111 218,809 123,856 38,485 254,952 123,129 62,997 W 99,273 327,051 64,359 129,261 67, 754 184,375 132,922 132,302 $293,899 389,400 108,467 76,525 (.') V' m 38,844 4,135 867,760 272,500 26,081 92,776 ^l 155,633 89,879 (?) (?) 70,933 m P) 54,949 27,078 (') 6,170,033 33,041 55,100 20,338 182,645 ('> . 27,276 198,383 196,702 68,939 181,756 h 26,923 (') 142,200 30,000 62,509 87,415 20,939 22,079 16,698 76,272 m 64,495 m 184,054 905,523 2,160,682 78,048 153,626 107,704 18,996 246,526 12,261 64,398 128,903 164,887 207,967 106,753 48,912 12,921 60,121 60,356 29,986 18,286 75,846 480,121 63,421 119,374 1 Statistics for insurance paid, and property loss, taken irom the Insurance Yearbook, 1913 and 1908. ' Figures not available. » Report tor 8 months. FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL. 193 NUMBER OF FIRE ALARMS, ASSESSED VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE AND IMPROVEMENTS, PROPERTY LOSS BY FIRES, AND INSURANCE PAID, IN MUNICIPALITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF 30,000 AND OVER: 1912 AND 1907— Continued. Table 6— Contiimed. STATE AND MDNICIPALITT. Michigan: Bay City Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Jackson Kalamazoo Lansing Saginaw MnnrESOTA: Duluth Minneapolis St. Paul Missouri: Joplin Kansas City St. Joseph St. Loms Springfield Montana: Butte Nebraska: Lincoln Omaha Kew Hampshibe: Manchester New Jebsey: Atlantic City Bayonne Camden East Orange EUzabeth Hoboken Jersey City Newark Passaic Paterson Perth Amboy Trenton West Hoboken New Yoek: Albany ". Amsterdam Auburn Binghamton Buffalo Elmira Jamestown Mount Vernon New York City Niagara Falls Rochester Schenectady Syracuse Troy Utica Yonkers NoBTH Cabouna: Charlotte Omo: Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Hamilton Lima Springfield Toledo Youngstown Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Oeegon: Portland Pennsylvania: Allentown Altoona Chester Erie Harrisburg Johnstown Lancaster McKeesport New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading ' Soranton Wilkes-Barre Williamsport York Rhode Island: Providence "Woonsocket 1 Statistics for insurance paid, and property loss, 81100°— 15 13 TOTAL NUMBEB OF ALABXS. 1912 385 2,981 213 600 247 260 241 386 442 2,360 1,515 347 3,169 617 5,248 330 223 290 1,037 418 266 148 323 319 1,102 1,183 246 651 85 241 68 927 137 165 169 2,087 225 132 175 14,194 144 1,048 150 552 217 347 557 211 413 297 1,916 3,060 769 677 231 170 215 964 689 438 1,294 124 362 124 239 109 454 92 192 274 3,823 2,200 103 426 234 75 1,825 223 1907 m 1,677 440 147 155 84 385 336 1,472 1,076 235 1,701 389 2,630 168 232 651 197 138 187 132 256 249 861 908 86 424 «., 189 47 107 127 1,554 216 83 105 13,851 829 217 414 378 306 322 146 194 • 160 1,365 1,912 624 489 181 126 154 658 313 779 305 101 219 191 49 158 207 3,691 1,431 170 351 146 106 76 ASSESSED VALTTATION OF BEAL ESTATE AND IM- PEOVEMENTS. 18,119 452,255; 23,656 89,197: 20,046; 22,436 16,475: 27,246; 47,507 252,089 167,423 10,042, 178,820, 39,215, 652,261 16,178; 24,184, 32,749, 66,118, 88,171 48,828: 56,778: 50,490 oo,2io: 69,496 267,644: 383,864: 37,616: 100,052 19,166; 72,050 24,327; 103,792, 15,869: 22,638: 34,875: 371,582: 24,718: 16,831 38,751 9,177,495, 41,459 206, 45i: 66,828; 151,068, 63,011 56,103: 87,ooo; 18,216, 93,967, 60,429, 625,826, 756,831 247,576; 150,006, 46,25i; 31,054, 50, 106, 223,939; 137,272, 95,173, 298,941, 36,301 25,007; 18,526, 26,068 47,577 19,233: 26,852, 24,302, 19,995 1,566,323 749,583; 64,958, 81,566 50, 473: 15, 154 24, 901: 313,063,860 25,631,100 1 1,654 taken from the Insurance Yearbook, 1913 and 1908 1907 15,133,967 339,217,690 (') 78,834,500 1") l,03'' 19,034,110 m 25,032,733 35,153,158 177,499,018 108,649,241 7,389,833 144,648,041 34,261,601 571,791,677 23,150,360 7,795,540 23,457,487 36,388,394 51,433,280 1,470 ,628 49,988, 65,866; 267,039, 296,787, 28,432, 90,707, 68,978, 20,919, 82, 200 7,796, 169, 45, 104, 69, 45, 65, ,814,082 ,410,728 ,212,630 776,081 ,934,891 175,039 045,153 287,076 977,771 224,212 194,304 417,544 25,639,470 16,772,960 242,988,590 240,262,316 87,307,905 66,581,280 m m 21,497,980 78,984,280 28,046,390 6,667,529 166,661,695 30,179,109 22,665,235 17,288,435 22,520,599 41,792,207 18,986,895 20,637,391 22,722,383 16,961,270 1,287,287,123 686,742,887 51,663,400 66,757,430 43,120,243 19,932,816 230,683,760 19,206,150 PEOPEETT LOSS BY FIKES. Total.i 1912 66,603 1,347,622 416, 225 156,323 20,869 64,312 161,110 60,734 213,803 1,156,203 751,746 72,617 1,263,466 200,000 1,609,088 423,074 109,283 608,967 87,217 150,667 60,193 169,261 81,502 61,746 114,214 441,364 1,096,667 185,804 573,922 260,400 43,441 17,055 332,616 65,873 61,871 42,530 804,548 85,472 69,926 32,961 11,827,994 40,646 261,462 165,312 339,040 230,064 107,905 304,421 140,097 386, 2,03i; 901, 1,485, 682; 121, 84 37, 103, 343, 36, 73,000 809,983 92,362 49, 129 13,916 76,253 8 33,085 32,466 30,000 32,301 67,980 3,081,412 1,198,201 23,238 154,615 131,699 150,417 105,286 1,104,765 15,060 1907 1,617,990 (.') 160,490 29,678 63,706 79,790 102,699 258,157 1,048,838 (.') 26,770 641,886 68,915 1,588,726 21,935 75,281 217,204 23,555 16,349 46,280 199,141 m 77,884 86,009 319,746 657,370 69,979 142,348 278,763 46,968 163,686 46, 267 166, 183 60,488 (=) 182,063 63,209 109,415 m m 70,978 332, 438 m 274,226 84,936 95,208 173, m 1,971, 614, 667, 124, 1; 120, 121, 396, 424, 183 115,397 260,986 m 38,673 m 61,492 S 37,943 2,093,522 644, 103 (') 238,792 224,017 24,456 24,381 447, 712 2 Figures not available Per capita. 1912 1.33 2.69 10.38 1.30 0.61 1.29 4.08 1.10 2.58 3.67 0.37 2.20 4.77 2.50 2.01 2.25 9.84 4.76 1.21 3.01 1.00 1.67 2.33 0.80 1.52 1.56 2.92 3.20 4.41 7.18 0.43 0.46 3.17 1.68 1.77 0.85 1.89 2.28 2.00 0.96 2.24 1.16 1.11 2.07 2.39 2.95 1.42 3.89 4.S2 36.94 2.27 2.43 2.99 1.01 2.36 1.14 2.16 1.91 0.41 1.04 3.24 1.71 0.91 0.35 1.05 8 0.47 0.54 0.61 0.74 1.70 1.93 2.12 0.23 1.14 1.88 4.30 2.29 4.80 0.38 1907 4.40 1.68 1.18 1.88 4.84 2.06 3.70 3.67 0.72 2.92 5.72 2.40 0.4S 1.52 1.70 0.39 2.31 1.22 1.27 1.31 2.22 1.44 1.25 3.15 1.49 1.55 2.21 4.98 1.36 5.09 2.76 5.15 1.08 2.78 4.12 1.27 3.33 5.68 1.08 3.82 1.21 0.88 0.38 2.83 0.74 7.29 3.76 2.71 5.13 0.63 1.39 "6; 99" 1.43 1.21 1.95 3.64 0.85 0.61 2.16 TOTAL INSURANCE PAID.' 1912 94,420 146,103 19,319 54,312 133,136 52,000 194,053 1,068,099 761,746 67,290 1,114,040 188,565 1,362,378 75,113 344,888 97,120 566,379 68,150 61,427 60,193 h 61,748 99,737 431,634 967,292 185,804 568,906 41,646 325,616 55,873 61,073 37,142 804,648 85,472 59,769 11,589,339 40,546 m 158,907 330,626 230,064 101,654 394,418 137,482 369,695 58,292 901,472 1,305,456 472, 162 99,436 80, 189 97,058 319,666 33,485 (^) 704,102 86,977 46,751 76,253 3 33,085 31,209 30, 000 32,301 66, 480 2,986,175 8 149,664 149,887 1,061,427 1907 141,695 29,468 63,669 77,423 92,000 234,227 971,380 528,448 28,611 482,361 82,024 1,374,772 7,038 21,935 62,739 207,584 19,188 10,264 (^) (') 9,130 m 66,447 269, 754 681, 117 m 132,275 274,453 46,403 140,913 39,142 165,031 59,498 1,018,017 181,964 60,319 (.') 12,116,524 m 569,545 69,363 259,998 C) 239,829 72,294 77,294 127,618 9,840 1,414,369 428,974 421,685 117,287 16,166 8,270 39,372 115,767 396,034 (=) 331,220 (=) 229,992 m m m m 18,863 18,537 36,043 1,871,018 429, 402 234,325 19,234 21,685 400,186 Report for 10 months. 