Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1914 — Status of Telephone Troubles in White County. [ARTICLE]

Status of Telephone Troubles in White County.

Over in White county they are also having telephone troubles at present. The difficulty seems to have arose over the Monticello company, which has had to carry a considerable amount of delinquencies asking patrons to sign up contracts which would insure the payment of phone rentals in advance.

Because of this some 100 phones were taken out up about Buffalo, and a mutual company has been incorporated which will endeavor to run into the Monon exchange, it is said.

This move has been detrimental to the business interests of Monticello, so it is said, and the business men there have got up in arms and demanded that the Monticello company let the Buffalo mutual in on the latter’s exchange, and also that Monticello patrons be granted free service over the Reynolds, Idaville and Yeoman systems, which are owned by other parties, . and as the company has stated that it cannot accede to their demands, many phones have been taken out in Monticello also. The matter has been referred to the public service commission, which will hold a hearing next week.