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APPENDIX 


TO    THE 


FORTIETH    VOLUME 


OF   THE 


JOURNALS  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  COMMONS 


DOMINION    OF   CANADA 


SESSION    1905 


PART    II 


OTTAWA 

PRINTED  BY  S.  E.  DAWSON,  PRINTER  TO  THE  KING'S  MOST 

EXCELLENT  MAJESTY 

1907 


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LIST  OF  APPENDICES,  1905. 


PAET  I. 


No.  1. — Report  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems,  containing  Minutes 
of  Proceedings,  Evidence,  Interim  Reports  and  Synopsis  of  Exhibits. 

PART  II. 

No.  1. — Report  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems,  Appendix  A,  con- 
taining letters  addressed  to  the  Chairman  and  other  members  of  the 
Committee ;  also  papers,  statistics,  &c,  furnished  by  Foreign  Govern- 
ments and  by  various  Telephone  Companies  in  Canada  and  elsewhere, 
&c,  &c. 

PART  III. 

No.  2. — Report  of  the  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Agriculture  and  Colonization. 

Printed  in  Part  III. 

No.  3. — Second  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  respecting 
payments  on  account  of  Printing  and  Stationery  Department. 

Not   printed. 

No.  3a. — Third  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  respecting 
payments  to  C.  S.'Boon,  dredge  General  Meade,  $1,533;  Dunville,  $8,628, 
and  C.  S.  Boon,  towing,  $1,366.75.  Not  printed. 

No.  3b. — Fourth  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  respecting 
payments  to  Joseph  E.  Gobiel,  '  Yukon  Telegraphs.'  Not  printed. 

No.  3c. — Fifth  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  respecting 
payments  to  J.  T.  Donohue — '  Yukon  Transportation  Claims.' 

Not  printed. 

No.  3d. — Sixth  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  respecting 
payments  to  N.  G.  Valiquette.  Not  printed. 

No.  3e. — Seventh  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  respect- 
ing payments  to  Dr.  C.  T.  Purdy.  Printed  in  Part  III. 

No.  3f. — Eighth  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  respecting 
accounts  of  John  Bertran  &  Sons,  John  Inglis  &  Co.,  and  Poison  Iron 
Works.  Not  printed. 

No.  3g. — Ninth  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  relating 
to  payments  to  Woods   (Limited).  Printed  in  Part  III. 

No.  3h. — Tenth  Report  of  Select  Standing  Committee  on  Public  Accounts  in  re 
proposed  amendments  to  Audit  Act.  Printed  in  Part  III. 


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SELECT  COMMITTEE 


ON 


TELEPHONE   SYSTEMS 


VOL.     II. 

APPENDIX     A. 

(revised  edition.) 


Containing  letters  addressed  to  the  Chairman  and  other  members  of  the 

Committee;  also  papers,  statistics,  &c,  turnished  by  Foreign 

Governments  and  by  various  Telephone  Companies 

in  Canada  and  elsewhere,  &c ,  &c. 


PRINTED  BY  ORDER  OF  PARLIAMENT 


OTTAWA 
PRINTED  BY  S.  E.  DAWSON,  PRINTER  TO  THE  KING'S.  MOST 
EXCELLENT  MAJESTY 
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[App.  No.  1—1905.] 


4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  APPENDIX  No.   1  A.   1905 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE   SYSTEMS 


APPENDIX   'A' 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

Telegram. 
No.  1. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa. 
Telephone  meeting.  This  joint  committee  representing  the  county  council,  town 
councils,  trade  and  labour  councils,  and  boards  of  trade  of  the  county  of  Waterloo, 
assembled  in  the  town  of  Berlin,  this  23rd  day  of  March,  1905,  to  discuss  the  organi- 
zation of  a  competitive  town  and  rural  telephone  service,  learning  of  the  action  take:i 
by  the  government  in  the  appointment  of  a  committee  looking  to  and  the  taking  over 
of  the  telephone  service  of  Canada  do  hereby  defer  further  action  pending  the  out- 
come of  such  investigation.  We  hereby  congratulate  the  Postmaster  General,  Sir  Wm, 
Mulock,  on  the  action  he  has  taken  and  unanimously  recommend  the  Government 
to  entirely  take  over  and  operate  the  telephone  service  of  Canada. 

ANTHONY  OCHS. 
Chairman  Telephone  Committee. 

No.  la. 

Ottawa,  March  24,  1905. 
Dear  Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  telegram  of 
the  23rd  instant  favouring  me  with  the  views  of  the  joint  committee  representing 
the  county  council,  town  councils,  trades  and  labour  councils  and  Board  of  Trade 
of  the  county  of  Waterloo,  assembled  in  Berlin  on  the  23rd  instant  to  discuss  the 
organization  of  a  competitive  town  and  rural  telephone  service,  and  recommending 
the  Government  to  take  over  and  operate  the  telephone  service  of  Canada. 

I  shall  have  pleasure  in  communicating  your  telegram  to  the  Parliamentary 
Committee  at  present  engaged  in  studying  this  important  question. 

Yours  faithfully, 

WM.  MULOCK, 

Postmaster   General. 
Anthony  Ochs,  Esq., 

Chairman,  Telephone  Committee, 
Berlin,  Ont. 

No.  2. 

W.  J.  Eoche,  M.D.,  MP., 

House  of  Commons,  Ottawa,  Ontario. 

Dear  Mr.  Koche, — As  you  are  a  member  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  tele- 
phone system  in  Canada  and  elsewhere,  I  venture  to  make  some  suggestions  which 
may  prove  useful  in  your  investigations.' 

In  the  first  place,  there  is  no  public  telephone  system  in  Canada  worthy  of  tha 
name,  except  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and  so  far  as  I  am  aware  there  is  no- 

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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

telephone  man  competent  to  discuss  the  proposition  anywhere  outside  of  the  Bell 
Company's  employ,  so  unless  your  committee  gets  some  outside  expert's  assistance 
there  will  be  a  danger  of  your  not  covering  the  situation  completely.  As  a_  matte* 
of  fact  the  bulk  of  the  independent  operating  companies  are  located  in  the  middle  or 
western  states,  there  being  only  three  or  four  cities  of  any  importance  from  Chicago 
to  the  Rocky  Mountains  which  have  not  competing  companies  operating  with  greater 
or  less  success.  In  some  of  the  Territories  where  these  independent  companies  operate, 
the  Bell  people  have  been  entirely  driven  out,  or  maintain  only  long  distance  stations, 
leaving  the  local  work  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  smaller  companies. 

Effective  competition  is  given  to  the  Bell  people  only  by  those  companies  which 
are  strong  enough  to  parallel  every  mile  of  long  distance  telephone  or  toll  lines 
operated  by  the  Bell  Company,  and  such  independent  companies,  as  have  done  thia 
have  also  expended  their  +.oll  lines  so  as  to  thoroughly  serve  the  various  communities 
in  a  way  which  the  Bell  people  never  could  be  induced  to  do. 

There  are  four  or  five  telephone  men  in  the  "United  States,  any  one  of  whom  could 
elucidate  the  whole  subject,  and  be  of  most  valuable  assistance  to  your  committee.  But 
whether  or  not  you  will  be  able  to  get  them  is  another  question.  One  of  them  is  Mr. 
T.  A.  Potter,  who  is  general  manager  of  an  extensive  independent  plant  operating  in 
Iowa,  Minnesota  and  Dakota.  His  company  have  over  six  thousand  miles  of  toll  lines 
and  a  long  number  of  exchange.  Another  one  is  a  Mr.  Bills,  of  Milwaukee,  a  gentle- 
man whom  I  have  not  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting,  but  whose  experience  I  have  reason 
to  believe  is  very  extensive.  The  third.  Mr.  Charles  Webster,  of  Minneapolis,  who  was 
the  head  of  the  syndicate  which  endeavoured  to  get  a  charter  last  session  from  the 
Manitoba  legislature,  and  the  fourth  is  Mr.  A.  T.  Averill,  an  Iowa  man,  whose  address 
I  do  not  know.     There  are  also  several  in  Chicago. 

In  going  into  the  question  of  the  cost  of  operation,  the  committee  will  have  the 
greatest  difficulty  without  the  assistance  of  an  undoubted  expert,  in  arriving  at  the 
true  value  of  any  portion  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company's  plant.  The  fact  is  that 
any  telephone  plant  prior  to  1895  is  now  obsolete,  and  not  only  imperfect  in  operation 
but  more  expensive  to  maintain.  Since  1895  there  is  to  be  taken  into  consideration  a 
ten  per  cent  annual  depreciation,  and  only  such  portions  of  the  plant  as  have  been  con- 
structed since  about  1900  are  really  modern.  You  will  find  upon  investigation  that 
the  Bell  people  conduct  their  business  upon  the  principle  that  they  must  receive  in 
returns  every  five  years  the  total  investment,  plus  dividends  and  operating  expenses.. 
Therefore,  the  amount  of  money  necessary  to  expropriate  the  whole  Bell  telephone  plant 
will  certainly  be  very  much  less  than  the  apparent  book  investments  of  the  company. 

I  would  like  very  much  if  business  engagements  permitted  to  place  my  services 
at  the  disposal  of  your  committee  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  its  work,  but  I  am 
very  much  afraid  I  will  not  be  able  to  do  so,  as  I  have  trials  now  which  will  keep  me 
in  court  for  about  three  or  four  weeks  continuously,  but  any  information  I  can  give 
you,  will  be  cheerfully  furnished.  My  own  idea  (short  of  government  ownership,  by 
which  I  mean  Dominion  government  ownership,  which  involves  the  expropriation  of 
the  Bell  plant)  will  be  to  grant  a  charter  to  a  strong  financial  company,  who  will  un- 
dertake to  parallel  the  Bell  long  distance  system  and  connect  with  municipal  systems, 
which  in  return  for  long  distance  services  would  operate  a  long  distance  line  upon 
percentage  basis.  This  would  give  municipal  ownership  an  impetus  and  would  enable 
local  interests  to  be  served  far  better  than  Dominion  government  ownership  would  be 
able  to  do,  as  the  various  municipalities  could  operate  at  costs  and  supply  free  telephone 
service  to  the  ratepayers,  in  any  event  they  could  reduce  the  expenses  to  a  minimum. 

I  am  sending  a  copy  of  this  letter  to  Mr.  Maclean,  with  whom  I  last  week  dis- 
cussed the  matter  while  in  Toronto,  and  if  there  is  anything  further  I  can  do,  I  shall 
be  obliged  if  you  will  let  me  know. 

With  kind  regards,  believe  me,  faithfully  yours, 

GEO.  A.  STEWART  POTTS. 


APPENDIX  -  A  "  3 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  2a. 

Ottawa,  March  22,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — Your  communication  of  the  18th  instant  to  Mr.  Eoche  was  referred  to 
the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones  to-day,  and  I  am  instructed  to  thank  you  for  the 
information  contained  therein. 

The  committee  is  desirous  of  obtaining  from  every  possible  source  such  informa- 
tion as  will  assist  in  reaching  a  practical  solution  of  the  telephone  problem.  I  am 
therefore  writing  to  the  gentlemen  whose  names  you  have  been  good  enough  to  furnish. 

If  you  can  yourself  supply  any  data  in  regard  to  the  working  of  telephone  systems 
in  the  west,  the  committee  would  much  appreciate  your  assistance  in  this  way. 

The  following  are  the  leading  points  upon  which  the  committee  desire  informa- 
tion : — 

1.  Name  of  company  and  territory  covered. 

2.  Amount  of  capital  and  bonded  indebtedness,  if  any. 

3.  Number  of  telephones  in  operation. 

4.  Miles  of  long  distance  lines. 

5.  Rates  per  annum  for  local  service. 

6.  Long  distance  toll  charges. 

7.  Name  of  competitive  company. 

8.  Number  of  telephones  operated  by  competitive  company. 

9.  Miles  of  long  distance  lines  operated  by  competitive  company. 

10.  Rates  per  annum  charged  by  competitive  company. 

11.  Long  distance  toll  charge  of  competitive  company. 

12.  Rates  charged  before  advent  of  competition. 

Any  further  information  of  a  general  nature  regarding  the  operations  of  telephone 
companies  of  which  you  may  have  knowledge  will  be  welcomed  by  the  committee. 

I  may  say  that  the  intention  of  the  committee  is  to  conduct  the  investigation  in 
an  absolutely  impartial  manner  and  solely  in  the  interests  of  all  classes  of  the  people 
to  whom  the  telephone  has  become  a  daily  necessity;  therefore  any  assistance  you  can 
render  in  supplying  reliable  data  or  information  as  to  the  source  from  whence  such 
may  be  obtained  will  at  all  times  be  gladly  received. 

You  do  not  state  Mr.  Potter's  address ;  might  I  ask  you  to  be  favoured  with  it. 

Faithfully  yours, 

WILLIAM  MULOOK. 

No.  3. 

Toronto,  Ont.,  March  21,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — I  take  the  liberty  to  write  as  I  understand  the  members  of  the  com 
mittee  for  the  investigation  of  a  telephone  service  for  the  farmers,  have  made  the  state- 
ment that  they  are  thankful  for  any  information  received  in  relation  to  their  business 
of  investigation. 

In  the  suburbs  of  Toronto  (Toronto  Junction)  there  is  now  in  operation  an 
automatic  telephone  service  of  nearly  two  hundred  telephones.  This  system  is  kept  in 
perfect  working  order  by  one  man,  and  needs  no  more  than  two  wires  from  each  'phone 
to  central,  the  central  connections  being  made  strictly  automatically.  I  am  person- 
ally very  interested  in  electricity  and  understand  and  can  appreciate  the  value  of  any- 
thing new  in  the  way  of  telephones ;  therefore  am  in  a  position  to  judge.  I  might  say 
that  this  system  is  unlimitable  as  far  as  the  number  of  stations  are  concerned,  and  from 
what  I  can  understand  seems  to  be  the  very  thing  you  are  in  quest  of  for  the  local  dis- 
tricts, although  Mr.  Stark  (of  the  Stark  Company,  Limited)  who  is  manager  of  this 
company,  states  that  with  this  system  one  is  able  to  telephone  over  longer  distances  than 
frith  the  Bell  Telephone.  I  might  here  state  that  Mr.  Stark  was  for  many  years  the 
backbone  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  here  in  Toronto,  and  rose  up  from  a  position 

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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

of  line's  man.  This  system  that  he  is  endeavouring  to  introduce  into  Canada  is  also 
working  under  one  of  the  largest  incorporated  telephone  systems  of  the  United  States, 
in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

The  rates  which  the  Stark  Company,  Limited,  are  able  to  offer  their  subscribers 
are  exceedingly  reasonable,  notwithstanding  this  fact  that  they  still  are  able  to  pay 
good  dividends  on  their  investments. 

Hoping  that  this  information  will  be  of  some  service  to  you  and  the  executive 
committee,  I  am 

Sincerely  yours, 

G.  L.  BEARDMORE. 

Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa,  Ont. 

P.S. — Any  further  information  that  I  can  give  you  will  be  a  pleasure. 

No.  3a. 

Ottawa,  March  23,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — I  have  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  favour  of  the  21st  inst.,  and  beg 
to  thank  you  for  the  information  contained  therein. 

I  assure  you  that  the  committee  will  at  all  times  greatly  appreciate  any  information 
upon  the  subject  of  telephone  operations  in  Canada  and  elsewhere  which  any  member 
of  the  community  is  in  a  position  to  furnish,  as  it  is  intended  to  thoroughly  investigate 
this  question  from  every  conceivable  standpoint,  with  a  view  to  securing  the  very  best 
telephone  service  for  all  classes  of  the  people  at  the  lowest  possible  cost.  Again  thank- 
ing you, 

Believe  me,  dear   sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 
WILLIAM  MULOCK,  P.M.G. 
G.  L.  Beardmore,  Esq., 

Per  The  John  Inglish  Co.,  Ltd., 

14  Strachan  Ave.,  Toronto. 

No.  4. 

Toronto,  March  23,  1905. 
Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 
Ottawa. 

He  Telephone  Committee. 

Sir, — I  had  charge  some  years  ago  of  the  matter  before  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, wherein  the  Bell  Telephone  patents  were  declared  invalid,  and  then  became 
possessed  of  some  information  which  may  be  of  some  service  in  considering  the  ques- 
tion of  public  telephone  system. 

The  Bell  Telephone  commenced  business  with  a  capital  of  about  $500,000— of 
which  $100,000 — represented  an  investment,  the  balance  of  about  $400,000  being  given 
in  payment  of  certain  patents,  which  at  that  time  were  invalid  by  reason  of  breaches 
of  the  Patent  Act,  and  which  breaches  had  been  committed  to  the  knowledge  of 
those  selling  them.  This  stock  was  largely  held  by  the  American  Bell  Telephone 
Company,  of  Boston,  who  practically  controlled  the  Canadian  company,  and  sent  their 
representatives  to  take  charge  of  the  work.  Some  of  those  interested  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Boston  company  were  also  interested  in  companies  who  supplied  eJectrie 
and  telephone  appliances,  and  the  apparatus  required  by  the  Bell  Telephone  Company 
was  purchased  to  a  large  extent  from  this  company.  The  result  was  that  prices  were 
paid  largely  in  excess  of  what  the  work  could  have  been  obtained  for  from  other  manu- 
facturers or  contractors.    For  example: 


APPENDIX  "A"  5 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

One  switch-board  was  advertised  and  stated  to  have  cost  the  Bell  Telephone  Com- 
pany $50,000,  being  purchased  from  a  United  States  manufacturer,  which  was,  as  I  be- 
lieve, controlled  by  the  Boston  company.  I  could  have  had  the  same  switch-board 
manufactured  for  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  for  about  $15,000 — so  when  the  state- 
ment is  made  that  the  present  rates  do  not  pay,  it  must  not  be  forgotten  that  the  capital 
jf  the  company  has  been  inflated  to  a  very  large  extent  by  the  means  above  indicated. 

There  are  affidavits  on  file  in  the  courts  in  which  the  value  of  the  Bell  equipment 
as  given  by  themselves  and  disinterested  parties  are  shown  up  and  the  result  of  this 
evidence  was  such  that  on  a  motion  made  by  me  that  the  Bell  Telephone  Company 
should  give  security  for  costs,  they  being  a  foreign  company  to  Ontario,  having  their 
head  office  at  Montreal,  to  which  they  gave  the  answer  that  they  had  assets  in  Ontario, 
after  the  Master  in  Chambers  had  heard  the  affidavits  and  argument  on  behalf  of  the 
Bell  Telephone  Company,  he,  without  even  calling  on  me,  ordered  them  to  give  security 
for  costs,  as  their  assets  were  in  such  a  shape  that  I  would  have  been  unable  to  realize 
my  costs  if  successful.  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  did  not  risk  an  appeal  from  this 
decision. 

I  do  not  know  if  the  above  facts  are  pertinent  to  the  inquiry  being  made  by  your 
■committee  and  if  not  I  trust  you  will  pardon  my  writing  you  at  this  length,  but  from 
what  I  saw  in  the  newspaper  it  seemed  to  me  that  a  knowledge  of  these  facts  might  ba 
useful  to  those  inquiring  into  the  matter. 

T  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JAS.  R.  ROAF. 

2fo.  4a. 

Ottawa,  March  24,  1905. 

My  Dear  Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the 
23rd  instant  conveying  to  me  certain  information  with  reference  to  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company,  and  shall  have  pleasure  submitting  your  communication  to  the  parliamentary 
committee  at  its  next  meeting. 

Yours  sincerely, 

WM.  MULOCK. 
James  R.  Roaf,  Esq., 
Barrister, 
88  Church  St.,  Toronto,  Ont. 

ITo.  5. 

Brantford,  March  23,  1905. 
Sir  Williajc  Mulock,  P.M.G., 
Ottewa,  Ont. 
Dear  Sir, — Brantford  has  been  taking  a  deep  interest  in  the  telephone  business  for 
the  past  two  years,  and  was  about  passing  a  by-law  to  install  either  a  municipal  or  an 
independent  system,  but  after  knowing  you  are  going  into  the  question  we  do  not  think 
it  is  wise  to  go  until  after  your  commission  get  through  collecting  all  information. 

As  stated  before,  we  have  secured  an  immense  amount  of  information  and  dat* 
through  Aid.  Norman  Andrews,  who  has  visited  a  great  many  places,  and  has  cham- 
pioned the  cause  from  its  beginning,  and  would  be  able  to  give  your  commission  a  lot 
of  valuable  information,  and  is  quite  willing  to  do  so,  if  you  notify  him  to  do  so.  It 
would  be  very  gratifying  to  the  people  of  Brantford  to  keep  in  close  touch  with  thi3 
question,  and  this  would  enable  us  to  do  so. 

Trusting  you  will  give  this  your  best  consideration,  I  remain, 

Yours  respectfully, 

JOHN  MUIR. 


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No.  5a. 

Ottawa,  March  24,  1905. 

Dear  Sm,— I  have  to  thank  you  for  your  letter  of  the  23rd  instant  with  reference 
to  the  telephone  inquiry  now  proceeding.  I  observe  what  you  say  respecting  Alderman 
Andrews  possessing  valuable  information  on  this  subject,  which  he  is  quite  willing 
if  desired  to  communicate  to  the  committee.  The  committee  desires  to  obtain  all 
available  information  respecting  this  important  matter,  and  will  welcome  any  assis- 
tance in  that  direction  which  Mr.  Andrews  may  be  able  to  render. 

Before  a  Parliamentary  Committee  summons  a  witness,  it  is  usual  for  suca 
committee  to  know  in  a  general  way  the  nature  of  the  evidence  that  he  may  be  able 
to  offer  in  order  that  it  may  be  decided  whether  or  not  his  testimony  would  be  material. 
I  judge  from  your  communication  that  Alderman  Andrews  has  been  studying  the 
workings  of  various  systems.  If  this  be  the  case,  his  evidence  would,  no'  doubt,  be 
very  helpful.  I  have  to-day  written  him  upon  the  subject.  Thanking  you  for  your 
communication,  I  am, 

Yours  sincerely, 

WM.  MULOCK. 
John  Muir,  Esq., 

The  Goold,  Shapely  &  Muir  Co., 

Brantford,  Ont. 


No.  5b. 

Ottawa,  March  24,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — Mr.  John  Muir  of  Brantford,  informs  me  that  you  have  obtainel 
much  information  and  data  respecting  telephones,  that  you  have  visited  many  place?, 
and  would  be  glad  to  furnish  to  the  Parliamentary  Committee  much  valuable  infor- 
mation. I  would  be  glad  if  you  would  kindly  let  me  know  in  a  general  way  the 
nature  of  the  information  which  you  could  communicate  to  the  committee.  I  will 
then  have  the  pleasure  of  submitting  your  letter  to  the  committee  for  its  consideration 
and  determination  whether  it  would  desire  your  personal  attendance  at  Ottawa  to 
give  oral  testimony. 

Yours  sincerely, 

WM.  MULOCK. 
Alderman  Norman  Andrews, 
Brantford,  Ont. 


No.  6. 

Ottawa,  March  22,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — Your  name  has  been  furnished  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Tele- 
phones, now  sitting  in  Ottawa,  by  Mr.  George  A.  Stewart  Potts  of  Winnipeg,  as  a 
possible  source  of  information  regarding  the.  working  of  telephone  systems  in  the 
United  States.  The  committee  has  therefore  instructed  me  to  communicate  with  you 
in  the  hope  that  you  would  be  willing  to  furnish  some  few  particulars  regarding  the 
operation  of  companies  with  which  you  are  associated. 

If  you  can  see  your  way  to  furnish  the  committee  with  such  information  upon 
the  following  points  as  you  may  see  fit,  your  kind  assistance  in  this  matter  will  be 
much  appreciated. 

1.  Name  of  company  and  territory  covered. 

2.  Amount  of  capital  and  bonded  indebl.ecli.css,  if  any. 

3.  Number  of  telephones  in  operation. 

4.  Miles  of  long  distance  lines. 

5.  Kates  per  annum  for  local  service. 


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APPENDIX   No.   1 

6.  Long  distance  toll  charges. 

7.  Name  of  competitive  company. 

8.  Number  of  telepones  operated  by  competitive  company. 

9.  Miles  of  long  distance  lines  operated  by  competitive  company. 

10.  Rates  per  annum  charged  by  competitive  company. 

11.  Long  distance  toll  charge  of  competitive  company. 

12.  Rates  charged  before  advent  of  competition. 

Any  further  information  of  a  general  nature  regarding  the  operations  of  tele- 
phone companies  of  which  you  may  have  knowledge  will  be  welcomed  by  the  com- 
mittee. 

Thanking  you  in  anticipation, 

Believe  me,  dear  sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 

WM.  ML  LOCK. 
Charles  Webster,  Esq., 
,  Minneapolis,  TJ.'S.A. 


No.  7. 

Ottawa,  March  22,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — Your  name  has  been  furnished  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
now  sitting  in  Ottawa,  by  Mr.  Geo.  A.  Stewart  Potts,  of  Winnipeg,  as  a  possible  source 
of  information  regarding  the  working  of  telephone  systems  in  the  United  States.  The 
committee  has  therefore  instructed  me  to  communicate  with  you,  in  the  hope  that  you 
would  be  willing  to  furnish  some  few  particulars  regarding  the  operation  of  companies 
with  which  you  are  associated. 

If  you  can  see  your  way  to  furnish  the  committee  with  such  information  upon  the 
following  points  as  you  may  see  fit,  your  kind  assistance  in  this  matter  will  be  much 
appreciated  : — 

1.  Name  of  company  and  territory  covered. 

2.  Amount  of  capital  and  bonded  indebtedness,  if  any. 

3.  Number  of  telephones  in  operation. 

4.  Miles  of  long  distance  lines. 

5.  Rates  per  annum  for  local  service. 

6.  Long  distance  toll  charges. 

7.  Name  of  competitive  company. 

8.  Number  of  telephones  operated  by  competitive  company. 

8.  Miles  of  long  distance  lines  operated  by  competitive  company. 

10.  Rates  per  annum  charged  by  competitive  company. 

11.  Long  distance  toll  charged  by  competitive  company. 

12.  Rates  charged  before  advent  of  competition. 

Any  further  information  of  a  general  nature  regarding  the  operations  of  telephone 
companies  of  which  you  may  have  knowledge  will  be  welcomed  by  the  committee. 
Thanking  you  in  anticipation, 

Believe  me,  dear  sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 

WM.  MULOCK. 
Mr.  Bills, 

Milwaukee,  U.S. 


8  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  8. 

Chicago,  March  21,  3905 

Sir  William  Mulock, 
Dominion  Parliament, 

Ottawa,  Ontario. 

Dear  Sir,— We  note  in  a  recent  issue  of  the  Toronto  World  that  you  are  the  mover 
of  a  resolution  appointing  a  committee  to  investigate  the  general  telephone  situation, 
and  that  you  have  been  appointed  a  member  of  the  committee. 

We  beg  to  say  that  we  shall  be  pleased  to  give  you  any  information  that  we  may 
have  at  hand  at  any  time,  regarding  the  development  of  independent  telephony  in  the 
States,  and  the  work  along  this  line  with  which  we  have  been  connected  in  your  Do- 
minion. 

Will  say  that  in  the  States,  the  past  ten  years,  there  have  been  established  about 
6,000  independent  public  service  exchanges,  having  in  operation  over  2,500,000  stations 
at  an  investment  of  approximately  $200,000,000. 

In  sections  in  the  States  and  also  in  the  few  towns  in  the  Dominion  where  inde- 
pendent service  has  been  properly  established,  there  are  in  use_  one  telephone  for  about 
every  ten  inhabitants. 

According  to  the  last  report  of  Mr.  C.  F.  Sise,  President  of  the  Canadian  Bell 
Company,  they  have  475  exchanges,  with  66,160  stations,  showing  that  your  average 
is  less  than  one  telephone  to  100  inhabitants. 

To  show  that  the  rate  of  one  to  ten  can  be  maintained  in  your  smaller  towns,  we 
enclose  herewith  a  description  of  the  exchange  at  Neepawa,  Manitoba,  and  also,  of  the 
exchanges  at  Port  Arthur  and  Fort  William,  all  of  which  maintain  even  a  better  rate. 

We  shall  be  pleased  to  hear  from  you  at  any  time. 

Yours  very  truly, 
INTERNATIONAL  TELEPHONE  MFG.  CO., 

Henry  Shafer,  President. 


No.  8a. 


Ottawa,  March  23,  1905. 


H.  Shafer,  Esq., 

President,  The  International  Telephone  Mfg.  Co., 
Harrison  and  Clinton  Sts.,  Chicago,  111. 

Dear  Sir, — I  have  to  thank  you  for  your  favour  of  the  21st  instant,  and  on  behalf 
of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones,  beg  to  assure  you  that  any  information  or  as- 
sistance you  may  afford  the  committee  will  be  much  appreciated. 

As  you  have  been  good  enough  to  make  this  kind  offer,  I  venture  to  ask  that  you 
forward  me  such  information  as  you  conveniently  can  regarding  the  operation  of  tele- 
phone systems  of  which  you  have  actual  knowledge. 

Among  other  information  which  will  be  of  assistance  to  the  committee  are  the  fol- 
lowing most  important  data  : — 

1.  Name  of  company  and  territory  covered. 

2.  Amount  of  capital  and  bonded  indebtedness,  if  any. 

3.  Number  of  telephones  in  operation,  what  proportion  copper  or  iron,  metallic, 
or  grounded  circuits  ? 

4.  Miles  of  long  distance  lines,  what  proportion  copper,  metallic,  or  iron  grounded 
circuits  ? 

5.  Average  cost  per  telephone  of  subscribers  lines  inclusive  of  central  equipment. 

6.  Average  distance  of  subscriber's  stations  from  central  office. 

7.  Cost    per  mile  of  single  wire  of  long  distance  lines. 
:8.  Rates  per  annum  for  local  service. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

9.  Long  distance  toll  charges. 

10.  Name  of  competitive  company,   territory  covered  and  number  of  telephones 
operated  by  it  at  this  date. 

11.  Miles  of  long-distance  lines  operated  by  competitive  company,  and  toll  charges 
for  use  of  same. 

12.  Rates  charged  before  the  advent  of  competition. 

The  committee  also  desires  to  secure  general  information  regarding  the  operation 
of  telephone  systems  in  rural  communities,  as  this  section  of  the  public  has  been  to  a 
great  extent  overlooked  so  far  as  the  provision  of  telephonic  facilities  is  concerned. 
Thanking  you  in  anticipation  of  your  further  kind  services, 

Believe  me,  dear  sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 
WM.   MULOCK, 

Postmaster  General. 


No.  9. 

International  Telephone  Manufacturing  Company, 
Office  and  Factory, 
Harrison  and  Clinton  Streets, 

Chicago,  March  25,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — Your  valued  favour  of  the  23rd  instant  is  received.  We  note  your 
inquiries  and  beg  to  say  that  the  cost  of  telephone  plants  varies  considerably,  depend- 
ing largely  on  local  conditions,  that  is,  it  depends  on  the  average  distances  of  the  sub- 
scribers from  a  central  office  point,  the  condition  of  the  soil  affecting  the  cost  of  digging 
trenches  for  underground  conduit  work,  the  setting  of  poles  and  conditions  of  th's 
kind. 

The  amount  of  capital  and  bonded  indebtedness  of  the  different  companies  depends, 
not  only  upon  the  difference  in  cost  of  construction,  but  also  the  difference  in  plan  of 
promotion.  Some  of  the  companies  which  are  organized  on  a  conservative  basis,  show 
in  their  capitalization  and  bonded  indebtedness,  the  actual  cost  plus  a  reasonable  con- 
struction profit,  while  others  cover  large  amounts  for  promotion,  &c. 

To  give  you  information  accurate  and  direct,  from  some  of  our  largest  independ- 
ent companies,  built  on  the  most  conservative  basis,  we  would  refer  you  to  Mr.  E.  M. 
Coleman,  secretary  of  the  Louisville  Home  Telephone  Company,  and  vice-president  of 
the  Kentucky  Long-Distance  Telephone  Company,  of  Louisville,  Kentucky.  Mr.  Cole 
man  was  also,  for  a  number  of  years,  secretary  of  the  Independent  Telephone  Associa- 
tion of  America.    He  can  probably  give  you  the  most  forceful  information. 

Mr.  M.  H.  Bentley,  electrical  engineer,  330  Illinois  street,  Indianapolis,  Indiana, 
who  had  charge  for  many  years  of  the  long-distance  business  in  Indiana  can  give  you 
valuable  information  on  this  line. 

We  would  also  refer  you  to  Mr.  C.  H.  Judson,  General  Manager  of  the  Mutual 
Telephone  Company  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  who  built  the  exchanges  at  Des  Moines,  S*. 
Paul  and  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  Kansas  City,  Missouri, — some  of  the  largest  ind^ 
pendent  companies  in  the  States.  We  can  further  refer  you  to  Mr.  Frank  H.  Hall,  of 
Wheeling,  W.V.,  who  built  the  exchange  at  Wheeling,  Salt  Lake  City,  and  Ogden, 
Utah,  as  well  as  others. 

With  reference  to  telephone  systems  in  rural  districts,  wish  to  say  that  it  has  been 
clearly  shown  in  the  States  here,  that  service  can  be  given  at  the  most  reasonable  rates 
and  serves  the  moj-t  people  by  local  companies,  either  on  a  corporation  basis  or  co- 


10  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

operative  basis.  This  can  be  readily  understood,  as  if  the  service  is  owned  by  a  company, 
for  instance  like  the  Bell,  it  requires  a  manager  and  other  help,  whose  time  is  given 
exclusively  to  the  telephone  system,  .while  if  operated  by  a  local  corporation,  or  local 
business  firm,  or  on  a  co-operative  basis,  it  can  be  maintained  and  operated  by  persons 
having  other  occupation. 

The  companies  that  are  financially  controlled  by  local  interests,  are  also  mori 
freely  supported  and  the  management  more  satisfactory  to  its  patrons. 

We  beg  to  suggest,  that  even  under  Government  control  of  the  telephone  systems, 
it  would  be  unwise  for  the  general  Government  to  aim  to  control  local  village  systems, 
and  rural  country  party  line  service.  The  plan  which  has  proved  most  successful  in  the 
operating  business  here,  is  for  one  corporation  in  a  section,  to  control  the  long-distance 
lines  and  not  aim  to  control  the  local  exchanges,  but  make  connection  upon  a  standard 
basis  with  all  of  the  local  systems,  allowing  the  local  systems  to  be  financed  and  con- 
trolled by  local  people. 

If  applied  to  municipal  or  Government  ownership  upon  the  same  basis,  it  would 
suggest  the  ownership  of  the  long-distance  lines  or  inter-province  lines  connecting  the 
larger  cities  by  the  general  Government,  the  local  city  systems  by  the  municipalities, 
and  the  rural  systems  by  co-operative  companies  or  the  town  boards. 

What  the  municipalities  can  do  in  the  business,  is  clearly  shown  at  Port  Arthur 
and  Fort  William,  Ontario;  Neepawa,  Man.,  and  other  towns, who  have  established  muni- 
cipal or  independent  systems  in  the  Dominion,  and  it  cannot  be  denied  that  what  one 
town  can  do  can  be  accomplished  by  all  others,  if  the  matters  are  taken  up  on  the  same 
business  basis. 

We  shall  be  glad  to  give  any  further  information  that  may  be  desired  at  any  time, 
and  are  always  yours  to  command. 

Yours  very  respectfully, 

INTERNATIONAL  TELEPHONE  MFG.  CO., 

Henry  Shafer,  P-esldent. 


No.  10. 

Sprague  Telephone  Company, 

Demorestvii,le,  Ont.,  March  21,  1905. 
W.  F.  MacLean,  M.P. 

Dear  Sir, — As  you  have  for  some  time  taken  a  deep  interest  in  public  ownership 
of  telephones,  of  which  principle  you  have  many  followers  throughout  the  country,  my- 
self amongst  the  number,  and  as  I  see  that  the  Postmaster  General  has  now  made  a 
move  in  the  direction  of  ascertaining  to  what  extent  that  feeling  exists,  therefore,  I 
take  the  liberty  to  write  ycu  on  the  subject.  We  have  now  in  operation  about  two 
hundred  miles  of  line  (including  trunk  lines),  and  about  two  hundred  subscribers,  be- 
ing the  largest  private  telephone  system  strictly  rural  in  Canada.  We  have  had  all 
the  inconveniences  to  contend  with  in  regard  to  the  use  of  trunk  lines  service  of  which 
the  Bell  people  have  a  monopoly,  and  as  you  know,  handicaps  any  independent  com- 
pany, and  no  private  system  is  complete  without  the  use  of  the  trunk  lines.  We  are 
using  our  own  private  capital  in  this  system,  and  giving  the  very  best  service  for  a 
rental  for  each  subscriber  of  $10  per  annum.  We  have  now  arrangements  with  the  Bell 
Company  for  the  use  of  their  trunk  lines,  so  that  our  subscribers  have  a  very  complete 
rural  system.  I  should  like  very  much  if  you  could  induce  the  Government  to  at  least 
take  over  the  trunk  lines,  so  that  the  people  might  get  service  not  only  cheap,  but  by 
having  the  trunk  available,  independent  lines  could  start  up  all  over  the  country  and 
give  good  service.  1  will  not  trouble  you  at  present  with  anything  further,  as  I  know 
ycur  time  is  fully  occupied.    Press  on  in  your  good  work. 

Yonvj  most  respectfully, 

JOHN  A.  SPRAGUE. 


APPENDIX  "A" 


11 


APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  11. 

W.  F.  MacLean,  Esq.,  M.P., 

Ottawa,  Ont. 


Harrietsville,  Ont.,  March  21,  1905. 


Dear  Sir, — Please  accept  best  wishes  of  our  co-operative  association  in  your  fight 
for  the  nationalization  of  trunk  lines  of  telephones.  We  have  only  been  in  business 
less  than  a  year,  and  I  think  our  annual  report  herein  sent  is  quite  a  creditable  show- 
ing, when  we  consider  that  it  is  entirely  a  rural  telephone  system. 

We  could  do  much  more  business  if  we  had  money  to  build  the  line,  and  could  get 
connection  with  the  long-distance  lines  (Bell);  We  are  using  Bridging  telephones  with 
long-distance  transmitters,  and  on  a  metallic  circuit,  and  can  have  16-25  instruments 
on  one  line,  and  any  subscriber  on  said  line  can  talk  to  any  other  subscriber  on  same 
line  without  using  central. 

Our  association  is  with  you  in  your  endeavours,  and  the  work  of  the  special  com- 
mittee, of  which  you  are  a  member.  Kindly  keep  me  supplied  with  information  of  out- 
come of  your  inquiries. 

Tours  truly, 


P.S. — Our  annual  rental  per  'phone  is 


W.  DOAN, 
Harrietsville,  Ont. 

),  payable  half-yearly  in  advance. 

W.  D. 


No.  11a. 

FIRST  ANNUAL  EEPOBT  OF  THE  HARRIETSVILLE  TELEPHONE 

ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED. 

Harrietsville,  December  31,   1904. 

Jo  the  shareholders  of  the  Harrietsville  Telephone  Association,  Limited. 

Herein,  find  statements  of  capital  and  revenue  accounts  ending  December  31, 
1904. 

Telephones  installed  December  31,  1904,  48. 

Miles  of  poles,  22. 

Miles  of  metallic  circuit,  2£;. 

This  25  miles  of  metallic  circuit  is  composed  of  four  party  lines  converging 
and  ending  in  our  switchboard  at  Harrietsville. 

Supplies  on  hand  December  31 : — 75  poles,  500  lb.  wire,  150  glass  insulators, 
100  side  blocks,  wood  pins,  porcelain  spools,  &c,  valued  at  $100. 

The  earnings  of  your  association  hereafter,  because  of  the  increased  number  of 
telephones  which  will  be  soon  installed,  should  be  better  than  in  the  excellent  showing 
made  herein. 

The  Harrietsville  Telephone  Association,  Limited,  of  Harrietsville,  Ont.,  has 
pleasure  in  inclosing  warrant  for  past  half  year  for  dividend  No.  1,  of  4  per  cent, 
being  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent  per  annum,  payable  on  or  after  January  1,  1905. 

The  annual  meeting  of  shareholders  will  be  held  on  Monday,  January  23,  1905,  at 
2  p.m.,  in  the  I.O.O.F.  Ha1!.  Harrietsville,  Ont. 


12  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

CAPITAL  ACCOUNT. 

RECEIPTS 

135  shares  sold  and  fully  paid  at  $10  eaeh $1,350  00 

Interest 6  45 

$1,356  45 

EXPENDITURES. 

Purchase  of  interests    in   old  line $    161  00 

Construction  of  lines,  switchboard,  &c 1,160  16 

Balance  in  bank 35  -? 


$1,356  45 
REVENUE  ACCOUNT. 


RECEIPTS. 


Rentals  of  phones  to  December  31 $     132  50 

Toll  charges 14  23 

Interest 2  65 


$    149  3« 

EXPENDITURES. 

Operating  expenses $     59  83 

Balance  on  hand,  including  dividend  No.  1 89  55 

Your  trustees  have  deemed  it  wise  to  set  apart  ten  dollars  of  the  net  earnings  of 
the  past  half  year  into  a  reserve  fund. 

It  has  not  been  possible  to  give  service  to  all  who  have  desired  to  use  the  system. 

We  believe  the  plant  to  be  in  good  working  order,  and  are  offering  sixty-five  more 
shares  for  sale  to  allow  of  extensions. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

W.  DOAN        "I 

[•Trustee  Committee. 
S.  E.  FACEY  J 


No.  12.  City   Clerk's  Office,  Toronto, 

March  28,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  forward  herewith  a  copy  of  a  resolution  which 
was  adopted  by  the  city  council  on  the  27th  instant,  as  follows: — 

'  Resolved,  That  this  council,  learning  of  the  action  of  the  Dominion  Parliament 
in  the  appointment  this  session  of  a  Select  Committee  looking  to  the  taking  over  of 
*he  telephone  service  of  Canada,  do  hereby  endorse  said  proposal  ;  this  council  con- 
gratulates the  Honourable  the  Postmaster  General  on  the  action  he  has  taken,  and 
unanimously  recommend  the  Government  to  entirely  take  over  and  operate  the 
telephone  service  of  Canada,  and  that  copies  of  this  resolution  be  forwarded  to  the 
city  members  of  Parliament  and  to  the  Postmaster  General.' 

Your  obedient  servant, 

W.  A.  LITTLEJOHN, 
Honourable  Sir  William  Mulock,  City  Clerk. 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa,  Ont. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  13 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  13. 

Gormley,  Ont.,  March  24,  1905. 

Re  Telephone  Systems. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — Would  you  allow  me  as  one  who  has  had  a  little  experience  in  connection 
with  an  independent  telephone  system  to  suggest  to  you  the  advisability  of  confining 
the  national  ownership  of  the  telephone  to  the  ownership  of  the  '  trunk  lines '  and 
leave  to  local  management  either  to  companies  or  perhaps  more  preferably  to  muni- 
cipalities the  ownership  of  the  local  systems.  The  local  managers  would  understand 
much  better  the  local  currents  of  business  and  traffic  which  must  be  taken  carefully  into 
consideration  in  laying  out  the  system  and  in  locating  the  local  exchanges. 

Of  one  thing  I  am  firmly  persuaded,  an  efficient  system  can  be  furnished  by  Govern 
ment  and  municipal  ownership  at  a  fraction  of  the  cost  to  users  that  the  Bell  Com- 
pany charges.  The  system  with  which  I  am  connected  has  now  in  operation  about 
twenty-five  miles  (of  two  wires)  line  with  over  40  'phones  installed  and  extending 
from  Stouffville  to  Markham  and  the  surrounding  country  in  Markham  township 
and  White  Church.  A  farmer  paying  us  $12  per  year  is  allowed  the  free  use  of  the 
entire  system  whereas  the  Bell  Company  are  charging  some  farmers  in  the  district 
$20  per  year  with  the  privilege  of  talking  to  one  village  only  without  paying  extra. 
In  addition  to  the  service  that  we  are  now  giving  we  are  at  present  considering  the 
question  of  extending  to  Aurora  and  adding  about  16  miles  to  our  line  and  probably 
another  30  'phones  all  free  to  a  subscriber  for  $12  per  year  for  a  private  house  or 
$15  for  a  business  man,  and  we  expect  our  investment  will  pay  us  a  dividend. 

By  all  means  let  us  have  public  ownership. 

Tours  respectfully, 

ALEX.  D.  BEUCE. 


No.  13a. 

Ottawa,  March  25,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — I  have  to  thank  you  for  your  letter  of  the  24th  instant  favouring  me 
with  your  views  regarding  the  telephone  question.  I  do  not  know  whether  your  com- 
munication was  sent  to  me  for  the  information  of  the  Parliamentary  Committee,  and 
therefore  I  write  to  see  whether  I  have  your  permission  to  lay  your  letter  before  that 
body.  I  have  no  doubt  that  the  Committee  would  be  glad  to  have  from  you  a  full 
account  of  your  system  from  the  beginning,  and  should  you  have  no  objection,  I  would 
suggest  your  furnishing  amongst  others,  the  following  particulars : 

Date  of  commencement  of  your  system;  amount  of  capital  invested;  mileage, 
number  of  telephones  in  use;  cost  of  maintenance;  total  revenue;  total  expenditure; 
extent  of  privileges  of  patrons,  including  connection,  if  any,  with  other  systems. 

Tours  sincerely, 
Alexander  D.  Bruce,  Esq.,  WM.  MULOCK. 

Messrs.  Bruce  Bros., 
Gormley,  Out. 


No.  13b. 

Gormley  Ont.,  March  29,  1905. 
Sir  .William  Mulock, 
Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — Tours  of  25th  instant  re  information  on  telephones,  arrived  yester- 
day. 


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In  reply,  you  are  at  liberty  to  use  my  letter  of  24th  instant  in  any  way  that  may 
appear  useful  to  you. 

In  reply  to  your  inquiries,  I  will  be  pleased  to  give  you  the  information  for  whi^.h 
you  ask  and  also  any  other  information  I  may  be  able  to  give  you,  but  will  require  a 
few  days  to  obtain  some  of  the  particulars  to  which  you  refer.  ^ 

Our  executive  committee  meets  on  the  31st,  and  as  president,  I  shall  bring  up 
some  of  the  questions  you  asked. 

To  me  it  appears  that  the  arrangement  of  the  local  services  throughout  the  coun- 
try is  the  most  serious  problem  facing  the  government  in  dealing  with  the  telephone 
question. 

Eespectfully  yours, 

ALEX.  D.  BRUCE. 


No.  14. 

Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Company,  Limited, 

Toronto,  March  30,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Special  Telephone  Committee, 
House  of  Commons,  Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — While  the  Committee,  of  the  House  of  Commons  is  considering  the 
telephone  question  as  it  exists  in  Canada,  we  respectfully  desire  to  call  attention  to 
the  work  we  are  at  present  prosecuting  and  the  system  we  manufacture  and  arc 
installing. 

We  will  fir&t  refer  briefly  to  the  work  we  have  in  hand  at  present.  Last  year  we 
were  given  a  franchise  in  the  town  of  Peterborough,  Ontario,  where  we  are  installing 
a  system  in  competition  with  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and  where,  after  the  fran- 
chise was  granted,  in  about  four  weeks  we  secured  between  four  and  five  hundred  sub- 
scribers for  our  service.  We  have  about  completed  our  outside  construction,  having 
built  two  miles  of  underground  conduits  in  the  business  and  central  portion  of  the 
town  and  covered  the  remainder  of  the  town  and  immediate  neighbourhood  with  the 
most  modern  construction.  In  fact,  we  believe  we  can  say  without  boasting  there  is 
no  outside  construction  in  Canada  that  is  of  the  same  modern  and  substantial  class 
we  have  in  Peterborough.  We  anticipate  that  upon  giving  satisfactory  service  there 
w:ll  be  an  immediate  demand  for  more  services,  and  we  have  installed  cable  for  1,100 
telephones.  We  have  erected  our  own  central  office  building.  Our  central  office  equip- 
ment is  now  completed  at  our  factory  and  will  be  shipped  for  installation  in  a  very 
short  time.  Before  the  end  of  May  we  will  be  giving  service  in  Peterborough.  We 
may  say  that  quite  a  number  of  towns  and  cities  are  awaiting  this  demonstration 
before  deciding  the  question  of  granting  a  competitive  franchise  in  their  munici- 
palities. 

We  own  the  Lorimer  system  in  Canada  and  it  is  this  we  are  installing  in  Peter- 
borough. 

As  regards  this  system  we  would  point  out  that  it  is  a  Canadian  invention  and 
has  been  pronounced  by  Canadian  and  American  experts  to  be  an  improvement  on  any- 
thing in  the  telephone  field.  It  is  in  fact  the  only  automatic  telephone  system  in 
existence  that  is  the  product  of  Canadian  brains  and  Canadian  money,  and  it  is  a 
matter  of  much  gratification  to  know  that  Canadian  inventors  have  produced  some- 
thing that  telephone  engineers  state  is  in  advance  of  anything  of  its  kind.  In  fact, 
it  has  been  called  '  the  telephone  of  the  future,'  and  we  are  satisfied  that  its  future 
will  prove  that  it  is  fully  entitled  to  this  name.  It  is  a  machine  or  automatic  system 
requiring  the  services  of  no  operators  at  the  central  office  to  make  connections.  It 
has  been  designed  and  worked  out  on  a  different  principle  from  any  other  automatic 
system  that  has  ever  been  invented.  Some  of  its  advantages  are  efficiency  of  service, 
absolute  privacy  or  secrecy,  accuracy  and  simplicity  of  operation. 


APPENDIX  "A"  15 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

We  have  a  factory  on  Duncan  street,  Toronto,  where  we  are  manufacturing  appa- 
ratus and  where  we  have  at  the  present  time  a  200  and  a  500  exchange  in  operation. 
We  would  he  pleased  to  have  you  and  the  members  of  your  committee,  or  as  many  as 
could  make  it  convenient,  visit  our  factory  and  see  our  system  in  operation.  This  is 
the  most  satisfactory  way  of  placing  you  in  possession  of  the  merits  of  the  system  and 
allowing  you  to  judge  of  the  place  it  will  take  in  the  telephone  field. 

As  an  indication  of  the  claims  of  this  system  we  might  add  that  the  patent  for 
the  United  States  has  just  been  sold  for  a  very  large  sum,  the  investment  not  being 
made,  as  you  can  readily  understand,  until  the  opinion  and  report  of  acknowledged 
leaders  in  the  telephone  field  in  the  United  States  had  been  secured.  A  most  thorough 
investigation  of  the  merits  of  the  system  with  a  view  to  deciding  not  only  the  quality 
cf  the  service  it  would  give,  but  particularly  to  ascertain  and  weigh  the  advantages  it 
possesses  over  any  other  system  at  present  operating,  was  made.  The  fact  that  it 
stood  this  test  and  that  the  reports  were  sufficiently  favourable  to  cause  an  investment 
to  be  made  in  it  that  was  one  of  the  largest  probably  ever  made  in  a  patent  in  the 
United  States  is  all  that  is  necessary  to  convince  any  one  that  our  system  is  one  that 
will  immediately  take  a  leading  place  in  telephone  work. 

We  have  troubled  you  with  these  details  in  a  desire  that  you  might  consider  it  of 
sufficient  importance  in  connection  with  telephone  devclpment  in  Canada  to  investi- 
gate our  system  and  its  possibilities  and  the  work  we  arc  doing. 

We  are  sending  you  under  separate  'over  a  copy  of  an  illustrated  pamphlet  which 
shows  our  system,  although  the  telephone  instrument  illustrated  in  this  pamphlet 
bas  been  considerably  improved  in  the  one  we  are  putting  out  in  commercial  opera- 
tion. Also  copies  of  Peterborough  papers  which  have  made  reference  to  our  work 
there. 

Trusting  this  will  prove  of  some  interest  to  you  and  the  members  of  your  com- 
mittee, and  thanking  you  in  anticipation  of  any  attention  it  may  receive,  we  will 
eeteem  it  a  privilege  to  give  you  any  further  information  in  our  power. 

We  remain,  yours  ruly, 
CANADIAN  MACHINE  TELEPHONE  CO.,  Limited, 

F.  D.  Mackay,  Manager 

No.  14a. 

Ottawa,  March  31,  1905. 

Gentlemen, — I  have  to  thank  you  for  your  letter  of  the  30th  instant,  with  refer- 
ence to  the  telephone  question,  and  shall  have  pleasure  in  submitting  your  communica- 
tion to  the  Parliamentary  Committee  now  dealing  with  this  subject.  Perhaps  you 
would  desire  to  appear  personally  and  give  testimony  before  this  committee.  If  so,  I 
am  sure  the  committee  would  be  glad  to  hear  you.  Would  you  kindly  inform  me  whe- 
ther, and  if  so,  where,  your  system  is  now  in  operation. 

Yours  sincerely, 

WM.  MULOCK. 
Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Company, 

Duncan  Street,  Toronto,  Ont. 

No.  15. 

CANADIAN  MACHINE  TFLEPHONE  COMPANY,  Limited. 

Toronto,  April  3,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Special  Telephone  Committee, 
House  of  Commons,  Ottawa. 

Hon.  Sir,— Following  your  suggestion,  on  Saturday  last,  while  examining  the 
Lorimer  system  of  automatic  telephony  in  our  factory  here,  we  desire  to  point  out  a3 


16  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OS  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

briefly  as  possible  some  of  the  claims  made  for  our  system.  The  most  vital  possibly 
fall  under  the  two  headings  of  '  cost '  and  '  efficiency  of  service.'  Without  attempting 
to  go  into  any  detail  of  description,  we  place  the  following  concise  paragraphs  under 
these  two  headings. 

QUESTIONS    OF    COST. 

The  switchboards  can  be  built  at  less  cost  than  the  modern  multiple  switchboard. 

The  switchboards  can  be  maintained  at  a  lower  annual  cost,  being  substantially 
built  and  all  parts  being  made  interchangeable,  and  readily  accessible  substitution  of 
parts  can  be  made  without  interfering  with  service. 

The  cost  of  operating  is  less,  the  services  of  the  girl  to  make  connections  being 
dispensed  with,  and  no  more  skilled  labour  being  required  to  look  after  the  apparatus 
than  now  employed  in  a  central  office. 

The  cost  of  increasing  the  capacity  of  the  central  office  apparatus  or  switchboard 
is  never  out  of  proportion  to  the  number  of  subscribers  to  be  served.  The  capacity  of 
a  central  office  may  be  increased  by  adding  any  number  of  additional  sections  that  may 
be  required  (each  section  giving  an  additional  capacity  for  one  hundred  subscribers) 
without  interfering  or  depreciating  the  plant  already  installed.  This  means  that  an 
exchange  may  be  increased  to  any  number  of  subscribers  without  the  necessity  of  in- 
creasing the  rates,  as  is  the  case  at  present. 

EFFICIENCY  OF  SERVICE. 

The  connections  are  rapidly  made,  and  in  a  uniform  time.    There  are  no  waits. 

The  service  is  absolutely  secret.  Every  conversation  is  over  a  private  wire,  as 
there  is  no  way  a  third  person  at  the  central  office  can  cut  in  or  listen  to  a  conversa- 
tion. 

When  a  conversation  is  completed  the  hanging  up  of  the  receiver  automatically 
releases  the  apparatus  that  made  the  connection,  and  therefore  at  no  time  is  the 
apparatus  tied  up  or  occupied  by  '  dead  connections.' 

The  automatic  release  also  enables  a  number  of  calls  to  be  made  consecutively  in 
a  very  short  time. 

You  cannot  be  cut  off  until  you  are  through  with  your  conversation  and  hang  up 
your  receiver.    You  are  master  of  the  situation. 

The  machine  switchboard  gives  the  same  service  day  and  night  and  all  day  Sunday. 
This  feature,  together  with  the  secrecy  of  the  service,  will  be  an  appreciated  advantage 
in  the  smaller  places  and  rural  communities. 

A  compact  exchange  apparatus  can  be  supplied  for  use  in  villages  and  small  ex- 
changes, and  give  all  the  advantages  of  service. 

Besides  such  claims  as  outlined  above,  there  is  a  great  advantage  possessed  by  the 
system,  in  that  it  is  flexible  6*r  capable  of  being  utilized  to  give  special  service  at  lowest 
rates.  By  special  service,  we  mean  the  attachment  of  buttons  for  fire  alarms,  police 
calls,  ability  to  give  a  measured  service  or  party  line  service,  &c. 

As  stated  in  our  former  letter,  practical  telephone  men — and  they  are  foremost 
in  their  profession — who  have  investigated  this  system  for  capitalists  who  have  pur- 
chased the  American  patent  have  admitted  its  advantages  to  be  in  excess  of  all  others. 
They  have  after  investigation  passed  on  the  claims  we  made  and  Gne  of  the  most  emi- 
nent of  them  adds:  'Beyond  and  besides  all  this,  my  study  of  the  application  con- 
vinces me  in  a  definite,  though  quite  general  way,  that  there  is  more  in  this  system 
than  has  been  claimed.' 

However,  what  we  particularly  desire  to  call  your  attention  to  is  that  inside  of 
two  months'  time  we  will  have  a  system  in  commercial  operation  in  the  town  of  Peter- 
borough, Ontario,  where  we  have  spent  a  very  large  amount  of  money  in  the  very 
best  construction  work  and  have  shown  our  faith  in  the  future  success  of  our  system 
by  providing  for  a  growth  to  1,100  subscribers,  without  any  addition  to  our  under- 
ground or  cable  system.  This  plant  at  Peterborough  will  allow  the  general  public  to 
pass  judgment  on  our  service  and  its  many  advantages. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  17 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

As  stated  before,  this  is  a  Canadian  invention,  and,  while  demonstration  plants 
in  practical  service  have  been  in  operation,  the  first  commercial  exchange  in  the  world 
is  being  installed  in  a  Canadian  town.  The  system  is  bound  to  immediately  take  an 
important  place  in  telephone  development,  and  this  is  the  reason  we  have  troubled  you 
by  placing  some  of  its  advantages  before  your  committee. 

In  concluding,  we  desire  to  express  our  appreciation  of  the  interest  you  have 
manifested  in  the  telephone  question  and  of  the  trouble  and  time  you  gave  to  your 
visit  to  our  factory.  We  sincerely  trust  we  will  have  the  pleasure  of  a  visit  from 
other  members  of  the  committee.  Any  further  information  we  can  supply  will  be 
most  cheerfully  given. 

We  beg  to  remain,  hon.  sir,  sincerely  yours, 

CANADIAN  MACHINE  TELEPHONE  CO.,  LIMITED. 

F.  D.  Mackay,  Manager. 


No.  16. 

The  Chairman, 

Telephone  Committee, 

Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — As  president  of  our  local  Farmers'  Institute,  East  Elgin,  I  am  fairly 
well  in  touch  with  the  needs  of  the  farmers,  and  the  question  of  rural  telephones  ia 
becoming  an  important  one. 

As  there  are  quite  a  number  of  rural  'phones  in  use  near  here,  and  I  am  a  mem- 
ber of  the  managing  committee  for  one  of  the  lines,  I  thought  that  perhaps  a  state- 
ment from  me  might  be  of  some  use. 

The  Harrietsville  exchange  has  48  rural  'phones,  perhaps  40  miles  of  line  and  a 
'  central.' 

Local  stock  company,  $9  per  year  on  each  phone,  paid  good  dividend  last  year 
end  extended  lines. 

Belmont  exchange  has  4  lines  centering  at  switch,  in  drug  store,  36  'phones  and 
30  miles  of  line. 

Built  by  subscription. 

No  charge  to  anybody  for  using  the  'phones,  but  to  pay  operator  at  switch,  a  fee 
of  5  cents  is  charged  on  each  message  passing  from  one  line  to  another. 

'Phone  holder  may  commute  switch  fees  at  $2  per  year. 

Aylmer,  Kingsmill  and  Mapleton  line,  17  'phones,  10  miles  line,  built  last  summer. 

I  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  this  line. 

We  raised  $150  in  five-dollar  subscriptions  by  farmers,  about  $25  in  smaller  sub- 
scriptions, and  the  banks,  business  and  professional  men  of  Aylmer  gave  us  about 
$100. 

This  $275  built  our  line,  and  no  charge  is  made  for  using  it.  On  all  the  lines 
above  mentioned,  the  telephones  are  private  property,  paid  for  by  the  farmer. 

Thirty  to  thirty-five  'phones,  such  as  we  use,  may  be  put  on  a  line  without 
'  central '  or  switch-board.  Each  'phone-holder  has  separate  calls,  as — Mr  A,  one  long 
ring;  Mr.  B,  a  long  and  short;  Mr.  C,  two  Is.  and  one  s.;  Mr.  D,  l.s.l. ;  Mr.  E,  l.,l.,s.,s., 
and  so  on  Eight  short  rings  will  call  the  whole  line,  to  listen  to  someone  playing  the 
piano,  reading  some  important  news,  giving  weather  reports  or  election  returns. 

I  purchased  the  material  and  superintended  the  building  of  this  Aylmer-Mapleton 
line,  bought  the  'phones  and  put  them  in,  and  have  general  charge  of  the  line.  Before 
buying  the  'phones,  I  corresponded  with  11  telephone  manufacturers,  and  finally 
bought  those  made  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  They  cost  $13  each,  f.o.b;  duty,  $3.13; 
freight  about  30  cents;  total,  $16.43.  Locally  our  line  gives  perfect  satisfaction,  and 
others  are  projected  in  our  county. 

l—d—2 


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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

If  the  government  could  give  us  long-distance  connections,  it  would  be  a  great 
step  in  advance. 

Yours  respectfully, 

L.  M.  BROWN. 


No.  17. 

THE   UNION   TELEPHONE    COMPANY,    Limited. 

Florenceville,  N.B.,  March  27,  1905. 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — I  see  by  the  Daily  Star  that  your  Telephone  Committee  wish  the  names 
and  headquarters  of  all  independent  telephone  companies.  Our  headquarters  is  Flor- 
enceville  We  operate  about  400  miles  of  long-distance  'phones,  and  a  Strowger  auto- 
matic exchange  at  Woodstock,  N.B.  I  believe  that  all  town  and  city  exchanges  should 
be  owned  and  operated  by  the  town  or  city,  and  that  the  Dominion  government  should 
build  and  operate  all  long  distance  lines  on  the  same  principles  as  the  post  office  is 
administered.  This  would  prevent  duplication  of  systems,  and  in  a  few  years  be  a 
source  of  revenue  to  the  government,  as  the  telephone  development  in  the  rural  com- 
munities is  only  in  its  infancy.  Something  should  be  done  at  once  to  give  the  inde- 
pendent companies  access  to  the  railway  stations.  It  is  ridiculous  that  a  business  man 
cannot  be  answered  from  a  station  over  an  independent  'phone. 

Yours  truly, 

THE  UNION  TELEPHONE  CO.,  Limited, 

Per  D.  W.  Ross,  Secretary. 

No.  18. 

THE    PEOPLE'S    TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

Sherbrooke,  P.Q.,  March  31,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir,— Inclosed  you  will  find  a  map  of  the  People's  Telephone  System,  to 
enable  you  to  understand  that  we  are  a  company  with  vested  interests,  and  at  the  same 
time  debarred  from  connecting  with  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  stations  and  most  of 
those  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway. 

We  are  interested  onlookers  of  what  is  going  on  at  Ottawa  in  the  telephone  inves- 
tigation. 

Yours  truly, 

CHARLES  SKINNER, 

Gen.  Manager. 

No.  19. — (abridged.) 

St.  Mary's,  March  29,  1905. 
There  is  a  private  or  independent  telephone  company  organized  in  the  township  of 
East  Nissouri,  county  of  Oxford,  known  as  '  Nissouri  Telephone  Association.'  They 
have  twenty-three  mUes  in  operation,  and  along  the  route  that  the  wire  is  strung  farm- 
ers' houses  are  connected.  Farmers  are  charged  $5  per  year  and  doctors  and 
merchants  $10  per  year.    They  connect  with  the  Bell  system  at  Thamesford,  and  they 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  19 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

Boon  intend  to  come  to  St.  Mary's,  and  place  householders  on  same  basis  as  farmers, 
$5  per  year,  and  merchants  and  doctors  $10. 

At  present  the  business  is  so  successful  in  the  township  of  East  Nissouri  that  this 
private  corporation  paid  a  dividend  to  its  stockholders  for  last  year  of  twenty  per  cent, 
and  they  expect  this  will  increase  as  they  branch  out.  This  shows  that  cheap  tele- 
phone service  can  pay  big  dividends.  Mr.  Philip  Harris,  of  Lakeside  P.O.,  Ont.,  who 
is  a  stockholder,  gave  me  this  information. 

Yours  truly, 

JAMES   BAXTER, 

St.  Mary's  P.O.,  Ont. 

Ho.  20. 

British  Columbia  Telephone  Company,  Ltd., 
Ralph  Smith,  Esq.,  Vancouver,  B.C.,  March  30, 1905. 

House  of  Commons, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — I  notice  from  the  eastern  papers  that  you  are  a  member  of  the  special 
committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  telephone  matters.  I  would  like  to  have  an  oppor- 
tunity of  appearing  before  the  committee,  but  unfortunately,  owing  to  pressing  busi- 
ness engagements,  I  cannot  leave  here  just  at  present.  Would  it  be  possible  to  get) 
from  the  stenographer  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  from  day  to  day;  one  could  then  see 
whether  there  was  anything  particular  calling  for  explanation  or  comment  by  us  ? 

Our  company  owns  all  the  systems  in  British  Columbia;  the  capital  is  entirely 
local,  the  Bell  Company  do  not  hold  and  never  have  held  any  shares.  The  relations  of 
the  company  with  its  subscribers  have  been  on  a  friendly  footing,  and  the  company  has 
always  been  willing  to  extend  wherever  there  was  a  fair  chance  of  business.  Last  year, 
at  a  heavy  expense,  over  $100,000,  we  laid  a  cable  to  connect  Vancouver  Island  with 
the  mainland  and  conversations  are  now  carried  on  between  Nanaimo  and  Vancouver, 
Victoria  and  Chilliwack,  and  indeed  all  island  and  mainland  points.  This  is  not  a 
money-maker,  but  is  a  great  convenience  to  our  subscribers. 

The  maximum  rate  we  can  charge  is  fixed  by  our  Act  of  incorporation  at  $5  per 
month,  but  we  have  never  charged  more  than  $4.     Our  general  rates  are  :— 

Business,  individual,  $4  per  month. 

Business,  two  party  line,  $3  per  month. 

Residence,  individual,  $3  per  month. 

Residence,  two  party  line,  $2  per  month. 
In  small  places  our  rates  are  lower,  e.g.,  Nanaimo:  $3.50  individual  business,  $2 
individual  residence.  Taking  into  consideration  the  very  high  rate  of  wages  ($3  for 
eight  hours),  in  British  Columbia  and  the  distance  from  our  source  jf  supplies,  these 
rates  are  very  low;  in  fact,  they  are  nearly  50  per  cent  lower  than  che  rites  at  Seattle, 
Tacoma,  &c. 

Eriends  of  mine  from  Australia  and  New  Zealand  passing  through  here,  inform 
me  the  government  systems  there  are  all  single  wire  and  poor,  out-of-date  plants,  while 
the  rates,  considering  difference  in  cost  of  operation,  are  not  any  lower  than  ours. 

That  this  company  is  progressive  can  easily  be  seen  by  reference  to  the  official) 
statistics  of  telephones  (enclosed  herewith).  We  have  in  British  Columbia  many  more 
telephones  per  head  of  population  than  any  province  in  Canada,  and  in  Vancouver  we 
have  more  per  head  than  any  city  in  the  British  Empire.  I  also  inclose  a  statement 
taken  from  a  magazine  called  '  Sound  Waves '  for  June,  1904.  It  is  an  advocate  of 
independent  telephony ;  the  statement  shows  that  even  with  fierce  competition  in  places 
where  wages  are  much  lower  than  here,  the  competitive  rates  are  about  equal  to  ours 
without  competition;  we  claim  our  rates  are  as  low  as  possible  compatible  with  good 
service,  and  that  our  service  and  plant  are  equalled  by  few  places  and  excelled  by  none. 

l— d— n 


20  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

We  send  round  periodically  a  special  agent  to  interview  subscribers  and  ask  if  any 
complaints.  In  Vancouver  he  interviewed  600  with  under  1  per  cent  of  complaints, 
and  these  on  investigation  found  trivial.  In  Victoria  there  were  no  complaints;  the 
subscribers  were  loyal  to  the  local  management,  and  would  not,  we  concluded,  even  if 
any  cause,  complain  to  a  stranger,  particularly  from  Vancouver. 

I  will  be  exceedingly  obliged  if  you  will  kindly  keep  me  posted  on  this  matter.  The, 
journey  is  a  long  one;  as  I  was  east  just  before  Christmas,  I  do  not  want  another  trip, 
but  will  go  to  Ottawa  if  necessary.  I  am  sending  you  one  of  our  calendars  that  will 
show  you  we  are  not  so  slow. 

Thanking  you  in  anticipation. 

Yours  faithfully, 

W.  D.  FARRELL, 
Taking  the  population  of  the  last  census,  there  is  in  Canada  one  telephone  instr  i 
ment  to  every  65  persons. 
By  Provinces  : — 

Ontario,     one  telephone  to  every 50"7  persons. 

Quebec  "  "     63"8        " 

Nova    Sci  '•  ••     99'4        " 

New  Brunswick        "  " 85'3         " 

P.   E.   Island  "  ''     215'0        " 

Manitoba  "  "     5V5         " 

N.  W.  Territories       "  "     251'3         " 

British   Columbia     "  "     33'4         " 

W.  D.  FARRELL, 
Vancouver,  B.C.,  President, 

March  30,  1905.  B.  C.  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd. 

Telephone  Rates. 
J.  B.  Ware. 

The  following  statistics  were  obtained  in  March,  1904,  from  mayors  of  the  citie* 
reported,  and  are  believed  to  be  entirely  accurate  : — 

~u  Bell    Rates.  Independent. 

L,uy'  Bus.    Res.  Bus.    Res. 

Allegheny,  Pa $125     $100  $75     $58 

Atlanta,  Ga 84         48  42       3Q 

Buffalo,  N.Y 4S      3g 

Columbus,  0 72        36  40      ^4 

Dayton,  ° 72        35  40       24 

Elizabeth,  N.J 100        54  36      30 

^u't?3'  * ;/ 60        30  40       28 

Fall  River,  Mass 81         63  36       04 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind 48  36  36  24 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich 3g  24  30  i8 

Harrisburg,  Pa 72  57  gg  9-> 

Indianapolis,  Ind 72  48  4(>  :)- 

Kansas  City  Kan 84  6Q  ^  ^ 

Lincoln,  Neb      48  36  3(, 

Los  Angelos,  Cal 60  40  4g 

Memphis   Tenn 84  3Q  4g  ~ 

*$*'?% 48        30  3<>      18 

Portland,  Me 76        25  42  .    24 

Rochester,  N.Y 60  40  4Q  3Q 

Savannah,  Ga 50  lg  4f)  2_ 

Scranton,  Pa 80  63  36  ^ 

St.  Joseph,  Mo 50  36  40  30 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Bell   Rates.  Independent. 

Bus.     Res.  Res.    Bus. 

San  Antonio,  Tex. 60        24  36      24 

St.  Paul,  Minn 84        48  48      30 

Syracuse,  N.Y 80        48  36      24 

Toledo,  0 72        36  48      30 

Troy,  N.Y 96        50  40      30 

Wilkesbarre,  Pa 72        57  28      24 

Wilmington,  Del 36        24  36      24 

Most  probably  Independent  Companies  make  no  profits  after  providing  for  depre- 
ciation, a  very  heavy  item — 10  per  cent  per  annum  on  outside  plant  at  least. 

W.  D.  FARRELL. 
Vancouver,  B.C., 

March  30,  1905. 


No.  21. 

Bruce  Bros. — Carrick  Roller  Mills, 

Gormley,  Ont.,  April  8,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa. 
Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  inquiries  of  March  25  v  telephone  system  : 

1.  The  Bethesda  and  Stouffville  Association  commenced  business  August  15,  U904. 

2.  Capital  invested,  $2,350. 

3.  Length  of  line,  25  miles  of  two-wire  line. 

4.  'Phones  in  use,  41,  with  6  applications  for  'phones,  which  will  be  installed  as 
soon  as  'phones  arrive;   the  above  capital  of  $2,350  will  cover  said  installation. 

5.  Cost  of  repairs  to  date.     (Salary  of  central  office  operator  not  fixed.) 

6.  Revenue  from  paid  messages — 

August  15  to  October  1 $  7  35 

October  1  to  January  1 11  26 

January  1  to  April  1 18  70 


$37  31 


In  connection  with  this,  our  entire  system  (including  connection  with  other  lines) 
was  not  in  operation  until  December  1,  and  the  public  are  gradually  learning  to  make 
more  use  of  the  line.  * 

In  addition  to  the  above  income  from  fees,  we  have  a  current  rent  roll  from 
rented  'phones  of  $154,  which,  together  with  the  income  from  the  eight  'phones,  which 
will  be  put  in  immediately,  will  give  us  an  annual  rent  roll  of  $235  (irrespective  of 
income  from  paid  messages,  as  above)  on  our  our  investment  of  $2,350. 

Privileges  of  Subscribers. — A  shareholder  is  entitled  to  one  'phone  free,  and  has 
to  keep  same  in  repair;  if  he  desires  more  than  one  'phone,  he  must  buy  his  instru- 
ment and  be  at  all  cost  of  connecting  with  main  line  and  of  repairs,  and  pay  one-half 
the  regular  rental  charged  non-shareholders. 

'Phones  are  rented  to  non-shareholders  at  $12  per  annum  for  private  'pbones  and 
$15  for  business  'phones  upon  a  three  years'  contract  in  each  case. 

In  the  case  of  both  shareholders  and  lessees,  the  entire  system  is  at  the  disposal 
of  the  subscriber  without  any  extra  charge.  And  also,  we  have  an  exchange  with 
three  other  independent  lines,  giving  a  total  connection  of  about  68  miles  of  line, 
with  between  70  and  80  'phones,  the  exchange  between  the  four  co-operating  lines  is 
absolutely  free  to  subscribers.  In  the  near  future  we  expect  to  make  connection  with 
one,  and  perhaps  two,  new  independent  lines  on  similar  terms  to  the  above,  and,  to 


22  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

facilitate  the  co-operation  of  the  various  lines,  steps  are  now  being  taken  to  organize 
a  central  committee  to  deal  with  matters  of  common  interest  to  the  co-operating  lines. 

When  we  first  contemplated  the  organizing  of  our  association,  we  endeavoured 
to  secure  connection  with  the  Bell  Company,  and  were,  as  we  supposed,  cordially  re- 
ceived; but  when  we  came  to  discuss  details,  we  found  the  terms  to  be  such  that  we 
dropped  the  negotiations,  and,  judging  from  our  experience  up  to  the  present,  we  have 
no  reason  to  regret  our  decision. 

Concerning  the  prospects  of  the  association,  we  have  decided  to  construct  1  miles 
of  new  line  this  season,  and  have  under  consideration  total  extensions  of  16  miles  ; 
these  extensions  will  also  be  free,  to  subscribers,  from  extra  charge.  In  view  of  the 
fact  that  we  have  spread  ourselves  over  some  long  stretches  with  but  few  'phones  on 
them,  we  believe  that  by  working  up  the  business  and  filling  in  the  vacant  stretches, 
we  can  make  the  system  pay  its  way  and  possibly  pay  the  shareholders  something  on 
their  investment,  besides  giving  them  their  telephone  service  free. 

If  we,  being  amateurs,  and  purchasing  our  material  at  retail  rates  and  paying  25 
per  cent  duty  on  'phones,  can  do  this,  it  appears  to  me  that  a  national  system  of  tele- 
phones should  be  a  good  investment  for  the  government. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  respectfully  suggest  that  your  Committee  give  special 
attention  to  the  solution  of  the  difEculties  that  would  be  encountered  in  arranging  the 
local  services  throughout  the  country.  It  will  be  in  that  direction  that  piiblic  owner- 
ship will  meet  its  greatest  difficulties,  and  yet  it  will  be  upon  the  efficiency  of  that 
part  of  the  service  that  the  success  of  the  entire  national  system  will  largely  be 
judged.    The  difficulties,  however,  can  apparently  be  overcome. 

Respectfully  yours, 

ALEX.  P.  BRUCE. 


No.  21a. 

Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 

Ottawa,  Canada,  April  10,  1905. 
Sir, — I  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  favour  of  the  8th  instant,  and,  on 
behalf  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones,  I  thank  you  for  the  information  con- 
tained therein. 

Yours  faithfully, 

WILLIAM  MULOCK, 
Postmaster  General,  and  Chairman  of  Committee. 
Alexander  D.  Bruce,  Esq., 

Carrick  Roller  Mills, 

*  Gormley,  Ont. 


No.  22. 

The  National-Interstate  Telephone  Association, 

Cleveland,  0.,  April  5,  1905. 
Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  of  Committee, 
Ottawa  Canada. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  favour  of  the  28th  ult- 
Under  separate  cover,  I  am  sending  you  five  copies  of  prospectus,  including  constitu- 
tion and  by-laws,  of  the  National-Interstate  Telephone  Association,  which  will  explain 
themselves. 

We  have  over  2,500,000  independent  telephone  subscribers  in  the  United  States. 
The  Bell  people  make  claim  for  considerably  less  than  that  number.  Mr.  Vinton  A. 
Rears,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  has  recently  published  a  booklet  on  the  telephone  development ' 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

which  I  think  would  be  of  interest  to  you,  and  which  you  can  get  by  inclosing  him  35 
cents  in  stamps. 

According  to  last  reports  we  have  in  Ohio  196,617  independent  telephones,  104,370 
Bell;  independent  exchanges  617,  Bell  157;  independent  toll  stations  1,452,  Bell  753; 
independent  stockholders  1,729.  I  have  not  at  hand  the  same  kind  of  statistics  on  any 
of  the  other  states,  but  the  percentages  in  all  the  states  of  the  central  west  are  equally 
good,  in  many  cases  better,  than  those  of  Ohio. 

The  equipment  used  by  the  independent  telephone  companies  is  manufactured  by 
the  independent  manufacturers  of  the  United  States. 

The  independent  companies  now  have  quite  extensive  toll  line  systems  here  in  the 
States,  and  it  is  possible  for  me  to  talk  from  Cleveland  to  Rochester  and  Syracuse,  New 
York,  on  the  east;  Charleston,  West  Virginia,  and  Louisville,  Kentucky,  on  the  south, 
Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw,  Michigan,  and  other  points  in  that  vicinity  on  the  north- 
west; and  as  far  west  as  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

The  National-Interstate  Telephone  Association  will  have  its  next  convention  in 
Chicago  on  June  20  and  21,  at  which  time  we  expect  to  have  the  majority  of  the  Stated 
well  organized  and  affiliated  with  this  association. 

If  there  is  any  other  way  in  which  we  can  assist  you  in  getting  an  independent 
telephone  system  in  Canada  to  connect  with  the  independsnt  interests  of  the  States, 
we  will  be  very  glad  indeed  to  have  you  call  on  us. 

I  am,  sir,  yours  very  truly, 

JAS.  B.  HOGE. 


No.  22a. 

Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 

House  of  Commons,  Ottawa,  April  10,  1905. 

Sir, — I  beg  to  thank  you  for  your  favour  of  the  5th  inst.,  and  the  information  oo.i- 
tained  therein.  The  Select  Committee  is  desirous  of  communicating  with  as  many  j£ 
the  independent  telephone  companies  in  the  United  States  as  it  is  possible  to  obtain 
the  addresses  of,  and  I  am  informed  by  Mr.  A.  L.  Tetu,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  that  possibly 
you  would  be  good  enough  to  favour  me  with  a  list  giving  the  names  and  addresses  of 
the  majority  of  these  companies.  If  you  are  in  a  position  to  do  this  the  Committee 
will  much  appreciate  your  kindness.  In  the  event  of  your  not  having  this  information, 
might  I  ask  you  to  favour  me  by  saying  where  you  think  it  may  be  obtained. 
Thanking  you  in  anticipation. 

I  am,  sir,  yours  faithfully, 

W.  MULOCK, 
Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  of  Committee. 
James  B.  Hoge, 

The  National-Interstate  Telephone  Association, 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 


No.  23. 

CORPORATION  OF  TOWN  OF  PETERBOROUGH. 

Offices,  127  Simcoe  Street — Henry  Best,  Mayor. 

Clerk's  Office,  Peterborough,  Ont.,  April  11,  1905. 
Hon.  Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 
Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Hon.  Sir, — Your  favour  of  April  6th  received.     I  enclose,  as  you  requested,  a 
certified  copy  of  the  agreement  between  the  Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Company 


24  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII..  A.   1905 

and  the  Town  of  Peterborough.     This  company  has  not  quite  completed  the  installa- 
tion of  its  plant,  but  expects  to  be  ready  for  business  by  the  first  of  May.         _ 

We  are  pleased  that  parliament  is  making  an  inquiry  into  the  telephone  business, 
as  the  question  of  the  control  of  the  streets  is  a  very  important  one  for  the  munici- 
palities. Judging  from  the  trend  of  public  opinion  as  to  public  utilities,  government 
ownership  of  the  trunk  telephone  lines  would  be  approved,  and  with  this  view  we  are 

in  sympathy. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

HENRY  BEST, 

Mayor. 


No.  23a. 

Toronto,  October  3rd,  1904. 

To  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  Town  of  Peterborough. 

Gentlemen, — The  question  having  been  raised  in  regard  to  the  position  of  the  man- 
hole covers  in  connection  with  the  telephone  conduit  subway  which  we  propose  laying 
on  your  streets,  we  hereby  agree  and  undertake,  in  the  event  of  the  street  levels  being 
changed  at  any  time  owing  to  the  town  laying  a  permanent  pavement  or  improving 
the  present  pavement,  to  make  any  necessary  changes  in  our  manhole  covers  so  as  to 
conform  to  the  new  level  thus  established.  This  we  will  do  at  our  own  expense  at  the 
time  the  town  is  doing  the  work  on  the  pavement,  the  town  to  give  us  reasonable 
notice  of  its  intention  to  do  work  on  any  street  or  streets. 

We  beg  to  remain, 

Respectfully  yours, 
CANADIAN  MACHINE  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  LIMITED, 

F.  D.  Mackay, 

Manager. 


No.  23b. 

This  indenture,  made  in  duplicate  this  twenty-first  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord,  1904,  between  the  Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Company  (Limited),  (here- 
inafter called  the  Company),  of  the  first  part,  and  the  Corporation  of  the  Town  of 
Peterborough  (hereinafter  called  the  Corporation),  of  the  second  part. 

Whereas,  the  Company  has  applied  to  the  Corporation  for  the  right  to  use  the 
streets  and  lanes  in  the  municipality  for  the  purpose  of  placing  poles,  ducts  and  wires 
for  carrying  on  a  telephone  business,  and  it  is  desirable  in  the  public  interest  to  grant 
such  request  upon  and  subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  hereinafter  mentioned 
and  the  Corporation  has  agreed  to  pass  a  by-law  for  such  purpose. 

This  indenture  therefore  witnesseth  that  in  consideration  of  the  premises  and  the 
agreement  on  behalf  of  the  Corporation  hereinafter  contained,  the  said  Company 
hereby  covenants  and  agrees  with  the  said  Corporation  as  follows  : — 

1.  That  the  said  company  will  within  twelve  months  from  the  date  hereof  install 
and  have  in  working  order  in  the  said  Town  of  Peterborough  a  complete  and  efficient 
Lorimer  telephone  system  sufficient  in  all  respects  to  handle  the  business  of  its  cus- 
tomers. 

2.  That  the  said  Company  will  furnish  telephones  to  and  connect  same  through 
a  central  station  with  all  who  desire  to  subscribe  for  same  and  are  residents  of  the 
Town  of  Peterborough,  or  to  any  place  of  business  in  the  Town  of  Peterborough  at 
the  maximum  price  of  $15  per  year  for  private  houses  and  twenty  dollars  ($20)  per 
year  for  places  of  business,  and  will  supply  any  one  person  or  firm  with  a  telephone  at 
his  house  and  another  at  his  or  their  place  of  business  for  thirty  dollars  ($30)  per 


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APPENDIX  No.   1 

year,  and  will  not  hereafter  during  the  term  of  this  agreement  raise  the  price  of  any  of 
said  telephones. 

3.  That  the  said  company  will  at  all  times,  give  as  good  and  efficient  and  modern 
telephone  service  in  the  (Town  of  Peterborough  as  it  furnishes  in  any  other  place  in 
Canada  in  which  it  may  be  doing  business  and  will  keep  the  same  supplied  with  the 
latest  improved  machines  and  appliances  manufactured  or  used  by  the  said  company 
in  any  place  in  Canada. 

4.  That  in  case  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  install  the  said  system  within  the 
time  above  limited  or  should  fail  to  operate  the  same  at  any  time  after  such  installation 
provided  such  failure  to  operate  is  not  caused  by  strikes,  accidents  or  unforeseen  or 
inevitable  casualty  and  in  that  case  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  should  it  enter  into 
a  combination  or  amalgamation  with  or  sell  out  to  any  other  telephone  company  doing 
business  in  the  town  of  Peterborough,  then  in  any  of  said  events  the  right  of  the  said 
company  to  use  the  streets  and  lanes  of  the  town  of  Peterborough  shall  ipso  facto  cease, 
or  in  case  of  the  breach  by  the  company  of  any  of  the  terms  hereof,  then  the  right  of  the 
said  company  to  use  the  streets  and  lanes  of  the  said  town  shall  after  notice  has  been 
given  to  the  company  by  the  corporation  of  the  default  and  the  same  has  not  been 
remedied  within  two  months  after  the  notice  has  been  given  ipso  fpucto  cease  and  the 
said  company  will  ore  demand  at  once  remove  its  poles,  wires  and  other  appliances  from 
the  streets  and  lanes  of  the  said  town. 

5.  The  said  company  will  on  the  following  streets  or  parts  of  streets  in  the  said 
town  place  its  wiTes  underground  and  shall  not  erect  any  poles,  namely  on  George 
street  from  Murray  street  to  Charlotte  street,  on  Hunter  streat,  Simcoe  street  and 
Charlotte  street  from  Water  street  to  Aylmer  street  and  on  Water  street  from  Murray 
street  to  Simcoe  street  and  will  not  place  any  poles  on  George  street  between  Charlotte 
street  and  one  hundred  feet  south  of  Charlotte  street  or  on  Water  street  between  Sim- 
coe street  and  one  hundred  feet  south  of  Simcoe  street,  and  will  also  when  and  if 
required  by  resolution  of  the  council  place  its  wires  underground  on  any  additional 
streets  or  parts  of  streets  of  the  said  town  on  which  the  wires  of  other  companies  are 
hereinafter  placed  underground,  and  will  if  conduits  are  hereafter  constructed  by  the 
corporation  on  streets  on  which  the  company  shall  have  put  its  wires  underground  allow 
the  corporation  to  remove  such  wires  to  such  conduits  and  will  on  streets  on  which  +he 
company  shall  have  its  wires  on  poles  remove  such  wires  to  such  conduits  tat  its  own 
expense  and  will  pay  in  each  case  the  annual  charge  fixed  by  the  said  corporation  for 
the  use  of  such  conduits. 

6.  That  the  said  company  in  doing  ^any  work  on  the  said  streets  or  lanes  or  in 
laying  ducts,  stringing  wires  or  placing  poles  including  the  height  and  quality  of  said 
poles  and  the  position  of  such  poles,  ducts  and  wires,  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the 
corporation  engineer  or  such  other  person  as  may  be  designated  by  the  council,  and 
shall  do  all  work  under  his  supervision  and  to  his  satisfaction  and  subject  to  his 
approval,  and  shall  not  unnecessarily  incumber  or  obstruct  the  streets  or  lanes,  and 
after  any  work  on  the  same  is  done  will  at  once  .restore  the  streets  and  lanes  to  the 
same  condition  they  were  in  before  such  work  was  commenced  and  replace  or  remove 
any  soil  or  material  taken  from,  placed  or  brought  on  such  streets  or  lanes  by  the  com- 
pany or  its  employees,  and  the  said  company  shall  place,  construct,  and  maintain  its 
poles,  ducts,  conduits  and  wires  and  all  other  works  so  that  the  same  will  not  interfere 
with,  obstruct,  injure  or  damage  the  corporation  sewers,  water  pipes,  water  tables, 
drainage  and  other  corporation  works  or  the  private  property  of  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation,  and  in  respect  to  such  any  work  shall  comply  with  the  provisions-  of 
section  one  of  by-law  No.  770  of  the  said  corporation  and  the  provisions  of  any  by-law 
hereafter  passed  respecting  the  regulation  of  poles  on  the  streets  and  lanes  of  the  town. 

7.  That  the  company,  on  the  written  request  of  the  corporation  engineer  or  other 
officer  designated  by  the  corporation,  if  in  his  opinion  a  change  in  the  location  of  any 
pole  or  poles  is  necessary,  shall  and  will  ajt  its  own  expense  change  the  location  of  such 
pole  or  poles,  provided  /such  change  will  riot  require  the  removal  of  any  pole  for  a 
greater  distance  than  fifty  feet. 


26  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

8.  That  from  and  after  the  said  company  shall  have  two  hundred  subscribers  and 
over  and  from  and  after  the  time  the  said  corporation  shall  charge  any  other  company 
doing  a  telephone  business  in  the  said  tlown  a  pole  rental  (the  said  company  will  pay 
to  the  said  corporation  such  rental  per  pole  as  is  charged  to  other  companies  having 
the  right  to  place  poles  on  the  streets  of  the  town. 

*>.  That  the  said  company  will  not  cut  or  trim  any  trees  on  or  adjoining  the  streets 
or  lanes  of  the  said  town  or  allow  the  same  to  be  done  by  its  employees  except  with  the 
express  permission  of  the  council  or  such  officer  as  it  may  designate  by  resolution  aad 
on  such  terms  as  may  be  imposed. 

10:  That  the  said  company  shall  and  will  indemnify  and  save  harmless  and  keep 
indemnified  and  harmless  the  said  corporation  from  all  claims,  actions,  damages,  loss, 
costs  and  expenses  whatever  arising  'or  occurring  by  reason  of  the  construction,  main- 
taining, repairing  or  operating  the  said  .telephone  system  or  in  any  way  connected 
therewith  ,or  relating  thereto  or  resulting  from  or  arising  out  of  the  same  or  by  reason 
or  on  account  of  any  matter  or  thing  done  or  omitted  to  be  done  by  the  company 
under  or  by  reason  of  this  agreement,  or  the  failure  or  neglect  of  the  company  to  do 
or  perform  anything  which  the  company  is  by  agreement  or  by  law  required  to  do  or 
perform  and'  will  pay  to  any  person,  firm  or  body  corporate  any  damages,  such  person, 
firm  or  body  corporate  may  sustain  in  consequence  of  any  act  or  default  of  the  com- 
pany. ' 

11.  That  the  said  company  will  allow  the  said  corporation  free  o*  charge  the  right 
to  use  the  poles  of  the  said  company  for  the  purpose  of  placing  wires  thereon  for  a  fire 
alarm  system,  a  police  patrol  system  or  other  like  corporation  purposes,  provided  the 
effective  operation  by  the  company  of  its  telephone  system  shall  not  thereby  be  im- 
peded or  injured. 

12.  That  on  the  expiration  of  the  said  term  of  ten  years  for  which  the  said  com- 
pany is  to  have  the  right  to  use  the  streets  and  lanes  of  the  said  town  the  said  com- 
pany shall  and  will  on  demand  remove  its  poles  and  wires  from  the  streets  and  lanes 
of  the  said  town. 

This  indenture  further  witnesseth  that  in  consideration  of  the  premises  the  said 
corporation  hereby  agrees  with  the  said  company  that  provided  the  said  company 
performs,  fulfils  and  keeps  the  covenants  and  agreements  on  its  part  to  be  observed, 
performed  and  kept  that  the  said  company  may  for  a  period  of  ten  years  from  the 
first  day  of  January,  1905,  use  the  streets  and  lanes  of  the  said  town  for  the  purpose  of 
placing  in,  upon,  over  or  under  the  same,  poles,  ducts  and  wires  as  above  mentioned 
for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on  a  telephone  business  in  the  said  town,  but  nothing  herein 
contained  shall  be  deemed  to  limit  or  interfere  with  the  control  of  the  streets  and 
lanes  of  the  said  town  by  the  corporation  under  the  Municipal  Act  or  any  by-law  or 
agreement  now  in  ffirce  or  hereafter  passed  with  regard  to  placing  poles  on  the  streets 
or  lanes,  or  its  power  to  grant  any  right  or  license  to  any  other  company  or  individual 
to  use  the  said  streets  and  lanes  of  the  said  town  for  the  placing  of  poles,  ducts  and 
wires  for  any  purpose. 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  company  and  corporation  ha>e  hereunto  caused  their 
corporate  seals'  to  be  affixed,  attested  by  the  hands  of  their  proper  officers  thereto  duly 
authorized. 

ROBERT  NEILL,  President. 

L.S- 
Signed  and  sealed  in  the  presence  of,  M.  H.  LUDWIG,  Secretary. 

F.  D.  Mackay,  G.  M.  ROGER,  Mayor. 

L.S. 
S.  R.  ARMSTRONG,  Cleric. 

I  hereby  certify  the  foregoing  to  be  a  true  copy. 
S.  R.  Armstrong, 

Clerk,  town  of  Perterborough. 
Peterborough,  April  10,  1905. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  27 

APPENDIX  No.  1 


No.  24. 

INTEK-STATE  INDEPENDENT  TELEPHONE  AND  TELEGKAPII 

COMPANY. 

Aurora,  Ills.,  April  11,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — A  communication  from  the  '  Select  Committee  on  Telephones '  signed 
by  yourself,  was  received  at  this  office  a  few  days  since. 

To  supply  the  information  outlined  in  the  list  of  questions  accompanying  the  com 
munication,  it  would  entail  no  small  amount  of  work  and  would  represent  duplication 
of  a  thoroughly  tabulated  volume  of  information  compiled  by  the  '  Department  of 
Commerce  and  Labour,  Bureau  of  Census  of  the  United  States  of  America,'  recently 
gotten  out  on  the  same  subject. 

The  latter  portion  of  your  communication  you  request  '  a  statement  of  general 
view  upon  this  class  of  service  and  the  results  up-to-date  of  your  operations  in  regard 
to  this  branch  of  your  business,'  referring  to  rural  telephone  service  as  I  take  it.  I 
might  say  in  reply  to  this  inquiry  I  am  more  or  less  familiar  with  three  different  plans 
for  supplying  rural  telephone  service,  either  one  of  which  has  proven  reasonably  satis- 
factory, and  at  the  same  time  profitable. 

The  '  Inter-State  Company,'  of  which  I  am  secretary  and  general  manager,  is 
operating  in  round  numbers  15,000  telephones  in  the  state  of  Illinois  (that  portion  of  it 
lying  north  of  Springfield).  Of  this  number  there  are  approximately  4,000  stations 
in  farmers'  residences.  We  own  the  telephones,  wire  and  poles,  complete,  in  this  class 
of  service  as  in  all  others  operated  by  this  company.  We  charge  an  annual  rental  for 
this  class  of  rural  service  of  $12  to  $18  on  party  lines  of  10  subscribers  per  line,  which 
pays  for  the  exchange  service  only  in  the  village  or  town  where  the  switchboard  is 
located.  If  service  is  desired  to  any  other  exchange  a  toll  charge  is  made  of  not  les3 
than  five  cents,  which  is  the  minimum  charge  between  any  two  points.  We  are  operat- 
ing thirty-five  exchanges  and  have  something  over  1,000  miles  of  copper,  trunk  toll 
lines.  Eor  what  we  call  long-distance  toll  service  we  charge  five-eights  of  a  cent  per 
mile,  air  line  distance. 

I  am  a  one-third  owner  of  a  county  system  in  Iowa,  operated  on  a  different  plan. 
Here  we  own  and  operate  an  exchange  in  the  county  seat  and  instead  of  building  rural 
lines  ourselves,  supply  a  circuit  from  the  corporation  into  our  switchboard  connected 
with  a  metallic  circuit  owned  by  the  farmers  on  the  road  traversed  by  the  line.  We 
restrict  the  number  of  parties  on  a  pair  of  wires  to  ten.  Each  one  of  the  ten  pays  his 
proportionate  share  of  the  cost  of  the  line,  and  owns  his  own  'phone.  We  charge  them 
50  cents  a  month  for  switching  them  at  our  exchange,  and  give  them  all  the  subscribers 
connected  with  it  without  extra  charge.  This  has  proven  satisfactory  to  the  farmers 
and  profitable  to  us. 

I  was  interested  in  the  organization  of  a  county  system  in  this  state  (Illinois), 
where  the  plan  carried  out  contemplated  the  ownership  by  a  company  of  the  exchange 
in  the  county  seat,  which  also  built  toll  lines  to  all  the  smaller  villages  in  the  county 
connecting  with  the  exchange.  These  small  exchanges  were  in  turn  owned  by  local 
interests  in  the  smaller  towns  and  villages.  The  Central  Company  in  this  organization 
made  a  charge  of  $3  per  year  for  each  subscriber  in  the  smaller  exchanges  for  maintain- 
ing toll  connections  with  the  county  seat,  and  over  its  own  lines  between  the  towns 
themselves.  The  annual  charge  of  $3  per  subscriber,  I  think,  is  as  low  as  could  be  made 
and  be  profitable,  however,  in  the  county  in  question  there  are  something  like  2,000  to 


28  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   19°5 

2,500  subscribers  in  the  smaller  exchanges,  and  each  separate  exchange  becomes  re- 
sponsible for  the  amount  due  the  Central  Company  of  $3  per  subscriber,  thus  relieving 
the  Central  Company  of  the  annoyance  of  making  collection  of  the  subscribers  them- 
selves, and  I  can  say  the  plan  has  worked  admirably,  and  consider  it  one  of  the  finest 
examples  of  modern  methods  of  supplying  telephone  service  m  a  territory  organiza- 
tion such  as  our  counties  are.  .  , 

The  information  referred  to  as  compiled  by  the  '  Government  of  the  United  Mates 
is  full  and  complete,  and  absolutely  reliable,  and  I  should  judge  available  for  your  in- 
vestigation should  you  desire  to  examine  it. 

Hoping  I  have  in  some  measure  covered  some  of  the  points  you  desired  information 
upon,  I  beg  to  remain, 

Tours  respectfully, 

Sir  William  Mulook,  E.  R.  CONKXIN, 

Ottawa,  Canada.  Sec'y  and  Gen'l  Manager. 


No.  24a. 


Ottawa,  April  13,  1905. 


Dear  Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  11th 
instant,  and  beg  to  express  my  very  grateful  appreciation  of  your  courtesy,  and  the 
valuable  and  interesting  information  contained  in  your  letter.  Perhaps  you  would  not 
mind  my  asking  an  explanation  of  that  portion  of  your  letter  on  the  first  page,  which 
reads  as  follows: — 

'  We  charge  an  annual  rental  for  this  class  of  rural  service  of  $12  to  $18  on  party 
lines  of  ten  subscribers  per  line,  which  pays  for  the  exchange  service  only  in  the  village 
or  town  where  the  switchboard  is  located.' 

Is  this  annual  rental  of  $12  to  $18  the  total  amount  of  the  rental  of  the  ten  sub- 
scribers, or  is  it  the  amount  charged  to  each  one  of  the  ten  subscribers? 

Doubtless  there  are  other  classes  of  rural  telephone  systems  throughout  the  States 
besides  those  mentioned  in  your  valuable  communication.  Would  it  be  too  much 
trouble  for  you  to  refer  me  to  any  other  sources  of  information  regarding  rural  tele- 
phone systems? 

Yours  sincerely, 
E.  R.  Conklin,  Esq.,  WM.  MTTLOCK. 

Secretary  and  General  Manager, 

Inter-State  Independent  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co., 
Aurora,  111.,  U.S.A. 


No.  24b. 

INTER-STATE  INDEPENDENT  TELEPHONE  AND  TELEGRAPH 

COMPANY. 

Aurora,  Ills.,  April  22,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — I  take  pleasure  in  further  serving  you  in  the  matter  of  supplying  ad- 
ditional information  regarding  the  inquiry  of  your  favour  of  the  13th  instant. 

The  annual  rental  for  '  Rural  service  of  $12  to  $18  on  party  lines  of  ten  sub- 
scribers per  line '  is  the  rental  of  the  individual  subscriber.  The  gross  rental  per  line 
being  $120  and  $180  per  year,  respectively. 

Again  expressing  further  willingness  to  assist  in  any  additional  information  which 
I  am  in  a  position  to  supply,  I  beg  to  remain, 

Yours  respectively, 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock,  E.  R.  CONKLIN, 

Postmaster  General,  Secretary  and  General  Manager. 

Ottawa.  Canada. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  29 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  25. 

Hespeler,  Ont.,  April  12,  1905. 
The  Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock. 

Dear  Sir, — About  1891  we  formed  a  co-operative  telephone  company,  calling  it 
the  Farmers'  Alliance.  We  did  not  get  a  charter  because  in  the  beginning  it  was  in- 
tended to  serve  only  places  which  the  Bell  refused  to  consider.  Though  the  latter's 
lines  ran  through  Breslau,  they  would  put  no  instrument  in  the  village,  which  as 
a  central  point  was  so  much  desired.  The  farmers  supplied  poles  and  work,  the  rest 
of  us  the  money,  and  we  built  in  the  neighbourhood  of  thirty  miles,  with  about  thirty 
instruments.  Each  person  purchased  his  own  instrument  and  kept  it  in  repair.  We 
used  both  Bell  and  Ness  instruments  and  found  no  difference  except  in  the  price,  the 
Ness  being  cheaper.  We  connected  Preston,  Hespeler,  Breslau,  Berlin,  New  Germany, 
Winterbourne,  Bloomingdale,  Bridgeport  and  intermediate  points,  and  seeing  the 
satisfaction  of  the  service  we  tried  to  get  to  Gait  and  Guelph,  but  were  excluded  by 
the  exclusive  franchises  of  the  Bell  in  those  places.  We  had  a  central  station  at  Hes- 
peler, but  we  found  it  inconvenient  to  have  two  systems  in  a  small  town,  and  when  the 
Bell  approached  us  with  a  view  of  uniting  our  centrals,  agreeing  tjo  give  a  good  ser- 
vice, we  acquiesced.  This  went  along  for  some  time  but  continued  misunderstandings 
cropping  up,  the  Bell  proposed  to  purchase  our  lines. 

In  construction  we  had  contracted  a  debt  of  about  $800,  and  were  on  the  point  of 
getting  a  charter  allowing  us  to  make  rates  and  collect  them,  because  for  a  number  of 
years  none  of  the  subscribers  paid  anything.  We  were  inexperienced  and  relied  on 
promises  and  sold,  and  we  have  been  sorry  ever  since.  Since  then,  1894,  the  rural  tele- 
phone service  in  the  county  has  been  gradually  getting  less,  and  we  of  the  county  coun- 
cil thought  there  should  be  both  a  cheapening  and  extension,  appointed  a  committee 
last  January,  which  met  a  representative  of  the  Bell  last  February  and  while  he  offered 
a  $15  rate  for  farmers,  with  five  cents  per  call  extra  for  Berlin  and  Waterloo,  we 
thought  it  still  too  high.  Yet  since  that  time  about  fifty  farmers  havu  signed  contracts 
showing  that  the  farming  community  desires  service  of  that  kind  even  at  a  high  rate. 
From  our  experience  we  know  that  the  actual  cost  of  management  per  instrument  does 
not  exceed  $5  per  annum  .  In  Waterloo  we  feel  very  strongly,  that  in  the  case  of  tele- 
phone service  which  is  in  its  very  nature  a  monopoly,  we  can't  expect  of  a  corporation 
to  give  any  better  rates  than  they  are  obliged  to,  and  that  the  only  satisfactory  solu- 
tion will  be  government  ownership,  or  at  least  control.  Thanking  you  for  your  query 
and  wishing  a  speedy  happy  solution, 

I  remain,  yours  truly, 

ANTHONY  OCHS. 


No.  25a. 

Ottawa,  April,  14,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — I  beg  to  thank  you  for  your  interesting  and  valuable  letter  of  the  12th 
instant,  which  I  had  pleasure  in  submitting  to  the  Telephone  Committee  this  morning, 
and  to  inform  you  that  the  committee  have  decided  to  request  your  attendance  to  give 
evidence,  which  I  hope  it  will  be  convenient  for  you  to  do. 

Yours  sincerely, 

WM.  MULOCK. 
Dr.  A.  Ochs, 

Hespeler,  Ont. 


30  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  26. 

THE  OLD  KENTUCKY  TELEPHONE  AND  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY,  WIN- 
CHESTER, KY. 

In  reply  to  inquiry  of  March  28,  1905,  the  secretary-treasurer,  Mr.  J.  W.  Chambers 
reports  as  follows: 

The  Old  Kentucky  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  covers  the  counties  of 
Clark  and  Montgomery  and  the  two  cities  of  Winchester  and  Mount  Sterling.  Their 
authorized  capital  is  $100,000,  of  which  $70,000  is  paid  up.  The  company  has  been 
in  operation  ten  years.  The  bonded  indebtedness  is  $70,000,  and  the  floating  debt 
$30,000.  The  population  of  territory  served  is  30,000.  1,350  telephones  are  in  opera- 
tion, 1,175  of  which  are  residence  and  175  business  telephones.  About  100  subscribers 
have  both  Bell  and  Independent  telephones  on  the  same  premises.  The  cost  of  the 
local  service  is  about  $75  per  subscriber.  The  subscribers'  lines  are  of  iron,  some  of 
which  are  grounded  and  some  metallic  circuit.  All  lines  are  on  poles.  The  system  in 
use  is  'Magneto.'  The  American  Electric  Telephone  Company's  Express  Transfer 
switch-boards  are  in  use.  The  subscribers'  telephones  comprise  several  types,  any 
one  of  which  is  good,  viz.:  those  of  the  American  Telephone  Company,  Chicago;  tb.3 
Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Company,  Rochester,  N.Y. ;  the  Dean  Electric  Company 
of  Elyria,  O.     The  company  has  about  400  farmers'  telephones. 

The  rates  charged  are:  residence,  $12  per  annum;  business,  $24  per  annum,  in 
the  city. 

Charges  in  the  rural  districts  are  on  a  movable  scale,  as  follows : 

A  farmer  having  a  direct  metallic  line  for  his  own  use  pays  the  local  residence 
rate  of  $12  per  annum  and  in  addition  thereto  $5  per  mile,  per  annum.  be3*ond  the 
city  limits. 

Where  there  are  several  farmers  on  the  same  line,  the  extra  mileage  charge  is 
divided  and  each  fanner  pays  in  addition  thereto  the  $12  per  annum  local  residence 
rate. 

The  company  has  paid  three  per  cent  on  the  stock  and  five  per  cent  per  annum  on 
the  bonds.    Three  per  cent  is  set  aside  for  depreciation  but  an  increase  is  contemplated. 

The  company  permits  the  use  of  its  lines  free  of  charge  to  other  independent  com- 
panies who  return  the  same  privilege  on  the  understanding  that  charges  are  made  for 
the  use  of  the  long-distance  lines. 

The  company  has  about  75  miles  of  toll  lines,  the  cost  of  which  is  $20  per  mile  of 
metallic  circuit,  not  including  poles. 

The  long-distance  charges,  up  to  25  miles,  are  about  1  cent  per  mile.  Beyond  that 
distance,  one-half  to  three-quarters  of  a  cent  per  mile. 

The  Bell  did  not  enter  the  territory  until  the  Old  Kentucky  Company  had  de- 
velopsd  the  busine3s.  The  Bell  has  now  from  350  to  375  telephones,  250  to  275  of  which 
are  residence  and  100  business  telephones.  The  Bell  rates  are:  residence  $12,  business 
$24  per  annum.    Party  lines  in  the  country,  $12. 

The  wages  paid  are :  foremen  $2  p3r  day,  trouble-men  $40  per  month,  switch-board 
operators  from  $15  to  $20  per  month. 

The  cost  of  central  switch-boards  was  about  $5  per  line.  Subscribers  wall  tele- 
phones $8.50.  Subscribers  desk  telephones  $10.50.  Iron  wire  costs  from  $3  to  $3.25 
per  mile. 

POLES. 

Feet. 

25 

30 

35 

40 

45 

50 6  00 


Red  Cedar. 

Chestnut. 

$1  75 

$1  25 

2  50 

1  50 

3  50 

1  75 

4  00 

2  00 

6  00 

3  50 

APPENDIX  "  A  "  31 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

Cross-arms,  3£-inch  by  4|-mch  by  8  feet,  delivered,  25  cents  each. 

Insulators,  $12  per  thousand. 

The  company  has  two  central  exchanges  at  Winchester  and  Mount  Sterling.  With- 
in corporation  limits,  each  subscriber  has  a  separate  wire.  In  the  country  party  lines 
are  used,  with  not  more  than  six  on  a  line. 

On  party  lines  the  divided  circuit  system  of  ringing,  which  is  simple  and  easy  to 
keep  in  repair,  is  used. 

A  selective  signalling  system  has  been  tried,  but  found  slow  and  cumbersome  and 
difficult  to  keep  in  good  working  order,  in  consequence  of  which  it  was  abandoned. 

An  increase  in  the  residence  rate  from  $12  to  $18  per  annum  is  contemplated.  Be- 
yond 300  subscribers,  a  $12  rate  is  not  considered  remunerative. 

Old  Kentucky  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company, 

Winchester,  Ky.,  April  14,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Telephone  Committee, 
Ottawa,  Can. 

Dear  Sir, — Your  request  for  information  relative  to  operation  of  our  telephone 
company  has  just  been  received,  and  we  will  give  you  such  information  as  may  help  you. 

1.  Old  Kentucky  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company.  Our  company  covers  the 
counties  of  Clark  and  Montgomery,  as  well  as  the  two  cities  of  Winchester  and  Mt. 
Sterling,  the  county  seats  of  each  county,  respectively. 

2.  Authorized  capital  stock  is  $100,000,  of  which  about  $70,000  is  paid  up,  and 
bonds  to  the  amount  of  $70,000  has  also  been,  issued.  Besides  that,  we  have  a  floating 
debt  of  about  $30,000. 

3.  About  ten  years. 

4.  About  30,000  people. 

5.  About  1,350. 

6.  

7.  About  100. 

8.  About  1,175. 

9.  About  175. 

10.  About  75  miles. 

11.  About  $75  per  subscriber. 

12.  Costs  about  $20  per  metallic  mile  for  wire  alone. 

13.  Iron,  part  grounded  and  rest  metallic.  Everything  should  be  metallic  for  best 
service. 

14.  About  70 

15.  See  10. 

16.  All  overhead. 

17.  Magneto. 

18.  We  use  American  Electric  Telephone  Company's  express  transfer  switch-boards, 
but  have  several  type  telephones,  any  one  of  which  is  good,  viz. :  American  Electric 
Telephone  Company,  of  Chicago,  111.,  Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Company,  of 
Kochester,  N.Y.,  or  Dean  Electric  Company,  of  Elyria,  Ohio. 

19.  About  400. 

20.  We  charge  $12  per  year  for  residence  service  in  city,  $24  per  year  for  business 
in  city,  and  we  charge  in  the  country  on  a  movable  scale  basis,  for  instance,  if  a  farmer 
lives  5  miles  from  the  city  limits  and  has  a  metallic  line  to  himself,  we  charge  $5  per 
mile  per  year  milage,  to  which  we  add  our  regular  city  residence  rate  of  $12  per  year. 

If  there  are  several  on  the  metallic  line  the  mileage  is  divided  between  the  number 
on  the  party  line,  but  each  one  pays  the  $12  per  year  besides. 

21.  For  short  distances,  say  up  to  25  miles,  we  get  about  one  cent  per  mile,  but 
when  we  have  longer  lines  we  charge  from  Jc-  to  f c.  per  mile. 

22.  See  20. 


32  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

23.  Three  per  cent  on  stock. 

24.  Five  per  cent  on  bonds. 

25.  About  3  per  cent,  but  we  will  probably  increase  that  amount,  after  our  rates 
are  raised.  We  think  that  our  present  charge  for  residences  is  too  small  and  expect  to 
raise  city  residences  to  $18.    A  $12  residence  rate  will  pay  up  to  about  300  telephones. 

26.  See  25. 

27.  We  connect  with  other  '  independent '  companies,  and  under  present  con- 
ditions permit  them  to  use  our  lines  free  of  charge,  while  we  use  theirs  free — this 
with  understanding  that  charges  are  made  between  exchanges  for  toll  use. 

28.  We  occupied  territory  first.  The  Bell  Company  would  not  build  an  exchange 
till  we  developed  the  business. 

29.  About  350  or  375. 

30.  See  (28). 

31.  See  (28). 

32.  About  250  or  275. 

33.  About  100. 

34.  See  (28). 

35.  $12,  residences;  $24,  business  and  $12  party  lines,  country. 

36.  Foreman,  about  $2  per  day;  trouble  men,  $40  per  month,  operators,  from  $16 
to  $20  per  month. 

37.  (a)  About  $5  per  line. 

(c)  $8.50. 

(d)  $10.50. 

(e)  Have  none. 

(f)  14  galv.  3§  B.B.  iron,  14  B.B.  iron  |. 

(flO  25  feet  red  cedar,  $1.75;  chestnut,  $1.25;  30  feet,  red  cedar,  $2.50;  chestnut. 
$1.50;  35  feet:  red  cedar,  $3.50,  chestnut.$1.75. ;  40  feet:  red  cedar,  $4;  chestnut,  $2; 
45  feet:  red  cedar,  $6;  chestnut,  $3.50;  50  feet:  chestnut,  $6. 

(h)  3i  x  4|  x  8  feet  delivered  in  car  load  lots  at  about  25  cents  each. 

(i)  Insulators,  $12  per  M. 

38.  We  have  two  central  exchanges— one  at  Winchester  and  the  other  at  Mount 
Sterling. 

In  corporate  limits  of  each  place  we  give  each  subscriber  a  separate  wire,  but  in 
country  we  have  party  lines  with  not  more  than  six  on  a  circuit. 

For  party  lines  we  use  'divided  circuit'  system  of  ringing,  which  is  simple  and 
easy  to  keep  in  repair. 

We  tried  a  '  selected  signalling '  system,  but  found  it  too  slow  and  cumbersome 
and  too  hard  to  keep  in  good  working  order,  so  abandoned  its  use. 

We  trust  that  we  have  covered  the  ground  as  thoroughly  as  you  deem  necessary 
and  that  you  may  get  some  information  that  may  be  of  service  to  you. 

Wishing  Canada  success  in  her  undertakings,  we  remain, 

Yours.  &c, 
OLD  KENTUCKY  TELEPHONE  AND  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY, 

By  J.  W.  Chambers, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

No.  27. 

THE  LOUISVILLE  HOME  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

In  reply  to  inquiry  of  March  28,  1905,  the  President,  Mr.  John  A.  Armstrong,  re- 
ports as  follows: — 

The  Louisville  Home  Telephone  Company  operates  in  Louisville  and  Jefferson 
County,  Kentucky,  New  Albany  and  Floyd  County,  Indiana,  and'Sellersburg,  Clark 
County,  Indiana. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  33 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  amount  of  stock  issued  to  date  is  $1,310,000.  Bonded  indebtedness,  $1,430,000. 
Tlie  company  has  been  operating  three  years.  The  population  of  territory  served  is 
300,000.  9,100  telephones  are  in  operation  in  three  territories,  comprising  7,700  direct 
lines,  having  one  telephone  each,  of  which  4,400  are  in  residences  and  4,700  in  business. 
The  number  of  subscribers  using  both  Bell  and  independent  telephones  on  the  same 
premises  is  between  3,000  and  3,500,  largely  residences. 

The  average  cost  of  local  plant  is  $145  per  subscriber,  the  lines  being  mostly  met- 
allic copper  circuits,  of  which  one  half  are  in  underground  conduit.  The  system  ii 
use  is-a  'central  energy,'  manufactured  by  the  Stromberg-Carlson  Tel.  Mfg.  Co.,  of 
Rochester,  N.Y. 

The  rates  charged  are,  for  business  telephones  within  the  city  limits,  $48  per  annum. 
Residences  within  one  mile  radius,  $24  per  annum  Within  two  miles,  $30  per  annum. 
Outsid3  the  two-mile  radius  but  within  the  city  limits,  $36  per  annum. 

The  company  has  about  2J0  rural  telephones,  but  this  branch  of  the  business  has 
not  been  developed  because  of  the  heavy  city  business.  The  rates  for  farmers'  service 
are  regulated  by  mileage. 

No  dividends  liave  been  paid  on  tbe  stock,  but  one  is  in  prospect  for  the  near  future. 
Five  per  cent  per  annum  lias  been  paid  on  the  bonds.  Three  to  five  per  cent  is  set  aside 
for  depreciation,  although  from  one  to  two  per  cent  is  considered  ample.  The  amoiint 
of  surplus,  or  reserve  fund,  on  December  31  last  was  $34,000. 

The  company  interchanges  service  with  any  independent  or  anti-Bell  company 
through  the  Independent  Long-Distance  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  the  local 
company  getting  25  per  cent  on  originating  business,  where  clerks,  &c,  are  furnished, 
the  long-distance  company  reserving  the  right  to  put  their  own  switchboard  and  clerks 
in  at  a  lower  percentage. 

The  number  of  Bell  telephones  before  competition  was  about  3,800.  At  this  date 
the  Bell  telephones  are  about  8,000,  of  which  latter  4,600  are  residence  and  3,400  busi- 
ness telephones. 

The  Bell  rates  before  competition  were  as  under  : — 

Business. 
Limited  Service — 

Six-station  circuit,  $30  per  annum  and  3c.  per  each  out-going  call. 
Four-station  circuit,  $42  per  annum,  60  calls  per  month;  extra  out-going  calls 

4c.  each. 
One  telephone  on  line,  $60  per  annum,  allowing  60  calls  per  month ;  extra  out- 
going calls,  5c.  each. 

Unlimited  Service — 

Four-station  circuit,  $48  per  annum. 

Two-station  circuit.  $78  per  annum. 

One  telephone  on  line,  $96  per  annum. 
Extension  telephones,  $18  per  annum. 

Residence. 
Limited  Service — 

Six-station  circuit,  $24  per  annum  and  2c.  per  outgoing  call. 
Four-station  circuit,  $42  per  annum,  allowing  60  calls  per  month;  extra  out- 
going calls,  3c.  each. 
One  telephone  on  the  line,  $48  per  annum,  allowing  60  calls  per  month ;  extra 
out-going  calls,  5c.  each. 

Unlimited  Service — 

Six-station  circuit,  $30  per  annum. 

Two-station  circuit,  $48  per  annum. 

One  telephone  on  the  line,  $60  per  annum. 
Extension  telephones,  $18  per  annum. 
l—d—3 


34  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.    1905 

Since  the  inception  of  the  independent  service  in  this  territory,  the  rates  of  the 
Bell  Company  have  been  almost  anything  to  get  business.  During  the  year  1902  and 
part  of  1903  they  installed  several  ten-party  line  telephones  at  the  rate  of  $12  per 
annum  in  residences.  They  also  endeavoured  to  start  ten-party  business  lines  at  $30 
per  annum,  but  only  put  in  fifty  of  them,  and  have  since  cut  them  out  entirely. 

The  Bell  Company  here  has  over  66  per  cent  of  its  subscribers  on  party  lines.  They 
now  charge  $90  per  annum  for  one  business  telephone  on  a  separate  line,  or  $48  per 
annum  per  telephone,  with  four  telephones  on  the  same  line.  When  they  think  a  sub- 
scriber must  retain  their  service,  they  will  not  furnish  a  $48  telephone,  but  insist  on 
payment  of  the  $90  rate. 

Their  latest  residence  rates  are  :  for  one  telephone  on  a  line,  $36  per  annum;  for 
p  number  of  telephones  on  the  same  line,  $24  per  annum  each. 

Wages  paid  are  :  Foremen,  $3  per  day;  trouble-men,  inspectors  and  wire-men,  $2.50 
per  day;  switchboard  operators,  $12  to  $30  per  month. 

The  cost  of  the  central  switchboard,  with  7,500  lines  equipped  and  an  ultimate 
capacity  of  12,600  lines,  was  about  $150,000. 

The  subscribers  wall  telephones  cost  about  $10.50  each.  The  desk  telephones  the 
same. 

Cost  of  poles,  cheetnut  and  cedar,  ranges  from  75c.  to  $30  each.  Cross-arms  cost 
25c.  each. 

The  plant  is  divided  into  several  departments,  as  follows: — 

The  cashier's  department,   which  controls  the  book-keepers,  collectors,  &c. 

The  contracting  department,  which  controls  the  putting  in  and  taking  out  of  tele- 
phones, the  issuing  of  directory,  &c. 

The  wire  chief's  department,  which  has  control  of  the  switchboard  and  clearing  of 
trouble. 

The  operating  department,  which  controls  the  operators  at  the  switchboard. 

The  stenographic  department,  which  takes  care  of  the  stenographic  work  and  type- 
writing, filing  of  correspondence,  &c. 

The  team  department,  which  controls  the  stablemen,  wagons,  stock,  &c. 

The  company  owns  no  long-distance  lines,  but  connects  with  those  of  the  independ- 
ent Long-Distance  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  the  charges  being  about  three- 
fifths  of  a  cent  per  mile. 

The  company  has  thirteen  directors,  composed  of  leading  business  men  in  the  city. 

No-  27a-  Louisville,  Ky.,  April  12,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulook, 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  of  Committee  on  Telephones, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  March  28, 1905,  which  contains  on  the  reverse 
side  a  number  of  questions,  which  we  will  now  attempt  to  answer  by  number : — 

1.  The  Louisville  Home  Telephone  Company,  operating  in  Louisville  and  Jefferson 
County,  Ky. ;  New  Albany  and  Floyd  County,  Indiana;  and  Sellersburg  and  Clark 
county,  Ind. 

2.  Amount  of  stock  issued  to  date  is  $1,310,000;  the  bonded  indebtedness  is  $1,430.- 
000. 

3.  Three  years. 

4.  About  300,000  people. 

5.  Nine  thousand  one  hundred  telephones  in  operation  in  our  three  plants. 

6.  Seven  thousand  seven  hundred  direct  lines,  one  telephone  per  line. 

7.  Between  3,000  and  3,500,  largely  residences. 

8.  About  4,400. 

9.  Four  thousand  seven  hundred. 

10.  We  own  no  long-distance  lines. 

11.  Average  cost  per  subscriber,  of  local  plant,  about  $145. 


APPENDIX  "A"  35 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

12.  We  own  no  long-distance  toll  lines. 

13.  Metallic  circuits,  mostly  copper. 

14.  Own  no  toll  lines. 

15.  Own  no  toll  lines. 

16.  About  half  and  half. 

17.  Central  energy. 

18.  Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Co.,  Rochester,  N.Y. 

19.  We  have  about  200  at  present.    Have  not  as  yet  begun  developing  the  rural  ter- 
ritory, because  of  the  heavy  city  business. 

20.  All  business  and  professional  telephones  within  the  city  limits,  $48  per  annum. 
Residence  telephones  within  one  mile  of  the  court-house,  $24  per  annum.     Beyond 

the  mile  limit  and  within  two  miles  of  the  court-house,  $30  per  annum.     Outside  the 
two  mile  radius  to  the  city  limits,  $36  per  annum. 

21.  Long-distance  company,  with  which  our  company  connects,  charges  about  f  of 
a  cent  per  mile. 

22.  Our  rates  for  such  service  are  regulated  by  mileage. 

23.  No  dividends  have  been  paid  as  yet,  but  one  in  prospect  for  near  future. 

24.  Five  per  cent  interest  paid  on  bonds  per  annum. 

25.  From  3  to  5  per  cent,  although  from  1  to  2  per  cent  is,  in  our  judgment,  ample. 
•26.  On  December  31,  1904,  was  $34,000. 

27.  We  interchange  service  with  any  independent  or  anti-Bell  company  through 
our  connection  with  the  Independent  Long-Distance  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, we  getting  25  per  cent  on  originating  business  where  we  furnish  clerks,  &c.  The 
long-distance  company  reserving  the  privilege  to  put  their  own  board  and  clerks  in  at 
n  lower  percentage. 

28.  About  3,800. 

29.  About  8,000  in  the  same  territory  covered  by  us. 
30  and  31.  About  3,800  telephones  estimated. 

32.  About  4,600  residence  telephones. 

33.  About  3,400  business  telephones. 

34.  Bell  rates  before  competition  were  as  follows: — 

Business  or  Professional,  Per  ji,,^ 

Limited  service  (six-station  circuit,  three  rings  on  same  line), 

outward  calls,  3c.  each $2  50 

Limited  service  (four-station  circuit,  two  rings  on  same  line), 

60  calls  per  month;  extra  calls,  4c.  each 3  50 

Limited  service  (private  circuit),  60  calls  per  month;  extra, 

calls  5c.  each 5  00 

Unlimited  service  (four-station  circuit,  two  rings  on  same  line)  4  00 

Unlimited  service  (two-station  circuit,  one  ring  on  same  line)  .  6  50 

Unlimited  service  (private  circuit) 8  00 

Extension 1  50 

Residence. 
Limited  service  (six-station  circuit,  three  rings  on  same  line), 

outward  calls,  2c.  each 2  00 

Limited  service  (four-station  circuit,  two  rings  on  same  line), 

60  calls  per  month ;  extra  calls,  3c.  each 3  50 

Limited  service   (private  circuit),  60  calls  per  month;  extra 

calls,  5c.  each 4  00 

Unlimited  service   (six-station  circuit,  three  rings  on  same 

line) - 2  50 

Unlimited  service  (two-station  circuit,  one  ring  on  same  line)       4  00 

Unlimited  service  (private  circuit) 5  00 

Extension  set 1  50 

1— d— 3} 


36 


8 ELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 


4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    '905 

35.  Since  the  inception  of  the  independent  service  in  this  territory,  the  rates  of  the 
Bell  Company  have  been  almost  anything  to  get  business.  During  the  year  1902  and 
part  of  1903,  they  installed  several  ten-party  line  telephones  at  the  rate  of  $1  per  month 
in  residences.  They  also  endeavoured  to  start  ten-party  business  lines  at  $2.50  per 
month,  but  only  put  in  fifty  of  them,  and  have  since  cut  them  out  entirely.  The  Bell 
Company  here  has  over  66  per  cent  of  its  subscribers  on  party  lines.  They  now  charge 
$7.50  for  an  independent  business  line,  or  $4  per  month  for  four-party  business  line. 
When  they  think  a  subscriber  must  of  necessity  retain  their  service,  they  will  not  fur- 
nish them  the  $4  service,  but  insist  upon  their  paying  the  $7.50  rate.  Their  latest  Tates 
on  residence  telephones,  independent  line,  are  $3  per  month  net;  party  lines  $2  per 
month  net. 

36.  Foremen,  $3  per  day;  trouble-men,  inspectors  and  wire-men,  $2.50  per  day  ; 
operators,  from  $12  to  $30  per  month. 

37.  (a)  Our  switchboard  has  an  ultimate  capacity    of    12,600,  with  7,500    lines 

equipped,  which  have  cost  to  date,  including  test  racks,  &c,  about  $150,000. 

(b)  We  have  no  sub-exchange  switchboards. 

(c)  Subscribers  wall  telephones  about  $10.50  each. 

(d)  Subscribers  desk  telephones  about  $10.50  each. 

(e  and  f)  We  use  so  many  different  sizes  of  lead  cable  for  underground  and 
overhead  work  that  it  is  impossible  to  give  the  cost  of  this  material,  as  the 
prices  vary  so  much  with  the  fluctuation  of  the  market. 

(g)  We  use  wooden  poles,  chestnut  and  cedar,  and  the  prices  range  from  75 
cents  to  $30  each. 

(h)  We  use  yellow  pine  cross-arms,  which  cost  about  25  cents  each. 

( i)  Market  prices,  which  vary. 

(i)  We  use  the  McRoy  clay  works  multi]  1  this  varies  in  price,  so 

much  per  duct  foot. 

38.  The  plant  is  divided  into  several  departments,  as  follows  : — 

The  cashier's  department,  which  controls  the  bookkeepers,  collectors,  &c. 

The  contracting  department,  wkhich  controls  the  putting  in  and  taking  out  of 
telephones,  the  issuing  of  directory,  &c. 

The  construction  department,  which  has  charge  of  the  linemen,  installers  and  equip- 
ment. 

The  wire  chief's  department,  which  has  control  of  the  switchboard  and  clearing  of 
trouble. 

The  operating  department,  which  controls  the  operators  at  the  switchboard. 
_  The  stenographic  department,  which  takes  care  of  the  stenographic  work  and  type- 
writing, filing  of  correspondence,  &c. 

We  have  a  team  department,  which  has  control  over  the  stablemen,  wagons,  stock.  &c. 

This  about  completes  the  organization. 

We  have  13  directors,  composed  of  leading  business  men  of  the  city. 

Trusting  this  information  will  serve  the  purpose  for  which  you  desire  it, 

I  am,  yours  truly, 

JNO.  A.  ARMSTRONG, 

President. 

No.  28. 


Glen  Huron,  Ont.,  April  13,  1905. 
The  Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Telephone  Committee, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — I  have  been  following  with  much  interest  the  proceedings  of  the  Tele- 
phone Committee,  of  which  you  are  the  chairman,  and  in  common  with  the  people  here 
am  pleased  to  know  that  the  matter  has  been  taken  up  by  the  parliament  of  Canada 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

We  have  had  our  own  little  experience  in  telephone  matters.  Though  not  so  great 
as  many  you  are  dealing  with,  yet  it  was  of  vital  importance  to  the  communities 
interested,  and  I  beg  to  add  our  quota  to  the  evidence  you  are  receiving. 

We  had  asked  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  on  several  occasions  to  extend  their 
lines  to  this  place,  and  always  met  with  a  refusal.  We  then  built  a  private  line  extend- 
ing from  Singhampton  to  Glen  Huron  station  giving  the  people,  though  they  had  not 
contributed  anything  towards  it,  free  service  as  far  as  it  went.  Nottawa  and  Duntroon 
to  the  north  of  us,  Singhampton,  Mclntyre,  Badgeros  and  Maple  Valley  to  the  south 
and  west  of  us,  being  without  either  telegraph  or  telephone  communication,  with  the 
exception  of  telegraph  at  Duntroon  and  Singhampton,  the  writer  proposed  a  scheme  to 
fcrm  a  joint  stock  company  with  shares  of  $10  each,  to  build  a  line  from  Gollingwood 
connecting  with  the  above-named  places,  and  also  to  extend  to  Creemore  via  Dunedin 
later  on.  -We  proposed  giving  as  cheap  service  over  the  whole  line  as  possible,  the  object 
being  convenience  and  not  dividends.  We  had  several  meetings,  and  the  people  were 
in  hearty  sympathy  with  the  project  and  everything  went  well  until  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company  heard  of  it,  who  then  sent,  unasked,  two  men  canvassing  over  the  territory 
for  weeks.  The  first  asked  large  bonuses  from  each  place,  and  in  every  instance  but 
one  were  refused.  When  they  could  not  block  our  scheme  any  other  way,  they  imme- 
diately accepted  a  small  bonus  subscribed  by  the  people  of  Duntroon  and  ran  a  loop 
into  that  place  and  a  loop  from  Collingwood  to  the  village  of  Nottawa  without  any 
bonus  or  consideration  whatever,  and  unasked.  As  these  two  places  were  large  sub- 
scribers to  the  proposed  local  line,  and  feeling  that  the  latter  would  be  largely  deprived 
of  patronage  on  account  of  the  Bell  having  long-distance  connection,  we  found  it  impos- 
sible to  get  their  assistance,  and  the  result  was  that  the  scheme  fell  through  for  the  time, 
and  the  other  points  mentioned  are  still  without  a  line. 

As  soon  as  the  Bell  company  had  the  matter  blocked,  they  immediately  withdrew 
their  canvassers,  and  I  do  not  know  of  one  being  on  the  scene  since. 

I  might  add  that  the  points  left  out  in  the  cold  are  more  anxious  now  than  ever 
they  were  for  telephone  convenience,  and  would  glady  co-operate  with  the  government 
along  the  many  lines  being  suggested  by  your  committee. 

As  I  do  not  think  it  necessary  to  go  to  Ottawa  to  give  what  evidence  we  have  here, 
I  have  availed  myself  of  your  kind  invitation  to  send  in  an  outline  of  what  occurred 
in  this  section.    If  necessary,  I  can  have  data,  affidavits,  &c,  prepared  and  sent  to  you. 

Hoping  that  what  I  have  said  may  be  of  some  benefit  to  you  in  your  deliberations, 
and  that  yon  may  find  a  suitable  plan  to  relieve  the  people  of  this  country  of  the  in- 
iquity of  siich  a  monopoly  as  we  have  been,  and  are  now,  up  against. 

I  remain,  your  obedient  servant. 

W.  H.  HAMILTON. 


No.  29. 

Synopsis  of  Letter  of  April  15,  1905,  from  J.  H.  Morrow,  of  Brighton,  Ont.,  to  the 
Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones. 

Mr.  Morrow  incloses  invoices  from  the  American  Electric  Telephone  Company  of 
Chicago  for  two  complete  telephone  sets  of  modern  type,  including  long-distance  trans- 
mitters, showing  the  cost  to  be  $8.55  each  f.o.b.  Chicago. 

Mr.  Morrow  states  that  the  Grand  Trunk  Kailway  will  not  allow  a  telephone  of  the 
local  system  in  the  Brighton  station. 

He  also  suggests  that  Mr.  Wm.  Wade  and  Mr.  Samuel  Nesbitt,  of  Brighton,  be 
called  as  witnesses. 


38  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VI!.,   A.    1905 

No.  30. 

To  the  Honourable  the  Board  of  Railway  Commissioners  of  Canada, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

May  it  please  Your  Lordships : — 

The  towns  of  Fort  William  and  Port  Arthur,  in  the  province  of  Ontario  having 
constructed  under  due  authority,  a  joint  system  of  municipal  telephones,  nereby  apply 
to  your  honourable  board  for  an  order,  under  section  193  of  the  Railway  Act,  1903, 
upon  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company,  to  provide  for  telephonic  connection 
and  communication  with  and  within  the  respective  stations  of  the  company  at  both 
Fort  William  and  Port  Arthur,  and  that  by  such  order  such  further  directions  be  given 
as  may  be  expedient  according  to  law. 

W.  D.  LIGHTHALL, 

Attorney  of  the  Towns  of  Fori   William  and  Port  Arthur. 
Montreal,  January  28,  1904. 

BOARD  OF  RAILWAY   COMMISSIONER.   FOR  CANADA. 

Tn  the  matter  of  the  application  on  behalf  of  the  towns  of  Fort  William  and  Port 
Arthur  for  an  order  under  section  193,  providing  for  the  instalment  of  municipal 
telephones  on  the  premises  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company. 

Ottawa,  March,  15th,  1904,  11  o'clock,  a.m. 

JUDGMENT   OF   THE   HONOURABLE   A.   G.   BLAIR,   CHIEF    COMMISSIONER. 

This  is  an  application  by  the  municipality  of  Port  Arthur  undwr  section  193  of 
the  Railway  Act  for  an  order  of  this  board  granting  leave  to  the  municipality,  which 
has  organized  a  telephone  system  in  the  district,  to  enter  the  premises  and  stations  of 
the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  place  its  telephones  and  make  connections  at  the 
railway  station  and  on  the  railway  premises  with  the  municipality's  exchange. 

On  the  hearing  of  the  application  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  Bell  Tele- 
phone Company  severally  appeared  by  counsel  and  objected  upon  grounds  which  will 
hereafter  appear  to  the  making  of  the  order  applied  for. 

Several  questions  of  considerable  importance  have  been  raised  by  the  contending 
parties,  and  as  the  application  i~\  the  first  which  has  been  made  under  the  193rd  clause 
of  the  new  Act,  and  will  in  all  probability  be  followed  by  others  of  a  similar  nature, 
it  has  been  deemed  advisable  by  the  board  that  in  rendering  our  judgment  we  should 
state  our  views  somewhat  fully  upon  the  principal  contentions  which  have  been  put 
forward  in  the  ease. 

The  applicants  chiefly  rely  upon  the  provisions  of  the  statute  as  entitling  fhe  muni- 
ciaplity  to  be  admitted  to  the  stations  and  premises  of  the  railway  at  Port  Arthur, 
and  to  place  and  maintain  their  telephones  thereon.  Thej  claim  that  the  privilege 
should  be  granted  without  compensation  to  either  the  railway  or  telephone  company 
by  reason  of  any  contractual  arrangements  existing  between  those  two  companies  for 
the  use  of  the  Bell  Company  of  the  railway  premises  for  telephone  purposes  to  the 
exclusion  of  any  other  telephone  system,  and  contend  that  the  only  right  to  compen- 
sation this  board  can  properly  recognize  is  in  respect  of  the  expenses  reasonably  inci- 
dent to  the  placing,  operating  and  maintaining  the  telephones  of  the  applicants. 

In  opposing  the  application,  Mr.  Creelman,  counsel  for  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway,  produced  a  contract,  which  had  been  entered  into  on  the  first  of  May,  1902, 
and  therefore  before  the  Railway  Act,  1903,  was  enacted,  between  that  company  and 
+he  Bell  Company  granting  the  latter  company  exclusive  privileges  of  placing  its  tele- 
phones in  the  stations  and  on  the  premises  of  the  railway  company  throughout  its  en- 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

tire  system,  and  wherever  the  Bell  Company  was  established.  The  privilege  was  grant- 
ed for  a  term  of  eight  years,  two  of  which  years  have  elapsed. 

It  is  alleged  that  the  service  performed  by  the  Bell  Company  is  pecuniarily  and 
otherwise  of  great  value  to  the  railway  company  and  its  patrons.  That  the  Bell  Com- 
pany system  is  most  efficiently  organized,  that  it  gives  a  most  excellent  service  and 
covers  a  large  area  in  which  no  other  telephone  system  exists.  That  such  a  service  is 
required  by  the  Canadian  Pacific*  Railway  aud  its  patrons  in  order  to  the  most  efficient 
working  of  the  railway  and  can  be  supplied  by  no  other  company,  and  that  there  would 
be  no  inducement  to  the  Bell  Company  to  give  such  a  service  if  the  railway  company 
were  to  open  its  stations  for  telephonic  purposes  to  competing  parties. 

The  Bell  Company,  through  its  counsel,  contended  that  the  company  had  vested 
rights  and  interests  by  virtue  of  its  exclusive  contract,  which  would  be  injuriously 
affected  if  the  order  applied  for  were  made,  especially  without  just  and  proper  com- 
pensation. That  this  board  has  no  power  or  jurisdiction  to  make  siich  order  without 
awarding  due  compensation  to  the  companies  in  respect  of  the  rights  and  interests 
arising  out  of  the  contract.  That  the  contract  was  a  legal  or  valid  contract,  entire  in 
its  character  and  founded  upon  a  valuable  consideration,  the  essential  feature  of  which 
is  the  exclusive  privilege.  That  if  the  consideration  failed,  as  it  was  contended  would 
happen  if  the  order  applied  for  were  made,  the  contract  would  be  voidable  at  the  option 
of  the  Bell  Company,  and  that  the  duty  devolves  upon  this  board,  while  regarding  pub- 
lic interests,  of  protecting  private  rights  as  well. 

Mr.  Lafleur,  on  behalf  of  the  Bell  Company,  produced  a  somewhat  detailed  state- 
ment, the  accuracy  of  which  was  not  controverted  by  evidence,  showing  the  financial 
results  for  a  year  of  the  operation  of  the  contract  as  between  the  railway  and  the  Bell 
Company,  which  is  as  follows: — 

Results  to  the  benefit  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway — 

Passes  and  franks  over  Bell  Company's  long-distance 

lines,  valued  at $    18,297  00 

Exchange  service,  774  instruments  free  to  railway  com- 
pany, valued  at 22,562  00 


$   40,859  00 
To  the  benefit  of  Bell  Company — 

Trips,    annual    and    periodical    passes    over    Canadian 

Pacific  Railway,  valued  at $    22,258  00 

Refunds 200  00 


$   22,458  00 


This  statement,  it  may  be  noted,  makes  no  mention  of  what  is  to  the  company  a 
very  profitable  feature  of  its  exclusive  privileges.  I  refer  to  the  advantage  the  Bell 
Company  enjoys  over  its  competitors  in  obtaining  subscribers,  by  being  able  to  ensure 
connection  with,  by  subscribers,  to  the  stations  and  offices  of  the  railway. 

Both  parties  to  the  contract  of  the  first  of  May  declare  themselves  averse  to  its 
abrogation,  or  to  any  action  by  this  board  which  may  lead  to  its  abrogation,  and  each 
professes  to  fear  that  to  allow  this  application,  unless  subject  to  payment  of  compensa- 
tion upon  a  large  scale — so  large,  according  to  suggestions  made  during  the  argument, 
as  to  be  tantamount  to  a  refusal  of  the  order — would  operate  to  the  serious  disadvant- 
age of  the  two  companies. 

Mr.  Lighthall,  for  the  applicants,  in  his  general  reply,  contended  that  the  claim 
for  compensation  based  upon  the  contract  of  Mayl,  should  not  be  recognized ;  that  the 
extent  of  the  Bell  and  railway  companies'  territory,  which  would  be  affected  by  an  order 
for  admission  to  the  railway  station  at  Port  Arthur,  is  so  trifling  and  the  disturbance 
of  the  existing  arrangement  in  that  one  locality  would  be  so  small  and  unimportant  a 
disturbance,  having  regard  to  the  extent  and  area  of  the  Bell  Company's  field  of  opera- 


40  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.    1905 

tion,  that  it  is  not  entitled  to  be  seriously  considered;  that  the  agreement  for  an  exclu- 
sive privilege  is  an  agreement  in  restraint  of  trade  and  against  public  policy,  and  there- 
fore void,  and  being  void  cannot  rightly  be  considered  as  the  basis  of  a  claim  by  the  Bell 
Company  for  compensation;  and  that  so  far  as  that  company  is  concerned,  it  is  not 
mentioned  at  all  in  section  193,  and  not  being  specially  named,  it  has  no  rights  which 
this  board  is  bound  to  respect  or  recognize. 

After  having  given  the  argument  presented  to  us  respecting  the  validity  of  the 
agreement  of  May  1  very  careful  consideration,  I  am  unable  to  conclude  that  such 
agreement  is  not  a  legal  and  binding  contract.  The  question  as  to  whom  a  contract  con- 
ferring exclusive  privileges  is  void  as  being  in  restraint  of  trade  and  against  public 
policy,  has  been  quite  recently  judicially  determined  by  the  highest  tribunal  in  the 
empire.  As  late  as  the  year  1894  the  House  of  Lords,  on  nppeal  from  the  Court  of 
Appeal  in  England  in  the  case  of  Nordenfeldt  vs.  Maxim  Gun  Company,  1894,  app. 
cas.  535,  after  passing  in  review  the  leading  decisions  up  to  that  date,  laid  down  the 
principles  which  governed  the  determining  the  question  in  these  words  :  '  That  such  a 
contract  was  valid  so  long  as  it  was  wider  than  was  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the 
company,  nor  injurious  to  the  public  interests.' 

Lord  Herschell  quotes  with  approval  the  language  of  James,  V.C.,  in  the  case  of 
Leather  Cloth  Co.  vs.  Lorsont,  who  said  : 

'All  the  cases,  when  they  come  to  be  examined,  seem  to  establish  this  principle— 
that  all  restraints  upon  trade  are  bad  as  being  in  violation  of  public  policy,  unless  they 
are  natural  and  not  unreasonable  for  the  protection  of  the  parties  in  dealing  legally 
with  some  subject  matter  of  contract.' 

With  approval  he  also  quotes  from  the  judgment  of  Fry,  J.,  in  Kousillon  vs.  Eousil- 
lon,  14  ch.  D.  351 ;  49  L.  J.  Ch.  338,  the  following  :  '  I  consider  that  the  cases  in  which 
an  unlimited  prohibition  has  been  spoken  of  as  void,  relate  only  to  circumstances  in 
which  such  a  prohibition  has  been  unreasonable.' 

Lord  Herschell  also  adopts  the  test  laid  down  by  Tindall,  C.J.,  in  a  leading  case  : 
'  We  do  not  see  how  a  better  test  can  be  applied  to  the  question  whether  reasonable  or 
not,  than  by  considering  whether  the  restraint  is  such  only  as  to  afford  a  fair  protection 
to  the  interests  of  the  party  in  favour  of  whom  it  is  given,  and  nor  so  large  as  to  inter- 
fere with  the  interests  of  the  public' 

Lord  Watson  says: — 'It  must  not  be  forgotten  that  the  community  has  a  material 
interest  in  maintaining  the  rules  of  fair  dealing  between  man  and  man.  It  suffers 
far  greater  injury  from  the  infraction  of  these  rules  than  from  contracts  in  restraint 
of  trade.' 

For  my  own  part  I  am  very  clearly  of  opinion  that  no  violence  is  done  to  the 
canon  laid  down  by  the  '  common  law  courts  in  affirming  that  a  restraint  whvjh  is 
absolutely  necessary  in  order  to  protect  a  transaction  which  the  law  permits  in  the 
interests  of  the  public  ought  to  be  regarded  as  reasonable  and  cannot  in  deference  to 
political  ideas  be  regarded  as  in  contravention  of  public  policy.' 

'  There  is  no  reported  case  which  I  have  been  able  to  discover,  says  Lord  Ashbourne, 
where  a  covenant  in  general  restraint  of  trade,  clearly  reasonable  in  itself  and  only 
affording  a  fair  protection  to  the  parties,  has  been  held  to  be  void.' 

Lords  MacJSTachten  and  Morris  both  concur  in  this  judgment;  see  this  case  also 
reported  in  6  Eng.  Bui.  Cases  at  p.  430. 

It  appears  to  me  that  in  applying  these  tests  there  is  no  room  for  doubt — that  the 
contract  in  question  is  a  natural  one — that  the  Canadian  Pacific  Kailway  was  entering 
into  an  arrangement  with  respect  to  its  own  property,  an  arrangement  manifestly  ;n 
its  own  interests  and  those  of  the  public  who  were  using  its  railway,  and  that  the 
Bell  Company  secures  such  reasonable  protection  only  as  would  alone  justify  it  in 
contracting  for  such  a  service  as  it  was  undertaking  to  perform.  The  contract,  I 
should  say,  therefore,  when  entered  into,  was  a  legal  and  binding  contract,  enforceable 
against  either  party  by  the  other,  and  not  void  on  the  ground  alleged  by  the  applicants. 
There  was  no  law  then  on  the  statute  book  whereby  the  railway  company  could  be  com- 
pelled to  allow  any  telephone  company  to  place  its  instruments  and  operate  a  telephone 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

in  its  railway  stations;  and  not  being  legal  compulsion  to  permit  any,  the  railway 
company  would  be  entirely  free  and  quite  within  its  legal  rights  to  determine  the  con- 
ditions upon  which  any  should  be  admitted.  If  effect  were  given  to  applicants'  con- 
tention that  this  contract  is  void  as  being  restraint  of  trade,  this  Board  would  in  my 
opinion,  be  not  so  much  relieving  trade  from  undue  restriction,  as  placing  unheard  of 
restraints  upon  the  freedom  of  contract. 

We  were  much  pressed  during  the  argument  by  counsel  for  the  applicants  to  re- 
cognize the  analogy  between  telephone  and  telegraph  companies  and  railway  companies 
— his  proposition  being  that  a  telegraph  company  has  no  power,  in  the  absence  of  a 
special  provision  in  its  charter,  to  alienate  the  privileges  granted  to,  nor  to  execute 
a  valid  lease  of  its  franchises,  and  therefore  he  would  have  us  informed  that  the  rail- 
way company  in  this  case  could  not  be  a  valid  contract  to  confer  upon  the  Bell  Com- 
pany the  exclusive  privilege  in  respect  of  the  telephone  service  over  their  entire  rail- 
way system.  I  recognize  that  the  analogy  is  very  close  as  pointed  out  by  applicants' 
counsel,  between  railway,  telephone  and  telegraph  companies,  but  I  am  not  sure  that 
I  clearly  perceive  the  relevancy  of  this  contention  to  the  question  before  us.  Un- 
doubtedly there  is  no  implied  power  in  any  corporation  to  make  a  valid  transfer  of  its 
franchises.  There  must  be  express  authority  to  enable  it  to  do  so.  But  I  do  no 
that  the  contract  under  consideration  can  be  so  described. 

There  is  not  wanting  further  very  clear  authority  showing  that  a  railway  company 
may  lawfully  do  precisely  what  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Companj'  has  done  in 
the  present  case,  and  showing,  as  well,  that  the  contract  conferring  an  exclusive  privil- 
ege, identical  with  that  of  the  Bell  Company  in  the  matter  now  before  this  Board, 
is  not  invalid  as  not  being  in  restraint  of  trade.  I  refer  to  the  case  of  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway  Company.  The  Western  Union  Tel.  Company  reported  in  17  Sup.  Ct. 
Rep.  p.  151. 

In  that  case  E.  &  N.  A.  R.  Co.,  which  in  1869  owned  the  line  of  railway  from  St. 
John,  N.B.,  to  the  United  States  boundary,  gave  the  W.U.T.  Co.  by  a  contract  hi 
writing,  the  exclusive  right  to  erect  and  maintain  its  poles  and  telegraph  lines,  &c., 
on  the  lands  of  the  railway  company — after  the  C.P.R.  acquired  the  control  of  the 
line  of  way,  an  attempt  was  made  to  construct  a  line  of  telegraph  along  the  railway 
property.  The  W.  U.  Tel.  Co.  resisted  the  attempt  and  the  validity  of  the  W.  U. 
Tel.  Co.'s  exclusive  contract  was  attacked  in  the  courts,  upon  the  ground,  among 
others,  that  it  was  a  contract  in  restraint  of  trade  and  was  void  as  being  contrary  xo 
public  policy.  The  case  was  carried  on  appeal  to  the  Supt.  Ct.  of  Canada.  That  court 
held  that  the  agreement  was  not  void  as  an  agreement  in  restraint  of  trade  or  as  being 
contrary  to  public  policy. 

It  will  be  of  interest  to  read  an  extract  from  the  judgment  of  Ritchie,  C.  J., 
which  was  concurred  in,  on  this  branch  of  the  case,  by  the  whole  court. 

'  If  the  railway  company  deems  it  in  the  interest  of  the  company  that  there  should 
be  only  one  telegraph  line  on  the  right  of  way,  why  may  they  not  give  an  exclusive 
right  to  a  telegraph  company  to  occupy  the  right  of  way,  and  prohibit  other  telegraph 
companies  from  interfering  with  such  exclusive  rights,  except  by  consent  of  the  com- 
pany to  whom  the  exclusive  right  is  given  ?  If  the  railway  company  can  give  a  right 
at  all.  why  may  it  not  give  an  exclusive  right?  A  telegraph  along  the  line  may  be, 
and  no  doubt  is,  indispensable  for  the  safe  working  of  the  road.  The  financial  condition 
of  the  railway  may  render  it  impossible  for  it  to  work  the  telegraph  line  for  itself, 
and  assuming  that  no  telegraph  company  could  be  found  who  would  erect  it  without 
the  exclusive  privilege,  and  so  be  protected  from  competition,  what  law  is  there  to 
prevent  the  railway  company  from  securing  the  line  by  granting  such  an  exclusive 
privilege  ?  I  know  of  none.  I  fail  entirely  to  see  how  this  creates  a  monopoly  and 
prevents  competition.  It  certainly  prevents  the  erection  of  another  telegraphic  line 
on  the  roadway,  but  how  does  it  prevent  the  erection  of  a  line  on  either  side  of  the 
track,  if  the  parties  can  secure  the  privilege  of  doing  so  over  adjoining  lands  ?  If 
they  cannot  do  so,  in  what  different  position  are  they  than  if  the  railway  had  erected 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

this  line  for  their  own  exclusive  use,  and  refused  to  grant  the  privilege  to  any  person 
or  company  ? '  .  , 

'  That  there  was  no  monopoly  is  abundantly  clear  from  the  fact  proved  on  the  trial 
and  admitted  on  the  argument,  that  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company  have,  at 
this  very  time,  built  their  line  on  the  railway  track,  having  their  poles  just  beside  the 
right  of  way  between  Vanceboro'  and  St.  John,  ranging  in  places  from  twenty-five  to 
thirty  feet  from  the  track.' 

'The  argument  that  an  exclusive  right  to  <  rect  a  telegraph  lino  along  the  line  of 
railway  is  against  public  policy  would  seem  to  rest  necessarily  on  this  delusion,  if  it 
has  any  foundation  at  all,  that  the  public  generally  have  a  righl  to  erect  telegraphic 
lines  along  and  on  the  line  of  railroad,  and  therefore  their  exclusion  of  any  such  right 
may  cripple  and  prevent  competition,  and  tend  to  create  monopolies ;  but  as  the  public 
have  clearly  no  such  rights,  as  there  is  nothing  to  prevent  telegraph  lines  from  being 
contiguous  to  and  parallel  with  railroads,  provided  the  n  ay  is  secured,  how  can 

it  be  said  to  cripple  and  prevent  competition  ami  tend  u<  create  monopolies  any  more 
than  the  erection  of  the  line  of  telegraph  unconnected  with  the  railway  by  private  in- 
dividuals for  their  own  exclusive  use  on  a  lino  they  have  procured  al  their  own  expense 
would  prevent  competition,  on  a  line  parallel  or  contiguous  thereto  ?  What  is  there  to 
prevent  the  erection  of  a  dozen  different  lino.-  by  a  dozen  different  oompanies  for  their 
exclusive  use  respectively  ? ' 

Admitting,  therefore,  as  I  do  without  hesitation,  the  close  analogy  between  tele- 
phone and  telegraph  companies,  and  admitting  that,  for  the  purposes  of  the  argument, 
this  analogy  extends  even  to  railway?,  it  still  remains,  if  the  judgment  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Canada  and  the  judgment  of  the  House  of  Lords  in  England  be  good  law, 
which  every  tribunal  administering  the  law  in  this  country  is  bound  to  submit  to  and 
respect,  that  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  Bell  agreement  is  in  law  a  good,  valid 
and  binding  contract. 

There  is  another  reference,  not  cited  as  an  authority,  which  may  not  be  inappro- 
priately mentioned  in  this  connection.  In  the  year  1S70,  the  Canadian  government 
entered  into  an  agreement  with  the  Montreal  Telegraph  Company  for  a  telegraph  ser- 
vice on  the  Intercolonial  Railway,  and  one  of  the  covenants  in  that  agreement  is  in  the 
following  terms:  'The  company,  in  consideration  of  the  premises,  shall  have  the  ex- 
clusive right  to  construct  and  work  a  telegraph  along  the  line  of  the  Intercolonial  Rail- 
way until  such  a  time  as  the  option  of  purchase  is  exercised  by  Her  Majesty.*  This 
contract  is  in  effect  a  perpetual  exclusive  franchise,  unless  the  government  should  buy 
out  the  telegraph  company's  line  on  the  terms  set  forth  in  the  agreement.  A  similar 
agreement  of  an  exclusive  character  exists  between  the  government  and  the  W.  U.  Tele- 
graph Company.  Can  it  then  be  said  with  any  plausibility  that  for  thirty  years  con- 
tracts have  been  in  actual  operation  between  the  government  and  these  telegraph  com- 
panies which  were  absolutely  void,  and  which  fact  until  to-day  has  remained  undis- 
covered ? 

Having  reached  the  conclusion  that  the  contract  before  us  is  a  valid  one,  and  is 
not  void  or  voidable  upon  any  of  the  grounds  assigned,  our  attention  may  not  properly 
be  directed  to  the  new  clause,  193,  in  the  Railway  Act.  under  which  this  application  is 
made.  The  applicants  press  upon  us  this  view?:  That  parliament,  by  the  clause  has 
abolished  the  exclusive  feature  of  the  Bell  contract;  it  is  a  thing  of  the  past  thev  say, 
and  it  can  continue  to  exist  in  any  locality  only  until  the  expiry  of  its  term  or  until 
such  a  time  as  an  application  is  made  by  some  other  telephone  company  to  set  the  ex- 
clusive privilege  aside,  and  when  either  of  these  events  occur  no  damages  can  properly 
be  allowed  by  the  board  by  way  of  compensation  for  the  taking  away  of  such  privilege. 
We  have  been  compelled  in  view  of  this  contention,  to  examine  clause  193  with  much 
care  and  ascertain,  if  we  can,  the  true  meaning  and  intent  of  parliament  in  enacting 
it.  Does  it  mean,  as  is  alleged,  that  parliament  intended  to  strike  at  a  legal  and  bind" 
ing  contract,  under  which  valuable  rights  and  interests  had  been  acquired  and  were 
being  enjoyed,  the  consideration  for  which,  as  the  Bell  Company  say,  was  the  expendi- 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

ture  of  a  considerable  amount  by  their  company,  and  take  away  their  rights  without 
awarding  compensation  in  the  usual  manner?  Such  legislation,  I  am  assured,  would 
be  contrary  to  the  genius  and  spirit  of  British  legislation,  and  in  violation  of  the  most 
elementary  principles  of  right  and  justice.  While  the  po^\er  of  parliament  is  supreme, 
and  in  the  exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent  domain,  it  may,  and  not  infrequently  does, 
authorize  the  compulsory  taking  of  private  property  for  public  purposes,  it  has  never 
been  known  to  do  so  without  making,  what  it  deemed,  due  provision  for  recouping  the 
owner  his  loss  in  respect  of  the  property  taken. 

It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  the  Canadian  Parliament  has  not  done  so  in  this 
instance. 

So  careful  have  the  courts  of  the  land  been  to  safeguard  private  rights  and  pro- 
perty that  the  most  stringent  rules  have  been  laid  down  for  the  interpretation  of  sta- 
tutes which  may  affect  such  interests. 

In  1893,  in  the  London  and  N.W.R.  vs.  Evans,  it  was  determined  that  rights, 
whether  public  or  private,  are  not  to  be  hampered,  interfered  with  or  taken  away  by 
mere  implication. 

'  The  Legislature  must  clearly  and  distinctly  authorize  it.' — 1893,  I  Ch.  16. 

In  1889,  in  re  Cuno :  43  Oh.  D.  17,  Bowan,  L.J.,  said:  'In  the  construction  of  sta- 
tutes you  must  not  construe  words  so  as  to  take  away  rights  which  already  existed  before 
the  statute  was  passed,  unless  you  have  plain  words  indicating  that  such  was  the  inten- 
tion of  the  legislature.' 

In  Wells  vs.  London  and  Tilbury  Railway  Co.,  1877,  5  Ch.  D.,  p.  130,  Lord  Bramwell, 
L. J.,  lays  down  the  rule  : — 

'  The  legislature  never  takes  away  the  slightest  private  rights  without  providing 
compensation  for  it,  and  a  general  recital  in  an  Act  providing  for  the  execution  of 
public  works  that  it  is  expedient  that  the  works  should  be  done,  is  never  supposed  to 
mean  that  in  order  to  carry  them  out  a  man  is  to  be  deprived  of  his  private  rights  with- 
out compensation.' 

In  Morris  vs.  Mellin  (1827),  6  B.  and  C.  446,  Bayley,  J.  :— 

'  In  order  to  avoid  any  written  instrument  by  positive  enactment,  the  words  of  that 
enactment  ought  to  be  so  clear  and  express  as  to  leave  no  doubt  of  the  intention  of  the^ 
legislature.' 

In  the  United  States,  in  which  country  British  legislatures  are  not  inferior  in  their 
solicitude  for  maintaining  the  sacredness  of  personal  and  private  rights,  it  is  part  of 
the  organic  law  which  declares  that  private  property  shall  not  be  taken  for  public  use 
without  just  compensation.  Nor  do  I  believe  that  there  is  any  country  in  the  Wurld, 
which  has  emerged  from  savagery,  where  this  great  principle  is  unrecognized. 

If  it  were  necessary  to  pursue  the  subject  further  in  this  direction,  it  might  be 
remarked  that  the  object  of  the  applicants  being  to  secure  access  to  the  railway  station, 
so  that  subscribers  to  their  company  may  be  able  to  make  inquiries  about  train  arrivals, 
freight  and  kindred  matters,  the  company  could  easily  secure  this  concession  by  locating 
an  office  convenient  to  the  railway  station,  and  its  office  agent  could  easily  and  promptly 
obtain  the  information  desired  and  communicate  with  the  subscribers  seeking  it.  The 
applicant  company  will  need,  it  is  presumed,  to  employ  a  person  to  attend  the  'phone 
in  the  railway  station  if  a  connection  with  the  station  is  made,  or  else  pay  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway  Company  for  employing  some  one  to  do  so,  which  would  mean  precisely 
the  same  thing.  The  expense  would  be  much  the  same ;  therefore  (if  that  is  an  element 
to  be  weighed  in  the  case),  whether  the  company  had  its  office  convenient  to  the  station 
or  used  the  station  agent's  office. 

It  will  seem  to  follow  that  no  serious  question  of  monopoly  can  arise  where  the  sole 
question  is  shall  the  telephone  company's  agent  cross  the  street  and  make  the  inquiries 
of  the  station  officials,  or  be  so  located  inside  the  building  of  the  railway  company  that 
he  may  put  his  question  from  the  inside.  There  is  nothing  to  prevent  as  many  tele- 
phone companies  as  may  be  in  operation  in  any  locality  having  easy,  quick  and  quite 
convenient  access  to  the  railway  station  in  the  same  manner. 


44  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

If  it  be  said  that  the  Bell  Company  has  a  monopoly,  the  question  may  be  fairly 
asked,  '  What  does  its  monopoly  consist  of  V  Certainly  not  of  the  telephone  business. 
There  is  nothing  to  prevent  telephone  companies  from  being  established  in  any  i003^ 
wheere  a  company  having  means  sufficient  for  the  purpose  may  choose  to  locate.  Ihe 
extent  of  the  monopoly,  so  far  as  affects  the  present  application,  is  the  right  to  have  its 
'phone  in  the  railway  station  on  railway  premises. 

The  only  difference  between  the  Bell  Company  and  any  other  company  is  that  the 
railway  company's  agent  may  be  reached  directly  by  subscribers'  'phone,  other  com- 
panies not  having  a  'phone  in  the  station  may  reach  him  indirectly  by  their  agent  most 
conveniently  located.  There  is,  therefore,  no  monopoly  of  the  business  of  telephony; 
there  is  no  monopoly  of  the  information  which  the  railway  officials  have  to  furnish  for 
tthe  general  public;  there  will  be  no  material  difference  in  the  expense  of  maintaining 
the  telephone  company's  agent  outside  the  railway  station  and  maintaining  him,  so 
that,  so  far  as  I  can  discover,  the  general  interests  of  the  public  are  not  prejudicially 
affected. 

Looking  at  the  clause  in  question  in  the  light  of    th  ritios    I    have    above 

quoted,  there  is  only  one  construction  which  can  be  put  upon  its  language,  and  that  is 

that  the  order,  if  made,  must  take  account  of  anj    and  all  lawful  rights  and  interests 

which  will  be  injuriously  affected  by  such  order,  and  award  compensation  to  the  party 

rlics  whose  inter.  iff<  cted  upon 

If  the  clause  had  made  provision  for  the  award  of  compensation  limited  to  the 
construction,  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  new  service,  I  doubt  if  the  board  could 
have  properly  made  an  order  in  this  case  at  all.  The  omission  to  provide  protection  by 
the  statute  for  all  persons  having  existing  rights  which  would  be  injured  or  destroyed 
by  acting  on  the  clause  had  there  been  such  omission  would,  I  incline  to  believe,  have 
warranted  the  inference  that  the  statute  wa  ded  to  apply  only  when  the  parties 

interested  were  confined  to  the  railway  and  the  applicants. 

We  are  relieved,  happily,  from  any  such  difficulty  by  the  plain  language  of  the  Act 
itself,  which  seems  to  contemplate  and  provide  for  two  distinct  kinds  of  compensation, 
in  terms  which  appear  to  me  to  be  free  from  doubt.  '  The  board,'  the  section  Teads, 
'  may  order  the  company  to  provide  for  such  connection  upon  terms  as  to  compensa- 
tion, &c.,'  and  then  immediately  following  it  deals  with  a  class  of  claims  for  compensa- 
tion, namely,  such  as  might  or  would  arise  from  the  construction,  operation  and  main- 
tenance of  the  connection. 

I  read  the  Act  as  imposing  upon  the  board  the  duty  of  granting  an  order  in  the 
case  before  us,  although  I  do  not  say  that  the  word  '  may,'  in  the  eighth  line  of  thp 
section,  must  in  all  cases  be  read  as  if  the  word  '  shall '  had  been  used.  We  believe  the 
board  is  invested  with  a  discretion  to  be  exercised  in  each  case,  with  due  regard  to  the 
object  and  purpose  of  the  Act  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  conditions  and  circumstances 
surrounding  the  application  on  the  other.  Instances  may  not  infrequently  occur  when 
neither  the  public  interests  nor  convenience  would  be  served  by  grantinz  an  order. 

Coming  now  to  the  question  of  compensation:  While  I  do  not  think  the  board 
should  name  a  sum  or  definitely  determine  the  principles  which  will  govern  it  in  arriv- 
ing at  the  amount  of  compensation,  without  giving  all  parties  an  opportunity  of  being 
heard,  it  will  be  convenient  and  desirable,  perhaps,  for  parties  to  be  informed  as  to  the 
way  in  which  the  minds  of  the  commission  are  tending  on  this  phase  of  the  subject. 

Speaking  for  myself,  I  think  we  should  preserve  an  open  mind  until  we  have  again 
heard  the  parties  who  may  desire  to  be  heard,  but  I  incline  to  the  view  that  this  is  not 
an  instance  which  will  call  for  the  imposition  of  onerous  terms.  I  hold  the  opinion 
that  the  Bell  agreement  is  what  is  knowr  to  the  courts  aa  an  entire  and  indivisible 
contract.  The  exclusive  privilege  granted  the  Bell  Company  is  the  essential  considera- 
tion upon  which  the  contract,  on  the  part  of  the  Bell  Company,  is  founded.  I  believe 
there  would  not  have  been  the  same  inducement  to  the  Bell  Company  to  make  the  ex- 
penditures and  render  the  service  it  has  done  if  this  element  in  their  contract  had  been 
wanting.    I  think,  also,  that  a  failure  to  maintain  intact  the  exclusive  feature  of  the 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

agreement,  as  to  a  part  of  the  Bell  Company's  territory,  though  such  failure  may  be 
due  solely  to  the  intervention  of  parliament,  is,  at  least,  a  partial  failure  in  the  per- 
formance of  the  contract,  sufficient  to  entitle  the  Bell  Company  to  have  the  contract 
nullified. 

It  does  not  follow,  however,  that  because  the  contract  is  entire,  and  may  be  nulli- 
fied, that  either  party  will  consider  it  to  its  interests  that  the  existing  arrangement 
should  be  terminated  in  its  entirety,  nor  do  I  regard  it  as  probable,  in  view  of  the  profit- 
able and  satisfactory  character  of  the  service,  that  it  will  be  disturbed  to  an  extent 
beyond  what  may  be  necessary  to  give  effect  to  such  order  as  the  board  may  make.  Any 
actual  pecuniary  loss  which  may  be  shown  will  result  to  either  the  railway  or  Bell  Com- 
pany by  reason  of  our  order  I  think  we  should  be  disposed  to  consider.  Beyond  that 
as  at  present  advised,  I  do  not  think  we  ought  to  do,  as  respects  this  branch  of  the 
Question  of  compensation. 

I  think,  therefore,  our  decision  should  be  to  make  the  order  under  clause  193, 
granting  leave  to  the  Port  Arthur  municipality  to  connect,  operate  and  maintain  its 
telephone  system  within  the  passenger  and  freight  stations  of  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  Company  at  Port  Arthur,  upon  terms  as  to  compensation  for  any  actual 
pecuniary  loss  the  Bell  Company  and  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company  shall 
satisfy  us  they  or  either  of  them  will  sustain  by  or  subsequent  upon  the  interference 
with  the  existing  contractual  rights  of  the  parties,  and  also  such  charges  and  expenses 
as  may  be  occasioned  by  the  construction,  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  connec- 
tion in  the  stations  at  Port  Arthur  of  the  telephones  of  the  municipality;  and  in  the 
meanwhile,  pending  the  fixing  and  adjusting  of  the  amounts,  if  any,  awarded,  the  issue 
of  the  order  by  the  board  should  bes  uspended. 

When  the  Board  next  met,  the  Chief  Commissioner  recalled  to  the  recollection  of 
the  parties  that  during  the  hearing  of  case  No.  6  application  of  Port  Arthur,  he  had 
stated  that  the  case  then  appeared  to  him  to  be  one  which  might  be  proper  to  refer 
by  way  of  special  case,  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  Canada,  and  now  said  that  he  wished 
to  say  for  the  Board  that  if  the  parties  in  this  case,  or  either  of  them,  desired,  the 
Board  would  facilitate  their  obtaining  the  opinion  of  the  Supreme  Court  on  the 
Board's  decision,  and  would  be  pleased  to  refer  the  matter,  in  the  manner  suggested, 
to  the  court,  if  either  of  the  parties  so  wished. 

March  22nd,  1904.  Note. — Neither  of  the  parties  has  requested,  up  to  the  present 
time,  that  any  reference  to  the  court  be  made. 

JUDGMENT  OP  THE  HON.  M.  E.  BERNIER,  DEPUTY  COMMISSIONER. 

I  concur  to  a  certain  extent  with  the  views  expressed  by  the  President  of  the  Board, 
but  I  cai»not  reach  the  same  conclusion.  I  am  free  to  admit  that  under  the  common 
law  the  agreement  between  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company  is  valid,  but  while  its  validity  cannot  be  questioned  by  this  Board,  I  am  not 
ready  to  draw  the  conclusion,  that,  because  of  its  validity,  any  other  corporation, 
either  telegraph  or  telephone,  is  precluded  from  having  access  to  railway,  freight  and 
passenger  stations. 

I  have  no  notes,  because  I  thought  the  Chief  of  the  Board  and  myself  might  agree. 
For  that  reason  I  have  not  made  a  special  study  of  the  question  in  order  to  give 
elaborately  my  interpretation  of  the  law. 

I  do  not  want  to  infringe  upon  the  rights  of  the  Chief  of  the  Board. 

By  section  10  of  the  Act  it  is  enacted  that  not  less  than  two  commissioners  shall 
attend  at  the  hearing  of  every  case,  and  the  Chief  Commissioner,  when  present,  shall 
preside  and  his  opinion  upon  any  question  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  commissioners 
is  a  question  of  law,  shall  prevail. 

But  sub-section  (b)  of  clause  23  at  line  4,  speaking  of  the  powers  of  the  Board, 
says: —  :  And  shall  have  jurisdiction  to  hear  and  determine  all  matters  whether  of 
law  or  of  fact.'    Without  having  any  desire  to  contradict  the  well  prepared  judgment 


46  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SJSTEM8 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1-905 

of  the  Chief  of  the  Commission  I  intend  to  take  advantage  of  that  clause,  if  I  am 
right,  and  express  my  own  views.  . 

I  have  already  said  it  is  the  common  law  and  it  is  the  law  in  the  province^  ot 
Quebec,  that  any  agreement  between  parties,  which  is  not  against  public  interest,  is  a 
binding  and  legal  one.  I  admit,  as  I  have  stated,  that  this  contract  is  binding  between 
the  corporations  which  are  parties  interested  in  it,  but  I  cannot  concur  in  the  con- 
clusion of  the  Chief  of  the  Board,  that  because  it  is  binding  the  public  must  sufhr 
the  consequences. 

I  have  now  to  invoke  clause  193,  which  seems  to  me  to  have  given  to  the  Board 
powers  which  did  not  exist  before. 