194 MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. NUMBER OF FIRE ALARMS, ASSESSED VALUATION OP REAL ESTATE AND IMPROVEMENTS, PROPERTY LOSS BY FIRES, AND INSURANCE PAID, IN MUNICIPALITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF 30,000 AND OVER: 1912 AND 1907— Continued. Table 6— Continued. STATE AND MUNICIPAUTT. SOTTTH CABOLraA: Charleston Tennessee: Chattanooga Knoxville Memphis Nashville Texas: Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Galveston Houston San Antonio Utah: Salt Lake City.. VmaiNiA: Norfolk Portsmouth Kichmond Roanoke Washington: Seattle Spokane Taooma West Virginia: Huntington Wheeling Wisconsin: La Crosse Milwaukee Oshkosh... Racine Superior total numbeb of ALABMS. 1912 267 270 270 1,042 676 840 316 726 496 663 606 611 166 727 276 1,089 636 507 165 266 165 2,206 96 144 263 1907 204 258 189 698 485 483 167 477 ("L 279 372 392 m 360 148 643 486 162 185 1,764 90 94 263 ASSESSED VALUATION OF BEAL ESTATE AND IM- PEOVEMENTS. 1912 19,742,774 28,598,222 22,782,239 110,619,277 77,161,306 89,430,576 32,250,460 62,461,780 27,097,687 77,294,351 88,674,376- 62,288,818 63,881,180 12,343,960 148,768,790 35,361,123 212,929,048 89,799,772 73,299,008 29,432,257 61,851,236 20,475,907 460,648,763 22,706,113 26,562,448 23,739,602 1907 17,723,953 ■ 21,846,060 19,008,600 72,235,336 62,619,338 49,692,234 m 34,681,475 21,033,626 50,876,142 64,661,470 46,917,627 48,027,360 105,811,707 m 156,751,045 36,796,907 42,960,214 68,277,648 19,651,048 216,976,945 19, 102, 163 19,728,555 16,625,666 PEOPEETY LOSS BT FIEES. Total.i 1912 38, 164 98,291 105,407 314,334 367,585 644,677 29,804 416,677 38,683 4,602,692 472,172 84,884 344,234 68,096 346,466 64, 125 447,594 270, 107 428,313 66,613 38,822 834,649 7,627 66,790 32,085 1907 76,801 116,331 102,586 950,814 136,826 116,243 117,012 106,538 172,725 m 184,345 14,862 337,617 253,606 461,988 m 73,111 191,666 531,681 80,600 22, 180 1,691,647 Per capita. 1912 1907 0.64 1.96 2.86 2.17 3.22 6.32 0.66 4.98 0.94 61.14 4.72 0.85 4.15 1.66 2.66 1.35 1.79 2.23 5.04 1.62 0.86 0.96 2.11 0.22 1.57 0.78 1.36 3.38 2.80 7.38 2.62 2.60 7.31 4.38 3.02 2.69 0.69 4.18 6.88 12.26 1.74 6.57 1.65 2.66 0.66 41.09 TOTAL INSUBANCE PAID.' 1912 36,179 93,439 85,915 264,111 279,244 497,663 24,633 396,771 28,938 m 74,175 264,042 39,063 336,600 48,786 m 243,306 361,423 39,015 23,415 27,524 823,447 7,627 63,380 19,997 1907 66,468 102,728 m 814,155 m 87,385 68,778 104,607 98,421 (') 100,696 132,363 278,636 13,697 176,164 380,486 f) h 166,668 528,061 19,600 1,610,799 1 Statistics for insurance paid, and property loss, taken from the Insurance Yearbook, 1913 and 1908. ' Figures not available. Owing to the constant increase in population in most cities, it is only natural that the number of fire alarms, as well as the assessed valuation of property, should increase. Approximately 60 per cent of the cities show an increase in property destroyed by fiire. In 1912 Houston, Tex., had the largest loss per capita, suffering one of the most disastrous fires of that year, which entailed a loss of over $4,500,000. Canton, Ohio, and Sioux City, Iowa, also had large fires during 1912, the loss per capita being $36.94 for the former city and $12.69 for the latter. Superior, Wis., shows the largest per capita loss for 1907. This was due to a $1,000,000 fire which destroyed several large grain elevators with their contents. Tacoma, Wash., and Memphis, Tenn., were next, with losses per capita of $12.25 and $7.38, respectively. Of the largest 25 cities for which data as to property loss by fire in both years are available, only 5 show less total loss from fire in 1912 than in 1907, while 13 show reduced losses per capita. The proportionate increase in fire losses, as a rule, appears to be less than the pro- portionate increase in property values. For the cities reporting assessed valuation and property loss by fire for both years, the assessed valuation aggre- gated $17,206,782,679 for 1912, as compared with $12,615,571,667 for 1907, an increase of $4,591,211,012, or 36.4 per cent; and the aggregate property loss by fire was $42,818,005 in 1912, as compared with $35,702,855 in 1907, an increase of $7,115,150, or 19.9 per cent. In like manner, the 25 cities above referred to show an increase in assessed valuation of 33.7 per cent, with an increase in fire loss of 22.9 per cent. The assessed valuation of the largest 25 cities, and which includes some cities for which data as to assessed valuation and property loss by fire in 1907 are not available, aggregated $21,701,525,068 for 1912, and the aggregate property loss by fire was $42,259,349. The property loss by fire for these largest 25 cities ranges from $1.29 per capita for New Orleans, La., to $4.80 for Providence, E. I. In 8 of these cities the fire loss was less than $2 per capita in 1912; in 13 cities it was from $2.01 to $3; in 3 cities, from $3.01 to $4; and in one city over $4. APPENDICES Appendix A.— SCHEDULES: TELEPHONES, TELEGRAPHS, AND MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS Appendix B— INSTRUCTIONS TO SPECIAL AGENTS (195) APPENDIX A. SCHEDULES: TELEPHONES, TELEGRAPHS, AND MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE- ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS: 1912. CENSUS OF TELEPHONES. (All commercial and mutual, or rural or cooperative telephone systems and long- distance toll lines, must be reported on tWs schedule. Independent farmer lines without exchanges or centrals of their own must be reported on short schedule for "Farmer or rural telephone lines.") Name of company or system State City. General oifice (give state, city, street, and number) AUTHOEIZATION. The act of Congress approved Jime 7, 1906, authorizes the Director of the Census to collect every fifth year statistics relating to the electric industries, including telephones. The act approved July 2, 1909, directs that it shall be the duty of every owner, president, treasiuer, secretary, director, or other ofHcer or a^ent of any establishment or company covered by the census inquiry, to furnish the mformation indicated by the schedules that havebeen prepared m conformity with these require- ments. The last census of telephones covered the year 1907, and this schedule has been prepared for the census of 1912. The statistics should relate to the calendar year ending December 31, 1912. Except in the case of number of employees, all ques- tions thatrelate to a single date.suoh as those regarding cash on hand, wire mleage, telephones, etc., should be of the date of the last day of the year covered by the report. The answers to inquiries in regard to financial matters will be held absolutely confidential; the separate reports will be combined so as to show totals for all com- pares in each state. The informaton will be used only for the statistical purposes for which it is given, and will not be disclosed to any individual, state, or local authority, or other bureau or department of the Federal Government. E. Dana Dueaito, Director of the Census. CERTIFICATE. This is to certify that the information contained in this schedule is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and it covers the period from 19 ,to ,19 . ,L (Signature and official desig- nation of the person furnish- ing the information.) (Signature of special agent.) (Address of person furnishing the information. ) Each question should be answered; if not applicable, use word " None." 1. Does company do telegraph business? (Answer Yes or No.) 