Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1914 — Rural Telephone Troubles in White County. [ARTICLE]

Rural Telephone Troubles in White County.

For some time there have been rumblings of trouble between the Monticello Telephone Company and its rural patrons, especially those in the vicinity of Buffalo and Sitka. Meetings to formulate a protest were held at Buffalo and on Tuesday night at Sitka. Regarding the latter the Democrat’s regular Sitka correspondent writes: “The farmers Called a telephone meeting Tuesday night and quite an enthusiastic crowd gathered and discussed the telephone business very thoroughly. No radical talk was indulged in, but just sound business j talk as to the people’s rights, this last seemingly being one of the main issues. It seems that the present company has gradually kept getting stricter and stricter until they all woke up to the fact that the company is asking too much, and that the company has not rendered good service. The larger majority of the ■ patrons signed to have phones re- | moved if resolutions adopted were not accepted.” A committee appointed by this meeting was in Monticello Wednesday afternoon to confer with Manager Hanway, but it is understood nothing came of it and Thursday all the protesting patrons disconnected their phones, refusing to use them further until the matters in dispute were adjusted. This affects about 145 phones on the Buffalo exchange, i and it is reported that Manager Han- ( way has men and teams out gath- . ering up the discarded instruments. • —White County Democrat.