I  have  followed  the  argument  of  the  Chief,  but  I  think  if  I  may  be  permitted  to 
say  so,  the  conclusion  he  had  drawn  is  going  too  far,  that  is,  in  saying  that  in  every 
case  compensation  for  the  infringement  of  the  agreement  should  be  determined. 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  intervention  of  tLc  Board  cannot  set  aside  the  agree- 
ment between  the  two  corporations  as  long  as  it  is  not  against  public  interest,  but 
supposing  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  by  reason  of  an  agreement  passed  for  the  sake 
of  mutual  advantage  to  the  companies  concerned,  using  that  privilege,  should  prevent 
or  preclude  a  village  or  town  of  any  telephone  communication  would  it  be  in  accord- 
ance with  clause  193  ? 

In  order  to  express  that  more  clearly;  jusl  suppose  that  in  one  of  those  remote 
villages  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  was  not  willing,  on  account  of  the  expense,  or 
for  some  other  reasons,  to  ploce  a  telephone  in  the  station  of  the  Canadian  Bacinc 
Railway,  and  if  another  local  or  municipal  telephone  company  was  willing  to  build 
a  line,  then  the  Bell  Company  or  the  Canadian  Bncific  "Railway  Company  might  step 
in  and  say,  we  have  an  agreement,  you  cannot  vouch  the  station,  even  although  the 
Bell  Company  is  not  willing  to  install  a  telephonic  system. 

I  am  willing  to  admit   thai   com  m    may    be    given  under  certain  circum- 

stances, and  if  I  read  well  the  language  of  the  Act  it  seems  to  me  very  plain  that  this 
is  left,  in  case  of  non-agreement  between  those  interested,  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the 
Board  of  Commissioners. 

I  will  cite  again,  though  it  has  been  alr<*»  Jy  referred  to,  clause  193 :  '  Whenever 
any  municipality,  corporation  or  incorporated  company  has  authority  to  construct, 
operate  and  maintain  a  telephonic  system  in  any  district,  and  is  desirous  of  obtaining 
a  telephonic  connection  or  communication  with  or  within  any  station  or  premises  of 
the  company,  in  such  districts,  and  cannot  agree  with  the  company  with  respect  thereto, 
such  municipality,  corporation  or  incorporated  company  may  apply  to  the  board  for 
leave  therefor,  and  the  board  may  order  the  company  to  provide  for  such  connection  or 
communication  upon  such  terms  as  to  compensation  as  the  board  deems  just  and  expe- 
dient, and  may  order  and  direct  how,  when  and  where,  by  whom  and  upon  what  terms 
and  conditions  such  telephonic  connection  or  communication  shall  be  constructed, 
operated  and  maintained.' 

No  agreement  was  made  between  the  municipal  telephone  companies  and  the  Cana- 
dian Pacific  Eailway.  It  is  not  my  duty  to  inquire  whose  fault  it  is.  I  take  the  case 
as  it  is  before  us.  The  municipal  corporations  ask  from  the  board  authority  to  reach 
the  stations  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway,  and  I  understood  from  a  question  which 
I  put  the  other  day,  that  the  aim  of  the  corporations  was  to  have  a  telephone  in  the 
passenger  and  freight  stations.  I  am  not  discussing  now  the  objections  which  were 
raised  with  regard  to  access  to  elevators.  That  may  be  another  question,  because,  to 
a  certain  extent,  these  may  be  regarded  as  private  property.  But  I  have' always  con- 
sidered that  railway  stations  (passenger  and  freight)  were  to  a  certain  extent  for  the 
use  of  the  general  public  having  to  deal  with  railways. 

The  chief  has  stated,  o*  suggested  rather,  in  part  of  his  elaborate  remarks,  that  a 
building  might  be  erected  for  the  municipal  telephone  company  near  the  station  of  the 
railway  company.  If  there  was  no  other  remedy,  that  would  be  one  which  might  be 
worse  or  equal  to  the  evil.  The  public  really  want  access  to  the  stations,  not  by  way  of 
transmission  through  somebody  who  may  misunderstand  orders.     When  you  correspond 


APPENDIX  "A"  47 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

with  a  person  you  want  to  know  you  are  dealing  with  a  responsible  party.  If  you  speak 
to  somebody  not  being  responsible,  transmitting  verbally  what  you  intended  to  say,  or 
what  you  wished  to  be  done,  errors  would  often  occur,  yet  nobody  would  be  responsible. 
It  has  frequently  happened  to  me,  also  to  many  others,  that  we  use  the  telephone  from 
our  own  homes  for  the  purpose  of  transmitting  our  messages  by  telephonic  communica- 
tion to  telegraph  offices.  Messages  transmitted  in  that  way  in  my  own  town  are  received 
by  Loth  the  Canadian  Pacific  and  the  Great  North- Western  Telegraph  Companiss. 
Therefore,  I  cannot  concur  in  the  remarks  of  my  learned  colleague  with  regard  to  the 
mode  which  might  be  adopted  by  municipal  telephone  corporations  to  reach  railway 
stations.  I  interpret  the  law,  perhaps,  in  its  wider  sense.  I  think  this  clause  was 
introduced  into  the  Act,  not  only  for  the  benefit  of  railway,  telegraph  or  telephone  cor- 
porations, but  for  the  benefit  of  the  general  public,  and  until  my  judgment  or  interpre- 
tation of  that  clause  is  reversed  by  a  higher  tribunal,  that  is  the  interpretation  that  I 
will  give  to  that  section. 

My  conclusions  are  that  :  I  admit  that  the  contract  is  valid  and  binding  between 
the  corporations  which  took  part  in  it.  It  is  binding  to  a  certain  extent  towards  a  cer- 
tain class  of  the  public,  and  I  will  cite  one  instance.  If,  for  instance,  a  bogus  company 
were  to  be  organized  just  for  the  purpose  of  causing  damage  or  trouble  to  the  company 
by  way  of  introducing  a  short  line  which  might  have  one  or  two  or  three  subscribers, 
I  would  certainly  in  that  case  refuse  to  grant  an  order.  But,  it  seems,  in  the  present 
case  a  whole  village  is  concerned,  having  a  service,  if  I  am  not  mistaken,  of  over  300 
subscribers.     Am  I  correct? 

Hon.  Mr.  Blair. — Oh,  yes. 

Mr.  Cook. — Nearly  400. 

Hon.  Mr.  Bernier. — So  you  see  the  public  interest  in  that  sense. 

I  therefore  concur  in  the  part  of  the  judgment  of  my  learned  colleague  which  says 
that  the  order  should  go  for  permission  to  introduce  the  wires  and  telephones  in  the 
buildings  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway,  that  is  to  say,  the  freight  and  passenger 
stations  in  the  towns  of  Fort  William  and  Port  Arthur.  With  regard  to  the  compen- 
sation, that  will  have  to  be  determined  later  on.  I  am  not  willing  nor  ready  now  to 
carry  the  principle  by  way  of  stating  that  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  or  any  other 
railway  corporation  is  entitled,  ipso  facto,  to  compensation  for  damages,  leaving  that  to 
be  determined  after  hearing  the  case  which  may  be  presented  by  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  or  any  other  railway  company  in  support  of  damages. 

For  these  reasons,  I  will  be  ready  to  hear  and  consider  the  question  of  compensa- 
tion, not  because  of  the  fact  that  there  is  no  agreement,  but  from  the  fact  that  nobody 
should  take  advantage  of  another  party  without  giving  compensation,  if  due. 

JUDGMENT    BY    DR.    JAMES    MILT.?.    M.A..    COMMISSIONER. 

Dr.  Mills. — After  considering  the  evidence  and  arguments  in  this  case,  I  regret 
to  say  that  I  am  unable  to  concur  in  all  the  conclusions  at  which  ijhe  chief  fcommis- 
sioner  has  arrived.  Until  yesterday  morning  I  was  of  the  opinion  that  I  should  simply 
vote  non-concurrence  in  the  argument  and  conclusion  regarding  compensation.  Finally, 
however,  I  decided  that  it  would  perhaps  be  better  for  me  to  present  even  a  hastily  pre- 
pared statement  for  my  reasons  for  taking  the  position  which  I  have  decided  to  take 
rather  than  simply  vote  in  silence. 

The  issue1  in  the  case,  so  far  as  it  has  been  heard,  is  evidently  a  question  of  law. 
Hence  the  opinion  of  my  learned  colleague,  the  chief  commissioner,  must  prevail  and 
be  taken  as  deciding  what  the  order  of  the  court  shall  be.  This  is  manifest  from  sec- 
tion 10  of  the  Railway  Act,  3  Edward  VII.,  c.  58;  and  on  such  a  question  it  may  be 
considered  presumptuous  for  a  layman  to  differ  from  so  eminent  and  distinguished  a 
lawyer  as  the  chief  commissioner. 

Nevertheless,  I  feel  in  duty  bound  to  explain  very  briefly  how  it  is  that  I  'have 
failed  to  reach  the  same  conclusion  as  that  reached  by  the  chief  commissioner. 


48  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

In  the  citations  set  forth  in  the  judgment  of  the  chief  commissioner,  Lord 
Herschel  quotes  with  approval  the  language  of  James  V.C.,  who  said  that  all  restraints 
upon  trade  are  bad  unless  they  are  natural  and  not  unreasonable;  also,  with  approval 
from  a  judgment  of  Fry,  J.,  that  unlimited  prohibition  is  bad  and  consequently  void, 
only  when  it  is  unreasonable ;  and  Lord  Herschell  then  says  that  a  restraint  upon  trade 
is  not  unreasonable  when  it  fulfils  two  conditions :  first,  that  it  affords  only  a  fair  pro- 
tection to  the  party  in  whose  interest  it  is  imposed;  second,  that  is  it  not  so  large  as 
to  interfere  with  the  interests  of  the  public.  Lord  Watson  says  that  a  restraint  which 
is  absolutely  necessary  to  protect  a  transaction  which  the  law  permits  in  the  interests 
of  the  public  ought  to  be  regarded  as  reasonable. 

The  statement  of  Lord  Watson  agrees  with  the  judgment  of  Lord  Herschell;  but 
two  questions  arise  when  we  come  to  apply  it  to  the  telephone  case  now  subjudt 

Firs  I ,  was  the  agreement  between  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  the  Bell  Tele- 
phone Company  made  '  in  the  interests  of  the  public? '  Was  it  not  rather  for  the  con- 
venience of  the  railway  and  the  benefit  of  the  telephone  company, — the  public  being 
incidentally  benefited  to  a  limited  extent,  while,  by  the  terms  of  the  agreement — in 
accordance  with  the  avowed  intention  of  the  contracting  parties — it  was  undoubtedly 
and  materially  restricted  in  its  trade  and  business  operations?  It  seems  that  a  rail- 
way, under  present  conditions,  cannot  be  successfully  operated  without  the  telegraph — 
the  telegraph  and  the  railway  go  together — but  the  telephone  is  quite  different;  it  is 
a  great  con.  co  a  railway;  it  saves  time  and  labour  for  the  company,  but  it 

adds  very  little  to  the  efficiency  of  the  service  as  far  as  the  public  is  concerned.  Hence 
I  maintain  that  the  agreement  in  question  was  made,  not  in  '  the  interests  of  the  pub- 
lic,' but  for  lefit  of  the  contracting  parties,  and  for  the  express  purpose  of 
restraining  and  restricting  the  public  from  engaging  in  the  telephone  business,  how- 
ever much  it  might  benefit  them  in  their  business  transactions. 

Second. — Ave  the  exclusive  privileges  to  the  telephone  company  and  the  conse- 
quent restraint  upon  public  business  '  absolutely  necessary  to  protect '  the  Bell  Tele- 
phone Company  in  doing  business  with  the  Canadian  Pacific  Eailway?  It  will  scarcely 
be  contended  that  Lord  Watson  meant  such  a  protection  as  would  create  a  monopoly, 
unless  it  could  be  clearly  shown  that  the  monopoly  so  created  was  in  the  public  interest 
and  so  intended ;  and  for  the  ordinary  protection  which  a  company  requires  to  enable 
it  to  carry  on  a  successful  business  under  a  system  of  free  cumpetition,  surely  an  ex- 
clusive privilege  such  as  that  given  in  this  agreement  is  not  necessary;  much  less  is 
it  '  absolutely  necessary '  for  the  purpose. 

Hence  I  conclude  that  this  exclusive  privilege,  with  its  consequent  restraints  upon 
the  public  in  their  business  transactions  is  not  '  reasonable '  in  the  sense  intended  by 
Lord  Herschell  or  Lord  Watson. 

In  the  judgment  of  Chief  Justice  Ritchie,  re  the  telegraph  case  quoted,  that  the 
gist  of  the  argument  appears  to  be  that  the  restraint  placed  upon  trade  by  the  argu- 
ment referred  to  in  that  case  did  not  create  a  monopoly  and  so  was  not  against  public 
policy,  because,  notwithstanding  the  exclusive  privilege  given  to  the  telegraph  com- 
pany, effective  and  successful  competition  was  still  possible,  that  a  competing  telegraph 
line  could  be  successfully  run  on  either  side  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  railroad,  or 
lines  on  _  both  sides,  which  line  or  lines  would  practically  serve  the  same  purpose  and 
accomplish  the  same  objects  as  if  they  were  on  the  right  of  way,  but  such  successful 
competition,  I  submit,  is  not  possible  in  the  means  of  gaining  access  to  the  stations 
of  a  railway  for  telephone  service;  and  hence  I  conclude  that  this  telephone  case  is 
not  covered  by  the  judgment  of  Chief  Justice  Ritchie. 

Further,  it  is  shown  that  the  Dominion  government  has  made  contracts  with  tele- 
graph companies,  giving  privileges  similar  to  that  in  the  case  covered  by  the  judgment 
of  Chief  Justice  Ritchie;  but  for  the  reason  stated  above,  these  cases  do  not  assist  us  in 
reaching  a  conclusion  in  the  telephone  case.  They  are  different;  thev  do  not  apply 
and  they  cannot  be  taken  aa  establishing  the  '  reasonableness  '  of  the  exclusive  privilege 
given  in  the  telephone  agreement. 


APrENDIX  "  A  "  49 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

In  all  these  cases,  however,  one  thing  is  clear,  viz. :  that  the  fundamental  and  guid- 
ing principle  is  the  public  interest,  and  that  no  restraint  upon  trade  or  restriction  upon 
legitimate  business  in  any  part  of  the  country  should  be  regarded  as  reasonable  and  in 
harmony  with  public  policy,  unless  it  can  be  clearly  shown  that  it  does  not  interfere  or 
tend  to  interfere  with  rights  and  interests  of  the  public  in  that  locality. 

It  may  be  said  that  an  exclusive  privilege,  such  as  that  in  the  telephone  agreement, 
does  not  interfere  with  the  public  interest,  because  the  public  will  be  better  served  by  a 
strong,  well-equipped  organization  such  as  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  than  it  would 
be  served  if  free  competition  were  allowed.  That  may  ov  may  not  be  so.  One  thing 
we  know,  viz.,  that  this  is  the  argument  of  all  monopolists.  We  also  know  that,  gene- 
rally speaking,  the  people  are  the  best  judges  of  their  own  interests;  and,  on  a  well- 
established  principle  of  government  in  free  countries,  they  should  be  allowed  to  decide 
such  questions  for  themselves — whether  to  depend  wholly  on  an  organization  such  as 
the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  or  to  establish  a  municipal  system  of  telephones  for  their 
own  use. 

It  is  also  said  that  when  this  agreement  was  entered  into  there  was  nothing  in  the 
law  to  prevent  it,  and  therefore  it  should  be  regarded  as  a  natural  and  reasonable  agree- 
ment under  the  common  law  of  the  country.  If  there  was  nothing  in  the  law  to  prevent 
it  then,  there  is  nothing  in  the  law  to  prevent  it  now ;  so  a\  the  expiration  of  this  agree- 
ment, a  new  agreement  may  be  entered  into  and  the  prohibition  against  municipal  and 
other  competing  telephone  systems  made  perpetual,  unless  under  terms  of  compensation, 
which,  in  large  towns  and  cities,  will  be  virtually  prohibitive ;  and  who  will  venture  to 
say  that  such  a  condition  of  things  will  be  in  the  public  interest  ? 

So,  taking  the  law  as  set  forth  in  the  judgment  of  the  Chief  Commissioner,  and 
considering  all  the  facts  of  the  case,  I  am  forced  to  the  conclusion  that  the  exclusive 
privilege  in  the  agreement  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  and  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  Company  aims  at  creating  a  monopoly,  is  intended  to  prevent  competition  in 
the  telephone  business,  interferes  with  the  public  interest,  is  against  public  policy,  and 
as  a  consequence  debars  the  contracting  parties  in  the  agreement  from  all  claims  for 
compensation  against  the  municipality  of  Port  Arthur,  or  any  other  municipality  which, 
with  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Board  of  Railway  Commissioners,  may  install 
telephones  at  its  own  expense  in  the  stations  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company, 
upon  payment  of  reasonable  compensation  for  use  of  the  premises  occupied  and  the 
expenses  of  operating  their  telephones  in  the  said  stations. 


No.  31. 

Grand  Valley,  April  14,  1905. 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Sir, — In  your  reports  I  do  not  see  any  system  arranged  and  worked  as  ours  is,  so 
that  a  few  words  regarding  the  operation  and  management  may  be  of  interest. 

A  line  thirteen  miles  long  runs  through  the  township  of  East  Luther  and  ends 
in  Grand  Valley,  a  village  of  900,  the  market  place  for  said  township. 

A  co-operative  association  was  formed  having  shares  of  $10  each,  and  this  stock 
was  subscribed  by  people  in  the  village  and  the  township  to  the  amount  of  about  $1,400, 
each  subscriber  taking  from  one  to  four  shares.  Having  more  money  subscribed  than 
was  necessary,  we  only  called  for  60  per  cent. 

A  telephone  was  put  in  a  convenient  rural  residence  about  every  two  miles,  and 
any  one  wishing  to  use  the  line  goes  in  and  pays  15  cents  for  a  talk.  The  time  is  not 
limited  for  the  conversation.  Messenger  service  is  charged  according  to  distance, 
usually  5  cents  and  10  cents;  or  if  a  farmer  two  or  three  miles  away  is  wanted  it  may 
be  25  or  50  cents.    That  is  mutually  arranged  before  the  messenger  goes. 

1— d— 4 


50  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

The  farmers  were  anxious  to  have  the  'phone,  so  that  we  do  not  pay  for  the  opera- 
tion of  it. 

Reports  from  each  office  are  sent  in  at  the  end  of  each  month.  We  have  blank 
form  reports,  one  of  which  I  will  inclose. 

A  dividend  is  declared  at  the  end  of  each  year  according  to  the  business  of  the 
year,  and  each  year  it  has  been  20  per  cent  of  paid-up  capital. 

Our  cost  of  running  the  line  is  thus  almost  nothing,  as  there  has  only  been  one 
break  during  the  last  year. 

We  have  no  one  who  has  had  any  experience  with  telephones  yet.  In  the  three 
years  there  has  been  no  complication  that  has  not  been  remedied  by  an  ordinary  me- 
chanic. 

We  are  using  No.  17  series  'phone,  manufactured  by  the  Chicago  Telephone  Supply 
Co.  of  Elkhart,  Indiana,  i.nd  they  have  given  us  good  satisfaction. 

We  are  connected  with  another  company  who  has  a  line  on  the  same  plan  14  miles ; 
also  two  others  having  5  and  15  miles  respectively. 

The  Amoranth  Telephone  Company  with  5  miles  of  line  are  building  an  addi- 
tional 17  miles  now,  and  connection  is  made  here  by  means  of  a  3-line  switch-board,  to 
Grand  Valley,  the  head  office. 

Lines  of  short  distance  will  be  built  across  the  township,  but  in  series  only  a  lim- 
ited number  can  be  put  on,  as  it  complicates  the  selective  rings.  In  rural  districts 
switch-boards  work  all  right  to  lessen  the  phones  in  series,  but  of  course  if  the  farmer's 
wife  is  not  at  home  that  cuts  off  a  certain  district  from  the  market  town. 

The  farmers  would  not  be  without  the  line  now  at  any  cost. 

Any  other  information  regarding  the  working  of  our  line  will  be  cheerfully  given. 
Encourage  building  of  rural  lines,  then  the  government  might  give  us  connection  with 
the  large  commercial  centres. 

Yours  truly, 

G.  I.  CAMPBELL, 
President,  East  Luther  Telephone  Co. 

» 
No.  32   (abridged). 

The  Yorktgn  North-west  Electric  Co.,  Limited, 

Yorkton,  Assa.,  April  17,  1905. 
To  the  Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa. 

Sir, — The  following  is  in  answer  to  yours  of  March  28  (although  it  bears  the  im- 
pression of  having  been  posted  from  the  House  of  Commons  on  April  10). 

I  first  began  installations  of  farmers'  telephones  about  five  years  ago.  It  was  at 
first  very  difficult  to  convince  the  farmer  that  the  telephone  was  just  as  essential  to  his 
success  as  the  latest  agricultural  implements,  good  roads,  or  any  other  improvements. 
To  many  of  those  who  have  not  yet  telephone  connection  it  is  still  sometimes  hard  to 
bring  conviction,  but  my  experience  is  that  once  it  is  installed  it  is  there  to  stay,  in  fact 
many  subscribers  have  informed  me  that  they  would  not  be  without  it  if  it  cost  many 
times  as  much  as  it  does  now.  The  great  drawback,  however,  is  lack  of  capital.  The 
average  farmer  is  still  struggling  to  get  into  an  independent  position,  and  is  really  not 
in  a  position  to  take  enough  shares  in  the  company  to  run  the  line  into  his  farm.  We 
have  now  about  130  miles  of  farmers'  lines.  There  is  no  doubt  we  were  a  little  prema- 
ture in  running  out  these  lines  so  far  ,  but  as  soon  as  capital  is  subscribed  its  ultimate 
success  is  assured.  Not  a  day  passes  but  one  or  more  farmers  come  trying  to  prevail 
upon  us  to  give  them  connection,  but  unless  they  are  very  near  our  existing  lines  we  are 
not  yet  in  a  position  to  comply  with  their  request.  At  present  we  have  two  lines  each 
over  60  miles  long  and  are  easily  and  satisfactorily  working  30  'phones  on  each  line, 
but  to  enable  us  to  do  this  we  install  nothing  but  the  best  bridging  'phones. 

You  will  readily  understand  that  as  our  local  system  has  been  working  over  six 
years,  that  in  those  comparatively  early  days  independent  manufacturers  were  few  and 


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those  few  in  a  small  way  of  doing  business;  there  were  then  no  standard  instruments 
and  even  those  were  of  a  very  crude  nature  to  what  they  are  now,  and  then  again  tha 
independent  manufacturers  have  gone  on  improving  these  every  day  since.  Our  system 
started  with  24  subscribers,  among  whom  Dr.  Cash,  M.P.,  was  one,  and  just  as  the  de- 
mand increased  provision  was  made  for  new  subscribers;  again  just  as  the  different 
parts  of  'phones  were  improved  these  replaced  our  obsolete  parts.  This,  by  the  way,  is  to 
show  how  hard  it  would  be  to  answer  some  of  your  questions,  and  if  answered,  how 
unfair  it  would  be  to  compare  the  cost  of  this  installation  with  a  new  one.  Again,  I  am 
myself  a  practical  man  and  all  the  separate  parts  of  our  whole  plant  have  been  pur- 
chased from  so  many  different  manufacturers  and  assembled  here  by  my  own  hands. 

I  am  enclosing  specification  and  drawings  (which  are  practically  the  same  as  the 
Canadian  patent  granted  me)  of  the  local  system  that  we  have  installed  here.  As  to 
its  working  and  the  general  satisfaction  that  it  gives,  I  would  advise  you  to  call  in  Dr. 
Cash.  Any  further  information  that  you  might  wish  for  I  will  only  be  too  pleased  to 
give  on  request. 

Yours  truly, 

THOS.  PAUL. 


No.  33. 

Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Co., 

Eochester,  N.Y.,  April  21,  1905. 
The  Hon.  W.  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  Select  Telephone  Committee, 

Ottawa,  Ont. 

My  Dear  Sir, — We  have  the  honour  of  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  your  com- 
munication under  date  of  April  6,  addressed  to  our  Chicago  office,  which  has  been  for- 
warded to  this  office  for  attention. 

We  have  before  us  a  number  of  the  various  press  comments  on  the  telephone  situa- 
tion in  your  country,  and  are  very  pleased,  indeed,  to  lend  you  any  assistance  possible 
in  acquiring  an  accurate  knowledge  of  the  telephone  situation  as  it  exists  in  the  States. 

There  is,  probably,  no  industry  in  the  United  States  which  has  made  such  rapid 
development  as  the  independent  telephone  industry,  there  having  been  less  than  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars  invested  in  this  industry  in  1895.  and  variously  estimated 
from  two  hundred  and  fifty  to  three  hundred  and  fifty  million  dollars  at  this  time.  It  is 
quite  difficult  to  compile  reliable  statistics  touching  upon  this  subject,  by  reason  of  this 
rapid  and  enormous  growth. 

Until  recent  years  the  independent  movement  developed  along,  what  you  might 
say,  individual  lines,  each  company  organizing,  building  and  operating  without  refer- 
ence to  its  neighbour;  but  in  recent  years  the  necessity  of  closer  relations  has  led  to 
the  organization  of  a  number  of  long-distance,  toll-line  companies,  connecting  the 
various  local  companies,  so  that  in  certain  parts  of  this  country  to-day  the  independ- 
ents are  able  to  give  a  long-distance  service  for  a  distance  considerably  exceeding  one 
thousand  miles ;  as,  for  instance,  it  is  possible  to  carry  on  a  conversation  from  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  to  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  a  distance  of  something  over  one  thousand  miles,  over 
independent  lines,  all  of  which  has  been  accomplished  in  less  than  ten  years. 

We  assume  that  it  would  be  interesting  to  your  Committee  to  know  that  in  this 
country  there  are  practically  two  telephone  systems  operating  in  a  majority  of  the 
towns  and  cities.  The  only  large  cities  which  are  not  now  connected  with  independent 
service  in  the  United  States  are  New  York.  Boston.  Washington,  New  Orleans,  De- 
troit, Milwaukee,  Denver,  San  Francisco  and  Portland,  Ore.  In  many  of  the  cities 
mentioned,  franchises  have  been  granted  by  the  municipalities;  companies  have  been 
organized,  and  many  of  these  will  have  exchanges  completed  and  in  operation  within 
the  next  three  or  four  years.  The  two  systems  mentioned  are  composed  of,  generally, 
the    Independent    and    the    Bell;  the    independent    companies    usually  being  made 

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52  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

up  of  local  capital  organized  as  a  regular  corporation,  and  may  include  but  a 
single  city  or  town,  or  even  a  number  of  counties;  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  is 
always  a  branch  of  the  American  Bell  Telephone  Company,  with  headquarters  at  Bos- 
ton, and  in  every  case  the  sub- licensee  company  are  absolutely  controlled  by  the  parent 
or  American  Bell  Telephone  Company,  they  owning,  at  least,  51  per  cent  of  the  capital 
stock  of  all.  These  sub-companies  usually  cover  an  entire  State,  and  in  some  cases 
three  or  four  States ;  but  in  every  case  they  are  compelled  by  the  parent  company  to 
pay  a  rental  of  from  two  dollars  and  a  half  to  three  dollars  per  year  for  each  trans- 
mitter and  receiver  in  rervice.  Their  methods  are  usually  the  methods  of  all  monopo- 
lies, and  their  competition  easily  met  by  the  local  or  independent  companies. 

The  American  Bell  Telephone  Company  are  the  owners  of  the  entire  long-distance 
telephone  system  of  the  United  States,  and  which  operates  in  conjunction  with  all  of 
the  Bell  sub-licensees  and  makes  contracts  with  only  such  companies. 

The  independents,  as  stated  before,  are  usually  organized  by  local  people  and  the 
capital  composed  of  local  capital;  and  in  certain  areas  certain  independent  toll-line 
companies  have  been  organized,  who  make  exclusive  toll-line  connecting  contracts  only 
with  independent  operating  companies.  The  consideration  and  rules  covering  these 
connections  vary  largely,  but  the  most  favoured  plan  is  a  certain  percentage  allowed 
by  the  long-distance  company  to  the  local  company  on  all  tariff  tolls  originating  with 
that  exchange,  the'  said  exchange  handling  all  incoming  business  without  cost  to  the 
long-distance  company.  This  percentage  or  commission  ranges  from  20  to  50  per  cent 
of  the  gross  tolls  originating  from  each  station. 

The  independent  long-distance  companies  in  this  country  have  succeeded  in  form- 
ing what  is  known  in  the  Central  States  as  the  '  Toll-Line  Conference  Committee.' 
This  committee  is  composed  of  a  number  of  long-distance  companies,  covering  practi- 
cally all  of  Pennsylvania,  Western  New  York,  Ohio,  Kentucky,  Michigan,  Indiana, 
Illinois  and  Missouri.  They  have  succeeded  in  standardizing  methods  of  construc- 
tion and  apparatus  used  until  the  service  is  superior  to  that  rendered  by  competitors. 

Until  recent  years  the  rural  communities  received  no  consideration  whatever  at 
the  hands  of  the  monopoly,  or  the  Bell  Telephone  Company;  but  when  the  independ- 
ents came  into  the  field,  some  of  the  newly-organized  independent  companies  were  wise 
enough  to  consider  their  demands  and  extended  lines  into  the  country,  furnishing  ser- 
vice to  these  districts  at  reasonable  rates;  the  lines  usually  extending  not  to  exceed 
eight  miles  from  the  nearest  exchange,  and  were  iisually  metallic  lines  with  not  less 
than  ten  or  more  than  fifteen  upon  a  line,  employing  what  is  known  as  a  '  bridging 
telephone.'  The  operation  of  this  line  was  by  means  of  a  series  of  code  signals,  being 
one,  two,  three,  and  so  on,  rings,  which,  of  course,  limited  the  number  of  instruments 
which  could  be  used  on  the  line  practically,  by  reason  of  the  multiplicity  of  signals 
after  a  certain  number  had  been  installed.  There  are  some  objections  raised,  occasion- 
ally, to  this  system,  viz. :  that  there  is  no  secrecy  in  the  conversation  held ;  but  it  is 
found  that  farming  communities,  as  a  general  rule,  do  not  object  to  this  feature  of 
the  farm  line,  and  it  has.  therefore,  been  generally  adopted  in  this  country  and  is  to- 
day considered  standard  rural  telephone  practice.  As  stated  before,  in  many  cases 
the  local  companies  build  these  lines  and  furnish  the  telephones,  charging  the  farmer 
for  such  service  from  $12  to  $24  per  year,  according  to  the  locality  and  the  length  of 
the  line  from  the  central  office.  In  other  communities;  the  farmer  builds  the  line  up  to 
the  city  limits,  furnishes  his  own  telephone  and  maintains  the  line  and  telephone,  pay- 
ing tho  local  company  for  switching  and  exchange  service  a  fee  of  from  $3  to  $8  per 
annum,  according  to  .the  number  of  telephones  upon  the  line.  In  other  cases,  the  entire 
community  are  connected  with  a  mutual  system.  This  includes  not  only  the  farm 
lines,  but  the  central  office  and  local  exchange  as  well.  These  exchanges  are  usually 
built  and  operated  upon  the  co-operative  or  mutual  plan,  that  is,  each  subscriber  to 
the  exchange  is  a  shareholder  in  the  company,  paying  for  such  share  a  certain  amount 
of  money,  ranging  from  $30  to  $60,  according  to  the  locality  and  the  character  of  the 
exchange  which  the  company  build.  These  companies  are  not  as  popular  as  they  were 
some  years  ago,  as  it  has  been  found  that  the  telephone  business  has  developed  so 


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53 


APPENDIX  No.   1 

vapidly,  and  that  there  are  so  many  people  who  demand  telephone  service,  yet  are  not 
desirous  of  being  stockholders  in  the  company,  that  this  plan  frequently  operated 
against  the  normal  development  of  the  enterprise. 

In  the  early  stages  of  the  independent  telephone  development,  a  number  of  mistakes 
were  made  by  introducing  inferior  apparatus  and  cheap  construction.  These  errors 
have,  no  doubt,  proven  very  beneficial  to  the  independent  companies,  for  the  reason  that 
to-day  the  character  of  the  construction  is  superior  to  that  of  the  opposition,  and  it  is 
universally  conceded  by  the  general  public  that  the  independent  telephone  service 
throughout  the  country  generally  is  far  superior  to  that  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company. 

A  remarkable  development  has  taken  place  in  the  rural  telephone  service  in  the 
States  in  the  last  three  years,  until  to-day  it  is  almost  a  necessity  for  a  successful  farmer 
to  have  a  telephone  in  his  residence.  Considerable  literature  has  been  published  from 
time  to  time  touching  upon  this  subject.  Our  company,  as  a  manufacturing  company, 
have  done  considerable  along  these  lines.  Inasmuch  as  this  is  one  of  the  branches  of 
this  industry  to  which  your  committee  are  giving  especial  attention,  we  have  the 
pleasure  of  inclosing  you,  under  separate  cover,  several  circulars  which  we  regularly 
;.<nd  to  the  farmers  upon  request,  free  of  post. 

We  note  with  very  great  interest  your  request  that  we  supply  you  with  a  list  of 
companies,  co-operative  associations  or  private  individuals  who  have  installed  our  sys- 
tems. We  are  a  little  bit  inclined  to  believe  that  you  do  not  quite  appreciate  the  extent 
to  which  this  business  has  developed  in  this  country  or  the  quantity  of  goods  which  we 
have  sold  in  our  history,  when  making  this  request.  However,  we  will  be  glad  to  enu- 
merate herewith  a  few  of  the  large  companies  to  whom  we  have  furnished  apparatus, 
and  if  in  your  judgment  it  would  be  of  service  to  the  furtherance  of  your  ends  to  have 
a  complete  list  of  all  of  the  companies  in  the  United  States  to  whom  we  have  furnished 
apparatus,  and  you  will  advise  us,  we  will  certainly  be  very  glad  indeed  to  furnish  same. 
It  would  probably  take  us  a  week  or  ten  days  to  compile  this  data  and  have  it  ready. 

The  following  exchanges  are  all  what  is  known  as  '  full  central  energy '  systems, 
employing  either  lamp  or  visual  signal,  multiple  or  transfer  switchboards.  There  is  no 
effort  made  however,  to  enumerate  these  according  to  size  or  locality.  (Here  follow 
the  names  of  8C  towns  in  which  exchanges  have  been  installed. 


Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul, 

Minn. 
Duluth,  Minn. 
Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Boise,  Idaho. 
Seattle,  Wash. 
Fremont,  Neb. 
Camden,  Ark. 
Birmingham,  Ala. 
New  Decatur,  Ala. 
Ft.  Smith,  Ark. 
Waco,  Tex. 
San  Antonio,  Tex. 
Paris,  Tex. 
Beaumont,  Tex. 
Whitney,  Tex. 
West,  Tex. 
Orange,  Tex. 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Ogden,  Utah. 
Memphis,  Tenn. 
Chicago,  Ills. 
Kankarkee,  Ills. 
Lincoln,  Ills. 
Pittsfleld,  Ills. 
Princeton,  Ills. 
Rochelle,  Ills. 
Rutland,  Ills. 


Streator,  Ills. 
Sycamore,  Ills. 
Red  Key,  Ind. 
Winchester,  Ind. 
Anamosa,  Iowa. 
Atlantic,  Iowa. 
Clinton,  Iowa. 
Dennison,  Iowa. 
La  Porte  City,  Iowa. 
Marengo,  Iowa. 
Oskaloosa,  Iowa. 
Ottumwa,  Iowa. 
Red  Oak,  Iowa. 
Shenandoah,  Iowa. 
Great  Bend,  Kan. 
Marion,  Kan. 
Olatha,  Kan. 
Bowling  Green,  Ky. 
Henderson,  Ky. 
Lexington,  Ky. 
Louisville,  Ky. 
Albany,  Ind. 
Owensboro,  Ky. 
Alpena,  Mich. 
Benton  Harbor,  Mich. 
Mankato,  Minn. 
New  Prague,  Minn. 
Hannibal,  Mo. 
Liberty,  Mo. 


Moberly,  Mo. 
Geneva,  Neb. 
Youngstown,  Ohio. 
Aurora,  Ills. 
Springfield,  Ills. 
Elgin,  Ills. 
Peoria,  Ills. 
Bedford,  Ind. 
Kokomo,  Ind. 
Delphi,  Ind. 
Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 
Frankfort,  Ind. 
Creensburg,  Ind. 
Le  Grange,  Ind. 
Noblesville,  Ind. 
North  Vernon,  Ind. 
Toledo,  Ohio. 
Warren,  Ohio. 
Wauseon,  Ohio. 
New  Philadelphia,  Ohio. 
Delaware,  Ohio. 
Greenville,  Ohio. 
Akron,  Ohio. 
Bridgeport,  Ohio. 
Cadiz,  Ohio. 
Circleville,  Ohio. 
Jamestown,  N.Y. 
Rochester,  N.Y. 
Utica,  N.Y. 


54  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

The  rates  prevailing  in  the  independent  exchanges  vary  according  to  the  size  of  the 
city.  These  rates  average  from  $90  per  annum  for  a  single  business  and  $72  for  a 
single  residence,  down  to  as  low  as  $24  for  a  residence  and  $36  for  business  in  cities  of 
200,000  and  over.  In  cities  of  from  50,000  to  200,000  the  rates  range  from  $20  and  $36 
to  $42  for  residence  and  $60  for  business.  In  exchanges  in  cities  having  a  population 
of  under  25,000  the  rates  vary  from  $24  and  $40  for  residence  and  business  rates  down 
to  as  low*  as  $12  and  $18  for  residence  and  business  per  annum  respectively. 

The  independent  development,  in  many  cases,  has  reached  a  telephone  to  every  ten 
of  the  population,  and  in  one  or  two  cases  it  has  reached  even  a  greater  development 
tLan  this.  The  average,  perhaps,  would  run  in  the  neighbourhood  of  one  telephone 
to  every  twelve  or  fifteen  persons. 

The  cost  to  build  such  exchanges  will  vary  from  $60  per  station  for  a  500-line 
exchange  up  to  $200  per  station  for  a  12,000-line  exchange.  This  estimate,  of  course, 
is  based  upon  the  switchboard,  power  plant  and  all  central  office  equipment,  the  under- 
ground conduit,  underground  and  aerial  cable,  toll  lines,  telephone  instruments,  &c. — 
or,  in  other  words,  a  complete  telephone  exchange  equipment. 

It  should  also  be  borne  in  mind,  in  estimating  the  cost  of  construction  of  a  tele- 
phone exchange  and'  the  cost  of  operation,  that  the  larger  the  exchange  the  greater  the 
cost  per  station  to  construct,  and  the  greater  the  expense  per  subscriber  to  operate, 
rs  the  number  of  calls  per  day  depends  largely  upon  the  number  of  subscribers  in  the 
system. 

We  sincerely  trust  that  we  have  been  able  to  give  you  such  information  as  will  be 
of  service  to  your  honourable  body,  and  assure  you  that  we  will  be  pleased  to  serve  you 
at  any  time  you  will  call  upon  us. 

Yours  very  truly, 
STROMBERG-CARLSON  TEL.  MFG.  CO., 

Per  J.  W.  Stiger. 

No.  33a. 

April  25,  1905. 
Sm, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  favour  of  the  21st  in- 
stant, and  on  behalf  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems,  beg  to  tender 
ycu  sincere  thanks  for  your  courtesy  and  kindness  in  furnishing  the  valuable  informa- 
tion contained  therein. 

I  am,  Sir, 

Tours  faithfully, 

WM.  MULOCK, 

Postmaster  General,  and  Chairman  of  Committee. 
J.  W.  Stiger,  Esq., 

The  Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Co., 
Rochester,  N.Y. 

No.  34. 

THE    UNION    OF    CANADIAN    MUNICIPALITIES. 

Hon.  Sm  Willum  Mulock,  KG,  K.C.M.G.,  ^^^  ^  "'  1905- 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 

Dear  Sm  — By  this  mail  I  send  you  all  replies  received  to  date  from  municipali- 
ties m  reply  to  the  circular  regarding  telephones  issued  in  .he  March  number  of  the 
Canadian  Municipal  Journal. 


APPENDIX  "A"  55 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

It  appears  to  be  a  general  impression  that  it  was  not  necessary  to  answer  these 
questions  in  all  cases,  in  view  of  the  petitions  already  signed  by  municipalities  which 
were  issued  by  the  city  of  Toronto ;  and  also  in  view  of  the  resolutions  which  have  been 
unanimously  passed  by  the  various  conventions  of  the  union  after  discussion,  as 
shown  in  its  annual  reports,  copies  of  which  have  heretofore  been  sent  you.  If  any- 
thing more  were  necessary,  I  am  able  to  say  that  the  general  sentiment  of  municipal 
men  through  the  country,  particularly  of  those  who  have  paid  attention  to  the  ques- 
tion, is  unanimously  against  the  telephone  powers  which  infringe  on  local  control  of 
streets  and  franchises  as  being  bases  upon  a  very  bad  principle,  and  is  also  nearly  un- 
animous in  favour  of  government  ownership  of  long-distance  telephone  lines,  and  local 
control  of  local  telephone  franchises  in  municipalities  of  any  size.  Of  course  control 
does  not  necessarily  imply  municipal  ownership,  a  subject  on  which  there  is  more  differ- 
ence of  opinion. 

There  is  a  very  widespread  conviction,  based  upon  which  appears  to  me  to  be  solid 
yiound  of  fact,  that  the  Bell  Company's  rates  are  far  higher  than  tney  ought  to  be. 
if  my  own  inquiries  into  the  matter  are  of  any  use,  and  I  may  say  I  have  followed  it 
without  any  prejudice,  weighing  many  statements,  and  much  published  matter  on  both 
sides,  I  consider  that  the  progress  of  the  use  of  the  telephone  as  a  home  comfort  among 
the  mass  of  our  people  is  immensely  retarded  by  the  present  virtually  monopoly,  al- 
though the  business  service  in  the  largest  circles  appear  to  be  comparatively  courteous 
fnd  prompt,  especially  under  the  pressure  of  recent  criticism.  But  in  our  climate  and 
with  the  isolating  conditions  of  our  winters,  and  of  our  thinly  settled  country,  every 
possible  effort  ought  to  be  made  by  parliament  to  spread  facilities  for  cheap  and  easy 
telephone  communication.  It  appears  to  me  that  the  matter  is  one  not  only  of  great 
advantage,  but  of  justice  to  our  more  struggling  citizens.  And  few  things  would  be 
better  for  the  advancement  of  the  country  than  if  it  could  be  said  of  Canada,  as  it  is 
everywhere  said  of  Sweden,  and  can  also  be  said  of  parts  of  the  Western  States,  that 
the  isolation  of  the  farm  is  abolished,  and  good  telephones  placed  within  reach  of  the 
means  of  every  class  of  household. 

As  to  the  effect  on  the  Bell  Company,  I  do  not  think  they  would  need  really  suffer 
any  loss,  inasmuch  as  they  could  do  a  splendid  business  by  securing  in  fair  competition 
long-term  franchises  from  the  principal  cities  and  towns,  a  system  I  frequently  advised 
them  in  the  most  friendly  manner  to  voluntary  adjust  themselves. 

Trusting  that  the  present  remarks  will  not  be  found  out  of  place  connected  with 
a  subject  of  so  wide  and  deep  importance  to  our  people. 

I  am,  dear  Sir, 

Yours  very  respectfully, 

W.  D.  LIGHTHALL, 

Hon.  Sec.  Treas,  U.C.M. 


No.  35. 

CANADIAN   MANUFACTUKEKS'  ASSOCIATION. 

Toronto,  April  27,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — At  the  meeting  of  the  executive  council  of  this  association  held  on  the 
20th  inst.,  I  was  directed  to  communicate  with  you,  and  to  state  that  while  this  asso- 
ciation has  not  yet  given  expression  to  its  views  upon  he  subject  of  government  control 
of  Canadian  telegraph  and  telephone  systems,  that  this  subject  was  one  of  great  im- 
portance, and  that  the  association  appreciated  the  action  of  the  Dominion  government 


56  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

in  investigating  the  whole  question  thoroughly,  with  a  view  to  improving  the  condi- 
tions. 

Submitting  their  view  upon  this  matter  for  your  consideration,  I  have  the  honour 
to  be, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

R.  J.  YOUNG, 

Secretary. 

P.S.— A  copy  of  this  letter  is  also  being  sent  to  the  Right  Honourable  Sir  Wilfrid 
Laurier. 


No.  36. 

Philadelphia,  April  28,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General. 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir. — Replying  to  yours  of  the  28th  ultimo,  I  beg  to  state  that  in  general, 
there  are  three  or  four  good  systems  of  telephones  and  switchboards  built  in  this  coun- 
try, to  wit  : 

Kellogg  Switchboard  and  Supply  Co.,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

American  Electric  Telephone  Co.,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Co.,  Rochester,  N.Y. 

These  are  three  of  the  most  prominent  ones. 

In  regard  to  the  service:  it  is  generally  conceded  that  the  independent  companies 
give  the  best  local  service  and  have  rr.ore  telephones  in  the  United  States  than  the  Bell 
companies  have.  The  Bell  companies  being  all  under  one  management,  probably  give 
better  long-distance  service,  especially  between  far  distant  points.  We  have  no  muni- 
cipal or  government  plants  here. 

We  know  very  little  of  the  rural  telephone  business,  except  that  it  is  not  generally 
profitable  to  the  operating  company;  the  best  earnings  are  made  in  the  larger  centres 
of  population. 

In  regard  to  the  questions  on  the  back  of  your  communication :  I  shall  endeavour 
to  answer  them  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  taking  them  consecutively. 

Yours  truly, 

C.  E.  WILSON. 


No.  37. 

The  Board  of  Trade  op  the  City  of  Guelph, 

Secretary's  Office,  Guelph,  Canada,  April  26,  1905. 

The  Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 
Ottav,p,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir. — I  have  the  honour  to  enclose  you  a  certified  copy  of  a  resolution  relating 
to  the  Bell  Telephone  Co.,  passed  by  the  Guelph  Board  of  Trade  at  its  last  meeting  and 
directed  to  be  forwarded  to  you. 

And  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 
Yours  very  truly, 

JAMES  WATT, 

Secretary  Q.  B.  of  T. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  57 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Guelph  Board  of  Trade. 
Moved  by  J.  W.  Lyon, 

Seconded  by  E.  Simpson. 

That  Whereas  the  contract  existing  between  the  city  and  the  Bell  Telephone  Com- 
pany expires  on  July  1,  1905,  and  it  is  not  expedient  that  the  City  of  Guelph  should 
renew  the  existing  contract  or  make  any  other  contract  with  the  Bell  Company  for  the 
following  reasons : — 

First. — The  House  of  Commons,  by  a  Committee,  are  enquiring  into  all  facts  rela- 
tive to  telephone  ownership,  operation  and  services ;  it  is  therefore  inexpedient  that  the 
City  of  Guelph  bind  itself  with  any  new  bargain  with  the  Bell  Company  pending  the 
report  of  this  Committee,  and  the  action  of  the  Government  to  follow.  A  statement 
has  been  made  before  this  Committee  that  Canada  and  the  United  States  are  paying 
twice  as  much  for  telephone  service  as  any  other  country  in  the  world. 

Second. — The  towns  of  Port  Arthur  and  Fort  William  have  for  two  years  owned 
and  operated  a  municipal  telephone  system  successfully,  the  rate  being  $12  for  house 
telephones  and  $24  for  business  telephones  per  annum.  We  are  informed  that  for  the 
year  1904  the  Port  Arthur  system  earned  a  profit  over  and  above  working  expenses, 
interest  and  sinking  fund  of  some  $400.  We  understand  that  Peterborough  has  refused 
to  renew  their  contract  with  the  Bell  Company,  and  have  granted  a  franchise  to  a  rival 
company  on  much  more  advantageous  terms ;  that  Brantford  and  Ottawa  are  agitating 
the  question,  refusing  to  re-contract  with  the  Bell  Company,  and  we  believe  it  is  wise 
for  us  to  be  in  a  position  to  take  advantage  of  their  experiences  and  results,  it  being 
evident  that  a  contract  with  the  Bell  Company  would  be  a  serious  handicap  to  our  free 
action  in  the  matter. 

Third. — The  whole  system  of  ownership  and  operation  of  telephones  is  now  in  an 
unsettled  or  transition  state,  with  a  distinct  leaning  towards  Government  ownership 
and  operation,  at  least  of  the  long-distance  lines,  coupled  with  government  or  municipal 
ownership  or  operation  of  city  service. 

Therefore,  for  the  above  and  other  reasons,  we  put  ourselves  on  record  as  strongly 
opposed  to  any  new  contract  being  entered  into  between  the  City  of  Guelph  and  the  Bell 
Telephone  Company  under  present  conditions.  This  Board  is  also  on  record  in  favour 
of  government  ownership  and  operation  of  the  long-distance  telephone  lines,  coupled 
either  with  government  or  municipal  ownership  and  control  of  city  services.  Further, 
that  a  copy  of  the  resolution  be  sent  to  Sir  William  Mulock,  Postmaster  General  of 
Canada,  and  chairman  of  the  House  of  Commons  Committee  investigating  the  tele- 
phone service. 

Certified  a  true  copy. 

JAMES  WATT, 
Secretary  Guelph  Board  of  Trade. 
.      Guelph,  April  26,  1905. 

No.  38. 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

Synopsis  of  letters  received  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  from  the  follow- 
ing :— 

The  Globe  Automatic  Telephone  Co.,  Chicago. — Explains  automatic  system  suitable 
for  party-line  working  in  rural  districts,  at  a  cost  of  $15  for  telephone  instrument  and 
$11  per  line  for  switches.  Has  sold  instruments  to  about  200  exchanges  in  United 
States,  and  will  send  partial  list  of  these. 

The  Automatic  Electric  Co.,  Chicago. — Forwards  descriptive  matter  and  other  book- 
lets relating  to  the  '  Strowger '  automatic  system.     Gives  list  of  19  towns  where  it  is 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 


N°'  41'  Jordan,  Ont.,  May  3,  1905. 

To  the  Honourable 

Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 
Dear  SiR,-I  am  instructed  by  the  Municipal  Council  of  the  Township  of  Louth  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln,  to  forward  to  you  a  copy  of  a  resolution  passed  on  the  1st  mst. 

I  herewith  enclose  such  copy. 

Yours  truly, 

M.  A.  BALL, 

Clerk,  Tp.  of  Louth. 


Council  Chamber,  Jordan,  May  1, 1905. 


Resolution  No.  2. 

Moved  by  Camby  Wismer, 
Seconded  by  Stewart  Randall. 

That  whereas  this  council  views  with  approval  the  increasing  public  sentiment  in 
favour  of  the  acquisition  and  operation  of  all  the  telephone  lines  in  the  Dominion  of 
Canada  by  the  Government  thereof  ; 

Be  it  therefore  resolved,  that  this  council  convey  to  the  Honourable  Sir  William 
Mulock,  Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems,  their  sincere  approval 
of  such  acquisition  and  operation  of  said  telephone  lines. 

E.  W.  FRY, 

Reeve. 


No.  42. 

House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  May  2,  1905. 
Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir  William, — Your  esteemed  favour  of  the  20th  instant  re  Special  Commit- 
tee on  Telephone  Question  reached  me  during  my  absence  from  the  city.  An  early 
reply  was  therefore  impossible. 

You  ask  me  to  inform  the  Committee  as  to  the  telephone  facilities  at  present  en- 
joyed by  the  people  of  my  constituency,  and  what  improvements,  if  any,  may  be  con- 
sidered desirable.  In  reply,  I  desire  to  state  that  I  think  the  telephone  facilities  of  the 
city  of  Winnipeg  meet  fairly  well  the  requirements  of  the  people.  As  to  the  future  of 
the  telephone  business  in  Canada,  I  am  strongly  of  the  opinion  that  the  whole  system 
should  be  nationalized.  Government  control  of  the  long-distance  telephones  is  a  step 
in  the  right  direction,  but  I  do  not  think  it  goes  far  enough.  It  should,  I  think,  embrace 
the  whole  telephone  business  of  Canada.  Government  control  of  long-distance  tele- 
phones and  private  control  in  cities  and  towns  will  lead  to  confusion,  unless  common 
laws  are  passed  making  uniform  the  methods  of  management  in  all  cities  and  towns. 
The  telephone  business  is  essentially  a  monopoly,  even  to  a  greater  extent  than  post  office 
business,  and  I  take  the  ground  that  a  business  that  is  a  natural  monoply  should  be  con- 
trolled by  the  Government.  If,  for  instance,  encouragement  was  given  to  establish 
another  telephone  system  in  the  city  of  Winnipeg,  the  expense  and  confusion  would 
be  infinitely  greater  than  anything  the  people  now  suffer  under  monopoly. 

I  therefore  think  the  time  is  as  ripe  to-day  as  it  will  be  any  time  in  the  future  for 
the  complete  nationalization  of  the  entire  telephone  business  of  Canada. 

Yours  truly, 

D.  W-  BOLE. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  61 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  43. 

House  of  Commons,  Deputy  Speaker's  Chambers, 

Ottawa,  April  21,  1905. 

Dear  Sir, — In  answer  to  your  letter  of  the  20th  instant,  I  beg  to  state  that  there 
is  no  public  telephone  in  operation  in  Bonaventure  County.  There  has  been  some  talk 
of  extending  the  Bellechasse  system  along  the  Intercolonial,  through  a  portion  of  Bona- 
venture County,  as  far  as  Campbellton,  N.B. 

The  Atlantic  and  Lake  Superior  Railway  Company  operating  from  Metapedia  to 
New  Carlisle,  a  distance  of  one  hundred  miles,  owns  and  operates  a  private  line,  for 
railway  purposes. 

The  necessity  of  a  telephone  service  has  long  been  felt,  and  I  hope  it  may  not  be- 
long before  a  system  is  established. 

Tours  truly, 

CHARLES  MARCIL. 
Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
House  of  Commons. 

No.  44.  House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  April  26,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Ottawa. 
Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  hind  letter  of  the  20th  instant,  about  telephone  ques- 
tion, I  beg  to  tell  you  that  the  places  in  my  constituency,  St-  Hyacinthe,  Que.,  not  yet 
advantaged  with  telephone  system  are  St.  Jude,  St.  Barnabe,  St.  Damase,  Lapresenta- 
tion,  St.  Thomas  d'Aquin,  and  I  think  Ste.  Madeleine,  and  if  the  Government  could  do 
something  to  bring  the  company  to  put  the  telephone  in  those  places,  it  would  be  a  good 
thing.     St.  Damase  and  Lapresentation  are  just  requesting  telephones. 

Yours  truly, 

A.  M.  BEAUPARLANT,  M.P. 

No.  45. 

American  Electric  Telephone  Company, 

Chicago,  May  5,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  Can. 
Dear  Sir, — With  further  reference  to  your  communication  of  the  28th  ult.,  will 
say  that  we  are  to-day  forwarding  you,  under  separate  cover,  copies  of  all  our  cata- 
logue bulletins  at  present  in  print.  These  bulletins  illustrate  and  describe  very  thor- 
oughly the  equipment  upon  which  you  require  information.  In  addition  to  this,  we 
are  mailing  you  our  price-list,  covering  Bulletin  No.  18,  which  will  give  you  the  quota- 
tions desired  on  rural  apparatus. 

With  regard  to  cost  of  rural  telephone  systems,  will  say  that  small  exchanges 
should  be  constructed  at  a  cost  of  approximately  $55  per  station,  while  a  good  copper 
metallic  toll-line,  with  30  ft.  6  in.  poles,  would  cost  in  the  neighbourhood  of  $200  per 
mile.  The  cost  of  maintaining  such  systems,  as  nearly  as  we  can  ascertain,  is  in  the 
neighbourhod  of  $9  per  station  per  year  for  exchange  systems.  A  rural  station  would 
cost  you  in  the  neighbourhood  of  $6.50,  exclusive  of  depreciation  and  taxation. 

Trusting  this  information  will  be  of  some  benefit,  and  soliciting  your  further  in- 
quiries, we  beg  to  remain 

Yours  very  truly, 
AMERICAN  ELECTRIC  TELEPHONE  CO., 
Per  J.    M.  Embanks. 


62  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  46. 

American  Electric  Telephone  Company. 

Chicago,  May  4,  1905. 

William  Mulock,  Postmaster  General, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 
Dear  Sir,— Eeplying  to  your  favour  of  the  28th  ult.,  it  will  give  us  pleasure  to 
give  you  all  the  information  in  our  power  in  reference  to  the  telephone  situation,  as 
we  find  it  in  this  ^cuntry,  and  especially  in  reference  to  the  various  types  of  appara- 
tus used'  on  farmers'  party  lines. 

We  will  compile  this  information  for  you  at  the  earliest  possible  date.  In  the 
meantime,  for  your  information,  will  state  that  the  Bell  Company  in  this  country  is 
leasing  its  very  best  transmitter  and  receiver  at  50  cents  per  year  each  to  small  com- 
panies which  they  term  '  sub-licensee  companies.'  We  make  a  ti  ansmitter  of  the  same 
type  and  which  by  various  tests  we  find  superior  to  theirs.  We  sell  the  long  distance 
transmitter  outright  for  $1.50  each,  and  the  receiver  with  cord  at  $1.25  each. 

We  are  prepared  to  show  that  our  apparatus  is  more  modern.  We  can  find  that 
the  Bell  Company  has  made  very  little  improvement  in  its  talking  sets.  In  fact,  they 
are  using  the  same  type  of  apparatus  which  they  first  put  in  use  many  years  ago,  with- 
out any  apparent  improvement. 

Yours  very  truly, 
AMERICAN  ELECTRIC  TELEPHONE  COMPANY, 

Per  P.  C.  Burns,  President. 


No.  47. 

The  Bell  Telephone  Company  oy  Canada,  Ltd. 

Winchester  Agency,  May  5,  1905. 
Andrew  Broder,  Esq.,  M.P. 

House  of  Commons,  Ottawa. 
Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  the  20th  ult.,  I  have  pleasure  in  complying 
with  your  request  for  information  on  telephone  matters  in  Dundas  county. 

We  touch  practically  every  village  and  hamlet  in  the  county.  The  following  list 
comprises  most  of  the  points  served  in  Dundas  :  Bouck's  Hill,  Chesterville,  Cass 
Bridge,  Dundela,  Hallville,  Inkerman,  Iroquois,  Morrisburg,  Mountain  Station,  More- 
wood,  Melvin  Settlement,  Maple  Ridge,  Ormond',  Reid's  Mills,  South  Mountain,  Win- 
chester, Winchester  Springs. 

At  this  village  we  give  unlimited  service  within  the  following  boundaries: — 
Winchester  Springs,  5  miles;  Cass  Bridge,  2£  miles;  Maple  Ridge,  2  miles;  Mel- 
vin Settlement,  6  miles;  Ormond,  4  miles;  Vernon   (in  the  County  of  Carleton)  8 
miles.    Subscribers  at  these  points  have  free  service  between  each  other,  and  with  the 
subscribers  at  Winchester. 

Our  rates  are  $15  and  $20.  The  general  public  is  served  from  any  of  the  points 
named. 

The  work  is  now  under  way  of  extending  this  free  service  to  Dalmeny  post  office, 
which  is  distant  11  miles,  and  is  also  in  the  County  of  Carleton.  There  are  also  other 
extensions  of  a  similar  nature  now  under  consideration. 

Yours  truly, 

WM.  GARDNER, 

Local  Manager,  Winchester. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  63 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  48. 

The  Telephone  Company  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  Ltd. 

Charlottetown,  P.E.I.,  April  29,  1905. 
Pra  Wm.  Mulock, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — In  accordance  with  your  favours  of  March  28,  and  April  11  last,  I 
am  enclosing  herewith  answers  to  the  list  of  questions  supplied  by  you. 

I  am  also  enclosing  a  map  of  Prince  Edward  Island  showing  the  company's  lines, 
toll  offices  and  exchanges,  correct  to  March  1,  1905.  If  there  is  any  further  informa- 
tion that  we  can  supply  either  by  letter  or  personally,  we  shall  be  most  happy  to  do  so. 

Yours  respectfully, 
W.  A.  WINFIELD, 


General  Manager. 


No.  48a. 


The  company  has  been  in  operation  since  1885.  Has  a  capital  stock  issue  of 
$56,700.  No  bonds.  Population  of  the  Island  is  103,259.  Number  of  telephones  on 
March  1  was  530,  of  which  420  are  direct  lines,  having  one  telephone. 

The  number  of  business  telephones  is  :  Charlottetown,  205  :  Sumemrside,  32  ; 
other  points,  40.  Residence  :  Charlottetown,  130;  Surnmerside,  6;  other  points,  5. 
In  adition  to  these,  there  are  nearly  100  toll  offices  throughout  the  Island. 

Subscribers'  circuits  in  Charlottetown  and  Surnmerside  are  part  metallic,  but 
largely  common  return.  In  smaller  places  all  are  single  grounded  circuits.  The  sys- 
tem is  '  Magneto,'  the  equipment  being  principally  '  Bell,'  '  Kellogg '  and  '  Holtzer- 
Cabot.' 

The  rates  are:  Charlottetown — separate  lines,  $45  per  annum,  business  and  resi- 
dence; two-party  lines  :  business,  $30,  residence,  $20  ;  Surnmerside — business,  $20  ; 
residence,  $15;  other  places,  business  or  residence,  $15;  with  special  rates  for  party 
lines,  larger  subscribers,  &c. 

Rates  for  farmers'  lines  are  $15,  but  have  no  subscribers  of  this  class. 

The  company  has  the  following  long-distance  plant: — 434f  miles  poles  and  5474 
miles  wire,  all  circuits  being  single  grounded. 

Long-distance  rates  are  :  10  miles,  15  cents;  over  10  miles,  25  cents,  for  five 
minutes'  conversation  or  twenty-word  message.  Subscribers  are  entitled  to  20  per  cent 
discount  on  these  rates. 

Cost  of  building  the  long-distance  lines,  with  25-foot  cedar  poles,  No.  12  iron  wire, 
costs  all  the  way  up  to  $125  per  mile,  depending  on  the  cost  of  poles. 

The  company  pays  a  dividend  of  6  per  cent  per  annum.  Sets  aside  10  per  cent 
per  annum  for  depreciation.  Has  no  surplus,  except  unexpended  accident  and  depre- 
ciation fund. 

There  is  no  competition.  The  '  Bell '  Company  have  always  acted  with  the  great- 
est consideration  and  have  given  every  possible  advice  and  asistance,  particularly  on 
technical  matters,  placing  their  information  and  experience  at  our  service. 

We  find  a  good  demand  for  telephone  service  in  Charlottetown,  and  as  the  business 
grows,  we  improve  the  plant.  A  few  years  ago,  the  system  was  changed  from  grounded 
to  '  common  return,'  and  now  we  are  beginning  to  provide  full  metallic  circuits,  and  we 
expect  later  on  to  install  a  central  energy  multiple  switch-board. 

Our  present  board  is  a  Kellogg  express.  We  do  not,  as  a  rule,  meet  with  objec- 
tions to  our  Charlottetown  rates,  though  there  are,  of  course,  people  who  will  demand 
lower  rates,  no  matter  what  basis  they  were  upon.  We  do  not  find  our  rates  any  too 
high,  commensurate  with  first-class  service. 

The  element  of  depreciation  is  a  very  heavy  one,  especially  in  exchanges,  as  work 
can  never  be  left  up  until  it  is  worn  out.    Reconstruction  has  frequently  to  be  under- 


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taken  every  two  or  three    years,  owing    to    growth  and  extensions  making  different 
arrangements  desirable. 

With  regard  to  apparatus,  depreciation  is  also  heavy,  owing  to  its  becoming  obso- 
lete. While  instruments  at  present  in  service  may  be  very  satisfactory,  the  moment  a 
new  instrument  is  introduced,  every  one  wants  it,  resulting  either  in  friction  with 
subscribers,  or  in  acceding  to  their  wishes  as  far  as  possible,  resulting  in  a  large 
amount  of  older  apparatus  being  taken  out  of  service. 

Outside  of  Charlottetown,  we  have  very  little  demand  for  residence  telephones,  the 
people  seeming  to  consider  the  telephone  an  expensive  luxury,  altough  we  consider  our 
rates  are  reasonable. 

Regarding  farmers'  lines,  we  have  canvassed  the  most  promising  sections  of  the 
country,  without  results. 

Last  fall,  we  canvassed  the  '  New  London '  district.  This  district  (one  of  the 
best  in  Prince  Edward  Island)  is  without  railway  facilities.  We  offered  a  circuit,  con- 
sisting of  three  branches,  totalling  about  25  miles  of  line;  also,  connection  with  'Ken- 
sington,' the  shipping  point,  a  place  with  a  population  of  nearly  1,000  people.  We 
also  offered  to  provide  connection  with  railway  station,  post  office,  doctors  and  any 
other  subscribers  we  might  get  there;  also,  our  usual  discount  of  20  per  cent  on  all 
long-distance  business  sent  by  them,  or  by  any  one  whom  they  might  let  use  their  tele- 
phones. They  would  also  save  all  '  messenger  service '  charges,  which  they  now  pay 
when  being  sent  for. 

We  were  unable  to  close  a  single  contract  in  all  this  territory,  though  some  four 
or  five  people  said  they  might  take  an  instrument,  if  we  got  enough.  Our  rates  quoted 
were  $15  per  annum  (best  bridging  'phones,  with  2,500  ohm  ringers,  solid  back  trans- 
mitters and  bi-polar  receivers),  and  we  wished  to  secure  20  subscribers,  exclusive  of 
Kensington. 

We  do  not  find  the  $15  rate  profitable  in  rural  districts.  We  usually  have  to 
pay  a  considerable  amount  for  switching,  and  telephones  have  to  be  inspected  three 
times  per  annum,  besides  when  in  trouble^;  necessitating  travelling  expenses,  horse- 
hire  and  man's  time.    We  sometimes  have  to  send  a  man  100  miles  on  one  trouble. 

If  we  could  get  subscribers  so  closely  located  that  we  could  afford  to  keep  one  man 
and  an  expert  operator  within  a  reasonable  district,  it  would  be  better;  but  we  have 
been  unable  to  interest  the  rural  residents  so  far,  on  our  present  rates  basis,  though 
we  have  been  assured  we  might  get  a  fair  number  at  $5  per  annum. 

However,  every  one  desires  to  have  a  toll  office  nearby,  and  although  we  already 
have  about  100  toll  offices  on  Prince  Edward  Island,  we  are  frequently  in  receipt  of 
requests  for  extensions.  When  sufficient  business  can  be  obtained  to  make  it  pay,  such 
offices  are  established.  Otherwise,  we  cannot  be  expectd  to  provide  service,  unless,  as 
in  the  case  of  some  points,  we  receive  some  assistance  from  the  provincial  government. 
We  have  quite  a  number  of  such  toll  offices,  which  were  strongly  agitated  for,  which 
only  take  in  from  $2  to  $25  gross  receipts  per  annum. 

We  inclose  herewith  a  small  map  (to  scale)  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  showing  all 
Our  toll  offices  and  exchanges  (exclusive  of  rural  subscribers).  You  will  note  by  this 
that  Prince  Edward  Island  is  well  covered  by  lines,  many  toll  offices  being  five  miles, 
or  less,  apart. 

A  company  cannot  be  expected  to  give  as  cheap  a  service  as  by  co-operation,  foi 
in  the  latter  case  a  subscriber  will  do  his  own  repairing,  when  he  can,  and  put  up  with 
inconveniences  and  poor  service,  which  quite  naturally  he  will  not  tolerate  from  a 
company  which  undertakes  to  keep  his  instrument  in  operation. 

Travelling  expenses  are  a  large  item,  and  usually  cost  companies  who,  as  the 
people  express  it,  '  are  well  able  to  stand  it,'  high. 

But  there  is  no  doubt  that  a  company  can,  in  the  long  run,  give  a  far  superior 
service  to  that  which  can  be  provided  by  individuals,  especially  when,  as  always  occurs 
sooner  or  later,  troubles  crop  up,  or  sleet,  lightning,  or  such  like  things,  damage  the 
lines  and  instruments. 


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APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  49. 

Sir  William  Mulock,      The  Albany  and  Vales  Mill  Telephone  Company, 

Ottawa,  Canada.  Albany,  Ohio,  April  29,  1905. 

SiR, — In  compliance  with  your  request  of  March  28  ult,  I  herewith  inclose  my 
answers  to  your  queries. 

Our  investment  on  a  small  scale  has  been  very  profitable  to  us,  but  I  think  it  would 
be  better  for  the  masses  here  if  towns  and  cities  would  own  their  own  telephone  rights 
and  property,  and  encourage  the  people  to  build  lines  all  through  the  rural  districts, 
and  meet  these  lines  at  the  corporate  Hmit9,  giving  free  exchange  of  service. 

A  farmer  can  build  and  maintain  a  line  cheaper  than  can  a  company. 

This  is  contrary  to  our  practice,  but  experience  has  taught  me  that  the  statement 
is  true. 

The  construction  and  maintenance  of  rural  lines  is  very  simple,  and  can  be  dona 
within  the  reach  of  all.  Very  truly, 

S.  D.  WEBB. 

No.  50. 

La  Cie  de  Telephone  de  Kamouraska, 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock,  Fraserville,  Que.,  May  8,  1905. 

Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

Sir, — We  have  the  pleasure  of  acknowledging  receipt  of  your  inquiry  of  28th  last, 
and  take  pleasure  in  giving  you  herewith  the  information  requested. 

You  will  please  remark  that  our  company  has  only  two  years'  existence,  and  that 
the  results  obtained  to  this  date  in  rural  districts  are  quite  satisfactory,  allowing  us  to 
entertain  fair  prospects  for  future. 

Our  report  represents  the  work  of  only  two  seasons'  construction,  with  limited  capi- 
tal, while  covering  a  relatively  large  district.  We  must  also  mention  that  our  lines 
are  in  part  parallel  with  other  independent  companies,  namely:  The  Fraserville  Power 
Company  and  the  Bellechasse  Telephone  Company.  As  for  the  Bell  Company,  we  have 
obtained  an  interchange  of  service  over  their  lines,  which  is,  we  think,  saying  enough 
about  the  general  construction  and  operation  of  our  system. 

In  order  to  obtain  efficient  service  in  these  districts,  we  have  adopted  two  separate 
metallic  circuits,  one  iron  for  local  business,  the  other  copper  for  long-distance  com- 
munications. We  have  experienced  sufficient  advantages  to  justify  the  first  extra  cost 
of  this  kind  of  construction.  Respectfully  yours, 

LA  COMPAGNIE  DE  TELEPHONE  DE  KAMOURASKA. 

No.  51. 

Sir  Wm.  Mulock,  Virginia,  Ont.,  April  5,  1905. 

Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — Reports  of  the  proceedings  of  Committee  re  Telephone  Systems  to  hand, 
for  which  I  am  thankful. 

I  trust  that  when  said  Committee  will  have  completed  their  labours  that  a  remedy 
will  be  forthcoming  for  conditions  such  as  at  present  exist  in  this  part  of  Georgina 
township  in  old  North  York. 

What  I  refer  to  is  that  while  a  telephone  line  owned  by  the  Bell  Company  passes 
up  through  one  township  right  past  the  door  of  our  post  office,  and  while  our  postmaster 
Mr.  Evans,  has  repeatedly  endeavoured  to  get  them  to  put  an  instrument  in  his  store, 
even  offering  to  do  so  at  his  own  expense,  providing  he  be  allowed  free  use  of  the  line 
for  his  private  business,  but  apparently  they  are  deaf  to  all  requests  or  inducements, 
and  the  residents  of  this  section  have  to  go  either  to  Sutton  or  Pefferlaw  when  they  wish 
to  use  the  'phone,  and  these  points,  as  you  are  aware,  are  nine  miles  apart. 

The  council  of  Georgina  township,  when  this  line  was  building,  tried  to  get  an 
office  at  Virginia  so  that  the  farmers  might  derive  some  benefit  in  return  for  the  privi- 
lege that  the  telephone  company  were  getting  by  being  allowed  to  plant  their  poles  along 

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the  roadway,  but  in  the  deal  we  found  out  that  while  they  could  go  along  our  highway, 
plant  their  poles  just  where  they  pleased,  slash  and  cut  trees,  and  leave  the  brush  to  rot 
just  where  it  fell,  that  we  could  stand  by  and  look  on. 

Their  last  proposition  to  the  people  of  Virginia  is  that  if  we  purchase  the  wire  to 
stretch  along  the  poles  from  Sutton,  that  they  will  put  it  up  and  then  we  pay  just  as 
much  to  use  the  'phone  as  if  they  built  it  entirely  at  their  own  expense.  Truly  they  are 
a  beneficent  corporation. 

I  might  add  that  when  this  line  was  put  up,  it  was  a  branch  of  The  "Victoria  Tele- 
phone Company's  line,  but  was  soon  gobbled  up  by  the  Bell  Company. 

I  just  give  you  these  particulars  so  that  you  may  more  fully  see  the  necessity  for 
devising  some  scheme  whereby  farmers  situated  as  we  are  may  secure  telephone  privi 
lege)s  without  having  to  go  on  our  knees  to  soulless  corporations,  and  then  having  to 
comply  with  any  whim  or  condition  that  they  may  see  fit  to  dict;i  1  <  ■- 

Yours  truly, 

DONALD  EGO, 

Clerk,  Township  of  Georgina. 

No.  51a. 

Ottawa,  May  9,  1905. 

Dear  Sms. — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  5th 
instant  with  reference  to  the  telephone  conditions  at  Virginia,  and  can  only  express  the 
hope  that  the  inquiry  which  the  Parliamentary  Committee  is  conducting  in  regard  to 
the  whole  telephone  question  may  result  in  the  amelioration  of  the  existing  grievances, 
existing  not  only  at  Virginia,  but  in  very  many  parts  of  Canada. 

Yours  sincerely, 
Donald  Ego,  Esq.,  WM.  MULOCK. 

Clerk  of  the  Township  of  Georgina, 
Virginia,  Ont. 

No.  52. 

SYNOPSIS   OF   CORRESPONDENCE  RECEIVED. 

From  Andrew  J.  Taylor,  Toronto,  stating  that  Alexander  Taylor,  now  living  at 
690  Spadina  avenue,  Toronto,  built  up  a  telephone  system  in  Edmonton,  Strathcona, 
Prince  Albert  and  other  places  in  the  Northwest,  and  owing-to  the  'Bell'  entering  the 
field,  was  compelled  to  sell  his  system  to  the  municipality  of  Edmonton.  States  that 
he  can  give  much  valuable  information. 

No.  53. 

From  W.  H.  Ferguson,  secretary,  Eeal  Estate  Owners'  Association,  London,  Ont., 
communicating  resolution  passed  by  the  association  commending  the  work  of  the  com- 
mittee and  favouring  municipal  and  government  ownership  of  telephones. 

No.  54. 

From  Dr.  D.  W.  Boss,  Florenceville,  N.B.,  stating  that  while  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  agents  answer  the  '  New  Brunswick '  telephone  promptly,  some  of  them  do 
not  answer  the  'Independent'  telephone  at  all,  claiming  that  it  is  not  their  work  to 
o'o  so. 

No.  55. 

Synopsis  of  letter  from  the  Antigonish  and  Sherbrooke  Telephone  Company  of 
Nova  Scotia,  to  C.  F.  Mclsaac,  M.P.: — 

The  company  has  a  capitalization  of  $10,000— $9,000  paid  up;  160  miles  of  line 
in  operation,  mostly  rural;  iron  grounded  circuits  costing  $50  per  mile  without  in- 
struments. Has  59  residence  and  29  business  'phones.  Rural  lines  have  public  'phones ; 
tolls  collected  by  subscribers.  Rates  charged  are:  partial  line,  residence,  $15;  business' 
$18  to  $20.    Whole  line,  residence,  $18;  business.  ;$25.    Few  special  lines  at  $30.     Sub- 


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■APPENDIX  No.   1 

-sciibers  to  partial  line  pay  half  rates  beyond  their  limits  (three  exchanges).  Toll  rates 
vary  from  10  cents  to  50  cents,  according  to  distance. 

The  company  connects  with  the  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company  at  Antigonish, 
our  subscribers  paying  5  cents  for  each  conversation,  in  addition  thereto  the  long- 
distance rates  to  points  beyond.  The  company  will  not  allow  us  to  connect  the  county 
asylum,  11  miles  out  of  Antigonish,  on  our  line.  They  also  prohibit  us  to  run  lines 
to  Jones'  river,  Swan  river,  or  any  place  along  their  line,  although  they  have  no 
'phones  at  these  points.  The  Nova  Scotia  Company  has  also  refused  to  give  connec- 
tion elsewhere  than  at  Antigonish  and  threatened  to  cut  that  connection;  also  if  we 
extend'  our  lines  far  beyond  the  present  limits,  their  manager  stating  that  '  they  did 
uot  intend  to  let  us  grow  too  big.'  They  wished  us  to  sign  a  contract  limiting  our 
territory,  which  we  have  declined  to  do.  As  a  condition  of  connection  with  the  Nova 
Scotia  company,  we  are  compelled  to  use  '  Bell '  instruments  costing  from  $1'9  to  $25 
each. 

We  use  native  poles  20  to  25  feet  long.  As  an  inducement  to  build,  we  received 
free  poles  and  free  labour  in  many  places.  Will  extend  some  thirty  miles  further  this 
spring  to  Port  Dufferin  in  Halifax  County. 

'  The  directors  of  this  company  humbly  suggest  that  the  government  enable  small 
struggling  companies  such  as  this  one,  which  is  trying  to  accommodate  the  public, 
to  get  connections  with  other  companies  in  such  places  as  will  best  accommodate  the 
said  public' 

No.  56. 

To  Sir  William  Mulock,  Senate  Chamber,  May  12,  1905. 

Chairman  Telephone  Committee, 

House  of  Commons. 
Dear  Sir  William, — In  the  evidence  I  gave  yesterday  to  your  Committee,  I  neg- 
lected to  state  the  extent  of  our  long  line  system  in  New  Brunswick,  if  of  interest.    I 
now  inclose  it. 

Yours  truly, 

FEED.  P.  THOMPSON. 

MEMO. 

Long-distance  lines  of  the  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company  (Limited)  consist 
of  the  following : — 

771  miles  of  cedar  pole  lines,  upon  which  poles  are  installed. 
840        "        copper  metallic  No.  12  standard  wire. 
473         "        iron  "        No.     9  " 

32         "  "        single      No.     9  " 

F.  P.  THOMPSON. 

No.  57. 

The  Black  River  Telephone  Co., 

Postmaster  General,  Lorain,  O.,  May  9,  1905. 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  March  28,  we  wish  to  make  the  following  state- 
ment : — 

We  have  issued  $100,000  worth  of  stock  and  have  a  bonded  indebtedness  wf  $75,000. 
Our  company  has  been  operating  since  1894,  in  a  territory  increasing  from  10  to  now 
nearly  30,000  people.  At  the  present  time  we  have  1,800  telephones  in  operation,  1,200 
of  which  are  residence  telephones  and  the  remaining  600  business  telephones.  We  have 
no  long-distance  lines  of  our  own,  but  make  all  long-distance  connections  over  the  United 
States  Telephone  Company  lines.     We  have  the  Sterling  electric  equipment,  central 

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energy;  our  subscribers'  circuits  are  of  iron  and  copper  metallic,  and  we  have  one  mile 
of  underground  cable.  Our  rates  are  as  follows  :  $12  for  four  party  line  selective  ring- 
ing telephones,  and  $20  for  main  line  residence  telephones,  $18  for  four  party  line  selec- 
tive ringing  telephones  for  business,  $24  for  two  party  line  selective  ringing  telephones 
for  business,  and  $30  for  main  line  telephones  for  business.  Our  rates  for  rural  service 
are  $15  for  four  party  lines.  We  pay  a  dividend  of  6  per  cent  on  our  stock  and  5  per 
cent  interest  on  our  bonds.  We  set  aside  20  per  cent  of  our  gross  receipts  for  deprecia- 
tion, and  use  all  of  our  surplus  for  new  work.  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  had  16  tele- 
phones here  before  competition,  and  they  still  have  those  for  long-distance  work.  We 
pay  our  superintendent  $110  a  month,  our  wire  chief  and  trouble  men  $70  and  $65  respec- 
tively, and  our  operators  from  $18  to  $25  a  month.  Hoping  this  information  will  prove 
satisfactory, 

We  remain,  yours  very  truly, 

THE  BLACK  RIVER  TELEGRAPH  CO. 


No.  58. 

The  following  excerpt  from  the  Indianapolis  News,  April  8, 1905,  was  received  from 
the  Citizens'  Telephone  Company,  Columbus,  Ind. : — 

INTERESTING  TELEPHONE   INFORMATION. 

What  Happens  when  the  People  and  not  a  Monopoly  Control  the  Telephone  Sitvation* 

The  independent  telephones  of  Indiana  number 166,255 

The  annual  exchange  rentals  for  these  telephones  amount  to  $3,048,885 
The  same  number  of  telephones,  at  the  rates  charged  by  the 
monopoly,  before  the  independent    movement   began, 
would  cost  the  people  of  Indiana  annually 7,275,300 

The  independent  telephones,  therefore,  save  the  people  of  Indiana  to-day  : 

Annually $4,226,415 

Quarterly 1,056,603 

Monthly 352,201 

Weekly 88,050 

Daily 12,578 

Besides  all  this  the  independent  movement  has  covered  the  field. 

In  the  Reign  of  Monopoly  there  were  only  7,000  telephones  in  the  State  of  Indiana, 
or  one  for  every  350  of  population,  and  not  one  in  the  house  of  a  farmer. 

Now  there  are  166,255  independent  telephones,  or  one  for  every  16  of  population, 
and  30,000  of  them  in  the  houses  of  farmers. 

The  new  Long-distance  Telephone  Company  has,  upon  its  own  lines,  within  a 
radius  of  50  miles  of  Indianapolis,  61,286  subscribers,  who  use  no  other  than  independ- 
ent telephones. 

The  Indianapolis  Telephone  Company  has  11,591  subscribers  in  Marion  County. 
Of  these,  9,905  use  no  other  telephone. 

During  the  quarter  ending  March  31,  1905,  the  company  added  new  subscribers  as 
follows : — 

January 353 

February 362 

March 345 


A  gain  for  the  quarter  of  1,060  subscribers. 

A  greater  increase  than  for  any  corresponding  period. 


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APPENDIX   No.    1 

Ho.  59. 

CUMBERLAND    TELEPHONE    AND    TELEGRAPH    COMPANY. 

■NTiswvTT.T.i?..  TWn..  Ma.y  IX.  1905 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — Replying  to  your  communication  of  the  1st  instant,  have  to  say  that 
the  Cumberland  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  operates  local  exchanges  and  long- 
distence  telephone  circuits  throughout  the  entire  state  of  Louisiana,  Tennessee, 
Mississippi  and  Kentucky,  and  the  southern  portions  of  the  state  of  Illinois  and 
Indiana.  It  has  an  investment  of  above  $15,000,000,  and  an  outstanding  capital  of 
$13,500,000. 

The  company  was  chartered  and  has  been  operating  since  1883.  The  population 
of  the  territory  served  is  about  7,000,000.  The  number  of  telephones  in  operation  is 
about  130,000.  We  operate  Bell  telephones  exclusively.  Besides  our  long-distance 
lines  we  operate  over  four  hundred  telephone  exchanges  in  different  cities  and  towns. 

Our  switchboards,  for  the  most  part,  are  made  in  our  own  general  shops  at  Nash- 
ville. 

We  pay  special  attention  to  the  extension  of  farmers  lines  and  have  various  pro- 
positions which  we  submit  for  their  consideration.  One  is  where  the  farmers  club 
together  and  desire  and  prefer  to  build  and  own  their  own  lines,  we  connect  with  them 
at  the  corporation  limits  and  charge  them  for  connection  and  service  $2  per  year  per 
telephone  box.  This  entitles  them  to  unlimited  service  to  the  exchange  where  they 
connect,  just  as  our  other  subscribers  receive. 

This  company  has  competition  in  about  seventy-five  towns,  most  of  them  small 
towns. 

We  have  in  many  cases  during  the  past  ten  years,  due  to  the  evolution  of  the 
business,  been  able  to  reduce  the  rates  to  our  customers,  and  in  the  larger  cities  where 
the  growth  of  the  exchanges  has  been  heavy  and  where  the  cost  of  operating  is  neces- 
sarily increased  in  proportion  to  the  growth  of  the  exchanges,  we  have  been  abfe,  to 
continue  to  serve  at  the  old  rates  without  making  any  advances. 

Yours  truly, 

LELAND  HUME, 

Assistant  General  Manager. 


No.  60.  A 

THE  SANDUSKY  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

Sandusky,  Ohio,  May  13,  1905. 

Chairman* 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — We  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  favour  of  the  1st  instant,  re- 
questing information  on  telephone  service  as  applied  in  this  locality. 

We  are  attaching  hereto  a  little  folder  showing  the  telephonic  'status  quo'  in 
Ohio.  This,  we  believe,  will  be  of  considerably  more  value  to  you,  than  a  complete 
answer  to  all  of  your  questions. 

This  company  is  a  quasi  public  corporation,  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Ohio 
by  private  individuals  residing  in  this  locality.    We  have  some  75  or  80  stockholders. 

We  know  of  no  municipally-owned  telephone  property  in  the  United  States  and 
do  not  believe  that  municipal  ownership  in  other  forms  of  public  service  can  be  re- 


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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

garded  as  altogether  successful,  for  the  reason  that  it  is  difficult  to  keep  out  corrup- 
tion. 

Telephone  facilities  in  rural  districts  are  becoming  more  and  more  popular. 
There  is,  however,  considerable  difficulty  in  securing  rates  to  justify  the  extension  of 
lines  for  great  distances  outside  of  municipalities;  the  average  farmer  having  no 
conception  of  the  cost  of  construction,  operation,  or  maintenance,  nor  of  the  benefits 
accruing  to  him  from  the  use  of  the  telephone.  Where  there  is  competition,  the  rural 
service  greatly  strengthens  the  local  company,  giving  it  a  hold  upon  its  subscribers 
that  is  very  difficult  for  competition  to  break.  So  far  the  rural  service  with  this  com- 
pany at  a  rate  of  $18  per  subscriber  for  ten  party  line  service,  distance  not  to  ex* 
ceed  five  miles  from  the  exchange,  has  been  moderately  profitable. 

Trusting  this  will  be  satisfactory,  we  are 

Very  truly  yours, 
THE  SANDUSKY  TELEPHONE  COMPANY, 

By  Carl  C.  Curtis.  Manager. 


I  (istbict  (Counties. ) 


No.  1— 
Trumbull,    Lake,    Geauga,     Medina, 
Lorain,    Erie,    Huron,    Cuyahoga, 

Ashtabula 

No.  2— 
Columbiana,   Carroll,   Jefferson.   Ma- 
honing,   Portoge,   Summit,     Stark, 

Tuscarawas 

No.  3- 

Cothocton,  Belmont,  Athens,  Guern- 
sey, (Pallia,  Munroe,  Morgan,Meigs 
Noble,    Perry,  Washington,     Mus 

kiiigdum - 

No.  1— 

Pickway,  Fayette,  Vinton,  Jackson, 
Scioto,    Lawrence,    Pike,    Adams, 

Highland,  Clinton,  Ross 

No.  5— 

Butler,  Clermont.Preble  Warren 

No.  6- 
Green,    Montgomery,    Clark,    Logan, 
Champagn,  Shelby,  Darke,  Mian  a, 

Madison 

No.  7— 

Marion,  Wyandotte,  Hancock,  Put- 
nam, Paulding,  Van  Wert,  Mercer, 

Allen,  Auglaise,  Harding 

No.  8- 
Defiance,      Fulton,     Lucas,      Henry, 
Ottawa,    Sandusky,    Seneca,     Wil- 
liams, Wood ... 

No.  9— 

Ashland.  Crawford,  Deleware,  Frank- 
lin, Fairfield,  Hocking,  Holmes, 
Knox,  Licking,  Richland,  Union, 
Wayne,  Morrow 


Hamilton  Count3'. 
Totals 


E.Xl  HANGE. 


I  tide 

I H m  hi 


7'.  i 


101 

103 

44 
33 

63 

69 

69 


109 

None. 


670 


Bell. 


23 
34 

14 

20 

7 

15 


21 


15 


Un- 
kn  'wn 


157 


Toll  Si 

moNs 

Inde- 
pendent 

Bell. 

168 

183 

236 

107 
102 

84 

Telephone.      Stockhoi 


174 
91 

174 

86 

176 

164 


80 
41 

112 

76 

80 

71 


None.      Un 
kn'wn 


1,452       753 




j 

Inde- 
pendent 

Bell. 

37,006 

23,174 

22,769 

10,810 

19,770 

7,464 

12,214 

4,389 

6,904 

2,338 

24,020 

11,381 

20,08] 

6,139 

23,114 

(■,,0X5 

30,739 

12,599 

None. 

20,000 

196,617 

104,379 

Inde- 
pendent 


Bell. 


2,890  None. 


1,430  None. 


4.666' None. 


500  None. 
437  None. 


1,488  None. 


2,024 


None. 


2,130  None. 


1,464 

None. 

None. 

400 

17,029 

400- 

There  are  in  Ohio  a  few  holding  a  single  share  of  stock  in  the  Bell  companies,, 
simply  to  enable  them  to  qualify  as  directors- 


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No.  61. 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  May  5,  1905. 
Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
House  of  Commons, 
Ottawa. 

Honourable  Sirs,— This  company  produces  two  distinct  types  of  telephone  ap- 
paratus :  Magneto  (local  battery  and  hand  generators  at  exchange  and  subscriber 
stations),  and  Central  Energy  (power  generators  and  storage  batteries  at  exchange 
only.)       The  Magneto  type  is  used  for  small  village  exchanges  and  invariably  in  rural 

service. 

Its  simplicity  admits  of  repairs  by  the  unskilled,  and  the  Magneto  generator  is 
the  surest  signalling  device  on  long  lines  loaded  with  a  number  of  telephones  and  ex- 
posed to  the  elements.  A  result  can  be  obtained,  such  as  it  is,  with  a  line  in  an  in- 
different condition;  for  it  gives  forth  a  70  volts-alternating  current,  very  penetrat- 
ing, while  the  central  energy  is  less  than  35  volts  direct  current.  The  action  of  the 
hand  generator  rings  the  bells  of  others  on  the  line,  or,  if  the  line  is  connected  with 
an  exchange,  it  throws  a  shutter,  exposing  the  line  number,  on  the  simple  principle 
of  an  annunciator  drop. 

Central  Energy  systems  facilitate  speed  of  service  in  towns  and  cities;  the  sub- 
scriber signals  exchange  by  simply  removing  the  receiver  from  the  hook  and  the 
operator  has  more  complete  supervision  of  the  line — busy  wires  and  termination  of 
conversations,  by  a  system  of  electric  light  signals. 

Signalling  current  is  thrown  to  line  by  power  generators;  the  talking  circuits 
are  from  storage  battery  used  also  as  an  auxiliary  to  the  ringing  circuits  in  case  of 
break  down  or  when  the  original  source  of  power  is  dormant.  This  system  should  be 
employed  for  economy  of  maintenance,  in  installations  above  450  line,  in  a  radiu8 
of  three  miles,  if  a  cheap  and  sure  outside  power  can  be  obtained.  An  independent 
gas  engine  power  plant  will  be  justified  in  installations  above  1,000  lines.  It  is  not 
recommended  for  rural  lines  as  it  requires  a  construction  absolutely  free  from  ground, 
and  its  inaccessibility  to  competent  inspectors. 


RURAL    TELEPHONY. 

Telephones  in  farm  communities  have  usually  started  by  a  farmer  building  a 
line  from  his  own  home  to  that  of  a  son-in-law.  Others  saw  the  advantage  and  joined 
them.  An  appreciation  of  the  rural  telephone,  as  an  institution,  will  be  found  in 
the  pamphlet,  '  The  Voice  of  Progress.'  The  apparatus  is  of  the  simplest  type,  to 
admit  of  working  under  adverse  conditions,  adjustment  and  installation  by  the  un- 
skilled— in  the  parlance  of  the  trade,  it  is  '  fool  proof.' 

Farm  lines  are  usually  heavily  loaded— sometimes  as  high  as  fifty  instruments 
on  a  circuit.  In  such  cases  it  is  necessary  that  all  ringer  coils  be  wound  to  exactly 
the  same  resistance,  and  the  generator  have  sufficient  capacity  (number  of  bars  in 
the  magnets)  to  operate  all  ringers.  Type  '  K '  is  the  one  produced  by  this  company 
for  the  character  of  service.  Below  is  the  various  capacities  with  their  price,  fol- 
lowed by  a  detailed  description. 


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No.  32,  1,000  Ohm.  ringer;  4-bar  generator. 

For  party  lines  where  not  to  exceed  15  telephones  are  used.  .     $10  47 
No.  42,  1,600  Ohm.  ringer  ;  4-bar  generator. 

For  party  lines  where  not  to  exceed  20  telephones  are  used.  .       10  94 
No.  52,  1,000  Ohm.  ringer;  5-bar  generator. 

For  party  lines  where  not  to  exceed  30  telephones  are  used.  .       11  25 
No.  62,  1,600  Ohm.  ringer;  5-bar  generator. 

For  party  lines  where  not  to  exceed  40  telephones  are  used.  .       11  72 
No.  72,  2,000  ringer;  5-bar  generator. 

For  party  lines  where  not  to  exceed  45  telephones  are  used.  .       12  03 
No.  82,  2,500  Ohm.  ringer;  5-bar  generator. 

For  party  lines  where  not  to  exceed  50  telephones  are  used. .       12  19 
No.  92,  3,500  Ohm.  ringer;  5-bar  generator. 

For  party  lines  where  more  than  50  telephones  are  used  on 
one  line,  or  where  the  character  of  the  line  is  such  as 
to  require  the  use  of  the  most  powerful  telephone  ob- 
tainable         12  50 

It  will,  of  course,  be  understood  that  the  length  of  line  has  some  influence  upon 
the  number  of  telephones  which  can  be  used  on  it. 

DESCRIPTION. 

The  transmitter  is  permanently  adjusted;  loud  and  distinct.  No  side  tones  (for- 
eign noises  in  the  room),  no  phonograph-like  twang,  but  a  reproduction  ol  the  voice. 

Permanently-adjusted  receiver;  the  diaphragm  rests  on  a  bell-shaped  metal  shell 
and  is  not  thrown  out  of  adjustment  by  unequal  expansion  or  contraction  of  hard 
rubber  and  magnet  metal.  No  exposed  metal  binding  posts  to  break  off  or  shock  the 
user — the  cords  last  twice  as  long.    Easy  to  inspect — the  cap  unscrews  by  hand. 

The  generator  magnets  are  of  a  quality  and  treated  to  insure  uniformity  and  per- 
mancy  of  magnetism.  The  armature  is  laminated  ;  (built  up  in  sections)  for  higher 
efficiency  both  in  quantity  and  quality  of  power.  Wide  face,  tough  brass  gear  wheels 
with  special  cut  teeth — they  run  smooth  and  noiseless.  An  automatic  shunt  (switch) 
throws  the  generator  on  the  line. 

The  ringer  is  independent  of  the  cabinet  and  is  not  affected  by  unequal  expan- 
sion or  contraction  of  wood  and  metal.  The  magnets  are  machine  wound  with  silk 
insulated  fine  copper  wire.  The  armature  adjustment  is  by  means  of  one  screw  with 
an  ordinary  wrench. 

German  silver  hook  switch  springs  mounted  in  a  hard  rubber  block  and  riveted 
pure  platinum  contacts — the  only  metal  corrosion  and  spark  oxidization  proof. 

The  exterior  nickel  plated  mt-tal  parts  will  not  tarnish  and  the  cabinet  wood  is 
quartered  oak  or  walnut  and  given  a  rich  rub  finish. 

The  cheapest  on  the  market  costs  about  two  dollars  less — this  is  saved  in  one 
trip  to  town  for  repairs. 

LINE    CONSTRUCTION. 

The  following  diagram  illustrates  the  best  method  of  line  construction  : — 

COST    OF    CONSTRUCTION. 

In  most  cases,  farmers  furnish  all  labour  and  native  poles  for  line  construction. 
The  following  estimates  will  be  found  conservative  : — 

One  mile,  30  poles  per  mile,  not  including  labour  or  poles, 
IBB  galvanized  iron  wire  No.  12,  bracket  construc- 
tion      $  8  41 

Two  wires,  bracket  construction 16  82 

Cross  arm  construction,  one  wive 20  05 

Additional  wire 7  88 


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APPENDIX   No.   1 

For  detailed  prices  and  description,  see  pages  8  and  9,  of  '  Telephones  in  Farm 
Life.' 

One  mile,  30  poles  per  mile;  including  all  poles,  material 

and  labour,  bracket  construction $74  81 

Additional  wire 17  50 

Cross-arm  construction 86  45 

Materials   for   installing   individual   instruments,   average.  .  1  00 

Labour,  average 0  78 

For  detailed  prices  and  illustrated  construction  methods  see  pages  19  to  29,  '  The 
Rural  Telephone.' 

CUT-IN    STATIONS. 

On  heavily-loaded  rural  lines,  an  equal  division  is  frequently  made  to  reduce 
the  amount  of  ringing.    For  this  a  cut-in  station  is  used — a  semblance  of  exchange. 

They  are  screwed  to  the  wall  above  or  convenient  to  an  ordinary  tpye  'K '  tele- 
phone. By  the  shifting  of  the  key,  either  side  of  the  line  is  connected  with  the  cut-in 
station.  With  the  key  in  a  normal  condition  the  two  lines  are  connected.  By  the 
auxiliary  ringer  it  is  impossible  to  divide  the  line  as  to  leave  either  side  without  a 
ringing  terminus. 

Cost,  averaged,  according  to  the  winding  of  the  ringer,  governed  by  the  number 
of  instruments  on  the  line,  $4.80. 

SMALL    EXCHANGES. 

Like  the  rural  post  office,  the  rural  telephone  exchange  is  a  centre,  and  located 
usually  at  a  cross-road  store.  In  place  of  the  cumbersome  wall  cabinet  exchanges,  a 
switching  station  is  now  used,  up  to  20  lines-  They  are  made  of  exactly  the  same 
material  as  our  large  switchboards,  in  5,  10  and  20-line  units,  encased  in  enameled 
cast  iron  boxes  and  screwed  to  the  wall  convenient  to  an  ordinary  type  '  K '  telephone. 

Frequently  an  auxiliary  cord  and  plug  equipment  is  installed  with  a  switching 
station,  provided  with  ringing  keys  (levers  in  front  of  each  cord  pair  that  throw 
ringing  current  to  line),  listening  keys  (levers  that  throw  operators'  receiver  and 
transmitter  to  any  line),  clearing  out  drops  (indicating  when  conversations  are  ter- 
minated), and  night  bell  and  switch,  forming  in  every  way  a  complete  exchange. 

COST    OF    SWITCHING    STATION. 

For       5  lines $19  93 

For  10  lines 36  00 

For  20  lines 67  50 

Auxiliary  plug  and  cord  equipment '. 33  75 

Detailed  description  in  Bulletin  26. 

DESK   CABINET   SWITCH-BOARDS. 

Desk  cabinet  switch-boards  are  installed  almost  universally  100  line  ultimate  capa- 
city with  enough  drops  and  jacks  for  immediate  needs.  The  board  is  wired  complete 
with  all  plugs,  ringing  and'  listening  keys. 

For  detailed  description  see  '  Modern  Methods.' 

Cost,  50  drops  installed,  wired  complete  with  all  cords,  plugs 

and  ringing  and  listening  keys $  227  50 

Additional  jacks  in  strips  of  10 7  50 

Additional  drops  in  strips  of  10 20  00 

Labour  installing,  in  strips  of  10,  both  drops  and  jacks.  ...  2  50 


78  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

AUTOMATIC    RINGING. 

The  labour  is  frequently  so  great  in  ringing  subscribers  on  boards  of  100  line 
capacity  that  a  Warner  Pole  Changer  is  used.  This  changer  is  operated  by  two  cells 
of  Gordon  battery  and  supplied  with  current  from  a  chain  of  dry  batteries  of  60  cells. 
Its  function  is  simply  to  transform  the  direct  current  naturally  given  out  by  the  bat- 
teries to  an  alternating  current  like  that  produced  by  an  ordinary  hand  generator. 

Cost,  including  cabinet  and  batteries,  $45. 

TOLL  LINES. 

Where  it  is  desired  to  separate  the  toll  lines  from  the  regular  switchboard,  switch- 
ing stations  are  used  as  described  on  page  7  of  this  letter.  They  are  screwed  to  the 
cabinet  or  to  the  wall  at  a  convenient  point. 

BRIDGING  TELEPHONES   WITH   SPECIAL   DEVICES. 

The  following  special  telephones  of  the  bridging  type  of  the  same  general  design 
as  type  '  K/  described  on  page  3  of  this  letter  : — 

Type  '  K'  with  grounding  hey. — A  simple  device  for  ringing  each  other  on  the 
same  line  without  signalling  exchange.  By  depressing  a  key,  the  exchange  is  sig- 
nalled without  ringing  parties  on  the  same  line.  Described,  Bulletin  28.  For  cost 
add  25  cents  to  regular  price  of  type  '  K.' 

'  North's  Type  '  K '  with  Silent  Ringer. — Another  simple  device  for  toll  party 
lines,  or  where  for  any  reason  it  is  desired  that  exchange  record  the  subscriber  calls. 
Exchange  is  signalled  without  ringing  other  subscribers'  bells  on  the  same  line.  Can 
be  used  on  party  line  with  ordinary  telephones,  thus  admitting  of  an  inexpensive 
classification  of  toll  and  full  service  subscribers.  Described  in  Bulletin  28.  For 
cost  add  $1.25. 

'North's  Type  ' K/  Selective  1,  2,  8,  or  Party  Ringer. — Still  another  simple  de- 
vice, enabling  exchange  to  call  one  of  2,  3  or  4  parties  on  the  same  line  without 
ringing  the  other.  The  subscribers  do  not  ring  each  other  in  calling  exchange.  Re- 
duces the  ringing  on  heavily-loaded  party  lines.  For  instance,  if  there  are  12  tele- 
phones on  a  line,  it  is  reduced  one-half  by  a  two-party  system;  three-fourths  ty  a 
four-party  system.     For  cost  add  $2  for  two  parties,  and  $2.50  for  four  parties. 

'  North's  Type  '  K,'  with  Condenser. — For  ringing  through  on  a  party  line  with 
one  or  more  receivers  off  the  hook.    For  cost  add  $1.50. 

GENERAL   POLICY. 

The  North  Electric  Company  has  built  its  extended  and  growing  business  among 
rural  companies  by  a  liberal  policy.  Every  product  is  sold  on  an  unconditional  and 
unlimited  time  guarantee — should  defects  appear,  they  are  made  right  without  cost 
or  quibble.  We  never  ask  any  questions  regarding  the  responsibility  of  a  broken 
part.  If  a  farmer  breaks  a  ringer  in  trying  to  adjust  it,  we  send  him  another  and 
leave  the  payment  to  his  conscience. 

No  device  is  offered  for  sale  until  it  is  known  to  be  out  of  the  experimental  stage. 
Even  after  it  is  tested  in  our  own  laboratory  as  far  as  it  can  be  carried,  it  is  then 
sent  to  some  of  our  operating  company  friends  and  used  under  all  conditions  and 
classes  of  service. 

We  are  not  mere  assemblers  of  parts,  but  makers  from  raw  material — we  give 
the  purchaser  the  cost  maker's  profit.  The  plant  is  on  an  economical  basis,  and  like 
all  large  concerns,  the  individual  profits  are  small — we  depend  on  the  annual  volume 
for  a  net  result. 

It  is  possible  to  enlarge  any  of  our  switchboards  by  adding  units  like  a  sectional 
book-case.     All  parts  are  interchangeable.     They  are  milled  and  bored  in  jigs — ac- 


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APPENDIX  No.  1  • 

curately  to  a  thousandth  of  an  inch.  To  own  these  jigs  requires  an  outlay  so  large 
that  it  is  warranted  only  where  switchboard  and  telephone  parts  are  made  in  large 
lots.  We  carry  a  large  stock  on  hand  of  these  parts  and  they  are  shipped  out  on  re- 
quest by  first  express.  Most  manufacturers  do  not  keep  a  supply  on  hand.  They 
make  a  few  telephone  and  switchboard  parts  at  a  time  and  change  patterns  frequently. 
To  keep  a  stock  of  parts  on  hand,  representing  every  change,  would  tie  up  a  fortune 
of  practical  idleness.  Then  when  you  get  the  parts,  blacksmithing  and  machine  work 
is  necessary;  for  where  the  parts  are  made  by  hand  without  jigs  it  is  impossible 
to  produce  exact  duplicates. 

The  devices  produced  by  this  company  in  the  evolution  of  years  have  reached 
the  simplicity  that  their  adjustments  are  practically  permanent. 

Eespectfully, 

THE  NORTH  ELECTRIC  COMPANY, 
By  David  Gibson. 


No.  62. 

Extract  from  a  letter  of  Thomas  Bcgley,  of  Egerton,  Ont.,  to  Mr.  Thomas  Mar- 
tin, M.P.  :— 

'  Thanking  you  for  the  copy  of  the  evidence,  but  you  will  note  on  page  291  that 
the  printer  made  a  big  mistake  in  saying  the  line  cost  $200  per  mile;  that  should  read 
to  cost  about  $67  or  $68  per  mile.' 

Mr.  Begley's  evidence,  as  printed  : — 

By  Mr.  Burrows  : 

Q.  What  do  you  find  the  cost  to  be  of  putting  up  a  mile  of  line,  speaking  gener- 
ally ?— A.  Generally  ? 

Q.  Yes. — A.  Well,  in  ours  I  think  it  was  $200  and  some  odd  it  cost  us  for  about 
23  miles  altogether. 

As  desired  to  be  corrected  by  Mr.  Begley  : 

Q.  What  do  you  find  the  cost  to  be  of  putting  up  a  mile  of  line,  speaking  gener- 
ally ?— A.  Generally  ? 

Q.  Yes.— A.  Well,  in  ours  I  think  it  was  $67  or  $68  per  mile. 


No.  63. 

House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  May  15,  1905. 

My  Dear  Sir  William, — When  I  received  your  recent  letter  asking  me  to  let  the 
Special  Committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  subject  of  telephones  have  particular 
information  with  regard  to  the  telephone  service  in  my  constituency,  I  communicated 
at  once  with  the  mayors  of  the  more  important  towns  in  West  Assiniboia  on  the  sub- 
ject. The  first  reply  I  have  received  is  from  Mr.  W.  R.  Abbott,  mayor  of  Maple  Creek, 
which  I  attach  herewith. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

WALTER  SCOTT. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Special  Telephone  Committee, 

Ottawa. 


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»  4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

No.  63a. 

Maple  Creek,  N.W.T.,  May  10,  1905. 
Walter  Scott,  Esq.,  M.P., 

(West  Assiniboia) — Ottawa. 

My  Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  May  6,  1905,  re  telephone  facilities  ia 
West  Assiniboia  generally  and  town  of  Maple  Creek  and  district  surrounding,  would 
say: 

This  town  and  district  has  not  yet  enjoyed  such  facilities,  yet  look  forward  10 
the  time  when  such  will  be  within  their  reach. 

Why  should  not  the  Dominion  of  Canada  through  the  Post  Office  Department 
operate  the  whole  telephone  system  of  the  country  for  general  good,  and  as  a  com- 
mencement erect  and  operate  such,  in  what  is  at  present  known,  as  the  North-wesx, 
there  is  not  a  doubt  that  such  would  be  a  paying  proposition  for  the  department  pre- 
sided over  by  Sir  Willi  am  Mulock. 

If  such  is  not  at  present  advisable,  every  encouragement  should  be  given  to  muni- 
cipalities, town  and  county,  to  erect  and  operate,  keeping  in  view  that  sometime  they 
vvculd  become  part  of  a  national  system. 

No  franchise  should  be  given  to  any  company  unless  subject  to  local  authority  of 
municipalities  in  whicfr  erected  in  regards  to  erection,  rates,  &c. 

If  such  franchise  has  been  already  granted,  such  should  be  amended  so  as  to 
bring  them  under  such  control  at  least  in  the  many  districts  in  the  North-west  and 
other  portions  of  Canada,  where  up  to  the  present  no  steps  have  been  taken  to  give 
such  facilities  by  erection  or  otherwise. 

But  above  all  national  ownership  and  operation  is  desirable. 

Yours  respectfully, 

W.  Tl.  ABBOTT, 

Mayor. 


No.  64. 

House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  May  15,  1905. 

Dear  Sir  William, — Keferring  to  your  letter  of  the  20th  ult.,  asking  for  infor- 
mation relative  to  telephone  investigation,  I  wish  to  state  that  after  waiting  for 
several  years  for  the  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company  to  build  a  branch  line  into  my 
constituency,  the  people  in  the  county  of  Antigonish  and  in  the  municipality  of  St. 
Marys  took  the  matter  up  themselves  and  formed  a  joint  stock  company  and  com- 
menced the  construction  of  an  independent  line  which  joins  the  main  line  of  the 
Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company  at  the  town  of  Antigonish.  This  company  is  called 
the  Antigonish  and  Sherbrooke  Telephone  Company,  Limited.  Permit  me  to  quote 
an  abstract  from  the  last  yearly  statement  made  to  the  shareholders  of  this  company 
by  the  secretary,  Mr.  James  K.  MacDonald.     It  is  as  follows: 

'  The  company  has  now  in  operation  170  miles  of  telephone  lines,  with  83  tele- 
phones, including  two  instruments  ordered  and  daily  expected,  and  there  is  a  constant 
demand,  both  for  the  extension  of  their  lines,  and  for  the  installment  of  more  in- 
struments in  the  territory  already  covered.  The  yearly  rentals  of  the  above  83  tele- 
phones aggregate  $1,500  and  the  long-distance  tolls  earned  will  at  a  low  estimate 
(based  on  the  experience  of  the  past  months)  bring  the  company's  income,  even  with- 
out any  extension  beyond  its  present  capacity,  up  to  $1,800  a  year.  It  is  proposed  to 
put  $500  a  year  to  the  credit  of  a  sinking  fund,  and  it  is  estimated  that  $500  more 
will  cover  the  ordinary  yearly  expenses  of  the  company,  leaving  a  surplus  (besides 
sinking  fund)  of  $800  a  year.  The  capital  already  expended  is  about  $7,000.  The 
earning  capacity  is  therefore  very  good.' 


APPENDIX  "A"  81 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

There  is  a  proposed  and  probable  extension  for  this  spring  from  Marie  Joseph  to 
Port  Dufferin,  26  miles,  and  a  possible  extension  from  Goshen  to  Isaac's  Harbour, 
about  30  miles.  These  two  connections  would  give  at  a  low  estimate  40  telephones, 
■which  added  to  those  already  in  operation,  would  increase  the  company's  income  very 
much.' 

I  may  point  out  that  while  this  line  is  owned  by  a  joint  stock  company  the  farmers 
residing  in  certain  districts  along  the  line  contributed  the  poles  and  I  am  informed 
that  in  many  cases  erected  them  free,  and  in  this  way  assisted  the  company  in  the 
construction  of  the  line.  The  ordinary  rate  charged  to  householders  is  $18  per  year 
and  th<?  lessee  is  permitted  to  collect  rates  from  the  parties  in  the  vicinity  using  the 
'phone. 

I  may  further  point  out  that  the  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company,  which  has  a 
practical  monopoly  in  eastern  Nova  Scotia,  at  first  declined  to  connect  with  the  An- 
tigonish  and  Sherbrooke  Telephone  Company,  at  Antigonish  or  send  forward  their 
messages,  and  finally  on  complying  imposed  the  condition  that  the  new  company  would 
agree  not  to  build  along  the  western  shore  in  the  direction  of  Halifax,  beyond  Sheet 
Harbour,  for  a  period  of  three  years. 

I  submit  that  the  attitude  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company,  in  regard  to 
this  matter  shows  the  necessity  for  legislation  to  compel  existing  telephone  companies 
under  proper  regulations,  to  connect  with  new  branch  lines  and  transmit  their  mess- 
ages. I  may  further  add  that  the  whole  of  the  eastern  municipality  of  my  con- 
si  ituency  is  still  without  telephone  connection  and  any  arrangements  by  which  the 
same  could  be  extended  to  the  important  fishing  and  inland  districts  of  eastern  Guys- 
borough,  would  be  very  acceptable. 

I  remain,  yours  truly, 

J.  H.  SINCLAIR. 


No.  65. 

House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  May  12,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir  William. — Your  esteemed  favour  of  the  27th  ultimo,  asking  that  I  in- 
form the  committee  as  to  telephone  facilities  at  present  enjoyed  by  the  people  of  the 
county  of  Annapolis,  received. 

In  reply  would  say  that  fifteen  years  ago  a  line  was  established  to  connect  Tor- 
brook  iron  ore  mines  with  Middleton  and  Margaretsville,  and  it  proved  so  conven- 
ient, and  was  such  an  accommodation  to  the  people  of  this  section,  that  a  company 
was  formed  called  the  Valley  Telephone  Company,  and  the  line  extended  westerly 
to  Digby,  connecting  with  the  Yarmouth  Amalgamated  Telephone  Company,  also 
eastwardly  to  Hansport,  135  miles,  connecting  with  the  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Com- 
pany and  with  the  Central  Telephone  Company.  The  trunk  line  of  the  Valley  Tele- 
phone Company  carries  two  circuits,  one  metallic  and  one  iron  ground,  return  built 
on  cedar  poles  fitted  with  four-pin  cross-arms  and  cost  about  $250  (two  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars)  per  mile.  There  is  about  250  miles  of  side  lines  running  over  the  moun- 
tain to  villages  which  might  properly  be  called  trunk  lines,  as  they  connect  these 
places  with  the  main  lines. 

The  Valley  Telephone  Company  system  is  divided  into  twelve  circuits  or  ex- 
changes, viz. : — 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Digby,  with , 87  telephones. 

Bear  River,  with 18  " 

Annapolis,  with 68  " 

Granville  Ferry,  with 30  " 

Bridgetown,  with 64  " 

Lawrencetown,  with 26 

Middleton,  with , 100  " 

Berwick,  with 28  " 

Port  Williams,  with 32  " 

Canning,  with 45  " 

Kentville,  with 97  " 

Wolfville,  with 98  " 

A  total  of 693 

There  are  25  telephones  in  the  railway  stations  from  which  there  is  no  revenue. 
The  company  charge  its  patrons  for  telephones  in  residence,  $15  per  year;  telephones 
in  business  offices,  $20  per  year;  telephones,  long-distance  desk,  $25  per  year.  About 
333  are  in  residences  and  balance  in  business  places. 

The  capital  stock  of  the  company  is  $45,225,  and  a  large  amount  of  revenue  has 
been  expended  on  reconstruction  and  betterments  to  the  line,  so  as  to  give  the  patrons 
an  efficient  and  up-to-date  service.  It  connects  direct  with  the  Nova  Scotia  Tele- 
phone and  have  an  agreement  by  which  this  company  receive,  transmit  and  deliver 
messages  with  the  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company,  charging  the  Valley  Telephone 
Company  same  rates  as  its  Windsor  subscribers,  less  5  cents,  making  rate  from  Hants- 
port  to  Halifax  20  cents,  Hantsport  to  Windsor,  10  cents.  The  Valley  Telephone 
Company  charge  to  and  from  Berwick  and  points  thereof,  15  cents;  points  west 
thereof,  20  cents.  Neither  parties  are  to  compete  with  each  other  within  the  Terri- 
tory occupied  by  each  other  respectively,  nor  make  connection  with  any  telephone 
companies  or  corporations  offering  any  competition  with  the  Nova  Scotia  or  Valley 
Telephone  Company,  also  with  Yarmouth  Amalgamated,  West  Port  and  Digby,  and 
the  Central  Company,  with  whom  this  company  connect  direct. 

The  company  has  since  its  inception  paid  a  dividend  of  7  per  cent  until  last 
year,  when  the  dividend  was  reduced  to  6  per  cent,  and  the  rest  account,  which  the 
company  had  borrowed  for  reconstruction,  was  charged  to  that  account. 

The  following  is  the  last  years'  statement  of  the  business  of  the  company. 

THIRTEENTH  ANNUAL  STATEMENT  OF  VALLEY  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  LTD.,  DECEMBER  31,  1904. 

Assets. 

By  cost  of  exchange  and  plant $   67,733  29 

"  real  estate  and  fittings 3,391  87 

"  amt.  accident  reserve  in  building  sect 1,972  23 

"  bills  receivable 116  10 

Cash  on  hand  and  in  bank 1,672  96 

Liabilities. — 

To  stockholders  capital  stock $   46,225  00 

"  supplies  on  hand,  1903 1,171  37 

"  loan  on  head  office  buildings 2,500  00 

"  amount    spent    on    reconstruction    to 

January,  1904 17,218  67 

"  accident  reserve  fund 1,972  23 

"  depreciation  account,  1904 3,272  23 

"  net  profits  for  year 2.526  95 

$   74,886  45 


$   74,886  45 


APPENDIX  "A"  83 

APPENDIX   No.    1 

Cash  accounts. — 

To  balance  on  hand,  January,  1904 $     1,772  54 

"  cash   received   from   rentals,    1904..    ..  7,745  45 

"  cash  received  from  tolls,  1904 4,234  06 

"  cash  received  from  capital  stock,  1904-         5,325  00 
"  cash  received  from  prem.  on  stock,  10%  532  86 

"  loan  on  buildings 2,500  00 

"  stores  sold 15  80 

$    22,125  65 

"  by  dividend  paid  February,  1904 $      2,863  00 

"  amount  paid  for  head  office  and  alterations 3.391  87 

"  amount  pairl  on  construction  account 3,641  91 

"  goods  in  stock  for  construction 978  25 

"  amount    of   reconstruction    account 3,272  23 

•"  amount   of   expenses,   maintenance   of  line 5,938  58 

"  stores  in  stock  for  expenses  account 241  75 

"  bins  receivable 116  10 

'•  amount  of  balance  in  bank  and  on  hand' 1,672  96 

$    22,125  65 
Revenue  account  for  the  year  1904. — 

To  cash  received  from  rentals $     7,745  45 

"  cash  received  from  tolls 4,234  06 

$   11,979  51 

By  expense  account,  maintenance  of  line.  .  $      6,180  33 

"  reconstruction  account 3,272  23 

"  balance  net  profits  for  year 2,526  95 

$    11,979  51 

To   balance  net  profits   for  year $     2,526  95 

By  balance  for  1904,  payable  February,  1905 $      2.567  07 

I  believe  that  the  people  in  the  counties  of  Kings  and  Annapolis,  served  by  the 
Valley  Telephone  Company,  are  fairly  well  satisfied  with  the  accommodation  and  ser- 
vice they  receive,  but,  I  am  afraid  that  the  company  will  not  be  able  to  continue  same 
rates  to  its  patrons  as  in  the  past,  and  will  have  to  ask  its  patrons  and  the  government 
.of  Nova  Scotia  to  permit  them  to  increase  their  rates  as  the  expense  of  material  and 
management,  &c,  are  increasing  rapidly. 

I  am,  dear  sir, 

Yours  most  obedient, 

S.  W.  W.  PICKUP. 


No.  66. 

Southport,  P.E.I.,  May  9,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Telephone  Committee, 

Dear  Sir, — Concerning  telephone  communication  in  Prince  Edward  Island.  (1.) 
The  company  collect  very  promptly,  but  a  broken  wire  may  remain  in  that  state  for 
days.  (2.)  Rates  are  very  high;  answers  as  well  as  messages  to  be  paid.  (3-)  Very 
reluctant  to  build  new  lines  unless  handsome  guarantees  are  assured.  Example: 
When  asked  to  build  a  line  nine  miles  long,  running  through  four  or  five  splendid 
settlements — not  one  mile  of  woodland,  and  when  half  a  dozen  private  'phones  were 
assured — the  company  only  laughed  and  said.  'You  will  need  to  buy  the  400  poles  at  $2 
each  and  have  them  put  in  position  and  then  we  will  stretch  the  wire  and  collect  pro- 

1— d—  7 


84  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

ceeds.'     (4.)  A  monopoly  subsidized  by  government  exists  and  we  wish  this  state   of 
affairs  to  cease  so  that  competition  and  cheaper  'phones  may  be  possible. 

Yours  very  truly, 

GEORGE  F.  DEWAR. 


SUMMARY  OF  LETTERS  RECEIVED. 

No.  67. 

From  Dr.  Ross,  Union  Telephone  Company  of  New  Brunswick,  inclosing  list 
of  42  questions  which  writers  suggests  should  be  submitted  to  the  New  Brunswick 
Telephone  Company,  bearing  upon  discrimination  in  rates,  giving  of  free  service  and 
the  refusal  of  the  station  agent  at  Florenceville  to  answer  calls  received  over  the 
Union  Telephone  Company's  system. 

No.  68. 

Letter  from  Dr.  Ross  stating  that  his  company  have  46  subscribers  who  are  not 
connected  with  the  New  Brunswick  Company's  exchange,  instead  of  three,  as  reported 
by  Senator  Thompson. 

No.  69. 

From  Mechanicsburg  Telephone  Company,  Ohio,  replying  to  questions  and  stat- 
ing that  they  have  700  telephones  and  population  of  5,500.  Four  hundred  and  fifty  are 
rural  subscribers  at  $1  per  month.  Company  earns  8  per  cent  dividend.  Have  125 
miles  of  toll  lines  carrying  from  two  to  twenty  wires;  ten  farmers  are  connected  on 
a  line.  The  manager  and  one  troubleman  keep  the  line  in  good  shape.  The  writer 
considers  with  good  construction  and  instruments,  two  men  could  take  care  of  1,000 
telephones  nicely.     Salary  account  for  1904,  including  operators,  was  $2,688. 

No.  70. 

From  Leaf  River  and  Egan  Mutual  Telephone  Company,  replying  to  questions. 
The  company  has  71  telephones  in  a  population  of  1,000;  25  being  farmers.  Each  sub- 
scriber is  a  shareholder,  paying  $30,  three  subscribers  to  the  mile  required  for  rural 
lines.  The  subscriber  pays  50  cents  per  month,  40  cents  going  to  the  central  office 
and  10  cents  held  as  a  reserve  fund.  This  nets  $85.20  per  year,  which,  with  $120  toll 
receipts,  makes  a  total  of  $205.20  per  annum  to  pay  $153.90  running  expenses.  Twenty- 
five  cents  extra  per  month  gives  subscribers  free  communication  to  all  points  in  Osle 
county  and  all  the  neighbouring  counties  may  be  reached  for  a  toll  of  15  cents. 

No.  71. 

From  the  Cumberland  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  of  Nashville,  Tenn., 
stating  that  they  operate  '  Bell '  'phones  exclusively  in  Louisiana,  Tennessee,  Missis- 
sippi, Kentucky  and  southern  portions  of  Illinois  and  Indiana.  Investment,  $15,000,- 
000;  outstanding  capital,  $13,500,000.  Have  130,000  'phones  in  population  of  7,000.- 
000.  Company  pays  special  attention  to  farmers'  lines,  and  where  farmers  prefer  to 
build  their  own  lines,  connect  them  at  the  corporation  limits,  giving  them  unlimited 
service  to  one  exchange  for  $2  per  telephone  per  year. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  85 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  72. 

THE  THOUSAND  ISLANDS  RAILWAY  COMPANY. 

Geo.  Taylor,  M.P.,  Gananoque,  Ont.,  May  15,  1905. 

House  of  Commons, 
Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — Referring  to  your  letter  of  April  26,  regarding  my  opinion  as  to  the 
telephone  service  in  Gananoque,  we  have  continued  service  here  with  the  exception 
of  one  or  two  kours  on  Sunday,  our  telephones  are  kept  in  excellent  repair,  hy  men 
who  call  once  each  week,  and  if  we  have  any  trouble  all  we  have  to  do  is  to  advise 
the  local  manager  and  he  at  once  has  a  man  sent  to  fix  the  line.  I  have  read  with 
great  interest  the  reports  you  have  been  sending  me,  and  personally,  my  opinion  is 
that  the  municipality  could  not  give  one-quarter  the  service  we  are  now  enjoying  from 
the  Bell  Telephone  Comply.  Their  rates  here  are  one  year  for  business  or  residence, 
$25  per  year,  or  three  years'  lease,  $20  per  year,  for  business  or  residence. 

Yours  truly, 

E.  R.  CHAPMAN. 

No.  73. 

THE  ANTIGONISH  AND  SHERBROOKE  TELEPHONE  COMPANY, 

LIMITED. 

Head  Office,  Sherbrooke,  N.S.,  May  13,  1905. 
Sin  William  Mulock   K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 

Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir,— I  have  the  honour  of  replying  to  yours  of  the  1st  instant,  requesting 
answers  to  a  long  list  of  questions  inclosed.  Our  directors  had  this  matter  before 
them  last  week,  and  the  full  particulars,  as  far  as  we  could  give  them,  were  sent  to 
Mr.  Mclsaac,  M.P.,  for  Antigonish,  by  the  Rev.  M.  M.  Doyle.  I  also  wrote  our  re- 
presentative, Mr.  Sinclair.  Both  of  those  gentlemen  are  well  acquainted  with  our 
system,  and  the  territory  through  which  it  operates.  We  did  not  commence  operations 
until  late  in  May  of  1904,  and  many  of  your  questions  we  could  not  answer,  but  we 
find  that  our  farmers  and  fishermen  in  isolated  sections  are  very  anxious  to  have  the 
line  come  as  near  to  them  as  possible.  I  inclose  a  statement  I  sent  out  with  our  last 
call,  which  may  be  of  some  service.  The  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company  wish  and 
have  restricted  us  to  certain  territory,  and  we  are  practically  bound  to  them  by  hav- 
ing to  purchase  our  telephones,  switchboards,  &c,  from  them,  in  order  to  get  connec- 
tions with  their  systems  for  long-distance  work.  If  we  have  not  already  furnished 
all  information  necessary  we  will  endeavour  to  answer  any  further  questions  you 
may  ask. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 
Your  obedient  servant, 

JAMES  R.  MACDONALD, 

Secretary. 

No.  73a. 

STATEMENT. 

v  The  company  has  now  in  operation  170  miles  of  telephone  lines,  with  83  telephones, 
including  two  instruments  ordered  and  daily  expected,  and  there  is  a  constant  de- 
mand, both  for  the  extension  of  their  lines,  and  for  the  instalment  of  more  instruments 
in  the  territory  already  covered.  The  yearly  rentals  of  the  above  83  telephones  ag- 
gregate $1,500,  and  the  long-distance  tolls  earned  will  at  a  low  estimate  (based  on  the 

l— d— n\ 


86  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.    1905 

experience  of  the  past  months)  bring  the  company's  income,  even  without  any  ex- 
tension beyond  its  present  capacity,  up  to  $1,800  a  year.  It  is  proposed  to  put  $500 
a  year  to  the  credit  of  a  sinking  fund,  and  it  is  estimated  that  $500  more  will  cover 
the  ordinary  yearly  expenses  of  the  company,  leaving  a  surplus  (besides  sinking  fund) 
of  $800  a  year.  The  capital  already  expended  is  about  $7,000.  The  earning  capacity 
is  therefore  very  good. 

There  is  a  proposed  and  probable  extension  for  thi3  spring  from  Marie  Joseph  to 
Port  Dufferin,  26  miles,  and  a  possible  extension  from  Goshen  to  Isaac's  Harbour, 
about  30  miles.  ,  These  two  connections  would  give  at  a  low  estimate  40  telephones, 
which  added  to  those  already  in  operation  would  increase  the  company's  income  very 
much. 

Yours  truly, 

JAMES  R.  MACDONALD, 

Secretary. 


No.  74. 

Florenceville,  N.B.,  May  13,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Telephone  Committee, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir., — From  the  newspaper  report  I  see  that  Senator  Thompson  states  that 
he  has  about  completed  an  '  amicable  arrangement '  with  Senator  Baird  on  the  diffi- 
culties between  the  Union  and  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Companies.  In  my  own 
evidence  before  the  committee  I  tried  to  be  fair  as  possible  and  to  bring  up  nothing 
but  well  known  facts.  Since  Senator  Thompson  has  referred  to  the  proposed  '  amic- 
able arrangement,'  I  wish  to  state  to  the  committee  that  the  gist  of  the  proposed 
'  amicable  arrangement '"  is  that  the  Union  Telephone  Company  agrees  to  pay  the  New 
Brunswick  Telephone  Company  the  sum  of  $100  each  year  for  the  privilege  of  allow- 
ing the  Union  Telephone  Company  to  install  their  'phones  in  the  Woodstock  station. 
This  may  be  a  very  '  amicable  arrangement,'  still  the  Union  Telephone  Company  doe9 
not  consider  it  an  '  amicable  arrangement '  and  only  considered  it  at  all  as  a  means 
of  improving  the  Woodstock  automatic  service. 

Referring  also  to  the  reason  that  the  Union  Company  are  not  connected  by  switch 
with  the  New  Brunswick  Company,  he  says  the  Union  Company  refuses.  The  New 
Brunswick  Telephone  Company  made  it  a  condition  of  allowing  us  to  connect  with 
them  at  Woodstock,  that  the  Union  Company  close  all  their  offices  in  Woodstoclc.  The 
Union  Company  did  not  consider  this  a  fair  proposition.  The  Union  Company  has 
documentary  proof  of  both  of  the  above  statements.  The  offer  was  submitted  to  the 
shareholders'  meeting  and  was  unanimously  rejected. 

Yours  truly, 
THE  UNION  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  LIMITED 

Per  D.  W.  Ross,  Secretary. 


No.  75. 

Florenceville,  NB..  May  13,  1905. 
Sib  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Telephone  Committee, 

Ottawa,  Ont. 
Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  the  10th  instant.  I  beg  to  say  that  before 
July  1,  1903,  independent  telephone  companies  would  generally  get  a  'phone  installed 
in  the  railway  station  through  the  influence  of  some  large  shipper.  The  Union  Tele- 
phone Company  before  July  1,  1903.  had  'phones  installed  in  the  following  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway  stations: — Hartland,  Florenceville,  Bath,  Andover  and  Grand  Falls. 


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APPENDIX   No.    1 

The  'phones  were  installed  in  the  above  places  by  the  Union  Telephone  Company  with- 
out any  expense  to  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  were  installed  there  for  the 
benefit  of  our  patrons.  The  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company's  station  agent  at 
those  places  used  the  'phone  on  their  local  circuit  free  of  all  charge  and'  they  are  a 
great  convenience  to  the  station  agent  and  to  the  people.  Since  July  1,  1903,  the 
Union  Telephone  has  not  been  able  to  have  any  'phone  installed  in  the  Canadian  Paci- 
fic Railway  station.  In  July  or  August,  1903,  the  Union  Telephone  Company  applied 
to  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  for  permission  to  install  a  'phone  at  Bristol  station 
and  received  a  letter  refusing  consent.  And  as  the  Union  Company  were  at  the  same 
time  trying  to  get  'phones  into  the  Woodstock  station  they  concluded  that  the  agree- 
ment which  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  had  with  the  New  Brunswick  Company 
must  be  an  exclusive  one.  Now  the  agents  all  answer  very  well  except  one  place.  All 
the  agents  make  more  or  less  claim  that  it  is  not  their  place  to  answer  the  independent 
'pi  one.  In  November,  1903,  the  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company  installed  a 
'phone  in  Florenceville  station.  The  Union  Telephone  Company  had  a  'phone  in- 
stalled in  Florenceville  station  ever  since  1901.  Soon  after  the  New  Brunswick  'phone 
was  installed'  in  Florenceville  station  the  Union  'phone  was  not  answered  very  well 
but  it  did  not  get  so  very  bad  until  January  or  February  1,  1905,  when  the  agent  it 
Florenceville  told  our  president  Dr.  F.  M.  Brown  that  he  would  not  answer  the  Union 
Telephone  call  unless  he  was  paid  for  so  doing  by  the  Union  Company.  Our  president 
told  him  that  he  thought  where  the  Union  Telephone  Company  placed  the  'phone  there 
free  of  charge  to  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  their  agents  used  it  on  the  local 
circuits  freely,  that  he  should  answer  it  as  a  part  of  his  duties  to  the  public;  that  It 
was  an  agent's  duty  to  answer  all  reasonable  questions  on  railway  business  through  the 
station  wicket  and  that  it  was  just  as  much  the  agents  duty  to  answer  the  same  ques- 
tions over  the  telephone.  Now  since  that  time  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  agent  at 
Florenceville  has  stated  to  different  parties  that  he  would  not  answer  the  Union  Com- 
pany's 'phone.  Since  last  January  it  is  only  once  in  a  great  while  that  he  has  answered 
at  all.  People  have  come  to  the  Union  line  to  get  Florenceville  station  and  after 
repeated  ringing  could  not,  and  have  then  gone  to  the  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Com- 
pany's office  and  found  that  they  were  answered  at  once,  promptly. 

On  the  day  I  started  for  Ottawa  I  waited  in  the  Florenceville  station  one  hour 
for  the  train.  During  that  time  the  Union  Telephone  called  a  number  of  times  and 
although  there  were  two  agents  in  the  office  neither  of  them  answered  the  Union  'phon2 
at  all.  During  the  same  hour  the  New  Brunswick  'phone  rang  twice  and  each  time  the 
agents  answered  the  first  call.  There  can  be  no  plainer  case  of  discrimination.  There 
are  two  agents  there  at  Florenceville  and  during  this  hour  they  were  both  in  the  office 
and  could  have  answered  if  they  chose.  It  is  common  knowledge  around  Florenceville 
that  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  agent  at  Florenceville  station  does  not  answer  the 
Union  'phone  but  will  answer  the  New  Brunswick  'phone  promptly.  Every  one  here 
knows  this.  Our  president,  Dr.  F.  M.  Brown  has  had  more  to  do  with  this  phase  of 
the  question  than  I  have  myself.  I  do  not  think  there  are  any  other  places  where  both 
'phones  are  installed  unless  it  is  at  Grand  Falls,  but  I  have  received  no  complaints 
about  discrimination  from  our  people  at  Grand  Falls.  If  you  wish  to  know  why  the 
Canadian  Pacific  Railway  agent  at  Florenceville  will  not  answer  the  independent 
'phone,  you  might  summon  him,  his  name  is  A.  B.  Gaines. 

In  any  legislation  about  admitting  the  independent  'phone  into  a  railway  station 
unkss  it  is  clearly  expressed  in  the  law  about  whose  duty  it  is  to  answer  the  'phone 
and  that  there  shall  be  no  discrimination  all  legislation  would  be  useless.  A  little  con- 
sideration will  show  all  members  lof  the  committee  that  to  simply  introduce  the  inde- 
pendent 'phone  into  the  railway  station  will  not  be  sufficient.  The  proposed  legislation 
must  also  provide  that  the  independent  'phone  be  answered  promptly  by  the  static  a 
agent  and  without  any  discrimination.  Discrimination  is  a  very  hard  matter  to  prove 
as  shippers  and  others  having  business  with  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  its 
agents  do  not  care  to  put  themselves  on  record  in  any  permanent  form.     They  will 


88  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

complain  verbally  but  do  not  seem  to  care  to  put  anything  in  writing  or  to  publicly 
state  their  complaint. 

Yours  truly, 

D.  W.  ROSS, 

Secretary. 


No.  76. 

To  the  Honourable  the  Members  of  the  Select  Committee,  appointed  to  inquire  into 
the  various  Public  Telephone  Systems  in  Operation  in  Canada  and  Else- 
where : 

Gentlemen, — The  Board  of  Trade  of  the  Town  of  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick, 
desire,  through  a  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose,  to  lay  before  your  honour- 
able body  some  facts  in  connection  with  the  telephone  service  in  the  town  of  Wood- 
stock and  to  express  the  opinion  that  the  citizens  of  the  town  of  Woodstock  require 
that  the  Union  Telephone  Company,  who  have  an  exchange  in  said  town,  be  permitted 
to  place  their  instruments  in  the  freight  and  passenger  depots  of  the  Canadian  Pacific 
.Railway  Company,  which  permission  has  been  denied  them  by  the  said  railway  com- 
pany. The  committee  also  wish  to  correct  some  of  the  statements  made  by  Senator 
Thompson,  of  the  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company,  as  it  has  been  reported,  and 
to  state  that  the  price  of  the  New  Brunswick  telephones  to  new  subscribers  for  some 
years  before  the  advent  of  the  Union  Telephone  Company  in  Woodstock,  was  fifteen 
dollars  for  each  instrument,  whether  a  subscriber  took  one  or  more  instruments,  and 
further,  that  the  service  was  by  a  number  of  'phones  on  one  line,  just  the  same  then 
as  now.  The  service  rendered  by  the  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company  has  been 
much  improved  since  the  Union  Telephone  Company  have  commenced  doing  business 
in  Woodstock,  but  in  our  opinion  the  service  rendered  by  the  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany is  superior  to  that  of  the  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company  even  now. 

We  wish  it  distinctly  understood  that  nothing  in  the  above  shall  be  construed 
as  implying  that  the  committee  have  any  desire  to  find  fault  with  the  local  employees 
of  either  company,  but  what  we  do  desire  to  emphasize  is  that  the  system  in  use  by 
the  Union  Telephone  Company  is  very  much  superior  to  that  of  the  New  Brunswick 
Telephone  Company. 

Dated  this  thirteenth  day  of  May,  A.D.,  1905. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.  E.   HOLYOKE, 
J.  T.  GARDEN, 
WILLIAM  DIBBLEE. 

Committee  of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  Town  of  Woodstock. 


No.  77. 

House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  May  18, 1905. 
Sir  William  Mulook, 

Chairman  Special  Telephone  Committee, 
House  of  Commons,  Ottawa. 

My  dear  Sir  William, — I  forward  to  you  herewith  a  communication  from  Mayor 
F.  G.  Forster,  of  Medicine  H&t,  N.W.T.,  on  the  subject  of  telephones  in  relation  to 
Medicine  Hat  and  district. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

WALTER  SCOTT. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  89 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  77a. 

The  Mayor's  Office,, 

Medicine  Hat,  May  13,  1905. 
Walter  Scott,  M.P.,  Ottawa. 

Dear  Scott, — Replying  to  yours  of  the  6th,  re  telephones.  The  system  in  opera- 
tion here  is  the  Bell  Company  telephone.  The  system  is  entirely  local,  with  no  outside 
connection.  The  rates  are  :  Business,  $32;  household,  $20.  The  town  would  like  to 
see  the  government  take  over  the  telephone  business.  There  was  talk  at  one  time  of 
the  town  putting  in  a  system  on  municipal  ownership  lines. 

A  rural  system,  connecting  Dunmore,  Irvine,  Josephsburg,Woolchester  and  country 
points,  with  Medicine  Hat,  would  be  a  great  advantage,  and  would  pay. 

Yours  truly, 

F.  G.  FORSTER,  Mayor. 

No.  78. 

BLAKE  SBURG  TELEPHONE  AND  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY. 

(Incorporated.) 

Blakesburo,  Iowa,  May  15,  1905. 
To  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Messrs, — Enclosed  you  will  find  your  queries   of  March  28th   answered  briefly. 

Will  say  that  we  find  that  the  farmers  are  allowed  to  build  and  own  their  own 
lines;  that  they  avail  themselves  of  telephone  privileges,  whereas  if  they  had  to  pay  the 
prices  that  a  company  would  have  to  charge  them,  very  few  would  take  hold. 

They  build  their  own  lines  generally  by  a  company  of  about  sixteen.  They  can 
generally  get  to  the  central  in  8  miles.  Each  then  furnished  about  16  poles  (J  mile) 
of  burr  or  white  oak  poles  18  feet  long  with  4  inch  top  peeled  and  set  in  the  ground 
about  3£  feet  (with  brackets  and  insulator  and  a  wire  purchased  by  the  company). 
They  use  No.  12  BB  or  telephone  steel  wire,  which  costs  them  about  $6  to  $10  per  mile, 
and  they  put  it  up  themselves.  This  makes  it  cost  them  in  cash  from  $3  to  $5  each, 
the  poles  they  cut  from  their  own  timber. 

The  'phones  are  1,600  ohm.  ringers,  bridging,  and  cost  them  installed,  with  extra 
Victor  lightning  arrester,  switch,  and  ground  rod,  with  covered  wire  about  20  feet 
from  house,  all  equipped  in  first  class  shape,  $16  each. 

It  is  wonderful  how  the  farmers  have  taken  hold  of  this  matter  the  last  three  year?. 
They  pay  central  $3  per  year  for  furnishing  them  the  town  and  switching  them  on  to 
other  country  lines  and  they  also  get  switched  on  the  toll  lines  by  paying  the  customary 
toll  rates.  , 

Enclosed  find  one  of  our  blank  contracts  for  rural  service. 

Any  further  information  will  be  cheerfully  furnished. 

Truly, 
BLAKESBURG  TELEPHONE  AND  TELEGRAPH  CO., 

Herman  Snow,  President. 


No.  78a. 


Contract  for  Connection  with  Rural  Telephone  Lines. 


It  is  hereby  agreed  by  and  between  the  Blakesburg  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co., 
of  Blakesburg,  Iowa,  first  party  and 

of County,  Iowa,  a  voluntary  association,  second  party,  that  in 

consideration  of  three  dollars  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  in  advance  for  each 


90.  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD   VII.,   A.   1905 

and  every  member  or  subscriber  of  second  party's  company  or  association  first  party 
agrees  to  grant  second  party  the  right  and  privilege  of  making  and  maintaining  con- 
nection with  the  line  of  first  party  at  the  corporate  limits  of  Blakesburg  in  order  to 
give  the  members  of  second  party's  company  or  association  connection  therewith  and 
use  of  the  lines  connecting  with  first  party's  switch  board.  It  is  agreed  that  second 
party  shall  be  responsible  directly  to  first  party  for  the  payment  of  said  three  dollars 
per  annum  for  each  and  every  member  of  second  party.  And  should  other  persons 
become  members  of  second  party's  company  or  association,  then  second  party  shall  pay 
for  such  member  for  the  time  in  any  one  year  that  he  has  been  such  member. 

In  consideration  of  said  sum  of  three  dollars  per  annum,  seeond  party  shall  have 
the  right  and  privilege  of  using  all  lines  connected  with  first  party's  switch  board  ope- 
rated by  first  party,  not  including  toll  lines. 

It  is  further  agreed  that  second  party  shall  be  responsible  to  first  party  for  all  toll 
service  and  toll  charges  'for  each  of  its  members  or  subscribers  at  the  customary  rate 
for  such  toll  service  and  shall  make  settlement  for  all  toll  service  at  the  beginning  of 
the  month  next  following  such  service. 

It  is  agreed  and  understood  that  during  the  period  of  this  contract  second  party 
shall  not  make  connection  with  any  other  rural  line  or  other  system  of  telephone  except 
that  of  first  party. 

This  contract  shall  continue  in  force  for  the  period  of  five  years  from  the  date  of 
its  execution,  and  second  party  shall  at  any  time  on  request  of  the  secretary  or  other 
officer  of  first  party  furnish  first  party  a  complete  list  of  the  names  of  all  members  or 
subscribers.  In  case  second  party  does  not  pay  said  rental  of  three  dollars  per  year 
promptly  'for  each  of  its  members  or  subscribers,  first  party  shall  have  the  option  of 
declaring  this  contract  forfeited  and  to  disconnect  from  the  line  of  second  party  on 
giving  ten  days'  notice  of  intention  to  do  so. 

Witness  our  hands  by  the  authorized  officers  and  agents  of  the  parties  hereto 
this day  of ,  190.  .   .  . 


Sec'vf  Telephone  Company. 


.Pres.)  Blakesburg  Telephone  and 
.  Sec'yj        Telegraph  Company. 


No.  79. 

E.  J.  Harris,  Mayor. 

J.  W.  Pattison,  Secretary-treasurer. 

%         Neepawa,  AIw..   March  28,   1905. 
John  Crawford,  Esq.,  M.P., 

Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — Tour  letter  of  22nd  inst.  to  hand.  The  town  of  Neepawa  commenced 
to  operate  its  own  telephone  and  electric  light  system  on  January  1,  1900.  The  sys- 
tems are  to  a  certain  extent  run  together,  the  same  pole  line  being  used  as  far  as  pos- 
sible for  both  purposes,  the  linemen  also  distributing  their  services  where  required. 
Our  telephone  plant,  which  is  metallic  circuit,  when  installed  cost  $8,000.  We  had  100 
subscribers,  but  the  capacity  of  our  switchboard  was  150  'phones.  We  ran  along  with 
this  plant  until  the  beginning  of  1904.  Our  switchboard  being  by  this  time  overtaxed, 
it  was  decided  to  put  in  a  larger  board  of  250  drops.  Also  it  was  found  advisable  to 
cable  our  lines  running  direct  from  the  central  office  to  certain  points  of  distribu- 
tion. We  also  purchased  some  of  the  latest  and  most  up-to-date  'phones,  and  otherwise 
placed  our  system  in  first  class  repair,  entailing  an  additional  expenditure  of  some 
$5,000,  making  total  capital  invested,  $13,000.    Up  to  the  time  of  making  the  changes 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

to  our  plant  the  system  had  been  paying  fairly  well,  our  receipts  on  a  capital  expendi- 
ture of  $8,000  being  for  the  year  1901,  $1,794;  1902,  $2,125  and  1903,  $2,140,  and  last 
year  on  an  investment  of  $13,000  our  receipts  were  $2,330.  We  have  still  80  more 
'phones  to  put  in.  Our  charges  are  $10  per  annum  for  domestic  and  $20  for  commer- 
cial. Our  receipts  are  sufficient  to  cover  all  expenditures  on  account  of  operating  at 
the  present  rate,  but  I  want  to  point  out  to  you  that  at  these  rates  there  is  a  consider- 
able saving  to  the  people  over  the  rates  charged  by  the  Bell  Telephone  Company.  We 
not  only  run  on  a  paying  basis,  but  we  save  to  the  people  $6  per  year  on  each  'phone, 
which  would  on  the  number  of  'phones  now  installed  (170)  effect  a  saving  to  the  rate- 
payers of  $1,020  per  annum. 

The  power  to  conduct  this  undertaking  as  a  municipal  work  is  conferred  by  Cap. 
121  of  E.S.M. ;  section  29  refers  to  town  of  Neepawa.  If  the  Dominion  government 
in  course  of  time  saw  the  advisability  of  building  and  controlling  the  trunk  lines  so 
that  municipalities  could  connect  with  them,  municipal  ownership  would  be  made 
very  much  more  valuable,  and  would  relieve  the  people  of  a  very  large  outlay  which  at 
present  finds  its  way  into  the  hands  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company.  The  saving  we 
effect  to  the  people  by  our  municipal  'phone  will  give  one  an  idea  of  the  enormous  sav- 
ing which  might  be  effected  by  the  government  control  of  trunk  lines. 

I  inclose  herewith  a  copy  of  the  Auditor's  Beport  for  1904.  You  will  find  it  pretty 
complete,  and  by  reference  to  page  19  you  will  find  a  statement  of  our  electric  light 
and  telephone  operations  from  the  first  starting  of  the  plant,  January  1,  1900.  We 
have  paid  all  interest,  cost  of  operation,  sinking  fund  alone  not  having  been  provided, 
but  this  we  expect  to  do  readily  from  now  on.  We  have  a  surplus  of  assets  to  the  credit 
of  operating  account  of  $1,612,  but  apart  from  any  surplus  the  amount  saved  annually 
to  the  people  by  municipal  ownership  of  these  franchises  is  more  than  would  be  re- 
quired for  sinking  fund,  but  the  latter  we  expect  to  provide  also. 

Yours  truly, 

JAMES  W.  PATTISON, 

Sec'y-treas. 


No.  79a. 

TOWN   OF   NEEPAWA. 

Statement  of  Electric  Light  and  Telephone  Operating  Account  from  January  1,  1900. 

Receipts  to  December  SI,  190k- 

Cash  receipts,  1900 $  4,474  04 

"              1901 7,238  91 

"              1902 8,797  58 

1903 9,085  91 

"              1904 11,251  71 

Total  cash  receipts $40,848  15 


Assets. 

Wood  on  hand  (470  cords) $1,645  00 

Electric  light  arrears '  290  96 

Telephone  arrears 275  74 

Earnings  for  December 1,213  13 

$44,272  98 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

Expenditure. 

Cash  expenditure,  1900 $  5,437  77 

"  1901 " 5,776  22 

"  1902 7,665  34 

"  1903 10,163  68 

"  1904 13,542  69 

42,585  70 

Liabilities. 

Amount  due  Poison  Iron  Works 74   (0 

Surplus 1,612  58 

$44,272  98 

]SJoTE —All  interest  has  been  paid.     The' sinking  fund  alone  has  not  yet  Veen  pro- 
vided. 


No.  80. 

Queen  Ann's  Chambers,  Broadway,  Westminster, 

London,  S.W.,  May  6,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — I  was  in  due  receipt  of  your  letter,  date  March  30,  1905,  but  owing  to  great 
preoccupation,  have  not  had  leisure  to  reply  to  it  hitherto.  I  have  now  pleasure  in 
replying  cursorily.  In  a  week  or  two  the  accounts  of  the  local  authorities  I  have  men- 
tioned will  be  out,  except  Glasgow,  which  is  not  due  until  after  May  31,  and  when  this 
occurs  I  shall  have  pleasure  in  writing  you  again  with  the  results. 

Several  years  ago  I  came  to  the  decided  opinion  that  telephone  systems  are  best 
developed  when  in  the  hands  of  persons  who  understand  local  requirements.  The 
requirements  of  various  towns  and  cities,  even  of  the  same  size,  are  frequently  different, 
and  this  is  truer  still  of  small  towns  and  villages.  It  therefore  follows  that  a  hard  and 
fast  system,  such  as  is  apt  to  be  set  up  by  a  central  authority,  does  not  meet  the  wants  of 
all  places.  In  Germany  the  telephone  system  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Imperial  Government, 
and  the  whole  of  it,  with  the  exception  of  Bavaria,  Wurtemburg  and  Baden,  is  managed 
from  Berlin.  The  same  rates  and  the  same  regulations  apply  to  all  places  of  all  sizes, 
irrespective  of  location,  so  that  no  variation  is  possible  to  meet  local  characteristics. 
The  ill-effects  of  this  have  been  brought  out  prominently  in  Schleswig-Holstein,  which, 
of  course,  is  part  of  the  German  Empire,  although  geographically  it  is  a  portion  of  the 
peninsula  of  Jutland,  the  northern  part  of  which  belongs  to  Denmark.  The  telephone 
development  of  the  German  portion  of  the  peninsula  has  been  very  slow  and  is  decidedly 
behind,  the  number  of  exchanges  being  small  and  the  number  of  subscribers  to  them 
far  below  the  average  for  the  sizes  of  the  communities.  This  is  owing  to  the  fact  that 
everything  is  managed  from  Berlin.  On  the  other  side  of  the  frontier,  in  Denmark,  a 
very  different  state  of  affairs  exists.  There  every  village  has  its  telephone  exchange, 
and  there  also  every  village  is  connected  by  trunk  wires  with  the  others,  that  telephone 
communication  may  be  said  to  be  universal.  The  rates  charged  are  very  much  lower 
than  on  the  German  side  of  the  frontier.  This  different  state  of  affairs  is  due  to  the 
fact  that  the  Danish  towns  and  villages  are  managed  locally,  either  by  their  own  town 
councils  or  by  little  companies  which  are  formed  to  operate  in  a  particular  district. 
The  great  difference  on  the  two  sides  of  the  frontier  led  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
Flensburg,  which  is  the  principal  town  on  the  Schleswig-Holstein  side,  to  petition  the 
German  Government  on  the  subject. 

During  the  last  few  years  several  local  authorities  in  Great  Britain  have  taken  up 
telephone  work,  such  as  the  corporations  of  Glasgow,  Hull,  Portsmouth,  Brighton  and 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Swansea,  and  the  states  of  Guernsey.  These  authorities  have  been  working  under 
license  from  the  Postmaster  General,  and  have  all  started  telephone  exchanges,  which 
have  grown  with  great  rapidity  and  which  are  in  a  nourishing  condition.  In  all  these 
places,  except  in  Guernsey,  they  have  to  compete  with  the  National  Telephone  Com- 
pany, which  may  be  compared  with  the  American  Bell  Telephone  Company  in  Amer- 
ica. The  effect  as  regards  numbers  of  telephones  has  been  startling.  The  Island  of 
Guernsey,  which  has  only  a  population  of  40,300,  possesses  1,400  telephone  stations,  or 
one  to  every  twenty-nine  inhabitants,  and  the  number  continues  to  grow.  In  fact, 
Guernsey  is  the  best  telephoned  area  in  the  United  Kingdom.  Glasgow  possesses  some- 
thing like  25,000  or  28,000  telephones,  whereas,  before  the  corporation  began  to  com- 
pete the  number  was  only  5,000.  The  population  of  Glasgow  is  approximately  the 
same  as  that  of  Liverpool  and  Manchester,  but  these  last  two  cities,  which  are  in  the 
hands  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  exclusively,  have  only  some  9,000  or 
10,000  telephones  each.  Similar  great  development  has  attended  the  opening  of  the 
municipal  exchanges  in  the  other  towns  I  have  mentioned.  The  town  councils  natur- 
ally know  what  the  citizens  require  in  the  way  of  telephone  facilities,  and  are  able  to 
meet  these  wants  more  accurately  and  more  intelligently  than  a  company  working  from 
London.  In  other  countries,  such  as  Sweden  and  Norway,  a  much  greater  develop- 
ment in  telephony  has  occurred  than  in  Great  Britain,  owing  to  the  fact  that  in  both 
these  countries,  as  in  Denmark,  telephony  has  been  for  a  good  many  years  in  the  hands 
of  local  concerns,  sometimes  town  councils  and  sometimes  companies.  But  the  prin- 
ciple of  lpcal  administration  has  been  adhered  to  in  both  cases.  Sweden,  Norway  and 
Denmark  have  more  telephones  in  proportion  to  their  populations  than  any  other  Euro- 
pean country. 

When  we  turn  to  countries  in  which  the  management  in  centralized,  as  in  Ger- 
many, France,  Austria,  Belgium,  Spain  and  Portugal,  we  find  that  the  results  are  far 
more  satisfactory,  and  that  the  development  of  telephony  is  slower.  My  views,  there- 
fore, run  counter  to  the  establishment  of  any  one  central  authority  in  Canada,  unless 
the  drawbacks  which  surely  attend  on  centralization  can  be  modified  or  neutralized 
by  the  appointment  of  local  advisory  committees  possessing  a  voice  in  the  rules  and 
regulations  under  which  telephones  are  administered  in  their  several  districts. 

I  do  not  think  that  the  conditions  which  prevail  in  Quebec  agree  at  all  with  those 
which  would  have  to  be  met,  say  in  Halifax  or  Toronto.  Each  of  these  cities  unques- 
tionably possesses  its  own  particular  requirements,  and  these  could  not  be  met  by  a 
central  authority  at  Ottawa  unless  controlled,  as  I  have  suggested,  by  local  committees. 
I  am  in  consequence  of  my  experience,  opposed  to  the  acquisition  of  all  the  British 
telephones  by  the  post  offices,  as  I  am  sure  that  the  officials  in  London  would  not  work 
with  the  advisory  committees  or  with  the  Chambers  of  Commerce,  and  I  doubt  seri- 
ously whether  the  transfer  of  the  telephones  to  the  state  would  produce  any  better 
results  than  are  now  obtained  under  the  National  Telephone  Company  and  the  munici- 
palities. 

I  am  addressing  to  you  under  another  cover  a  copy  of  a  paper  which  I  read  at  tbe 
Ipswich  meeting  of  the  British  Association  some  years  ago,  in  which  the  results  of 
local  control  as  compared  with  centralized  control  are  set  forth  jn  a  striking  manner. 
Since  this  paper  was  read  there  has  been  no  occasion  to  modify  my  opinion,  and  I  still 
adhere  to  it  as  strongly  as  ever. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Yours  very  faithfully, 

A.  B,  BENNETT. 


94  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,    A.    1905 

No.  81. 

Bedford,  N.S.,  May  10,  1905. 

Sir  Wiu.iam  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

Sir, — I  have  your  letter  of  the  1st  instant,  asking  for  information  regarding  the 
Hammond's  Plains  Telephone  Company,  and  I  have  the  honour  to  give  you  the  fol- 
lowing information : — 

The  company  is  a  very  small  one  and  only  operates  over  a  very  limited  territory. 
I  am  a  practising  physician  in  this  village,  Bedford.  We  have  had  here  telephone 
connection  for  several  years  -with  the  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company,  but  all  the 
outlying  districts  in  which  I  practice,  covering  a  radius  of  about  fifteen  miles  from 
here,  have  never  until  recently  had'  any  telephone  service.  Some  of  these  rural  parts 
have  a  daily  and  others  a  tri-weekly  mail.  About  three  years  ago  1  approached  the 
Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company  and  asked  them  to  extend  their  lines  to  some  of  those 
places.  They  said  there  was  not  business  enough  to  warrant  them  to  build  lines  up  to 
their  standard  of  construction,  but  they,  the  (N.  S.  Company),  suggested  that  we  build 
these  lines  ourselves  and  they  would  give  us  connection  at  Bedford  with  their  system. 
I  went  all  through  these  rural  districts  and  saw  the  people,  and  succeeded  in  getting 
enough  money  subscribed  to  build  and  equip  nearly  twenty-five  miles  of  line ;  we  started 
from  my  office  here  in  Bedford  with  two  main  lines  in  two  directions,  and  as  we  got 
away  from  the  village  we  branched  off  in  other  directions,  so  thai  we  have  all  or  nearly 
all  the  outlying-  rural  districts  connected  with  my  office.  I  have  a  switchboard  here  and 
make  connections  with  the  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company,  for  any  point  in  its 
system  or  its  connections.  Our  little  local  company  lias  been  a  success  and  is  satis- 
factory in  every  way.  our  subscribers  are  all  farmers,  coopers,  country  store  keepers, 
and  small  mill  owners.  We  bought  all  our  building  material  from  the  Nova  Scotia 
Telephone  Company.  We  have  twenty-three  miles  of  line,  eighteen  subscribers,  (six- 
teen residence  telephones  and  two  shop  telephones)  and  cover  a  territory  that  is  served 
by  eight  post  offices.  The  total  cost  of  building  and  equipping  the  twenty-three  miles 
|of  line  was  about  $1,200.  We  charge  subscribers  $5  per  year  for  a  telephone.  This 
gives  them  free  service  over  the  local  line.  The  toll  rate  over  the  local  line  is  ten 
cents  for  non-subscribers.  Wh<m  connection  is  made  with  the  Nova  Scotia  Company 
the  toll  rate  is  ten  cents  plus  the  Nova  Scotia  Company  rate  for  subscribers  and  non- 
subscribers.  We  pay  five  per  cent  dividend  to  those  who  subscribed  the  money  to  build 
the  line  (last  year  ten  per  cent),  and  we  are  able  to  place  from  ten  per  cent  to  twelve 
per  cent  each  year  at  rest  as  a  reserve  fund.  This  after  paying  all  expenses.  The 
country  people  are  delighted  with  the  service,  and  they  really  have  a  much  better  ser- 
vice than  they  would  have  had  if  the  large  company  had  built  a  line  or  lines  to  these 
places  as  I  asked  them  to  do  at  first. 

If  there  is  any  other  information  which  I  can  give  you  I  should  be  very  glad  to 
do  so.  I  am,  sir, 

Tours  faithfully, 

A.  McD.  MORTON,  M.D. 

■No.  82. 

Frederick  S.  Dickson,  President.         J.  B.  Rhodes,  Secretary  and  General  Manager. 
Sherman  M.  Granger,  Vice-President.  R.  W.  Judd.,  Treasurer. 

THE  ZANESVILLE  TELEPHONE  AND  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY. 

Zanesyille,  Ohio,  May  23,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa,  Ontario. 

Dear  Sir, — I  have  your  favour  of  the  1st  instant  and  note  same  carefully.  T  re- 
gret that  I  have  not  at  this  time  facilities  for  answering  in  detail  all  of  the  questions 
included  in  your  circular. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

For  your  information  I  will  say,  however,  that  four  years  ago,*  when  we  began 
building  our  telephone  system  in  Muskingum  county,  the  Bell  Company  was  operat- 
ing about  750  telephones  in  the  county.  They  had  never  developed  service  in  the  rural 
districts  and  in  fact  absolutely  refused  to  furnish  telephone  service  to  the  farmers. 

We  began  building  our  plant  in  1901  and  during  the  short  period  of  time  we  have 
been  operating  our  plant  have  very  thoroughly  developed  not  only  the  cities  and  vil- 
lages, but  the  rural  districts  within  Muskingum  county. 

The  Bell  Company  charged  $48  for  a  business  telephone  on  individual  line,  and 
$36  for  a  residence  'phone.  Our  rates  were  established  at  $33  and  $18  respectively. 
For  the  above  prices  a  subscriber  may  have  free  service  with  more  than  double  the 
number  of  subscribers  formerly  reached  by  the  Bell  Company,  and  for  a  10  cent  toll 
rate  can  talk  to  any  town  or  toll  station  within  the  county. 

We  have  at  the  present  time  connections  with  more  than  1,150  farm  line  subscrib- 
ers in  their  homes. 

Good  service  at  reasonable  rates  has  caused  our  list  of  subscribers  to  increase 
steadily,  and  at  the  present  time  every  line  on  our  switchboard  at  this  point  is  in  use, 
and  we  are  just  completing  arrangements  for  a  party  line  service,  which  will  enable  us 
to  take  care  of  at  least  1,000  additional  subscribers. 

Our  rate  for  a  two  party  business  'phone  will  be  $2-4  per  year,  and  for  a  four  party 
line  residence  'phone  $12  per  year. 

Our  earnings  are  sufficient  to  pay  from  six  to  seven  per  cent  interest  on  our 
capitalization. 

For  further  information  concerning  the  various  telephone  plants  in  Ohio,  I  would 
suggest  that  you  write  to  Mr.  C.  Y.  McVey,  general  manager,  Federal  Telephone  Com- 
pany, Cleveland,  Ohio,  who  has  charge  of  a  number  of  extensive  plants  within  this 
state. 

With  kindest  regards,  and  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  the  movement  in  Canada, 
T  am, 

Yours  very  truly, 
THE  ZANESVILLE  T.  &  T.  COMPANY, 

By  J.  B.  Khodes, 

General  Manager. 


No.  83. 

Edward  P.  Baird,  William  T.  Baird, 

President  and  Treasurer.  Vice-President. 

BAIRD  MANUFACTURING   COMPANY. 

24  Michigan  Street, 

Chicago,  III.,  May  24,  1905. 
Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  Chairman. 

Dear  Sir,— Inclosed  find  copy  of  our  booklet  describing  our  Secret  Service  Tele- 
phone Sy6tem,  which  we  promised  to  send  you  in  a  previous  letter.  We  are  also  sending 
you  under  separate  cover  \  dozen  copies  of  the  same  booklet. 

As  you  will  find  described  in  the  booklet,  our  Secret  Service  System  not  only  gives 
the  selective  ringing  and  lockout  but  all  locked  out  patrons  have  the  privilege  of  giving 
in  an  emergency  call  without  interfering  with  the  conversation  of  parties  using  the  line 
or  being  able  to  listen  in.  This  we  consider  an  important  feature  as  it  gives  the  locked 
out  patron  the  privilege  of  calling  the  operator  when  a  physician  is  wanted,  or  the  fire 
department  or  for  any  other  special  reason. 


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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

As  you  will  see  by  the  testimonials  in  the  booklet,  our  system  has  demonstrated 
itself  a  complete  and  unqualified  success. 

We  are  almost  daily  receiving  repeat  orders  from  old  customers,  which  is  the  most 

satisfactory  and  practical  testimonial  that  can  be  given  as  to  the  merits  of  our  system. 

If  at  any  time  your  committee  would  like  to  have  us  send  one  of  our  salesmen  with 

a  complete  system  for  demonstration  we  will  be  pleased  to  do  so,  and  are  confident  you 

will  be  delighted  with  its  workings. 

Meanwhile,  any  further  information  you  may  desire  we  will  be  pleased  to  furnish. 
Awaiting  your  pleasure,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 

BAIRD  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY, 

E.  P.  Baird, 

President. 


No.  84. 

Wm,  Kellock,  B.A.,  Advocate,  Solicitor,  Notary,  Etc., 

Weyburn,  Assa.,  May  10,  1905. 
E.  S.  Lake,  Esq.,  M.P., 

House  of  Commons,  Ottawa. 

Re  Telephone  Inquiry. 
Dear  Sir, — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  favour  of  the  5th  inst.,  inquiring  about  the 
telephone  system  in  our  district,  and  in  reply  beg  to  state  that  the  system  in  use  here 
is  a  local  one  and  owned  by  a  private  company  organized  under  the  Companies'  Act. 
The  system  at  present  is  only  in  use  throughout  the  town  of  Weyburn,  but  will  be  ex- 
tended to  Regina  and  Minneapolis  during  the  next  two  years.  It  is  giving  every  satis- 
faction to  all  the  parties  who  are  using  it.  It  is  in  use  by  all  the  business  men  in  town, 
and  the  rates  of  charges  are  $1.50  for  private  residences  and  $2  for  business  purposes 
per  month.  I  shall  be  pleased  to  give  you  whatever  further  information  you  may  require 
in  the  matter. 

Yours  truly, 

WM.  KELLOCK, 

Mayor,  Weyburn. 


No.  85. 


REGINA  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 


Regina,  N.W.T.,  May  19,  1905. 
Walter  Scott,  Esq.,  M.P., 
House  of  Commons, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — I  have  been  requested  by  the  mayor  of  Regina  and  by  the  chairman 
of  the  Business  Men's  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  to  answer  your  letter  ad- 
dressed to  the  mayor,  dated  the  6th  instant.  Your  letter  has  reference  to  evidence 
to  be  submitted  to  a  special  committee  of  parliament  which  is  at  present  inquiring  into 
the  subject  of  telephones. 

So  far  as  Regina  city  is  concerned  the  telephonic  service  is  good,  that  is  the 
local  service,  though  the  general  impression  is  that  it  might  be  cheaper.  We  pay 
$20  a  year  for  telephones  in  private  houses,  $35  in  places  of  business  and  $38  a  year 
for  desk  telephones. 

The  general  feeling  here  is  that  we  ought  to  have  a  long-distance  service,  we  have 
always  been  promised  this,  but  the  promise  has  not  so  far  been  fulfilled.  It  would  be 
a  great  boon  to  a  growing  place  like  this,  even  the  farmers  in  the  district  are  ask- 
ing for  telephones  to  their  settlements,  and  indeed  steps  were  recently  taken  to  ex- 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

tend  the  Private  Telephone  Company  that  at  present  operates  between  Craven  and 
Lumsden  to  different  settlements  and  to  Regina.  The  sum  of  $1,500  was  guaranteed  in 
Tregarva  alone,  and  although  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  propose  to  run  lines  to  the 
district  indicated,  yet  the  fear  is  that  the  charges  will  be  high. 

I  will  merely  add  that  the  feeling  in  favour  of  government  ownership  and  opera- 
tion is  very  strong  and  has  quite  obliterated  the  desire  for  municipal  ownership,  which 
would  be  inconsistent  with  long  distance  telephones  beyond  city  limits  or  town  limits, 
and  would  be  certain  to  lead  to  complications. 

I  am,  dear  Mr.  Scott, 
Yours  truly, 

WM.  TRANT, 

Secretary. 

Ho.  86. 

RESOLUTION  OF  THE  OWEN  SOUND  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 

That,  Whereas  owing  to  the  rapid  growth  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  the  use 
«f  telephones  is  becoming  more  and  more  an  absolute  necessity  in  commercial  busi- 
ness and  every  day  life; 

And  That,  Whereas,  it  has  been  elicited  from  witnesses  examined  by  the  Select 
Committee  of  the  House  of  Commons  relating  to  telephone  systems  that  local  co- 
operative telephone  systems  have  been  sufficiently  tried  to  establish  their  feasibility, 
and  the  fact  that  the  advantages  of  telephone  service  may  be  greatly  extended  at 
rates  and  on  conditions  much  more  favourable  to  subscribers  than  those  at  present 
exacted; 

And  That,  Whereas,  the  United  States,  England  and  other  European  nations 
have  been  giving  careful  consideration  to  the  question  of  government  ownership  of 
telephones,  and  it  is  expected  that  such  a  policy  will  be  generally  adopted  by  these 
countries ; 

And  That,  Whereas,  the  Board  of  Trade  for  the  town  of  Owen  Sound  is  heartily 
in  accord  with  the  principle  of  government  telephone  ownership; 

Now  therefore,  be  it  resolved  that  in  the  opinion  of  this  board  the  time  is  oppor- 
tune for  the  Dominion  Government  to  assume  the  ownership  and  control  of  all  tele- 
phone systems  and  lines  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  and  that  a  copy  of  this  resolution 
be  forwarded  to  our  representative,  W.  P.  Telford,  Esq.,  M.P. 

BEN.  ALLEN, 

President. 
DAVID  E.  RITCHIE, 

Owen  Sound,  Ont.,  May  19,  1905.  Secretary. 


No.  87. 

Northern  Indiana  Telephone   Association, 

Office:  Home  Telephone  Building!, 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  May  24,  1905. 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — Answering  your  inquiry  under  date  of  May  22,  relative  to  telephone 
systems,  &c,  beg  to  say  that  the  number  of  independent  telephones  in  the  state  of 
Indiana  is  175,009,  the  number  of  the  Bell  approximately  30  000;  the  Independent 
Company  began  operation  in  this  state  ten  years  ago,  the  Bell  Company  twenty-five 
years  ago. 


98  SELECT  COMMITTEE  o.Y   TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

In  the  cities  mostly  common  battery  plants  have  been  installed,  the  country  dis- 
tricts using  the  magnetic  system;  most  of  the  larger  cities  have  rural  lines  extending 
out  about  eight  to  ten  miles,  beyond  these  points  service  is  furnished  to  the  farming 
districts  by  securing  some  central  point  and  installing  a  small  switchboard  to  which 
the  country  lines  from  the  territory  round-about  centre,  and  a  special  circuit  is  sup- 
plied from  this  switchboard  to  the  next  largest  city,  and  service  is  rendered  in  the 
latter  case  on  a  nominal  toll  basis.  Where  the  rural  lines  connect  directly  with  the 
switchboard,  in  the  larger  cities  it  is  done  on  a  rental  basis  at  a  price  averaging  $1.50 
per  subscriber,  with  six  to  twelve  telephones  on  one  line,  in  accordance  to  the  distance, 
seldom  exceeding  two  subscribers  to  the  mile. 

Although  formerly  railway  companies  objected  to  the  placing  of  telephones  in 
their  waiting  rooms,  the  condition  does  not  now  exist,  and  independent  telephones  can 
be  found  in  the  waiting  rooms  at  nearly  every  railway  station. 

Trusting  that  this  covers  the  information  desired,  and  with  the  assurance  of  being 
at  your  service  on  any  other  points,  if  more  information  in  detail  would  be  of  value, 
I  am, 

Yours  very  truly, 

WM.  L.  MOELLERING, 

President. 


No.  88. 

THE  HOME  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

Plattsburg,  Ohio,  May  24,  1905. 
Hon  Sir  Wm.  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  inquiries  concerning  our  telephone  system,  I  have 
written  briefly  on  the  inclosed  list. 