2. Character of organization: State the form of organization as it existed on the last day of the year covered by the report, whether Individual, firm or partnership, mutual company, cooperative association, incorporated company, or other form (if mutual or cooperative and also incorporated, give both) 3. If a consolidated company, give names and location of constituent companies included in this report 4. If a subsidiary or leased company, give name and address of operating company or lessee 5. States, cities, towns, or villages in wliich the company operates exchanges: It is desired to obtain a list that will indicate the territory covered by the system. A general description or printed list of places will answer 6. Give names and addresses of farmer or rural lines connected with but not owned by the company reporting, or write same on last page: Give only the lines for which statistics are no< Included in this report 7. Miles of wire: The answers to this inquiry should show the total number of miles of wire in operation, or ready for operation. If actual length is not known, give careful estimate. It several wires are on one line of poles or in one conduit or cable, count length of each wire separately. Number of miles of single wire. Total. Overhead. Under- ground. Tntnl rpilpp pf w^i''Pi If company owns or operates wires in more than one state, give names of states and total miles of wire In each 8. Number of miles of pole line 9. Number of exchanges or centrals: For census purposes a "Public exchange" or "Central ofQce" is a place where wires are interconnected by means of a switch- board for the use of the public generally; a "Private branch exchange" is a switchboard within a business building, apartment house, hotel, etc., estab- lishing interior communication, also outside communication by a trunk line to the pubhc exchange. The number of these private branch exchanges and their statioi^ should be reported by the exchange company through which they operate. Exchanges: Public exchange offices Private branch exchanges. . Number. 10. Total number of telephones of all kinds in use or wired for use. (By one telephone is meant the set of two instruments — transmitter and recaver. Include all telephones— those of regular exchange subscribers; those on private branch exchanges; those in local pay and outlying toll stations and farmer, rural, or party lines owned by the company; and those used by the company for communication between its different departments. Do not include tele- phones on wire of other companies) - (197) 198 APPENDIX A— SCHEDULES. Nvimber of telephones connected through your exchanges with the Bell Co. (In- cluded above but here reported separately. This Is intended to show from how many of your telephone connections can be had with subscribers of any Bell Co.). If company owns or operates telephones in more than one state, give names of states and total number of stations or telephones in each 11. Estimated total number of messages or talks (originating calls) handled by the exchange system during the year (do not include interior private branch calls: Exchange messages Long-distance and toll messages . Total number of messages or talks . Number. FINANCIAL STATISTICS. 12. Revenue and income account: Give actual amounts carried on income account statement. This may include income and expenses properly belonging in but not actually received or paid during the year, and therefore need not agree with a cash statement. If accounts do not show the income for each class of service indicated, give a carefully estimated segregation. - The item "Total general operation and maintenance" should include, in addition to legal expenses and salaries and wages, all expenditures during the year for supplies and materials used in operation and maintenance, and all other expense incident to operation and maintenance not elsewhere reported. Total income from telephone business $^ Interest on bonds and dividends on stock of other telephone com- panies Income from other permanent investments Leased telephone lines, wires, and conduits Real estate rentals Interest Assessments (for mutual companies) Miscellaneous (specify principal items) Total i. EXPENSES. Total general [operation and maintenance, including' legal expenses, and total salaries and wages of Inquiry 14 t . Rentals on instruments and apparatus Rentals of oiBces and other real estate Rentals of conduits and underground privileges Payments for telephone traffic made to other companies Miscellaneous (specify principal items) '. Taxes: Real and personal property Capital stock Federal corporation tax Earolngs Miscellaneous (specify items) Interest on funded and floating debt and mortgages Payments for use of leased lines Charges for depreciation, if any Charges for sinking fund, if any (if charged against income) ^ Total $. {On common stock On preferred stock Net income for the year $. Net deficit for the year 13. Balance sheet. Assets. Kind. Cost of construction and equipment, including real estate, telephones, machin- ery, and tools Stocks and bonds of other telephone companies Stocks and bonds of com- panies otherthan telephone companies (Stock. . Treasury securities^ [Bonds. Other permanentin vestments (specify) Cash and current assets, in- cluding supplies Stock and bond discount Sinking and other special funds Sundries (specify principal items) Profit and loss deficit.. Total Amount. Liabilities. Kind. [Common. . Capital stock< (Preferred.. Funded debt Real estate mortgages. Floating debt (loans and notes) Cash investment (for unin- corporated companies or systems) Reserves Accounts payable. Interest and taxes due and accrued Dividends due Sundries (specify principal items) Profit and loss surplus. Total. Amount. 14. Employees, salaries, and wages: Salaries and wages reported here should be the total amount paid during the year, and should also be included under Inquiry 12. Account for all regular officers and employees, whether engaged on opera- tion, maintenance, canvassing, collecting, or otherwise. If any of the persons enimierated were employed only a portion of their time in telephone service, give only the wages paid in connection with the telephone service General superintendents or other heads of departments, if considered as salaried officers of corporations, may be reported as such. Do not include employees engaged exclusively on additions or extensions. Overseers and foremen performing work similar to men over whom they have charge must be included with wage earners. Those whose duties are wholly supervisory should be reported as salaried employees. If possible, give number employed on September 16, Win, as per pay roll. If data are not available for that day or month, give data for nearest representative normal day, and state day or month here Ninnber Sept. 16, 1912. Salaries and wages for year. Salaried employees: Salaried officers of corporations $ Riipe"TitflTldftTltsaTir| maT^agArs Clerks, stenographers, and other salaried employees Total $ Wage earners: Operators- Male Fnmalfi All other employees Total $ TELEPHONES, TELEGRAPHS, MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. 