Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 316, 17 November 1921 — Page 12
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, 1ND., THURSDAY. NOV. 17, 1921.
TELEPHONE COMPANY ASKS 20 PER CENT INCREASE IN RATES A request of the Richmond Home Telephone company lor an increase ol about 20 per cent was the chief feature of the board of works meeting Thursday. Action on the request was deferred by the board, pending consultation with the city attorney. The city council will also oe given a chance to express its views. In case the increase is adopted, the ' telephone company will go before the public utilities commission to get the approval of that body. Increases in operating expenses and the failure of prevailing rates to provide sufficient income to maintain efficient telephone service and furnish an adequate return on the investment, are the reasons assigned for the increase, which is asked in the amended contract. The increases asked are as follows: Residence, four party line, 25 cents per month. Residence, two party line, 25 cents per month. Residence, private line, 50 cents per month. Business, four party line, 25 cents per month. Business, two party line, 50 cents per month. Business, private line, $1 per month. The monthly charge for residences ion party line will be $1.75 and for 'individual lines $2.50, and for busijness places or offices on party lines, ;?3.50 and for individual business lines, $4.50. Would Start Jan. 1. The petition asks that the new rates be effective Jan. 1, 1922, and as soon ps there are 6,000 telephones in use, the company will be granted the right "1o charge an additional 50 cents a month for each business and office telephone and 25 cents for each residence telephone, under the proposed sliding scale providing for additional charges as the plant increases in .size. The company proposes that with each increase in excess of 6.000 the company will have the right to charge 50 cents per month for each business or office telephone and 25 cents per month for each residence telephone, in addition to the basic rates proposed which is on the same plan as the old franchise. The company has approximately 4. Pf,0 telephones in use. Tn 1920 and 1921 the company incurred a deficit of $25,126.67. based on figures covering reports for the first six months of 1921. The increased expenditures, and officer of the company said, were be yond its control, and were due to economic conditions. Say Costs Increased. "Operating costs," said an official of the company, "have increased in such proportions that the company is forced to ask for an increase in ates. But even with the new rates.
Richmond will be enjoying a cheaper
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of the Georgia burst, but no one was
injured. Maine and Missouri. Of 12,500 tons displacement, they were built by private firms, costing about 5,165,000 each, and were completed in 1902 and 1903. Each has a speed of 18 knot3. The Maine was built as a memorial to the battleship Maine which was sunk in the harbor
of Havana just before the SpanishAmerican war. On April 15, 1904, there was an explosion on the Missouri in which thirty-three lives were lost. South Carolina and Michigan Of 16,000 tons displacement, these two first-line ships were completed in 1910 by private contract, each at a cost of about $6,700,000. The Michi-
, . 1 gan is the faster of the two, having a speed of 20.01, while the South Carolina makes but 19 68. At the time of completion these vessels were considered the highest type of fighting ship then existing, exceeding in power those of any other country. Six men on the Michigan were killed on January 15, 191S, by the breaking of a foremast in a heavy gale.
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contract with the city based on
prices. An officer of the company said that an examination of the company's books shows the following increases Avhich the company has been compelled to make in the number of employes and wages between 1915 and 1921, which is set out in the following table: Employes Payroll Salary Toll department 50 pet. 184 pet. 77pct. Inside and Trouble departments 21 pet. 96 pet. 6214p. Outside Departments 02 pet. 115 pet. 101 ip Claim Deficit Left. An increase in revenue of $47,380.94 is noted in the period between 1915 and 1921, attributed to a slight increase in emergency rates and the increases last January from farm line telephones and from the long distance department. But these increases, it is said, the books of the company how, will not offset increased expenses of $72,507.61. leaving V deficit of $25,126.67. Most of the increases are found under the heads of material and labor. Since its organization, an officer of the company said, the company has
never paid as high as six percent on
an understanding between Great Brit-t ain, the United States and Japan to i ctonrl t r rr Vi -i y riArmoncniliT nn oil
questions affecting China. A three na
tion agrement would make the Anglo
UNITED STATES
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fnPeaa"i:inC ?idK "ithe Rhode Island, which was not fin-
ain and Japan. Thereafter, according to the British idea, the question of armament should be settled. Two Differing Methods It is these two differing methods of approach that lie at the heart of the conference today. The differences are not material. And yet America will
ished until 1907. They range in speed from IS. 2 to 19.26 knots. They are of 14,948 tons displacement. Of the five, three, the Rhode Island, New Jersey
and Nebraska, were at the capture of
The explosion of two 100-pound charges of powder in a superimposed turret of the Georgia on July 15, 1907.
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probacy take the position that what-.en men . . iniuv f .
ever else Is done, or can be done, by the conference, the reduction of armaments must take place anyhow. Amer-
others. The accident happened while the Georgia was cruising off the coast
of Massachusetts. On September 23.
ica will be slow to consent to any pro-11910 one of the forward 12-inch guns
gram wnicn manes the arrival at an agreement about armaments wholly contingent on the previous arrival on an agreement about the far east.
The difference in point of view isj not enough to endanger the success of! the conference, and there is no reason to doubt that some formula for the or-1
der of the various questions will be reached amicably. Mr. Hughes' method of annrnneh hv
its total securities, and often less than boldly taking the line of first giving four percent. Under depreciation the j the public a concrete proposal covering
armament, practically makes impossible any procedure which would render ultimate agreement on this nnint rnn.
also pointed out that the Nebraska I tineent on aereempnt nn annhin? d0
public service comfission, atter an in- The whole nnpstirm ha it trrto.t 1
telephone service than "other cities in I vestif?ation, said depreciation of tele- j importance in relation to the United!
Indiana and Ohio, of the same size as ? 'o -""Ji""'',;s w"u'u n s 5u a states Senate. There can be no doubt Richmond, and still they are operating 1 prent- Tiese. flSures the that an agreement on armament alone ho old manual telephone system." "'f 0 an ete?rslve research by its would be ratified by the Senate with
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company has never set aside more than four percent, and in some years nothing at all, this officer said. He
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'The company believed it would be 1
b!o to continue without, asking for
'n increase in rates, but has been
companies. However, it was said by
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electric light plant, the water work', company, the gas company and the
railroads operating into Richmond, all were forced long ago to ask for in-1
creases, which were granted. Th cost of government also has increased which is shown by the increase in tax rate." Company officials said they had practised every economy consistent with good management in order to
avoid a deficit, but were unable to!
ice in the amount of six percent
i would be adequate to take care of its j depreciation account. 1
ANGLO-JAPAN
(Continued from Tage One.) should have an alliance, wihch
than ?n agreement which includes our future participation in far eastern questions. In fairness to Great Britain let it be said that she sees this, and from recent experience has much reason to fear the capacity of the Senate to muddle things up. (Copywrighter, 1921, by the New York Evening Post, Inc.)
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effect, adds the armament of one to i the other. The British see clearly;
keep the company in good condition ! tnt the adoption of the Hughes pro-i
and to furnish efficient service to the! Siam. or any close variation of it, J users without an increase in rates. j would automatically call for the elim-! Cannot Expect Cut ' ination of the Anglo-Japanese alliance.! No substantial reduction in the cost! 11 i3 afe to infer that this is not ..f materials and labor can be expect-! wholly agreeable to the British. Their j
11, they said, because of an unprece- stronger wish would be to take upj
Use
wish would be
first questions of the far east. It is probably safe to say that the British program would be, roughly, to come to
an agreement on the far east. j A part of that acrcement would be.
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