Our  plant  is  small,  but  owing  to  the  fact  that  we  are  operating  one  of  the  first 
automatic  boards  installed  in  this  state  (1901),  and  that  our  country  lines  from  the 
start,  four  years  ago,  have  been  equipped  with  selective  ringing  lock-out  telephones 
made  under  the  patents  of  N.  E.  Norstrom,  we  have  received  many  inquiries  and  many 
visits  from  telephone  men  in  this  and  neighbouring  states.  It  is  perhaps  the  only  plant 
whose  country  lines  are  all  equipped  in  this  manner,  and  we  are  giving  to  our  rural 
subscribers  an  ideal  service.  The  apparatus  is  now  manufactured  by  the  Baird  Manu- 
facturing Company  of  Chicago.  Their  printed  advertising  matter  will  probably  give 
you  the  desired  information  concerning  it.  It  does  all  they  claim  for  it.  The  first 
co  ;t  of  the  subscriber's  station  is  about  $6  more  than  where  a  common  bridging  instru- 
ment is  used;  the  operating  expenses  are  a  little  more  and  the  rental  should  be  higher. 
Owing  to  competition  we  have  not  charged  an  increased  rental,  but  we  have  almost 
driven  the  opposition  company  out  of  our  territory.  As  your  committee  is  especially 
interested  in  rural  telephone  systems,  I  will  be  pleased  to  answer  any  further  inquiries 
that  you  may  make. 

Yours  truly, 

CARLTON  HENRY, 

Secretary  and  Manager. 


APPENDIX  "A"  99 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  89. 

THE  NEAV  BRUNSWICK  TELEPHONE  CO.,  LIMITED. 

Head  Office. 

Fredericton,  N.B.,  May  25,  1905. 
The  Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

My  Dear  Sir, — In  your  report  of  the  proceedings  I  find  in  Appendix  '  A '  under 
No.  76,  a  communication  from  a  committee  of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  town  of  Wood- 
stock signed  R.  E.  Holyoke,  J.  T.  Garden,  William  Dibblee,  in  which  reference  is 
made  to  my  having  stated  that  the  prices  of  our  instruments  was  $15  for  a  single  in- 
strument and  $25  for  two  instruments.  The  communication  states  that  in  that  respect 
I  was  wrong.  That  our  company  had  charged  $15  for  each  instrument,  whether  a  sub- 
scriber took  one  or  more  instruments. 

I  am  inclosing  you  at  this  time  some  several  leases  selected  from  those  filed  in  the 
office  for  services  rendered  to  our  subscribers  in  the  city  of  Woodstock,  as  follows : — 

Woodstock,  Feb.  1st,  1893,  Garden  Brothers,  3  instruments  at  $35. 

Woodstock,  April  1st,  1894,  John  McLaughlan,  2  instruments  at  $25. 

Woodstock,  May  1st,  1896,  George  Anderson,  2  instruments  at  $25. 

Woodstock,  Feb.  1st,  1897,  Woodstock  Carriage  Co.,  2  instruments  at  $25. 

Woodstock,  Aug.  1st,  1901,  F.  B.  Carvell,  2  instruments  at  $25. 

The  above  rates  had  not  been  changed  before  the  advent  of  the  Union  Telephone 
Company  in  the  town  of  Woodstock,  1905. 

The  leases  will  confirm  the  statement  that  I  made  to  the  Committee  as  being  abso- 
lutely correct  in  reference  to  the  rates. 

I  am  quite  sure  that  the  eommittee  of  the  Board  of  Trade  has  no  desire  to  mis- 
represent these  facts  and  it  was  simply  inadvertently  done. 

Yours  very  truly, 

FRED.  P.  THOMPSON, 

Managing  Director. 


No.  90. 

Queen  Anne's  Chambers, 

Broadway,  Westminster, 

London,  S.W.,  May  16, 1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Select  Committe  on  Telephones, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — Referring  further  to  your  letter  dated  March  30,  I  find  that  in  my  reply  of 
the  6th  instant  I  did  not  say  anything  about  your  inquiry  as  to  telephony  in  rural  dis- 
tricts. Practically  nothing  has  been  done  in  this  direction  in  this  country.  Many 
villages  have  now  telephone  exchanges  through  which  it  is  possible  for  farmers  to  obtain 
telephonic  communication  by  means  of  either  direct  lines  to  the  exchange  or  by  becom- 
ing subscribers  to  a  party  line.  In  each  case  they  have  to  pay  the  usual  tariff,  the  same 
as  shopkeepers  and  manufacturers  would  do  in  similar  circumstances.  Of  course,  dis- 
tances in  Great  Britain  are  much  shorter  than  in  Canada,  and  the  same  occasion  for; 
dealing  specially  with  these  calls  does  not  arise.  By  referring  to  the  pamphlet  which 
I  had  the. honour  to  inclose  with  my  letter  of  the  6th  instant,  you  will  see  that  the  late 
Major-General  Webber  proposed  a  special  system  of  rural  telephones  for  Suffolk  as  far 
back  as  1896.  But  nothing  ever  came  of  this  practically,  and  such  of  the  Suffolk  farm- 
ers who  possess  telephones  to-day  do  so  under  the  conditions  applicable  to  other  classes. 

l—d—8 


100  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

I  expect  shortly  to  be  in  a  position  to  forward  you  copies  of  the  municipal  tele- 
phone accounts  for  the  year  ending  March  31  last.     In  the  meantime,  I  inclose  those 
of  the  Guernsey  telephone  system,  as  their  financial  year  ends  December  31. 
I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Yours  very  faithfully, 

A.  R.  BENNETT, 


No.  91. 

The  Bell  Telephone  Company  op  Canada,  Ltd., 
Manager  Ontario  Department, 

Hamilton,  May  29,  1905. 
Adam  Zimmerman,  Esq.,  M.P., 
Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — My  attention  has  been  drawn  to  a  remark  which  you  made  in  committee 
the  other  day  in  reference  to  the  rates  charged  by  this  company  to  their  Hamilton  sub- 
scribers as  compared  with  the  rates  charged  Ottawa  subscribers  and,  as  reported  in  the 
papers  at  any  rate.  I  think  you  were  under  the  impression  that  the  company  had  not 
dealt  fairly  with  the  Hamilton  people. 

I  personally  attended  to  the  making  of  the  contract  with  the  city  council  here,  and 
therefore  am  in  a  position  to  explain  it  to  you  and  you  will  see  that  we  were  perfectly 
fair  in  every  way. 

Perhaps  you  do  not  know  that  we  have  for  some  years  here  given  subscribers  a  rate 
both  at  offices  and  houses  of  $25  a  year  and  2c.  per  call.  This  was  originally  intended 
for  dwelling  houses,  where  the  instrument  was  to  be  installed  more  for  the  sake  of  pro- 
tection than  anything  else,  and  for  small  stores  like  corner  groceries,  and  cabmen,  &c, 
where  their  own  calling  rate  was  very  small  and  most  of  the  calls  came  to  them  from 
other  people,  and  the  rate  saved  these  people  a  good  deal  of  money.  The  agreement 
with  the  city  contemplated  extending  these  cheap  rates,  and  we  are  now  putting  in  houses 
on  party  lines  (we  have  the  privilege  of  putting  four  houses  on  a  line,  but  rarely  put 
more  than  two)  for  $20  a  year,  and  we  give  them  with  this  one  hundred  calls  a  month 
free.  ,We  also  take  places  of  business  in  the  same  way  with  two  on  a  line  for  $35  a  year, 
with  one  hundred  calls  a  month.  To  make  a  long  story  short,  I  offered  the  committee 
that  if  they  would  give  up  these  cheap  rates  and  allow  us  to  confine  ourselves  entirely 
to  a  flat  rate  for  unlimited  service  for  offices,  anywhere  within  the  city  limits,  of  $45, 
and  a  flat  rate  for  houses  of  $25, 1  would  recommend  the  company  to  accept  this.  They 
refused  to  do  this,  as  there  were  already  before  this  agreement  was  made,  I  think,  about 
240  subscribers  at  the  lower  rates,  and  they  did  not  think  these  people  would  like  to  give 
them  up.  Therefore,  of  course,  as  some  of  the  subscribers  would  be  paying  only  $20 
we  could  not  afford  to  allow  the  largest  users  to  get  off  for  less  than  $30  for  their  houses, 
and  that  is  the  reason  of  the  present  arrangement,  which  I  think  was  just  as  fair  to  the 
city  as  the  one  we  made  in  Ottawa.  At  any  rate,  I  am  sure  you  will  do  us  the  justice 
to  explain,  if  the  matter  comes  before  you  again,  that  if  there  was  any  difference 
between  the  two  it  was  not  our  fault.  I  might  add  that  there  were  also  some  minor 
advantages  in  the  Hamilton  contract  to  the  city  and  the  subscribers,  which  I  think  are 
not  in  the  Ottawa  contract. 

Yours  truly, 

HUGH  L.  BAKER, 

Manager. 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 


101 


APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  92. 


House  of  Commons. 

Ottawa,  May  17,  1905. 


Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  &c, 

Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir  William, — In  reply  to  your  communication  of  April  20,  in  reference 
to  the  telephone  facilities  at  present  enjoyed  by  the  people  of  the  riding  of  Thunder 
Bay  and  Rainy  River. 

The  first  telephone  service  established  in  that  riding  was  in  the  town  of  Port 
Arthur,  and  was  established  by  your  humble  servant.  At  that  time  the  Bell  Tele- 
phone Company  claimed  the  right  of  erecting  poles  independently  of  the  municipal 
authority.  They  had  refused  to  put  in  a  system  at  Port  Arthur,  stating  that  when 
they  found  the  conditions  suitable  they  would  do  so,  and  that  in  the  meantime  they 
had  a  patent  on  the  telephone  and  nobody  else  could  interfere. 

I  found  a  Toronto  company  willing  to  sell  telephones,  and  I  purchased  the  neces- 
sary number  for  putting  in  a  system,  that  company  giving  me  assurance  that  the  Bell 
people  could  not  prevent  its  operation.  No  sooner  had  I  started  to  put  in  a  system 
than  the  Bell  people  also,  a  few  weeks  later,  started  to  put  in  a  system.  I  then  ex- 
tended the  Port  Arthur  Telephone  Company  (which  company  I  had  formed)  system 
to  Fort  William,  the  adjoining  town,  about  six  miles  distant.  A  month  or  so  later 
the  Bell  Company  extended  their  system  to  Fort  William.  After  receiving  from  the 
Bell  Company  a  number  of  threatening  letters  to  bring  action  for  damages  for 
infringement  on  their  patent  rights,  I  had  the  case  referred  here  to  the  Minister  of 
Customs  and  showed  clearly  that  they  were  not  manufactured  in  Canada,  but  that 
their  telephones  were  coming  from  the  United  States.  The  ruling  of  the  commis- 
sioner was  in  our  favour  and  against  the  Bell  Company,  so  we  were  then  relieved 
from  that  class  of  difficulty.  The  Bell  Company  then  gave  their  telephones  free  to 
the  customers,  and  the  Port  Arthur  Company  did  likewise  for  two  or  three  years. 
About  this  time  the  Bell  Company  made  an  offer  to  purchase  the  local  company  and 
their  offer  was  accepted,  and  we  went  out  of  the  telephone  business  with  a  heavy  loss. 

As  soon  as  the  Bell  Company  had  control  of  the  local  company  the  price  of 
telephones  went  up  to  $35  or  $40.  I  am  not  quite  certain  of  the  price,  but  they  were 
very  high.  That  condition  of  things  existed  until  about  two  years  ago,  when  the 
municipalities  of  Port  Arthur  and  Fort  William  mutually  agreed  that  they  would 
install  municipal  systems  in  each  town  and  that  they  would  afford  to  each  other  equal 
facilities  in  each  town  over  the  respective  lines.  The  systems  have  been  installed  and 
work  exceedingly  well.  The  citizens  get  a  telephone  service  now  for  about  one-half  of 
what  they  had  to  pay  formerly,  and  have  a  much  better  and  more  extended  service. 

The  only  difficulty  experienced  is  that  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway — and  I 
think  the  Canadian  Northern  Railway  also — do  not  take  the  municipal  'phones  into 
their  railway  station  offices.  The  Canadian  Northern,  however,  has  a  municipal 
'phone  in  its  up-town  office,  and  by  that  means  communication  with  it  is,  I  think, 
quite  satisfactory. 

The  Bell  Company  is  now  again  furnishing  free  'phones  to  those  who  will  use 
them,  but  notwithstanding  this,  95  per  cent  of  the  'phones  in  use  in  both  towns  are 
the  municipal  'phones.  The  Bell  Company  is  really  furnishing  little  or  no  service 
in  either  towns,  and  have  been  compelled  to  take  their  'phones  out,  notwithstanding 
the  offer  of  their  free  use. 

There  is  no  long-distance  service  in  that  section  of  the  country,  and  the  success 
of  the  municipal  'phones  is  quite  complete. 

The  Bell  Company  has  a  telephone  service  at  Rat  Portage  and  Keewatin. 

These  are  the  only  telephone  services  of  any  consequence  in  the  riding  of  Thunder 
Bay  and  Rainy  River.  Tours  truly, 

JAMES  CONMEE, 

1—d—Si  Per  O.H. 


102  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  93. 

New  York  Life  Building,  11  Place  d'Armes, 

Montreal,  May  23,  1905. 
Hon.  Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

President  Telephone  Inquiry  Committee, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Sir, — I  have  followed  with  much  interest  the  work  of  the  committee  upon  telephone 
operation  in  Canada,  the  more  so  as  for  my  part,  I  have  had  numerous  reasons  for  com- 
plaint against  the  Bell  telephone  service  in  Montreal.  I  regret  that  I  was  away  during 
the  examination  of  Mr.  Sise.  Perhaps  this  gentleman  could  have  given  some  explana- 
tion upon  the  following  point.     The  statute  2  Edw.  VII.,  ch.  41,  sec.  2,  says :  '  Upon  the 

application  of  any  person the  company  shall  with  all  reasonable  despatch  furnish 

telephones  of  the  latest  improved  design  then  in  use  by  the  company  in  the  locality, 

and  telephone  service  for  premises upon  tender  or  payment  of  the  lawful  rate 

semi-annually  in  advance.' 

Now,  the  Bell  Company  claims  that  the  best  instrument  is  what  they  call  the  long- 
distance telephone,  but  the  company  does  not  furnish  this  instrument,  as  it  is  obliged 
to  do,  for  the  ordinary  subscription  price,  but  it  charges  for  it  $5  extra  per  annum. 

The  company  may  say  that  this  is  the  lagal  rate,  but  it  seems  to  me  that  since  it 
must  furnish  only  one  kind  of  instrument,  that  is  the  best,  it  cannot  have  two  sets  of 
rates. 

More  than  that,  the  employees  of  the  company  absolutely  refuse  to  accept  subscrip- 
tions for  the  Blake,  or  ordinary  telephone,  for  service  in  the  east  exchange  in  Montreal, 
where  the  subscription  price  for  residences  was  formerly  $30,  but  they  require  that  the 
subscriber  should  take  the  long-distance  instrument  and  that  he  should  pay  $35. 

This  is  only  a  few  of  the  numerous  abuses  to  which  the  Bell  Company  is  subjecting 
the  public,  and  for  which,  I  trust,  the  committee  will  find  a  remedy. 

I  remain,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

EMILE  JOSEPH. 


No.  94. 

Michigan  Independent  Telephone  Association, 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  May  25,  1905. 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 
Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa,  Ontario. 

Dear  Sir, — Yours  of  the  22nd  at  hand.  The  telephonic  condition  in  the  state  of 
Michigan  is  comparatively  analysed  as  follows : — 

In  1896,  previous  to  competition  and  the  initial  independent  movement,  the  Bell 
Company  had  in  this  state  about  13,000  telephones  in  the  two  peninsulas.  Its  rates  in 
cities  like  Grand  Rapids  were  $40  and  up  for  residence  'phones,  and  $50  and  up  for  busi- 
ness 'phones.  Here  it  had  less  than  1,500  'phones  in  service.  Toll  line  rates  in  the 
state,  never  less  than  25c.  for  any  service,  averaged  about  one  cent  a  mile.  Most  of 
the  service  was  given  with  grounded  circuits  or  common  return,  with  what  are  known 
as  Blake  transmitters. 

With  the  inception  of  the  independent  movement  a  radical  change  in  rates  ensued. 
In  this  city  the  Citizens'  Telephone  Company,  of  which  I  am  secretary,  charges  $36  a 
year  for  business  'phones  and  $24  a  year  for  residence  'phones,  where  the  prices  formerly 
stated  ranged  from  $50  to  £115  on  business  and  $40  to  $65  for  residence  'phones.  Long- 
distance rates  on  the  independent  system  are  running  at  about  one-half  cent  per  mile 
for  day  service,  with  about  a  60  per  cent  fee  on  sums  in  excess  of  twenty-five  cents  for 
night  service.  The  service  now  is  almost  invariably  full  metallic,  the  transmitters  be- 
ing of  what  is  termed  the  granular  carbon  or  long-distance  tpye.  The  independents 
claim  to  have  nearly  70,000  telephones  in  the  lower  peninsula  of  Michigan,  with  several 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

thousand  in  the  upper  peninsula.  iThe  Bell  Company's  report  as  of  date  January  1  last, 
claims  66,000  telephones  in  the  state.  In  many  cases  Bell  rates  are  lower  than  the  in- 
dependents— they  are  $6  a,  year  lower  than  both  varieties  of  service  in  this  city.  The 
explanation  of  the  service  above  indicated  hardly  gives  a  clear  idea  of  its  value.  The 
fact  that  the  Citizens'  Company  has  in  this  city  6,550  telephones  in  service,  while  the 
Bell  Company  has  considerably  less  than  3,000  does  not  so  well  tell  the  story  as  the 
fact  that  there  are  scores  of  hamlets  and  small  towns  enjoying  service  now  which  form- 
erly had  none,  and  that  there  are  thousands  of  rural  'phones  in  farm  houses  where 
formerly  there  were  not  one  thousand  in  the  entire  state;  and  villages  formerly  pro- 
vided with  a  single  toll  'phone,  a  toll  station,  now  enjoy  complete  exchange  service  with 
from  thirty  or  forty  to  several  hundred  'phones.  The  character  of  construction  and  the 
type  of  service  has  improved  in  almost  the  same  ratio  as  the  service  has  expanded. 

In  rural  districts  there  are  three  types  of  service.  One  is  straight  commercial 
service,  built  by  some  corporation  connected  with  some  nearby  village  or  town  exchange. 
Such  exchange  affords  long-distance  connections,  of  course,  and  the  service  is  of  the 
best  quality.  There  are  usually  from  six  to  ten  subscribers  on  one  party  line  and  the 
rates  vary  from  $10  to  $20  a  year,  dependent  upon  the  cost  of  construction  and  distance 
of  service.  The  second  type  is  a  sort  of  combination,  a  co-operative  line  or  lines  built 
by  the  farmers  themselves,  entering  some  near  exchange  in  the  most  desirable  village 
or  town,  and  rates,  which  we  usually  call  switching  charges,  running  from  $3  to  $6  per 
instrument.  The  third  type  of  service  is  purely  co-operative,  built  and  owned  bv 
farmers,  managed  by  them,  with  switchboards  or  switching  stations  located  at  intervals 
in  some  farmer's  or  othsr  residence,  and  operated  upon  an  expense  sharing  basis 
While  this  type  is  not  wholly  desirable  in  its  concrete  results,  it  is  inexpensive  in  its 
construction  and  maintenance,  and,  as  its  patrons  aver,  '  better  than  walking.'  These 
co-operative  exchanges  frequently,  nay  generally,  secure  connection  with  commercial 
■companies  obtaining  long-distance  service.  Infrequently  such  long-distance  connec- 
tions are  made  with  the  Bell  Company. 

The  matter  to  which  you  allude  relative  to  railroad  service  perhaps  can  be  explained 
in  this  way.  Some  years  ago  in  anticipation  of  the  independent  movement  and  prob- 
ably with  a  view  to  defeating  it  or  crippling  it,  the  Bell  Company  entered  into  five  year 
contracts  with  several  of  the  railroad  companies  in  the  state  to  furnish  exclusive  tele- 
phone service  to  such  companies.  The  thought  being  that  a  telephone  company  which 
could  not  furnish  railroad  service  would  be  so  seriously  handicapped  that  it  could 
not  long  be  maintained.  Not  all  of  the  railroad  companies  entered  into  such  an  ar- 
rangement. The  independent  movement,  backed  by  the  people  themselves,  grew  so 
rapidly  that  various  expedients  in  avoidance  of  the  contracts  mentioned  were  resorted 
to  and  most  of  the  railroads  soon  had  a  dual  of  service.  Some,  however,  did  not. 
Their  objection  latterly  has  been  on  this  theory.  A  telephone  in  a  railway  office  must 
be  answered  by  an  intelligent  clerk,  a  man  who  can  earn  a  fair  wage.  In  a  way  two 
telephones  means  two  clerks,  and  for  that  reason  a  considerable  increase  of  expense. 
However,  in  a  general  way  the  attitude  of  the  railroads  is  changing  and  the  inde- 
pendents are  getting  about  as  much  of  that  sort  of  service  as  the  Bell  Company.  In 
this  city  the  Citizens'  Company  has  substantially  all  of  the  railroad  companies  in  its 
service. 

Trusting  that  these  answers  meet  the  points  desired,  and  promising  further  infor- 
mation if  at  any  time  you  would  like  it,  we  are, 

Very  Sincerely, 

E.  B.  EISHEK, 

President. 


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No.  95. 

ORANGE  AND  SUSSEX   COUNTY  INDEPENDENT   TELEPHONE   AS- 
SOCIATION. 

Newburgh,  N.Y.,  May  26, 1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 
Dear  Sir, — Your  communication  as  chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone 
Systems  for  Canada,  has  been  received  by  us  and  in  answer  would'  say  that  in  this 
section  of  the  country,  the  companies  have  in  no  case  experienced  any  difficulties  from 
placing  the  independent  telephones  in  railway  companies'  passenger  and  freight  depots. 
In  a  few  instances  these  instruments  have  been  placed  at  no  charge  to  the  railway 
companies,  more  of  a  convenience  to  the  public,  and  in  other  cases  the  railroad  com- 
panies pay  the  regular  rates  for  them. 

It  has  come  to  the  writer's  knowledge  in  some  extremely  few  cases  that  rail- 
road companies  have  made  some  objection  to  having  the  independent  telephone  placed 
in  their  offices,  but  this  has  been  occasioned'  only  by  strong  influence  of  the  Bell  Com- 
pany through  railroad  under  officials  who  were  friendly  with  local  Bell  officials.  The 
writer  finds  that  in  nearly  all  the  railroad  passenger  and  freight  depot;-  in  this  vicinity 
have  both  Bell  and  Independent  Telephones,  and  in  some  cases  the  Independent  only, 
this  would  apply  to  smaller  towns  and  villages. 

Yours  truly, 

GEO.  G.  OTIS. 


No.  96. 

DECATUR  COUNTY  INDEPENDENT  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

Greensburg,  Ind.,  May  26,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — We  have  the  honour  to  reply  to  your  list  of  questions  as  fully  as  xhe 
information  at  hand  will  permit.  Our  system  operates  in  Decatur  County,  Indiana,  and 
have  been  in  existence  four  years.  The  amount  of  stock  issued'  is  $29,000,  and  we  have 
a  bonded  indebtedness  of  $27,000.  The  population  of  the  territory  served  is  20,000, 
and  total  number  of  telephones  in  operation  1,435,  of  which  816  are  rural  subscribers 
and  620  are  direct  one  station  lines.  The  number  of  residence  telephones  is  1,282  and 
business  153.  210  subscribers  have  also  the  Bell  telephone  at  the  same  address.  The 
average  cost,  per  subscriber,  of  the  local  plant  is  $62.50,  the  lines  being  iron  wire, 
metallic  circuits.  The  construction  is  pole  throughout.  The  system  is  central  energy, 
the  central  office  equipment  and  telpehones  being  manufactured  by  the  Stromberg- 
Carlson  Manufacturing  Company,  Eochester,  N.Y.  The  rates  charged  per  annum 
are:  stockholders,  business,  $18;  residence,  $9.60;  non-stockholders,  business,  $24; 
residence,  $15.  The  same  rates,  respectively,  for  rural.  Six  per  cent  interest  is  paid 
on  bonds,  and  balance  of  profits  are  used  in  extending  plant. 

The  system  interchanges  service  with  the  New  Long-Distance  Telephone  Company 
of  Indiana,  through  which  we  are  in  communication  with  141  telephone  companies  in 
the  state  of  Illinois,  1,503  in  Indiana,  representing  over  160,000  subscribers,  206  points 
in  Hlinois,  406  in  Kentucky,  247  in  Missouri  and  2,552  in  Ohio,  for  which  privilege 
we  receive  25  per  cent  of  all  tolls  originating  at  this  office  or  its  sub-stations. 

The  number  of  '  Bell '  telephones  in  our  territory  before  competition  is  not  known, 
but  the  number  at  this  date  is  285,  of  which  241  are  residence,  and  44  business. 


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The  'Bell'  rates  before  competition  were,  business,  $36  and  $42;  residence,  $30, 
per  annum.    At  this  date  they  are,  business,  $24;  and  residence,  $6  per  annum. 

The  wages  paid  are :  foreman,  $2  per  day ;  troublemen,  $45  to  $55  per  month ;  elec- 
trician, $85  per  month;  and  operators  $3  to  $6  per  month,  according  to  efficiency  and 
length  of  service. 

The  cost  of  construction  material  is  as  follows: — 

Central  office  equipment,  $500  per  100  lines,  equipped  by  manufacturers;  $361.15, 
equipped  by  ourselves. 

Subscribers  wall  telephones,  central  energy,  $9 ;  selective,  for  party  lines,  $13. 

Subscribers  desk  telephones,  $9.50. 

Poles,  from  90  cents  to  $9.05,  the  latter  for  45  feet,  7-inch  tops. 

Cross-arms,  6  pin,  12$  cents,  10  pin,  21  cents. 

Insulators,  $12.50  per  M. 

The  system  operates  213  miles  of  long-distance  lines,  which  are  iron  wire,  metallic 
circuits.     The  cost  per  mile  of  single  wire  is,  $21.80. 

The  charges  per  conversation  over  the  long-distance  lines  are  ten  cents  within  thj 
county.  It  is  impossible  to  give  rates  beyond,  as  long-distance  connections  cover  many 
states. 

We  are  a  stock  company — stock  limited  to  $30,000,  divided  into  1,200  shares  at 
$25  each,  sale  to  one  person  limited  to  four  shares.  At  the  present  time  we  have  959 
stockholders — our  stock  is  all  sold  with  the  exception  of  200.  Each  stockholder  ^ar- 
chases  his  telephone  of  the  company  at  actual  cost  of  instrument  and  cost  of  installa- 
tion, and  in  consideration  thereof  receives  a  rate  of  80  cents  per  month  for  residence 
and  $1.50  for  business  houses. 

Our  authorized  bonded  indebtedness  is  $30,000.  $28,000  was  sold  and  $2,000  re- 
served. The  bonds  bear  6  per  cent  per  annum  interest,  payable  semi-annually.  They 
run  for  fifteen  years,  $2,000  payable  annually. 

Our  income  from  all  sources  is  about  $20,000  per  annum  at  this  time,  and  our 
running  expenses  at  last  estimate  about  50  per  cent  of  receipts. 

The  company  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  giving  our  people  cheaper  telephone 
service  than  the  Bell  Company  and  we  made  preparations  to  accommodate  300  sub- 
scribers, believing  that  would  be  our  limit,  but  our  growth  has  been  phenominal  and 
we  now  have  over  800  telephones  on  farms  and  over  600  in  the  city — and  the  end  is  not 
yet  in  sight. 

Where  parties  in  the  country  wish  a  line  built  to  them  they  are  required  to  take 
out  stock  sufficient  to  cover  construction  at  the  rate  of  $100  per  mile. 

We  have  answered  your  questions  as  best  we  could  with  the  data  at  hand  and  sin- 
cerely trust  it  may  serve  your  purpose. 

Very  truly  yours, 

DECATUE  COUNTY  INDEPENDENT  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

Geo.  H.  Dunn, 

Secretary. 


No.  97. 

Clerk's  Office, 

Village  of  Grand  Valley,  Ont.,  June  5  th,  1905. 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

Chairman  Special  Telephone  Committee, 
House  of  Commons, 
Ottawa. 
Dear  Sir, — Replying  to  yours  of  29th  May  re  telephones,  the  system  in  operation 
here  is  the  Bell  Company  telephone,  with  full  connection  outside.    The  rates  are  $15, 


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house  or  business,  or  $25  metallic  service.  There  are  about  forty  subscribers,  win 
have  also  free  connection  with  Waldemar,  a  small  village  three  miles  distant. 

Two  rural  lines,  the  East  Luther  Telephone  Company,  and  the  Amaranth  Tele- 
phone Association,  have  their  head  office  here.  The  first-mentioned  company's  wire 
runs  northerly,  about  13  miles,  with  offices  at  Chatters'  Corners,  Legatt,  Colbeck, 
Monticello  and  Wesley,  and  connects  at  Wesley  with  the  Central  Telephone  Company, 
whose  line  runs  to  Shelburne,  with  offices  at  Keldon  and  Jessopville. 

The  Amaranth  Telephone  Association  line  runs  to  Bowling  Green,  a  distance 
of  five  miles,  and  this  past  month  they  have  extended  their  wires  southerly  arnut 
10  miles  to  Orton,  with  intervening  offices  at  Taylor's  Corners,  Price's  Corners  and 
Marsville. 

The  rural  lines  are  a  great  advantage,  as  connections  can  be  made  from  any 
point  on  one  line  to  any  point  on  either  of  the  others,  and  to  show  that  they  ara 
liberally  patronized,  the  East  Luther  Company  has  paid  a  dividend  of  20  per  cent 
on  the  amount  paid  up  on  stock,  yearly,  since  its  erection. 

The  present  Bell  system  meets  the  present  requirements  of  the  village,  giving 
good  service,  but  we  consider  long-distance  rates  high  in  comparison  with  local  'phone 
rates. 

The  present  facilities  for  inter-communication  with  the  rural  districts  are  poor, 
as  they  have  no  connection  with  the  Bell,  especially  is  this  so  with  parties  on  the 
rural  lines  wishing  communications  with  outside  centres. 

We  would  suggest  that  the  government  take  over  the  trunk  lines  and  give  rural 
lines  connection  with  large  commercial  cerjtres. 

These  are  the  views  of  the  council. 

Tours  truly, 

WM.  McINTYRE, 
Clerk  of  the  Village  of  Grand  Valley. 


No.  98.  « 

Town  Clehk's  Office,  Obangeville,  Ont.,  June  6,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Hon.  Sir, — Your  letter  of  the  2nd  inst.,  was  submitted  by  me  to  the  Town  Council 
of  the  town  of  Orangeville  at  its  meeting  held  last  night.  The  following  resolution 
was  passed  by  the  council :  '  That  this  council  considers  that  it  would  be  to  the  best 
interests  of  the  country  for  the  government  to  take  over  and  manage  the  long-distance 
telephone  lines  and  that  the  clerk  forward  a  copy  of  this  resolution  to  Sir  William  Mu- 
lock.' 

There  are  104  telephones  in  use  in  this  town.  The  rate  for  business  telephones  is 
$20  per  year  and  for  residence  telephones  $15  per  year.  The  service  here  is  satisfac- 
tory enough,  but  if  the  government  would  take  over  the  trunk  lines  it  is  likely  that  a 
local  system  would  be  established  here,  much  cheaper  rates  secured  and  a  larger  number 
of  subscribers  obtained. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

A.  A.  HUGHSON, 

Town  Clerk, 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  99. 

CORPORATION  OF  THE  TOWN"  OF  SUDBURY. 
Office  of 

S.  FOURNIER, 

Clerk  and  Treasurer.  Sudbury,  Ont.,  June  6,  1905. 

Sir  W.  Mulock, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Sm,— In  reply  to  your  inquiry  of  the  2nd  instant,  I  am  instructed  by  the  council 
to  say: — 

That  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  is  doing  business  at  Sudbury  and  Copper  Cliff, 
the  two  places  being  connected.  The  subscribers  have  the  privilege  of  the  two  ex- 
changes for  $25  business  and  $20  residence  'phones  per  year.  There  are  about  150  sub- 
scribers altogether.  The  service  for  day  and  night  is  good,  but  we  have  no  long-dis- 
tance communication,  as  the  towns  east  to  Pembroke  and  west  to  Sault  Ste.  Marie 
are  not  connected  by  a  through  line.  This  cannot  be  remedied  before  some  time,  unless 
the  government  could  get  the  C.P.R.  Co.  and  the  Telephone  Co.,  '  Bell '  to  have  a  tele- 
phone wire  or  more  strung  up  on  the  C.P.B.  telegraph  poles  in  order  to  hasten  the  long- 
distance communications  between  Sudbury  and  the  rest  of  the  province,  or  by  the  gov- 
ernment obtaining  the  control  of  the  telephone  systems  of  the  country  and  making 
the  necessary  connections  between  the  principal  centres  and  towns  in  the  country. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be  your  obedient  servant, 

S.  Fournier, 

Cleric, 


No.  100. 

MUNICIPALITY  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  SIMCOE. 

Office  of  the  Town  Clerk, 

Simcoe,  Ont.,  June  7,  1905. 
To  the  Hon.  William  Mulock, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — In  answer  to  your  request  of  May  30,  re  telephones,  I  have  been  ordered 
to  give  what  information  you  require,  and  transmit  a  resolution  passed  by  the  coun- 
cil at  their  regular  meeting  on  the  5th  instant. 

We  use  only  the  Bell  system,  who  have  114  subscribers,  and  all-night  service, 
and  gives  satisfaction  as  far  as  I  can  hear,  the  prices,  $20  for  one  'phone,  and  $35 
for  two  to  the  same  person,  and  being  a  central  switching  station  for  a  large  district, 
the  best  of  service  for  long-distance  is  attained,  they  have  connected  all  the  small 
places  n  the  county,  which  has  proved  a  great  convenience  to  Simcoe,  being  the 
county  town,  and  have  given  us  a  good  fire  alarm  service  at  a  very  reasonable  cost, 
the  central  service  both  as  to  long-distance  and  local  is  very  satisfactory,  having 
three  operators.  The  all-night  service  has  been  in  operation  for  something  over  a 
year,  there  has  been  some  complaints  as  to  the  price  of  long-distance  rates,  but  on 
comparison  it  was  found  to  be  fairly  satisfactory. 

I  am,  sir,  yours  faithfully, 

W.  0.  McCALL, 

Town  Cleric, 


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No.  100a. 

Resolution  No.  3. 

Council  Chamber, 

Simcoe,  Ont.,  June  5,  1905. 

Moved  by  George  J.  Kyerse,  seconded  by  Charles  Mason,  That  the  municipal 
council  of  the  town  of  Simcoe  recommends,  the  full  ownership  and  operation  'of  all 
telephone  lines  by  the  Dominion  government,  and  that  the  clerk  be  requested  to  reply 
to  all  necessary  questions  in  connection  with  the  communication  from  the  Hon. 
William  Mulock. 

ROBERT  E.  GUNTON, 

Mayor. 


No.  101. 

Brighton,  Ont.,  June  5,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

Sir, — In  reference  to  your  letter  of  May  29,  asking  for  information  regarding 
different  telephone  systems,  &c,  within  this  municipality.  The  Bell  Telephone  has 
an  agency  here  and  have  23  subscribers.  They  charge  $15  a  year  for  both  business 
and  resident  'phones,  and  $30  a  year  for  desk  'phones;  the  instruments  in  use  in  most 
cases  are  not  satisfactory  for  long-distance  conversations,  that  is  over  25  or  30  miles, 
but  answer  very  well  for  local  conversations. 

We  also  'have  the  Wade  Telephone  Company,  whose  lines  run  north  into  the 
country  and  cover  50  miles  altogether,  they  have  only  four  subscribers  in  town, 
their  'phones  are  not  suitable  either,  for  long-distance,  their  charge  is  $10  a  year 
with  no  extra  charge  fojr  conversations  on  any  part  of  the  system.  They  have  a 
central  office  here,  but  no  connection  with  the  Bell  Telephone  or  any  other  trunk  lines 
and  are  therefore  under  a  great  disadvantage. 

We  also  have  within  the  municipality  about  30  independent  'phones,  most  of 
which  were  made  by  the  American  Telephone  Company  of  Chicajgo,  and  are  the  best 
'phones  in  use  here  for  local  conversations,  and,  as  fap  as  they  have  been  tried,  for 
long  distance.  They  cost  about  $10  each  complete,  that  is  with  batteries,  arrestors 
and  switch.  They  hav»  no  central  office,  but  nearly  every  one  who  owns  an  Independ- 
ent 'phone,  has  expressed  the  desire  to  be  connected  with  a  central  exchange  if  they 
could  also  have  a  connection  with  the  Grand  Trunk  station.  Plans  have  "been  under 
way  for  some  time  with  a  view  of  forming  an  independent  company,  and  will  be  com- 
pleted as  soon  as  the  Railway  Commission  dispose  of  the  question  of  compensation. 

This  council,  like  many  other  councils,  believe  it  will  he  of  the  greatest  advant- 
age and  convenience  to  the  public  if  the  government  would  take  over  the  trunk  lines 
and  the  different  muncipalities  the  local  lines  and  operate  them  in  connection,  with 
uniform  rates  and  no  discriminations. 

As  to  the  rural  telephone  systems,  they  have  passed  the  experimental  stage,  and 
are  found  to  be  good  paying  investments  if  run  properly,  a  great  boon  to  the  farmers 
who  have  them  and  would  be  much  more  so  if  they  could  get  connections  with  the 
main  trunk  lines,  but  so  far,  owing  to  the  opposition  of  the  Bell  Company  who  con- 
trol most  of  the  trunk  lines,  they  have  been  unable  to  do  so. 

Tours  truly, 

TOM  C.  LOCKWOOD, 

Clerk. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  102. 

Mayor's  Office, 
Owen  Sound,  Ont.,  June  3,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
House  of  Commons, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  May  29,  in  reference  to  the  telephone  sys- 
tems in  our  town,  I  might  say  that  our  ratepayers  in  a  body  are  in  favour  of  gov- 
ernment control  of  the  telephone  systems.  The  Bell  Company  have  about  350  sub- 
scribers in  this  town  and  the  merchant  pays  $25  per  year,  and  if  he  also  puts  one  in 
bis  residence  it  costs  him  $20,  but  otherwise  the  rate  is  $25. 

I  do  not  think  the  people  complain  so  much  about  the  price,  although  they  woulo! 
Ite  iquite  willing  to  have  them  cheaper,  but  what  they  do  complain  about  the  Bell 
Company  is  them  having  the  power  to  dig  up  our  beautiful  streets  and  boulevards, 
just  when  and  where  they  choose,  after  all  the  trouble  and  expense  we  have  gone  to 
in  beautifying  our  town. 

Although  I  say  it  myself,  we  have  the  cleanest,  finest  and  most  beautiful  streets 
of  any  town  in  Canada,  and  just  as  we  have  them  completed'  these  people  come  along 
nnd  dig  up  wherever  they  choose,  and  it  seems  according  to  their  franchise  they  have 
the  power  to  do  so.  Last  year  we  threatened  to  call  out  the  firemen  and  turn  the 
hose  on  them,  but  we  found  out  we  would  only  be  getting  into  troubjle  by  so  doing. 

Hoping  this  information  will  be  of  value  to  you, 

I  remain  yours  faithfully, 

MATT.  DUNCAN, 

Mayor. 


No.  103. 

House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  June  8,  1905. 
Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman,  Telephone  Committee, 

Sir, — In  response  to  your  communication  regarding  the  telephone  facilities  m 
county  which  I  represent,  I  beg  to  say  that  Mr.  J.  E.  Valois,  Mayor  of  Lachute,  writes 
me  as  follows: — 

'  The  service  gives  satisfaction,  but  the  rate  charged,  namely :  $20  per  year  which 
is  paid'  for  telephone  service  within  our  corporation  limits,  is  too  high  considering 
the  extent  of  business  we  do  in  our  town.  We  have  to  pay,  moreover,  according  to 
distance,  the  regular  rates  charged  by  the  company  when  connections  are  made  with 
out-of-town  'phones.' 

I  have  also  a  letter  from  Mr.  Matthew  J.  Strong,  Mayor  of  Mille  Isles,  in  which 

he  says : 

'  We  have  no  improvements  to  suggest  regarding  our  telephone  service  because 
we  have  not  any.  If  you  could  induce  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  to  extend  their 
line  from  St.  Jerome  to  Mille  Isles  we  would  consider  it  a  great  favour.' 

It  certainly  would  be  a  great  benefit  to  counties  like  Argenteuil  if  more  telephone 
lines  were  built  through  the  farming  sections  and  there  seems  to  be  no  reason  why 
such  lines  would  not  pay  a  reasonable  rate  on  the  capital  invested. 

Kespectfully  yours, 

GEORGE  H.  PEELEY. 


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No.   104. 

Langton,  Ont.,  June  9,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  KC.M.G., 

Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa,  Ont., 
Sir, — In  reply  to  your  inquiry  regarding  telephones,  I  am  sorry  to  have  to  in- 
form you  that  there  is  not  a  single  telephone  in  our  township,  the  nearest  one  being 
at  Courtland  (lately  installed)  seven  miles  from  here.  In  a  conversation  with  the 
members  of  our  municipal  council  at  our  last  meeting,  I  stated'  that  I  had  received 
a  number  of  reports  of  the  inquiries  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  sys- 
tems and  stated  that  it  was  contemplated  by  the  Dominion  Parliament  to  place 
the  'phones  in  the  post  offices  and  have  them  under  the  control  (to  a  certain  extent) 
')i  the  municipalities  and  the  council  were  unanimous  in  the  opinion  that  the  scheme 
would  be  very  advantageous.  We  are  very  much  in  need  of  a  telephone  service  here 
and  would  welcome  any  scheme  that  would  give  us,  at  a  reasonable  expense,  telephonic 
communication  with  other  places.     We  also  need  an  express  office  here. 

Your  humble  servant, 

C.  B.  ELLISON,  P.M., 

Clerk  and  Treasure?. 

No.  105. 

Shirk  Hall,  Belleville,  Ont.,  June  12,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 
Postmaster  General,  &c, 
•  Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir,— Your  circular  letter,  dated  June  2,  1905,  in  respect  to  telephone  sys- 
tems in  operation  in  Canada,  came  to  me  on  the  8th  instant,  and'  I  placed  it  before 
the  Hastings  county  council  then  in  session. 

We  have  no  system  of  telephones  in  this  county,  except  the  Bell  system  ;  but 
a  company  is  now  being  formed  to  erect  a  local  system  within  this  county,  and  the 
county  is  favourable  to  it.  After  considering  your  said  letter  the  county  council  last 
week  by  resolution  recommended: — 

'  That  such  legislation  should  be  enacted  as  would  oblige  controllers  of  the  main 
telephone  lines  throughout  the  Dominion  to  give  reasonable  facilities  to  local  com- 
panies to  connect  with  and  have  the  use  of  the  same.' 

Your  obedient  servant, 

Wm.  K.  AYLESWOETH, 

County  Cleric. 

No.  106. 

Municipality  of  Strathclaib, 

Elphinstone,  Man.,  June  7,  1905. 
The  Honourable 

The  Chairman, 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 
Sir,— I  have  the  honour  to  receive  your  letter  of  3rd  instant.  The  telephonic  con- 
ditions of  out  district  are  as  meagre  as  they  can  well  be.  There  is  no  telephone  of  any 
kind  within  this  municipality,  nor  in  those  of  our  neighbours,  and  we  begin  to  feel 
the  lack  of  these  facilities.  With  two  lines  of  rail  running  east  and  west  through  our 
midst  (the  N.W.  branch  of  C.P.R.  and  a  newly  constructed  portion  of  the  C.N.R.- 


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system),  the  want  of  communication  with  markets,  station  houses,  stores,  doctors,  &c, 
is  most  irksome,  vexatious  and  wasteful  of  time — a  social  condition  in  fact  that  is 
altogether  out  of  date  in  a  prosperous,  populous  and  progressive  community,  as  ours 
is.  Regarding  the  question  of  the  controlling  and  administering  power  in  any  system 
that  may  be  inaugurated,  we  prefer  the  Dominion  Government. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

H.  T.  MORTON. 


No.  107. 

(Translation.) 

Batiscan,  P.Q.,  June  9,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 

Honourable  and  Dear  Sir, — We  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your 
letter  of  the  2nd  instant,  and  in  reply :  the  Bell  is  the  only  telephone  line  established 
in  our  locality  at  the  present  time,  with  few  subscribers,  who  are  charged  about  $20 
per  'phone  per  year,  and  moreover  they  have  to  pay  extra  every  time  they  use  the  'phone. 
This  kind  of  service  and  charges  thereof  is  considered  exorbitant  to  a  superlative 
degree,  and  not  available  to  our  rural  population.  However,  we  hope  to  be  more  reason- 
ably dealt  by,  soon,  both  with  respect  to  rates  and  facilities.  An  independent  local 
company  is  just  now  being  organized,  with  the  object  of  establishing  a  service  through- 
out all  the  parishes  of  our  county,  at  reasonable  fixed  charges,  and  within  the  reach 
of  all  classes. 

We  are  of  opinion  that  the  government  should  control  and  operate,  as  owner 
thereof,  all  the  telephone  systems,  but  failing  this,  legislation  should  be  enacted  to 
protect  the  independent  telephone  companies,  chiefly  those  which  are  not  under  con- 
tract! with  the  Bell  Company,  because  these  are  the  companies  which  render  real 
service  to  the  rural  population  of  our  district. 

We  are  of  opinion  also  that  a  law  should  be  passed  permitting  independent  tele- 
phone companies  to  install  'phones  in  the  railway  stations,  so  as  to  facilitate  com- 
munication with  the  interior  part  of  the  county.  We  have  seven  or  eight  parishes 
whose  people  are  often  obliged  to  drive  to  the  railway  stations  to  transact  their  busi- 
ness. Our  County  Telephone  line  will  link  together,  from  a  telephony  service  point 
of  view,  all  the  parishes  of  the  county  as  far  as  here,  but  it  is  not  free  to  install  its 
'phone  in  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  station  of  Batiscan,  judging  by  a  similar 
occurrence  which  happened  a  few  stations  from  here. 

Again,  we  strongly  assert,  and  repeatedly  so,  that  although  we  have  had  a  Bell 
Telephone  service  for  many  years,  it  does  not  give  satisfaction  owing  to  its  exorbitant 
rates  and  the  lack  of  particular  communication  with  the  interior  part  of  the  county, 
which  the  company  repeatedly  refuses  to  grant  us. 

The  Bell  Telephone,  which  has  been  established  here  for  many  years,  has  only 
eight  or  nine  subscribers,  when  it  ought  to  have  150,  according  to  our  opinion. 

These,  dear  Minister,  are  our  opinions  on  this  question,  all  of  which  we  respect- 
fully offer  to  your  consideration. 

Yours  truly, 

HECTOR  HARDY, 

Secretary-Treasurer. 


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No.  108. 

(Translation.)  Ste.  Louise,  P.Q.,  June  10,  1905. 

Honourable  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Honourable  and  Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  circular  letter  of  inquiry  addressed 
to  me  concerning  telephone  systems  in  our  locality,  I  beg  to  say  that  the  county  of 
L'Islet  is  served  by  four  companies,  namely:  The  Bell,  the  Kamouraska,  the  Belle- 
chasse and  the  St.  Pamphile.  The  first  of  these  has  its  terminus  at  L'Islet  East  where 
it  joins  with  the  Kamouraska,  whose  line  extends  from  L'Islet  to  Kamouraska.  The 
main  line  runs  along  the  bank  of  the  River  St.  Lawrence. 

The  Bellechasse  Company's  line  extends  from  Campbellton  through  the  counties  of 
Loibiniere,  Beauce  and  Megantic;  its  main  line  runs  at  an  average  distance  of  three 
miles  from  the  river  in  L'Islet  county. 

The  St.  Pamphile  Company  owns  a  line  which  extends  from  St.  Aubert  as  far  as 
the  American  frontier,  a  distance  of  36  miles. 

All  these  companies'  lines  furnish  an  excellent  service.  The  rates  charged  by  the 
Kamouraska  Company  are  $20  for  business  'phones  and  $13  for  residence  'phones.  This 
includes  a  full  telephone  service  without  extra  charge  on  the  line  which  extends  from 
L'Islet  to  Riviere  du  Loup,  a  distance  of  87  miles.  Subscribers,  however,  must  pay 
extra  fo;  long-distance  calls  where  messages  are  conveyed  to  another  circuit.  For  in- 
stance, a  three-minute  conversation  from  Ste.  Lou'se  to  Quebec  will  require  an  extra 
charge  of  50c,  25  of  which  is  paid  to  the  Bell  and  25  to  the  Kamouraska.  These  rates 
are  considered  too  high. 

From  $10  to  $25  per  'phone,  according  to  the  extent  of  services  rendered,  is  charged 
.  to  subscribers  by  the  Bellechasse  Company,  with  free  connection  with  the  Kamouraska 
circuit.     For  long-distance  messages  from  Fraserville  to  Quebec — a  five-minute  conver- 
sntioi  — 25c.  is  charged. 

The  St.  Pamphile  Company  charges  15c.  on  all  its  circuit  for  a  three-minute  con- 
versation to  those  who  are  not  subscribers.  The  rate  per  year  to  subscribers  is  $5  on 
oil  its  circuit. 

This  is  about  all  the  information  which  I  can  furnish  respecting  telephone  service 
in  our  county.    Hoping  it  will  be  of  some  use, 

I  have  honour  to  be,  Mr.  Chairman,  yours  very  truly, 

JOS.  ED.  CARON. 


No.  109. 

WM.  H.  HARRIS,  B.A.,  LL.D., 

Barrister,  Solicitor,  Notary  Public. 

Port  Perby,  Ont.,  June  7,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  Esq.,  K.C.M.G., 

Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems,. 
House  of  Commons,  Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — I  am  instructed  by  the  Port  Perry  Municipal  Council  in  answer  to 
your  letter  dated  June  2nd,  in  reference  to  the  telephone  service  in  this  neighbourhood, 
to  say: 

That  the  Bell  Telephone  system  operates  here  and  have  about  forty  'phones  and 
two  rural  'phones.  They  charge  $20  for  business  'phones  and  $15  for  house  'phones  for 
local  connections.  Their  system,  as  far  as  it  goes,  works  fairly  well,  but  they  do  not 
connect  us  sufficiently  with  the  surrounding  neighbourhood,  in  censequence  of  which 


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all  the  village  doctors  have  installed  their  own  'phones,  having  probably  100  miles  of 
line,  which  the  citizens  can  use  on  paying  25c.  per  call. 

These  lines  are,  however,  very  poorly  installed  and  the  service  is  therefore  poor. 
This  council  is  of  the  opinion  that  it  would  be  an  immense  advantage  to  Canada, 
and  certainly  to  this  particular  neighbourhood,  if  the  telephone  system  was  taken  over 
by  the  government  and  run  in   connection  with   the  Post   Office  Department. 

The  council  desires  me  to  send  you  their  thanks  for  the  reports  of  the  evidence 
taken  before  your  committee. 

Yours  truly, 

Wm.  H.  HARRIS, 

Clerk. 

No.  110. 

(Translation.) 

Arthabaska\  ille,  P.Q.,  June  10,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Special  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir  William  Mulock, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your 
letter  of  the  2nd  instant.  The  telephone  companies  doing  business  in  the  county  of 
Arthabaska  are:  (1)  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  (2)  the  Godbout  Tsiephone,  (3) 
the  Fournier  Telephone,  (4)  the  Belanger  Telephone,  (5)  the  Provencher  Telephone. 

The  Bell  Company  gives  night  and  day,  also  week  day  and  Sunday  service  on  its 
circuit.  We  pay  $15  for  a  'phone  in  Arthabaska  with  privilege  of  telephony  in  the 
towns  of  Arthabaska  and  Victoriaville  without  extra  charge,  but  for  telephony  to 
adjoining  places  we  pay  15  cents  for  a  three-minute  message.  We  pay  50  cents  for 
a  message  to  Montreal  and  one-half  this  rate  if  calls  are  made  after  six  o'clock  in 
the  evening. 

The  four  other  companies,  mentioned  above,  have  their  circuit  exchanges  among 
them,  and  by  paying  $15  per  year  for  a  Godbout  'phone  we  obtain  connection  with 
the  other  companies,  and  we  have  no  extra  charge  to  pay  for  service  to  all  places  on 
their  system. 

But  we  are  unable  to  speak  to  Montreal  and  Quebec.  They  are  simply  local  lines 
and  owing  to  the  current  being  turned  or  at  night  for  light  it  is  somewhat  difficult 
to  receive  a  message  and  be  heard. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  your  obedient  servant, 

L.  LAVERGNE, 

Secretary-Treasurer,  County  Council,  ArthalasJca. 


No.  111. 

County  Clerk's  Office, 

St.  Thomas,  June  12.  1905. 
The  Hon.  Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — Your  communication  of  the  2nd  instant,  requesting  information  re 
telephone  services,  was  laid  before  the  Elgin  County  Council  at  their  last  session.  I 
am  instructed  to  inform  you  that  the  council  is  in  favour  of  government  ownership 
and  operation  of  main  telephone  lines,  and  also  local  services  where  private  operation 
18  not  satisfactory. 

Yours  truly, 

K.  W.  McKAY, 

County  Clerk. 


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No.  112. 

MUNICIPALITY  OF  BUBLEIGH  AND  ANSTRUTHER, 

Clerk's  Office, 

Apsley,  Ont.,  June  12,  1905. 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 
Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  circular  of  inquiry,  I  may  say  we  have  no  telephone 
system  in  this  municipality  nearer  than  Burleigh  Ealls,  twenty  miles  distant.  About 
five  years  since  an  effort  was  made  to  induce  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  to  extend 
their  line  to  this  place,  and  as  an  inducement  a  bonus  of  $100,  free  poles  delivered 
along  the  route,  and  free  quarters  and  service  for  two  years  in  the  post  office  building 
was  offered,  but  declined.  Again  last  winter  an  effort  was  made  to  obtain  a  service 
but  without  avail.  I  understand  a  private  company  is  being  organized  at  Lakefield 
to  build  a  line  from  Burleigh  Falls  to  Mount  Julian  and  Apsley,  connecting  with  the 
Bell  Company  at  the  former  place.  As  we  have  only  a  tri-weekly  mail,  the  necessity 
of  such  service  is  obvious,  Peterboro'  being  the  county  town  and  all  our  trade  and 
business  being  done  through  there  or  Lakefield. 

I  am,  yours,  &c, 

ALEX.  BELL,  M.D., 

Clerk. 


No.  113. 


City  Hall,  Montreal,  June  13,  1905. 


Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 
Ottawa. 
Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  transmit  to  you,  herewith,  copy  of  a  resolution  adopted 
on  the  12th  instant,  by  the  council  of  the  city  of  Montreal,  in  connection  with  tele- 
phone service. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir,  your  most  obedient  servant, 

BENE  BAUSET, 

Asst.  City  Clerk. 

Extract  from  the  minutes  of  the  city  council  of  Montreal,  monthly  meeting,  held 
on  Monday,  June  12,  1905: 

Submitted  and  read  the  following  report  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Legisla- 
tion, anent  the  letter  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

The  Special  Committee  on  Legislation  respectfully  report  that  they  have  con- 
sidered the  communication,  dated  May  28,  1905,  from  the  chairman  of  the  Select  Com- 
mittee on  Telephone  Systems,  Ottawa,  inviting  the  city  to  transmit  any  suggestions 
or  recommendations  anent  the  telephone  service  in  Montreal. 

Inasmuch  as  the  city,  through  its  legal  representatives,  has  already  submitted  to 
the  honourable  Select  Committee  of  the  House  of  Commons  its  representations  in  this 
connection,  your  committee  recommend  that  the  communication  now  before  the  coun- 
cil be  filed  of  record  and  that  a  reply  be  sent  accordingly. 
The  whole  respectfully  submitted. 

S.  D.  Vallieres,  L.  A-  Lavallee,  L.  A.  Lapointe,  H.  B.  Ames,  F.  E.  Nelson, 
A.  J.  H.  St.  Denis,  E.  Lariviere,  T.  Bastien,  W.  J.  Proulx,  L.  Payette, 
G.  DeSerres,  J.  C.  E.  Levy. 

On  motion  of  Aid.  Sadler,  seconded  by  Aid.  Lariviere,  it  was  resolved  that  said 
report  be  received  and  adopted. 

(Certified)         EENE  BAUSET. 

Asst.  City  Clerk. 


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SYNOPSIS  OF  LETTERS  RECEIVED  FROM  CLERKS  OF  CITIES,  TOWNS, 
VILLAGES,  TOWNSHIPS  AND  COUNTY  COUNCILS,  BUT  NOT 
PRINTED  IN  EXTEN80. 

No.  114.  % 

MUNICIPALITY   OF  DRESDEN,  ONT. 

Bell  service  appears  to  satisfy  requirements  of  public  fairly  well.  Rural  facili- 
ties limited.    Forty  Subscribers  at  rate  of  $15  each,  which  some  consider  too  high. 

No.  115. 

BRANDON,   MAN. 

Hear  little  complaint  regarding  service.  420  subscribers  at  rates  of  $20  and  $30. 
Bell  Telephone  Company. 

No.  116. 

WOODVILLE,    ONT. 

Nothing  to  complain  of,  but  think  toll  rate  of  15c.  for  short  distance  might  be 
reduced.    At  times  have  long  waits  owing  to  want  of  an  extra  line. 

No.  117. 

MAGOG,   P.Q. 

Bell  service  satisfactory,  but  rates  40  to  50  per  cent  too  high. 
No.  118. 

HENSALL,  ONT. 

The  Bell  Telephone  Company  opened  exchange  two  months  ago  and  have  20  sub- 
scribers at  $20  per  annum.  Long-distance  charges  too  high  and  not  enough  wires  to 
handle  the  bujsiness. 

No.  119. 

BOWMANVILLE,  ONT. 

Bell  gives  fairly  good  satisfaction.  Have  124  subscribers  at  $15,  or  $20  with  long- 
distance equipment.  Long-distance  rates  considered  excessive.  Poles  very  unsightly ; 
think  wires  should  be  placed  underground  in  condensed  part  of  town. 

No.  120. 

HUNTINGDON,   QUE. 

Bell  Company  gives  fairly  good  satisfaction:  rate  $15,  which  includes  radius  of  5 
miles.    Several  farmers  have  'phones  at  $16  per  annum. 

No.  121. 

NEW  LISKEARD,  ONT. 

Two  local  lines,  the  Haileybury  &  Cobalt  Company  and  the  Temiscaming  Com- 
pany, the  latter  in  course  of  construction.  Rates,  $20  business  and  $12  residence.  The 
Temiscaming  and  Northern  Ontario  Railway  is  building  telephone  line  from  North 
Bay  to  New  Liskeard. 

1— cl— 9 


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No.  122. 

COOKSHIRE,  QUE. 

Two  companies,  the  Bell  and  Canadian,  in  township ;  both  susceptible  to  improve- 
ment.   Have  no  night  service,  which  is  often  urgently  wanted. 

No.  123. 

TILBURY,   ONT. 

Service  satisfactory,  except  no  rural  connection.  Council  does  not  favour  granting 
monopoly  to  telephone  companies. 

No.  124. 

COUNTY  OF  STANSTEAD,  P.Q. 

Bell  have  100  subscribers  at  $15  per  annum.  Service  excellent.  People's  Tele- 
phone Company  have  300  subscribers  at  $15.    Service  very  faulty. 

No.  125. 

BERTHIER,  P.Q. 

Bell  have  12  telephones  at  $15  and  four  at  $25,  with  long-distance  equipment, 
which  is  all  the  accommodation  in  eight  municipalities.  Rates  too  high  considering 
that  service  is  inadequate.    Long  distance  rates  also  too  high. 

No.  126. 

ST.   EMIL1E  DE  LOTBINERE,  P.Q. 

Have  one  system,  the  Bellechasse  Company.  Two  telephones  in  parish,  one  being 
in  office  of  Sir  H.  G.  Joli  de  Lotbiniere.  Long  distance  rates  15c.  to  $1.50.  Line  in- 
ferior; service  unsatisfactory. 

No.  127. 

ST.   CONSTANT,  P.Q. 

Bell  pay  station  only.  No  subscribers  as  rates  of  company  are  too  high.  Quoted 
rate,  $20  for  residence,  $25  for  business.  If  C.P.R.  and  G.T.E.  stations  and  each  end 
of  parish  had  pay  stations  greater  facilities  would  ensue  if  rates  were  moderate. 

No.  128. 

VANKLEEK  HILL. 

Bell  has  38  subscribers  at  $20.  Service  satisfactory. 
No.  129. 

TOWNSHIP  OF  WEST  HAWKESBURY. 

Only  two  telephones  in  township,  connected  with  Hawkesbury  exchange. 
No.  130. 

TOWNSHIP  OF  LEEDS  AND  LANSDOWNE. 

The  North  American  Telegraph  and  Telephone  Company  only  system.  Some  years 
ago  a  local  company  built  lines  from  Lansdowne  to  Rockport,  but  combined  action  of 
Grand  Trunk  in  refusing  railway  connection,  and  N.  A.  Co.  in  paralelling  lines 
crushed  out  local  line. 


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No.  131. 

MINNEDOSA,   MAN. 

Bell  service  fair  while  it  is  working,  but  no  service  on  nights,  Sundays  or  holidays. 
Kates,  $25  business,  $15  residence.  Long-distance  fair,  but  occasionally  lines  to  other 
points  not  in  working  order.     No  rural  connection. 


No.  132. 

POINT   DU    LAC,   P.Q. 

No  service.  Bell  requires  25  subscribers  at  $25  each  or  an  annual  guarantee  of 
$200  by  the  municipality,  although  village  comprises  only  forty  houses.  St.  Maurice 
Telephone  Company  operates  here,  but  having  no  long-distance  its  usefulness  is  limited. 


No.  133. 

BURNT   RIVER,  ONT. 

No  service.  Very  great  need  of  one;  nearest  doctor  Fenelon  Falls,  12  miles  dis- 
tant. Have  asked  Bell  to  build  line  from  Fenelon  Falls  to  Kinmount,  but  they  refuse. 
If  writer  had  means  would  build  line  to  Fenelon  Falls  as  there  is  a  good  deal  of  busi- 
ness for  such  a  service. 


No.  134. 

SAULT    STE.    MARIE,    ONT. 

Bell  have  425  subscribers  at  rates  of  $20  for  business  and  $15  for  residence;  $5 
additional  for  long-distance  equipment.    Service  satisfactory  to  council. 


No.  135. 

TOWNSHIP  OF  CLARENCE,  ONT. 

Bell  have  few  'phones  which  appear  to  work  with  perfect  harmony. 
No.  136. 

BIRTLE,   MAN. 

Privately  owned  system.    Operating  for  ten  months.    Giving  satisfaction. 


No.  137. 

NO  SERVICE  AT  THE  FOLLOWING: 

Village  of  Labelle,  P.Q. 

Municipalities  Joli,  Minerve,  P.Q. 

Municipalities  Odanah,  Man.,  Minto,  Man.,  Shoal  Lake,  Man. 

Parham,  Hinchinbrook  Township,  Ont. 

Township  of  Strong,  Ont. 

Chapleau,  Algoma  District,  Ontario. 


1—d—n 


118  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

LETTERS  RECEIVED  FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 

No.  138. 

(Translation.) 

THE  MONTREAL  CHAMBEE  OF  COMMERCE, 

Office,  83  St.  James  St., 

Montreal,  3rd  June,  1905. 
To  the  Honourable 

The  Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa. 
Dear  Minister, — In  accordance  with  the  wishes  of  the  council  of  the  Montreal 
Chamber  of  Commence,  I  have  the  honour  to  forward  to  you  a  copy  of  a  resolution 
which  was  adopted  at  a  meeting  held  the  31st  ultimo,  re  nationalizing  of  telephones. 
Respectfully  hoping  that  you  will  accept  the  assurance  of  our  deepest  interest, 

I  am,  &c, 

JOSEPH  HAYNES, 

Secretary. 

No.  138a. 

(Translation.) 

THE  MONTREAL  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE. 

Meeting  of  Council,  Wednesday,  31st  May,  1905. 
•  Presided  by  Mr.  H.  A.  A.  Brault,  chairman. 

Nationalizing  of  Telephones. 

It  was  moved  by  Mr.  D.  Parizeau,  and  carried  unanimously: — 

'  Whereas,  this  Chamber  of  Commerce  has  supported  the  request  for  the  nation- 
alizing of  telephones; 

'  Whereas,  parliament  is  discussing  at  the  present  time  this  question  and  also 
the  rates  charged  by  the  telephone  companies; 

'  This  chamber  congratulates  the  Honourable  the  Postmaster  General  for  the 
general  inquiry  on  the  subject,  and  said  chamber  is  confident  that  parliament  will 
use  every  endeavour  to  protect  the  citizens  in  this  important  matter.'' 

seal.  }  JOS.  HAYNES, 

chamber  of  commerce,  I  Secretary. 

Founded  in  [• 

1887.  | 

DISTRICT  OF   MONTREAL.     J 


No.  139. 


BOARD  OF  TRADE, 

Stratford,  Ont.,  June  5,  1905. 


Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 
Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — I  beg  to  inclose  you  herewith  copy  of  resolution  passed  by  the  Strat- 
ford Board  of  Trade  re  government  ownership  of  telephone  and  telegraph  lines  which 
may  be  useful  to  the  Special  Committee  who  has  telephone  matters  in  consideration. 

Yours  truly, 

J.  STEELE, 

Secretary. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  119 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  139a. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  resolution  passed  by  the  Stratford  Board  of  Trade 
at  a  meeting  held  on  June  2nd,  1905 : — 

Whereas,  it  is  desirable  and  necessary  that  the  telephone  service  should  be  under 
one  management  and  ownership  in  order  to  avoid  the  inconvenience  and  expense  of 
two  or  more  systems,  and  to  ensure  the  full  benefits  of  a  cheap  and  effective  service, 
and 

Whereas,  for  similar  reasons  the  telegraph  service  should  be  under  like,  man- 
agement, and 

Whereas,  both  the  telephone  and  telegraph  services  are  public  utilities  that  are 
necessary  to  the  commercial  and  domestic  life  of  the  whole  people,  and  should  be 
furnished  to  them  at  the  lowest  possible  cost, 

It  is  resolved,  That  the  Dominion  government  be  urged  to  take  the  necessary 
steps  to  place  the  complete  telephone  service,  long-distance  as  well  as  local,  and  also 
the  telegraph  service,  for  the  entire  Dominion,  under  government  control  and  man- 
agement; that  the  time  is  opportune  for  such  action,  which  should  be  taken  imme- 
diately before  the  situation  is  further  complicated  by  the  rapid  growth  of  the  Domin- 
ion, and  the  establishment  of  other  companies,  and  that  a  copy  of  this  resolution 
be  forwarded  to  the  Postmaster  General. 

Certified,  J.  STEELE, 

Secretary. 

No.  140. 

Head  Office,  Toronto.    Branch  Offices  in  Toronto,  Montreal,  Vancouver,  Halifax 

and  Quebec. 

CANADIAN  MANUFACTURERS  ASSOCIATION. 
(Incorporated.)  . 

Head  Office,  Toronto,  June  12,  1905. 
The.Rt.  Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 
Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 
Dear  Sir, — I  beg  to  acknowledge  your  favour  of  June  6,  advising  of  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  committee  to  inquire  into  the  various  telephone  systems  in  operation,  and 
asking  for  the  views  of  the  association  upon  this  important  question. 

I  beg  to  inform  you  that  your  letter  was  received  with  appreciaton  by  the  Par- 
liamentary Committee  of  our  association  at  the  meeting  held  this  afternoon,  and  I 
have  been  directed  to  forward  copies  of  the  same  to  the  different  branches  of  the  as- 
sociation, and'  ask  for  an  expression  of  their  views.  When  these  are  received  a  report 
will  be  prepared  and  forwarded  to  you. 

Thanking  you  for  this  opportunity,  I  beg  to  remain. 

Yours  very  truly, 

J.  F.  M.  STEWART,, 

Assistant  Secretary. 

No.  141. 

THE  SUPREME  COURT,  INDEPENDENT  ORDER  OF  FORESTERS. 

Toronto,  Canada,  June  10,  1905. 
A.  Zimmerman,  Esq.,  M.P., 

Acting  Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — Upon  my  return  from  Minnesota,  where  I  have  been  for  the  last  week, 
1  received  your  letter  of  the  6th  instant,  advising  me  that  yon  had  received  the  news- 


120  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

paper  clippings  that  I  had  forwarded  to  Sir  William  Mulock  s.)me  few  days  ago  re 
telephones.  I  might  just  say  that  I  was  stopping  in  Pipeston  3  in  south-west  Minne- 
sota while  absent,  and  found  that  the  telephone  system  there  vas  a  local  one,  and  all 
that  was  paid  for  house  telephones  was  $12  a  year,  office  telephones  being  a  little 
higher,  and  I  found  also  that  they  readily  got  telephone  communication  through  the 
Bell  system  outside.  I  found  a  similar  state  of  affairs  in  Grand  Valley,  Minnesota, 
and  I  presume  other  towns  and  cities  are'  the  same  throughout  that  state. 

I  trust  that  your  committee  will  be  successful  in  getting  the  public  some  relief 
from  the  present  Bell  Telephone  monopoly. 

I  am,  yours  sincerely 

JOHN  A.  McGILLIVRAY. 


No.  142. 

Subject. — Contract   with   Kichelieu   and    Ontario    Navigation    Company. 
THE  BELL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  OE  CANADA,  (Limited.) 

President's  Office,  Montreal,  May  31,  1905. 
Walter  Todd;  Esq., 

Secretary,  Telephone  Committee, 

House  of  Commons,  Ottawa,  Ont. 
Dear  Mr.  Todd, — I  have  just  learned  that  it  will  be  necessary  for  me  to  correct 
a  statement  I  made,  when  I  said  that  we  had  no  contract  with  the  Kichelieu  and 
Ontario  Navigation  Company.  I  was  informed  at  the  office  that  the  contract  had  ex- 
pired, but  the  clerks  in  going  through  so  many,  made  an  error  in  regard  to  this  con- 
tract, which  had  not  expired  at  the  time  I  testified,  but  has  since  expired.  We  have 
to-day  no  contract  with  the  B.  &  0.  Company. 

Will  you  please  communicate  this  to  the  committee  in  order  that  the  record  may 
be  correct. 

Yours  truly, 

C.  F.  SISE, 

Pmstident. 


No.  143. 

T.  B.  EIDER  &  SON,  GENERAL  MERCHANTS. 

Fitch  Bay,  Que.,  May  26,  1905. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Mulock, — Just  note  telephone  inquiry  is  bringing  out  some  in- 
teresting information  re  the  Bell  Telephone  Company's  method.  Of  course  it  is  hard 
pulling  to  get  anything  from  them  or  their  interior  methods.  Will  give  you  a  bit  of 
telephone  history  made  near  here.  A  few  years  ago  a  telephone  company,  known  as 
'  The  Citizens'  Telephone  Company,'  with  head  office  at  Waterloo,  Shefford  Co., 
P.Q.,  was  started  to  give  local  service,  giving  farmers  on  party  lines  a  rate  of  $10 
yearly.  The  Bell  Company  started  in  on  a  war  of  extermination  through  competition 
in  rates,  offering  at  $10  the  whole  district  of  Bedford.  Comprising  the  counties  of 
Shefford,  Brome  and  Mississquoi,  giving  free  connection.  In  consequence  the  Citizens' 
went  to  the  wall.  After  stifling  their  principal  competitor,  the  Bell  advanced  price 
from  $15  to  $25,  giving  subscribers  connection  only  to  and  with  their  connecting 
central.     Won't  make  rates  any  longer  for  district  of  Bedford. 

I  know  a  farming  section  in  Brome  county  where  some  eight  or  ten  farmers  had 
Bell  'phones  under  $10  rate;  now  only  two  remain  under  new  rates.  Mr.  Parmelce, 
M.P.,  can  give  further  details.    Best  wishes, 

T.  B.  RIDER. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  121 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  144. 

THE  INDEPENDENT  TELEPHONE  ASSOCIATION  OF  WISCONSIN. 

Janesville,  Wis.,  June  2,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir,— Your  favour  of  the  22nd  is  at  hand.  We  have  in  the  state  of  Wis- 
consin some  300  independent  telephone  companies,  having  more  than  40,000  sub- 
scribers. Over  10,000  of  said  subscribers  are  farmers.  The  construction  of  rural 
lines  is  being  extended  very  rapidly.  We  find  farmers  to  be  our  most  stable  sub- 
scribers. It  was  always  the  policy  of  the  American  Bell  Telephone  Company  to  dis- 
courage the  building  of  rural  lines.  Now  that  company  is  making  efforts  in  that 
direction,  but  the  independent  companies  are  so  far  ahead  that  their  efforts  are  futile. 

The  statement  made  to  your  committee  that  American  railway  companies  will 
admit  but  one  telephone  to  their  offices,  is  utterly  false.  Of  the  hundreds  of  inde- 
pendent telephone  exchanges  in  the  state  of  Wisconsin,  I  am  sure  there  is  not  one 
but  that  has  a  telephone  in  the  railway  station.  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  has 
7C    exchanges  in  the  state,  while  the  independents  have  nearly  300. 

I  shall  be  pleased  to  give  you  any  further  information  you  may  desire  and'  I 
suggest  that  you  send  a  committee  to  Chicago  to  attend  the  National-Interstate 
telephone  convention,  to  be  held  on  June  20  and  21. 

Yours  truly. 

EICHAKD  VALENTINE, 

Presidents        i 


No.  145. 

Pekin,  Illinois,  June  9,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Ottawa,   Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  favour  of  May  22,  1905,  and  note  your  desire 
for  information  in  this  territory,  regarding  telephone  conditions.  More  particularly 
regarding  facilities  in  rural  districts.  Telephonic  conditions  will  be  viewed  more 
particularly  from  a  stand  point  of  independents  as  we  term  those  telephone  interests 
which  work  in  harmony  and  in  opposition  to  the  '  Bell '  interests.  The  independent 
interests  have  made  rapid  strides  in  development,  particularly  in  exchanges,  and  are 
rapidly  building  long-distance  toll  lines  to  connect  in  numerous  exchanges,  which  -Jiow 
largely  outnumber  the  Bell  Company  in  numbers  of  exchanges  and  'phones. 

Rural  lines  have  been  well  developed  under  two  methods,  first  by  companies 
owning  exchanges,  building  out  into  rural  districts,  the  rates  charged  for  such  service 
ranges  from  $15  to  $20  per  telephone  per  annum,  on  a  basis  of  three  'phones  per 
mile. 

Another  method  which  seems  quite  popular  is  for  rural  neighbourhoods  to  build 
their  own  lines  to  a  city's  limit  and  contract  with  the  company  owning  the  city  ex- 
change for  city  service,  by  the  company  picking  up  the  rural  line  at  the  city  limits 
and  maintaining  the  line  within  the  city  limits  for  a  rate  equal  to  one-h?lf  the  city's 
residence  rate  pe.  'phone  pnr  nrnuffi. 

The  railroads  in  our  state,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge,  do  not  permit  any  tele- 
phone lines  on  their  right  of  way,  being  prevented,  even  should  they  so  desire,  by 
previous  contracts  with  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  which  prohibits 
competitive  lines  on  the  right  of  way, 

We  do  experience  trouble  in  getting  railway  companies  in  some  instances  +o 
subscribe  for  telephones  in  their  depots  and  offices,  but  we  endeavour  by  such  ex- 


122  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OX  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

cellent  service  to  build  up  our  exchanges  in  point  of  numbers,  that  they  must,  in  order 
10  satisfy  their  patrons. 

I  am.  &c, 

GEO.  II.  GLASS, 
President  Central  Illinois  Independent  T<  Association. 

No.  146. 

Morgantown,  Pa.,  June  7,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  Committee  Telephone  Systems, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir,— Your  communication  of  May  18th  to  the  Conestoga  Telephone  and  Tele- 
graph Company  was  received,  but  as  I  was  away  it  was  held  for  my  consideration. 

I  inclose  herewith  a  list  of  answers  to  the  questions  asked  which  I  have  compiled 
from  our  records,  and  trust  that  they  may  be  of  some  use  to  you  in  making  your  in- 
vestigation. 

Ours  is  essentially  a  rural  line,  but  has  grown  beyond  anything  we  contemplated 
originally.  Several  farmers  got  together  to  get  a  line  to  the  village  of  Morgantown. 
Others  asked  to  join,  until  the  mutual  company  was  merged  into  a  stock  company  with 
the  Capital  fixed  at  $5,000. 

In  other  sections  farmers  heard  of  it  and  wanted  connections  and  if  they  were 
willing  to  take  stock  enough  to  cover  expenses  the  line  was  extended.  Each  section 
wanted  connection  with  some  other  business  centre,  and  so  we  finally  got  to  Birdsboro, 
with  the  idea  of  a  line  to  Reading,  the  county  seat  of  Berks. 

We  had  not  intended  the  line  as  a  money  making  investment  in  the  usual  sense 
of  the  word.  If  it  paid  expenses  and  had  a  surplus  to  keep  it  in  repair  our  people  were 
satisfied,  but  as  the  same  operating  expenses  would  cover  twice  the  telephones  on  the 
same  wires  we  found  it  had  every  prospect  of  a  paying  investment. 

There  is  no  doubt  about  it  now,  but  the  point  I  wish  to  make  is,  to  get  a  success- 
ful rural  line  the  stock  must  be  placed  with  as  many  individual?  as  possible  and  local 
interest  aroused.  If  every  one  who  has  a  'phone  feels  he  is  personally  interested  in  the 
company  the  line  will  get  along  with  less  than  half  the  trouble  or  expense  of  a  line 
owned  and  operated  in  the  usual  way. 

This  is  especially  so  in  getting  a  right  of  way  in  a  new  territory.  We  have  gone 
across  meadows,  along  line  fences,  or  in  any  other  place  we  want  to  make  a  short  cut, 
just  because  the  owner  was  interested  and  saw  that  it  was  to  his  own  interest  to  save 
expense  for  the  company.  This  being  the  case,  there  is  a  big  saving  in  the  original 
cost,  and  should  anything  go  wrong  the  subscriber  has  more  patience  than  if  he  had 
no  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  company,  and  is  often  of  great  assistance  in  time  of 
need. 

In  this  section  this  seems-  to  be  the  ideal  way.  If  the  farmers  are  interested,  the 
towns  will  fall  in  line,  but  an  outside  corporation  coming  in  will  be  put  to  all  expense 
possible,  and  will  have  to  charge  according,  with  consequently  smaller  list  of  subscribers 
and  poorer  service. 

,  ■      Very  respectfully  yours, 

H.  B.  BEST. 

Supt.  Conestoga  Tel.  and  Tele.  Co. 

No.  146a. 

The  Conestoga  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  operates  in  a  portion  of  Berks, 
Lancaster  and  Chester  counties. 

Five  thousand  dollars  of  stock  issued.  No  preferred  stock  or  no  bonds.  We  are 
about  increasing  our  capital  stock  to  $15,000. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Established  four  years  in  August. 

With  the  exception  of  Birdsboro  (2,264)  our  lines  merely  pass  the  following  pla*- 
the  population  of  which  was  evidently  computed  from  the  families  getting  mail  at  the 
post  office  and  not  actual  residence  in  the  village : 

Morgantown,  264;  Joanna,  286;  Geigertown,  378;  Beckersville,  320;  Monocacy, 
107;  Douglassville,  735. 

One  hundred  and  eighty-two  telephones  in  operation. 

Not  over  three  or  four  have  direct  lines  with  one  telephone. 

Perhaps  three  (bank,  railroad  station  and  rolling  mill)  have  the  Bell  telephone 
well  as  ours.  _   — 

Toll  lines  calculated  at  31_miles. 

Our  lines  have  cost  us  nearly  $40  per  subscriber.  This  includes  everything.  The 
company  originally  started  by  farmers  getting  together  and  putting  up  their  own  line, 
which  cost  $3.30  each  for  the  original  twenty-seven  subscribers.  They  furnished  17 
poles  each  and  did  the  work  free.    The  $3.30  paid  for  the  wire  and  insulators. 

We  calculate  that  $16  will  pay  for  a  pair  of  steel  wires  with  either  pins  or  brackets, 
using  No.  12B.B.  quality,  or  $38  for  a  No.  12  hard  drawn  copper  wires  per  mile.  The 
work  of  putting  this  on  the  poles  will  vary  according  to  conditions,  but  we  think  *4 
is  a  fair  average. 

We  use  full  metallic  circuits  all  together.  Copper  in  town,  or  in  places  subject 
to  the  action  of  coal  gas  as  along  the  railroad,  steel  wire  in  the  country,  and  especially 
at  points  where  extra  strength  is  required. 

We  have  no  separate  pole  lines  for  toll,  work,  but  in  several  instances  rent  space 
from  the  railroad  company  at  $8  per  mile. 

AW  overhead  construction. 

Magneto  bridging  system  exclusively. 

We  have  experimented  with  various  instruments,  but  we  have  settled  on  the  tele- 
phones made  by  the  Connecticut  Telephone  and  Electric  Company,  of  Mereden,  Conn., 
as  being  the  best  suited  for  our  work.  The  parts  are  readily  interchangeable,  the  whole 
instrument  very  simple,  and  so  far  we  have  not  seen  the  equal  in  all  round  good 
qualities. 

We  have  a  switchboard  made  by  the  Ericcson  Tel.  Co.  for  our  heaviest  work,  and 
for  less  important  points  use  the  Conn.  Tel.  and  Electric  board,  merely  on  account 
of  the  price.     The  Ericcson  is  more  compact  and  much  faster,  but  is  expensive. 

Fifty-one  actual  farmers  connected  to  system. 

Our  rates  are  twelve  dollars  per  annum  for  residence  or  farm;  $18  for  business. 
Free  service  over  our  entire  line. 

Long-distance  rates  are  according  to  the  connecting  line,  but  figures  based  on 
actual  air  line  mileage,  as  given  by  the  Eastern  Traffic  Association  of  Philadelphia. 

No  dividends  have  been  paid  so  far,  but  are  in  position  to  pay  at  any  time. 

Depreciation  optional  with  the  directors,  but  it  is  understood  it  is  not  to  be  less 
than  10  per  cent  of  the  earnings. 

All  earnings  to  date,  the  exact  figures  of  which  I  am  not  able  to  give  at  present. 

We  exchange  calls  with  three  other  companies  at  four  points.  The  Bell  com- 
panies have  absolutely  refused  to  give  us  a  connection  unless  we  use  their  instru- 
ments, which  must  be  rented  from  them  at  about  $5  per  year. 

We  connect  with  the  United  Tel.  &  Telg.  Co.,  The  Consolidated  Tel.  Companies 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Enterprise  Tel.  Co.  The  rate  is  fixed  as  stated  in  question 
21,  but  short  calls  average  about  5  cents  for  every  exchange  the  message  passes. 

When  we  first  entered  Elverson  there  were  five  Bell  telephones.  All  were  offered 
reduced  rates,  but  four  went  out.  Two  pay-stations  have  since  been  located  in  the 
village. 

At  Birdsboro'  there  were  seven  Bell  telephones  until  we  came.  By  putting  on  a 
force  of  canvassers  and  offering  six  months  service  free,  the  number  was  raised  to 
fifteen.  They  have  taken  some  out  since,  and  the  present  number  is  not  known 
exactly. 


124  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

Information  on  these  questions  is  hard  to  obtain.  The  truth  could  only  be  known 
by  making  a  personal  canvass  of  those  whom  the  Bell  people  claim  as  subscribers. 
Twenty  would  surely  cover  every  Bell  telephone  now  in  the  territory  covered  by  us, 
pay-stations  and  all,  and  it  might  be  twice  as  many  as  there  are. 

Bell  rates  before  competition  were:  Residence,  $72  per  year;  business,  $110. 

Bell  rates  at  this  date  are:  Residence,  $12  per  annum;  business,  $18  on  party 
lines,  or  automatic  board.     No  free  service  except  individual  line. 

Wages  paid  are:  Outside  staff,  20  cents  an  hour  and  expenses;  operators  (girls), 
$15  per  month.  They  are  expected  to  be  in  position  to  answer  a  call  from  6  a.m.  to 
9.30  p.m.,  but  actual  business  hours  are  much  less.  We  pay  two  for  service,  but  they 
arrange  with  each  other  as  to  the  hours. 

Cost  of  equipment  and  material  is   as  follows  : — 

Ericcson  indicator  board,  wired  for  two  hundred  lines,  but  with  only  fifty  1,600 
ohm.  jacks  installed,  $300.  This  board  has  fifteen  sets  of  keys  and.  cords,  night  bell, 
line  pilots,  test  keys  and  hand  generator. 

Connecticut  board,  same  winding  drops,  but  of  fifty  capacity  only,  with  twenty 
drops  installed",  $90. 

We  use  ilif  American  Electric  Fuse  Company  make  of  arresters  and  racks,  cost- 
ing from  ten  cents  a  line  up. 

$10.25  for  Conn.  No.  14  C.  wall  telephones,  complete  with  batteries. 

$11.25  for  type  "  A "  desk  telephones,  complete,  as  above. 

Roeblings  No.  12  B.B.  steel  double  gal.  wire,  3jc.  per  lb.,  delivered,  less  2  per  cent 
ten  days. 

No.  10  H.D.  copper  cost  us,  last  lot,  15Jc.  per  lb.     Have  bought  as  low  as  12£c. 

25-ft.  chestnut  poles,  7  in.  top,  from  90c.  in  the  woods  to  $1.50  to  $2  delivered 
at  the  hole. 

Ten-foot,  ten-pin  yellow  pine  cross-arms,  two  coats  creosote,  38c,  delivered  from 
South  Carolina  to  our  station. 

Six-foot,  six-pin  arms,  similar  to  above,  22c.  each. 

f  x  11-in.  gal.  bolts,  $5.35  per  100,  f.o.b.,  Philadelphia. 

28-in.  gal.  braces,  28c.  per  pair,  f.o.b.,  Philadelphia.  , 

14  x  9-in.  locust  pins,  $10  per  M.,  f.o.b.,  Philadelphia. 

No.  9  Hemingway  insulators,  $12  per  M.,  f.o.b.,  Muncie,  Ind. ' 

We  avoid  cable  as  much  as  possible,  and  for  substitute  bunch  rubber-covered 
weather-proof  twin  copper  wire,  and  either  hang  to  a  messenger  wive,  or  run  in  a 
•wooden  box,  or  gal.  iron  conductor  pipe.  This  costs  about  two  cents  a  foot,  per  pair, 
but  does  not  have  to  be  fused,  or  require  especial  care  in  handling. 

We  generally  contract  digging  holes,  and  find  20  cents  a  hole  about  the  average 
cost  in  this  section. 

We  also  contract  raising  the  poles,  one  of  our  stockholders  having  invented  a 
portable  derrick  by  which  one  man  can  handle  the  standard  pole  with  cross-arms  and 
all  on,  and  put  it  in  the  hole.  Two  horses  are  used  to  move  the  derrick  and  two  men 
generally  go  with  it.  They  charge  us  eight  or  ten  cents  for  putting  a  pole  in  the 
hole,  according  to  situation,  and  have  a  record  for  a  day's  work  of  a  pole  every  four 
minutes.  Our  other  hands  then  tramp  the  dirt  in  at  12  cents  an  hour.  We  have 
tried  raising  by  hand  and  find  it  averages  six  men  twenty  minutes  to  put  a  standard 
pole  in  the  ground. 

No.  147.  THE  CUYAHOGA  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

Electric  Building, 

Cleveland,  O.,  June  6,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 
Dear  Sir, — It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  be  able  to  furnish  you  with  a  list  of  the 
data   requested  by  your  committee,  although  it  is  not  possible  for  us,  at  this  time, 
to  answer  the  last  two  questions. 


APPENDIX  "A"  125 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  1.  The  Cuyahoga  Telephone  Company,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Operating  in  Cuya- 
hoga County. 

No.  2.  $1,500,000  common  stock.     $763,250  preferred  stock.     $2,265,000  bonds. 

No.  5.  Ihe  company  has  been  operating  five  years. 

No.   4.  Population    of  territory   served,    approximately   500,000. 

No.  5.  Number  of  telephones  in  operation  May  1st,  16,501.  June  1st,  n'oout 
17,100. 

No.  6.  Number  of  direct  lines  having  one  telephone  per  line,  5,400. 

No.  7.  No  data  at  hand.     Probably  about  8,000  have  telephones  of  both  systems. 

No.  8.  Number  of  residence  telephones,  7,249  May  1st,  1905. 

No.  9.  Number  of  business  telephones,  9,252  May  1st,  1905. 

No.  10.  This  company  has  no  long-distance  lines.    About  20  miles  of  toll  lines. 

No.  11.  Average  cost  per  subscriber,  local  plant,  approximately  $200.  Includes 
cost  of  two  exchange  buildings. 

No.  12.  This  company  has  no  long-distance  lines. 

No.  13.  Subscribers'  circuits  are  of  copper;  all  metallic. 

No.  14.  This  company  has  about  20  miles  of  toll  pole  lines. 

No.  15.  See  No.  12. 

No.16.  Construction  is  about  63  per  cent  underground  and  37  per  cent  aerial. 

No.  17.  Type  of  system  about  94  per  cent  central  energy  and  6  per  cent  magneto. 

No.  18.  Central  equipment  and  subscriber's  telephones  were  supplied  by  Kellogg 
Switchboard  and  Supply  Company,  Dean  Electric  Company,  North  Electric  Com- 
pany and  American  Electric  Telephone  Company.  About  90  per  cent  manufactured 
by  Kellogg  Swithboard  and  Supply  Company. 

No.  19.  About  575  farmers  connected  with  our  system. 

No.  20.  For  rates  charged  for  local  service,  see  attached  schedule  marked  "  Ex- 
hibit A." 

No.  21.  Rates  charged  for  long-distance  toll  service  based  on  §c.  per  mile; 
figured  to  the  nearest  multiple  of  5c. 

No.  22.  Rates  charged  farmers  for  unlimited  service  same  as  for  other  sub- 
scribers; for  service  with  other  subscribers  in  same  exchange  with  which  the  farmer 
is  connected,  $18  per  year,  five  on  a  line,  and  an  additional  charge  of  5c.  toll  is 
charged  for  messages  to  other  exchanges  of  the  Cuyahoga  Telephone  Company. 

No.  23.  Dividends  are  being  paid  on  preferred  stock  only,  at  this  time. 

No.  24.  5  per  cent  interest  paid  on  bonds. 

No.  25.  A  10  per  cent  depreciation  is  set  aside  on  tools,  furniture,  fixtures,  etc. 
Depreciation  on  telephone  plant  being  taken  care  of  by  proper  maintenance.  Any 
part  deteriorated  or  destroyed  is  promptly  replaced  and  the  expense  charged  to  main- 
tenanee.    This  is  true  of  equipment  as  well  as  other  construction. 

No.  26.  $91,000  surplus. 

No.  27.  An  interchange  of  service  is  had  with  the  United  States  Telephone  Com- 
pany, which  company  operates  independent  long-distance  lines  in  Ohio  and  adjoining 
states.  The  United  States  Company  takes  care  of  all  operating,  maintenance  and 
billing,  and  the  Cuyahoga  Company  does  the  collecting  only,  and  receives  15  per  cent 
of  the  out-going  messages. 

No.  28.  There  were  3,800  Bell  telephones  in  this  territory  before  competition. 

No.  29.  Number  of  Bell  telephones  at  this  time  approximately  19,000. 

No.  30.  Number  of  Bell  residence  telephones  before  competition  approximately  800. 

No.  31.  Number  of  Bell  business  telephones  before  competition  approximately 
3,000. 

No.  32.  Number  of  Bell  residence  telephones  at  this  time  10,200. 

No.  33.  Number  of  Bell  business  telephones  at  this  time  8,800. 

No.  34.  Bell  rates  before  competition  $120  for  business,  and  $84  for  residence. 

No.  35.  Bell  rates  at  this  time:  see  schedule  attached,  marked   'Exhibit  B.' 

No.  36.  Wages  for  foremen,  $3  for  eight  hours;  troublemen,  $65  per  month; 
general  inspectors,  $70  to  $80  per  month;  wiremen,  $2.50  and  linemen  $2.50  per  day, 


126  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

eight  hours;  operators  from  $18  to  $30  per  month;  operating  monitors,  $30  to  $35  per 
month;  assistant  chief  operator,  $45  per  month;  chief  operator,  $60  per  month. 

We  also  received  your  letter  sent  to  the  Collinwood  Home  Telephone  Company, 
Collinwood,  Ohio.  The  latter  company  was  absorbed  by  the  Cuyahoga  Telephone 
Company  January  1,  1905.     Therefore  its  statistics  are  contained  in  the  above. 

Yours  very  truly, 

O-  F.  FRENCH. 

General  Manager. 


No.  147a, 

THE  CUYAHOGA  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 
(Independent) . 

HERE  ARE  OUR   FOUR   CARDINAL   POINTS. 

1.  Local  Ownership — A  Cleveland  company  for  Cleveland  people. 

2.  Good  Service — Made  so  by  the  best  machinery  and   the  most  competent  em- 
ployees. 

3.  Fair  Rates — From  $21  for  the  limited  user,  to  $72  for  those  who  use  the 
telephone  most. 

4.  Honest  Wages — We  pay  standard  wages.  Then,  too,  every  employee  receives 
a  share  in  the  net  profits  of  the  business,  in  addition  to  salary. 

THESE  ARE  OUR  RATES. 

(Quarterly). 
Unlimited  Service. 

Business.  Residence. 

1  Party $18  $12  00 

2  Party 13  50  9  00 

4  Party 9  00  6  00 

Desk  extension,  $8  per  annum  for  business,  $6  for  residence. 
Extension  Bell,  $3  per  annum. 

Measured  Service. 

Business.  Residence. 

1  Party $13  50  (375  calk)  $9  75  (250  calls) 

4  Party 7  50  (250   calls)  5  25  (150   calls) 

No  charge  for  incoming  calls. 

Extra  JS'ame  Service. 
(Yearly). 

Business $10        Residence $5        Agents $3  ' 

Partners  and  officers  free  for  four  names. 

You  will  notice  that  we  publish  all  our  rates,  not  a  portion  only,  and  all  users 
pay  the  same  rate  for  the  same  service.  Our  aim  is  to  do  a  big  business  by  being 
fair. 

TELEPHONE. 

Bell's  book  for  January,  1904,  had  14,442  names. 

January  1905  book  had  15,040  names.  Increase,  598  names.  Less  than  50  a 
month. 

Cuyahoga  book  for  March,  1904,  had  8,300  names. 


APPENDIX  "  A 


127 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

December   book   had    12,194   names.      Increase 
Nearly  433  a  month. 

Cuyahoga's  new  book  shows  still  more  names. 
Who's  doing  the  business? 
Who's  going  to  do  it? 
Are  you  in  the  book? 
Have  you  wires  enough  ? 


for  nine   months,    3,894    names. 
Count  for  yourself. 


No.  147b, 


THE  CLEVELAND  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  (BELL), 

SCHEDULE  OF  RATES  EFFECTIVE  JANUARY  1,  1905. 

(Subject  to  change  without  notice. ) 


Measured  Service. 


Number 

Calls 
Quarterly. 


Business — 

1  party  line 

2 
Residence-  - 

1  party  line 

2 

4 


"Excess  calls — 3  cents  each. 
Discount,  if  paid  during  first  month  of  succeeding  quarter,  ami 
amounting  to — 

100  or  more  per  quarter,  16§  per  cent. 
500 
1,000  „  „  50' 

Flat  Rates. 
Business — 

1  party  line 

Residence — 

1  party  line 

2  „         

Extension  set,  desk  standard 

Extension  set,  wall  style 


Measured  Service. 


Private  Branch  Exchange — 

Trunk  lines  each 

Switchlioard  and  700  calls. .    . 

Inside  stations,  each 

Generator  line,  i  mile  or  less. 


Flat  Rate. 


Private  Branch  Exchange- 
Trunk  lines,  each 

Switchboard   

Inside  stations,  each 

Generator  line,  |  mile  or  less . 


300 
225 

200 
150 

150 


Rate 
per  Quarter. 


$      i.'ts. 

15  00 
12  00 

11  25 
9  00 

7  50 


Rebate  if  paid 
in  full  at  the 
Company's  of- 
fice during 
first  month  of 
quarter. 


21  00 


13  50 

10  50 

3  00 

1  50 

10  50 

15  00 

3  00 

6  00 

30  00 
9  00 
3  00 
6  00 

$    cts. 


50 

50 

50 
50 


1  50 


50 
50 


1  50 


128  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  148. 

UNION  CARBIDE  COMPANY. 

Sault  Ste.  Marie  Works. 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Mich.,  June  5,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  Postmaster  General, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Ontario. 

Dear  Sir,— I  wish  to  acknowledge  your  inquiry  of  May  30th  in  regard  to  our  tele- 
phone system  which  we  have  in  use  at  this  plant. 

It  is  the  system  known  as  the  '  Automatic  Electric '  and  has  a  central  station  sys- 
tem with  automatic  central  so  that  no  operator  is  required.  The  system  is  adaptable 
for  a  small  or  a  large  number  of  'phones,  and  is  in  use,  not  only  in  places  similar  to 
ours,  but  in  comparatively  large  cities. 

Our  system  is  comprised  of  a  switch-board  for  twenty-five  'phones,  but  at  present 
we  are  using  only  fifteen. 

I  looked  very  thoroughly  into  the  different  systems  of  intercommunicating  tele- 
phones before  deciding  on  this  kind,  and  I  found  that  although  this  system  was  first- 
class  and  the  'phones  more  expensive  than  some  of  the  other  systems,  yet,  on  the  whole, 
it  was  the  cheapest  for  our  particular  use. 

Most  o'f  the  intercommunicating  systems  on  the  market  require  a  separate  wire 
from  every  'phone  on  the  system  to  every  other  'phone,  besides  a  ground  connection, 
and  where  the  'phones  are  distributed  over  a  considerable  area  the  expense  of  wiring 
amounts  to  a  very  considerable  item. 

Our  plant  is  very  extensive  and  some  of  the  'phones  are  nearly  a  half-mile  apart, 
and,  therefore,  the  sample  wiring,  two  wires  and  a  ground  to  each  'phone,  which  this 
system  uses,  makes  it  very  desirable. 

I  am  inclosing  a  descriptive  pamphlet  covering  this  system  which  goes  consider- 
ably into  detail  and  which,  I  think,  you  will  find  interesting. 

The  system  which  we  have  installed  has  been  in  use  over  two  years,  and  we  are 
very  much  pleased  with  its  operation.  The  telephones  are  first-class  and  the  talking 
qualities  are  excellent.  It  requires  very  little  attention  of  any  kind  to  keep  it  in  good 
condition.  It  is  operated  by  a  bank  of  small  storage  batteries  and  about  the  only  at- 
tention the  system  needs  is  what  is  required  to  charge  the  batteries  about  once  a  week, 
which  is  accomplished  by  throwing  a  switch  and  turning  on  the  current  for  a  period 
of  a  few  hours,  which  does  not  in  any  way  interfere  with  the  use  of  the  telephones. 

In  short,  our  experience  is  that  the  claims  that  the  manufacturers  have  made  for 
their  telephones  are  entirely  fulfilled. 

There  are  a  number  of  towns  and  cities  which  have  adopted  this  system  and  if  you 
are  contemplating  a  city  'phone  service  I  would  recommend  that  you  correspond  with 
some  of  the  cities  where  it  has  been  tried.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  started  using  this 
system  about  a  year  ago  and  the  addresses  of  other  cities  can  be  obtained  from  the 
manufacturers. 

If  I  can  be  of  any  further  service  to  you  in  this  connection,  I  hope  you  will  feel 
free  to  call  upon  me. 

Very  truly, 

I.  R.  EDMANDS, 

Superintendent. 


APPENDIX  "A"  129 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  149. 

Office  of  the  Engineer-in-Chief,  General  Post  Office(West.) 

London,  E  O,  June  2,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock.,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

Ottawa. 

Sir, — I  beg  leave  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  1st  of  May,  in 
which  you  ask  for  certain  information  in  relation  to  the  telephone  service  in  the  United 
Kingdom.  The  details  relating  to  my  department  are  being  prepared,  and  they  will  be 
forwarded  to  you  through  the  secretary,  together  with  the  traffic  and  other  details 
dealt  with  by  other  branches. 

I  am,  sir,  yours  faithfully, 

I.  GAVEY. 

No.  150. 

J.  H.  DICKSON,  GENERAL  MERCHANT. 

Drew  Station,  P.O.,  Ont.,  April  12,  1905. 
T.  Martin,  Esq.,  M.P., 
Ottawa. 
Dear  Sir, — I  see  by  the  newspapers  Sir  Wm.  Mulock  is  making  a  move  re  tele- 
phone service.    As  you  know  the  telephone  wires  go  right  past  my  store  and  the  post 
office  here,  and  we  tried  to  get  telephone  service  but  the  only  condition  which  we  could 
get  it  was  either  to  get  five  men  to  go  twenty  dollars  each  or  guarantee  the  company 
a  revenue  of  one  hundred  dollars  per    year,  which  we  think  is  altogether  too    much 
and  would  be  very  glad  if  Sir  Wm.  Mulock  would  buy  out  the  whole  business  and  give 
the  country  a  reasonably  cheap  telephone  service,  and  I  believe  the  country  at  large 
irrespective  of  party,  would  support  him  or  the  government  in  doing  so. 

I  am,  sir,  very  truly  yours, 

J.  H.  DICKSON. 

No.  151. 

Town  Hall,  Hull,  Eng.,  June  1,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 
Postmaster  General, 

House  of  Commons,, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — I  beg  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  3rd  ultimo,  and,  as 
desired,  I  send  you  herewith  replies  to  the  various  queries  which  accompanied  the 
same.  I  also  send  a  short  account  of  the  opening  of  the  Hull  Corporation  Ex- 
change System  on  the  28th  November  last. 

I  am,  sir,  yours  faithfully, 

E.  LAVERACK, 

Town  Clerk. 


No.  151a. 

REPLIES  TO  QUERIES. 

Hull  had  a  population  of  240,259  last  census. 

The  term  of  the  Postmaster  General's  license  is  from  August  8,  1902,  to  Decem- 
ber 31,  1911. 

There  are  four  switch-rooms.     The  Central,  with  1,151  subscribers.     Hessle,   21 


130  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

subscribers.    Beverley,  8  subscribers.     Cottingham,  9  subscribers.     The  two  latter  ex- 
changes have  only  just  been  brought  into  operation. 

The  number  of  telephones  working  is  1,460. 

The  number  of  residence  telephones  is  306. 

The  number  of  business  telephones  is  883. 

There  are  no  party  lines. 

There  are  160  extension  telephones. 

The  tariff  is :  Business  telephones,  £6-6-0  ($30.70)  per  annum  for  the  first,  £5-15-0 
($28)  for  the  second.  Residence  telephones,  £5  ($24.35).  Extension  telephones,  £1 
($4.87). 

Measured  rates:  £3  ($14.61),  and  one  penny  (2  cents)  per  call.  These  charges 
cover  service  anywhere  within  the  licensed  area.  The  service  is  continuous.  The 
cha;;ge  to  non-subscribers  is  one  penny  (2  cents)  per  conversation  of  five  minutes. 

The  long-distance  charges  are  roughly,  3d  per  25  miles  to  any  point  within  the 
United  Kingdom. 

The  lines  are  metallic  circuit,  copper  underground,  bronze  overhead. 

All  lines  are  underground,  except  the  spur  into  the  subscriber's  office  from  the  dis- 
tributing point. 

£30,000  ($146,100)  has  been  the  capital  outlay  to  date. 

The  system  has  only  been  working  six  months.  Print  of  the  accounts  to  March 
31  last  sent  herewith. 

Three  and  a  half  per  cent  interest  is  paid  on  capital. 

Two  and  three-quarter  per  cent  is  provided  for  sinking  fund. 

About  £30  ($146.10)  is  paid,  per  annum,  for  way-leave  privileges. 

The  wages  paid  per  week  are:  Foreman,  35s  ($8.53) ;  instrument  men  25s  ($6.09) 
to  30s.  ($7.31) ;  wiremen  25s.  ($6.09)  to  28s.  ($6.84) ;  operators  from  7s.  ($1.70)  to 
£1  (4.87). 

The  central  switchboard  cost  £3,000  ($14,610).  Present  capacity  2,000  lines, 
ultimate  capacity  5,000  lines. 

The  sub-exchange  switchboards  cost  £55  ($267.85)  each. 

Subscribers'  wall  telephones  cost  48s  ($11.71)  each. 

Subscribers'  desk  telephones  cost  50s  ($12.18)  each. 

The  price  of  other  material  is:  Wire  £90  ($438.30)  to  £95  ($462.65)  per  ton  of 
2,240  pounds.  Cross-arms  Is  6d  (36  cents)  each.  Insulators  and  pins  6d  (12  cents) 
each.    Duct  pipe  for  cables  9d.  (18  cents)  per  foot. 

We  cannot  give  actual  figures,  but  National  Telephone  Company's  directory  shows 
roughly  3,300  subscribers,  both  before  we  started  competition  and  now.  Practically 
the  whole  of  our  subscribers  were  once  subscribers  to  their  system,  but  have  now  left. 
and  their  list  has  been  kept  up  by  supplying  party  lines  for  the  sum  of  25s  ($6.09) 
per  annum. 

We  have  local  inter-communication  with  National  Telephone  Company's  sub- 
scribers, and  also  through  the  government  trunk  lines  to  any  other  system  in  the 
kingdom. 

We  cannot  give  the  exact  number  of  subscribers  using  both  systems,  but  it  is  al- 
most negligible. 

Toll  charges  are  collected  by  means  of  monthly  accounts. 

No.  151b. 

OPENING  OE  THE  HULL  (ENGLAND)  CORPORATION  TELEPHONE 
SYSTEM,  ON  NOVEMBER  28th,  1904. 

The  object  of  the  Hull  corporation  in  establishing  a  municipal  telephone  service 
was  two-fold— 1st,  to  provide  a  much  cheaper  service,  and  so  place  telephones  within 
the  reach  of  a  larger  number  of  users,  and,  2nd,  to  introduce  a  more  efficient  service. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  131 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

The  question  was  first  considered  by  the  city  council  in  the  latter  part  of  1899, 
prior  to  which  it  was  well  known  that  considerable  dissatisfaction  prevailed,  not  only 
in  Hull,  but  throughout  the  country,  at  the  excessive  cost  and  notorious  inefficiency 
of  the  existing  telephone  service,  the  result  of  which  was  that  parliament  had  been 
induced  to  take  the  matter  up,  and  had  passed  an  Act  (the  Telegraph  Act,  1899)  en- 
abling municipalities  in  the  public  interest  to  establish  and  work  competitive  tele- 
phone service  in  their  own  telephone  areas. 

Upon  the  passing  of  this  Act,  a  petition  was  presented  to  the  city  council  by 
shipowners,  merchants,  and  traders,  bearing  upwards  of  800  signatures,  urging  the 
corporation  to  establish  a  municipal  service  in  Hull,  and  on  the  9th  November,  1899, 
the  council  appointed  a  special  committee  to  consider  and  report  as  to  the  desirability 
of  doing  so. 

In  order  to  ascertain  the  cost  for  which  a  municipal  service  could  be  provided, 
the  committee  consulted  the  well-known  telephone  engineer,  Mr.  A.  R.  Bennett, 
M.I.E.E.,  and  after  a  careful  inquiry,  came  to  the  conclusion,  in  November,  1900, 
that  the  establishment  of  such  a  service  was  desirable,  and  their  conclusion  was 
adopted  by  the  council.  Before  taking  any  steps,  however,  to  carry  the  resolution 
into  effect,  a  circular  was  issued  to,  and  a  canvass  made  of  likely  subscribers,  so  as 
to  make  certain  that  a  sufficient  number  of  persons  were  prepared  to  avail  themselves 
of  a  corporation  service  at  the  rates  offered,  the  result  of  which  was  in  every  way 
satisfactory.  Resolutions  in  favour  of  the  scheme  were  also  passed  by  the  Hull 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Hull  Guardian  Society,  the  Hull  Chamber  of  Trades, 
and  other  trading  bodies.  , 

The  corporation  applied  to  the  Postmaster  General  for  the  necessary  license, 
which  was  opposed  by  the  National  Telephone  Company,  but,  notwithstanding  such 
opposition,  the  license  was  granted  in  August,  1902. 

The  corporation  were  anxious  to  avoid,  if  possible,  the  cost  of  laying  down  a 
duplicate  telephone  system,  and,  accordingly,  negotiations  were  entered  into  with  the 
existing  company,  with  a  view  to  the  corporation  acquiring  the  company's  system, 
in  Hull,  but  as  the  lowest  price  required  would  have  precluded  the  corporation  giving 
a  cheaper  service,  no  satisfactory  arrangement  for  purchase  could  be  made. 

Negotiations  for  purchase  having  failed,  the  corporation  then  endeavoured  to 
arrange  with  the  company  for  a  substantial  reduction  of  their  rates,  on  condition 
that  the  corporation  did  not  enter  into  competition,  but  they  were  unable  to  induce 
the  company  to  agree  to  such  rates  as  would  have  been  acceptable. 

The  negotiations  above  referred  to  extended  over  a  considerable  period,  find  have 
delayed  the  carrying  out  of  the  work,  but  the  corporation  felt  they  would  not  be 
justified  in  going  to  the  cost  of  laying  down  a  duplicate  system  until  they  had  ex- 
hausted every  effort  to  avoid  it  by  obtaining,  if  possible,  satisfactory  terms  from  the 
existing  company.  One  important  result,  however,  of  the  negotiations  with  the  com- 
pany must  be  mentioned,  viz.,  that  an  arrangement  was  made  by  which  the  corpora- 
tion subscribers  have  free  inter-communication  with  the  subscribers  of  the  National 
Telephone  Company,  both  in  Hull  and  in  other  towns. 

Tenders  for  the  construction  of  the  system  were  obtained  and  proved  to  be  less 
than  the  engineer's  estimate.  The  corporation  had  on  their  hands,  a  building  known 
as  the  Trippett  Baths,  which  were  being  closed  through  their  becoming  obsolete.  This 
building  with  alterations,  was  admirably  adapted  for,  and  has  been  utilized  as  the 
central  exchange,  a  course  which  has  had  the  advantage  of  utilizing  property,  which 
was  a  charge  on  the  rates. 

The  best  of  plant  and  equipment  having  been  advertised  for,  first  class  firms 
secured  the  contracts. 

Application  was  made  to  the  local  government  board  for  their  sanction  to  bor- 
row £43,202  for  carrying  out  the  work,  and  after  a  local  inquiry,  the  sanction  was 
given.  Mr.  Thos.  Holme  was  appointed  manager,  and  the  work  of  construction  com- 
menced in  the  middle  of  January  of  the  present  year,  and  has  been  carried  on  without 

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132  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

interruption.  The  alteration  of  the  baths  has  been  carried  out  under  the  city  archi- 
tect, 19  miles  of  trenching  have  been  excavated  in  the  streets,  wherein  has  been  laid 
35  miles  of  stoneware  ducts,  which  contain  4,910  miles  of  copper  wire.  All  lines 
in  the  city  are  laid  underground,  with  the  exception  of  those  brought  up  and  dis- 
tributed to  subscribers  in  the  particular  neighbourhood.  The  central  exchange  switch- 
board, with  its  quarter  of  a  million  soldered  joints,  is  of  the  latest  pattern,  with  all 
modern  improvements,  and  has  accommodation  for  2,000  subscribers,  which  can  be  ex- 
tended to  an  ultimate  capacity  of  5,000.  Sections  are  set  apart  for  inter-communica- 
tion and  for  trunk  lines.  The  system  which  is  a  silent  one,  is  invaluable  particularly 
for  trunk  line  messages  to  other  towns,  a  very  important  matter  for  the  city.  An 
exchange  has  been  opened  in  Hessle,  one  at  Cottingham  will  be  open  in  a  few  days, 
and  one  at  Beverley  shortly.  The  area  assigned  to  the  corporation  by  their  license 
is  the  same  as  that  of  the  National  Telephone  Company.  The  whole  of  the  construc- 
tion has  been  carried  out  in  the  course  of  the  present  year. 


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APPENDIX  "  A  "  135 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  152. 

STATES  TELEPHONE  DEPARTMENT,  CLIETON,  GUERNSEY. 


Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 


May  19,  1905. 


Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  the  3rd  instant,  enclosing  list  of  questions  for 
the  information  of  the  committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  questions  of  various 
telephone  systems  in  operation,  I  have  the  honour  to  enclose  herewith,  answers  to 
the  various  questions  together  with  balance  sheet  for  1904,  list  of  subscribers  and 
map  of  the  island  all  of  which  I  trust  the  committee  will  find  useful. 
I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 

F.  B.  MAINGUY,  Major  General, 
President  States  Telephone  Council. 


No.  152a. 


1911. 


Guernsey,  Channel  Islands.     Population  of  the  island,  40,300. 

Term  of  licenses  from  Postmaster  General,  December  31,  1897,  to  December  31, 

NUMBER  OP   TELEPHONES,   APRIL  30,  1905. 


Switchrooms. 

Number 

of 

Direct  Lines 

to 
Exchange. 

Number 

of 

Public 

Telephones. 

Number 

of 

Extensions. 

Number 

of 
Junctions. 

St.  Peter  Port 

618 

176 

105 

44 

139 

71 

19 

18 
9 
6 
3 

8 
2 
2 

83 
23 

5 

2 
1 
1 

21 
12 

Castel 

St.  Peter  Wood 

9 

5 

9 
6 

2 

1,172 

48 

115 

64 

Tariff  A. 
"  B. 
"      C. 


Free   (parish  churches) . 
Public  telephones . .    . . 
Service 


Extensions . 
Private. .  . 

Sundries. . 
Junctions.  . 


No  party  lines  in  connection  with  system. 

Number  of  inside  and  outside  extension  telephones,  115. 


970 
91 

110 

1 

48 

6 

115 
20 
16 
32 


1,409 


136  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Tariff  of  charges  is  as  follows : — 

A.— £1.  10.  0.  ($7.31)  per  annum  (payable  half  yearly  in  advance)  with  a  toll 
of  Id.  (2  cents)  per  outward  call  (payable  quarterly)  until  250  calls  in  anj  one  quar- 
ter is  reached,  after  which,  for  the  remainder  of  the  quarter,  the  charge  is  at  the  rate 
of  Id.  for  five  calls. 

B.— £2,  5  .0.  ($10.96)  per  annum  (payable  half-yearly  in  advance)  with  a  toll  cf 
id.  (1  cent)  per  outward  call  (payable  quarterly)  until  1,320  calls  in  any  one  year 
is  reached,  after  which  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  the  charge  is  at  the  rate  of  Id. 
for  five  calls. 

C— £5  ($24.35)  per  annum  (payable  in  advance)  to  cover  3,200  outward  calls  in 
any  one  year,  after  Which  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  the  charge  is  at  the  rate  of 
Id.  (2  cents)  for  five  calls. 

The  charges  for  extension  instruments  are: — 15s.  ($3.66)  per  annum  for  wall 
pattern  if  inside  same  building  as  exchange  instrument,  3s.  6d.  (88  cents)  extra  for 
table  set  in  lieu  of  wall. 

These  charges  cover  the  whole  island. 

The  Telephone  Exchange  System  is  open  night  and  day  (including  Sunday.)  Con- 
nections between  the  hours  of  11  p.m.  and  5  a.m.  from  1st  April  until  30th  September, 
and  11  p.m.  and  6  a.m.  from  1st  October  until  31st  March,  there  is  an  extra  charge 
of  5d.  (10  cents)  for  each  attendant  called  up. 

The  charge  to  non-subscribers  is  Id.  (2  cents)  per  call  not  exceeding  five  minutes 
duration.  No  trunk  lines,  outside  the  island,  the  tariff  charges  stated  above  cover 
communication  over  the  whole  island.  We  use  Magneto  generator  for  ringing  pur- 
poses on  the  ring  through  system.  Distinct  button  for  signalling  when  conversation 
is  finished.  Iland  combination  listening  and  speaking  instrument  (granular  carbon 
transmitters)  lightning  arrestor,  mounted  on  porcelain  base  fitted  with  carbon  ances- 
tors, high  voltage  fuse  coils,  and  fuse  wires,  the  lightning  arrestor  is  generally  fixed 
where  the  metallic  circuit  enters  the  building. 

Our  lines  are  metallic  circuit,  bronze  wire. 

The  system  is  one-quarter  underground  and  three-quarters  overhead. 

The  capital  invested  is  £26,475  ($128,933)  to  December  31,  1904. 

Eevenue  per  annum,  £4,546  ($22,139.) 

Total  expenditure  per  annum  £3,503  ($17,060)  including  10  per  cent  post  office 
royalty,  £432  ($2,104.) 

Interest  paid  on  capital,  £758  ($3,691.) 

Surplus  last  year,  £284  ($1,383.) 

The  sinking  fund  and  depreciation  is  5  per  cent,  being  2  per  cent  for  sinking 
fund  and  3  per  cent  for  depreciation.  The  latter  we  consider  adequate  as  replace- 
ments and  repairs  are  charged  to  revenue  and  it  has  been  found  that  the  plant  can 
thus  be  always  kept  in  an  efficient  state. 

The  total  cost  for  way  leave  privileges  is  21s.  ($5.12)  per  annum.  State  pro- 
perty is  largely  utilized.  Private  property  owners  recognize  the  benefits  of  the  tele- 
phone system,  which  really  belongs  to  the  people,  and  is  worked  for  their  benefit,  and 
readily  grant  practically  free  wayleave. 

Wages  paid  per  week : — Foremen,  32s.  ($7.80) ;  instrument  men,  25s.  ($6.09) ;  wire- 
men,  24s.  ($5.85);  operators,  commencing  at  6s.  ($1.47),  with  annual  increase  of  Is. 
(25c)  per  week ;  manager,  £260  ($1,266)  per  annum,  with  free  house,  &c. 

The  cost  of  the  central  exchange  equipment  was  £1,300  ($6,331)  for  900  lines. 
Ultimate  capacity,  3,000. 

Test  jacks  and  lightning  arrestors  extra,  Is.  9d.  (42c.)  per  metallic  circuit. 

Cost  of  sub-exchange  switchboards  £1  ($4.87)  per  metallic  circuit,  including 
lightning  arrestors  and  test  jacks. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  137 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

COST  OF  OTHER  MATERIAL  IS  AS  FOLLOWS: 

Wall  telephones  £2-12-0  ($12.68).    Table  telephones  £2-18-0  ($14.15).    Wire  lOld 
(214  cents)  to  lid  (22  cents)  per  pound. 

Poles,  22'  creosoted  wood 17s  6d     ($4.27) 

"      24'  18s  6d     ($4^52) 

w       28,  22s  Od     ($5.35) 

u      36  36s  Od     ($8.78) 

30  25s  Od     ($6.09) 

40'  49s  Od  ($10.71) 

Cross-arms,  oak,  8-wire,  2s  4d  (58  cents). 
Cross-arms,  oak,  6-wire,  Is  lOd  (44  cents). 

Insulators  complete  with  bolts  6d  (12  cents)  to  7d  (14  csnts)  each. 
No  ducts  or  pipes  used.    Lead  covered  cable  protected  by  two  wrappings  of  steel 
tape  being  used  throughout. 

The  States  Telephone  system  is  the  only  established  system  in  the  island. 
Toll  accounts  are  rendered  quarterly,  and  payable  at  the  head  office. 
A  list  of  subscribers,  together  with  copy  of  balance  sheet  for  1904  is  sent  here- 
with, and  from  these  you  will  be  able  to  glean  that  this  system  is  supported  by  all 
classes  of  the  community,  and  public  telephones  are  liberally  scattered  throughout  the 
island,  as  will  be  seen  from  small  map  which  is  also  sent  herewith.  The  balance  sheet 
shows  that  notwithstanding  the  low  charges  the  department  is  able  to  make  a  profit  after 
meeting  all  charges.  One  heavy  expense  is  that  of  10  per  cent  post  office  royalty  charged 
on  the  gross  exchange  line  revenue,  amounting  in  1904  to  £432  ($2,104). 

The  extent  and  popularity  of  the  system  is  no  doubt  partly  due  to  the  efficiency  of 
the  system.  The  ring  through  system,  which  is  the  one  in  use,  enables  subscribers  to 
call  each  other  without  disturbing  the  operator.  The  method  of  signalling  when  a  con- 
nection is  finished  is  by  pressing  a  distinct  button  attached  to  each  instrument,  which 
operates  a  special  ring-off  indicator  at  the  switchroom. 

*  The  post  office  facilities  mentioned  on  page  1  of  the  list  are  freely  taken  ad- 
vantage of  by  subscribers  in  all  parts  of  the  island,  and  the  little  notes  mentioned  on 
page  55  of  subscribers'  list  are  worthy  of  notice,  showing  that  the  department  endeav- 
ours to  make  the  telephone  as  useful  to  the  community  as  possible,  and  to  keep  up-to- 
date. 

F.  B.  MAINGUY, 

Major-General. 

POST  OFFICE  CONNECTION,  NO.   77. 

The  post  office,  St.  Peter-Port  has  been  connected  with  the  telephone  exchange  to 
enable  subscribers  to 

(1)  Telephone  telegrams  for  the  purpose  of  being  transmitted  over  the  post  office 
telegraphs  to  any  part  of  the  United  Kingdom.  The  service  may  be  extended  to  other 
countries  by  special  arrangements  with  the  States  Telephone  Department. 

(2)  Dictate  messages  for  the  purpose  of  being  written  down  and  forwarded  as 
letters,  ordinary  or  express. 

(3)  Engaging  the  services  of  post  offices  special  messengers. 

(4)  To  enable  the  subscribers  to  have  telegrams,  which  may  arrive  for  them,  tele- 
phoned to  their  offices  or  houses  by  the  post  office,  special  arrangements  must  be  made 
for  this. 

This  service  will  be  available  to  subscribers  in  all  parts  of  the  island.  In  many 
cases  it  should  prove  of  great, value,  as  instead  of  depending  on  their  local  post  office, 

*Post  office  facilities  referred  to  on  page  1   of  Guernsey  Telephone  Directory. 


138  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

with  its  limited  hours  of  service,  the  head  post  office,  at  St.  Peter-Port,  can  be  com- 
tamnicated  with  from  7  a.m.  to  10  p.m.  on  week-days,  and  from  8  a.m.  to  10  a.m.,  and 
5  p.m.  to  6  p.m.  on  Sundays.  Subscribers  in  distant  parts  of  the  island  can  catch  the 
outgoing  mails  by  telephoning  messages  to  be  posted  as  letters  up  to  the  time  of  clos- 
ing, 9a.m.,  and  9.25  late  fee. 

Subscribers  wishing  to  use  this  service  must  communicate  with  the  States  Tele- 
phone Department,  which  will  notify  the  post  office  accordingly.  To  cover  expenses  of 
book-keeping,  an  additional  fee  of  one  half-penny  will  be  charged  on  all  communica- 
tions to  or  from  the  post  office.  Accounts  for  cost  of  telegrams,  postage  on  letters,  hire 
of  messengers  and  the  additional  half-penny  fees,  will  be  collected  monthly,  as  a  general 
mile,  but  the  department  reserves  the  right  to  demand  payment  at  any  time,  and  to 
refuse  further  connections  to  subscribers  whose  payments  are  in  arrear. 

All  charges  payable  to  the  post  office  will  be  in  British  currency. 

Subscribers  desirous  of  making  use  of  the  post  office  connection  will  please  apply 
to  the  manager,  States'  Telephone  Office,  Clifton,  for  a  special  form. 


NOTICE. 

The  central  office  is  informed  of  the  signalling  of  the  mail  steamers.  Subscribers 
wishing  to  learn  of  their  approach  can  obtain  the  information  from  the  operator. 

Subscribers  can  also  ascertain  Greenwich  time  from  the  central  office  at  any  hour 
of  the  day. 

The  charge  in  each  case  is  the  usual  call  charge,  viz. :  Id.  on  tariff '  A,'  and  id.  on 
ta:  iff '  B.' 

King  Edward  Sanatorium  (Tel.  No.  1799).  For  the  comfort  of  patients  and  the 
convenience  of  their  friends  portable  telephones  have  been  installed  and  so  arranged 
in  the  various  wards  that  communication  can  be  established  with  the.  general  exchange 
system. 


•Notes   referred  to  on  page  55  of  Guernsey   Subscriber's  Directory. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  153. 

15  Dey  Street,  New  York,  June  5th,  1905. 

The  Chairman, 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — I  have  pleasure  in  forwarding  a  statement  which  contains  the  information 
the  Committee  wanted  regarding  number  of  telephones  in  London. 

I  think  you  will  find  the  other  figures  in  the  statement  also  of  interest. 

Yours  sincerely, 

HERBERT  LAWS  WEBB 


No.  153a. 

TELEPHONES   IN    GREAT    BRITAIN. 

December  SI,  190^. 

Stations. 

National  Telephone  Company 315,829 

Post  Office  London  System 22,181 

Post  Office  Provincial  Systems   (approximately) 8,000 

Municipal  Systems  (including  Guernsey) 19,188 

Total 365,198 


Gain  for  190Jh 

National  Telephone  Company 38,240 

Post  Office  London  System 7,880 

Post  Office  Provincial  Systems  (approximately) 1,700 

Municipal  Systems  (including  Guernsey) 4,845 

Total 52,665 


Telephones  in  London. 

National  Telephone  Company 71,417 

Post  Office 22,181 

Total 93,598 


Gain  in  London  for  190k- 

National  Telephone  Company 8,836 

Post  Office 7,880 


Total 16,716 


144  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

Note  by  the  Acting  Chaiman. 
The  above  statement  shows  the  percentage  of  increase  based  on  the  total  number 
of  telephones  operated  by  each  system  to  be  as  follows : — 

In  Great  Britain. 

Per  cent. 

National  Telephone  Company 12*11 

Post  Office  London  System 35 

Post  Office  Provincial  Systems 21*25 

Municipal  Systems  (including  Guernsey) 24*68 

In  London. 

National  Telephone  Company 12*37 

Post  Office 35 

No.  154. 

General  Telephone  Company, 

Stockholm,  May  29,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — Director  Cedergren  being  at  presenl  abroad  has  not  been  able  to 
answer  your  letter  of  the  1st  instant,  and  I  therefore  beg  to  give  you  inclosed  informa- 
tions and  I  hope  that  it  will  be  of  some  interest  for  you. 

I  am,  dear  sir. 

Yours  truly, 

CARL   HALLEN. 

No.  154a. 

The  system  operates  in  Stockholm  and  vicinity  up  to  70  kilometres  (about  45 
miles) ;  the  population  of  Stockholm  at  the  beginning  of  1905  was  318,398 ;  there  are 
two  telephone  systems  of  which  one  belongs  to  the  Swedish  State,  and  the  other  to  the 
Stockholm  Allmanna  (Stockholm  General  Telephone  Co.)  and  the  Stockholm  Bell 
Telefonaktiebolag  (Stockholm  Bell  Telephone  Company.)  The  information  given  is 
regarding  the  systems  of  the  two  companies  only.  The  number  of  subscribers  on  Janu- 
ary 1st,  1905  was  37,445,  of  which  31,685  were  inside  and  5,760  outside  the  city  limits. 
Within  Stockholm  there  are  seven  exchanges,  the  largest  having  a  capacity  of  20.000 
lines.  Outside  the  city  there  are  151  exchanges.  Number  of  direct  lines  with  ,one 
telephone  in  the  city,  28,030,  and  number  of  extension  lines,  3,541.  Subscribers  do  not 
purchase  instruments,  the  companies  own  the  whole  plant.  Subscribers  do  not  pay 
the  cost  of  their  lines,  but  some  pay  an  entrance  fee.  (Fees  and  annual  rates  are  pub- 
lished in  subjoined  reports.)  Annual  rate  covers  use  of  telephone  within  the  city  and 
a  radius  of  70  kilometres  (about  45  miles).  Exchanges  are  open  day  and  night  and 
Sundays.  Country  exchanges  as  shown  in  reports.  Charge  to  non-subscribers  for 
local  conversations  is  10  ore  (2 \  cents).  All  subscribers  can  converse  over  whole  of 
70  kilometre  radius  without  any  toll  charge.  All  lines  are  metallic  circuit.  The 
aerial  lines  in  Stockholm  are  bronze  1  m.m. ;  outside  Stockholm  iron  3  m.m.  or  copper 
2  m.m. 

Sixty-four  per  cent  of  lines  are  underground. 

The  long  distance  lines  outside  70  kilometres  radius  from  Stockholm  belong  ex- 
clusively to  the  State.  No  inter-traffic  is  arranged  between  our  system  net  and  the 
system  of  the  State  (Rikstelefon). 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  145 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

In  Stockholm  and  within  the  70  kilometres  radius  there  has  been  competition  be- 
tween the  State  and  the  companies  for  16  years. 

GAEL  HALLEN. 
Stockholm,  the  29th  of  May,  1905. 


No.  154b. 

(Translation.) 

ANNUAL   REPORT   OF   THE   STOCKHOLM    GENERAL   TELEPHONE    CO.    FOR   1904. 

Stockholm  General  Telephone  Co. : — 

As  has  been  reported  at  the  annual  meeting  of  managers  for  1904,  the  arrange- 
ment for  purchase  and  exchange  made  by  one  of  the  Stockholm  Telephone  Companies 
with  the  Government  Telephone  Department  on  February  9  of  the  same  year,  has 
fallen  through,  on  account  of  the  decision  of  parliament,  made  on  April  30,  1904; 
and  thereby  the  agreement  for  resuming  cooperation  between  the  companies  and  the 
government  has  been  cancelled.  Consequently  a  most  unsatisfactory  condition  of 
affairs  exists  for  the  telephone-using  public,  through  all  direct  connection  having 
ceased  with  the  Government  Telephone  Bureau,  the  number  of  whose  subscribers  on 
December  31,  1904,  amounted  to  74,798 ;  while  the  subscribers  to  the  other  telephone 
companies  mentioned  above  were,  on  the  same  date,  37,445,  and  have  increased  on 
January  15,  1904,  to  37,893.  The  public,  therefore,  desire  that  this  unfortunate  con- 
dition of  affairs  may  be  remedied.  This  desire  has  been  specially  expressed  by  the 
Stockholm  Real  Estate  Owners'  Union,  to  both  the  telephone  systems  in  question.  In 
replying  to  this  appeal  the  telephone  companies  in  question  have  expressed  their  will- 
ingness to  enter  into  any  arrangement  with  the  Royal  Telegraph  Department  which 
may  not  infringe  the  rights  of  either  company. 

The  General  Telephone  Company  has  made  an  arrangement  to  install  a  double- 
wire  system  in  place  of  the  old  single  wire  in  its  establishments  in  Moscow  and 
Warsaw.  This  arrangement  was  to  be  carried  out  in  Moscow  in  December,  1904,  and 
in  Warsaw  in  July  1,  1905.  This  work  has,  in  the  meantime,  been  so  urgently  car- 
ried on  that  even  at  the  end  of  last  September  the  new  buildings  of  the  company  were 
completed  in  both  cities,  so  that  messages  could  be  sent,  and  wires  connected  with  the 
cew  central  stations,  which  were  opened  and  inaugurated,  the  station  in  Moscow  on 
November  12,  and  the  one  in  Warsaw  on  November  16,  1904.  A  number  of  repre- 
sentatites  were  present  from  the  General  Telephone  Company,  the  Swedish-Danish- 
Russian  Telephone  Company,  and  the  Cedergren  Telephone  Company,  as  well  as  a 
large  number  of  prominent  people  who  had  been  invited. 

At  the  end  of  the  year  the  number  of  subscribers  in  Moscow  was  7,744,  and  in 
Warsaw,  4,901.  This  number  is  much  in  excess  of  what  was  expected  when  the  tele- 
phone arrangements  were  proposed.  This  condition  of  affairs  is  all  the  more  remark- 
able from  the  fact  that  the  present  war  in  the  east  has  necessarily  seriously  interfered 
with  the  increase  of  subscribers. 

After  the  announcement  that  the  director  of  the  company,  H.  S.  Cedergren,  was 
prepared  to  donate  $37,500  to  form  a  general  telephone  pension  fund,  the  managers 
of  the  company,  at  their  business  meeting  on  May  28,  1904,  decided  that  500  shares  at 
par  should  be  transferred  to  this  fund,  and  the  management  authorized  to  transfer 
the  same.  The  amount  was  paid  in,  and  the  shares  transferred,  shortly  after  the  meet- 
ing was  held. 

During  the  year  1904,  the  increase  in  the  number  of  subscribers  to  the  General 
Telephone  Company  and  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  was  2,685,  which  is  somewhat 
greater  than  during  1903.  The  number  of  new  telephone  instruments  set  up  by  the 
company  during  1904,  was  6,003.     As  during  the  year  3,318  subscribers  have  ceased. 


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in  consequence  of  removal,  death  and  other  causes,  the  number  of  subscribers  at  the 
close  of  the  year  was  37,445,  as  against  34,760  at  the  beginning  of  the  year ;  as  shown 
by  the  following  list: — 


Within       Outside 
Stockholm  Stockholm 


Telephone  with  direct  connection  limited  to  General  Telephone  Com 
pany's  system    ....      

Telephone  with  direct,  but  unlimited  connection  with  both  tin 

the  "General  "  and  "  Bell  "  companies 

Telephone  with  connection  to, country  stations 

Extension  and  side-telephones | 

Telephone  with  connection  to  railways  exchange  station 

M  ii  to  Police  exchange  station 

Total  number  of  subscribers  to  General  Telephone  Co.    j 
Telephones  within  Stockholm  with  restricted  right  of  use  (Bell  Com] 

Number  for  both  Companies.    Total   


9,219 


3,54] 
83 
31 


L9.409 
12,276 


140 


565 


5,760 


5,760 


Total. 


6,675 

9,219 

4,106 

31 


25,169 
12,276 

37,445 


The  number  of  subscribers  during  the  months  of  1904  is  as  follows : — 
Number  of  subscribers  on  15th 


1904. 


Within 
Stockholm. 


<  tut- 

holm. 


Total. 


Number 
of  Telephonists 
in  Stockholm. 


January  . . 
February .  . 

March 

April 

May 

June ...... 

July   

August .... 
September . 
October  . . . 
November. 
December . 


29,433 
29,553 
29,550 
29,740 
29,818 
29,845 
29,853 
29,832 
29,970 
30,237 
30,775 
31,370 


5,  100 
5,410 
:..442 
5,489 
5,538 
5  587 
5,597 
5,609 
5,670 
5,708 
5,722 


34,823 
34,953 
34,960 
35,182 
35,307 

35,440 
35,429 
35,579 
35,907 
36,  183 
37,092 


421 

420 
423 
4130 
450 
45« 
448 
443 
444 
429 
438 
450 


During  the  year  two  new  exchange  stations  have  been  set  up  outside  Stockholm, 
viz.,  in  Kesaro  and  in  Storangen;  whereas,  the  exchange  stations  in  Faringe  and 
Ofver-Jarna  have  been  removed.  In  consequence  of  this,  the  number  of  exchange 
stations,  outside  Stockholm,  remained  the  same  at  the  end  of  the  year,  viz.,  152. 

The  length  of  wires  in  the  General  Telephone  Company  at  the  end  of  1904  was 
as  follows: — 

Kilometres. 
Inside  Stockholm.  .  . 42,309"01 

Outside  Stockholm 15,172*27 


Total 57,4S1-2S 


APPENDIX  "A" 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

These  42,309'01  kilometres  inside  Stockholm  are  classified  thus : — 

Kilometres. 

Overhead  wires 4,196'01 

Underground  wires 35,698*28 

Overhead  connections 2,196'03 

Sub-marine  cable  connections 218*45 


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42,309*01 


The  wires  inside  Stockholm  on  December  31,  1904,  are  classified  thus  :- 

In  reserve. 


In    use. 

Kilometres. 

Overhead  wires 2,841'S5 

Underground  wires  .  .  .  .  20,533'4S 
Overhead  connections  .  .  2,146*0.''. 
Sub-marine    cables    .  .     .  .        156'14 


Kilometres. 

Overhead   wires 1,354"40 

Underground  wires   .  .    .  .  15.164  Su 
Overhead    connections     .  .  50 

Sub-marine  cables 


Total 25,677'50  Total 16,631*51 

Of  the  subscribers'  wires  and  connection  wires  leading  from  the  central  stations 
in  Stockholm,  16,910  kil.  were  in  use,  and  15,890  kil.  in  reserve.  Outside  of  Stockholm 
connections  to  sea  cables  were  132,68  kil. 

Note. — 1  Kilometre=l,093'6  yards,  or  about  g  of  a  mile. 
1.  The  number  of  employees  was  as  follows: — 


Employees  in  counting  office 

ii        in  business  bureau 

H        in  central  stations 

H        for  maintenance  of  wires .  . . 

n        for  making  new  connections 

n        outside  city 

ii        in  Russia 

Telephone  operators  in  central  offices .  . 

Foremen  on  line  work 

Employees  to  set  up  telephones 

ip        on  the  wires 

Inspectors  and  repairers     

Employees  on  cables   and    on    under- 
ground wires 

Storekeepers. .    . .         

Engineers  and  firemen  

Watchmen  and  errand  boys 

Electric  workers 

Employees  in  repair  shops    


Totals. 


January  1,  1904. 


Men. 


13 
11 
90 

46 

8 
4 

4 
21 
26 

17 

267 


Girls. 


9 

13 

16 

8 


342 


391 


Total. 


9 

20 

18 

9 

7 
2 

8 
342 
13 
11 
90 
46 

8 

4 

4 

21 

29 
17 

658 


December  31.  1904. 


Men. 


13 

15 

114 

47 

12 
5 
4 

16 
21 
16 

290 


9 
20 
16 


363 


419 


Total. 


9 
26 

18 
9 
8 


363 
13 
15 

114 

47 

12 
5 
4 
16 
24 
16 

709 


1— d— 11 


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The  result  of  the  company's  business  for  1904  is  shown  by  the  following  abstract 
of  profit  and  loss  account: — 

PROFIT  AND  LOSS  ACCOUNT. 

(Note — One  Kroner=26'8  cents). 


Rents 

Wages  to  managers  and 
other  employees     .... 

Taxes 

Building  and  improve- 
ments    

Carried  over  to  Sinking 
Fund2  p.o.  of  the  \  alue 
of  Company's  plant.. . 

Net  profit  fin  year.    . . . 


33  531  00 

5,954  00 
10,608  0(i 

21  .;<>"  00 


38,214  00 
175,899  00 


285,573  00 


Kr. 

134,124  23 

23,81  I  79 

12,430  08 

85,469  54 


152,857   12 

703,5!  is   II 


1,142,294  50 


[neome,  after  deducting 
nses  of  up] 

Profit  from  private  work 
and  materials  sold. . . . 

Dividends  from  foreign 
shares 

Profits  from  property 
rented    

Profit  fi  'in  Insurance 
Fund ... 

Profit  from  Accident 
Insurance  Fund   . . . 

Sinking  funds  for  re- 
building, &c 


184,989  00 

8,988  00 

67,788  mi 

525  00 

745  00 

1,167  00 

21, 37 1  00 


Kr. 

739,957  40 
35,955  32 

271,155  07 
2.105  76 
2,982  4i 
4,669  00 

85,40! i  :.4 


285,573  00       1,142,294  50 


As  on  the  foregoing  year,  2  per  cent  of  the  company's  profits  have  been  carried 
over  to  the  sinking  fund;  and  from  this  fund  the  costs  have  been  defrayed  of  the  new 
buildings  erected  during  the  year.  The  following  table  shows  the  assets  and  liabilities 
of  the  company  on  December  31,  1904 : — 

Assets. 

Cash  on  hand  and  in  bank $        1,187  4,746  79  kr. 

Telephone  plant  in  Stockholm 1,374,191  5,496,765"  05  kr. 

Country  wires 595,395  2,381,581  62  kr. 

Tools  and  furniture,  &c 26,844  107,379  50  kr. 

Materials 45,229  180,918  78  kr. 

Eeal  estate  and  machinery 329,125  1,316,500  00  kr. 

Foreign  shares 901,138  3,604,552  00  kr. 

Expenses  for  buildings  in  Moscow  and  Warsaw.  .    .  .  339,849  1,359,399  49  kr. 

Obligations 7,736  30,947  00  kr. 

Various  demands 819,140  3,276,562  34  kr. 


$4,439,834        17,759,352  57  kr. 


Liabilities. 

Capital  in  shares $    712,500 

Building  and  property  fund 750,000 

Reserve  fund 125,000 

Reserved  for  company's  future  disposal 141,089 

Employees  gratuity  fund 10,000 

Fire  insurance  fund 7,500 

Accident  insurance  fund 7,500 

Sinking  funds 110,790 

Instalment  loans 160,000 

Mortgage  loans 267,318 

Various  persons   (individuals) 1,032,734 

Goods  supplied 939,229 

Unused  profits ■  .  .  275 

Net  profit 175,899 


2,850,000 

3,000,000 

500,000 

564,356 

40,000 

30,000 

30,000 

443,163 

640,000 

1,069,273 

4,130,938 

3,756,917 

1,104- 

703.598 


00  kr. 
00  kr. 
00  kr. 
96  kr. 
00  kr. 
00  kr. 
00  kr. 
69  kr. 
00  kr. 
20  kr. 
79  kr. 
49  kr. 
00  kr. 
44  kr. 


$4,439,834        17,759,352  57  kr. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  149 
APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  profits  for  the  year  have  therefore  been,  as  shown:  ($175,899) — 703,598  44  kr. 

They  have  been  applied  as  follows: — 

Shareholders,  $6  or  24  kr.  per  share $   57,000             228,000  00  kr. 

Eeserve  fund 17,750               71,000  00  kr. 

Building  and  property  fund 37,500             150,000  00  kr. 

Fund  set  aside  at  the  disposal  of  the  company. .    . .  63,649             254,598  44  kr. 


$175,899  703,598  44  kr. 

If  these  proposals  are  approved  of,  the  company's  funds  stand  thus : — 

Capital  in  shares $  712,500  2,850,000  00  kr. 

Building  and  property  fund 787,500  3,150,000  00  kr. 

Reserve  fund 142,750  571,000  00  kr. 

Reserve  fund  for  future  disposal 204,738  S18,955  40  kr. 

Employees  gratuity  fund 10,000  40,000  00  kr. 

Fire  insurance  fund 7,500  30,000  00  ktr. 

Accident  insurance  fund 7,500  30,000  00  kr. 

$1,872,488  7,489,955  40  kr. 

Besides  this  there  has  been  set  aside  for  the  sinking 

fund $110,790  443,163  69  kr. 

F.   W.    H.   Pegelow, 

W.     MoNTELIUS, 

Viktor  Klemming, 
H.  T.  Cedergren, 
B.   Hasselberg. 

No.  154c. 

(translation.) 

annual  report  made  ry  the  managers  and  audit  department  of  the  stockholm  bell 

telephone  company. 

1904. 

a 

Bell  Telephone  Company: 

In  presenting  the  yearly  report  for  1904,  the  managers  have  the  satisfaction  of 
being  able  to  state,  that  the  telephone  business  of  the  company  has  increased  remark- 
ably; and  also  that  the  economic  results  of  the  business  have  been,  in  the  very  highest 
degree,  satisfactory. 

The  increase  in  the  number  of  subscribers  during  the  year  has  been  795,  as 
against  779  during  1903,  and  731  during  1902.  At  the  same  time,  as  shown  by  the 
balance  account  given  below,  the  receipts,  which  amounted  to  113,601.14  kr.  ($28,400) 
for  1903,  have  increased  to  123.343.58  kr.  ($30,836)  for  1904. 

In  the  previous  reports,  the  managers  have  already  made  a  statement  regarding 
the  negotiations,  which,  since  the  former  agreement  for  common  use  of  wires  with  the 
Government  Telegraph  Bureau  has  been  cancelled,  have  been  carried  on  with  the  Gov- 
ernment Bureau,  regarding  arrangements  for  co-operation.  Since  the  proposal  for 
selling  the  whole  plant  of  the  company  was  rejected  by  the  resolution  of  parliament  in 
-902,  owing  to  the  firm  demand  made  by  the  telegraph  managers  that  co-operation  be- 
tween the  wires  should  be  free,  and  negotiations  being  made  thereafter  on  the  basis 
that  the  district  should  be  equally  divided  between  the  three  companies — an  agreement 
of  purchase  and  exchange  was  entered  upon,  on  February  9,  1904,  according  to  which 
the  company  should  sell  to  the  telegraph  management  the  plant  owned  by  it  within  the 
city,  inside  the  bridges,  as  well  as  in  Sodermalm  and  Kungsholmen ;  and  also  that  there- 


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after  free  co-operation  should  be  arranged  for  between  the  company's  subscribers  in 
the  other  districts  of  the  city,  and  the  government  telephone  wires.  The  agreement  in 
question  was  approved  of  by  the  King,  but  was  vetoed  by  the  parliament,  April  30, 
^904. 

As  the  owner  of  the  real  estate  in  Kungsholmen,  where  the  central  station  was 
located,  refused  to  abide  by  the  terms  of  the  lease,  we  have  just  concluded  a  new  agree- 
ment with  him  for  10  years ;  and  it  is  our  intention  during  the  present  year  to  enlarge 
this  central  station  by  installing  the  requisite  number  of  new  switch-boards.  The 
ether  central  stations  of  the  company  have  also  to  be  enlarged. 

Through  improved  arrangements  in  receiving  and  connecting  the  charges  for 
subscribers  have  been  somewhat  decreased. 

During  1904  the  company  has  made  connections  for  2,196  new  subscribers ;  whereas 
former  subscribers  to  the  number  of  1,401  have  ceased,  through  transfers,  to  the  Gen- 
eral Telephone  Company,  through  change  of  residence,  death,  and  other  causes.  Not- 
withstanding this,  however,  the  number  of  subscribers  at  the  end  of  the  year  was 
12,276,  as  compared  with  11,481  at  the  beginning  of  1904.  Details  are  shown  by  the 
following  list: — 


Name  of  Station, 

Number  of  Subscribers, 
Dec.  31,  1904. 

Total. 

Brunkeberg 

Kungsholmen 

Ostermalm 

824 
1,957 

2H4 
1,887 
3,819 

812.06 

386 
68 

227 

74 

124 

227 

( lonnec- 

tion. 

14 
3 

14 
6 
3 

11 

2,738 

2,198 

374 

2,014 

4,057 

Total   

11,139 

1,086 

51 

12.270 

During  the  various  months  of  the  year,  the  number  of  subscribers  has  been  88 
follows. — 


1904. 


Number  of  Subscribers  on  Dee.  15. 


January . . 
February. . 

March 

April 

May 

•Tune 

July 

August . .    . 
September, 
October . . 
November 
December. 


Kungs- 

holmen. 

2,629 

783 

2,636 

795 

2,642 

799 

2,C46 

797 

2,606 

S01 

2,585 

801 

2,541 

803 

2,530 

802 

2,553 

SOS 

2,516 

814 

2,590 

842 

2,703 

888 

Maria  Ersta 

Stor- 

Tanto. 

kyrkan. 

1,972 

362 

1,997 

358 

2,003 

361 

2,011 

363 

2,019 

365 

2,025 

35S 

2,003 

356 

2,007 

359 

2,026 

360 

2,036 

359 

2,099 

364 

2,167 

375 

Vasa. 


1,780 
1,804 
1,810 
1,823 
1,809 
1,806 
1,785 
1,797 
1,824 
1,855 
1,914 
1.987 


Ostermalm. 


4,004 
4,012 
4.009 
4,007 
3,977 
§,959 
3,957 
3,916 
3,927 
3,962 
3,971 
4.05S 


Total. 


11,530 
11,602 

11,024 
11. ''.47 
11,577 
11.534 
11,445 
11.411 
11,498 
11,542 
11.780 
12,178 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  151 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  length  of  the  company's  wires  was  on  December  31,  1904: — 

Kilometres. 

Subscribers'  lines 9,468.39 

Connecting  lines 667.35 

Total 10,135.74 

The  above  10,135.74  kilometres  are  classified  thus: — 

kilometres. 

Overhead  wires 1,083.65 

Underground  wires 7,829.82 

Overhead  wire  connections 1,222.27 

Total 10,135.74 

(Note. — A  kilometre  equals  about  §  of  one  English  mile.) 

There  were  in  the  employ  of  the  company  at  the  close  of  the  year  135  hands,  as 
against  132  at  the  commencement  of  the  year,  as  shown  by  the  following  table : — 


Employees  in  the  Telephone  Bureau 

ii  it        Cash  1  department .    

ii            at  the  Central  Stations,  (including  5  ma- 
nagers)   

Employees  for  setting  up  instruments,  repairing,  and 
station-workers     

Employees  in  the  work-sin >ps 

Watchmen,  and  <  rrand-boys    


Total. 


Jan.  1,  1904. 


Dec.  31,  1904. 


Men.        Girls.       Total. 


11 

7 
11 

30 


2 
5 

95 


102 


3 
5 

95 

11 

7 

11 

132 


9 

5 

12 


Men.       Girls.       Total 


2 

5 

99 


106 


3 
5 

99 

9 

5 

12 

133 


In  the  accounts  for  1904,  the  necessary  deductions  have  been  made  for  claims, 
and  a  small  amount  has  been  carried  over  to  the  sinking  fund.  After  allowing  for 
this,  the  company's  balance  account  on  December  31,  1904,  shows  the  following  assets 
and  liabilities : — 

(Note. — I  kroner  =  26  -8  cents.) 


Telephone  establishments $605,943 

Furniture  and  goods.  . 3,134 

Instalments 5,043 

Material 1,122 

Foreign  shares 5,000 

Detail  business  (miscellaneous) 1,336 

Tools 451 

Cash 325 

Scandinavian  Credit  Stock  Company 2,576 

Various  accounts 5,711 

$630,641 


2,423,773 

12,535 

20,171 

4,488 

2Q,000 

5,343 

1,805 

1,301 

10,302 

22.842 


07  kr. 
24  kr. 
93  kr. 
42  kr. 
00  kr. 
87  kr. 

95  kr. 

96  kr. 
06  kr. 
84  kr. 


2,522,565  34  kr. 


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Liabilities. 

Industry  Credit  Stock  Co $  14,800  59,200  00  kr. 

Various  debts 42,189  168,75(5  47  kr. 

Bonds 162,500  650,000  00  kr. 

Acceptances 20,250  80,999  91  kr. 

Taxes 114  454  50  kr. 

Unredeemed  profits 142  570  00  kr. 

Sick  fund 64  255  04  kr. 

Shareholders   holdings — 

Capital  in  shares 250,000  1,000,000  00  kr. 

Reserve  fund 25,000  100,000  00  kr. 

Sinking  fund. . 49,557  198,229  25  kr. 

Keserve  account  (rental  reserve) 35,189  140,756  59  kr. 

The  year's  net  profit 30,836  123,343  58  kr. 


$630,641        2,522,565  34  kr. 


The  profit  and  loss  acccount  for  1904  is  as  follows: — 


Rents   . 

Wages   

Taxes   

Sinking  fund.    . 
Net  profit  for  year 


$ 

10,412  on 
3  '".l(  mi 
2,171  00 
5,854  00 

30,836  mi 


52,367  00 


Kr. 

11,646  17 

1.2,378  2e 

8,684  96 

23,415  7  1 

123,34:;  58 


i    deducting 

ml    working 

. 

Profit  from  prii  ate  n <  irk, 

rial  Bold 


209,468  70 


Kr. 


< 


52,252  mi 

115  no 


209,008  52 
460  18 


52,367  00  i       209,468  70 


Concerning  the  year's  net  profit,  the  management  has  to  report  that  it  has  been 
applied  as  follows : — 


$16.08  (60  kr.)  per  share  to  the  shareholders,  i.e.. 
Carried  over  to  reserve  fund • .   . .   . 


Stockholm,  March  24,  1905. 


$15,000 
15,836 


60,000  00  kr. 
63,343  58  kr. 


$30,836       123,343  58  kr. 


W.     MoNTELIUS, 

Emil.  Egnell, 
H.  T.  Cedergrex, 
Carl  Hallen. 


No.  154d. 


(translation.) 


Statement  regarding  the  terms  of  subscription  in  the  Stockholm  General  Telephone 
Joint  Stock  Company,  and  the  Stockholm  Bell  Telephone  Joint  Stock  Company. 

Note. — Kroner=26 :8c. ;  Kilometre=about  f  English  mile;  Metre=3j  feet. 

The  Stockholm  General  Telephone  Joint  Stock  Company  furnishes  service  within 
Stockholm,  and  the  surrounding  district,  extending  to  a  distance  of  70  kilometres  from 
the  centre  of  Stockholm.  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  furnishes  service  only  within 
Stockholm.     The   General  Telephone   Company   furnishes  unlimited   service   within 


APPENDIX  "A"  153 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Stockholm.  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  furnishes  measured  service  only. 
As  different  facilities  for  subscribers  are  given  by  each  company,  there  is  no  competi- 
tion in  canvassing  for  subscribers,  therefore  the  common  use  of  both  telephones  has 
been  arranged  for.  The  companies'  plants  are  therefore  to  be  regarded  as  one  tele- 
phone system;  and  the  subscribers  to  the  same  comprised,  on  October  1,  1903,  33,227; 
i.e.,  27,968  within  the  city  of  Stockholm,  and  5,259  within  the  above  mentioned  district 
outside  of  Stockholm. 

TERMS  FOR  SUBSCRIBERS. 

I.  Charges  within  the  city  of  Stockholm  : — 

A. 

General  Telephone  Company  subscription,  with  unrestricted  right  of  use  over  the 
company's  entire  system: 

Instrument  with  direct  communication  to  central,  80  kr.  ($21.44). 

Instrument  with  direct  communication,  combined  with  another,  60  kr.   V  $16.08). 

By  paying  a  yearly  sum  of  100  kr.  ($26.80)  wihout  entrance  fee,  direct  communi- 
cation with  the  Central  is  obtained,  with  unrestricted  right  of  use,  to  all  the  sub- 
scribers to  tbe  Bell  Telephone  Company,  for  the  45  kr.  ($12.06)  business  telephone,  as 
well  as  the  36  kr.  ($9.65)  house  telephone.    (*For  particulars  see  below.) 

Such  instruments  are  termed  '  Star '  telephones,  and  are  designated  in  the  direc- 
tory with  large  type,  with  a  '  star '  before  the  number. 

Subscribers  who  pay  80  kr.  ($21.44),  or  60  kr.  ($16.08)  yearly,  have  also  to  pay  a 
separate  entrance  fee  of  50  kr.  ($13.40)  once  for  all,  or  10  kr.  ($2.68)  yearly  for  five 
years.  This  entrance  fee,  however,  is  not  required,  if  the  connection  has  been  already 
made,  or  if  the  instrument  is  installed  in  the  customer's  residence. 

(  imnection  to  the  same  residence,  without  entrance  fee,  yearly  payment,  30  kr. 
($8.04). 

Connection  to  another  residence,  if  wire  does  not  exceed  500  metres,  40  kr. 
($10.72). 

This  last  does  not  include  entrance  fee  of  25  kr.  ($6.70)  once  for  all. 

For  longer  connections  than  500  metres,  an  entrance  fee  of  25  kr.  ($6.70)  is  re- 
quired, as  also  a  yearly  payment  of  10  kr.  ($2.6S)  for  each  additional  length  of  wire 
exceeding  a  half  kilometre. 

Note. — Connections  are  made  only  between  instruments  belonging  to  the  same 
subscriber,  and  situated  in  the  same  district. 

B. 

Bell  Telephone  Company.     Subscription,  with  restricted  right  of  use: — 

Business  telephone,  with  direct  communication,  45  kr.  ($12.06). 

This  does  not  include  entrance  fee  of  10  kr.  ($2.68)  once  for  all. 

If  an  instrument  of  an  older  type  is  installed,  no  entrance  fee  is  required. 

House  telephone,  with  direct  communication,  36  kr.  ($9.65). 

This  does  not  include  entrance  fee,  according  to  terms  above  stated,  for  business 
telephone. 

The  subscriber  has  unrestricted  right  of  communication  with  all  the  '  Star '  sub- 
scribers of  the  General  Telephone  Company,  as  well  as  100  free  calls,  during  each  3 
months,  with  the  subscribers  to  the  Bell  Company.  For  further  calls,  a  payment  of 
10  ore*  (2Jc.)  is  required. 

No  payment  is  required  for  any  incoming  call  to  the  subscriber's  telephone. 

All  the  subscribers  to  both  companies,  in  Stockholm,  have  the  right  without  extra 
charge.,  to  communicate  with  all  the  country  subscribers,  each  in  turn,  according  to  the 
time  that  the  call  is  made.    When  a  call  of  this  kind  is  made,  with  right  of  precedence, 


154  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

a  charge  of  10  ores  (2}c.)  is  required  for  every  period  of  3  minutes,  for  such  '  urgent 
calls.7 

II.  Charges  for  points  outside  of  Stockholm— General  Telephone  Company:— 

A. 

Subscription  for  points  outside: — 

Telephone  with  direct  connection,  and  unrestricted  free  use,  over  the  company's 
whole  system,  and  without  entrance  fee,  yearly  subscription  50  kr.   ($13.40). 

Telephone,  with  direct  connection,  and  unrestricted  right  of  use,  in  the  same  dis- 
trict;  and  right  to  100  free  calls,  every  3  months,  to  subscribers  living  outside  of 
specified  district;  with  10  ores  (2£c.)  charge  for  each  additional  call,  together  with 
entrance  fee  of  10  kr.  ($2.68)  once  for  all. 

Yearly  payment,  36  kr.  ($9.65). 

Telephone  with  direct  connection,  and  unrestricted  right  of  use,  within  district; 
and  10  ores  (2ic.)  charge  for  each  call  made  to  subscribers  living  outside  specified  dis- 
trict ir  with  entrance  fee  of  10  kr.  ($2.65),  once  for  all,  25  kr.  ($6.70). 

Telephone  connection  to  any  point,  yearly  20  kr.   ($5.36). 

Besides  this,  an  entrance  fee  of  10  kr.  ($2.68)  is  required,  if  connecting  wire  does 
not  <  xci  ed  100  metres.  For  longer  connections  the  entrance  fee  is  regulated  according 
to  length  of  wire. 

\        R 

Subscription  for  country  residences: — 

Telephone  with  direct  connection  to  nearest  connecting  station,  situated  in  dis- 
trict, yearly  50  kr.  ($13.40). 

Besides  this,  the  subscriber  must  either  himself  pay  charges  for  making  connec- 
tions at  above  mentioned  station,  or  for  this  purpose  pay  a  yearly  sum  of  15  kr.  ($4.02) 
to  the  company.  The  entrance^fee  is  10  kr.  ($2.68)  if  the  wire  to  connecting  station 
does  not  exceed  1  kilometre.  If  the  wire  is  larger  than  this,  the  entrance  fee  is  re- 
quire'!, nnd  40  kr.  ($10.72)  for  wire  over  and  above  1  kilometre. 

Telephone  connection,  yearly  30  kr.  ($8.04). 

Besides  this,  an  entrance  fee  is  required,  according  to  the  rules  that  apply  for 
points  outside  of  Stockholm.  Charges  for  '  urgent  calk '  are  the  same  as  for  subscrib- 
ers living  in  Stockholm. 

All  the  company's  subscribers  have  the  right  to  telephone  from  their  residences, 
telegrams  and  telephone  messages,  to  a  '  telegram  bureau '  installed  by  the  General 
Telephone  Company  for  this  purpose.  Telegrams  are  forwarded  by  messenger  to  the 
telegraph  station  without  any  charges  other  than  the  usual  telegram  rates.  Telephone 
messages  sent  in  to  the  '  telegram  bureau '  are  written  down  and  forwarded  by  bicycle- 
messenger  to  the  address  given,  with  a  charge  of  25  ores  (6ft  cents)  for  each  message  of 
not  more  than  10  words,  the  address  not  included.  For  longer  messages,  a  charge  of 
5  ores  (1  cent)  is  made  for  each  additional  word.  Telegrams  sent  to  the  company's 
'  bureau '  addressed  to  subscribers  are  telephoned  to  subscribers,  without  any  charges 
being  made. 

Since  the  ceasing  of  direct  connection  with  the  government  telephone  wires,  the 
company  has  installed  an  '  exchange  bureau,'  where,  by  a  payment  of  ores  10  (2J  cents) 
for  each  call,  telephone  communications  are  transferred  to  government  wires. 

STOCKHOLM  GENEKAL  TELEPHONE  JOINT  STOCK  CO. 
STOCKHOLM  BELL  TELEPHONE  JOINT  STOCK  CO. 
Stockholm,  October  19,  1903. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  155 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  155. 

(TRANSLATION.) 

THE   ITALIAN   GENERAL  TELEPHONE   AND   ELECTRIC   WORK   CO. 


Head    Office    in    Rome,  with   Agencies  in  Rome,  Bologna,  Catania,  Florence,  Genoa, 
Livorno,  Messina,  Naples,  Palermo  and  Venice. 


Capital,  5,609,100  Lire  ($1,121,820),  all  expended. 

Rome,  June  6,  1905. 
Sir  WiLLrAM  Mulock,  K.C.M.G. 

Honourable  Sir, — In  answer  to  your  esteemed  favour  of  May  1,  we  beg  to  inclose 
herewith  our  answers  to  your  interrogations. 

Please  note  that  our  figures  are  approximate. 

Hoping  that  you  will  favour  us  with  a  copy  of  the  general  statistics  which  will  be 
drawn  up  by  your  committee, 

We  beg  to  remain, 

Yours  very  sincerely, 
ITALIAN  GEN.  TEL.  AND  ELECTRIC  WORK  CO. 


No.  155a. 

ANSWERS    TO    QUESTIONS    OF     THE    GOVERNMENT    COMMITTEE    OF     CANADA. 

The  company  owns  and  controls  the  rights  of  the  telephone  in  the  following 
cities  and  adjacent  communes :  Bologna,  Catania,  Florence,  Genoa,  San  Remo,  Oneglia 
and  Port  Maurice,  Livorno,  Messina,  Naples,  Palermo,  Rome,  Venice,  Mestre. 

The  approximate  population  is  as  follows :  Bologna,  170,000 ;  Catania,  150,000 ; 
Florence,  210,000;  Genoa,  250,000;  Livorno,  100,000;  Messina,  160,000;  Naples, 
550,000;    Palermo,  360,000;  Rome,  480,000;  Venice,  160,000. 

The  company  owns  and  operates  its  whole  plant. 

Subscribers:  Bologna,  650;  Catania,  230;  Florence,  1,600;  Genoa,  2,400;  Livorno, 
350;  Messina,  310;  Naples,  1,200;  Palmero,  550;  Rome,  4,900;  Venice,  1,100. 

The  above  were  the  numbers  on  January  1,  1905. 

In  each  city  there  is  only  one  central  office,  to  which  all  the  subscribers  are  con- 
nected. 

The  number  of  direct  lines  coincide  with  the  number  of  the  subscribers. 

About  10  per  cent  of  the  subscribers  have  outside  extension  telephones. 

About  10  per  cent  of  the  subscribers  have  inside  extension  telephones. 

The  subscribers  do  not  purchase  their  instruments  or  pay  for  the  cost  of  the  lines. 

The  subscriptions  are  different  in  the  various  cities,  and  vary  from  a  minimum 
of  120  lire  ($23.16)  to  a  maximum  of  200  lire  ($38.60)  within  the  radius  of  three  kilo- 
metres (2  miles).  For  longer  distances  an  additional  6  lire  ($1.16)  per  annum  is  paid 
for  every  200  metres  (620  feet).  These  rates  apply  to  business  and  residence  tele- 
phones. 100  lire  ($19.30)  per  annum  is  charged  for  outside  extension  telephones.  30 
lire  ($5.79)  per  annum  is  charged  for  inside  extension  telephones.  Measured  service  is 
not  in  force. 

The  average  radius  of  connection  is  from  2  kilometres  (1£  miles)  to  a  maximum 
of  20  kilometres  (12j  miles). 

There  is  no  entrance  fee,  but  there  is  paid  by  way  of  compensation  for  this,  a 
sum  of  about  40  lire  ($7.72)  for  setting  up  the  instrument. 

The  service  is  continuous,  day  and  night,  and  also  on  Sundays  and  holidays. 


156  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

The  charges  for  local  conversations  at  the  public  offices  are  from  10  centimes 
(2  cents)  to  15  centimes  (3  cents)  per  call. 

The  long  distance  charges  vary  greatly  according  to  distance.  The  time  allowed 
for  conversation  is  3  minutes. 

Over  the  long  distance  lines,  which  belong  to  the  government,  the  greatest  dis- 
tance reached  is  1,700  kilometres  (1062J  miles). 

The  telephone  apparatus  used  are  those  of  the  Kellogg  Company  and  the  Antwerp 
Telephone  and  Electrical  Works. 

City  lines  are  of  bronze,  of  1.25  m.m.  Those  of  the  country  are  of  steel,  of  2  m.m. 
There  are  single  and  metallic  circuits. 

The  proportion  of  overhead  and  underground  work  varies  a  good  deal  between 
both.     About  one-third  is  underground. 

The  total  amount  expended  for  the  whole  plant  has  been  9,700,000  lire 
($1,940,000). 

The  revenue  for  the  past  year  was  about  2,200,000  lire  ($440,000). 

The  total  expenditure  for  maintenance  and  operating  expenses,  not  including 
depreciation,  was  1,200,000  lire  ($240,000). 

The  profit  depends  greatly  on  the  amount  set  aside  for  the  sinking  fund.  In  any 
case,  this  amount  is  always  high,  and  consequently  the  profits  are  small.  During  the 
past  year  G  per  cent  was  paid  to  the  preferred  shares,  and  4  per  cent  to  the  other 
shares. 

The  rate  of  wages  is  as  follows:  Managers  and  foremen,  from  5,000  lire  ($965) 
to  18,000  lire  ($3,474)  yearly.  Instrument  men  and  wire  men  from  1,000  lire  ($193) 
to  2,000  lire  ($386)  yearly.  Switchboard  operators,  from  720  lire  ($138.96)  to  1,500 
lire  ($289.50)  yearly. 

The  cost  of  the  material  is  according  to  the  normal  rates,  and  varies  somewhat;  so 
that  we  find  it  difficult  to  give  a  detailed  answer  to  this  question. 

The  long  distance  lines  belong,  for  the  most  part,  to  the  government,  and  are  con- 
trolled by  us  only  to  a  very  small  degree. 

Simultaneous  telegraph  and  telephone  wires  do  not  exist.  The  government  has 
decided  to  use  the  system  of  Brune  and  Turchi. 

The  long  distance  lines  are  solely  of  metallic  circuit,  and  are  of  bronze.  The 
gauge  is  4  m.m.,  and  for  the  longest  wires  5  m.m. 

The  private  companies  are  responsible  to  the  government  for  the  collection  of 
long  distance  charges,  and  are  obliged  to  collect  and  pay  them  in. 

A  competitive  system  exists  in  Rome.  This  is  a  system  with  less  than  500  sub- 
scribers.    We  do  not  think  that  it  has  any  effect  on  the  charges  and  service. 

We  have  no  special  system.  The  calling  system  is  magneto.  The  multiple 
switchboards  are  vertical  and  horizontal — these  last  are  of  the  Siemens  type.  The 
intercommunicating  central  wires  are  of  our  own  special  type.  For  the  smaller 
exchanges  we  use  the  Standard  switchboard  of  100  numbers.  All  the  inside  wires  are 
of  double  metallic  circuit. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  157 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  156. 

(translation.) 

THE  ITALIAN  GENERAL  TELEPHONE  AND  ELECTRIC  WORK  COMPANY. 


Head  Office  and  Central  Administration  in  Rome. 


Capital,  5,609,100  lire  ($1,121,820).     All  invested. 

Bologna,  June  13,  1905. 
The  Honourable 

Select  Parliamentary  Committee  for  Telephones, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

We  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  esteemed  letter  of  May  1, 
1905,  to  which  we  respond  by  stating  that  we  herewith  inclose  the  answers  to  the  ques- 
tions contained  in  your  above  mentioned  letter. 

We  remain  yours, 

With  the  highest  esteem, 
THE  ITALIAN  GENERAL  TELEPHONE  AND  ELECTRIC  WORK  CO. 

Bologna  has  a  population  of  147,898.  The  telephone  system  is  owned  and  operated 
by  the  Italian  General  Telephone  and  Electric  Company. 

The  company  has  in  Bologna  697  subscribers  and  732  instruments. 
The  service  is  continuous,  including  Sundays. 

The  charges  per  annum  are  various,  viz.: — 

Up  to  1  kilometre  from  the  central  office 140  lire  ($27.02) 

"2  "  "  170     "     ($32.81) 

"3  "  "  200     "     ($38.60) 

For  longer  distances,  and  for  every  200  metres  or  fraction  thereof,  6  lire  ($1.16) 
In  the  adjacent  districts,  up  to  4  kilometres  from  the    central    office,    the    above 
charges  are  required. 

Within  a  radius  comprising  4  to  9  kilometres.  ..  .     240  lire  ($46.32) 
Within  a  radius  comprising  9   kilometres  to  the 

end  of  the  line 280  lire  (54.04) 

The  following  are  the  long  distance  charges : — 

Kil.  (Miles.)  Lire.  (Cents.) 

Prom  Bologna  to  Rome.  .,..  .  499  310  2.00  40  for  3  minutes'  conversation. 

'  Naples  ....  748  464i  2.00  40 

"                Florence  ...  133  82j  1.00  20 

"                 Prato.    ...  103  64  1.50  30                          " 

"                 Pistorio    ...  99  61*  1.50  30 

Lucca.    ...  144  89*  2.00  40 

"                Pisa 211  131  2.00  40 

Livorno  ...  230  143  2.00  40.          " 

Ferrara  ...  47  29  0.50  10 

Padua 123  76*  1.00  20 

"                Venice    ....  160  99J  1.00  20 

"                GrevisV  ....  190  118  1.50  30                        " 

Mussa  P.  . .  250  155J  2.50  50                        " 

Subscribers'  instruments  are  magneto,  with  bi-polar  receivers  and  granular  car- 
bon transmitters  of  the  '  Kellogg,'  '  Solid-back,'  and  '  Grunenwald '  types ;  the  batteries 
are  '  Leclanche,'  with  agglomerate  blocks. 


158  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

The  subscribers'  lines  are  of  double  and  single  wire,  the  greater  part  being  of 
single  wire.  Inside  the  city  they  are  of  bronze,  of  1*40  m.m.  In  the  country  they  are 
of  steel,  of  2  m.m. 

Length  of  lines  overhead 107,100  kil. 

Length  of  lines  underground 8,000  kil. 

The  long  distance  lines  are  partly  owned  by  the  Italian  government  and  partly 
by  the  company.  These  lines  are  entirely  of  metallic  circuit,  of  2,  3  and  4  m.m.,  and 
are  of  bronze  wire. 

The  usual  time  allowed  for  long  distance  conversations  is  three  minutes;  the 
longest  time  allowed,  six  minutes. 

ITALIAN  GENERAL  TELEPHONE  AND  ELECTRIC  WORK  CO. 


No.  157. 

Ottawa,  Ont.,  June  15,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Pres.  Tel.  Committee, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Honourable  Sir, — In  answer  to  your  esteemed  favour  on  the  telegraph  and  tele- 
phone communication  in  my  county,  I  have  the  honour  to  state  that  all  the  Saguenay 
district  and  part  of  Chicoutimi  is  served  by  the  government  telegraph  system  as  far  as 
Belle  Isle. 

As  to  telephone,  there  are  three  companies  now  dealing  in  my  district : 

1st.  The  Chicoutimi  Electric  Company,  which  operates  town  and  seven  parishes  in 
the  vicinity. 

2nd.  The  Co-operative  Telephone  Company  of  Lake  St.  John  and  Chicoutimi, 
which  operates  in  the  whole  Lake  St.  John  district  and  in  Chicoutimi  town  and  three 
parishes  in  the  vicinity. 

3rd.  The  Roberval  Telephone  Company,  which  operates  in  Roberval  only,  but  is 
in  complete  connection  with  the  Co-operative  one  No.  2. 