199 FARMER OR RURAL TELEPHONE LINES. SHORT SCHEDULE. Deah Sb: IncompliancewlththeaotofCongressapprovedJuneT, 1906, a census of telephones is taken every fittli year. The Bureau of the Census is now taking the census of 1912. All farmer or rural telephone lines and commercial companies or systems must be included in this census. Please answer the following questions and return this circular at once in the inclosed envelope, which requires no postage. If it appears from your reply that the system is owned by a commercial telephone company, another form requiring further statistics will be furnished. E. Dana Duhand, Director of the Census. Name of company, line, or system State or states in which operated City (post-offloe address of business ofSce) Ownership of line or system (state whether individual, firm or partnership, incor- porated company, mutual company, or cooperative associations) Number of lines in operation, December 1, 1912 How many miles of wire in the entire line or system, December 1, 1912? Do you operate a "central" or switchboard of your own? Give capacity of switchboard (number of drops or jacks) Does your line or system coimect with any other "central" or switchboard? If so, who owns it, and where is it located? How many subscribers' telephones on your line or system, December 1, 1912? How many exclusively toll or pay stations on your line or system, December 1, 1912? Give total gross receipts (not including assessments), if any, from operation of line or system during 1912 f Give total amount of assessments, if any, levied for operation or maintenance of line or system during 1912 S Is the line a part of another company or system? If so, give the name and address of such company or system Names and addresses of other farmer or rural lines or systems in your vicinity (lise back of schedule if necessary) (Signature^ address, and offi- cial title of person furiishing the information.) CENSUS OF TELEGRAPHS. (All commercial telegraph systems (land, ocean cable, and wireless) must be reported on this schedule. ) Name of company or system State City General office (give state, city, street, and number) AUTHORIZATION. The act of Congress approved June 7, 1906, authorizes the Director of the Census to coUect every fifth year statistics relating to the electric industries, including tele- graphs. The act approved July 2, 1909, directs that it shall be the duty of every owner, president, treasurer, secretary, director, or other officer or agent of any establ^hment or company covered by the census inquiry, to furnish the information indicated by the schedules that have been prepared in conformity with these require- ments. The last census of telegraphs covered the year 1907, and this schedule has been prepared for the census of 1912. The statistics should relate to the calendar year endjng December 31, 1912. Except in the case of number of employees, all questions that relate to a single date, such as cash on hand, wire mileage, stations, etc., should be of the dat« of the last day of the year covered by the report. The answers to inquiries in regard to financial matters will be held absolutely confidential; the separate reports wUl be combined so as to show totals for all com- panies in each state. The information will be used only for the statistical purposes for which it is given, and will not be disclosed to any individual, state, or local authority, or other bureau or department of the Federal Government. E. Dana Duband, Director of the Census. CEETIFICATE. This is to certify that the information contained in this schedule is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and it covers the period from 19 ,to 19 . (Signature of special agent.) (Signature and official desig- nationof the person furnish- ing the information. ) (Address of person furnishing the information.) Each question should be answered; if not applicable, use word " None.' ' 1. Does company do land telegraph? Ocean telegraph? Rail- ( Answer Yes or No.) way telegraph? Wireless telegraph? Telephone busi- ness?. 2. Character of ownership : State the form of ownership as it existed on the last day of the year covered by the report, whether individual, firm or partnership, incorporated company, or other form - - • 3. If a consolidated company, give names and location of constituent companies included in this report, or write same on last page 4. It a subsidiary or leased company, give name and address of operating company or lessee Miles of wire: The answers to this inquiry should show the total number of miles of pole line and wire in operation or ready for operation. If actual length is not known, give careful estimate. If several wires are on one line of poles or in one conduit or cable, count length of each wire separately. Milfts of pole Ime. Nimiber of miles of single wire. Leased . . 6. Number of offices or stations. Number. Total number of telegraph offices, mcluding railway offices, whether operated solely or only in part for the busiuess of the telegraph com- Total number of telegraph offices operated solely by resnondent Total number of tower stations for wireless business 7. Estimated number of messages sent during the year. Do not include service messages. FuU com- mercial rate. Reduced rate and free. Total. Wireless FINANCIAL STATISTICS. , Revenue and income account: Give actual amounts carried on income account statemeat. This may include income and expenses properly belonging in but not actually received or paid during the year, and therefore need not agree with a cash statement. If accounts do not show the income for each class o service indicated, give a carefully estimated segregation. The item "Total general operation and maintensince" should include, in addition to legal ex- penses and salaries and wages, all expenditures during the year for supplies and materials used in operation and maintenance, and all other expense incident to operation and maintenance not elsewhere reported. (Do not include ex- penditures for additions or extensions made during the year.) 200 APPENDIX A— SCHEDULES. 8. Revenue and income account— Continued. INCOME. Total revenue from telegraph traffic, Including traffic receipts from other companies S Interest on bonds and dividends on stock of other telegraph companies . Income from other permanent investments Leased telegraph lines, wires, and conduits Keal estate rentals Interest Miscellaneous (specify principal items) Total S. EXPENSES. Total general operation and maintenance, including legal expenses, and total salaries and wages of Inquiry 1,0 $. Bentals of offices and other real estate Bentals of conduits and underground privileges Payments for telegraph traffic made to other companies Miscellaneous (specify principal items) Taxes: Keal and personal property -. Capital stock Federal corporation tax Earnings Miscellaneous (specify items) nterest on funded and fioatinfe debt and mortgages Payments for use of leased lines Charges tor depreciation, if any Charges for sinking fund, if any (if charged against income) Total... ^ $. .„. ,^ ^ J , jj . ^r. fOn common Stock Dividends declared durmgtneyear: J [^vJli proiorrod stoci^. ............ Net income for the year $. Net deficit for tlie year 9. Balance sheet. Assets. Liabilities. Kind. Amount. Kind. Amount. Cost of construction and equip- ment, including real estate, instruments, machinery, and tools 3 (Common Capitalstook:-! [Preferred $ Funded debt stocks and bonds of other tel- Real estate mortgages . . Stocks and bonds of companies other than telegraph com- Floating debt (loans and Cash investment (for unin- corporated companies or systems) (Stock... . Treasury securities: < Reserves Other permanent investments Interest and taxes due and accrued 9. Balance sheet — continued. Assets. Liabilities. Kind. Amount. Kind. Amount. Cash and current assets, in- s S Stock and bond discount Sundries (specify principal Sinking and other special funds Sundries (specify principal litems) . Profit and loss surplus Total Profit and loss deficit Total $ $.... 10. Employees, salaries, and wages : Salaries and wages reported here should be the total amoimt paid during the year, and should also be included imder In- quiry 8. Account for all regular officers and employees, whether engaged on operation, maintenance, canvassing, collecting, or otherwise. If any of the persons enumerated were employed only a portion of their time in telegraph service, give only the wages paid in connection with the telegraph service. General superintendents or other heads of departments, if considered as sal- aried officers of corporations, may be reported as such. Do not include em- ployees engaged exclusively on additions or extensions. Overseers and fore- men performing work similar to men over whom they have charge must be included with wage earners. Those whose duties are wholly supervisory should be reported as salaried employees- If possible, give number employed on September 16, 1912, as per pay roll. If data are not available for that day or month, give data for nearest representative normal day, and stat« day or month here Number Sept. 16, 1912. Salaries and wages for year. Salaried employees: Salaried officers of corporations S Superintendents and managers Clerks, stenographers, and other salaried employees Total % Wage earners: Operators- Male All other employees Total s CENSUS OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM AND POLICE-PATROL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. In compliance with the act of Congress approved June 7, 1906, a census of munici- pal electric flre-alarm and police-patrol signaling systems is taken every fifth year. The Bureau of the Census is now taking the census of 1912. All electric fire-alarm and police-patrol systems should be reported on this schedule. Separate reports should be prepared for fire-alarm systems and police-patrol signaling systems, although the two systems are under the same supervision. If the two systems are operated interchangeably one combined report for both systems may be made. The officials in charge of these systems in the different cities are respectfully re- quested to answer the following inquiries, and to return this schedule in the accom- panying official envelope, which requires no postage. E. Dana Duband, Director of the Census. CERTIFICATE. This is to certify that the information contained in this schedule is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and it covers the period from , 19 ,to ,19 (Signature and official desig- nation of the person furnish- ing the information.) (Signature of special agent.) (Address of person furnishing the information.) 1. Is there an electric-fire-alarm system in your city? Is there an electric police-patrol system in your city? 2. Is this a complete separate report for the flre-alarm system? 3. Isthisacompleteseparatereportforthepolice-patrolsystem? 4. Is this a combined report for both fire-alarm and police-patrol systems?. TELEPHONES, TELEGRAPHS, MUNICIPAL SIGNALING SYSTEMS. 201 6. By what department, bureau, or board are the systems administered (give full particulars lor each system, or write same under "Remarks")? 6. If all or any part of the wire or other portion of the system is leased from, or oper- ated in connection with, a commercial company, give name of company and full particulars of the agreement or arrangement, or write same under "Re- marks" 7. Miles of wire: Give the total number of miles of wire in operation on December 31, 1912. If actual length is not known, give careful estimate. If several wires are on one line, or pole, or in one conduit or cable, count length of each wire separately. Overhead Subways or conduits. . Total Miles of wire. 8, Number of boxes or signaling stations: Signaling Telephoning Total 9. Number of manual transmitters (state kind) Number of automatic transmitters (state kind). . Number of receiving registers of all kinds 10. Number of fire alarms received during the year. . Total number. Remaeks: (Please give full description of any peculiar or interesting features of the fire-alarm or police-patrol electrical service of your city ) .■ APPENDIX B. INSTRUCTIONS TO SPECIAL AGENTS. LISTS AND CANVASS OF ESTABLISHMENTS. Unlisted establishments. — ^Although the list of establishments fur- nished special agents has been made as complete as possible, it has not been practicable to secure absolute accuracy and completeness, and special agents must be constantly on the alert to discover plants not named on the list. They will be held strictly accountable for a complete canvass of the district to which they are assigned. They must make careful inquiry for other plants located in that vicinity. The agents must account for all of the names on the list. A return must be secured for each establishment not aheady disposed of by mail or a satisfactory explanation given on the daily report. This explanation must be such as "Out of business, no successor," " Isolated piano, no current sold, " or " Only — per cent sold. ' ' The explanation given on the daily report must be full and complete, leaving no doubt as to the conditions. The number of the estab- lishment on the typewritten list must in all cases be written in the upper right-hand corner of the schedule and on the left-hand margin of the daily report. Change in name of establishment. — If a change has been made in the name or location of the plant since the list was prepared, or if a report is secured for an establishment under a different name from that appearing on che list, the list must be changed to agree with the new conditions and this change must be stated on the daily report. Idle plants. — ^All plants that commenced operations or did any work during the census year ending December 31, 1912, must be reported, although they may not have been in operation at the end of the year 1912. Reports are not required for plants which were closed or idle during the whole of the year. The circumstances, however, should be explained in the daily report.of the agent. Central offices. — ^A large number of properties are controlled from offices located elsewhere than at the plants. When known, central offices of this character and the names of the plants for which re- ports will be prepared at the central office are indicated on the lists. Agents canvassing the districts in which central offices are located must in every instance call at these offices for reports before can- vassing the other plants. A return must be secured tor every plant noted on the central office list. A large number of controlling com- panies have advised the office that reports for certain properties will be prepared at their office. The names of these properties will ap- pear on the agent's list, but with a notation "See central office," or " Report will be secured at . ' ' Agents must not secure reports for these plants unless the central office is within their district, and then from the business office. If in the city the agent