Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1916 — KATI s WILL BE RAISED [ARTICLE]

KATI s WILL BE RAISED

For Residence Phones Having Metallic Service, 25 Cents Per Mouth. The telephone heaiing last Tuesday resulted in the telephone company getting everything it asked for, in effect. The company was asking for an increase of 25 cents per month in rates only in tow n for residence phones having full metallic service—making the rate $1.25 instead of SI.OO, and this rate was finally agreed upon, except that where parties do not card to pay the extra 25 cents they may be co.aueoted to a 4-party line at SI.OO per month. The company made this proposition at the hearing and it was tacitly accepted. As the business and several of the residence phones are practically all the automatic phone, and such phones were already paying 50 cents per month more and no increase was contemplated thereon, the telephone company got virtually everything it had contended for. C, J. Murphy of the public service commission was ill with the grip, it was asserted, and could not come in person to hear the case, but he sent Miller Kent, a son of Tod Kent of Brookston, who holds a position with the commission, in his stead, and (?! A. Tuteuh, to represent the tariff board of the commission. Abe Halleek appeared for the Rensselaer Republican and W. IT. Parkison and E. P. Honan represented the telephone company. " The increased rates is said to be in keeping with rates granted by the commission elsewhere for the metallic service, and even lower than the rate granted in Logansport.