The  two  systems  of  Roberval  and  Chicoutimi  are  the  two  oldest  ones;  but  their 
rates  being  too  high  ($25  a  year)  for  the  general  community,  in  1895,  I  organized  with 
the  principal  farmers  and  business  men  in  the  different  parishes  the  Co-operative 
system,  which  covers  the  whole  district  now. 

This  company  does  not  sell  telephones,  and  shareholders  only  can  have  them;  the 
number  of  these  increasing  every  year,  every  farmer  or  merchant  who  wants  to  have  a 
'phone  has  it  now. 

The  company  possess  now  189  miles  of  main  lines,  operating  214  'phone  boxes  con- 
trolled by  21  switchboards,  the  whole  cost  of  it  being  $8,000. 

The  Roberval  Company  controls  about  80  boxes  worked  by  one  switchboard,  con- 
nected to  the  Co-operative  system. 

The  average  price  of  the  Co-operative  boxes  is  $40  each,  including  the  cost  of  all 
the  constructions. 

Every  shareholder  has  free  access  to  any  'phone  at  any  place  of  the  system  and 
their  families  from  home  have  the  same  privilege.  The  rate  for  the  public  is  15  cents 
per  three  minutes  conversation. 

The  company  raises  once  a  year  on  the  shareholders  the  amount  necessary  for  the 
maintenance  and  repairs,  which  amounts  from  $3  to  $5  a  year,  so  that  the  cost  to  the 
shareholders  is  equal  to  this  amount  plus  the  interest  on  the  capital,  viz. :  $40,  less  the 
revenue  paid  by  the  public. 

The  rates  charged  by  Roberval  Company  are  $25  per  year. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  159 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  rates  charged  by  Chicoutimi  Company  are  $15  per  year  in  Chicoutimi  town, 
plus  extra  charges  for  calls  outside  of  the  town,  and  in  other  places  $12.50  without  any 
extras. 

This  company  controls  about  150  boxes  in  the  town  and  the  different  parishes  in 
the  surrounding  of  Chicoutimi  town. 

On  account  of  misunderstanding  on  the  rates  between  this  company  and  the  Co- 
operative system  there  is  no  communication  at  all  between  the  two  companies ;  railway 
companies  allow  every  company  access  to  their  stations. 

I  am  president  of  the  Co-operative  system  since  its  organization. 

My  experience  in  telephone  business  is  that  in  rural  places,  to  make  it  popular, 
rates  ought  to  be  very  low ;  and  those  generally  asked  by  all  speculative  companies  are 
exhorbitant. 

I  believe  that  the  government  general  management  will  be  a  first-class  policy,  and 
if  it  is  not  possible  now  all  the  long-distance  lines  should  be  in  the  government  hands, 
giving  to  any  local  company  access  to  these  at  the  same  charge;  delivering  so  the  public 
of  the  hard  monopoly  now  exercised  by  some  important  firms. 

I  inclose  a  map  explaining  the  exact  position  in  my  district. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Yours  truly, 

JOS.  GIRARD. 


No.  158. 

Mink  Cove,  Digby  County,  N.S. 

Sir  William  Mulock, 

Ottawa,  Ont. 

I  received  your  letter  and  papers  of  inquiry  concerning  telephone  systems.  The 
Westport  and  Digby  telephone  line,  1  now  represent,  was  organized  by  a  company  in 
1888,  stock  issued  $2,000.  The  company  ran  the  line  15  years.  The  government  laid 
two  cables,  one  across  Grand  Passage,  the  other  across  Petite  Passage.  The  one  at 
Petite  Passage  was  carried  away  several  times,  vessels  dragging  down  upon  it,  catch- 
ing it  with  their  anchors  and  cutting  it  away.  The  government  at  last  refused,  or 
at  least  did  not  put  another  down.  It  remained  without  a  cable  for  a  long  while; 
the  company  ran  heavily  in  debt  and  they  sold  out  to  me  '  personally.'  I  repaired  the 
line  and  put  a  new  cable  down;  the  line  then  was  forty  miles  iron  wire,  from  Digby 
to  Westport.  I  also  ran  an  extra  wire  of  copper  from  Sandy  Cove  to  Westport,  a  dis- 
tance of  20  miles,  exclusive  of  the  two  passages  which  were  cabled  with  a  one-core 
cable — that  made  half  the  distance  from  Digby  to  Westport  copper.  The  other  20 
miles  of  iron  wire,  I  connected  with  by-lines  for  business  purposes.  I  do  about  all 
the  work  myself  exceptirig  the  repairing  of  instruments,  which  I  send  away  to  manu- 
facturers. The  poles  I  furnish  (nearly)  all  myself.  Other  material  I  buy  mostly 
in  Montreal. 

The  system  operates  in  Digby  county.  The  population  of  the  territory  served 
is  5,000,  and  total  number  of  telephones  in  operation  40,  of  which  14  are  direct  one- 
station  lines.  The  number  of  residence  telephones  is  14,  business  12.  The  system  is 
magneto,  the  central  office  equipment  being  manufactured  by  the  Fisk,  Newhall  Tele- 
phone Manufacturing  Company,  of  Chicago,  111.,  and  the  subscribers'  telephones  by 
the  '  Bell '  Company,  Couch  &  Seeley,  Boston,  and  John  Starr  &  Co.,  Halifax.  The  rates 
charged  per  annum  are,  business  $15,  residence  $10.  The  system  interchanges  ser- 
vice with  the  Valley  Telephone  Company,  the  Yarmouth  Amalgamated  Telephone 
Company,  and  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company. 


160  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

The  system  operates  40  miles  of  long-distance  lines.  The  charges  for  conversa- 
tions over  the  long  distance  lines  are  20c.  per  message,  exclusive  of  delivery,  and 
15c.  per  message  when  connecting  on  other  lines,  in  addition  to  the  usual  tariff  of 
the  connecting  companies. 

Yours  truly, 

SAMUEL   GIDNEY, 
Owner  and  Manager,  Westport  and  Digby  Telephone  Line. 

No.  159. 

Established  1882. 

HELDERLEIGH  FRUIT  EAEMS  AND  NURSERIES. 

E.  D.  Smith,  Proprietor. 

Winona,  Ont.,  June  12,  1905. 
Mr.  A.  Zimmerman, 

Acting   Chairman   of  Telephone   Committee, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — Your  favour  to  hand  with  regard  to  private  telephone  system.  We 
started  one  here  in  the  neighbourhood  a  great  many  years  ago.  I  have  not  the  date 
by  me  but  should  say  at  least  fifteen  years  ago.  The  private  system  was  being  rapidly 
extended,  but  before  it  had  become  a  strong  competitor  to  the  Bell  Company,  that 
company,  through  its  agents,  made  us  what  we  considered  a  fair  proposal,  to  drop 
our  system  and  go  in  with  them.  The  terms  were  $15  per  'phone  per  annum.  If  the 
user  of  the  'phone  required  a  line  longer  than  half  a  mile  he  was  required  to  pay 
double  or  allow  another  party  to  go  on  the  same  line.  This  system  is  in  operation 
to-day.  The  rates  have  been  gradually  raised,  however,  until  now  they  are  $20  instead 
of  $15. 

The  patrons  of  the  Bell  Company  have  little  to  complain  of  except  the  service  is 
not  continued  on  after  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  or  before  eight  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing, but  of  course  everybody  felt  they  were  being  imposed  upon  when  the  Bell  Com- 
pany raised  the  rate  above  $15,  feeling  that  if  they  could  afford  to  continue  the 
business  at  $15  each  when  only  a  few  'phones  were  in  operation,  they  should  better 
be  able  to  do  it  now  when  almost  every  fruit-grower  and  farmer  has  a  'phone  in  his 
house. 

Your  truly, 

E.  D.  SMITH. 

No.  160. 

NORTHERN  ALUMINUM  COMPANY,  LTD. 

Shawinigan  Falls,  P.Q.,  Canada. 

.     MAIN   OFFICE, 

PITTSBURG,  PA.,  U.S.A. 
CLEVELAND  OFFICE, 

GARFIELD   B'lVg, 

J.  A.  RUTHERFORD, 

MANAGER. 

Cleveland,  O.,  May  29,  1905. 
Adam  Zimmerman,  M.P., 

Acting  Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

My  Dear  Adam, — I  wrote  you  on  Saturday  a  short  letter  relative  to  the  telephone 
information  which  you  asked  for. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  161 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

Answering  your  first  question  relative  to  the  extent  of  the  long-distance  facilities 
afforded  by  the  independent  companies  here  and  the  names  of  the  companies  operat- 
ing the  several  companies,  would  state,  that  I  inclose,  herewith,  a  letter  head  show- 
the  names  of  the  different  toll  lines  or  long-distance  lines  over  which  the  independent 
companies  operate. 

There  is  connection  by  the  independent  system  from  Cleveland  as  far  east  as 
Syracuse;  as  far  north  as  Grand  Rapids,  and  south-east  to  Charleston  and  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.,  south-west  to  St.  Louis  and  to  Kansas  City,  although  the  Kansas  City  line 
is  not  yet  in  complete  operation,  but  up  to  the  present  time  conversations  have  been 
had  between  Cleveland  and  Kansas  City. 

Relative  to  the  rules  and  regulations  between  the  long-distance  and  the  local 
companies,  I  inclose,  herewith,  a  form  of  contract  from  which  you  will  obtain  con- 
siderable information,  and  would  state  further  that  the  rates  are  made  on  the  basis 
of  an  air-line  distance,  that  is  to  say,  if  the  route  of  a  long-distance  line  is  of  a  tri- 
angular or  rectangular  shape,  the  rate  is  made  not  on  the  basis  of  these  shapes,  but 
on  the  basis  of  an  air-line  distance  between  the  different  points.  If  there  is  any  fur- 
ther information  which  you  think  I  can  give  you,  kindly  advise  me. 

Tours  truly, 

J.  A.  RUTHERFORD. 


No.  160a. 

(Copy  of  Letter-head.) 

S.  P.  Sheerin,  President. 

J.  D.  Powers,  Vice-President. 

Jas.  B.  Hoge,  Secretary. 

C.  Marquard  Forster,  Treas.  • 

H.  B.  Sale,  Ass't  Sec'y. 

M.  H.  Clapp,  Consulting  Engineer. 

CONFERENCE    COMMITTEE    OF    INDEPENDENT    LONG-DISTANCE 
TELEPHONE  ASSOCIATION. 

members  :  MEMBERS  : 

PITTSBURG  &  ALLEGHENY  TELEPHONE  CO.  KlNLOCH  LONG  DISTANCE  TELEPHONE  CO. 

J.  G.  SPLANE.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  C.  MARQUARD  FORSTER,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

INDEPENDENT  LONG  DISTANCE  TEL.  &  TELG.  CO.        UNITED  STATES  TELEPHONE  CO. 

col.  J.  D.  powers,  Louisville,  Ky.  jas.  b.  hoge,  Cleveland,  0. 

NEW  LONG  DISTANCE  TELEPHONE  CO.  KANSAS  CITY  LONG  DISTANCE  TELEPHONE  CO. 

s.  p.  sheerin,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  o.  c.  snider,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

No.  160b. 

COPY  OF  TELEPHONE  TOLL  CONTRACT. 

This  Agreement,  entered  into  by  and  between  The  United  States  Telephone 

Company,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  a  corporation  organized  and  doing  business  under  the 

laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  first  party,  and  the • 

Telephone  Company,  of 

second  party. 

Witnessetii  :  That  Whereas,  the  first  party  is  organized  for  the  purpose,  cmong 
others,  of  building  and  maintaining  telephone  toll  lines,  and  proposes  to  connect 
principal  points  in  Ohio  as  soon  as  practicable,  by  means  of  first-class,  full  metallic, 
copper  lines,  and  arrange  for  the  interchange  of  business  with  independent  or  opposi- 
tion exchanges  or  toll  lines  in  said  state,  and  if  desirable  and  practicable,  extend  such 
service  beyond  said  state  of  Ohio,  under  such  arrangement  as  will  he  advantageous. 


162  SELECT  COMMITTEE  O.V  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Now,  Therefore,  the  parties  hereto,  for  themselves,  their  successors  and  assigns, 
in  consideration  of  the  mutual  promises  herein  made,  covenant  and  agree  as  follows, 
to  wit: — 

First.  The  first  party  agrees  to  build  or  maintain  a  telephone  line  or  lines  to  the 
corporate  limits  of  the 


and  thence  upon  the  poles  of  second 

party,  to  its  exchange  or  central  office  at 


for  the  purposes  herein  specified. 

Second.  The  second  party  hereby  grants  to  said  first  party  a  license  to  use  the 
top  cross-arm  of  second  party's  poles  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  or  vil- 
lage of 


upon  which  to  string  and  maintain  its  toll  line  wires,  which  said  second  party  '  ereby 
agrees  to  keep  clear,  free  from  obstructions,  and  in  good  working  ordei1,  within  tha 
corporate  limits  of  .  .,  .  .    . 

and  furnish  such  material  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  repair  thereof,  at  actaal  cost, 
tr  be  paid  by  first  party,  and  second  party  hereby  grants  a  license  to  said  first  party 
to  connect  with  the  telephone  exchange  or  system  of  second  party  through  its  switcli- 
bcfrrds,  so  that  an  interchange  of  business  may  at  all  times  be  carried  on  between 
said  parties.     Such  connection  to  be  completed  on  or  before  the 


It  being  understood  and  agreed  that  the  lines  of  both  parties  hereto  shall  be  so  oper- 
ated that  service  may  be  given  from  all  lines  owned,  controlled  or  connected  with, 
the  lines  of  either  of  the  parties  hereto,  over  the  lines  of  the  other  and  its  connec- 
tions. And  said  parties  agree  not  to  enter  into  any  contract  with  any  other  person, 
firm  or  corporation,  whereby  any  of  the  rights,  privileges  or  advantages  herein  acquired 
by  either  party,  may  be  impaired,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  (4)  hereof. 

Third.  The  apparatus  used  by  second  party  in  connection  with  the  line.?  of  first 
party,  shall  be  of  such  character  and  efficiency  as  to  afford  facilities  for  first-cla«s 
service  at  all  times,  and  first  party  hereby  reserves  the  right  to  refuse  to  receive  or 
transmit  messages  from  or  to  any  connecting  line  or  apparatus  when  service  rendered 
thereby  is  not  reasonably  efficient. 

Fourth.  First  party  agrees  to  transmit  all  messages  destined  to  points  en  the 
lines  of  second  party  not  reached  by  its  own  system  of  wires,  to  and  over  the  lines 
owned  or  controlled  by  said  second  party.  It  being  further  agreed  and  und? "stood 
that  where  a  point  on  the  line  of  second  party  is  also  reached  by  another  independent 
or  opposition  line  or  lines,  said  first  party  hereby  agrees  to  distribute  the  business 
destined  for  such  common  point  as  equally  as  practicable  between  second  party  and 
such  other  independent  or  opposition  line  or  lines,  but  said  first  party  reserves  the 
right  to  transmit  all  business  destined  to  such  common  point  over  such  line  or  lines 
as  will  enable  first  party  to  render  the  best  service.  And  the  second  party  in  consid- 
eration of  the  benefits  to  be  derived  by  it  or  him  from  the  toll  service  herein  provided 
to  be  furnished  by  first  party,  agrees  to  transmit  all  business  to  points  not  now  reached 
by  its  or  his  own  line  or  lines,  over  the  lines  of  first  party.    The  plan  hereto  attached 


APPENDIX  "A"  163 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

shows  the  existing  lines  of  the  second  party,  and  the  points  now  reached  thereby,  and 
is  hereby  made  a  part  of  this  contract. 

Fifth.  Each  party  hereto  agrees  to  receive  from  the  other,  all  messages  destined 
to  points  within  its  territory  or  on  connecting  lines,  which  may  be  delivered  to  it  by 
the  other  party  hereto,  subject  to  all  the  conditions  herein  contained. 

Sixth.  It  is  agreed  and  understood  that  where  a  message  originates  at  an  ex- 
change or  other  point  upon  the  lines  of  second  party,  for  transmission  thence  over 
the  lines  of  first  party,  the  second  party  shall  receive  twenty-five  (25)  per  cent  of  all 
toll  charged  for  such  message  by  the  first  party,  and  its  connecting  lines,  other  than 
those  of  second  party,  over  which  the  same  may  be  transmitted,  as  full  compensation 
for  its  services  in  connection  therewith,  and  shall  account  for  and  remit  the  balance 
to  first  party  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month  for  the  next  preceding  calen- 
dar month.  Provided  that  the  amount  which  second  party  shall  receive  shall  not 
exceed  twelve  and  one-half  (124)  cents  for  any  one  message  of  not  exceeding  five 
(5)  minutes  duration.  And  second  party  further  agrees  to  make  a  daily  report  of 
all  joint  business  transacted,  to  first  party,  on  blanks  furnished  by  it  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

Seventh.  It  is  further  understood  and  agreed  that,  in  the  division  of  tolls  charged 
for  interchanged  business,  passing  in  part  over  the  toll  lines  of  both  parties  hereto, 
each  party  shall  receive  a  share  of  the  total  toll  charged,  for  each  message  in  propor- 
tion to  the  ratio  existing  between  the  land  air  line  distance,  from  the  point  of  origin 
to  the  point  of  transfer  and  the  land  air  line  distance  from  the  point  of  transfer 
to  the  point  of  destination,  and  in  fixing  the  toll  charge  for  any  message  the  mileage 
shall  be  taken  and  deemed  to  be  the  land  air  line  distance  between  the  terminal 
points  of  such  message,  and  unless  otherwise  agreed  the  charge  shall  be  not  to  exceed 
two-thirds  of  one  cent  per  mile,  for  not  exceeding  five  (5)  minutes'  conversation, 
excess  time  to  be  charged  for  and  divided,  as  provided  in  paragraphs  six  (6)  and 
seven  (7)  hereof. 

Eighth.  It  is  further  understood  and  agreed,  that  at  all  competitive  points  (that 
is  points  reached  by  lines  in  competition  with  either  of  the  parties  to  this  agreement), 
where  the  competing  rate  is  lower  than  the  joint  rate  of  the  parties  hereto,  as  pro- 
vided in  paragraph  seven  (7)  hereof,  such  competitive  rate  shall  be  met  by  each  party 
hereto,  bearing  a  share  of  the  reduction  necessary  to  meet  such  rate,  in  proportion 
to  the  ratio  existing  between  the  whole  land  air  line  distance  from  the  competitive 
point  to  the  junction  point,  and  from  the  junction  point  to  the  originating  or  ter- 
minating point  of  such  message,  and  the  toll  charge  for  such  message  shall  be  com- 
puted on  the  regular  standard  base  rate  of  first  party,  as  provided  in  paragraph  seven 
(7)  hereof. 

Ninth.  It  is  further  agreed  and  understood  that  second  party  will  receive  and 
deliver  to  the  proper  parties  all  messages  destined  to  points  on  its  lines  and  delivered 
to  it  over  the  lines  of  the  first  party,  without  compensation  therefor,  except  its  pro- 
portion, if  any,  of  the  total  toll  charge  for  such  message,  as  provided  in  paragraph 
seven  (7)  hereof  and  except  also  when  a  messenger  is  necessary,  in  which  case  the 
actual  cost  of  such  messenger  service  shall  be  paid  to  second  party  by  first  party. 
And  second  party  agrees  to  connect  the  wires  of  first  party  for  the  purpose  of  trans- 
mitting messages  from  the  lines  of  first  party  to  points  beyond  the  exchange  or  lines 
of  second  party,  without  compensation  therefor,  except  its  proportion,  if  any,  of  the 
total  toll  charge  for  such  message  as  provided  in  paragraph  seven  (7)  hereof. 

Tenth.  It  is  further  agreed  that  if  first  party  finds  it  desirable  or  necessary  from 
the  amount  of  business,  or  the  nature  of  the  service,  to  establish  a  separate  switch- 
board in  the  exchange  of  second  party,  and  employ  an  additional  operator  or  opera- 
tors, that  it  shall  have  the  privilege  of  so  doing,  in  which  case  the  division  of  toll 
charges  shall  be  as  follows  :  The  first  party  shall  receive  85  per  cent  and  the  second 
party  15  per  cent  of  the  sum  charged  for  such  message,  in  the  manner  hereinbefore 
provided. 

l—d—12 


164  SELECT  COMMITTEE  n\    TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5    EDWARD   VII.,   A.    1905 

Eleventh.  It  is  further  agreed  that  each  party  hereto  shall  save  the  other  harm- 
less from  any  damage  or  injury  caused  or  occasioned  by  its  negligence  or  default,  or 
the  negligence  or  default  of  its  agents  or  employees,  as  to  all  matters  covered  by  the 
terms  of  this  contract. 

Twelfth.  It  is  further  agreed  and  understood  that  first  party  shall  adopt  such 
rules  and  regulations  governing  the  transmission  of  messages  over  its  lines  and  the 
transfer  of  the  same  to  and  from  other  lines  as  shall  be  by  first  party  deemed  just 
and  reasonable,  and  the  agents  and  employees  of  second  party  shall  observe  and  en- 
force such  rules  and  regulations  at  all  times. 

Thirteenth.  It  is  agreed  and  understood  that  each  party  will  do  all  things  neces- 
sary to  give  full  force  and  effect  to  the  spirit  of  this  agreement,  without  further  com- 
pensation or  conditions  than  those  herein  specifically  set  forth. 

Fourteenth.  This  contract  shall  be  and  remain  in  force,  for  and  during  the  period 
of  ninety-nine  years  from  date  hereof,  and  thereafter  until  one  year's  written  notice 
shall  have  been  given  by  either  party  to  the  other  of  its  intention  to  terminate  the 
same. 

Witness  our  hands  and  seals  in  duplicate  this day  of 190  . 

THE  UNITED  STATES  TELEPHONE  COMPANY, 

By Prest. 

Attest Secy. 


No.  161. 

A.  E.  Bennett,  M.I.E.E. 

Telegraphic  address:  Telephraze,  London. 

Telephone:   Post  Office,  Victoria,  1546. 

Queen  Anne's  Chambers. 

Broadway,  Westminster, 

London,  S.W.,  June  5,  1905. 
The  Secretary  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — A  correspondent  in  Ottawa  informs  me  that  it  has  been  stated  before  the 
Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems,  by  one  or  more  witnesses  in  the  '  Bell '  in- 
terests, that  I  was  dismissed  from  the  position  of  general  manager  and  chief  engineer 
to  the  Glasgow  Corporation  Telephone  department,  owing  to  extravagant  waste  of 
money,  and  that  subsequently  the  system  had  to  be  reconstructed.  I  think  it  due  to 
myself  to  bring  to  the  notice  of  the  Select  Committee  that  these  statements  are  false 
in  every  particular.  When  the  Glasgow  Corporation  Telephone  System  was  commenced, 
in  1900,  it  was  proposed  in  the  first  instance  that  I  should  be  appointed  as  chief  en- 
gineer and  electrician,  but  subsequently,  owing  to  the  difficulty  in  finding  an  indepen- 
dent telephone  manager  of  prolonged  experience,  I  consented,  at  the  request  of  tjha 
telephone  committee,  to  act  as  general  manager  for  a  period  of  three  years.  At  the 
expiry  of  this  period  I  also,  at  the  request  of  the  telephone  committee,  consented  to 
occupy  that  position  for  another  term  of  twelve  months,  and  again  on  the  expiry  of  the 
second  period  for  a  third  term  of  six  months.  I  may  explain  that  during  the  whole  of 
this  period  I,  with  the  consent  of  the  corporation,  was  acting  as  engineer  to  all  the 
other  corporations  owning  telephone  systems.  This  involved  my  absence  from  Glasgow 
very  frequently,  and  as  Glasgow  was  not  a  good  centre  from  which  to  travel,  most  of 
the  other  corporations  owning  telephone  systems  being  in  the  south,  I  did  not  see  my 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  165 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

way  to  renew  the  special  engagement  in  Glasgow  longer,  and  accordingly  reminded  the 
telephone  committee  that  I  had  in  the  first  instance  only  consented  to  act  as  general 
manager  to  oblige  them,  and  regretted  that  I  did  not  see  my  way  to  continuing  in  that 
position  any  longer.  I,  therefore,  gave  up  my  duties  on  June  1,  1904,  after  an  en- 
gagement of  four  years  and  a  half,  during  which  the  exchange  had  started  from  zero 
and  had  connected  up  over  twelve  thousand  lines,  and  had  been  placed  in  a  thoroughly 
remunerative  position.  On  my  leaving,  the  town  council  passed  a  resolution  thanking 
me  for  my  services.  At  the  request  of  the  telephone  committee  I  consented  to  continue 
my  connection  with  the  department  as  consulting  telephone  engineer  for  one  year. 
This  year  terminated  on  May  31st  last,  and  at  the  request  of  the  telephone  committee 
I  have  again  consented  to  act  for  them  for  another  year.  It  will,  therefore,  be  seen  that 
all  such  statements  are  absolutely  false,  and  if  any  doubt  remains  I  would  be  glad  if 
you  would  communicate  with  the  town  clerk  of  Glasgow. 

The  further  statement  that  the  expenditure  has  been  extravagant  and  that  the 
system  has  to  be  reconstructed  are  also  false.  A  modification  of  the  switch-room 
has  been  discussed,  and  the  telephone  committee  have  agreed  to  alter  experimentally 
one  of  the  small  switch-rooms  at  a  cost  of  £1,500,  and  that  is  all. 

l£  is  necessary  for  the  Select  Committee  to  be  extremely  careful  about  statements 
which  are  made  from  the  monopolistic  side,  as  the  telephone  interests  both  in  Great 
Britain  and  the  United  States,  have  a  secret  service  staff  which  controls  newspapers  and 
expert  witnesses,  packs  public  meetings  and  influences  municipal  elections  for  the  pur- 
pose of  obstructing  the  progress  of  independent  telephony. 

I  should  be  glad  if  you  would  bring  this  before  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone 
Systems  at  the  earliest  possible  opportunity,  and  have  the  honour  to  be, 

Yours  very  faithfully, 

A.  E.  BENNETT. 


No.  162. 

A  R.  BENNETT,  M.I.E.E.  Queen  Anne's  Chambers,      , 

Broadway,  Westminster,  X 

London,  S.W.,  June  1,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  . 
Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Select   Committee   on   Telephones. 

Sir, — In  consequence  of  paragraphs  appearing  in  the  London  papers  that  Mr. 
H.  L.  Webb  had  given  evidence  before  your  Committee  in  a  sense  damaging  to  the 
telephone  undertakings  of  the  post  office  and  the  municipalities  in  the  United  king- 
dom, and  that  this  evidence  had  produced  a  considerable  impression  on  your  com- 
mittee, I  took  the  liberty  of  cabling  you  on  May  29  to  the  effect  that  Mr.  Webb  is 
a  salaried  officer  of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  and  that  he  is  also  connected 
with  American  telephone  interests.  Mr.  Webb  is  retained  specially  by  the  National 
Telephone  Company  to  combat  the  municipalities  and  has  been  in  the  habit  of  giving 
evidence  against  them  at  the  various  local  government  board  inquiries,  with  a  view  of 
preventing  any  further  loans  for  telephone  purposes  being  sanctioned.  The  tenor 
of  Mr.  Webb's  evidence  on  these  occasions  is  that  the  municipalities  employ  obsolete 
plant,  that  their  systems  are  badly  engineered,  that  their  tariffs  are  on  unremunera- 
tive  scales,  and  generally  that  the  municipal  telephone  systems  are  badly  conceived 
and  worse  executed.  Notwithstanding  Mr.  Webb's  evidence  in  this  sense,  the  local 
government  board  have  never  yet  refused  a  loan  to  municipalities  for  telephone  pur- 
poses, and  it  is  notorious  that  the  evidence  runs  counter  to  the  experience  of  the  sub- 

1— d— 12J 


166  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

scribers  to  the  municipal  systems  who,  generally  speaking,  express  the  opinion  that 
the  service  given  by  the  municipalities  is  greatly  superior  to  any  with  which  they 
were  acquainted  under  the  National  Telephone  Company's  monopoly.  Furthermore, 
every  municipality  working  has  secured  handsome  balances  of  profit  after  paying 
interest  and  sinking  fund  on  the  capital  outlay.  As  a  rule,  the  loan  is  only  granted 
for  twenty-five  years,  Glasgow,  which  has  thirty  years,  being  an  exception,  so  that 
the  amount  which  has  to  be  set  aside  for  sinking  fund  every  year  is  very  consider- 
able. Under  these  circumstances,  it  appears  to  me  that  the  value  of  Mr.  Webb's  evi- 
dence is  very  greatly  discounted  and  should  be  received  by  your  committee  with  the 
greatest  caution.  The  National  Telephone  Company's  monopoly  has  been  hardly  hit 
in  this  country  by  the  action  of  the  municipalities,  and  if  a  large  number  of  the 
municipalities  had  had  the  courage  to  undertake  telephones  the  company  would  have 
been  altogether  destroyed,  as  experience  shows  that  it  is  quite  unable  to  hold  its  own 
in  competition.  The  company,  therefore,  evince  the  greatest  anxiety  to  discredit 
municipal  enterprises,  and  as  there  is  a  strong  link  between  the  British  and  Ameri- 
can telephone  interests,  it  can  be  understood  that  every  effort  will  be  used  and  no 
expense  spared  to  prevent  municipal  telephony  taking  root  in  Canada  or  the  United 
States. 

I  would  respectfully  submit,  therefore,  that  if  your  committee  have  any  doubts 
as  to  the  complete  success  of  the  British  municipal  systems,  you  should  hear  evidence 
from  some  witness  qualified  to  speak  authoritatively  on  all  aspects  of  municipal  tele- 
phony. As  I  stated  before,  I  trust  soon  to  be  in  a  position  to  forward  you  copies 
of  the  various  municipal  accounts  for  the  year  ending  March  31.  These  have  not  yet 
all  been  confirmed  by  the  town  councils,  but  I  trust  they  will  soon  be  confirmed  and 
printed. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be, 

Yours  very  faithfully, 

A  K.  BENNETT. 


No.  162a. 

15  Dey  Street, 
New  Yory,  June  17,  1905. 

The  Chairman, 

The  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
House  of  Commons,  Ottawa,  Ont. 

Sot, — I  notice  there  has  been  published  a  letter  addressed  to  the  committee  by  Mr. 
A.  R.  Bennett,  making  various  personal  references  to  myself.  It  seems  to  me  that  the 
tone  of  these  remarks  requires  no  comment  or  reply.  I  stated  in  my  evidence  before 
the  committee  that  I  was  retained  as  consulting  expert  by  the  National  Telephone  Com- 
pany, and  stated  my  qualifications  in  full. 

I  have  only  to  say,  in  commenting  on  Mr.  Bennett's  letter,  that  his  statement  that 
experience  shows  that  the  National  Telephone  Company  has  been  unable  to  hold  its 
own  in  competition  with  the  municipal  systems  is  contrary  to  the  facts.  In  every  town 
in  Great  Britain  where  there  is  municipal  competition  the  National  Company's  system 
is  much  the  larger  of  the  two,  and  is  gaining  new  subscribers  at  a  more  rapid  rate. 

Very  truly  yours, 

HERBERT  LAWS  WEBB. 


APPENDIX  "A"  167 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  163. 

E.  J-  HARRIS,  J.  W.  PATTISON, 

Mayor.  Sec.-Treas. 

Neepawa,  Man.,  June  12,  1905. 
To  Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  letter  of  2nd  instant,  de- 
siring to  obtain  the  views  of  the  council  of  the  town  of  Neepawa  regarding  telephonic 
conditions  in  this  locality.  The  town  of  Neepawa  owns  and  operates  its  own  telephone 
system.  Your  communication  was  placed  before  the  council  at  its  first  meeting,  the 
matter  was  discussed  and  a  select  committee  of  the  council  appointed  to  prepare  a 
report  thereon,  which  was  presented  and  adopted  by  the  council.  Following  is  a  copy 
of  the  report,  also  additional  information  directed  to  be  furnished  by  the  council: 

'  The  select  committee  of  the  council  of  the  town  of  Neepawa  appointed  to  con- 
sider the  letter  from  the  select  committee  of  the  parliament  of  Canada  appointed  to 
consider  the  telephone  systems,  beg  to  report  as  follows: 

'  That  having  considered  the  letter  referred  to,  they  would  suggest  that  the 
secretary-treasurer  be  instructed  to  furnish  the  committee  with  any  and  all  infor- 
mation they  desire.  That  they  view  with  pleasure  the  fact  of  the  government  taking 
up  this  question,  the  outcome  of  which  they  hope  may  be  a  recommendation  looking 
toward  government-owned  trunk  long-distance  lines.  That  we  do  not  think,  judging 
from  experience  with  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  that  an  arrangement  between  any 
municipal  system  and  that  company  would  be  a  satisfactory  one  to  the  municipality. 
In  our  case  the  municipal  system  has  proved  very  satisfactory,  as  to  service,  cost  and 
profit. 

'  Upon  motion  of  Councillors  Dinwoody  and  Gossell,  report  was  adopted. 

E.  J.  HARRIS, 

'  Mayor.' 

You  are  already  in  possession  of  certain  information  relating  to  this  system, 
which  has  been  furnished  from  this  office  and  is  printed  in  your  reports.  The  system 
in  use  is  metallic  circuit  and  was  installed  five  years  ago.  It  is  run  to  a  certain 
extent  in  connection  with  our  electric  lighting  system.  The  cost  up  to  the  present 
time  on  capital  account  is  $12,000.  We  have  a  switchboard  of  the  manufacture  of 
International  Company  of  Chicago,  200  drop.  Number  of  'phones  installed,  180; 
charges  are  $10  per  annum  for  domestic,  and  $20  for  commercial.  The  average  cost 
per  'phone  installed  and  in  operation  is  $70.  Cost  of  maintenance  is  $16.50,  which 
includes  interest  and  sinking  fund.  At  these  rates  the  system  is  just  self-sustaining. 
We  have  no  long-distance  or  party  lines  in  connection  with  our  system.  The  Bell 
Company  operate  a  long-distance  line.  They  have  about  nine  subscribers;  they  are 
building  lines  to  the  neighbouring  localities. 

Yours  truly, 

JAS.  W.  PATTKON, 

Secy.-Treas. 


No.  164. 

Parkhill,  Ont.,  June  20,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  Ottawa. 

Hon.  Sir, — Your  communication  to  our  clerk  re  telephone  system,  has  been  referred 
to  me  to  reply  to,  by  motion  of  the  council. 


168  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

In  1894  five  men— myself  among  the  number— obtained  a  charter  lor  a  telephone 
company  to  be  known  as  the  Parkhill  Telephone  Company.  We  had  22  instruments 
in  use,  and  had  put  up  a  line  to  a  pleasure  resort  called  Grand  Bend,  on  Lake  Huron, 
14  miles  north  of  this  town,  and  had  5  instruments  working  on  this  line.  We  were 
charging  $1  per  month  for  use  of  'phones,  and  were  making  a  little  money  when  Mr. 
Scott,  a  special  agent  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  appeared  upon  the  scene  and 
told  us  we  had  to  sell  out  to  the  Bell  Company  or  they  would  put  in  instruments  and 
put  up  a  parallel  line  to  Grand  Bend  and  run  it  free.  This  we  could  not  stand,  so  we 
had  to  sell  out  at  less  than  it  cost  us.    I  was  the  secretary  of  the  company. 

Re  CHARGES. 

Now  we  pay  $15  each  for  our  'phones,  and  do  not  get  very  good  attention,  for  the 
boy  who  attends  to  it  is  clerking  in  the  store,  and  though  there  are  35  subscribers  here, 
we  have  to  wait  until  he  waits  upon  his  customers  and  then  he  answers  the  'phone  or 
call. 

Re   LONG-DISTANCE   'PHONES. 

The  price  we  consider  almost  prohibitive;  70  cents  for  3  minutes  to  Toronto,  100 
miles;  and  15  cents  per  minute  over  time. 

Three  minutes  is  not  long  enough  where  breaks  occur  frequently.  We  are  not 
satisfied  with  the  charges  for  long-distance  messages,  nor  with  the  time  given. 

Yours  respectfully, 

A.  W.  HUMPHRIES, 

Mayor. 

No.  165. 

City  Clerk's  Office,  Hamilton,  Ont., 

City  Hall,  June  15,  1905. 
Si:-  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  of 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — In  reply  to  your  circular  letter  of  the  7th  instant,  respecting  telephone 
systems,  I  have  the  honour  to  subjoin  a  memorandum  submitted  to  the  Minister  of 
Justice  on  the  question  by  representatives  of  the  Ontario  Municipal  Association  on 
February  3,  1903.  The  memorandum  expresses  fully  the  views  of  the  association,  and 
if  legislation  could  be  secured  along  the  lines  suggested  therein  we  believe  that  it  would 
greatly  improve  existing  conditions. 

I  have  the  honour  to  remain, 

Yours  faithfully, 

S.  H.  KENT, 
Secretary,  Ontario  Municipal  Association. 

memorandum. 

It  is  submitted  that  in  any  measure  that  may  be  passed  by  the  Dominion  parlia- 
ment, provisions  should  be  inserted  to  the  effect  following : — 

1.  That  no  telephone  system  should  be  established  or  any  existing  system  extended 
in  any  city  or  town  without  the  consent  by  by-law  of  the  council  of  the  municipality, 
which  should  have  power  to  impose  such  terms,  conditions  and  restrictions  as  to  the 
use  of  its  streets,  the  placing  of  poles  and  conduits  and  of  wires  and  other  appliances, 
in  all  streets  and  public  places,  and  the  rates  of  service  to  be  charged,  as  the  municipal 
council  deem  reasonable. 


APPENDIX  "A"  169 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

2.  That  any  company  having  a  trunk  line  should  be  compelled  to  permit  any  such 
local  telephone  company  or  any  municipality  owning  a  telephone  system  to  use  such 
trunk  line  for  long-distance  messages  or  conversations,  and  to  transmit  the  messages 
or  permit  the  use  of  its  long-distance  system  for  such  conversations  upon  terms  to  be 
mutually  agreed  on  between  the  local  company  or  municipality  and  the  owners  of  the 
long-distance  line,  or  in  the  event  of  their  failure  to  agree,  then  upon  such  terms  as 
might  be  imposed  by  order  of  the  Governor  General  in  Council,  and  that  such  trunk 
line  company  shall  upon  like  terms  deliver  to  or  through  such  local  telephone  company 
any  messages  received  for  it  or  its  customers  over  the  trunk  line  or  permit  conversa- 
tions to  be  had  from  the  trunk  line  or  over  the  lines  of  the  local  telephone  company. 

3.  It  would  be  still  better  in  the  public  interest  that  the  Dominion  government 
should  own  and  control  all  the  long-distance  lines,  and  permit  them  to  be  used  by  all 
local  telephone  systems  under  a  reasonable  tariff  of  rates  to  be  fixed  by  the  government. 

4.  Provision  should  be  made  that  all  telephone  companies  incorporated  by  or  under 
the  authority  of  the  parliament  of  Canada  should  be  subject  to  the  expropriation  of 
their  local  systems  by  the  municipalities  in  which  they  are  respectively  situated,  upon 
such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  imposed  by  the  legislature  of  the  province  in 
which  any  of  such  systems  may  be  located. 

5.  That  the  lines  of  any  telephone  company  now  existing  or  hereafter  established 
shall  be  placed  underground  in  any  city  or  town  in  such  manner  and  to  such  extent  as 
the  council  of  the  city  or  town  may  by  by-laws  require,  the  terms  and  conditions  upon 
which  such  change  in  the  companies'  lines  shall  be  made  to  be  determined  by  by-law 
of  the  council,  subject  to  appeal  to  the  High  Court  of  Justice  of  the  province,  if  they 
are  deemed  by  the  company  to  be  oppressive  or  unreasonable. 

6.  It  should  be  declared  in  the  proposed  Act  that  nothing  therein  contained  shall 
be  so  construed  as  to  extend  the  existing  rights  of  any  telephone  companies,  or  as  re- 
cognizing that  such  companies  now  have  rights,  independently  of  the  consent  or  con- 
trol of  the  local  municipalities  in  which  their  lines  are  constructed.' 

No.  166. 

E.  F.  McTavish,  D.  M.  Ure, 

Sec.-Treas.  Mayor. 

CORPORATION  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  MORRIS. 

Morris,  Man.,  June  16th,  1905. 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — I  am  duly  in  receipt  of  /our  favour  of  the  2nd  ultimo  re  information 
in  regard  to  the  telephone  system.  I  may  say  that  at  our  last  regular  meeting,  the 
matter  was  fully  taken  up  by  the  council  and  a  committee  appointed  to  give  you  all 
the  information  that  could  be  got.  Two  years  ago  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  put 
in  the  local  system,  the  long-distance  a  year  previous.  In  the  beginning  they  had 
32  subscribers,  and  at  the  present  time  they  have  42.  Their  rate  for  places  of  business 
and  residence  are  respectively  $25  and  $20  per  annum  paid  in  advance,  semi-annually 
and  under  a  contract  for  three  years.  So  far  as  the  working  of  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company  is  concerned,  local  or  long-distance,  everything  is  in  first-class  condition, 
but  we  feel  that  the  rates  are  exorbitant,  and  that  one-half  of  the  present  rates  should 
be  sufficient.  In  long-distance  the  rate  for  three  minutes  to  Winnipeg,  a  distance  of 
42  miles  from  this  point  is  40c.  for  day  and  25c.  after  six  p.m.,  and  to  St.  Jean,  a 
distance  of  six  miles  from  this  point,  the  rate  for  three  minutes  is  15c.  At  offices 
where  the  day  rate  is  25c.  there  is  no  reduction  after  six.  From  data  at  my  disposal  I 
infer  that  the  revenue  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  at  this  office  can  not  be  less 


170  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

than  $3,500  per  annum.  The  expense  is  small,  they  employ  a  local  manager,  one  girl 
and  one  man  as  inspector,  or  what  they  call  their  trouble  man.  He  takes  care  of 
the  company's  lines,  and  puts  in  new  'phones  that  may  be  required  in  his  district. 
He  has  full  charge  of  all  the  'phones  from  Morris  to  La-Salle  and  Gretna,  on  the 
Canadian  Pacific  Eailway,  and  Rose-Bank,  Emerson  and  Ridgeville,  on  the  Canadian 
Northern  Railway,  a  total  mileage  of  some  one  hundred  miles.  Thus  you  see  the 
cost  for  maintenance  is  very  small.  Should  there  be  any  extra  work,  such  as  erect- 
ing poles,  &c,  they  have  an  extra  man  to  do  it,  but  this  hundred  miles,  at  the  present 
time,  is  solely  under  the  charge  of  the  trouble  man.  Now,  what  our  council  think 
is  this:  that  if  the  'phone  system  could  be  taken  over  by  the  Dominion  government 
and  managed  similar  to  the  Customs  and  Post  Office  Departments,  we  believe  the 
present  rates  could  be  reduced  one-half,  and  that  it  then  would  be  a  paying  revenue 
to  the  government,  perhaps  better  than  from  any  other  department. 

Tours  respectfully, 

D.  M.  URE, 

Mayor. 


SYNOPSIS  OF  LETTERS  RECEIVED  FROM  MUNICIPALITIES. 

No.  167. 

Township  of  Draper,  Ont. — No  system  in  operation,  council  of  opinion  that  tele- 
phone system  in  connection  with  post  office  would  be  a  great  convenience,  but  owing 
to  the  sparsely  settled  state  of  many  townships  does  not  consider  municipalities  could 
successfully  establish  and  operate  a  system. 

No.  168. 

Municipality  of  Denibeigh,  Abingfield  and  Ashby. — No  railway,  express,  telegraph, 
or  telephone  facilities  in  this  locality.  Any  one  of  these  systems  would  be  hailed  with 
delight. 

No.  169. 

Municipality  of  Plum  Coulee,  Man. — '  Bell '  toll  station  only.  Complain  that  ser- 
vice is  slow.  A  customer  may  have  to  wait  several  hours  to  get  tfhe  desired  leonnjeo- 
tion — there  being  only  one  line.    Two  wires  could  be  fully  employed. 

No.  170. 

Township  of  York,  Ont. — '  Bell '  rates  excessive.  More  residents  wouli  use  tele- 
phones if  rates  were  moderate.  Council  believes  in  government  ownership  of  all  long- 
distance lines  within  the  Dominion. 

No.  171. 

Tarentorus  Township,  Algoma.—No  telephone  service  here.  'Bell'  line  from 
Sault  Ste.  Marie  to  Thessalon  passes  through.  Farmers  asked  for  connection,  but 
price  demanded  prohibitive. 

No.  172. 

Municipality  of  the  County  of  Quebec,  P.Q. — Secretary-treasurer  writes,  'Bell' 
pay  station,  but  no  subscribers  here.  Charge  to  Quebec,  3£  miles,  10  cents  for  three 
minutes.  Company  quoted  $60  per  year  for  telephone  in  writer's  house.  System 
gives  satisfaction,  but  would  be  more  telephones  used  if  rates  were  lower. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 
No.  173. 

Municipality  of  Pipestone,  Man.—Tso  system  here.  Council  forwards  resolution 
favouring  government  ownership  of  telephones. 

No.  174. 

St,  Andrews,  2V..B.— New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company  have  42  subscribers  at 
$20  per  annum.  Town  council  favours  legislation  giving  municipalities  protection  in 
regard  to  use  of  streets,  and  favours  government  ownership  of  long-distance  lines. 
Local  rates  are  too  high  for  service  limited  to  the  hours  between  7  a.m.  and  9  p.m.  on 
week  days  only.  Long-distance  rates  also  too  high.  No  rural  service.  "Writer  states 
that  in  Woodstock  where  there  is  competition,  lower  rates  and  all  night  service  are 
given. 

No.  175. 

Dartmouth,  N.3.— Board  of  Trade  committee  interviewed  manager  of  Nova  Scotia 
Telephone  Company  on  subject.  Service  now  fairly  satisfactory.  140  telephones  in 
use  at  $40  business,  and  $25  residence.  $5  extra  for  long-distance  instrument.  Mer- 
chants consider  these  charges  out  of  proportion  for  the  value  received.  It  would  be 
regarded  as  a  great  benefit  if  cost  of  service  could  be  cheapened. 

No.  176. 

Township  of  Toronto  Gore,  Ont. — No  service.  Council  very  strongly  favour  any 
scheme  to  give  service  in  rural  districts  at  reasonable  cost.  Such  service  to  fill  re- 
quirements should  have  long-distance  connection. 

No.  177. 

Township  of  Tumberry,  Ont.—  Bell'  service  here.     No  further  information. 

No.  178. 

Township  of  Derby,  Ont. — '  Bell '  pay  station  in  "Kilscyth,  no  complaints  or  sug- 
gestions. 


No.  179. 

\\ etaskiwin,  Alia. — '  Bell '  operating  'here,  at  rates  of  $30  business,  $20  residence, 
on  three  year  contracts.  80  subscribers ;  no  franchise.  Council  very  much  in  favour 
of  municipal  ownership.  I  resent  system  does  not  satisfy  public  requirements,  both 
as  to  service  and  rates.  All  night  service  and  considerable  reduction  in  local  rates 
desired.    No  rural  service. 


No.  180. 

Essex,  Ont. — '  Bell '  operating  here.  Unanimous  opinion  of  council  that  local 
and  long-distance  rates  so  high  that  service  is  beyond  reach  of  majority  of  people. 
Council  believes  if  Dominion  Government  operated  lines,  public  would  willingly  pay 
such  rates  as  would  be  remunerative. 

No.  181. 

St.  Boniface,  Man. — Satisfied  with  '  Bell '  service,  but  charges  too  high.  Have 
50  subscribers  which  form  part  of  Winnipeg  system. 


172  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OX  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  182. 

Sandwich,  Ont.— Subscribers  not  at  all  satisfied  with  '  Bell '  service.  Very  little 
rural  inter-communication  because  company  has  not  encouraged  farmers  to  take  tele- 
phones.   40  subscribers. 

No.  183. 

Elizabethtown,  Ont. — No  service.  Nearest  telephone  at  Addison,  six  miles  distant. 
Telephones  much  needed.  Offered  to  furnish  North  American  Telephone  Company 
with  poles  to  Glen  Buell,  2|  miles  distance  where  main  line  passes  through,  but  with 
no  results. 

No.  184. 

LennoxviUe,  P.Q. — '  Bell '  and  '  People's  Company '  operate  here.  '  Bell '  has  40 
telephones  with  free  service  to  Sherbrooke.  '  People's '  have  not  so  many.  Service 
very  good,  but  long-distance  rates  too  high.  Council  considers  free  service  should  ex- 
tend to  nearby  towns  and  that  all  telephone  companies  should  be  allowed  connection 
with  railways  on  equal  terms. 

No.  185. 

Secretary-Treasurer,  Maskinonge,  Que. — Two  companies  here.  'Bell,'  which  gives 
long-distance  and  '  Maskinonge  '  having  local  service  connecting  to  parishes  and  county. 
'  Bell '  long-distance  satisfactory.  No  local  subscribers  at  the  present  time.  Maski- 
nonge Company's  service  not  always  satisfactory.  These  two  systems  are  of  great 
convenience  to  the  public. 

No.  186. 

Municipality  of  Pembina,  Man. — '  Bell '  long-distance  only  service.  Kate  to  Win- 
nipeg 102  miles  60  cents.  Company  has  been  canvassing  for  local  subscribers  at  $24 
per  year.  Council  considers  these  rates  too  high  by  half.  Improvement  of  service  also 
needed.    Patrons  frequently  have  long  waits. 

No.  187. 

YorMon,  Assa. — System  operated  by  local  company  for  seven  years.  Highly  satis- 
factory, but  proprietors  cannot  supply  would-be  subscribers  for  lack  of  capital.  Council 
appoints  one  director  on  board  of  company.  Have  130  miles  of  rural  lines,  with  60 
telephones;  also  100  local  subscribers.  Rates:  $12  residence,  $25  business.  Holders 
of  $25  stock  have  reduced  rates.  Ordinary  service  6  a.m.  to  10  p.m.  Doctors,  fire  and 
police  departments  have  continuous  service.  Subscribers  have  free  service  over  rural 
lines.    Non-subscribers  pay  25  cents  and  $1  for  night  service  per  conversation. 

No.  188. 

St.  Scholastique,  P.Q. — Public  very  well  satisfied  with  'Bell'  service.  41  sub- 
scribers, rates  from  $15  to  $25. 

No.  189. 

Township  of  Rama,  Ont. — Line  being  built  by  '  Bell '  Company  from  Orillia  to 
Longford,  on  extreme  west  of  township.  Council  considers  a  line  with  pay  stations, 
through  centre  of  township  connecting  other  municipalities  and  towns  would  be  great 
benefit,  and  would  facilitate  the  selling  of  farm  produce  and  the  securing  of  medical 
aid,  &c.    Council  also  favours  establishment  of  national  telephone  system. 


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APPENDIX   No.   1 

No.  190. 

Brooke  Township  Council,  Ont.— Clerk  of  council  writes :  '  Bell '  Company  has  25 
miles  of  lines  in  township,  but  no  connection  with  a  single  farm  house.  Eates  too  high. 
When  company  were  building  from  Wattford  to  Alviston  they  asked  the  writer  $80 
for  connection,  and  very  little  reduction  for  service.  Line  passed' 200  feet  from  house. 
Have  private  line  connecting  doctor,  cheese  factory  and  a  farm  house  and  writer's 
house.  This  is  not  much  used  except  for  doctor  and  veterinary  surgeon.  Farmers 
need  rural  free  delivery  of  mail  more  than  rural  telephone  service. 

No.  191. 

Ailsa  Craig,  Oni. — Council  recommends  in  the  strongest  possible  manner  govern- 
ment ownership  of  the  long-distance  lines.  Also  object  to  companies  having  control 
of  public  highways.  '  Bell '  monopoly  give  fair  local  service  at  reasonable  rates,  but 
inflict  antiquated  telephones  and  single  lines.  Charges  for  metallic  lines  with  long- 
distance telephones  unreasonable.  Company  refused  to  establish  office  at  Clandeboy,  to 
which  line  runs,  because  inhabitants  would  not  donate  $50,  'this  being  only  one  in- 
stance of  unfair  manner  in  which  monopolies  conduct  their  business.' 

No.  192. 

Killarney,  Man. — Telephone  system  not  installed  long  enough  to  decide  as  to  quality 
of  service.    Long-distance  rates  too  high.    Local  rates  business  $24,  residence  $13. 

No.  193. 

Riverside,  Man. — Council  forwards  resolution  objecting  to  monopoly  in  telephones, 
and  desiring  that  municipality  should  have  a  voice  as  to  the  placing  of  'phones,  &c. 

• 
No.  194. 

Weston,  Ont. — Council  recommends  government  ownership  of  long-distance  lines. 
'  Bell '  service  good,  but  does  not  go  far  enough  without  you  pay  well  for  it.  Fifteen 
telephones  at  old  rates  of  $15  per  year.  New  ones  being  charged  $20  per  year.  Charge 
of  15  cents  for  three  minutes'  conversation  with  Toronto,  five  miles  distant,  too  high, 
hence  there  are  few  residence  telephones. 

No.  195. 

Peterborough,  Ont. — '  Bell '  system  has  660  subscribers  at  rates  of  $25  for  business 
and  $20  for  second  connection  for  same  subscribers,  $5  extra  for  long-distance  equip- 
ment. Residence  party  line  rates,  $20,  $18  and  $15,  with  2,  3  or  4  subscribers  on  same 
line.  The  Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Company's  exchange  will  be  operating  in  a 
few  days.  Bates:  business  $20,  residence  $15,  or  $30  for  the  two  combined.  Since 
franchise  has  been  given  to  the  Machine  Company,  the  '  Bell '  Company  has  been  active 
in  extending  lines  to  rural  districts  and  reducing  local  residence  rates.  Council  strongly 
recommends  government  ownership  of  long-distance  lines,  and  that  municipalities  be 
given  control  of  streets. 

No.  196. 

Chatham,  Ont. — '  Bell '  system  has  490  subscribers.  Rates :  business,  $25 ;  resid- 
ence, $20,  $5  extra  for  long-distance  equipment.  $5  extra  also  charged  on  one-year  con- 
tracts. Service  given  by  local  staff  is  of  best  quality.  Company  operate  two  rural  lines 
and  is  installing  a  third,  at  local  rates,  if  not  less  than  six  telephones  on  same  line. 
City  council  considers  long-distance  rates  too  high,  and  that '  Blake '  equipment  should 
be  replaced  by  modern  appliances,  without  increasing  charges,  if  not  at  lower  rates. 


174  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  197. 

Raglan,  Out— Council  believes  government  should  control  telephone  system.  No 
service  in  locality  at  present. 

No.  198. 

Dalhousie  Lake,  Ont.—Kas  14  miles  of  line  built  by  people  and  managed  by  com- 
mittee running  through  part  of  Dalhousie,  North  Sherbrooke  and  Palmerston,  giving 
good  satisfaction.  Have  connection  with  North  American  Telegraph  Company.  Have 
fairly  good  terms  and  very  good  service. 

No.  199. 

Township  of  Ryerson. — No  telephones  in  township,  but  if  put  in  and  charges  low 
would  be  largely  used. 

No.  200. 

Portneuf  County. — The  Portneuf  Telephone  Company  is  extending  wires  in  this 
parish,  but  people  not  satisfied  as  th^re  is  no  communication  with  Quebec.  '  Bell '  office 
three  miles  distant. 

No.  201. 

County  of  Rouville,  Que. — Service  satisfactory,  but  three-minute  limit  of  con- 
versations too  short,  considering  rate  charged. 

N/>.  202. 

County  of  PontiaCj  Que. — Council  believes  more  people  would  have  telephones  if 
rates  were  lower — '  Bell '  operator  refused  any  information  regarding  rates,  &c.  Two 
years  ago  local  company  operated  in  part  of  county  at  $12  per  year,  including  service 
over  whole  district.  Bell  acquired  this  system — now  charges  $15,  with  service  limited 
to  one  town  only.  The  old  company  had  more  'phones  than  the  '  Bell.'  The  '  Bell ' 
Company  give  good  service  but  have  so  few  telephones  that  subscribers  complain  that 
service  is  practically  useless  at  $15  with  such  limited  connections.  In  this  parish, 
Bryson,  there  are  only  two  telephones,  one  in  each  hotel. 

No.  203. 

New  Glasgow,  N.S. — Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company  charges  $30  for  business, 
$25  for  residence,  which  is  considered  too  high.  No  complaint  as  to  service.  The 
Egerton  Company  was  organized  recently;  since  then  the  Nova  Scotia  Company  have 
put  in  an  up-to-date  telephone.  No  rural  service  as  yet.  A  local  company,  mostly 
farmers,  recently  organized  to  connect  this  exchange  with  farming  district  as  far  as 
East  River,  St.  Mary's,  35  miles  distant. 

No.  204. 

Maple  Creek,  N.W.T. — Has  no  service,  but  council  is  unanimously  in  favour  of 
a  national  system. 

No.  205. 

Bixley,  Ont. — '  Bell '  operating  in  west  of  township.  The  eastern  part  requires 
service.    Long-distance  rates  too  high. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  206. 

Halifax  County,  Nova  Scotia. — Council  is  in  favour  of  government  ownership  of 

Icng-distance  lines.     Service  of  rural  systems  connecting  with  the  Nova  Scotia  Com- 
pany is  satisfactory. 

No.  207. 

North  Plantagenet,  Ont. — 'Bell'  service  not  satisfactory — rates  high.  Too  long 
waits  for  connection.  Bates  $25,  limited  to  this  village  at  present.  One  subscriber  in 
village,  two  at  the  station.  Kural  facilities  much  needed.  Writer  suggests  that  if 
Plantagenet  had  free  service  with  all  stations  in  same  township,  it  would  benefit  rural 
districts. 

No.  208. 

Beaverton,  Ont. — '  Bell '  service  fairly  satisfactory.  Business  and  residence,  $20 ; 
farmers,  under  existing  contracts,  $15;  under  new  contracts,  $20.  Fifty-eight  tele- 
phones, including  eighteen  farmers.  No  night  service.  Contracts  being  only  taken 
for  one  year,  which  leads  council  to  believe  that  it  is  intended  to  increase  rates.  For- 
merly a  local  company  operated  here,  but  sold  to  the  '  Bell.' 

No.  209. 

Duoro,  Ont. — '  Bell '  service  gives  general  satisfaction,  but  writer  considers 
charge  of  15c.  to  Peterborough,  6  miles,  excessive.  The  farmers  furnished  the  '  Bell ' 
Company  with  poles  free,  for  this  line. 

No.  210. 

Sullivan  Township,  Ont. — Privately  owned  line  operating  between  Chelsea  and 
Desboro.  Charges  25c.  per  message.  Is  a  convenience  when  working,  but  is  often 
out  of  order.    Favour  government  control  of  telephone  systems. 

No.  211. 

County  of  Halton,  Ont. — '  Bell '  Company  has  38  subscribers.  Service  satisfactory 
but  limited  for  want  of  greater  facilities  in  rural  districts. 

No.  212. 

Dysart,  Ont.;  Byde,  Ont;  Batter  and  Dunnet,  Ont.;  Eanley,  Ont. — No  service. 


SYNOPSIS  OF  GENEEAL  LETTEES  EECEIVED. 

No.  213. 

H.  H.  Millie,  Government  Telegraph  Agent,  Kelowna,  B.C. — Twelve  telephones 
here,  owned  by  private  individuals.  Cost  of  maintaining  same  80c.  per  telephone  per 
year.  Government  owns  long-distance  line  which  operates  here  and  gives  perfect 
satisfaction. 

No.  214. 

J.  B.  Melcher,  Melcher's  Distillery  Company,  Berthierville,  Que. — Stating  that 
the  'Bell'  Company  is  neglecting  its  business  at  Berthierville  and  charging  too  high 
rates,  considering  the  number  of  telephones.  Complains  of  delay  in  providing  writer 
with  service,  and  trusts  there  will  be  change  before  long. 


176  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  215. 

Arthur  H.  Burton,  Montreal  Que.— Stating  that  'Bell'  Company  compelled  his 
sister-in-law  to  take  the  long-distance  instrument  at  increased  rate,  and  also  refused 
to  supply  writer  with  '  Blake '  instrument  until  he  pressed  the  matter  by  complaining 
to  the  city  hall  and  calling  at  the  head  office  of  the  company.  Also  subsequent  letter 
stating  that  if  the  '  Bell '  Company  deny  the  facts  he  will  send  an  affidavit  and  other 
proofs. 


No.  216. 

M.  H.  Overholt,  The  Fernside  Fruit  Farm,  Jordan,  Ont. — Stating  that  private 
line  has  been  running  for  15  years  over  a  distance  of  12  miles,  connecting  with  St. 
Catharines.  The  line  had  connection  with  the  'Bell'  Company,  but  was  cut  out  and 
further  connection  refused.  Two  years  ago  a  company  was  about  to  be  formed,  when 
the  '  BeK '  Company  promised  service  at  $15  and  blocked  the  scheme.  The  '  Bell ' 
Company  have  taken  all  the  subscribers  of  this  line  with  the  exception  of  the  writer, 
who  is  keeping  it  up  alone.  The  '  Bell '  Company  are  now  charging  $20  per  year. 
The  writer  asked  Mr.  Sise  to  give  him  connection  and  he  would  bear  the  cost,  but 
was  refused.  The  writer  states  that  the  '  Bell '  Company  asked  Mr.  Rittenhouse  to 
visit  Ottawa  and  testify  that  the  company  was  giving  good  service;  they  did  not, 
however,  give  any  in  the  Pelham  district  until  they  were  compelled  to  do  so.  The 
writer  asks  for  a  grant  of  $200  or  $300  to  complete  all  the  private  lines  and  get  new 
'phones  and  he  would  furnish  the  rest  to  put  this  line  in  good  running  order.  He 
also  asks  what  power  he  has  to  put  telephones  and  whether  the  '  Bell '  Company  is 
compelled  to  give  him  connection.  When  he  was  running  the  private  line,  the  tele- 
phone did  not  cost  him  over  $3  per  year. 


No.  217. 

I.  R.  Edmands,  Union  Carbide  Co.,  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Mich. — Enclosing  news- 
paper clipping  giving  notice  of  the  incorporation  of  the  Home  Telephone  Company, 
jf  San  Francisco,  with  a  capital  of  $10,000,000,  for  the  establishment  of  an  automatic 
telephone  system  in  San  Francisco. 


No.  218. 

F.  V.  Warmal,  Seeley  Manfg.  Co.,  Montreal,  Que. — Contradicting  statement  made 
by  the  Bell  Company  that  a  five-cent  piece  is  never  lost  when  using  slot  machine 
telephones.  The  writer  states  that  he  loses  money  in  this  way  three  or  four  times 
daijj,  and  explains  that  the  operators  refuse  by  order  of  the  company,  to  obtain  the 
person  required  as  in  the  case  of  long-distance  service,  hence  if  the  man  wanted  at 
a  subscriber's  is  out,  the  coin  is  lost. 

No.  219. 

Home  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.,  San  Diego,  California. — This  company 
operates  the  Strowger  Automatic  System.  Has  1,350  subscribers  and  trouble  depart- 
ment only  reports  average  of  7  or  8  cases  of  trouble  per  day.  From  standpoint  of  first 
cost,  operation,  expense  of  maintenance,  the  system  is  very  satisfactory. 

No.  220. 

Lafleur,  McDougall  &  Macfarlane,  Montreal,  Que. — Enclosing  copy  Journal  Tele- 
graphique,  containing  Swedish  Telephone  Tariff. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  221. 

Hector  Champagne,  St.  Gabriel,  de  Brandon,  P.Q. — Writer  is  one  of  12  shareholders 
owning  system  which  has  been  operating  for  12  years  at  St.  Gabriel  de  Brandon,  Que. 
The  circuit  extends  six  miles,  and  has  25  subscribers,  paying  $8  per  year,  with  a  charge 
of  10  cents  for  conversation  to  adjoining  parishes.  The  company  pays  forty  per  cent 
of  revenue  to  central  office  employees,  the  balance  pays  for  repairs  and  6  per  cent  in- 
terest on  capital.  The  Canadian  Pacific  has  telephone  in  same  central  office.  Has 
offered  to  buy  this  system  ,but  shareholders  do  not  care  to  sell,  as  telephones  are  need- 
ed, and  they  fear  higher  rates. 

No.  222. 

From  H.  A.  Turner,  M.D.,  MiUbrook,  Ont. — The  writer  built  this  line  for  private 
practice  and  it  was  used  by  community,  without  charge,  up  to  May,  1903,  when  a  con- 
tract was  made  with  the  '  Bell '  Company  for  interchange  of  service  which  has  been 
found  satisfactory.  Local  charge  on  this  line,  10  cents  per  conversation.  All  instru- 
ments and  supplies  purchased  from  Bell  Company. 


No.  223. 

Dr.  Fisher,  Vittoria,  Ont.— The  writer  states  he  is  under  contract  with  the  '  Bell ' 
Company  for  three  years  for  interchange  of  service.  The  general  feeling  is  that  the 
present  service  is  too  expensive  and  that  government  service  at  lower  rates  would  be 
hailed  with  satisfaction.  A  number  of  farmers  and  others  in  locality  would  like  rural 
service  and  connection  with  the  nearest  town.  This  system  connects  Vittoria  with 
Fisher's  Glen,  Ont.,  3\  miles  distance,  and  has  four  telephones. 


No.  224. 

J.  A.  SPEAGUE,  J.  G.  SPEAGUE, 

Pres.  and  Manager.  Supt.  and  Constructor. 

SPEAGUE  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

Demorestville,  Ont.,  June  13,  1905. 
Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  Telephone  Committee. 

Dear  Sir, — In  compliance  with  your  request  I  herewith,  so  far  as  I  can,  furnish 
you  with  information  asked  for.  We  are  doing  business  in  a  small  way  with  our  own 
private  capital,  and  a  start  in  the  telephone  business  was  made  necessary  on  account 
of  being  unable  to  get  telephone  connection  from  the  companies  doing  business  here, 
('  Bell '  and  '  North  American '  companies.  Practically  one  undeT  the  '  Bell '  manage- 
ment). We  are  living  about  three  miles  from  the  post  office,  telegraph  and  telephone 
offices  and  we  wanted  telephone  communication,  but  were  unable  to  get  it,  so  we  de- 
cided to  put  up  a  private  line  to  connect  our  residence  with  the  post  office,  which  we 
did,  and  applied  to  the  American  Company  to  go  into  their  office,  which  they  refused. 
We  then  put  an  instrument  in  the  two  doctors'  offices,  and  in  the  grocers.  We  were 
not  long  in  finding  the  benefit,  and  other  firms  wanting  telephones,  we  started  put- 
ting in  different  lines  and  connecting  with  the  village  of  North  Port.  We  soon^found 
out  that  the  '  Bell '  Company  were  after  us  and  our  subscribers  were  notified  by  the 
'  Bell '  Company's  solicitor,  of  Toronto,  threatening  prosecution  for  infringement  of 
patent  on  their  bridging  system.  However  we  kept  on  doing  business,  and  will  con- 
tinue to  the  extent  of  our  finances,  and  we  are  now  connected  with  the  'Bell'  sys- 
tem, which  we  find  a  great  advantage. 


178  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OK  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  name  of  our  company  is  the  Sprague  Telephone  Company,  it  is  a  private  en- 
terprise confined  to  myself  and  son.  We  started  first  in  the  year  1901,  and  operate  in 
two  townships,  having  a  population  of  about  5,000.  We  have  installed  190  instruments 
and  have  52  more  ready  to  install.  We  have  no  one  station  lines,  neither  have  any 
of  our  subscribers  '  Bell '  telephones.  We  have  one  hundred  and  sixty-three  residence 
telephones,  and  52  orders  now  under  construction;  also  5  doctors,  11  grocers  and 
general  stores,  4  post  offices,  3  cheese  factories,  and  4  ministers  of  different  denomi- 
nations. We  have  30  miles  of  toll  line.  The  average  cost  per  subscriber's  station  is 
$50,  and  the  average  cost  per  mile  of  toll  line  is  $65.  All  our  line  as  yet  are  grounded 
single  iron  wire.  We  have  no  subscribers  on  toll  line,  of  which  there  are  30  miles. 
We  use  nothing  but  long-distance  instruments  (Bridging)  manufactured  by  the 
Chicago  Company  of  Elkhart,  Ind.,  the  Wm.  Abbott  Company  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and 
the  Farr  Company  of  Chicago,  111.  The  number  of  rural  telephones  is  one  hundred 
and  sixty-three,  also  52  partly  equipped.  Non-subscribers  pay  5  cents,  and  if  swi 
on  other  lines  10  crmts,  which  gives  them  conversation  with  any  of  our  subscribers. 
We  have  only  one  toll  line  connecting  our  system  with  the  '  Bell '  over  which  we  have 
joint  control,  and  by  arrangements  we  have  a  15  cent  rate  which  gives  connection  with 
the  '  Bell '  subscribers  in  the  town  of  Picton.  We  charge  a  yearly  rental  of  $10,  which 
entitles  the  subscribers  to  the  use  of  the  whole  system.  We  pay  no  dividend,  but  put 
the  revenue  into  the  business.  We  have  no  bonds.  We  estimate  the  depreciation  at 
3%  per  cent.    We  have  no  funds,  except  private  capital. 

We  have  a  contract  with  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  to  connect  with  their  system 
at  the  town  of  Picton  by  a  toll  line  from  our  central  office,  the  charge  being  15  cents 
for  three  minutes'  conversation.  This  gives  our  subscribers  connection  with  the  Bell 
system  by  paying  their  regular  rate,  which  is  a  great  advantage,  because  we  have  access 
to  their  trunk  lines,  which  all  independent  companies  should  have.  I  trust  the  gov- 
ernment will  see  the  importance  of  this  matter. 

Before  we  started  the  Bell  Company  had  only  two  instruments  installed  in  the 
township  of  Sophiasburg.  They  were  toll  offices,  one  at  North  Port,  one  at  Demorest- 
ville.  They  had  one  in  the  township  of  Ameliasburg,  making  three  altogether.  They 
have  now  two  in  township  of  Sophiasburg  and  ten  in  the  township  of  Ameliasburg. 

They  had  no  subscribers  before  competition.  Now  they  have  eight  residence  tele- 
phones.   The  Bell  rates  were,  and  still  are,  $25  per  year. 

We  manage  largely  our  own  business  and  our  own  installing.  Our  labourers  we 
pay  $1.25  per  day,  with  board.  At  the  main  central  office  we  have  one  of  our  own 
family,  in  the  other  we  have  a  lady,  at  $50  per  year. 

We  use  the  plug  switchboard,  and  have  two  centrals,  one  with  eleven  lines  and 
the  other  with  five  lines,  the  two  centrals  being  connected  by  a  trunk  line.  Our  system 
is  '  party  line,'  that  being  the  only  practical  one  for  rural  telephone  service.  We  have 
from  12  to  14  subscribers  on  each  line.  More  than  that  number  would  make  confusion, 
and  would  prevent  prompt  service.  We  use  nothing  but  the  best  long-distance  instru- 
ment 1,600  ohm.  Bridging,  which  cost  us  about  $15  each  duty  paid.  We  are  somewhat 
handicapped  by  the  duty,  which  I  think  should  be  removed,  as  the  '  Bell '  people  are 
connected  with  the  only  manufactory  of  instruments  in  Canada,  and  they  keep  the 
prices  equal  to  foreign  manufacture,  duty  added.  I  think  it  would  be  better  for  the 
government  to  help  the  people  instead  of  protecting  the  manufacturer.  Our  lightning 
arrestors,  insulators,  side  block  and  pins  we  get  from  Chicago  cheaper,  duty  added, 
than  we  can  here.  Poles  we  use  (cedar)  which  are  scarce  in  this  part  of  the  country, 
although  we  have  been  able  to  get,  so  far,  what  we  have  used  at  prices  ranging  from 
50  cents  to  80  cents  apiece,  25  feet,  5-inch  top.  Side  arms  we  get  here  at  about  18  cents 
apiece,  3x4,  five  feet  long. 

I  hope  and  trust,  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  of  this  country,  the  government  will 
take  over  the  trunk  lines  or  control  them  in  some  way  so  that  independent  companies 
can  get  connection,  which  would  do  more  for  the  telephone  service  than  anything  else. 
Independent  companies  could  then  connect  with  trunk  lines  and  give  all  the  advantages 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  17g 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

that  the  companies  owning  the  trunk  lines  now  do.  Independent  companies  would  be 
operating  all  over  the  country,  and  the  farming  community  could  then  have  telephone 
service  at  a  reasonable  rate.  It  would  allow  competition  to  step  in  and  regulate  prices. 
Farmers  must  have  cheap  telephone  service,  as  the  average  farmer  cannot  pay  more 
than  $10  per  year.  On  our  lines  we  are  getting  50  per  cent  of  the  farmers,  and  if  the 
cost  was  $15  or  $20  per  year  you  could  not  get  10  per  cent.  In  the  township  of  Sophias- 
burg  the  'Bell '  Company  charge  $20  per  year  and  have  only  one  subscriber,  whilst  we 
are  charging  $10  per  annum  and  we  have  125  subscribers,  and  orders  for  more.  So 
you  see  it  is  necessary  to  give  cheap  service  to  farmers,  and  yet  there  is  no  class  of  the 
community  that  require  the  telephone  more  than  the  farmers.  Hoping  your  labour 
may  result  in  good  for  the  people  of  this  county, 

I  remain,  yours,  &c, 

SPEAGUE  TELEPHONE  COMPANY, 

Per  John  A.  Sprague,  Pres. 

No.  225. 

Office  of  the  County  Clerk, 
The  Hon.  William  Mulock,  Welland,  Ont.,  June  13,  1905. 

Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — By  resolution  of  council  of  the  county  of  Welland  I  am  instructed  to  for- 
ward you  the  inclosed  report  of  the  council,  setting  forth  their  views,  as  requested  by 
communication  received  from  you  re  '  the  telephone  service.' 

Yours  respectfully, 

ROBERT  COOPEE, 

County  Clerk. 

No.  225a. 

To  the  Warden  and  Council  of  the  County  of  Welland  : 

Gentlemen, — Your  special  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  communication 
from  the  Postmaster  General  re  telephone  service,  beg  leave  to  report  as  follows . — 

Telephone  service  in  this  county  is  entirely  by  the  Bell  Telephone  Company, 
whose  charges  are  too  high  and  hours  too  short  in  villages  and  towns.  Service  is  not 
good  in  the  rural  municipalities,  there  being  on  many  lines  too  many  subscribers. 
There  are  also  many  complaints  as  to  lack  of  promptness  in  service.  Bates  were  in- 
creased recently  and  time  of  communication  shortened  from  five  minutes  to  three 
minutes.  Were  service  improved  and  rates  lowered  on  both  long  and  short-distance 
seivice,  list  of  subscribers  would  be  largely  increased.  Residents  in  rural  municipali- 
ties would  greatly  appreciate  good  telephone  service. 

Port  Colborne  and  Welland  subscribers  on  one  side  of  canal  are  charged  five 
dollars  more  for  service  than  subscribers  on  the  opposite  side  per  year.  The  tele- 
phone company's  excuse  being  because  of  cable  across  the  canal,  which  they  must 
have  in  any  event.  The  placing  of  wires,  whether  above  ground,  in  cities,  towns  and 
incorporated  villages,  should  be  entirely  under  the  control  of  the  municipality,  as 
well  as  the  placing  of  poles  in  rural  municipalities. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

J.  HARRISON  PEW,  Chairman. 
OHAS.  HENDERSON, 
J.  K.  HENDERSON, 

Certified  a  true  copy.  C.  E.  STEELE. 

Robert  Cooper, 

County  Clerk. 

1— d— 13 


180  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  226. 
(Translation.) 

Office  of  the  Municipal  Council  of  the  County  of  Labelle,  P.Q. 

Thurso,  P.Q.,  June  22,  1905. 
The  Honourable 

Sir  William  Mulock, 
Ottawa. 

Honourable  Sir, — A  meeting  of  the  municipal  council  of  the  county  of  Labelle 
was,  as  mentioned  in  my  letter  of  the  14th  instant,  held  on  the  10th  instant.  The 
request  made  by  your  honourable  committee  was  duly  communicated  to  his  honour 
the  warden  and  to  the  several  mayors  of  the  county  of  Labelle. 

The  county  of  Labelle  not  being  favoured  with  telephone  systems,  the  council 
did  not,  under  the  circumstances,  deem  it  expedient  to  adopt  any  resolution  authoriz- 
ing me  to  transmit  to  your  honourable  committee  the  desired  information;  and  de- 
plore that  the,  county  has,  up  to  this  date,  through  failure  on  the  part  of  the  tele- 
phone companies,  been  neglected,  and  venture  to  express  the  hope  that  the  federal 
government  will,  if  possible,  endeavour  to  ameliorate  present  conditions. 

Your  list  of  questions  was  given  consideration  by  certain  mayors  whose  muni- 
cipalities are  favoured  by  a  telephone  system  which  is  confined  to  restricted  and 
limited  distances,  such  as  in  the  villages  of  Papineauville,  Masson,  St.  Andre  Avelin, 
Ripon,  Cheneville  and   Mxmtebello,  and  th  Suffolk,   Portland,  Hartwell 

and  Ponsonby,  whose  municipalities  will  communicate  to  your  honourable  committee 
the  information  which  it  desires  to  obtain  from  each  of  th 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  honourable  and  dear  sir, 
Tour  devoted  servant, 

J.  EOBILLARD,  M.D., 

Sec.-Treas. 


No.  227. 

Brighton  Corporation  Telephone  Department, 

Town  Hall,  Brighton,  June  15,  1905. 

Sir, — I  have  received  your  letter  of  the  3rd  ultimo,  and  have  pleasure  in  for- 
warding herewith  replies  to  the  list  of  questions  enclosed  with  your  communication. 

I  enclose  herewith  print  of  a  report  of  the  Telephones  Committee,  dated  the  15th 
August,  1902,  which  gives  a  brief  history  as  to  the  reasons  which  prompted  the  cor- 
poration to  establish  a  telephone  system.  The  principal  reasons  which  prompted  the 
corporation  to  apply  to  the  Postmaster  General  for  a  license  to  carry  on  a  telephone 
undertaking  was  the  excessive  charges  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  and  the 
inefficiency  of  the  service. 

I  also  enclose  copy  of  the  balance  sheet  for  the  first  complete  year  of  the  Cor- 
poration Telephone  Undertaking. 

I  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

HUGO  TALBOT, 

Town  Clerk. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 
Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 


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APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  227a. 


BRIGHTON  CORPORATION— Continued. 


The  system  operates  in  the  municipality  of  Brighton,  England.  Population: 
Census,  1901,  123,478;  estimated  to  middle  of  1904,  126,286. 

The  term  of  the  Postmaster  General's  license  is  from  May  1,  1901,  to  April  30, 
1926. 


Brighton 

Burgess  Hill . . . 

Portslade 

Shoreham 

Steyning 

Hurstpierpoint . 


No.  of 
Subscribers. 


1,213 

68 

28 

12 

I 

9 


No.  of 
Public 

Telephones, 


83 
5 
5 
2 
2 
1 


No.  of 

Extension 

Telephones. 


Nil 


291 
6 
0 


The  total  number  of  telephones  is  1,888.  The  number  of  party  lines  43.  The 
number  of  telephones  on  party  lines  78.  The  number  of  inside  extension  telephones 
144.  The  rates  are:  Business  and  residence,  £5  10s.  Od.  ($26.79)  per  annum  for  un- 
limited service;  £3  0s.  Od.  ($14.61),  four  party  line;  £4  4s.  Od.  ($20.46),  two  party 
line  per  annum  unlimited.  Inside  extensions,  £1  3s.  3d.  ($5.67)  per  annum.  Measured 
Bervice,  £3  10s.  Od.  ($17.05)  per  annum  and  one  penny  (2  cents)  per  outward  call. 

These  rates  are  for  subscribers  up  to  two  miles  from  exchange. 

Tbe  service  is  continuous,  day  and  night,  including  Sunday.  One  penny  per 
call  is  charged  to  non-subscribers  for  local  conversations. 

Subscribers  can  converse  throughout  the  United  Kingdom  by  means  of  the  post 
office  trunk  lines,  on  payment  of  the  usual  long-distance  charges. 

Wall  and  desk  instruments  fitted  with  combination  transmitter  and  receiver  are 
used  by  subscribers. 

Subscribers  lines  are  metallic  circuit.     Copper  underground  and  bronze  overhead. 

The  whole  of  the  main  routes  are  underground  and  are  distributed  to  the  sub- 
scriber's premises  overhead. 

£49,753  7s.  9d.  has  been  expended  on  the  system  up  to  date.  The  revenue  per 
annum  is  £7,788  8s.  6d.  The  expenditure  per  annum  is  £6,374  2s.  6d.,  including  man- 
agement, operating  expenses,  maintenance,  sinking  fund  and  depreciation.  Three  per 
cent  interest  is  paid  on  capital,  and  3^  per  cent  sinking  fund  is  set  aside,  leaving  a 
surplus  of  £413  14s.  4d.  (first  year  of  working).  The  surplus  is  set  aside  for  deprecia- 
tion. As  the  whole  of  the  loan  is  re-payable  within  the  life  of  the  plant  it  is  con- 
sidered unnecessary  to  have  any  further  depreciation  fund. 

About  £80  per  annum  is  paid  for  way-leave  privileges. 

The  wages  paid  are:  Manager,  £300  per  annum.  Assistant  manager,  £150,  rising 
to  £200  per  annum.  Superintendent  of  outside  engineering,  £156  per  annum.  Super- 
intendent of  inside  engineering,  £130  per  annum.  Gangs'  'foremen,  35s.  per  week. 
Instrument  men,  25s.  to  30s.  per  week  Wiremen,  24s.  to  28s.  per  week.  Operators,  6s. 
to  20s.  per  week,  according  to  service  and  ability. 

The  cost  of  material  is:  Central  exchange  equipment,  £4,356.  Present  capacity, 
2,088 ;  ultimate,  5,000 ;  lines  connected,  1,296.  30  line  switchboards  ultimate  capacity 
50  for  sub-exchanges,  £31  each.  Wall  telephones,  £2  6s.  3d.  Desk  telephones,  £2  9s. 
9d.  312  pr.  22s.  D.C.  cable  7s.  7d.  per  yard;  312  pr.  Is.  20d.  D.C.  cable  at  9s.  lid.  per 
yard.  Bronze  wire  10-l-d.  per  lb.  Creosoted  Norwegian  fir  poles,  28  ft.  20s.  9d.;  70  ft. 
£9  15s.  Od.  Karri  wood  cross-arms  at  £90  per  thousand.  Straight  long  bolt  insulators 
at  31s.  lOd.  per  thousand.  Two  ft.  octagonal  porcelain  duet,  4  inches  at  lid.  per 
length.  Nine  ft.  cast  iron  pipes.  3  inches,  at  4s.  7jd.  per  length. 
1—d—m 


182  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.  1905 

The  National  Telephone  Company  has  2,061  telephones,  724  party  lines.  Before 
competition  they  had  about  1,100  telephones,  and  no  party  lines. 

Municipal  subscribers. — No  connection  locally  with  'National'  Company's  sub- 
scribers, but  they  connect  with  '  National '  in  other  towns  through  the  post  office 
trunk  lines.  A  terminal  fee  is  charged  on  each  call  varying  from  3d.  to  6d.,  according 
to  the  amount  of  trunk  fee. 

Four  hundred  and  seventy-five  subscribers  have  the  telephone  of  both  systems. 

Accounts  for  long-distance  charges  are  rendered  monthly  by  post  and  payment  is 
received  by  post. 

The  system  is  central  battery  calling  and  clearing.  The  subscriber  calls  the  ex- 
change by  putting  a  temporary  earth  on  one  leg  of  the  line,  thus  dropping  the  calling 
indicator,  on  replacing  the  telephone  on  the  cradle  the  temporary  earth  is  again  put 
on,  thus  dropping  the  clearing  indicator. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 


Ho.  227b. 

I. — Statement  as  to  Loans  Authorized  for  the  Purposes  of  the  Undertaking  prior  to 

March  31,  1905. 


Amount  sanctioned. 

Amount  borrowed. 

Amount 
repaid. 

Amount 

Date 

of 

Sanction. 

Amount. 

Cash. 

Discounts  and 

Costs  of 
issuing  Stock. 

Total  Debt 
created. 

Sanctioned 
but  not 
.   Borrowed. 

1902 

£      s.   d. 

42,000    0    0 

4,666    0    0 

£       s.   d. 
42,000    0    0 

42,000    0    0 

£       s.   d. 
3,859    9    1 

£      s.   d. 
45,859    9    1 

(Sec  Balance 
Sheet  No.  VI.) 

£       s.   d. 

1904  

4,666    0    0 

46,666    0    0 

3,859    9    1 

45,859    9    1 

4,<;us  o   o 

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'       4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  227c. 

COUNTY  BOROUGH  OF  BRIGHTON. 

REPRINT  OF  THE  REPORT  OF  THE  TELEPHONES  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  10TH  APRIL,  1901. 

The  telephones  committee  report  that  with  a  view  to  carrying  into  effect  the  license 
about  to  be  granted  by  the  Postmaster  General,  empowering  the  council  to  carry  on 
telephone  exchange  business  in  the  Brighton  area,  they  have  obtained  from  Mr.  Bennett 
an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  installing  the  necessary  system. 

The  council  will  remember  that  in  June  last,  the  committee  submitted  a  pre- 
liminary report  prepared  by  Mr.  Bennett  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  of  the 
council,  of  the  cost  of  the  provision  of  a  1,200  and  2,000  line  exchange  respectively, 
for  the  purposes  of  the  application  to  the  Postmaster  General  for  the  necessary  license, 
and  that  the  Council  adopted  the  committee's  recommendation  thereon,  which  was  as 
follows : — 

'  That  application  be  made  to  the  Postmaster  General,  for  a  license  to  the  corpora- 
tion to  establish  and  carry  on  a  system  of  public  telephonic  communication  in  the 
Brighton  Telephone  Exchange  area  for  a  period  of  25  years,  the  maximum  rates  of 
charges  for  exchange  subscribers  to  be  as  follows: — 

'  For  unlimited  service £7    0    0 

'  For  limited  service 3  10    0  and  toll  of  Id.  a  call. 

and  that  the  councils  of  the  several  districts  included  within  the  proposed  exchange 
area  be  requested  to  give  their  consent  to  the  application.' 

In  the  same  report,  estimates,  furnished  by  Mr,  Bennett,  were  submitted,  of  the 
probable  income  and  expenditure  in  respect  of  a  2,000  and  1,200  line  exchange  re- 
spectively.   The  particulars  of  which,  for  a  2,000  line  exchange,  are  as  under : — 

Estimate  of  Revenue. 

2,000  subscribers  at  £5  5s.  per  annum,  average  receipt.  .   . .  £10,500 

80  public  telephone  offices,  at  3s.  per  week,  average  receipt.  .  624 

Extra  mileage  charge  on  long  lines,  say  80  miles  at  £4. .   . .  320 
Commission  on  telegrams,  express  letters,  &c,  telephoned 

to  the  post  office 25 


£11,469. 


Estimate  of  Working  Expenses. 

Staff. 

Manager  and  engineer £250 

Assistant  engineer 130 

Outside  superintendent 117 

Inside  superintendent 117 

Storekeeper 91 

3  inspectors,  at  £78  average 234 

2  improvers,  at  £26 '. 52 

4  clerks,  at  £65 260 

2  boys,  at  £26 52 

Chief  operator  (lady) 91 

Assistant  operator  (lady) 52 

44  girl  operators,  at  10s.  per  week  average 1,144 

5  night  and  Sunday  operators,  at  12s.  per  week 156 

Travelling  and  allowances ' 50 


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General. 

Rent  of  central  switch-room  and  offices  or  interest  on 

cost  of  site  and  building 20C     C     0 

Kent  of  4  branch  switch-rooms  at  £20 80    0    0 

Post  office  royalty,  10  per  cent  on  £11,4  H 1,144    8    0 

Local  assessments 527     ,1     () 

Corporation  establishment  charges 200     0     0 

Stationery,  printing,  stamps,  office  sundries 100     0     0 

Light,  heat,  water,  cleaning,  insurance 200    0    0 

Way-leaves  and  roof  repairs  at  4s.  6d.  per  line  per  annum.    478     8    0 

Repairs  and  shifts  at  5s.  6d.  per  line  per  annum 582     8    0 

Interest  at  3  per  cent  on  £38,480 1,154     8    0 

Sinking  fund  at  3  per  cent  on  £38,480.  This,  with  in- 
terest on  accumulations  at  2J  per  cent,  will  pay  off 

the  whole  capital  in  25  years. 1,154     8     0 

Depreciation  and  renewal  fund,  2i  per  cent  on  £38,480— 
3  pe"r  cent,  with  interest  on  accumulations  at  2%  per 
cent  would  renew  the  whole  system  in  25  years.  But 
the  old  material  taken  out  would  be  worth  at  least 
\  per  cent,  so  that  2J  per  cent  will  renew  the  whole 

system  in  25  years 962     0     0 

Income  tax 100    0    0 

Commission  on  public  telephone  receipts 52     0     0 

Contingencies 250    0    0 

£9,981  0  0 
Add  on  account  of  lines  partly  constructed: — 

Interest  at  3  per  cent  on  £4,800 144  0  0 

Sinking  fund  at  3  per  cent  on  £4,800 144  0  0 

£10,269     0     0 
Net  revenue £1,200 

The  committee  have  decided  that  it  is  desirable  to  adopt  the  2,000  line  exchange 
and  have  obtained  from  Mr.  Bennett  an  estimate  for  its  construction. 

The  committee  also  report  that  they  have  interviewed  Mr.  Bennett  with  regard 
to  the  terms  upon  which  he  would  act  as  engineer  for  the  construction  of  the  muni- 
cipal telephone  system,  and  have  ascertained  that  he  would  undertake  the  duty  at  a 
commission  (in  which  will  be  mcged  Mr.  Bennett's  charge  of  £52  10s.  for  his  prelim- 
inary report)  of  five  per  cent  on  the  actual  cost  of  the  works,  limited  to  the  sum 
of  £41,392.  Such  commission  will  amount  to  a  sum  of  £2,069  12s.  if  the  total  of 
the  estimate  is  expended. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  Mr.  Bennett's  report  and  estimate: — 

(copy.) 

'  BRIGHTON. 

'  Scheme  and  Estimate  for  a  Metallic  Circuit  Telephone  Exchange  in  the  Brigh- 
ton Telephone  Area  of  2,000  Completed  Subscribers,  with  the  Necessary 
Junction,  Public  Telephone  and  Spare  Lines. 

'  To  give  effect  to  a  scheme  for  2,000  subscribers,  it  is  necessary  to  provide  a 
margin  of  public  telephone  and  junction  lines,  and,  also,  in  order  to  avoid  reopening 


190  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

of  streets,  a  number  of  partially-constructed  lines  which  can  be  brought  into  use  from 
time  to  time  with  little  trouble  or  expense. 

'  I  propose  to  provide  lines  of  these  different  descriptions  as  follows : — 


Shoreham 

Steyuing 

Hurstpierpoint. 

Rottingdt-au    . . 


Totals 


Brighton — (Including  Hove,  Preston,  Kemp  Town,  &c.) 1,890 


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'  Room  would  be  provided  on  the  poles  for  additions  to  these  as  future  develop- 
ments might  require. 

'  I  do  not  propose  to  have  any  sub-exchanges  in  Brighton  or  Hove,  but  to  bring 
all  the  subscribers  in  Hove,  Preston,  Kemp  Town,  &c,  direct  to  the  central  exchange, 
wbich  I  have  assumed  to  be  located  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Church,  Bond  or  King 
streets. 

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with  overhead  distribution  from  fixed  points,  although  in  some  cases  it  will  probably 
be  more  convenient  and  economical  to  distribute  underground. 

'  The  conduits,  which  would  consist  of  cast-iron  socket  and  spigot  3  in.  pipes 
jointed  with  lead,  would  be  laid  under  the  roadways  when  these  are  macadamized,  and 
under  the  footpaths  where  wood  pavement  exists. 

'  The  accompanying  plan  shows  the  proposed  main  underground  routes.  Advant- 
age is  taken  of  the  approaching  tramway  construction  to  lay  ducts  along  the  tram- 
way routes.  In  the  estimate  the  cost  of  this  is  taken  at  the  price  of  an  independently 
laid  conduit,  except  as  regards  restoration  of  surface,  which  is  assumed  to  be  covered 
by  the  tramway  construction. 

'  The  plan  of  distribution  may  be  understood  by  regarding  the  main  underground 
routes  as  backbones  from  which  ribs  or  spurs  will  extend  overhead  to  the  right  and 
left  for  the  purpose  of  serving  the  districts  on  either  side.  Where  the  existing  sub- 
scribers of  the  National  Telephone  Company  lie  thickest,  and  around  the  Hove  town 
hall,  I  have  provided  for  underground  spurs  from  the  main  line. 

'  The  overhead  wires  would  not  be  much  seen  from  the  main  streets,  which  would 
be  but  rarely  crossed  by  them,  as  they  would  go  away  over  the  houses  to  the  right  and 
left.  The  plan  I  adopt  would  also  render  it  unnecessary  to  cross  the  tramway  trolley 
lines  with  overhead  wires,  and  dangers  arising  from  accidental  contacts  between  tele- 
phone and  tramway  wires  will  thus  be  avoided. 


APPENDIX  "A"  191 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

'  The  following  are  the  numbers  of  underground  lines  leaving  the  central    ex- 
change on  the  various  routes : — 

'  Western  route  (red  on  plan 720 

'  Eastern  route  (brown  on  plan) 384 

'  Tramway  route  (yellow  on  plan) 408 

'  King  street  route  (green  on  plan) 312 

'  Dyke  road  route  (blue  on  plan) 384 

'  Bond  street  route   (purple  on  plan) 312 


:  2.520 


'  The  number  of  underground  lines  taken  to  various  points  is  shown  in  figures  on 
the  plan.  Thus  264  lines  are  taken  as  far  as  Hove  town  hall;  120  as  far  as  the  town 
depot,  Hove;  and  48  as  far  as  St.  Philip's  church,  Hove.  On  the  eastern  route  it  is 
proposed  to  take  240  lines  as  far  as  Devonshire  Place;  96  as  far  as  Paston  Place;  36 
as  far  as  Sussex  Square;  and  24  as  far  as  the  gas  works. 

'  The  total  mileage  provided  comes  to  2,300  miles  of  metallic  circuit,  equal  to 
more  than  an  average  of  one  mile  for  each  subscriber.  In  all  probability  this  is  in 
excess  of  what  would  be  required,  as  the  National  Telephone  Company  lines  do  not 
exceed  an  average  of  three-quarters  of  a  mile. 

'  The  cables  would  consist  of  copper  wires,  insulated  with  paper  and  covered  with 
lead,  so  as  to  make  a  compact,  strong  and  air-tight  cable  possessing  the  electrical 
properties  most  suitable  for  telephonic  transmission.  They  would  be  drawn  into  the 
iron  pipes,  and  would  be  tapped  for  distributing  purposes  at  manholes  or  equivalent 
devices  placed  at  proper  intervals. 

■  '  The  overhead  distributing  wires  would  be  of  silioium  bronze  weighing  40  lbs. 
to  the  mile  and  of  great  tenacity.  The  junction  wires  to  the  branch  exchanges  would 
be  of  hard-drawn  high-conductivity  copper,  weighing  100  lbs.  to  the  mile,  supported 
on  stout  creosoted  Norwegian  red  fir  poles  furnished  with  cross  arms  of  American  oak 
and  porcelain  insulators.  The  whole  of  the  construction  work  would  be  in  conformity 
with  the  specification  annexed  to  the  post  office  license. 

'  The  instruments  would  be  of  handsome  design  and  best  workmanship,  similar 
to  those  now  being  supplied  to  the  Corporation  of  Glasgow  for  the  purposes  of  their 
exchange.  Each  instrument  would  bear  the  arms  and  motto  of  the  Brighton  corpora- 
tion. If  desired,  sample  instruments  can  be  forwarded  from  Glasgow  for  the  in- 
spection of  the  telephone  committee. 

'  The  following  construction  estimate  is  based  on  recent  experience  in  Glasgow, 
and  its  prices  are  consequently  quite  up-to-date.  As  the  price  of  iron  is  showing  a 
downward  tendency,  a  saving  on  the  estimate  might  be  made  in  respect  to  the  con- 
duits and  some  other  items. 

'  Construction  Estimate. 

'  2,080  instruments,  at  55s.  6d £  5,772  0  0 

'  Conduits  with  manholes 6,600  0  0 

'  Eestoration  of  roadways  and  footpaths 2,734  0  0 

'Main  cable,  including  drawing  in  and  jointing 7,841  0  0 

'Branch  cable,  and  laying 2,000  0  0 

'  Switchboards,  one  for  2,550  lines  and  four  for  50  lines 

each 4,000  0  0 

'200  distributing  poles  and  standards,  at  £12 2,400  0  0 

'450  miles  of  overhead  distributing  wire,  at  £8.  .    ..  3,600  0  0 

'  Carting  and  distributing  material .  .    . 300  0  0 

'  Tools 150  0  0 


192  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

'  Ornamental  iron  poles. 500  0  0 

'  Labour,  fitting  up  switchboards    and    subscribers'  in- 
struments       1,000  0  0 

'  Switches,    bells   and   miscellaneous    instruments. .     .  .         100  0  0 

'  Testing  instruments 100  0  0 

'  Junction  lines    to  Rottingdean,   Shoreham,    Steyning 

and  Hurstpierpoint 2,200  0  0 

'  Adapting  exchange  premises  to  telephonic  requirements.        500  0  0 

'  Salaries  of  manager  and  inspectors  during  construction.         705  0  0 

'  Rent  of  office  during  construction 200  0  0 

'Printing,  stationery  and  miscellaneous 150  0  0 

'  Travelling  expenses 200  0  0 

£41,052  0  0 
'  Add  cost  of  extension  to  Burgess  Hill,  not  included  in 

above 340  0  0 

£41,392  0  0 

'  Engineer's  fees,  5  per  centum  on  £41,392 2,069  12  0 

<  Total €43,461  12  0 


The  committee  have  been  in  correspondence  with  the  Hove  Town  Council  with 
reference  to  the  terms  on  which  the  Brighton  Council  shall  be  privileged  to  construct 
telephones  in  the  Borough  of  Hove,  but  as  yet  have  had  no  definite  reply. 

Provision  has  been  made  in  the  case  of  the  roads  in  which  tramways  are  to  be 
constructed  in  the  Borough  of  Brighton  for  laying  underground  ducts  for  telephone 
wires,  and  the  Hove  Council  have  been  requested  to  make  n  similar  provision  in 
Church  Koad,  Hove,  at  the  cost  of  the  corporation,  in  connection  with  the  wood  paving 
now  about  to  be  laid. 

The  committee  have  also  obtained  a  grant  from  the  pavilion  committee  of  rooms 
at  the  pavilion  (Palace  Place)  for  offices  and  central  switchroora,  on  terms  to  be  here- 
after arranged. 

The  committee  now  beg  to  recommend  that  Mr.  Bennett's  report  and  estimate  be 
approved,  and  that  he  be  appointed  engineer  to  the  corporation  to  carry  out  the  work 
specified  therein,  on  the  terms  agreed  to  by  him,  subject  to  satisfactory  agreements 
being  previously  entered  into  witli  the  several  local  authorities  having  the  control  of 
roads,  under,  over,  or  along  which  it  is  necessary  that  telephonic  circuits  shall  be  con- 
structed, and  subject  to  the  sanction  of  the  local  government  board  being  obtained  to 
the  loans  required  to  defray  the  cost  of  the  works. 

The  committee  recommend  that  application  be  made  to  the  several  local  authorities 
within  the  Brighton  telephone  area  for  permission  for  the  corporation  to  construct 
telephones  in  their  respective  districts,  either  underground  or  overhead,  as  Shey  may 
be  advised  by  their  engineer. 

•  The  committee  also  recommend  that  application  be  made  to  the  local  government 
board  for  their  sanction  to  the  council  borrowing  the  sum  of  £45,000  required  for  the 
purposes  of  the  work  (including  interest  during  the  construction  of  the  works),  such 
loan  to  be  repayable  within  25  years,  but  the  council  to  have  the  right  to  defer  the  pay- 
ment of  sinking  fund  charges  for  a  period  of  three  years  from  the  date  of  borrowing. 

On  behalf  of  the  committee, 

JOHN  C.  BTJCKWELL, 

Chairman. 
10th  April,  1901. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  193 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Note. — The  members  present  at  the  meeting-  at  which  the  above  report  was  agreed 
to  were :— Councillors  Buckwell,  Garden,  Galliers,  Holder,  Hollis,  Neale,  Jarvis  and 
Wilson. 


No.  227d. 

COUNTY  BOROUGH  OF  BRIGHTON. 

REPRINT  OF  THE  REPORT  OF  THE  TELEPHONES  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  10TH  DECEMBER,  1901. 

The  telephones  committee  beg  to  remind  the  council  that  at  a  meeting  of  the 
council  held  on  the  18th  April  last,  the  committee  submitted  a  report  recommending 
the  construction  of  a  municipal  telephone  installation  within  the  Brighton  telephone 
area  for  2,000  subscribers,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  £43,461  12s.,  and  that  the  council 
then  passed  the  following  resolutions  upon  the  subject: — 

'  That  Mr.  Bennett's  report  and  estimate  be  approved,  and  that  application  be 
made  to  the  several  local  authorities  within  the  Brighton  telephone  area  for  permission 
for  the  corporation  to  construct  telephones  in  their  respective  districts,  either  under- 
ground or  overhead  as  may  be  advised  by  the  corporation  telephone  engineer.' 

'  That  application  be  made  to  the  local  government  board  for  sanction  to  borrow 
a  sum  of  £45,000  to  defray  the  cost  of  construction  (including  interest  on  capital  dur- 
ing the  period  of  construction)  a  system  of  municipal  telephones  within  the  County 
Borough  of  Brighton  and  the  several  other  towns  and  parishes  comprised  within  the 
Borough  telephone  area,  such  loan  to  be  repayable  within  25  years,  but  the  first  pay- 
ment to  a  sinking  fund  for  the  liquidation  of  the  debt  to  be  deferred  for  three  years 
from  the  date  of  borrowing.' 

'  That  subject  to  the  sanction  of  the  local  government  board  being  given  to  the 
required  loan,  and  to  satisfactory  agreements  being  previously  entered  into  with  the 
several  local  authorities  having  the  control  of  roads  under,  over  or  along  which  it  is 
necessary  that  telephone  circuits  shall  be  constructed,  Mr.  A.  R.  Bennett  be  appointed 
telephone  engineer  to  the  corporation  to  carry  out  the  work  specified  in  his  report,  and 
that  he  be  paid  for  his  services  a  commission  (in  which  shall  be  merged  his  charge  of 
£52  10s.  Od.  for  his  report  and  estimate)  of  5  per  cent  on  the  actual  cost  of  the  works, 
but  not  exceeding  a  total  sum  of  £2,069  12s.  0d.' 

Since  the  above  mentioned  date,  the  committee  have  been  in  negotiation  with  the 
county  councils  and  the  several  urban  authorities  comprised  within  the  exchange  area, 
with  the  following  result : — 

East  Sussex  County  Council. — 1.  The  council  to  consent  to  the  erection  of  poles 
and  wires  on  the  main  roads  and  district  roads  within  their  area,  subject  to  tbe  pay- 
ment of  an  annual  rental  of  5s.  per  mile  of  road  on  which  poles  or  wires  shall  be  erected. 

2.  All  poles  erected  on  main  roads  to  be  of  such  kinds  and  descriptions  as  the 
county  surveyor  shall  approve,  and  all  works  are  to  be  carried  out  to  his  satisfaction. 
The  poles  to  be  used  on  rural  district  roads  to  be  similar  to  those  used  by  the  Tun- 
bridge  Wells  corporation,  or  alternatively  of  such  description  as  the  county  surveyor 
shall  approve. 

3.  All  poles  and  wires  are  to  be  removed  within  six  months  after  notice. 

4.  The  charges  to  subscribers  within  the  county  area  are  not  to  exceed  those  for 
the  time  being  made  to  subscribers  within  the  County  Borough  of  Brighton  in  respect 
of  similar  services. 

5.  Wires  passing  across  the  line  of  any  tramway  or  light  railway  worked  by  means 
of  overhead  electric  wires,  are  to  be  placed  underground. 

The  agreement  embodying  these  terms  has  not  yet  received  the  approval  of  the 
county  council,  but  the  committee  believe  that  the  county  council  will  agree  to  them. 

West  Sussex  County  Council. — The  committee  believe  that  the  terms  when  agreed 
to  by  the  East  Sussex  County  Council,  will  also  be  accepted  by  the  West  Sussex  County 
Council. 


194  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD   VII.,   A.    1905 

Hove. — No  answer  has  yet  been  received  to  the  committee's  application,  but  the 
committee  are  advised  by  Mr.  Bennett  that  in  the  event  of  terms  not  being  agreed 
with  Hove  for  underground  wayleaves,  the  Hove  subscribers  can  be  supplied  by 
means  of  overhead  wires  erected  upon  poles  placed  on  private  premises. 

Portslade. — Terms  similar  to  those  offered  by  the  committee  in  the  case  of  East 
Sussex  have  been  agreed  to,  and  the  committee  have  agreed  to  provide  an  exchange 
so  situate  with  regard  to  the  Portslade  urban  district  that  subscribers  in  that  district 
shall  not  be  liable  to  the  extra  mileage  charges  which  the  corporation  are  entitled  to 
make  in  the  case  of  subscribers  situate  more  than  one  mile  from  the  nearest  ex- 
change. 

Southwiclc. — Terms  similar  to  those  arranged  by  the  committee  in  the  inse  of 
Pr.uslade  have  been  offered,  but  the  agreement  has  not  yet  been  settled. 

?'ew  Shoreham. — Terms  similar  to  those  offered  by  the  committee  in  tho  case  of 
East  Sussex  have  been  arranged,  subject  to  the  further  conditioa  that  the  council 
shall  establish  and  maintain  an  exchange  and  call  office  at  New  bhceham. 

Burgess  Hill. — The  same  terms  have  been  offered  to  Burgess  Hi'l  as  in  the  case 
of  Fts+  Sussex,  but  no  reply  has  been  received.  Unless  these  term?  are  accepted, 
the  committee  would  recommend  that  Burgess  Hill  be  excluded  from  the  operation 
of  the  scheme. 

The  committee  think  that,  though  the  agreements  with  several  of  the  loial 
authorities  are  not  yet  completed,  the  negotiations  are  sufficiently  advanced  to  justify 
the  council  in  proceeding  with  the  installation  of  the  exchange,  as  they  understand 
from  Mr.  Bennett  that,  in  the  event  of  any  local  authority  unreasonably  refusing  to 
grant  wayleave  rights,  the  Postmaster  General  would  authorize  the  exclusion  of  that 
area  from  the  scheme. 

The  canvass  which  the  council  have  caused  to  be  carried  out  has  resulted  in  the 
obtaining  of  662  applications  for  telephones  on  the  municipal  exchange  (including 
13  in  respect  of  corporation  departments),  and  the  committee  think  that  it  is  advis- 
able that  steps  should  now  be  taken  for  carrying  out  the  installation  of  the  exchange 
in  accordance  with  the  scheme  and  estimate  prepared  by  Mr.  Bennett  and  approved 
by  the  council  on  the  18th  April  last. 

They  therefore  recommend  that  application  be  made  to  the  local  government 
board  for  sanction  to  the  loan  of  £45,000  for  the  period  of  25  years,  in  accordance 
with  the  resolution  of  the  council  of  the  18th  April  last. 

Also  that  advertisements  be  published  inviting  tenders  for  the  performance  of 
the  work  in  accordance  with  specifications  now  being  prepared  by  Mr.  Bennett,  the 
execution  of  the  work  to  be  subject  to  the  sanction  of  the  local  government  board 
to  the  loan  being  obtained. 

On  behalf  of  the  committee, 

HEKBEET    GARDEN. 

Chairman. 

10th  December,  1901. 

Note. — The  members  of  the  committee  present  at  the  meeting  at  which  the  fore- 
going report  was  agreed  upon,  were:  The  Mayor,  Alderman  Buckwell,  and  Council- 
lors Burberry,  Garden,  Galliers,  Jarvis  and  Lintott. 

No.  227e. 

COUNTY  BOROUGH  OF  BRIGHTON. 

REPORT   OF   THE   TELEPHONES   COMMITTEE. 

In  accordance  with  the  promise  given  to  the  council,  the  telephones  committee 
beg  to  present  the  following  report  with  reference  to  the  present  position  of  the  tele- 
phone undertaking  : — 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  195 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

It  will  be  convenient  first  to  remind  the  council  of  the  steps  which  have  been 
taken  with  a  view  to  the  establishment  of  the  undertaking. 

On  the  5th  of  April,  1898,  a  letter  was  written  to  the  Postmaster  General  asking 
for  the  grant  of  a  license  for  a  municipal  telephone  service  in  Brighton,  and  on  the 
21st  April,  1898,  the  Postmaster  General  replied  that  the  government  had  appointed 
u  select  committee  to  consider  the  question  of  whether  any  changes  in  the  law  were 
desirable  in  order  to  enable  municipalities  to  transact  telephone  business,  and  that 
pending  the  report  he  was  unable  to  take  any  action  in  the  matter. 

The  select  committee  reported  on  the  9th  August,  1898,  and  in  the  session  of 
1899  the  Telegraph  Act  of  that  year  was  passed  for  the  purpose  of  giving  effect  to  the 
recommendations  of  the  select  committee. 

On  the  14th  August,  1899,  the  Postmaster  General  wrote  inquiring  whether,  in 
view  of  the  provisions  of  the  Act,  the  council  desired  to  renew  their  application  for 
a  license. 

The  council  appointed  a  special  committee  to  consider  the  question,  and  on  the 
6th  June,  1900,  the  committee  reported  recommending  that  application  be  made  for 
the  grant  of  a  license.  This  recommendation  was  approved  by  the  council,  and 
on  the  27th  July,  1900,  application  was  made  for  a  license. 

The  license  authorises  the  council  during  the  period  of  25  years  from  the  1st 
May,  1901,  to  carry  on  telephone  exchange  business  within  the  Brighton  exchange 
area,  and  it  provides  that  if  the  council  do  not  within  two  years  from  the  30th  April, 
»  1901,  establish  an  exchange  system,  the  Postmaster  General  may  revoke  the  license. 
On  the  10th  April,  1901,  the  committee  reported  to  the  council  with  recommen- 
dations for  carrying  the  license  into  effect,  and  on  the  18th  April,  1901,  this  report 
was  adopted  by  the  council,  subject  to  satisfactory  agreements  being  entered  into 
with  the  several  local  authorities  included  in  the  exchange  area  with  regard  to  way- 
leaves,  and  subject  to  the  sanction  of  the  local  government  board  being  obtained  to 
the  loans  required  to  defray  the  cost  of  the  works. 

A  copy  of  the  committee's  report  of  the  10th  April,  1901,  is  sent  herewith  for 
the  information  of  the  council. 

On  the  10th  December,  1901,  the  committee  reported  to  the  council  with  a  state- 
ment of  the  wayleave  agreements  obtained,  and  recommending  that  steps  should  be 
taken  for  carrying  out  the  installation  of  the  exchange  in  accordance  with  the  scheme 
and  estimate  which  had  been  approved  by  the  council  on  the  18th  April,  1901.  A 
copy  of  the  committee's  report  of  the  10th  December,  1901,  is  sent  herewith  for  the 
information  of  the  council.  Since  the  date  of  that  report,  Burgess  Hill  has  accepted 
the  terms  as  to  wayleaves  offered  by  the  council. 

With  the  authority  of  the  council,  application  was  made  to  the  local  government 
board  for  sanction  to  a  loan  of  £45,000  to  defray  the  cost  of  the  execution  of  the 
work,  and  tenders  for  the  installation  of  the  exchange  were  invited. 

The  tenders  for  the  work  have  been  received,  but  the  committee  have  deferred 
bringing  them  up  to  the  council  pending  the  receipt  of  the  sanction  to  the  loan. 

The  committee  are,  however,  advised  by  Mr.  Bennett  that  the  cost  of  execution 
of  the  work  in  accordance  with  the  tenders  which  he  would  recommend  for  accept- 
ance will  be  well  within  the  amount  of  his  estimate  for  the  work. 

With  regard  to  the  sanction  of  the  local  government  board  to  the  loan,  a  diffi- 
culty has  arisen,  in  consequence  of  the  refusal  of  the  corporation  of  Hove  to  consent 
to  the  execution  of  works  within  that  borough. 

As  stated  in  their  report  of  the  10th  December,  1901,  the  committee  were  advised 
by  Mr.  Bennett,  that  in  the  event  of  terms  not  being  agreed  with  Hove  for  under- 
ground wayleaves  the  Hove  subscribers  could  be  supplied  by  overhead  wires  placed 
on  poles  erected  on  private  premises. 

At  the  local  inquiry,  with  reference  to  the  application  for  the  loan  of  £45,000,  this 
view  was  urged  upon  the  inspector,  but  the  representatives  o'f  the  Hove  corporation 
then  put  forward  a  claim  to  prevent  the  erection  of  overhead  wires  across  streets  of  the 
1— d— 14 


196  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OX  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

portion  of  the  Borough  of  Hove  comprised  in  what  was  formerly  the  area  of  the  Bruns- 
wick Square  and  Terrace  district,  i.e.,  about  one-sixth  of  the  area  of  the  present 
Borough  of  Hove.  On  behalf  of  the  council  it  was  contended  that  the  Hove  Corpora- 
tion could  not  lawfully  prevent  the  erection  of  overhead  wires  across  any  of  the  streets 
in  Hove,  and  that  there  was  nothing  to  prevent  the  supply  of  telephonic  communication 
to  subscribers  in  the  Borough  of  Hove  by  means  of  overhead  wires,  as  advised  by  the 
engineer. 

Whatever  the  merits  of  the  contention  on  the  part  of  the  Hove  council  may  be  (and 
the  committee  do  not  for  one  moment  admit  the  right  claimed),  the  local  government 
board  have  refused  to  sanction  any  loan  in  respect  of  the  execution  of  works  in  the 
Borough  of  Hove  until  the  consent  of  the  Hove  council  has  been  obtained. 

The  decision  of  the  local  government  board  was  communicated  to  the  committee 
in  the  following  letter : — 

(Copy.)   - 

'Local  Government  Board, 

'  Whitehall,  S.W.,  5th  June,  1902. 

'  Sir, — I  am  directed  by  the  local  government  board  to  state  that  they  have  had 
under  consideration  the  report  made  by  their  inspector,  Colonel  Slacke,  after  the  inquiry 
held  by  him  with  reference  to  the  application  of  the  town  council  of  Brighton  for  sanc- 
tion to  borrow  £45,000  for  the  establishment  of  a  municipal  exchange  in  the  Brighton 
telephone  area. 

'  The  board  approve  generally  of  the  scheme,  but  unless  the  consent  of  the  town 
council  of  Hove  is  obtained,  they  will  not  be  prepared  to  sanction  any  loan  for  the  execu- 
tion of  works  in  that  borough. 

'  If  therefore,  the  town  council  are  unable  to  obtain  such  consent,  the  board  should 
be  furnished  with  a  revised  estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  scheme,  excluding  all  works  in 
the  Borough  of  Hove. 

'  I  am  further  to  ask  for  a  copy  of  a  resolution  of  the  town  council  applying  for  the 
board's  consent  to  the  use  of  the  building  on  the  pavilion  estate  as  the  central  exchange, 
under  the  provisions  of  the  Brighton  Pavilion  Estate  Act,  1850,  as  amended  by  the 
Brighton  Pavilion  Acts  Amendment  Act,  1876,  and  the  Provisional  Order  of  1891. 

'  I  am  at  the  same  time  to  draw  attention  to  the  last  paragraph  of  the  board's  letter 
of  the  3rd  of  March  last,  as  regards  the  payment  of  interest  on  capital,  and  to  state 
that  no  item  on  this  account  should  be  included  in  any  revised  estimate  which  may  be 
submitted. 

■'  I  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

<  JOHN  LITHIBY, 

'Assistant  Secretary. 
<  The  Town  Clerk,  Brighton.' 

The  committee  requested  the  local  government  board  to  grant  them  an  interview 
with  reference  to  the  matter,  but  the  board  did  not  accede  to  the  request,  and  the  matter 
of  the  loan  has  since  remained  in  abeyance. 

The  committee  do  not  consider  that  the  refusal  on  the  part  of  Hove  to  grant  under- 
ground wayleaves  constitutes  any  reason  why  the  council  should  not  proceed  with  the 
installation  of  the  exchange  elsewhere  than  in  the  Borough  of  Hove.  They  are  in- 
formed that  the  corporation  of  Glasgow  have  encountered  a  somewhat  similar  diffi- 
culty but  have,  nevertheless,  proceeded  with  the  execution  of  their  scheme  and  have 
brought  it  to  a  successful  issue. 

Neither  do  the  committee  regard  the  refusal  of  their  consent  by  the  corporation 
of  Hove  as  final,  inasmuch  as  it  appears  from  the  following  letter  received  from  the 
town  clerk  of  Hove  that  they  intend  to  apply  for  parliamentary  powers  to  construct 
underground  conduits  in  the  next  session  of  parliament: — 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  197 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(copy.) 

Borough  of  Hove,  Town  Clerk's  Office,  Town  Hall, 

Hove,  Sussex,  1st  April,  1902. 
Telephones. 

Dear  Sir,— I  am  directed  by  my  council  to  inform  you  that,  after  full  considera- 
tion, they  are  of  opinion  that  it  is  undesirable  that  they  should  at  present  commit  them- 
selves to  any  scheme  for  telephones  which  will  involve  underground  works. 

Their  present  intention  is  to  apply  for  parliamentary  powers  to  lay  ducts  under 
the  roadways  for  the  purpose  of  telephone  and  other  wires  should  they  deem  it  desirable 
to  take  this  course  at  any  future  time. 

Yours  faithfully, 

H.  ENDACOTT, 

Town  Clerk. 
F.  J.  Tillstone,  Esq., 

Town  Clerk, 

Town  Hall,  Brighton. 

The  committee  have  received  from  Mr.  Bennett  the  following  communication 
embodying  the  results  of  his  experience  as  engineer  to  the  Glasgow  and  Tunbridge 
Wells  Municipal  Exchanges. 

(copy.) 

65  Renfield  Street,  Glasgow, 

August  13,  1902. 
The  Telephone  Committee  of  the  Town  Council  of  Brighton. 

Gentlemen,— With  regard  to  the  position  created  by  the  refusal  of  the  Local  Gov- 
ernment Board  to  sanction  any  expenditure  in  Hove,  I  am  strongly  of  opinion  that  the 
circumstance  does  not  warrant  the  abandonment  of  Brighton's  telephone  scheme. 

The  number  of  subscribers  to  be  obtained  in  Hove  must  be  but  a  small  proportion 
of  the  total  to  be  obtained  in  Brighton  itself,  without  reckoning  outlying  places  in 
the  area.  In  any  case,  I  believe  that  Hove  could  be  telephoned  overhead  by  means  of 
private  wayleaves  in  the  same  way  as  it  is  now  telephoned  overhead  by  the  National 
Telephone  Company.  If  it  were  found  impossible  to  use  the  security  of  the  Brighton 
rates  for  the  purpose,  I  believe  that  contractors  could  be  found  who  would  erect  the 
necessary  plant  on  the  security  of  subscriptions  payable  by  Hove  subscribers,  which 
could  be  assigned  to  them  for  a  certain  period.  The  necessary  expenditure  in  Hove 
would  not  exceed  from  £2,000  to  £3,000,  as  the  routes  to  Portsdale,  Southwick  and 
Shoreham  have  been  arranged  so  as  to  avoid  the  Borough  of  Hove  in  any  case.  The 
post  office  could  not  object  to  this  arrangement  if  the  work  were. carried  out  in  accord- 
ance with  the  post  office  specification,  which  of  course  would  be  arranged  for. 

I  may  state  that  in  connection  with  the  Glasgow  corporation  telephone  enterprise 
a  similar  difficulty  cropped  up  in  the  case  of  the  Burgh  of  Clydebank,  which  refused 
to  grant  underground  wayleaves  in  much  the  same  manner  as  Hove  has  done.  But  the 
Glasgow  corporation  have  telephoned  Clydebank  overhead,  in  defiance  of  the  council 
of  that  burgh,  and  have  secured  a  large  measure  of  support  amongst  the  Clydebank 
citizens. 

Although  the  Glasgow  corporation  telephone  system  is  not  a  year  old,  6,184  sub- 
scribers had  been  connected  up  to  the  last  Monday  evening,  while  1,530  orders  remain 
on  hand  to  be  executed.  From  6  to  12  new  orders  are  received  every  day,  so  that  an 
exchange  of  20,000  is  being  looked  to  in  the  near  future.  This  is  in  face  of  the  keen- 
est competition  by  the  company,  who  have  entirely  reorganized  their  system  and 
replaced  their  old  and  inefficient  plant  by  the  latest  devices,  and  that  altogether  regard- 
less of  expense.  They  are  also  giving  their  subscribers  facilities  which  at  the  date  of 
the  inquiry  in  1897  were  derided  as  impossible.  In  Tunbridge  Wells  when  a  corpora- 
1— d— 1U 


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tion  system  was  first  mooted  the  company  had  only  92  subscribers  in  the  whole  telephone 
area;  their  rates  were  very  high  and  their  service  was  so  bad  that  out  of  92  subscribers 
some  85  signed  a  memorial  to  the  Postmaster-General  vouching  for  the  general  ineffi- 
ciency of  the  service.  After  a  year's  work  the  Tunbridge  Wells  Corporation  had  at 
August  7  no  fewer  than  834  lines  at  work.  The  company  are  supposed  to  possess  some 
600  others,  so  that  the  effect  of  a  corporation  system  has  been  to  provide  the  Tunbridge 
Wells  Telephone  area  with  1,434  telephones  in  lieu  of  the  original  92. 

Brighton  presents  a  field  for  telephonic  development  which  is  out  of  all  proportion 
greater  than  that  at  Tunbridge  Wells.  The  Brighton  corporation  have  very  wisely 
kept  the  company  out  of  their  routes.  Overhead  wayleaves  are  more  difficult  to  get  in 
Brighton  than  in  most  other  places,  so  that  the  corporation,  with  power  to  make  an 
unlimited  use  of  the  roads  for  underground  work,  would  be  out  of  all  proportion  in  a 
better  position  to  give  a  telephonic  service  than  the  company.  The  company's  present 
Brighton  system  is  single  wire,  and  to  meet  the  corporation  competition  two  wires  would 
have  to  be  placed  overhead  where  one  is  now.  Under  these  circumstances,  there  can  be 
no  reasonable  doubt  that  the  corporation,  with  the  additional  advantages  of  the  most 
modern  plant,  which  they  would  be  able  to  command,  would  create  a  large  exchange 
in  a  very  short  time;  so  much  so  that  Hove  might  be  left  entirely  out  of  the  question 
in  the  meantime,  as  the  Hove  citizens  would  only  be  too  glad  later  on  to  take  advan- 
tage of  the  cheaper  rates  and  better  service  that  the  Brighton  citizens  would  be  in 
possession  of  as  a  consequence  of  the  corporation  system. 

I  would  venture  to  point  out  that  if  Brighton  town  council  gave  up  the  telephone 
scheme  now  they  would  not  only  sacrifice  all  the  time,  trouble  and  money  which  have 
been  expended  in  bringing  it  so  successfully  so  far,  but  they,  will  have  to  abandon  for 
the  future  all  hopes  ef  the  low  rates  for  telephones  that  were  intended  to  be  charged, 
and  will  burden  their  burgesses  permanently  with  telephone  rates  far  in  excess  of  any- 
thing that  the  circumstances  call  for.  In  the  future  the  action  of  the  council  in  aban- 
doning their  scheme  will  unquestionably  be  condemned,  as,  with  the  examples  of  other 
towns  before  them,  the  Brighton  citizens  will  consider  themselves  very  badly  treated 
by  having  to  pay  £10  for  telephones  when  other  towns  will  be  getting  them  for  £6  or  £5. 
I  venture  to  predict  that  the  act  of  abandoning,  if  it  should  be  decided  upon,  will  here 
after  be  characterized  as  timid  and  short-sighted. 

If  the  scheme  be  dropped,  the  council  will  have  to  face  the  contingency  of  grant- 
ing underground  wayleaves  to  the  company.  If  they  once  get  into  the  hands  of  th« 
company  they  will  find  them  severe  masters.  The  town  clerk  of  Hull  will  tell  you  that 
his  corporation  granted  the  N.T.C.  underground  wayleaves  some  few  years  ago.  Kecently 
the  Hull  corporation  went  to  parliament  for  power  to  effect  some  street  improvements 
and  they  found  themselves  opposed  by  the  N.T.C.  on  the  ground  that  the  improvements 
would  necessitate  a  deviation  of  the  company's  telephone  pipes,  and  they  asked  parlia- 
ment to  order  that  such  deviations  should  be  carried  out  at  the  expense  of  the  corpora- 
tion. It  would  seem,  therefore,  that  even  a  change  in  the  tramway  routes  could  not 
be  carried  out  without  arrangement  with  the  company.  On  another  ground  the  Hull 
corporation  have  been  threatened  with  litigation  in  consequence  of  this  grant  of  way- 
leaves,  and  the  same  grant  has  been  the  cause  of  the  N.T.C.  introducing  a  Bill  in  par- 
liament which  the  corporation  had  to  oppose  at  great  expense.  Tunbridge  Wells  cor- 
poration granted  the  N.T.C.  underground  wayleaves.  This  has  already  led  to  one  action 
at  law  which  was  carried  through  several  courts,  and  a  second  action  arising  out  of  a 
different  cause,  but  growing  out  of  the  same  wayleaves,  is  threatened.  The  states  of 
Guernsey  had  to  fight  the  company  through  all  the  courts,  including  the  Privy  Council, 
and  you  may  depend  upon  it  that  Brighton  will  not  be  singular  if  they  place  their  necks 
under  the  yoke. 

I  would  also  commend  to  the  consideration  of  the  council  those  contractors  who 
tendered  for  the  carrying  out  of  the  work  in  conformity  with  the  elaborate  specifica- 
tions which  were  prepared  and  advertised  widely. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

All  the  best  electrical  firms  in  the  United  Kingdom,  as  well  as  some  foreign 
ones,  sent  in  tenders  which  in  some  cases  cost  much  time,  trouble  and  money  to  pre- 
pare, as  I  know  that  some  of  the  contractors  sent  representatives  to  Brighton  from 
long  distances  in  order  to  obain  local  information;  so  that  if  Brighton  decides  to  stay 
its  hand,  unquestionably  these  contractors  will  feel  aggrieved,  although  of  course  the 
council  did  not  pledge  themselves  to  actually  accept  tenders. 

The  financial  results  obtained  in  Glasgow  for  the  first  nine  months  are  considered 
by  competent  and  unbiassed  critics  to  be  of  an  exceedingly  favourable  character,  and 
I  am  sure  that  Brighton  can  reckon  upon  similar  results  there,  especially  as  the  rate 
proposed  to  be  charged  in  Brighton  is  £5  10s.  Od.  instead  of  the  Glasgow  rate  of 
£5  5s.  In  conclusion  I  may  say  that  I  see  nothing  in  the  action  of  Hove  to  compel 
Erighton  to  change  its  attitude  in  connection  with  the  telephone  scheme,  which  in  my 
opinion  should  be  gone  on  with  without  further  delay. 

I  am,  gentlemen,  • 

Yours  very  faithfully, 

A,  R,  BENNETT. 

The  expenditure  incurred  by  the  council,  with  a  view  of  carrying  their  license 
into  effect,  amounts  to  £3,507  13s.  Id.  in  respect  of  underground  ducts  and  £203 
8s.  6d.  for  miscellaneous  expenses. 

They  have  also  agreed  to  pay  Mr  Bennett  a  commission  of  5  per  cent  on  the  cost 
of  the  work,  subject  to  a  maximum  limit  of  £2,069  12s. 

Provision  is  also  being  made,  in  accordance  with  the  direction  of  the  council,  for 
tie  laying  of  underground  ducts  in  connection  with  the  new  tramways  routes  in  Old 
Steine  and  London  Road. 

The  number  of  persons  who  have  promised  to  become  subscribers  to  the  municipal 
exchange  is  831,  viz.,  146  in  Hove,  and  685  in  the  other  portions  of  the  area,  exclusive 
of  the  corporation  connections;  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  subscribers  will  join  in 
large  numbers  as  soon  as  the  exchange  is  an  accomplished  fact. 

The  committee  have  no  hesitation  in  recommending  the  council  to  proceed  with 
the  installation  of  the  telephone  exchange  as  soon  as  possible,  and  they  recommend 
that  Mr.  Bennett  be  instructed  to  revise  his  estimate  as  required  by  the  local  Govern- 
ment Board  by  excluding  therefrom  the  cost  of  all  works  in  the  borough  of  Hove,  so 
that  the  application  to  the  board  for  their  sanction  to  the  loan  may  be  renewed. 

The  committee  also  recommend  that  a  resolution  be  pasoed  applying  for  the  con- 
sent of  the  local  Government  Board  to  the  use  of  the  building  in  Palace  Place,  part 
cf  the  Pavilion  Estate,  for  the  purposes  of  a  central  exchange,  such  use  of  the  build- 
ing having  already  been  sanctioned  by  the  council  on  the  recommendation  of  the 
Pavilion  Committee. 

On  behalf  of  the  Committee, 

HERBERT   CARDEN, 
Chairman. 
Town  Hall,  Brighton,  August  15,  1902. 

Note. — The  members  of  the  committee  present  at  the  meeting  at  which  the  fore- 
going report  was  agreed  upon  were:  The,  Mayor,  Councillors  Allen,  Garden,  Jarvis, 
Lintott,  Robinson  and  Stringer. 


200  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 


No.  228. 

City  of  Victoria,  B.C.,  June  7,  1905. 

The  Honourable  Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G. 

Postmaster   General    and    Chairman    Parliamentary     Committee     re    Telephone 
Systems,  Ottawa. 

Re  Telephone  System. 

Sir, — In  reply  to  your  circular  of  the  29th  ult.,  with  reference  to  this  matter, 
I  have  the  honour,  by  direction,  to  state  for  the  information  of  the  Parliamentary 
Committee  that  the  only  system  of  telephones  operating  in  Victoria,  is  that  of  the 
Victoria  &  Esquimalt  Telephone  Company,  which  is  an  organization  subsidiary  to, 
and  forming  part  of,  the  British  Columbia  Telephone  Company,  Limited. 

The  number  of  telephones  in  use  is  1,350,  and  the  number  of  subscribers  is  a 
little  less.  The  charges  are  $4  per  month  for  business,  and  $3  per  month  for  resi- 
dential use,  excepting  where  party  lines  are  installed  in  rnsidences,  and  then  the 
charge  is  $2  per  month. 

The  system  is  well  managed  and  gives  general  satisfaction  as  far  as  the  operat- 
ing part  is  concerned,  though  there  are  instances  in  which  telephones  fail  to  re- 
produce distinctly  the  words  of  the  speaker,  but  these  conditions  are  remedied 
promptly  upon  complaint. 

The  business  section  of  the  city  is  well  -supplied  with  long-distance  telephones 
and  through  them  has  connection  with  Nanaimo,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster, 
B.C.,  and  Seattle  and  Tacoma,  Wash.,  also  with  points  on  Vancouver  Island  be- 
tween Nanaimo  and  Victoria  and  throughout  the  Saanich  Peninsula. 

Generally  speaking  the  company  has  proved  enterprising  in  supplying  localities 
with  telephonic  communication  wherever  business  warranted  extensions. 

There  is  little  doubt  that  if  the  rates  were  reduced  there  would  be  a  correspond- 
ing increase  in  the  number  of  telephones  used  and  in  the  extension  of  the  benefit  of 
this  convenience  to  many  who  decline  to  incur  the  expense  involved  under  the  pre- 
sent rates. 

The  council  has  already  expressed  its  approval  of  the  principle  of  municipal 
ownership  and  control  of  this  public  utility,  by  endorsing  a  resolution  passed  by  the 
municipal  council  of  Fernie,  B.C.,  in  January  last,  which  reads  as  follows : — 

'  Whereas,  the  Municipal  Clauses  Act  now  contains  powers  authorizing  muni- 
cipal ownership  of  all  public  utilities  except  telephones,  Therefore  be  it  resolved : 

'  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  council,  the  Municipal  Clauses  Act  should  be 
amended  so  as  to  empower  city  municipalities  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate 
telephone  systems  throughout  such  municipality,  and  that  a  copy  of  this  resolution 
be  forwarded  to  our  member,  Mr.  W.  R.  Boss,  the  Fernie  Board  of  Trade,  each  board 
affiliated  with  the  Associated  Board  of  Trade,  each  city,  municipality  and  each  mem- 
ber of  the  legislature,  asking  their  support  in  securing  the  necessary  legislation.' 


I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 


W.  J.  DOWLER, 

C.  M. 


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201 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  228a. 

City  of  Victoria,  B.C.,  June  14,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster   General    and    Chairman    Parliamentary    Committee     re     Telephone 
Systems,  Ottawa,  Ont. 

Sir, — In  further  reference  to  my  letter  to  you  of  the  7th  instant,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  the  information  contained  therein,  I  beg  to  transmit  herewith  the  following 
enclosures : — 

1.  Map  showing  the  lines  and  connections  of  the  British  Columbia  Telephone 
Company's  systems. 

2.  Schedule  of  long-distance  telephone  rates. 

3.  Directory  of  the  British  Columbia  Telephone  Company. 
I  have  the  honour  to  b«,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

W.  J.  DOWLEK, 

0.  M.  C. 


No.  228b. 


British  Columbia  Telephone  Company,  Ltd., 

Bank  of  Montreal  Building, 

Victoria,  B.C.,  June  14,  1905. 


long-distance  telephone  tariff  from  victoria. 

Lines  owned  and  oper*ate\d  by  the  British  Columbia  Telephone  Co. 

Cts. 

Keating's  Crossing 25 

Saanichton 25 

Sidney 25 

Goldstream 25 

Strathcona 25 

Koenig's 25 

Duncans 30 

Crofton 30 

Chemainus 35 

Ladysmith 40 

Nanaimo 50 


For   conversations    of  two   minutes   or 
>■      fraction.     Half-rates   for   each   addi- 
tional minute  or  fraction. 


Lines  owned  and  operated  by  American   Companies,  but  connected  with   the  British 

Columbia  Telephone  Line  at  Victoria. 


Cts. 

Vancouver 50 

New  Westminster 50 

Chilliwack 60 

Ladner 60 

Steveston 60 

Friday  Harbour 50 

Bellingham 50 

Everett 50 

Seattle 60 

Tacoma 80   _ 

For  other  places  call  up  '  long-distance '  operator. 


For  conversations  of  one  minute  or 
fraction.  Ten  cents  for  each  addi- 
tional quarter  minute. 


202 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 


No.  228c. 


HAP  SHOWING  LINES  AND  CONNECTIONS  OF  THE  BRITISH   COLUMBIA  TELEPHONE 

company's  SYSTEM. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  203 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  229. 


Corporation  of  the  City  of  Kaslo, 

Municipal  Clerk's  Office, 

Kaslo,  B.C.,  July  8,  1905. 
The  Chairman, 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 

Ottawa. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  your  communication  dated  2nd  ultimo, 
and  to  inform  you  that  the  council  of  this  city  having  duly  considered  said  communica- 
tion, have  instructed  me  to  reply  as  follows : — 

This  is  only  a  small  city  of  about  1,200  inhabitants,  the  telephone  system  is  owned 
by  1he  Bell  Telephone  Company  and  leased  to  a  private  individual. 

There  are  two  miles  of  poles  and  about  six  miles  of  line. 

The  charges  are  $2.50  per  month  to  business  houses  and  $1.50  per  month  to  private 
houses,  there  being  altogether  about  twenty  subscribers. 

There  is  a  private  line  (owned  by  the  person  leasing  the  local  line)  to  Lardo,  25 
miles  north  of  Kaslo,  the  rate  for  messages  being  25  cents  each. 

The  facilities  for  inter-communication  are  practically  nil,  there  being  no  telephone 
communication  with  any  of  the  towns  and  cities  on  lake  and  river,  or  with  Sandon, 
Slocan  City,  Silverton,  Nakusp,  &c. 

Trusting  the  above  is  the  information  you  require, 

I  am,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

A.  W.  ALLEN, 

Clerk  of  the  Municipal  Council. 


No.  230. 

The  Corporation  of  the  Municipality  of  Hilton, 

Clerk's  Office,  Marksville,  P.O.,  Ont.,  July  10, 1905. 
To  the  Honourable 

Sir  William  Mulock. 

Sir, — In  reply  to  yours  re  information  as  to  telephone  system  in  operation  in  this 
township  and  adjoining  townships,  I  beg  to  say  that  I  have  carefully  read  over  the* 
statements  contained  in  Mr.  Young's  examination  before  the  Select  Committee,  and  I 
have  read  over  the  statements  of  Mr.  Young  to  the  Reeve  of  this  township,  who  was  one 
of  the  management  committee  at  the  time  this  division  known  as  the  Hilton  and 
Jocelyn  Farmers'  Telephone  line  was  constructed.  Mr.  Young's  statements  corroborate 
the  Reeve's  in  nearly  every  particular,  with  exception  to  a  slight  difference  in  the  cost 
of  construction. 

This  division,  consisting  of  15  miles,  cost  for  constructing  $390.  There  are  43 
subscribers,  each  subscriber  was  assessed  $9;  this  sum  entitled  him  to  purchase  and 
install  a  'phone  in  his  house  or  place  of  business,  the  actual  cost  of  building  the  line 
was  about  $26  per  mile,  including  material  and  construction. 

Last  year  we  assessed  every  subscriber  owning  a  'phone  $1  per  annum  for  repairs 
to  line  and  $1  for  switches,  subscribers  not  owning  'phones  were  assessed  50  cents  per 
annum  for  repairs  and  50  cents  for  switches.  All  'phones  to  be  kept  in  repair  at  the 
cost  of  the  owner. 

The  'phones  in  use  in  this  division  are  the  same  as  described  by  Mr.  Young.  The 
line  works  well,  with  perhaps  one  exception,  we  have  too  many  'phones  for  one  wire. 


204  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

In  a  conversation  between  the  Reeve  and  Mr.  Burrows,  Mr.  Burrows  in  speaking 
of  an  arrangement  whereby  his  company  might  take  over  the  Farmers'  line,  said  he 
thought  the  company  would  be  willing  to  lease  the  line  for  a  term  of  years  by  each  sub- 
scriber paying  $11  per  annum  in  addition  to  paying  their  regular  schedule  of  rates.  So 
far  the  committee  are  not  in  favour  of  such  an  arrangement. 

The  Bell  Company  have  a  'phone  in  the  post  office,  as  formerly,  and  one_  in  the 
Ottawa  House,  for  which  the  proprietor  pays  $25  per  annum  in  addition  to  their  rates 
as  charged  the  public. 

As  far  as  I  understand  the  situation,  if  we  wish  to  do  business  over  the_  Boi1 
Telephone  Company  line  we  must  pay  well  for  it;  if  they,  on  the  other  hand,  wish  to 
do  business  over  the  Farmers'  line,  as  I  am  given  to  understand  they  would  like  to  do, 
then  we  must  still  pay  them  well  for  the  privilege,  there  is  no  give  and  take.  I  don't 
think  I  can  say  anything  more.  Mr.  Young's  testimony  covers  the  ground^  what  he 
has  stated  in  regard  to  his  division  applies  also  to  this  division.  Trusting  this  will  be 
satisfactory. 

I  am  yours  respectfully, 

W.  E.  WHYBOURNE, 

Clerk. 


No.  231. 

MUNICIPALITY  OF  THE  TOWNSHIP  OF  PICKERING. 

Whitevale,  Ont.,  July  10,  1905. 
Sir  W.  Mulook. 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  Select  Committe  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — We  are  directed  by  the  municipal  council  of  the  township  of  Picker- 
ing, in  reply  to  your  favour  of  the  2nd  ult.,  to  say  that  in  this  township  the  telephone 
service  is  very  good,  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  and  several  independent  organiza- 
tions being  in  operation.  To  the  council  it  seems  a  great  waste  of  money  to  have 
the  Bell  Telephone  Company  duplicating  independent  lines  and  the  independents 
duplicating  the  Bell  lines.  The  council  wish  respectfully  to  submit  that  telephones  ar,; 
now  as  necessary  as  post  offices,  and  that  the  telephone  system  should  be  a  monopoly 
in  the  hands  of  the  Dominion  government.  The  council  is  of  opinion  that  a  better 
service  would  then  be  had,  the  public  better  served  and  at  much  less  cost  than  now, 
and  that  the  telephone  system  could  be  made  a  success  if  placed  under  the  control 
of  the  post  office  department. 

Previous  to  the  advent  of  independent  lines  the  telephone  service  in  this  town- 
ship was  very  limited  and  charges  were  high,  but  now  the  rates  are  more  reasonable, 
the  Bell  Company  charging  a  rental  of  about  $15  per  annum  for  a  'phone,  and  a  fee 
of  15  cents  for  a  3-minute  talk  in  the  local  zone.  The  local  companies  charge  an 
annual  rental  of  from  $12  to  $15  per  'phone  and  from  10  to  15  cents  for  5-minute?' 
talk. 

The  usefulness  of  the  local  telephone  systems  would  be  much  increased  if  they 
had  a  long-distance  connection  and  the  privilege  of  installing  telephone  instrument* 
in  the  railway  stations. 

JAMES  McBRADY. 

Reeve,  Township  of  Pickering. 

DONALD  R.  BEATON, 

Cleric,  Township  of  Pickering. 


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No.  232. 

COUNTY  CLEEK'S  OFFICE,  UNITED  COUNTIES  OF  STOKMONT,  DUN- 
DAS  AND  GLENGARRY. 

Cornwall,  Ont.  June  29,  1905. 
Adam  Zimmerman,  Esq.,  M.P., 

Chairman  pro  tern,  Select  Committee  re  Telephone  Systems, 
House  of  Commons. 

Sir, — I  beg  to  advise  you  that  the  circular  letter  of  2nd  June  of  Sir  William 
Mulock,  chairman,  was  duly  received  and  laid  before  counties  council  of  these  united 
counties  at  their  session  last  week,  being  referred  to  committee  on  communications. 
In  their  report,  which  was  adopted  in  council,  appears  the  following,  after  referring 
to  the  letter  of  Sir  William,  dealt  with : — 

'  We  recommend  that  the  clerk  be  authorized  to  communicate  the  following  in- 
formation to  the  chairman  of  committee  in  question: 

'  1.  That  the  Bell  Telephone  system  is  the  only  one  in  operation  in  these  counties. 

'  2.  Its  present  charges  are  $15  for  house,  and  $20  for  business  'phones,  New 
and  improved  'phones  are  to  be  shortly  installed,  when  the  rate  is  to  be  increased  to 
$20  and  $25  respectively. 

'  3.  The  committee  tried  to  procure  information  from  the  local  office  as  to  the 
number  of  subscribers  in  these  counties,  but  we  were  informed  that  such  information 
could  only  be  had  from  the  head  office.  There  are  about  300  'phones  in  town  of 
Cornwall. 

'  4.  That  the  committee  considers  the  present  message  rates  and  annual  rentals 
much  too  high. 

'  5.  The  committee  favours  government  control  for  long-distance,  and  either 
government  or  municipal  control  for  local  business. 

'  6.  Some  years  ago  a  new  company,  known  as  the  Dundas  Telephone  Company, 
was  formed  to  compete  with  the  Bell,  and  for  a  time  did  business  with  satisfaction  to 
the  subscribers  at  rates  of  $10  and  $15  for  annual  rentals,  and  their  ordinary  mess- 
age rates  being  about  the  same  as  the  Bell  Company.  They  were  eventually  driven 
out  of  business  by  the  Bell  Company's  opposition,  and  were  obliged  to  dispose  of  their 
business,  at  a  great  sacrifice,  to  the  Bell  Company.  This  was  brought  about  by  the 
latter  company  giving  free  'phones  where  those  of  the  others  were  in  use,  and  by 
instituting  an  action  for  damages  alleged  to  have  been  caused  to  their  line  by  the 
placing  of  the  Dundas  Company's  poles  and  wires  in  too  close  proximity  to  the  Bell 
Company's  line.  Intimidated  by  this  course  of  "  competition  "(?)  the  Dundas  Com- 
pany succumbed,  one  of  its  principal  promoters  being  ruined  and  others  financially 
crippled  to  a  greater  or  less  extent. 

'  7.  The  present  rentals  of  the  Bell  Company  are  too  high  to  enable  people  in 
the  rural  districts  to  take  advantage  of  this  means  of  intercommunication.  If  the 
rates  were  reasonably  reduced  no  doubt  many  additional  subscribers  would  be  the 
result.  For  $15  or  $20  a  farmer  or  rural  resident  is  placed  in  a  very  small  circuit, 
and  is  charged  extra  for  any.  service  extending  beyond  that  circumscribed  limit. 

'  The  foregoing  suggestions  embody  all  your  committee  think  necessary  to  com- 
municate.' 

I  trust  this  may  reach  you  in  time  to  be  of  some  service  to  the  special  com- 
mittee. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

ADRIAN  I.  MACDONELL, 

Clerk,  8.  D.  &  Q. 


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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  233. 

Winfield  Brewster,  'Phone  50. 

Conveyancer  Insurance  Loans. 

Hespeler,  Canada,  July  4,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  Chairman  of  Committee, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — Acknowledging  receipt  of  your  favour  of  the  2nd  of  June,  I  beg  to  inform 
you  as  follows: — The  Bell  Telephone  Company  have  about  57  subscribers  in  the  town 
of  Hespeler.  They  are  installing  long-distance  telephones  at  a  charge  of  $20  per 
annum,  and  give  us  also  a  rate  of  $15  on  party  lines.  They  have  promised  shortly  tc 
give  us  night  service,  but  at  present  we  have  no  such  services. 

The  council  of  the  town  of  Hespeler  appear  to  be  under  the  impression  that  the 
Bell  Telephone  Company  does  not  deal  fairly  with  its  subscribers.  I  inclose  you 
herewith  a  copy  of  resolution  on  the  matter  of  government  control  of  the  telephones 
which  our  council  are  of  the  opinion  to  be  advisable.  It  was  at  Hespeler  that  the 
central  office  of  the  Farmers'  line  was  located  concerning  which  you  will  remember  Dr. 
Ochs  gave  evidence  before  your  committee  at  Ottawa,  in  this  case  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company  appears  to  have  gobbled  up  the  Farmers'  line. 

Any  information  which  you  may  require  I  shall  be  very  much  pleased  to  give  you 
if  it  in  my  power  so  to  do.  I  inclose  herewith  a  copy  of  resolution,  and  I  have  the 
honour  to  remain, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

W.  BKEWSTEE, 

Per  E.D.M. 


No.  233a. 

Hespeler,  Canada,  July  4,  1905. 
Winfield  Brewster,  'Phone  50. 

Municipal  Council  of  the  Town  of  Hespeler, 

Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  council  the  government  of  Canada  should 
take  over  the  Bell  Telephone  system  or  if  that  be  not  deemed  advisable  at  least  the 
trunk  lines. — Carried. 

GEORGE  D.  FORBES, 

Mayor. 


No.  234. 

County  of  Waterloo, 

Berlin,  June  30,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Hon.  Sir, — The  municipal  council  of  the  county  of  Waterloo  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  aid  in  obtaining  cheaper  and  more  general  telephone  service,  especially 
for  the  rural  districts,  which  we  considered  had  been  neglected  by  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company.  At  one  time  there  was  a  private  telephone  service  which  was  eventually 
scquired  by  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  the  particulars  of  which  you  have  already. 

The  committee  of  the  county  council  held  two  public  meetings  and  much  interest 


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was  taken  in  the  proceedings  by  the  farmers  of  the  county,  but  it  was  deemed  best 
to  postpone  further  action,  awaiting  the  decision  of  parliament. 

The  county  council,  at  its  recent  session,  authorized  me  to  again  express  their 
approval  of  national  ownership,  or  at  least  control  of  all  telephone  systems  in  the 
country,  and  trust  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  so  desirable  an  end  may  be  reached. 

Signed  on  behalf  of  the  municipal  council  of  the  county  of  Waterloo. 

ANTHONY  OCHS, 

Chairman,  Special  Committee  on  Telephone  Services. 


No.  235. 

Translation. 

Laprairie,  P.Q.,  July  4,  1905. 
To  the  Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
House  of  Commons,  Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — In  accordance  with  instructions  received  from  the  municipal  coun- 
cil of  the  village  of  Laprairie,  and  in  reply  to  your  letter  of  June  last,  I  have  to  say 
that  the  telephone  system  of  the  Bell  Company  is  not  what  it  ought  to  be  or  might 
be  in  this  municipality.  That  company  is  the  only  one  here  and  the  price  which 
they  charge  to  subscribers  per  annum  is  so  high  that  the  number  is  reduced  to  two 
or  three.  These  subscribers  pay  $20  per  annum  for  a  telephone,  and  'besides  they 
have  to  pay  the  long-distance  rate  the  same  as  non-subscribers.  The  charge  for  long- 
distance telephone  is  also  too  high;  for  example,  15  cents  for  three  minutes  to  Mont- 
real, and  5  cents  for  each  additional  minute.  A  tariff  of  15  cents  for  five  minutes 
and  a  yearly  rate  of  $10  for  a  telephone  would  be  reasonable  and  quite  sufficient. 


Your  obedient  servant, 


A.  F.  GRONDIN, 

Secretary-Treasurer. 


No.  236. 

Mayor's  Office, 

Edmonton,  Alta.,  June  16,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  Postmaster  General, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephones. 

Sir, — We  have  to-day  endeavoured  to  answer  as  fully  as  possible  your  questions 
re  telephone,  and  are  glad  to  assist  you  in  this  or  any  other  way. 

As  has  been  pointed  out  already,  this  system  came  into  our  possession  only  at  the 
beginning  of  this  year,  and,  under  municipal  control,  is  working  out  quite  as  satis- 
factorily as  was  expected.  The  system  as  taken  over  by  us  was  capable  of  considerable 
extension  and  improvement.  We  have  not  as  yet  fixed  upon  any  definite  policy  further 
than  a  general  advancement  under  municipal  control ;  and  though  we  are  contemplating 
the  installing  of  a  modern  and  up-to-date  system,  the  particular  system  has  not  been 
decided  upon.  In  any  case  we  are  about  to  proceed  with  the  standardizing  of  the 
system  so  that  we  may  be  able  to  make  satisfactory  connection  with  outside  systems 
when  the  opportunity  presents  itself. 

We  experience  some  difficulty  in  carrying  on  the  work  outside  the  municipality 
that  had  been  commenced  by  the  private  company  from  whom  we  purchased  the  plant,, 
being  more  expensive  and  much  less  satisfactory.    Moreover,  we  are  not  connected  with 


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the  Bell  long-distance  system,  and  this  is  a  great  inconvenience  to  us.  The  Bell  people 
axe  anxious  to  connect  with  us,  and,  of  course,  failing  any  other  solution  of  the  diffi- 
culty we  must  freely  connect  our  systems  on  the  best  terms  we  can  get.  We  are  deeply 
interested  in  the  work  of  your  committee,  and  are  looking  for  good  results. 

If  there  is  anything  we  can  do  for  you  further  than  this  we  will  be  always  glad 
to  do  it,  and  in  the  meantime  beg  to  remain, 

Yours  very  truly, 

K.  W.  MACKENZIE, 

Mayor. 


No.  236a. 

Mayor's  Office, 

Edmonton,  Alta.,  June  27,  1905. 
Walter  To^d,  Esq., 

Clerk  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  communication  of  June  21,  I  beg  to  say  that  although 
the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  through  their  agents,  have  shown  a  desire  to  connect 
freely  with  our  municipal  system,  we  have  not  received  from  them  any  definite  pro- 
posal as  to  the  terms  upon  which  such  connection  could  be  effected,  and  on  our  part 
since  our  system  is  not  standardized  we  are  not  in  a  position  at  the  present  time  to  talk 
business,  thus  the  matter  stands  for  the  present. 

I  regret  that  by  an  oversight  my  communication  to  you  of  the  16th  June  went 
forward  unsigned. 

Yours  very  truly, 

K.  W.  MACKENZIE, 

Mayor. 


No.  236b. 

The  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

In  reply  to  the  committee's  inquiry,  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Edmonton  reports 
as  follows : — 

The  system  operates  in  Edmonton,  Strathcona,  Eort  Saskatchewan,  St.  Albert, 
Leduc  and  Beaumont,  with  long-distance  connections,  also  connections  with  govern- 
ment lines,  Edmonton  and  St.  Albert  to  Spruce  Grove,  Stony  Plain,  Ray,  Riviere 
Qui  Barre,  Morinville  and  St.  Emile.  The  amount  of  debenture  stock  issued  is 
$27,000.  The  population  of  the  territory  served  is  about  16,000,  and  total  number 
of  telephones  in  operation  460,  of  which  448  are  direct  one  station  lines.  The  num- 
ber of  residence  telephones  is  124;  business,  324;    and  rural,  12. 

The  lines  are  No.  12  iron  wire  grounded  circuits.  The  construction  is  pole  entirely. 
The  system  is  magneto,  the  central  office  equipment  being  manufactured  by  Bell 
Telephone  Company  and  Strombjerg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Company, 
and  the  subscribers'  telephones  by  Stromberg-Carlson  Company  (with  a  few  excep- 
tions by  other  manufacturers.) 

The  rates  charged  per  annum  are :  business  $30,  residence  $20,  rural  $20.  The 
system  was  only  acquired  by  the  city  in  January  last,  and  the  question  of  deprecia- 
tion, etc.,  has  not  yet  been  determined.  The  system  was  acquired  by  purchase  from 
the  Edmonton  District  Telephone  Company,  Limited. 

The  number  of  '  Bell '  telephones  in  our  territory  before  acquisition  was  1,  viz., 
the  Edmonton  toll  office.  The  number  at  this  date  is  2,  viz.,  the  Edmonton  and  Le- 
duc toll  offices. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  Edmonton  District  Telephone  Company  rates  before  sale  to  city  were: 
Business  $36,  residence  $25  per  annum.  The  wages  paid  are:  Foremen  $75  per 
month;  troublemen,  none;  inspectors,  none;  wiremen  25  cents  per  hour,  operators 
-$20  to  $40  per  month. 

The  cost  of  construction  material  is  as  follows:  Central  offices  equipment 
$2,000,  capacity  525  lines,  subscribers  wall  telephones  $14,  subscribers  desk  telephones 
$14  to  $15,  iron  wire  No.  12  5  cents  per  pound,  poles,  $3  to  $5,  cross-arms,  35  cents  each 
(spruce),  insulators  and  pins,  6  cents  each. 

The  system  operates  85  miles  of  long-distance  lines,  the  mileage  of  poles  being 
60.  These  lines  are  iron  wire,  grounded  circuits,  the  cost  per  mile  of  single  wire 
being  $8. 

The  charges  per  conversation  over  the  long-distance  lines  are  rated  according  to 
distance  from  5  cents  to  40  cents  for  3-minute  connection,  with  charge  of  5  cents 
ppr  minute  beyond  this  limit. 


No.  237. 

E.  MALCOLM  YOUNG, 

Barrister,  Solicitor,  Notary,  &c. 

picton,  ontario. 

Solicitor  for  the 

County  Prince  Edward. 
The  Honourable  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  Telephone  Committee, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Honourable  Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  inclose  a  recommendation  from  the 
county  council  of  Prince  Edward  re  telephone  system  as  asked  in  your  circular  of 
a  former  date. 

I  have  the  honour  to  remain,  your  obedient  servant, 

E.  M.  YOUNG, 

County  Clerk. 
Picton,  June  30,  1905. 

No.  237a. 

To  the  Honourable  Wm.  Mulock, 
Ottawa. 

We,  the  committee  appointed  by  the  county  council  of  Prince  Edward  to 
memorialize  the  government  re  telephone  service,  beg  leave  to  say  after  inquiry  and 
careful  consideration  that  the  general  sentiment  of  the  county  council,  and  the 
people,  particularly  of  those  Who  have  paid  attention  to  the  question  is  unanimous 
in  favour  of  the  government  having  control  of  the  trunk  or  long-distance  telephone 
lines.  There  is  a  very  widespread  conviction  based  upon  solid  facts,  that  the  Bell 
Company's  rates  are  far  higher  than  they  should  be,  and  we  consider  that  the  pro- 
gress of  the  use  of  the  telephone  as  a  home  convenience  among  the  mass  of  our 
people,  is  immensely  retarded  by  the  present  monopoly,  and  with  the  isolated  con- 
dition of  our  rural  population,  every  possible  effort  should  be  made  by  parliament  to 
better  facilities  for  cheap  telephone  communication. 

We  further  believe,  owing  to  the  very  large  amount  of  business  required  in  giving 
our  rural  population  telephone  communication,  that  we  must  have  companies  operat- 
ing all  over  this  country,  and  those  companies  should  be  in  a  position  to  give  a  cheap 


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and  a  complete  service  which  cannot  be  done  as  long  as  the  trunk  lines  are  con- 
trolled by  large  companies,  who  prohibit  smaller  companies  connecting  with  their 
trunk  lines. 

Therefore  we,  the  committee  of  the  county  council  of  Prince  Edward  would 
recommend  that  the  government  of  Canada  take  over  or  control  the  trunk  lines  and 
give  all  telephone  companies  connection  with  said  trunk  lines  with  a  fair  tariff  per 
mile.    All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

•     D.    H.    YOUNG,    Warden. 
D.  T.  STAFFORD, 
B.  F.  WILSON, 
W.  S.  BENSON. 


No.  238. 

Summerside,  P.E.I.,  July  3,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — The  telephone  system  in  Summerside  is  operated  by  the  Telephone  Com- 
pany of  Prince  Edward  Island  who  control  the  telephone  business  throughout  Prinze 
Edward  Island. 

This  company's  trunk  lines  cover  all  parts  of  the  island  thoroughly.     Their  long 

distance  charges  are  25  cents  for  five  minutes'  conversation,  or  a  twenty-word  mess- 

,age  to  any  point  on  Prince  Edward  Island.     For  distances  under  10  miles  the  tariff 

is  15  cents.       Subscribers  are  allowed  an  additional  20  per  cent  discount  from  the 

above  rates. 

There  are  at  present  about  50  subscribers  to  the  Summerside  exchange.  The 
rates  charged  by  the  company  for  local  service  in  Summerside  are  as  follows:  Busi- 
ness telephones  $20  per  annum;  residence  telephones,  $15  per  annum. 

They  render  a  very  fair  service,  and  are  rapidly  improving  their  plant.  They 
have  almost  completed  the  installation  of  new  bronze  wire  circuits  for  all  sub- 
scribers, so  that  when  this  is  finished  we  may  expect  a  thoroughly  good  service.  I 
don't  think  that  any  change  in  ownership,  or  competition  would  benefit  us  in  any 
way,  as  we  could  hardly  expect  to  get  the  present  scale  of  charges  reduced.  I  am  of 
the  opinion  that  perhaps  it  would  be  wise  to  lay  down  some  general  method  or  sys- 
tem of  arranging  the  pole  lines  of  electric,  telegraph  and  telephone  companies,  to 
apply  to  future  extensions  or  reconstruction,  with  the  view  of  keeping  them  as  far 
apart,  and  with  as  few  intersections  as  possible,  as  there  seems  to  be  an  ever  present 
danger  from  accidental  crosses  between  those  lines.  Rural  service  is  not  rendered 
to  any  extent  to  individuals  throughout  this  country,  as  there  seems  to  be  little  de- 
mand for  such  among  the  farmers.  The  telephone  company,  however,  maintains  a 
large  number  of  toll  offices  all  over  the  country,  and  I  believe  that  a  great  number 
of  these  even  are  operated  at  a  loss. 

.  It  is  difficult  to  see  how  any  legislation  would  benefit  us,  and  the  telephone 
being  a  natural  monopoly,  competition  would  simply  mean  largely  duplicating  the 
present  system,  and  putting  us  to  the  expense  of  two  telephones  instead  of  one,  with- 
out corresponding  benefit. 

As  the  telegraph  system  touches  only  a  few  points  here,  comparatively  speaking, 
while  the  telephone  operates  in  all  the  outlying  sections,  it  would  almost  seem  that 
the  latter  should  receive  government  assistance  for  the  maintenance  of  their  non- 
paying  points,  and  for  the  further  extension  of  the  system  among  small  communities. 
I  believe  the  telephone  company  receive  a  small  subsidy  for  a  limited  time  from  the 
provincial  government  for  the  maintenance  of  some  of  their  smaller  offices.     We  at 


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present  have  no  telephonic  communication  with  the  mainland,  but  I  presume  that 
this  would  be  a  work  of  such  great  cost  that  it  would  not  be  self-supporting,  and  that 
it  therefore  cannot  be  undertaken  without  help  from  the  Dominion  government, 
though  it  would  be  a  great  benefit,  not  only  to  us,  but  also  to  the  neighbouring  pro- 
vinces. 

Yours  truly, 

WM.  T.  HUNT. 

No.  239. 

City  Clerk's  Office, 

Fredericton,  N.B.,  July  6,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — By  direction  of  the  city  council,  I  inclose  a  copy  of  the  report  of  the 
special  committees  of  this  council  in  reply  to  your  communication  of  May  29  last, 
respecting  telephone  system. 

I  have  the  honour  to  remain, 

Tours  very  truly, 

J.  W.  McCREADY, 

City  Clerk. 


No.  239a. 

To  His  Worship  the  Mayor  and  Members  of  the  City  Council: 

Gentlemen, — Your  committee  appointed  to  make  inquiries  concerning  the  tele- 
phone system  in  the  city  of  Fredericton  for  the  benefit  of  the  telephone  commission 
at  Ottawa,  after  careful  inquiry  beg  leave  to  submit  the  following  report : — 

The  telephone  company  doing  business  in  our  city  is  known  as  the  New  Brunswick 
Telephone  Company,  the  number  of  instruments  in  use  being  410,  and  the  service  and 
rates  are  evidently  satisfactory  to  all  parties,  as  we  never  hear  of  any  complaints.  The 
arrangement  between  the  city  and  the  said  company  is  of  a  most  satisfactory  nature. 
The  company  are  supplying  the  city  with  all  necessary  telephones  for  one-half  of  their 
regular  rates,  also  allowing  city  free  use  of  their  poles  for  fire  alarm  service. 

Considering  the  vast  number  of  shade  trees  in  our  city,  and  the  fact  of  two  electric 
companies  operating  a  system  of  high  voltage,  there  are  certain  times,  such  particularly 
as  spring  and  fall,  when  local  troubles  arise  through  grounds  and  induction,  and  with 
the  view  of  eleminating  those  troubles  as  much  as  possible,  the  telephone  company  at 
their  last  general  meeting  decided  upon  many  large  and  expensive  improvements.  We 
may  add  they  have  decided  upon  an  estimated  expenditure  of  $25,000  to  include  a  new 
exchange  building,  cabling,  conduit  W.R.R.,  and  the  installation  of  central  energy 
system  which  will  give  a  service  of  the  most  improved  and  up-to-date  kind. 

We  understand  that  the  commission  is  already  in  possession  of  the  long-distance 
rates  of  the  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company,  and  you  undoubtedly  find  said  rates 
are  much  lower  than  rates  charged  by  other  companies  with  the  same  service,  this  com- 
pany's line  being  equipped  with  copper  metallic  circuits,  and  whose  staff  is  of  efficient 
size  and  possessed  of  the  required  knowledge  to  keep  the  system  in  general  in  a  satis- 
factory working  order. 

Any  further  information  or  inquiries  you  may  require  which  the  committee  can 
furnish  we  most  cheerfully  offer. 

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The  committee  urge  the  wisdom  of  underground  wiring,  especially  on  business 
streets  of  cities,  for  the  sake  of  appearances  as  well  as  for  greater  ease  of  fighting  fires. 

W.  H.  McGLNN, 
D.   J.   STOCKFORD. 
J.    A.    EDWARDS. 
Fredericton,  N.B.,  July  1,  1905. 

No.  240. 

Secretary-Treasurer  Rural  Municipality  of  Springfield,  Man. — One  private  line  to 
neighbouring  village  here,  charge  on  same  being  10  cents  per  message.  Two  years  ago 
had  Bell  connection  with  Winnipeg,  16  miles  distant,  but  the  message  rate  and  rental 
were  prohibitive  to  rate  payers  and  the  service  was  discontinued.  Connection  with 
Winnipeg  and  rural  districts  much  needed. 

No.  241. 

Township  Clerk  of  Municipality  of  Starrington,  Ont. — No  system  here.  Greatly 
feel  the  need  of  telephone  service,  which  would  be  far  better  than  rural  mail  delivery. 
Would  no  doubt  give  bonus  and  hopes  the  government  will  take  action  in  the  matter. 

No.  242. 

Cleric  of  Houghton,  Ontario. — No  service  here.  Think  government  should  assist 
in  the  matter. 

No.  243. 

County  Council  of  Soulanges,  Que. — Council  satisfied  with  service  in  general,  but 
suggests  that  local  pay  stations  be  not  established  in  hotels  and  that  installations  at 
local  offices  in  the  county  be  free.  At  present  they  are  charged  $25  per  annum,  and  do' 
not  realize  that  amount. 

No.  244. 

Clerk  of  Municipal  Council,  Township  of  Huron,  Ontario. — Bell  pay-station  only 
here.  Long-distance  rates  too  high.  If  service  was  cheaper  rural  population  would  use 
it  more,  at  present  do  not  appreciate  its  usefulness. 

No.  245. 

Secretary-Treasurer,  City  of  Prince  Albert,  Sash. — Bell  has  93  subscribers  at  rates: 
residence,  $20  up  to  one  mile,  $4  each  additional  one-quarter  mile.  Business,  $30  up 
to  half  mile,  beyond,  $4  each  additional  quarter  mile.  No  long-distance  or  rural  service. 
Service  was  most  unsatisfactory,  but  since  the  metallic  lines  installed  is  better. 

No.  246. 

Town  Clerk,  Wetland,  Ontario. — Bell  has  101  subscribers,  $15.  No  night  service. 
Several  complaints  of  charges  being  too  high  to  suit  public.  Placing  of  unsightly 
poles,  digging  up  of  streets,  cutting  down  beautiful  shade  trees,  also  complained  of. 

No.  247. 

Town  Clerk  of  Hantsport,  N.S. — Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Company  giving  good 
service,  charges  reasonable,  six  subscribers. 


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No.  248. 

Secretary-Treasurer,  Bestigouche  County  Council,  N.B.—No  service. 

No.  249. 

Clerk,  Rochester  Township,  Ontario.— Four  villages  in  township  and  two  Bell 
offices.  Company  was  bonused  to  install  these.  Service  fair,  but  rates  too  high  to 
permit  much  use  of  it.     People  suffer  for  want  of  service  at  reasonable  rates. 

No.  250. 

Clerk  of  Township  of  Cardiff,  Ontario.— Only  service  private  wire  of  I.  B.  &  0. 
Railroad.  Word  telephone  has  no  meaning  to  many  inhabitants.  Weekly  mail  only 
communication  with  outside  world. 

No.  251. 

Town  Clerk  of  Kincardine,  Ontario. — Bell  system.     No  complaint. 

No.  252. 

THE  INDEPENDENT  TELEPHONE  ASSOCIATION  OF  WISCONSIN. 

Officers— Richard  Valentine,   President,  Janesville;    H.   G.   Slater,  Vice-President, 
Waupaca;    H.  C.  Winter,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Madison. 

Janesville,  Wis.,  July  3,  1905. 

Chairman    Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

My  Dear  Siit^Enclosed  I  hand  you  a  copy  of  Bill  263 — A,  which  was  lately 
made  a  law  of  the  state  of  Wisconsin.  I  also  send  you  a  part  of  the  Senate  Journal, 
in  which  is  given  the  opinion  of  the  Attorney  General  on  the  constitutionality  of 
the  measure. 

Sincerely  yours, 

RICHARD  VALENTINE, 

President. 


No.  252a. 

A  BILL 

To  prohibit  discrimination  in  the  charges  of  telephone  rentals  in  different  cities 
and  villages  and  fixing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  do 
enact  as  follows : 

Section  1.  There  is  hereby  created  and  added  to  the  statutes  of  1898  a  new  section 
to  be  known  and  to  read  as  follows:  Section  1791a-l.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
individual,  company,  partnership  or  corporation,  owning,  controlling,  or  operating 
telephone  exchanges  in  two  or  more  cities  or  villages  in  this  state  to  charge  any  in- 
dividual, company,  partnership  or  corporation  in  one  city  or  village,  a  greater  or  a 
lesser  rental  for  exchange  telephone  service  than  he  or  it  charges  any  other  individual, 
company,  partnership  or  corporation  residing  in  any  other  city  or  village  of  the  same 
class,  as  denned  herein,  for  like  telephone  exchange  service.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  individual,  company,  partnership  or  corporation,  owning,  controlling  or  operating 

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telephone  exchanges  in  cities  and  villages  of  different  classes,  as  herein  defined,  to 
charge  a  higher  rental  for  exchange  telephone  service  in  any  city,  or  village,  of  a  lower 
class  than  he  or  it  shall  charge  for  a  like  service  in  any  city  or  village  of  a  higher 
class.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  cities  and  villages  shall  be  classified  as  fol- 
lows, according  to  the  last  preceding  state  or  federal  census,  to  wit : 

Cities  of  the  first  or  highest  class,  those  above  100,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  second  class,  75,000  to  100,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  third  class,  50,000  to  75,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  fourth  class,  40,000  to  50,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  fifth  class,  30,000  to  40,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  sixth  class,  25,000  to  30,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  seventh  class,  20,000  to  25,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  eighth  class,  15,000  to  20,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  ninth  class,  10,000  to  15,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  tenth  class,  7,000  to  10,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  eleventh  class,  5,000  to  7,000  population. 

Cities  of  the  twelfth  class,  3,000  to  5,000  population. 

This  section  shall  not  apply  to  telephone  exchanges  owned,  controlled  or  operated 
by  any  individual,  company,  partnership  or  corporation  in  cities  or  villages  having  a 
population  of  less  than  three  thousand  according  to  the  last  state  or  United  States 
census.  Any  individual,  company,  partnership  or  corporation  violating  or  failing  to 
comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  shall,  for  each  and  every  such  violation 
or  failure,  forfeit  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  one- 
half  thereof  to  belong  and  be  payable  to  the  person  prosecuting. 

Section  2.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage  and 
publication. 


No.  252b. 

OPINION  OF  ATTORNEY  GENERAL 

May  31,  1905. 
To  the  Honourable  Senate  of  Wisconsin: 

Gentlemen, — I  am  in  receipt  of  the  request  of  your  honourable  body  that  I  give 
you  my  opinion  as  to  the  constitutionality  of  Bill  No.  263,  A.,  entitled :  '  A  Bill  to 
prohibit  discrimination  in  charges  of  telephone  rentals  in  different  cities  and  villages, 
raid  fixing  a  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof.' 

The  Bill  classifies  cities,  according  to  population,  into  twelve  classes,  and  for- 
bids telephone  companies  operating  telephone  exchanges  in  two  or  more  cities  from 
charging  greater  or  less  rental  for  exchange  telephone  service  in  any  city  of  the  same 
class,  and  also  prohibits  a  higher  rental  charge  for  exchange  telephone  service  in  any 
city  of  a  lower  class  than  shall  be  charged  for  a  like  service  in  any  city  of  a  higher 
class. 

The  purpose  of  the  Bill  is  said  to  be  to  prevent  telephone  companies  having  ex- 
changes in  more  than  one  city  from  levying  tribute  on  the  people  of  one  city  in  the 
form  of  higher  rentals  for  the  purpose  of  driving  a  competitor  in  another  city  out 
of  business.  In  other  words,  the  purpose  of  the  Bill  is  said  to  be  to  prevent  a 
monopoly  in  the  telephone  business. 