should call at such plants and explain that a census of electrical industries is be- ing taken, also that it is understood the report is being prepared at the central office of the company. He should also leave blank schedules, explaining the requirements of the census, so that the local officials will know just what information is required if the central office requests them to furnish data for the reports. All of such visits should be noted on the agent's daily report. If a plant is owned by a company whose business office is in another locality outside the territory assigned the agent and a por- tion of the information must be obtained from such office, the agent should complete the_ schedule so far as possible from the data ob- tainable at the plant and forward it to the Census Bureau with a (202) full statement of the facts, giving also the names and addresses of the persons from whom further information can be obtained. The agent must, however, exhaust every reasonable means to complete the report before sending it in to the Census Bureau. Annual reports. — In all cases where an annual report of the com- pany is printed a copy of the latest report should be secured and forwarded with the schedule. Copies should also be returned of the latest report of the directors or officers of the company, or other printed matter that would add to the information contained in the schedule. Correction of reports. — An agent should not return to a city already canvassed to secure information for a report returned to him for correction unless especially advised to do so. It is believed that the agent will be able in most cases to supply the information from his knowledge of the conditions. If he can not do so, he should return the schedule to the Census Bureau with such, explanation for his error or neglect as he may be able to make. To obviate the necessity of returning schedules for additional information, the agent must be careful to secure complete reports for all plants not already disposed of on his list before leaving a city. METHOD OF SECURING SCHEDULES. Reports secured by mail. — Schedules were mailed to all companies, and if a report has been thus received, the name on the agent's list will be marked " Schedule received. " If the mail report is unsatis- factory, that fact will be indicated on the list and the original schedule furnished the agent to complete. These schedules must be completed or corrected, signed, and returned by the agent. If it is found advisable to prepare a new report in place of the original, such report must be marked "Corrected report" on the title page, and the original marked " Void " and returned with the new report. Otherwise the agent will still be charged with the original schedule. Promptness of agents. — In many cases the schedule mailed to the company to be made out and sent back to the office will not have been returned to the bureau and may not be ready when the agent arrives. In that event he should proceed to get the information immediately. If the agent has not been advised that the office is in receipt of any report, whether or not on his list, he must secure the same, although the company may claim that the schedule has been furnished. TITLE OF SCHEDULES. The electrical industries covered by the census of 1912 will be reported on the following schedules: Electric railways. Nonoperating and lessor electric railways. Electric light and power stations. Telephones (large commercial systems). Telephone (short schedule for independent farmer or rural lines and small commercial systems). Municipal electric fire-alarm and police-patrol signaling systems. Telegraphs. The reports for commercial telegraph companies will be col- lected wholly by correspondence. Reports for the industries covered by the other six schedules will be secured by the field force, and also by correspondence. INSTRUCTIONS TO SPECIAL AGENTS. 203 PREPARATION OP THE SCHEDULES. Answers to inquiries to be taken from books of accounts andrecords. — The information secured must be accurate. In drafting the sched- ule every effort has been made to frame the inquiries in such a form that the answers to them can generally be taken directly from the books of accounts and records. The agent may find a dis- position on the part of persons furnishing the information to give general statements or estimates, claiming that they approximate very closely the exact figures. In no case should these general statements or estimates be accepted where it is possible to secure the answers directly from the books of accounts and records. If the accounts cover two or more of the items enumerated for any of the in(juiries, the total should be equitably apportioned for the reply to each subinquiry. In all cases where the answers are esti- mated the amounts must be preceded by the word "Estimate." All answers must be made clearly and neatly in ink. Each question is to be answered. If any question is found not applicable and no amounts are reported, write the word "None." Some of the inquiries require no explanation, but the following instructions,, in addition to those on the schedules, should be fol- lowed by the agents in preparing all reports: The title-page. — Page 1 must contain the name and location of the company, the address of the general oflSce, and the signature, address and official designation of the person furnishing the information. Place the office number of the report in the upper right-hand comer. If the address of the general or business office is at a different place from that of the plant, care must be taken to give both. The period covered, where possible, should be that of the year endii^ December 31, 1912. Where, however, the business year of the establishment does not correspond to the calendar year, the data may be secured for such completed business year as corre- sponds most nearly to the calendar year 1912 . The reports for plants that were in operation only a portion of the census year will be tabulated separately; therefore it is essential to give on the title- page the exact period covered by each report. TELEPHONES. All commercial and mutual or cooperative telephone systems that had a gross income of $5,000 or more for the year 1912 must be reported on the schedule for large commercial systems. All other lines and systems, including independent farmer or rural lines, must be reported on the short schedule. The statistics for farmer or rural lines that are owned and operated by commercial com- panies must be included in the reports for such companies made on the schedule. The American Telephone & Telegraph Co. operates exchange systems and long-distance toU lines in practically every state in the Union. These properties usually have a local name and are commonly known as the "Bell system." Census reports for all Bell systems will be prepared at the office of the parent company in New York and agents should not attempt to secure these reports in the field. A list showing the Bell systems in each state will be furnished each agent. The agent must secure reports for all so-called Bell systems which do not appear on this Hst. It is probable that a few telephone companies will be found that do a telegraph business. Where a telephone company does a tele- graph business incidentally, one report should be made on the tele- phone schedule for the entire system; but in the case of large