Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1916 — Telephone Hearing to Take Place Tuesday Morning. [ARTICLE]

Telephone Hearing to Take Place Tuesday Morning.

The telephone rate hearing is set to take place Tuesday morning, Feb. Bth, at 10 o’clock, at the court house. The telephone company has beenmakTng plan§ to preseht their case as effectively as possibel to the commission, which will be represented here by Charles J. Murphy. It is understood that a number of telephone men from other towns will be here to support the claim of the local company for a rate increase and there will be some talk of high figures. Since telephones are under the charge of the commissidh there is no chance for competition and* a fine chance for stockholders in ~ utility to feather their nests with 8 ver cent investments on a guaranteed basis and another 5 per cent placed in a sinking fund to guarantee them against loss. The only thing the poor public can do is o make a protest and await results Every subscriber who can is urg to be present at the hearing Tuesday morning.