A  telephone  company  is  a  common  carrier  of  messages  and  enjoys  those  rights,  and 
must  perform  those  duties  that  exist  in  all  cases  where  private  property  is  used  in  a 
business  in  which  the  public  has  a  common  interest. 

A  telephone  system  is  simply  a  means  for  the  transmission  of  intelligence  and  news. 
In  other  words,  it  is  a  common  carrier  of  information. 

It  is  an  undisputed  proposition  that  the  legislature  has  the  power  to  regulate  the 
charges  of,  and  to  prescribe  reasonable  regulations  for  all  common  carriers.     The  tele- 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

phone,  by  the  necessities  of  commerce  and  public  use,  has  become  a  public  servant — a 
factor  in  the  commerce  of  the  nation  and  a  great  portion  of  the  civilized  world.  It  has, 
and  must  be  held  to  have,  taken  the  place  by  the  side  of  the  telegraph  as  a  common 
carrier. 

State  vs.  Neb.  Telephone  Co.,  22  N.  W.,  237,  239. 

See  also  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co.  vs.  Call  Pub.  Co.,  44  Neb.,  326. 

State  ex  rel.  vs.  Delaware  Telephone  Co.,  47  Fed.,  633. 

Telegraph  Co.  vs.  Tex.,  105  U.S.,  460. 

A  common  carrier  is  bound  to  serve  the  public  at  reasonable  rates  and  without 
unjust  discrimination,  either  as  to  price  or  the  manner  of  service. 

Gardner  vs.  Telephone  Co.,  7  Am.  Elec.  Cases,  867. 

Munn  vs.  111.,  94  U.S..  113. 

'  A  telephone  system  is  simply  a  system  for  the  transmission  of  intelligence  and 
news.     It  is,  perhaps,  in  a  limited  sense,  and  yet  in  a  strict  sense,  a  common  carrier. 

The  moment  it  establishes  a  telephonic  system  here  it  is 
bound  to  deal  equally  with  all  citizens  in  every  department  of  business,  and  the  moment 
it  opens  its  telephonic  system  to  one  telegraph  company,  that  moment  it  put  itself  in 
a  position  where  it  was  bound  to  open  its  system  to  any  other  telegraph  company  ten- 
dering equal  pay  for  equal  service.' 

State  ex  rel.  vs.  Delaware  Telephone  Co.,  47  Fed.,  633. 

Under  the  form  of  regulation,  however,  the  state  cannot  deprive  a  telephone  com- 
pany of  a  reasonable  compensation  for  services  performed. 

Smith  vs.  Ames,  169  Wis.,  466. 

It  follows,  therefore,  that  if  telephone  companies  are  common  carriers,  they  are  sub- 
ject to  reasonable  regulations  and  their  charges  may  be  controlled  by  the  s  tate.  Indeed, 
the  legislature  of  this  state  has  already  enacted  statutes  recognizing  the  right  of  super- 
vision and  control.  Section  1791a  was  enacted  to  prevent  discrimination  in  rates  in 
certain  cases.  Section  1778,  as  amended  by  chapter  319,  laws  of  1901,  grants  to  such 
corporations  the  right  of  eminent  domain.  It  is  claimed,  however,  that  this  Bill  does 
not  provide  for  such  regulation  as  the  legislature  is  authorized  to  impose.  It  has  been 
argued  against  its  validity  that  the  Bill  will  result  in  class  legislation,  discriminating 
against  some  and  favouring  others ;  that  it  denies  to  some  telephone  companies  the  equal 
protection  of  the  law  guaranteed  by  the  constitution ;  that  it  imposes  butdens  and  lia- 
bilities upon  some  which  are  not  cast  upon  others  similarly  situated. 

It  is  a  maxim  of  constitutional  law  that  the  legislature  can  not  pick  out  one  indi- 
vidual or  one  corporation  and  enact  that  one  shall  be  subject  to  certain  burdens,  while 
others  situated  in  the  same  circumstances  are  exempted  from  the  operation  of  the  law- 
It  must  be  admited  that  the  legislature  can  make  a  classification  of  individuals  or  co-- 
porations  and  impose  upon  such  class  special  burdens  and  liabilities;  but  it  cannot 
make  a  selection  obviously  unreasonable  and  arbitrary  if  the  discrimination  is  based 
upon  matters  which  have  no  relation  to  the  object  sought  to  be  accomplished. 

If  this  Bill  is  subject  to  these  criticisms,  of  course  it  would  be  void  if  it  became  a 
law.  It  is  permissible  to  classify,  but  the  classification  must  be  founded  on  real  dif- 
ferences.    Our  court  has  said  : 

'  It  is  a  trite  expression  that  classification,  in  order  to  be  legal,  must  be  rational. 
It  must  be  founded  upon  real  differences  of  situation  or  condition  which  bear  a  jusi 
and  proper  relation  to  the  attempted  classification  and  reasonably  justify  a  difference  of 
relation.' 

State  vs.  Black,  113  Wis.,  205. 

It  is  not  proposed  by  this  Bill  to  fix  the  rates  which  may  be  charged  by  telephone 
companies.  It  is  a  Bill  to  prevent  discrimination  in  rates,  not  by  all  companies  in  al' 
cities,  but  by  telephone  companies  doing  business  in  two  or  more  cities.  The  rates 
which  may  be  charged  by  any  telephone  company  are  not  attempted  to  be  fixed  or  regu- 
lated by  this  Bill.     The  Bill  is  designed  to  prevent: 

1.  A  telephone  company  from  discriminating  in  rates  between  cities  of  the  same 
class. 


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2.  To  prohibit  telephone  companies  operating  in  cities  of  different  classes  from 
charging  a  higher  rental  for  telephone  services  in  a  city  of  a  lower  class  than  it  shail 
charge  for  a  like  service  in  a  city  of  a  higher  class. 

The  rates,  however,  to  be  charged,  are  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  telephone  com- 
pany. 

The  question  which  arises  is,  whether  the  discrimination  in  charges  between  one 
city  and  another  is  such  a  matter  of  public  interest  and  concern  as  to  authorize  the 
legislative  action  to  prevent  it  under  the  police  power  of  the  state.  The  claim  is  made 
that  a  telephone  company  strong  enough  to  have  exchanges  in  several  cities  may  and 
does  make  its  charges  very  high  in  cities  where  it  has  no  competition,  for  the  purpose  of 
reducing  them  to  a  minimum  in  cities  where  there  is  competition,  and  by  this  means  be 
enabled  to  drive  the  lesser  company  out  of  business,  and  thus  obtain  a  monopoly  which 
it  may  use  thereafter  to  extort  higher  rates  from  its  patrons. 

]f  this  is  a  matter  fraught  with  danger  to  the  public  welfare,  then  the  classificaliOii 
of  companies  operating  in  two  or  more  cities  may  be  justified.  If  no  public  interest 
or  concern  can  be  subserved  by  such  a  classification,  then  the  legislature  would  have  no 
power  to  act  in  the  premises.  In  other  words,  if  no  reason  or  just  basis  exists  for  tbj 
fixing  of  uniform  rates  between  cities  as  classified  by  the  Bill,  then  there  is  not  a  con 
-titutional  classification. 

I  have  not  the  information  concerning  the  telephone  business  such  as  will  enable 
me  to  judge  of  this  matter  as  well  as  the  committee  having  this  Bill  in  charge,  who  no 
doubt  are  informed  as  to  the  necessity  of  regulating  the  matters  by  law  and,  as  to  this 
matter  of  public  concern,  you  are  better  able  to  judge  than  I. 

Our  court  has  sustained  the  right  of  the  legislature  to  classify  in  many  cases,  for 
the  purpose  of  taxation,  for  the  purpose  of  municipal  government  in  classifying  cities, 
and  in  other  matters  too  numerous  to  mention.  Whether  or  not  the  classification  is 
arbitrary  or  unreasonable  depends  upon  the  nature  of  the  danger  threatened  or  th.1 
wrong  to  be  remedied.  Courts  will  not  set  aside  a  classification  as  unreasonable  be- 
cause they  may  not  think  the  classification  the  best  that  might  have  been  adopted,  but 
only  when  they  can  see  that,  beyond  all  rational  doubt,  the  classification  is  arbitrary, 
unreasonable  and  unjust. 

'  Of  the  propriety  of  legislative  interference  within  the  scope  of  the  legislative 
power  the  legislature  is  the  exclusive  judge.' 

Munn  vs.  111.,  94  TJ.  S.,  113. 

It  is  also  a  maxim  of  constitutional  law  that  a  legislature  is  presumed  to  have 
acted  within  constitutional  limits,  with  full  knowledge  of  the  facts  and  with  the  pur- 
pose of  protecting  the  interests  of  the  people  as  a  whole,  and  the  courts  will  not  lightly 
hold  that  an  Act  duly  passed  by  the  legislature  was  one  in  the  enactment  of  which  it 
had  transcended  its  powers. 

The  provisions  of  the  Bill  seem  to  violate  no  vested  rights;  it  does  not  impair  the 
obligations  of  contracts,  nor  do  its  provisions  deny  to  any  person  or  company  the  equal 
protection  of  the  laws,  and  there  seems  to  be  no  deprivation  of  property  without  due 
process  of  law.  I  am  unable  to  see  that  the  classification  made  by  this  Bill  is  unjust 
and  unreasonable,  or  that  the  discrimination  in  telephone  rentals,  which  the  Bill  designs 
to  remedy,  is  without  the  police  power  of  the  state,  and  therefore  not  the  subject  of 
legislative  action.  If,  in  fact,  there  is  a  wrong  to  be  righted,  then,  in  my  opinion,  there 
is  nothing  in  the  Bill  which  makes  it  obnoxious  to  any  constitutional  provision. 

The  classification  is  based  on  population,  and  a  further  classification  is  made  to 
depend  on  whether  or  not  a  telephone  company  does  business  in  two  or  more  cities. 

Discrimination  in  charges  between  two  cities  cannot  be  in  the  nature  of  things 
enforced  as  to  a  telephone  company  doing  business  in  only  one  city.  And  therefore,  if 
discrimination  in  rates  between  cities  is  to  be  prevented,  the  classification  of  telephone 
companies  doing  business  in  two  or  more  cities  is  a  natural  classification  based  on  a 
situation  made  necessary  by  the  situation,  and  cannot  be  said  to  be  an  arbitrary  one. 


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Classification  based  on  the  population  of  cities  has  been  sustained  by  tlie  highest 
court  of  this  state,  as  well  as  by  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  in  the  great  case 
of  Munn  vs.  Illinois,  94  U.  S.,  113. 

Kespectfully  submitted, 

L.  M.  STURDEVANT, 

Attorney  General. 

No.  253. 

THE  MUNICIPALITY  OF  THE  COUNTY  OF  SHERBROOKE. 

E.  B.  Worthington,  Secretary-treasurer.  Sherbrooke,  P.Q.,  June  30,  1905. 

To  the  Chairman, 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 
Sir,— Your   circular   letter  of    June    2    last    in    reference    to   the  efficiency   of 
tiie  telephone  systems  in  this  section,  and  asking  if  same  gave  general  satisfaction, 
was  laid  before  the  general  quarterly  session  of  this  county  council  held  on  the  four- 
teenth day  of  June  last,  and  the  following  is  an  extract  from  the  minutes  :— 

It  was  moved  by  Mayor  Joseph  Allard,  seconded  by  Mayor  Alfred  Gauthier,  and 
resolved,  that  the  secretary  be  instructed  to  write  the  commission,  explaining  that 
we  are  satisfied  with  the  telephone  systems  in  this  locality,  but  that  we  believe  that 
the  Bell  Telephone  Company  should  not  have  the  monopoly  in  connection  with  the 
Railway  Stations,  and  that  other  companies  should  have  the  same  privileges. 

I  remain, 
Your  truly, 
E.  B.  WORTHINGTON, 

Secretary-treasurer. 

No.  254. 

THE  UNION  OF  CANADIAN  MUNICIPALITIES. 

President,  Hon.  Secretary-treasurer, 

Thomas  Urquhart,  Esq.,  W.  D.  Lighthall,  M.A.. 

Mayor  of  Toronto.  Ex-Mayor  of  Westmount. 

G.  S.  Wilson,  Asst.  Secretary,  L.  N.  Senecal, 

Bureau  of  Information.  Sec.  de  la  Prov.  de  Que., 

107  St.  James  St.,  Montreal.  St.  Henri. 

Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G.,  Montreal,  August  28,  1905. 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 
Dear  Sir, — I  have  the  honour  of  transmitting  you  herewith  a  copy  of  a  resolution 
on  the  subject  of  the  Dominion  Telephone  Committee,  which  was  passed  xmanimously 
at  its  fifth  annual  convention  at  Winnipeg,  July  last. 

Yours  respectfully, 

W.  D.  LIGHTHALL, 

Hon.  Sec.-Treas.,  U.C.M. 

No.  254a. 

resolution. 

Moved  by  Controller  Ward,  of  Toronto,  seconded  by  Mayor  Emerson,  of  Calgary, 
That  this  convention  hails  with  satisfaction  the  inquiry  into  the  telephonic  conditions 
at  present  existing  in  Canada,  carried  on  during  the  past  session  of  parliament  by  the 
Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems,  under  the  able  chairmanship  of  the  Post- 
master General;  and  congratulates  the  government  upon  the  voluminous  and  valuable 
information  regarding  this  important  question  which  has  been  secured  by  the  Com- 


218  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

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mittee  and  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  municipal  and  other    public    bodies    in   the 
Dominion. 

This  convention  is  strongly  of  opinion  that  the  time  has  arrived  when  the  long- 
distance telephone  service  should  no  longer  be  operated  as  a  monopoly  for  private  gain, 
and  that  this  service  should  be  owned  and  operated  by  the  Federal  government  under 
conditions  which  will  enable  every  telephone  user  to  have  unrestricted  intercommuni- 
cation between  all  local  systems  now  in  operation,  or  which  may  be  hereafter 
established. — Carried  unanimously. 

No.  255. 

To  the  Honourable  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Chairman  of  the  Telephone  Committee, 

and  Members  of  the  House  of  Commons  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada, 
in  Parliament  assembled. 

The  Petition  of  the  County  Council  of  the  County  of  Bruce,  humbly  sheweth : 

That  in  the  opinion  of  this  council  the  time  has  arrived  when  the  telephone  sys- 
tems of  the  country  should  become  national  institutions  under  the  management  and 
control  of  the  Post  Office  Department.  Every  private  or  company  owned  institution  is 
conducted  with  a  view  to  profit,  and  it  follows,  as  a  matter  of  course,  that  the  Bell 
Telephone  Company,  which  is  virtually  a  monopoly,  must  charge  high,  if  not  exhorbi- 
tant  rates,  for  the  services  rendered,  in  order  to  produce  dividends  for  the  stock- 
holders. That  there  should  be  no  tax  on  knowledge  is  a  recognized  principle  of  gov- 
ernment in  this  country,  and  it  is  upon  this  principle  that  our  postal  service  is  not 
expected  to  produce  a  revenue.  There  is  a  close  parallel  between  communication  by 
mail  and  communication  by  wire,  and  if  one  should  be  maintained  at  the  bare  cost  of 
operation,  why  not  the  other?  We  would,  therefore,  urge  upon  the  Dominion  govern- 
ment the  importance  of  assuming  as  speedily  as  possible  the  management  and  control 
of  the  telephone  business  of  the  country,  believing  that  if  the  idea  of  profit  were  elim- 
inated, the  cost  to  the  public  would  be  materially  reduced,  and  as  a  natural  conse- 
quence this  means  of  communication  brought  within  the  reach  of  a  much  greater  num- 
ber of  people.  And  the  clerk  is  hereby  instructed  to  forward  a  copy  of  this  resolution 
to  Sir  William  Mulock,  Chairman  of  the  Telephone  Committee  now  in  session  at  the 
House  of  Commons,  Mr.  P.  H.  Mackenzie,  member  for  South  Bruce,  and  Mr.  L.  T. 
Bland,  member  for  North  Bruce. 

And  your  petitioners  will  ever  pray. 

WM.  MACDONALD, 

Warden. 
W.  S.  GOULD, 

Clerk. 

No.  256. 

EEPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  RE  TELEPHONES. 

Council  Room,  Sarnia,  Ont.,  June  13,  1905. 
To  the  Warden  and  Councillors  of  the  County  of  Lambton: 

Your  committee  appointed  to  prepare  an  answer  to  the  circular  from  the  Hon. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  beg  leave  to  report  as  follows : — 

1.  The  system  in  use  is  that  operated  by  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and  there 
is  no  other  in  use  in  the  county. 

There  are  seven  different,  exchanges  in  the  county,  viz. :  Sarnia  and  Point  Edward, 
400  subscribers;  Petrolea,  150;  Forest,  50;  Oil  Springs,  17;  Watford,  17;  Brigden,  10; 
Alvinston,  1;  Sombra,  2;  Inwood,  1.    Total  of  648  subscribers. 

There  are  other  telephone  stations  connected  with  the  system  in  the  county,  as 
follows:  Camlachie,  Ravenswood,  Aberarder,  McCormicks,  Wyoming,  Oil  City,  Mar- 
thaville,  Florence,  Edy's  Mills,  Courtright,  Weesbeach,  Bunyan,  Osborne. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Rates :  For  long  distance  equipment  in  Sarnia,  $30  for  business  offices ;  $25  for 
residential  places. 

The  above  is  for  individual  metallic  circuit  line.  Blake  equipment,  $5  less  for 
each  in  Petrolea,  $5  less  than  in  Sarnia.     In  the  smaller  places,  $15  per  annum. 

The  company  will  give  telephones  to  farmers  and  residents  in  the  rural  districts 
at  $20  per  annum,  provided  there  is  one  subscriber  for  each  mile  of  line  outside  the 
limits  of  a  municipality  have  a  regular  exchange.  The  Bell  Company  has  never 
been  requested  to  put  in  rural  service  except  in  two  instances,  and  service  was  imme- 
diately installed.  They  have  met  all  demands  for  service  thus  far.  The  present  system 
seems  to  satisfy  the  public  so  far  as  it  is  possible  under  the  circumstances.  There  are 
points  in  the  county  which  should,  in  our  opinion,  be  connected  with  the  long-distance 
lines,  viz.:  Rutherford,  Oakdale,  Corunna,  Aberfeldy,  Wilkesport  and  other  places. 
With  these  exceptions,  the  county  is  fairly  well  covered. 

This  county  council  would  approve  of  a  well  matured  scheme  for  managing  the 
telephone  service  of  the  country  by  the  government  in  much  the  same  manner  as  the 
post  office  department,  and  would  approve  of  having  the  same  fully  extended  through 
the  rural  districts  at  as  reasonable  rates  as  the  actual  cost  will  permit,  if  after  investi- 
gation such  should  be  deemed  feasible  and  advisable. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted.  F.  C.  WATSON, 

Chairman. 

No.  257. 

J.  R.  McNeillie,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

The  Chairman,  Lindsay,  Ont.,  July  19,  1905. 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
House  of  Commons,  Ottawa. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour,  by  instructions  from  the  council  of  the  county  of  Vic- 
toria, to  reply  to  your  letter  of  June  2,  asking  for  information  respecting  the 
telephonic  conditions  in  this  locality. 

It  was  present  to  the  mind  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  council  to  deal 
with  your  communication,  that  some  years  ago  there  had  been  a  contest  between  the 
Bell  Telephone  Company  and  some  private  individuals  respecting  the  extension  of 
telephone  service  to  various  points  in  the  county  of  Victoria,  and  that  Mr.  J.  G.  Eyres, 
now  of  Lindsay,  was  an  active  combatant  on  the  side  of  the  public.  An  interview  with 
Mr.  Eyres  shows  him  to  be  the  historian  of  an  event  in  telephone  affairs  which  is 
worthy  of  being  recorded  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Select  Committee  of  the  House  of 
Commons.  Mr.  Eyres  and  those  who  were  associated  with  him  won  a  notable  victory. 
The  leader  is,  naturally,  not  desirous  of  being  called  before  the  Committee,  but  should 
the  taking  of  evidence  be  continued  at  the  next  session  of  parliament,  the  testimony 
Mr.  Eyres  could  give  would  throw  a  flood  of  light  on  the  methods  of  the  company  in 
preventing  and  withholding  service  from  what  the  company  may  declare  to  be  non- 
paying  points,  unless  forced  by  the  enterprise  and  courage  of  interested  persons. 

To  Mr.  Eyres  and  his  colleagues  is  owing  the  result  that  the  service  given  by  the 
company  extends  to  almost  every  village  and  grain-buying  station  in  the  county  of 

Victoria. 

Besides  the  service  given  by  the  company,  there  is  a  private  system  covering  the 
southern  portion  of  the  township  of  Mariposa,  with  which  the  company  gives  connec- 
tion at  the  village  of  Little  Britain. 

On  the  main' question,  the  council  adheres  to  the  terms  of  their  petition  to  His 
Excellency  the  Governor-General  in  January  last,  that  the  long-distance  telephone 
business  of  the  Dominion  should  be  owned  and  operated  by  the  government. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 
J.  R.  McNEILLIE, 

Clerk,  County  of  Victoria. 


220  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  258.  County  Clerk's  Office,  County  of  Halton, 

Milton,  Ont.,  August  18,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulook, 

Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephones. 
Sir, — The  county  council  of  Halton  has  instructed  me  to  say,  in  answer  to  your 
letter  of  June  2  last,  that,  while  no  special  complaint  is  offered  as  to  the  efficiency  of 
the  system  in  this  county,  the  use  of  the  telephone  would  be  much  more  general,  and 
the  service  to  the  public  made  thereby  more  efficient  if  a  substantial  reduction  were 
made  in  the  charges  that  now  prevail.  The  council  believes  that  a  general  adoption  of 
the  telephone  throughout  the  rural  districts  would  be  of  great  benefit  to  all  concerned. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

WM.  P  ANTON, 

County  Clerk. 

No.  259. 

York  County,  N.B. 

To  the  Honourable  Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Inquiry,  Sir  William 
Mulock. 

Sir, — In  response  to  your  letter  addressed  to  the  municipality  of  York,  under  date 
of  June  3,  last,  through  its  secretary,  F.  St.  John  Bliss,  the  Committee  appointed  by 
the  warden  of  York  county  at  the  semi-annual  session  of  the  county  council,  held  on 
Tuesday,  July  4,  1905,  beg  leave  to  report  as  follows: — 

We  have  within  the  confines  of  our  county  two  systems  of  telephone  connection, 
the  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company  of  some  years'  standing  and  operation,  doing 
a  long  distance  business  entirely  through  pay  stations  at  toll  rates  located  at  a  few 
scattered  points,  the  said  company  operating  a  fairly  good  service  of  its  kind,  i.e.,  one 
controlled  by  a  private  corporation,  which  has  enjoyed  up  to  last  year  a  monopoly  ^>f 
the  telephone  business  of  this  county  at  rates  that  in  many  cases  must  show  a  large 
margin  of  profit  for  the  company  over  and  above  a  fair  return  on  their  money  invested. 
The  pay  stations  of  the  New  Brunswick  Company  in  the  county  outside  of  the  city 
of  Fredericton  exchange,  at  present  number  about  nineteen  (19),  which  covers  but  a 
small  portion  of  the  rural  field.  The  New  Brunswick  Company  do  not  lease  'phones 
anywhere,  operating  solely  on  the  pay  station  toll  rate  system,  outside  of  cities  and 
towns. 

In  contrast  with  the  New  Brunswick  Company,  a  new  company  known  as  the 
Union  Telephone  Company,  entered  the  western  end  of  our  county  in  the  month  of 
May,  1904.  This  company  is  operated  solely  on  a  mutual  co-operation  basis.  Tiny  are 
seeking  to  ruralize  the  telephone  system  of  York  county,  they  have  in  a  large  measure 
done  in  the  counties  of  Carleton  and  Victoria  to  the  north.  They  built  and  operated 
last  year  a  circuit,  covering  some  fifty  miles  in  York  county,  on  which  they  have 
leased  twenty-six  'phones,  many  of  them  in  farmers'  houses,  and  they  are  now  con- 
structing a  main  line  of  thirty-seven  miles  following  the  St.  John  river  to  Fredericton, 
the  capital  of  the  province,  and  will  commence  work  on  two  branch  lines  of  fourteen 
and  sixteen  miles  respectively  to  connect  with  main  line  in  a  few  days.  All  of  these 
three  districts  are  now  without  telephone  connection,  and  a  number  of  telephones  have 
been  subscribed  for  on  each  circuit — more  of  course  will  doubtless  be  taken  when  con- 
struction is  completed. 

They  are  building  these  new  extensions  in  York  county  in  a  substantial  manner, 
and  putting  on  the  latest  improvements  and  appliances  known  to  the  business.  Their 
main  line  is  to  be  number  12  copper  wire,  continuous  circuit  of  two  wires  for  long- 
distance business,  and  for  local  circuits  two  number  9  copper  wires  will  be  used,  mak- 
ing metallic  circuits  throughout.  The  instruments  used  are  to  be  the  newest  and  best 
made.  All  the  people  are  asked  to  take  stock,  for  purposes  of  extension  of  the  system 
through  their  individual  territory,  thus  participating  in  profits  as  well  as  privileges, 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

and  making  the  system  thoroughly  mutual.  As  to  rates :  They  are  charging  $15  per 
annum  for  f armers'_  'phones  with  free  use  of  circuits  and  a  small  switching  charge  in 
addition  for  long  distances  outside  of  the  circuits,  which  average  35  to  50  miles. 

From  inquiry  among  the  people  who  are  now  stockholders  and  lessees  of  tele- 
phoney  on  the  lines  of  the  Union  Telephone  Company,  we  would  report  that  the  great- 
est satisfaction  exists  with  the  new  system,  and  it  is  being  adopted  and  called  for  in 
new  districts  more  rapidly  than  the  company  at  present  can  build,  though  everything 
we  are  assured  will  be  done  to  expedite  the  work  of  connecting  the  different  parishes 
in  the  county,  and  linking  all  the  different  districts  together. 

In  regard  to  government  ownership  of  telephone  lines,  we  have  to  say  that,  that  is 
a  matter  that  in  our  limited  scope  of  time  for  consideration,  we  do  not  care  to  hazard 
an  opinion  further  than  to  say  we  do  not  think  that  our  county  with  the  development 
of  telephone  work  going  on  at  present,  could  be  better  served  by  government  owner- 
ship. 

Eespectfully  submitted. 

HEDLEY  F.  GEOSVENOE, 
M.  BYEON  McNALLY, 
Certified.  Committee. 

F.  ST.  JOHN  BLISS, 

Secretary-Treasurer, 

York  County,  N.B. 


No.  260. 

Yarmouth,  N.S.,  July  28,  1905. 
Sir  Wii.  Mulock, 

Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Dear  Sir, — I  am  instructed  by  the  town  council  of  the  town  of  Yarmouth  to  sub- 
mit the  following  regarding  telephonic  conditions  in  our  town : — 

The  principal  telephone  operating  in  this  section  is  a  joint  stock  company,  witb 
237  subscribers. 

The  rate  charged  to-  business  people  is  $22  per  annum ;  if  Blake  sets  are  used,  the 
charge  is  $5  additional,  giving  complete  long-distance  service.  Eesidences  are  $17  per 
annum. 

The  service  is  as  efficient  as  can  be  expected  from  a  grounded  system  which  is  out 
of  date. 

Owing  to  the  present  rate  charged,  and  the  small  number  of  subscribers,  it  is 
plain  to  be  seen  that  the  revenue  would  not  be  adequate  to  warrant  the  instalment  of 
an  up-to-date  metallic  system. 

Eegarding  the  long-distance  service,  the  same  might  apply,  as  the  grounded  system 
is  still  in  use.  Sections  of  the  long-distance  lines  are  owned  by  small  companies,  and 
are  probably  not  what  they  should  be.  These  different  companies  are  not  in  a  position 
to  expend  what  would  be  required  to  furnish  an  up-to-date  service. 

The  present  town  system  has  connections  with  all  towns  and  villages  of  any  size. 

The  fee  for  outside  messages,  20  cents  for  five  minutes  conversation. 

The  quality  of  outside  service  depends  to  a  certain  extent  on  atmospheric  condi- 
tions, lines  being  grounded. 

In  conclusion,  I  might  say  the  system  may  be  as  good  as  we  can  reasonably  ex- 
pect from  the  present  conditions,  but  is  very  much  inferior  to  towns  of  our  size,  say 
for  instance  in  the  United  States. 

I  am,  dear  sir,  yours  truly, 

HIEAM  GOUDEY, 

Town  Clerk. 


222  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
No.  261.  LETHBRIDGE  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 

M.  Young,  President.      L.  M.  Johnstone,  Vice-president.      F.  H.  Barnes,  Secretary. 
Hon.  Wm.  Mulook,  Lethbridge,  Alberta,  July  20,  1905. 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa,  Ont. 
Dear  Sir,— Referring  to  your  circular  letter  of  June  2,  I  beg  to  advise  you  that 
I  have  obtained  the  following  information  concerning  the  telephone  system  in  this 
town: — 

Business  rate  in  town $35 

Residence  rate  in  town  (with  business  'phone  also) 20 

Residence  rate  without  business 25 

Desk  'phone,  $3  extra ;  extension  'phone,  $10  extra. 
There  are  130  telephones  in  Lethbridge. 

I  have  also  been  instructed  by  the  board  to  state  that  we  found  the  service  very 
satisfactory,  but  that  in  our  opinion  the  rates  are  excessive. 

Yours  truly, 

F.  H.  BARNES, 

Secretary. 

No.  262.  TOWN  OF  INNISFAIL. 

James  Jenson,  Secretary-treasurer.  Innisfail,  Alta.,  August  8,  1905. 

Be  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you  that  the  above  subject  was  discussed  last 
evening  at  the  meeting  of  the  town  council,  and  the  resolution  was  passed  that  I 
should  inform  you  that: 

The  Bell  Telephone  Company  are  operating  the  local  and  long-distance  telephone 
in  the  district  of  Innisfail,  that  they  are  just  commencing  operations  in  this  district, 
and  that  we  are  not  in  a  position  to  speak  of  the  success  or  non-success  of  the  system 
at  present. 

The  following  are  the  rates : — 


Call. 

Toll 

Da-s 

Toll  Night. 

<  ImOK. 

Day. 

Night. 

:;  Minutes. 

Per  Minute 

<  >\c TtillH'. 

3  Minutes. 

Pet  Minute 
Overtime. 

cts. 

cts. 

cts. 

50 
30 
30 
25 
25 
30 
30 
50 
50 
60 
60 
70 
70 

cts. 

15 
10 
10 
05 
05 
10 
10 
15 
15 
20 
20 
20 
20 

cts. 

25 
25 

25 
25 

■s< 

25 

25 
25 
25 
30 
30 
35 
35 

cts. 
05 

05 

Didsbury  

Olds 



05 
05 

05 

05 
05 

05 

Wetaskwin 

05 

Millett 

10 
10 

10 

10 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Yours  truly, 

JAS.  JENSON, 

Secretary-treasurer. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  263. 

Macleod,  Alberta,  July  18,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.O.M.G., 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 
Sir,— We,  the  undersigned,  appointed  a  committee  by  the  council  of  the  town  of 
Macleod  for  the  purpose  of  answering  your  letter  of  date  June  2,  1905,  referring  to 
the  telephone  system  of  this  locality,  beg  to  reply  to  the  same  as  follows  :— 

(1.)  The  Macleod  telephone  system  is  owned  and  operated  by  a  local  company, 
and  has  no  long-distance  connection. 

(2.)  There  are  about  62  subscribers,  and  the  rates  are  $30  per  annum  for  business 
service,  and  $18  for  residences. 

(3.)  The  service  of  the  present  system  is  found  to  be  satisfactory  to  the  extent  of 
its  present  limits. 

(4.)  There  is  immediate  and  pressing  need  of  long-distance  connection  with  Cal- 
gary, Lethbridge.  Pincher  Creek  and  elsewhere,  and  we  believe  that  a  company  that 
would  be  satisfied  with  a  reasonable  profit  would  have  ample  business  to  justify  the 
outlay.  We  have  been  informed  that  the  present  company  has  considered  the  matter, 
but  are  deterred  by  the  practical  certainty  of  later  being  crushed  out  by  the  Bell  Tele- 
phone Company. 

We  are,  sir,  yours  faithfully, 

C  J.  REACH, 
ARTHUR  YOUNG. 

No.  264. 

CORPORATION   OF   THE   CITY   OF   NANAIMO. 

Office  of  the  City  Clerk, 

Nanaimo,  B.C.,  July  12,  1905. 
The  Honourable  Postmaster  General, 

Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — Your  communication  of  June  2  re  telephone  matters  in  this  city,  was  laid 
before  the  municipal  council,  and  was  referred  by  that  body  to  a  committee  for  report. 
At  the  last  meeting  of  the  council  a  report  was  presented,  from  which  I  was  directed 
to  send  the  following : — 

1.  The  system  in  this  city  is  controlled  by  a  private  company,  and  the  service  is 
fairly  good.    There  are  about  175  subscribers. 

2.  The  charges  are,  for  'phones  in  business  houses,  $3.50  per  month,  and  in  resi- 
dences $2  per  month. 

The  charge  for  use  of  the  trunk  line  to  Victoria  and  elsewhere  on  the  Island,  is 
from  25  to  50  cents,  according  to  the  distance,  for  two  minute  conversations. 

The  council  considers  that  these  rates  are  higher  than  they  should  be,  and  they 
strongly  favour  government  ownership  of  all  telephone  lines,  as  then  communication 
may  be  had  with  outlying  sections,  which  under  the  present  system  might  not  be  con- 
sidered profitable,  but  which  would  be  of  great  mutual  advantage. 

The  council  would  also  like  to  see  some  measure  of  municipal  control,  especially 
with  regard  to  the  placing  of  pole  lines  in  the  streets. 

And  they  would  also  suggest  that  every  private  corporation  using  the  streets  for 
their  business  should  provide  the  members  of  the  council  and  municipal  officers  with 
'phones  free  during  their  terms  of  office. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant. 

S.  GOUGH. 

City  Cleric. 


224  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  265. 

RICHMOND  MUNICIPALITY. 

A.  B.  Dixon,  C.M.C. 

Eburne,  B.C.,  July  13,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 
Sir, — In  reply  to  yours  of  June  2,  re  inquiry  into  telephone  systems  in  operation 
in  this  locality,  I  have  the  honour  to  submit  the  following : — 

This  locality  is  served  by  a  branch  of  the  system  operated  by  the  N.  W.  &  B.  I. 
Telephone  Company,  of  Vancouver,  B.C. 

This  company  has  two  central  offices,  and  have  about  twenty  subscribers.  The 
charge  to  subscribers  is  thirty-five  dollars  per  year,  which  does  not  include  long-dis- 
tance charges. 

The  rates  charged  the  public  is  10  cents,  with  about  one  cent  per  mile  added  for 
long-distance  messages. 

The  Richmond  council  would  much  prefer  the  government  ownership  of  the  tele- 
phone systems. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

A.  B.  DIXON, 

C.  M.  0. 

No.  266. 

MUNICIPALITY   OF  MATSQUI. 

Abbottsford,  B.C.,  July  29,  1905. 
The  Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  and  Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on 
Telephone  Systems,  Ottawa. 
Hon.  Sir, — I  am  directed  by  the  Matsqui  council,  at  its  meeting  held  to-day,  to 
acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  circular  letter  of  June  2  re  telephone  systems  existing 
in  our  locality. 

I  beg  to  say  that  our  municipality  is  about  ten  miles  long  by  about  eight  miles 
wide,  and  has  just  one  telephone  line,  running  through  its  centre,  or  nearly  so,  east 
and  west,  and  in  the  whole  length  it  has  but  one  'phone  the  public  can  use,  one  in- 
stalled at  the  post  office  at  Abbottsford  (which  is  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  depot). 
Last  year  the  charges  were  for  short  distances,  ten  cents;  now  the  minimum  price  is 
25  cents.  This  is  considered  exorbitant,  and  deters  many  from  its  use.  Our  council 
tried  some  time  ago  to  better  this  state  of  affairs  by  asking  the  Bell  Company  to  install 
a  system  to  Mt.  Lehman,  which  would  be  a  great  benefit  to  that  part  of  the  district, 
and  upon  inquiries  the  council  was  informed  if  the  public  would  erect  the  poles  the 
company  would  string  the  wire,  but  a  guarantee  of  $8  per  month  must  be  made,  and 
all  other  expenses  met.  The  public  would  readily  have  erected  the  poles  if  these  un- 
reasonable charges  had  not  been  made.  The  long-distance  rates  are  also  too  high.  It 
is  very  evident  the  company  prefers  a  slow  shilling  to  quick  pennies,  and  the  public 
will  welcome  the  inauguration  of  another  line  that  will  remedy  the  present  state  of 
things.  We  maintain  that  where  there  is,  as  I  remark,  only  one  'phone  in  existence 
in  this  ten  miles  there  ought  and  would  be  a  dozen  if  the  charges  were  more  within 
the  reach  of  the  public,  and  I  am  instructed  to  inform  you  that  the  council  is  in  favour 
of  government  ownership  and  operation  of  main  and  local  telephone  service,  seeing 
that  private  ownership  in  so  many  cases  is  so  unsatisfactory. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  humble  and  obedient  servant, 

JOHN   BALL, 

Clerk. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  267. 

THE   CITY  OF  ROSSLAND. 

City  Clerk's  Office, 

Rossland,  B.C.,  July  31,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  and  Chairman  of  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 

Ottawa,  Ont. 

Sir, — In  reply  to  your  communication  of  June  2  last,  I  am  instructed  to  say  that 
the  British  Columbia  Telephone  Company  operate  in  this  city,  and  give  very  good 
satisfaction.  The  municipal  council  appreciate  very  much  your  kindness  in -having  a 
copy  of  the  proceedings  of  your  committee  forwarded  to  them  for  perusal. 

Through  the  kindness  of  the  company  here,  they  have  given  us  the  following 
figures : — 

Telephone  Rates  per  Month. 

Individual  business $4  00 

"  residence 3  00 

Party  line  business 3  00 

"  residence 2  00 

Charge  for  connections,  $5,  or  six  months'  rental  in  advance. 
No  telephone  installed  for  less  than  twelve  months. 

Long-distance  Trunk  Line  Rates  per  Minute. 

1st  minute.      2nd  minute. 

To  Nelson,  B.C 30c.  30c. 

"    Trail 10c.  10c. 

"    Northport.  Wash 25c.  20c. 

"    Grand  Forks,  B.0 55c.  50c. 

"    Greenwood,  B.C 65c.  60c. 

"    Phoenix,  B.C 60c.  60c. 

"    Spokane,  Wash 55c.  50c. 

"    Colville,  Wash 50c.  50c. 

We  have  to  regret  the  delay  in  obtaining  this  information  for  you.  We  trust  your 
investigation  will  have  good  results. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

wm.  McQueen, 

City  Clerk. 

THE  WINNIPEG  PRINTERS'  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 

O.  H.  Pollard,  Manager. 

175  McDermott  Ave., 

Winnipeg,  July  18,  1905. 
The  Chairman,  Telephone  Committee, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 
Dear  Sir,— I  am  authorized  to  send  you  a  copy  of  a  resolution  passed  at  a  meet- 
ing of  our  board  held  July  11,  1905,  and  which  reads  as  follows  :— 

'  Resolved,  that  this  board  deplores  the  unsatisfactory  service  given  by  the  Bell 
Telephone  Company,  and  we  hereby  endorse  the  principle  of  municipal  ownership  of 
telephones,  with  government  ownership  of  trunk  lines.' 

I  beg  to  remain,  sir,  yours  respectfully, 

O.  H.  POLLARD. 


226  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON   TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD   VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  269. 

THE   UNITED   STATES   TELEPHONE   COMPANY. 

801  Electric  Building, 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  July  11,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa,  Ont. 
Dear  Sir, — Your  letter'  of  June  9,  attaching  a  number  of  questions,  has  been  re- 
ceived   and    referred    to    me    for   reply,    and   you  will  find  the  questions  referred  to 
answered  below. 

This  company  has  pole  lines  over  most  all  of  Ohio,  and  a  portion  of  Michigan  and 
Indiana.     Its  capitalization  and  bonds  are  as  follows: — ■ 

Common  stock $2,000,000 

Preferred  stock. 363,200 

Bonds 2,085,000 

It  has  been  operating  six  years,  and  is  a  toll  line  only,  connecting  with  the  various 
independent  exchange  companies,  furnishing  them  with  their  long-distance  service. 
It  has  15,000  miles  of  circuit,  costing  an  average  of  $80  per  mile  of  circuit.  The 
length  of  pole  routes  is  2,600  miles.  The  company  does  not  own  any  switch- 
boards, but  has  a  number  of  toll  boards  connecting  with  all  manner  of  systems, 
including  magneto,  central  energy,  central  signalling  and  local  talking;  also 
automatic.  The  toll  boards  were  manufactured  by  the  Stromberg  Carlson 
Telephone  Manufacturing  Company,  the  Kellogg  Switchboard  Supply  Company, 
the  North  Electric  Company  and  the  Sterling  Electric  Company.  The  company  has 
no  telephones  at  all.  Our  rates  for  long-distance  service  arc  measured  on  the  air-line 
basis,  and  are  made  not  to  exceed  1  of  a  cent  per  mile,  excepting  for  short  distances, 
when  the  rates  are  made  up  as  follows: — 

10  miles  or  less 10c. 

10  to  20  miles 15c. 

20  "  30     "       20c. 

30  "  39     " •.  .    .  .     25c. 

39  "  48    «       30c. 

48  "  56     " 35c. 

The  company  pays  5  per  cent  on  its  bonds  and  6  per  cent  on  the  preferred  stock. 
Nothing  is  set  aside  for  depreciation  of  property,  but  is  kept  in  good  shape  each  year 
and  is  charged  to  maintenance.  Any  re-building  of  lines  is  taken  care  of  right  out  of 
the  earnings  and  charged  up  to  maintenance  expenses.  The  company  has  a  surplus 
of  $70,270.39. 

The  United  States  Telephone  Company  connects  with  all  local  exchange  com- 
panies in  the  state  of  Ohio,  and  also  makes  connection  with  the  long-distance  com- 
panies in  the  states  of  Indiana,  Michigan,  Pennsylvania,  West  Virginia  and  Kentucky, 
so  that  it  has  connection  with  all  companies  in  those  states.  We  pay  the  local  com-  ■ 
pany  originating  a  call  25  per  cent,  and  not  to  exceed  12£c.  on  any  three  minute  con- 
versation. If  the  message  is  carried  over  some  other  company's  long-distance  line,  in 
addition  to  our  own,  after  the  commission  is  deducted,  the  balance  is  divided  pro  rata 
according  to  the  air  line  distance  carried  by  each  company.  Before  competition  the 
Bell  had  about  25,000  telephones  in  Ohio.  At  this  date  they  have  about  90,000.  The 
Bell  Company  does  not  seem  to  have  any  regular  rates,  and  charges  whatever  it  can 
get.  If  there  is  no  competition  it  charges  a  great  deal ;  if  there  is  very  strong  competi- 
tion it  gives  the  service  away. 

In  our  construction  department  we  pay  our  foremen  from  $60  to  $75  per  month; 
the  linemen  $40 ;  the  groundmen  $25  and  $30  per  month,  and  in  addition  to  the  above 
wages  we  pay  their  expenses. 

You  will  understand,  of  course,  that  all  of  our  work  is  outside  of  towns  and  cities. 
Our  troublemen  who  are  stationed  at  various  points  along  our  line  receive  from  $60  to 


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$65  per  month,  and  their  expenses  when  they  are  away  from  home.  Our  inspectors 
receive  from  $60  to  $80  per  month,  depending  on  their  ability  and  the  class  of  work 
they  are  on.  We  have  no  wiremen  in  the  strict  sense  of  the  term.  We  have  but  a  few 
operators,  as  the  local  exchanges  operate  our  lines  in  most  cases.  There  are  a  few 
cases,  however,  in  which  we  pay  the  operators,  and  their  wages  run  from  $15  up  to  $50 
for  the  chief  operator.  Where  the  United  States  Telephone  Company  employs  its  own 
operators  it  pays  the  local  company  15  per  cent  instead  of  25  per  cent.  The  United 
States  Telephone  Company  has  general  supervision,  of  course,  and  has  contracts  with 
all  of  the  local  exchanges,  and  the  local  exchanges  operate  toll  lines  as  directed  by  the 
long  distance  company. 

If  there  is  any  further  information  that  you  may  need,  I  will  be  glad  to  furnish  it 
for  you  if  I  can. 

Tours  very  truly, 

M.  B.  OBEELT, 
General  Manager. 

No.  270. 

WEST   VIEGINIA   WESTERN   TELEPHONE   COMPANY. 

Fourth  Street, 

Parkersburq,  W.  Va.,  July  7,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa,  Ont. 
Dear  Sir, — Replying  to  your  communication  of  June  9,  permit  me  to  give  you 
the  following  information  concerning  our  telephone  equipment. 

This  company  operates  in  the  counties  of  Wood,  Ritchie,  Doddridge,  Tyler,  Plea- 
sants, and  a  part  of  Lewis,  Gilmer  and  Jackson. 

The  amount  of  stock  is  $225,000  and  bonds  $125,000.  The  company  has  been 
operating  for  twelve  years  in  territory  having  a  population  of  85,000,  not  all  fully 
developed.  The  number  of  telephones  in  operation  is  5,146,  of  which  2,645  are  direct 
lines  with  one  telephone  each.  125  subscribers  have  also  Bell  telephones.  The  number 
of  residence  telephones  is  2,260  and  business  2,886.  The  company  has  5,592  miles  of 
long-distance  wire  on  931  miles  of  pole,  or  2,796  miles  of  metallic  circuit.  The  cost 
oi  the  Parkersburg  plant  was  $96.75  per  subscriber.  The  country  system,  while  not 
fully  developed  cost  $172.     Cost  per  mile  of  single  wire  as  follows : — 

Copper $25  54 

Iron $6  25  to  $12  50 

All  circuits  are  metallic;  all  lines  copper,  except  rural  farmer  line  construction. 
With  the  exception  of  Parkersburg,  which  has  an  underground  plant,  all  construction 
is  over-head.  The  system  at  Parkersburg  is  central  energy;  elsewhere  magneto.  The 
plants  were  manufactured  by  the  Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, the  American  Electric  Company,  North  Electric  Company,  &c.  The  company 
has  1,246  rural  telephones,  including  small  rural  exchange  service. 
Rates  vary  in  districts  as  follows : — 

Business $24  00  to  $36  00 

Residence 12  00  to    25  00 

Long-distance  charges,  15c.  to  75c.  for  three  minutes'  conversation.  The  rates 
charged  on  farmers'  lines  are  same  as  local  rates,  with  8  to  12  telephones  per  linie,  the 
rates  being  based  on  distance  from  local  exchange.  The  company  pays  6  per  cent 
dividends  and  6  per  cent  on  bonds.  Ten  per  cent  is  set  aside  for  depreciation  of  rural 
lines  and  smaller  exchanges;  7  per  cent  on  city  plant.  The  company  has  a  surplus 
of  $81,275.  The  company  exchanges  service  with  31  companies  in  the  state  of  West 
Virginia,  and  connects  with  the  United  States  Long  Distance  Company  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  giving  service  throughout  Ohio,  Indiana  and  all  other  United  States  territory. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Before  competition,  the  Bell  had  about  1,675  telephones ;  at  this  date,  497  telephones, 
of  which  latter  206  are  residence  and  291  business. 

Before  competition  the  Bell  rates  were  $78  business,  $56  residence;  at  this  date 
they  are  business  $15  to  $30  per  annum,  residence,  $7.50  to  $20  per  annum. 

Wages  paid  are:  Foremen, -$75  per  month;  troublemen  and  inspectors,  $55  to  $60; 
wiremen,  $2.50  per  day;  operators,  rural  exchanges,' $20  to  $25  per  month,  city  ex- 
changes, 6  cents  to  10  cents  per  hour;  the  merit  system  being  used  in  city  exchanges. 

Cost  of  apparatus :  Magneto  switchboard,  about  $2.50  per  line,  equipped ;  wall 
telephones,  $6.25  to  $11.50  each;  desk  telephones,  $8.50  lo  $14.50. 

We  are  jobbers  in  materials  and  supplies,  hence  our  figures  would  not,  perhaps, 
give  you  the  information  you  desire. 

The  city  of  Parkersburg  comprises  the  largest  exchange  we  have  on  our  system, 
and  is  one  of  the  most  complete  and  up-to-date  small  telephone  plants  in  the  United 
States,  the  cable  equipment  being  of  the  John  A.  Roebling's  Sons  Company  of  Tren- 
ton, N..I.,  make.  The  switchboard  and  telephones  are  all  of  the  Stromberg  Carlson 
Tel.  Manufacturing  Company  make  of  Rochester,  NY.  All  of  the  wire,  both  interior 
and  exterior,  are  of  the  Roebling  make.  We  operate  a  number  of  small  magneto  ex- 
changes outside  of  the  city  of  Parkersburg.     Our  system  began  as  a  farmers'  mutual 

company,  but  was  i rporated  in  1895  and  entered  into  the  commercial  field,  and  has 

been  more  than  successful  in  its  operation.  The  West  Virginia  owns  90  per  cent  of 
i ! ii ■  .-link  hi'  the  Marietta  Telephone  Company,  operating  the  city  of  Marietta,  Ohio, 
and  Washington  county.  However,  this  plant  is  not  reckoned  in  the  above  statement, 
but  is  operated  independent  as  an  underlying  corporation.  The  company  also  controls 
directly  or  indirectly  a  number  of  smaller  companies  in  the  state,  which,  when  taken 
in  conjunction  with  the  original  plant,  makes  il  the  Largest  independent  company 
operating  in  this  section  of  the  Ohio  valley.  Since  competition  the  Bell  Company 
have  reduced  their  rates,  and  have  always  given  lower  rates  of  service  than  we  do.  The 
fight  has  been  aggressive,  and  taking  the  whole  territory  the  ratio  is  ten  (10)  to  one 
in  favour  of  our  company.  We  have  been  able  to  pay  fixed  charges,  repairs,  main- 
tenance, and  improvements  and  betterments  (which  are  always  charged  up  to  main- 
tenance account,  and  not  to  improvements  or  betterments),  and  pay  6  per  cent  on  our 
stock  and  bonds,  and  carry  a  large  amount  annually  to  our  surplus  fund.  We  have 
never  earned  less  than  15|  net  on  our  common  -tock,  but  invariably  pay  but  6,  carry- 
ing the  residue,  after  depreciation  charges  have  been  deducted,  to  surplus  account. 

*  When  we  began  operation  in  this  field  our  competitors  stated  that  our  rates  were 
too  low,  and  that  we  could  not  maintain  ourselves  in  the  field  at  the  prices  we  charged 
However,  it  is  true  that  they  immediately  reduced  their  own  prices,  and  have  been 
giving  service  for  less  money  than  we  do.  We  can  say  that  our  success  has  been  far 
ahead  of  our  expectations,  and  our  business  constantly  growing  and  increasing. 

Yours  very  truly, 

A.  C.  DAVIS. 

No.  271. 

NEWARK    TELEPHONE    COMPANY. 

Harry  Swisher,  President.      C.  E.  Hollander,  Manager.      C.  H.  Spencer,  Secretary. 

Office,  38J  Hudson  Avenue, 

Newark,  Ohio,  July  13,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa,  Canada. 
Dear  Sir, — Your  circular  letter  of  June  9  at  hand,  and  in  reply  we  would  say  that 
the  amount  of  our  stock  issued  is  $100,000.  and  with  a  bonded  indebtedness  of  $40,000. 
This  company  has  been  operating  for  ten  years  in  a  territory  of  25,000  population, 
and  has  now  in  service  1,935  telephones,  of  which  900  are  on  independent  line  and 
the  balance  on  party  lines.  The  Bell  people  have  in  this  territory  about  a  thousand 
telephones,  as  near  as  we  can  ascertain.     We  have  in  service  about  1,200  resident  tele-  ' 


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phones,  and  about  700  business  telephones.  We  have  about  125  miles  of  toll  line.  Our 
average  cost  per  subscriber  in  our  local  plant  is  about  $77;  the  average  cost  per  mile 
of  toll  lines  about  $30.  We  have  both  iron  and  copper  metallic  circuits.  We  have  no 
underground  construction.  We  are  operating  a  full  central  energy  Sterling  Electric 
Company  switchboard  and  telephones  of  the  same  type.  There  are  about  150  farmer 
line  telephones,  for  which  we  charge  the  rate  of  $18  per  year,  and  give  all  subscribers 
a  10  cent  toll  rate  between  exchanges  in  this  county.  We  are  paying  at  the  present 
time  6  per  cent  interest  on  our  bonds,  6  per  cent  interest  on  our  preferred  stock,  and 
8  per  cent  per  annum  on  our  common  stock.  We  are  laying  aside  5  per  cent  for  de- 
preciation on  our  plant  per  annum,  and  the  surplus  at  the  present  time  we  are  using 
for  the  growth  of  the  plant,  which  amounted  last  yew  to  about  $10,000.  There  is  no 
interchange  of  service  between  this  system  and  any  other  company  except  on  a  toll 
basis.  In  regard  to  the  Bell  telephones  in  service  in  this  territory  before  this  plant 
was  constructed,  we  will  say  that  there  were  200,  as  ten  years  ago  telephones  were  not 
in  demand  as  they  are  at  the  present  time.  We  cannot  tell  you  anything  in  regard  to 
the  number  of  Bell  telephones  in  residences  and  business  houses  before  competition 
and  at  the  present  time,  except  that  probably  the  Bell  have  no  more  than  300  business 
telephones  in  this  city  at  this  time.  We  pay  our  city  foreman  $80  per  month,  our 
wire  chief  $75  per  month,  our  troubleman  $60  per  month,  our  day  operators  $18  per 
month,  our  relief  operators  $12  per  month,  our  chief  operator  $30  per  month  and  our 
chief  toll  operator  $20  per  month.  Our  switchboard  cost  us  with  protection  practically 
$10  a  line.  It  has  an  ultimate  capacity  of  4,000  lines,  and  an  installed  capacity  of 
1,200  lines.  We  have  paid  all  kinds  of  prices  for  cable  according  to  the  market  prices 
at  the  time  thai  it  was  purchased.  We  pay  3f  cents  a  pound  for  No.  14  B.B.  galvan- 
ized iron  wire  and  the  market  price  on  copper.  Our  poles  are  all  cedar  and  chestnut, 
with  prices  according  to  length.  We  have  no  underground.  Our  system  seems  to  be 
giving  the  best  of  satisfaction,  and  investors  in  the  plant  seem  to  be  more  than  satis- 
fied with  the  returns  they  are  getting  on  their  money. 
Any  further  information  we  will  cheerfully  furnish. 

Yours  very  truly, 

THE   NEWAKK   TELEPHONE    COMPANY, 

By  Cha?.  E.  Hollander,  Mgr. 


No.  271a. 

Ottawa,  Ont.,  July  15,  1905. 

Charles  E.  Hollander,  Esq., 

Manager,  the  Newark  Telephone  Co.,  Newark,  Ohio. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  13th  in- 
stant replying  to  inquiries  submitted  by  this  Committee,  and  assure  you  that  your 
kindness  and  courtesy  in  furnishing  this  information  is  much  appreciated. 

Might  I,  however,  venture  to  ask  if  you  will  be  good  enough  to  furnish  me  with 
particulars  as  to  the  rates  charged  for  business  and  residence  telephones  by  your  com- 
pany. The  farmers'  rates  are  stated,  but  in  order  to  have  the  information  complete  it 
is  desirable  to  have  the  local  exchange  rates. 

Thanking  you  for  your  kindness  in  this  matter,  and  anticipating  your  further 
reply, 

I  am,  sir,  yours  faithfully, 

WM.  MULOCK, 
Postmaster  General,  and  Chairman  of  Committee. 

i—d—m 


230  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  271b. 

Newark  Telephone  Company, 

38i  Hudson  Street, 

Newark,  Ohio,  July  25,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa,  Canada. 
Dear  Sir, — Replying  to  your  favour  of  recent  date.  I  would  say  that  our  rates  are: 

$2.00  for  direct  line  business  per  month. 
1.50    "    4  party  business  per  month. 
1.50     "    direct  line  residence  per  month. 
1.00     "    4  party  residence  per  month. 
Any  other  information  desired  I  will  be  glad  to  furnish  you. 

Yours  very  truly, 

CHAS.  E.  HOLLANDER. 

Mgr. 

No.  272. 

THE    CHILI   TELEPHONE    COMPANY,   LIMITED. 

42  Old  Broad  Street, 

London,  E.C.,  July  20,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

House  of  Commons,  Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — Our  general  superintendent  at  Santiago-de-C'hili  has  forwarded  to  us  your 
communication  of  May  1  last,  and  we  have  pleasure  in  furnishing  you  with  the  follow- 
ing information  regarding  our  system : — 

The  company  operates  in  all  important  cities  and  towns  throughout  Chili,  and  has 
about  6,400  subscribers. 

The  rates  are  $100  to  $150  per  annum  Chilian  currency  ($36.50  to  $54.75),  for 
unlimited  service  day  and  night,  including  Sunday. 

The  long-distance  rates  are  fixed  according  to  distance  and  time  occupied,  the 
greatest  distance  over  which  such  service  is  given  being  about  130  miles.  . 

The  apparatus  used  is  'Western  Electric'  (Chicago)  and  Ericsson's  (Sweden). 

The  local  lines  are  single,  bronze.  The  trunk  lines,  single  and  metallic,  iron  and 
copper.    All  overhead. 

We  also  inclose  copy  of  our  last  report,  in  which  you  will  find  further  particulars 
which  may  be  of  use  to  you. 

I  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

EDMUND   PETLEY. 

Secretary. 

No.  273. 

CHINA  AND  JAPAN  TELEPHONE  AND  ELECTRIC  tOMPANY,  LIMITED. 

Alderman's  House,  Alderman's  Walk,  Bishopsgate,  E.C., 

London,  August  2,  1905. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 
Sm, — We  beg  to  hand  you  herewith  replies  to  certain  of  the  questions  asked  by 
you  with  reference  to  the  Telephone  Exchange  at  Hong  Kong.    As  in  the  case  of  the 
Telephone  Company  of  Egypt,  the  undertaking  is  at  the  moment  in  a  transition  stage, 
and  is  undergoing  practically  entire  reconstruction,  so  that  under  the  circumstances 
we  fear  that  we  cannot  afford  much  information  which  is  likely  to  be  of  service  to  you. 
In  this  case,  also,  any  information  is  likely  to  prove  misleading  unless  due  regard  is 
paid  to,  and  allowance  made  for,  the  peculiar  circumstances  governing  this  class  of 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 


231 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

business    in    an    oriental  country,  and  methods  in  vogue  there  must  not  be  taken  as 
necessarily  suitable  for  application  in  other  countries. 

I  am,  sir,  yours  faithfully, 

A..B.  CHALMERS, 

Secretary. 


No.  273a. 

THE  CHINA  AND  JAPAN   TELEPHONE  AND* ELECTRIC  COMPANY, 

LIMITED. 

The  China  and  Japan  Telephone  and  Electric  Company,  Limited,  has  one  ex- 
change in  the  city  of  Victoria,  Hong  Kong. 

Ten  pounds  ($48.70)  per  annum  up  to  a  radius  of  one  mile  and  £2  10s.  ($12.18) 
per  annum  for  each  one-half  mile  beyond.  Extension  instruments  according  to  cir- 
cumstances and  distance.  No  message  rate  in  force.  The  service  is  continuous,  day, 
night,  and  on  Sundays.  There  are  no  public  call  offices,  and  no  trunk  or  long-distance 
lines. 

Some  of  the  older  subscribers'  telephones  are  Western  Electric  Standard  Magneto 
instruments.  The  later  patterns  are  by  Ericsson  &  Company,  Stockholm.  The  lines 
are  single  bronze  wire.  At  present  all  lines  are  overhead,  but  the  work  of  converting 
the  system  to  metallic  circuits  in  underground  cables  is  now  in  hand,  and  will  be  com- 
pleted by  the  end  of  the  year. 

There  is  no  competition. 

The  system  at  the  moment  is  the  ordinary  magneto,  but  is  now  in  process  of  con- 
version, outside,  from  overhead  single  grounded  lines  to  metallic  circuits  in  under- 
ground cables,  and  inside  to  a  central  energy  lamp  signalling  multiple  board  and 
accessory  apparatus. 


No.  273b. 

Telephone  Statistics  of  the  Hong  Kong  Exchange,  operated  by  the  China  and  Japan 
Telephone  and  Electric  Company,  Limited. 


Name  of  Town. 

Population. 

Total 

Number  of 

Exchange 

Lines 

say. 

Number 

of  Lines 

with  one 

Telephone. 

Number 
of  Extension 

(or  Extra 
Telephones). 

Hong  Kong  \ 
"\  ictoria  . . .  )  ' 

• 

181,918 

(533 

589 

44 

232  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

No.  274. 

THE    TELEPHONE    COMPANY    OF    EGYPT,    LIMITED. 

Societe  Anonyme  des  Telephones  d'Egypt. 

Alderman's  House,  Alderman's  Walk,  Bishopsgate,  E.C., 

London,  July  31,  1905. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir,- — In  reply  to  your  inquiry  of  May  1,  1905,  we  beg  to  hand  you  herewith  replies 
to  certain  of  the  questions  put  by  you  with  regard  to  the  working  of  this  company  in 
Egypt. 

The  reconstruction  and  extensions  necessitated  by  the  sudden  access  of  prosperity 
in  Egypt,  and  the  consequent  stimulus  to  trade  and  commerce,  have  combined  to  place 
the  undertaking  in  a  stage  of  transition,  and  this  coupled  with  the  peculiar  conditions 
obtaining  in  that  country,  render  any  information  at  the  present  juncture  somewhat 
deceptive,  and  not  of  a  nature  upon  which  to  base  conclusions  for  the  establishment  of 
similar  undertakings  in  other  parts  of  the  world. 

With  regard  to  rural  telephones,  there  is  at  present  no  appreciable  demand  for 
such  a  service,  as  there  is  no  large  class  who  would  patronize  it,  nor  are  the  distances 
sufficiently  great.  The  company  is,  however,  installing  for  the  government  an  exten- 
sive system  of  '  provincial  telephones,'  joining  up  the  chief  towns  of  provinces  with 
the  outlying  towns  and  villages,  these  lines  being  used  by  the  government  for  adminis- 
trative purposes. 

I  am,  sir   yours  faithfully, 

A.  B,  CHALMERS, 

Secretary. 


No.  274a. 

EGYPT— Continued. 

The  Telephone  Company  of  Egypt,  Limited,  has  an  exchange  in  each  of  the  towns 
named  in  the  attached  statement. 

The  rates  vary  according  to  many  circumstances  from  about  £8  ($38.96)  up- 
wards, all  for  unlimited  service,  within  an  area  extending  roughly  to  the  outskirts  of 
the  towns,  say  2  to  2£  miles. 

In  Alexandria,  Port  Said  and  Suez  continuous  service  is  given.  Other  exchanges 
close  at  midnight  and  open  at  7  a.m.     Open  Sundays  everywhere. 

The  fee  for  local  conversations,  to  non-subscribers,  is  one  piastre=2id.  (5  cents) 
per  communication  of  any  reasonable  length. 

The  long-distance  fees  on  the  Cairo-Alexandria  trunk  line  are  5  piastres  up  to  3 
minutes  and  10  piastres  up  to  8  minutes,  equal  to  aboTit  Is.  Jd.  (26  cents)  and  2s.  Id. 
(52  cents)  sterling. 

About  160  miles  (Cairo  to  Alexandria)  is  the  greatest  distance  spoken  over. 

All  instruments  are  made  by  L.  M.  Ericsson  &  Company,  Stockholm,  and  are  of 
their  standard  magneto  patterns. 

The  local  systems  are  now  in  course  of  conversion  from  overhead  earth  circuits 
to  metallic  circuits  in  dry  core  underground  cables,  with  overhead  distribution.  The 
change  is  about  half  completed. 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 


233 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


The  only  trunk  line  at  present  existing  in  Egypt  is  owned  and  maintained  by  the 
Egyptian  government,  and  leased  to  and  worked  by  the  Telephone  Company.  It  is 
metallic  circuit  of  No.  11  copper. 

Payment  of  long-distance  charges  is  covered  by  deposits  from  subscribers,  and  by 
cash  payments  at  the  time  of  speaking  from  call  offices. 

In  regard  to  competition,  there  has  been  nothing  that  can  be  seriously  considered 
as  such.  , 

The  system  at  present  in  use  is  the  ordinary  magneto,  with  '  multiple '  switch- 
boards. 


No.  274b. 

EGYPT— Concluded. 
Telephone  Exchanges  operated  by  the  Telephone  Company  of  Egypt,  Limited. 


Name  of  Tow  n. 

Population. 

Total 

Number  of 

Exchange 

Lines 

say. 

2,020 

Number 
of  Lines 
with  one 

Number 

of  Extension 

(or  Extra 

Telephone. 

Telephones). 

Alexandria 

320,000 

1,807 

213 

570,000 

1,7-17 

1,569 

178 

-12,000 
36,000 

38 

J  32 

31 
114 

7 

Mansourah 

18 

42,000 

211 

166 

45 

17,000 
57,000 

105 
152 

84 
126 

21 

26 

Zagazig 

36,000 

76 

58 

18 

No.  275. 


COKPORATION  OF  GLASGOW. 


Castle  Chambers,  65  Renfield  Street, 

Glasgow,  July  5,  1905. 

The  Hon.  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa,  Canada. 

Dear  Sir, — In  answer  to  your  request  addressed  to  the  town  clerk  for  information 
concerning  the  telephone  undertaking  of  this  city,  I  have  pleasure  in  forwarding  you 
a  statement  containing  replies  to  your  questions. 

In  addition  to  the  statement,  there  is  forwarded  by  same  post: 

(1)  Map  of  Glasgow  telephone  area,  showing  corporation  switchboards  and  main 
routes. 

(2)  (a)  Statement  of  financial  statistics. 

(b)   Statement  of  telephone  tariffs  in  Great  Britain  and  the  continent. 

(3)  Corporation  telephone  directory. 

If  additional  information  be  desired  I  should  be  pleased  to  be  of  further  service. 

Yours  truly, 

JOHN  MACFEE, 

General  Manager. 


234  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  275a. 

GLASGOW. 

TELEPHONE  I EPARTMLNT-— ABSTRACT  STATEMENT  OF  REVENUE 
AND  EXPENDITURE  AND  CAPITAL  EXPENDITURE  ACCOUNT  FOR 
YEAR  ENDING  MAY  31,  1905,  AND  CAPITAL  ACCOUNT  AND  BALANCE 
SHEET,  AS  AT  MAY  31,  1905. 

MEMBERS   OF    THE    COMMITTEE    ON   TELEPHONE    SERVICE. 

The  Lord  Provost  (Sir  John  Ure  Primrose,  Bart) ;  Bailie  Shaw  Maxwell,  Bailie 
Stewart,  Bailie  Forsyth,  Bailie  J.  P.  Maclay,  Hugh  Alexander,  James  Alexander, 
W.  F.  Anderson,  William  Borand,  Hugh  Brechin,  A.  Scott  Gibson,  Robert  Harvie, 
Jas.  H.  Mathieson,  Hugh  J.  Miller,  Alex.  Murray,  Wm.  F.  Russsell,  D.  M.  Stevenson, 
William  Wallace. 

James  Alexander,  Convener;  D.  M.  Stevenson,  Sub-convener;  William  Borland, 
Convener  of  Finance  Committee;  John  Macfee,  M.I.E.E.,  General  Manager;  A.  R. 
Bentu-tt,  M.T.E.E.,  Consulting  Engineer. 

Fourth  ,\wi  w,  Report  by  the  Committee  on  Telephone  Service  to  the  Corpora- 
tion of  the  City  of  Glasgow. 

The  committee  beg  to  submit  to  the  corporation  of  Glasgow  the  abstract  statement 
of  revenue  and  expenditufe  for  the  ydar  from  June  1,  1904,  to  May  31,  1905,  together 
with  the  capital  account  and  balance  sheet  as  at  May  31,  1905. 

SUMMARY    OF   REVENUE    AND    EXPENDITURE. 

Proportion  of  rentals  brought  from  last  year £24,170  19     9 

Rentals  received  and  outstanding  for  the  year  from 

June  1,  1904,  to  May  31,  1905 £54,051     2     6 

Less  proportion  of  rental  applicable  to  year  1905-06 

carried  to  suspense  account 25,165     7    0 

■        28,885  15    6 

Sundry  receipts  (including  terminal  fees,  £473  17s.  Id.) 2,369     8     9J 

Revenue,  applicable  to  1904-05 £55,426     S    9£ 

Working  expenditure    (including  post  office  royalty,  £5,538  15s.  5d.; 

and  terminal  fees,  £673  18s.  4d.) 34  ggo     g    3 

Net  revenue £20,746     0     6J 

Out  of  which  the  following  requirements  had  to  be  met: — 

1.  Interest  on  loans £  9,188     7  11 

2.  Sinking  fund 10,053     6     8 

19,241  14    7 

Leaving  a  surplus  on  the  year's  operations  of £1  504     5  11} 

which  has  been  carried  to  general  depreciation  fund. 

This  amount,  together  with  the  sum  of  £5,743  7s.  5£d.  standing  at  the  credit  of 
the  account  as  at  May  31,  1904,  makes  the  total  sum  laid  aside  for  general  deprecia- 
tion purposes,  £7,247  13s.  5d. 

GLASGOW. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  235 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

MAINTENANCE. 

The  whole  plant  is  being  efficiently  maintained  out  of  revenue. 

BORROWING     POWERS. 

Borrowing  powers  authorized  under  section  2  (2)  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1899  •— 

1.  On  April  12,  1900 £120)000    0    £ 

2.  On  February  19,  1902 100  000    0    0 

3.  On  February  23,  1903 80'ooo    0    0 

4.  On  March  15,  1904 50',000    0    0 

Total.  . .         _    £350)000    0    0 

Deduct  amount  of  sinking  fund  for  year  to  May  31, 

1902 £  1,960    0     0 

Deduct  amount  of  sinking  fund  for  year  to  May  31, 

1903 5,806  13    4 

Deduct  amount  of  sinking  fund  for  year  to  May  31, 

1904 8,343     6     8 

Deduct  amount  of  sinking  fund  for  year  to  May  31, 

1905 10,053     6    8 

26,163     6    8 

Net  .amount  of  borrowing  powers  as  at  May  31,  1905 £323,836  13     4 

Amount  borrowed  and  not  repaid  as  at  May  31,  1905 . .       302J36  13    4 

Amount  iof  unexhausted  borrowing  powers  as  at  May  31,  1905 £20,900     0     0 

SINKING     FUND. 

The  following  table  shows  the  payments  out  of  revenue  to  sinking  fund  at  the 
rate  of  34  per  cent  per  annum : — 


Year  of  Boi  rowing. 

(  !toss  Amount 
Borrowed. 

Sinking  Fund. 

Amount  paid  as  at 
May  31,  1904. 

Amount  paid 
during  year  to 
May  31,  1905. 

Total  amount  paid 

as  at  May  31, 
1905,  and  applied  in 
reduction  of  debt. 

£        s.   d. 

£      s.   d. 

£       s.    d. 

£       s.   d. 

Year  to  May  31,  1001 . . . 

58,800    0    0 

5,880    0    0 

1,960    0    0 

7,840    0    0 

31,  1902 

115,400    0    0 

7,G93    0    8 

3,846  13    4 

11,540    0    0 

31,  1903 

715,100    0    0 

2,530  13    4 

2,536  13    4 

5,073    6    8 

31,  1904 

51,300    0    0 

1.710    0    0 

1,710    0    0 

301,600    0    0 

16,110    0    0 

10,053    6    8 

26,163    6    8 

CAPITAL   EXPENDITURE. 


The  capital  expenditure  for  the  past  year  has  been  incurred  in  completing  the  Bell 
street  exchange,  laying  down  new  cables  in  various  districts,  and  extending  the  system 
generally  hy  the  construction  of  lines  and  apparatus  for  new  subscribers — it  amounted 
to  £2,949  14s.  lOd. ;  adding  the  sum  of  £320,782  12s.  previously  incurred,  there  is  a 
total  capital  expenditure  of  £350,273  16s.  lOd. 

GLASGOW. 


236  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.    1905 

1'he  switch-rooms  at  present  in  operation  are  as  follows :  Central,  Bell  exchange, 
Western,  Bridgeton.  Kinning  Park,  Queen's  Park,  Govan,  Maryhill,  Springburn,  Miln- 
gavie,  Shettleston,  Clydebank,  Kuthcrglon,  Kirkintilloch,  Stepps,  Clarkston,  Oambus- 
lang,  Bearsden,  Duntocher  and  Balmore. 

The  following  statement  shows  the  work  which  was  contemplated  under  the  orig- 
inal scheme  and  the  work  actually  completed : — 


\V,>rk. 


Completed  instruments 

Part  lallj  completed  lines. . . . 

Sw  itchboard  accommodation. 

Pairs  of    cable   wires  under- 
ground. 

M  ileage  of   pairs  of  w 
cililes. 

Length  of  trenching 

Pipes  going  out  of  exchanges 

( !apacity  of   pipes   going  out 
■  >f  exchanges. 

i j>  )if_ri  li  of  pipes 

Length  of  underground  cable. 

Ground  poles, 

Roof  standards 


Original 
Scheme. 


5,250 

1,200 

(1,050   lines. 
6,450 

4,938    miles. 

22   miles. 
32 
6,900    pairs 
of  wires. 
.'12    miles 

HI      l.llles. 

2,326 

17.11 


1  ml    02 


5, 17!) 
8,787 

7,(i(ii)   lines. 
1  1,572 

11,061    miles. 

94     mile.-.. 
12^1 
2r,i)im   i m'hs 
of  wii  es. 

]0t'.  miles. 
I  1  if  miles. 
091 

2JS 


Ac!  ually  ( lompleted 
L902  03. 


9,122 

7,387 

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18,171 

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135 
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127 !  miles. 
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04. 

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12,062 

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21,874 

17,597 

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143 

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150 

36,000 

pairs 

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20.-.', 

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2,544 

239 

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10,293 

13.334  lines. 
24,618 

19,001  miles. 

152  miles. 
162 

40,000  pairs 
of  wires. 
157  miles. 
221  miles. 
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The  following  tables  indicate  briefly  the  financial  operations  of  the  department: — 


3. 
4. 

5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 

9. 
10. 
11. 

12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 


17. 


21 


Total  capital  expenditure 

Average  gross  cost  per  station 

■        (  Total  capital'expenditure \ 

''   I  Total  number  of  stations J 

Amount  borrowed  and  not  repaid 

Total  revenue 

Total  revenue  per  station 

Rentals  carried  forward  to  following  year 

Public  Telephone  receipts 

Working    expenses,    excluding    P.    O 

royalt\  and  terminals 

Interest  paid • 

Sinking  Fund  paid     

Depreciation  fund 

Loss  on  terminal  fees 

Royalty  to  Post  Office 

Total  expenditure 

Total  expenditure  per  station 

Percentage  of  Sinking  Fund  paid,    plus 

Depreciation  Fund  to  total  capital  ex-l 

penditure 

Percentage  of  total  expenditure  to  total 


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1904-05. 


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398 

725 

1,379 

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20.  Percentage    of   working    expenses,    less 

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Stations  working'.    


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7  31 

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1,504    0 

200    0 

5,539    0 

53,922    0 

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0 
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97  28 

1582 

7  74 

58  41 
1 '1,362 

GLASGOW. 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 


SERVICE    AND    TRAFFIC. 


237 


The  traffic  through  the  various  exchanges  has  continued  to  increase  during  the 
year,  the  rate  at  the  end  of  the  year  being  40  millions  per  annum,  counting  each  call 
as  being  equal  to  two  messages.  The  trunk  traffic  has  ialso  shown  an  increase  over  the 
previous  year.  The  loss  incurred  in  terminal  fees  amounts  to  £200,  against  £299  last 
year. 


PUBLIC   TELEPHONE   OFFICES. 


The  number  of  public  call  offices  now  open  throughout  the  area  is  362. 
ber  of  calls  made  from  these  offices  during  the  year  exceeded  300,000. 


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GENERAL  REMARKS. 

The  negotiations  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  National  Telephone 
Company,  Limited,  during  the  past  year  created  a  condition  of  doubt  as  to  the  future 
position  of  municipal  telephony,  and  has  led  to  diminution  of  activity  in  telephone 
work  generally. 

The  agreement  resulting  from  the  negotiations  has  been  the  subject  of  careful 
consideration  by  the  committee,  in  conjunction  with  the  committees  of  the  other  tele- 
phone-owning municipalities,  and  evidence  was  laid  before  the  Parliamentary  Select 
Committee  on  behalf  of  the  municipalities.  A  report  of  the  action  taken  by  the  com- 
mittee is  set  forth  in  their  minute,  which  will  be  found  on  pages  2428-31  of  tliie 
Corporation  Print  No.  37. 

STATISTICS. 

There  will  be  found  on  page  15  a  statement  of  the  work  which  has  been  executed 
up  to  May  31,  1905,  and  of  the  number  of  employees. 

JAMES  ALEXANDEK, 

Convener  of  Telephone  Committee. 

JOHN  MACFEE, 

General  Manager. 
Glasgow,  September  1,  1905. 


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241 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
VI.— STATISTICS. 


Switchrooms  in  operation 

Stations  in  Operation 

Direct  lines  to  the  exchange,  unlimiti  I 
ii  ii  toil  ...    . 

Party  lines 

Public  telephones 

Service  telephones 

Extensions  outside 

n  inside.  .  

Private  lines. .... 

Sundry  lines 


Year 
1!Kil  02. 


Junction   i 


Mileage  of  metallic   circuits    outside  switchrooms    and  sub 

scribers'  office— 
Miles  in  underground  cable 

ii        in  aerial  cables 

n         in  leading- in  cables 

H        of  overhead  open  wires 

Particulars  of  outside  construction — 

Underground  pipes  from  exchanges 

Pairs  of  wires  from  exchanges 

Underground  cables  from  exchanges 

Distributing  points 

Manholes  built 

Junction  pillars  erected 

Poles  erected  in  ground  .  .    .  

Standards  erected  on  roofs  ...    .  

Fixtures  to  building 

Miles  of  trench  opened 

M       pipes  laid   

n        armoured  cable  laid 

ii        cable  drawn  into  pipes 

Employees — 

Officials 

General  office 

Stores  office 

Operators 

Canvassers 

Engineering  and  drawing  office  staff  and  clerical  staff  in 

Engineering  ami  Electrical  Departments 

Cleaners 

Inspectors,  fitters,  &c,  in  Electrical  Department 

Foremen,  wireman,   labourers,  &c,    in   Engineering  De- 
partment  


4,532 

ISC, 


27 

42 

198 

412 

80 

2 

5,479 
306 


5,785 


11,0614 

26 

3174 
370| 

126 

14,57:.' 

60 

982 


691 

228 

6,342 

114 

104 

53 

60 

11 

22 

8 

121 

5 

31 

!( 

106 

315 


628 


Year 
L902-03. 


17 

7,019 

303 

13 

115 

60 

611 

811 

184 

6 


Year 
1903-4. 


9,122 
194 


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5061 

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135 

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78 

1,422 

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11 

1,799 

243 

9,370 

127 

127 

66 

95 

12 
25 

8 
192 

8 

24 

11 

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213 


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Year 
1904-5. 


19 

8,385 

352 

82 

235 

68 

791 

1,081 

377 

34 


11,405 
627 


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150 

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92 

1,631 

116 

17 

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239 

11,671 

143 

140 

80 

125 

12 
30 

243 
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21 

11 
108 

132 


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20 

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348 
289 
362 

72 

1,013 

1,270 

408 

37 


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13,272 


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34 

624 

1,139 

162 

25,183 

103 

1,800 

135 

17 

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157 

84 

137 

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GLASGOW. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  245 

APPENDIX  No.  1  * 

No.  275b. 

GLASGOW— Continued.. 

Castle  Chambers,  65  Kenfield  Street, 

Glasgow,  July  4,  1905. 

Included  in  the  telephone  area  of  Glasgow  are  the  municipalities  of  Partick, 
Clydebank,  Govan,  Kinning  Park,  Kutherglen,  Pollokshaws,  Kirtintilloch,  Milngavie; 
and  the  townships  of  Bearsden,  Lenzie,  Stepps,  Shettleston,  Cambuslang,  Busby,  Eagle- 
sham,  Clarkston,  Giffnock,  &c. 

There  are  about  1,000,000  inhabitants  in  the  area. 

The  license  extends  from  March,  1900,  to  December,  1913. 

The  system  includes  20  switchrooms,  ranging  in  number  of  stations  from  12  to 
6,500. 

The  number  of  telephones  are  as  follows: — 

As  at  May  31.  1905. 

Unlimited  service 8,563  stations. 

Measured  service  (toll) 348        " 

2  party  lines 42         " 

4  party  lines. .   v 247        " 

Public  telephones 362        " 

Inside  extensions 1,270 

Outside  extensions 1,013 

Sundry  stations 486 


12,331 

The  rates  are : — 

(a)  £5  5s.  Od.  ($25.56),  unlimited  service,  business. 

(b)  £5  5s.  Od.  ($25.56),  "  residence. 

(c)  £4  4s.  Od.  ($20.45),  "  2  party  lines. 

(d)  £3  3s.  Od.  ($15.34),  "  4  party  lines. 

(e)  £3  10s.  Od.  ($17.05),  plus  Id.  (2  cents),  per  message. 

Above  rates  cover  service  over  whole  area,  and  are  applicable  to  business  and  resi- 
dence located  within  one  mile  from  any  exchange. 

The  service  is  continuous,  day  and  night,  including  Sunday. 

The  charge  to  non-subscribers  is  one  penny  (2  cents)  per  message  from  public 
telephones. 

Post  office,  trunk  or  long-distance  tariffs  charged  plus  additional  terminal  fee  when 
speaking  to  distant  National  Telephone  Company  subscribers: — 

Trunk  or  long-distance  tariffs — 

For  conversation  of  3  minutes'  duration. 

Within     25  miles 3d.  (  6  cents) 

"  50     " 6d.  (12  cents) 

"         75      "      9d.  (18  cents) 

"        100      "       Is.   (24  cents) 

Every  additional  40  miles,  6d.  (12  cents). 

GLASGOW. 
1_<£_17J 


246  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

Terminal  fees — 

For  conversation  of  3  minutes'  duration. 

When     trunk     charge     does     not     exceed     Is.  6d. 

(36  cents) 3d.  ( *6  cents) 

When  trunk  charge  does  not  exceed  3s.  (72  cents) . .     4d.  (  8  cents) 

When  trunk  charge  exceeds  4s.  (94  cents) 6d.  (12  cents) 

Terminals  not  charged  between  corporation  and  post  office  subscribers. 

Subscribers  have  long-distance  service  all  over  the  Kingdom.  Greatest  distance 
about  450  miles  direct. 

The  subscribers'  telephones  are  L.  M.  Ericsson  pattern,  supplied  by  that  firm,  and 
Ericsson  Bell  Telephone  Company. 

All  lines  are  metallic  circuit,  the  construction  being: 

Underground — Dry  core  cables  of  low  static  capacity ;  conductors  20  and  22  gauge. 

Overhead — No.  18  S.W.G.  bronze  for  subscribers'  circuits  and  100  lbs.  H.D.  cop- 
per wire  for  junction  circuits. 

Total  mileage  of  lines  erected 20,800  miles. 

.  Of  which,  underground 19,001      " 

"  overhead 1,799       " 

The  undergrounds  extend  11  miles  east  to  west,  and  10J  miles  north  to  south. 

Total  mileage  of  trench 152  miles. 

"  pipes 157      " 

"  armoured  cable 84       " 

Number  of  pipes  from  exchanges 162 

Total  pairs  from  exchanges 25,183 

Total  duct  capacity 40,000 

As  at  March  31,  1905,  the  amounted  expended  on  the  system  was  £355,000,  includ- 
ing stores  and  tools  on  hand. 

The  gross  revenue  as  at  May  31,  1904,  was  £73,809 ;  net,  £49,639. 

The  total  expenditure  per  annum,  including  management,  operating  expenses, 
maintenance,  sinking  fund  and  depreciation  is  £45,989;  interest  on  capital,  3A  per 
cent  at  present;  varies  slightly  according  to  money  market.  Sinking  fund,  3J  per 
cent.     Surplus  last  year,  £3,650. 

Taking  capital  expended  at  May  31,  1903,  which  amounted  to  £270,938,  the  sur- 
plus last  year  equalled  1 -34  per  cent,  to  which  percentage  must  be  added  3J  per  cent 
on  total  amount  borrowed  to  May  31,  1904,  making  a  total  of  4  -67  per  cent. 

The  post  office  has  adopted  the  principle  of  2J  per  cent  depreciation.  It  is  a 
debateable  point  whether  a  depreciation  fund  is  necessary  when  a  sinking  fund  is 
provided. 

About  £300  ($1,461)  per  annum  is  paid  for  way  leave  privileges  on  private 
property.     The  wages  paid  are: — 

Foremen 31s.  ($7.56)  to  40s.  ($9.74)  per  week 

Instrument  fitters 10s.  ($2.44)  to  36s.  ($8.78)  per  week 

Wiremen 25s.  ($6.09)  to  32s.  ($7.80)  per  week 

Operators — 

3rd  grade  or  learners  ....  5s.  ($1.21)  to     8s  ($1.93)  per  week 

2nd  grade 8s.  ($1.93)  to  14s.  ($3.40)  per  week 

1st  grade.  .    .  .    . 14s.   ($3.40)  to  18s.   ($4.37)  per  week 

Supervisors 18s.   ($4.37)   and  upwards. 

GLASGOW. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  247 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  cost  of  equipment  was : — 

(a)  Central  exchange  cost  £32,982. 

Equipped  for 6,400  lines. 

Ultimate  capacity 8,000     " 

Test  jacks  and  frames,  present 11,900 

"  "  ultimate 12,000 

High  voltage  guards,  present 7,900 

"  "  ultimate 10,700 

(b)  Sub-exchanges  cost  altogether  £9,670. 

Equipped  for 5,100  lines. 

Ultimate  capacity 38,000     " 

Test  jacks  and  frames,  present 14,000 

"  "  ultimate 20,000 

High  voltage  guard  frames,  present 8,000 

"  "  .ultimate 19,000 

(c)  Wall  instruments,  45s.  ($10.96)  to  50s.  ($12.18)  each. 

(d)  Table  instruments,  45s.  ($10.96)  to  50s.  ($12.18)  each. 

(e)  The  cost  of  underground  cable  varies  according  to  class  of  cable  and  number 
ci  conductors,  e.g. — 

1  pair £16  per  mile. 

12  pair £74  to  £108 

24  pair 121  to 

48  pair 190  to    270 

120  pair 300  to 

168  pair 450  to 

217  pair 

312  pair '  .  . 

(f)  Overhead  wire — 

Bronze 10d.  (20  cents)  per  lb. 

Copper,  100  lbs Sd.  (16  cents)       " 

Varies  according  to  price  of  copper. 

(g)  Poles- 
Iron  10s.  ($2.44)  to    21s.  ($5.12)  each. 

Wood 10s.  ($2.44)  to  160$.  ($38.96)     " 

According  to  size. 

(h)  Arms — 

Iron 2s.  6d.  (60c.)  to  4s.  6d.  ($1.09)  each. 

Oak 9<L  (18c.)  to  Is.  8d.  (  40c.  )     " 

(i)  Insulators— 5d.   (10c.)  to  Is.  2d  (28c)  each. 

(/)  Ducts — 

Stoneware 4d-     (8  cents)  per  foot. 

Iron 5d.  (10  cents) 

GLASGOW. 


173 

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a 

248  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.  1905 

The  National  Telephone  Company  claim  to  have  23,000  telephones  in  the  Glas- 
gow area.     An  analysis  of  the  1905  directory  gives  the  following: — 

Direct  line  stations 8,382 

Party  line  stations 6,641 

Sundry 905 

(Including  1,000  call  offices) 15,928 

The  1900-1901  directory  gives- 
Direct  line  stations 6,590 

Party  line  stations 

Sundry 341 


6,931 


The  tariffs  charged  by  the  National  Telephone  Company  before  competition  were : 
£10     0     0  ($48.70),  unlimited.  1st  connection. 
8  10    0  ($41.40),  unlimited,  2nd  connection. 

In  some  cases  as  much  as  £25  ($121.75)  was  charged  for  an  exchange  line.  The 
tariffs  since  competition  commenced  are: — 

£10     0  0  ($48.70),  1st  connection,  unlimited. 

8  10  0  ($41.40),  2nd  connection,  unlimited. 

6    0  0  ($29.22),  2  party  line,  unlimited. 

4  0  0  ($19.48),  4  party  line,  unlimited. 

5  0  0  ($24.35),  measured  service  for  600  calls;  £1  for  additional  300  calls. 
5     0  0  ($24.35),  measured  service  for  houses  for  1,500  calls. 

2d.  (4  cents)  per  day — ten  party  line^  equal  to  £3  Is.  Od.  ($14.85)  per  year; 
calls  in  excess  of  second  per  day,  Id.  (2  cents)  each. 

As  the  National  Telephone  Company  does  not  publish  detailed  statistics  of  its 
telephones,  the  figures  should  be  taken  as  approximate.  It  is  not  possible  to  give  the 
number  of  the  National  Company's  residence  telephones. 

The  National  Company's  direct  lines  include  a  large  number  of  service  lines  for 
residences  at  £5  ($24.35)  per  annum  for  1,500  calls,  and  the  party  lines  are  mostly 
composed  of  20  party  lines  at  25s.  ($6.08)  per  annum  for  600  calls. 

There  is  no  local  inter-communication  between  the  subscribers  of  the  competing 
systems.  All  subscribers,  however,  have  the  right  to  the  use  of  the  state  trunk  lines 
at  the  charges  mentioned  in  answer  No.  15.  National  Company's  subscribers  are 
charged  trunk  fees  only,  while  corporation  subscribers  pay  the  terminal  fees  in  addi- 
tion. The  corporation  relieves  its  subscribers  of  terminal  fees  up  to  20s.  ($4.87)  for 
each  in  any  one  year  on  outward  trunk  calls. 

Between  4,000  and  5,000  approximately,  subscribe  to  both  the  '  Municipal '  and 
'  National '  telephones  at  the  same  address. 

Accounts  for  toll  fees  are  rendered  quarterly,  and  payable  within  28  days.  Trunk 
and  postal  service  fees  are  rendered  to  the  subscribers  monthly,  and  are  payable  within 
7  days.  Although  deposits  against  these  fees  are  not  generally  exacted,  subscribers 
can  deposit  a  sum  and  work  it  off  from  month  to  month.  The  trunk  fees  and  telegraph 
charges  are  paid  to  the  post  office  each  month. 

In  the  five  chief  city  exchanges  the  call  wire  system  of  switching  was  adopted. 
In  the  other  exchanges  the  magneto-ring-through  system  is  in  operation. 
GLASGOW. 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 


249 


APPENDIX   No.    1 

No.  275c. 


GLASGOW—  Continued. 
FINANCE  STATISTICS  (Telephone  Department) 


1  Total  capital  expenditure 

2  Average  gross  cost  per  station 

(  (    |  Total  capital  expenditure  1 
'  )  Total  number  of  stations  f  ■■■• 

3  Amount  borrowed  and  not  repaid  .... 

4  ( rross  revenue 

5  Net  revenue 

6  Net  revenue  per  station 

7  Rentals  carried  forward  to  following 

year 

8  Public  telephone  receipts 

9  Working    expenses,    excluding  P.O. 

royalty  and  terminals 

10  Interest  paid 

11  Sinking  fund  paid 

12  Depreciation  fund 

13  Loss  on  terminal  fees . 

14  Royalty  to  post  office 

15  Total  expenditure 

16  it  per  station 

17  Percentage  of  sinking  fund  paid,  plus 

depreciation   fund  to  total   capital 
expenditure 

18  Percentage  of  total  expenditure  to  net 

revenue 

19  Percentage  of  net  revenue  to  capital 

expenditure 

20  Percentage  of  outstanding  rentals  to 

gross  rentals 

21  Stations  working 


1901-02. 


£    s.     d. 

192,693    0    0 
35    3    4* 


1902-03. 


£    s.     d. 

270,938    0    0 
29  14    0^ 


1903-04. 

Total. 

£  s.  d. 

320,782  0  0 
28  2  6f 

£ 
320,782 

(Including  spare  plant  and  preliminary  expenses. 


172,240  0 
26,513  0 

14,096  0 
2  11 

0 
0 
0 

54 

12,417  0 
29  0 

0 
0 

6,832  0 

2,680  o 

1,960  0 

398  0 

725  0 

1,379  0 

13,698  0 

2  10 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

Per  cent. 
393 

97  17 

731 

13  95 
5,479 

242,533    0  0 

.->!">,  7  2!  I     0  0 

35,014    0  0 

3  16  9 

20.715    0  0 

225    0  0 


15,968 
6,642 
5,806 
1,694 
1,131 
3,405 

33,320 
3 


Per  cent. 
42 

95  16 

12  92 

9  91 
9,122 


285,490  0 

73,809  0 

49,639  0 

4  7 

0 
0 
0 
0J 

24,170  0 
776  0 

0 
0 

23,154  0 

8,537  0 

8,343  0 

3,650  0 

299  0 

5,007  0 

46,000  0 

4  0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
74 

Per  cent. 
467 

92-66 

15-47 

7  44 
11,405 

285,490 


17,859 
16,109 

5,742 
2,155 
9,791 


Average  p.c. 
4  26 


94  99 
11-9 


No.  275d. 


GLASGOW— Continued. 


COMPARATIVE     STATEMENT     SHOWING     FINANCIAL     RESULTS     OF 

THE   NATIONAL   TELEPHONE   COMPANY   AND   THE   GLASGOW 

CORPORATION  TELEPHONES. 


The  National  Telephone 
Company,  to  30th 
June,  1904. 


Glasgow  Corpora  t  i  o  n 
Telephones,  to  31st 
May,  1904. 


Standard  Rate 

for 

Unlimited 

Service. 


£17,  London. 

£10,  provinces. 

£8  10s.  in  some 
smaller  towns 
in  provinces. 


£  s5. 


Interest 

and 

Dividends. 


4 '  29  per  cent. 

Average  rate  of  interest 
and  dividends  paid 
on  various  stocks  and 
shares. 


3  20  per  cent. 
Interest    on    borrowed 
money. 


Provision 
against 

the  Future. 


1  ■  52  per  cent. 


467 


Remarks. 


Carried  to  reserve  fund 
and  invested  in  Com- 
pany's business. 
(From  33rd  report 
presented  to  share- 
holders. ) 

Includes  sinking  fund 
and  depre  c  i  a  t  i  o  n 
fund.  (From  3rd 
annual  report  and 
balance  sheet. ) 


GLASGOW, 


250  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 


No.  275e. 


GLASGOW—  Continued. 


FINANCE     STATISTICS     COMPILED     FEOM     THE     LATEST     BALANCE 

SHEETS     ISSUED     BY     THE     UNDERNOTED     TELEPHONE 

UNDERTAKINGS    IN    GREAT    BRITAIN,    CANADA 

AND   THE   UNITED   STATES. 

Extracted  from  the  '  American  Telephone  Journal,'  March  11,  1905. 

In  order  to  throw  some  light  upon  the  financial  side  of  telephone  competition,  we 
publish  herewith  some  statistics  showing  results  of  the  working  of  telephone  monopo- 
lies in  Great  Britain  and  Canada,  in  comparison  with  those  of  competitive  undertak- 
ings. These  figures  prove  conclusively  what  it  is  possible  for  a  company  or  munici- 
pality having  a  system  that  is  well  managed  and  legitimately  capitalized  to  accomplish, 
as  compared  with  a  monopoly  whose  capital  includes  much  watered  stock,  and  whose 
obsolete  plant  is  replaced  at  the  expense  of  telephone  users,  instead  of  being  charged 
against  the  profits  of  the  undertaking.  It  will  also  be  noticed  that  on  both  sides  of 
the  Atlantic  the  comparisons  between  the  monopoly  and  its  competitor  show  almost 
identical  results,  the  slight  difference  being  in  favour  of  the  two  United  States  inde- 
depeiidcnt  companies  quoted.  This  is  due  to  the  fact  that  there  are  more  subscribers 
within  the  same  area  in  American  cities  than  in  Great  Britain.  Another  very  signifi- 
cant fact  is  that  the  average  capital  per  station  of  the  monopoly  (and  especially  is  this 
the  case  in  Canada)  includes  a  large  proportion  of  obsolete  plant  and  single-grounded 
lines;  whereas  the  competitive  systems  are  all  modern  plants,  comprising  longi-dis- 
tance  telephones,  copper  metallic  circuits,  and  a  large  percentage  ot  underground 
wires. 

The  figures  for  the  United  States  and  Canada  include  the  long-distance  lines, 
which  in  Great  Britain  are  owned  by  the  state,  therefore  some  allowance  must  be  made 
in  this  respect,  but  it  will  be  seen  from  the  mileage  of  long-distance  wire  per  tele- 
phone that  if  the  figures  could  be  accurately  dissected,  it  would  not  make  the  '  Bell ' 
compare  more  favourably  with  the  '  Independent '  results. 


GLASGOW. 


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252 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
STATEMENT  OF  TELEPHONE  TARIFFS 


Nature 

of 
Service. 


Exelvsive    line— 
Unlimited   ser 


Exclusive  line- 
.\  1 1  .-sage    rate 
service. 


Toll  service. 


Germany. 
(Government). 


£4  ( -"S 1 1) .  48 )  p.  ann.,  centres  up  to 

£5  (824 ■:*:,) 

£6  ($29.22) 

£7(134.09) 

£7  10s.  (836.53) 

£8  ($38  96) 

£8  10s.  ($41.40) 

£9(843.83) 


r.n  sube. 

50/100 

100/200 

200/500 

500/1,000 

1,000/5,000 

5,000/20,000 

above      20,000 


Wurtemberg. 
(Government). 


Bavaria. 
(Government). 


E6  (829.22)  p.  ann 

within  town 
limits  ;  suburbs, 
hd.  (lc.)  each  call, 
in  addition  to 
rental. 


£4   ($19.48)   to  £7 
10s.    (836.53)   p. 
ann.,     according 
to  number  of  sub 
scribers 


GLASGOW. 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 
APPENDIX  No.  1 
ON  THE  CONTINENT  OF  EUROPE. 


253 


Norway. 
(Company). 


Sweden. 
(Govt,  and  Co'y)< 


Christiania. 

Single  wires,  £4  8s, 
lOd.  ($21.62)  ]>. 
ann.,  6,000  calls 
£5  ($24.35)  p. 
aim.,  over  6,000 
calls. 

Other  towns. 

Single  wires  from 
£2  4s.  5d.($10.80) 
to  £4  ($19.48)  p 
ann. 

Double  wires  from 
£215s.5d.($13.50) 
to  £4 17s.  ($12.62) 
p.  aim. 

N.  B. — In  some 
towns  telephone 
instruments  are 
owned     by    sub- 

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maintained  by 
tilt-phone  com- 
panies. 


Belgium. 
(Government). 


Stockholm. 

State  Telephone 
Department. 

Business  £2  15s. 
6d.  ($13.50)  p. 
aim.  ;  entrance 
fee,  £2  15s.  6d. 
($13.50). 
Private  houses, 
E215s.6d.($13.50) 
p.  aim.  ;  no  en- 
trance fee. 

Allmanna    Tele 
Company. 

t'4N3.i0d.($21.62) 
p.  ann.  ;  en- 
trance fee,  £2 
15s.  6d.($13.50) 
or  £5  lis. 
($27.03)  p. ann. 
with  no  en- 
trance fee). 


Allmanna    Tele. 
Company. 

Business,  £2  10s. 

($12.18)  p".  ann. 
Private     nouses, 

£2    ($9.74)     p. 

an.,  limited  to 

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quarter. 


Brussels. 

£10  p.  ann. 

( (ther     towns 

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p.  ann. 


Switzerland. 
(Government). 


Denmark. 
(Company). 


Copenhagen. 

Business,  £6  13s. 

4d.  ($32.46)  p. 

ann.,     5,000 

calls;    £7  15s. 

6d.  ($37.87)  p. 

ann.,       over 

5,000  calls. 
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ann. 

Other  towns. 

£2  4s.  5d.($10.80) 
to  £4  3s.  3d. 
($20.26)p.  ann. 

Funen 
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to  £3  Is.  Id. 
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according  t  o 
size  of  centre, 
for  1,200  calls  ; 
5s.  6d.  ($1.34) 
p.  100  calls 
above  1,200. 


Amsterdam, 

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Hague. 

£7  10s.  p.  ann. 


1st  y.  £4  ($19.48) 

p.  ann. 
2nd    y.    £2   16s. 

($13.64)  p.  ann. 
3rd    y.     £1    12s. 

($7.79)  p.  ann. 
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call. 


Holland. 

(Municipal). 


GLASGOW. 


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256  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  275g. 

GLASGOW— Continued. 

Castle  Chambers, 
65  Kenfield  Street,  Glasgow. 

local  communication. 
The  exchanges  are  open  day  and  night,  Sundays  included. 

COMPLAINTS. 

Subscribers  are  requested  to  communicate  all  complaints  in  writing,  no  verbal 
complaint  can  be  recognized.  In  order  to  facilitate  investigation,  the  time  at  which 
tiie  fault  occurred  should  be  given.  Complaints  regarding  incivility  or  inattention 
on  the  part  of  the  staff  should  be  communicated  direct  to  the  general  manager.  As 
complaints  respecting  trunk  service  have  to  be  referred  to  the  post  office,  they  must 
be  in  writing,  and  particulars  given.  Subscribers  are  particularly  requested  not  to 
converse  with  operators^  any  information  required  may  be  obtained  from  the  chief 
operator  or  supervisors. 

PAYMENT   OF   SUBSCRIPTIONS,  &C. 

Subscriptions  are  due  on  completion  of  the  connections,  and  are  payable  immedi- 
ately thereafter.  Subscriptions,  trunk,  telegraph  and  local  toll  fees  are  not  collected, 
but  are  payable  at  Castle  Chambers,  65  Kenfield  street,  where  official  receipts  will  be 
given  only.  The  department's  official  form  of  receipt  will  only  be  recognized. 
Cheques  should  be  made  payable  to  the  general  manager  and  crossed. 

Any  subscriber  who  wishes  to  be  disjoined  from  the  Corporation  Exchange  must 
give  notice  to  that  effect  in  writing  at  least  four  months  previous  to  the  day  on  which 
his  subscription  for  the  ensuing  year  would  become  due,  as  per  clause  6  of  conditions 
o±  supply.     Failing  such  notice,  he  shall  be  liable  for  another  year's  subscription. 

TRUNK    COMMUNICATION. 

Subscribers  to  the  Corporation  Exchange  can  communicate  by  means  of  the  gov- 
ernment trunk  lines  with  subscribers  to  other  exchanges  in  all  parts  of  the  kingdom. 

Trunk  messages  to  post  office  subscribers  in  London,  Neweastle-on-Tyne,  Cardiff, 
Hull,  Leicester,  &c,  and  corporation  telephones  in  Hull,  Portsmouth,  Swansea, 
Brighton  and  the  National  telephones  at  Hull  and  Tunbridge  Wells  will  be  charged 
a  i  the  ordinary  trunk  message  rates  without  any  terminal  fees. 

Trunk  messages  to  National  telephone  subscribers  in  other  towns  will  be  charged 
the  ordinary  trunk  rate  plus  a  terminal  charge,  which,  it  is  understood,  will  be  imposed 
by  the  National  Telephone  Company.  The  corporation  telephone  department  have 
arranged  to  free  their  subscribers  of  terminal  charges  on  outward  trunk  calls  to  the 
extent  of  £1  per  exchange  line,  for  any  one  year,  commencing  June  1  of  any  year. 

Corporation  subscribers  are  recommended  to  draw  the  attention  of  their  corre- 
spondents in  other  towns  to  the  corporation  exchange,  and  to  request  that  all  calls 
made  to  them  should  be  made  through  the  medium  of  the  corporation  instruments. 

National  telephone  subscribers  in  Edinburgh,  Manchester  and  Liverpool,  on  apply- 
ing by  telephone  to  the  post  offices,  will  be  informed  the  telephone  number  of  any  sub- 
scriber to  the  Glasgow  Corporation  system. 

The  corporation  will,  under  no  circumstances,  be  responsible  for  trunk  charges 
incurred  by  subscribers.    Subscribers  making  trunk  calls  must  do  so  entirely  at  their 
cwn  risk,  and  if  the  post  office  decline  to  waive  or  alter  any  charge  that  may  be  ob- 
jected to,  the  loss  must  fall  on  the  subscriber. 
GLASGOW. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  257 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Subscribers  whose  numbers  are  not  prefixed  with  a  letter  or  name  are  requested  to 
give  the  word  '  Central '  in  addition  to  their  number  to  the  post  office  operator  when 
asking  for  a  trunk  message  or  telegram,  e.g.,  Central  2456  on  Edinburgh  1324. 

REDUCTION  OF  TRUNK  TELEPHONE  CHARGES  AT  NIGHT. 

The  charge  for  a  6-minutes'  conversation  on  the  trunk  telephone  wires  between 
8  p.m.  and  6  a.m  is  the  same  as  that  for  a  single  period  of  3  minutes  during  the  day. 
No  reduction  is  made  in  the  charge  for  a  3-minutes  conversation. 

Particulars  of  trunk  line  charges,  &c,  can  be  obtained  from  the  department's 
offices,  Castle  Chambers,  65  Renfield  street. 

TRUNK  NUMBERS. 

Corporation  subscribers  not  acquainted  with  the  correspondents'  numbers  in 
other  towns  shall  be  afforded  this  information  on  asking  the  exchange  for  '  Directory 
467,'  and  giving  the  full  name  and  address  of  the  correspondent  wanted. 

SUBSCRIBERS    IN    OTHER   TOWNS. 

Subscribers  in  other  towns  who  purpose  calling  up  subscribers  on  the  corporation 
system  will  be  supplied  at  a  small  charge  with  a  telephone  directory  on  making  appli- 
cation to  the  general  manager. 

SPECIAL    NOTE. 

Persons  in  other  towns  may  call  up  corporation  subscribers  from  the  call  boxes 
in  the  post  offices  on  payment  of  the  simple  trunk  fee,  without  any  terminal  charge 
being  made.  For  instance,  a  call  can  be  made  from  the  Paisley,  Greenock,  Dumbar- 
ton or  Coatbridge,  &c,  post  office  call  boxes  for  3d.;  from  Edinburgh,  Bo'ness  or  Ayr, 
&c,  post  office  call  boxes,  6d.,  &c.  &c. 

POST  OFFICE  FACILITIES. 

The  central  exchange  is  connected  with  the  post  office,  George  Square,  telephone 
numbers  910  and  3169. 

Subscribers  are  thereby  enabled  to  exercise  any  of  the  following  facilities: — 

1.  Any  corporation  subscriber  may  telephone  messages  to  the  general  post  office 
(Nos.  Corporation  910  and  Corporation  3169)  for  transmission  by  telegraph  at  the 
ordinary  rate  for  telegrams.  He  may  also  telephone  to  any  postal  telegraph  office 
which  can  be  reached  either  through  the  local  exchange  system,  or  subject  to  payment 
of  the  proper  trunk  fees,  by  means  of  the  post  office  trunk  wires,  in  order  that  the 
messages  may  be  written  down  and  forwarded  as  express  letters. 

2.  No  letter  telephoned  to  a  post  office  for  delivery  by  express  messenger  may 
contain  more  than  30  words  if  the  telephone  call  is  for  a  single  period  of  3 
minutes.  If  the  call  is  for  a  double  period  of  6  minutes,  60  words  may  be  sent,  but  in 
this  case  a  double  express  fee  will  be  charged. 

3.  Any  person  receiving  an  express  letter  in  this  way  may  send  another  express 
letter  back  to  the  post  office  to  be  telephoned  to  the  sender  of  the  original  message  on 
payment  of  the  full  ordinary  express  and  telephone  fees. 

4.  Any  subscriber  to  a  telephone  exchange  may  obtain  the  services  of  an  express 
messenger  by  telephoning  to  the  nearest  post  office  which  is  connected  with  his  ex- 
change 

5.  In  general  the  ordinary  rules  for  telegrams  or  express  letters  will  apply  to  all 
messages  telephoned  to  post  offices  for  transmission  in  one  of  these  forms. 

6.  The  senders  of  such  messages  should  speak  very  distinctly,  and  should  spell  all 
proper  names,  numbers  or  difficult  words.  The  persons  who  take  down  messages  at  post 
offices  will,  at  the  end,  carefully  read  them  to  the  senders,  who  are  requested  to  do  all 
'n  their  power  to  prevent  and  correct  mistakes. 

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7.  It  is  also  possible  for  subscribers  who  have  registered  abbreviated  addresses 
to  make  general  arrangements  to  have  all  telegrams  bearing  such  addresses  delivered 
by  telephone,  in  lieu  of  delivery  by  messenger.  Delivery  by  messenger  will,  of  course,. 
be  resorted  to  if  a  subscriber's  circuit  is  faulty. 

8.  Call  for  post  office  messengers  for  express  delivery  of  parcels  and  letters. 

For  further  particulars  of  services  (3)  and  (4)  see  local  post  office  guide. 

Subscribers  desirous  of  participating  in  above  services  will  please  communicate 
with  the  general  manager,  65  Renfield  street. 

The  payments  for  cost  of  telegrams,  postage  of  letters,  and  hire  of  messengers  are 
due  to  the  post  office,  but  the  accounts  will  be  rendered  monthly  by  the  telephone 
department,  and  payment  is  to  be  forwarded  by  cheque  or  postal  order  to  the  telephone 
office,  Renfield  street,  within  one  week,  or  on  demand  if  necessary.  Inquiries  or 
objections  in  respect  of  accounts  rendered  for  postal  facilities  can  only  be  enter- 
tained if  made  within  five  days  after  receipt  of  account. 

The  telephone  department  reserves  the  right  of  withdrawing  the  services  from 
subscribers  whose  payments  are  overdue,  or  who  fail  to  comply  with  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations. 

DEPOSIT. 

Post  Office  Facilities  and  Local  Toll  Service. 

In  order  to  obviate  the  necessity  of  remitting  small  amounts  monthly,  in  payment 
cf  postal  facilities  and  local  toll  service,  subscribers  may  lodge  a  sum  with  the  de- 
partment which  will  be  worked  off  according  to  their  requirements. 

TELEPHONE    INSPECTORS. 

Subscribers  are  informed  that  all  officials  of  the  corporation  telephone  depart- 
ment entitled  to  go  into  offices  and  houses  are  furnished  with  certificates. of  employ- 
ment in  the  telephone  department,  which  they  will  produce  on  demand.  No  house- 
holder should,  therefore,  admit  any  person  about  whom  doubt  exists  unless  he  pro- 
duces the  certificate. 

REMOVAL    OF    SUBSCRIBERS'    TELEPHONES. 

Subscribers  purposing  removing  offices,  &c,  are  z-equested  to  give  at  least  one 
month's  previous  notice  in  writing  to  the  general  manager. 

Removals  will  be  charged  for,  and  the  department  will  not  be  responsible  for  any 
interruption  of  service  due  to  such  removals. 

FIRE  INSURANCE  OF  INSTRUMENTS. 

Subscribers  are  recommended  to  include  the  sum  of  £4  in  respect  of  each  instru- 
ment in  their  fire  policy,  as  per  clause  5  of  the  conditions  of  supply. 

WALL   CARDS    FOR   SUBSCRIBERS'   NUMBERS. 

These  will  be  supplied  on  calling  at  the  department's  office,  Castle  Chambers,  65- 
Renfield  street. 

DIRECTORY    AND    SUBSCRIBERS'    NUMBERS. 

Subscribers'  numbers,  names  and  addresses  will  be  inserted  in  the  first  directory 
or  supplement  published  after  date  of  their  connection  to  the  exchange;  and  while 
every  care  is  taken  in  compiling  the  list,  the  department  will  not  be  liable  for  omis- 
sions or  inaccuracies.  Any  omissions  or  inaccuracies  should  be  immediately  notified, 
in  writing,  to  the  general  manager,  at  the  address  given  below.  Additional  insertions 
are  charged  at  the  rate  of  5s.  each  per  annum.  The  department  reserves  the  right  to 
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disconnect  the  subscriber's  line  from  the  exchange  to  which  it  may  be  connected,  and 
to  reconnect  it  with  any  other  exchange  belonging  to  the  corporation.  The  department 
also  reserves  the  right  to  alter  the  telephone  number  of  any  subscriber  when  such 
change  is  rendered  necessary  by  the  exigencies  of  the  service,  and  will  not  be  liable 
for  any  loss  or  inconvenience  caused  thereby. 

JOHN  MACFEE, 

General  Manager. 
General  Manager's  Office, 

Castle  Chambers,  65  Eenfield  St.,  Glasgow, 
February,  1905. 

GLASGOW—  Continued. 
No.  275h. 

Conditions  of  Supply. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  conditions  under  which  the  corporation  supply  tele- 
phone service,  and  subscribers  shall  be  deemed  to  have  a  knowledge  thereof : — 

I. — general. 

The  corporation  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable,  connect  the  office  of  every  subscriber 
to  the  corporation  telephones  with  one  of  their  exchanges  by  a  metallic  circuit  tele- 
phone line,  and  shall  maintain  in  good  working  order  the  said  line  and  the  instrument 
to  be  fitted  up  in  the  subscriber's  office. 

2.  The  subscriber  shall  have  the  right  to  communicate  with  all  other  corporation 
telephone  subscribers  within  the  Glasgow  telephone  area,  and  to  use  at  the  usual  tariff 
rates  the  post  office  trunk  lines,  subject  to  the  regulations  for  the  time  being  relating 
thereto  respectively. 

3.  The  corporation  shall  not  be  responsible  to  the  subscriber  or  liable  in  damages 
or  otherwise  for  any  delay,  interruption,  or  failure  of  service,  but  it  shall  use  every 
reasonable  endeavour  to  repair  defects  and  restore  connection  as  speedily  as  possible 
after  receipt  of  notice  in  writing. 

4.  The  corporation  reserves  to  itself  the  right  to  disconnect  the  subscriber's  line 
from  the  exchange  to  which  it  may  be  at  first  connected,  and  to  reconnect  it  with  any 
other  exchange  belonging  to  the  corporation. 

5.  The  subscriber  shall  take  good  care  of  the  exchange  line  and  instrument,  and 
of  all  extra  instruments,  additional  wires,  switches,  and  other  apparatus  which  may  be 
fitted  up,  and  of  all  the  fixtures  and  accessories  connected  therewith,  and  shall  not 
damage,  alter,  or  remove  the  same,  nor  allow  it  or  them  or  any  of  them  to  be  damaged, 
altered,  or  removed,  nor  make,  nor  suffer  to  be  made,  any  attachments  to  the  same,  and 
shall  not  obliterate,  nor  allow  to  be  obliterated,  any  marks,  words,  or  numbers  which  may 
be  written,  painted,  stamped,  or  impressed  thereon.  In  the  event  of  any  of  the  fore- 
going telephonic  appliances  being  damaged  otherwise  than  by  ordinary  tear  and  wear, 
the  subscriber  shall  pay  to  the  corporation  the  cost  of  the  repair  of  such  damage,  and 
in  the  event  of  any  of  them  being  totally  destroyed  by  fire  or  otherwise,  or  stolen,  or 
missing  from  any  cause  whatever,  then  the  subscriber  shall  pay  to  the  corporation  the 
sum  of  £4  for  each  set  of  instruments  as  compensation  for  the  destruction  or  loss 
thereof. 

6.  The  subscription  shall  begin  to  run  from  the  date  of  the  connection  of  the  sub- 
scriber with  an  exchange,  and  the  corporation's  books  shall  be  sufficient  and  conclu- 
sive proof  of  such  date,  and  (unless  proved  to  be  inaccurate)  of  all  accounts  betwen  the 
parties,  and  the  said  subscription  shall  be  due  on  that  day  in  each  succeeding  year. 
Any  subscriber  who  wishes  to  be  disjoined  from  the  Corporation  Exchange  must  give 
notice  to  that  effect,  in  writing,  at  least  four  months  previous  to  the  day  on  which  his 
subscription  for  the' ensuing  year  would  become  due.  Failing  such  notice,  he  shall  be 
liable  for  another  year's  subscription. 

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260  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

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7.  In  the  event  of  the  annual  subscription  hereinafter  mentioned,  or  any  other 
money  payable  to  the  corporation,  being  in  arrear  for  one  calendar  month  after  the 
same  ought  to  have  been  paid,  or  if  the  subscriber  shall  be  adjudged  bankrupt,  or  make 
or  enter  into  any  composition  or  arrangement  with  his  creditors,  or  shall  execute  any 
assignment  for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors,  or  shall  have  the  movables  within  his  prem- 
ises poinded,  or  if  the  subscriber  shall  commit  any  breach  of  or  fail  to  observe  any  of 
the  conditions  herein  contained,  the  coiporation  may,  after  notice  in  writing,  discon- 
nect the  subscriber  and  remove  the  telephone  appliances  as  from  the  date  of  such 
notice  or  the  leaving  of  the  same  at  the  subscriber's  premises,  and  such  action  shall 
not  prejudice  the  right  of  the  corporation  to  recover  the  full  year's  subscription  and 
any  other  moneys  which  may  be  due  to  them. 

8.  The  corporation  reserves  to  itself  the  right  to  disconnect,  without  prejudice  to 
any  of  the  other  conditions  herein  contained,  any  subscriber  who  persistently  neglects 
to  observe  the  instructions  for  using  the  instruments,  or  who  uses  objectionable 
language  to  the  operators. 

9.  If  the  corporation  shall  at  any  time  be  unable,  or,  for  any  reason,  unwilling, 
to  obtain  or  maintain  any  necessary  licenses,  wayleaves,  permission  for  attachment  or 
poles,  or  other  easements,  the  corporation,  by  notice  in  writing,  may  disconnect  the 
subscriber,  who  shall  be  entitled  to  no  payment  or  compensation  except  the  return  oi 
so  much  of  the  current  year's  subscription  as  shall  be  proportionate  to  the  unexpired 
portion  of  the  year. 

10.  The  subscriber  shall  give  to  the  corporation  every  facility  in  his  power  for 
running  his  own  wire  or  wires,  laying  underground  cables,  making  attachments,  fixing 
poles,  &c,  and  will  permit  the  corporation  and  its  servants  at  all  reasonable  times  to 
have  free  access  to  the  subscriber's  premises  for  the  purpose  of  erecting,  fixing,  exam- 
ining, repairing,  or  removing  the  said  exchange  line,  wires,  cables,  instruments,  poles, 
attachments,  &c. 

11.  The  following  conditions  in  the  license  between  the  corporation  and  His 
Majesty's  Postmaster  General  shall,  under  the  penalty  of  the  immediate  disconnection 
of  the  subscriber's  premises  from  the  exchange,  and  the  removal  of  all  telephonic  appli- 
ances, be  observed  by  the  subscriber,  viz. : — 

(In  what  follows,  the  expression  '  local  authority '  means  the  corporation,  and  the 
expression  '  telephonic  message '  means  a  spoken  message  or  communication  trans- 
mitted by  telephone.) 

(a)  The  local  authority  have  license  and  permission  from  the  Postmaster  General 
(subject  as  hereinafter  provided)  to  work  and  use  within  the  licensed  area  telegraphs 
of  which  the  transmitting  and  receiving  instruments  shall  be  telephones  (but  no  other 
kind  or  description  of  telegraphs)  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  any  person  to  transmit 
direct  from  and  receive  at  any  office  to  and  from  any  other  person  at  any  other  office  to 
and  from  any  other  person  at  any  other  office  telephonic  messages  (but  no  other  des- 
cription of  telegrams)  relating  to  the  business  or  private  affairs  of  such  persons  respec- 
tively or  one  of  them,  and  the  local  authority  shall  (subject  to  the  provisions  of  their 
license)  have  license  and  permission  to  receive  from  all  such  persons  for  or  in  respect 
of  the  purchase  or  hire  or  maintenance  or  working  or  use  of  the  said  telegraphs,  or  any 
part  or  parts  thereof,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  or  for  or  in  respect  of  the  right  or; 
permission  to  transmit  or  receive  or  otherwise  in  respect  of  the  transmission  or  re- 
ceipt of  such  telephonic  messages  as  aforesaid  by  means  of  the  said  telegraphs  such 
sums  of  money  or  other  valuable  considerations  as  shall  be  agreed  upon  between  the 
local  authority  and  the  said  persons  respectively. 

The  term  '  business '  used  above  shall  not  be  construed  or  held  to  mean  or  include 
the  business  of  collecting,  receiving  or  delivering  messages  or  other  communications 
transmitted  or  intended  for  transmission  by  telegraph  or  any  other  business  of  a  like 
kind. 

(b)  Neither  any  office  whether  in  the  occupation  of  the  local  authority  or  of  any 
other  person,  nor  any  such  telegraphs  as  aforesaid,  nor  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  used 
by  the  local  authority,  or  by  any  other  person  either  on  their  behalf  or  by  their  per- 
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mission,  for  the  transmission  or  receipt  of  telegrams  of  any  kind  except  such  tele- 
phonic messages  as  are  hereinbefore  expressly  authorized. 

No  office  or  part  of  any  office  in  the  occupation  of  the  local  authority,  either  solely 
or  jointly  with  any  other  person,  shall  he  used  by  the  local  authority  or  any  other 
person,  or  be  permitted  or  suffered  by  the  local  authority  to  be  used  by  any  other  per- 
son, for  the  purpose  of  making  any  copy,  transcript,  memorandum  or  note  of  any  tele- 
phonic message,  or  of  the  contents,  substance,  purport  or  effect  of  any  such  message 
received  at  such  office  by  means  of  the  said  telegraphs  or  any  part  thereof — it  being 
the  express  intention  of  these  presents  and  of  the  license  and  permission  hereby  given 
that  no  "written  message  or  communication  or  any  written  copy,  memorandum  or  note 
of  any  message  or  communication,  or  of  the  contents,  substance,  purport  or  effect  of 
any  message  or  communication  transmitted  to  any  such  office  as  aforesaid  by  means  of 
the  said  telegraphs,  shall  be  made  or  taken  at  or  conveyed  from  any  such  office  by  any 
person  whomsoever  for  any  purpose  whatsoever. 

The  local  authority  shall  make  due  provision  and  take  all  necessary  and  proper 
precautions  for  the  observance  of  the  conditions  contained  in  this  article  by  each  and 
every  person  who  may  be  from  time  to  time  or  at  any  time  entitled  or  permitted  to  use 
any  office  in  the  occupation  of  the  local  authority,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  the  said  tele- 
graphs or  any  part  thereof. 

Nothing  in  this  article  contained  shall  prevent  either  the  sender  or  receiver  of  any 
telephonic  message  from  making  a  note  or  memorandum  of  the  purport  of  such  mes- 
sage for  the  purposes  of  the  business  or  private  affairs  of  such  sender  or  receiver. 

(c)  No  office  whether  in  the  occupation  of  the  local  authority  or  of  any  other 
person  shall  be  used  by  the  local  authority  or  any  other  person  for  the  collection  or 
delivery  of  telegrams  of  any  kind. 

No  written  message  or  communication,  or  written  copy,  memorandum  or  note  of 
any  message  or  communication,  or  of  the  contents,  substance,  purport  or  effect  of  any 
message  or  communication  transmitted  to  any  office  by  means  of  the  said  telegraphs, 
shall  be  delivered  from  such  office  or  any  other  office. 

Subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  license  of  the  local  authority,  no  money  or  other 
valuable  consideration  shall  in  respect  of  the  transmission  or  receipt  of  any  telegram 
by  means  of  the  said  telegraphs  or  any  part  thereof  be  or  be  promised  to  be  paid  or 
given  to  any  person  (other  than  the  local  authority)  entitled  or  permitted  to  use  the 
said  telegraphs  by  any  other  person  whomsoever. 

The  local  authority  shall  take  all  necessary  and  proper  precautions  for  the  obser- 
vance of  the  conditions  stated  in  this  article,  and  shall  in  entering  into  every  contract 
or  agreement  with  any  person  or  persons  in  relation  to  the  aforesaid  business  of  the 
local  authority,  make  due  provision  for  the  summary  determination  by  the  local 
authority  of  such  contract  or  agreement  or  breach  of  any  of  such  conditions  by  any 
such  person  or  persons. 

(d)  Where  the  charges  for  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communication  with 
the  office  of  any  exchange  subscriber  are  made  with  reference  to  the  number  of  mes- 
sages transmitted,  such  subscriber  may  (notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the 
license  of  the  local  authority)  allow  the  telephones  supplied  to  him  to  be  used  by  any 
other  person,  and  may  charge  for  the  use  of  such  telephones. 

(e)  In  case  any  person  or  persons  with  whom  the  local  authority  may  make  any 
contract  or  agreement  in  relation  to  telephonic  business,  or  who  may  be  for  the  time  being 
permitted  by  the  local  authority  to  use  at  any  office  the  said  telegraphs  or  any  part 
thereof  for  the  purposes  hereinbefore  authorized,  shall  at  any  time  during  the  con- 
tinuance of  these  presents  use  any  office,  or  the  said  telegraphs,  or  any  part  thereof 
respectively,  for  any  purpose  or  by  any  means  or  in  any  manner  other  than  as  herein- 
before expressly  authorized,  and  according  to  the  conditions  hereinbefore  declared  the 
following  provisions  shall  apply : — 

(1)  The  local  authority  shall  forthwith  determine  any  such  contract  or 
agreement  with  or  withdraw  such  permission  from  any  and  every  such  person 
so  using  such  office  or  the  said  telegraphs  or  any  part  thereof; 

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(2)  If  such  office  belong  to  or  be  occupied  by  such  person  either  solely  or 
jointly  with  any  other  person  or  persons,  the  local  authority  shall  forthwith 
disconnect  such  office  from  any  other  office  which  is  or  may  be  telegraphically 
connected  therewith  by  means  of  their  aforesaid  telegraphs. 

(3)  The  local  authority  shall  give  notice  forthwith  to  the  Postmaster 
General  of  such  determination  of  contract  or  agreement  or  withdrawal  of  per- 
mission, as  the  case  may  be,  together  with  full  particulars  of  the  reasons  for 
the  same;  and 

(4)  The  local  authority  shall  not  without  the  special  license  and  author- 
ity of  the  Postmaster  General  re-establish  telephonic  communication  between 
such  office  and  any  other  office,  or  enter  into  any  other  contract  or  agreement 
with  such  person  in  relation  to  telephonic  business,  or  permit  him  to  use  the 
said  telegraphs  at  any  other  office. 

12.  Private  wires,  extensions,  extra  instruments,  bells,  switches,  &c,  may  be  sup- 
plied at  rates  to  be  adjusted  from  time  to  time. 

13.  The  corporation  reserve  right  to  make  rules  and  regulations,  and  to  impose  an 
extra  charge,  not  exceeding  £2  per  half-mile,  for  lines  exceeding  one  mile  in  length 
from  an  exchange,  but  exchanges  will  be  so  arranged  that  this  extra  charge  will  not  be 
imposed  within  the  city  or  in  any  burgh  included  in  the  telephone  area. 

14.  On  ceasing  to  be  a  subscriber  from  whatever  cause,  the  subscriber  shall  sur- 
render to  the  corporation  the  said  wire  and  instrument,  or  instruments,  with  all 
fixtures  and  accessories,  in  as  good  condition  as  when  received,  ordinary  wear  only  ex- 
cepted, and  the  corporation  shall  remove  the  same,  and  any  poles,  wires,  attachments, 
&c,  which  may  have  been  erected  within  six  months  from  the  termination  thereof,  and 
for  that  purpose  shall  have  access  at  all  reasonable  times  by  its  agents  and  workmen 
to  the  premises  of  the  subscriber,  and  to  all  other  places  under  the  control  of  the  sub- 
scriber, on,  through,  or  over  which  any  part  of  the  foregoing  telephonic  appliances 
are  fixed,  and  the  subscriber  shall  (except  as  hereinbefore  provided)  have  no  claim 
for  any  compensation  or  damages,  or  for  the  repayment  of  any  part  of  his  subscrip- 
tion for  any  unexpired  portion  of  the  year  then  current. 

14a.  The  corporation  shall  not  be  responsible  to  the  subscriber  for  any  damage  or 
injury  arising  from  the  leakage  into  the  corporation  telephone  lines,  through  any  cause 
whatever,  of  high  tension  electrical  currents  belonging  to  another  system  of  electrical 
conductors. 

II. — UNLIMITED  SERVICE. 

15.  The  subscriber  shall  pay  in  advance  an  annual  subscription  of  £5  5s.  (which 
includes  the  government  royalty)  for  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communication 
and  the  right  to  transmit  an  -unlimited  number  of  messages. 

,  16.  The  subscriber  shall  not  send,  or  permit  to  be  sent,  nor  receive,  nor  permit  to 
be  received,  by  or  through  the  said  line  or  instruments,  or  any  of  the  foregoing  appli- 
ances, any  message  in  respect  of  which  any  money  or  other  consideration  shall  be 
given,  paid  or  promised  to  the  subscriber,  or  to  any  person  other  than  the  corporation, 
and  he  shall  not  permit  his  instrument,  or  any  of  them,  to  be  so  used  by  any  person 
other  than  the  subscriber  and  his  servants. 

III. TOLL    SERVICE. 

17.  The  toll  subscriber  shall  pay  in  advance  an  annual  subscription  of  £3  10s. 
(which  includes  the  government  royalty)  for  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communi- 
cation, and  shall,  in  addition,  pay  for  each  connection  established  at  his  call,  One 
Penny.  Accounts  for  calls  shall  be  made  up  to  the  31st  March,  30th  June,  30th  Sep- 
tember, and  31st  December,  and  shall  be  payable  at  the  corporation  telephone  offices, 
65  Kenfield  street,  within  28  days  thereafter. 
GLASGOW. 


APPENDIX  "A 


263 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

18.  The  duration  of  a  connection  will  be  limited  to  five  minutes,  and  all  connec- 
tions actually  established  will  be  charged  for  whether  conversation  be  had  or  not, 
unless  failure  to  communicate  is  clearly  due  to  some  defect  in  the  corporation's  lines 
or  instruments. 

19.  The  toll  subscriber  may  allow  the  telephones  supplied  to  him  to  be  used  by  any 
other  person,  and  may  charge  for  the  use  of  such  telephones. 


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264  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
CORPORATION  OF  PORTSMOUTH,  ENGLAND. 

No.  276. 

Towx  Hall, 

Portsmouth,  July  13,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  KC.M.G., 

Postmaster  General, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 
Sib, — With  reference  to  your  circular  of  May  3  last,  I  now  beg   to    inclose    the 
.-  which  have  just  been  supplied  to  me  by  the  engineer  and  manager  of  the  tele- 
phone department  here  to  the  questions  sent  with  your  letter,  and  I  also  inclose  copies 
of  the  reports  since  the  establishment  of  the  system  here. 

The  origin  of  the  municipal  system  here  was  the  failure  to  obtain  from  the 
National  Telephone  Company  any  reduction  in  their  rate  of  charges,  and  when  it  was 
found  that  no  reduction  could  be  obtained,  the  corporation  determined  to  apply  to  the 
Postmaster  General  in  England  for  a  license  which  was  granted. 

The  effect  of  the  introduction  of  the  municipal  telephone  system  has  undoubtedly 
been  to  lower  the  rates  of  charges,  and  it  will  be  seen  from  the  accounts  that  notwith- 
standing the  rates  being  considerably  lower  than  those  in  force  under  the  company 
prior  to  the  introduction  of  the  municipal  system,  a  profit  has  been  earned  after  pro- 
viding for  the  proper  sinking  fund. 

I  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

ALEX.  HELLARD, 

Town  Clerk. 


No.  276a. 

Portsmouth  has  a  population  of  200,000.  The  term  of  the  Postmaster  General's 
license  is  from  1900  to  1926.  There  are  eight  switchrooms,  the  number  of  subscribers 
being  (a)  1929;  (&)  37;  (c)  25;  (d)  113;  (e)  25;  (f)  20;  (g)  12;  (h)  18.  The  total 
number  of  telephones  is  2,213,  of  which  304  are  residence,  and  1,909  business  connec- 
tions. There  are  no  party  lines  on  the  municipal  system.  There  are  188  extension 
telephones. 

The  following  tariffs  are  in  vogue  for  both  residence  and  business  telehpones : — 

1.  Unlimited  service  at  £5  17s.  6d.  ($28.61)  per  annum 

2.  Unlimited  service,  2nd  connection  at  £5  5s.  ($25.77)  per  annum. 

3.  Toll  service  at  £5  ($24.25)  per  annum  (1,S00  outward  calls  free). 

£d.  (1  cent)  per  call  afterwards. 

4.  Toll  service  at  £4  ($19.48)  per  annum  (1,000  outward  calls  free). 
id.  (1  cent)  per  call  afterwards. 

5.  Toll  service  at  £3  10s.  ($17.05)  per  annum,  and  £d.  (1  cent)  per  call. 

6.  Toll  service  at  £2  10s.   ($12.18)  per  annum  and  Id.   (2  cents)  per  call. 
Inside  extension   telephones,  25s.    ($6.08)    per  annum.     The  rates  cover  service 

over  the  whole  area,  and  are  for  stations  within  1  mile  of  any  switchroom.  The  ser- 
vice is  continuous  day  and  night,  Sundays  included.  The  charge  to  non-subscribers  is 
Id.  (2  cents)  for  five  minutes'  conversation.  The  long-distance  rate  is  3d.  (6  cents) 
for  each  25  miles  (3  minutes  limit).  Subscribers  can  speak  600  miles  by  aid  of  trunk 
(long-distance)  lines. 

Metallic  circuits  in  all  cases ;  subscribers'  lines  are  provided  with  phosphor  bronze 
and  junction  circuits  between  switchrooms  (sub-exchanges)  with  hard  drawn  copper. 

All  subscribers'  circuits  are  underground  with  the  exception  of  spur  from  cable 
terminals ;  the  junction  circuits  connecting  the  several  exchanges  being  overhead.  The 
total  amount  expended  on  the  system  to  date  is  £39,240  ($191,098.80). 

The  total  revenue  per  annum  is  £9,366  ($45,612.42).     The  total  expenditure  per 
annum,  including  management,  operating,  maintenance,'  interest,  sinking  fund  and 
depreciation  is  £7,394  ($36,008.78). 
PORTSMOUTH. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  265 

APPENDIX   No.   1 

The  interest  paid  for  the  year  ending  March  31,  1905,  is  £969  8s.  lOd.  ($4,721.17). 
Three  per  cent  is  provided  as  sinking  fund.  The  surplus  for  the  year  ending  March 
31  last  was  £1,972  19s.  3d.  ($9,608.33). 

As  this  undertaking  is  only  in  the  third  year  of  working  no  actual  depreciation 
fund  has  been  provided,  but  the  surplus  which  has  been  made  during  that  period  is 
available  for  such  a  purpose  at  the  discretion  of  the  Telephone  Committee. 

Between  £60  ($292.20)  and  £70  ($340.90)  per  annum  is  paid  for  way-leave  privi- 
leges. 

The  wages  paid  are:  Manager,  £300  ($1,461)  per  annum;  foremen,  30s.  ($7.31) 
per  week;  instrument  and  switchboard  men,  35s.  ($8.54)  per  week;  wiremen,  22s. 
($5.35)  to  27s.  ($6.56)  per  week;  operators,  6s.  ($1.46)  to  £1  Is.  ($5.11)  per  week. 

The  prices  paid  for  equipment  are  as  follows:  Main  switchboard  plant,  capacity 
for  1,560  lines,  contract  price  £2543  9s.  4d.  ($12,386.69)  ;  sub-exchange  switchboards  with 
average  capacity  of  50  lines,  £64  ($311.68) ;  subscribers'  wall  telephones  £2  5s.  ($10.96) 
each;  subscribers'  desk  telephones,  £2  5s.  ($10.96)  each;  hard  drawn  copper  wire,  8d. 
(16  cents)  to  9d.  (18  cents)  per  lb.;  bronze  wire,  9Jd.  (19  cents)  to  10£d.  (21  cents) 
per  lb.;  plain  wood  poles,  30  feet  long,  19s.  5d.  ($4.73)  each;  55  feet  long,  94s.  2d. 
($22.94)  each;  wood  arms,  £9  ($43.83)  per  hundred;  insulators,  44s.  6d.  ($10.86)  per 
hundred. 

The  National  Telephone  Company  has  417  residence  telephones,  of  which  251  are 
l.arty  lines,  and  1,981  business  telephones,  of  which  1,3S0  are  party  lines.  The  total 
number  of  '  National '  party  lines  is  1,631. 

Before  competition  the  '  National '  had  114  residence  telephones,  of  which  11  were 
party  lines,  and  898  business  telephones,  of  which  105  were  party  J'nes.  The  total 
number  of  '  National '  party  lines  before  competition  being  116. 

There  is  no  intercommunication  between  '  National '  and  corporation  subscribers 
locally,  but  corporation  subscribers  may  call  up  '  National '  subscribers  in  distant 
towns  on  payment  of  trunk  fees;  the  scale  being  3d.  (6  cents)  for  every  25  miles,  con- 
versation being  limited  to  3  minutes. 

Six  hundred  and  forty-seven  subscribers  have  both  'Municipal'  and  'National' 
telephones  on  the  same  premises. 

Daily  accounts  for  long-distance  messages  are  rendered  by  the  post  office,  details 
of  which  are  forwarded  on  monthly  statements  to  our  subscribers  who  are  requested 
Lxj  pay  same  at  the  offices  of  the  department. 

Subscriber's  instrument. — This  consists  of  a  magneto  of  any  ordinary  construc- 
tion provided  with  a  ring-off  key.  This  key,  when  in  normal  position,  connects  the 
subscriber's  instrument  to  the  metallic  circuit,  but  when  pressed  down  it  connects  the 
metallic  circuit  directly  to  '  earth '  so  long  as  it  remains  pressed. 

Switchboard. — Each  subscriber's  metallic  circuit  contains  an  indicator  of  ordin- 
ary construction  and  a  4-point  spring- jack.  When  the  answering  plug  is  inserted  in 
the  spring- jack  the  line  indicator  is  cut  out  of  circuit,  and  the  metallic  loop  is  in 
direct  communication  with  the  two  circuits  of  the  plug.  The  second  or  rear  plug 
when  out  of  use  sits  on  and  presses  down  a  switch  which  connects  the  two  conductors 
c±  the  flexible  cord  joining  the  two  plugs  to  a  second  switch,  which  is  worked  by  the 
operator's  finger.  When  the  rear  plug  is  sitting  on  its  switch  and  the  button  of  the 
second  switch  remains  unpressed  the  metallic  circuit  into  which  the  answering  plug 
has  been  inserted,  is  directly  on  to  the  operator's  'phone.  If  in  this  position  the  finger 
switch  is  pressed,  the  operator's  'phone  is  cut  out  and  a  magneto  generator  is  brought 
into  circuit  by  means  of  which  the  operator  is  enabled  to  ring  the  bell  of  the  subscriber 
into  whose  jack  the  answering  plug  is  inserted.  The  consequence  of  this  arrangement 
is  that  the  mere  insertion  of  the  answering  plug  puts  the  operator  in  communication 
with  the  calling  subscriber  without  any  further  movement.  After  ascertaining  his 
wishes  she  lifts  the  rear  plug  from  fEs  position  and  inserts  it  in  the  jack  of  the  sub- 
scriber called  for.  The  lifting  of  the  rear  plug  from  the  switch  cuts  off  the  operator's 
telephone  and  brings  into  circuit  a  ring-off  indicator.       This  indicator  is  wound  so 

PORTSMOUTH. 


266  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

that  a  current  passing  through  both  coils  successively  will  not  work  it  but  if  a  current 
enters  between  the  two  coils,  the  shutter  falls.  From  a  point  between  the  two  coils 
ci  the  indicator  a  wire  is  taken  which  is  connected  to  the  pole  of  a  ring-off  battery, 
+he  other  pole  of  which  is  joined  to  '  earth.'  Supposing  two  subscribers  are  connected 
one  can  ring  the  other's  bell  without  disturbing  the  indicator  at  the  exchange,  but 
when  conversation  is  finished,  if  one  or  both  of  the  talkers  touch  their  ring-off  buttons 
s  current  flows  from  the  battery,  actuates  the  indicator,  and  flows  over  both  wires  of 
the  metallic  loop  to  'earth'  through  the  subscriber's  ring-off  key.  At  the  central 
exchange  the  main  switchboard  is  multiplied  and  built  for  automatic  calling  and 
clearing,  the  energy  being  derived  from  accumulators  in  duplicate  sets,  capable  of 
being  charged  from  a  motor  generating  set,  provided  with  power  switchboard.  All 
circuits  are  distributed  through  fuses  mounted  on  a  distributing  slate  working  in  con- 
junction with  the  power  switchboard. 

C.  M.  GARDNER, 

Engineer  and  Manager 
Portsmouth  Corporation  Telephone  Department. 
July  12,  1905. 


PORTSMOUTH. 


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AUDITOR'S   CERTIFICATE. 

We  have  examined  the  foregoing  accounts  made  up  to  March  31,  1905,  and  find 
them  correct. 

We  find  that  all  interest  on  capital  expenditure  has  heen  properly  charged  against 
the  undertaking,  and  due  provision  has  been  made  for  repayment  of  all  loans  sanc- 
tioned. 

HOWARD  B.  MORRIS, 

Incorporated  Accountant. 


ERNEST   EDMONDS, 
Chartered  Accountant. 


Portsmouth,  June  1,  1905. 


PORTSMOUTH— Con  eluded. 


No.  276c. 


Statistics—March  31,  1905. 

Number  of  Telephones  working,  exclusive  of  Junction  Lines -M ->7 

Payments  on  Telephone  construction £39,240 

Income  for  year 9,366 

Expenditure  for  year 7. 394 


Profit. 


Number  of  subscribers'  lines 

Extension  and  other  lines  .    

Exchanges 

Underground  cables. .      

i,  m      distributors 

Mileage  of  metallic  circuit  wire,  overhead 

„  u  underground. . . 


1903. 


742 

129 

4 

6 

61 

308  miles 

1,207     „ 


1904. 


1,384 

293 

6 

8 

68 

566J  miles 

1,224     „ 


£1,972 


1905. 


1.75S 

410 

8 

10 

80 

851j  miles 

1,734     „ 


Increase 

for 

12  months. 


374 

117 

2 

2 

12 

2S5A  miles 

510"     „ 


Employees. 


— 

1903. 

1904. 
1 

1905. 

Increase. 

Engineer  and  manager 

1 
1 

1 

1 
4 
1 
1 

34 
4 

20 

1 
6 
1 
1 

43 
5 

22 

Clerks  and  canvassers 

5 

1 
1 

27 
5 

29 

2 

Foremen 

9 

1 

Wiremen,  labourers,  &c.  (not  on  permanent  staff) 

2 

70 

66 

80 

14 

PORTSMOUTH. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  271 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

ROTTERDAM  MUNICIPAL  SYSTEM. 
No.  277. 

Rotterdam,  Holland,  July  8,  1905. 
Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Gentlemen, — Enclosed  I  beg  to  hand  you  a  list,  containing  answers  to  the  ques- 
tions made  in  your  letter  of  May  1. 

The  answers  only  refer  to  the  town  of  Rotterdam,  and  concerning  the  interlocal 
service  you  might  apply  to, '  Den  Heer  Directeur-Generaal,  der  Posterijcn  &  Telegrafie, 
's — Gravenhage.' 

Yours  truly, 

KIST, 

Manager. 

No.  277a. 

The  government  is  owner  and  operator  of  the  long-distance  lines;  municipalities 
and  companies  of  the  local  central  stations. 

There  are  5,200,000  inhabitants  in  the  Netherlands.  Rotterdam  has  357,500  in- 
habitants and  4,300  local  telephone  subscribers. 

The  rates  are  90  florins  ($36.18)  per  annum  for  business  telephones  and  66  florins 
($26.53)  per  annum  for  private  telephones. 

The  Rotterdam  radius  is  5  kilometres  (about  31  miles). 

Subscribers  have  direct  connection  with  the  central  office  of  Rotterdam  for  or- 
dinary rate  within  the  city,  and  3  florins  ($1.20)  more  for  10  metres  length  of  the  line, 
out  of  the  city,  the  last  amount  to  be  paid  once  only,  at  the  beginning,  but  within  a 
radius  of  5  miles. 

Around  Rotterdam  there  are  25  subscribers  in  rural  districts. 

There  is  no  measured  rate  in  Rotterdam,  and  no  extra  charges  above  the  rates  paid 
by  the  state  for  long-distance  conversations.  Subscribers  can  talk,  within  the  radius 
of  5  K.M.  (about  3J  miles)  for  local  conversations  without  further  charge. 

'  Berliner '  and  '  Ericsson '  apparatus  is  used  in  Rotterdam,  and  all  lines  are 
metallic  circuits,  bronze  1 :5  m.M.,  in  the  cables  0  -9  m.M. 

Ninety-four  per  cent  of  the  lines  are  underground  and  6  per  cent  overground. 

The  amount  expended  on  the  system  to  date  is  1,780,200  florins  ($715,640),  1895 
to  1904. 

The  revenue  for  1904  was  368.837.60  florins  ($148,272.87). 

The  expenses  for  1904  included  the  following  items:  Rent,  52,487.83  florins 
($21,100.17) ;  wages,  89,417  florins  ($35,945.63) ;  depreciation,  65,588.72  florins 
($26,366.77). 

The  profit  last  year  was  66,231  florins  ($26,624.86). 

The  cost  of  equipment  was  as  follows :  Multiple  switchboard  of  the  Western  Elec- 
tric Company,  ultimate  capacity  8,100  subscribers,  at  present  5,400.  Cost  of  construc- 
tion now  in  total  213,631.62  florins  ($85,880).  Switchboards  for  different  numbers  of 
subscribers,  for  instance,  60—1,000  florins  ($402);  40—330  florins  ($132.66);  30— 
387-50  florins  ($155.75);  21—210  florins  ($84.42);  15—180  florins  ($72.36);  10—81-50 
florins  ($32.76).  Wire,  90  florins  ($36.18)  per  100  E.G.  (240  pounds),  (bronze  1-5 
m.m.) 

All  cables  are  armored,  and  buried  in  ground  without  ducts  or  pipes.  The  working 
is  quite  satisfactory. 


ROTTERDAM. 


272  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

GREAT  BRITAIN  AND   IRELAND. 


POSTAL  TELEGKAPH  DEPARTMENT. 


No.  278. 


General  Post  Office, 

London,  Eng.,  August  17,  1905. 
The  Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 
Sir, — I  have  the  honour  by  direction  of  the  Postmaster  General  to  acknowledge 
the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  May  1  last  on  the  subject  of  the  inquiry  into  the  tele- 
phone systems  in  Canada,  and  to  furnish  as  requested,   answers   (marked  A)   to  the 
qutstions  enclosed  herewith,  together  with  the  following  documents : — 

B.  Circular  of  telephone  rates  in  small  towns. 

C.  Circular  of  measured  service  rates  in  small  towns. 

D.  Circular  of  party-line  rates  in  provinces. 

E.  Descriptive  pamphlet  of  the  London  Telephone  Service. 

F.  Agreement  with  the  National  Telephone  Company,  dated  February  2  last, 
with  a  supplemental  indenture  embodying  certain 'alterations  proposed  by  the  Select 
Committee  which  examined  the  agreement. 

G.  Reprints  of  three  articles  in  the  '  Electrician '  describing  the  working  of  recent 
post  office  exchanges. 

H.  Copy  of  the  Postmaster  General's  report  for  the  past  financial  year.  See- 
especially  Appendix  0  and  pages  18  to  23. 

I.  Copy  of  instructions  for  working  the  telephone  system. 
K.  Directory  of  post  office  provincial  exchanges. 
L.  Memorandum  concerning  rural  telephones. 
M.  Memorandum  about  inter-urban  working. 

Much  information  about  the  telephone  service  in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  especi- 
ally as  to  the  competition  between  municipal  systems  and  the  National  Telephone 
Company  in  certain  towns  was  given  in  evidence  before  a  recent  parliamentary  com- 
mittee.    As  soon  as  that  evidence  is  published  a  copy  shall  be  sent  to  you. 

The  Postmaster  General  takes  this  opportunity  of  thanking  you  for  forwarding 
copies  of  the  evidence  teken  by  the  select  committee  in  Canada. 

I  am  to  add  that  the  Postmaster  General  has  not  had  great  experience  of  the 
provision  of  telephone  facilities  in  rural  districts,  and  he  is  unable  to  furnish  you  with 
any  useful  statistics  in  this  respect,  other  than  the  information  contained  in  the  post 
office  provincial  telephone  directory.  As  a  general  rule,  extensions  of  the  trunk  system 
have  been  carried  out  under  a  guarantee  calculated  at  the  rate  of  £5  ($24.35)  per  mile 
of  line,  or  under  a  promise  of  sufficient  support  to  the  new  exchange  to  justify  him  in 
dispensing  with  such  a  guarantee.  Long  exchange  circuits  are  provided  on  special 
terms,  calculated  at  rates  of  from  £5  to  £7  ($24.35  to  $34.09)  per  mile  of  circuit  for 
that  part  of  the  circuit  extending  beyond  the  radius  covered  by  subscription. 

The  party  line  system  has  not  yet  found  much  favour  in  this  country. 

It  is  difficult  in  purely  rural  districts  to  find  sufficient  subscribers  to  warrant  the 
expense  of  establishing  an  exchange  and  connecting  it  with  the  trunk  system.  Some 
details  of  an  experiment  which  has  been  tried  of  establishing  village  call  offices  may 
be  of  interest  to  the  committee  and  are  also  inclosed  (Enclosure  L). 

I  have  the. honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

A.  H.  KING. 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  "A"  273 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  278a. 

GEEAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 
INCLOSUEE  A. 

ANSWERS   TO   QUESTIONS. 

The  United  Kingdom  is  divided  into  a  number  of  exchange  areas  containing 
generally  one  large  town  and  the  surrounding  smaller  places.  These  areas  vary  con- 
siderably in  size,  the  largest  being  the  metropolitan  area,  which  is  about  640  square 
miles  in  extent.  These  areas  are  connected  by  long-distance  or  trunk  lines,  which  are 
all  owned  and  operated  by  the  state.  Circuits,  which  may  be  of  considerable  length 
connecting  exchanges  within  the  same  area  are  erected  and  worked  by  the  party  or 
parties  supplying  the  local  exchange  service  in  the  area. 

There  were  112,743J  miles  of  long-distance  lines  on  March  31,  1905,  the  cost  of 
same  being  about  £21  ($102.27)  per  mile  of  single  wire,  or  £42  ($204.54)  per  mile  of 
circuit.  These  lines  were  carried  upon  10,958£  miles  of  poles,  and  comprised  56,3715 
miles  of  separate  circuits.  The  charge  for  long-distance  service  is  3d.  (6  cents)  for 
c-ach  period  of  three  minutes'  conversation  for  each  25  miles  up  to  100  miles,  6d.  (12J 
cents  for  each  additional  40  miles  or  fraction  thereof  above  100  miles. 

The  distances  are  measured  '  as  the  crow  flies,'  between  the  central  exchanges 
where  the  trunk  lines  are  worked,  except  in  the  case  of  the  lines  between  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland.In  that  case,  the  mileage  is  calculated  as  the  crow  flies  to  the 
respective  terminals  of  the  cable,  and  an  extra  charge  of  Is.  6d.  (37  cents)  for  each 
three  minutes'  use  is  made  for  the  use°of  the  cable.  A  charge  of  3d.  (6  cents)  for  each 
three  minutes'  use  is  also  made  for  the  cable  connecting  the  Isle  of  Wight  with  the 
mainland.  Double  periods  are  allowed  for  a  single  charge  when  the  conversations 
take  place  at  night. 

Subscribers'  circuits  are  with  few  exceptions  of  copper  and  metallic  throughout. 
The  size  of  wire  varies  from  150  lbs.  per  mile  to  800  lbs.  per  mile. 

The  expenditure  on  trunk  lines  was  £2,797,000  ($13,621,390)  up  to  March  31, 
1905.  The  cost  of  maintenance  was  £62,394  ($303,858.78)  for  year  ending  March  31, 
1905.  This  amount  does  not  include  depreciation.  Three  per  cent  interest  is  paid  on 
capital.  The  amount  set  aside  for  depreciation  was  £77,659  ($378,199.33)  for  year  end- 
ing March  31,  1905. 

An  account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditure  relating  to  the  London  service  for  the 
year  ended  March  31,  1905,  is  printed  in  Appendix  O  on  page  93.  It  shows  a  balance 
of  £93,298,  a  sum  nearly  sufficient  to  meet  the  charge  for  interest  on  capital  and  to 
provide  for  depreciation  of  plant.  This  balance  is  rapidly  increasing  as  more  of  the 
plant  comes  into  use  and  begins  to  earn  revenue.  Similar  tables  are  also  given  (for 
the  first  time)  in  respect  to  the  post  office  provincial  exchange  systems  and  the  trunk 
line  system.  A  table  is  also  added  to  show  the  financial  position  of  the  three  systems 
taken  as  a  whole.  This  shows  a  balance  of  £282,321,  while  the  estimated  amount 
required  to  provide  for  depreciation  of  plan  and  interest  at  3  per  cent  on  the  capital 
expenditure  of  £5,042,000  is  £300,776.  Other  statistics  of  the  post  office  telephone  and 
private  wire  systems  will  be  found  in  the  appendices  M.  and  N. 

Accounts  for  long-distance  service  are  rendered  monthly,  and  subscribers  are  re- 
quired to  deposit  a  sum  covering  the  monthly  credit  given.  Persons  using  public  call 
offices  of  course  pay  at  the  time. 

The  trunk  lines  are  not  used  for  simultaneous  telegraphy  and  telephony. 

The  state  owns  some  local  telephone  exchanges,  and  has  agreed  with  its  principal 
licensee,  the  National  Telephone  Company,  to  acquire  its  system  in  1912.  The  muni- 
cipalities of  Glasgow,  Brighton,  Hull,  Portsmouth  and  Swansea  also  have  established 
systems  under  license  from  the  Postmaster  General.  The  great  majority  of  local  ex- 
changes are  in  the  hands  of  the  National  Telephone  Company. 

G-R3AT  BRITAIN. 


274  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  last  census  return  of  the  population  taken  in  190]  was  as  follows : — 

England  and  Wales 32,527,843 

Scotland 4,472,103 

Ireland 4,458,775 

Islands 150,370 

Total 41,609,091 

The  number  of  local  telephone  subscribers  (not  including  municipal)  is : — 

Subscribers.  Stations. 

Post  office,  to  March  31,  1905 25,781  32,744 

Principal  licensee  (National  Telephone  Co.) 326,017 

358,761 


The  number  of  subscribers'  telephones  on  the  post  o&ice  system  in  the  London 
area  is  about  28,000.  The  corresponding  figures  for  the  company's  London  system  are 
77,000. 

Owing  to  the  division  of  the  country  in  areas,  it  is  not  possible  to  give  accurate 
figures  either  as  regards  the  number  of  telephones  or  as  regards  the  populations  for  the 
chief  localities.  Particulars  respecting  certain  places  where  post  office  telephone  ex- 
changes exisl  will  be  found  in  the  index  of  the  directory  (Inclosure  K). 

Both  unlimited  message,  and  party  line  rates  are  available  for  post  office  sub- 
scribers.   Particulars  of  the  rates  are  given  in  the  circulars  marked  B,  C  and  D. 

The  unlimited  service  rates  of  licensees  vary  from  £5  ($24.35)  to  £10  ($48.70). 

The  longest  trunk  line  circuits  which  are  made  up  in  practice  are:  For  inland 
communications  London  to  Cork,  776J  miles,  including  27J  miles  of  submarine  cable. 
For  international  communicatious  London  and  Marseilles,  800  miles,  including  23 
miles  of  submarine  cable. 

The  principal  types  of  telephones  used  are  shown  in  the  pamphlet  marked  E. 

The  following  is  the  percentage  proportion  of  overhead  and  underground  lines : — 

Wire  Mileage. 

Underground 
Overhead.  and 

Submarine. 

Local  Exchange  system,  London 0-6  99*4 

"  Provinces 75  -0  25-0 

(Estimated.) 

The  wages  paid  are  as  follows : — 

Managers,  post  office  exchanges  (London),  per  annum — 

Mean. 
£160  ($779.20)  to  £200  ($974)       £180  ($876.60) 

Foremen,  per  week 31s.  to  45s.  ($7.55  to  $10.96)     38s.  ($9.25) 

Instrument  men,  per  week 23s.  to  36s.   ($5.61  to     $8.77)     29s.  6d.   ($7.19) 

Wiremen,  per  week 25s.  to  35s.  ($6.09  to  $8.53)     30s.  ($7.31) 

Telephone  operators  (London),  per  week — 

lis.,  14s.,  17s.  ($2.68,  $3.42,  $4.15)     18s.  6d.  ($4.52) 
Then  Is.  6d.  to  26s.  (37  cents  to  $6.33)    (efficiency  bar  at 
20s.  ($4.87). 

Telephone  learners  (in  provinces),  per  week — 

10s.,  12s.,  15s.  ($2.44,  $2.93,  $3.66) 
Then  by  Is.  6d.  (37  cents)  to  maxima  ranging  from  20s.  to 
24s.  ($4.87  to  $5.83). 
Telephone  learners  (London),  per  week 7s.         ($1.71) 

GRE'AT  BRITAIN. 


. . .       £18 

($87.66) 

23 

($112.00) 

46 

($224.00) 

69 

($336.00) 

...       104 

($506.48) 

APPENDIX  "  A  "  275 

APPENDIX  No.  1  -"  i 

The  cost  of  equipment  is  as  follows: — 

(a)  Central  Exchange,  London. — ultimate  capacity,  14,400  subscribers.  Equipped 
for  full  capacity  of  14,400  subscribers,  £6  -77  ($32.97)  per  circuit. 

New  City  Exchange. — Ultimate  capacity,  18,500  subscribers.  Equipped  for  15,500 
subscribers.  Cost,  £7-l  ($34.58)  per  circuit.  Difference  due  to  cost  of  fireproof  ma- 
terials largely  used  in  construction. 

Victoria  Exchange. — Ultimate  capacity,  5,400  subscribers.  Equipped  for  2,160 
subscribers.     Cost,  £5  -59  ($27.22)  per  circuit. 

Hamstead  Exchange. — Ultimate  capacity,  7,500.  Equipped  for  2,200  subscribers. 
Cost,  £5  -18  ($25.23)  per  circuit. 

Ealing  exchange,  ultimate  capacity,  5,400.  Cost  for  1,080  subscribers,  £5.48 
($26.69)  per  circuit. 

The  only  large  provincial  common  battery  exchange  installed  by  the  post  office  is 
at  Cardiff.  Ultimate  capacity,  7,500.  Cost  for  1,080  subscribers,  £6-18  ($30.10)  per 
circuit. 

These  figures  include  all  exchange  equipment  for  subscribers,  junction  circuits, 
distributing  frames,  protective  devices,  secondary  cells  and  power  plant,  together  with 
all  wiring  and  fitting  inside  the  exchanges. 

(b)  The  cost  of  branch  exchange  switchboards  for  subscribers'  offices  is  as  shown 
below : — 

Switchboard  with  1  exchange  connection  and  2  to    4  extensions. 
"  1  "  "  5  to     9  " 

"  2  "  "  10  to  20         " 

"  2  "  "  21  to  30         " 

"  3  "  "  31  to  50 

(c)  The  cost  of  a  subscribers'  common  battery  wall  telephone  comes  to  £2  17s  Od. 
($13.89). 

(d)  The  cost  of  a  subscribers'  desk  or  table  common  battery  telephone  amounts  to 
£2  10s.  Od.  ($12.18). 

(e)  Light  conductors — 

14/20  paper  insulated  cable,  twin,  per  mile £50        ($243.50) 

612/20  "  "  "  "  870     ($4,236.90) 

794/121  "  "  "  "  894     ($4,353.78) 

216/40  "  "  "  "  630     ($3,068.10) 

For  the  above  light  conductor,  paper  insulated  cables,  the  average  cost  per  mile 
of  double  wire  is  about  £4  lis.  Od.  ($22.16). 
Heavier  conductors — 

42/100  multiple  twin  per  mile £400     ($1,948.00) 

32/150  quad,  pair— 10/150  twin,  per  mile.  .....       557     ($2,712.59) 

8/150    Q.P.— 56/100    Q.P.— 22/100    S.S.— 44/70 

S>S._7/40  S.S ■•    ••    1.700     ($8,279.00) 

(Hanwell — Slough  cable). 
The  average  cost  per  mile  of  double  wire  in  these  three  cables  is  about  £23  10s.  Od. 
i$114.45).     It  varies  from  £19  ($92.53)  to  £26  10s.  0d.  ($129.06). 

Per  mile  of 

(f)  Per  cwt.  (112  lbs.)  single  wire. 

f    s.      d.  £        s.     (3. 

70  lbs.  bronze  (sometimes  used  for  exchange 

circuits 4  5  3  ($20.76)     2  15  0  ($13.40) 

100  lbs.  copper  (exchange  circuits) 4  0  0  ($19.48)     3  14  0  ($18.02) 

150  "  (junctions  and  minor  trunks 

—also  some  telegraphs 4  0  0  ($19.48)     5  10  0  ($26.79) 

900             "           (Longer  trunks) 4  0  0  ($19.48)     7  8  0  ($36.03) 

300             "                             "                4  0  0  ($19.48)   11  2  0  ($54.06) 

400            "                           "               4  0  0  ($19.48)  14  16  0  ($72.08) 

©BEAT  BRITAIN 

l—d—19 


276  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  ST8TEM8 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 
(g)   Poles— 

£       s.    d. 

Iron,  30  feet,  light each     5     3     6     ($25.21) 

"     30  feet,  medium "       5  11     0     ($27.03) 

"      35  feet,  stout "       7     3     6     ($34.95) 

"     35  feet,  extra  stout "      8  18     6     ($43.48) 

"     35  feet,  heavy "     11     9     6     ($55.89) 

Average  cost,  say  £7  15s.  Od.    ($37.75). 

Wood,  creosoted,  30  feet,  light each         10     9     ($2.62) 

30  feet,  medium "  15     5     ($3.76) 

34  feet,  stout "     1     16     8     ($8.94) 

Average  cost,  say  £1  1>.  Od.  ($5.12) 

(h)  Arms,  Iron,  20  inches  for  iron  poles each  2  9  (68c.) 

"  44  inches,  for  iron  poles "  3  9  (92c.) 

Average,  3s.  3d.    (80c.) 

Wood,  48  inches "  1  8J  (42c.) 

(i)  Armbolts each  3     (6c) 

Insulators,  D.S.W.  screwed "  5|   (lie.) 

Spindles,  standard "  4     (  8c.  ) 

(;')  Ducts average  per  foot  2J  (  6c.  ) 

Pipes,  C.I.,  2-inch per  foot  4  (  8c.  ) 

3-inch •  6£  (13c.  ) 

3i-inch "  6J  (13ic.) 

4-inch "  9  (18Jc.) 

Average,  say  8jd.    (171c.)    per   foot  of  pipe. 

There  is  competing  system  in  operation  in  several  towns,  notably  in  London  and 
Glasgow. 

In  London  competition  is  between  the  post  office  and  the  National  Telephone  Com- 
puny,  but  as  there  is  a  working  agreement  and  intercommunication  between  the  sys- 
t<ms,  the  systems  are  not  altogether  independent,  and  the  two  will  become  one  when 
the  London  system  of  the  licensee  is  transferred  to  the  post  office  in  1912. 

In  Glasgow,  the  competition  is  between  the  corporation  and  the  National  Tele- 
phone Company.  There  is  at  present  neither  intercommunication  nor  a  working 
agreement  between  them.  Subscribers  wishing  to  obtain  full  use  of  the  facilities 
available  are,  therefore,  obliged  to  subscribe  to  both  systems,  and  there  is  consequently 
considerable  duplication  of  plant  throughout  the  district. 

As  you  are  doubtless  aware,  an  agreement  has  recently  been  concluded  under 
which  the  post  office  will  acquire  the  whole  system  of  the  largest  license  in  1912.  A 
copy  of  that  agreement  is  inclosed. 

Three  handbooks  reprinted  from  the  '  Electrician '  are  inclosed,  which  furnish 
fall  descriptions  of  the  most  recent  post  office  exchanges. 

There  is  no  separate  record  available  of  the  actual  way-leave  incurred  by  the  post 
office  in  respect  to  telephone  lines.  As  a  general  rule  it  may,  however,  be  stated  that 
the  post  office  does  not  pay  for  way-leave  facilities  on  the  public  roads,  although  it 
makes  certain  contributions  in  lieu  of  rates.  It  pays  small  sums  for  way-leavi  privi- 
leges on  private  property,  and  on  railway  property  there  is  in  most  cases  a  special  pay- 
ment for  way-leave,  as  way-leave  rights  have  been  acquired  by  Act  of  Parliament. 
The  railway  companies  as  a  rule  maintain  the  telegraphs  at  a  fixed  rate  of  £1  ($4.87) 
a  mile  of  wire  per  annum;  and  where  the  department  maintains  the  wires  a  small  pay- 
ment is  made  for  waiver  of  maintenance. 

Licensees  pay  for  way-leaves  on  the  public  roads,  and  the  amounts  vary  in  the 
OSifferent  districts. 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  "A"  277 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 

No.  278b. 

(Circular  B.) 

POST    OFFICE    TELEPHONE    EXCHANGES. 

RATES    OF    SUBSCRIPTION    AT    SMALL    TOWNS. 

I.  Message-rate  Service. — Charges  for  connection  with  an  exchange  within  a 
radius  of  half  a  mile  from  the  subscriber's  premises: — 

Annual  subscription,  £3  ($14.61),  payable  in  advance,  and  in  addition:  Message 
fees  of  one  penny  (2  cents)  for  each  local  call  originated  by  the  subscriber;  the  annual 
payment  in  respect  of  local  messages  to  be  at  least  £1  10s.  ($7.31),  also  payable  in  ad- 
vance. 

The  minimum  payment  under  this  arrangement  is  thus  £4  10s.  ($21.92),  for  which 
a  subscriber  can  make  360  local  calls  in  a  year,  paying  one  penny  for  each  additional 
call  beyond  360.  The  subscriber  is  not  charged  for  answering  calls  made  by  other  sub- 
scribers. 

II.  Unlimited  Service. — Annual  subscription  for  connection  with  an  exchange 
within  half  a  mile  radius  of  the  subscriber's  premises,  together  with  an  unlimited  num- 
ber of  Local  calls,  £7  10s.  ($36.53),  payable  in  advance. 

III.  Where  the  premises  of  any  subscriber  at  the  message-rate  or  at  the  unlimited 
service  rate  are  beyond  the  prescribed  radius  from  the  exchange,  the  annual  subscrip- 
tion is  increased  by  £1  5s.  ($6.09)  for  every  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction 
thereof.  Where  new  work  of  an  exceptionally  expensive  character  is  involved,  a  higher 
charge  may  be  necessary. 

IV.  Agreements  arc  usually  for  three  years,  and  are  terminable  at  the  expira- 
tion of  this  term  or  thereafter  by  three  months'  notice. 

V.  The  charge  for  use  of  a  call  office  for  local  calls  is  Id.  for  each  three  minutes' 
conversation. 

VI.  Post  office  subscribers  are  able  to  use  their  exchange  circuits  for  the  following 
purposes : — 

(1.)   To  forward  messages  for  transmission  over  the  public  wires  as  telegrams. 

(2.)   To  forward  messages  for  delivery  as  express  letters. 

(3.)   To  forward  messages  for  delivery  as  ordinary  letters 

(4.)   To  call  for  the  services  of  post  office  express  messengers. 

(5.)   To  receive  telegrams,  in  place  of  the  ordinary  delivery  by  messenger, 

where,  in  adopting  this  course,  no  alteration  in  the  circulation  of 

telegrams  is  involved. 

VII.  Post  office  subscribers  have  the  right  to  communicate  over  the  trunk  wires 
with  subscribers  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  and  other  licensees  of  the  Post- 
master General  in  all  other  areas  on  payment  of  the  trunk  fees  shown  below.  In  the 
case  of  trunk  calls  for  subscribers  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  certain  '  term- 
inal fees '  are  payable  to  that  company ;  but  these  are  borne  by  the  Postmaster  General 
himself,  and  are  not  charged  to  his  subscribers  when  the  calls  are  made  over  their  cir- 
cuits. 

TRUNK    FEES.  . 

The  rates  for  trunk  messages  generally  are  as  follows : — 

For  25  miles  or  under Threepence  (6-J  cents) 

"50  "  Sixpence  (12J  cents) 

"75  Ninepence  (18|  cents) 

"100  "  One  shilling  (24*  cents) 

"     every  additional  40  miles  or  fraction 

thereof Sixpence  (12+  cents) 

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278  __  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

,  4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

for  a  conversation  of  three  minutes'  duration  between  6  a.m.  and  8  p.m.,  or  6  minutes 
between  8  p.m.  and  6  a.m.,  in  cases  where  a  continuous  service  is  provided. 

These  fees  must  be  paid  by  both  message-rate  and  unlimited  service  subscribers 
in  respect  of  trunk  communications,  but  no  local  message  fee  is  charged  to  a  message- 
rate  subscriber  in  respect  of  a  trunk  conversation. 

General  Post  Office,  May,  1904. 


No.  278c. 

GEEAT  BKITAIN— Continued. 

(Circular  C.) 

POST   OFFICE   TELEPHONE  EXCHANGES. 

RATES    OF   SUBSCRIPTION   AT    SMALL   TOWNS — MEASURED   SERVICE. 

I.  Charge  for  installing  a  telephone  on  the  subscriber's  premises  and  connecting 
it  with  an  exchange  not  more  than  half  a  mile  distant : — 

Annual  subscription: 

(a)  Five  pounds  ($24.35),  covering  the  right  to  send  480  messages  during  the 
year  to  offices  on  the  same  exchange,  or 

(b)  Six  pounds  ($29.22),  covering  the  right  to  send  720  messages  during  the 
year  to  offices  on  the  same  exchange. 

Any  additional  messages  to  offices  on  the  same  exchange  will  be  charged  Id. 
(2  cents)  each. 

Each  call  from  one  exchange  to  another  in  the  same  area  is  generally  reckoned 
as  two  local  calls. 

No  charge  is  made  to  a  subscriber  for  calls  received. 

II.  Where  the  premises  of  any  subscriber  are  more  than  half  a  mile  from  the  ex- 
change, the  annual  subscription  is  increased  by  £1  5s.  ($6.09)  for  every  additional 
quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction  thereof.  Where  new  work  of  an  exceptionally  expensive 
character  is  involved,  a  higher  charge  may  be  necessary. 

HI.  Agreements  are  usually  for  three  years,  and  are  terminable  at  the  expiration 
of  this  term  or  thereafter  by  three  months'  notice. 

IV.  The  charge  for  the  use  of  a  call  office  for  local  calls  is  2d.  (4  cents)  for  each 
three  minutes'  conversation. 

V.  Post  office  subscribers  are  able  to  use  their  exchange  circuits  for  the  follow- 
ing purposes: — 

(1.)  To  forward  messages  for  transmission  over  the  public  wires  as  telegrams. 
(2.)  To  forward  messages  for  delivery  as  express  letters. 
(3.)  To  forward  messages  for  delivery  as  ordinary  letters. 
(4.)   To  call  for  the  services  of  post  office  express  messengers. 
(5.)  To  receive  telegrams,  in  place  of  the  ordinary  delivery  by  messenger, 
where,  in  adopting  this  course,  no  alteration  in  the  circulation  of 
telegrams  is  involved. 
VI.  Post  office  subscribers  have  the  right  to  communicate  over  the  trunk  wires 
with  subscribers  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  and  other  licensees  of  the  Post- 
matser  General  in  all  other  areas  on  payment  of  the  trunk  fees  shown  below. 