tele- graph companies doing a telephone business incidentally, the com- bined report should be made on the schedule for telegraph com- panies. It is the practice of some of the telephone companies to lease or rent some of their wires for the year or other specific period for tele- graphic work, as, for example, to stock brokers, provision houses, etc. In other cases the companies may employ systems which allow the successful transmission of telegraph and telephone messages at the same time over the same wires; and it is understood that these composite circuits are on the increase. Where the company leases its wires for telegraph work, the fact should be ascertained and stated in a memorandum attached to the schedule. And if the company is using the same wire or wires for simultaneous telegraph and telephone work, the fact should also be noted as fully as possible. COMMERCIAL AND MUTUAL COMPANIES. Combined reports. — A separate report for each exchange of the same system in a given state is not required. If a company oper- ates exchanges in more then one state separate reports for each tate should be secured if the system of accounts will permit. If only a few lines or a comparatively small proportion of the com- pany's wire and stations is in another state, one report for the entire system may be prepared, showing the miles of wire and sta- tions in each state, as called for by the subquestion of Inquiry 7. When one company leases and operates another system, the report for the operating company may include the statistics for the leased system, treating it as if it were owned. In these cases the agent should be particular to see that the combined report includes the line construction, wire mileage, stations, cost of construction and equipment, and capitaHzation of the leased system, and that the name of the system is given in Inquiry 3. Systems which are con- trolled by ownership of stock, etc., and operated independently should have separate reports. Inquiry 5. — States, cities, towns, oh villages in which the company operated exchanges. If the company reporting owns or operates an exchange system in more than one city, town, or village, a complete list of exchanges and toll stations should be returned with the schedule. It should be understood that the schedule does not require the enumeration of every station, but that the object is to enumerate every place to which telephone facilities have been extended. The toll stations will therefore, in this sense, describe a place where the company does business, but where that business is not large enough to warrant the establishment of a regular central office or exchange. Inquiry 6. — Names and addresses op paemer or rural lines, ETC The statistics for farmer or rural lines owned by the company reporting must be included in the report, but such Unes, when operated independently, must be reported on the short schedule. (See instructions for "All other lines and systems," p. 205.) Inquiry 7. — ^Miles or wire. The answers to this inquiry must show the total number of miles of single wire in operation or ready for operation on the last day of the year covered by the report. Cables are generally composed of a number of pairs of wires; the total miles of single wire in cables must be reported. If the actual length of the total single wire or of the different classes is not known, careful estimates must be secured. If wire is leased, care should be taken to either include the wire and telephones in the report of the lessee (operating company), or to secure a report from the lessor company. The total number of miles of single wire must be shown by states; therefore the actual number of miles operated in each state, or else an estimate, must be obtained from each company. Inquiry 8. — Number op miles or pole line. The object of this inquiry is to obtain the total length of the con- struction, but not the length of the single wire, which should be reported in answer to Inquiry 7. The number of miles reported as pole Une, including pole line for farmer or rural Unes owned by the company, and included in the report, must be the actual length in miles covered by the poles on which wire is strung, whether in cables or open wire. 204 APPENDIX B. Inquiry 9. — Exchanges. A public exchange office is a place where wires are interconnected by means of a switchboard for the use of the public generally. The number of these is called for. A private branch exchange is a switch- board within a business building, apartment house, hotel, etc. — sometimes in a residence — through which wires running from one building or department, or office, or room to another are connected, thus establishing interior coromunication. Conversation with the outside world through the private branch exchange is had by con- nection with the public exchange office. The number of these private exchanges must be reported by the company through which they operate. It should be noted, however, that the use of the word "exchange '' is more particularly a practice limited to the Bell system. With the independent telephonists — that is, those who are not operating as licensees of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., which is the parent company of the Bell system — ^it is quite a co mm on prac- tice to call the exchange a central office, and to use this phrase to the entire exclusion of the word "exchange." The function of the two is, however, identical, the exchange being a central office . and the central office being an exchange. It will be found that both among Bell and independent telephonists the exchange, or central office, is colloquially called "Central," this being also the descriptive term used by subscribers. Inquiry 10. — Number of telephones. The terms "stations," "boxes," and "telephones" are each intended to cover the complete instrument or telephone set of trans- mitter and receiver. The total number of sets or complete instru- ments installed must be reported. There should be no difficulty in ascertaining the number furnished regular exchange subscribers or the number of exchange, local pay, and outlying toll stations. If there is no record of the number of stations connected with private branch exchanges, careful estimates must be secured. The number of telephones operated by the company for commu- nication between its different offices or departments must be included. If there is no separate record of the number of telephones on farmer or rural lines owned by the company a careful estimate should be obtained. All companies operated independently of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., known as the Bell system, should report the num- ber of telephones connected through their exchanges with that system. It is necessary to compile statistics of the number of telephones in each state. If the company reporting operates in more than one state, give the names of the states and the number of telephones in each. Inquiry 11. — ^Estimated number op messages or talks. In reply to this inquiry the total number of messages or talks — • originating calls — should be given, except those over private ex- change wires. The total should include all long-distance and toll connections and subscribers' talks, but be careful to follow instruc- tions on schedule not to include interior private branch calls or tree talks. All talks or messages from stations