General  Post  Office,  July,  1905. 

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APPENDIX  "  A  "  279 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  278d. 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 

Circular  D. 

POST  OFFICE  TELEPHONE  EXCHANGES. 

RATES   FOR   PARTY   LINES   IN   THE   PROVINCES. 

Where  two  or  more  persons  share  the  use  of  one  line  to  an  exchange,  the  Post- 
master General  is  prepared  to  provide  the  service  at  special  rates.  Such  lines  are 
called  '  party  lines.'  They  may  be  '  two-party  lines ' — where  the  Postmaster  General 
undertakes  to  connect  the  premises  of  only  two  subscribers  on  the  one  circuit;  or 
'  ten-party  lines '  — where  he  reserves  to  himself  the  right  to  connect  the  premises  of 
any  number  of  subscribers  from  three  to  ten  by  means  of  the  one  line  and  its  spurs. 

The  main  circuit  is  that  portion  of  a  party  line  which  is  used  in  common  by  two 
or  more  subscribers. 

The  expression  '  spur  circuit '  means  that  portion  of  a  party  line  used  by  one 
subscriber  only. 

The  rates  of  subscription  are : — 
7. — Party  line  Message  Rate  Service. 

(a)  Where  the  length  of  the  main  circuit  does  not  exceed  the  radius  from  the  post 
office  covered  by  the  minimum  payment  at  the  ordinary  message  rate  (usually  half  a 
mile),  and  the  spur  circuits  do  not  in  each  case  exceed  220  yards  in  length,  an  annual 
subscription  payable  in  advance  of  £2  ($9.74)  per  subscriber  for  a  '  two-party  line,'  and 
of  £1  10s.  ($7.31)  for  a  '  ten-party  line,'  exclusive  of  the  charge  for  the  transmission  of 
messages. 

The  charge  for  local  messages  is  in  each  case  one  penny  (2  cents)  per  call  with  a 
minimum  payment  of  £1  10s.  ($7.31)  per  subscriber,  also  payable  annually  in  advance. 

(&)  Where  the  length  of  the  main  circuit  exceeds  the  ordinary  radius,  a  charge 
of  12s.  6d.  ($2.97)  in  the  case  of  a  '  two-party  line,'  and  of  10s.  ($2.44)  in  the  case  of  a 
'  ten-party  line '  for  each  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  for  each  subscriber  using  it. 

(c)  Where  the  spur  circuit  exceeds  220  yards,  a  charge  of  12s.  6d.   ($2.97)  for 
fach  additional   220  yards  or  fraction   thereof  payable  by  the  individual  subscriber 
concerned. 
II. — Two-party  line  Unlimited  Service. 

A  subscription  of  £6  ($29.22)  a  year  payable  in  advance  for  ordinary  '  two-party 
lines '  when  the  length  of  the  main  circuit  does  not  exceed  half  a  mile  and  the  spur 
circuits  do  not  in  each  case  exceed  220  yards  in  length.  Excess  distances  in  the  main 
or  spur  circuits  to  be  charged  for  as  in  the  case  of  the  message  rate  subscription.  The 
unlimited  service  subscription  covers  an  unlimited  number  of  local  calls,  but  not  trunk 
calls,  which  must  in  all  cases  be  paid  for  at  the  usual  tariff,  the  charge  varying  accord- 
ing to  distance.     There  will  be  no  unlimited  service  rate  for  '  ten-party  lines.' 

Agreements  are  as  a  rule  for  three  years,  but  where  the  work  of  construction  is 
specially  expensive,  agreements  for  a  longer  period  may  be  required,  and  some  addi- 
tional charge  beyond  the  tariff  charge  may  be  necessary. 

Extension  lines  are  not  provided  in  connection  with  party  lines. 

SPECIAL    CONDITIONS    OF    THE    SERVICE. 

1.  A  portion  of  a  '  party-line '  is  in  every  case  used  in  common  by  two  or  more 
subscribers.  The  premises  to  be  connected  by  a  party  line  must  lie  in  the  same  direc- 
tion from  an  exchange. 

2.  A  subscriber  shall  not  be  entitled  to  interrupt  or  otherwise  interfere  with  the 
conversation  of  any  other  subscriber  connected  with  the  same  party  line.  When  one 
of  the  subscribers  to  a  party  line  is  speaking  over  the  circuit,  no  local  calls  for  the 
other  subscribers  can  be  effected. 

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.1  ,  4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

3.  But  the  Postmaster  General  reserves  to  himself  the  right  to  interrupt  any  local 
conversation  of  a  subscriber  if  a  trunk  call  is  received  from  or  for  any  other  sub- 
scriber connected  with  the  same  party  line. 

4.  Secrecy  as  between  the  several  subscribers  connected  with  a  party  line  cannot 
be  given. 

General  Post  Office,  May,  1904. 


No.  278e. 


GEEAT  BEIT  AIN— Con  tinned. 
Pamphlet  E. 


Boundaries      of  :— - 
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CouNTy   of  |_onoon    


The  London  telephone  area,  which  is  probably  the  largest  and  most  populous  single 
exchange  area  in  existence,  is  upwards  of  600  square  miles  in  extent,  and  contains  a  population 
of   more   than   6,000,000. 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  281 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  278f. 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 

(Pamphlet  E.) 

POST    OFFICE    LONDON    (ENGLAND)    TELEPHONE    SEEVICE. 

EXCHANGES. 

The  following  post  office  exchanges  have  been  provided,  or  are  in  course  of  estab- 
lishment, and  will  serve  the  districts  indicated: — 

Wiih in  the  Con nli/  of  London. 

1.  Central  Exchange. — Serving  the  city  and  west  central  districts  as  far  as  Regent 
street  on  the  west,  King's  Cross  on  the  north,  and  Wapping  on  the  east,  together  with 
Bermondsey  and  the  Borough  on  the  south  of  the  Thames. 

2.  Victoria  Exchange. — Serving  Westminster,  Belgravia,  and  the  adjoining  dis- 
tricts, as  far  as  St.  James'  Park  and  Hyde  Park  on  the  north  to  Chelsea  on  the  west. 

3.  Western  Exchange. — Serving  South  Kensington,  Earl's  Court,  Kensington, 
Brompton.  with  parts  of  Walham  Green,  Chelsea  and  Hammersmith. 

4.  Mayfair  Exchange. — Serving  the  Mayfair,  Paddington,  Marylebone  and  Bays- 
water  districts,  with  part  of  St.  John's  Wood. 

5.  Hamstead  Exchange. — Serving  Hamstead,  West  Hamstead,  Child's  Hill  and 
Kentish  Town. 

6.  Putney  Exchange. — Serving  Putney,  Fulham  and  Roehampton,  with  parts  of 
Barnes  and  Wandsworth. 

Outside   the   County   of  London. 

7.  Wimbledon  Exchange. — Sewing  Wimbledon,  Wimbledon  Park,  iferton,  Mit- 
cha:n,  with  the  adjoining  districts. 

8.  Kingston-on-Thames  Exchange. — Serving  Kingston-on-Thames,  Norbiton,  Sur- 
biton.  Trddington,  Hampton,  East  Molesey,  Esher,  the  Dittons  and  Maiden. 

9.  Richmond  Exchange. — Serving  Richmond,  Twickenham,  Petersham,  Kew 
Mortlake  and  East  Sheen. 

10.  Chiswick  Exchange. — Serving  Chiswick,  Acton,  East  Acton,  Shepherd's  Bush, 
Turnham  Green,  Gunnersbury,  and  parts  of  Hamersmith,  Barnes  and  Brentford. 

11.  Croydon  Exchange. — Serving  Croydon  and  the  adjoining  district. 

New  exchanges  will  be  established  from  time  to  time  for  the  service  of  other  dis- 
tricts. 

The  work  of  connecting  the  premises  of  subscribers  with  these  exchanges  will  be 
carried  on  as  rapidly  as  possible. 

ADVANTAGES    OF    THE    SYSTEM. 

(1.)  The  Pest  Office  London  Exchange  system  is  an  entirely  new  system,  and  the 
apparatus  and  method  of  working  represent  the  latest  achievements  of  electrical 
science.  The  operator  at  the  exchange  is  called  automatically  by  the  removal  of  the 
telephone  receiver  from  the  rest.  This  action  lights  a  small  glow  lamp  on  the  switch- 
board, which  keeps  alight  until  the  necessary  connections  are  made;  and  the  replace- 
ment of  tin-  receiver  at  the  end  of  the  conversation  light  another  lamp,  notifying  the 
completion  of  the  call.  If  the  subscriber  required  is  engaged,  the  fact  is  indicated  by 
the  production  of  a  distinct  sound  (an  intermittent  buzz)  in  the  calling  subscriber's 
telephone. 

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Fig  1.— Wall  Telephone  for  Exchanges  in  Central  London 
(with  moveable  arm  for  adjusting  the  height  of  the  transmitter). 


(2.)  At  the  more  important  exchanges  the  system  is  worked  by  means  of  batteries 
at  the  exchange,  which  obviate  the  necessity  for  batteries  at  the  subscriber's  premises. 

(3.)  Table  or  wall  telephones  of  the  latest  and  most  approved  pattern  are  supplied 
at  the  option  of  the  subscriber. 

(4.)  The  system,  which  is  composed  throughout  of  double-wire  (metallic)  cir- 
cuits, is  almost  entirely  underground.  By  the  use  of  underground  wires,  interruptions 
due  to  storms,  as  well  as  accidents  due  to  contact  between  telephone  wires  and  wires 
carrying  high-power  currents,  are  obviated. 

(5.)  The  various  post  office  exchanges  are  connected  with  each  other,  with  the 
trunk  wire  exchange,  and  with  the  various  exchanges  of  the  National  Telephone  Com- 
pany, by  means  of  a  large  number  of  direct  circuits.  In  this  way  the  loss  of  time 
which  would  otherwise  arise  in  passing  calls  through  several  exchanges  is  avoided,  and 
subscribers  to  the  post  office  system  should  be  able  to  communicate  with  the  company's 
subscribers  as  readily  as  if  there  were  but  one  system. 

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Attention  to  Calls. 


To  ensure  that  subscribers'  calls  are  attended  to  promptly  by  the  operators  at  the 
exchange,  officers  of  the  post  office  will  from  time  to  time,  unknown  to  the  operators, 
visit  subscribers'  premises  and  ask  permission  to  call  up  the  exchange.  The  number 
of  seconds  occupied  before  the  operator  answers  will  be  recorded,  and  subscribers  are 
earnestly  requested  to  give  the  officer,  on  production  of  his  card  of  authorization,  every 
facility. 

RATES   OF   SUBSCRIPTION. 

The  rates  of  subscription  for  exchange  circuits  are  as  follows: — 
1.  Ordinary  Message  Rate  Service: — 

(a)   Charges  for  connection  with  any  exchange  in  the  county  of  London  within 
two  miles  of  the  subscribers's  premises. 

£    s.     d. 
Annual  subscription 5     0     0     ($24.35) 


Fig.  4.— Wall  Telephone  for  Suburban  Exchanges 
(with  movable  arm  for  adjusting  the  height  of  the  transmitter.) 


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Message  Fees —  £    s.    d. 

One  penny  (2  cents)  for  each  call  to  a  subscriber 

on  any  exchange  in  the  county  of  London. 
Two  pence  (4  cents)  for  each  call  to  a  subscriber 
on  any  exchange  outside  the  county  of  Lon- 
don, but  within  the  London  area. 
(b)  Charges  for  connection  with  any  exchange 
outside  the  county  of  London  within  two 
miles  of   the  subscriber's  premises. 

Annual  subscription 4     0     0     ($19.48) 

Message  Fees — 

One  penny  (2  cents)  for  each  call  to  a  subscriber 

on  the  same  exchange. 
Two  pence  (4  cents)  for  each  call  to  a  subscriber 
on  any  other  exchange  in  the  London  area. 
The  minimum  yearly  amount  payable  by  each  sub- 
scriber for  message  fees  is 1  10    0     (  $7.31 ) 


Fig.  5. — Table  Telephone  for  Suburban  Exchanges. 

IT.  Party-line  Message  Rate  Service: — 
Annual  Subscriptions — 

(a)  For  connection  with  any  exchange,  except 
the  Central  Exchange,  by  means  of  a  line 
used  by  not  more  than  two  subscribers  .... 

(b)  For  connection  with  any  exchange  outside 
the  county  of  London  by  means  of  a  line 
used  by  more  than  two  and  not  more  than 
ten  subscribers 2 

Subscriptions  at  party-line  rates  cannot  be  accepted 
from  subscribers  on  the  Central  Exchange,  or  at 
the  lower  party-line  rate  from  subscribers  on  any 
exchange  in  the  county  of  London. 


3     0    0     ($14.61) 


0     0     ($9.71) 


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286  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

£  s.  d. 
Message  fees  for  calls  originated  by  party-line  sub- 
scribers will  be  the  same  as  for  calls  by  sub- 
scribers at  the  ordinary  message  rate,  but  the 
minimum  yearly  amount  payable  for  message  fees 
by  each  party-line  subscriber  is 3     0     0     ($14.61) 

III.  Unlimited  Service: — 

Annual  subscriptions  for  connection  with  any  exchange 
within  two  miles  of  the  subscriber's  premises,  to- 
gether with  an  unlimited  number  of  calls — 

(a)  For  the  first  line 17     0    0     ($82.79) 

(o)  For  each  additional  line  connecting  any 
premises  of  the  same  subscriber  with  an  ex- 
change  14    0     0     ($68.18) 

IV.  Call  Office  Fee:— 

For  any  call  from  a  call  office  to  any  subscriber  in 

the  London  area,  for  each  period  of  three  minutes     0     0    2     (4  cents) 

V.  Additional  Annual  Charges: — 

(a)  Where  the  premises  of  any  subscriber  at  the 
ordinary  message  rate  or  at  the  unlimited  service 
rate  are  more  than  two  miles  from  the  exchange, 

for  every  additional  quarter  of  a  mile 1     5     0     (  $6.09  ), 

(b)  Where  the  main  circuit  of  a  party-line  exceeds  two 
miles  in  length,  for  each  additional  quarter  of 

a  mile,  for  each  subscriber  . 0  10     0     (  $2.44  ) 

(c)  Where  the  spur  circuit  of  a  party-line  exceeds 
220  yards  in  length,  for  each  additional  quarter 
of  a  mile,  for  the  subscriber  served  by  the  spur 

circuit 1     5     0     ( $6.00  ) 

(d)  For  each  extension  line  connecting  two  parts 
of  the  same  premises  of  a  subscriber,  where  the 

line  is  not  more  than  110  yards  in  length  ....     1  10     0     (  $7.31  ) 

(e)  For  each  additional  110  yards  of  such  a  line.. .     0  10     0     (  $2.44) 

(f)  For  each  extension  line  connecting  separate 
premises  of  the  same  subscriber,   and  not  more 

than  a  quarter  of  a  mile  in  length 3  10     0     ($17.05) 

(g)  For  each  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  of  such  a 

line 1     5     0     ( $6.09 ) 

The  distances  f except  in  the  case  of  party-lines)  are  measured  in  a  straight 
line  on  a  horizontal  plane. 

VI.  All  agreements  are  for  one  year,  and  are  terminable  thereafter  by  three  months' 
notice. 

VII.  Post  office  subscribers  have  the  right  to  communicate  with  subscribers  of  the 
National  Telephone  Company  in  the  London  Exchange  area  at  th;  same  rates  of 
charge  as  for  communication  with  other  post  office  subscribers. 

Note. — Message  fees  will  be  charged  only  when  subscribers'  lines  are  connected 
with  the  lines  of  subscribers  with  whom  they  have  asked  to  speak.  No  fees  will  be 
charged  if  the  lines  are  out  of  order  or  engaged. 

Where  an  extension  line  goes  to  a  point  more  than  two  miles  from  the  ex- 
change with  which  it  is  connected,  an  agreement  for  five  years  may  be  required. 
Similarly,  a  five  years'  agreement  may  be  required  in  cases  where  an  exchange  circuit 
is,  at  the  request  of  the  subscriber,  connected  with  an  exchange  other  than  that  by 
wbich  the  subscriber's  premises  would  normally  be  served. 
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Special  arrangements  will  be  made  for  the  service  of  residential  flats,  and  of  com- 
mercial exchanges,  clubs,  and  similar  institutions,  particulars  of  which  can  be  had  on 
application. 

See  also  the  fourth  paragraph  on  '  Use  of  Exchange  Lines  by  Non- Subscribers.' 

ADDITIONAL  APPARATUS. 

Receivers. 

Wherever  the  exchange  line  is  likely  to  be  used  for  trunk  messages,  a  second 
receiver  will  be  supplied,  if  desired,  without  additional  charge. 

Additional  receivers  after  the  second  will  be  provided,  if  required,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  3s.  6d.  (86  cents)  each. 

Extension  Bells. 

An  extension  bell  will  be  supplied  for  an  additional  annual  rental  of  5s.  ($1.22), 
provided  that  not  more  than  25  yards  of  wire  are  required  to  connect  the  bell  with  the 
telephone. 

Any  length  of  wire  in  excess  of  25  yards  will  be  charged  for  at  the  ordinary  inter- 
nal exension  rate,  viz.,  10s.  ($2.44)  for  each  110  yards  or  portion  thereof. 

Silence  Cabinets  and  other  Fittings. 

Silence  cabinets  and  ornamental  cases  for  batteries  will,  when  required,  be  sup- 
plied at  the  expense  of  subscribers — the  articles,  of  course,  becoming  their  own  pro- 
perty. The  cost  of  the  standard  post  office  cabinet  is  £12  12s.  ($61.37),  but  any  other 
pattern  will  be  supplied  if  desired. 

Automatic   Coin-Collecting  Boxes. 

In  the  case  of  party-line  subscribers  a  coin-collecting  box  for  the  payment  of  mes- 
sage fees  will  be  provided  at  each  subscriber's  office.  Such  boxes  will  be  supplied  in 
other  cases,  when  desired,  without  additional  charge. 

SERVICES  AVAILABLE   FOR  SUBSCRIBERS. 

The  system  is  available  day  and  night,  including  Sundays. 

A  subscriber  may  use  his  exchange  line  for  the  following  purposes,  viz. : — 

(1.)  For  originating  and  receiving  calls  to  and  from  subscribers  to  the  Port  Office 
system,  or  subscribers  to  the  National  Telephone  Company's  system  in  the  London  ex- 
change area. 

(2.)  For  originating  and  receiving  calls  over  the  telephone  trunk  wires  to  and 
from  subscribers  to  any  exchange  system  of  the  Postmaster  General,  or  of  any  licensee 
in  other  exchange  areas,  as  well  as  for  originating  and  receiving  calls  over  the  London- 
Paris  telephones  wires. 

Printed  copies  of  the  list  of  trunk  charges  may  be  obtained  on  application. 

Message-rate  or  party-line  subscribers,  on  making  trunk  calls  will  pay  the  or- 
dinary local  tolls  in  addition  to  the  trunk  fee.  Trunk  calls  will,  in  all  cases,  be  effected 
through  the  trunk  switch  at  the  Central  telegraph  office. 

(3.)  For  forwarding  telegrams  for  onward  transmission  over  the  public  wires,  sub- 
ject to  payment  of  the  telegraphic  charge.  The  telegrams  will  be  written  down  at  the 
Central  telegraph  office,  and  message-rate  or  party-line  subscribers  will  pay  the  or- 
dinary local  tolls  in  addition  to  the  telegraphic  charge,  as  in  the  case  of  trunk  calls. 

(4.)  For  the  receipt  of  telegrams  bearing  the  subscriber's  registered  abbreviated 
address,  in  lieu,  of  delivery  by  messenger.  The  fee  for  the  registration  of  an  abbre- 
viated address  is  one  guinea  ($5.12)  per  annum. 

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288  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Where  a  subscriber  whose  telegrams  are  delivered  by  telephone,  wishes  also  to  have 
for  record  purposes  a  written  copy  of  each  message,  such  copies  will  be  sent  to  him 
Reparately,  or  in  daily  batches,  either  by  post  or  by  express  messenger,  on  payment  of 
the  postage,  or  of  the  express  fee  calculated  at  the  rate  of  3d.  (6  cents)  per  mile,  as  the 
case  may  be. 

Delivery  by  messenger  will,  of  course,  be  reverted  to  at  once  in  the  event  of  a  sub- 
scriber's circuit  becoming  faulty. 

(5.)  For  forwarding  messages  for  delivery  as  express  letters.  Such  a  message,  if 
intended  for  delivery  within  the  London  exchange  area,  will  be  written  down  at  any 
post  office  connected  with  the  Post  Office  system  or  with  the  National  Telephone  Com- 
pany's system,  which  may  be  selected  by  the  subscriber,  and  will  be  delivered  by  spe- 
cial messenger  from  that  office  on  payment  of  the  ordinary  express  letter  fees  (i.e.,  3d. 
(6  cents)  for  each  mile  or  part  of  a  mile  traversed  by  the  messenger  on  his  outward 
journey)  if  the  message  does  not  exceed  30  words  in  length ;  and  on  payment  of  double 
those  fees  if  the  message  is  over  30  but  under  60  words  in  length. 

For  instance,  if  a  subscriber  in  Croydon  wishes  to  communicate  with  a  non-sub- 
scriber in  Kengsington,  he  can  call  up  the  post  office  in  Kensington  and  dictate  a  mes- 
sage which  would  be  immediately  delivered  by  express  messenger. 

Such  messages  can  also  be  sent  by  means  of  the  trunk  wires  for  delivery  in  other 
areas,  the  trunk  fees  being  payable  in  addition  to  those  already  specified. 

Messages  over  60  words  in  length  or  occupying  more  than  six  minutes  in  trans- 
mission  cannot  be  accepted. 

The  ordinary  local  tolls  will,  of  course,  be  payable  by  message-rate  and  party-line 
subscribers  in  addition  to  the  express  and  trunk  fees. 

(6.)  For  forwarding  messages  for  delivery  as  letters,  on  payment  of  the  ordinary 
postal  fees  and  local  tolls,  snch  messages  being  not  more  than  60  words  in  length  and 
occupying  not  more  than  six  minutes  in  transmission. 

(7.)  For  obtaining  the  services  of  express  messengers  for  such  purposes  as  the 
conveyance  of  parcels  from  one  address  to  another,  the  summoning  of  doctors,  the  call- 
ing ot  cabs,  &c,  subject  to  the  charges  specified  in  clause  (5)  and  to  the  conditions  laid 
down  in  the  post  office  guide  with  regard  to  the  express  messenger  service. 

DEPOSITS. 

Each  message-rate  subscriber  will  be  required  to  pay  the  minimum  amount  for 
message  fees,  namely,  30s.  ($7.31),  at  the  time  of  payment  of  the  annual  subscription. 

Subscribers,  whether  at  the  message-rate,  or  unlimited  service  rate,  who  desire  to 
use  their  lines  for  trunk  messages  or  for  the  telegram  and  express  services,  will  be  re- 
quired to  make  a  deposit  of  £1  ($4.87)  to  cover  the  credit  given,  on  payment  of  their 
first  annual  subscription.  An  additional  deposit  will  be  required  in  the  case  of  lar^e 
users. 

CALL   OFFICES. 

Call  offices  will,  in  course  of  time,  be  established  at  the  majority  of  the  post  offices 
in  the  London  area. 

The  fee  for  originating  or  receiving  a  call  at  a  call  office  within  the  London 
txchange  area  is  2d.   (4  cents)  for  each  period  of  three  minutes'  conversation. 

In  the  case  of  a  trunk  call  this  fee  is  charged  in  addition  to  the  trunk  fee. 

USE   OF   EXCHANGE   LINES   BY   NON-SUBSCRIBERS. 

Message-rate  subscribers  (including  party-line  subscribers)  may  allow  their  tele- 
phones to  be  used  by  other  persons,  and  may  charge  and  retain  fees  for  such  use  in 
addition  to  the  charges  payable  to  the  Postmaster  General; 

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No  objection  will  be  raised  if  a  subscriber  at  the  message-rates  exhibits  a  notice 
that  calls  may  he  made  by  means  of  his  telephone,  or  if  he  advertises  the  fact  on  his 
business  note-paper,  &c. 

This  privilege  does  not  extend  to  subscribers  at  the  unlimited  service  rate,  whose 
lines  are  not  permitted  to  be  used  for  the  transmission  of  messages  which  do  not  relate 
to  their  own  business  or  private  affairs. 

Two  persons  or  firms  occupying  the  same  offices  and  desiring  to  use  the  same  tele- 
phone jvill  severally  be  admitted  to  the  ordinary  privileges  of  subscribers  (including  a 
separate  entry  in  the  directory  in  respect  of  each  person  or  firm)  on  payment  of  a  sub- 
scription and  a  half,  either  at  the  '  message  '  rate  or  '  unlimited  service'  rate. 

PRIVATE   WIRES. 

The  Postmaster  General  undertakes  the  construction  and  maintenance  on  rental 
terms  of  private  telegraph  and  telephone  wires,  i.e.,  wires  not  led  into  post  office-;  or 
exchanges,  nor  used  in  connection  with  exchange  wires,  between  the  offices  or  houses 
of  firms  or  private  individuals.  Inquiries  regarding  such  wires  should  be  addressed 
to  the  Secretary,  General  Post  Office.  London. 

No.  278g. 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 

(Pamphlet  F.) 

POSTMASTER  GENERAL  AND  NATIONAL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

RETURN  TO  AN  ORDER  OF  THE  HONOURABLE  THE  HOUSE  OF  COM- 
MONS, DATED  FEBRUARY  14,  1905.— FOR, 

Copy  'of  memorandum  of  the  Postmaster  General,  dated  February  14,  1905,  setting 
forth  an  agreement,  dated  February  2,  1905,  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the 
National  Telephone  Company,  Limited.' 

Stanley. 
Post  Office,  February  14,  1905. 


Memorandum  of  the  Postmaster  General,  dated  February  14,  1905,  setting  forth 
an  agreement  dated  February  2, 1905,  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  National 
Telephone  Company,  Limited. 

On  November  18,  1901,  the  Postmaster  General  entered  into  an  agreement  with 
the  National  Telephone  Company,  Limited,  for  the  purchase  of  the  plant  of  the  com- 
pany in  the  London  Exchange  Area  on  the  termination  of  the  company's  license,  that 
13  on  December  31,  1911.  The  plant  was  to  be  purchased  at  its  value  in  situ,  and  no 
payment  was  to  be  made  in  respect  of  compulsory  purchase,  goodwill,  or  past  or  future 
profits,  in  other  words  the  purchase  was  to  be  made  on  what  are  known  as  '  tramway 
terms.'  The  agreement  also  provided  for  inter-communication  between  the  systems 
of  the  Postmaster  General  and  of  the  company  in  London  during  the  continuance  of 
the  company's  license,  and  for  uniformity  of  rates. 

This  agreement  was  in  effect  approved  by  the  House  of  Commons,  after  full  dis- 
cussion, on  January  27,  1902. 

An  agreement,  on  similar  lines,  has  now  been  made  in  relation  to  the  whole  coun- 
try. On  December  31,  1911,  the  Postmaster  General  will  take  over  the  whole  business 
carried  on  up  to  that  date  by  the  company,  and  will  acquire  the  plant  of  the  company 
on  '  tramway  terms.'  No  payment  will  be  made  in  respect  of  goodwill  or  profits  except 
in  the  case  of  the  private  wire  business  of  the  company  (which  can  be!  carried  on 
without  the  Postmaster  General's  license)  and  in  the  very  few  cases  where  the  com- 

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290  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

pany  licenses  have,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1899,  been   extended 
beyond  1911. 

At  the  option  of  the  government,  three-fourths,  and,  with  the  consent  of  the  com- 
pany licenses  have,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1899,  been  extended 
exceeding  twenty  years. 

Certain  powers  of  objecting  to  plant  as  unsuitable  for  purchase  are  reserved  to 
the  Postmaster  General;  and  rules  for  the  construction  of  plant  are  laid  down. 

During  the  continuance  of  their  license  the  company  are  to  allow  intercommuni- 
cation without  additional  charge  between  the  systems  of  the  Postmaster  General  an! 
of  the  company.  The  company  will  be  precluded  from  showing  favour  or  preference 
as  between  subscribers,  and  the  rates  charged  by  the  company  will  be  confined  withi.i 
certain  limits.  If,  on  complaint  and  after  full  inquiry,  it  is  proved  that  the  com- 
pany is  giving  an  inefficient  service  in  any  district,  the  Postmaster  General  may  take 
over  the  company's  business  in  that  district  at  once,  without  any  payment  for  goodwill. 

Certain  provisions  of  the  London  agreement  which  are  not  of  general  application 
remain  in  force.  In  other  respects  the  provisions  of  that  agreement  have  been  assimi- 
lated to  those  applicable  to  the  rest  of  the  country. 

A  copy  of  the  agreement  is  appended.  It  will  become  binding  when  confirmed  by  a 
resolution  of  the  House  of  Commons,  or  on  August  31,  if  not  disapproved  by  Parlia- 
ment before  that  date. 

Stanley. 
February  14,  1904. 


Dated  February  2,  1905. 
POST  OFFICE  TELEGKAPHS. 
his  majesty's  postmaster  general 
and 

THE  NATIONAL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  LIMITED. 

Agreement  for  Purchase  of  Plant,  Property  and  Assets. 

This  indenture  made  the  second  day  of  February,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
five,  between  the  Right  Honourable  Edward  George  Villiers  Stanley,  C.B.,  commonly 
called  Lord  Stanley,  His  Majesty's  Postmaster  General  (who  and  whose  successors  in 
office  for  the  time  being  are  intended  to  be  hereinafter  included  in  the  term  '  the  Post- 
master General ')  on  behalf  of  His  Majesty  of  the  one  part  and  the  National  Telephone 
Company,  Limited,  the  registered  office  of  which  is  at  Telephone  House,  Victoria  Em- 
bankment, in  the  City  of  London  (hereinafter  called  '  the  company  ')  of  the  other  part. 

Whereas  by  an  indenture  dated  the  29th  day  of  November,  1884,  and  made  between 
the  Eight  Honourable  George  John  Shaw  Lefevre,  then  Her  late  Majesty's  Postmaster 
General,  on  behalf  of  Her  late  Majesty  of  the  one  part,  and  the  company  of  the  other 
part  (which  indenture  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  '  the  license  of  1884 ')  the  Postmaster 
General  covenanted  and  agreed  with  the  company  that  the  company  should  during  the 
term  of  thirty-one  years  from  the  1st  day  of  January,  1881  (determinable  as  in  the 
same  indenture  provided)  have  license  and  permission  to  do  the  following  things  (that 
is  to  say) : — 

1.  To  work  and  use  telegraphs  of  which  the  transmitting  and  receiving  instru- 
ments should  be  telephones  but  no  other  kind  or  description  of  telegraphs  for  the  pur- 
pose of  enabling  persons  to  transmit  and  receive  by  means  of  spoken  words  (but  not 
otherwise),  and  with  the  aid  of  such  telegraphs  as  aforesaid  telegraphic  messages  (with- 
in the  exclusive  privilege  conferred  on  the  Postmaster  General  by  the  Telegraph  Act, 
1869)  relating  to  the  business  or  private  affairs  of  such  persons,  and 
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2.  To  receive  money  or  other  valuable  considerations  in  respect  of  the  use  of  the 
said  telegraphs  or  the  transmission  and  receipt  of  messages  thereby; 

And  the  license  of  1884  was  granted  subject  to  such  provisions  and  to  such 
covenants  on  the  part  of  the  company  as  in  the  same  license  are  specified; 

And  whereas  the  several  acts  which  the  company  were  authorized  to  do  and  the 
business  which  they  were  authorized  to  carry  on  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  license 
of  1884  are  hereinafter  for  convenience  collectively  referred  to  by  the  expression  '  li- 
censed telephonic  business,'  and  the  expression  '  to  transact  licensed  telephonic  busi- 
ness '  means  to  do  such  acts  and  to  carry  on  such  business  as  aforesaid ; 

And  whereas  by  an  indenture  dated  the  25th  day  of  March,  1896,  and  made  between 
the  Most  Noble  Henry  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Earl  Marshal  and  Hereditary  Marshal  of 
England  K.G.  then  Her  late  Majesty's  Postmaster  General  on  behalf  of  Her  late 
Majesty  of  the  one  part  and  the  company  of  the  other  part  (which  indenture  is  here- 
inafter referred  to  as  '  the  Trunk  Line  agreement ')  it  was  agreed  (inter  alia)  that 
the  company  should  cease  to  transact  licensed  telephonic  business  elsewhere  than 
within  exchange  areas  as  therein  specified  and  provision  was  made  by  the  Trunk  Line 
agreement  and  by  an  indenture  dated  the  26th  day  of  March,  1896,  and  made  between 
the  same  parties  for  the  purchase  by  the  Postmaster  General  from  the  company  of 
the  telephonic  lines  of  the  company  connecting  exchange  areas  (which  lines  were  in' 
the  said  indentures  more  specifically  defined  and  were  therein  and  are  hereinafter 
called  '  trunk  lines.') 

And  whereas  the  trunk  lines  of  the  company  were  accordingly  on  April  4,  1S96. 
delivered  and  handed  over  by  the  company  to  the  Postmaster  General  upon  paymenl 
of  the  purchase  money  specified  in  the  said  debentures  and  the  Postmaster  Genera! 
has  from  that  date  maintained  a  system  of  public  telephonic  communication  by  means 
of  trunk  lines  between  exchange  areas  and  the  company  have  transacted  licensed  tele- 
phonic business  according  to  the  provisions  of  the  Trunk  Line  Agreement  within 
exchange  areas  and  not  elsewhere; 

And  whereas  by  an  indenture  dated  November  18,  1901,  and  made  between  the 
Most  Honourable  Charles  Stewart,  Marquis  of  Londonderry,  E.G.,  His  Majesty's 
then  Postmaster  General  on  behalf  of  His  Majesty  of  the  one  part  and  the  company  of 
the  other  part  (which  indenture  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  '  the  London  Agreement ') 
it  was  agreed  (inter  alia)  that  (subject  to  the  provisions  therein  contained)  the  Post- 
master General  should  on  the  determination  of  the  license  of  1884  in  the  London 
Exchange  area  purchase  all  such  plant  of  the  company  within  that  area  as  was  in  use 
for  the  purposes  of  the  company's  London  system  at  the  time  of  such  determination 
and  was  then  suitable  for  the  requirements  of  the  telephonic  service  of  the  post  office 
in  that  area. 

And  whereas  under  the  provisions  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1899,  and  of  certain 
agreements  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company  made  in  pursuance 
thereof  the  license  of  1884  has  within  the  areas  specified  in  the  first  schedule  hereto 
been  extended  until  the  dates  respectively  specified  in  the  second  column  of  the  said 
schedule  opposite  the  names  of  such  areas,  but  subject  to  such  extensions  and  to  any 
further  extensions  which  may  hereafter  be  made  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of 
the  Telegraph  Act,  1899,  or  any  agreement  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the 
company  the  power  of  the  company  to  transact  licensed  telephonic  business  will  expire 
on  December  31,  1911; 

And  whereas  the  company  also  transact  telephonic  business  which  may  by  law  be 
transacted  without  the  license  of  the  Postmaster  General,  such  business  being  herein- 
after referred  to  as  '  private  wire  business ;' 

And  whereas  it  has  been  agreed  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company 
that  the  company  shall  as  from  December  31,  1911,  cease  to  transact  any  telephonic 
business  except  as  hereinafter  specified  and  that  the  Postmaster  General  shall  pur- 
chase all  such  plant,  property  and  assets  of  the  company  as  hereinafter  specified  to- 
gether with  any  telephonic  business  of  the  company  which  could  be  lawfully  transacted 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 
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after  December  31,  1911,  and  it  has  further  been  agreed  between  the  parties  aforesaid 
as  hereinafter  specified; 

Now  this  indenture  witnesseth  that  in  consideration  of  the  premises  and  of  the 
matters  hereinafter  appearing,  it  is  hereby  agreed  and  declared  between  and  by  the 
parties  hereto  and  the  company  as  to  the  covenants  and  agreements  hereinafter  con- 
tained on  their  part)  do  hereby  covenant  and  agree  with  the  Postmaster  General  and 
the  Postmaster  General  (as  to  the  covenants  and  agreements  hereinafter  contained  on 
his  part)  in  exercise  of  the  powers  and  authorities  enabling  him  in  this  behalf  doth 
hereby  covenant  and  agree  with  the  company  in  manner  following  (that  is  to  say) : — 

Interpretation  clause — 

1.  In  this  agreement  and  in  the  schedules  hereto — The  expression  '  plant '  includes 
works,  materials  and  plant. 

The  expression  '  competitive  exchange  area  '  means  one  of  the  areas  specified  or 
described  in  the  second  schedule  hereto. 

The  expression  '  exchange  system '  means  a  system  of  public  telephonic  com- 
munication established  in  any  exchange  area. 

The  expression  '  junction  wire '  means  a  wire  used  for  telephonic  communication 
and  connecting  one  exchange  with  another  exchange  in  the  same  exchange  area. 

The  expression  'terminal  charge'  means  a  charge  for  the  use  of  an  exchiage 
system  in  respect  of  a  conversation  initiated  on  another  exchange  system  whether  'n 
the  same  or  in  any  other  area. 

The  expression  '  United  Kingdom '  includes  the  Channel  Islands  and  the  Isle  of 
Man.  Other  expressions  interpreted  in  the  Trunk  Line  agreement  and  the  London 
agreement  shall  have  the  same  meanings  as  in  those  agreements  so  far  as  the  subject 
or  context  so  requires  or  admits. 

Purchase  and  sale — 

2.  (1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  agreement  the  Postmaster  General  shall 
buy  and  the  company  shall  sell  and  convey  on  December  31,  1911 : — 

(a)  All  plant,  land  and  buildings  of  the  company  brought  into  use  with  the  sanc- 
tion of  the  Postmaster  General  and  in  use  by  the  company  on  December  31,  1911,  for 
the  purpose  of  the  licensed  telephonic  business  of  the  company; 

(o)  Any  licensed  telephonic  business  of  the  company  which  by  virtue  of  the  Tele- 
graph Act,  1899,  or  of  any  of  the  agreements  in  writing  between  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral and  the  company  particularly  specified  in  the  first  schedule  hereto  or  of  any  other 
agreement  in  writing  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company  (whether  made 
before  or  after  the  date  of  this  agreement)  can  be  transacted  for  any  period  after 
December  31,  1911 ; 

(c)  Any  private  wire  business  of  the  company  together  with  all  plant,  land  and 
buildings  in  use  by  the  company  on  December  31,  1911,  for  the  purposes  of  such  busi- 
ness; 

(d)  All  stores  which  on  December  31,  1911,  are  in  the  company's  possession  and 
which  are  suitable  for  use  in  accordance  with  the  methods  of  work  described  in  the 
specification  and  rules  set  forth  in  the  third  schedule  hereto  and  all  furniture  in  the 
company's  possession  at  the  same  date  provided  such  stores  and  furniture  are  reason- 
ably necessary  for  the  purposes  of  telephonic  business  of  the  company  according  to  the 
ordinary  and  business-like  way  of  carrying  on  such  business. 

(2)  Spare  plant  of  all  descriptions  in  the  possession  of  the  company  on  December 
31,  1911,  including  works  of  all  kinds  in  course  of  construction  at  the  same  date  (pro- 
vided such  plant  and  works  are  reasonably  necessary  for  the  purposes  of  the  telephonic 
business  of  the  company  according  to  the  ordinary  and  business-like  way  of  carrying 
on  such  business)  shall  be  deemed  to  be  plant  in  use  by  the  company  on  December  31 
1911,  for  the  purposes  of  the  company's  telephonic  business. 

(3)  Plant,  land  and  buildings  shall  be  deemed  to  have  brought  into  use  the  sanc- 
tion of  the  Postmaster  General  if  such  plant,  land  and  buildings  comply  with  one  of  the 
following  conditions,  but  not  otherwise  (that  is  to  say) : — 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

(a)  If  such  plant,  land  or  buildings  are  in  use  (or  are  in  process  of  being  brought 
into  use)  for  the  purposes  of  the  company's  business  at  the  date  hereof;   or 

(b)  In  the  case  of  plant,  if  such  plant  is  after  the  date  of  this  agreement  con- 
structed by  the  company  in  accordance  with  the  specification  and  rules  set  forth  in  the 
third  schedule  hereto;  or 

(c)  In  the  case  of  land  and  buildings,  if  such  land  and  buildings  are  after  the  date 
of  this  agreement  acquired  or  constructed  with  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  Post- 
master General. 

Provided  that  no  exchange  which  has  a  capacity  of  more  than  300  direct  sub- 
scribers' lines  and  the  construction  of  which  was  commenced  after  August  15,  1904, 
shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  brought  into  use  with  the  sanction  of  the  Postmaster 
General  unless  its  site  and  capacity  shall  have  been  approved  in  writing  by  the  Post- 
master General  or  unless  at  the  time  when  the  question  arises  it  shall  be  determined 
by  arbitration  that  such  exchanges  will  be  suitable  for  the  requirements  of  the  tele- 
phonic service  of  the  post  office  on  December  31,  1911. 

Suitability. 

3.  (1)  In  the  case  of — 

(a)  Plant  not  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  specification  and  rules  set  forth 
in  the  third  schedule  hereto  (other  than  switchboards  and  internal  exchange  plant  in 
use. on  August  15,  1904,  and  specified  in  a  list  furnished  by  the  company  to  the  Post- 
master General  within  six  months  from  the  date  of  this  agreement),  and 

(b)  Plant  of  any  kind,  land  and  buildings  in  use  on  January  1,  1911,  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  company's  licensed  telephonic  business  in  competitive  exchange  areas 
(whether  such  plant  is  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  said  specification  and  rules 
or  not), 

the  Postmaster  General  may  by  notice  in  writing  given  to  the  company  not  later  than 
January  1,  1911,  object  to  buy  such  plant,  land  or  buildings  as  he  considers  will  be  un- 
suitable for  the  actual  requirements  of  the  telephonic  service  of  the  post  office  on 
December  31,  1911. 

(2)  Any  question  of  the  suitability  of  plant,  land  or  buildings  for  the  requirements 
of  the  telephonic  service  of  the  post  office  raised  by  the  Postmaster  General  under  the 
last  preceding  sub-clause  shall  if  the  parties  differ  be  referred  to  arbitration,  and  if  the 
company  (otherwise  than  through  any  cause  beyond  their  control)  fail  on  or  before 
June  30,  1911,  to  obtain  an  award  of  the  arbitrator  or  tribunal  to  which  such  question 
is  under  the  provisions  of  this  agreement  referred  to  the  effect  that  any  plant,  land  or 
building  specified  in  any  notice  of  objection  given  by  the  Postmaster  General  under 
the  last  preceding  sub-clause  will  in  the  opinion  of  the  arbitrator  or  tribunal  be  suit- 
able for  the  actual  requirements  of  the  telephonic  service  of  the  post  office  on  December 
31, 1911,  the  objection  of  the  Postmaster  General  shall  be  deemed  valid  and  he  shall  not 
be  bound  to  buy  such  plant,  land  or  building  as  aforesaid  any  other  provision  of  this 
agreement  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

(3)  For  the  purposes  of  this  clause  the  Postmaster  General  may  give  one  or  more 
notices  of  objection  and  all  questions  of  suitability  of  plant,  land  or  buildings  raised 
by  him  may  be  the  subject  of  one  reference  to  arbitration  or  different  questions  may  be 
the  subject  of  different  references  as  may  be  agreed  between  the  parties  and  the  pro- 
visions of  the  clause  shall  apply  in  either  case. 

(4)  The  right  of  objection  reserved  to  the  Postmaster  General  by  this  clause  in  re- 
lation to  plant,  land  and  buildings  in  competitive  exchange  areas  shall  extend  to  plant 
constructed  and  to  buildings  constructed  or  acquired  and  to  land  acquired  by  the  com- 
pany in  such  areas  during  1911  provided  the  Postmaster  General  gives  notice  in  writ- 
ing within  three  months  after  December  31,  1911,  that  he  objects  to  buy  such  plant, 
land  or  buildings.  In  such  case  the  provisions  of  this  clause  as  to  the  arbitration  shall 
apply  and  the  question  referred  shall  be  the  suitability  of  the  plant,  land  or  buildings 
for  the  actual  requirements  of  the  telephonic  service  of  the  post  office  on  December  31, 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

1911,  and  the  date  before  which  an  award  must  be  obtained  by  the  company  (otherwise 
than  through  any  cause  beyond  their  control)  shall  be  September  30,  1912. 

(5)  In  the  event  of  any  plant  being  excluded  from  the  Postmaster  General's  pur- 
chase under  the  provisions  of  this  clause  or  otherwise  the  company  shall  give  the  Post- 
master General  at  the  cost  in  all  things  of  the  Postmaster  General  all  reasonable  facili- 
ties for  the  construction  of  alternative  plant  in  connection  with  the  company's  tele- 
phonic system  for  use  upon  the  transfer  of  that  system  to  the  Postmaster  General. 

Value — 

4.  (1)  The  value  on  December  31,  1911,  of  all  plant  purchased  by  the  Postmaster 
General  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  hereof  shall  be  deemed  to  be  its  fair  market 
value  at  the  time  of  the  purchase  due  regard  being  had  to  the  nature  and  then  condition 
of  such  plant  and  to  the  state  of  repair  thereof  and  to  the  circm  lat  it  is  in 
such  a  position  as  to  be  ready  for  the  immediate  working  and  to  its  suitability  for  the 
purposes  of  the  Postmaster  General's  telephonic  service  and  no  addition  shall  be  made 
to  such  value  in  respect  of  compulsory  purchase  or  of  goodwill  or  of  any  profits  which 
might  have  been  or  be  made  by  the  company  by  the  use  of  such  plant  and  in  determin- 
ing the  value  of  any  plant  no  advantage  arising  from  the  construction  of  such  plant 
by  leave  of  the  Postmaster  General  upon  any  railway  or  canal  over  which  the  Post- 
master General  possesses  exclusive  rights  of  way  for  telegraphic  lines  shall  be  taken 
into  account. 

(2)  The  value  on  December  31,  1911,  of  all  land,  buildings,  stores  and  furniture 
purchased  by  the  Postmaster  General  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  hereof  shall  be  the 
fair  market  value  thereof  at  that  date. 

(3)  The  value  on  December  31,  1911,  of  any  licensed  telephonic  business  of  the 
company  which  by  virtue  of  the  agreements  referred  to  in  the  first  schedule  hereto  or 
of  any  other  agreement  in  writing  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company 
can  be  transacted  as  aforesaid  after  December  31, 1911,  (apart  from  the  plant,  land  and 
buildings  used  therein  which  are  to  be  valued  as  hereinbefore  in  this  clause  provided) 
shall  be  such  sum  as  may  be  agreed  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company 
regard  being  had  to  the  net  profits  of  such  business  and  to  the  circumstances  and  con- 
ditions under  which  the  company  would  carry  on  such  business  after  December  31, 1911. 

(4)  The  value  on  December  31,  1911,  of  any  private  wire  business  of  the  company 
(apart  from  the  plant,  land  and  buildings  used  therein  which  are  to  be  valued  as  here- 
inbefore in  this  clause  provided)  shall  be  taken  to  be  three  years'  purchase  of  the  net 
profits  of  such  business,  in  the  average  of  the  three  years  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
December,  1911. 

(5)  All  matters  of  difference  arising  under  this  clause  shall  be  determined  by 
arbitration. 

Optional  purchase — 

5.  The  Postmaster  General  shall  have  the  option  of  purchasing  on  December  31, 
1911,  any  property  or  assets  of  the  company  not  specified  in  the  preceding  clauses  of  this 
agreement  and  the  price  to  be  paid  therefor  shall  be  determined  by  arbitration  in  case 
the  parties  differ. 

Transfer  of  ousiness — 

6.  (1)  As  from  December  31,  1911,  the  telephonic  business  (of  whatsoever  kind) 
theretofore  carried  on  by  the  company  shall  be  carried  on  (whether  by  the  company 
or  by  the  Postmaster  General)  at  the  expense  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  Postmaster 
General  and  all  income  from  such  business  shall  be  payable  to  the  Postmaster  General 
and  all  outgoings  shall  be  payable  by  him.  Where  necessary  there  shall  be  an  appor- 
tionment of  the  current  income  andj  outgoings  of  such  business  and  the  company 
shall  pay  or  allow  to  the  Postmaster  General  a  proportion  of  all  rentals  or  subscriptions 
paid  or  payable  in  advance  to  the  company  such  proportion  being  that  which  the  un- 
expired portion  of  the  whole  term  for  which  the  rent  or  subscription  is  payable  in 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

advance  bears  to  the  whole  term  and  the  Postmaster  General  shall  pay  or  allow  to  the 
company  a  corresponding  proportion  of  any  sums  paid  or  payable  by  the  company  to 
the  Postmaster  General  in  advance  by  way  of  royalty.  The  Postmaster  General  shall 
undertake  the  collection  of  all  outstanding  rentals  and  other  moneys  owing  to  the 
company  on  any  account  current  on  December  31,  1911,  and  shall  render  such  accounts 
to  the  company  in  connection  with  the  same  as  may  be  agreed  between  the  parties  or 
determined  by  arbitration. 

(2)  The  company  shall  on  December  31,  1911,  or  on  such  subsequent  day  or  days 
during  the  year  1912  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Postmaster  General,  deliver  and  hand  over 
t-J  the  Postmaster  General,  all  plant,  property  and  assets  of  the  company  which  may  be 
purchased  by  him  under  this  agreement  and  upon  such  transfer  all  estates,  interests, 
rights,  powers  and  authorities  possessed  or  enjoyed  by  the  company  in  relation  thereto 
shall  become  and  be  deemed  to  be  the  property  of  and  shall  vest  in  the  Postmaster 
General  absolutely  for  all  the  estate  and  interest  previously  enjoyed  therein  by  the 
company  freed  from  any  charge  or  incumbrance  thereon  created  by  the  company  but 
subject  to  all  wayleave  and  other  rentals,  contracts  and  burdens  of  every  kind  subject 
to  which  the  company  may  hold  the  same  or  which  the  company  may  be  liable  to  pay, 
observe,  perform  or  bear  in  connection  therewith  and  so  far  as  such  rentals,  contracts 
and  burdens  are  continuing  liabilities  the  Postmaster  General  shall  indemnify  the 
company  against  the  same. 

(3)  The  company  shall  do  all  such  acts  and  things  as  may  be  necessary  to  effect 
a  complete  delivery  and  transfer  to  the  Postmaster  General  of  all  plant,  property  and 
assets  of  the  company  which  may  be  purchased  by  him  under  this  agreement  together 
with  all  estates,  interests,  rights,  powers  and  authorities  as  aforesaid  and  in  parti- 
cular : — 

(a)  The  company  shall  show  a  good  marketable  title  to  all  lands  comprised  withia 
the  contract  for  purchase  in  this  agreement  contained,  and  the  Postmaster  General 
shall  not  be  bound  to  purchase  from  the  company  any  land  to  which  the  company  are 
unable  to  show  a  good  marketable  title  or  which  is  subject  to  any  restrictive  covenants 
or  conditions  incompatible  with  the  use  of  the  land  for  the  purposes  of  the  telephonic 
business  of  the  Postmaster  General  any  provision  of  this  agreement  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding;  and 

(6)  The  company  shall  surrender  to  the  Postmaster  General  all  rights  of  carrying 
on  licensed  telephonic  business  after  December  31,  1911,  and  shall  hand  over  to  the 
Postmaster  General  the  license  of  1884  and  the  several  agreements  specified  in  the 
first  schedule  hereto  and  any  other  agreements  in  writing  between  the  Postmastar 
General  and  the  company  (whether  made  before  or  after  the  date  of  these  presents) 
under  which  any  licensed  telephonic  business  of  the  company  can  be  transacted  for 
any  period  after  December  31,  1911. 

(4)  Upon  the  completion  of  the  transfer  of  the  plant,  property  and  assets  of  the 
company  to  be  purchased  under  this  agreement  or  as  soon  after  as  may  be,  but  in  any 
case  within  six  calendar  months  from  such  transfer  the  Postmaster  General  shall  pay 
or  assure  to  the  company  the  purchase  money  payable  by  him  under  the  provisions 
hereof. 

(5)  If  from  any  cause  the  purchase  money  payable  by  the  Postmaster  General 
for  the  plant,  property  and  assets  of  the  company  purchased  by  him  under  this  agree- 
ment is  not  paid  or  assured  to  the  company  on  December  31,  1911,  the  Postmaster 
General  shall  pay  to  the  company  from  that  day  until  payment  or  assurance,  interest 
on  so  much  of  the  purchase  money  as  from  time  to  time  remains  unpaid  at  the  rate 
of  three  pounds  per  centum  per  annum. 

(6)  On  and  as  from  the  date  of  the  completion  of  the  transfer  of  the  plant,  pro- 
perty and  assets  of  the  company  to  the  Postmaster  General  under  the  provisions  of 
this  agreement  the  company  shall  cease  to  transact  any  telephonic  business  within 
the  United  Kingdom  and  the  company  shall  not  thereafter  transact  any  business  except 
so  far  as  may  be  necessary  to  wind  up  the  affairs  of  the  company. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

(7)  If  the  company  at  any  time  after  the  date  of  this  agreement  shall,  without 
the  consent  of  the  Postmaster  General  enter  into  any  contract  the  effect  of  which 
is  to  impose  an  obligation  upon  the  Postmaster  General  either  to  render  any  service 
or  to  make  any  payment  after  December  31,  1911  and  such  contract  shall  be  injurious 
to  his  interests,  the  company  shall  make  compensation  to  the  Postmaster  General  in 
respect  of  such  contract  and  the  operation  thereof  and  the  Postmaster  General  may 
aet  off  against  the  purchase  money  payable  to  the  company  under  this  agreement  any 
sums  payable  by  the  company  under  this  sub-clause.  If  any  difference  arises  between 
the  parties  as  to  whether  any  such  contract  is  or  is  not  injurious  to  the  Postmaster 
General  or  as  to  the  amount  of  compensation  to  be  made  by  the  company,  every  such 
difference  shall  be  determined  by  arbitration. 

Payment  by  annuity — 

7.  Subject  as  herein  provided  the  Postmaster  General  shall  have  the  option  of  pay- 
ing the  purchase  money  payable  under  this  agreement  by  way  of  terminable  annuities 
running  for  a  period  not  exceeding  twenty  years,  such  annuities  being  calculated  so  as 
to  pay  the  whole  of  the  purchase  money  by  the  end  of  the  period  fixed  with  interest  in 
the  meantime  on  the  balance  outstanding  from  time  to  time  at  the  rate  of  three  pounds 
per  centum  per  annum  payable  quarterly.  Provided  that  if  the  company  so  require 
such  proportion  of  the  purchase  money  as  may  be  specified  by  the  company  not  exceed- 
ing one-fourth  part  thereof  shall  be  paid  in  cash. 

Company's  staff — 

8.  With  regard  to  the  officers  and  servants  of  the  company  the  following  provisions 
shall  have  effect : — 

(1)  It  is  probable  that  the  Postmaster  General  will  be  prepared  upon  the  transfer 
to  him  of  the  plant,  property  and  assets  of  the  company  as  provided  by  this  agreement 
to  take  into  his  service  a  considerable  proportion  of  such  officers  and  servants  on  terms 
to  be  arranged  between  himself  and  them,  but  the  Postmaster  General  will  not  accept 
any  obligation  to  recognize  service  under  the  company  as  giving  any  officer  or  servant 
any  claim  to  consideration  at  the  hands  of  the  Postmaster  General  either  as  regards 
service,  emolument,  pension,  gratuity  or  compensation,  it  being  the  intention  of  this 
agreement  that  any  claim  on  the  part  of  the  officers  or  servants  of  the  company  arising 
from  their  service  under  the  company  for  pension  or  compensation  shall  be  dealt  with 
by  the  company. 

(2)  If  any  officer  or  servant  who  has  been  continuously  in  the  service  of  the  com- 
pany from  August  15,  1904,  to  December  31,  1911,  is  taken  into  the  service  of  the  Post- 
master General  and  placed  upon  the  permanent  establishment  of  the  post  office  his  ser- 
vice under  the  Postmaster  General  shall  (provided  the  authority  of  the  Treasury  or  of 
Parliament  be  obtained  in  that  behalf)  give  him  a  claim  to  a  superannuation  allowance 
after  the  rate  and  under  the  conditions  provided  by  the  Superannuation  Acts,  1834  to 
1892,  or  any  statutory  modification  thereof  notwithstanding  that  he  may  at  the  date  of 
his  retirement  have  served  less  than  ten  years. 

Temporary  arrangements — 

9.  In  order  to  promote  the  use  of  the  telephone  during  the  period  between  the  date 
of  this  agreement  and  December  31,  1911,  the  following  provisions  shall  have  effect: — 

(1)  The  company  shall  maintain  all  their  plant  in  good  and  efficient  working  order. 

(2)  The  company  shall  not  show  favour  or  preference  to  any  person  whomsoever 
in  connection  with  their  licensed  telephonic  business,  and  shall  not  as  a  condition  of 
giving  any  service  in  connection  with  any  exchange  system  require  from  any  person  the 
grant  of  any  facility  except  for  the  purpose  of  giving  such  service  to  that  person. 

(3)  The  company's  charges  for  use  of  their  exchange  systems  (other  than  the 
London  Exchange  System)  and  any  services  connected  therewith  shall  not  exceed  the 
maximum  rates  or  fall  below  the  minimum  rates  specified  in  the  fourth  schedule  hereto. 
Provided  that — 

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(a)  In  cases  in  which  at  the  date  of  this  agreement  the  company's  charges  in  any 
exchange  area  exceed  the  maximum  or  fall  below  the  minimum  charges  specified  in  the 
said  schedule  the  maximum  or  minimum  charges  (as  the  case  may  be)  in  such  exchange 
area  shall  be  the  charges  of  the  company  at  the  date  of  this  agreement  in  lieu  of  those 
specified  in  the  said  schedule. 

(b)  With  the  consent  in  writi™  nf  the  Postmaster  General  but  not  otherwise 
cirer  tariffs  or  rates  of  charge  (including  rates  for  private  branch  exchanges  and 
other  special  services)  not  falling  within  the  scale  of  rates  specified  in  the  said  schedule 
may  be  adopted  and  brought  into  use  by  the  company  either  in  substitution  for  or  by 
way  of  addition  to  or  variation  of  the  charges  specified  in  the  6aid  schedule. 

(c)  Nothing  in  the  said  schedule  contained  shall  be  deemed  to  affect  the  position 
of  the  company  with  regard  to  inter-communication  with  the  Exchange  System  of  any 
licensee  of  the  Postmaster  General  other  than  the  company. 

(4)  (a)  Subject  as  hereinafter  provided  the  company  and  the  Postmaster  General 
shall  respectively  permit  and  give  all  reasonable  facilities  for  local  inter-communication 
between  the  subscribers  and  other  persons  using  any  post  office  exchange  and  the  sub- 
scribers and  other  persons  using  the  company's  exchange  system  in  the  same  exchange. 
area  without  payment  of  any  terminal  or  other  additional  charge  and  for  the  purposes 
of  such  inter-communication  each  party  shall  provide  the  junction  wires  for  conversa- 
tions originated  on  the  system  of  each  party  and  each  party  shall  give  all  necessary 
facilities  for  the  introduction  into  the  exchanges  of  such  party  of  the  junction  wires. 
of  the  other  party. 

Provided  that  in  every  such  case  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company  shall 
use  every  reasonable  endeavour  to  come  to  an  agreement  as  to  the  rates  to  be  charged 
for  the  use  of  the  exchange  system  of  either  party  in  the  said  area  and  any  services  con- 
nected therewith  it  being  the  intention  of  this  agreement  that  in  such  cases  the  rates 
to  be  charged  by  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company  shall  be  uniform.  Any 
question  relating  to  rates  in  any  of  the  said  areas  as  to  which  the  parties  may  differ 
shall  be  referred  by  them  to  the  treasury  whose  decision  shall  be  final. 

(i)  No  terminal  charges  shall  be  made  in  respect  of  messages  passing  in  either 
direction  over  the  Postmaster  General's  trunk  wires  between  the  subscribers  to  and 
other  persons  using  any  post  office  exchange  and  the  subscribers  to  and  other  persons 
using  any  exchange  system  of  the  company. 

(5)  (a)  On  the  conditions  specified  in  clause  7  of  the  London  agreement  so  far  ?.s 
the  same  are  applicable  the  Postmaster  General  will  without  prejudice  to  any  existing 
agreements  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company  as  to  the  provision  of 
any  works  provide  underground  works  for  the  use  of  the  company  elsewhere  than  in 
the  London  exchange  area  the  rent  to  be  paid  by  the  company  for  the  use  of  such 
works  being  at  the  rate  of  £11  per  mile  of  double  wire  per  annum. 

Provided  that — 

(i)  Such  rent  shall  be  calculated  as  though  every  underground  work  contained 
fifty  double  wires  at  the  least  except  in  the  case  of  underground  wires  not  exceeding 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  in  length  led  from  a  main  cable  to  a  distrioution  point  and  cf 
underground  wires  not  exceeding  fifty  yards  in  length  led  from  a  main  cable  to  a 
group  of  a  least  ten  subscribers'  offices;  and 

(ii)  Where  the  company  desires  to  replace  large  overhead  systems  by  underground 
systems  the  rate  to  be  charged  for  underground  work  under  the  sub-clause  may  be  the 
subject  of  special  agreement. 

(b)  On  the  like  conditions  the  Postmaster  General  will  provide  for  the  use  of  the 
company  in  new  or  refitted  exchanges  of  the  company  switch-boards  adapted  to  the 
Postmaster  General's  exchange  system  the  rent  to  be  paid  by  the  company  (to  cover 
interest  on  cost  of  construction  and  depreciation)  being  nine  per  cent  upon  the  cost 
of  construction  such  cost  to  include  an  allowance  of  ten  per  cent  on  the  cost  of 
materials  and  labour  in  respect  of  supervision  by  the  head  office  staff  and  local  staff 
of  the  post  office. 

(c)  The  company  shall  maintain  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Postmaster  Generil 

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all  works  provided  under  this  agreement  by  the  Postmaster  General  for  the  company 
and  on  default  such  works  shall  be  maintained  by  the  Postmaster  General  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  company. 

(d)  Leases  or  agreements  in  relation  to  all  works  provided  under  this  agreement 
by  the  Postmaster  General  for  the  company  shall  be  executed  by  the  Postmaster 
General  and  the  company  respectively  and  such  leases  or  agreements  shall  contain 
all  proper  provisions  as  to  the  use  and  maintenance  of  such  works. 

(e)  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  oblige  the  Postmaster  General  to  give  the 
company  the  use  of  wires  in  an  underground  work  which  is  provided  in  the  first  in- 
stance for  the  Postmaster  General's  own  use. 

(6)  The  Postmaster  General  will  extend  and  afford  to  the  subscribers  and  persons 
using  any  exchange  system  of  the  company  a'l  such  postal  telephonic  and  telegraphic 
facilities  (so  far  as  the  same  may  be  available)  as  he  affords  to  subscribers  and  persons 
using  any  post  office  exchange  system  and  upon  similar  terms  and  conditions. 

(7)  The  provisions  of  clause  11  of  the  London  agreement  shall  in  addition  to 
applying  to  the  London  exchange  area  supply  to  all  other  exchange  areas. 

Provision  in  the  event  of  inefficient  service — 

10.  If  at  any  time  before  December  31,  1911,  representations  are  made  to  the 
Postmaster  General  that  the  company  are  giving  an  inefficient  service  in  any  exchange 
area  and  upon  an  inquiry  by  an  impartial  person  appointed  by  the  board  of  trade  (at 
which  inquiry  the  company  and  the  person  or  persons  making  the  representations 
shall  be  entitled  to  be  heard  by  counsel  and  to  adduce  evidence)  it  shall  be  ascertained 
by  the  award  of  such  person  that  the  company's  service  in  that  area  is  inefficient  and 
that  such  inefliciency  is  not  caused  by  the  unreasonable  withholding  of  wayleaves  by 
any  local  authority  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Postmaster  General  at  his  option  either 
to  require  the  company  to  take  such  steps  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  render  their 
service  efficient  or  to  call  upon  the  company  to  sell  to  him  the  plant,  land  and  buildings 
used  by  them  in  such  exchange  area.  In  the  first  case  if  the  company  make  default 
in  complying  with  the  Postmaster  General's  requirements  and  in  the  second  case 
forthwith  the  company  shall  sell  to  the  Postmaster  General  the  plant  and  buildings 
used  by  them  as  aforesaid  and  all  the  provisions  of  this  agreement  in  relation  to  the 
sale  to  the  Postmaster  General  of  the  company's  plant,  land  and  buildings  on  December 
31,  1911,  shall  apply  to  a  sale  under  this  clause  so  far  as  such  provisions  are  applicable. 
Upon  such  day  as  the  Postmaster  General  shall  fix  in  such  case  the  company's  license 
to  transact  telephonic  business  in  such  area  shall  cease,  and  the  company  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  any  payment  in  respect  of  compulsory  purchase  or  good-will  or  prospective 
or  hypothetical  profits  in  respect  of  their  business  in  the  said  area. 

Modification  of  London  agreement — 

11.  (1)  Clause  9  of  the  London  agreement  shall  as  from  the  date  of  this  agree- 
ment cease  to  be  of  effect  and  the  provisions  of  this  agreement  in  relation  to  the  pur- 
chase of  the  company's  plant,  land,  buildings,  private  wire,  business  stores  and  other 
property  and  assets  and  to  the  transfer  of  the  company's  business  shall  have  effect  in 
the  London  exchange  area. 

(2)  Without  prejudice  to  any  arrangements  heretofore  made  or  now  in  progress 
between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company  as  to  particular  works,  the 
rent  to  be  paid  by  the  company  for  the  use  of  any  underground  wires  which  the  Post- 
master General  may  at  any  time  after  the  date  of  this  agreement  provide  for  the  com- 
pany in  the  London  exchange  area  under  the  provisions  of  the  London  agreement 
shall  be  at  the  rate  of  two  pounds  per  mile  of  double  wire  per  annum  where  the  wires 
are  provided  and  maintained  by  the  Postmaster  General  and  at  the  rate  of  one  pound 
per  mile  of  double  wire  per  annum  where  the  wires  are  provided  by  the  Postmaster 
General  but  are  maintained  by  the  company  such  rents  being  respectively,  calculated 
as  though  every  underground  work  contained  fifty  double  wires  at  the  least  except  in 
the  case  of  underground  wires  not  exceeding  a  quarter  of  a  mile  in  length  led  from  a 

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main  cable  to  a  distribution  point  and  of  underground  wires  not  exceeding  fifty  yards 
in  length  led  from  a  main  cable  to  a  group  of  at  least  ten  subscribers'  offices.  And  the 
rents  in  this  sub-clause  specified  shall  be  substituted  for  the  rents  specified  in  the 
second  schedule  to  the  London  agreement. 

(3)  The  provisions  of  this  agreement  relating  to  the  maintenance  of  the  company's 
plant  between  the  date  of  this  agreement  and  December  31,  1911,  to  the  provisions  of 
switch-boards  for  the  company  by  the  Postmaster  General  and  their  maintenance 
by  the  company  and  to  the  extension  to  the  company's  subscribers  of  postal  telephonic 
and  telegraphic  facilities  shall  have  effect  in  the  London  exchange  area  and  any  pro- 
visions of  the  London  agreement  which  are  inconsistent  with  those  provisions  shall 
cease  to  be  of  effect. 

(4)  Save  as  aforesaid  and  save  as  is  otherwise  herein  expressly  provided,  the 
London  agreement  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect. 

Further  assurance — 

12.  (1)  The  company  and  the  Postmaster  General  shall  from  time  to  time  do 
and  excute  or  cause  to  be  clone  and  executed  all  such  acts,  deeds  and  things  whatsoever 
as  may  be  required  by  the  Postmaster  General  or  the  company  (as  the  case  may  be) 
to  give  effect  to  the  covenants  and  agreements  in  this  agreement  contained,  and  the 
company  shall,  if  desired  by  the  Postmaster  General,  assent  to  the  Bill  for  any  Act 
which  the  Postmaster  General  may  deem  necessary  or  desirable  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  agreement  and  take  all  such  steps  as  may  be  necessary  to  facilitate  the 
passing  of  such  Act. 

(2)  The  company  shall  from  time  to  time  furnish  the  Postmaster  General  with  all 
such  information  with  reference  to  their  plant,  property  and  assets  and  the  organization 
of  their  telephonic  business  as  may  be  reasonably  required  by  him  for  the  purposes 
of  the  purchase  provided  for  by  this  agreement  and  the  transaction  of  telephone  busi- 
ness by  the  Postmaster  General  after  December  31,  1911.  Provided  that  if  the  furnish- 
ing of  such  information  puts  the  company  to  any  expense  not  incident  to  the  trans- 
action of  their  business  or  the  carrying  out  of  the  said  purchase  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral shall  reimburse  such  expense  to  the  company. 

Agreement  not  to  be  assigned — 

13.  The  company  shall  not  assign,  underlet  or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  benefit 
of  the  covenants  herein  contained  or  of  any  of  such  covenants  or  the  powers  or  authori- 
ties hereby  granted  or  any  of  such  powers  or  authorities  without  the  consent  in  writing 
of  the  Postmaster  General. 

Agreement  not  to  affect  Postmaster  General's  rights — 

14.  Nothing  in  these  presents  contained  shall  prejudice  or  affect  the  right  of  tne 
Postmaster  General  from  time  to  time  to  establish,  extend,  maintain  and  work  any 
system  or  systems  of  telegraphic  communication  (whether  of  a  like  nature  to  any 
system  of  telegraphic  communication  carried  on  by  the  company  or  to  any  business 
of  the  company  or  otherwise,  in  such  manner  as  he  shall  in  his  discretion  think  fiz 
neither  shall  anything  herein  contained  prejudice  or  affect  the  right  of  the  Postmaster 
General  from  time  to  time  to  enter  into  agreements  for  or  to  grant  licenses  relative 
to  the  working  and  user  of  telegraphic  (whether  of  a  like  nature  to  those  worked  and 
used  by  the  company  or  otherwise)  or  the  transmission  of  telegrams  in  any  part  of  the 
United  Kingdom  with  or  to  any  company,  person  or  persons  whomsoever  upon  such 
terms  and  whether  with  or  without  authority  to  exercise  the  powers  in  section  5  of 
the  Telegraph  Act,  1892,  referred  to  as  he  shall  in  his  discretion  think  fit.  And  nothing 
in  this  agreement  contained  shall  in  any  manner  interfere  with  the  administration 
of  the  telegraphic  service  of  the  country  by  the  Postmaster  General  according  to  his 
discretion.  And  (save  as  in  this  agreement  provided)  nothing  in  this  agreement  con- 
tained shall  be  deemed  to  authorize  the  company  to  exercise  any  of  the  powers  or 
authorities  conferred  on  or  acquired  by  the  Postmaster  General  by  or  under  the  Tele- 
graph Acts  or  any  of  them. 

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Arbitration. 

15.  Save  as  otherwise  expressly  provided  by  this  agreement  all  questions  and  mat- 
ters of  difference  referred  to  arbitration  by  or  under  this  agreement  shall  be  referred 
to  the  Eailway  and  Canal  Commission  if  that  body  shall  be  authorized  to  entertain  the 
same  and  each  of  the  parties  hereto  shall  at  the  request  of  the  other  join  m  any  applica- 
tion to  the  commission  which  may  be  necessary  to  initiate  or  for  the  purposes  of  such 
reference.  In  the  event  of  the  Eailway  and  Canal  Commission  not  being  authorized  at 
the  time  when  any  question  referred  to  arbitration  by  this  agreement  arises  to  entertain 
such  question  the  provisions  of  the  Arbitration  Act,  1889,  shall  apply  to  the  determina- 
tion of  such  question. 

Notices — 

16.  Any  notice,  request,  consent  or  approval  (whether  expressed  to  be  in  writing  or 
not)  to  be  given  or  expressed  by  the  Postmaster  General  under  these  presents  maybe 
under  the  hand  of  any  one  of  the  secretaries  or  assistant  secretaries  foT  the  time  being 
of  the  post  office  and  may  be  served  or  given  by  sending  the  same  by  registered  pos* 
letter  to  the  company  addressed  to  them  at  their  registered  office  and  any  notice  to  be 
given  by  the  company  under  these  presents  may  be  under  their  common  seal  or  under 
the  hand  of  their  secretary  and  may  be  served  by  sending  the  same  by  registered  post 
letter  addressed  to  the  secretary  of  the  poet  office  at  the  general  post  office,  London. 
Parliamentary  veto — 

17.  This  agreement  shall  not  be  binding  if  at  any  time  before  August  31,  1905,  a 
resolution  of  either  House  of  Parliament  requesting  the  Postmaster  General  not  to  give 
effect  to  the  agreement  shall  be  passed  provided  that  the  agreement  shall  become  bind- 
ing at  any  time  if  it  is  approved  by  a  resolution  of  the  House  of  Commons. 

In  witness  whereof  the  above-named  Postmaster  General  hath  hereunto  set  hia 
hand  and  seal  and  the  company  have  caused  their  common  seal  to  be  hereunto  affixed 
the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

SCHEDULES. 

THE   FIRST   SCHEDULE  HEREINBEFORE   REFERRED  TO. 

Areas  where  the  License  of  1884  has  been  extended  beyond  December  31,  1911. 


Exchange  Area. 


Date  to  which  License  of  1S84  extended. 


Glasgow Decembei  31,  1913 


Date  of  Agreement 

relating  to  Extension  of 

License  of  1884. 


Portsmouth. 
Tunbridge  Wells. 


Swansea . 
Brighton 


June  30,  1926 

April  30,  1925  (subject  to  determination  by 
Postmaster  General  on  December  31, 
1911,  under  agreement  of  October  10, 
1903). 

December  31,  1920 

April  30,  1926 


July  8,  1901. 
August  11,  1902. 
August  11,  1902. 


September  27,  1902. 
May  16,  1904. 


THE   SECOND  SCHEDULE   HEREINBEFORE   REFERRED  TO. 


Abergavenny. 
Bridgend. 
Brighton. 
Briton  Eerry. 
Cardiff. 
Glasgow. 
Hull. 
London. 
GREAT  BRITAIN. 


Competitive  Exchange  Areas. 

Merthyr  Tydvil. 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 

(with  Gateshead). 
Newport  (Monmouthshire). 
Pontypool. 
Pontypridd. 
Portsmouth. 
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THE  THIRD  SCHEDULE   HEREINBEFORE   REFERRED  TO. 

Specification  and  Rules  as  to  Plant. 
Definitions — 

1.  In  this  schedule — 

The  term  '  Exchange  Subscriber's  Circuit '  or  '  Circuit  of  an  Exchange  Subscriber ' 
means  the  wires  and  apparatus  connecting  a  call  office  or  a  subscribers's  office  (whether 
on  an  exclusive  line  or  a  party  line)  with  an  exchange  and  the  term  '  Junction  Circuit ' 
means  the  wires  and  apparatus  which  connect  any  two  exchanges  in  the  same  exchange 
area  or  an  exchange  and  a  prescribed  post  office  in  the  same  exchange  area. 

The  term  '  Test  Cable '  means  a  telephone  drycore  cable  the  wires  of  which  have  a 
loop  resistance  of  88  ohms,  per  mile  and  an  average  mutual  electrostatic  capacity  of 
0 :054  microfarads  per  mile  between  wire  and  wire  of  each  pair  and  an  average  insula- 
tion of  not  less  than  200  magaohms  per  mile  between  wire  and  wire  of  each  pair,  all 
measurements  being  made  at  60°  Fahrenheit. 

The  term  '  Test  Instruments  '  means  common  battery  instruments  fed  by  a  battery 
of  22  volts  through  a  circuit  which  except  so  far  as  it  consists  of  exchange  apparatus 
and  subscribers'  instruments  shall  have  a  resistance  of  300  ohms,  (all  being  in  accord- 
ance with  the  specification  and  diagram  identified  in  duplicate  before  the  execution  of 
this  agreement  by  the  signatures  of  the  engineer-in-chief  to  the  post  office  and  the 
engineer-in-chief  to  the  company). 

Circuits — 

2.  (1)  All  circuits  whether  exchange  subscribers'  circuits  or  junction  circuits  shall 
be  metallic. 

(2)  All  circuits  when  used  for  speaking  on  local  exchange  lines  or  through  to  a 
trunk  circuit  which  itself  is  free  from  disturbance  shall  be  free  from  inductive  or 
other  disturbances. 

(3)  All  circuits  shall  be  so  arranged  that  each  exchange  subscriber  shall  be  unable 
to  overhear  what  passes  on  any  other  than  his  own  circuit  or  those  to  which  it  is  joined 
through. 

Conductors — 

3.  The  use  of  iron  conductors  shall  not  be  permitted  in  any  portion  of  a  circuit- 
Cables — 

4.  (1)  All  buried  cables  shall  be  efficiently  protected  by  iron  pipes  or  by  ducts  of 
glazed  earthenware  laid  in  concrete  or  by  cement  blocks  thoroughly  matured  or  by  such 
other  means  as  the  Postmaster  General  may  approve  before  the  cable  is  laid. 

(2)  Cables  in  subways  or  tunnels  shall  be  supported  in  such  a  manner  as  to  pro- 
vent  fracture  of  the  lead  covering. 

Overhead  and  underground  plant — 

5.  (1)  Distributing  wires  (that  is,  wires  from  a  distribution  point  to  exchange 
subscribers'  offices)  may  be  carried  either  overhead  or  underground  as  may  be  con- 
sidered desirable,  and  overhead  distributing  wires  may  either  be  open  or  be  contained  in 
a  cable. 

(2)  No  overhead  wire  extending  more  than  a  quarte;-  of  a  mile  from  a  distribution 
point  shall  be  considered  to  be  a  distributing  wire. 

(3)  Wires  other  than  distributing  wires  may  be  carried  overhead — 

(a)  Either  open  or  in  lead-covered  cables,  provided  that  on  one  line  of  poles  or 
other  supports  not  more  than  104  wires  in  all  may  be  carried,  of  which  only  64  may  h& 
open. 

(b)  In  cables  of  any  kind  across  a  river,  canal,  estuary  or  railway  or  across  over- 
head electric  wires  used  for  the  purpose  of  lighting  traction  or  the  transmission  of 
power. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

(4)  Wires  other  than  distributing  wires  may  be  carried  overhead  either  open  or  in 
cables  without  reference  to  the  limitation  contained  in  the  last  preceding  sub-clause — 

(a)  In  connection  with  any  exchange  system  or  part  of  an  exchange  system  which 
at  the  date  of  this  agreement  consists  substantially  of  overhead  lines  'a  list  of  which 
exchange  systems  and  parts  of  exchange  systems  has  been  'furnished  by  the  company 
to  the  Postmaster  General  and  is  identified  by  the  signatures  of  the  s  cretary  of  the 
post  office  and  of  the  general  manager  of  the  company) ;  provided  that — 

(i)  In  no  case  shall  more  than  104  circuits,  or  208  win  s.  bo  earri  d  in  cables  on 
any  one  line  of  poles  or  other  supports  to  be  hereafter  erected,  or  more  than  104  cir- 
cuits, or  208  wires,  be  hereafter  added  in  cables  to  any  cne  line  of  poles  or  other  sup- 
ports now  existing,  and 

(ti)   All  cables  hereafter  erected  shall  be  lead-covered  when  practicable;  and 
(Hi)  The  case  of  each  exchange  system  or  pari  of  an  exchange  system  which  is 
specified  in  the  aforesaid  list,  and  which  is  established  in  a  town  having  a  population 
of  50,000  inhabitants  ami  upwards  according  to  the  last  shall,  if  the  company 

so  request,  be  specially  considered,  and  in  respect  of  each  such  exchange  system  or  part 
of  an  exchange  system,  the  Postmaster  General  shall  notify  the  company  within  six 
calendar  months  from  the  date  of  the  company's  request  whether  he  is  prepared  to  pro- 
vide from  time  to  time  such  underground  works  as  the  company  may  require  for  extend- 
adiding  to  such  exchange  system  on  a  i  id  in  default  of  his  giving 

to  the  company  an  asuranoe  to  provide  3uch  works,  the  first  preceding  proviso  to  this 
sub-clause  shall  no1  apply  in  t]  if  such  i  >r  part  of  an  exchange 

system. 

(b)  In  cases  where  the  company  are  unable  to  execute  underground  works  by  virtue 
of  any  powers  which  they  may  possess  or  are  unwilling  ite  such  works  in  conse- 
quence of  the  terms  and  conditions  proposed  by  a  local  authority  and  ie  Postmaster 
General  (whether  the  company  possess  such  powers  as  last  aforesaid  or  not)  after  appli- 
cation to  him  by  the  company  in  that  behalf  refuses  or  fails  to  agree  within  a  reason- 
able time  to  provide  the  underground  works  specified  in  the  company's  application. 

($)  Except  as  aforesaid,  no  wires  of  any  kind  shall,  without  the  consent  in  writ- 
ing of  the  Postmaster  General,  he  carried  overhead. 

Test  of  audibility — 

<;.  All  instruments,  wires  and  apparatus  shall  be  such  that  the  transmission  of 
speech  thereby  shall  not  be  inferior  in  audibility  to  that  afforded!  by  test  instruments 
connected  by  a  length  of  test  cable  in  accordance  with  the  following  regulations : — 

(1)  When- 
Ca)  Any  two  exchange  subscribers'  circuits  are  connected  together  on  the  same 

exchange,  or 

(b)  The  circuit  of  an  exchange  subscriber  whose  office  is  on  one  exchange  in  a<p 
exchange  area  is  connected  with  the  circuit  of  another  exchange  subscriber  whose  office 
is  on  a  different  exchange  in  the  same  exchange  area  and  the  radial  distance  between 
the  two  exchanges  does  not  exceed  ten  miles,  the  standard  of  speech  shall  not  be  inferior 
to  that  afforded  by  test  instruments  connected  by  a  length  of  twenty  miles  of  test  cable ; 
provided,  that  where  an  exchange  subscriber's  office  situate  more  than  five  miles  from 
an  exchange  is  connected  with  another  exchange  subscriber's  office  situate  more  than 
five  miles  from  another  exchange,  the  standard  of  speech  between  such  offices  shall  be 
deemed  satisfactory  if  not  inferior  to  that  afforded  by  test  instruments  connected  by 
a  length  of  25  miles  of  test  cable. 

(2)  When  the  circuit  of  an  exchange  subscriber  whose  office  is  on  one  exchange  in 
an  exchange  area  is  connected  with  the  circuit  of  another  exchange  subscriber  whose 
office  is  on  a  different  exchange  in  the  same  exchange  area  and  the  radial  distance 
between  the  two  exchanges  exceeds  ten  miles,  but  does  not  exceed  fifty  miles  the  stand- 
ard of  speech  shall  not  be  inferior  to  that  afforded  by  test  instruments  connected  by  a 
length  of  30  miles  of  test  cable;  provided,  that  where  an  exchange  subscriber's  office, 
situate  more  than  five  miles  from  an  exchange,  is  connected  with  another  exchange! 
GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  303 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

subscriber's  office,  situate  more  than  five  miles  from  another  exchange,  the  standard  of 
speech  between  such  offices  shall  be  deemed  satisfactory  if  not  inferior  to  that  afforded 
by  test  instruments  connected  by  a  length  of  35  miles  of  test  cable. 

(3)  When  the  circuit  of  any  exchange  subscriber  is  connected  to  a  prescribed  post 
office  in  the  same  exchange  area  for  the  purpose  of  being  connected  to  a  trunk  wire  of 
the  Postmaster  General  the  standard  of  speech  through  the  exchange  subscriber's  cir- 
cuit and  the  junction  circuit  or  circuits  combined  (exclusive  of  the  trunk  wire)  shall 
not  be  inferior  to  that  afforded  by  test  instruments  connected  by  a  length  of  five  miles' 
of  test  cable;  provided,  that  where  the  radial  distance  between  a  prescribed  post  office 
and  an  exchange,  when  added  to  the  radial  distance  between  an  exchange  subscribers' 
office  and  the  same  exchange  exceeds  nine  miles  the  standard  of  speech  through  the 
exchange  subscribers'  circuit  and  the  junction  circuit  or  circuits  combined  (exclusive 
of  the  trunk  wire)  shall  be  deemed  satisfactory  if  not  inferior  to  that  afforded  by  test 
instruments  connected  by  a  length  of  eight  miles  of  test  cable. 

Exchanges — 

7.  All  new  and  reconstructed  exchanges  shall  be  provided  with  automatic  calling 
and  clearing  apparatus  on  every  exchange  subscriber's  circuit,  and  the  calling  and 
clearing  signals  shall  be  effective  in  all  conditions  and  upon  the  longest  circuits  used 
in  an  exchange  area  when  connected  together;  provided,  that  automatic  calling  and 
clearing  apparatus  need  not  be  provided  in  any  new  or  reconstructed  exchange  designed 
for  an  ultimate  maximum  capacity  of  not  exceeding  1,000  direct  subscibers'  lines  and  a 
fitted  capacity  of  not  exceeding  400  such  lines  if  in  any  such  case  a  thoroughly  efficient 
method  of  calling  the  exchange  and  signalling  the  close  of  a  conversation  is  provided-! 

Exchange  equipments — 

8.  In  exchange  equipments  on  the  multiple  system  the  multiple  jacks  shall  be  con- 
nected on  the  branching  system  except  in  cases  in  which  not  more  than  ten  jacks  are  in 
series. 

Junction  circuits — 

9.  Junction  circuits  connecting  exchanges  with  prescribed  post  offices  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  automatic  signalling  arrangements  of  a  character  approved  by  the  Post- 
master General  and  suitable  for  working  in  connection  with  his  trunk  lines,  and  shall 
be  worked  in  accordance  with  such  regulations  as  he  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. 

Subscribers'  Instruments — 

10.  The  apparatus  fitted  at  exchange  subscribers'  offices  shall  be  efficient  for  trunk 
line  communication,  and  where  separate  batteries  are  provided  at  each  exchange  sub- 
scriber's office  for  speaking  purposes  the  electro-motive  force  shall  not  at  any  time  fall 
below  two  volts,  and  such  apparatus  shall  be  so  fitted  as  to  admit  of  a  clearing  signal 
being  transmitted  by  the  exchange  subscriber  to  the  prescribed  post  office  to  indicate  the 
close  of  a  trunk  conversation. 

Notice  of  new  equipment — 

11.  With  a  view  to  avoid  difficulty  under  the  last  two  preceding  clauses  the  com- 
pany shall,  at  least  six  calendar  months  before  the  bringing  into  use  of  a  new  exchange 
equipment  in  an  exchange,  furnish  the  Postmaster  General  with  diagrams  illustrating; 
both  the  exchange  subscribers'  circuits  and  the  method  by  which  it  is  proposed  to  actuate 
the  signals  on  the  junction  circuits  at  the  prescribed  post  office. 

Protection  of  circuits — 

12.  When  an  overhead  electric  system  used  for  the  purpose  of  lighting  traction  or 
the  transmission  of  power  is  worked  in  the  neighbourhood  of  any  overhead  circuits  of 
the  company  suitable  safety  devices,  including  fuses  and  heat  coils  shall  in  all  circuits 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


304  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

likely  to  be  affected  be  provided  both  at  the  exchange  and  at  the  exchange  subscribers' 
offices. 

Lightning  protectors — 

13.  Efficient  lightning  protectors  shall  be  provided  on  all  circuits. 

'Modification  and  savings — 

14.  (1)  Proposals  for  the  modification  of  the  foregoing  specification  and  rules 
either  generally  or  in  relation  to  any  particular  case  will  be  considered  by  the  Post- 
master General  or  the  company  (as  the  case  may  be). 

(2)  The  fact  that  overhead  work  is  for  some  purposes  authorized  by  the  specifica- 
tion and  rules  contained  in  this  schedule  is  not  to  prejudice  the  right  of  the  Postmaster 
General  to  raise  any  question  with  regard  to  the  value  of  overhead  work  which  he  is 
authorized  to  raise  under  clause  4  of  this  agreement. 

(3)  The  specification  and  rules  contained  in  this  schedule  do  not  apply  to  the 
internal  exchange  plant  of  the  company  specified  in  the  list  to  be  furnished  by  the 
company  to  the  Postmaster  General  under  clause  3  of  this  agreement. 

(4)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  specification  and  rules  contained 
in  this  schedule  the  existing  internal  exchange  plant  of  the  company  may  be  utilized 
to  the  extent  of  the  capacity  for  which  it  has  been  designed,  but  such  internal  exchange 
plant  may  not  be  extended  beyond  the  capacity  for  which  it  has  been  designed  other- 
wise than  in  conformity  with  the  said  specification  and  rules  provided,  that  if  any 
question  arises  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  company  as  to  the  capacity  of 
anv  internal  pvchanise  plant  the  question  shall  be  determined  by  arbitration. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 


305 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


THE  FOURTH  SCHEDULE  HEREINBEFORE  REFERRED  TO. 

Maximum  and  Minimum  Charges  for  use  of  the  Exchange  Systems  of  the  Company  other  than 

the  London  Exchange  System. 


Service. 


Maximum  Charge. 


Minimum  Charge. 


A.— For  Exclusive  Links. 

(«)-—  Where  the  office  of  the  exchange  subscriber  is  within  one 
mile  of  the  exchange  with  such  office  is  immediately  con- 
nected : — 

1.  For  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communication 
between  any  exchange  and  the  office  of  any  exchange  subscriber 
and  the  transmission  of  an  unlimited  number  of  messages  of  the 
subscriber  to  any  office  on  an  exchange  in  the  same  exchange 


(ii). — 1.  For  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communi- 
cation between  any  exchange  and  the  office  of  any  exchange, 
subscriber,  exclusive  of  tin  sion  of  messages 

2.  For  the  transmission  of  each  message  of  the  subscriber 
to  any  office  on  an  exchange  in  the  same  exchange  area 

(b).  Where  the  office  of  an  exchange  subscriber  is  situated 
more  than  one  mile  from  the  exchange  with  which  such  office  is 
immediately  connected 

Over  and  above  the  respective  charges  aforesaid. 

For  every  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  or  part  thereof,  an 
additional  charge  of   


tin  per  annum. 

£E 

2d. 


25s.  pei-  annum. 


B. — For  Party  Links. 

(a).  Where  the  main  circuit  does  not  exceed  one  mile  in 
length  and  the  spur  circuits  do  not  respectively  exceed  220 
yards  in  length    

1.     For   the  establishment  of   telephonic   communication 

'  between  any  exchange  and  the  office  of  any  exchange  subscriber, 

and  the  transmission  of  an  unlimited  number  of  messages  of  the 

subscriber  to  any  office  on  an  exchange  in  the  same  exchange 


£5  per  annum. 

£2    u 
d. 


Nil 


line  . 


1.     Where  two  exchange  subscribers  use  the  same  party 


2.     Where  three  or  four  exchange  subscribers  use  the  same 
party  line 


(ii). —  1.  For  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communi 
cation  between  any  exchange  and  the  office  of  any  exchange 
subscriber  exclusive  of  the  transmission  A  messages 

(a).  Where  two  exchange  subscribers  use  the  same  party 
line 


per  annum    (per 
i  nge  subscriber). 


£6    per  annum    (per 
exchange  subscriber). 


£3    per  annum    (per 
exchange  subscriber). 


£2.  10s.  per  annum 
(per  exchange  sub- 
scriber). 


(6).     Where  three  or  four  exchange  subscribers  use  the  same 
party  line 


(c).     Where  more  than  four  exchange  subscribers  use  the 
same  party  line 

2.     For  the  transmission  of  each  message  of  a  party  line 
subscriber  to  any  office  on  an  exchange  in  the  same  exchange 


(ft). — 1.  Where  the  main  circuit  exceeds  one  mile  in 
length  in  respect  of  every  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  or  part 
thereof, — for  every  exchange  subscriber  whose  spur  circuit 
issues  from  the  main  circuit  at  a  point  exceeding  one  mile  from 
the  exchange •  ■ .- 

2.  Where  the  spur  circuit  exceeds  220  yards  in  length— 
in  respect  of  every  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  or  part  thereof, 


£3  per  annum  (per 
exchange  subscriber). 

£2.  10s.  per  annum 
(per  exchange  sub- 
scriber). 

£2  per  annum  (per 
exchange  subscriber). 


2d. 


15s.  per  annum. 
25s.     „ 


Nil. 


Nil. 


Nil. 


hd. 


Nil. 

Nil. 
GREAT  BRITAIN. 


306  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

THE  FOURTH  SCHEDULE   HEREINBEFORE   REFERRED   TO— Continued. 

Maximum  and  Minimum  Charges  fob  use  of  the  Exchange  Systems  of  the  Company  other  than 

the  London  Exchange  System. 


Service. 


C  —  For  Extension  Lines. 

(a).     Where    the    two  offices  connected   by   the  line   are 
situate  in  the  same  building  or  curtilage 

1.     Where  the  line  does  not  exceed  11<i  yards  oi  double 
wire  in  length 

(ii)    Where  the  line  exceeds  110  yards  of  double 
length . 


For  the  first  llo  yards  of  double  wire 
For  each   additional   110  yards   of   double   wire   oi 
thereof 


(M.  Where  the  two  offices  connected  are  not  situate 
within  the  'ling  or  cvn  I  

(i).  Where  the  line  does  not  exceed  a  quarter  of  a  mile  of 
double  wire  in  length 

( n  i.  Where  the  line  exceeds  a  quarter  of  a  mile  of  di  mble 
wire  in  length 

For  the  first  quarter  of  a  mile  of  double  wire 

For  each  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  of  double  wire  or  part 
thereof 


mum  Charge.      Minimum    Charge. 


annua 


is.  per  annum. 


r  annum.  per  annum. 

Nil. 


im.     25s.  per  annum. 


i  annum.     25s.  per  annum, 
i  annum.  Nil. 


D.-  I  I  >i  PICES. 

other  <>mV.  ihange  in  tl 

For  t                    of  a  message  at  a  call  office  fn  » 
office  on  an  exchange  in  the  same  exchangi  


Nil 


NOTES. 

These  charges  do  not  cover  the  supply,  of  special  instruments  or  apparatus  for  the 
convenience  of  particular  subscribers.  Where  the  charges  for  telephonic  communica- 
tion are  made  with  reference  to  the  number  of  messages  transmitted  the  company  may 
fix  an  annual  minimum  payment  to  be  made  by  the  subscriber  in  respect  of  such  mes- 
sages, and  in  no  case  shall  the  total  annual  amount  payable  by  an  exchange  subscriber 
be  less  than  £1. 

The  distances  referred  to  in  so  much  of  this  schedule  as  relate  to  exclusive  lines 
and  external  extension  lines  shall  be  deemed  to  be  measured  in  a  straight  line  on  a 
horizontal  plane.  The  same  mode  of  measurement  may  be  applied  in  place  of  actual 
route  measurement  in  relation  to  party  lines  in  any  exchange  area,  provided  all  party 
lines  in  the  same  area  are  measured  in  the  same  manner. 
Signed,  sesled  and  delivered  by] 

the   Postmaster    General    in}-  STANLEY, 

the  presence  of 

KOBEET  HUNTER, 

Solicitor  to  the  Post  Office. 
The  Common  Seal  of  the  com-1 
pany  was   affixed   hereto    inj- 
the  presence  of 
HARRIS, 
GEORGE  FRANKLIN, 

Directors.  Seal  of 

ALBERT  ANNS,  The  National  Telephone 

Secretary.  Company,  Limited. 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


Seal  of 

His  Majesty's 

Postmaster  General. 


APPENDIX  "A"  307 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

No.  278h. 

Dated  August  8,  1905. 
GEEAT  BRITAIN—  Continued. 

Pamphlet  F. 
POST  OFFICE  TELEGRAPHS. 

his  majesty's  postmaster  general  and  the  national  telephone  company,  limited. 
Indenture  supplemental  to  Agreement  of  February  %,  1905. 

• 

This  Indenture  made  August  8,  1905,  between  the  Right  Honourable  Edward 
George  Villiers  Stanley,  C.B.,  commonly  called  Lord  Stanley,  His  Majesty's  Post- 
master General  (who  and  whose  successors  in  office  for  the  time  being  are  intended  to 
b«j  hereinafter  included  in  the  term  the  '  Postmaster  General ')  on  behalf  of  His 
Majesty  of  the  one  part  and  the  National  Telephone  Company,  Limited,  the  registered 
office  of  which  is  at  Telephone  House,  Victoria  Embankment,  in  the  city  of  London 
(hereinafter  called  rthe  company ')  of  the  otber  part,  and  supplemental  to  an  inden- 
ture dated  February  2,  1905,  and  made  between  the  same  parties  (which  indenture  is 
hereinafter  referred  to  as  '  the  Principal  Indenture ') . 

Witnesseth,  that  it  is  hereby  agreed  and  declared  between  and  by  the  parties 
hereto  as  follows,  that  is  to  say: — 

1.  From  and  after  the  date  of  these  presents  the  principal  indenture  shall  be  read, 
construed  and  take  effect  as  if  in  lieu  of  Article  4  of  the  principal  indenture  the 
following  article  had  been  inserted  (that  is  to  say)  : — 

4. — (1)  The  value  on  December  31,  1911  of  all  plant,  land  buildings,  stores 
and  furniture  purchased  by  the  Postmaster  General  in  pursuance  of  the  provi- 
sions hereof,  shall  be  then  value  (exclusive  of  any  allowance  for  past  or  future 
profits  of  the  undertaking,  or  any  compensation  for  compulsory  sale  or  other  con- 
sideration whatsoever)  of  such  plant,  land,  buildings,  stores  and  furniture  having 
regard  to  its  suitability  for  the  purposes  of  the  Postmaster  General's  telephonic 
service,  and.  in  determining  the  value  of  any  plant  no  advantage  arising  from  the 
construction  of  such  plant  by  leave  of  the  Postmaster  General  upon  any  railway  or 
canal  over  which  the  Postmaster  General  possesses  exclusive  rights  of  way  for 
telegraphic  lines  shall  be  taken  into  account. 

2.  The  value  on  December  31,  1911,  of  any  licensed  telephonic  business  of 
the  company  which  by  virtue  of  the  agreements  referred  to  in  the  first  schedule 
hereto  or  of  any  other  agreement  in  writing  between  the  Postmaster  General 
and  the  Company  can  be  transacted  as  aforesaid  after  December  31,  1911  (apart 
from  the  plant,  land  and  buildings  used  herein,  which  are  to  be  valued  as  herein- 
before in  this  clause  provided)  shall  be  such  sum  as  may  be  agreed  between  the 
Postmaster  General  and  the  company,  regard  being  had  to  the  net  profits  of  such 
business  and  to  the  circumstances  and  conditions  under  which  the  Company  would 
carry  on  such  business  after  December  31,  1911. 

(3)  The  value  on  December  31,  1911,  of  any  private  wire  business  of  the 
company  (apart  from  the  plant,  land  and  buildings  used  therein,  which  are  to  be 
valued  as  hereinbefore  in  this  clause  provided)  shall  be  taken  to  be  three  years' 
purchase  of  the  net  profits  of  such  business  on  the  average  of  the  three  years  end- 
ing on  December  31,  1911. 

(4)  All  matters  of  difference  arising  under  this  clause  shall  be  determined  by 
arbitration. 

2.  Except  in  so  far  as  altered,  modified  or  added  to  by  these  presents  the  Principal 
Indenture  shall  remain  and  be  binding  on  the  parties  hereto. 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 
1— d— 21 


308  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

In  witness  whereof  the  above-named  Postmaster  General  hath  hereunto  set  his 
hand  and  seal,  and  the  company  have  caused  their  common  seal  to  be  hereunto  affixed, 
the  day  and  year  first  before  written. 


Signed,   sealed    and   delivered   by] 

the  Postmaster  General  in  the}-  STANLEY. 

presence    of  J 

I  Robert  Hunter, 

Solicitor  to  the  Post  Office. 

The  Common  Seal  of  the  Com-1 
pany  was  affixed  hereto  in  the)- 
presence  of  J 

George  Franklin, 

Director. 

Geo.  H.  Eobertson, 
Director. 

Albert  Anns, 

Secretary. 


[Seal,  &c] 


[Seal,  &c] 


No.  278i. 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 

Pamphlet  H. 

EXCERPT  FROM  THE  FIFTY-FIRST  REPORT  OF  THE  POSTMASTER 
GENERAL  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN. 

appendix  m. — telephone  trunk  wires. 

Statement  showing  the  number  of  circuits,  miles  of  wire  and  calls  in  each  year  since 
the  trunk  lines  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  were  acquired  by  the  state. 


Year. 

Circuits. 

Increase. 

Miles  of 
Wire. 

Increase. 

Calls. 

Increase. 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-01 

1901-02 

1902-03 

1903-04 

1904-05 

877 
953 
1,029 
1,116 
1,165 
1,309 
1,418 
- 1,604 

73 

76 

76 

87 

49 

144 

109 

186 

55,721 
63,109 
69,713 
76,831 
83,302 
93,473 
102,799 
112,743 

7,866 
7,388 
6,604 
7,118 
6,471 
10,171 
9,326 
9,943 

5,888,247 

7,066,609 

8,091,631 

8,980,733 

10,080,716 

11,574,229 

13,467,975 

15,461,822 

643,416 
1,178,362 
1,025,022 

889,102 
1,099,983 
1,493,513 
1,893,746 
1,993,847 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


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309 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


APPENDIX  M..—  Gontintied. 


PROVINCIAL  TELEPHONE  EXCHANGE   WIRES  OWNED  AND  OPERATED  BY  THE  BRITISH   POSTAL 

DEPARTMENT. 

Statement  showing  the  number  of  miles  of  wire  and  exchange  telephones  in  each  of 

the  last  ten  years. 


Year. 


1895-96. .  . . 
1896-97. .  . 
1897-98. . . . 
1898-99. .  . . 
1899-1900.. 
1900-1901. . 
1901-02..  . 
1902-03..  . 
1903-04..  . 
1904-05.... 


Miles  of  Wire. 


3,110 
3,295 
3,968 
4,369 
4,762 
5,199 
G,283 
7,372 
8,602 
9,893 


Increase 


Dec. 
Inc. 


172 

185 

673 

401 

393 

437 

1,084 

1,089 

1,230 

1,291 


Exchange  Tele- 
phones. 


1,842 
1,863 
1,957 
2,132 
2,246 
2,686 
3,891 
5,218 
6,847 
8,644 


Increase. 


Dec. 
Inc. 


12 

21 

94 

175 

114 

440 

1,205 

1,327 

1,629 

1,797 


Private  Wires  Owned  and  Operated  by  the  British  Postal  Department. 

Statement  showing  the  Number  of  Contracts,  Miles  of  Wire  and  Apparatus,   and  the 

Rentals  in  each  of  the  last  Ten  Years. 


Year. 

Contracts. 

Increase. 

Miles 

of 
Wire. 

Increase. 

Telephones. 

and 
Telegraph 
Apparatus. 

Increase. 

Rentals. 

Increase. 

1895-96* 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-01 

1901-02 

1902-03 

1903-04 

1904-05 

2,570 
2,530 
2,608 
2,676 
2,788 
2,910 
3,234 
3,439 
3,499 
3,746 

146 

Dec.  40 

Inc.  78 

68 

112 

122 

324 

205 

60 

247 

18,471 
19,095 
23,146 
25,829 
27,334 
29,157 
34,924 
36,581 
40,608 
41,026 

Dec.  1,456 
Inc.       624 
4,051 
2,683 
1,505 
1,823 
5,767 
1,657 
4,027 
418 

5,346 
5,358 
5,459 
5,629 
5,863 
6,193 
6,605 
7,118 
7,595 
8,901 

82 
12 
101 
170 
234 
330 
412 
513 
477 
1,306 

£ 

112,616 
114,448 
fll0,042 
121,065 
126,132 
132,424 
151,853 
163,638 
169,769 
172,953 

£ 

Dec.  1,541 

Inc.    1,832 

Dec.  4,406 

Inc.  11,023 

5,067 

6,292 

19,429 

11,785 

6,131 

3,184 

*  Certain  lines  leased  by  cable  companies  were  given  up,  and  telephone  trunk  wires  were  for  the  first 
time  excluded. 

t  The  rates  for  private  wires  were  reduced  in  1897  and  existing  rentals  were  reduced  accordingly. 

Note.— The  above  figures  include  particulars  of  lines  leased  to  cable  companies.  The  total  length  of 
such  wires  is  8,187  miles  and  the  rental  £48,455. 


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APPENDIX  "  A  ' 


311 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

APPENDIX  O. 

Post  Office  Telephones — Continued. 

London  Exchange  System. 

An  Account,  partly  estimated,  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  for  the  year  ended 

March  31,  1905. 


Receipts. 


Subscribers'  Rentals  : — 

Proportion    of    subscriptions    paid    in 
1903-4,  but  proper  to  190 J  -5 

Paid  in  the  year  1904-5— 

At  flat  rates £       30,622 

At  toll  rat /s 124,218 


Less  proportion   proper  to 
1905-6 


E     154,840 
81,330 


Message  fees,  in  addition  to  fixed  mini- 
mum of  £1  10s.  per  message  rate  circuit. 

Call  office  fees 

Rentals  or  wires  leased  to  National  Tele- 
phone Co 

Miscellaneous  receipts 

Value  of  services  rendered  to  government 
departments  without  payment 


Iaikniuture. 


Maintenance  of  system 

Salaries,  wages,  &c,  of  staff,  including 
provision  for  pensions  of  established 

staff 

rates,  fuel  and  light,  including 
estimated  rental  value  of  premises 
already  belonging  to  the  department. 

Miscellaneous,  expenses  (stationery, 
travelling,  fie 


Balance  available  towards  meeting  de- 
preciation, interest,  &c.  (vide  notes)  . 


£ 
34,017 

48,069 

9,165 
2,512 


93,298 


£  lsr,0Gl 


himNotks. — (X)  The  estimated  amount  required  to  provide  for  depreciation  of  plant,  inclusive  of  spare 
wires,  is  £56,647,  and  interest  at  3  per  cent  on  the  capital  expenditure  of  £1,926,000  is  £57,780,  making 
together  £114,427. 

(2)  Terminable  annuites  have  been  created,  payable  from  the  vote  for  the  telegraph  service,  topiovide 
for  the  repayment,  with  interest  at  3  per  cent,  of  capital  raised  for  telephone  purposes  under  the  Telegraph 
Acts,  1899-1904.  The  annuities  provide  for  the  repayment  of  the  capital  in  12-15  years,  while  the  estimated 
life  of  the  plant  averages  34  years.  The  annuity  required  for  interest  and  sinking  fund  on  a  capital  ex- 
penditure of  £1,926,000  repayable  in  30  years  with  interest  at  3  per  cent  would  be  £97,958.  No  deduction 
has  been  made  from  the  annuity  on  account  of  the  value  of  material  recovered  when  plant  is  removed. 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 
APPENDIX  O— Continued. 

Post  Office  Telephones. — Continued. 

Provincial  Exchange  System. 


An  Account,  partly  estimated,  of  Keceipts  and  Expenditure  for  the  year  ended 

March  31,  1905. 


Receipts. 


Subscribers'  Rentals  :  — 

Proportion    of     subscriptions    paid    in 

1903-4 

Paid  in  1904-5 £  43,042 

Less  proportion  proper  to  1905-6    22,023 

20,419 
Deduct  amount  payable  to,  in 
<  ssof  that  receivable  from, 
National  Telephone  Company 
for  terminal  fees 1,993 

Message  fees  for  excess  calls 

Call  office  collections     

Rentals  of  junction  lines  leased  to  Na- 
tional Telephone  Company 

Miscellaneous  receipts 

Value  of  services  rendered  to  government 
departments  without  payment 


£ 
18,195 


18,426 

1,653 

H6 

3,697 
117 

384 


42,888 


Expenditure. 


Maintenance  of  provincial  exchange 
systems.  

Salaries,  wages,  &c,  of  staff,  including 
provision  for  pensions  of  established 
staff 

Kent,  rates,  fuel  and  light,  including 
estimated  rental  value  of  premises 
already  belonging  to  the  department. 

Miscellaneous      expenses      (stationery 
travelling,  &c) 


Balance  available  towards    meeting  de 
preciation,  interest,  &o.  (rirfi  notes).. 


£ 
12,932 

15,891 

1,502 
1,115 


11,448 

42,888 


Notes. — (1)  The  estimated  amount  required  to  provide  for  depreciation  of  plant  is  £15,210,  and  in- 
terest at  3  per  cent  on  the  capital  expenditure  <  >f  £319,000  is  £9,570,  making  together  £24,780. 

(2)  Terminable  annuities  have  been  created,  payable  from  the  vote  for  the  telegraph  service,  to  pro- 
vide for  the  repayment,  vvith  interest  at  3  per  cent,  of  capital  raised  for  telephone  purposes  under  the 
Telegraph  Act,  1899-1904.  The  annuities  provide  for  the  repayment  of  the  capital  in  15  years,  while  the 
estimated  life  of  the  plant  averages  19  years.  The  annuity  required  for  interest  and  sinking  fund  on  a 
capital  expenditure  oj  £319,000  repayable  in  19  years  with  interest  at  3  per  cent  would  be  £22,269.  No 
deduction  has  been  made  from  the  anuity  on  account  of  the  value  of  material  recovered  when  plant  is 
renewed. 


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313 


APPENDIX  No.   1 

APPENDIX  0— Continued. 

Post  Office  Telephones — Continued. 

Trunk  Line  Systems. 

An  Account,  partly  estimated,  of  Eeceipts  and  Expenditure  for  the  year  ended  March 

31,  1905. 


Receipts. 


Trunk  Fees : — 

Gross  value  for  year £380,308 

Lesscommission  paid  to  licen- 
sees for  collection,  &c 18,749 

Miscellaneous  receipts 

Value  of  services  rendered  to  government 
departments  without  payment 


Expenditure. 


Maintenance  of  trunk  line  system 

Salaries,  wages,  &c,  of  staff,  including 
provision  for  pensions  of  established 
staff 

Rents,  rates,  fuel.and  light,  including  esti 
mated  rental  value  of  premises  already 
belonging  to  the  department 

Miscellaneous  expenses  (stationery,  travel 
ling,  &c.).. 

Balance  available  towards  meeting  depre 
ciation,  interest,  &c.  {vide  notes) 


£ 
62,394 


105,917 

10,538 

6,916 

177,575 


363,340 


Notes.— (1)  The  estimated  amount  required  to  provide  for  depreciation  of  plant  is  £77,659,  and  interest 
at  3  ner  cent  on  the  capital  expenditure  of  £2,797,000  is  £83,910,  making  together  £161,569. 

(2)  Terminable  annuities  have  been  created,  payable  from  the  vote  of  the  telegraph  service,  to  provide 
for  the  repayment,  with  interest  at  3  per  cent,  of  capital  raised  for  telephone  purposes  under  the  Telegraph 
Acts,  1892-1904.  The  annuities  provide  for  the  repayment  of  the  capital  in  12-20  years,  while  the  estimated 
life  of  the  plant  averages  29  years.  The  annuity  required  for  interest  and  sinking  fund  on  a  capital  expendi- 
ture of  £2,797,000  repayable  in  29  years,  with  interest  at  3  per  cent,  would  be  £145,752  No  deduction  has 
been  made  from  the  annuity  on  account  of  the  value  of  material  recovered  when  plant  is  renewed. 

APPENDIX  0. —Continued. 

Post  Office  Telephones. 

SUMMARY. 

An  account,  partly  estimated,  of  Eeceipts  and  Expenditure  for  the  year  ended 

March  31,  1905. 


Receipts. 



Expenditure. 



Exchanges. 

Trunk 
Lines. 

Total 
Re- 
ceipts. 

Exchanges. 

Trunk 
Lines. 

Total 

Lon- 
don. 

Pro- 
vincial. 

Lon- 
don. 

Pro- 
vincial. 

Expen- 
diture. 

Subscribers'   rentals, 
local  and  trunk  fees, 
&c.  (including  value 
of  services  rendered 
to   government    de- 
partments   without 

£ 
187,061 

£ 

42,888 

£ 
363,340 

£ 
593,289 

Working  expenses 
(including     day     to 
day  maintenance).  . 

Balance   available 
towards  meeting  de- 
preciation, interest, 
&c 

Total 

£ 
93,763 

93,298 

£ 
31,440 

11,448 

£ 
185,765 

177,575 

£ 
310,968 

282,321 

Total 

187,061 

42,888 

363,340 

593,289 

187,061 

42,888 

363,340 

593,289 

(1)  Estimated  amount  required  to  provide  for  deprt 

interest  at  3  per  cent  on  capital,  as  per  foot  note 

(2)  Annuity  required  for  interest  and  sinking  fund  for 

at  3  per  cent,  as  ner  foot  note  (2)  of  nrecedinsr  ta 

ciation  of  plant,  and 
|l)of  preceding  tables 
repayment  of  capital, 

bles 

114,427 
97,958 

24,780 
22,269 

161,569 
145,752 

300,776 
265,979 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 


No.  278j. 


GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 
POST  OFFICE   TELEGRAPHS. 


LIST   OF   SUBSCRIBERS   TO   THE   POST  OFFICE   TELEPHONE   EXCHANGE  SYSTEM   IN   GREAT  BRITAIN 

AND   IRELAND. 

Note.— U.  D.  signifies  Urban  District. 

P.  B.  signifies  Parliamentary  Burgh. 

M.   B.   signifies   Municipal   Boro. 

A.   C.  signifies  Admin.  County. 

T.  signifies  Town. 

Par.   signifies  Parish. 

Par.   &  C.   B.   signifies   Parliamentary   &    County   Burgh. 

E.  P.  signifies  Ecclesiastical  Parish. 

R.  D.  signifies  Rural  District. 
Where  no  figures  are  given,  no  reliable  ones   are  available. 


Sub- 
Place.  Popu-      scribers 
lation.      Stations. 

Aberaman 13,940  16 

Aberbeeg 14 

Abercarn 12,607  20 

Abercynon 15 

Aberdare,   U.  D 43,365  45 

Aberdeen,  P.  B 143,728  2 

Aberdovey 1,466  7 

Abergavenny 7,795  95 

Aberkenfig 18 

Abertillery,  U.  D 21,945  71 

Aberystwyth 8,014  19 

Aldeburgh 2,405  21 

Alfreton 17,505  24 

Alnwick 6,716      .       5 

Amersham 2,674  16 

Ammanford 35 

Annfield  Plain,   U.  D 12,481  17 

Anstruther 4,233  28 

Antrim,   A.  C 196,090  14 

Ashington,  U.  D 13,956  33 

Atherstone 5,248  45 

Auchterarder 3,159  30 

Auchtermuchty 637  18 

Aylesbury,  U.  D 9,243  94 

Badminton 317  13 

Baldock 2,057  19 

Ballymena 10,886  68 

Ballymoney,  U.  D 2,952  9 

Banbridge,  U.  D 5,006  20 

Banbury,  M.   B 12,968  52 

Bargoed 36 

Barmouth 2,214  29 

Barnard  Castle 4,421  40 

Barnsley 41,086  4 

Barrow-in-Furness 57,586  3 

Barry 27,030  23 

Basingstoke,  M.  B 9,793  4 

Bathgate,  T 7,549  2 

Beaufort 2,761  11 

Beaumaris,  M.   B 2,326  18 

Bedlington 18,766  20 

Belfast,  P.  B 348,705  6 

Benwell 18,316  6 

Biggleswade 5,120  24 

Billesdon 726  6 

Birmingham,  Par 419,303  15 

Birtley,  Par 5,573  6 

Bishop    Auckland 11,969  37 

Bishop's  Stortford 7,143  4 

Blackpool 47,348  2 

Blackwood 19 

Blaenavon 10,869  31 

Blaengwynfl 17 

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Sub- 
Place.  Popu-      scribers 
lation.      Stations. 

Blaenogwy 12 

Blaina,  U.  D 13,489  25 

Blairgowrie,  Par 4,464  58 

Blaydon-On-Tyne,   U.   D..    ..  19,623  20 

Blyth,  U.   D 5,472  44 

Bognor,  U.  D 6,180  71 

Bolton,  P.  B 130,611              2 

Bo'ness 9,306             2 

Bourne,    U.   D 4,361  23 

Bourton-On-Water 1,097  13 

Brackley 2,467  31 

Bradford,  P.  B 228,625              4 

Braintree 5,330              2 

Brasted 1,504  15 

Brecon,  U.  D 5,875  71 

Brentwood 4,932              9 

Bridgend 6,062  66 

Brig 3,137  20 

Brighton,  P.  B 153,386              3 

Bristol,  P.  B 321,935  12 

Briton    Ferry 6,973              6 

Broadway 821  15 

Brooke 573              7 

Broxburn 7,099              2    - 

Brynmawr 6,833  27 

Builth  Wells 1,805  27 

Burdage 2,196              2 

Bury,    P.    B 56,409               3 

Bury  St.   Edmunds 16,255              4 

Bwlch 5 

Caerau 229  21 

Caerphilly 15,835,  32 

CaUander,   Par.. 2,171  19 

Cardiff,  Par.  &  C.  B 164,333  293 

Carlisle,  M.  B 45,480              2 

Castle  Eden 1,354  21 

Castleton n 

Caterham  Valley 9,486  59 

Cellardyke   (see  Anstruther). 

Cheadle  (Staffs) 5,186  20 

Chepstow 3,067             2 

Chesham 7,245  54 

Chester,  A.  C 599,070              2 

Chesterfield 27,185             5 

Chester-Le-Street 11,753             9 

Chichester,  M.   B 12,244  2 

Chippenham,  M.  B 5,074  2 

Chipping  Norton 3,780  24 

Church  Strebton 816  21 

Clayton    Road,    Newcastle i 

Clutton 78  3 

Cobham    (Surrey) 3,901  27 

Colchester,  M.  B.  &  Par..   ..  38,373  3 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

List  of  Subscribers  to  tbe  Post  Office  Telephone  Exchange  System  in  Great  Britain 

and  Ireland — Continued. 


Sub- 
Place.  Popu-      scribers 
lation.      Stations. 

Coleraine 6,958  26 

Colinsburgh 352  12 

Consett 9,694  55 

Corbridge 1,938  28 

Cork 404,611  7 

Coupar  Angus,  Par 2,704  15 

Cowbridge,  M.  B.  &  Par..   ..        1,202  23 

Coxhoe 3,278  7 

Cranbrook 3,949  26 

Cranleigh 2,709  25 

Crawley 441  37 

Crewe,  P.  B 42,074  2 

Crlckhowell 1,150  26 

Crocken  Hill 2,032  11 

Cross  Ash 2 

Crumlin 8 

Cuckfield,  U.  D 1,813  8 

Cullercoats 1,743  15 

Cwmaman 10 

Darlington,  P.  B 44,487  10 

Dartford,  U.  D 18,644  27 

Daventry,  P.  B 3,780  23 

Derby,  P.  B 114,848  6 

Doncaster,  P.  B 28,932  4 

Doune 930  17 

Dowlais 17,142  11 

Dublin 157,568  7 

Dundee 162,636  2 

Dunfermline 31,697  3 

Dunster 1,182  5 

Dunston 5,660  9 

Durham 15,000  8 

Earls  Colne 1,762  6 

Easington 1,731  9 

Easingwold 1,945  11 

East  Grinstead,  U.  D 6,094  68 

Ebbw  Vale,  U.   D 20,994  43 

Ebchester 407  10 

Edinburgh,  P.  B 298,113  2 

Elie 1.004  21 

Ellesmere,  U.  D 1,945  15 

Elswick  Road,  Newcastle. 

Ely 7,743  23 

Exeter,  P.  B 53,141  2 

Falkirk,  P.  B 20,505  2 

Farndon 564  3 

Farningham 1,328  11 

Fenny   Stratford,    U.    D..    ..        4,799  28 

Ferndale 34 

Ferry  Hill 3,123  8 

Fraserburgh,   Par 9,715  45 

Frinton-On-Sea,  U.  D 644  47 

Gaddesby 301  8 

Gainford 869  5 

Gainsborough,  U.  D 17,660  2 

Garnant 16 

Gateshead,  Par.  &  C.  B..    ..    109.88S  1 

Gilfach  Goch 16 

Glasbury 460  7 

Glasgow,  P.  B 622,372  14 

Gloucester,  P.  B 45,146  3 

Gosforth 935  6 

Gravesend,  P.  B 39.S33  3 

Great  Missenden 2,166  16 

Great  Smeaton 178  4 

Greenock,  P.  B 67,672  2 

Griffithstown 2,818  16 

Grimsby,  P.  B 78,198  6 

Halstead,  U.  D 6,073  17 


Place.  Popu- 

lation. 

Harrogate 28,423 

Hartlepools,  P    B 86,303 

Haswell 6,512 

Hatch  End 

Hawkhurst 3,136 

Hay,  U.  D 1,680 

Hayes  (Middlesex) 16,358 

Hay  wards  Heath 3,717 

Hebburn 20,901 

Hengoed  (see  Maesycwmmer)     

Hexham 7,071 

Hextable 

Highclere 547 

Hillingdon 8,333 

Hinckley,  U.  D 11,304 

Hirst  (see  Ashington) 7,672 

Hitchin 10,072 

Hdbeach 4,755 

Holyhead,  U.  D 10,079 

Horley 4,133 

Horsham 10,781 

Hull,  P.  B 239,517 

Humshaugh 460 

Hungerford 2,906 

Huntingdon 4,261 

Innellan 1,007 

Inverurie,  P.  B 3,454 

Ipswich 66,630 

Jarrow 34,295 

Kells  (Co.  Antrim) 225 

Kenflg  Hill 

Kingskettle 1,759 

Kinross 2,655 

Knebworth  Station 522 

Lancaster 40,329 

Leatherbead 4,694 

Leeds,  P.  B 428,988 

Leicester,  P.  B 151,489 

Leighton  Buzzard 6,331 

Leiston 3,259 

Lemington  (see  Blaydon-On-Tyne). 

Leominster 5,826 

Leslie 3,960 

Limavady 2,692 

Limerick,  P.  B 46,170 

Lincoln,  P.  B 51,751 

Linlithgow 8,076 

Liverpool,  P.  B 626,634 

Llanbradach 

Llandilo 1,934 

Llandrindod  Wells,  U.  D..   ..        1,827 

Llandudno,  U.  D 9,297 

Llanhilleth 5,015 

Llanidloes 2,770 

Llantrisant,  Par 10,090 

Llantwit  Major 1,113 

Loddon 1,034 

London 28,000 

Long  Buckby 2,147  4 

Longslde 2,780  6 

Loughborough 21,508  4 

Low  Fell 2 

Lundin  Links 16 

Machynlleth,  U.  D 2,038  11 

Maesteg,  U.   D 15,012  40 

Maesycwmmer 19 

Maldon,  M.  B '..        5,565  34 

Mallow 4,542  8 

Malpas 1,139  13 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


Sub- 
scribers 
Stations. 

3 
25 
10 
21 
21 
27 
20 
38 
19 
19 
98 

4 
12 
14 

3 

39 
20 
27 
50 
24 
32 

4 
20 

2 

3 
22 

3 
36 

7 

9 

12 
19 
13 

3 
10 
11 
15 
63 
17 

50 

12 

12 

1 

5 

3 

57 
10 
25 
79 
2 
11 
18 
14 
20 
18 


316  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

List  of  Subscribers  to  the  Post  Office  Telephone  Exchange  System  in  Great  Britain 

and  Ireland — Continued. 


Sub- 
Place.  Popu-      soribers 
lation.      Stations. 

Malton 4,75s  69 

Manchester,  P.   B 475,356  28 

Manningtree 872  4 

Mardy 17 

Market  Deeping 978  14 

Market  Drayton 28 

Maud 575  8 

Maybole 5,892  28 

Melton  Mowbray 7,454  78 

Memsie 2 

Menal  Bridge,  U.  D 1,700  10 

Merthyr  Tydvil 69,228  51 

Merthyr  Vale 21 

Mevagissey 2,088  13 

Middlesbrough,   P.   B 116,546  42 

Milnathort 1,052  10 

Minehead,  U.  D 2,511  34 

Mintlaw  Station 393  9 

Moffat 2,153  3 

Monmouth,  P.  B 5,005  56 

Montgomery,  P.  B 1,034  3 

Moreton-in-Marsb 1,374  22 

Morpeth,   P.   B 50,043  53 

Mostyn 1,685  10 

Mountain   Ash,   U.   D 31,093  42 

Nantymoel   (see   Blaenogwy). 

Neath 13,720  6 

Nelson   (Glam) 13 

Newbiggan-By-The-Sea..      ..        2,032  7 

Newbridge 16 

Newburn-On-Tyne,  U.  D..    ..      12,500 

Newbury 11,061  22 

Newcastle-On-Tyne 216,328  885 

New  Deer 4,371  10 

Newmarket,  U.   D 10,688  14 

Newport  (Mon),  P.   B 61,465  219 

Newport    (Salop) 3,241  21 

Newton   (Mont),  U.  D 6,500  26 

New   Milton 6 

New  Pitsligo 2,332  10 

New   Tredegar,  E.   P 5,797  37 

Northallerton,   U.    D 4,009  19 

North  Shields 5,737  46 

Northumberland   Dock 12 

Northwood 2,414  36 

Norwich,  P.   B 111,742  2 

Nottingham 239,743  14 

Nutley 967  12 

Oakham 3,294  32 

Ogmore  Vale 19,907  15 

Oxshott 6 

Penarth,  U.  D 14,228  9 

Pencoed 1,179  15 

Pengam 22 

Penrhiwceber 6,991  16 

Penrith 9,182  4 

Pentewan 3 

Pentre 92 

Peterborough,   P.    B 32,205  2 

Peterhead 15,146  37 

Peterston-Super-E'ly 327  8 

Piercebridge 207  5 

Pinner 3,266  25 

Pittenweem,  P.  B 1,859  9 

Ponteland 463  7 

Pontlottyn , 7,849  21 

Pontyclun 13 

Pontycymmer 28 

Pontypool,  U.  D 6,126  98 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


Place. 


Popu- 
lation. 
.      32,316 


Pontypridd,  U.  D 

Porth 

Porthcawl,  V.  D 1,872 

Portrush,  U.  D 1,941 

Portstewart 685 

Port  Talbot 

Potton 2,033 

Prescot,   U.   D 7,855 

Prudhoe 3,901 

Reading,  P.  B 64,922 

Rhyl 8,473 

Rhymney,  U.  D 7,914 

Richmond   (Yorks) 3,837 

Rickmansworth 5,627 

Riddings 4,435 

Risca 9,661 

Ross  (Herefordshire) 3,303 

Royston    (Herts) 3,517 

Rye 3,900 

Ryton,  U.  D 8,462 

Saffron  Walden 5,896 

St.  Athan 365 

St.   Monance 2,007 

Sandbach 5,558 

Sandy 3,110 

Sanquhar 2,933 

Saxmundham 1,462 

Scunthorpe 6,750 

Seaton    Sluice 

SedgefieJd 3,167 

Senghenith 

Sevenoaks 8,006 

Sheffield,  P.  B 380,783 

Shields  Road  (Newcastle). 

Shildon 11,759 

Shipton-On-Stour 1,564 

Shotley  Bridge 

Shotts 15,562 

Sible   Hedingham 1,701 

Skegness 2,140 

Skenfrith 449 

Sleaford 5,468 

Slough 11,453 

Somercotes 

Southampton,  P.  B 120,215 

Southend-OnnSea 28,857 

Southerndown 

South   Shields,   P.   B 97,263 

South  wold..    . . 2,800 

Spalding 9,385 

Spennymoor,  U.  D 16,635 

Stanley,    U   D 13,554 

Stevenage 3,957 

Stocksfleld 


Stockton-On-Tees,    P. 
Stow-On-The-Wold. .  . 

Strichen 

Sudbury 

Sunderland,   P.   B..    . 
Swanley  Junction..    . 

Swansea,   P.   B 

Talgarth 

Talybont-On-Usk..     .. 

Talywaln 

Tamworth 

Taunton,  P.   B 

Tenterden 

Thetford 

Thirsk 


B.. 


71.815 
1,386 
2,313 
7,109 

158,877 
3,666 

128,773 
1,466 


7,271 

19,723 

3,243 

381 

3,093 


Sub- 
scribers 
Stations. 
90 
43 
30 
15 

7 
60 
14 

2 
10 

2 

1 
28 
36 
29 
10 
23 
62 
39 
40 
11 

3 

8 

11 
18 
19 

2 
22 
21 

4 
14 

7 

2 

7 

8 
15 
14 
21 
12 
41 

2 
37 

2 
13 

3 

2 

9 

48 
38 
57 
10 
26 
2S 
14 
31 
18 
13 
42 
123 
22 
17 
13 

9 
24 

2 

3 
23 
21 
16 


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List  of  Subscribers  to  the  Post  Office  Telephone  Exchange  System  in  Great  Britain 

and  Ireland — Continued. 


Sub- 
Place.  Popu-      scribers 

lation.       Stations. 

Thornbury 2,594  18 

Thornley 2,938  5 

Tilbury   Docks 2 

Tipperary 160,232  10 

Tiverton 10,382  1 

Toddington        (see       Winch- 
combe) 202 

Ton-Y-Pandy 84 

Ton-Yr-Efail 11 

Torksey 202  2 

Towcester..    ..     2,371  20 

Towyn 3,756  IS 

Tredegar,   U.  D 18,497  27 

Treharris 24 

Treh?rbert,    E.    P 8,826  30 

Treorchy 36 

Tring 4,349  30 

Troedyrhiw 23 

Truro 2,443  2 

Turner's  Hill,  E.  P 882  7 

Tylorstown,   E.    P 7,564  27 

Tyne    Dock 13 

Tynemouth,    Par 24,881  5 

Uckfleld 2,895  39 

Upper  Brynamman 20 

Upper    Largo 2,046  8 

Uxbridge,    U.    D 8,585  76 

Wainfleet 1,233  16 

Wallsend 20,918  13 

Walton-on-the-Naze 2,014  16 

Ware 5,573  3 

Wark 634  3 


Sub- 
Place.  Popu-      scribers 
lation.      Stations. 

Warrington,  P.   B 64,701  2 

Warwick,  P.  B 39,075  2 

Watchet 1,880  6 

Watford,  U.   D..    ..    29,327  3 

Waunllwyd -19 

Wealdstone 5/901  28 

Welshpool,    P.    B 4,609  25 

Welwyn 1,660  18 

Wendover 2,009  27 

Westoe,    E.   P 26,912  2 

West    Cornforth 8 

West  Hartlepool,  Par 60,561 

Westerham 2,905  25 

Weybridge 5,329  3 

Whitby,    U.   D 11,755  2 

Whitchurch    (Salop) 5,221  41 

Whitley    Bay,    U.    D 7,705  15 

Whittingham 439  7 

Wigan 60,764  2 

Williton,   R.  D 14,462  5 

Winchcombe 2,699  20 

Wingate 8,005  15 

Witham,  U.    D 3,454  13 

Wooler 1,336  17 

Workington 26,139  6 

Worthing 16,996  2 

Yiewsley 3,213 

Ynysbwl 7 

York,   P.    B 75,521  2 

Ystalyfera 26 

Ystradgynlais 5,785  13 


General  Post  Office,  London,  July,  1905. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


318  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  278k. 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 

(Pamphlet  L.) 

TELEPHONES. 

EXPERIMENTAL  RURAL  CALL  OFFICE  SYSTEMS. 

When  Mr.  Austen  Chamberlain  was  Postmaster  General  he  decided,  in  view  of 
representations  made  by  Mr.  Lough,  M.P.,  to  open  experimentally  some  rural  telephone 
call  offices,  that  is  to  say  call  offices  in  villages  by  means  of  which  the  inhabitants  may 
communicate  with  their  nearest  market  town,  and  with  callers  at  other  village  call 
offices  on  the  same  local  system.     The  service  was  to  be  purely  a  local  one. 

Three  districts  were  chosen  for  the  experiments :  Cavan,  in  Ireland,  in  which  Mr. 
Lough  was  interested;  Fraserburgh,  in  Scotland,  and  Oakham,  in  England.  The  ex- 
pense involved  was  small  in  these  cases,  as  existing  telegraph  circuits  could  be  utilized 
for  calls  also.  All  that  was  necessary  was  to  make  a  few  slight  alterations  and  to  pro- 
vide some  silence  cabinets.  Callers  in  the  villages  can  arrange  with  their  correspond- 
ents in  the  market  town  to  attend  at  the  call  office  at  a  certain  hour,  or  they  can  first 
make  a  call  to  the  market  town  in  order  to  obtain  the  services  of  an  express  messenger 
there  who  will  fetch  the  person  required  to  the  telephone.  There  has  now  been  a  fair 
opportunity  of  judging  of  the  utility  of  arrangements  of  this  kind,  and  it  seems  clear 
that,  when  the  call  offices  are  grouped  round  a  town  to  which  the  exchange  system  has 
not  been  extended,  very  little  use  is  likely  to  be  made  of  the  call  offices,  and  their 
maintenance  will  be  unremunerative.  At  Oakham  and  Cavan,  where  there  are  no  tele- 
phone exchanges,  2d.  (4  cents)  is  charged  for  each  call,  and  if  the  services  of  an  ex- 
press messenger  are  required  they  have  to  be  paid  for  at  the  ordinary  express  service 
rates,  and  the  minimum  charge  for  a  message  becomes  5d.  (10  cents).  This  perhaps 
is  more  than  the  villagers  can  afford  to  pay  for  the  privilege  of  speaking  to  their 
market  town.  In  any  case  comparatively  few  calls  have  been  made;  and  the  receipts 
have  not  covered  the  expenses,  although  the  latter  have  been  small.  At  Fraserburgh 
the  circumstances  are  different.  There  is  considerable  post  office  exchange  system 
there,  and  callers  at  the  post  office  can  speak  to  subscribers  to  the  exchange  without  hav- 
ing to  make  previous  arrangements  with  their  correspondents  or  to  employ  express  mes- 
sengers. Moreover,  as  the  charge  for  a  local  call  on  the  Fraserburgh  exchange  is  only 
one  penny,  one  penny  only  has  been  charged  for  a  local  call  office  call.  The  result  has 
been  that  at  Fraserburgh  the  call  office  receipts  have  about  met  the  expenses. 

There  is  another  point  in  connection  with  these  call  office  arrangements  that  must 
be  borne  in  mind  when  dealing  with  the  financial  aspect  of  the  question.  There  is  no 
doubt  that  when  a  local  call  office  system  is  introduced  a  local  call  often  takes  the  place 
of  one  or  more  local  telegrams — that  is,  the  caller  gets  for  2d.  (4  cents)  (or  for  5d. 
(10  cents)  or  7d.  (14  cents),  if  an  express  messenger  has  to  be  employed)  what 
formerly  cost  him  and  his  correspondent  6d.  or  Is.  Thus  local  calls  often  supersede 
local  telegraph  traffic  at  a  loss  to  the  revenue. 

(5d. — 2d.  for  a  call;  3d.  for  a  messenger  to  deliver  the  message). 

(7d. — 2d.  for  a  call ;  3d.  for  express  messenger  to  fetch  correspondent ;  2d.  for  con- 
versation with  correspondent  when  fetched. 

The  result  of  the  working  of  the  three  systems  for  12  months  in  each  case  is  shown 
in  the  annexed  statement. 


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320  .  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  2781. 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 

Pamphlet  M. 

MEMORANDUM. 

When  a  subscriber  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  desires  to  make  a  trunk 
(or  inter-urban)  call,  the  demand  is  passed  to  the  trunk  exchange,  where  the  particu- 
lars are  noted  on  a  ticket  (  No.  T.  92)),  of  which  a  specimen  is  attached. 

When  a  trunk  line,  which  is  required  becomes  disengaged  for  the  call,  the  atten- 
tion of  the  subscribers  concerned  is  obtained,  and  they  are  placed  in  communication 
with  each  other.  At  the  termination  of  the  call,  which  would  be  for  three  or  for  six 
ninutes,  the  trunk  connections  are  severed  and  the  time  of  conversation  is  noted  on 
the  ticket  by  the  operator.  The  ticket  is  also  used  for  noting  any  difficulty  which  may 
Lave  arisen  in  connection  with  the  call. 

All  the  tickets  for  completed  trunk  calls  are  collected  from  time  to  time,  and  the 
charges  for  the  conversations  are  entire]  on  them  by  an  operator. 

The  National  Telephone  Company  are  responsible  to  the  post  office  for  paynient  for 
.-ill  trunk  calls  made  by  their  subscribers,  ami  all  accounts  for  trunk  conversations  are 
therefore  rendered  to  th impany. 

Two  systems  are  in  vogue  for  rendering  accounts. 

Usually  the  particulars  of  calls  are  entered  from  the  tickets  on  to  a  form  (T.  78) 
of  which  a  specimen  is  attached  and  the  form  is  forwarded  to  the  company  at  the  end 
cf  each  day.  Under  the  other  system,  the  tickets  themselves  are  forwarded  to  the 
company,  and  the  amount  due  is  summarized  on  an  accompanying  form  (T.  7),  of 
which  a  specimen  is  attached.  The  post  office  keeps  a  copy  of  the  summary.  This 
system  is  favoured  "by  the  post  office,  but  the  company  cannot  introduce  it  generally, 
Rt,  their  staff  would  in  many  cases  be  unable  to  cope  with  the  extra  work  which  the 
system  throws  on  them. 

Tne  company  in  their  turn  collect  the  amounts  due  from  the  subscribers.  They 
are  allowed  a  commission  of  5  per  cent  on  the  amount  due  to  the  post  office  to  cover  the 
work  involved  and  any  losses  caused  by  defaulting  subscribers. 

At  present  the  company  have  a  right  to  impose  terminal  fees  on  conversations 
with  their  subscribers  originated  by  subscribers  to  other  exchange  systems,  and  they 
have  hitherto  imposed  these  terminal  fees  with  certain  exceptions  which  have  been 
agreed  to.  Conversely,  the  company's  subscribers  have  had  to  pay  terminal  fees  on  trunk 
conversations  originated  by  them  for  subscribers  to  other  exchange  systems,  with  the 
txceptions  mentioned.  These  terminal  fees  were  added  to  the  trunk  fees,  but  it  has 
been  arranged  with  the  company  that  the  payment  of  terminal  fees  on  all  conversa- 
tions between  their  subscribers  and  subscribers  to  post  offices  exchanges  shall  cease 
on  August  31  next. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


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321 


APPENDIX  No.   1 


No.  278m. 


GEEAT  BKITAIN—  Continued. 


T.  No.  92.         Telephone  Tick.-t.    9Q1Q7 


Code  time  \ 
of  call     / 


Charge 


Remarks 


Number  of 

Minutes 

Demanded 


To 

No. 

No. 

Time   \ 
On     J 

Circuit      [ 
Number    f 

Time  \ 
Off     j 

Trunk        \ 
Operator     | 

Record      I 
Operator  j 

Office  Stamp. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


322 

No.  278n. 

T.— No.  78. 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

GEEAT  BRITAIN—  Continued. 

POST   OFFICE   TELEGRAPHS. 


AN    ACCOUNT  showing  the  AMOUNT   due  from   the  NATIONAL   TELE- 
PHONE COMPANY  to  His  Majesty's  Postmaster-General  for  Telephone  Trunk  Line 

Calls  which  passed  from  the  Company's  System  on  to  the  Post  Office  System  at 

on  the .  day  of 190.... 


Time  of  Call 


From 


To 

(To  be  filled 

up  if 

3  mini  it  :s 

exceeded) 


Call  from 


Call  Office  or  Town 


No.  of 
Subscriber 


Call  to 


Town 


No.  of 
Subscriber 


Charge 


H.        M. 


H. 


M. 


Total  for  the  day  . 

Amount  due  for  previous 
days  of  the  Month .  . . 


Date  Stamp. 


Total £ 


.  Postmaste  r. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 


323 


APPENDIX  No.  1 
No.  278o. 

T.— No.  7. 


GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 


(National  Telephone  Company 
or  Licensed  Local  Authority) 


POST   OFFICE   TELEGRAPHS. 


AN  ACCOUNT  showing  the  Amount  due  from  the 

to  His  Majesty's  Postmaster  General  for  Telephone  Trunk  Line  Calls  passed  on  to  the 
Post  Office  System  at on  the day  of 190.... 


Number  of  Calls 

Charge 
per  Call 

Amount  due 

Numbei  of  Calls 

Charge 
per  Call 

Amount  due 

s.           d. 

£       s.      d. 

s.         d. 

£        s.     d. 

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3 

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Amount  carried  forward. . . 

Total  number  of  Tickets       \ 
forwarded  with  this  Account    J 


1— d— 22 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


324 


No.  278p. 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 


Amount  brought  forward 


Adjustments  : 


Particulars  of  Call 
Date       Time  From  To 


Kxplanatory  Remarks 


to  lie 
added 
8.      (1. 


Amount 

to  be 

.      d 


Totals. 


Net  Amount  to  be  added  or  deducted. 


Ami  mnt  due  for  the  day 

Amount  due  for  the  previous  days  of  the  month .  . 

Total  due  from  the  beginning  of  the  month £ 


a.      d. 


Memo.— The  Tickets  forwarded  with  this  Account  should  be  returned  within  3  working  days  of  receipt 


Date  Stamp. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


Postmaster. 


APPEXDIX  "  A  "  325 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  278q. 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Concluded. 

DESCRIPTION   OF  THE  MANNER  IN   WHICH   DEMANDS    FOR  TRUNK    (OR  INTER-URBAN)    CALLS   ARE 
PASSED   BY   TELEPHONE    SUBSCRIBERS    TO   TRUNK    EXCHANGES. 

The  fact  that  the  local  exchange  systems  largely  do  not  belong  to  the  post  office, 
v/hieh  owns  the  trunk  lines,  and  that  local  exchanges  are  in  consequence  rarely  in  the 
same  room  as  a  trunk  exchange  has  led  to  the  existence  of  several  methods  of  passing 
demands. 

Subscribers  to  tFe  exchanges  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  and  of  the  cor- 
porations which  have  established  telephone  systems  do  not  as  a  rule  pass  the  particu- 
lars of  calls  direct  to  the  trunk  exchange  themselves.  They  inform  their  local  operator, 
who  in  turn  passes  the  particulars  to  the  trunk  exchange.  She  does  so  usually  by 
means  of  a  circuit  known  as  a  '  service '  circuit  which  is  terminated  at  an  operator's 
position  at  the  trunk  exchange.  This  '  service '  circuit  is  multiplied  on  keys  at  each 
operator's  position  in  the  local  exchange,  and  every  operator  thus  has  access  to  the 
service  circuit.  The  operator  at  the  trunk  exchange  has  to  attend  to  trunk  lines  in 
addition  to  noting  the  particulars  of  demands  on  tickets  as  they  are  passed. 

When  there  is  a  sufficient  amount  of  traffic  to  justify  it,  the  '  service '  circuit  is 
removed  from  the  operator's  position  at  the  trunk  exchange  and  terminated  on  the 
headgear  telephone  of  an  operator  (known  as  a  'record  operator').  This  operator 
listens  continuously,  and  notes  particulars  of  calls  as  they  are  passed,  the  tickets  being 
then  distributed  to  the  operators  at  the  trunk  positions. 

In  a  few  of  the  larger  exchanges,  '  direct  record '  working,  under  which  subscribers 
themselves  pass  demands  to  the  trunk  exchange,  is  in  force.  The  circuit  of  a  sub- 
scriber, who  wishes  to  make  a  trunk  call,  is  switched  through  to  the  trunk  exchange 
by  means  of  circuits  set  apart  for  the  purpose,  and  known  as  '  record  circuits.'  These 
record  circuits  are  usually  terminated  on  a  record  switch  section  which  is  fixed  on  a 
table  and  which  is  capable  of  accommodating  20  circuits.  At  the  trunk  exchange,  one 
operator  attends  to  one  record  switch  section,  and  notes  tho  particulars  of  calls  as  they 
are  passed. 

The  post  office  is  extending  this  system  as  rapidly  as  circumstances  permit. 

In  London  and  Cardiff,  the  record  circuits  are  terminated  at  a  transfer  section 
which  is  en  suite  with  the  switchboard.  The  record  operators  are  seated  at  a  table  in 
the  middle  of  the  room,  and  their  headgear  telephones  are  connected  with  cords  at  the 
transfer  section.  When  a  call  from  a  subscriber  is  received  at  the  transfer  section, 
the  record  circuit  is  immediately  extended  by  the  transfer  operator  to  any  disengaged 
record  operator.  By  this  means  the  work  is  better  distributed  than  where  one  operator 
attends  to  20  lines  terminated  on  a  record  switch  section.  The  post  office  is  extending 
this  system  to  the  largest  exchanges. 

All  post  office  subscribers  pass  their  calls  to  the  trunk  exchange  direct. 


No.  279. 


NEW  ZEALAND. 


Post  and  Telegraph  Department, 

General  Post  Office,  Wellington,  June  13,  1905. 

The  Hon.  the  Postmaster  General, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  1st  ultimo, 
asking  for  information  for  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems  of  the  work- 
ing of  the  telephone  system  of  this  colony. 

1__/7_22i  NEW  ZEALAND. 


326  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OX  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

In  reply,  I  have  pleasure  in  forwarding  herewith  a  list  of  answers  to  the  ques- 
tions which  you  furnished.  Under  separate  cover,  I  am  forwarding  you  copies  of  the 
Annual  Keport  of  the  Department  for  the  year  1903-4  ;  the  New  Zealand  Post  and 
Telegraph  Guide  for  the  current  half  year;  the  Official  Year  Book  for  1904;  and  a  set 
of  Post  and  Telegraph  maps  of  New  Zealand.  Should  any  further  information  on  the 
matter  be  required,  which  it  is  in  my  power  to  supply,  I  shall  be  glad  to  do  so. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 
J.  G.  WARD, 

Postmaster  General. 

No.  279a. 

ANSWERS    TO   QUESTIONS. 

The  government  owns  and  operates  the  long-distance  lines.  The  longest  distances 
in  New  Zealand  for  trunk  telephonic  communications  between  subscribers  to  different 
exchanges  are  generally  50  to  60  miles,  but  in  some  cases  subscribers  are  switched 
through  an  additional  20  to  30  miles.  Provision  is  not  made  for  greater  distances. 
although  at  times  an  exchange  in  one  telephonic  district,  while  confined  to  its  own 
limits  during  business  hours,  may  after  hours  communicate  with  another,  where  prac- 
ticable. 

If  erected  on  existing  poles  the  cost  (single  wire)  of  the  long-distance  lines  is: 
fron  wire,  £5  ($24.35)  to  £8  (38.96)  per  mile;  copper  wire.  200  pounds  weight  to  the 
mile,  £10  ($48.70)  to  £15  ($73.05).  The  cost  varies  according  whether  the  poles  do  or 
do  not  require  strengthening,  or  whether  additional  poles  are  necessary  to  carry  extra 
wires.  There  are  no  special  poles  carrying  only  toll  telephone  wires,  telegraph  lines 
of  poles  being  used.  Within  distances  before  mentioned  the  mileage  of  wire  exclusively 
used  for  telephone  toll  lines  is  approximately  500  miles.  Most  of  our  toll  lines  are 
also  used  for  ordinary  telegrams  transmitted  by  telephone. 

Our  toll  charges  are  6d.   (12J  cents)   for  three  minutes'  conversation  within 
miles,  and  Is.  (24J  cents)  over  25  miles.     No  other  rates  have  yet  been  fixed.     Sub- 
scribers   to   exchanges,  however,  only  pay  half  rates,  namely,  3d.  (6  cents)  under  25 
mi'es  and  6d.  (12J  cents)  over  25  miles. 

Note. — Experience  shows  that  although  three  minutes  is  an  average  time  for  a 
conversation,  only  about  seven  conversations  per  hour  can  be  regarded  as  the  capacity 
of  a  circuit. 

Subscribers'  circuits  are  grounded,  except  that  those  at  the  four  principal  ex- 
changes, Auckland,  Wellington,  Ohristchurch  and  Dunedin.  with  approximately  2,000 
subscribers  each,  are  now  being  converted  to  metallic  circuits.  Our  toll  lines,  called 
here  trunk  lines,  are  mostly  metallic,  or  in  course  of  being  made  so,  either  by  the  erec- 
tion of  special  wires  or  super-imposing  on  telegraph  wires.  Many  of  our  circuits  up 
to  50  and  60  miles  are  No.  8  iron,  both  grounded  and  metallic.  Where  we  have  copper 
metallic  circuits  specially  erected,  gauge  No.  Hi,  equal  to  200  pounds  weight  of  cop- 
per to  the  mile,  has  so  far  been  used.  An  example  of  such  special  circuits  is  that  from 
Invercargill  to  Gore,  comprising  two  metallic  circuits,  and  a  third  metallic  circuit 
super-imposed.    The  line  is  40  miles  long,  vide  map  sent  under  separate  cover. 

The  total  cost  of  long-distance  lines  varies,  but  as  an  example  it  may  be  men- 
tioned that  a  special  metallic  trunk  line  has  been  recently  erected  on  telegraph  poles, 
one  section  of  which  cost  £13  8s.  ($65.25)  per  mile  of  single  copper  wire,  200  pounds 
to  the  mile,  hut  this  included  a  number  of  stronger  poles  inserted  in  the  line. 

The  cost  of  maintenance  of  telephone  lines  is  included  in  our  telegraph  lines 
maintenance,  and  cannot  be  separately  stated.  The  operating  expenses,  including  only 
the  attendants  on  toll  lines,  would  depend  on  the  amount  of  business,  and  the  salaries 
paid  to  the  particular  officers,  male  or  female.  Table  No.  21  of  'the  Department's 
Annual  Report  for  the  year  1904-5  gives  details  of  exchanges,  but  not  the  separate  cost 
of  toll  lines.  Five  per  cent  per  annum  is  paid  on  debenture  capital.  For  complete 
figures,  see  Table  No.  21  of  the  annual  report. 
NEW  ZEALAND. 


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329 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  fees  for  conversations  by  subscribers  on  toll  lines  are  collected  from  them  at 
the  time  the  half-yearly  subscription  is  paid  by  them,  each  exchange  keeping  accounts 
against  each  user  of  the  toll  line.  In  the  case  of  non-subscribers,  the  fee  is  collected 
at  the  time  of  service. 

The  department  has  for  several  years  been  superimposing  telephone  circuits  on 
telegraph  wires  and  telegraph  circuits  on  telephone  wires.  It  is  obvious  that  the  use 
of  telegraph  wires  for  telephone  purposes  is  limited,  and  nearly  all  the  wires  available 
for  this  purpose  have  now  been  absorbed.  Wherever  the  conditions  permit,  use  will 
be  made  of  telegraph  wires  for  telephone  purposes  or  vice  versa,  either  superimposed 
or  on  the  condenser  system.  It  is  intended  to  give  a  telephone  service  between  Wel- 
lington and  Palmerston  North  on  the  condenser  system — that  is,  using  telegraph  wires 
both  for  telegraph  and  telephone  purposes.  Certain  alterations  to  the  line  will  be 
necessary,  but  in  a  few  months  it  is  hoped  to  put  the  system  in  operation. 

There  is  also  in  operation  what  is  known  as  duplex-telephone  circuits,  and  these 
will  be  extended  where  the  necessary  wires  exist.  Such  a  duplex  circuit  is  at  work 
between  Napier  and  Hastings,  where  four  telephone  wires  allow  of  a  third  metallio 
circuit  being  superimposed  on  the  two  metallic  circuit  pairs. 

The  government  owns  and  operates  all  exchanges.  The  exchanges  constitute  a 
branch  of  the  Post  and  Telegraph  Department.  The  population  of  New  Zealand,  at 
this  date,  is  900,000  approximately. 

TELEPHONE  EXCHANGES. 

Four  new  exchanges  were  opened  during  the  year,  and  one  closed.  1,318  new  sub- 
scribers were  added  to  the  exchanges  throughout  the  colony,  bringing  the  total  con- 
nections up  to  13,423,  an  increase  of  10 :89  per  cent  for  the  year.  Of  the  total  increase, 
595  were  added  at  the  four  chief  centres. 

There  were  on  March  31  last  28  central  and  57  sub-exchanges,  a  total  of  85  in  alL 
The  following  is  a  comparative  return  of  the  telephone  exchange  connections  for 
the  years  1903-4  and  1904-5  :— 


Ashburton 

Auckland 

Devonport 

Blenheim 

Christchurch .... 

Akaroa 

Doyleston   .... 

Duvauchelle.  . . 

Leeston 

Lincoln 

Little  River 

Lyttelton 

Rangoria 

Southbridge . . . 

Dannevirke 

Dunedin 

Balclutha .    . .    . 

Clinton    

Kaitangata .... 

Milton 

Palmerston .    . 

Port  Chalmers 

Waikouaiti .... 
Feilding   

Sanson   


Exchange. 


Number  of  Subscribers  or 
Connections. 


March  31,  1904. 


118 

,707 

34 

133 

,479 

36 

7 


11 


15 

6 

88 

,579 

24 

8 
10 
21 
18 
21 

8 
133 

1 


March  31,  1905. 


130 

1,854 

38 

137 

1,647 

40 

7 

8 

10 

6 

9 

8 

15 

6 

109 

1,702 

27 

8 

13 

23 

19 

22 

8 

45 

1 


Population 
1901  Census. 


2,322 


3,823 
3,222 


559 


4,023 
1,768 


2,315 

1,617' 


1,241 

738 

2,056 


NEW  ZEALAND. 


330 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 
telephone  exchanges — Continued. 


Number  of  Subscribers  or 

Connections. 

Exchange. 

Pi  filiation 

l'.iol  C'en- 

March  31,  1904. 

March  31,  1905. 

Gisborne 

281 
183 

329 
193 

2,737 

Greymouth 

3,748 

44 

47 

66 

1,253 

143 
26 

157 

30 

6 

2,131 

18 

14 

Pa  tea 

31 

129 

10 

33 

132 

10 

091 

1,946 

Kumara 

Ross 

6 

6 

614 

Invercargill   

335 

372 

6,215 

Bluff 

30 

5 

83 

33 

5 

88 

2,354 

16 

16 

Mataura  

10 

11 

25 

24 

K  i  v  ei  sdale 

17 
18 

22 

16 
18 
25 

815 

Winton 

474 

5 

5 

Wyndham, 

12 

12 

155 

205 

3,949 

33 

38 

1.203 

18 
10 

30 
9 

1,122 

384 

118 

399 

185 

8  774 

3,650 

1 
220 

1 

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7,010 

320 

329 

4,405 

18 

23 

16 

14 

Oamaru 

210 

219 

4,836 

2 

2 

Pahiatua 

79 

82 

1,209 

Woodville . 

20 

23 

926 

Palmerston  North 

264 

328 

6,534 

Foxton 

24 

25 

1,211 

70 
98 

91 
L06 

1,307 

-J  '27 

Stratford  

78 

82 

1,009 

Paeroa 

-  25 

29 

206 

243 

6.424 

Fairlie 

12 

11 

Geraldine 

28 

9 

6 

18 

35 

445 

8    ' 

6 

17 

29 

425 

Temuka 

1.465 
1,359 
7,329 

Waimate 

5 

47 

1 

6 

63 

1 

Marton 

Okaiawa 

1,101 

Waverley 

8 

7 

2,103 
109 

2,260 
125 

43,638 
2,922 
1,429 

Westport 

36 

55 

12,105 

13,423 

___^__ 

NEW  ZEALAND. 


APPENDIX  "  A  " 


331 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  connections  are  classified  :  Paying,  12,377  ;  free,  276  ;  bureaux,  770  ;  total, 
13,423  (being  1  telephone  to  57 :56  inhabitants,  based  on  the  total  population  of 
772,719,  1901  census). 


Miles  of  lines,  31st  March,  1904 . . . 

31st  March,  1905  . . 

Miles  of  wire,  31st  March.  1904.. . 

31st  March,  1905..  . 

Increase  during  the  year — 

Miles  of  line 

Miles  of  wire 

Cables — 

Submarine,  31st  March,  1904. 
31st  March,  1905. 


Telegraph. 


283 
283 


7,779i 

7,9432 

22,9204 

23,704" 

164S 
7831 

107  knots. 
107       m 


Telephone. 


72U 
7S.V, 
9,834  i 
11,028 

64 
1.193J 

3-392  knots. 
3-392      .. 


The  following  are  particulars  of  telegraph  and  telephone  wires.  &c,  in  the  colony 
on  March  31,  1905,  exclusive  of  those  now  maintained  by  the  Railway  Department: — 

The  population  of  the  principal  cities  is  as  follows : — 

Auckland  and  suburbs 74,738 

Wellington  and  suburbs 57,663 

Christchurch  and  suburbs 48,767 

Dunedin  and  suburbs 59,000 

The  next  towns  of  importance,  Invercargill,  Napier,  &c.,  have  under  10,000. 


THE   CHARGES   FOR  SERVICE  ARE   AS   FOLLOWS. 

1.  In  addition  to  the  entrance  fee  of  £1,  the  charge  per  annum  payable  in  respect 
of  the  hire  for  any  telephone  instrument  connected  with  a  government  telephone  ex- 
change is  as  follows : — 

To  every  subscriber  for  a  single  wire,  as  from  the  date  of  connection: 

Per  annum. 

At  exchanges  which  are  open  continuously —  £    s. 

Business  establishments 7     0  ($34.09) 

Private  residences 5     0  ($24.35) 

At  exchanges  which  are  not  open  continuously — 

Business  establishments  and  private  residences..    ..     5     0  ($24.35) 

2.  The  following  are  the  hours  of  attendance  observed  at  telephone  exchanges,  ac- 
cording to  the  number  of  paying  subscribers  connected  therewith  :— 

Hours. 
Subscribers.  a.m.       p.m. 

Up  to  65 9  to     5 

Over     65  and  up  to  100 8  "      8 

"      100        "  125 8  "    10 

"      125         "  150 S  ''    midnight. 

"      150 — Open  continuously  if  desired  by  subscribers,  and  payment  at 
rate  of  £7   ($34.09)   per  annum  for  business  connections 
agreed  to. 

3.  Extra  telephone  (in  addition  to  cost  of  fitting),  £1  ($4.87).  Special  instru- 
ments or  appliances,  as  per  agreement.  Printing  name  of  subscriber  in  telephone  list 
free.  Printing  of  additional  names  of  subscribers  in  connection  with  the  same  num- 
ber: For  each  additional  entry,  10s.  ($2.44). 

NEW  ZEALAND. 


332  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

4.  The  above  rates  are  for  connections  with  a  telephone  exchange  of  warehouses, 
stores,  shops  and  business  places  not  more  than  half  a  mile  from  the  exchange,  and  of 
private  residences  not  more  than  one  mile  from  the  exchange. 

5.  For  every  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction  thereof,  for  each  year  com- 
mencing from  the  date  of  connection,  and  for  every  following  year,  10s.  ($2.44). 

6.  Where  any  connection  with  an  exchange  is  over  one  mile  in  length,  the  appli- 
cant will  be  required  to  hold  the  same  for  three  years. 

7.  If  a  connection  with  a  telephone  exchange  necessitates  the  erection  of  a  new 
line  of  poles  beyond  one  mile,  then  the  additional  charge  after  the  first  mile  will  be  at 
the  rate  of  £1  ($4.87)  for  every  quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction  thereof. 

8.  For  connections  over  three  miles  in  length  the  subscriber  will  be  charged  at 
ordinary  rates  on  the  first  three  miles.  For  the  portion  beyond  that  distance  he  will 
be  required  to  pay  the  cost  of  erection  of  the  line,  and  an  annual  maintenance  charge 
of  £1  ($4.87)  for  each  quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction  thereof  if  the  line  is  on  new  poles, 
or  10s.  for  each  quarter  of  a  mile  if  the  wire  is  on  an  existing  line  of  poles. 

CHARGES    FROM    TELEPHONE   BUREAUX   OR    PUBLIC    CALL    OFFICES. 

1.  A  '  telephone  bureau '  means  any  ordinary  telegraph  or  telephone  office  which 
is  mentioned  as  a  bureau  in  the  list  of  telegraph  offices  published  in  the  Post  and  Tele- 
graph Guide  for  the  time  being,  as  well  as  any  such  bureau  specifically  constituted. 

2.  The  following  are  the  charges  to  be  paid  by  the  public  for  the  use  of  govern- 
ment telephones  at  a  telephone  bureau  in  the  colony : — 

3.  Where  the  line  used  is  not  more  than  twenty-five  miles  long,  a  uniform  charge 
of  6d.  (12^  cents)  for  use  of  the  same  for  any  period  not  exceeding  three  minutes,  and 
u  further  charge  of  6d.  for  every  additional  three  minutes  or  portion  of  three  minutes. 

4.  Where  the  line  used  is  over  twenty-five  miles  long,  the  charges  are  Is.  (24J 
cents)  for  use  of  the  same  for  any  time  not  exceeding  three  minutes,  and  a  further 
charge  of  Is.  for  every  additional  three  minutes  or  portion  of  three  minutes. 

5.  When  subscribers  are  connected  through  an  exchange  to  a  bureau,  or  from  a 
bureau  to  a  subscriber,  half  the  above  rates  will  be  charged  if  the  applicant  is  a  sub- 
scriber to  the  particular  exchange  through  which  it  is  desired  to  communicate. 

6.  When  a  message  to  the  effect  that  any  person  is  required  at  a  telephone  is  sent 
to  a  bureau  for  delivery  beyond  the  premises  in  which  such  bureau  is  situated,  3d. 
(6  cents)  will  be  charged  for  delivery.  These  charges  must  be  paid  by  the  sender. 
Messages  for  addresses  outside  the  ordinary  delivery  limits  are  subject  to  special 
charges  for  delivery,  according  to  the  extra  expense  thereby  incurred. 

7.  Any  one  person  may  only  use  the  wire  for  six  minutes  at  a  time — that  is  to  say 
that  if  another  person  requires  the  wire,  at  the  end  of  six  minutes  it  must  be  given  up. 
Should  the  wire  not  be  asked  for,  then  the  person  using  it  may  continue  to  do  so  at 
tariff  rate.    On  Sundays  ordinary  rates  only  are  charged. 

LONG-DISTANCE   COMMUNICATIONS. 

8.  The  following  are  the  charges  for  the  use  of  government  telephones  for  the 
purpose  of  conversing  over  long-distance  wires  on  Sundays,  or  at  other  times  approved 
by  the  commissioner,  usually  between  midnight  and  8  a.m. : — 

(a.)  When  the  conversation  takes  place  through  exchanges  which  are  open  con- 
tinuously, or  through  other  exchanges  or  bureaux  during  the  ordinary  hours  of  attend- 
ance of  switchboard  or  bureau  attendants:  For  a  period  not  exceeding  six  minutes, 
2s.  6d.  (61  cents);  and  a  further  charge  of  2s.  6d.  (61  cents)  for  every  additional 
period  of  six  minutes  or  portion  of  six  minutes. 

(b.)  When  special  attendance  of  switchboard  or  bureau   attendants  out  of  or- 
dinary hours  of  attendance  is  required,  then  for  each  switchboard  or  bureau  attendant 
called  upon  to  make  the  necessary  wire  connections:  For  every  hour  or  less,  2s.  6d. 
(61  cents),  in  addition  to  the  charges  set  forth  in  subsection  (a.). 
NEW  ZEALAND. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  333 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

9.  No  free  conversations  on  public  service  are  permitted  over  long-distance  cir- 
cuits. 

Private  Wires. 

conditions  under  which  line  will  be  constructed,  supplied  with  instruments  and 

maintained. 

Cost  of  Construction. 

Application  should  be  made  direct  to  the  Superintendent  of  Electric  Lines,  Wel- 
lington, for  any  information  regarding  cost  of  construction  and  conditions  under 
which  private  lines  will  be  constructed  or  supplied  with  instruments. 

Maintenance  and  Wayleave. 

The  charge  for  maintenance  of  each  private  line  will  be  as  under,  payable  yearly 
in  advance,  viz. : — 

For  the  first  mile  or  fraction  thereof,  £2  ($9.74)  per  annum,  and  10s.  ($2.44)  for 
every  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction  thereof. 

If  the  wire  cannot  be  erected  on  any  existing  poles,  and  therefore  entails  the  erec- 
tion of  new  poles,  then  for  such  new  line  the  maintenance  will  be  at  the  rate  of  £4 
($19.48)  per  annum  for  the  first  mile  or  fraction  thereof,  and  £1  ($4.87)  for  every  addi- 
tional quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction  thereof. 

Use  of  Line. 

The  applicants  must  only  use  the  line  for  their  own  bona  fide  business,  and  on  no 
account,  directly  or  indirectly,  allow  the  wire  to  be  used  for  any  purpose  which  might 
be  construed  into  an  attempt  to  defraud  the  department  of  its  revenue. 

Nearly  all  extensions  of  telegraph  facilities  to  rural  districts  or  new  settlements 
are  for  telephone  working.  The  majority  of  New  Zealand  offices  at  which  telegrams 
are  dealt  with  have  telephonic  communication  only,  and  are  carried  on  in  a  store,  a 
schoolhouse  or  a  settler's  house,  where  the  small  post  offices  are  kept.  Many  of  these 
offices  yield  a  revenue  of  under  £10  ($48.70)  a  year.  A  very  large  number  of  them 
(about  770)  are  what  we  call  bureaux,  in  which  provision  is  made  for  a  settler  either 
to  send  a  telegram  or  speak  over  the  same  wire  to  the  centre  of  his  district,  which 
usually  has  an  exchange. 

No  measured  service  system  is  in  vogue  in  New  Zealand. 

The  greatest  distance  spoken  over  is,  say,  about  100  miles.  Provision  is  not  made 
for  very  long  distances,  only  for  districts.  These  districts  are  defined  in  accompany- 
ing map  by  a  blue  line  inclosing  each.  But  they  may  overlap,  and  after  regular  hours 
speech  is  permitted  from  an  office  in  one  district  to  an  office  in  another,  where  prac- 
ticable. We  have  a  special  service  for  night  and  Sunday  over  telegraph  wires  after 
telegraph  offices  are  closed.  This  applies,  however,  almost  solely  to  Auckland  to 
Napier,  Auckland  to  Wellington,  Wellington  to  Napier,  in  the  North  Island,  the  ex- 
changes in  these  places  being  open  always.  The  distance  from  Auckland  to  Welling- 
ton is  nearly  500  miles.  Napier  is,  approximately,  half  way.  Vide  map.  Wellington 
can  also  speak  by  telephone  to  Christchurch  in  the  Middle  Island  when  the  telegraph 
offices  are  closed.  The  telegraph  wire  used  includes  33  knots  of  submarine  cable,  and 
the  length  of  the  circuit  is  270  miles.  The  wire  on  the  land  line,  however,  is  No.  8 
copper,  or  400  pounds  weight  to  the  mile.  Christchurch  can  in  the  same  way  speak  to 
Dune  1  in,  240  miles  distant,  or  to  Invercargill,  a  further  distance  of  130  miles.  Ad- 
vantage is  frequently  taken  of  permission  to  converse  after  hours  and  on  Sunday. 
The  charge  is  2s.  6d.  (61  cents)  for  six  minutes'  use  of  the  wire. 

'  Ericsson '  and  '  Western  Electric '  wall  or  table  telephones,  mostly  bridging,  are 
used  by  subscribers. 

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Subscribers'  lines  are  single,  grounded  circuits,  but  are  being  converted  to  metallic 
at  the  four  principal  centres.    Some  lines  are  iron  and  some  copper.    All  overhead. 

The  managers  are  officers  of  the  Post  and  Telegraph  Department,  and  are  not 
specially  paid  for  services  connected  with  telephones.  Officers  in  charge  of  exchanges 
acting  under  supervising  officers  of  the  Post  and  Telegraph  Department  receive  £220 
($1,071.40)  per  annum;  linemen,  £125  ($598.75)  to  £180  ($876.60)  per  annum;  super- 
vising cadettes,  £40  ($194.80)  to  £120  ($584.40) ;  switchboard  cadettes,  £40  ($194.80) 
to  £80  ($389.60). 

The  cost  of  equipment  is  as  follows : — 

Switchboards. 

The  four  principal  stations,  Auckland,  Wellington,  Christchurch  and  Dunedin, 
are  fitted  with  multiple  switchboards  of  an  ultimate  capacity  of  4,900  numbers.  Cost, 
•fitted  up,  about  £5  ($24.35)  per  number. 

Smaller  switchboards  of  various  types — many  made  up  here — cost  £2  ($9.74)  per 
number. 

Ericsson  or  Western  Electric  wall  telephones — about  £3  ($14.61)  each  in  England. 

Ericsson  or  Western  Electric  desk  telephones — about  £3  10s.  Od.  ($17.05)  each. 

Wood  poles,  from  £1  ($4.87)  each  and  upwards,  according  to  size,  20  to  50  feet. 

Wood  cross  arms,  according  to  size,  6d.  (12|  cents)  to  Is.  Od.  (37  cents)  each. 

Insulators  and  bolts,  up  to  Is.  (243  cents)  each. 

No  payment  is  made  for  wayleave  privileges. 

No.  279b. 

NEW  ZEALAND— Continued. 

EXTRACTS  FROM   THE   ANNUAL  REPORT   OF   THE   POST   AND   TELE- 
GRAPH   DEPARTMENT    OF    NEW    ZEALAND    FOR    THE 
YEAR   ENDING   MARCH    31,    1905. 

Telegraph    and    Telephone    Construction    and    Maintenance, 
new  zealand  cable  services. 

The  cables  across  Cook  Strait,  including  the  Wanganui-Wakapuaka  cable,  have 
been  periodically  tested  with  satisfactory  results.  No  faults  have  occurred  during  the 
last  two  years. 

The  cable  connecting  the  Middle  Island  with  Stewart  Island  continues  in  good 
working  order. 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  note  that  the  four  Cook  Strait  cables  are  quadruplexed. 
One  is  used  direct  to  Dunedin  and  one  to  Christchurch.  The  other  two  are  quadru- 
plexed to  Blenheim,  and  through  repeaters  there,  Wellington  is  enabled  to  work  on 
one  a  duplex  circuit  to  Christchurch,  and  a  duplex  circuit  to  Greymouth,  and  on  the 
vther  a  duplex  circuit  to  Nelson  and  a  duplex  to  Wakapuaka,  with  Blenheim  inter- 
mediate. Wellington  has  direct  communication  with  these  places  in  the  Middle  Island, 
as  well  as  all  important  towns  in  the  Wellington,  Napier,  Wanganui  and  New  Ply- 
mouth districts;  and  also  with  Auckland. 

These  four  cables  are  equal  to  sixteen  single  wires,  and  a  single  wire  has  a  capa- 
city in  ordinary  working  of  forty  messages  an  hour.  When  quadruplexed  the  wire  has 
four  times  the  carrying  capacity. 

The  Wanganui-Wakapuaka  cable  is  duplexed,  making  it  equal  to  two  single  wires. 

TRUNK  TELEPHONE  WIRES. 

Contrasted  with  the  use  that  can  be  made  of  a  telegraph  wire,  it  is  found  that  a 
trunk  telephone  wire  has  the  very  limited  capacity  of  about  fifty  to  sixty  spoken  com- 
munications a  day;  and  where  a  telephone  circuit,  either  metallic  or  single,  is  carrying 
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APPENDIX  No.   1 

that  volume  uf  business  there  is  a  demand  for  an  extra  wire.  Where  there  are  other 
wires  on  the  sams  poles,  efficient  communication  requires  the  provision  of  a  metallic 
circuit — that  is,  two  wires;  and  where  there  is  an  existing  single  wire  circuit  for  any 
length,  and  a  second  one  is  required,  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  erect  a  metallic  cir- 
cuit to  have  eacli  free  from  induction  from  the  other.  This  points  to  the  necessity  of 
charges  being  made  for  spoken  communications  in  proportion  to  the  length  of  wire. 
This  is  the  practice  in  England,  America,  and  other  countries.  In  England  the 
charges  are  3d.  for  twenty-five  miles,  6d.  for  twenty-five  to  fifty  miles,  9d.  for  fifty  to 
seventy-five  miles,  Is.  for  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  miles,  and  6d.  for  every  addi- 
tional forty  miles.  The  time  allowed  at  the  above  rates  is  three  minutes.  With  three 
minutes  as  the  basis  of  charge,  it  is  found  from  records  made  here  that  each  spoken 
communication  takes  up  the  circuit  for  an  average  of  nine  minutes. 

Before  the  department  extends  its  trunk  telephone  facilities  these  facts  will  require 
consideration,  and  a  preliminary  scale  of  distance  rates  prepared.  On  ordinary  tele- 
phone lines,  which  serve  the  largest  number  of  offices  in  the  colony — namely,  936  out 
of  a  total  of  1,200  offices — used  for  the  transmission  of  telegrams,  the  business  that 
can  be  done  is  about  twenty  messages  an  hour,  while  spoken  communications  between 
subscribers  or  telephone  bureaux  average  only  six  to  seven  an  hour. 

CHEAP   TELEPHONE   LINES. 

Every  effort  is  being  made  to  reduce  the  cost  of  country  extensions,  consistent 
with  safety  to  the  public  and  a  reasonable  prospect  of  an  uninterrupted  service.  The 
cost  of  poles  is  the  largest  item  of  expenditure,  and  by  the  use  of  a  pole  costing  10s. 
extensions  may  be  made  for  about  £20  a  mile.  Each  extension  must  be  dealt  with, 
however,  on  its  merits.  Its  remoteness  from  a  lineman's  station,  the  character  of  the 
country,  fenced  or  open,  the  number  of  roads  or  gateways,  whether  sheep-country  or 
cropping-country,  have  all  to  be  considered,  also  whether  long  or  short  cartage  of  poles 
and  material  is  necessary. 

AUCKLAND  DISTRICT. 

Construction. 

The  following  new  lines  have  been  erected  during  the  year : — 

Miles         Miles 
of  Pole,     of  Wire. 

Waipa  prison  (lead  off  Waiotapu  line) Oft  Oft 

Ngaruawahia  to  Te  Akatea  and  Waingaro 16  16 

Auckland  to  Newton  and  Mount  Eden  railway 2i 

Cambridge  Sanatorium Oft  Oft 

Auckland    to    Warkworth    (diversion   of  Nos.   1   and  2 

wires) 96 

Waiotemarama  to  Waimamaku 3 J  3| 

Hinuera   (lead  off  Morrinsville-Putaruru  line) 0£  OJ 

Cambridge  to  Cambridge  West 1  1 

Auckland  to_  Atiamuri  Junction    (diversion  of    No.  3 

wire) 156 

Tauranga  to  Te  Puke  diversion 13  26 

Paengaroa  Junction  towards  Matata  diversion 18  18 

Hamilton  to  Te  Awamutu  (diversion  of  No.  5  wire)   ....  IS 

Auckland — Manukau  Heads   (second  wire) 23 

For  Kailway  Department — 

Paeroa  Bail  way  to  Puriri  Bailway 10J  10  J 

Totals 62|        371J 

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336  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEM* 

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Railway  wires  ceased  to  be  maintained  by  this  department  from  July  31,  1904: — 

Miles         Miles 
of  Pole,     of  Wire. 

Newmarket — Mount  Eden  telephone li  li 

Mount  Eden  and  Avondale  signal  repeaters 0§ 

Auckland-Penrose  telephones ' 

blocks 1  19| 

Auckland  Railway  crossing  bells 

Greenlane  Racecourse  platform 1 

Newmarket  signalbox  tunnel 

Auckland — Mount  Smart  telephone T:; 

Otahuhu   Railway — Papakura    Railway    telephone..     ..     lOf  10| 

Tuakau-Whangarata  telephone 

Huntly-Ohinewai  telephone 5 J  5  J 

Paeroa  Railway — Puriri  Railway  telephone -  10^ 

Totals 28|  66£ 

The  total  number  of  miles  of  poles  and  wire  in  this  district,  exclusive  of  those 
maintained  by  the  Railway  Department  for  their  own  use,  is  2,063J  and  5,6085  respec- 
tively. 

Maintenance. 

The  reconstruction  of  the  Auckland — Doubtless  Bay  section  was  completed  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year.  Reconstruction  of  the  section  Otahuhu  to  Hamilton  has  been 
finished,  and  the  line  from  Hamilton  to  Cambridge  rebuilt.  These  sections  are  now 
in  first-class  order. 

Nos.  1  and  2  north  wires,  which  originally  ran  via  Helensville,  are  now  qn  the 
main  line  via  Waiwera. 

Another  wire  from  Auckland  to  Atiamuri  Junction  (156  miles),  taking  the  place 
of  a  wire  via  Thames  and  Mercer,  has  been  erected,  thus  giving  another  direct  wire  to 
Napier  and  south. 

The  line,  Tauranga-Te  Puke,  has  been  diverted  from  the  coast  to  the  main  road, 
requiring  the  erection,  of  13  miles  of  poles  and  26  miles  of  wire. 

The  Te  Puke-Paengaroa  Junction  line  has  been  entirely  rebuilt  and  strengthened. 

Maketu-Opotiki  line. — This  line,  for  a  distance  of  18  miles  along  the  beach,  has 
been  diverted  to  the  main  road.  The  whole  section  is  receiving  a  thorough  overhaul, 
which  will  be  completed  early  in  the  year. 

Manukau  Heads. — A  second  wire,  23  miles  long,  has  been  erected  on  the  main 
south  line,  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a  metallic  circuit  to  the  junction  of  the  Heads 
line,  thereby  eliminating  induction.  A  transformer  is  inserted  at  that  point,  and  the 
circuit  continued  on  the  single  wire  to  the  terminal  office.  This  arrangement  gives 
(entire  satisfaction. 

The  Paeroa-Waihi  line  is  being  rebuilt,  and  will  be  completed  early  in  the  year. 

The  Hikutaia  Junction  line  towards  Katikati  is  being  diverted  to  within  eight 
miles  of  Katikati,  and  will  run  through  Waihi,  connecting  with  the  new  line  on  to 
Paeroa,  thus  providing  a  much  better  route. 

The  Cambridge-Te  Awamutu'  line,  which  carried  one  wire  only  and  would  require 
considerable  attention  to  thoroughly  repair,  will  be  dismantled.  The  wire  has  been 
diverted  to  the  King-country  line  from  Hamilton. 

Offices. 

Ten  new  offices  were  opened  in  the  district  during  the  year,  nine  being  connected 
by  telephone,  and  one  (Mount  Eden  Railway)  by  Morse  instruments. 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Three  offices  were  closed — viz.,  Waikowhai,  Opitonui  and  Piriaka ;  whilst  Omanaia 
was  reopened. 

The  total  number  of  offices  open  is  now  271,  50  of  which  are  Morse  and  221  tele- 
phone. 

Two  offices,  Newton  and  Whakatane,  were  converted  from  telephone  to  Morse,  and 
One,  Katikati,  from  Morse  to  telephone. 

The  Touranga,  Whakatane  and  Mangonui  offices  have  been  refitted,  whilst  those 
at  Dargaville,  Cambridge  and  Te  Awamutu  have  been  fitted  with  duplex  sets,  and  the 
Auckland  office  with  two  new  quadruplex  sets  of  instruments  for  the  purpose  of  meet- 
iTiir  the  steadily  increasing  traffic. 

Two  small  offices,  Okete  and  Ardmore,  were  burnt  down  during  the  year,  but  com- 
munication was  soon  restored. 

The  ceiling  of  the  Auckland  operating  room  has  been  raised,  and  the  ventilation 
considerably  improved. 

Telephone  Exchanges. 

The  Auckland  exchange  is  steadily  increasing  in  numbers,  there  being  on  March 
31  a  total  of  1,854  connections,  an  increase  of  147  for  the  year.  Of  these,  1,773  are  pay- 
ing, 23  free,  and  58  bureaux.  There  are  also  387  extension  telephones  connected  with 
the  exchange.  A  new  section  of  300  numbers  is  being  added  to  the  switchboard,  which 
will  enable  2,400  connections  to  be  dealt  with. 

One  hundred  and  eight  and  one-half  miles  of  poles  and  1,951  miles  of  wire  are 
utilized  for  the  present  connections. 

A  new  exchange  was  opened  at  Hamilton.  On  March  31  there  were  66  subscribers, 
requiring  the  erection  of  4f  miles  of  poles  and  26  miles  of  wire. 

Substantial  increases  at  Rotorua  and  Whangarei,  by  21  and  18  subscribers  respec- 
tively, have  taken  place;  whilst  all  the  other  exchanges  show  a  slight  increase  over  the 
number  of  connections  last  year. 

The  7  exchanges  are  working  satisfactorily.  The  total  connections  therewith  num- 
ber 2,215  (2,093  paying,  33  free  and  89  bureaux).  The  poles  and  wire  connected  with 
the  various  exchanges  aggregate,  respectively,  138  miles  and  2,1174  miles. 

Metallic  Circuits. 

On  March  31  there  were  285  subscribers  connected  by  metallic  circuit. 

The  work  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  city,  which  embraces  Otahuhu,  Onehunga, 
Ellerslie,  Epsom,  Remuera  and  Parnell,  and  most  of  which  required  very  long  circuits, 
entailing  considerable  labour,  is  completed. 

In  the  remainder  of  the  city  the  work  will  be  comparatively  easy,  and  a  much 
larger  number  of  subscribers  will  be  joined  up  in  a  shorter  time. 

WELLINGTON    DISTRICT. 

Construction.     a 

The  following  new  lines  and  wires  were  erected  in  this  district  during  the  year : — 

Miles         Miles 
of  Pole.     o£  Wire. 

Inglewood  to  Halcombe  (part  of  through  wire,  Welling- 
ton to  New  Plymouth) 134J 

Shannon  to  Otaki  (part  of  through  wire,  Wellington  to 

New  Plymouth) 24 

Gladstone  to  Te  Wharau 14  14 

Mangatera  to  Umutaoroa 4J  4J 

Kilbirnie  to  Maramii  (lead  off  Worser  Bay  line) ....       0J  0J 

Aramoho  to  Aramoho  Railway 0J  0J 

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338  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OA7  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Construction — Continued. 

Miles  Miles 
of  Pole,     of  Pole. 

Martinborough  to  Hinakura 14J  14£ 

Waitara  to  Sentry  Hill H 

Utiku  to  Ohutu 0|  U 

Ngaurukehu   (lead  off  Mataroa-Euanui  line) 0£  0£ 

Napier  to   Hastings    (metallic  circuit 25 

Northland   (lead  off  Wellington-Karori  line) 0i 

Gisborne  to  Manufuke  (metallic  circuit) 16 

Muriwai  to  Wharerata 8 

Patea  to  Whenuakura Of 

Petone  to  Hutt 2£ 

Eiverlea  (lead  off  Eltham-Kaponga  wire) 

Napier  to  Eskdale 1 

Woodville  to  Mangarawa 2  2 

Douglas  Eoad  (lead  off  Toko-Strathmore  wire) 

Wairoa  to  Opoutama  (new  route) 23  46 

Telephone  exchange  to  telegraph  office,  Wellington 0J 

Napier  to  Napier  Park  racecourse 3 

Otaki  Eailway  to  Otaki  (loop  lines) 12 

Levin  to  Shannon  (new  route) 9J  57 

Palmerston  North  to  Terrace  End 1 

Whangamomona  to  Kohuratahi 4i  4£ 

Ormondville  to  Whetukura 3J  3| 

Himatangi     (bridged     across     Foxton-Palmerston     X.. 

metallic  circuit • 

Transferred    from    telephone    exchange,    Napier     (for 

metallic  circuits 9| 

For  Public  "Works  Department — 

Mangaweka  to  Taihape 14  14 

Totals 90  404 

Lines  dismantled — 

Whenuakura,  from  main  line  to  old  office 2 J 

Wairo  to  Oputama  (old  beach  route) 21  42 

Shannon  to  Levin  (old  route) 12  72 

Totals 33  116J 


The  above  operations  resulted* in  a  net  increase  of  57  miles  of  poles  and  287£  miles 
cf  wire,  making  grand  totals  of  2,087§  miles  of  poles  and  7,330lJ  miles  of  wire  main- 
tained in  this  district,  exclusive  of  those  maintained  by  the  Eailway  Department  for 
their  own  use. 

Ten  private  wires,  principally  in  outlying  districts,  have  been  erected,  aggregat- 
ing 1i  miles  of  poles  and  10f  miles  of  wire. 

Maintenance. 

The  lines  generally  are  in  good  order  several  sections  enumerated  below,  having 
recently  been  overhauled;  but  the  following  sections  still  need  attention:  Wairoa- 
Mohaka,    Wangaehu-Feilding,    Pakipaki-Waipukurau,     Waipukurau-Poranghau     and 
Otaki- Wellington.     The  work  will  be  taken  in  hand  during  the  year. 
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The  following  sections  were  overhauled  and  strengthened  with  extra  or  larger 
poles  where  necessary: — 

Miles. 

Inglewood  to  Wangaehu 120 

Nuhaka  to  Opoutama 7 

Gisborne  to  Opoutama 43 

Kaitoke  to  Upper  Hutt 8 

Pohui  to  Rangitaiki 50 

Masterton  to  Castelpoint  and  Whakataki 45 

Gisborne  to  Manutuke 8 

Wellington  to  Hutt  (partial) 8 

Opoutama  to  Mr.  Ormond's 5J 

Nuhaka  to  Morere 6| 

Otaki  to  Otaki  Railway  (reconstructed) 1£ 

Total 3025 


Heavy  gales  followed  by  a  severe  snowstorm  in  August  last  did  much  damage  to 
the  line  on  the  high  levels  between  Napier  and  Taupo. 

Line  faults  are  still  caused  by  traction-engines,  and  threshing  machines  colliding 
with  the  wires,  and  also  by  persons  felling  trees,  or  throwing  pieces  of  wire,  over  the 
lines. 

Offices. 

Sixteen  new  offices  have  been  opened  and  three  closed  during  the  year. 

A  new  Jack-knife  testboard  has  been  erected  at  New  Plymouth,  and  the  instru- 
ments refitted  and  rearranged  to  provide  room  for  a  forked  quadruplex  repeater  set, 
which  has  been  installed  to  work  on  the  Wanganui — New  Plymouth  and  New  Ply- 
mouth-Auckland circuits.  A  full  quadruplex  repeater  set  has  also  been  installed  at 
Napier  for  repeating  on  No.  2  wire,  between  Wellington  and  Auckland. 

A  lineman  is  now  stationed  at  Hastings. 

A  new  permanent  office  has  been  erected  at  Elthani,  and  sledge  offices  at  Te  Horo 
and  Kahukura,  requiring  the  transfer  of  instruments,  &c. 

The  name  of  the  Te  Arai  Bridge  office  has  been  changed  to  Manutuke,  and  that 
of  Dreyerton  to  Kopuaranga. 

There  are  334  offices  in  the  district — 61  Morse  and  273  telephone. 

Metallic  Circuits. 

The  erection  of  two  additional  wires  between  Napier  and  Hastings  has  provided 
another  metallic  circuit  for  bureau  purposes,  and  by  coupling  this  circuit  with  the  pre- 
viously existing  metallic  circuit,  a  third  metallic  cricuit  has  been  superimposed  on  the 
other  two,  all  of  which  are  working  very  satisfactorily  and  carrying  a  large  ameunt  of 

work. 

The  section  between  Wellington  and  Otaki  of  the  No.  3  Morse  wire,  Wellington 
to  Palmerson  North,  and  the  Wellington-Otaki  telephone  wire,  have  been  utilized 
to  install  a  metallic  circuit  for  bureau  purposes  between  Wellington  exchange  and  the 
Otaki  post  office,  with  intermediate  offices  bridged  across  the  two  wires.  Telephonic 
communication  on  the  circuit,  50  miles  in  length,  is  now  practically  free  from  induc- 
tion from  neighbouring  wires,  and  the  Morse  superimposed  over  these  is  working  very 
satisfactorily  from  Wellington  to  Palmerston  North,  with  Otaki  and  Levin  inter- 
mediate. 

1— d— 23 

NEW 'ZEALAND. 


310  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

>■■  4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Telephone  Exchanges. 

One  new  sub-exchange  was  opened  during  the  year  at  Kaponga,  with  6  subscribers. 
The  exchange  at  Otakeho  was  closed. 

New  switchboards  have  been  fitted  at  Inglewood,  Marton,  Waitara,  Eltham,  and 
the  exchanges  at  Masterton  and  Hastings  have  been  refitted. 

Thirteen  telephones  were  destroyed  by  fire,  9  of  them  at  Wellington. 

The  exchange  at  Hawera  has  been  removed  to  a  more  suitable  and  commodious 
room  on  the  first  floor,  and  a  new  switchboard  installed. 

Considerable  alterations  to  the  lines  at  Hawera,  Manaiaa  and  Okaiawa  were 
needed  on  account  of  the  operations  of  the  Hawera  Electric  Light  Company. 

New  Plymouth  was  visited  by  a  severe  thunderstorm  in  August  last,  and  by  a 
whirlwind  in  December.  The  former  did  considerable  damage  to  the  switchboard 
indicator  coils  and  line  wires (,  and  the  latter  damaged  the  lines  considerably. 

The  extensive  alterations  to  the  lines  in  Wellington,  on  account  of  the  installation 
of  electric  tramways,  were  completed  early  in  January.  The  subscribers  to  this  ex- 
change continue  to  increase  rapidly,  the  total  number  being  2,260,  an  increase  of 
157  for  the  year.     Of  these,  2,157  are  paying  subscribers,  49  free,  and  54  bureaux. 

In  addition  there  are  519  extension  telephones  making  a  grand  total  of  2,779  instru- 
ments used.  With  the  addition  of  the  subsection  of  300  numbers  just  received,  the 
capacity  of  the  exchange  will  be  2,700. 

The  poles  and  wire  necessary  to  connect  the  present  subscribers  total  51|  miles 
and  2,119  miles  respectively,  irrespective  of  that  connected  with  bureaux. 

There  are  30  exchanges  in  the  district,  all  of  which  are  working  satisfactorily. 
The  subscribers  connected  therewith  aggregate  5,403,  an  increase  of  535  for  the  year. 
Of  this  number  5,021  are  paying,  11  are  free,  and  271  bureaux  connected  by  280  miles, 
67  chains  of  poles  and  4,045  miles,  45  chains  of  wire.  Extension  telephones  at  the 
various  exchanges  number  793,  making  a  grand  total  of  6,205  telephones  in  use. 

The  alterations  to  the  Wellington  Exchange  building,  and  the  installation  of  the 
cable-drying  machinery  therein  has  been  completed,  and  a  large  number  of  poles 
erected  preparatory  to  the  suspension  of  the  lead-covered  cables. 

NELSOX  DISTRICT. 

Construction. 

The  following  new  lines  have  been  erected  to  connect  the  offices  indicated  here- 
under : — 

Miles  of  Miles  of 

Poles.  Vrires. 

Kaikoura  to  Kaikoura  wharf 2  2 

McLeod's  Terrace  (lead  off  Okarito  lint) OJ 

Heathdale  (lead  off  Brunner  line) 0J 

Mainaroa  (lead  off  Tadmor  line) 

Hapuka  (cut  in  on  Kaikoura-Blenheim  line) 1  1 

Mount  Hercules  (lead  off  Okarito  line) 0£  0^ 

Totals 3i  3J       . 

Lines  dismantled — 

Belgrove  section 5 

Kailway  wires,  &c,  ceased  to  be  maintained  by  this  department — 

Greymouth-Keefton  section 17  26 

Westport-Conn's  Creek  section 10j  10| 

Westport-Crane  wharf Of  0£ 

Totals 28J         37i 

<•  ■ —      —  ■ 

NEW  ZEALAND. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  341 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

The  total  mileages  of  poles  and  wires  maintained  in  this  district  are  994§  and 
2,788f  respectively. 

Maintenance. 

The  following  sections  have  been  overhauled  and  strengthened  :  Takaka-Motueka, 
Motueka-Richmond,  and  Hokitika-Kumara.  The  AhauraeReefton  section  is  in  course 
of  overhaul.  A  flying  overhaul  of  the  Okarito-Ross  section  has  been  made,  but  con- 
siderable work  is  necessary  to  make  the  line  thoroughly  efficient. 

The  Havelock-Pelorus  bridge  section  was  reconstructed,  owing  to  the  line  having 
been  washed  away  during  a  flood  in  March  last  year. 

The  encroachment  of  the  Teremakau  river  on  the  roadway  at  several  places  on 
the  Kumara-Taipo  section  necessitated  a  deviation  of  our  line  at  these  places. 

The  Haast  river  signalling-wire,  which  was  washed  away,  was  replaced  in  a  le3s 
dangerous  position. 

Telephones  were  installed  at  the  Big  Wanganui  and  Wataroa  rivers  in  place  of 
the  bells  hitherto  used.     The  lines  in  connection  therewith  were  also  strengthened. 

The  Reef  ton  ,Lyell-Longford  section  requires  attention,  but  the  lines  generally  are 
in  good  order.     Very  few  interruptions  to  traffic  have  occurred  during  the  year. 

Offices. 

Five  new  offices  were  opened  and  one  (Awatere)  closed,  making  158  offices  open, 
oJ  which  23  are  Morse  and  135  telephone. 

An  extra  set  of  Morse  instruments  has  been  put  in  at  Picton  to  facilitate  disposal 
of  the  traffic  upon  arrival  of  steamers. 

Several  offices  have  been  removed  to  new  premises  and  others  refitted. 

The  Lyell  building  was  struck  by  lightning  on  August  25  last,  and  the  inside  of 
the  office,  as  well  as  the  instruments,  and  part  of  the  line  were  wrecked.  Prompt  mea- 
sures were  taken  to  restore  communication  and  effect  repairs. 

The  Collingwood  office  was  burnt  down  on  November  7. 

Telephone  Exchanges. 
The  exchanges  in  the  district  are  in  good  working  order.     The  subscribers  num- 
ber 901,  an  increase  of  67  for  the  year.     Of  this  number  774  are  paying,  36  free,  and 
9i  bureaux;  40  extension  telephones  are  in  use,  making  a  total  of  941  telephones,  re- 
quiring 64J  miles  of  poles  and  436|  miles  of  wire. 

CHRISTCHURCH   DISTRICT. 

Construction. 

The  following  new  lines  and  wires  were  erected: — 

Miles  of    Miles  of 
Poles.      Wires. 

Ashburton  to  Longbeach  and  Flemington,  inaWinslow.  .     164  23| 

Temuka  to  Geraldine  (metallic  trunk  circuit) 15 

Amberley  to  Balcairn 4 

Woodend  to  Waikuku 4£ 

Spotswood  (fork  off  Cheviot-Mendip  line) OJ  0£ 

Ahoka-Kaiapoi-Woodend   (circuit  made  metallic) 11J 

Duvauchelle  to  Akaroa  (trunk  wire) 6 

Totals 16|        64| 


The  construction  of  the  metallic  trunk  circuit  between  Glenavy  and  Waimate  to 
connect  with  the  Oamaru-Glenavy  circuit  was  commenced  on  March  28. 
The  total  mileage  of  poles  in  the  district  is  921  J,  and  of  wire  3,553|. 
1— d— 234 

NEW  ZEALAND. 


342  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Maintenance. 

The  overhaul  of  the  line  between  Timaru  and  Christchurch  has  been  completed  to 
ft  point  half  a  mile  north  of  Roleston.  Every  fifth  pole  is  doubled  to  increase  the 
stability  of  the  line. 

Four  miles  of  the  Rangiora-Amberley  line  has  been  reconstructed  to  give  facilities 
for  the  erection  of  additional  wires.  Minor  line  maintenance  has  b-.^en  attended  to 
where  necessary. 

Offices. 

Eleven  new  offices  have  been  opened  and  one  (Castle  Hill)  closed,  a  new  office  in 
place  thereof  being  opened  at  Craigieburn. 

A  new  brick  building  at  Kaiapoi  was  opened  on  December  19. 

At  Temuka  and  Geraldine  circuits  have  been  rearranged.  Those  stations  now 
work  Morse  to  Timaru  superimposed  over  the  metallic  trunk  wire,  and  are  no  longer 
in  circuit  on  No.  8  wire.  This  practically  gives  Christchurch  another  clear  wire  to 
Timaru. 

Sydenham  has  been  converted;  from  a  telephone  to  a  Morse  station. 

There  are  164  offices  in  the  district — 61  Morse  and  103  telephone. 

Telephone  Exchanges. 

New  sub-exchanges  were  opened  at  Geraldine  and  Duvauchelle. 

A  large  amount  of  reconstruction  work  has  had  to  be  done  in  Christchurch  city  in 
consequence  of  the  introduction  of  electric  tramways,  and  also  owing  to  increased 
business,  thus  necessitating  the  use  of  larger  poles. 

There  are  1,647  connections  to  the  Christchurch  exchange — 1,563  paying,  39  free, 
and  45  bureaux,  an  increase  of  168  for  the  year. 

A  new  subsection  of  450  numbers  is  being  erected,  which  will  bring  the  capacity 
cf  the  exchange  up  to  2,400. 

A  2-horse  power  motor  has  been  installed  to  take  the  place  of  the  gas-engine  for 
charging  the  batteries. 

The  Timaru  exchange  has  increased  by  37  subscribers,  there  being  243  connections. 

Ashburton  has  130  subscribers,  an  increase  of  12. 

Other  exchanges  show  slight  increases  over  last  year.  The  total  number  of  sub- 
scribers is  2,236 — 2,075  paying,  52  free,  and  109  bureaux — an  increase  of  262. 

There  are  411  extension  telephones,  364  of  which  are  connected  with  the  Christ- 
church exchange. 

All  exchanges  are  working  satisfactorily. 

DUNEDDJ    DISTRICT. 

Construction. 

The  following  extensions  have  been  carried  out  during  the  year:-^- 

Miles  of    Miles  of 

Poles.  Wire. 

Kurow  to  Otematata  and  Omarama 32  32 

Seacliff  to  Puketeraki 0J  2| 

Invercargill  to  Winton  (metallic  circuit) 37£ 

Gorge  Road  (lead  off  Waimahaka  line) 0£  0£ 

Owaka  to  Owaka  Valley,  Tahatika  and  Purekireki.  ...     13  13 

Winton  to  Lochiel .  .  4 

Taieri  Beach  to  Akatore 7  7 

Clinton  to  Ashley  Downs  and  Clydevale 9§  15 

Omakau  to  Lauder 5 

Oamaru  to  Glenavy  (Waimate  metallic  trunk) 29£ 

For  Public  Works  Department — 

Miles  of  Poles.     Miles  of  Wire. 
Lauder  to   Chatto   Creek ...       13  13  \  ,  q , 

Heriot  to  Edievale 6J  6JJ  ~ 


Totals 81|         166 

NEW  ZEALAND. 


APPENDIX  "A" 


343 


APPENDIX  No.   1 

The  total  length  of  lines  at  the  end  of  the  year  was  1,876§  miles  of  poles  and 
4,422  miles  of  wire. 

Maintenance. 

No  interruptions  of  any  consequence  occurred  during  the  year.     Some  600  miles 
of  line  were  overhauled.     The  lines  generally  are  in  good  order. 


Offices. 

Fourteen  new  offices  were  opened  and  two  (Waimatua  and  Ida  Valley)  closed, 
leaving  273  offices  open — viz.,  69  Morse  and  204  telephone  stations. 

Telephone  Exchanges. 

A  steady  increase  of  subscribers  to  the  Dunedin  exchange  has  taken  place,  bring- 
ing the  total  connection  to  1,702,  an  increase  of  123.  Of  these,  1.641  are  paying,  22 
f-ee,  and  39  bureaux. 

There  are  386  extension  telephones,  an  increase  of  50  since  last  year. 

Two  sections,  of  450  numbers  each,  have  been  added  to  the  switchboard,  which  will 
piovide  for  2,950  connections. 

The  work  of  installing  the  metallic  circuit  system  in  Dunedin  is  now  in  hand.  A 
targe  number  of  circuits  should  be  converted  during  the  year. 

The  subscribers  to  the  22  exchanges  in  the  district  numbered  2,668,  an  increase 
cf  189.     Including  extension  connections,  there  were  3,155  instruments. 

Of  the  ordinary  connections,  2,414  are  paying,  44  free,  and  210  bureaux. 

The  Oamaru  exchange  is  being  refitted  with  new  annunciators. 

The  total  mileage  of  poles  connected  with  the  exchanges  amounts  to  142J,  and  of 
wire  2,121$. 


Table  No.  22- 


-Return  of  the  cost  of  Maintenance  of  Telegraph  Lines  for  the  year 
ended  March  31,  1905. 


District. 

No.  of 
Miles. 

Travelling 
expenses  of 
Inspectors 

and 
Linemen. 

Extra 
Labour. 

Cost  of 

Material 

purchased. 

Value 

of 

Material 

issued  from 

Stores. 

Salaries. 

of 

Inspectors 

a  nd 
Linemen. 

Total  Cost 

of 
Mainten- 
ance. 

Average 

Cost  per 

Mile. 

Auckland 
Wellington.. . . 

Nelson 

Canterbury . .  . 
Otago 

2.063A 

2,087g 

994g 

92H 

l,876f 

£     s.  d. 

1,202     1    2 

1,452  12     1 

897  15    3 

668    1  10 

854  16    2 

£    s.  d. 

3,960    6  11 
3,856    0    5 
1,786    5    2 
926    7    2 
1,337    3    4 

£    s.  d. 

4,938    5  11 

5,262  16    5 

216  19    7 

327    7    0 

1,055    2    1 

£    s.  d. 

2,605  11    2 

626    7    7 

1,211    3    6 

1,532  13    6 

750    9  11 

£    s.  d. 

2,558    0    0 
3,071    0    0 
1,583    0    0 
1,832    0    0 
1,428    0    0 

£    s.  d. 

15  264    5    ? 

14,268  16    6 
5,695    3    6 
5,286    9    6 
5,425  11    6 

£    s.  d. 

7     8     0 
6  16    8 
5  14    6 
5  14  10 
2  17  10 

Cables 

7,943g 
283 

knots. 

5,075    6    6 
8  16    1 

107  15    6 

11,866    3    0 
953  15    2 

312    5    2 

11,800  11    0 
14    0  11 

1,210    1     1 

13,024  13    0 

6,726    5    8 
685    1    6 

10,472    0    0 
400    0    0 

537    0    0 

45,940    6    2 
1,961  13    8 

2,167    1    9 

5  15    8 

6  18    8 
per  knot 

Totals 

5,191  18    1 

13,132    3    4 

7,311    7    2 

11,409    0    0 

50,069    1    7 

NEW  ZEALAND. 


344  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Table  No.  23. — Statement  showing  the  Expenditure  on  and  the  cost  of  Telegraph 
construction  during  the  financial  year  ended  March  31,  1905. 


Line. 


Expenditure. 


Telephone  exchanges, 

Ashburton 

Auckland ...    

Blenheim 

Cambridge 

Ohristchurch 

Dannevirke 

Dunedin.    

Feilding 

Gisborne, 

Sreymouth 

Hamilton 

Hawera 

Hokitika.    . . 

Invercargill 

Masterton  .  .  . 

Napier 

Nelson 

New  Plymouth.    .  . 

Oamaru 

Pahiatua 

Palmerston  North  . 

Rotorua 

Stratford 

Thames 

Timaru 

Waihi 

Waipawa 

Wanganui 

Wellington 

Westport 

Whangerei 


Total  exchanges 


Kaitaia-Herekino 

Omapere-Waiotemarama 

Waiotemarama-Waimamaku 

Howick-Whitford 

Ngaruawahia-Te  Akatea-Waingaro . . . 

Hinuera , 

Cambridge-Cambridge  West 

Kaiteratahi-Te  Karaka 

Gisborne-Manutuke  (Te  Arai  Bridge) . 

Muriwai-Wharerata 

AVaitara-Sentry  Hill 

Whangamomona-Kohuratahi 

Toko-Tutitawa-Punuihakau 

Wanganui-Taihape 

Mangaweka-Taihape  ...    

Hunterville-Koeke . 

Aramoho-Aramoho  Railway  station.. . 

Wellington-New  Plymouth 

Napier-Hastings 

Dannevirke-Mangatera-Umutaoroa. . 

Ormondville-Whetukura 

Woodville-Mangarawa.  - 

Pahiatua-Mangamaire 

Gladstone-Te  Wharau . . . . 

Martinborough-Hinakura  (Pahaoa). .  . 

Kaikoura-Hapuku 

Kaikoura-Kaikoura  Wharf 

Cheviot-Spotswood 

Amberley-Balcairn 

Woodend-Waikuku 

Duvauchelle 

NEW  ZEALAND. 


£    s.     d. 


7 

4,893 

0 

12 

1,085 

47 

914 

15 

ll'd 

21 

205 

68 

12 

91 

78 

171 

26 

14 

13 
119 

in 

.■i 

4 

236 


4  6 

Hi  3 

11  0 
15  3 
in  ii 

4  4 
7  11 

14  2 

15  6 

12  5 
7  7 

5  10 
5  1 

15  7 

5  7 

12  8 
L6  0 

i  i; 

14  1 
7  l. 

11  10 

in  !l 

13  0 
3  ii 

15  4 


99  is     l 

1,229     4  10 

21     1    6 

29  11     6 

9,7<il  16    7 


133    4 

98    8 

54  12 

95    4 

200  10 

15  16 

IT  12 

13    1 

45  14 

36  13 

5    9 

10    4 

2  15 

0    7 

33    3 

220    2 

0  12 

245  13 


26  16  10 


34  16 
67  15 
45  19 

0  13 

143  10 

146  19  11 

20  19  10 

24    3    6 

3    12 
98  13  10 

6    16 

5    5    0 


Material  from 

StiD 


Total  Ci 

during  the  Year. 


lnl 

10,103 

76 

262 

2,449 
220 
'.1,5:1 1 
300 
603 
1117 
171 
293 

:ili 
329 
460 
802 
278 
200 
195 

53 
630 

82 
153 

50 
5S4 
108 
110 
385 
14,442 
100 

liS 


16  5 
lx  11 

I  10 
7  8 

II  11 
1  11 


6 

r. 

•'! 

5 
HI 
13 

6 


0  0 

Hi  11 

Hi  1 

5  1 

2  (i 
IS  10 

13  3 
0  11 

4  8 


5 

•J 

12 

14 

17 


12  8 

8  2 

10  6 

10  5 


43,424  8  1 
76  5  11 
18  6"  8 


12  2  0 
5  13  10 

12  2  !l 

3  3 

163  17 

77  4 

0  14 
133  8 

47  18 
iiU2  IS 

1  17 
84  8 

5  11 
484  2 
209  6 
101  13 

25  10 
15  6 
14  3 

8  18 
63  0 
42  II 
73  17 

5  8 
27  3 

26  11 


2 

5 

10 

4 

5 
0 
5 

1 
6 
0 
2 
7 
4 
5 
7 
11 
4 
li 
5 
5 
1 
7 
9 


£  s. 


d. 


109 

14,997 

76 
275 
3,534 
267 
10,508 
3Hi 
725 
188 
380 
361 

51 
421) 
539 
974 
305 
214 
330 

67 
749 
lnl 
158 

54 
S21 
108 
llii 
485 
15,671 
121 

98 


ii  11 
15  2 
12  10 

2  11 


11) 
6 


14  S 
0  2 


in 

is 


6  11 
19  5 

11  8 

15  7 
2  6 

8  9 
1  7 

7  0 

12  11 
0  9 

12  1) 


15 

IS 

5 

7 

14 

17 


10  9 

13  0 

12  4 

1  8 


55. 12i;  4  8 

209  10  1 

98  8  0 

72  is  11 

115  4  9 

242  12  4 

21  9  11 

211  14  11 


16  4 

209  11 
113  18 

ii  4 
143  13 

50  13 
693  5 

35  0 
304  11 
0  3 
729  15 
236  3 
136  9 

93  5 

61  5 

14  16 
152  14  10 

210  0  5 
9  3 
0  11 
9  3 

17  5 

3 

0  0 


2 
5 
4 
1 
3 
0 

11 
5 
2 
li 
3 
5 

10 
8 
9 
0 


63 

UN 

8 
125 
32  13 
5 


APPENDIX  "A 


345 


Table  No  23. — Statement  showing  the  expenditure  on  and  the  cost  of  Telegraph 
construction  during  the  financial  year  ended  March  31,  1905. — Continued. 


Line, 


Ashburton-Waterton-Longbeach . 

Lowcli  ff-Hinds 

Geraldine-Trunk 

Kurow-Otematata-Omarama 

Queenstown-Long  (4ully 

Oamaru-Waimate 

Ciphir-Poolburn 

Seacliff-Puketeraki , 

Mosgiel-Momona 

Woodside-Manugaatua 

Taieri  Beach-Akatore 

Winton-Lochiel 

Heriot-Edievale 

Balclutha  Trunk ... 

Clinton-Ashley  Down-Clydevale  . 

Owaka-Purekireki 

Nuggets-Tokata 

'  Invercargill -Mabel  Bush 

Invercargill-Winton 

Invercargill-Gorge  Road 

Te  Tua-Tuatapere 


Purchase  of  material . 


Total  expenditure  1904-5 

Total  expenditure  to  31st  March,  1904 

Total  Expenditure  out  of  Public  Works  Fund  to  31st 
March,  1905 


Expenditure. 


£    s.     d 
284  18    3 


72  12 
325  5 
5  12 
50  6 
36  19 
26    8 

0  10 

1  10 
152    9 

12  16 

41  19 

0  10 

11     o 

336    3 

2  3 
93    7 

175  11 

9    7 

26    0 


13,221  15 
66,076  0 

1 
0 

7'.  i,L'!»7  15 
1,(153,69-2  9 

1 
6 

£1,132,990    4    7 


Material  from 

Stores. 


325  16 

70  19 

244    5 

152    1 

5    7 

298     4 
38    7 


20    8     6 


20 
36 
24 

3  9 

8  11 
6  10 

81    8  10 

9  11  0 

30    0  5 

183    8  1 

5  18  4 

0  16  10 


47,435    4    1 


Total  cost  of  lines 
during  1904  -5 .  . 


Total  Cost 
during  the  Year. 


£    s.     d. 

610  14  6 

70  19  4 

316  17  9 

477    6  5 

10  19  10 
348  11  2 

75    7 

46  16 

0  10 

21  14 

188  18 

37    3 

41  19 

0  10 

11  0 
417  12 

11  14 
123 
358  19 

15    5 


0 
ii 
0 
o 
1 
0 
6 
0 
4 
1 
6 
11 
5 
11 
26  16  10 


60,656  19    2 


£60,656  19    2 


No.  279c. 


NEW  ZEALAND— Concluded. 
Telephone  Charges  in  Australian  States  before  Federation  and  in  New  Zealand. 


State. 


New  South  Wales  (Sydney  and  suburbs) 

New  South  Wales  (country) 

Victoria  (Melbourne  and  suburbs) 

Victoria  (country)     

Queensland  (throughout  whole  State) 

Tasmania  (throughout  whole  State) 

Western  Australia  (throughout  whole  State). . 
South  Australia  (throughout  whole  State) 


New  Zealand . 


Service  for  Distances  up  to  One 
Mile  from  Exchange. 


Business 

Private  residence 

Business 

Private  residence 

Business ... 

Private  residence 

Business 

Private  residence 

One  rate  up  to  half-mile 

Every  additional  half-mile 

Business 

Private  residence 

Business 

Private  residence 

Business 

Private  residence 

Business  (continuous  service) 

Private 

Business  (limited  service)   . . , 


Charge  per  Annu  m 


£ 

s. 

d. 

9 

0 

0 

$43  83) 

5 

(i 

0 

24  35) 

8 

0 

0 

(  38  96) 

5 

0 

0 

(  24  35) 

9 

0 

0 

43  83) 

5 

0 

0 

24  35) 

i 

0 

9 

34  09) 

5 

0 

0 

24  35) 

6 

0 

0 

29  22) 

1 

5 

0 

6  09) 

6 

0 

0 

29  22) 

4 

10 

0 

21  92) 

7 

0 

0 

34  09) 

5 

0 

0 

24  35) 

10 

0 

0 

48  70) 

5 

0 

0 

24  35) 

i 

0 

0 

34  09) 

5 

0 

0 

24  35) 

5 

0 

0 

24  35) 

NEW  ZEALAND. 


346  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 
Proposed  Commonwealth  Telephone  Charges  under  Toll  System. 


Subscribers 
Connected. 


1  to  5, 000 

5,001  to  20,000  . 


Annual 
Ground-rent. 


£    s.    d. 

*4  10    0 

f5    li    0 


Free  calls 

covered  by 

Ground -rent. 


300 
300 


Extra  Calls  (each). 


1  to  l.Oiiil.  l.iinl  to  5,000. 


JO    1 
+0     1 


s.    d. 

,rll      04 
(HI      0| 

5,001  to  20,000. 


60    o) 
00    Oj 


*  $21.92.     1  $24.35.     J  2  cents,     a  1  cent,     b  \  cent. 


No.  280. 


CAPE  COLONY. 


General  Post  Office, 

Cape  Town,  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 

July  20,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  May  1  last,  requesting  statistics,  &c,  for  the  in- 
formation of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems  convened  by  the  Parliament 
of  Canada,  I  have  much  pleasure  in  appending  replies  to  the  list  of  questions  for- 
warded by  you,  which  I  trust  will  prove  of  service  to  the  Committee. 

I  am,  sir,  yours  truly, 

S.  R.  FRENCH, 

Postmaster  General. 


No.  280a. 


ANSWERS  to  questions. 


The  long-distance  lines  and  local  exchanges  are  owned  and  operated  by  the  gov- 
ernment. 

There  are  in  Cape  Colony  26  miles  of  trunk  or  long-distance  lines,  costing 
£7  10s.  Od.  ($36.53)  per  mile  of  single  wire.  The  long-distance  system  comprises  23 
miles  of  poles,  and  92  miles  of  separate  circuits.  The  toll  charges  are  id.  (1  cent) 
per  mile,  with  a  minimum  charge  of  Is.  (24£  cents)  for  three  minutes'  conversation. 

The  long-distance  lines  are  copper,  metallic  circuit,  weighing  150  pounds  to  the 
mile  of  single  wire. 

The  total  cost  of  the  long-distance  lines  has  been  £253  ($1,232.11)  per  mile.  The 
cost  of  operation  and  maintenance  is  merged  in  operating  and  maintenance  of  general 
system. 

The  capital  is  provided  by  government  loans.  An  average  charge  of  4  per  cent 
as  interest  is  paid  to  treasury  by  post  office.    Ten  per  cent  is  set  aside  for  depreciation. 

In   the    case    of   subscribers    who    have  made  deposits  for  long-distance  service, 
monthly  accounts  are  rendered.     In  the  case  of  any  other  persons— whether  subscri- 
bers or  non-subscribers— using  public  call  offices,  cash  payments  are  required. 
CAPE  COLONY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  347 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

The    population    of    Cape    Colony    is    2,409,S04:    European,    579,741;    coloured, 
], 830,063. 

The  total  number  of  subscribers  is  2,648,  distributed  as  follows: — 

Cape  Town,  exchange  area 1,287 

Port  Elizabeth,  exchange  area 559 

Kimberley,  exchange  area 313 

East  London,  exchange  area 215 

Grahamstown 94 

Kingwilliamstown 71 

Queenstown 56 

Cradock 27 

Mossel  Bay 26 


2,648 


European.      Coloured. 

Cape  Town  and  suburbs,  exchange  area 169,641  103,887  65,751 

Port  Elizabeth,  exchange  area 34,879  23,021  11,858 

Kimberley  and  Beaconsfield,  exchange  area 45,021  17,100  27,921 

East  London,  exchange  area 25,220  14,674  10,546 

Grahamstown 13,887  7,283  6,604 

Kingwilliamstown 9,506  5,897  3,709 

Queenstown 9.616  4,157  5,559 

Cradock 7,762  3,054  4,708 

Mossel  Bay 4,206  1,657  2,549 

The  annual  subscription  to  telephone  exchanges  for  lines  within  a  mile  radius 
from  any  exchange  centre  is : — 

EXCHANGE  CENTRES. 

Day  service — 

£  s.  d. 

Private  residences 7  0  0  ($34.09) 

Business  establishments 9  0  0  ($43.83) 

Day  and  night  service — 

Private  residences 7  10    0  ($36.53) 

Business  establishments 10    0    0  ($48.70) 

EXCHANGE  AREAS. 

(For  the  use  of  all  the  exchanges  within  an  area.) 

Day  service — 

£    8.     a. 

Private  residences 10     0     0  ($48.70) 

Business  establishments 14     0     0  ($68.18) 

Day  and  night  service — 

Private  residences 11    0  0  ($53.57) 

Business  establishments 15    0  0  ($73.05) 

For  every  quarter  of  a  mile  beyond  the  mile  limit  10  0     ($4.87) 

In  rural  districts  private  wire  connections  to  the  nearest  post  office  or  railway 
station  can  be  provided.  In  the  latter  case  permission  is  obtained  from  the  railway 
department  for  the  fitting  of  the  apparatus  on  the  station  premises  and  arrangements 
made  for  attendance,  by  the  renter.  The  following  are  the  terms  on  which  connec- 
tions are  erected  where  exceptional  expenditure   is   incurred  in  planting  poles,  &c, 

viz. : — 

CAPE   COLONY. 


348  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

The  applicant  has  the  option  of  repaying  (a)  cost  of  erection  and  of  (b)  recovery, 
in  a  lump  sum,  or  in  equal  annual  instalments  spead  over  three,  five  or  more  years  and 
to  pay  during  the  period  of  repayment  (under  agreement)  (c)  10  per  cent  per  annum 
en  material  for  depreciation  (d)  5  per  cent  per  annum  interest  on  material  less 
depreciation  and  (e)  5  per  cent  per  annum  interest  on  the  cost  of  erection  less  repay- 
ments calculated  as  if  charges  were  payable  at  the  end  instead  of  at  the  beginning  of 
each  year  of  the  agreement.     These  charges  are  additional  to  the  tariff  private  wire 

rental  which  is  as  follows: — 

Metallic  Circuit.  Single  Wire, 

f     s.     d.  £     s.  d. 

For  a  line  not  exceeding  half  a  mile  in  length 

per  annum 2     00     ($9.74)         1  10  0     ($7.31) 

For  every  additional  quarter  mile  or  portion 

thereof,  per  annum 100     ($4.87)             15  0     ($3.66) 

For.  the  use  and  maintenance  of  apparatus — 

Telephones,  each 200     ($9.74) 

Switchboards 7  6     ($1.83) 

Extra  bells,  each 5  0     ($1.22) 

Junction  switches 7  6     ($1.83) 

Indicators  numbers,  each 7  6     ($1.83) 

For  a  private  wire  led  into  a  post  or  telegraph  office,  £5  ($24.35)  per  annum  is 
charged  for  clerk's  services  in  addition  to  the  ordinary  rental  charges.  No  exchanges 
have  been  opened  in  rural  districts. 

The  subscribers'  telephones  are  Ericcson's  magnetos.  The  subscribers'  lines  are 
metallic-copper;  f  overhead,  'i  underground.  The  amount  expended  on  the  system  to 
date  is  £198,681  ($967,576.47).  The  revenue  for  1904  was  £38,162  ($185,848.94).  The 
expenditure  for  1904  was  £42,158  ($205,309.46)  (exclusive  of  interest)  or  £46,738 
($227,614.06)  (inclusive  of  interest).  Profit,  excluding  interest  and  depreciation, 
£1,036  ($5,045.32).     Loss,  including  interest  and  depreciation,  £8,575   ($41,760.25). 

The  following  are  the  scales  of  pay: — 

Engineer  assistants — Electrician  and  fault  clerks,  1st  class,  £300  ($1,461)  per 
tmnum  by  £20  ($97.40)  annually  to  £400  ($1,948).  2nd  class,  £180  ($876.60)  per 
annum  by  £15  ($73.05)  annually  to  £285  ($1,387.95). 

Foremen  of  indoor  construction  men  and  instrument  faultsmen,  from  £190 
($925.30)  per  annum  to  £250  ($1,217.50)  per  annum. 

Instrument  faultmen,  instrument  fitters  and  draughtsmen,  from  £120  ($584.40) 
per  annum  to  £180  ($876.60)  per  annum. 

Night  operators  and  learners  assisting  fitters  from  £60  ($292.20)  per  annum  to 
£116  ($564.92)  per  annum. 

Outdoor  staff — Supervising  foremen  from  £190  ($925.30)  per  annum  to  £250 
($1,217.50)  per  annum.  Supervising  allowance,  8d.  (16  cents)  Is.  4d.  (32j  cents) 
Is.  lid.  (47  cents)  2s.  7d.  (63  cents),  or  3s.  3d.  (79£  cents;  per  day. 

Foreman  of  outdoor  construction  gangs  from  £190  ($925.30)  per  annum  to  £250 
($1,217.50)  per  annum. 

Line  faultmen,  leading  hands,  cable  joiners  from  £120  ($584.40)  per  annum  to 
£180  ($876.60)  per  annum. 

Learners  assisting  faultmen  from  £60  ($292.20)  per  annum  to  £116  ($564.92)  per 
annum. 

Substitutes  for  linemen — Pay  not  to  exceed  7s.  8d.  ($1.86)  per  diem. 

European  labourers  from  £60  ($292.20)  per  annum  to  £108  ($525.96)  per  annum. 

Coloured  or  native  labourers  from  3s.  (73^  cents)  to  7s.  ($1.70)  per  diem. 

Operating  staff — Female  supervisor,   £200    ($974)    per   annum.     No   fixed   scale. 
Female  operators,  £60    ($292.20)    per   annum  by    £10     ($48.70)     annually    to    £120 
($584.40). 
CAPE  COLONY. 


APPENDIX  -A"  349 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

All  material  is  obtained  through  the  Agent  General  at  prices  quoted  in  tenders 
called  for.  Practically  British  post  office  figures  plus  freightage  and  landing  (approxi- 
mately 33  J  per  cent). 

The  magneto  ring  through  system  is  adopted  in  all  exchanges. 

The  government  pays  the  Cape  Town  corporation  a  nominal  compensation  of  Is. 
(24J  cents)  per  pole  planted.  Elsewhere  no  payment  is  made.  There  is  also  a  mutual 
arrangement  between  the  government  and  the  Cape  Town  corporation  electric  lighting 
department  in  regard  to  the  use  of  government  pols  at  Is.  (24J  cents)  per  attachment, 
end  also  with  the  tramway  company  whereby  the  government  is  permitted  to  top  tram- 
way poles  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  aerial  wires. 


No.  281. 

TRANSVAAL  COLONY. 

General  Post  Office, 

Johannesburg,  Transvaal  Colony, 

August  9,  1905. 
The  Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 

Ottawa. 

Sir,— With  reference  to  your  letter  of  May  1  last,  regarding  the  telephone  system 
of  this  colony,  I  beg  to  forward  herewith  answers  to  the  list  of  questions  on  your  in- 
closure. 

I  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

J.  FRANK  BROWN, 

Postmaster  General. 


No.  281a. 

ANSWERS. 

Johannesburg  has  a  population  of  80,000.  The  telephone  system  is  owned  and 
operated  by  the  government  of  the  Transvaal  Colony,  and  comprises  1,500  subscribers. 
There  is  one  switchroom,  or  central  office,  with  1,486  direct  lines.  85  outside  extension 
telephones  and  190  inside  extension  telephones  connect  with  these  direct  lines. 

The  rates  for  business  and  residence  telephones  are: — 

Within  a  radius  of  2  miles,  £20  ($97.40)  for  the  first  connection,  £17  10s.  ($85.23) 
for  the  second,  and  £15  ($73.05)  for  the  third  and  subsequent  connections.  Outside  2 
miles  radius,  £2  ($9.74)  for  each  \  mile  or  portion  thereof.  Outside  extensions,  ac- 
cording to  distance,  £5  ($24.35),  and  £2  ($9.74)  per  J  mile.  Inside  extensions,  £5 
($24.35)  per  annum.    There  is  no  measured  service  at  present. 

The  service  is  continuous.  Non- subscribers  are  charged  sixpence  (12J  cents)  for 
a  three  minutes'  conversation. 

When  telephone  exchanges  in  different  towns  are  connected  by  trunk  lines,  such 
lines  may  be  used  for  conversations  at  the  following  charges: — 

Tor  every  conversation  not  exceeding  three  minutes  with  any  telephone  renter : 

(a.)  Within  a  radius  of  5  miles Is.  (24|c.) 

(6.)  BevonJ    5  miles,  but  within  a  radius  of  20  miles Is.  6d.  (36|c.) 

(c.)         "        20  "  "  30      "     2s.  ( 49c. ) 

(d.)         "         30  "  "  40      '•     2s.  6d.  ( 61c. ) 

(e.)         "         40  "  "  50      •'     3s.  (73c.) 

(f.)         "         50  "  "  70      -     3s.  6d.  ( 85c. ) 

TRANSVAAL   COLONY. 


350  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Sixty  miles  is  the  greatest  distance  over  which  subscribers  can  converse  at  pre- 
sent. Subscribers'  stations  are  equipped  with  L.  M.  Ericsson  &  Company's  wall  and 
table  telephones.    The  lines  are  metallic  circuit,  copper.    All  overhead  at  present. 

One  hundred  and  eleven  thousand  nine  hundred  and  twenty  pounds  ($545,050.40) 
has  been  expended  on  the  system.  (Note. — This  does  not  include  the  amount  put  into 
the  system  by  the  late  Z.A.R.,  the  figures  in  connection  with  which  are  not  available.) 

The  revenue  is  £44,100  ($214,767).  The  total  expenditure,  including  maintenance 
and  depreciation,  is  £20,600  ($100,322)  per  annum,  leaving  a  surplus  last  year  of 
£23,500  ($114,445). 

The  wages  paid  are:  Foremen,  £1  to  £1  5s.  ($4.87  to  $6.09)  per  day;  instrument 
men,  15s.  to  19s.  ($3.66  to  $4.63)  per  day;  wiremen,  15s.  to  19s.  ($3.66  to  $4.63)  per 
day;  switchboard  operators,  £100  to  £150  ($487  to  $730.50)  per  annum. 

The  cost  of  equipment  is  as  follows:  Central  exchange  switchboard  (six  sections), 
mounted  for  2,040  lines,  ultimate  capacity  3,600,  including  distribution  and  relay 
boards,  &c,  £4,500  ($21,915) ;  wall  telephones,  £3  7s.  6d.  ($16.44) ;  desk  telephones, 
£3  8s.  3d.  ($16.62) ;  lead-covered  paper  insulated  cable,  from  £190  to  £800  ($925.30  to 
$3,896)  per  mile,  26,  52,  102,  204,  306  pairs;  H.D.  copper  wire,  8d.  (16£  cents)  per  lb.; 
poles,  all  iron,  parallel,  24  feet  to  40  feet.  52s.  to  120s.  ($12.67  to  $29.22),  tapered,  20 
feet  to  30  feet,  35s.  to  84s.  ($8.53  to  $20.46) ;  cross-arms,  oak,  4- wire,  40d.  (81  cents), 
channel  iron,  6s.  6d.  ($1.59),  tubular  iron,  12-wire,  7s.  lOd.  ($1.91)  ;  porcelain  insula- 
tors, 6d.,  8d.  and  Is.  Id.  (12£  c,  16Jc.  and  26Jc.)  ;  bolts,  6d.,  7d.  and  Is.  9d.  (12jc,  14£c. 
and  43c.)  ;  earthenware  ducts  (local  manufacture),  5^d.  (11  cents)  per  foot. 

The  government  of  the  Transvaal  colony  owns  and  operates  the  long-distance  lines ; 
these  are  all  metallic  circuit,  copper,  150  and  200  lbs.  per  mile.  The  method  of  collect, 
ing  revenue  from  long-distance  users  is : — 

(1)  Payment  in  advance  of  an  annual  charge  of  £20  for  unlimited  use;  and 

(2)  Payment  of  monthly  accounts  secured  by  fixed  deposit. 

(3)  Cash  payment  of  Telephone  Call  Offices. 

There  has  been  no  competiton.  The  system  is  full  lamp  signal,  semi-central 
energy,  double  lamp  supervisory  multiple  board.  The  connections  have  been  arranged 
so  that  it  can  be  converted  to  full  central  energy  working  so  soon  as  the  lines  in  the 
central  areas  are  placed  underground.  It  is  now  being  worked  on  what  is  known  as  the 
'  ring  through '  system,  and  is  giving  every  satisfaction. 


TRANSVAAL  COLONY 


APPEXDIX  "  A  "  351 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  282. 

CEYLON. 

Office  of  the  Postmaster  General  and  Director  of  Telegraphs. 

General  Post  Office,  Colombo,  June  27,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 

Postmaster  General,  and  Chairman  of  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  May  1,  1905, 
and  to  annex  hereto  a  memorandum  furnishing  replies  to  the  questions  asked  in  the 
list  inclosed  with  your  letter. 

I  am,  sir.  your  obedient  servant, 

H.  L.  MOYSEY, 
Postmaster  Generat  and  Director  of  Telegraphs. 

No.  282a. 

ANSWERS    TO    QUESTIONS. 

The  telephone  system  at  Colombo  (population  160,000)  is  owned  and  operated  by 
the  Ceylon  government. 

Ihe  system  has  158  subscribers,  129  of  whom  have  direct  lines.   There  are  15  out- 
side extension  and  IS  inside  extension  telephones. 
The  rates  are  as  follows : — 

Per  annum. 
Rs. 
For  an  exchange  connection  within  one  mile  from  the 

exchange 125   ($40.50) 

For  every  quarter  mile  beyond  a  distance  of  one  mile 

from  the  exchange 25   (  $8.10  ) 

For  a  private  line,  per  mile 100  ($32.40) 

For  every  additional  quarter  mile 25   (  $S.10  ) 

For  each  telephone  supplied  with  a  private  line.  ...       25   ($8.10) 

The  distances  are  measured  by  the  nearest  practicable  route. 

The  rates  for  private  lines  apply  to  any  part  of  Ceylon. 

The  rates  include  all  charges  for  maintenance. 

The  service  is  continuous.     There  are  no  call  offices  or  trunk  lines,  the  longest  line 

g  about  6  miles. 

The  instruments  used  are  various ;  chiefly  '  Western  Electric '  pattern.  The  lines 
are  metallic  circuit;  copper,  100  pounds  per  mile,  and  bronze.     All  overhead. 

The  amount  expended  on  the  system  to  date  is  Rs.  193,278   ($62,622;). 

The  revenue  per  annum  is  Rs.  31,997  ($10,367)  (including  paper  revenue  from 
government  lines,  Rs.  10,400. 

The  total  expenses  per  annum  are  (including  maintenance  and  depreciation), 
Rs.  25,118  ($8,138). 

The  amount  of  surplus  last  year  was  Rs.  6,879  ($2,229). 

The  wages  paid  are:  Chief  inspector.  Rs.  1,800  ($583.20).  foreman,  Rs.  1,080 
($349.P2):  instrument  inspector.  Rs.  660  ($213.84);  wiremen,  Rs.  204  ($66.10);  oper- 
ator, Rs.  600  ($194.40)  per  annum. 

CEYLON. 


352  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  283. 

STRAITS  SETTLEMENTS. 

Colonial  Secretary's  Office, 

Singapore,  July  11,  1905. 

The  Chairman,  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
House  of  Commons,  Ottawa,  Canada. 
Sir,— With  reference  to  your  letter  of  May  1  last,  addressed  to  Mr.  C.  P.  Buckell, 
Superintendent  of  Telegraphs,  Penang,  on  the  subject  of  the  method  of  working  the 
government  telephone  system  in  that  settlement,  I  am  directed  to  inclose  herewith,  for 
your   information,   the    answers   to  your  queries,  which  have  been  drawn  up  by  Mr. 

Buckell. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

E.  L.  BROCKMAN, 

Acting  Colonial  Secretary,  Straits  Settlements. 


No.  283a. 

ANSWERS    TO    QUESTIONS. 

(Note. — The  figures  quoted  are  Straits  Settlements  currency,  those  in  brackets  being  Cana- 
dian currency.) 

The  Penang  Telephone  System  is  owned  and  operated  by  the  government  of  the 
Straits  Settlements,  the  population  of  which  is  240,000. 

The  system  has  301  subscribers,  and  three  exchanges,  namely,  Central  Exchange 
and  one  sub-exchange  on  the  island  of  Penang,  and  one  sub-exchange  at  Butterworth, 
province  of  Wellesley,  the  number  of  subscribers  connected  to  each  being  181,  105  and 
15  respectively.  Each  subscriber  has  a  separate  direct  line  of  No.  16  copper  metallic 
circuit.    There  are  11  inside  extension  telephones. 

The  rates  are  in  Penang:  Business  telephones,  $7.50  ($3.38)  per  month  within  muni- 
cipal limits  (which  is  about  four  miles  from  the  central  exchange)  and  $1  (45  cents) 
per  month  extra  for  every  additional  mile  or  part  of  a  mile.  Residence  telephones,  $5 
($2.25)  per  month  within  the  municipal  limits,  plus  the  same  additional  charge  for  dis- 
tances beyond.    Inside  extensions,  $2  (90  cents)  per  month  for  each  telephone. 

In  the  province  of  Wellesley  the  rate  is  $11  ($4.95)  per  mensem  for  a  connection 
within  one  mile  of  the  exchange,  and  $1  (45  cents)  per  mensem  extra  for  every  addi- 
tional mile  or  part  of  a  mile.    The  service  is  continuous. 

We  have  no  call  office,  and  there  is  no  demand  for  one.  Subscribers  have  an  un- 
limited service,  and  can  converse  over  a  distance  of  44  miles. 

There  are  three  kinds  of  telephones  in  use,  namely : — 

1.  The  Western  Electric  Company's  wall  pattern  sets,  with  Delville  transmitter 
on  arm  and  double  pole  receiver. 

2.  Pedestal  desk  sets  with  L.  M.  Hunning's  Delville  transmitter  and  double  pole 
receiver,  manufactured  by  the  same  company. 

3.  L.  M.  Ericsson  &  Company's  ornamental  wall  pattern  sets  with  double  pole  re- 
ceiver. 

All  lines  at  present  are  overhead. 

The  total  amount  expended  in  construction  up  to  December  31,  1904,  was  $93,409 
($42,034.05).     The  exchange  was  opened  on  March  1,  1901. 
STRAITS  SETTLEMENTS. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  353 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  total  receipts  for  1904  were  $18,151.81  ($8,168.31).  The  estimated  revenue  for 
the  current  year  is  $21,000  ($9,450). 

For  the  current  year,  the  estimated  expenditure,  including  depreciation  at  10  per 
cent,  is  about  $14,402  ($6,480.90).  In  addition  to  the  annually  recurrent  expenditure, 
$14,110  ($6,349.50)  is  being  expended  on  extensions. 

The  surplus  last  year  was  eight  thousand  nine  hundred  and  sixty-five  dollars 
($4,034.25).  A  copy  of  the  return  showing  receipts  and  expenditure  is  attached.  In 
addition  to  the  annually  recurrent  expenditure  shown  in  that  return,  a  sum  of  $16,929 
($7,618.05)  was  spent  on  extensions  to  exchange. 

The  superintendent  of  telegraphs  is  paid  an  allowance  of  $600  ($270)  per  annum 
for  managing  the  telephone  exchange.  The  inspector  of  telegraphs,  for  services  in  con- 
nection with  the  exchange  receives  an  allowance  of  $240  ($108)  per  annum.  The 
mechanician  is  paid  a  salary  of  $300  ($135)  per  annum.  There  are  four  linesmen.  One 
at  $180  ($81)  per  annum,  and  three  at  $144  ($64.80).  There  are  fourteen  operators, 
one  at  $300  ($135)  per  annum,  and  thirteen  at  $240  ($108)  per  annum. 

The  cost  of  equipment  is  as  follows:  Central  switchboard,  £263  5s.  ($1,282).  It  is 
a  315-way  metallic  circuit  switchboard.    At  present  181  lines  are  connected  to  it. 

At  the  sub-exchanges  there  are  three  switchboards  in  use,  viz. :  two  105-way  boards 
and  one  50-way  board.  The  former  (including  test  jacks  and  lightning  arrestor)  cost 
£99  15s.  ($485.79)  each,  and  the  latter  £50  ($243.50). 

The  wall  telephone,  supplied  by  Messrs.  Ericsson  &  Company,  cost  £3  3s.  ($15.34) 
each.  Those  supplied  by  the  Western  Electric  Company  cost  £3  0s.  6d.  ($14.73). 
Desk  telephones,  £2  15s.  ($13.40). 

Hard  drawn  copper  wire,  No.  16,  £2  lis.  2d.  ($12.47)  per  mile. 

Heavy  poles :  Iron,  40  feet,  £12  ($58.44) ;  35  feet,  £8  10s.  ($41.40) ;  25  feet,  £3 
($14.61). 

Light  poles :  Iron,  22  feet,  £1  8s.  ($6.81) ;  20  feet,  £1  4s.  ($5.86) ;  18  feet,  £1  0s.  6d. 
($4.99). 

Wooden  poles  are  not  used. 

Iron  arms  (made  locally)  for  carrying  8  wires,  $3.55  ($1.60)  each,  for  carrying 
four  wires  $2.50  ($1.13).     Wooden  arms  are  not  used. 

Insulators  with  bolts  and  nuts  complete,  7*d.  (15  cents)  each. 

The  above  quotations  do  not  include  freight,  &c.  We  have  no  long  distance  trunk 
lines. 

The  foregoing  information  conveys  a  fairly  good  idea  of  the  method  of  working 
the  system,  but  little  can  be  added  concerning  it. 

The  switchboards  in  use  are  of  the  pattern  known  as  '  Inclosed  Cabinet  Double 
Cord  Switchboard.'  Each  of  the  electro-magnets  of  the  switchboards  is  protected 
from  lightning  by  a  carbon  lightning  arrestor  and  a  fusible  coil ;  these  have  been  found 
to  be  very  effective.  Although  the  lines  are  never  put  to  earth  (i.e.,  grounded)  no 
damage  by  lightning  has  been  done  to  the  switchboards  since  the  exchange  was  opened 
four  years  ago.  The  same  can  be  said  regarding  the  subscribers'  telephones.  Each 
of  these  is  protected  by  two  lightning  arresters,  namely,  the  usual  mica  arrestor; 
attached  to  the  instrument  and  a  serrated  arrestor,  in  two  sections,  attached  to  a  hard- 
wood base,  the  two  sections  being  connected  by  means  of  spirals  of  thin  silk  covered 
copper  wire.  Each  subscriber's  instrument  and  each  operator's  set  is  provided  with  a 
teparate  speaking  battery  of  three  volts. 


STRAITS   SETTLEMBNS. 


354 


No.  283b. 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

STEAITS  SETTLEMENTS— Concluded. 


Return  showing  actual  receipts  and  cost  of  working  of  the  Penang  Telephone  Ex- 
change for  the  year  1904. 


Receipts. 

Amount 

(Straits  Settlements 
Currency). 

Expenditure 

Amount 
(Straits  Settle- 
ments Currency). 

Amount 
(Canadian  Cur- 
rency). 

Subscriptions  received . 

$    cts. 
18,151  81  ($8,168  31) 

Personal  emoluments  .... 

$     cts. 
2,709  25 
1,000  00 
3,437  30 
2,040  50 
8,964  76 

$     cts. 

1,219  16 

450  00 

Depreciation  (10  p.c.  on 
$34,372.80— 1903  aco. 

Depreciation  (10  p.c.  on 
$20,405.11). 

Balance  of  receipts  over 
expenditure. 

Total . .  .  .  •   

1,546  79 

918  22 

4.034  14 

Total 

18,151  81  ($8,168  31  i 

18,151  81 

8,168  31 

AUSTRALIA. 

No.  284.  (See  also  Nos.  295  and  296.) 

Postmaster  General's  Department, 

Melbourne,  August  23,  1905. 
The  Chairman, 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 
Sir, — With  reference  to  your  communication  of  May  1  last,  addressed  to  Air.  T. 
Howard,  assistant  electrical  engineer  for  this  department  in  Victoria,  asking  that  you 
be  furnished  with  certain  particulars  respecting  the  telephone  service  in  that  state, 
I  have  the  honour  to  forward  herewith  the  desired  information  which  has  been  sup- 
plied through  the  deputy  postmaster  general,  Melbourne. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

EOBT.   T.   SCOTT, 

Secretary. 

No.  284a. 

answers  to  questions. 

In  reply  to  the  inquiries,  dated  May  1,  1905,  I  beg  to  submit  the  following  in- 
formation : — 

The  population  of  Melbourne  (capital,  state  of  Victoria)  is  508,540.  That  of  the 
state,  1,210,304.  The  telephone  system  is  owned  and  operated  by  the  government. 
The  system  comprises  8,429  subscribers.  The  number  of  switchrooms  are :  In  the 
AUSTRALIA. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  355 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Metropolitan  network,  13;  in  the  country,  11.     The  central  exchange  has  4,400  lines. 
There  are  7.053  direct  lines  with  one  telephone,  and  3,240  extension  telephones, 
The  telephones  are  supplied  by  the  government  as  part  of  the  service.    Subscribers 
pay  rent  only,  but  in  some  instances  several  years'  rent  in  advance  is  required. 

The  rates  are  as  follows:  Business,  Metropolitan,  £9  ($43.83)  per  annum.     Coun- 
try, £7  ($34.09)  for  a  line  up  to  1  mile  radially. 
Residence,  £5  ($24.35)  in  each  case. 

Outside  extensions,  each  half  mile  from  subscribers'  first  station,  £1  ($4.87)  per 
annum,  plus  £2  ($9.74)  per  annum  for  telephone. 

Inside  extensions,  telephones,  £2  ($9.74)  per  anum.  Drops,  10s.  ($2.44)  per  figure 
per  annum. 

Id.  (2cent)  calls  are  under  consideration  for  small  thickly  populated  city  areas. 
The  metropolitan  area  is  10  miles  from  centre.     The  country  area,  5  miles. 
The  service  is  continuous ;  the  exchange  is  never  closed. 

The  charge  to  non-subscribers  for  local  conversations  is  3d.  (6  cents)  per  area 
for  three  minutes'  use  of  service. 

The  long-distance  charges  are  : — 

First  3  minutes.  Each  extra  3  minutes. 

8.     d.  s.     d. 

25  miles 6     (12£  cents)  4(8     cents) 

50       "       10     (20J  cents)  6     (12 J  cents) 

75       "       12     (28^  cents)  9     (184  cents) 

100       "       16     (362  cents)         1     0     (24J  cents) 

125       "       1  10     ( 45  cents )         1    2     (284  cents) 

150      "       2     2     (52  cents )         1    5     (34|  cents) 

175       "       2     6     (61  cents )         1    8     (41  cents ) 

200      "       2  10     (69  cents )         1  10     (45  cents ) 

The  greatest  distance  spoken  over  is  about  250  miles. 

Branching  type  Ericcson  is  now  the  standard  subscribers'  telephone.  There  are 
still  a  number  of  the  series  Berthon-Aders  in  use. 

The  subscribers'  lines  are  mostly  single  with  common  returns  in  large  cities  where 
affected  by  electric  trams  and  electric  light,  100  lb.  copper;  200  lb.  iron  for  country. 

About  60  per  cent  of  the  plant  is  underground  in  central  exchange  with  under- 
ground  work  at  all  the  principal  exchanges  in  metropolitan  area  and  in  country. 

The  amount  expended  upon  the  system  to  date  is  £872,203  ($4,247,628.61*). 

The  revenue  in  1894  was  £36,134  ($175,972.58).    In  1904,  £81,593  ($397,357.91). 

The  surplus  last  year  was  £7,040  ($34,284.80). 

The  wages  paid  are: — 

Managers  and  certain  postmasters,  £300  to  £400  ($1,461  to  $1,948)  per  annum. 

Foremen,  £162  ($788.94)  maximum. 

Instrument  fitters,  £114  to  £138  ($555.18  to  $672.06). 

Linemen,  £156   ($759.72)  maximum. 

Switchboard  operators,  £110  per  annum  ($535.70)  after  three  years'  service. 

The  cost  of  equipment  is  as  follows : — 

Metallic  circuit  standard  switchboards.  100  lines,  £51  5s.  ($249.59). 

Wall  telephones,  £3  Is.  2d.  ($14.90). 

Desk  telephones,  £3  6s.  ($16.08). 

Lead  covered  cable,  £160  to  £180  ($779.20  to  $876.60)  per  mile  for  26  pair  cable. 

Copper  wire,  £70  per  ton  ($151  cents  per  pound).     Iron  wire,  £11  15s.  (2%  cents 

per  pound). 

Wood  poles  vary  from  12s.  6d.  ($3.05)  to  £4  10  ($21.92)  according  to  length  and 
dimensions.    Iron  pipe  poles  for  branch  lines,  18s.  6d.  ($4.51). 

Cross  arms,  4  feet  10  inchefe  x  3  inches  x  3  inches,  2s.  (49  cents) 

Insulators,  3d.  to  6d.  (6  to  12J  cents).    Bolts,  5d.  (10£  cents)  per  lb. 

Underground  construction :  solid  system.     Red  gum  timber  box,  cables  laid  in  dry 

sand.     Cost,  Is.  (244  cents)  per  foot. 

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356  SELECT  COMMITTEE  02\T  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

The  long-distance  lines  are  owned  and  operated  by  the  government.  The  regula- 
tions governing  the  service  are  too  various  to  put  in  detail,  but  they  are  of  the  usual 
character  for  such  services. 

The  telephone  is  superimposed  upon  the  telegraph  lines,  which  are  400  lb.  iron, 
and  the  system  is  used  very  largely  for  simultaneous  telephony  and  telegraphy.  An 
adaptation  of  the  Van  Bysselberghe  system  with  certain  improvements  is  employed. 

The  long-distance  lines  are  constructed  of  100  and  200  lb.  copper  wire.  Metallic 
circuit  in  all  cases  are  employed. 

Subscribers  using  long-distance  service  must  deposit,  say,  £1  ($4.87),  as  a  guaran- 
tee of  collection  to  cover  their  talks  from  any  particular  exchange. 

There  is  no  competition.  In  1887  the  government  intended  to  compete  with  the 
then  existing  company,  but  the  latter  sold  out  to  the  government.  Rates  were  then 
reduced  25  per  cent,  from  £16  to  £12  ($77.92  to  $5844)  and  from  £12  to  £9  ($58.44  to 
$43.83)  in  1894. 

History. — Service  instituted  by  a  company  in  1881.  In  1897  the  government  took 
control  by  purchase. 

Line  construction. — Like  all  other  exchange  installations,  this  was  started  on  the 
basis  of  single  wires  for  subscribers'  lines.  In  many  instances  these  have  been 
retained,  but  in  larger  centres  common  returns  are  being  exclusively  used.  All  junc- 
tion and  trunk  lines  are  metallic  circuits,  and  two  country  exchanges  are  wholly 
double  wire  throughout. 

Exchange  boards. — Standard  and  series  multiple  boards  intermixed  with  branch- 
ing boards,  the  latter  having  selfTStoring  drops,  pilot  lights,  and  automatic  registers. 
Outgoing  junctions  are  multipled.     '  Gall '  wire  not  used. 

Traffic. — In  Central  Exchange: — 

Number  of  subscribers  per  position 75 

Number  of  subscribers'  calls  per  position 1,049 

Number  of  subscribers'  calls  per  line 14 

Power  plant. — Holtzer  Cabot  motor  generators  for  the  ringing  current,  accumula- 
tors for  transmitters  and  self-storing  drops. 

Subscribers'  batteries. — Leclanche  type,  but  dry  cells  will  shortly  supersede  these. 

Subscribers'  telephones. — Combination  micro-telephones  are  most  favoured.  These 
were  formerly  of  the  Berthon  type.  Swedish  form  of  Ericcson  is  now  becoming  the 
most  used  for  new  lines. 

Air  lines. — Poles  varying  in  length  from  25  to  50  feet  of  the  best  red-gum  or  grey 
box.  Top  pins  have  hitherto  been  used,  but  are  to  be  abandoned.  Aerial  cables — 28 
to  104  wires — are  largely  used  in  all  city  works. 


AUSTRALIA. 


APPENDIX  "A"  357 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  285. 

NOrlWAY. 

THE   DIRECTOR-GENERAL   OF  THE   TELEGRAPH    ADMINISTRATION   OF  THE   KINGDOM    OF   NORWAY. 

Christiania,  September  8,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General  and  Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  May  1  last, 
and  to  furnish  you  with  enclosed  lists  of  answers. 

I  am  sorry  to  say  that  to  some  of  the  questions  a  detailed  and  full  answer  cannot 
be  given  for  want  of  material,  and  some  other  questions  cannot  be  answered' at  all  for 
the  same  reason. 

Your  list  of  questions  addressed  to  Mr.  J.  U.  F.  Bugge,  inspector  of  Norwegian 
Telegraphs,  has  by  him  been  handed  to  me,  as  he  has  no  dealing  with  any  telephone 
system  of  especial  importance.  1  have  answered  this  list  of  questions  as  to  the  tele- 
phone system  of  Christiania,  the  largest  of  my  country. 

According  to  your  demand,  I  only  refer  to  the  number  of  question. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 
'  Your  obedient  servant, 

ABILD, 

ad  interim. 


No.  285a. 

ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS 

By  far  the  greatest  number  of  trunk  lines  in  Norway  are  owned  and  operated  by 
the  government,  which  now  has  a  continuous  system  of  long-distance  lines  over  the 
greater  part  of  the  country. 

On  March  31,  1904,  the  length  of  long-distance  lines  was  8,069  kilometres  (5,011 
miles) ;  of  wires,  29,269  kilometres  (18,176  miles).  The  average  cost  of  these  lines  can- 
not be  stated.  But  it  is  generally  calculated,  that  a  single  wire  of  long-distance  line 
costs  about  350-400  kr.  (kroner)  ($93.80  to  $107.20)  per  kilometre  (3,281  feet,  about 
f  mile). 

The  total  length  of  pole  lines  is  7,682  kilometres  (4,770$  miles) .  Most  of  the  long- 
distance lines  are  metallic  circuits. 

The  long-distance  charges  are  as  follows: — 
For  geometrical  distances  to  15  km.  (9$  miles),  kr.  0.15  (4  cents)  per  period  of  con- 
versation of  3  minutes.     Under  certain  circumstances  kr.  0.10  (2|  cents)  for  distances 
below  10km.  (6^  miles). 

For  geometrical  distances  from  15  to  50  km.  (9J  to  31  miles),  kr.  0.25  (6|  cents) 
per  period. 

For  geometrical  distances  from  50  to  100  km.  (31  to  62  miles),  kr.  0.35  (9J  cents) 
per  period. 

For  geometrical  distances  from  100  to  150  km.  (62  to  93  miles),  kr.  0.50  (13J  cents) 
per  period. 

For  geometrical  distances,  from  150  to  250  km.  (93  to  155  miles),  kr.  0.75  (20  Cents) 
per  period. 

For  geometrical  distances  from  250  to  400  km.  (155  to  248  miles),  kr.  1.00  (27  cents 
per  period. 

For  geometrical  distances  from  400  to  550  km.  (248  to  341  miles),  kr.  1.25  (33J 
■cents  per  period. 

For  geometrical  distances,  above  550  km.  (341  miles)  kr.  1.50  (40  cents)  per  period. 

NORWAY. 

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358  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

The  subscribers'  lines  are  in  systems  of  late  years  exclusive  metallic  circuits ;  but  in 
the  older  systems  partly  single  lines,  partly  metallic  circuits.  In  the  last-mentioned 
systems  the  conversion  from  single  lines  to  metallic  circuits  is  proceeding.  The  sub- 
scribers' lines  are  generally  made  of  bronze  wire  of  1.25  or  1.5  mm.  (No.  17  and  18 
S.W.G.),  exceptionally  of  iron  wire  of  2mm.  (No.  14  S.W.G.).  Only  in  the  largesl 
systems  (Christiania  and  Trondhjem)  are  the  lines  underground  in  the  more  central 
parts  of  the  towns. 

The  long-distance  lines  are  copper  wire  of  2.75,  3.3,  4  or  4.5  mm.  (Nos.  12, 10,  8  and 
7  S.W.G.),  iron  wire  of  3.17  or  4  mm.  (Nos.  10  and  8,  S.W.G.),  and  as  a  rare  excep- 
tion bronze  wire  of  2  mm.  (No.  14,  S.W.G.)  in  diameter. 

The  total  cost  of  the  long-distance  lines  at  the  end  of  the  financial  year,  April  1, 
1903— March  31,  1004,  was  7,181,200  kroner  ($1,924,829.60). 

The  cost  of  operating  the  long-distance  telephone  lines  separately  cannot  be  given. 
The  cost  of  operating  the  telegraph  and  long-distance  telephone  lines  together  was  for 
the  financial  year  April  1,  1903-March  31,  1904,  1,405,700  kr.  ($376,727.60),  and  the 
cost  of  maintaining  the  telegraph  and  long-distance  telephone  lines  and  stations  toge- 
ther for  the  same  year,  536,100  kr.  ($143,674.S(V).  No  interest  is  specially  paid.  But 
the  whole  net  revenue  is  paid  into  the  fisc.  The  net  gain  of  telegraphs  and  telephones 
for  the  financial  year  above  mentioned  was  944,900  kr.  ($253,233.20).  The  surplus  of 
the  governmenl  telegraph  and  long-distance  telephone  lines,  for  the  year,  April  1,  1903. 
March  31,  1904,  was  513,000  kr.  ($137,484). 

By  means  of  different  electromagnets,  the  long-distance  lines  are  used  for  simul- 
taneous telephony  and  telegraphy. 

There  are  altogether  about  200  local  telephone  exchanges  in  Norway,  and  of  these 
the  government  owns  and  operates  27,  most  of  which  are  in  towns.  The  other  systems 
are  operated  by  private  local  companies. 

The  population  of  Norway  on  December  3,  1900,  was  2,240,032. 

On  January  1,  1904,  there  were  15,541  local  subscribers  in  the  government  tele- 
phone systems,  with  220  public  call  offices. 

The  number  of  subscribers  in  the  chief  cities  and  towns  are  as  follows:  Govern- 
ment systems  on  May  31,  1905,  Christiania,  12.549;  Trondhjem,  1985.  Systems  of  pri- 
vate companies  at  the  end  of  the  year  1903:  Bergen,  2,994;  Stavanger,  986;  Drammen, 
1,031. 

The  populations  of  these  places  are  as  follow:  Christianity  on  December  31,  1904, 
222,373 ;  Trondhjem,  on  December  31,  1902,  39,132 ;  Bergen,  on  December  3,  1900,  72,- 
251 ;  Stavanger,  30,613 ;  Drammen,  23,093. 

The  rates  for  local  subscribers  are:  In  Christiania,  80  kr.  ($21.44)  per  annum;  in 
Trondhjem,  70  kr.  ($18.76)  per  annum;  for  metallic  circuit  and  one  ordinary  apparatus 
with  ordinary  furniture.  The  radius  covered  by  subscription  is,  foi  both  systems, 
1,500  metres  (4,921  feet),  in  a  straight  line  from  the  central  exchange.  For  farther  dis- 
tances there  is  in  Christiania  a  surtax  of  7 '50  kr.  ($2.01)  per  annum,  for  each  500 
metres  (1,640  feet),  or  fraction  of  this  distance,  exceeding  the  radius  above  mentioned. 
In  Bergen,  72  kr.  ($19.30)  per  annum  for  single  wire:  for  metallic  circuit  a  surtax  of 
16  kr.  ($4.29)  per  annum.  Besides  the  subscribers  must  purchase  their  own  apparatus 
In  Stavanger,  30  kr.  ($8.04)  per  annum  for  service  and  for  maintaining  of  the  lines 
and  apparatus,  which  are  owned  by  the  subscribers.  In  Drammen,  70  kr.  ($18.76)  per 
annum  for  single  wire  and  one  ordinary  apparatus  with  furniture. 

The  following  are  the  numbers  of  subscribers  in  some  of  the  smaller  places : — Gov- 
ernment systems  on  January  1,1904:  Sfjpsborg,  221 ;  Bodo,  175;  Tromso,  150;  Narvik, 
125 ;  Levanger,  97 ;  Brevik,  95,  and  Vrjss,  69.  Systems  of  private  companies  at  the  end 
of  the  year  1903 :  Fredrikstad,  760 ;  Christiansand,  690 ;  Skien,  486 ;  Christiansund,  274. 

The  population  of  these  places  on  December  3,  1900,  was :  Sarpsborg,  6,922 ;  Bodo, 
4,877;  Tromso,  6,996;  Narvik,  3,023;  Levanger,  1,542;  .brevik,  2,302;  Voss,  1,000;  Fred- 
rikstad, 14,635;  Christiansand,  14,666;  Skien,  11,394;  Christiansund,  12,050. 

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APPENDIX  "  A  "  359 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  rates  in  these  places  are  as  follows :  Sarspborg,  50  kr.  ($13.40)  ;  Bodo,  40  kr. 
($1072) ;  Tromso,  60  kr.  ($16.08)  ;  Narvik,  60  kr.  (16.08) ;  Levanger,  30  kr.  ($13.40)  ; 
and  entrance  fee,  20  kr.  ($5.36) ;  Brevik,  40  kr.  ($10.72),  and  Voss,  40  kr.  ($10.72)  per 
annum,  for  metallic  circuit,  or  single  wire,  and  one  ordinary  apparatus  with  furniture, 
all  within  the  limits  of  the  town  or  within  a  radius  of  1,Q00  metres  (about  ?, 
miles),  from  the  exchange.  In  the  private  system  of  Fredrikstad,  60  kr.  ($16.08)  for 
business  telephones,  50  kr.  ($13.40)  for  residence  telephones,  and  43  kr.  ($11.53)  for 
municipal  telephones,  per  annum.  In  Christiansund,  60  kr.  ($16.08) ;  Skien,  60  kr. 
($16.08),  and  Christiansund,  50  kr.  ($13.40).  or  45  kr.  ($12.06)  per  annum  for  single 
wire  and  one  ordinary  apparatus  with  furniture. 

When  a  rural  community  wants  a  long-distance  telephone  station,  the  govern- 
ment will,  if  it  is  found  to  be  expedient,  establish  such  a  station.  The  conditions  made 
ty  the  government  before  the  laying  of  the  line,  are  the  following  :-- 

The  community  guarantees  free  rooms,  lighting,  fuel,  messenger  and  telephone 
operator  for  the  station.  The  people  of  the  district  either  use  the  station  as  a  call 
office,  or  what  is  most  usual,  they  construct  their  own  lines,  which  are  connected  to  the 
switchboard  for  a  fixed  payment  of  5  kroner  ($1.34)  per  annum.  On  January  1,  1904, 
there  were  1,743  subscribers  connected  to  the  government  long-distance  toll  stations. 
It  is  of  still  greater  importance  that  the  private  telephone  companies  (the  shareholders 
of  which  are  generally  all  of  them  subscribers  to  the  company)  apply  for  connection 
with  the  government  stations.  On  the  other  hand  connection  can  be  demanded  by  the 
government.  The  number  of  the  private  companies'  subscribers,  the  towns  included, 
was  at  the  end  of  the  year  1903,  20,310,  with  1,275  public  call  offices  and  574  exchanges. 
The  government  has  about  630  stations  for  toll  service  in  the  rural  districts. 

In  the  system  of  Christiania,  a  subscriber  has  to  pay  a  surtax  of  10  kr.  ($2.68)  for 
each  1,000  calls,  or  fraction  of  that  number  exceeding  6,000  calls. 

A  subscriber  can  as  such  on  his  subscription  fee  only  converse  within  the  system 
with  which  he  is  connected.  But  long-distance  conversations  can  be  exchanged  over 
a  distance  of  about  1,200  kilometres  (745  miles). 

The  lines  of  private  companies  systems  are  generally  single,  of  iron  or  bronze. 

Of  the  lines  of  the  government  local  telephone  systems  at  the  end  of  the  year, 
April  1,  1903-March  31,  1904,  31,365  kilometres  (19,477|  miles)  were  underground, 
19,156  kilometres  (11,895|  miles)  overhead,  and  145  kilometres  submarine  (90  miles). 

The  total  amount  expended  on  the  government  local  systems  is  4,564,200  kr. 
($1,223,205.60).  For  the  financial  year,  April  1,  1903-March  31,  1904,  the  revenue  was 
1,082,400  kr.  ($292,763.20) ;  the  total  expenditure,  depreciation  excluded,  was  660,500 
kr.  ($177,014);  and  the  profit  was  431,900  kr.  ($115,749.20). 

The  wages  paid  are:  Manager  of  Christiania  telephone  system,  10,000  kr.  ($2,680). 
Engineers  from  2,200  to  4,500  kr.  ($589.60  to  $1,206)  per  annum.  Foremen,  120-160, 
kr.  ($32,16  to  $42.88)  per  month.  Instrument  men  and  wiremen,  20  to  25  kr.  ($5.36 
to  $6.70)  per  week,  and  telephone  operators,  480  to  960  kr.  (128.64  to  $257.28)  per 
annum.  Lady  managers  of  the  central  exchange,  1,200,  1,400  or  2,000  kr.  ($321.60, 
$375.20  or  $536)  per  annum. 

The  working  of  the  government  systems  is  very  satisfactory. 

The  government  has  free  way-leave  facilities  in  towns.  But  in  the  rural  dis- 
tricts the  government  must  pay  for  its  way-leave  privileges,  generally  from  2  kr.  to  5 
kr.  (54  cents  to  $1.34)  per  pole-room. 

No.  285b. 

NOBW  AY— Concluded. 

CHRISTIANIA   TELEPHONE   SYSTEM. 

Christiania,  Norway,  has  a  population  of  222,373  (census  of  December,  1904).  The 
local  telephone  service  has  been  owned  and  operated  by  the  government  since  January 
1.  1901,  and  comprises  10,452  subscribers,  connected  to  9  switch-rooms  (exchanges). 
Of  these  two  are  within  the  town,  one  central  and  one  branch,  and  7  rural. 

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360  .  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

The  town  exchanges  have  respectively  8,660  and  790  subscribers. 

The  7  rural  exchanges  have  1,002  subscribers. 

The  total  number  of  telephones  is  12,549,  including  2,097  extension  telephones. 

All  instruments  are  supplied  and  owned  by  the  government.  Subscribers  do  not 
contribute  anything  beyond  the  annual  rental  for  either  line  or  instrument. 

Subscribers  in  the  town  pay  80  kroner  ($21.44)  per  annum,  within  a  radius  of 
1,500  metres  (4,921  feet,  about  ]5/ig  miles)  from  the  central  exchange,  and  an  addi- 
tional subscription  of  7.50  kr.  ($2.01)  for  every  500  metres  (1,640  feet)  exceeding  the 
radius  of  1,500  metres.  Rural  subscribers  pay  60  to  80  kr.  ($16.08  to  $21.44),  plus 
10  kr.  ($2.68)  for  every  500  metres  (1,640  feet)  of  line  measured  from  the  exchange,  to 
which  they  are  connected. 

For  outside  extensions,  30  kr.  ($8.04) ;  for  inside  extensions,  20  kr.  ($5.36). 

The  service  is  continuous,  day  and  night,  including  Sunday. 

Ten  ore  (2f  cents)  per  conversation  is  charged  to  non-subscribei-s  at  pay  station? 
for  local  service. 

Subscribers  have  service  over  about  45  kilometres  (28  miles)  within  the  telephone 
system  of  Christiania  alone.  The  central  exchange  of  the  town  is  connected  with 
the  '  inter-urban  '  trunk-line  exchange  of  the  government,  and  thus  any  subscriber  may 
get  internal  trunk  line  communication  (from  the  apparatus  in  his  home  or  office)  with 
all  the  towns  and  most  of  the  rural  districts  south  of  Namsos — over  distances  up  to 
750  kilometres  (465  miles). 

Subscribers'  stations  are  equipped  with  ordinary  wall-telephones  of  L.  M.  Ericc- 
sons  and  '  Elektrisk  Bureaus'  pattern  with  fixed  microphone  or  combined  hand-set 
(hand  microtelephone).  Desk-telephones  with  combined  hand-set  are  also  frequently 
used.     Leclanche-cells  and  'dry  batterit  s.' 

The  lines  are  partly  single,  partly  metallic  circuits,  within  the  town  bronze,  out- 
side the  town  chiefly  of  iron  wire.  Total  length  of  single  lines,  11,500  kilometres 
7,014^  miles)  of  metallic  circuits,  17,750  kilometres  (11,022|  miles). 

The  proportion  of  underground  and  overhead  construction  is  :  Underground, 
30,334  kilometres  (18,837£  miles),  overhead,  16,592  kilometres  (10,303 i  miles)  taken 
a.  single  wire. 

The  total  cost  of  the  Christiania  telephone  system  to  date  is,  4,026,032  kr.  ($1,078,- 
976.58).  The  revenue  for  last  year  was  945,490  kr.  ($253,391.32).  The  expenditure, 
587,400  kr.  ($157,423.20);  leaving  a  surplus  of  358,090  kr.  ($95,968.12). 

The  wages  paid  are :  Manager,  10,000  kr.  ($2,680)  per  year.  Foremen,  120  to  160 
kr.  ($32.16  to  $42.88)  per  month.  Instrument  and  wiremen,  3-4  kr.  (80J  cents  to 
$1.07)  per  day.     Switchboard  operators,  40  to  80  kr.  ($10.72  to  $21.44)  per  month. 

The  cost  of  equipment  is  as  follows : — 

Wall  telephones,  about  43  kr.  ($11.53).  Desk  telephones,  about  43  to  65  kr. 
($11.53  to  $17.42). 

Lead  covered  paper  insulated  cable:  The  type  usually  employed  contains  256 
pairs  of  wires  (256  metallic  circuits),  price  about  7  kr.  ($1.88)  per  metre  (39 J  inches). 

Bronze  wire  of  1,25  mm.  diameter  costs  about  1 -35  kr.  (36J  cents)  per  kilo- 
gramme (2$  pounds).  Iron  wire  of  2  mm.  and  3 -17  mm.  employed.  Price  about  0-25 
kr.  (62  cents)  per  kilogramme  (2£  pounds). 

Only  wooden  poles  are  employed.  Price,  20  to  70  kr.  ($5.36  to  $18.76)  for  lengths 
of  40  to  70  feet. 

No  wooden  arms  are  used.  Iron  arms  with  bolts  for  6,  8  or  10  wires.  Prices 
respectively,  3-50,  4-50  and  5:50  kr.  (94  cents,  $1.21,  $1.48). 

Cement  blocks  with  ducts  for  12  cables  about  19  kr.  ($5.09) ;  for  20  cables,  about 
22  kr.  ($5.90).  The  digging  and  filling  of  the  trenches  and  the  laying  of  the  blocks, 
&c,  are  included  in  the  prices  given  above.  Manholes  cost  about  500  to  700  kr.  ($134 
to  $187.60),  according  to  the  dimensions. 

These  prices  will,  of  course,  vary  considerably  according  to  the  nature  of  the  soil, 
&c.     When,  for  instance,  blasting  is  required,  or  frequent  obstructions  in  the  form  of 
gas  and  water  pipes  are  encountered,  the  prices  are  correspondingly  increased. 
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APPENDIX  "  A  "  361 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  first  telephone  company  working  in  Ohristiania  was  the  International  Bell 
Telephone  Company  (concessions  granted  by  the  municipality).  Within  one  year  of 
this  company's  start  in  Ohristiania  (1880),  a  local  competitive  company  was  formed. 
This  competition  resulted  in  reduction  of  the  rates.  In  1885  both  systems  were  pur- 
chased by  a  new  local  association,  '  The  Ohristiania  Telephone  Company.'  In  1901 
the  system  was  bought  by  the  government. 

For  a  general  description  of  the  central  exchange  see  '  Elektroteknische  Zeit- 
schrift,'  Heft  13,  1897.  For  outside  work  (local)  see  Bennett's  '  Telephone  Systems 
of  the  continent  of  Europe,'  pages  296-303.  The  underground  plant  consists  of 
cement-ducts  with  paper  insulated,  lead-covered  cables  after  the  '  Hultmann  system.' 


No.  286. 

DENMARK. 

Telegraph  Directorate, 

Copenhagen,  Denmark,  August  19,  1905. 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
c/o  Sir  Wm.  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  Ottawa. 

Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  May  1  last,  I  have  the  honour  to  send  you  here- 
with inclosed  a  list  containing  my  answers  to  your  questions  concerning  telephone  ser- 
vice in  Denmark.   . 

I  am,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

N.  R.  MEYER. 


No.  286a. 

ANSWERS  to  questions. 

The  Danish  government  owns  and  operates  the  long-distance  lines.  These  lines 
cover  2,410-64:  kilometres  (1,497*  miles),  of  which  2,181-65  kilometres  ,(1,355  miles) 
are  pole  routes,  carrying  6,514-49"  kilometres  (4,046  miles)  of  separate  circuits. 

The  rates  for  long-distance  service  are  charged  according  to  the  distances,  and 

are  as  follows : — 

Kroner.  Ore. 

Under  50  kilometres  (31  miles) 0  25  .  (  6£  cents  ) 

From  50  to  100  kilometres  (  31  to  62  miles  ) 0  35  (  H  cents  ) 

"     100   "    150           "           (  62  to  93  miles  ) 0  50  (13J  cents) 

"    150    "    200           "           (  93  to  124  miles  ) 0  75  (20  cents  ) 

"    200    "    300           "           (124  to  186  miles.) 1  00  (27  cents ) 

"    300   "   400           "           (186  to  248  miles) 1  50  (40  cents ) 

Over  400  kilometres  (248  miles) 2  00  (54  cents  ) 

Subscribers'  lines  in  Copenhagen  are  metallic;  bronze  wire.  In  the  provinces 
grounded;  iron. 

2  -5,  3,  3  -5,  4  and  4  -5  mm. 

The  total  cost  of  the  long-distance  linete  is  4,167,000  Frcs.  ($804,231). 

The  operating  expenses  cannot  be  drawn  up,  as  the  operation  and  maintenance 
is  connected  with  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  telegraph  lines. 

The  capital  expended  belongs  to  the  state.  The  surplus  cannot  be  stated  exactly, 
but  it  amounts  to  about  8  per  cent  of  the  spent  capital. 

The  charges  and  fees  are  collected  directly  from  the  correspondents  and  users  of 
the  lines,  if  required,  by  means  of  postal  collection  order. 

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362  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Simultaneous  telephony  and  telegraphy  is  used  (relay,  shunt  or  Morse  system)  on 
the  trunk  lines,  but  chiefly  for  the  announcement  of  the  telephonic  conversations. 

The  local  exchanges  belong  to  and  are  operated  by  joint-stock  companies  in  pos- 
session of  concessions. 

The  population  of  Denmark  is  2,500,000. 

The  total  number  of  local  telephone  subscribers  is  36,200. 

The  following  are  the  principal  towns  and  number  cf  subscribers: — 


Towns. 


Copenhagen  with  suburbs. 

Aarhus 

Aalborg 

Odense 

Kolding 

Kanders 

Horsens   

Vejle 


Population. 


476,806 
51,814 
31,457 
40,138 
12,516 
20,057 
22,243 
14,592 


Number 

of 

Subscribers. 


19,391 

2,3!I5 
1,650 
1,336 
983 
'.H3 
824 
658 


The  rates  charged  are  different  in  the  various  parts  of  the  country. 

In  Copenhagen  it  is  for  a  private  (residence)  telephone,  90  kr.   ($24.12;   a 

year,  and  for  a  business  telephone,  129  kr.  ($32.16)  a  year. 
In  Aarhus  it  is  65  kr.  ($17.42)  a  year. 
In  Odense  it  is  125  kr.  ($33.50)  a  year. 
In  Aalborg  it  is  65  kr.  ($17.42)  a  year. 

The  subscription  covers : — 

In  Copenhagen :  The  city  with  its  suburbs. 

In  Aarhus  and  Aalborg:  The  town  and  its  surrounding. 

In  Odense:  The  island  of  Fionie. 

The  following  are  a  few  of  the  smaller  towns  and  villages  with  population  and 
number  of  subscribers: — 


— 

Population. 

Subscribers. 

Holbsk 

4,574 
7,901 
2,546 
2,852 

235 
285 
137 

62 

The  rates  in  these  places  are: — 

In  Holbffik,  40  kr.   ($10.72). 
In  Hjorring,  50  kr.  ($13.40). 
In  Haslev,  40  kr.  ($10.72). 
In  Bronderslev,  50  kr.  ($13.40). 

The  subscription  covers : — 

In  Holbaak:  The  town. 

In  Hjorring:  The  town. 

In  Haslev:  The  town. 

In  Bronderslev:  The  town  and  its  surrounding. 


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APPENDIX  "  A  "  363 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

If  the  distance  from  the  exchange  to  the  subscriber  exceeds  2  kilometres  (1  mile, 
428  yards),  an  excess  fee  of  28  kr.  a  year  per  kilometre,  3,281  feet,  about  f  miles)  is 
collected. 

No  account  can  be  given  of  the  number  of  telephones  in  rural  districts. 

Long-distance  service  is  given  throughout  Denmark,  Sweden  and  Norway,  also 
with  Germany  as  far  as  Frankfurt  M. 

The  subscribers'  telephones  comprise :  The  common  '  Bell '  receiver  and  granular 
carbon  transmitter  and  Magneto-Bell  with  two  dry  cells  for  battery. 

All  long-distance  lines  are  metallic  circuit  of  copper;  shorter  distance  lines  are 
metallic  as  well,  partly  of  bronze,  partly  of  steel.  The  sizes  of  wire  used  being  2  -5, 
3,  3-5,  4  and  4-5  mm.  (Nos.  11,  10^,  9,  8  and  7  S.W.G.). 

The  proportion  of  underground  and  overhead  construction  is:  Underground  and 
cable,  291  kilometres;  overhead,  29,980  kilometres. 

The  total  amount  expended  on  the  companies'  lines  is  19,922.038  Frcs.  ($5,339,- 
106.18). 

The  revenue  per  annum  is : — 

Frcs. 

Government  long-distance  service 544,247     (  $145,858.20) 

Companies   with   concessions,   local   service.  .     4,775,390     ($1,279,804.52) 

The  wages  paid  are  as  follows : — 

Managers  from  2,400-3,200  kr.  to  3,600-4,800  kr.  ($643.20-$857.60  to  $964.80- 
$1,286.40)  a  year. 

Foremen,  1,200  to  1,650  kr.   ($321.60  to  $442.20)  a  year. 

Instrument  men,  1,334  to  1,500  kr.  ($357.51  to  $402)  a  year. 

Wiremen,  2.75  to  4  kr.  (74  cents  to  $1.07)  per  day. 

Telephone  operators,  800  to  2,000  kr.  ($214.40  to  $536)   a  year. 

The  cost  of  construction  material  is  as  follows: — 

Switchboards,  200  lines,  4,900  Frcs.   ($945.70).     30  lines,  1,000  Frcs.   ($193). 

Wall  telephones,  72  Frcs.    ($13.90).     Desk  telephones,  105  Frcs.   ($20.27). 

Wire,  2.08  Frcs.  per  kilogram  ($20  per  110  lbs.). 

Poles,  7-5  metre  (24J  feet)  top-end  130  mm.  diam.,  10.65  Frcs.  ($2.05). 

Poles  7-5  metre  (24J  feet),  top-end  160  mm.  diam.,  13.50  Frcs.  ($2.61). 

Poles,  8:5  metre  (27J  feet  10J  inches)  top-end  130  mm.  diam.,  14.05  Frcs.  ($2.71). 

Poles,  8-5  metre  (27i  feet  10J  in.),  top-end  160  mm.  diam.,  16.80  Frcs.,  ($3.10). 

Poles,  10  metre  (32|  feet),  top-end  180  mm.  diam.,  22.75  Frcs.,  ($4.40). 

Poles,  12  metre  (39^  feet),  top-end  180  mm.,  diam.,  30.30  Frcs.,  ($5.85). 

Iron  arms  for  10  wires,  8.30  Frcs.  ($160). 

Frames  for  8  wires,  7.15  Frcs,  ($1.38). 

Telegraph  insulators,  &32  Frcs.  (6J  cents)  and  0.41  Frcs.  (8J  cents). 

Iron  hooks  for  same,  0.37  Frcs.  (7*  cents). 

Telephone  insulators,  0.19  Frcs.  (3|  cents). 

Iron  bolts  for  screwing  insulators  on  iron  arms  and  frames,  0.30  Frcs.  (6  cents). 

There  has  been  no  competition  at  any  time. 

Up  to  ten  towns  are  coupled  on  to  the  same  trunk  line  with  relay  on  shunt.  All 
shunts  on  the  trunk  line  have  a  resistance  of  2,000  ohms. 

The  government  does  not  pay  anything  for  way-leave  facilities. 


DENMARK. 


364  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  287. 

(Translation.) 

GRAND  DUCHY  OF  LUXEMBURG. 

POST  OFFICE  AND  TELEGRAPH  DEPARTMENT. 

Luxemburg,  June  3,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  and  Chairman  of  the  Commission  on  Telephones, 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  reception  of  your  favour  of  May  1  last,  in 
which  you  ask  for  information  regarding  the  conditions,  administrative  as  well  as  tech- 
nical, of  the  telephonic  service  in  our  country. 

Since  the  inauguration  of  our  telephonic  system,  in  1895,  the  technical  installa- 
tions have  undergone  but  slight  improvements,  and  remain  more  or  less  in  the  same 
primitive  state,  as  at  the  beginning. 

As  that  condition  is  no  longer  in  accord  with  the  requirements  of  the  present  ser- 
vice, my  department  proposes  to  subject  the  entire  technical  system  to  a  radical  refor- 
mation. As,  however,  that  question  is  still  under  consideration,  it  is  impossible  for  me 
at  present,  to  impart  to  you  any  useful  information  on  the  subject.  On  the  other 
hand,  I  believe  that  your  commission  can  have  no  interest  in  being  acquainted  with  the 
present  condition  of  our  obsolete  installation. 

As  to  the  administrative  part  of  the  service,  I  subjoin  hereto  a  copy  of  the  Grand 
Ducal  decree  of  March  31, 1905,  regulating  anew  the  telephonic  service. 

This  document  contains  all  that  is  necessary  to  give  you  information  of  a  useful 
kind  regarding  the  conditions  of  our  service. 

Kindly  accept,  sir,  the  assurance  of  my  highest  esteem. 

Director  of  (he  Posi  Office  and  TeJegiaih  Department. 

No.  287a. 

(Translation.) 

grand  ducal  decree,  of  march  21,  1905,  on  the  telephone  stilvice. 

Luxemburg,  1905. 

We,  Adolphus,  by  the  grace  of  God,  Grand  Duke  of  Luxemburg,  Duke  of  Nassau, 
&c,  &c,  &c,  having  considered  article  6  of  the  law  of  February  20,  1884,  regarding  the 
telegraph  and  telephone  service,  and  after  giving  audience  to  our  council  of  state,  and 
on  the  report  of  our  General  Director  of  Finance,  and  after  deliberation  with  the  gov- 
ernment in  council,  have  decreed,  and  do  decree,  that  our  decree  of  February  3,  1894, 
regarding  the  telephone  service,  is  repealed,  and  replaced  by  the  following  resolu- 
tions : — 

I.    EXTENSION   OF   THE   SERVICE. 

Article  1. 

The  government  is  authorized: — 

(1)  To  extend,  within  the  limits  of  the  budget  grant,  the  telephone  systems  created 
by  the  state,  as  the  exigencies  of  the  service,  or  the  interests  of  the  public  may  require. 

(2)  To  set  up  main  stations,  in  the  offices  of  the  public  administrations,  or  of  var- 
ious public  officials,  free  of  charge,  if  these  arrangements  are  justified  by  the  interests 
of  the  general  public. 

In  cases  where  a  public  official  asks  for  the  setting  up  of  telephonic  arrangements 
in  his  private  residence,  which  are  to  be  used  for  private  purposes,  and  also  for  official 
matters,  the  government  will  allow  this  to  be  done,  on  payment  of  the  subscription 
amount  specified  for  a  supplementary  station. 
LUXEMBURG. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  365 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

II.    PRINCIPAL    STATIONS. 

Article  2. 

Every  subscriber's  station  that  is  connected  by  a  direct  wire  to  a  government  tele- 
phone bureau,  or  to  a  public  call  station,  erected  by  a  municipality,  is  to  be  considered 
a  principal  station. 

Article  S. 

As  a  general  rule,  subscribers'  stations  are  to  be  connected  to  the  nearest  govern- 
ment telephone  bureau,  unless  it  should  be  found  preferable,  in  the  interests  of  the  ser- 
vice, to  connect  -with  some  other  bureau.  A  subscriber  has  no  claim  to  ask  connection 
with  any  other  than  the  nearest  telephone  exchange,  although  the  management  may 
grant  such  a  request,  if  the  subscriber  can  show  that  this  arrangement  is  for  his  urgent 
interests;  and  if,  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  service,  no  special  difficulty  stands  in 
the  way. 

Article  If.. 

The  annual  subscription  charge  for  a  principal  station  is  fixed  as  follows:  Dur- 
ing the  first  five  years,  100  fr.  ($19.30) ;  during  the  following  years,  90  fr.  ($17.37). 

If  the  station  is  more  than  1,500  metres  (if  mile)  distant,  in  a  straight  line,  from 
the  telephone  exchange,  then  the  subscriber  must  pay  an  additional  annual  charge  of  3 
fr.  (58  cents)  for  every  100  metres  (110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof ,  of  additional  length 
of  line.  This  is  to  be  calculated  according  to  the  road  used  for  construction  of  their 
line,  without  figuring  any  special  expenses. 

'  Those  subscribers  whose  residences  are  situated  in  the  same  section  of  the  muni- 
cipality as  the  telephone  exchange,  do  not  have  to  pay  this  additional  charge,  however 
distant  they  may  be  from  the  telephone  exchange.  But  in  the  case  of  isolated  houses 
which  are  more  than  1,500  metres  (if  mile)  distant,  the  additional  charge  must  be 
paid. 

III.    SUPPLEMENTARY    STATIONS. 

Article  5. 

The  subscriber  can,  for  his  own  personal  use,  or  for  the  use  of  any  person  in  his 
service,  be  permitted  to  have  set  up,  in  the  residence,  or  adjoining  buildings  where  the 
principal  station  is  located : — 

(a)  One  or  more  supplementary  stations,  which  are  to  be  connected  with  the  prin- 
cipal apparatus. 

(6)  One  or  more  supplementary  bells. 

(c)  A  telephone  switch-board. 

The  management  may  also  sanction  the  setting  up  of  a  supplementary  station,  in 
some  other  building  than  that  in  which  the  principal  station  is  located;  if  the  latter 
is  situated  in  the  same  ward  as  that  in  which  the  telephone  exchange  is  located.  In 
this  case,  also,  the  supplementary  station  must  be  connected  to  the  wire  of  the  princi- 
pal (station;  and  can  only  be  used  by  the  subscriber  himself,  or  some  person  in  his 
employment. 

Article  6. 

The  annual  charge  for  subscribers  is  fixed,  as  follows: — 

(a)  For  a  supplementary  station,  during  the  first  five  years,  40  fr.  ($7.72)  ;  during 
the  following  years,  30  fr.  ($5.79).  If  the  supplementary  station  is  more  than  100 
metres  (110  yards)  distant,  in  a  straight  line  from  the  telephone  exchange,  then  the 
subscriber  must  pay  an  annual  additional  charge  of  3  fr.  (58  cents)  for  every  100 
metres  (110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof,  of  additional  length  of  line.  The  distance  is 
to  be  estimated,  according  to  the  regulations  laid  down  in  Article  4,  paragraph  2. 

(b)  For  a  supplementary  bell,  5  fr.  (97  cents). 

(c)  For  a  switch-board,  2.50  fr.  (48  cents)  for  each  number.  All  the  sub- 
scription charges,  and  additional  charges,  connected  with  a  supplementary  station,  are 
to  be  paid  by  the  person  using  the  principal  station. 

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366  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
IV.   GENERAL   REGULATIONS. 

Article  7. 
The  post  office  and  telegraph  management,  undertakes  at  its  own  expense  :— 

(a)  To  set  up  telephone  lines,  for  the  purpose  of  connecting  subscribers  with  th« 
telephone  exchange  and  the  supplementary  stations  with  the  principal  apparatus. 

(b)  To  set  up,  in  a  place  to  be  designated  by  the  subscriber,  the  necessary  appar- 
atus and  materials  for  communication  between  the  principal  apparatus  and  the  supple- 
mentary apparatus,  and  also  with  the  Central  Telephone  exchange,  and  by  means  of 
the  latter,  with  all  the  other  subscribers  of  the  home  country,  and  with  other  coun- 
tries. 

(c)  To  keep  in  repair  the  lines  and  apparatus  that  have  been  supplied  to  the  sub- 
scriber. 

The  costs  of  renewing  the  electric  battery  for  the  transmitter,  must  be  borne  by  the 
subscriber,  and  is  to  be  reckoned  at  3  fr.  (58  cents)  for  each  battery. 

The  battery  must  be  renewed  as  soon  as  the  management  may  consider  it  neces- 
sary to  do  so. 

Article  8. 

The  management  decides  as  to  the  particular  kind  of  apparatus  which  is  to  be  sup- 
plied to  the  subscriber. 

For  the  setting  up  of  moveable  or  desk  stations,  a  charge,  once  for  all,  of  30  fr. 
($5.79)  is  required,  over  and  above  the  yearly  subscription  charge. 

Should  the  subscriber  desire  to  have  his  wall  station  (which  is  in  good  condition 
for  service)  exchanged  for  one  of  the  same,  but  of  a  newer  type,  which  may  have 
teen  introduced  by  the  management,  then  for  this  exchange,  he  must  pay  a  charge  of 
20  fr.  ($3.86). 

Article  9. 

When  a  subscription  has  been  concluded,  then  the  management  is  obliged  to  set 
up  the  station  as  soon  as  circumstances  will  permit;  but  the  management  will  not 
resume  any  obligation,  or  incur  any  responsibility,  for  delay  in  setting  up  the  station. 

Article  10. 

The  place  appointed  for  the  apparatus  must  be  dry  and  clean.  The  subscriber  is 
bound,  at  his  own  expense,  to  make  any  improvements  and  arrangements  for  protect- 
ing the  apparatus  that  may  be  considered  necessary  by  the  management. 

If  the  subscriber  does  not  furnish  a  suitable  place  for  setting  up  the  apparatus, 
then  the  setting  up  may  be  refused,  or  only  carried  out  with  the  stipulation  that  any 
resulting  damage  must  be  paid  for  by  the  subscriber. 

The  stipulation,  which  also  includes  any  expenses  of  making  good  any  interrup- 
tions that  may  be  occasioned  through  the  defective  location  of  the  station,  must  be 
stated  in  the  contract  of  siibscription. 

Article  11. 

The  subscriber  is  forbidden  to  take  the  apparatus  asunder,  or  to  make  any  altera- 
tions either  in  the  apparatus  or  in  the  wires.  He  is  specially  forbidden,  either  tem- 
porarily or  permanently,  to  connect  or  to  allow  to  be  connected,  any  other  apparatus 
or  wires  with  those  of  the  management. 

The  management  may,  however,  if  it  should  be  considered  advisable,  sanction  the 
connecting  of  private  apparatus  to  those  of  the  government,  under  certain  stipulations 
to  be  fixed  for  the  particular  case. 

The  subscriber  is  responsible  for  all  the  consequences  that  may  arise  from  the  non- 
observance  of  the  regulations  given  in  this  article. 

Article  12. 
The  subscriber  is  bound  to  protect  from  all  damage,  the  apparatus  furnished  to 
him,  as  well  as  the  wires  that  are  led  into  his  residence. 
LUXEMBURG. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

He  is  responsible  for  any  damage  occasioned  to  the  management  through  his  own 
fault  or  the  fault  of  another,  and  for  any  repairs  necessary  on  account  of  such  dam- 
age; as  well  as  for  any  damage  done  by  fire  or  water. 

Article  IS. 

Any  derangement  in  the  apparatus  or  wires,  as  well  as  interruptions  in  the  ser- 
vice, are  to  be  reported  at  once  to  the  manager  of  the  telephone  exchange. 

No  claim  for  refunding  of  charges,  on  account  of  interruptions  in  the  service, 
will  be  considered,  -unless  notice  of  such  interruption  is  at  once  given  to  the  central 
office,  and  unless  the  interruption  is  continuous  for  15  days  afterwards. 

Article  IJf. 

If  a  subscriber  has  two  or  more  principal  stations  situated  within  the  district  of 
cne  and  the  same  telephone  exchange,  then  he  may  desire  to  have  the  stations  con- 
nected with  one  another  during  the  hours  when  the  exchange  is  shut. 

The  subscriber  may  also  ask  to  have  his  principal  or  his  supplementary  stations 
connected  with  one  another  by  a  special  wire.  In  this  case,  he  will  have  to  pay  an 
annual  subscription  charge  of  3  Frcs.  (58  cents)  for  every  100  metres  (110  yards)  ov 
fraction  thereof,  of  the  special  wire. 

Article  15. 

The  annual  subscription  charge,  specified  in  Articles  4,  6,  14  and  17,  is  to  be  paid 
in  advance  in  two  equal  instalments,  on  January  1,  and  July  1  of  each  year. 

Public  administrative  bodies,  or  corporations,  which  owing  to  their  system  of  keep- 
ing accounts,,  may  desire  another  mode  of  payment,  may  be  permitted  to  pay  the  sub- 
scription charges  in  advance,  quarterly  or  yearly. 

In  cases  where  the  management  may  deem  is  necessary  to  safeguard  its  interests, 
the  subscriber  may  be  required  to  pay,  in  advance,  the  subscription  charges,  as  well 
as  all  additional  expenses,  for  the  whole  term  of  subscription;  or  demand  that  he 
should  furnish  a  solvent  security. 

When  a  telephone  station  is  set  up  during  the  course  of  a  half-yearly  term,  then 
the  charge  will  be  fixed  according  to  the  time  yet  to  run. 

Article  16. 

In  cases,  where  through  change  of  residence,  or  any  other  cause,  the  moving  of 
the  apparatus  or  the  line,  places  the  subscriber  in  another  class  of  subscription,  entail- 
ing a  higher  charge,  the  additional  charge  is  to  be  reckoned  from  the  day  that  the 
station  is  moved;  and  it  is  to  be  estimated  according  to  paragraph  4,  of  the  preceding 
Article  15. 

Article  17. 

The  subscription  is  only  for  the  use  of  the  suscriber,  the  members  of  his  family 
who  reside  with  him,  and  persons  who  in  any  capacity  are  in  his  service. 

The  subscriber  is  prohibited  from  renting  out  the  station  supplied  to  him,  or  to 
transfer  the  uses  of  it,  in  any  way  whatever.  Neither  is  he  permitted  to  allow  another 
person  to  transmit  individual  communuications  by  means  of  the  station.  However, 
subscribers  who  agree  to  pay  to  the  management  an  additional  annual  charge  of  25 
Fr.  ($4.83)  may  allow  other  persons  to  use  their  telephone  arrangements- 
All  communications  which  are  subject  to  charges,  must  be  paid  by  the  subscriber; 
who  may  have  the  same  refunded  from  the  person  transmitting  them. 

Moreover,  the  subscriber  is  prohibited  from  either  undertaking  to  transmit  to 
other  persons  the  instructions  sent  to  them  by  their  correspondents,  whether  these  be 
subscribers  or  non-subscribers,  or  to  allow  a  particular  individual  to  be  called  to  his 
Station,  in  order  to  hold  telephone  communications  with  him. 

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368  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

V.    THE    MOVING    OF    STATIONS. 

Article  18. 
When  a  subscriber  requires  to  have  his  apparatus  and  lines  moved,  the  expenses 
resulting  from  this  are  to  be  defrayed  by  him,  and  are  fixed  as  follows : — 

A.  Principal  and  supplementary  stations — ■ 

Frcs. 

(a)  Moving  within  the  same  room 4     (  77c.  ) 

(b)  Moving  within  the  same  premises 7     ($1.35) 

(c)  Moving   to    other    premises,    situated    within    the 

the  area  of  the  same  telephone  system 18     ($3.47) 

(d)  Moving   to    other   premises,    situated   within   the 

area  of  another  system 25     ($4.83) 

B.  Supplementary  bell. 

The  moving  is  done,  free  of  charge,  if  done  at  the  same  time  when  the  principal 
or  supplementary  station  in  moved.  If  otherwise,  a  charge  of  3  Frcs.  (58  cents)  is 
made. 

The  request  for  removal  must  be  made  in  writing,  to  the  manager  of  the  tele- 
phone exchange,  at  least  15  days  before  the  same  is  desired. 

The  required  charge,  specified  above,  must  be  handed  in  at  the  same  time,  to  the 
manager  of  the  bureau. 

VI.    CONVERSATIONS. 

Article  19. 
The  subscriber,  together  with  the  persons  specified  in  Article  17,  can  carry  on 
telephone  communications  during  the  hours  of  service  at  the  central  station: — 

(a)  Free  of  charge,  with  every  other  subscriber  of  the  systems  erected,  or  to  be 
erected,  in  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxemburg. 

(b)  By  paying  the  .specified  charges. 

(1)  To  hold  communications  with  all  the  public  call  stations,  both  govern- 
ment and  municipal,  of  the  Grand  Duchy. 

(2)  With  non-subscribers. 

(3)  With  every  subscriber,  and  with  every  public  call  station,  of  other  coun- 
tries, that  may  be  connected  with  the  telephone  service  of  the  systems  of  the 
Grand  Duchy. 

Further,  the  above  mentioned  persons  may  transmit  any  communication  to  the 
central  bureau,  which  will  be  forwarded,  either  by  express  messenger,  by  the  post,  or 
by  telegraph.  In  this  case,  over  and  above  the  specified  charges  for  forwarding  by 
express  messenger,  by  post,  or  by  telegram,  the  subscriber  must  pay  a  telephone  charge 
of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  each  communication,  or  for  each  telegram. 

The  same  charge  is  incurred  by  a  subscriber  who  receives  telegrams  coming  to  his 
address,  through  the  medium  of  the  central  office. 

Article  20. 

The  telephone  offices,  as  also  the  managers  of  the  municipal  public  call  stations, 
undertake  to  call  to  the  public  call  stations,  any  persons  that  may  be  required  by  sub- 
scribers and  non-subscribers. 

The  charges  for  conversations  in  public  call  stations,  government  or  municipal, 
within  the  same  system,  or  with  another  system  of  the  Grand  Duchy,  is  fixed  as  fol- 
lows— provided  that  the  persons  to  be  called  reside  in  the  locality  where  the  call 
station  is  situated: — 

Centimes. 

(a)  For  connection  desired  by  a  non-subscriber  with  a 
subscriber 25     (  5c.) 

(b)  For  every  other  connection  made 50     (10c.) 

LUXEMBURG. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  369 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No  charge  is  required  for  any  communications  that  a  subscriber  may  have  to 
make  regarding  the  service,  to  the  manager  of  the  telephone  exchange  to  -which  he  is 
connected. 

The  charge  is  fixed  for  three  minutes'  conversation,  or  fraction  thereof.  If 
the  conversation  is  carried  on  longer  than  three  minutes,  then  25  centimes  (5  cents) 
is  required  for  each  additional  period  of  three  minutes,  or  fraction  thereof. 

The  telephone  employees,  as  also  the  managers  of  the  .government  or  municipal 
public  call  stations,  are  strictly  prohibited  from  transmitting  by  telephone  private 
communications,  which  they  may  have  received  from  another  person. 

Article  SI. 

If  the  person  to  be  called  to  a  government  or  municipal  public  call  station,  has 
his  residence  outside  the  district  where  the  public  call  station  is  situated,  then,  besides 
the  charge  specified  above,  (under  b),  an  additional  charge  for  express  messenger  is 
required,  according  to  the  following  rates : — 

Centimes. 

(a)  For  a  distance  of  1,500  metres  (li  mile) 50     (10c.) 

(b)  For  a  distance  of  more  than  1,500  metres  (M  mile) 

and  up  to  3,000  metres  (II  miles) 75     (15c.) 

(c)  For  a  distance  of  more  than  3,000  metres  (1|  miles) 

and  up  to  3,000  metres  (34  miles) 100     (19c.) 

(d)  For  every  kilometre   (§  mile),  or  fraction  thereof, 

more  than  5,000  metres  (34  miles) 20     (  4c.) 

The  above  charges  are  doubled  after  5  p.m.  from  November  1  until  March  31, 

and  after  8  p.m.,  from  April  1  until  October  31. 

The  distances  are  reckoned  according  to  the  map  of  distances,  that  was  approved 

of  on  March  8,  1889. 

Article  22. 

All  charges  are  collected  from  the  person  who  has  asked  for  the  connection  to  be 
made.  If  this  person  is  a  subscriber  then  the  collection  is  made  by  the  postman  dur- 
ing his  usual  rounds;  or  if  the  person  has  deposited  an  advance  sum  at  the  central 
bureau,  a  monthly  deduction  is  made,  from  this  sum.  If  the  person  is  a  non-sub- 
scriber, then  the  charge  is  made  when  the  connection  is  asked  for. 

If  the  connection  is  desired  from  a  public  call  station  with  a  subscriber's  station, 
then  the  charge  is  due,  from  the  moment  that  the  call  station  is  placed  at  the  disposal 
of  the  person  callir.g  up,  after  response  has  been  received  from  the  subscriber's  station 
and  the  connections  made  ready  for  conversation. 

In  this  case  the  charge  is  incurred,  no  matter  what  person  responds  from  the 
subscriber's  station. 

If  the  connection  is  desired  from  a  public  call  station,  or  from  a  subscriber's 
station  with  a  public  call  station,  then  the  charge  is  due  from  the  moment  when  tho 
public  station  called  up  is  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  person  desired,  after  the 
necessary  connections  have  been  made  for  conversation. 

The  time  spent  in  calling  up  the  various  stations  is  not  included  in  the  estima- 
tion of  the  charges. 

If  the  person  called  to  the  public  call  station  does  not  come  there,  then  the  person 
calling  up,  must  pay  any  charges  that  may  be  due  for  messenger  service. 

Article  S3. 

Every  demand  for  conversation  is  free  of  charge  when,  on  account  of  failure  iu 
the  telephone  service,  the  connection  asked  for  cannot  be  made.  If  the  charge  has 
already  been  made,  then  it  must  be  refunded. 

A  reduction  in  the  charges  can  only  be  granted,  when  proper  communication  be- 
tween the  connected  stations  is  impossible,  owing  to  some  fault  in  the  telephone 

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arrangements,  on  condition,  however,  that  request  is  made,  at  once,  to  the  central 
stations  or  public  call  stations  concerned,  to  verify  this  impossibility. 
Any  later  claim  for  reduction  of  charges  is  not  considered. 

Article  24. 
Every  person  desiring  conversation,  must  give  the  number  and  the  name  of  th-j 
subscriber,  with  whom  the-  connection  is  required. 

Article  25. 
The  actual  duration  of  a  conversation  must  not  exceed  three  minutes,  if  other 
persons  are  waiting  to  converse.  In  this  case,  after  the  lapse  of  the  three  minutes, 
the  connection  is  broken  off  by  the  bureau,  and  the  person  in  question  can  only  have 
a  new  connection  made  after  the  other  requests  waiting  for  conversations  have  been 
granted. 

Vn.    SUBSCRIPTION    CARDS. 

Article  26. 

Every  subscriber  who  has  a  principal  station,  by  presenting  a  written  request, 
will  receive,  free  of  charge,  a  subscription  card,  for  himself,  or  for  a  person  in  his 
service,  designated  by  him  by  means  of  which  he  may  converse,  free  of  charge,  in  all 
the  government  or  municipal  public  call  stations,  with  all  the  subscribers  of  all  the 
telephone  systems  of  the  Grand  Duchy. 

At  the  request  of  the  subscriber,  the  administration  will  give  to  his  partners  in 
business,  his  agents,  or  employees,  who  reside  in  the  district  of  the  same  telephone 
exchange,  on  payment  of  12.50  Frs.  ($2.41)  in  advance,  for  each  card,  subscription 
cards,  which  may  be  used  for  one  year,  in  the  manner  above  stated.  All  cards  are 
strictly  personal.  They  must  not  be  given  or  lent  to  another  person,  under  penalty  of 
being  withdrawn.  In  all  cases,  the  price  paid  for  cards  is  retained  by  the  manage- 
ment. 

The  term  during  which  a  gratis  card  is  valid,  ends  with  the  termination  of  the 
period  for  which  the  subscription  contract  was  made.  If  the  contract  is  renewed,  the 
management  will  give  a  new  gratis  card  for  the  new  term  of  subscription.  The  can- 
celling of  a  contract  before  the  period  of  subscription  has  terminated,  also  cancels 
the  subscription  card. 

Cards  lost  or  destroyed,  whether  received  gratis  or  paid  for,  will  only  be  replaced 
before  the  term  of  their  duration  have  expired,  by  the  subscriber  paying  a  charge  of 
2  Ers.  (39  cents). 

VIII.    GENERAL   CONDITIONS    OF    SUBSCRIPTION. 

Article  27. 

Every  request  for  subscription  must  be  made  in  writing  to  the  manager  of  the 
nearest  telephone  exchange,  who  will  make  the  necessary  arrangements,  and  supply 
r,ll  desired  information. 

The  management  reserves  the  right  to  make,  only  after  March  1,  all  connections 
that  may  have  been  requested  between  November  1  and  March  1. 

The  new  subscriber  must  sign  a  contract  of  subscription  in  which  the  manner  of 
the  telephone  arrangements  to  be  made,  and  the  obligations  of  the  subscriber,  are 
accurately  specified.  The  signing  of  the  contract  implies  the  acceptance  of  all  regula- 
tions, both  legal  and  official,  that  relate  to  the  telephone  service. 

Subscription  contracts  are  concluded  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  5  years,  if  the 
distance  between  the  subscriber's  station  and  the  central  bureau,  is  less  than  1,500 
metres.  In  every  other  case,  the  duration  of  the  subscription  (which  must  not  be  less 
than  7  years)  will  be  fixed  by  agreement  between  the  subscriber  and  the  management. 
These  terms  only  begin  on  the  day  when  the  telephone  is  ready  for  service. 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  subscriber  is  bound  by  the  contract,  as  soon  as  it  has  been  signed  by  him;  but 
the  management  is  not  bound  by  the  contract,  until  it  has  obtained  the  approval  of 
the  general  director  of  the  service  concerned. 

Each  contract  is  written  out  in  duplicate,  of  which  one  copy  is  retained  by  the 
subscriber. 

IX.    THE    CANCELLING   OF    CONTRACTS. 

Article  28. 

The  contracts  are  renewed  by  a  tacit  mutual  understanding,  unless  they  are  dis- 
solved in  advance  by  one  or  other  of  the  contracting  parties.  Notice  of  withdrawal 
must  be  given  in  writing  not  later  than  three  months  before  the  termination  of 
the  contract. 

In  no  case  can  the  subscription  charges  be  returned,  for  a  half-yearly  term  which 
has  commenced. 

After  having  given  notice  of  withdrawal  within  the  specified  time,  if  the  sub- 
scriber should  then  still  desire  the  use  of  his  apparatus,  for  some  time  after  the  con- 
tract has  expired,  the  management  may  prolong  the  term  of  subscription  until  the  end 
of  the  half  year  following  the  one  on  which  the  contract  expires;  if  the  subscriber 
pays,  in  advance,  the  charges  required  for  the  additional  period  of  time  desired. 

Article  29. 

The  management  may  permit  the  cancelling  of  the  contract  before  the  term  of 
subscription  has  expired,  in  the  following  specified  cases : — 
(a)   On  the  decease  of  the  subscriber, 
(o)   On  removal  to  a  foreign  country, 
(c)   On  retiring  from  business,  or  change  of  occupation. 

If,  in  any  of  the  above  cases,  the  subscription  has  continued  for  at  least  5  years, 
then  the  cancelling  takes  place  without  any  cost  to  the  subscriber;  odtherwise  he  must 
pay  as  compensation  forfeit  money  two-fifths  of  the  subscription  charges  still  due, 
up  to  the  termination  of  the  five  years. 

If  the  telephone  arrangements  of  a  subscriber  has  called  for  the  erection  of  a 
special  line,  for  which  an  additional  charge  is  required,  as  specified  in  Articles  4,  6 
and  14,  then  the  subscriber,  besides  the  above  specified  compensation,  must  pay  the 
whole  additional  charge  due  up  to  the  time  when  the  contract  agreed  upon  terminates. 

If,  in  exceptional  cases,  the  management  should  consider  it  advisable,  approval 
may  be  given  to  cancel  the  contract,  without  any  cost  to  the  subscriber,  if  another 
party  declares  his  readiness  to  take  over  the  telephone  arrangements,  under  the  fol- 
lowing conditions: — 

(a)  The  apparatus  must  remain  in  the  same  room. 

(b)  No  interruption  must  take  place  in  the  payment  of  the  necessary  sub- 
scription charges. 

(c)  The  new  subscriber  must  sign  a  contract,  and  is  responsible  to  the  man- 
agement for  all  the  charges  that  may  have  been  incurred  by  his  predecessor. 

In  every  other  case,  not  specified  in  the  present  article,  the  cancelling  of  the  con- 
tract can  only  take  place  through  the  special  disposition  of  the  general  director  of  the 
telephone  service  concerned. 

The  contracts  that  have  been  concluded,  before  this  present  'decree'  comes  into 
force,  can  be  cancelled,  without  any  cost  to  the  subscriber,  if  the  first  expenses  oi 
erection  had  to  be  borne  by  the  subscribers.  But  in  no  case,  can  the  first  expenses  of 
erection  paid  by  a  subscriber  be  refunded. 

The  cancelling  of  a  contract  of  subscription  for  a  principal  station  implies  also  the 
cancelling  of  every  contract  relating  to  supplementary  stations  that  are  connected  with 

the  principal   station. 

LUXEMBURG. 
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372  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 
X.   HANDBOOK  FOR  THE  USE  OF  SUBSCRIBERS. 

Article  SO. 
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Further  copies  will  be  supplied  to  subscribers  and  non-subscribers  at  cost  price. 

The  lists  of  subscribers  (directories)  must  contain  only  the  names  of  the  sub- 
scribers, a  succinct  statement  of  their  profession,  or  occupation,  and  their  place  of 
residence. 

Announcements,  recommendations  (i.e.,  advertisements)  and  the  like,  are  not 
allowed. 

If  a  subscriber  desires  to  appear  in  the  lists,  under  different  designations,  he  must 
pay  a  yearly  charge  of  2  Fr.  (39  cents)  for  each  additional  insertion. 

XI.    RESPONSIBILITY    OF   THE   GOVERNMENT. 

Article  SI. 

The  government  does  not  assume  any  responsibility  regarding  communications 
sent  by  telephone. 

XII.    BREACHES    OF    AGREEMENT. 

Article  82. 

The  management  has  the  right  to  remove  the  apparatus  and  lines  which  have  been 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  subscriber,  for  the  following  causes : — 

(1)  If  the  subscriber  has  not  paid,  before  the  first  day  of  the  coming  half-year,  the 
subscription  charge  that  is  due,  as  well  as  any  other  charges  that  may  have  been  in- 
curred by  him. 

(3)  If  he  has  used  the  telephone  for  communications  that  are  forbidden  by  the 
penal  laws,  or  the  general  regulations ;  or  if  he  has  contravened  any  of  the  special  rules 
laid  down  by  the  post  office  and  telegraph  department. 

(4)  If  any  damage  done  to  the  telephone  arrangements  can  be  attributed  to  the 
wilful  act  of  any  of  any  of  the  persons  specified  in  Article  17. 

Article  S3. 
Every  contravention  of  the  rules  laid  down  in  the  present  regulations,  will  be  pun- 
ished according  to  penalties  enacted  in  Article  1  of  the  Law  of  March  6,  1818. 

Xm.    VARIOUS   REGULATIONS. 

Article  84. 

The  subscribers  who  have  concluded  their  contracts,  upon  the  basis  of  the  regula- 
tions of  our  Decree  of  February  3,  1894,  will  continue  to  pay  the  former  subscription 
charges,  but  only  up  to  the  time  when  their  contract  expires. 

The  present  subscribers,  who,  on  the  basis  of  Article  6,  paragraph  2  of  our  Decree 
of  February  3,  1894,  have  paid  once  for  all,  the  cost  of  erecting  their  connecting  line, 
are  released  during  the  term  of  .their  present  contract,  from  paying  the  annual  addi- 
tional charges  for  the  distance  traversed  by  their  line,  as  specified  in  the  two  last  para- 
graphs of  Article  4,  and  Article  6a  of  the  present  Decree. 

Article  36. 
Our  Director  General  of  Finances   is   charged  with   carrying   out   the  present 
Decree. 

M.   MONEGAST, 

The  General  Director  of  Finances. 

For  the  Grand  Duke,  his  representative, 

WILLIAM, 
Hereditary  Gimid  Duke. 
Luxemburg,  March  21,  1905. 
LUXEMBURG. 


APPENDIX  "A"  373 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

HOLLAND. 

(The  following  papers,  selected  from  amongst  those  sent  by  the  General  Postal  and 
Telegraph  Department  of  the  Netherlands,  have  been  translated  for  the  information 
of  the  'Committee,  the  originals  are  on  file  in  the  Committee  room  and  may  be  re- 
ferred to  at  any  time) : — 


No.  288. 

(Translation.) 

General  Postal  and  Telegraph  Department  of  the  Netherlands, 

The  Hague,  June  5,  1905. 
The  Director  General, 

Sir, — In  answer  to  your  letter  of  May  1  last,  addressed  to  Mr.  A.  Kruyt,  Inspector 
in  Chief  of  the  Netherlands  telegraphs,  I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you  that  the  local 
telephonic  systems  are  established  and  operated  either  by  the  municipality  (commune), 
or  by  companies,  or  by  individuals,  on  the  authority  of  a  royal  charter. 

The  local  systems  extend: 

(a)  In  the  case  of  privileges  accorded  to  a  municipality,  to  the  territory  of  that 
municipality,  and  further  to  the  territories  of  the  neighbouring  municipalities,  if  they 
come  within  a  circle  having  a  radius  of  five  kilometres  (3  miles)  measured  from  a 
point  fixed  by  the  government. 

(b)  In  the  cases  of  other  privileges,  to  the  territory  lying  within  a  circle  with  a 
radius  of  five  kilometres  (3  miles),  measured  from  a  centre  fixed  by  the  government. 

In  virtue  of  Article  21  of  the  law  on  telegraphs  and  telephones,  copies  of  which 
are  enclosed,  the  privileges  (concessions)  at  present  in  force  are  to  be  replaced  by 
new  privileges,  drafted  in  conformity  with  Article  2  of  that  law,  which  has  not  yet 
been  done. 

As  soon  as  the  provisions  of  those  new  privileges  shall  be  decided  upon,  I  will  for- 
ward you  a  copy  thereof. 

As  to  the  tariff  for  the  subscribers  to  the  local  systems,  I  will  take  the  liberty 
of  referring  to  the  synopsis  published  by  the  International  Bureau  of  Telegraphic 
Departments  in  No.  3,  Year  1905,  of  the  Telegraphic  Journal  (Journal  Tele- 
graphique) . 

In  28  of  the  local  systems  there  is  an  additional  price  fixed,  to  be  paid  once, 
for  the  setting  up  of  the  circuit,  varying  from  10  florins  ($4.02)  to  50  florins  ($20.10). 

The  principal  kinds  of  telephonic  instruments  in  use  on  the  local  sy terns  are: 
'Ericcson/  (Stockholm,  Sweden),  Antwerp  Telephone  Manufacturing  Company,  and 
Stock  &  Co. 

For  lack  of  data,  I  cannot  answer  the  questions  mentioned  under  Nos.  2,  5-8  and 
20-26  of  the  interrogatory. 

In  general,  the  local  lines  are  double  wires,  bronze  or  copper.  The  offices  that 
use  a  single  connecting  wire  are  not  allowed  to  have  inter-local  conversations. 

The  establishments  and  operation  of  inter-local  telephonic  lines  constitute  a  state 
privilege. 

The  local  wires  are  made  of  hard  copper  of  2-5  and  3  M.  in  diameter;  they  are 
used  exclusively  for  the  purposes  of  telephonic  communications. 

Herewith  is  also  a  telephonic  guide  for  the  Netherlands,  containing  the  royal 
decrees  and  orders  regulating  the  telephonic  service,  as  well  as  the  occupations  and 
names  of  the  subscribers. 

Accept,  sir,  the  assurance  of  my  cordial  best  wishes. 

G.  J.  C.  A.  POP, 

Postmaster-General. 

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374  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  288a. 

(Translation.) 

THE  HOLLAND  TELEPHONE   SERVICE. 

INTERNATIONAL    CONNECTIONS. 

Traffic  with  Belgium  and  Germany. 

The  names  of  all  the  stations  admitted  to  international  traffic  and  the  charges  are 
given  in  the  lists  in  pages  32  to  86. 

The  regulations  of  service  for  interlocal  traffic  (pages  3  to  9  apply)  also  to  the 
international  traffic. 

The  stations  are  opened  on  Sundays  and  holidays,  from  12.30  p.m.  till  1.30  p.m. 
(Greenwich  time)  in  Amsterdam,  Arnham,  Baarn,  Dort,  the  Hague,  Greninger, 
Haarlam,  Hilversurn,  Leeuwarden,  Nimeguen,  Rotterdam  and  Utrecht. 

PUBLIC   CALL    STATIONS. 

Public  call  Stations  for  interlocal,  i.e.,  local  and  international  traffic  are  situ- 
ated : — 

(a)  In  all  the  government  telephone  offices,  enumerated  in  Regulations  of  Ser- 
vice, pages  3  to  9. 

(b)  In  the  branch  office  at  Scheveningen  during  the  bathing  season. 

(c)  In  the  places  specified  in  this  directory,  1  efore  the  lists  of  the  names  of  sub- 
scribers belonging  to  each  telephone  system. 

STOCK    EXCHANGES. 

Regulations  for  local  and  international  traffic: — 
Amsterdam — 

Monday,  Wednesday  and  Friday 9.30  a.m.  till  3.10  p.m. 

On  the  other  days  of  the  week 12.40  p.m.  till  3.10  p.m. 

Rotterdam — 

Monday 8.40  a.m.  till  1.40  p.m. 

On  the  other  days  of  the  week 12.10  p.m.  till  3.10  p.m. 

MANNER    OF    CALLING    FOR    AND    CARRYING    ON    TELEPHONE    CONVERSATIONS. 

I.  Interlocal  and  International  Service. 

(a)  Conversations  through  the  Central  Station  of  a  local  system: — 

The  speaker  calls  up  the  central  station  in  the  manner  specified  by  the  manage- 
ment of  the  system  and  asks  for  connection  with  the  '  Government  Telephone.'  As 
eoon    as    the    government    bureau    has .  responded,    the    conversation    is    announced 

according  to  this  form:    No with  No at As  soon  as 

called  for  the  name  of  the  speaker,  and  that  of  the  person  to  be  called  up  is  added 
to  the  above.  The  government  telephone  operator  answers  the  request  for  conversation 
with  the  words,  '  I  shall  call  you  up,'  whereupon  the  caller  hangs  up  the  telephone  on 
the  hook,  and  waits  until  he  is  called  up.  As  soon  as  the  connection  is  ready,  the  per- 
son waiting  is  rung  up  and  required  to  converse. 

When  the  conversation  is  finished,  the  ring-off  signal  is  given  in  the  manner 
specified  for  the  system. 

(b)  Conversations  through  direct  connection  with  the  government  telephone 
bureau : — 

The  caller  rings  up  the  government  telephone  bureau,  and  states  his  request  to 
the  official.  The  conversation  proceeds  according  to  the  manner  specified  above.  The 
ring-off  signal  is  given  by  quickly  turning  round  the  handle  of  the  apparatus  at  least 
twice.  Subscribers  converse  with  each  other,  on  the  understanding  that  they  are  to 
be  notified  as  soon  as  the  three  minutes'  period  of  conversation  is  at  an  end;  but  this 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

understanding  is  not  correct.  The  telephone  operator  is  not  bound  to  give  notice 
when  the  three  minutes'  time  has  terminated.  The  person  using  the  'phone  is  there- 
fore, for  his  own  interest,  to  notice  when  the  three  minutes  have  terminated,  and  give 
the  ring-off  signal  as  soon  a|s  the  conversation  is  finished,  to  announce  that  the  con- 
nection can  be  broken  off.  If  he  neglects  to  do  so,  then  he  can  be  charged  for  the 
whole  time,  from  the  commencement  of  the  conversation,  up  to  the  moment  that  the 
government  bureau  breaks  off  the  connection. 

II.  Traffic  with  Stations  that  are  directly  connected  with  the  Government  Telephone 
Bureau — see  pages  28-28. 

(a)  Between  the  connected  stations: — 

The  subscriber  rings  up  the  government  bureau,  by  turning  the  handle  twice, 
then  he  takes  down  the  telephone  from  the  hook,  puts  it  to  his  ear  and 
states  the  desired  number.  As  soon  as  the  response  '  forwards '  is  given,  as  the 
sign  that  the  connection  ha<s  been  made,  he  hangs  the  telephone  on  the  hook  again, 
and  rings  up  again.  Thereafter,  the  conversation  can  begin.  When  the  conversation  is 
finished,  the  ring-off  signal  is  given,  by  turning  the  handle  around  twice.  If  the  per- 
son called  up  is  engaged  in  conversation  with  some  other  person,  the  person  calling  is 
notified  of  this,  whereupon  he  hangs  up  his  telephone  on  the  hook;  and  after  a  few 
minutes  rings  again. 

(b)  Conversations  from  a  public  call  station  with  subscribers  having  direct  con- 
nection. 

The  official  arranges  for  the  connection,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  prescribed 
above,  for  the  inter-local  traffic — see  Tb. 

REIMBURSEMENTS. 

Reimbursement  of  the  whole  charges  for  interlocal  conversations  or  non-entry  upon 
the  register  of  charges  takes  place : — 

(1)  When  a  call  is  broken  off  before  it  reaches  the  designed  station. 

(2)  On  account  of  imperfect  connections,  provided  the  person  calling  up  notifies 
the  government  bureau  at  once  of  the  circumstance,  and  the  complaint  should  be 
found  to  be  correct. 

The  half  of  the  charges  will  be  collected: — ■ 

(1)  When  a  call  is  broken  off  after  it  has  been  given  at  the  desired  bureau.^ 

(2)  When  a  desired  connection  has  to  be  broken  off  because  no  answer  is  ob- 
tained, either  from  the  station  of  the  person  calling,  or  from  that  of  the  person 
called  up. 

(3)  In  the  case  of  conversations  with  frequenters  of  the  stock  exchange,  as  soon 
as  the  card,  by  which  the  person  called  up  is  summoned  to  the  phone,  is  handed  to  the 
messenger,  at  the  exchange,  appointed  to  deliver  these  cards  ;  no  matter  whether  the 
person  called  up  is  in  the  exchange,  or  not,  or  whether  he  responds  to  the  call,  or 
rot.  But  as  soon  as  the  person  called  up,  has  announced  his  readiness  to  carry  on  the 
conversation,  the  full  charge  will  be  collected,  even  although  the  person  calling  up 
does  not  wish  to  go  on  with  the  conversation. 

Royal  Decree,  of  June  9,  1904.     (State  papers,  No.  117.) 

We,_  Wilhelmina, 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  Queen  of  the  Netherlands. 

Princess  of  Orange-Nassau,  etc.,  etc.,  etc. 

Duly  considering  article  16  of  the  telegraph  and  telephone  laws  (State  papers, 
1904,  No.  7) — and  discerning  that  new  regulations  are  needed  for  the  telephone  service 
— on  the  Report  of  our  Minister  of  Trade  and  Industry,  Van  Waterstaat,  of  April 
19,  1904,  No.  1346,  concerning  Post  Offices  and  Telegraph  Department — and  having 
heard  the  Council  of  State  (the  advice  of  May  10,  1904,  No.  30) — and  taking  into 
consideration  the  further  report  of  our  afore-mentioned  minister,  of  June  4,  1901, 
No.  1917,  on  Post  Offices  and  Telegraph  Department,  have  approved  and  sanctioned : — 

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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

That  at  the  commencement  of  July  1,  1904— by  revoking  the  Koyal  Decrees 
of  September  16,  1897  (State  papers,  No.  200)— of  December  28,  1897  (State  papers, 
No.  267)— and  of  December  24,  1900  (State  papers,  No.  216)— the  following  Statutes 
shall  come  into  force,  regarding  the  telephone  service  : — 

Article  1. 
Conversations  are  to  be  carried  on,  in  the  order  of  announcement.    But  this 
order  may  be  broken  in  upon,  for  conversations  claiming  right  of  precedence.     Thew 
are  : — 

(a)  The  conversations  of  ministers  or  officials  authorized  to  transmit  government 
telegrams. 

(b)  Conversations  on  important  matters  of  service,  by  ministers  or  officials, 
authorized  to  transmit  government  telegrams,  relating  to  the  telegraph  or  telephone 
service. 

(c)  Urgent  conversations. 

Article  2. 
When  an  interlocal  conversation  is  called  for,  with  a  person  who  is  engaged  in  a 
local  conversation,  then  this  local  conversation  must  be  broken  off,  before  the  inter- 
local conversation  is  called  for  and  carried  on. 

Article  S. 
Persons  carrying  on  interlocal  conversations,  are  allowed  3  minutes  to  converse 
with  the  person  called  up.  Should  they  desire  to  prolong  the  conversation,  at  the 
termination  of  the  3  minutes,  then  this  is  granted,  during  a  new  period  of  3  minutes. 
At  the  end  of  the  6  minutes,  the  conversation  may  be  continued  for  various  periods 
of  3  minutes  each,  if  no  other  person  has  called  for  the  phone,  or  if  there  are  not  more 
than  2  connections  made  between  the  government  telephone  stations  concerned. 
Otherwise  the  charge  for  '  urgent  conversations '  must  pe  paid. 

Article  -4- 
If  no  response  is  given  to  a  call,  inside  of  two  minutes,  then  the  connection  is 
broken  off. 

Article  5. 

District  or  individual  local  telephone  systems  are  permitted,  on  the  conditions 
contained  in  the  concessions  granted  for  the  erection  and  operation  of  the  local  tele- 
phone systems,  and  with  due  regard  to  the  regulations  laid  down  by  our  Minister  of 
Trade  and  Industry,  Van  Waterstaat,  regarding  the  interests  of  the  interlocal  tele- 
phone systems. 

Article  6. 

Besides  the  local  telephone  systems,  specified  in  article  5,  stations  belonging  to 
persons,  may  be  directly  connected  with  the  interlocal  government  telephone  offices. 
If  a  local  telephone  system  exists  at  the  place  where  the  government  bureau  is  situated, 
with  which  this  connection  is  desired,  then  the  person  concerned  must  apply  to  the 
management  of  the  local  system,  for  the  making  of  the  connection  between  his  station 
and  the  government  bureau  in  question,  and  also  for  the  maintaining  of  this  con- 
nection. 

When  there  is  no  local  system,  then  stations  belonging  to  individuals,  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  persons  concerned,  may  be  connected,  by  the  state  management,  to  some 
government  bureau  designated  by  the  Director  General  of  the  Post  Office  and  Tele- 
graph Department  ;  after  this  request  is  submitted  to  the  decision  of  our  Minister 
of  Trade  and  Industry,  Van  Waterstaat.  For  each  station,  situated  not  further  than 
500  metres  from  the  bureau  designated,  25  fr.  ($4.83)  per  year,  must  be  paid;  and 
for  more  distant  stations,  3  fr.  (58  cents)  additional,  per  year,  for  every  extra  100 
metres  (110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof;  to  be  continued  for  not  less  than  five  succes- 
sive years,  upon  the  conditions  which  may  be  considered  necessary  for  ihe  service, 

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bv  the  aforementioned  director  general.  These  connections  will  not  be  made  by  the 
government,  if  compensation  must  be  given  for  using  the  property  of  another  per- 
son; or  if  unusual  expenses  have  to  be  incurred;  unless  the  person  concerned  pledges 
himself  to  pay  the  same.  Those  whose  stations,  in  places  where  there  is  no  local 
telephone  system,  have  been  connected  directly  with  the  government  telephone 
bureau,  in  the  manner  described  above,  may  exchange  mutual  conversations,  for  2£ 
centimes  (i  cent)  per  conversation,  to  be  paid  by  an  advance  sum  of  not  less  than  i 
fr.  (19|  cents).  In  like  manner,  permission  is  given,  in  the  public  call  station  of 
the  government  bureau,  to  have  local  conversations  with  those  connected  directly  to 
the  said  bureau,  by  paying  10  centimes  (2  cents)  in  advance  for  each  conversation,  of 
three  minutes  or  less.  The  state  will  not  be  responsible  for  any  damage  that  may 
arise  through  the  existence  of  these  connections. 

Any  changing  or  extending  of  the  arrangements  which  the  governement  has  made 
for  the  station  of  the  person  connected  with  the  government  bureau,  may  be  done 
by,  or  for,  the  person  in  question  ;  but  only  with  the  knowledge  and  approval  of  some 
government  official  appointed  for  this  purpose,  by  the  aforementioned  director  general. 

Article  7. 
The  charge  for  an  interlocal  conversation  of  three  minutes  or  less,  is  30  cen- 
times (6  cents)  ;  and  for  an  urgent  interlocal  conversation  of  three  minutes  or  less  1  fr. 
(19  J  cents).  These  charges  are  paid  before  the  conversation  is  held.  For  any  extension  of 
this  time,  lasting  three  minutes  or  less,  30  centimes,  and  1  fr.,  respectively,  must  be 
paid.  When  an  interlocal  connection  is  broken  off,  if  no  response  has  been  given  to 
the  call,  the  half  of  the  charge  is  paid  back.  The  subscribers  of  a  local  telephone  sys- 
tem who  wish  to  carry  on  regular  interlocal  conversations  from  their  stations,  pay  for 
the  costs  thereof  a  certain  sum  in  advance,  which  is  to  be  fixed  by  the  Director-General 
of  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department.  Subscribers  who  have  not  done  this 
can,  nevertheless,  carry  on  interlocal  conversations,  but  must  pay  for  these  conversa- 
tions, 10  centimes  for  each  conversation,  over  and  above  the  charges  specified  in  para- 
graph 1  of  this  article.  The  charges  incurred  for  the  conversations  mentioned,  are  col- 
lected on  account.  Any  negligence  in  paying  this  account  at  sight  (on  presentation) 
may  preclude  the  subscriber  from  the  privilege  of  carrying  on  any  further  interlocal 
conversations,  except  in  the  public  call  stations. 

Article  8. 

In  each  government  telephone  or  telegraph  bureau,  by  the  payment  of  10  centimes 
(2  cents),  a  telephone  '  call-up-message,'  may  be  presented,  for  the  purpose  of  asking  a 
person,  whose  station  is  not  connected  with  the  bureau,  to  endeavour  to  get  into  tele- 
phonic connection  with  the  sender  of  the  '  call-up-message.' 

If  this  person  called  up  should  reside  beyond  the  radius  of  free  delivery  from  the 
government  telephone  bureau,  to  which  the  message  is  sent,  then  the  sender  of  the 
'  call-up-message '  must  also  pay  for  the  delivery  by  messenger,  the  amount  appointed 
by  the  government  telephone  management.  The  charge  for  an  interlocal  conversation 
is  incurred  by  any  person  who  desires  the  conversation,  no  matter  whether  the  call  is 
made  by  sending  a  telegraph  message  or  a  telephone  call-up. 

Article  9. 

From  the  sums  paid  in  advance  (mentioned  in  Articles  6  and  7),  there  are  deducted 
the  charges  for  all  the  conversations  carried  on  from  the  stations  of  the  persons  who 
pay  these  sums;  as  well  as  the  charges  for  the  '  call-up-messages,'  mentioned  in  Article 
t8,  which  have  been  made  from  the  stations  of  the  persons  in  question. 

The  accounts  kept  by  the  government  telephone  bureau  are  final  on  this  point. 

Our  Minister  of  Trade  and  Industry,  Van  Waterstaat,  is  charged  with  the  carry- 
ing into  effect  of  these  resolutions,  which  are  to  be  incorporated  into  the  state  papers, 
and  a  copy  of  which  must  be  handed  to  the  council  of  state. 

WILHELMINA, 

The  Loo,  June  9,  1904. 

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378  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Further  resolutions  regarding  the  interlocal  telephone  service,  enactment  by  the 
Director-General  of  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department,  of  June  23,  1904 — 
No.  11668:— 

USE   OF   THE   TELEPHONE. 

Article  1. 
Under  the  conditions  specified,  in  the  Koyal  Decrees  of  June  9,  1904  (State  Papers, 
No.  117),  the  interlocal  telephone  service  may  be  used  by: — 

(a)  Any  one  who  comes  to  a  public  call  station  of  the  interlocal  government  tele- 
phone service,  or  who  is  called  there,  by  a  telegraph  or  telephone  '  call-up-message.' 

(b)  Subscribers  to  local  telephone  systems,  which  have  central  stations  connected 
with  a  government  telephone  bureau,  if  the  management  of  the  Post  Office  and  Tele- 
graph Department  is  satisfied  that  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  local  system  has  complied 
with  the  conditions  relating  to  the  interlocal  traffic,  and  the  telephone  transmission  of 
telegrams,  which  were  laid  down  when  the  government  concession  was  granted  for  the 
setting  up  and  operation  of  the  local  system. 

(c)  Persons  whose  stations  are  directly  connected  with  an  interlocal  government 
telephone  bureau. 

The  persons  mentioned  under  letters  (b)  and  (c)  are  permitted  to  send  and  receive 
telegrams  by  means  of  the  telephone. 

ADVANCE    SUMS    PAID    IN. 

Article  2. 

The  subscribers  mentioned  under  letter  (b)  and  the  persons  mentioned  under  letter 
(c)  of  the  above  Article  1,  may  come  to  the  director  of  the  government  telegraph  office 
at  any  place  where  an  interlocal  government  telephone  is  located,  and  sign  a  call- 
ticket,  and  pay  in  to  the  director  a  sum  of  not  less  than  5  fr.  (97  cents). 

This  advance  payment  serves  to  defray  the  expenses  of: — 

(a)  Using  interlocal  telephone  lines. 

(b)  Telephone  '  call-up  messages.' 

(c)  Telegrams  sent  by  telephone,  and  for  writing  down  the  same,  and  also  for  the 
persons  mentioned  in  Article  1  (c) ;  and,  if  necessary,  for  local  telephone  conversations. 

Persons  who  have  paid  in  an  advance  sum,  as  specified  above,  and  who  wish  to  keep 
up  the  same,  have  to  see  to  it  that  it  is  renewed,  when  it  is  depleted  by  charges  for  con- 
versations, telegrams  and  telephone  '  call-up-messages,'  &c,  to  the  minimum  limit  of 
1  fr. 

The  persons  mentioned  in  (Article  1,  c)  who  wish  to  carry  on  exclusively  local 
conversations,  need  only  pay  an  advance  sum  of  1  fr.,  and  renew  the  same  when  it  has 
been  depleted  to  the  minimum  limit  of  25  centimes  (5  cents). 

CONVERSATIONS. 

Article  2. 

Conversations  are  reckoned  to  begin  at  the  moment  when  response  is  received  from 
the  station  called  up,  no  matter  whether  the  person  called  up  is  present  or  not.  When 
request  is  made,  at  a  government  telephone  bureau,  to  carry  on  a  conversation,  at  a 
later  point  of  time,  than  when  the  request  is  made,  then  this  will  be  granted,  under  the 
condition  that  the  conversation  ■  is  made  according  to  the  successive  order  of  requests 
for  conversation  that  have  been  made  by  other  persons. 

No  promise  can  be  given  regarding  the  time  when  a  conversation  can  be  made. 

PUBLIC   CALL  STATIONS. 

Article  U- 
Two  persons  may  be  allowed  in  the  public  call  stations  at  the  same  time.     One  of 
them  may  leave  the  station  during  the  conversation  and  come  back  again.    But  if  both 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

persons  leave  the  call  station,  or  when  there  is  only  one  person  present,  then  the  con- 
versation is  considered  as  finished,  and  the  station  is  assigned  to  the  next  person  wait- 
ing. 

DURATION  OF   CONVERSATIONS. 

Article  5. 

No  limit  is  assigned  to  conversations  by  state  officials  who  have  the  right  to  send 
off  government  telegrams,  or  telegrams  relating  to  the  telephone  or  telegraph  service. 

Article  6. 

Each  conversation  requested  from  the  station  belonging  to  the  subscriber  to  a  local 
telephone  system,  or  requested  by  a  person  whose  station  is  directly  connected  with 
an  interlocal  government  telephone  bureau,  is  considered  to  have  been  requested  by  the 
subscriber  or  the  person  in  question. 

Article  7. 

Those  who  pay  in  these  advance  sums  have  always  the  right  to  ask  back  the  same ; 
which  they  can  receive,  after  deduction  of  the  amount  owed  by  them  to  the  state. 

Article  8. 

When  a  local  telephone  system  is  set  up  in  any  of  the  places  referred  to  in  Article 
6,  paragraph  4,  of  the  Royal  Decree  of  June  9,  1904,  and  when  this  system  is  connected 
with  the  government  telephone  bureau  of  the  same  place,  then  those  persons  whose 
stations  are  directly  connected  with  the  government  bureau  will  no  longer  be  permitted 
to  carry  on  local  conversations  through  the  government  bureau. 

These  persons,  however,  are  permitted  to  send  from  their  stations  that  are  con- 
nected with  the  government  bureau  telegrams  and  '  call-up-messages,'  and  to  carry  on 
interlocal  conversations. 

The  conditions  upon  which  the  stations  of  persons  (in  places  where  there  is  no 
telephone  system)  may  be  directly  connected  to  the  government  interlocal  telephone 
bureau : — 

Ratified  by  virtue  of  Article  6  of  the  Royal  Decree  of  June  9,  1904  (State  Papers, 
No.  117) — by  order  of  the  Director  General  of  the>  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Depart- 
ment, of  August  18,  1904— No.  15638. 

GENERAL   REMARKS. 

Article  1. 

The  request  for  connection  is  to  be  written  and  sealed,  and  presented  to  the  Min- 
ister of  Trade  and  Industry,  Van  Waterstaat ;  and  must  contain  the  name,  occupation 
and  address  of  the  person  in  question,  together  with  the  description  of  place  where 
station  is  to  be  set  up,  as  well  as  the  date  when  the  connection  is  desired. 

Article  2. 

When  the  request  is  granted,  the  person  concerned  sends  two  copies,  signed  by  him, 
of  the  form,  printed  at  the  end  of  these  articles,  to  the  Director  General  of  the  Post 
Office  and  Telegraph  Department;  and  he  receives  one  of  the  copies  back,  with  the  sig- 
nature of  the  Director  General. 

Article  S. 

The  connection  is  made  by  uniting  the  wire  and  the  'phone  which  the  Director 
General  of  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department  considers  necessary  for  the  tele- 
phone service.  The  management  of  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department  agrees, 
on  the  request  of  the  person  concerned,  to  make  any  necessary  alterations  in  the  con- 
nection, and  to  connect  supplementary  'phones,  on  payment  of  the  necessary  costs,  spe- 
cified in  the  form  mentioned  above. 

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380  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

Article  4. 
The  subscriber  must  allow  all  the  arrangements  to  be  made  in  his  station  and  con- 
nections which  may  be  considered  necessary  by  the  Director  General  of  the  Post  Office 
and  Telegraph  Department.  If  the  property  does  not  belong  to  the  subscriber,  then 
he  must  make  the  necessary  arrangements  with  the  owner;  and  must  furnish  a  guar- 
antee to  the  state  against  all  claims  which  might  be  made  by  the  owner  on  any  work 
that  has  been  done  in  making  the  connection. 

ALTERATION  S,   ETC. 

Article  5. 
The  state  will  arrange  for  prompt  removal,  when  required  on  account  of  any  build- 
ing operations  or  alterations  in  the  residence  of  the  subscriber;  or  if  the  subscriber 
should  have  to  change  his  residence ;  when  request  is  made  for  the  same,  the  subscriber 
to  pay  the  necessary  expenses. 

CHANGE    OF   RESIDENCE. 

Article  6. 
The  Director  General  of  the  Post   Office  and   Telegraph  Department  will  see 
that,  in  the  event  of  change  of  residence,  the  'phone  and  connections   will  be   trans- 
ferred, if  notice  is  given  at  least  30  days  in  advance. 

TRANSFER    OF    STATIONS. 

Article  7. 
The  subscriber  is  permitted,  with  approval  of  the  Director  General  of  the  Post 
Office  and  Telegraph  Department,  to  transfer  his  statibn  to  another  person. 

DURATION  OF  AGREEMENT. 

Article  8. 
The  agreement  is  to  last  for  five  successive  years,  counting  from  the  day  when  the 
connection  was  made.    But  this  term  will  always  be  prolonged  one  year  more,  if  written 
notice  is  not. given  to  the  Minister  of  Trade  and  Industry,  Van  Waterstaat,  at  least 
six  months  before  the  termination  of  the  last  year  of  the  term. 

TARIFF    (CHARGES). 

Article  9. 
The  charges  begin  to  be  incurred  as  soon  as  the  station  is  set  up,  and  are  collected 
every  half  year,  on  January  1  and  July  1,  along  with  any  charges  that  there  may  be  for 
supplementary  work  done.  The  receipt  must  be  received  from  the  director  of  the  head 
office  of  the  government  telephone  bureau,  to  which  the  station  is  connected.  If  the 
connection  is  made  during  the  course  of  a  half-yearly  term,  or  if  the  agreement  should 
terminate  during  the  course  of  a  half-yearly  term,  then  only  the  full  months  will  be 
considered  during  which  the  station  has  been  in  use. 

Article  10. 
If,  on  account  of  change  of  residence,  any  modification  should  be  made  in  the  term 
of  payment,  then  this  modification  will  come  into  force  on  the  first  day  of  the  month 
following  that  on  which  the  connection  was  transferred  to  the  new  residence  and  placed 
at  the  disposal  of  the  subscriber. 

UP-KEEP   AND  USE   OF   THE  TELEPHONE. 

Article  11. 
The  connection  is  kept  in  repair  by  the  government.    Any  repairs  on  the  wire,  or 
on  the  apparatus,  which  are  not  necessitated  by  faulty  construction,  when  making  the 
connection,  or  insufficient  up-keep,  must  be  paid  for  by  the  subscriber. 
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Article  12. 
A  proportionate  compensation  will  be  paid  for  any  interruptions  that  may  take 
place  in  the  service,  when  these  should  continue  for  a  longer  period  than  thirty  days,  if 
according  to  the  judgment  of  the  Director-General  of  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph 
Department,  such  interruptions  are  not  owing  to  the  fault  of  the  subscriber.  The 
6tate,  however,  is  not  responsible  for  any  possible  damage  (loss,  injury,  &c.)  which  mny 
result  from  interruptions. 

Article  IS. 

The  subscriber  has  to  be  careful  that  the  station,  connections,  &c,  situated  within 
his  premises,  are  not  damaged  in  any  way. 

Article  H. 
It  is  not  permitted  (except  by  the  knowledge  and  sanction  of  the  official  appointed 
for  this  purpose  by  the  Director-General  of  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department) 
to  connect  any  other  'phone  to  the  wires,  or  to  use  the  'phone  for  any  other  purpose 
than  what  was  specified  in  the  form  of  application. 

Article  15. 
The  subscriber  must  see  to  it,  that  no  rude  or  insulting  expressions  are  used  to- 
wards the  telephone  employees,  or  in  conversations  with  others,  or  in  remarks  made 
about  the  telephone  service,  in  any  conversations. 

Article  16. 
If  the  subscriber  fails  to  pay  his  account  at  the  specified  time,  the  director -gen- 
eral is  authorized  to  exclude  him  from  the  telephone  service,  while  still  holding  him 
liable  to  the  terms  of  his  agreement. 

Article  11. 

The  station  and  connections  can  be  removed,  in  consequence  of  neglect  or  wilful 
damage  done,  or  in  consequence  of  deliberate  defiance  of  any  of  the  foregoing  regula- 
tions, without  giving  any  legal  or  other  right  to  the  subscriber  to  claim  any  compensa- 
tion, and  without  taking  into  consideration  the  amount  of  charges  already  paid. 

ACCESS   TO   THE    STATION. 

Article  18. 
For  the  sake  of  inspection,  repairing,  replacing,  or  removing  of  station  or  connec- 
tions, and  for  seeing  that  these  regulations  are  observed,  the  subscriber  must  give  per- 
mission to  the  persons  appointed  to  attend  to  the  government  telephone  service,  to 
have  access,  between  the  hours  of  8  a.m.  and  sunset,  to  the  places  where  the  station  is 
set  up,  and  where  the  wires  are  led  in. 

FORM    OF    APPLICATION. 

The  undersigned,  desiring  a  direct  connection  to  be  made  by  the  government,  be- 
tween his  premises (1)  and  the  government  telephone  bureau,  pledges 

himself  to  the  government  to  observe  all  the  regulations  that  have  been  given,  or  may 
be  given,  regarding  this  undertaking;  and,  further,  that  when  he  shall  ask  for  any  ex- 
tensions or  alterations  to  be  made  by  the  state,  in  his  telephone  arrangements,  he  will 
pay  for  the  same,  according  to  the  rates  specified  in  the  accompanying  list,  which  are 
therefore  to  be  considered  as  being  included  in  this  agreement. 

(2) the  of 19     . 

(3) 

(1)  Location  of  premises,  with,  as  far  as  possible,  description  of  the  section  and 
number  given  by  government  survey.  (2)  Kesidence  of  person.  (3)  Signature  of 
person. 

HOLLAND. 


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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 


Materials,  &c. 


1  For  the  second  and  following  apparatus — 
a  In  the  same  room,  as  principal  telephone,  per  telephone 
b  In  another  room,  but  on  the  same  premises  n 

2  Table  station  (desk  station) 

3  Extra  bell  (sounder) 

4  Switch .' 

5  Second  telephone 

6  Shifting  an  apparatus — 

a  On  the  same  premises,  into  another  room 

b  Within  the  same  room 

7  Shifting  an  extra  bell— 

a  On  the  same  premises,  into  another  room 

b  Within  the  same  room 

8  Expenses  of  work  done,  in  the  event  of  change  of  residence, 
or  in  consequence  of  building,  &c,  alterations  being  done 
on  premises 


Terms  of  payment. 


10  fr.  ($1.93)  per  year 

15  fr.  ($2.90) 

2.50  fr.  (48c.) 

1.50  fr.  (29c.) 

lfr.  (19 

lfr.  (19 


January  1  and 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 


Tuly 


5  fr.  (97c.)    once  for  all.  On  1st  day  of  following 

calendar  half-year. 
2.50  fr.  (48c.) 

2.50  fr.  (48c.) 
1.50  fr.  (29c.) 


The    actual   cost    once 
11 


Royal  Decree,  of  August  1,  1904  (State  Papers,  No.  202) — to  supplement  the 
Royal  Decree  of  June  9,  1904  (State  Papers,  No.  117) — containing  regulations  where- 
by, through  co-operation  of  the  municipalities,  connection  can  be  effected  with  govern- 
ment telephone  offices,  on  behalf  of  the  Interlocal  Telephone  Service. 