within the same central office or exchange district are to be counted as exchange messages, as these do not imply any exchange of business between separate companies or separate exchange systems. It will happen, however, that pay stations are very often used for long-distance service, and in this event it is believed that all companies will have records bearing upon this point and giving the separate figures, enabling the separa- tion to be made between simple exchange connections and the "extraterritorial" work. A long-distance message may be defined as one between exchange systems of different companies, and a toll message as one between exchange systems of the same company, but these definitions are subject to modification, and the practice of the companies submit- ting reports may be accepted. In securing information for the schedule it will probably be found that a wide vaj iation exists in the application of the terms "long-distance" and "toll" message; but the object is to separate or distii^^ish the long-distance and toll messages from the regular conversations within the central office or exchange district, for which no extra charge is made. Inquiry 12. — Revenue and income account. This is what is known as an income account, not a cash statement, and is intended to show the earnings and expenses of the company for one year. Income. — The items under the head of "Income" generally ex- plain themselves. "Total income from telephone business" means total earnings for the use of telephones — from subscribers (intluding those having private branch exchanges) and pay stations of all kinds, as well as total receipts either for messages sent or received. The amount received for the leasing of telephones line, wires, and con- duits should be given in answer to the fourth question. If instru- ments are rented with these leased lines (which may be a system) or with wires (which may be only a single wire), receipts for such should be included under this head. Sometimes conduits may be leased, in part, to another telephone company, or to a city, or to an electric Hght company. The receipts for this rental should be placed under this item. "Real esta,te rentals" cover receipts from rental of offices, buildings, or land; and "interest," amounts received as interest on money loaned. It is possible that some companies have a separate messenger service, and that an independent revenue is derived from that source. This and all receipts from sources other than those enumerated should be included under "Miscellaneous." The principal items should be specified. Expenses. — All payments for the general operation and main- tenance of the company, lines, and system, except as indicated by the other questions, are to be placed opposite the first question. This item should also include, among other things, the total salaries and wages of Inquiry 14, legal expenses, which should include everything paid in settlement of claims for damages, law charges, and counsel fees, of whatever kind, whether for securing franchises, for reorganization, for funding processes, or for securing right of way ; supplies, and materials of all kinds (wire, telephone, otc.) consumed during the year, etc. Expenses and wages incident to new construc- tion should not be included. Payment for telephone traffic made to other companies means toll paid to other companies for the trans- mission of messages or talks. The first six questions should be con- sidered as relating to operation and maintenance, and the last five questions as relating to fixed charges. Taxes on gross earnings and special payments of a percentage on gross earnings should be included as taxes, irrespective of whether paid to state or city governments. Any special tax on poles should also be included. "Payments for use of leased lines" should include the amounts paid for lines or system permanently leased. The expense of incidentally leasing wires should be included in "Total general operation and maintenance," etc. In all this income and expense showing the statements as given by the companies ought to be accepted as correct, unless they are grossly at variance with those of similar companies in the same locality, or contain irreconcilable inconsistencies. In such cases, after the agent has familiarized himself with the subject so that he can make a clear statement from his own point of view, a friendly suggestion of apparent inconsistencies will generally clear up the difficulties and lead to corrections, if such are necessary. Inquiry 13. — ^Balance sheet. The first item of assets called for is intended to include the total cost of construction and equipment of the entire system at the end of the year covered by the report, including real estate and tele- phone instruments. Telephone cabinets, control desks, etc., either in use or on hand at the close of the year should, if owned, be in- cluded in this item. , In cases of unincorporated companies, individuals, firms, etc., which have no liabilities of capital stock and bonds, the amount INSTRUCTIONS TO SPECIAL AGENTS. 205 of cash inveated should be entered under "Cash, investment" of "Liabilities. ' ' The other items called for are self-explanatory. All these axe to be given at the value carried on the books of the com- pany at the end of the year covered by the report. In addition to the above, the instructions for Inquiry 15 of the railway schedule should be followed in answering this inquiry. Inqthbt 14. — ^Employees, salaries, and wages. Account for all persons employed by the company, both in the management and in the operation of the line. The number of •employees who were engaged on new construction work and their aalaries or wages should not be included in answer to this inquiry. The wages of such employees should show only in the amount reported for cost of construction in the "balance sheet," Inquiry 13. Give the number of officers of corporations who receive salaries (not the number of stockholders) and the amount of their salaries ■ for the period covered by the report. Report separately number and wages of operators, by sex. The salaries and wages should include allowance for board or rent furnished as part compensation. In addition to the above, the instructions for Inquiry 16 of the lailway schedule should be followed in answering this inquiry. ALL OTHER LINES AND SYSTEMS. (SHORT SCHEDULE.) All independent farmer or rural telephone lines that have no exchange or "central" of their own, and other lines and systems which had a gross income of less than $5,000 for the year 1912, must be reported on the short schedule. This, of course, includes all lines of this character that connect with exchanges of large com- mercial companies or systems but which are owned independently of such companies. In many cases independent farmer or rural lines are operated in connection with but not owned by commercial or mutual systems. In these cases the report for the commercial or mutual system through which they operate would include the "estimated total number of messages or talks" for the year of such lines, but not the wire mileage, telephones, etc., which should be reported separately on the short schedule. If several farmer or rural lines jointly maintain and operate an exchange or "central," one report should be obtained on the sched- ule for large commercial systems for the several lines and the ex-