We  Wilhelmina,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  Queen  of  the  Netherlands,  Princess  of 
Orange  Nassau,  &c,  &c,  &c. ;  giving  attention  to  Article  16  of  the  Telegraph  and  Tele- 
phone Laws  (State  Papers,  1904,  No.  7) — and  considering  it  desirable,  as  supplemen- 
tary to  the  Royal  Decree  of  June  9,  1904  (State  Papers,  No.  117),  containing  regula- 
tions regarding  the  telephone  service — to  lay  down  these  regulations,  whereby,  through 
co-operation  of  the  municipalities,  connection  can  be  effected  with  government  tele- 
phone offices,  on  behalf  of  the  Interlocal  Telephone  Service — at  the  report  of  Our  Min- 
ister of  Trade  and  Industry,  Van  Waterstaat,  on  post  offices  and  telegraphy,  and  hav- 
ing heard  the  Council  of  State  (advice  of  July  19,  1904,  No.  13) — and  having  given 
attention  to  the  further  report  of  our  aforementioned  minister,  of  July  26,  1904,  No. 
2512,  on  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department ; 

Have  approved  and  consented  to  ratify  the  following: — 

Article  1. 

In  the  government  telephone  bureaux,  to  be  designated  by  our  Minister  of  Trade 
and  Industry,  Van  Waterstaat,  at  the  request  of  the  municipal  authorities,  opportunity 
will  be  given  to  the  general  public  to  carry  on  interlocal  conversations.  In  so  doing, 
the  regulations  must  be  observed  which  are  given  in  the  following  articles. 

Article  2. 

The  municipality  places  at  the  disposal  of  our  Minister  of  Trade  and  Industry, 
Van  Waterstaat,  and  maintains  to  his  satisfaction: — 

(1)  A  place,  sufficiently  large,  and  adequately  furnished,  lighted  and  heated,  in 
the  government  telephone  bureau,  for  the  setting  up  of  the  arrangements  necessary 
for  the  interlocal  telephone  service. 

This  place  may  be  the  same  as  that  in  which  the  government  telephone  service  is 
carried  on. 

(2)  An  open  public  call  station,  in  which  the  general  public  can  carry  on  conver- 
sations. The  municipality  also  makes  arrangements  for  the  erection  of  a  suitable  ar- 
rangement, on  or  near  the  government  telephone  offices,  for  the  fastening  of  the  wires 

of  the  stations  that  are  to  be  connected  with  the  government  telephone  bureau. 
HOLLAND. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  383 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Article  8. 

The  government  furnishes  supplies  of  forms  for  accounts,  receipts,  &c,  necessary 
for  the  telephone  service,  and  all  printed  forms  required  for  sending  and  receiving 
messages,  &c. 

Article  4. 

The  municipality  must,  to  the  satisfaction  of  our  Minister  of  Trade  and  Industry, 
Van  Waterstaat,  bear  the  costs  of  looking  after  and  keeping  in  order  the  arrangements 
that  have  been  made  for  the  interlocal  telephone  service.  The  official  in  charge  of  the 
government  bureau,  or  his  representative,  maj  be  charged  with  this  duty. 

Article  5. 

The  arrangements,  referred  to  in  Article  1,  for  the  carrying  on  of  interlocal  con- 
versations, as  soon  as  they  are  set  in  operation,  cannot  be  abrogated  without  the  ap- 
proval of  our  aforementioned  minister.  So  long  as  this  approval  is  not  obtained,  the 
municipality  is  bound  to  comply  with  the  regulations  given  in  these  articles. 

Our  aforementioned  minister  is  charged  with  the  carrying  out  of  these  Decrees, 
which  are  to  be  placed  in  the  State  Papers ;  and  a  copy  of  which  shall  be  sent  to  the 
Council  of  State. 

WILHELMINA. 

The  Loo,  August  1,  1904. 


Eegulations  Relating  to   the  International   Telephone   Service. 

connections. 

(1)  The  International  telephone  connections  exist  between  the  places  in  Holland, 
Belgium  and  Germany  mentioned  in  this  directory,  in  pages  32  to  86. 

REGULATIONS    REGARDING    USE. 

(2)  The  international  telephone  service  can  be  used: — 

(a)  In  stations  connected  by  double  wires  to  the  local  central  station  of  the 

telephone  system  concerned. 
(5)  In  public  call  stations  set  up  in  the  various  municipalities, 
(c)  By  persons  whose  stations  are  directly  connected  by  double  wires  to  the 

interlocal  government   telephone  bureau,  which  is  also  open  to  the 

international  telephone  service. 

CHARGES. 

(3)  The  following  tables  (directory,  pages  32  to  86)  give  a  list  of  the  Holland 
government  telephone  bureau,  and  also  the  foreign  places  with  which  there  are  connec- 
tions ;  with  the  rates  specified  for  each  conversation  of  3  minutes  or  less. 

When  the  charges  are  not  given,  in  any  of  the  vertical  columns,  then  the  Holland 
government  telephone  bureau,  mentioned  at  the  side,  has  not  yet  been  connected  to 
the  foreign  place  mentioned  at  the  top  of  the  column. 

In  the  places  marked  with  a  x,  the  local  telephone  system  has  not  yet  been  admitted . 
to  international  traffic;  but  there  are  connections  from  the  public  call  station  of  the 
government    telephone    bureau,    and    from  the  stations  directly  connected  with  the 

bureau. 

In  the  traffic  with  Germany,  urgent  conversations  are  granted  by  paying  three 
times  the  amount  of  charges  specified  on  the  lists. 

HOLLAND. 


384  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 
Further  Instructions. 
(Directory,  page  87.) 

LISTS    OF    THE    NAMES    OF    SUBSCRIBERS. 

(4)  Foreign  telephone  directories,  for  public  use  and  reference,  are  to  be  found 
in  some  stations,  and  in  the  stock  exchanges  at  Amsterdam,  Rotterdam  and  Utrecht. 

In  the  stations  where  these  directories  are  not  to  be  found,  the  necessary  informa- 
tion can  be  obtained. 

REQUESTS    FOR    INTERNATIONAL    CONVERSATION'S. 

(5)  In  requesting  an  interlocal  conversation  from  a  public  call  station,  the  person 
desiring  to  do  so  fills  up  a  form  (Telephone  form  No.  3),  and  pays  the  charges  desired. 

The  same  regulations  contained  in  Article  4,  '  Further  Resolutions  regardinij 
the  Interlocal  Telephone  Service,'  apply  also  to  the  international  service. 

(6)  The  regulations  given  regarding  the  asking  for  and  the  carrying  on  of 
interlocal  conversations,  and  the  manner  of  paying  for  the  same,  apply  also  to  the 
international  traffic. 

CONVERSATIONS  TO  AND  FROM  FOREIGN  PLACES. 

(7)  The  subscriber  who  desires  to  carry  on  an  international  conversation,  has  to 
give  the  name  of  the  place  desired  and  the  telephone  number  of  the  person  to  be 
called  up. 

If  the  number  is  not  known  by  the  subscriber,  then  the  official  at  the  telephone 
bureau,  at  his  request,  will  look  it  up  in  the  directory  and  tell  him,  requesting  him 
at  the  same  time,  to  note  it  down,  so  that  he  may  be  able  to  give  it  when  again  request- 
ing conversation. 

This  manner  of  procedure  is  necessary  for  the  systematic  ordering  of  the  service ; 
but  is  of  most  benefit  to  the  person  concerned,  because  thereby  waste  of  time  will  be 
avoided  by  repeated  hunting  after  numbers,  and  the  latter  asking  to  look  \ip  the  same 
number  will  also  be  avoided. 

CONVERSATIONS    WITH    THE    STOCK    EXCHANGES. 

(8)  At  the  request  for  an  international  conversation  with  a  frequenter  of  the 
stock  exchange  the  government  telephone  bureau  will  at  once  have  a  messenger  sent, 
appointed  for  this  purpose,  to  the  stock  exchange,  with  a  ticket  (Telephone  form  No. 
3),  to  be  handed  over  to  the  person  who  has  been  called  up.  If  the  person  called 
desires  to  hold  the  conversation  wished  for,  then  he  will  be  admitted,  in  his  turn,  to 
the  call-station,  without  having  to  fill  up  the  usual  form  (Telephone  form  No.  3). 

On  Wednesdays,  when  request  for  conversations  is  made  with  persons  in  the 
exchange  at  Brussels,  it  must  be  particularly  stated  whether  the  person  to  be  called  up 
is  to  be  found  in  the  stock  exchange,  at  the  Place  de  la  Bourse;  on  in  the  Business 
Exchange  at  the  Rue  de  la  Duquesnoy. 

ORDER   IN    WHICH    CONVERSATIONS    WILL    BE   GRANTED. 

(9)  Connections  will  be  given  in  the  following  order: — 

(a)  Conversations  of  ministers  and  officials,  authorized  to  send  off  govern- 
ment telegrams. 
(i>)  Conversation  on  urgent  matters  of  business  or  telephone  service. 

(c)  Urgent  conversations — only  allowed  in  traffic  with  Germany. 

(d)  Ordinary  conversations  and  conversations  on  non-important  matters. 

The  ordinary  conversations  are  granted,  according  to  the  order  of  time,  when 
requests  are  made  for  the  same. 
HOLLAND. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  385 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

BEGINNING  OF   THE    CONVERSATION. 

(10)  The  conversation  is  reckoned  to  begin : — 

(a)  For  conversations  between  subscribers    or    persons    whose    stations    are 

directly  connected  with  a  government  bureau — as  soon  as  response  is 
received  from  the  station  called  up. 

(b)  For  conversations  from  a  public  call  station — from  the  moment  that  the 

fetation  is  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  person  desiring  to  carry  on 
conversation,  consideration  being  given  to  the  directions  mentioned 
under  letter  a. 

(c)  For  conversations  with  a  person  in  a  public  call  station,  or  between  two 

persons,  both  in  public  call  stations — from  the  moment  that  the  con- 
nection has  been  made,  and  the  station  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
person  called  up. 

DURATION  OF  THE  CONVERSATION. 

(11)  The  specified  charge  for  the  complete  conversation,  from  start  to  finish,  is 
estimated  for  a  limited  period  of  three  minutes. 

As  soon  as  a  conversation  has  lasted  six  minutes,  the  connection  is  broken  by  the 
bureau  concerned,  after  notifying  the  (speaker,  if  this  can  possibly  be  done. 

If  the  connection  is  made  from  a  public  call  station,  then  the  conversation  must 
end  after  the  lapse  of  three  minutes,  unless  the  person  agrees  to  pay  an  additional 
charge. 

The  payment  of  these  charges  may  be  required  at  once. 

The  duration  of  government  conversations  is  unlimited. 

PAYMENTS. 

(12)  The  charges  for  each  international  conversation  (taking  into  consideration 
the  regulation  given  in  Article  9  of  the  Eoyal  Decree  of  June  9,  1904  (State  Papers, 
No.  117),  is  incurred  by  the  person  from  whose  station  the  conversation  is  requested; 
and  that,  as  soon  as  the  desired  conversation  is  considered  to  have  begun,  according  to 
section  10  of  the  present  regulations. 

(13)  No  charges  are  incurred,  and  charges  paid  will  be  refunded  if: — 

(a)  If  when  a  connection  is  asked  for  and  made,  no  proper  connection  can 

be  procured  with  the  person  called  up,  on  account  of  some  defect  in 
the  telephone  service. 

(b)  If  the  defective  working  of  the  telephone  wires  makes   a  conversation 

impossible. 

In  this  case  the  government  telephone  bureau  concerned  is  bound  to  have  this 
statement  corroborated  by  telephone. 

When  the  charges  are  refunded,  then  the  declaration,  printed  on  the  back  of 
'  Telephone  form  No.  3,'  must  be  filled  up  and  signed  by  the  person  who  receives  the 
reimbursement. 

HOUR   OF   CLOSING. 

(14)  The  telephone  bureaux  are  not  allowed  to  finish  the  service  until  all  the  con- 
versations have  been  exchanged  that  have  been  requested  before  the  hour  for  closing  up. 

SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

(15)  During  the  night,  subscribers'  conversations  that  have  been  arranged  for 
beforehand  may  be  carried  on,  at  certain  times. 

The  minimum  duration  of  any  such  conversation  is  6  minutes.  The  subscription, 
which  must  be  paid  in  advance,  can  begin  any  day,  and  is  agreed  upon  for  one  month, 
to  be  reckoned  from  the  1st  or  the  16th. 

HOLLAND. 


386  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

When  the  subscription  is  desired  any  time  between  these  dates,  then  for  each  day, 
one  30th  of  the  monthly  charge  is  added  to  the  amount  to  be  paid  on  the  month  fol- 
lowing. 

The  subscription  is  tacitly  prolonged  from  month  to  month;  but  always  by  advance 
payments;  but  can  be  mutually  given  up,  if  written  notice  is  given  not  less  than  8 
days  before  the  termination  of  the  period  of  subscription  running  on  at  the  time  in 
question. 

The  charges  for  monthly  subscription,  for  traffic  with  Belgium  are: — 

(1)  For  frontier  traffic  between  places  not  more  than  40  km.  (25  miles)  from 
each  other : — 

18  fr.     ($3.48)  for  a  daily  use  of  phone,  lasting  6  minutes. 

27  fr.     ($5.21)  "  "  "  9 

36  fr.     ($6.95)  "  "  "  12         " 

(2)  For  each  distance  of  more  than  40  km.  (25  miles)  : — 

43-50  fr.     ($8.40)  for  a  daily  use  of  'phone,  lasting  6  minutes. 
65-25  fr.   ($12.60)         "  "  "  9  " 

87  fr.  ($16.79)         "  "  "  12 

The  account  for  subscription  charges  is  sent  in  by  the  director  oi  the  government 
telegraph  bureau  concerned  on  the  day  before  the  beginning  of  each  month,  during 
which  the  subscription  runs. 

The  charges  for  receipt  stamps  must  be  paid  by  subscriber. 

If,  in  consequence  of  interruptions  in  the  service,  the  connections  cannot  be  made 
for  the  subscribers  at  the  specified  times ;  then  the  opportunity  will  be  given,  as  far  as 
possible,  for  them  to  carry  on  the  desired  conversations  during  the  night  following. 

If  this  cannot  be  done,  then  the  subscriber  will  receive  back,  if  he  so  desires,  one 
30th  of  his  subscription  charges,  for  that  month. 

(16)  In  requesting  the  abovementioned  subscriptions,  which,  in  the  meantime  are 
only  granted  for  the  service  with  Belgium,  application  must  be  made,  in  writing,  to 
the  director  of  the  government  telegraph  office  of  the  place  in  question. 

No.  288b. 

(Translation.) 

HOLLAND— Continued. 

EXTRACT  FROM  JOURNAL  TELEGRAPHIQUE,  No.  3,  1905. 
(Referred  to  in  the  letter  of  the  Dutch  Postmaster  General  on  page  1597.) 

The  establishment  and  operation  of  the  interlocal  and  the  international  telephone 
lines,  are  a  state  privilege. 

The  local  telephone  wires  are  set  up  and  operated  either  by  the  particular  districts, 
or  by  companies,  or  by  private  individuals,  on  the  authority  of  a  royal  grant. 

The  local  wires  extend: — 

(a)  For  the  grants  given  to  a  district,  to  the  territory  of  this  district  and, 
besides,  to  the  territory  of  the  adjacent  districts,  in  so  far  as  they  are 
situated  within  a  circle  covering  a  radius  of  5  km.  (3  miles)  drawn  from 
a  centre  fixed  by  the  government. 

(b)  For  the  other  grants,  to  the  territory  situated  within  a  circle  covering  a 
radius  of  5  km.  (3  miles)  drawn  from  a  centre  fixed  by  the  government 

According  to  the  stipulations  of  the  grant,  the  rates  of  subscription,  and  all  the 
other  charges,  are  submitted  to  the  royal  sanction. 

The  charges  for  interlocal  communications,  collected  for  the  benefit  of  the  state 
are  fixed  as  follows : — 

HOLLAND. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  387 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

For  3  minutes  conversation,  or  less,  between  11.40  a.m.  and  3.40  p.m.  (Greenwich 
time)  1  fr.  (20  cents.) 

During  other  hours,  50  centimes  (10  cents.) 

For  urgent  calls  double  these  rates  is  collected. 

The  charges  for  international  communications  are,  for  3  minutes  conversation,  or 
less : — 

(1)  For  Belgium : — 

(a)  Within  the  connections  of  the  neighbouring  zone,  up  to  a  distance  of 
40  km.  (25  miles),  in  a  straight  line,  1  -25  fr.  (25  cents). 

(6)  For  every  distance  over  40  km.  (25  miles)  3  fr.  (60  cents).  Urgent  calls 
are  not  granted. 

(2)  For  Germany: — 

(a)  Within  the  connections  of  the  neighbouring  zone,  up  to  a  distance  of 
40  km.  (25  miles),  in  a  straight  line,  1:25  fr.  (25  cents). 

(b)  Within  the  connections  of  the  four  zones,  into  which  Germany  has  been 
divided : — 

In  the  first  zone 2  -50  fr.  (50  cents) 

second  zone 3         fr.   (60  cents) 

"       third  zone 3 -50  fr.   (70  cents) 

"       fourth  zone 4        fr.   (80  cents) 

For  urgent  calls,  three  times  the  amount  of  these  rates  is  collected. 

In  the  connections  with  Belgium,  there  exists  a  rule  of  subscription  granting,  at 
fixed  hours,  at  least  one  conversation  per  day,  of  double  the  usual  time. 

Subscriptions  must  be  made  for,  at  least,  one  month.  The  charges  per  month  are 
as  follows: — 

(1)  Within  the  connections  of  the  neighbouring  zone,  up  to  a  distance  of  40  km. 
(25  miles),  in  a  straight  line,  37-50  fr.  ($7.50)  for  daily  use  of  6  minutes;  and 
56 :25  fr.  ($11.25)  for  daily  use  of  9  minutes. 

(2)  For  every  distance  above  40  km.  (25  miles),  90  fr.  ($18)  for  daily  use  of  6 
minut<  s,  and  135  fr.  ($27)  for  daily  use  of  9  minutes. 


TARIFF  FOE  SUBSCRIBERS  TO  THE  LOCAL  SYSTEMS. 


System. 

Owner. 

Yearly  Subscriptions. 

Public  Stations. 

Minutes. 

Charges. 

Alfen  ....•••.... 

• 
Amesfoort 

The  Riga  it  Gourve 
Telephone  Co. 

J.  Pot   

The    Bell   Nether- 
lands  Telephone 
Co. 

ii                ii 

70   fr.    ($14),    increased   70  centimes 
(14c.)  for  every  100  metres  (110  yds. ) 
of  line  up  to  260  fr.  (52c. )  according 
to  number  of  stations  on  same  line. 

120  fr.  ($24)  for  a  station  in  the  dis- 
trict.    Outwards,  the  charge  is  in- 
creased 6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  every  100 
metres  (110  yds.)  between  the  sta- 
tion and  limits  of  the  district. 

80  fr.  ($16),  increased  by  20  fr.  ($4) 
for  subscribers  desiring  to  have  the 
right  of  interlocal  conversations. 

Sec  Almelo. 

5    Station  at 
Oudhorn. 
5    Station  at 
depot. 

3 

35  cent.  (7c.) 
20    „      (4c.) 

20  cent.  (4c. ) 

l—d—26 


HOLLAND. 


388 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 
TAKIFF  FOE  LOCAL  SYSTEMS.— Continued. 


System. 


Amsterdam 
Apeldomn 


Yearly  Subscriptions. 


The  municipality. .  180  fr.  ($36) 


Arnhem . 


Assen 


Baarn . 


Bois-le-Duc 


Breda. . . 

Bussum  . 
Delft.    .. 


Deventer.. 


IThe  Bell  Nether- 
lands Telephone 
Co. 


General  Telephone 
Co.  (the  so-call- 
ed Ribbink,  Van 
Bork&Co.) 


The.  Bell  Nether- 
lands Telephone 
Co. 

General  Telephone 
Co.  (the  so-call- 
ed Ribbink,  Van 
Bork  &  Co. ) 


80  fr.  ($16)  for  a  station  within  a 
radius  of  2i  km.  (1^  mile)  in  a  1 1 
line  from  the  central  office.  Out- 
wards, the  charge  is  increased  by 
6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  each  additional  100 
metres  (110  yds.). 

ill)  fr.  ($18)  for  a  station  within  the 
district  ;  200  fr.  ($40)  for  a  station 
outside  the  district. 

90  fr.  ($18)  for  a  station  within  a  ra- 
dius of  3  km.  (1J  miles)  in  a  direct 
line  from  the  central  office.  ( >ut 
wards,  the  charge  is  increasi 
5  fr.  (81)  for  each  additional  100 
metres  (110  yds.).  The  maximum 
oi  increase  is  100  fr.  ($20). 

80  fr.  ($16)  for  a  station  within  tip- 
district  of  Baarn;  and  within  a 
radius  of  1 .'.  km.  I ,'■'„  mile)  in  a.direct 
line  from  tin-  cent]  l-'<n  a 

station  in  the  district  of  Baarn, 
outside  tliis  radius,  the  charge  is 
increased  by  2  fr.  (40c.)  for  each 
100  metres  (110  yds.)  over  and  above 
this  radius.  For  a  station  outside 
tin-  district  of  Baarn,  the  charge 
for  the  section  of  line  within  tin- 
district  of  Baarn  is  increased  by  li 
fr.  ($1.20)  for  each  additional  1C0 
metres  (110  yds. ).  Besides  this, 
charge  of  2u  fr.  ($4)  is  added  when 
the  subscriber  desires  to  have  the 
right  of  interlocal  conversations. 

70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  inside  thi 
city  limits.  A  maximum  of  150  fr. 
($30)  for  a  station  outside  the  city 

limits. 

70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  within  the 
district  ;  150  fr.  ($30)  for  a  station 
outside  the  district. 

See  Almelo. 


Public  Sta  tions. 


Minutes.  Charges. 


70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  within  the 
district.  A  maximum  of  150  fr. 
($30)  for  a  station  outside  the  dis- 
trict. A  charge  of  20  fr.  ($4)  over 
and  above  is  made  when  the  sub- 
scriber wishes  to  have  the  right  of 
asking  for  interlocal  conversations. 

90  ir.  ($18)  for  a  station  within  the 
district  ;  150  fr.  ($30)  for  a  station 
outside  the  district  ;  70  fr.  ($14)  for 
a  station  within  the  district,  con- 
nectei  before  the  introduction  of 
the  above  rate  of  charges.  This  is 
increased  by  20  fr.  ($4)  when  the 
subscriber  desires  to  have  the  right 
of  asking  for  interlocal  conversa- 
tions. 


50     .,       (10c.) 

20     „       (4c.) 


20     „       (4c.) 
30     ,.      (6c.) 


20     „       (4c.) 


20 


20 


2  i 


(4c.) 


(4c) 


1 4c.) 


20     „        4c.) 


APPENDIX 


389 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


TARIFF  FOR  LOCAL  SYSTEMS— Continued. 


System. 


Doesburg . 


Dordrecht. 


Edam 


Kindlinvi'ii 


Enschede 


Owner. 


The  municipality. 


The  Bell  Nether 
lands  Telephone 
Co. 

The  municipality. 


The  municipality. 


Flushing 


Gouda . 


The  Hague.. 


Groningue. 


Haarlei! 
Helder. 


General  Telephone 
Co.  (the  so-call- 
ed Ribbink,  Van 
Bork  &  Co.) 


The    (iouda 
phone  Co. 


Tele 


The  municipality. . 


The  Bell  Nether 
lands  Telephone 
Co. 


J.  Pot. 


Yearly  Subscriptions. 


Public  Stations. 


00  fr.  ($18)  for  a  station  within  th 
district.  Besides  this,  the  charges 
are  increased  by  6  fr.  ($1.20)  for 
each  100  metres  (110  yds. )  between 
the  stations  and  the  limits  of  the 
district. 

See  Admelo. 


80  fr  ($16)  for  a  station  within  the 
district,  and  inside  a  radius  of  2 
km.  (1J  miles)  in  a  direct  hue  from 
the  central  office  ;  100  fr.  ($20)  for 
a  station  within  the  district  outside 
this  radius  ;  100  fr.  ($20)  for  a  sta- 
tion outside  the  district,  with  an 
increase  of  6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  eacli  100 
metres  (110  yds. )  between  thi 
tion  and  the  limits  of  the  district. 

70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  within  a 
radius  of  1 ',  km.i , ;.  mi  ho  in  a  direct 
line  from  the  central  office, 
sides  this,  the  rate  is  increased  by 
6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  each  additional  100 
metres  (110  yds.) 

70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  within  the  dis 
trict  ;  100  fr.($20)fora  station  out- 
side the  district,  and  within  a  radius 
of  3  km.  (1J  miles)  in  direct  line 
from  the  central  office.  Besides 
this,  the  rate  is  increased  by  20  fr. 
($4)  for  each  additional  \  km.  (f$ 
mile. ) 

See  Deventer. 


80  fr.  ($16)  for  a  station  within  a 
radius  of  1  km.  (§  mile)  in  a  direct 
line  from  the  central  office.  Bes 
this,  the  rate  is  increraed  by  1  fr. 
(20c. )  for  each  additional  100  metres 
(110  yds.) 

130  fr.  ($26)  for  a  station  within  tin- 
district.  (130  fr.  ($26)  for  a  station 
within  any  part  of  the  districts  of 
Voorburg  and  Byswyk.  Besides 
this,  the  charge  is  increased  bv  In 
fr.  ($2)  for  each  additional  '  100 
metres  (110  yds. )  The  minimum  is 
160  fr.  ($32). 

See  Almelo 


120  fr.  ($24)  for  a  station  within  the 
city  limits.  Besides  this,  the  rate 
is  increased  by  6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  each 
additional  100  metres  (110  yds.) 


Minutes.  Cha 


ii  cent.  (4c.) 


0     „     (4c.) 


20     „     (4c. 


10    „    (2c.) 


(4c.) 


20     „     (4c. 


1— d— 26J 


HOLLAND. 


390 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 


4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
TARIFE  FOE  LOCAL  SYSTEMS— Continued. 


System. 


Helmond. 


Hengelo . 


Owner. 


Yearly  Subscription*. 


The  municipality . 


The  Bell  Nether- 
lands Telephone 
Co. 


Hilversum 


Hoogezand.. 

Hoorn 

Leeuwarden  . 


Leiden  . .  . 
Maasluis  . 

Maastricht 


Meppel . 


Middelbourg . 
Nimegue  .... 
HOLLAND. 


The  General  Tele 
phone  Co.  (the 
so-called  Ribbink 
VanBork&Co.) 


The  Bell  Nether; 
lands  Telephone 
Co. 

The  municipality . 


70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  within  the 
district.     Besides  this,   the  charge 
is  increased  by  tifr.  ($1.20)  loi 
100  meters  1 1  in  yds.)  between  the 
station  and  the  limits  of  the  district 

80  fr.  ($16)  for  a  station  within  i 
radius  of  1£  km.  (|  mile)  in  a  direct 
line  from  the  centre.  Besides  this, 
the  charge  is  increased  by  2  fr. 
(40c.)  for  each  additional  100 
metres,  (110  yds.).  Moreover  120 
fr.  (84)  is  charged  additional,  when 
the  subscriber  wishes  to  have  the 
right  of  asking  for  interlocal  con- 
versations. 

80  fr.  ($16)  for  ;i  station  within  a 
radius  of  2  km.  (1  |  miles)  in  a 
direct  line  from  the  centre.  Be- 
sides this,  the  charge  is  incn 
bj  '-'  ft.  (40c.)  for  each  addil 
100  metres  110  yds.).  Moreover, 
20  ft.  ($4)  is  charged  additional, 
when  i  hie  subscriber  v.  ishea  to  hai  > 
the  right  of  asking  for  interlocal 
conversal 


See  Hengelo . 


SeeT)e\ 


Sec  Breda 


See  Almelo. 


The  municipality . 


90  fr.  ($18)  for  a  station  within  the 
district.  Besides  this,  the  charge 
is  increased  by  3  fr.  (60c.)  for  each 
100  metres  (110  yds.)  between  the 
station  and  the  limits  of  the  district 

70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  within  the 
district,  and  within  a  radius  of  3 
km.  (lg  mile)  in  a  direct  line  from 
the  centre  ;  100  fr.  ($20)  for  a 
station  within  the  district,  outside 
this  radius.  For  a  station  outside 
the  district  100  fr.  ($20)  with  an 
increase  of  6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  each  100 
metres  (110  yds.)  between  the 
station  and  the  limits  of  the 
district. 


The  General  Tele-: See  Deventer.    .    . 
phone    Co.     (the) 
so-called  Ribbink'. 
Van  Bork  &  Co.) 

J.  W.  Kayser 1 70  fr.   ($14)   increased   by  20  fr.  ($4) 

when  the  subscriber  wishes  to  have 
the  right  of  asking  for  interlocal 
1     con  versation  s. 


Public  Stations. 


Minutes.      I     Charges 


5 

20    , 

(4c.) 

3 

20    , 

(4c.) 

3 

20     „ 

(4c.) 

20     „       (4c.) 


20     „       (4c. 


APPENDIX  "A 


391 


APPENDIX  No.   1 


TARIFF  FOR  LOCAL  SYSTEMS— Continued. 


System. 


Owner. 


Oldenzaal. 


The  municipality. 


Oss 

Purmerend. 


Kheii'ii. 


Roosendaal 
Rotterdam. 

Rurmonde . 

Schiedam  . 
Sliedrecht  . 

Tiel 

Tilbourg  . . 


A.  Jurgens 

The  municipality, 


The  Bell  Nether- 
lands Telephone 
Co 


The  municipality 


Firm    of  Gauverit 
&  Kanter 


Utrecht  .  . 
Veendam . 


The  General  Tele- 
phone Co.,  (the  so- 
called  Ribbink, 
Van  Bork  &  Co. ) 

iThe  Bell    Nether- 
lands Telephone 
i     Co 


70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  within  the 
district.  Besides  this,  the  charge 
is  increased,  according  to  the  choice 
of  the  subscriber,  by  3  fr,  (60c. )  for 
each  10(i  metres  (110  yds.)  between 
the  station  and  the  limits  of  the 
district,  or  their  is  collected  once 
for  all,  a  charge  of  10  fr.  ($3.20)  for 
each  100  metres  (110  yds.)  between 
the  station  and  the  limits  of  the 
district         

150  fr.  ($30)  for  a  station  within  the 
district    

70  fr.  ($14)  tor  a  station  within  the 
district,  and  inside  a  radius  of  1 
km.  (|  mile)  in  a  direct  line  from 
the  centre.  00  fr.  ($18)  for  a  station 
within  the  district,  outside  this 
radius.  70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station 
outside  the  district  and  within 
radius  of  1  km.  (§  mile)  in  a  direct 
line  from  the  centre.  For  a  station 
outside  the  district,  and  outside  this 
radius,  the  charge  is  increased  by  li 
fr.  ($1.20)  for  each  additional  100 
metres  (110  yds.) 

00  fr.  ($18)  for  a  station  with 
radius  of  250  metres,  (275  yds.)  in 
a  direct  line  from  l'Hotel-de-Ville 
(City  Hall).  For  a  station  out- 
side this  radius,  the  charge  is  in 
creased  from  1.20  fr.  (25c.)  to  4  fr, 
(80c. )  for  each  100  metres  (110  yds. 
between  the  station  and  the 
tral  office 

00  fr.  ($18) 

132  fr.  ($26.50)  for  telephones  in  pri- 
vate residences.  180  fr.  ($36)  for 
business  telephones 


See  Almelo. 

See  Almelo. 

100  fr.  ($20)  for  the  central  part  of 
the  district,  Besides  this,  the  rate 
is  increased  by  6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  each 
additional  100  metres  (110  yds.). 

80fr.  ($16)  for  a  station  connected  with 
a  single  wire  (grounded  circuit), 
When  the  subscriber  desires  s 
double  wire,  (metallic  circuit)  the 
charge  isincreased  by  10  fr.  ($2)  for 
each  800  metres  (J  mile)   of  line. 

SO  fr.  ($1 6)  for  a  station  within  the 
district.  150  fr.  ($30)  for  a  stition 
outside  the  district 


See  Almelo. 

80  fr.  ($16)  for  a  station  within  a  radi 
us  of  li  km.  (til  mile),  in  a  direct 
line  from  the  centre.  Besides  this, 
the  rate  is  increased  by  2  f  r.  (40c. ) 
for  each  additional  100  metres  (110 
yds.)  Moreover,  an  extra  charge 
of  20  fr.  ($4)  when  the  subscriber 
wishes  to  have  the  right  of  asking 
for  interlocal  conversations ...... 


Public  Station. 


Minutes. 


Charge. 


20     „       (4c. 
20     „       (4c. 


20 


(4c.) 


20    „      (4c.) 
30     „      (6c.) 


20 


20 


(4c.) 


(4c.) 


50    „     (10c.) 
20     „      (4c.) 


20     „      (4c.) 
HOLLAND. 


392 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 
TARIFF  FOR  LOCAL  SYSTEMS— Concluded. 


System. 


Velsen . 
Venlo  . 


Waardingen . 


Wageningen 


WijkbyjDruustede 
Winschoten 

Zaandam 

Zeist 


Owner. 


The  municipality 


The  Bell  Nether- 
lands Telephone 
Co 


The  municipality. . 


The    Bell    Nether- 

Louis  Telephone 

Co    

Tin'    firm    of   Gau- 
verit  &  Kanter .. 


Yearly  Subscriptions. 


Zutphen. 


Zwolle . 


The  Zutphen  Tele- 
phone Co 


The  General  Tele- 
phoneCo.  (the  so- 
called  Ribbink, 
VanBorkfe  Co.) 


See  Almelo. 

70  fr.  ($14)  for  a  station  within  the 
district.  Besides  this,  the  charge 
is  increased  by  6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  each 
100  metres  (110  yds. )  between  the 
station  and  the  limits  of  the  dis- 
trict. 50  fr.  ($10)  for  a  station 
connected  with  the  branch  office 
at  Tegelen 

Sic  Almelo. 

70  fr.  ($14)  fcr  a  station  within 
radius  of  3  km.  ()±  milt')  in  :i  direct 
line  from  the  centre.  100  fr.  ($20) 
for  more  than  3  km.  (1|  mile)  up  to 

4  km.  (%  miles),    120  fr.  ($24)  for 
more  than  4  km.  ('_'.'.   miles  up  i" 

5  km.  (3t\j  miles) 

Sec  Rheum. 

70  fr.   ($14)    for   a   station    within   a 

radius  of  750  metres  (825  yds.)  in  a 
direct  line  from  the  central  office. 
Beyond  this  radius,  the  charge  is 
increased  by  6  fr.  ($1.20)  for  each 
additional  100  metres  (110  yds.). .  . 
See  Almelo. 

80  fr.  ($10)  for  a  single  wire  station 
grounded  circuit.  When  the  sub- 
scriber wishes  a  double  wire, 
metallic  circuit,  the  charge  is  inc- 
reased :— (a.)  For  a  distance  up  to 
1J  km.  (v'd  mile)  between  the  station 
and  the  central  office,  10  fr.  ($2). 
(Ij.)  For  a  distance  of  more  than  1^ 
km.  (  ,'•;-,  mile)  up  to  3  km.  (1$  miles) 
20  fr.  ($4).  (c).  For  a  distance  of 
more  than  3  km  (1J  miles)  20  fr. 
($4)  and,  besides,  70  centimes  14c. 
for  each  1 00  metres  (110  yds. )  of  line 
over  and  above  3  km.  (IJ  miles). .  .. 

I"'  >r  a  station  within  the  district  : — 
70  fr.  ($14)  for  single  wire  grounded 
circuit.  90  fr.  ($18)  double  wire 
metallic  circuit.  For  a  station  out 
side  the  district,  these  rates  are 
increased  by  0  fr.  ($1.20)  for  each 
100  metres  (110  yds.)  between  the 
station  and  the  limits  of  the  dis 
trict 

See  De venter. 


Public  Stations. 


Minutes.  Charges 


20     „      (4c.) 


20     „       (4c.) 


20     ii       (4c.) 


50     „     (10c. 


20     „       (4c.) 


October,  1st,  1905. 

Note. — The  Canadian  value  of  the  above  figures  i3  calculated  on  the  following  basis  :  2  francs  (French 
=1  florin  (Netherlands)  =  40  cents. 


HOLLAND. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  393 

APPENDIX  No.  1 


No.  289. 

SWITZERLAND. 

(The  following  papers,  selected  from  amongst  those  sent  by  the  Swiss  Board  of 
Telephone  Directors,  have  been  translated  for  the  information  of  the  Committee.  The 
originals  are  on  file  in  the  committee  room  and  may  be  referred  to  at  any  time.) 

(Translation.) 

The   Swiss  Telephone  Board  of  Directors. 

Berne,  June  7,  1905. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  Postmaster  General, 

Chairman  of  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 

Honourable  Sir. — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  May  1,  of  this  year,  we  furnish  you 
herewith,  so  far  as  we  possibly  can,  the  information  you  desire;  and  send  you  also, 
under  a  separate  cover,  several  pamphlets,  the  contents  of  which,  we  trust,  will  be  use- 
ful to  you. 

With  the  highest  esteem, 

THE   SWISS   TELEPHONE   BOARD   OF  DIRECTORS, 

Per  L.  Vanoni. 


No.  289a. 

(Translation.) 

answers  to  questions. 

For  the  connection  of  all  the  wires  within  the  country  into  one  system  there  are 
687  so-called  interurban  exchanges,  and  for  connections  outside  Switzerland  there  are 
33  international  exchanges. 

The  length  of  all  the  wires,  interurban  and  subscribers'  lines  taken  together,  is 
15,791  .5  kilometres  (9,806^  miles).  Frequently  interurban  and  subscribers'  lines,  and 
also  telegraph  lines,  are  united  on  the  same  line  of  poles.  Of  the  above,  15,164-6  kilo- 
metres is  overhead,  and  the  length  of  underground  conduits  with  one  or  more  ducts 
(pipes)  is  626-9  kilometres. 

We  give  the  following  approximate  cost  of  lines,  per  kilometre,  from  the  Budget 
estimates : — 


SWITZERLAND. 


394  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  878TEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

I. — Overhead  Wires. 
(Note. — One  franc  equals  19:3  cents  ;   one  kilometre  equals  3,281  feet,  about  g  of  a  mile.) 


1.  Bronze  wires  of  1  '5  mm.  (No.  17  S.  W.  G. )  — 
(a)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit)  with  new  poles 
(6)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit)  on  existing  poles 

2.  Bronze  wires  of  2  mm.  (No.  14  S.W.G.)— 
(a)  lloop  (metallic  circuit)  with  new  poles  . 
(6)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit)  on  existing  poles, 

3.  Bronze  wires  of  3  mm.  (No.  10J  S.W.G.)— 

(a)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit)  with  new  poles. . 

(b)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit j  on  existing  poles 

4    Bronze  wires  of  4  mm.  (No.  8  S.W.G.)-  - 
<<i)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit)  with  new  poles. 
(6)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit)  on  existing  poles, 

t>.  Bronze  wires  of  5  mm.  (No.  5J  S.W.G. ) — 

(a)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit)  with  new  poles. 

(b)  1  loop  (metallic  circuit)  on  already  exist- 
ing poles 


Materials 

and 

Tools. 


645  Fr. 

178    „ 


687 
218 


890 
421 


1,145    ,, 
676     m 


1,471     „ 
1,005    „ 


Wages. 


150  Fr. 
53     „ 


1!I4 
66 


194 


150 

51 


1  19 
52 


Carriage 

(freight)  and 

Sundries. 


Total. 


15  Fr.      840  Fr.  ($162.12) 

24    ,,       255    „    (s  49.22) 


917    ,.    ($176,98) 
is     „       302    ,i    ($  58.29) 


36    „     1,120    „    ($210.16) 
18    ..       505    ,i    ($  'M  17) 


45     „     1,340    „    ($258.62) 
23     „       750    i,    ($144.75) 


4.".     „     1,665    ,.    ($321.35) 


23     ,.     1,080    „    ($208.44) 


II. — Underground  Lines. 

Approximate  cost  per  pair  of  wires  (metallic  circuit)  per  kilometre  (3,281  feet)  of 
cable  laid.    (Cost  of  duct  or  pipe  not  included)  : — 

Interurban  cable,  1  -8  mm.  (No.  15  S.W.G.) 450 

Local  subscribers'  cable  0:8  mm.  (No.  21  S.W.G.),  lead  covered  and 

steel  armoured 112 

Local  subscribers'  cable  0:8  mm.    (No.   21   S.W.G.),  lead   covered 

only 95 

Approximate  cost  per  metre  (110  yards)  of  cable  ducts  or  pipes: — 

Iron  pipes 6 

Conduit  of  pipes  of  150  mm.  width  (6     inches) 20 

200  "  (7|  inches) \\\     25 

250  "  (93  inches)  ..!..■ 30 

300  "  (11|  inches) 35 

350  "  (13*  inches) 40 

"  400  "  (155  inches) 45 

450  "         (T7i7u  inches) 50 

500  "        (19*  inches) 55 

Length  of  interurban  telephone  pole  lines : — 

(a.)  Length  of  pure  telephone  lines 4,917  kl.  (3,053£  miles) 

(&.)  Length  of  mixed  lines 1,696  kl.  (1,053£  miles) 


fr. 

($86.85) 

fr. 

($21.62) 

fr. 

($18.36^ 

fr. 

($1.16) 

fr. 

($3.86) 

fr. 

($4.83) 

fr. 

($5.79) 

fr. 

($6.76) 

fr. 

($7.72) 

fr. 

($8.69) 

fr. 

($9.65) 

fr. 

($10.62) 

Total 6,613  kl.  (4,106f  miles) 

'  Pure  telephone  lines '  are  those  which  carry  telephone  lines  only  whether  inter- 
urban, or  interurban  and  subscribers'  wires  together. 

'  Mixed  lines '  are  those  which  carry  both  telephone  and  telegraph  lines. 
Total  length  of  circuits  of  interurban  lines  (the  reserve  conductors  of  the  inter- 
urban cable  not  included) : — 

(a)  Single  wire  lines 163  kilometres  (      101J  miles) 

(b)  Metallic         "  19,173  "  (11,9062      "    ) 


SWITZERLAND. 


Total 19,386 


(12,007* 


) 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Total  wire  length  of  interurban  lines  (metallic  circuits  counted  as  two  wires), 
38,509  kilometres  (23,914  miles). 

The  subscribers'  circuits  have  been  for  several  years  entirely  made  of  bronze  wire, 
of  1  "5  mm.  For  longer  lines  and  for  those  in  more  exposed  situations,  bronze  wire  of 
from  2  to  3  mm.  in  diameter  are  used.  There  are  still,  in  the  Swiss  telephone  system,  a 
great  number  of  subscribers'  circuits  made  of  bronze  wire,  of  1 -25  mm.  diameter,  but 
these  are  gradually  being  changed.  Of  the  47,314  subscribers'  circuits  there  were  at  the 
end  of  1904  still  about  2,200  of  single  wire  (grounded)  laid  through  to  their  central 
or  switch  station.  On  account  of  the  extent  of  high  tension  current  plants  all  over  the 
country,  and  the  influence  exercised  thereby  on  the  telephone  lines,  it  has  been  resolved 
gradually  to  introduce  for  the  telephone  system  exclusively  the  double  wire,  or  metallic 
system. 

For  the  interurban,  or  long-distance,  connections,  bronze  wire,  of  from  3,  4  or  5 
mm.  diameter  is  used,  according  to  the  length  and  purpose  of  the  lines.  The  inter- 
urban connections  are,  during  the  last  few  years,  being  constructed  entirely  of  double 
wire.    There  are  still  fourteen  lines  of  single  wire,  existing7  f rom  the  older  regime. 

The  expenses  of  the  telegraph  and  telephone  lines  (the  new  constructions)  are 
placed  to  the  construction  account.  This  amounted  to  16,144,341  fr.  ($3,115,858)  at 
the  end  of  1904.  The  interest  paid  is,  at  present  3J  per  cent  (3£  per  cent  of  the  capital 
on  December  31,  1903). 

The  yearly  amount  of  sinking  fund  for  construction  account  is  15  per  cent  (15 
per  cent  of  the  capital  on  December  31,  1903). 

The  charges  for  interurban  calls,  as  well  as  the  charges  for  local  calls,  are  noted 
down  by  telephone  girl  clerks.  A  careful  account  is  kept  for  each  single  subscriber, 
and  the  total  amount  is  paid  in  every  month,  through  the  post  office. 

During  the  last  few  years  we  have  begun  to  use  simultaneous  telephony  and  tele- 
graphy on  the  interurban  lines,  employing  the  '  Cailho '  system.  When  the  insulating 
conditions  are  good  on  these  lines,  this  arrangement  has  been  quite  satisfactory. 

The  arrangement  and  control  of  the  public  telephone  system  exclusively  belongs 
to  the  federal  government. 

The  population  of  Switzerland,  according  to  the  census  of  December  1,  1900,  was 
3,315,443. 

The  total  number  of  telephone  subscribers  in  Switzerland  is  47,314  (one  telephone 
to  70  inhabitants). 

The  number  of  subscribers  in  and  the  population  of  the  larger  towns  in  Switzer- 
land, are  as  follows  (according  to  census  of  December  1,  1900)  : — 


Subscribers. 

6,339 
4,692 

3,894 

2,488 

1,935 

1,610 

1.20S 

1,047 

749 

715 

701 

545 

523 

482 

Population. 

150,000 

104,796 
109,161 

Geneva 

Surrounding  districts 

59,437 
45,359 

64,227 
46,732 
33,116 
29,255 
35,968 

St.  Gallen 

::::: 

20,843 
22,335 

Biel 

L'2,016 

15,275 

14,144 
11,781 

Le  Chatelard 

Les  Planches 

"Veytaux 

8,986 

4,533 

625 

SWITZERLAND. 


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The  number  of  subscribers  in,  and  the  population  of,  some  of  the  smaller  towns 
in  Switzerland,  are  as  follows  (according  to  census  of  December  1,  1900) : — 


Davos 

Chur 

Glarus 

Morgea 

Langenthal 

Thalevil 

Locarno 

Herzogenbuchsee . 

Moudon 

Keiden 

Zweisimmen.  .  . . 
Andeer 


Subscribers. 


292 

266 

211 

169 

145 

103 

ST 

58 

39 

22 

17 

10 


Population. 


8,089 
11,532 
4,877 
4,421 
4,799 
6,791 
3,603 
2,533 
2,683 
1,670 
2,072 
199 


The  facilities  supplied  to  rural  districts  are': — 

1.  When  only  one  connection  is  desired — 

(a.)  The  usual  subscriber's  station,  with  this  difference,  viz.:  that  instead  of  an 
individual  subscriber  the  district  is  a  subscriber. 

(b.)  The  district  or  municipal  telephone  station  (see  articles  4,  9,  11  and  15,  of 
'  the  Federal  Laws,'  and  section  7  of  the  statutes) . 

2.  When  several  connections  are  desired — 

(a.)  The  switch  station  (see  section  8  of  the  statutes). 

(b.)  The  automatic  circuit-changing-switch  (see  section  9  of  the  statutes). 

There  are  in  Switzerland,  3,800  public  telephone  stations,  351  central  stations,  326 
switch  stations,  879  district  stations. 

The  '  measured  service '  system  of  charging  for  telephone  calls  (in  addition  to  the 
annual  rates  stated  in  article  12),  is  the  universal  system.    The  charges  are: — 

(a.)  For  local  traffic,  5  centimes  (1  cent)  per  call,  time  not  limited.  (Exception 
is  made  in  the  case  of  district  and  public  call  stations.) 

_  (&.)  In  interurban  or  long-distance  traffic,  for  a  call  of  three  minutes'  length,  for 
a  distance,  measured  in  a  direct  line  from  one  central  station  to  another,  up  to  50 
kilometres  (31  miles),  30  centimes  (6  cents);  up  to  100  kilometres  (62  miles),  50  cen- 
times (10  cents) ;  over  100  kilometres  (62  miles),  75  centimes  (15  cents). 

The  following  articles  referring  to  rates  have  been  taken  from  the  parliamentary 
decrees  of  the  Swiss  Federal  Assembly  as  printed  on  pages  1623-1626. 

Article  12. 
Subscribers  to  telephone  stations  (over  the  whole  Swiss  telephone  system)  have  to 
pay  the  following  annual  rates,  in  addition  to  the  toll  charges  set  forth  herein  :— 
A.  For  traffic  between  the  stations  of  a  telephone  system  (Article  6). 

(a.)  From  the  date  of  admission  (Article  6)  until  the  commencment  of  the 
next  calendar  year,  and,  in  like  manner,  during  the  first  year  there- 
after following,  100  Fr.  ($19.30). 
(b.)  For  the  second  year,  70  Fr.  ($13.51). 
(c.)   For  the  following  years,  40  Fr.  ($7.72). 

(d.)  When  the  station  is  more  than  2  kilometres  (1  mile,  394  yards)  distant 
from  the  Central  Station,  a  yearly  additional  charge  of  3  Fr.   (53 
cents)  is  asked  for  every  100  metres  (110  yards)  addition.-il  length  of 
single  wire,  and  4-50  Fr.  (87  cents)  for  every  100  meters  (110  yards) 
additional  length  of  double  wire. 
The  federal  parliament,  after  consideration  of  the  interests  of  the  majority  of 
the  population,  will  fix,  in  each  district,  the  point  of  departure  from  which  the  dis- 
tances are  to  be  measured. 
SWITZERLAND. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  397 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  appointed  rates,  specified'  above,  under  a  and  b,  are  to  be  paid  in  advance, 
half-yearly,  on  January  1  and  July  1. 

The  charges  for  the  already  existing  stations  will  be  reduced,  according  to  the 
length  of  time  that  they  have  been  in  use,  according  to  the  application  of  the  above 
rules,  specified  under  b  and  c. 

(e)  For  each  connection,  within  local  traffic,  an  extra  charge  of  5  centimes 

(1  cent)  will  be  collected. 

(f)  For  mountain  connections,  special  conditions  are  made,  according  to  the 

existing  circumstances. 
B.  Charges    for    writing    down    and    forwarding    messages    or    phonograms    (see 
Article  7c). 

(a)  For  1  centime  per  word  (1  cent  for  five  words)  besides  a  general  fixed  charge 
of  20  centimes  (4  cents)  with  occasional  reduction  of  the  total  charge. 

For  distances  of  more  than  one  kilometre,  the  additional  charge  fixed  for  the 
telegraph  traffic  will  be  collected  over  and  above. 

(b)  For  sending  or  receiving  a  telegram  by  telephone  (Article  7d),  the  charge 
will  be  10  centimes  (2  cents). 

The  yearly  charges  and  dues  for  special  accommodations,  such  as  switch- 
arrangements,  combined  connections,  supplementary  stations  (or  apparatus)  and  the 
like,  as  also  the  charges  for  conceded  telephone  connections,  and  changing  of  stations, 
are  fixed  by  parliament. 

The  registers  of  connections  of  phonograms  and  telegrams,  unless  proof  of  mis- 
takes can  be  furnished,  are  authoritative  for  the  reckoning  of  charges  due. 

Article  IS. 

In  municipal  stations  and  public  call  stations,  the  following  rates  are  charged : — 

(a.)  The   charges   for   conversation  with   the   stations   of   one's   own   system 

(Article  9  and  Article  7  (a),  are  reckoned  according  to  the  duration 

of  connection,  in  this  manner,  that  for  a  period  of  three  minutes,  or 

a  part  thereof,  10  centimes  (2  cents)   is  charged. 

(b.)  For  messages  taken  down  and  forwarded  (phonograms),  the  rule  applies, 

contained  in  Article  12,  Ba.) 
(c.)   For  sending  telegrams,  the  rule  applies  contained  in  Article  12,  ~Bb). 

Article  11*. 
.Refers  to  long-distance  rates  which  are  already  given  pn  page  1620. 

Article  15. 
When  the  revenue  resulting  from  the  telephone  traffic  permits  of  it,  the  parlia- 
ment shall  introduce  a  reduced  scale  of  charges.     The  parliament  is  further  author- 
ized, in  the  interests  of  remote-lying  districts,  desiring  to  have  connection  with  the 
larger  centres  of  traffic,  to  introduce  a  reduced  scale  of  charges. 

Article  16. 

The  management  undertakes,  at  its  own  expense,  the  setting  up  and  up-keep  of 
the  telephone  arrangements,  and  also  to  see  to  the  prompt  removal  of  any  interruption 
of  the  traffic.  If  any  interruption  of  traffic,  which  is  not  the  fault  of  the  subscriber 
(Article  8),  should  continue  longer  than  5  days,  then  the  charges  paid  (Article  12) 
will  be  refunded,  according  to  the  further  length  of  time  that  the  interruption 
may  continue. 

Article  92  of  the  statutes  regarding  the  telephone  system  decrees  that  interurban 
calls,  which  require  more  than  3  central  stations  (switch  stations  not  considered)  are 
generally  not  to  be  allowed  from  9  a.m.  till  4  p.m.  over  lines  where  a  great  amount  of 
traffic  is  carried  on. 

Moreover,  in  our  country  the  conversations  on  the  telephone  are  not  limited  by 
distance.  The  greatest  distance,  i.e.,  the  length  of  lines  used,  within  Switzerland,  is 
about  500  kilometres  (310J  miles). 

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398  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  systems  most  generally  in  use  at  the  present  time  are: — 
The  transmitter — '  Solid  back '  and  '  Delville.' 
The  receiver — '  Bell.' 

The  following  is  the  proportion  between  underground    and   overhead    lines    and 
wires : — 

INTERURBAN    AND    SUBSCRIBERS'    LINES    (TAKEN    TOGETHER). 

Length  of  line  (Route).  Length  of  Wire. 

Underground Kl.  626  (    389  miles)         Kl.  161,816  (100,488  miles) 

Overhead Kl.  15,164  (9,417  miles)  Kl.  80,311  (  49,873  miles) 


Total Kl.  15,791  (9,806  miles)         Kl.  242,127  (150,361  miles) 

The  route  length  of  the  underground  lines  is  exceedingly  small,  in  comparison 
with  the  overhead  lines.  This  proportion  is  explained  from  the  fact  that  in  laying 
cables  it  is  possible  to  combine  a  very  large  number  of  conductors  on  one  section  of 
line.  There  are  sections  where  more  than  100  cables,  with  various  numbers  of  con- 
ductors, are  laid,  in  several  tubes  (pipes). 

Amount  expended  on  system,  33,401,409  fr.  57  centimes  ($6,446,472). 
Kevenue  per  annum,  6,797,486  fr.  35  centimes  ($1,411,913). 

Total  expenditure  per  annum,  including  management,  operating  expenses,  main- 
tenance and  depreciation,  7,441,592  fr.  22  centimes  ($1,433,210). 

The  rate  of  wages  per  day,  for  workmen  on  lines,  and  stations,  are  regulated  as 
follows : — 

Foremen,  from  6  fr.  ($1.16)  to  8  fr.  ($1.54J). 
Squad  foremen,  from  5  fr.  (96$  cents)  to  7  fr.  ($1.35). 
Workers  on  line,  from  4  fr.  (77  cents)  to  6:50  fr.  ($1.25 J). 
Foremen  pole  men,  from  6  fr.  ($1.16)  to  8  fr.  ($1.54£). 
Pole  men,  from  4-50  fr.  (97  cents)  to  7  fr.  ($1.35). 
You  will  find  stated  below  the  prices  of  the  apparatus  and  materials  mentioned  by 
you.    These  prices  are  understood  for  delivery,  freight  paid,  to  the  station  at  Berne : — 
Switchboard  for  40  lines,  625  to  685  francs  ($120.62  to  $132.20). 
Switchboard  for  50  lines,  700  francs  ($135.10). 
Switchboard  for  100  lines,  1,200  francs  ($231.60). 

't  Lines.  Capacity. 

Multiple  switchboards— 240  1,920 

360  2,880 

450  3,150 

450  9,900 

Interurban  switch  for  5  to  10  circuits,  from  400  to  700  francs  ($77.20  to  $135.10). 

Sub-exchange  switchboards — 

10  lines,  single  circuits 120  fr.   ($23.16) 

10      "      metallic  circuits 140  fr.  ($27.02) 

20      "      single  circuits ' 170  fr.  ($32.81) 

20      "     metallic  circuits 210  fr.  ($40.53) 

Switchboard  for  25  lines,  single  or  metallic,  400  to  500  francs  ($77.20  to  $96.50). 

Subscribers'  wall  telephone,  with  '  Solid  back '  transmitter,  two  receivers,  two  bat- 
teries, 100  francs  ($19.30). 

Subscribers'  wall  telephone,  with  '  Delville '  transmitter,  two  receivers  and  one  bat- 
tery, 90  francs  ($17.37). 

Subscribers'  desk  station,  with  '  Solid  back '  transmitter  and  two  receivers  90 
francs  ($17.37). 

Swedish  desk  station  with  hand  combination  micro-telephone,  complete,  100  fr 
($19.30). 
SWITZERLAND. 


Francs. 

? 

3,165 

610,84 

13,200 

2,547.60 

19,700 

3,700.10 

21,000 

4,053.00 

APPENDIX  "  A  "  399 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Price  per  kilometre  (3,281  feet)  of  cable  with  paper  insulation,  and  lead  sheath, 
diametres  of  conductors  0 :8  mm. : — 
Cable,  with  lead  sheath  only — 

Pairs  of  wires 10               20  100             200 

Price (francs)           1,400          2,090  6,350        12,000 

"     (dollars)        270.20       403.37  1,225.55     2,161.60 

Lead  sheathed  cable  with  steel  wire  armour — 

Pairs  of  wires 10               20  100             200 

Price (francs)           2,000          3,000  8,200        14,500 

"     (dollars)        386.00       579.00  1,582.60    2,798.50 

Bronze  wire — Price  per  100  kilogrammes  (2204Ao  pounds) — 

Diametre  . .  ....  (mm.)           1-5              2  3              4              5 

Price (francs)  252  -25    242    240  240    240 

"     (dollars)       48.68      46.70      46.32      46.32      46.32 

Creosoted  wood  poles — 

Length  .  .    (metres)        8         9      10      11      12      14     15  16      17      18        19       20 

"     (feet)      26      29£    32f     36    39i     46     49  52£    55|      59       62J      65£ 

Price..    ..   (francs)      101150     14     20     23      27     35  40     45      50       54       57 

Price.  .   .  .   (dollars)  1.93     2.22  2.70  3.86  4.44  5.21  6.76  7.72  8.68  9.65  10.42  11.00 
Price  of  insulators  without  bolts  or  pins — 

Number 1  2            7            8 

Price  each (centimes)           39  28           1  i           40 

"         (cents)             8  6           3£             8 

In  1880,  permission  was  accorded  for  the  setting  up  of  a  local  telephone  system  in 
Zurich,  the  only  one  of  its  kind.  This  local  system  was  carried  on  from  1883  till  1885 
by  the  '  Zurich  Telephone  Company,'  but  was  acquired,  through  purchase,  by  the  fed- 
eral government,  on  January  1,  1886,  which,  from  that  date  has  had  sole  control  of  the 
entire  telephone  system  of  Switzerland.  As  the  Swiss  federal  parliament  had  definitely 
decided  that  the  telephone  system  should  be  carried  on  by  the  government,  as  far  back 
as  at  the  end  of  1880,  the  purchase  of  the  Zurich  private  system  must  therefore  be 
regarded  as  only  a  measure  taken  to  promote  the  development  of  the  Swiss  telephone 
system. 

As  far  as  possible,  the  routes  selected  for  our  telephone  lines  are  along  the  railway 
lines  and  the  public  thoroughfares — along  railway  lines  almost  entirely,  for  the  inter- 
urban  wires.  When  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  use  private  property  for  the  suitable 
erection  of  lines,  in  many  cases  permission  is  obtained  from  the  proprietor  to  set  up 
poles,  without  asking  compensation.  In  other  cases,  a  payment  is  made,  once  for  all, 
according  to  mutual  agreement.  On  an  average,  this  payment  amounts  to  about  5 
francs  (96£  cents)  per  pole. 

SWITZERLAND— Continued. 
No.  289b. 

(Translation.) 

FEDEEAL  DECREES. 

The  Swiss  Federal  Assembly,  in  accordance  with  Article  36  of  the  constitution, 
and  after  consideration  of  a  message  from  the  Federal  Council,  of  November  13,  1888, 
decrees  as  follows: — 

Article  1. 
The  construction  and  operation  of  the  telephone  plant,  forms  a  part  of  the  tele- 
graph system  (Art.  36  of  the  constitution),  and  is  assigned  to  the  business  department 
of  the  telegraph  management.     The  provisions  of  the  federal  penal  code  relating  to 
the  telegraph  system,  apply  also  to  the  telephone  system. 

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400  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Article  2. 
For  the  accommodation  of  the  telephone  traffic,  there  is  appointed : — 

(a)  The  telephone  wires  in  particular  localities. 

(b)  The  district  (municipal)  stations. 

(c)  The  trunk  lines  or  connections. 

Article  3. 

Any  one  has  the  right  to  desire  to  become  a  subscriber  in  an  existing  telephone 
system,  in  so  far  as  the  installing  and  connecting  of  the  desired  station  within  the  pre- 
mises designated,  can  take  place  without  hindrance  or  expense. 

-New  lines  are  set  up  as  soon  as  the  taking  of  stations  is  guaranteed  by  a  written 
agreement  on  the  part  of  intending  subscribers. 

Public  call  stations  are  erected  in  a  system,  when,  according  to  the  judgment  of  the 
federal  parliament,  a  necessity  exists  for  the  same.  Those  who  have  stations  will  have 
to  bear  a  share  of  the  expenses  for  rent  and  service,  according  as  the  federal  parlia- 
ment may  decide. 

Article  1>. 

Municipal  stations  in  municipalities  having  no  connection  with  the  telephone  or 
telegraph  systems  of  another  district,  will  be  set  up  under  the  following  stipulations: — 

(a)  The  municipality  in  question  pays  the  charges  fixed  by  Article  12  of  these 
laws. 

(b)  The  municipality  furnishes  suitable  premises  and  permits  an  official  nominated 
by  the  district  and  appointed  by  the  Post  Office  and  Railway  Department  to  take  charge 
of  the  service,  the  district  to  bear  the  expenses  of  the  same. 

(c)  The  legally-appointed  rates  arc  estimated  and  collected  by  the  parliament. 

(d)  The  municipality  receives,  by  way  of  compensation  for  its  outlay,  a  share  of 
the  charges  collected,  the  same  to  be  estimated  by  parliament;  and  is  further  entitled 
to  receive,  besides  the  legal  telegraph  charge,  and  the  amount  specified  in  Article  12, 
B,  (b),  and  Article  13  (c),  an  additional  payment  of  15  centimes  (3  cents)  for  every 
despatched  telegram,  the  municipality  itself  to  collect  the  above.  Incoming  telegrams, 
with  the  exception  of  express  charges,  are  to  be  delivered  free. 

Article  5. 
The  parliament  decides  the  question  as  to  which  systems  are  to  be  connected  with 
one  another.  The  parliament  is  entitled  to  require  a  fixed  minimum  amount,  as  a  guar- 
antee, from  municipalities  desiring  such  connection,  towards  expenses  of  connecting 
line.  Connections  are  not  allowed  to  be  made  when  thereby  the  traffic  on  the  existing 
lines,  or  the  erection  of  more  important  connections,  is  encroached  upon. 

Article  6. 

The  privileges  and  duties  of  subscribers  begin  on  the  day  following  the  setting  up 
a  station  in  thorough  working  order.  By  giving  notice,  a  month  in  advance,  any  sub- 
scriber may  declare  his  intention  of  withdraw  1.  Should  withdrawal  take  place  during 
the  course  of  the  first  year,  a  compensation  of  40  fr.  ($7.72)  is  required.  If  during  the 
second  year,  20  fr.  ($3.86),  is  required.  Should  the  distance  between  a  station  and  the 
•central  station  amount  to  more  than  2  kil.,  there  is  required  besides  a  compensation  for 
the  length  of  line— in  the  first  year,  30  fr.  ($5.79)  ;  in  the  second  year,  20  fr.  ($3.86), 
for  every  additional  100  metres. 

Article  7. 

Every  subscriber  has  the  privilege: — 

(a  )   'I'd  have  intercourse  with  the  stations  of  his  own  system. 

(b)  To  have  intercourse  with  the  stations  of  the  connected  systems. 

(c)  To  send  communications  to  the  central  station,  which  will  be  written  down 
and  sent  by  messengers  to  the  address  given.    These  are  termed  '  phonograms.' 

(d)  To  send  off  and  receive  telegrams,  by  means  of  the  central  station,  when  the 
same  is  connected  with  the  telegraph  bureau.     The  management  does  not  guarantee  to 

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the  subscriber  the  continuance  of  the  other  stations  of  his  system,  nor  those  within  the 
connected  systems.     (Letters  a  and  b). 

Article  8. 
The  subscriber  is  bound  to  guard  his  station,  and  the  connections  existing  inside 
his  premises,  against  all  damage,  and  is  responsible  for  any  loss  accruing  to  the  man- 
agement through  his  own  fault  or  another's  fault." 

Article  9. 
The  municipal  stations  connected  with  a  system,  as  well  as  the  public  call  stations, 
can  be  used  by  any  one,  with  the  same  privileges  that  belong  to  the  other  stations  of  the 
system,  as  set  forth  in  Article  7.     The  other  municipal  stations,  as  in  the  case  of  the 
public  telegraph  offices,  have  to  provide  for  the  sending  and  receiving  of  telegrams. 

Article  10. 
The  connected  lines  serve  for  the  intercommunication  of  the  various  stations  be- 
longing to  the  connections.     (Article  7-b.)     The  management  will  not  be  responsible 
for  delays  and  interruptions  that  may  supervene,  when  a  connection  is  desired,  that 
passes  through  intermediate  stations.     In  this  connection,  see  Article  16. 

Article  11. 

Requests  to  use  the  public  stations,  as  well  as  municipal  stations,  and  the  connected 
lines  (Article  7-b)  are  granted  according  to  order  of  announcement.  If  other  persons 
are  waiting,  next  in  order,  to  use  the  line,  the  duration  of  a  conversation  must  not  ex- 
ceed three  minutes;  and  the  same  person  is  only  entitled  to  two  successive  conversa- 
tions. Official  conversations,  by  political  and  rolice  officials,  must,  when  desired,  take 
the  precedence  of  all  others,  and  also  will  be  allowed  unrestricted  duration. 

(For  articles  12-10,  see  pages  396  and  397.) 

Article  17. 
Officials  and  employees  are  bound  to  keep  secret  all  telephone  traffic.    Any  infringe- 
ment of  this  rule  will,  in  the  case  of  minor  offences,  be  punished ;  and,  in  graver  cases, 
will  be  punished  according  to  the  criminal  laws.     The  parliament  is  authorized  to  dis- 
miss the  offenders. 

Article  18. 

The  telephone  operator  must  write  down  at  once  the  wording  of  messages  sent  in 
for  delivery  (Article  7-c)  as  well  as  telephoned  telegrams  (Article  1-d),  and  to  tele- 
phone the  same  back  to  sender,  asking  him  if  it  is  correctly  taken  down.  Transmission 
to  the  address  given  cannot  take  place  until  the  correctness  of  the  message  has  been 
approved  by  the  sender. 

Article  19. 

When  the  necessity  of  the  traffic  demands  a  readjustment  of  a  system,  or  an  indi- 
vidual connection,  then  the  management  is  always  obliged  to  make  known  the  existing 
arrangements  a  month  in  advance. 

The  management  is  authorized  to  remove  a  station,  at  any  time,  without  compen- 
sation, when  the  subscriber,  after  a  month's  grace,  fails  to  comply  with  a  demand  for 
payment  of  rates  due  by  him,  and,  to  do  likewise,  when  the  subscriber,  in  spite  of 
warning  given,  makes  a  wrong  use  of  the  telephone,  or  allows  a  wrong  use  of  it  to  be 
made,  to  the  annoyance  of  the  telephone  employees.  In  this  last  case,  the  removal  of 
the  station  takes  place  after  an  official  examination  has  been  held  by  the  Post  Office 
and  Railway  Department. 

Article  20. 

The  parliament  is  authorized  to  grant  concessions  for  the  setting  up  of  telephone 
connections,  which  are  independent  of  the  public  telephone  arrangements,  and  the  use 
of  which  is  restricted  to  special  individuals.    If  the  property  of  another  person  is  not 

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to  be  infringed  upon,  in 'the  setting  up  of  the  above-mentioned  connection,  then  a  con- 
cession is  not  necessary. 

Article  21. 
The  granting  of  a  concession  does  not  include  any  rights  in  relation  to  theuse  of 
another  property,  whether  of  the  state,  or  of  the  municipality,  or  of  private  individuals ; 
and  therefore  the  person  obtaining  the  concession  must  himself  obtain  the  necessary 
permission  from  the  proprietor,  and  come  to  an  agreement  with  the  same,  regarding 
any  compensation  that  may  be  required. 

Article  22. 
A  concession  will  only  be  granted,  when  through  the  carrying  out  of  the  same  there 
is  no  infringement  made  upon  the  public  telephone  and  telegraph  systems,  either  in 
their  arrangements  or  traffic,  or  in  theij  further  development,    Such  concessions  may, 
at  any  time,  be  revoked  without  granting  compensation. 

Article  28. 
The  parliament  will  enact  the  statutes  requisite  for  the  carrying  of  these  laws 
into  effect. 

Article  2k- 
The  federal  parliament  is  instructed,  on  the  basis  of  the  resolutions  of  the  federal 
laws  of  June  17,  1874,  regarding  the  public  vote  on  federal  laws  and  decisions,  to  make 
known  the  present  laws,  and  fix  the  point  of  time  when  they  are  to  come  into  force. 
Decided  thus  by  the  National  Council,  at  Berne,  on  June  22,  1889. 

President,  H.  HABERLIN, 
Recorder,  RINGIER. 


Decided  thus  by  the  Council  of  the  States. 


President,  C.  HOFFMANN, 
R  corder,   SCHATZMANN. 


The  foregoing  federal  laws,  publicly  made  known  on  July  13,  1899*,  regarding 
which  no  public  vote  was  asked,  are  to  be  incorporated  into  the  federal  code,  and  are 
to  come  into  force  on  January  1,  1890. 

Berne,  October  16,  1889. 

In  the  name  of  the  Swiss  federal  parliament. 

Federal  President,  HAMMER. 
State  Chancellor,  EINGIER. 


♦See    Federal   Blue-book,   1889,   volume    III.,   page  884;  and  1894,  volume  rv.,  page  792. 


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SWITZERLAND— Continued. 
289c. 

(Translation.) 

STATUTES  OF  SEPTEMBER  24,  1895,  RELATING  TO  THE  TELEPHONE  SYSTEM. 

The  Swiss  federal  parliament,  in  carrying  into  effect  the  federal  laws,  of  June  27, 
1889*,  and  December  7,  1894,  relating  to  the  Telephone  System,  and  in  response  to  the 
request  of  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department,  decrees  as  follows: — 

I. — THE  ADMISSION  OF  SUBSCRIBERS. 

(' Federal  Laws'  Articles  S,  5,  6  and  7.) 

Article  1. — A  written  declaration  of  intention  to  subscribe  must  be  given  to  the 
management,  which  will  make  all  necessary  arrangements,  and  supply  all  informa- 
tion desired. 

Article  2. — The  subscriber  has  to  sign  a  declaration  of  subscription,  in  which  is 
accurately  specified  the  mode  of  setting  up  telephone,  and  the  obligations  of  the  sub- 
scriber; as  also  all  necessary  stipulations  regarding  withdrawal. 

This  declaration  will  only  be  valid  for  carrying  into  effect,  after  it  has  been  ap- 
proved of  by  the  telegraph  management  (board  of  directors). 

Article  3. — The  signing  of  the  declaration  of  subscription,  includes  the  recogni- 
tion of  all  laws  and  regulations  regarding  the  telephone  system. 

Article  4. — The  declaration  of  subscription  is  only  valid  for  the  person,  or  the 
business  firm,  whose  name  is  signed  to  it;  and  therefore  no  transfer  can  take  place  to 
another  person,  or  business  firm. 

In  particular  cases,  the  management  retains  the  right  to  decide  whether,  at  the  re- 
moval of  a  subscriber,  the  right  may  be  granted  to  another  to  use  the  station.  In  cases 
where  sanction  is  given,  the  following  conditions  are  to  be  fulfilled: — 

(a)  The  station  must  remain  on  the  same  premises. 

(b)  No  interruption  must  take  place  in  the  payment  of  charges. 

(c)  The  new  subscriber  has  to  sign  the  declaration  of  subscription,  and  is  respon- 
sible to  the  management  for  all  charges  and  dues  that  may  still  be  owing  by  his  pre- 
decessor. 

Article  5. — A  subscriber  may  be  allowed,  at  the  same  time,  two  or  more  connec- 
tions at  the  same  central  station,  in  which  case  the  legal  yearly  rates  must  be  paid  for 
each  connection,  no  matter  whether  the  use  has  been  continued,  or  only  occasional.  No 
reduction  can  therefore  be  made  for  several  subscriptions  paid  by  the  same  person,  or 
the  same  firm,  or  for  stations  only  used  occasionally. 

Article  6. — No  subscriber  nor  municipal  station  is  allowed  to  have  simultaneous 
connections  at  several  central  stations.  Subscribers  at  one  and  the  same  place,  must  all 
subscribe  to  the  same  system.  Exceptions  can  only  be  made  when  the  same  are  justified 
by  special  circumstances,  on  which  the  telegraph  management  will  decide. 

Article  7. — It  also  belongs  to  the  management  to  decide  as  to  whether  a  group  of 
subscribers  are  to  be  considered  as  belonging  to  an  existing  system,  or  are  to  be  re- 
garded as  separate  system. 

As  a  rule,  independent  systems  are  only  to  be  formed  when  at  least  ten  subscribers 
are  guaranteed,  in  the  locality  in  question,  or  in  the  district  around  it,  and  when  the 
distance  from  the  nearest  central  station  is  more  than  10  kilometres. 

Article  8. — The  period  of  subscription  for  lines  of  more  than  5  kilometres,  shall 
be  at  least  10  years ;  no  matter  whether  it  be  a  case  of  the  connection  of  a  subscriber's 

•See  '  Federal  Code,'  Volume  XI.,  page  256,   and  Volume  XV.,  page  122. 

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station  or  a  municipal  station,  or  a  switch  station,  with  the  central  station,  or  whether 
it  may  be  a  branch  wire,  or  an  independent  (trunk  wire)  connection. 

Article  9. — The  period  of  subscription  for  branch  wires,  and  independent  trunk 
wire  connection  of  not  more  than  5  kilometres  in  length  is,  for  up  to  2  kil.,  2  years ; 
and  over  2  kil.,  4  years. 

Article  10. — In  the  case  of  junction  lines  of  more  than  5  kilometres,  as  well  as 
branch  wires  and  independent  connections  (trunk  lines),  of  more  than  2  kilometres,  the 
management  can  demand  adequate  personal  security  for  the  performing  of  the  obliga- 
tions of  contract.  The  same  holds  good,  without  regard  to  the  length  of  the  junction 
line,  in  the  case  of  subscribers  whose  real  place  of  residence  or  principal  business  is 
in  a  foreign  country,  or  whose  integrity  is  highly  doubtful. 

Article  11. — In  the  case  of  mountain  lines,  the  management  retains  the  right,  in 
each  particular  case,  to  fix  special  conditions,  according  to  Article  12  A  (f)  of  the 
'  Federal  Laws.' 

II. — SUBSCRIPTION  RATES  AND  EXTRA  CHARGES  FOR  DISTANCES. 

('  Federal  Laws,'  Article  12.) 

Article  12. — The  graduated  scale  of  rates,  fixed  in  Article  12,  of  the  '  Federal 
Laws,'  apply  to  the  already  existing  subscriptions,  in  the  sense  that  these  will  have  all 
the  complete  periods  of  six  months,  during  which  they  have  been  in  existence,  credited 
to  them,  up  till  January  1,  .1896.  Fractions  of  six  months  will  not  be  reckoned.  Every 
two  full  periods  of  six  months  (along  with  any  fraction  of  that  time,  that  there  may  be) 
will  entitle  the  subscriber  to  a  reduction  of  30  fr.  ($5.79)  per  year,  from  the  maximum 
rate  of  100  fr.  ($19.30)  down  to  the  minimum  of  40  fr.  ($7.72). 

The  new  subscribers  will  also  gradually  receive  reduction  of  charges,  according  to 
the  same  rules. 

Article  13. — For  the  calculation  of  the  yearly  extra  payments  for  distances,  of 
more  than  2  km.,  the  central  point  is  not  necessarily  to  be  at  the  central  station, 
which,  in  many  places  is  not  at  all  in  the  centre  of  the  municipality,  but  is  to  be  fixed 
by  the  management  at  a  point  which  suits  the  interests  of  the  majority  of  the  popu- 
lation. 

Article  14. — From  this  fixed  central  point  outwards,  the  distance,  up  to  2  km.,  is 
to  be  measured  in  a  straight  line  (air  line) ;  beyond  this,  however,  the  distance  is 
to  be  estimated  according  to  the  actual  length  of  the  nearest  public  road,  which  is  in 
use  at  the  time  when  the  agreement  is  made;  no  matter  whether  this  road  is  made  use 
of  for  the  setting  up  of  the  line  or  not. 

In  like  manner,  the  basis  of  calculation  in  measuring  the  length  of  branch  lines 
and  independent  conceded  lines,  is  to  be  according  to  the  entire  length  of  the  nearest 
public  road  then  in  use. 

ni.  special  kinds  of  subscription. 

(a)  Supplementary  Instruments  and  Connections  with  branch  lines  (Federal 
Laws,  Article  12). 

Article  15. — If  an  individual  subscriber  should  require  special  supplementary 
apparatus,  or  branch  connections,  then  these  are  subject  to  the  following  yearly 
rates : — 

(1)  For  a  complete  telephone  station,  with  a  single  circuit-switch,  20  fr.  ($3.86). 

(2)  An  indicator  drop,  2  fr.  (39  cents). 

(3)  An  annunciator-board,  with  2  indicator  drops  (without  bell,  see  Nos.  5-7),  8 
fr.  ($1.55). 

(4)  For  every  additional  annunciator-board,  5  fr.  (97  cents) 

(5)  For  a  large  exension  bell,  with  switch,  10-  fr.  ($1.93). 
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(6)  A  medium  extension  bell,  with  switch,  6  fr.  ($1.16). 

(7)  A  small  extension  bell,  with  switch,  4  fr.  (77  cents). 

(8)  For  every  bell  attachment,  1  fr.   (19A  cents). 

(9)  For  every  100  metres  (110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof,  of  single  line  wire,  in- 
side or  outside  of  a  building,  3  fr.  (58  cents). 

For  double  line  wire,  inside  or  outside  of  a  building,  4-50  fr.  (87  cents). 
Any  other  supplementary  apparatus  that  may  be  required,  will  be  charged  for  by 
the  management,  according  to  the  circumstances  of  the  case. 

Article  16. — Branch  lines  (wires)  running  from  a  subscriber's  station,  to  a  point 
outside  of  the  same  house  or  property,  are  only  permitted  when  thereby  the  gleneral 
development  of  the  lines  of  the  system  is  not  encroached  upon.  The  management 
will  decide  on  this  point    These  are  to  be  distinctly  refused  in  the  following  cases: — 

(a)  When  the  wires  run  in  the  direction  of  a  central  station,  or  a  switch  station. 

(b)  When  they  cross  the  main  lines  (wires). 

(c)  When  they  call  for  2  or  more  wires  of  various  lines,  or  cable  lines. 
The  management  has  the  right,  at  any  time,  to  cancel  branch  lines. 

Article  17. — Branch  lines  are  only  permitted  to  one  subscriber,  and  are  only  for 
his  own  use,  and  in  relation  to  his  own  business ;  and  are  not  for  the  use  of  another 
person.  An  exception  is  granted  regarding  the  use,  when  the  branch  station  is 
installed  in  the  same  house  in  which  the  subscriber's  station  is  set,  which  is  connected 
with  branch  station. 

Article  18. — Branch  stations  to  places  situated  within  the  territory  of  systems 
other  than  the  one  to  which  the  subscriber  belongs  are,  as  a  rule,  not  granted.  In 
cases  where  an  exception  is  made,  the  management  will  fix  special  stipulations. 

b. INDEPENDENT    CONNECTIONS. 

Article  19. — The  management  also  undertakes  to  set  up  and  maintain,  for  sub- 
scribers, connections  that  are  independent  of  the  usual  wires,  in  so  far  as  the  existing 
technical  arrangement  and  the  interests  of  the  development  of  the  system,  will  permit 
this  to  be  done. 

Such  connections,  in  regard  to  their  arrangements,  are  subject  to  the  same  stipula- 
tions as  the  branch  wires. 

Article  20. — The  yearly  rates  for  independent  connections,  are  reckoned  for  the 
entire  length  of  line,  upon  the  basis  of  Articles  14  and  15.  The  duration  of  the 
period  of  subscription  will  be  on  the  basis  of  Articles  8  and  9. 

Article  21. — Independent  connections  will  be  set  up,  only  between  the  various 
premises  of  one  and  the  same  subscriber;  and  are  only  to  be  used  for  his  own  business 
cr  social  convenience. 

Article  22. — Two  independent  connections  belonging  to  different  persons  or  firms 
are  not  to  be  connected  with  each  other.  The  subscriber  to  the  same  can  then  only 
bold  intercourse  with  each  other  through  the  central  exchange  station. 

Article  23. — Any  infringement  of  the  stipulations  of  Articles  21  and  22  will  be 
treated  as  a  breach  of  the  laws. 

C. — TEMPORARY  SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

Article  24. — Temporary  subscriptions  are  granted  during  special  occasions,  such 
as  festivals,  expositions,  and  the  like. 

These  do  not  pay  the  usual  subscription  charges,  but  will,  of  course,  pay  the  entire 
costs  for  setting  up  and  taking  down  the  line  and  the  apparatus  (wages,  depreciation 
of  materials  and  cost' of  transportation),  as  well  as  the  legal  charges  for  converstions, 
phonograms  and  telegrams. 

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If  for  such  facilities  branch  wires  or  independent  connections  should  be  required, 
then  besides  the  cost  for  setting  up  and  taking  down  again  of  connections,  there  will 
have  to  be  paid  the  charges  fixed  in  Article  15,  regarding  the  duration  of  these  con- 
nections. 

D. — SUBSCRIBERS    WITHOUT    STATIONS. 

Article  25. — When,  through  an  agreement  made  with  an  adjoining  country  the 
connecting  line  of  a  subscriber,  belonging  to  a  Swiss  telephone  system,  passes  beyond 
the  frontier,  then  the  Swiss  telephone  management  will  undertake  to  set  up  and  main- 
tain the  line  only  as  far  as  the  frontier.  The  further  extension  of  the  line,  the  fur- 
nishing of  apparatus,  and  the  up-keep  of  all  the  arrangements  in  the  other  country  are, 
according  to  circumstances,  to  be  done  either  by  the  subscriber  himself  or  by  the  tele- 
phone management  of  the  neighbouring  country. 

Article  26. — Subscribers'  stations  beyond  the  frontier  pay  the  legally  fixed  rates, 
and  in  addition  any  charges  that  may  have  to  be  paid  by  the  Swiss  management  to  the 
management  of  the  neighbouring  country.  Any  additional  length  of  line  will  be 
reckoned  by  the  Swiss  management  only  up  to  the  frontier. 

Article  27. — Subscribers'  stations  beyond  the  frontier  may  be  used  for  local  con- 
versations, and  also  for  interurban  conversations,  in  so  far  as  different  arrangements  do 
not  exist  between  the  two  managements.    Telegrams  and  phonograms  are  not  allowed. 

Article  28. — The  management  retains  the  right  to  cancel  at  any  time  the  connec- 
tion with  stations  beyond  the  frontier,  either  permanently,  or  for  a  time,  without  pay- 
ing any  compensation. 

e. — reduced  subscriptions  and  free  subscriptions. 

Article  29. — For  state  subscriptions  and  municipal  subscriptions  the  reduction  of 
rates  to  40  fr.  ($7.72)  at  the  commencement  will  be  granted,  when  the  stations  are  set 
up  in  the  official  premises,  and  paid  for  on  the  score  of  official  duties.  Establishments 
operated  under  the  direction  and  at  the  expense  of  the  state  or  the  community,  which 
aim  at  making  profit  (such  as  banks,  loan  offices,  gas,  water  and  electric  works,  and 
the  like)  are  excluded  from  this  concession. 

Article  30. — Every  provincial  government  and  every  district  jurisdiction  within 
whose  official  jurisdiction  there  exists  a  system  of  wires  with  at  least  30  paid-for  con- 
nections with  the  central  station  has  a  claim  to  receive  one  free  subscription.  Switch 
stations  and  the  connections  of  these  with  the  central  station  are  not  here  to  be  con- 
sidered. When  the  number  of  direct  connection  paying  rates,  exceeds  500,  then  a  fur- 
ther free  subscription  is  granted  for  each  500  or  fraction  thereof. 

Article  31. — In  cases  where  subscriptions  are  reduced,  or  are  given  free,  supple- 
mentary apparatus  and  branch  connections  as  well  as  conversations,  phonograms  and 
telegrams,  are  charged  for  in  the  same  way  as  in  the  case  of  ordinary  subscribers. 

IV. INSTALLING  AND  ALTERING  OF  STATIONS. 

('Federal  Laws'  Articles  8,  5  and  8.) 

Article  32. — The  subscriber  has  to  make  arrangements  that  the  bringing  in  of  the 
wires  and  the  setting  up  of  the  station  can  be  executed  without  hindrance  or  expense  in 
the  premises  assigned  for  the  purpose.  He  has  also  to  make  any  necessary  arrange- 
ments with  the  proprietor  so  that  the  management  shall  have  to  incur  no  expenses  for 
cutting  down  branches  of  trees  or  fixing  up  supports  for  wires. 

If,  in  consequence  of  the  peculiar  construction  of  a  house  some  considerable  dam- 
age may  be  unavoidable  in  bringing  in  the  connections,  the  expenses  arising  therefrom 
must  he  borne  by  the  subscriber. 
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Articlk  33. — The  management  decides  as  to  the  manner  of  bringing  in  the  wires 
to  the  station.  Should  the  subscriber  or  the  proprietor  ask  for  some  other  kind  of  con- 
nection, then  the  former  has  to  incur  the  resulting  additional  cost.  He  has  also  to  bear 
the  expenses  of  any  alteration  in  the  arrangement  of  the  wires,  which  may  be  necessary 
on  account  of  architectural  alterations  or  the  bringing  in  of  high  tension  current  ser- 
vices on  the  premises,  or  in  the  inside  of  the  house  in  which  the  station  is  placed. 

Article  34.- — The  place  appointed  for  setting  up  the  apparatus  must  be  clean  and 
dry,  and  have  sufficient  light.  The  subscriber  is  obliged,  at  his  own  expense,  to  make 
any  necessary  improvements  or  arrangements  for  safeguarding  the  apparatus,  that 
may  be  considered  necessary  by  the  management.  If  there  is  no  suitable  place  available 
for  setting  up  the  station,  then  the  installing  of  the  same  may  either  be  re- 
fused or  granted  only  on  the  condition  that  the  subscriber  must  pay  the  expenses  of 
any  damage  which  may  result  sooner  or  later. 

In  the  declaration  of  subscription,  a  proviso  shall  be  incorporated  binding  the  sub- 
scriber to  be  responsible  for  expenses  of  removing  interruptions  that  may  supervene, 
through  the  defectiveness  of  the  locality. 

Article  35. — The  subscriber  is  to  bear  the  expenses  of  any  special  supplementary 
arrangements,  prescribed  by  the  management,  such  as  wall-brackets,  supports  and  the 
like;  and  also  for  any  closets  (cabinets)  desired  by  him. 

Article  36. — The  management  decides  as  to  the  kind  of  telephones  to  be  supplied 
to  subscribers.  For  setting  up  movable  stations  (desk  stations),  besides  the  legal  rates 
of  subcription,,  a  payment  once  for  all  of  30  fr.  ($5.79)  is  required.  If  a  subscriber 
should  desire  the  exchange  of  his  wall  station  (which  is  still  in  good  working  order) 
for  a  newer  kind  of  the  same,  which  may  be  used  by  the  telephone  system  (as,  for  in- 
stance, another  kind  of  microphone  system),  then  he  must  pay  for  the  same  a  compen- 
sation of  20  fr.  ($3.86). 

Article  37. — The  management  will  not  be  responsible  for  the  setting  up  of  a 
station  within  a  specified  time,  after  the  subscriber  declares  his  intention  of  joining; 
but  everything  possible  will  be  done  so  far  as  the  circumstances  permit,  to  comply  with 
the  wishes  of  the  subscriber. 

Article  38. — The  subscriber  is  prohibited,  without  special  permission  from  the 
management,  to  take  the  telephone  apart,  or  to  make  any  alterations  either  in  it  or  in 
the  connecting  wires.  Neither  must  he  connect,  or  allow  to  be  connected,  any  other 
telephone  or  wires,  with  those  belonging  to  the  management,  either  permanently  or 
temporarily.  All  such  connections  can  only  be  obtained  from  the  management, 
through  the  usual  rules  of  subscription. 

The  subscriber  is  responsible  for  all  consequences  that  may  arise  from  the  non- 
observance  of  these  rules. 

Article  39. — The  responsiblity  of  the  subscriber  for  any  damages  (as  set  forth  in 
Article  8  of  the  'Federal  Laws'),  has  reference  also  to  any  damages  from  fire  or 
water;  and  therefore  the  subscriber  himself  must  attend  to  the  insuring  of  his  station, 
if  it  is  necessary. 

v.  use  of  stations. 
('Federal  Laws,'  Articles  8  and  19). 

Article  40. — A  subscriber  is  allowed,  at  his  own  responsibility,  to  let  his  station 
be  used  by  other  persons  (see  Articles  8  and  19  of  the  '  Federal  Laws,'  and  Article  147 
of  the  present  '  Statutes ').  However,  the  joint  use  of  branch  lines  and  independent 
or  conceded  connections  by  more  than  one  person  is  forbidden.  Any  failure  to  comply 
with  these  requirements  will  be  prosecuted  as  a  breach  of  the  laws. 

Article  41. — In  using  the  stations,  the  subscribers  must  attend  to  the  rules  laid 
down  by  the  management,  and  to  the  instructions  of  the  officials  and  employees  of  the 

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4-5    EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

central  stations.     All  expenses  arising  from  non-observance  of  the  existing  rules  (for 
inspection,  &c.)  are  to  be  borne  by  the  subscriber. 

Article  42. — When  interruptions  take  place,  first  of  all,  the  management  of  the 
system  concerned  is  to  be  notified  by  letter;  and  only  when  no  response  is  given,  is 
application  to  be  made  to  the  central  management  at  Berne.  The  same  rule  applies 
ir.  the  case  of  any  complaints  regarding  the  service  at  a    central  or  a  switch  station. 

VI.    PUBLIC   CALL   STATIONS. 

('Federal  Laws'  Articles  S,  9,  11  and  13). 

Article  43. — Public  call  stations  are  appointed  for  the  same  use  of  the  general 
public,  as  belongs  to  subscribers  of  the  other  stations.  These  stations  are  divided 
into  two  classes,  namely : — 

(a)  Subscribers'  stations,  which  are  authorized  for  public  use. 

(b)  Call  stations,  which  are  erected  by  the  management  exclusively  for  the  pub- 
jic  service. 

Article  44. — In  the  case  of  the  call  stations  of  Class  a,  the  subscriber  is  obliged 
to  place  his  station  at  the  service  of  any  one,  and  is  responsible  to  the  management 
lor  good  attention  to  service,  and  for  correct  payment  of  charges.  Moreover,  the  sub- 
scriber retains  all  the  rights  and  responsibilities  of  any  ordinary  subscriber. 

Article  45. — Call  stations  of  Class  b  are  set  up  where  the  management  judges  it 
to  be  necessary,  and  where  there  is  no  subscriber  to  take  charge  of  the  public  service 
(Article  43a). 

Article  46.— The  call  stations  of  both  classes  are  not  fixed  to  special  hours  of  ser- 
vice; neither  are  they  bound  when  request  is  made,  to  call  non-subscribers  to  the  tele- 
phone. 

Article  47. — Those  who  have  charge  of  public  call  stations  of  Classes  a  and  b 
collect  the  charges  fixed  by  Article  13  of  the  '  Federal  Laws,'  and  receive  for  their 
service  the  following  shares: — 

(1)  For  local  traffic  the  half  of  the  charges  for  conversations,  i.e.,  5  centimes 
O  cent)  for  each  conversation  of  3  minutes. 

(2)  For  interurban  traffic  an  additional  sum  of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  each  con- 
versation of  three  minutes. 

(3)  A  commission  of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  every  phonogram. 

(4)  An  additional  sum  of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  every  telegram. 

The  remainder  of  the  charges  collected  is  to  be  handed  over  to  the  management. 

Article  48. — Public  call  stations  may  only  be  set  up  in  buildings  where  an  hotel 
service  or  tavern  business  is  carried  on,  when  the  place  appointed  for  the  telephone  is 
separate  from  the  hotel  or  tavern  premises  or  is  provided  with  a  closet  (cabinet). 

vn. — municipal  stations. 
('  Federal  Laws,'  Articles  4,  9,  11  and  IS.) 
Article  49. — Municipal  stations  are  divided  into  two  classes,  namely: — 

(1)  Those  connected  with  a  telephone  wire  system. 

(2)  Those  who  are  only  connected  with  a  telegraph  office. 

For  both  classes  the  municipality  in  question  undertakes  the  duties  specified  in 
Article  4  (a)  and  (b)  of  the  '  Federal  Laws.' 

For  the  duration  of  the  contract  entered  upon,  the  rules  apply  which  are  specified  in 
Article  6  of  the  '  Federal  Laws,'  and  in  Article  8  of  the  present  '  Statutes.' 

Article  50. — The  officials  nominated  for  municipal  stations  are  responsible  to  the 
management,  and  must,  if  they  are  not  already  post  office  or  telegraph  officials,  furnish 
a  security  to  be  fixed  by  the  Post  Office  and  Eailway  Department.     This  security  may 
be  taken  over  (guaranteed)  by  the  municipality. 
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APPENDIX   No.   1 

Article  51. — The  rules  specified  (in  Article  48  of  the  present '  Statutes  ')  regarding 
the  setting  up  of  stations  in  hotels  or  taverns,  apply  also  in  the  case  of  municipal  sta- 
tions. 

Article  52. — The  management  undertakes  the  expenses  of  the  first  setting  up  of 
6tation  and  the  instruction  of  officials,  but  the  expenses  of  any  transfer  (shifting)  of 
station,  as  also  the  instruction  of  every  subsequent  official,  are  to  be  borne  by  the  dis- 
trict. 

Article  53. — Municipal  stations  that  are  connected  with  a  telephone  wire  system 
(Class  1,  see  Article  49,  of  the  present  '  Statutes ')  are  open  to  any  one  for  the  same 
privileges  which  belong  to  the  subscribers  of  the  other  stations,  according  to  Article  9 
of  the  '  Federal  Laws.'  'Consequently  local  and  interurban  conversations,  phonograms 
and  telegrams  may  be  transmitted  from  these  stations.  If  the  place  in  which  the 
municipal  station  is  located  is  provided  with  a  telegraph  office,  then  the  latter 
must  take  over,  exclusively,  the  telegraph  service.  An  exception  may  be  made,  by  the 
telegraph  management,  in  the  case  of  very  scattered  districts,  where  the  telegraph  office 
and  the  municipal  station  are  far  apart  from  each  other. 

Article  54. — The  municipal  stations  receive  the  following  share  of  the  charges 
collected  (which  are  the  same  as  those  fixed  for  the  public  call  stations)  for  taking 
charge  of  the  telephone  service,  and  for  local  delivery: — 

(1)  For  local  traffic,  the  half  of  the  charges  for  conversatons,  i.e.,  5  centimes  (1 
cent)  for  each  conversation  of  three  minutes'  duration. 

(2)  For  interurban  traffic,  an  additional  charge  of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  each 
conversation  of  three  minutes'  duration. 

(3)  A  commission  of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  every  phonogram. 

(4)  An  additional  charge  of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  every  telegram  that  is  sent 
off.     The  remainder  of  the  charges  is  to  be  handed  over  to  the  management. 

Besides  this,  the  municipality  can,  if  it  chooses,  collect  a  further  charge  of  15  cen- 
times (3  cents)  for  every  telegram  sent  off,  which  is  to  be  the  same  amount  for  all  per- 
sons. The  decision  arrived  at  by  the  district  on  this  point  is  to  be  made  known  by  let- 
ter, to  the  central  station,  for  the  approval  of  the  telegraph  management. 

Article  55. — The  delivery  of  telegrams  coming  in  is  to  be  free  of  charge  up  to  a 
distance  of  1  kilometre  (§  mile)  unless  there  should  be  special  charges  owing  (c.o.d., 
&c).    For  longer  distances  the  regular  express  charges  are  collected,  viz.: — 

From  1,001  up  to  1,500  metres  (f  to  ii  mile),  25  centimes  (5  cents). 

From  1,501  up  to  2,000  metres  (IS  to  li  miles),  50  centimes  (10  cents). 

Also,  for  every  additional  kilometre  (§  mile),  50  centimes  (10  cents),  in  so  far  as 
these  charges  have  not  been  paid  in  advance  by  the  sender,  or  if  the  telegram  is  not  to 
be  forwarded  by  mail. 

Article  56. — Municipal  stations,  connected  with  a  telephone  wire  system  (Class  1), 
according  to  the  decisions  of  the  '  Federal  Laws '  of  December  7,  1894,  will  receive  con- 
sideration up  to  January  1,  1896,  and  will  only  have  to  pay  the  charges  corresponding 
to  the  period  during  which  they  have  been  in  operation. 

Article  57. — Municipal  stations  that  are  connected  with  a  switch  station  are 
treated  with  reference  to  the  2  kilometre  (1  mile  394  yards)  length  of  free  line,  like  the 
other  subscribers,  who  have  connections,  and  have,  like  the  latter,  to  share  in  the  gen- 
eral expenses  of  connecting  the  line  with  the  central  station. 

If  the  municipal  station  should  also  be  a  switch  station,  then  the  claim  to  receive 
2  km.  (1  mile,  394  yards)  length  of  free  line  is  not  to  be  considered,  as  the  line  con- 
necting with  the  central  station  will  be  charged  for  according  to  its  entire  length. 
(See  Article  64  of  the  present  '  Statutes.') 

Article  58. — Municipal  stations,  of  Class  2,  which  are  only  connected  with  a  tele- 
graph office  have,  as  a  rule,  to  take  entire  charge  of  telegrams;  and,  of  course,  imder 
the  conditions  laid  down  in  Articles  54  and  55  of  the  present  '  Statutes.' 

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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

If,  by  way  of  exception,  these  stations  should  also  require  to  be  used  for  conver- 
sations, then  this  can  only  take  place,  when  permission  is  accorded  by  the  telegraph 
management.  In  this  case,  the  legal  rates  for  interurban  conversations  (see  Article 
14  of  the  'Federal  Laws')  are  to  be  collected  by  the  management;  and  persons  using 
the  telephone  have  themselves  to  settle  with  the  subscribers  for  the  trouble  they  may 
be  put  to. 

Article  59. — The  already  existing  contracts,  made  with  municipal  stations  of 
Class  2  are  to  be  cancelled  when  the  '  Federal  Laws '  of  December  7,  1894,  come  into 
force,  after  6  months  preliminary  notice  has  been  given ;  and,  if  desired,  are  to  be  re- 
newed upon  the  basis  of  the  new  regulations. 

The  municipality  in  question  will  receive  back  part  of  the  share  of  expenses  con- 
tributed previously  towards  the  building  of  the  line.  This  share  will  be  estimated 
according  to  the  time  during  which  the  contract  would,  under  ordinary  circumstances, 
still  be  in  force. 

Vffl.    SWITCH   STATIONS. 

Article  60. — Groups  of  subscribers  may  be  connected  with  a  central  station  by 
means  of  a  switch  station;  in  cases  where  a  direct  line  is  not  practicable,  the  manage- 
ment will  decide  on  this  point. 

Article  61. — The  management  will  fix  the  locality  and  appoint  the  person  to  take 
charge  of  the  switch  station.  The  management  will  pay  to  this  person  for  attending 
to  the  service  an  amount  to  be  fixed  according  to  the  number  of  conversations.  This 
person  may  also  be  a  subscriber  to  a  municipal  station,  when  connection  with  the  post 
office  a  telegraph  service  is  not  available.  If  the  official  at  the  switch  station  is  also 
a  subscriber  to  a  municipal  station,  then  the  traffic  belonging  to  the  same  will  not  be 
considered,  when  the  management  fixes  the  amount  to  be  paid  for  attending  to  the 
service. 

In  very  exceptional  cases,  where  it  is  only  a  question  of  connections  for  individual 
subscribers,  the  management  may  adopt  different  rules  for  the  switch  service ;  and  may 
leave  the  choice  of  person  to  attend  to  service,  as  well  as  the  amount  to  be  paid  to  him, 
to  be  decided  by  the  subscribers;  the  management  retaining  the  right  to  approve  of 
the  same. 

Article  62. — The  person  entrusted  with  the  service  of  the  switch  station,  whether 
a  subscriber  or  not,  is  for  this  service,  under  all  circumstances,  placed  under  the  tele- 
graph management;  and  has  not  only  to  comply  with  all  instructions  regarding  ser- 
vice and  keeping  of  accounts,  but  is  also  responsible  for  keeping  secret  all  telephone 
communications,  according  to  Article  IT  of  the  '  Federal  Laws,'  of  June  27,  1889.  He 
ib  subject  to  all  legal  and  administrative  decrees  relating  to  the  disciplinary  punish- 
ments and  the  responsibilities  of  the  federal  officials. 

Article  63. — The  arrangements  needed  for  the  switch  service  will  be  supplied 
free  by  the  management.  If  the  person  in  charge  is  also  a  subscriber,  then  for  his 
own  use  of  the  same  telephone,  the  yearly  subscription  will  be  reduced  20  Fr.  ($3.86), 
which  sum  will  be  cancelled  as  soon  as  he  desires  a  special  telephone  for  his  own  use. 
No  compensation  will  be  allowed  to  the  person  in  charge  of  station  for  the  place  taken 
up  by  the  switch  apparatus. 

Article  64. — The  subscribers  connected  through  the  switch  station  have  to  pay  in 
common,  the  legal  charges  for  the  expenses  of  the  line,  for  the  whole  length  of  line 
connecting  them  with  the  main  system ;  and  the  customary  two  free  kilometres  will  be 
reckoned  from  the  switch  stations  outwards,  for  each  individual  subscriber. 

Article  65. — The  subscribers  choose  a  delegate,  who  is  authorized  to  be  the  repre- 
sentative of  the  management  for  them,  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  their  group.  He 
has  to  undertake  the  general  expenses  of  the  line,  and  to  attend  to  the  further  charges 
due  by  the  rest  of  the  subscribers.  He  has  to  provide  two  bondsmen  (securities)  for 
the  fulfilment  of  his  obligations,  if  the  security  is  not  taken  over  by  the  district. 
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Article  66. — If,  at  the  request  of  the  subscribers,  one  or  more  additional  lines 
are  set  up  between  the  switch  station  and  the  main  system,  then  the  subscribers  have 
to  undertake  for  each  individual  line,  the  legal  yearly  compensation  (expenses) ;  and 
furnish  security  for  the  same. 

Article  67. — Each  subscriber  belonging  to  a  switch  station  must  pay,  besides  thfl 
legal  yearly  rates  for  the  station,  any  additional  charges  for  distances,  also  a  yearly 
contribution  of  20  Fr.  ($3.86)  towards  the  expenses  of  switch  station  service.  This 
additional  charge  is  to  be  specified  in  the  declaration  of  subscription. 

Article  68. — The  expenses  of  shifting  the  switch  station  and  its  central  support 
(bearer),  if  necessary,  fall  to  the  group  of  subscribers  connected  therewith. 

Article  69. — New  subscribers  may,  at  any  time,  join  a  switch  station,  with  the 
stipulation  that  they  must  share  in  the  common  expenses,  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
other  subscribers  belonging  to  the  group.  Contrary  agreements  among  the  sub- 
scribers are  not  admissible. 

Article  70. — The  subscribers  belonging  to  a  switch  station  pay  also  the  same  gen- 
eral rates  as  ordinary  subscribers  and  are  bound  by  the  ordinary  stipulations  relating 
to  withdrawal. 

All  conversations  held  by  the  subscribers  among  themselves,  as  well  as  those  with 
the  main  system,  are  therefore  subject  to  charges. 

Article  71. — The  management  itself  will  decide  as  to  the  suitable  time  for  intro- 
ducing any  alteration  called  for  in  the  foregoing  regulations  into  the  present  organiza- 
tion of  the  existing  switch  stations. 

ix. — automatic  switches. 

Article  72. — The  employment  of  autmoatic  switches  (circuit-changing  switches) 
for  groups  of  not  more  than  five  subscribers,  for  the  purpose  of  connecting  with  the 
central  station,  must  be  left  to  the  judgment  of  the  management. 

Article  73. — The  subscribers  connected  with  an  automatic  switch,  must  provide 
a  suitable  place,  free  of  charge,  for  setting  up  the  switch,  and  for  the  bringing  in  of  the 
wires. 

Article  74. — If  the  automatic  switch  is  situated  within  2  kilometres  from  the  cen- 
tral point,  then  the  subscribers  connected  therewith  pay  the  usual  yearly  rates.  Sta- 
tions situated  more  than  2  kilometres  have  to  pay  the  additional  legal  rates  specified  for 
extra  length  of  wires  from  the  central  point. 

Article  75. — If  the  automatic  switch  station  is  situated  in  a  direct  distance  of 
more  than  2  kilometres  from  the  central  station,  then  the  subscribers  have  to  pay  in 
common  for  the  whole  branch  line,  from  the  central  station  up  to  the  automatic  switch, 
the  rates  specified  for  extra  length  of  lines  in  Article  12,  A  (d)  of  the  '  Federal  Laws.' 

The  rules  laid  down  in  Article  65  of  the  present  '  statutes,'  apply  also  to  the  per- 
son appointed  to  be  the  representative  of  the  group  of  subscribers,  and  to  the  security 
to  be  furnished  for  the  same. 

Article  76. — Each  subscriber  of  the  class  specified  in  the  foregoing  Article  75, 
must  pay  for  the  expenses  and  up-keep  of  the  switch  station,  a  fixed  yearly  sum  of 
10  fr.  ($1.93),  which  is  to  be  specified  in  the  declaration  of  membership.  Moreover, 
these  subscribers  will  be  treated  in  the  same  way  as  all  the  other  subscribers  of  the  sys- 
tem, and  each  one  of  them  will  receive  the  customary  2  kilometres  of  free  line,  reckoned 
from  the  switch  station  outwards. 

X. — INTERURBAN  CONNECTIONS. 

('Federal  Laws,'  Articles  5  and  Ik-) 

Article  77. — Interurban  lines  are  those  which  connect  two  different  telephone  sys- 
tems together.    See  Article  7  of  the  present  '  Statutes.' 

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Article  78. — For  the  use  of  these  connections,  the  appointed  rates  are  to  be  paid 
which  are  specified  in  Article  14  of  the  '  Federal  Laws,'  along  with  any  additional 
charges,  for  public  call  stations,  and  district  stations,  which  are  specified  in  Articles 
47  and  54  of  the  present  '  Statutes.' 

Article  79. — Municipalities  'which  desire  the  setting  up  of  an  interurban  connec- 
tion, may  be  required  to  furnish  a  guarantee  for  a  definite  yearly  minimum  revenue 
from  the  charges  for  conversations. 

Article  80. — The  amount  of  guarantee  will  be  fixed  in  the  proportion  of  50  fr. 
($9.65)  for  each  kilometre  or  fraction  thereof  of  the  length  of  line. 

The  duration  of  the  guarantee  will  be  at  least  ten  years.  Should  the  guarantee 
not  be  renewed  at  the  end  of  this  period,  and  if  the  revenue  from  the  line  does  not 
come  up  to  the  guaranteed  amount,  then  the  management  may  make  any  arrangements 
that  may  be  deemed  advisable  regarding  the  line. 

Article  81. — The  management  has  the  right,  at  any  time,  to  set  up  additional 
wires  on  any  existing  line,  as  well  as  to  carry  the  conversations  of  other  wire  systems 
over  this  line,  without  any  alteration  in  the  guaranteed  sum  being  called  for,  because 
of  such  arrangements.  Any  falling  off  of  the  traffic  over  a  line  does  not  call  for  any  re- 
duction of  the  guaranteed  sum  that  was  originally  fixed. 

Article  82. — In  estimating  the  revenue,  the  charges  for  conversations  will  be  cre- 
dited to  the  wire  system  which  is  first  called  for  when  the  conversation  is  arranged  for, 
at  the  original  central  station. 

Examples. — A  conversation,  Chaux-de-Fonds-Zurich,  is  counted  for  the  Chaux-de- 
Fonds-Berne  line.  A  conversation  Laussanne-Intertaken,  is  counted  for  the  Lausanne- 
Berne  line.  A  conversation  Zofingen-Bash,  is  counted  for  the  Zofingen-Aaran  line.  A 
conversation  Heris-au-Wintertlms  is  counted  for  the  Heris-au-St.  Gallen  line. 

XI. — conversations. 
('  Federal  Laics/  Articles  10,  11,  12,  IS  and  lit.) 

Article  83. — All  conversations  carried  on,  both  within  a  particular  telephone  sys- 
tem as  well  as  those  over  the  interurban  connections,  are  to  pay  charges  according  to 
Articles  12  A  (e),  13  and  14,  of  the  'Federal  Laws,'  with  the  exception  of  the  official 
communications  of  the  telegraph  management,  and  also  the  post  office  management, 
when  mutual  agreements  are  made  on  this  point. 

Reduced  subscriptions  and  free  subscriptions  receive  no  free  conversations;  but 
the  unrestricted  conversations  over  branch  lines  and  independent  connections  are,  of 
course,  free  of  charge. 

Article  84. — The  duration  of  local  conversations,  from  subscribers'  stations  is 
generally  unlimited;  and  the  charge  of  5  centimes  is,  therefore,  collected  without  re- 
gard to  the  length  of  time.  Exception  is  made  in  the  case  of  stations  connected  by 
a  switch  station  (Article  86).  However,  the  central  station  is  entitled  to  terminate 
any  connection  which  has  lasted  for  5  minutes,  when  it  is  evident  that  no  more  conver- 
sation is  being  carried  on. 

Article  85. — The  duration  of  local  conversations,  from  municipal  stations  and 
public  call  stations  is  to  be  3  minutes,  as  in  the  case  of  interurban  conversations, 
according  to  Article  13  of  the  '  Federal  Laws.' 

Article  86. — The  rules  contained  in  Article  11  of  the  '  Federal  Laws.'  apply  to 
the  use  of  branch  lines,  between  switch  stations  and  the  central  station  of  the  system, 
to  which  these  belong.  Therefore  such  connections  can  not  be  used  longer  than  6 
minutes  by  the  same  person;  when  other  persons  are  waiting  to  use  the  telephone. 

Article  87. — The  subscriber  whose  name  is  entered  for  a  connection  to  be  made, 
is  to  be  notified  by  the  central  station,  as  soon  as  the  line  is  ready  for  him.  If  he  does 
not  respond  at  once,  then  his  name  is  scored  out,  and  the  line  is  placed  at  the  dis- 
posal of  the  next  in  order  waiting.     It  is  not  permitted  to  make  arrangements,  in  ad- 

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vance,  for  the  use  of  a  line  at  some  special  time;  neither  can  a  subscriber  enter  his 
name  at  the  same  time  for  several  successive  conversations  over  the  same  line. 

Article  88. — If  a  connection  is  taken  up,  at  both  ends,  and  another  wire  is  not 
available,  then  the  exchange  of  conversations  must  take  place  in  alternating  order;  so 
that  when  a  conversation  is  finished,  in  one  direction,  the  subscriber  in  the  opposite 
direction  will  have  the  right  to  speak. 

Article  89. — The  duration  of  a  conversation  begins  at  the  moment  when  the 
subscriber  who  has  been  called  up,  responds ;  and  ceases  at  the  moment  of  ringing  off. 
The  control  of  the  duration  of  conversation  is  exercised  by  the  central  station  of  the 
system  to  which  the  station  belongs,  which  is  calling. 

Article  90. — If  a  subscriber's  station,  when  called  up,  has  responded,  the  con- 
versation is  charged  for,  no  matter  whether  the  subscriber  himself  is  present  or  not. 
This  rule  applies  both  to  local  as  well  as  interurban  traffic. 

Article  91. — The  subscriber  who,  on  account  of  the  improper  handling  of  his 
telephone,  or  through  neglect  of  the  official  instructions  regarding  use  of  same,  &c, 
causes  delay,  or  makes  a  conversation  impossible,  can  be  charged  for  the  length  of 
time  taken  up,  according  to  the  rates  fixed  for  same. 

Article  92. — Interurban  conversations,  which  require  the  use  of  more  than  three 
central  stations  (switch  stations  not  reckoned)  are,  as  a  rule,  not  to  be  permitted  over 
wires  having  heavy  traffic,  between  9  a.m.  and  4  p.m..  Such  connections,  moreover, 
are  only  to  be  granted  when  the  same  can  be  made  without  loss  of  time;  and  the  man- 
agement will  not  be  responsible  for  the  obtaining  of  such  conversations.  If  such 
conversations  are  not  effected,  and  the  calling  up  should  have  reached  the  fourth 
central  station,  and  has  been  answered  by  the  same ;  then  for  making  these  connections 
between  the  systems  the  legal  charge  must  be  paid  for  3  minutes'  conversation,  for  the 
distance  up  to  the  last-reached  central  station. 

Every  further  attempt  to  obtain  connections  will  be  treated  in  the  same  way,  if 
the  conversation  cannot  be  effected,  and  if  it  is  to  be  charged  for.  Subscribers,  or 
public  call  stations,  who  ask  for  the  above  connections,*  are  to  be  always  reminded 
beforehand  of  these  special  stipulations,  particularly  as  far  as  the  charges  are  con- 
cerned. 

Article  93. — Municipal  stations  and  public  call  stations  are,  as  a  rule,  not  to  be 
called  up,  except  the  person  with  whom  the  conversation  is  desired  is  present  at  the 
station,  through  having  been  notified  beforehand,  by  letter,  telegram  or  phonogram, 
&c.  If  such  an  arrangement  has  not  been  made,  then  the  call-up  will  only  be  made 
if  the  person  desiring  to  hold  conversation,  binds  himself  to  pay  the  charges  for  the 
entire  time  that  the  line  is  in  use,  or  is  placed  at  his  disposal ;  even  if  the  conversation 
should  not  be  effected.  The  time  will  be  reckoned  from  the  moment  that  the  response 
ia  received  from  the  station  desired,  until  the  same  has  rung  off.  If  the  connection,  or 
(in  the  case  of  several  central  stations  being  required)  one  of  the  lines  required,  is 
desired,  from  the  other  end,  then  the  connection  is  to  terminate  after  the  lapse  of  6 
minutes;  and  a  subsequent  renewal  of  the  same  will  only  be  granted  by  asking  and 
paying  for  a  new  conversation,  if  the  traffic  will  admit  of  this.  If  the  person  called 
up  should  not  come  to  the  telephone  until  after  the  termination  of  the  connection,  and 
desire  the  renewal  of  the  same,  then  this  request  will  only  be  granted  on  the  payment 
of  the  charges  for  a  new  conversation. 

XII.    PHONOGRAMS    AND    TELEGRAMS. 

({ Federal  Laws'  Articles  1,  9,  12,  IS,  ISh  and  c,  and  18). 

Article  94. — Phonograms,  whether  they  are  sent  from  a  subscribers'  station,  a 
public  call  station  or  a  municipal  station,  can  only  be  exchanged  between  the  stations 
of  one  and  the  same  system ;  and  will  therefor  not  be  transmitted  over  any  interurban 

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In  transmitting  the  phonograms  to  the  addresses  given,  the  central  station  will 
employ  either  the  telegraph  bureau  or  a  public  call  station,  in  so  far  as  this  latter  signi- 
fies its  readiness  to  do  so,  or  it  will  employ  the  municipal  station  concerned. 

Article  95. — Telegrams  are  only  to  be  sent  off  by  means  of  the  telephone  in  this 
manner :  The  telegram  must  be  telephoned  direct,  or  through  the  central  station,  to  the 
telegraph  office  situated  within  the  telephone  system,  and  be  forwarded  by  the  latter  in 
the  customary  way,  to  the  point  required.  An  interurban  telephone  connection  cannot 
be  used  for  this  purpose. 

Article  96. — If  a  subscriber's  station,  or  switch  station,  is  situated  in  a  different 
locality  than  the  central  station,  and  if  this  locality  has  a  telegraph  bureau,  then  the 
telegrams  must  be  despatched  by  the  same;  and  in  this  case,  the  transmission  of  tele- 
grams by  means  of  the  telephone  is  not  admissable.  An  exception  may  be  granted  when 
the  subscriber  resides  at  a  great  distance  from  the  telegraph  bureau,  in  which  case  the 

telegram  must  contain  this  clause,  inserted  before  the  address:  '  Telephoned  by ' 

with  the  address  of  the  sender,  which  additional  clause  is  counted  in  the  charges. 

Article  97. — If  the  central  station  is  connected  with  a  telegraph  bureau,  then  the 
subscriber  may  ask  that  the  telegrams  sent  to  him  at  the  telegraph  bureau  be  trans- 
mitted to  him  by  telephone,  by  paying  the  legal  rate  of  10  centimes.  Such  request  is 
to  be  given  by  letter.  The  further  forwarding  of  telegrams  must  take  place  inside  the 
radius  of  delivery  by  messengers,  and  beyond  this  by  mail. 

If  an  express  messenger  is  paid  for  in  advance  when  the  telegram  can  be  forwarded 
by  means  of  the  telephone,  then  the  receiving  bureau  must  pay  back  the  express  charges 
to  sender,  by  means  of  an  official  telegram.  If  the  subscriber  should  be  called  for  15 
minutes,  without  responding,  then  the  telegram  is  to  be  forwarded  at  once  in  the  usual 
way.  The  time  of  waiting  will  be  prolonged  to  30  minutes,  if  express  charges  are  sent 
along  with  the  telegram. 

Article  98. — Telegrams  arriving  for  a  place  having  a  municipal  station,  but  no 
telegraph  bureau,  will  be  telephoned  to  this  district  station  through  the  central  sta- 
tion, or  the  telegraph  bureau,  for  transmission  to  the  addresses  given. 

Article  99. — The  public  call  stations  are  not  obliged  to  take  charge  of  delivering 
incoming  telegrams,  and  may  only  do  so  when  an  agreement  is  made  with  the  persons 
concerned. 

Article  100. — In  the  transmission  and  delivery  of  telegrams  and  phonograms  by 
telephone,  it  is  obligatory  that  the  message  must  be  checked  by  the  sender.  See  Article 
18,  of  the  '  Federal  Laws.' 

Article  101. — The  management  will  be  under  no  responsibility  for  the  telephonic 
receiving  and  transmitting  of  telegrams  and  phonograms,  notwithstanding  what  has 
been  decreed  regarding  such  telegrams  in  the  '  Federal  Laws,'  of  June  22,  1877,  and  in 
the  Federal  Statutes  of  July  30,  1886. 

XIII. — CHANGING   (SHIFTING)   OF  STATIONS. 

Article  102. — If  a  subscriber  desires  the  changing  or  the  moving  of  his  station 
within  the  same  house,  or  premises,  then  he  must  pay  the  resulting  expenses,  and  also 
the  cost  of  any  new  materials  used. 

Article  103.— For  moving  a  single  station  into  another  house,  or  premises,  a  fixed 
charge  of  20  fr.  ($3.86)  is  made.  If  a  telephone  arrangement  already  exists  in  the  new 
residence  into  which  the  subscriber  moves,  then  the  subscriber  has  merely  to  pay  the 
actual  costs  of  moving  the  station,  including  the  expenses  of  disconnecting  his  former 
station,  when  this  is  necessary. 

Article  104.— If  the  connection  broken  off  with  the  central  station  has  a  length  of 
more  than  2  kilometres ;  then,  besides  the  actual  cost  of  moving  station,  the  subscriber 
must  pay  the  compensation  fixed  in  Article  6,  paragraph  3,  of  the  'Federal  Laws.' 
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When  the  connecting  line  is  more  than  5  kilometres  long,  then  the  compensation  for 
withdrawal  must  be  paid,  specified  in  Article  120  of  the  present  '  Statutes.' 

Article  105. — If  the  new  residence  is  more  than  2  kilometres  distant  from  the  cen- 
tral point,  then  the  charge  for  subscription  is  increased,  according  to  the  legally  fixed 
additional  charges  for  long  distances. 

Article  106. — In  the  case  of  subscribers'  stations,  with  branch  connections,  the 
charge  will  be  20  fr.  ($3.86)  for  any  station  requiring  to  be  shifted  into  another  resi- 
dence. Exception  will  be  made  in  cases  where  two  or  more  stations  are  moved  from  one 
and  the  same  house,  into  another  single  house,  in  which  case  the  charge  of  20  fr.  ($3.86) 
will  only  be  required  for  one  of  these  stations;  and  for  the  others,  only  half  this  amount 
for  each  one.  When  only  stations  immediately  connected  with  the  central  station, 
'  middle  stations,'  are  to  be  moved  into  another  house,  then  besides  the  charge  of  20  fr. 
($3.86),  an  additional  charge  of  10  fr.  ($1.93)  will  be  collected  for  every  branch  wire. 

Article  107. — If  the  moving  of  a  branch  wire  of  not  more  than  2  kilmetres,  takes 
place  within  the  first  two  years ;  then,  besides  the  above-mentioned  charges,  a  compensa- 
tion must  be  paid  for  the  whole  length  of  wire  that  is  broken  off,  at  the  rate  of  10  fr. 
($1.93)  for  each  100  metres.  For  a  distance  of  more  than  2  kilometres  the  rules  apply 
relating  to  compensation  for  withdrawal,  which  are  specified  in  Article  120,  of  the  pre- 
sent '  Statutes.' 

Article   108. — In   all  cases,  specified    in   Articles   102    to    107,   of    the    present  ■ 
'  Statutes,'  the  subscriber  has  to  pay  the  additional  charges  of  any  travelling  expenses,, 
or  extra  wages  of  officials  and  workmen,  as  well  as  the  costs  of  transport,  for  persons 
or  material. 

Article  109. — The  new  arrangement  will  be  regarded  as  a  continuation  of  the  one 
broken  off,  and  the  subscriber  will  retain  all  his  former  privileges,  under  the  forego- 
ing stipulations  (Articles  102  to  108)  and  with  the  understanding  that  no  interruption 
will  take  place  in  the  payment  of  the  subscription  charges. 

Article  110. — When  a  subscriber  gives  up  his  station,  in  order  to  take  up  at  once 
a  new  station  in  another  system,  he  can  only  retain  the  privileges  resulting  from  tho 
duration  of  his  period  of  subscription,  by  paying  all  expenses  for  the  setting  up  of  tho 
new  line,  and  the  fixing  up  of  the  new  station,  and  by  continuing  to  pay  his  subscrip- 
tion, without  interruption.  If  the  subscription  should  not  have  lasted  two  complete 
years,  then  besides  the  foregoing  he  will  also  have  to  pay  the  expenses  of  disconnecting 
his  former  station,  and  its  connecting  wire,  if  this  should  be  necessary. 

Article  111. — In  order  to  secure  the  prompt  transfer  (shifting)  of  a  station,  a 
written  request  must  be  sent  in.  In  the  case  of  wires  up  to  2  km.  in  length,  this 
must  be  done  two  weeks  in  advance,  and  at  least  four  weeks  in  advance,  when  the  wire 
is  more  than  2  km. 

xiv. — altering  of  subscriptions. 

Article  112. — When  a  subscriber  desires  a  branch  station  to  be  changed  into  a 
direct  connnection  with  the  central  station,  then  he  is  to  be  dealt  with  as  a  new  sub- 
scriber. If  this  change  takes  place  through  the  decision  of  the  management,  then  the 
duration  of  the  branch  station  will  be  reckoned  for  the  new  connection  with  the  cen- 
tral station. 

Article  113. — When  a  person,  holding  a  combined  subscription,  desires  to  change 
1  is  branch  station  into  a  direct  connection  with  the  central  station,  and  to  give  up  'tis 
Middle  Station,'  (i.e.,  direct  connection)  or  convert  it  into  a  branch  station,  then 
the  new  connection  will  be  considered  as  a  continued  subscription,  if  the  subscriber 
pays  the  costs  of  alteration  specified  in  Articles  103  to  108,  of  the  present  '  Statutes,' 
at  well  as  any  compensation  for  withdrawal  that  may  be  required  for  the  '  Middle 
Station,'  i.e.,  direct  connection. 

The  same  rules  apply  when  a  single  subscription  is  changed  into  a  combined  one, 
if  the  locality  is  at  the  same  time  connected  with  the  central  station,  and  the  former 

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connection  broken  off  with  the  central  station,  and  the  old  station  changed  into   a 
branch  station. 

XV.    WITHDRAWAL    OF    SUBSCRIBERS. 

('Federal  Laws;'  Article  6). 

Article  114. — Intention  of  withdrawal  must  be  made  by  letter.  When  a  sub 
scriber  withdraws,  then  any  amount  of  subscription  already  paid  for  the  time  of  non- 
use  will  be  refunded.  This  will  only  be  done,  however,  if  a  month's  notice  has  been 
given  beforehand,  and  the  legal  compensation  paid,  specified  in  Article  6  of  the 
'Federal  Laws,'  should  withdrawal  take  place  within  the  first  two  years.  Where  there 
are  lines  with  double  wires  then  the  amount  of  compensation  to  be  paid  on  withdrawal 
will  be  45  Fr.  ($8.69)  per  100  metres  (110  yards)  extra  length  in  the  first  year;  and 
30  Fr.  ($5.79)  per  100  metres,  extra  length,  in  the  second  year:  see  'Federal  Laws,' 
Article  12  A.  d.  When  the  declaration  of  subscription  contains  special  stipulations 
regarding  the  duration  of  subscription,  then  Article  120  of  the  present  '  Statutes  ' 
ccmes  into  application. 

Article  115.— The  date  when  the  station  was  opened  for  service,  from  which  the 
subscription  rates  commence,  applies  also  for  the  computation  of  any  compensations 
that  may  have  to  be  made:  see  'Federal  Laws,'  Article  6. 

Article  11G. — If  a  subscriber  gives  up  his  station  before  it  is  opened  for  traffic, 
then  he  must  refund  to  the  management  any  expenses  for  erecting  the  same,  that  may 
have  been  incurred.     If  any   I  ravelling  <  may  have  been  incurred  in  connec- 

tion with  the  collecting  of  rates,  or  arranging  the  matters  connected  with  the  declara- 
tion of  subscription,  then  these  are  also  to  be  refunded. 

Article  117. — Articles  115  and  116  apply  also  to  branch  connections. 

Article  118. — If  a  subscriber,  before  the  termination  of  the  second  year  of  sub- 
scription, gives  up  supplementary  apparatus  ('phone)  or  branch  connections,  which 
may  have  been  set  up  in  the  same  house  or  premises  that  contains  the  connection 
with  the  central  station;  then  he  must  pay  the  costs  of  setting  up  and  taking  down 
again;  and  also  any  charges  for  transport  for  persons  or  materials.  The  value  of 
materials  used  is  not  reckoned. 

Article  119. — Supplementary  apparatus  ('phone)  and  branch  connections,  situ- 
ated outside  the  house  or  premises  that  is  connected  directly  with  the  central  station 
are,  up  to  2  kilometres  length  of  line,  to  be  treated  according  to  rules  contained  in 
Article  6  of  the  '  Federal  Laws,'  in  the  sense  that  the  compensation  for  withdrawal 
specified  in  paragraph  3  will  be  reckoned  for  the  whole  length  of  the  branch  connec- 
tion.    The  same  rules  apply  for  independent  connections  up  to  2  kilometres. 

Article  120. — When  a  subscription,  entered  upon  for  10  years  (see  Article  8),  is 
given  up  before  the  time,  as  also  a  branch  line,  or  an  independent  connection  of  more 
than  2  kilometres  length,  which  calls  for  4  years'  subscription  (Article  9)  ;  then  besides 
the  compensation  for  withdrawal,  fixed  in  Article  6,  paragraph  2  of  the  '  Federal 
Laws,'  the  whole  amount  agreed  upon  for  extra  length  of  line  must  be  paid  for  time  of 
contract  that  has  still  to  run. 

XVI. — JOINING  AGAIN  OF  A  FORMER  SUBSCRIBER. 

Article  121. — A  relinquished  subscription  may  again  be  taken  up  by  the  same 
person,  with  the  same  privileges  as  before,  if  the  subscriber  pays : — 

(1)  Any  charges  that  may  still  be  owing  from  the  old  subscription. 

(2)  The  amount  of  subscription  for  the  period  of  interruption. 

(3)  The  costs  of  taking  down,  and  setting  up  station  again,  if  this  should  have  been 
required.  An  allowance  will  be  made  for  any  compensation  paid  by  him,  according  to 
rules  specified  in  article  6,  paragraphs  2  and  3  of  the  '  Federal  Laws.' 

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Article  122. — When  the  subscriber  refuses  to  pay  the  charges  specified  above,  on 
article  121,  Nos.  2  and  3,  then  he  can  only  be  received  as  a  new  subscriber;  that  is  to 
say,  he  must  forego  all  rights  which  he  had  as  a  former  subscriber.  Should  he  also 
refuse  to  pay  any  charges  still  owing  from  the  former  period  of  subscription,  then  he 
will  not  be  received  as  a  subscriber  any  more,  either  in  the  same  telephone  system  or 
in  any  other  Swiss  telephone  system. 

XVII. — HOURS    OF    SERVICE    AT    THE    CENTRAL    STATIONS. 

Article  123. — The  day  service  of  the  central  stations,  of  classes  I.  and  II.,  begins, 
during  the  summer,  at  7  a.m.,  and  during  the  winter  at  8  a.m.,  and  continues  in  both 
cases  until  9  p.m.  However,  the  Post  Office  and  Railway  Department  is  authorized  to 
prolong  the  day  service  of  the  central  stations  of  both  the  above-mentioned  classes  in 
cases  where  the  conditions  of  the  traffic  justify  such  a  step. 

Article  124. — The  hours  of  service  of  the  central  stations  of  class  III.  and  of 
switch  stations,  are  arranged  according  to  the  hours  of  service  at  the  post  office  or  tele- 
graph bureau,  combined  therewith.  If  these  are  not  combined  with  a  post  office  or 
telegraph  bureau,  then  the  hours  of  service  will  be  limited  from  7  or  S  a.m.  until  noon; 
2  to  6  p.m.,  and  8  to  8.30  p.m.  A  prolongation  of  the  hours  of  service  may  be  granted 
when  circumstances  permit  of  it,  and  when  the  subscribers  or  the  district  authorities 
pay  the  extra  expenses  of  service. 

Article  125. — Municipal  stations  connected  with  a  telegraph  bureau  have  the  same 
hours  of  service  as  the  telegraph  bureau  of  class  III.,  with  the  exception  that  the  SundaJ 
service  will  be  limited  according  to  the  rules  laid  down  by  the  federal  decrees  of  Janu- 
ary 9  and  May  27,  1874.  The  limitation  of  the  Sunday  service  in  the  case  of  a  district 
station  that  is  connected  to  a  telephone  system  is  subject  to  the  preliminary  agreement 
made  by  the  district  authorities,  and  the  approval  of  the  telegraph  management. 

Article  126. — When  the  officials  at  a  central  station  or  a  switch  station,  with 
limited  hours  of  service,  are  summoned  to  service  at  the  'phone  during  the  time  that 
they  are  off  duty,  then  they  must  do  so,  but  they  are  entitled  to  a  special  payment  of 
50  centimes  (10  cents),  for  each  conversation  (without  regard  to  the  duration  thereof), 
whether  the  conversation  be  effected  or  not.  The  stipulations  are  reserved,  contained 
in  Article  136,  of  the  present  '  Statutes.' 

Article  127. — The  hours  of  service  at  the  central  stations  are  specified  at  the 
beginning  of  the  lists  of  the  subscribers  connected  with  the  same. 

XVIII. — NIGHT    SERVICE. 

Article  128. — Central  stations  having  at  least  300  subscribers'  wires  coming  in 
have  full  night  service.  Where  this  arrangement  has  been  introduced  on  the  basis  of 
decrees,  it  will  continue  henceforth. 

Article  129. — Systems  having  less  than  300  stations,  such  as  municipal  and  switch 
stations  may  have,  as  far  as  circumstances  permit,  a  partial  night  service,  in  this  sense, 
that  an  official  may  be  awakened  during  the  night,  by  an  electric  bell,  and  called  to 
attend  to  the  service.  When  this  arrangement  is  desired  for  central  stations  of  Class 
III.  or  switch  stations  by  the  subscribers  or  by  the  municipal,  then  these  must  be  re- 
sponsible for  the  expenses  arising  from  this,  and  must  themselves  make  arrangements 
with  the  official,  who  attends  to  the  service,  regarding  any  extra  payment. 

Article  130. — The  service  within  a  particular  telephone  system,  having  only  a 
partial  night  service,  besides  the  regular  salary  appointed  for  the  hours  of  service,  is 
subject  to  the  following  charges  for  the  extra  service  and  remuneration  of  officials: — 

(a)  For  every  conversation  during  the  first  hour  after  closing  time  or  during  the 
first  hour  before  opening  time,  25  centimes  (5  cents). 

(b)  During  the  other  night  hours,  50  centimes  (10  cents). 

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Article  131. — Interurban  conversations  must  pay  the  night  charges  specified  above 
in  Article  130,  for  each  central  station  without  full  night  service,  called  up. 

Article  132. — Both  in  local  and  interurban  traffic  the  night  charges  will  be 
collected,  no  matter  whether  the  subscriber  who  has  been  called  up  responds  or  not. 
But,  if  failure  to  effect  conversation  arises  from  the  non-response  of  a  central  station, 
then  no  charge  can  be  collected. 

Article  133. — The  night  charges  collected  are  to  be  divided  equally  between  the 
central  stations  called  into  requisition. 

Article  134. — For  phonograms  and  telegrams,  telephoned  during  night  hours,  be- 
sides the  fixed  charges  specified  in  Article  130,  there  will  also  be  collected  the  special 
rates  fixed  for  telegraph  night  service.  An  exception  will  be  made,  in  cases  where  the 
telegraph  and  telephone  service  is  attended  to  by  the  same  person.  In  such  central 
stations,  the  telephone  night  charges,  specified  in  Article  130  will  not  be  collected,  but 
only  the  telegraph  night  charges. 

Article  135. — When  fires  break  out  at  night,  the  fire  department  and  the  police 
station  must  be  served  first  of  all,  and  the  other  stations  according  as  it  is  possible. 

Article  136. — The  regulations  laid  down  in  the  Federal  Statutes  of  July  30,  1886, 
in  so  far  as  these  relate  to  the  special  telegraph  service,  in  cases  of  political  disturb- 
ances, public  calamities,  riots,  conflagrations,  floods,  and  the  like,  apply  also  to  the  tele- 
phone service. 

XIX. — collection  of  charges  and  reimbursements. 
('  Federal  Laws,'  Articles  12,  16  and  19.) 

Article  137. — Subscription  rates  are  collected  in  advance,  half-yearly,  on  January 
1  and  July  1  (Article  12,  of  the  '  Federal  Laws  ).  Kates  for  stations  set  up  during  the 
half  year  are  reckoned  from  the  time  that  they  are  set  up  till  the  termination  of  the 
half  year.  As  a  rule  the  collection  is  made  without  notifying  the  subscribers  before- 
hand by  letter.  When  such  notification  is  sent,  it  is  a  summons  for  payment,  in  ac- 
cordance with  Article  19,  paragraph  2,  of  the  '  Federal  Lavs.' 

Article  138. — When  the  half-yearly  payments,  or  other  charges  owing,  are  not 
paid  within  a  month  from  the  date  of  notification,  then  the  station  will  be  removed, 
after  the  negligent  subscriber  has  received  special  notice  to  this  effect,  at  least  eight 
days  before  the  month's  grace  has  expired. 

Article  139. — When  a  station  is  removed  because  of  the  non-payment  of  charges 
owing,  then  the  subscriber  is  also  responsible  for  the  compensations  specified  in  the 
'  Federal  Laws,'  Article  6,  paragraphs  2  and  3. 

Article  140. — Should  a  subscriber  only  settle  his  account  after  the  management 
has  issued  orders  for  the  removal  of  his  station,  then  he  must  pay  any  expenses  that 
may  have  thereby  been  incurred. 

Article  141. — If  the  security  (standing)  of  a  subscriber  should  appear  doubtful 
through  being  always  behindhand  in  settling  his  account,  or  through  other  circum- 
stances, then  an  adequate  security  may  be  required  for  the  fulfilment  of  his  obliga- 
tions; if  this  has  not  already  taken  place  from  other  reasons.  See  Article  10,  of  the 
present  '  Statutes.' 

Article  142. — Charges  for  local  and  interurban  conversations,  phonograms  and  tele- 
grams, are  summary,  and  must  always  be  paid  at  the  end  of  the  month,  when  account 
is  sent  in  through  post.  If  such  accounts  are  not  regularly  paid  without  delay,  then 
ithe  central  station  may  demand  a  deposit  equal  to  the  monthly  account,  and  the  re- 
newal of  the  same  each  month.  If  the  subscriber  refuses  to  comply  with  this  demand 
then  the  central  station  has  the  right  to  refuse  to  make  further  interurban  connections, 
or  to  transmit  further  telegrams  for  him. 

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Article  143. — The  register  of  accounts  kept  at  the  central  stations  are  authorita- 
tive for  the  reckoning  of  charges  owing  ('  Federal  Laws/  Article  12),  unless  contrary 
proof  can  be  furnished.  If  an  differences  should  be  found  between  the  account  when 
it  is  sent  in  and  the  entries  kept  by  the  subscriber,  the  account  must  be  paid,  notwith- 
standing, but  with  the  understanding  that  investigation  will  be  made,  and,  if  necessary, 
extra  charges  refunded.  The  central  station,  by  way  of  exception,  may  send  to  a  sub- 
scriber a  detailed  account  to  explain  any  differences  existing  between  the  general  ac- 
count and  the  items  entered  by  him,  but  the  central  station  is  not  obliged  to  do  this 
regularly. 

Article  144. — The  reimbursement  of  subscriptions,  on  account  of  long  interrup- 
tions in  the  telephone  service  ('  Federal  Laws,'  Article  16)  will  be  made  by  the  man- 
agement. 

Article  145.— Subscribers  are  to  be  notified  beforehand,  when  lengthened  periods 
of  suspension  of  service,  or  frequent  short  interruptions  are  to  be  expected,  on  account 
of  important  alterations  being  made  in  the  lines,  or  in  the  central  stations.  When  sub- 
scribers' lines  are  broken  down  by  heavy  snow  falls,  fires,  &c,  then  the  subscribers  are 
to  receive  proper  notification  of  the  probable  duration  of  such  interruptions  in  the  ser- 
vice. 

XX. MISUSE  OF  TELEPHONES    (OFFENCES). 

('Federal  Laws,'  Article  19,  paragraph  2.) 

Article  146. — Those  in  charge  of  municipal  stations  or  public  call  stations,  are 
required  to  prevent  as  far  as  possible  any  offensive  (insulting)  expressions  being  made 
to  employees  at  the  central  stations,  or  to  subscribers,  and  to  note  down  the  offending 
persons,  in  order  that  the  management  may  take  proceedings  against  them.  An  inves- 
tigation may  also  be  ordered  by  the  management,  in  those  cases  where  offences  of  this 
kind  have  taken  place  in  a  subscriber's  station,  situated  in  a  public  place. 

Article  147. — Each  subscriber  is  personally  responsible  for  taking  care  that  his 
station  is  not  misused,  through  offensive  (insulting)  expressions  being  made  to  tele- 
phone employees  or  officials,  or  to  subscribers  (Article  40,  of  present  '  Statutes  ').  For 
such  cases,  the  management  will  proceed  according  to  appointed  measures  specified  in 
the  '  Federal  Laws,'  Article  19,  paragraph  2. 

xxi. — CONCESSIONS. 
('  Federal  Laws,'  Articles  20,  21  and  22.) 

Article  148. — Independent  telephone  connections,  the  erection  and  operation  of 
which  is  not  undertaken  by  the  management  in  the  usual  way  of  subscription,  and  the 
erection  of  which  requires  the  use  of  the  property  of  another  person,  need  to  have  a 
concession  (grant).     'Federal  Laws,'  Article  20. 

Article  149. — For  every  conceded  telegraph  or  telephone  connection,  a  yearly 
concession  charge  of  5  Fr.  (97  cents)  for  each  kilometre  or  fraction  thereof  of  line  is 
collected  by  the  government,  and  also  a  charge,  once  for  all  of  20  Fr.  ($3.86)  for  inves- 
tigation of  the  petition,  and  issuing  the  act  of  concession.  The  concession  charge  will 
not  be  required  when  the  connection  (line)  is  to  be  used  exclusively  for  public  pur- 
poses. 

Article  150. — A  concession  is  also  necessary  for  the  erection  of  electric  bells, 
electric  clock  lines,  water-gauges  (water-gauge  indicators)  and  the  like;  however,  in 
cuch  cases,  only  a  charge  of  5  Fr.  (97  cents)  once  for  all,  will  be  collected. 

Article  151. — The  setting  up  or  the  operation  of  a  telegraph  or  telephone  line,  for 
which  no  concession  was  sought,  or  which  is  used  for  the  other  purposes  than  that 
specified  in  the  concession,  will  be  treated  as  a  breach  of  the  laws. 

Article  152. — The  officials  of  the  telegraph  management  must  have  free  access  to 
all  the  arrangements  of  conceded  lines,  for  the  purpose  of  examination  and  inspection. 

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Article  153. — The  granting  of  a  concession  does  not  include  the  right  to  use  the 
property  of  another  person  for  setting  up  the  line. 

Article  154. — A  conceded  telegraph  or  telephone  connection  must  only  be  used 
exclusively  for  the  business  and  domestic  purposes  of  the  person  receiving  the  con- 
cession.    Any  other  kind  of  use,  will  be  treated  as  a  breach  of  the  telegraph  rules. 

Article  155. — Concessions  may  be  cancelled  at  any  time  by  the  management, 
without  any  compensation  being  given;  and  the  person  who  has  received  the  conces- 
sion may  withdraw  from  the  same  by  giving  notice  a  month  beforehand. 

Article  156. — A  new  concession  must  be  obtained  for  any  branch  line  that  is  to 
be  connected  to  a  conceded  line  already  existing;  as  also  for  any  alteration  in  or  shift- 
ing of  an  existing  line,  as  .well  as  the  transfer  of  the  same  to  another  person. 

XXII. — telephone  directories. 

Article  157. — Each  subscriber  receives  from  the  management,  gratis,  a  copy  of 
the  instructions  and  a  list  of  the  subscribers  connected  with  his  system,  or  group  of 
systems,  together  with  the  supplements.  Moreover,  the  lists  of  subscribers  of  the 
various  systems,  or  group  of  systems  will  be  sold  to  subscribers  and  non-subscribers  for 
50  centimes  (10  cents). 

Article  158. — The  lists  of  subscribers  are  only  to  contain  the  names  of  the  sub- 
scribers, the  concise  statement  of  their  business,  and  the  address  of  where  station  is 
placed.     Recommendations  or  solicitations  are  not  allowed. 

Article  159. — If  a  subscriber  wishes  to  appear  on  the  list,  under  two  or  more 
headings,  then  for  the  second  and  every  further  entry,  he  must  pay  a  yearly  charge 
of  2  Fr.  (40  cents).  The  entry  of  a  subscriber  on  the  list  of  any  other  system  than 
his  own,  is  not  admissible.  As  a  matter  of  course,  non-subscribers  are  not  allowed  to 
appear  in  the  list,  not  even  if  they  can  be  called  to  the  'phone,  through  a  municipal 
station,  a  public  call  station  or  a  subscriber. 

Article  160. — The  management  decides  as  to  the  arrangement  of  the  lists,  as  well 
as  to  the  date  of  issue  of  new  lists  or  supplements.  Should  a  new  list  or  supplement 
not  be  issued  within  a  definite  time  after  a  new  subscriber  has  joined,  this  circum- 
stance will  give  him  no  right  to  any  compensation;  neither  does  any  inaccuracy  or 
printer's  error  in  the  lists  call  for  any  compensation. 

Article  161. — The  present  '  Statutes '  are  to  be  incorporated  into  the  '  Official 
Code,'  and  will  come  into  force  on  January  1,  1896. 

Article  162. — The  post  office  and  railway  department  is  charged  with  the  execu- 
tion of  the  same. 

In  the  name  of  the  Swiss  Federal  Parliament. 

Berne,  September  24,  1895. 

ZEMP, 

Federal  President. 

RINGIER, 

Chancellor  of  the  Confederation. 

APPENDIX. 

Federal  Decree  (of  April  5,  1904),  relating  to  the  alteration  of  Article  80,  para- 
graph 1  of  the  'Statutes  relating  to  the  Telephone  System.' 

The  Swiss  parliament,  at  the  desire  of  its  post  office  and  telegraph  department, 
decrees : — 

Article  80,  paragraph  1,  of  the  '  Statutes  relating  to  the  Telephone  System,'  of 
September  24,  1895,  is  altered,  and  now  reads  as  follows:  'For  the  amount  of  guar- 

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antee,  a  round  sum  will  be  accepted,  as  may  be  computed  from  the  probable  length  of 
line,  without  taking  into  consideration  the  number  of  wires  at  the  rate  of  50  Fr.  ($10) 
per  kilometre,  or  fraction  thereof.  Any  differences  in  length  that  may  arise  subse- 
quently when  building  the  line,  or  by  subsequent  alteration  of  route,  are  not  con- 
sidered. The  already  existing  agreements  of  guarantee  remain  unchanged.'  Para- 
graph 2  of  Article  80  remains  unchanged. 

The  new  alteration  passes  into  effect  on  April  1,  1904. 

In  the  name  of  the  Swiss  parliament. 


Berne.  April  5,  1904. 


COMTESSE, 

Federal  President. 

BJNGIER, 

Chancellor  of  the  Confederation. 


No.  289d. 

SWITZERLAND— Continued. 

(Translation.) 

Federal  Laws  ol  July  2,  1897,  regarding  the  wages  of  officials  and  employees. 

The  Swiss  Federal  Parliament,  after  due  consideration  of  a  message  from  the 
Diet,  of  November  6,  1896,  in  modifying  the  legal  decrees  regarding  the  wage  system 
of  officials  and  employees,  decrees  as  follows: — 

I. — GENERAL    RULES. 

Article  1. — In  so  far  as  special  laws  do  not  obtain  the  following  classes  of  salaries 
with  minimum  and  maximum,  are  specified  for  the  federal  officials  and  employees : — 

I.  Class 6,000  frs.  ($1,158)  to  8,000  frs.     ($1,544) 

II.  Class 5,000  frs.  ($965)  to  7,000  frs.     ($1,351) 

III.  Class 4,000  frs.  ($772)  to  5,500  frs. ($1,061.50) 

IV.  Class 3,500  frs.  ($675.50)  to  4,500  frs.   ($868.50) 

V.  Class 3,000  frs.  ($579)  to  4,000  frs.        ($772) 

VI.  Class 2,000  frs.        ($386)  to  3,500  frs.   ($675.50) 

VII.  Class up  to  2,500  frs.   ($482.50) 

The  salary  of  an  employee  of  the  7th  Class,  who  is  of  full  age,  and  exclusively 
employed  in  the  government  service,  shall  be  at  least  1,200  frs.  ($231.60).  For  posi- 
tions where  very  exceptional  qualifications  are  required,  the  maximum  amount  fixed 
for  Class  I.  may  be  exceeded  by  decree  of  parliament. 

Article  2. — Parliament  fixes  the  maximum  salary  for  each  single  office  and 
appointment,  within  the  limits  of  the  rates  laid  down  in  this  law,  when  the  proposal  is 
made  by  the  department  concerned. 

Article  3. — When  any  official  or  employee  is  appointed,  the  minimum  amount  of 
salary  is  given  as  a  rule.  However,  special  services  in  a  former  sphere  of  duty,  par- 
ticular qualifications,  as  well  as  the  local  conditions,  are  to  be  sufficiently  taken  into 
account.  When  an  official  or  employee  passes  from  a  lower  class  into  a  higher  class, 
or  from  one  department  of  service  into  another,  the  salary  drawn  by  him  up  to  that 
point  of  time,  shall  at  least  be  remitted  to  him. 

Article  4. — Until  the  fixed  maximum  for  any  office  or  position,  according  to  the 
foregoing  Article  2,  has  been  attained,  the  salary  increases  300  frs.  (5,790)  for  each 
three  years  term  of  service. 

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In  cases  of  unsatisfactory  discharge  of  duties  or  censurable  conduct  this  increase 
of  salary  is  to  be  wholly  or  partly  set  aside. 

The  entire  salary  of  an  official  or  an  employee  who  serves  in  various  departments 
is  not  to  exceed  the  rates  fixed  for  the  particular  class  to  which  he  has  been 
assigned. 

Article  5. — Official  residences  are  carefully  reckoned  in  the  salaries,  according  to 
the  scale  of  rents  that  obtain  in  the  place  of  residence. 

When  official  uniform  is  appointed  for  officials  and  employees,  the  government  has 
either  to  supply  the  same  gratis  or  to  give  a  sufficient  cash  sum.  The  special  rules 
relating  to  this  point  are  decreed  by  parliament. 

Article  6. — Officials  and  employees  whose  duties  are  either  suspended  or  changed, 
to  their  loss  or  disadvantage,  during  their  term  of  service,  through  laws  or  decrees  of 
parliament,  or  rules  based  thereupon,  have  a  claim  for  compensation.  But  if  such 
changes  come  into  force  only  at  the  termination  of  a  period  of  service  no  claim  for 
compensation  will  be  entertained. 

Article  7. — The  officials  and  employees  are  only  allowed  to  accept  another  situa- 
tion or  to  discharge  the  duties  of  another  occupation  in  so  far  as  their  official  duties 
are  not  encroached  upon  thereby. 

The  federal  parliament  will  fix  the  necessary  rules  applying  to  such  cases. 

II. — DIVISION    INTO    CLASSES. 

Article  8. — The  officials  and  employees  of  the  federal  government  are  classified 
in  the  following  manner : — 

(g)  Post   Of/ice   and  Railway   Department — Telegraph  Management. 

I.  Class. — Director  of  telegraph  department. 

27.  Class. — Assistant  and  deputy  of  the  director.  Head  of  the  technical  bureau. 
Inspectors  of  management.    District  telegraph  inspectors.     Controller 

III.  Class. — Secretaries  and  auditors,  for  I.  class  of  the  management.  Managert 
in  repair  shops.  Managers  of  supplies.  Assistant  district  inspectors.  Managers  of 
telephony. 

IV. .  Class. — Secretaries  and  auditors  of  I.  class  of  the  management. 

V.  Class. — Clerks  and  assistants  of  I.  class. 

VI.  Class. — Clerks  and  assistants  of  II.  class. 

VII.  Class. — Errand  or  messenger  boys  I.  and  II.  class.  Office  hands,  assistants 
and  attendants  of  telegraph  department. 

Telegraph  and  Telephone  Departments. 

The  following  maximum  and  minimum  rate  of  salary  has  been  fixed  for  those 
employed  in  the  telegraph  and  telephone  departments: — 

(1)  Telephone  manager  of  I.  class,  5,500  frs.  ($1,061.50). 

(2)  Department  manager,  and  service  manager,  of  the  telegraph  department,  I. 
and  II.  class,  and  telephone  assistants  of  I.  class,  4,800  frs.  ($926.40). 

(3)  Telegraph  operators,  of  1.  and  II.  class,  and  telephone  assistants  of  II.  class, 
3,700  frs.  ($714.10).     The  minimum  for  above  is  1,800  frs.  ($347.40). 

(4)  Women  overseers  in  telephone  office,  I.  and  II.  class,  2.500  frs.  ($482.50). 

(5)  Telephone  girls,  I.  and  II.  class,  2,100  ($405.30).  The  minimum  is  1,200 
frs.  ($231.60). 

(6)  Employees  of  telegraph  and  telephone  department  of  HI.  class,  1000  frs 
($193). 

Over  and  above  this,  for  the  departments  of  class  III.,  there  is  a  commission  paid 
for  telegram  despatches,  and  for  telephone  messages,  which  are  reckoned  according 
to  traffic.  Further,  the  Federal  Parliament  has  the  right  to  enact  a  decree  for  the 
readjustment  of  the  above  rates,  if  such  action  should  be  deemed  requisite.  The 
minimum  rates  of  wages  specified  for  employees  of  the  telegraph  and  telephone  depart- 
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luents,  apply  only  to  such  officials  and  employees  as  are  of  full  age,  and  who  are  ex- 
clusively employed  in  the  service  of  these  departments. 

III. FINAL    DECREES    AND    MODIFICATIONS. 

Article  9. — If  new  spheres  of  service  should  be  created,  by  future  decrees  of  par- 
liament, the  class-arrangement  and  rate  of  wages  for  the  same,  are  to  be  fixed  accord- 
ing to  the  decrees  of  these  laws. 

Article  10. — When  a  post  becomes  vacant  through  the  death  or  sickness  of  the 
employee,  the  salary  may  be  continued  for  a  year.  The  parliament  has  the  right  to 
decide,  in  this  matter,  according  to  the  circumstances  of  each  individual  case.  The 
parliament  will  likewise  decide  which  persons  are  entitled  to  receive  a  superannuation 
fund,  and  all  claims  or  legal  suits  for  debts,  on  the  part  of  creditors,  are  excluded. 

Officials  and  employees  who  are  appointed  for  a  temporary  period  of  service,  do 
not  come  under  the  application  of  the  foregoing  decrees,  during  the  period  of  their 
temporary  service. 

Article  11. — The  present  statutes  render  nugatory  all  decrees  and  decisions  that 
are  contrary  to  the  same. 

Article  12. — -The  federal  parliament  is  authorized,  according  to  the  statutes  of 
the  federal  law,  of  June  17,  1874,  regarding  the  public  vote  on  the  federal  laws  and 
decrees,  to  issue  those  present  decrees,  and  to  begin  to  put  them  in  force. 

Decreed  by  the  Assembly  of  the/  President,  RAS-CHLEN, 

States,  Berne,  July  1,  1897J  Recorder,  SCHATZMANN, 

Decreed  by  the  National  Assembly/  President,  GRLESHABER, 

Berne,   July   2,    1897-  \  Recorder,  RINGIER. 

The  Swiss  federal  parliament  decrees,  that  the  foregoing  Federal  Laws,  made  pub- 
lic on  July  7,  1897*,  are  to  be  incorporated  into  the  Federal  Code  of  Laws,  and  pass 
into  force  on  January  1,  1898,  with  the  exception  of  Article  10,  which  can  be  in  effect 
from  the  present  date. 

In  the  name  of  the  Swiss  Federal  Parliament. 

Federal  President,  DETJCHER, 
State   Chancellor,  RINGIER. 
Berne,  October  11,  1897. 

*See  Blue-book  for  1897,  Vol.  III.,  page  819. 


No.  289e. 

(Translation.) 

SWITZERLAND— Continued. 

Executive  Decree,  of  December  23,  1897",  regarding  the  Telegraph  Management,  added 
to  lederal  Laws,  passed  on  July  2,  1897,  relating  to  the  Salaries  of  Federal 
Officials  and  Employees. 

The  Swiss  Federal  Parliament,  in  carrying  into  effect  the  Federal  Laws  relating 
to  the  salaries  of  Federal  officials  and  employees,  passed  on  July  2,  1897,  decrees,  as 
follows : — 

I. — GENERALLY. 

Article  1. — The  salaries  of  officials  and  employees  of  the  telegraph  and  telephone 
departments  will  be  estimated  within  the  minimum  and  maximum  rates  fixed  by  the 
laws  already  laid  down,  and  by  this  decree,  according  to  the  decisions  of  the  present 
decree. 

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Article  2. — 

(1)  The  salaries  of  the  employees  in  the  telegraph  and  telephone  departments 
are  to  be  augmented  at  the  beginning  of  each  three  years'  term  of  service.  The  right 
is  reserved  of  inspecting  yearly  the  commissions  paid  to  employees  in  telephone  cen- 
tral stations,  of  third  class,  and  in  switch  stations.     (Article  7,  e  and  (.)■ 

(2)  In  order  that  the  above  may  be  carried  into  effect  the  managers  of  each  de- 
partment have  to  hand  in  to  the  district  inspectors  a  careful  report  concerning  the  ser- 
vices and  the  conduct  of  the  employees  over  which  they  have  charge.  On  the  basis  of 
these  reports,  and  according  to  their  own  observation,  the  district  inspectors  have  to 
submit  their  proposals,  regarding  the  salaries  of  the  officials  and  employees  within  their 
districts,  to  the  head  office. 

Article  3 — 

(1)  Until  the  maximum  amount  of  salary,  fixed  for  any  office  or  position  has  been 
attained,  the  salaries  of  officials  and  employees,  who  are  neither  guilty  of  unsatisfac- 
tory discharge  of  duties,  nor  of  censurable  conduct,  will  be  increased,  for  each  new 
term  of  service,  as  follows : — 

(a)   For  those  who  have  served  30  months  and  more,  during  the  term  of  service 

finished,  300  fr.  ($57.90). 
{h).  For  those  who,  during  the  term  of  service,  finished,  have  been  in  service  from 

18  to  30  months,  200  fr.  ($38.60). 
(c)   For  those  who  have  served  from  6  to  18  months  during  the  said  time,  100  fr. 

($19.30). 
The  special  rules  appointed  relating  to  the  telegraph  and  telephone  departments 
of  Class  3,  and  the  switch  stations,  are  reserved. 

(2)  Officials  and  employees  who  have  been  guilty  of  unsatisfactory  discharge  of 
duties,  or  of  censurable  conduct,  receive,  according  to  the  degree  in  which  they  have 
erred  in  duty  or  conduct,  either  no  increase  of  salary  or  a  smaller  increase  than  that 
specified  above,  under  Article  3,  paragraph  1. 

Article  4. — 

(1)  When  an  official  or  employee  enters  the  telegraph  or  the  telephone  service,  as 
a  rule  he  is  to  receive  the  minimum  amount  of  salary  fixed  for  the  post  for  which  he 
has  been  chosen.  Any  exceptions  made  to  Article  3,  paragraph  1,  must  be  based  upon 
special  reasons. 

(2)  In  cases  of  promotion,  or  changing  from  one  sphere  of  duty  to  another  within 
the  telegraph  department,  or  in  cases  of  changing  from  one  department  of  government 
service  into  the  telegraph  department,  the  board  of  electors,  who  make  the  choice,  fixes 
the  amount  of  salary  for  the  new  sphere  of  duty,  according  to  the  principles  laid  down 
in  the  '  Federal  Laws  regarding  wages,'  Article  3,  and  after  due  consideration  of  the 
existing  circumstances. 

Employees  or  servants  who  have  been  appointed  telegraph  operators,  without  hav- 
ing had  previous  experience  or  training  in  the  telegraph  department,  are  not  to  be 
treated  with  any  more  consideration,  than  employees  who  have  had  experience  and 
training  in  telegraph  work. 

(3)  When  changes  are  made  because  of  partial  or  entire  ill  health,  or  by  way  of 
discipline,  because  of  neglect  of  duty,  censurable  conduct,  or  unsatisfactory  discharge 
of  duties,  the  salary  is  to  be  again  fixed  by  the  board  of  electors,  in  accordance  with  the 
circumstances  of  the  particular  case. 

Article  5. — The  income  accruing  from  duties  in  various  departments  of  the  gov- 
ernment service  is  to  be  regulated  according  to  Article  4,  paragraph  3,  of  '  Federal 
Laws  regarding  wages.'    This  decision  is  to  be  applied  as  follows : — 

(1)  The  officials  and  employees  of  the  Post  Office  Department,  of  I.  and  II.  Class^ 
what  at  the  same  time  have  to  attend  to  the  telegraph  or  telephone  service,  receive  no 
compensation  for  the  same,  but  only  the  salary  appointed  for  post  office  work.     The 

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payments  usually  made  by  the  telegraph  department  for  such  services  are,  in  such  cases, 
paid  into  the  post  office  account. 

(2)  Officials  of  the  Post  Office  Department  of  Class  III.,  i.e.,  postmasters  and  those 
in  charge  of  mail,  who  have  also  to  attend  to  the  telegraph  or  telephone  service,  will 
receive  for  such  services  the  salary  and  commissions  usually  paid  by  the  telegraph  de- 
partment. At  the  same  time,  such  officials  and  employees  are  required  to  provide,  at 
their  own  cost,  and  under  their  own  responsibility,  such  help  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  telegraph  or  telephone  duties.  The  appointment  of  these  assistants  is  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  post  office  and  telegraph  management.  When  an  official  or  em- 
ployee is  not  able  to  procure  an  assistant  who  can  be  approved  by  the  department  in 
question,  then  the  post  office  management  will  provide  an  assistant,  and,  in  such  cases, 
will  have  the  right  to  determine  what  amount  the  official  or  employee  will  have  to  give 
towards  the  salary  of  the  assistant  out  of  the  income  derived  from  the  telegraph  and 
telephone  service. 

Article  6. — The  amount  of  salary  fixed  when  an  employee  is  appointed  to  a  post, 
or  at  the  commencement  of  a  three-years  term  of  service,  can  only  be  changed  during 
the  term  of  service,  in  the  case  of  employees  of  the  telegraph  and  telephone  depart- 
ments, of  Class  I.  and  II.,  and  of  the  telegraph  department,  of  Class  III., 'in  cases  of 
promotion,  setting  back,  or  transferring  to  another  post. 

The  commission  for  the  telephone  service  is  to  be  fixed  anew  each  year. 

II. — RATES    OF    SALARIES. 

Article  7. — -The  rates  of  salaries  for  the  officials  and  employees  of  the  telegraph 
and  telephone  departments  are  fixed  according  to  the  following  table: — ■ 

A. — Independent  Telephone  Offices,  Class  I. 

(1)  Managers  of  independent  offices — that  is,  offices  managed  by  a  special  official : — 

(a)  In  the  three  largest  systems  of  Basle,  Geneva,  and  Zurich:    Minimum 

4,000  fr.   ($772);  maximum,  5,500  fr.   ($1,061.50).     The  right  is  re- 
served to  reorganize  the  management. 

(b)  In  the  other  systems  having  more  than  1,000  stations:  Minimum  4,000 

fr.  ($772)  ;  maximum,  5,000  fr.  ($965). 

(c)  In  systems  having  from  500  to  1,000  stations:  Minimum,  4,000  fr.  ($772)  ; 

maximum,  4,800  fr.  ($926.40). 

(d)  In  systems  having  less  than   500  stations :  Minimum,  4,000  fr.    ($772)  ; 

maximum,  4,500  fr.    ($868.50).     Here  stations   only  are  considered 
which  belong  to  system  at  office  over  which  manager  is  placed. 

(2)  Telephone  Assistants — Class  I: — 

(a)  Assistant  manager:  Minimum,  2,400  fr.   ($463.20);  maximum,  4,500  fr. 

($868.50). 

(b)  Other  telephone  assistants  of  Class  I:    Minimum,  2,200  fr.    ($424.60); 

maximum,  4,200  fr.   ($810.60). 

(3)  Telephone  Assistants— Class  II:   Minimum,  1,800  fr.    ($347.40);   maximum, 

3,700  fr.  ($714.10). 

(4)  Lady  Overseers  at  Central  Stations :  Minimum,  1,500  fr.  ($289.50) ;  maximum, 

2,500  fr.  ($482.50).  . 

(5)  Telephone  Girls:  Minimum,  1,200  fr.  ($231.60);  maximum,  2,100  fr.  ($405.30). 

g Telegraph  Department,  Class  I.  and  II.,  with  or  without  Telephone  System,  in 

places  with  a  popidation  of  10,000  and  over,  the  last  Federal  census,  being  the 
standard  of  calculation: 

(1)  Managers: — 

(a)  In  the  five  largest  telegraph  stations  of  Basle,  Berne,  Geneva,  St.  Gallen 
and   Zurich:    Minimum,    3,000    fr.     ($579);    maximum,    4,800    fr. 

($926.40). 

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(b)  In  the  other  telegraph  stations,  Class  I.,  with  or  without  telephone  sys- 

tem: Minimum  2,400  fr.  ($463.20);  maximum,  4,500  fr.  ($868.50). 

(c)  In  the  combined  telegraph  and  telephone  offices,  Class  II.,  when  the  tele- 

phone has  at  least  200  subscribers:  Minimum,   2,200  fr.   ($424.60); 

maximum,  4,500  fr.  ($868.50). 
When  the  telephone  has  less  than     200  subscribers:  Minimum,  2,200  fr. 

($424.60)  ;  maximum,  4,200  fr.  ($810.60). 
These  salaries  apply  also  when  an  official  in  a  telegraph  station  of  Class  I. 

who  is  not  a  manager,  has  the  charge  of  the  telephone  system. 

(d)  In  telegraph  stations,  of  Class  II.,  without  telephone  system :  Minimum, 

2,100  fr.  ($405.30)  ;  maximum,  4,000  fr.  ($772). 

(2)  Foremen  of  Telegraph  Stations,  Class  I:  Minimum,  2,100  fr.  ($405.30) ;  maxi- 
mum, 4,000  fr.  ($772). 

(3)  Telegraph  operators:  Minimum,  1,800  fr.  ($347.40);  maximum,  3,700  fr. 
($714.10).    For  girl  operators  the  maximum  is  limited  to  3,300  fr.  ($636.90). 

(4)  Lady  overseers  at  central  stations :  Minimum,  1,500  fr.  ($289.50) ;  maximum, 
2,500  fr.  ($482.50). 

(5)  Telephone  girls:  Minimum,  1,200  fr.  ($231.60);  maximum,  2,100  fr.  ($405.30). 

(6)  Messengers  and  attendants :  Minimum,  1,200  f r.  ($231.60) ;  maximum,  2,300  f r. 
($443.90). 

C. — Telegraph  Department,  Class  I.  and  II.,  with  or  without  Telephone  System,  in 
places  with  less  than  10,000  population : — 

(1)  Managers: — 

(a)  In  telegraph  stations,  Class  I. :  Minimum,  2,400  fr.  ($463.20) ;  maximum, 

4,300  fr.  ($829.90). 

(b)  In  telegraph  stations,  Class  II. :  Minimum,  2,100  fr.  ($405.30)  ;  maximum, 

3,800  fr.  ($733.40). 

(c)  When  the  manager  of  a  telegraph  station  of  Class  I.  or  II.  has  also  charge 

of  the  telephone  system,  then  the  minimum  and  maximum  amount  of 
salary  applies,  which  has  been  specified  above,  under  B  (1)  (c). 

(2)  Telegraph  operators:  Minimum,  1,800  fr.  ($347.40);  maximum,  3,500  fr. 
($675.50).     For  female  operators  the  maximum  is  limited  to  3,100  fr.  ($598.30). 

(3)  Lady  overseers  in  central  stations :  Minimum,  1,500  f r.  ($289.50)  ;  maximum, 
2,300  fr.  ($443.90). 

(4)  Telephone  girls:  Minimum,  1,  200  fr.  ($231.60)  ;  maximum,  1,900  fr.  ($366.70). 
(5     Messengers:  Minimum,  1,200  fr.  ($231.60);  maximum,  2,100  fr.  ($405.30). 

D. — Telegraph  Department,  Class  HI.,  with  or  without  telephone  service:— 

(1)  The  salaries  of  the  telegraph  department,  Class  III.,  are  arranged  into  six  cate- 
gories, according  to  the  yearly  number  of  their  telegrams,  with  the  following  minima 
and  maxima : — 

Minimum.  Maximum. 

I.  Less  than  500  telegrams 200  fr.   ($38.60)  200  fr.     ($38.60) 

II.      500  to  1,000         "         200  fr.   ($38.60)  280  fr.     ($54.04) 

III.  1,000  to  3,000         "         240  fr.   ($46.32)  400  fr.     ($77.20) 

IV.  3,000  to  5,000         "         300  fr.   ($57.90)  500  fr.     ($96.50) 

V.  5,000  to  7,000         "         360  fr.   ($69.48)  600  fr.   ($115.80) 

VI.  Over  7,000  telegrams 500  fr.   ($96.50)  1,000  fr.   ($193.00) 

The  basis  of  calculation  is  the  number  of  incoming  telegrams  during  the  year  pre- 
vious to  appointment  to  post.    The  number  of  despatched  telegrams  is  not  reckoned. 

(2)  Officials  of  Categories  II  to  VI.  receive,  after  five  years  of  service,  and  each 
further  period  of  service  thereafter,  an  increase  of  20  to  25  per  cent  of  the  minimum 
rate  fixed  for  the  category  in  which  they  belong,  until  the  maximum  has  been  attained. 

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In  special  cases,  viz.,  in  larger  places  and  where  there  is  heavy  traffic,  an  exception 
may  be  made,  and  the  amount  of  salary  can,  according  to  the  circumstances  of  the 
case,  be  made  higher  than  the  fixed  minimum  rate.  '  Season  offices,'  that  is,  offices 
which  have  a  considerable  traffic  only  during  a  few  months  of  the  year,  are,  as  a  rule, 
not  to  be  placed  higher  than  in  Category  IV.  In  cases  where  there  is  a  decrease  of 
traffic,  the  salary  may  be  decreased  at  the  commencement  of  a  new  term  of  service, 
according  to  the  above  rates  of  classification.  Likewise,  in  cases  of  unsatisfactory 
discharge  of  duties,  an  increase  may  be  withheld,  or  a  decrease  of  salary  may  take 
place,  according  to  the  limits  fixed  by  the  categories  applying  to  such  cases. 

Besides  the  amount  of  salary  fixed,  the  employees  of  telegraph  department,  Class 
IIL,  receive  a  commission  of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  each  telegram  handled  by  them, 
for  which  they  have  to  defray  the  expenses  of  delivery,  at  their  own  cost.  In  cases 
where  the  management  may  deem  it  advisable  to  appoint  and  pay  the  messenger  ser- 
vice, the  commission  is  then  granted  only  for  despatched  telegrams. 

E. — Telephone  Central  Stations,  Class  III.,  with  or  without  telegraph  or  post  office 
service : — 

(1)  The  salary  for  attending  to  the  telephone  system  is  fixed  each  year,  and  is  re- 
gulated according  to  the  business  done  during  the  previous  year  (calendar  year),  and 
the  minimum  is  200  fr.  ($38.60).  The  computation  is  made  thus:  Every  outgoing  in- 
terurban  conversation,  as  well  as  every  telephoned  telegram,  is  reckoned  at  10  centimes 
(2  cents) ,  and  every  local  and  transit  conversation  at  2  centimes  (£  cent) ;  and  the 
total  amount  is  squared  by  the  next  cipher  that  can  be  divided  by  4.  Incoming  inter- 
urban  conversations  and  free  conversations  are  not  reckoned. 

(2)  When  the  central  station  is  not  combined  with  the  telegraph  or  post  office 
service,  then,  besides  the  salary  reckoned  after  the  manner  above  set  forth  an  additional 
allowance  of  240  fr.  ($46.32)  yearly  is  given,  which  amount  includes  rent,  lighting  and 
heating  of  establishment. 

(3)  Central  stations  opened  during  the  year,  receive,  until  the  period  of  the  next 
revisal  of  salaries,  the  minimum  salary  of  200  fr.  ($38.60),  and  after  the  revisal  the 
Burplus  will  be  estimated  up  to  the  day  when  station  was  opened. 

The  (revised  rates  of  salary  come  into  force  on  April  1  of  the  year  in  which  the 
revisal  is  made. 

(4)  The  officials  of  the  Post  and  Telegraph  Departments  are  required  to  take  over 
the  telephone  service,  under  the  foregoing  stipulations,  when  the  telegraph  and  post 
office  managements  shall  agree  to  instruct  them  to  do  so. 

F. — Switch  Stations. 

(1)  The  remuneration  fixed  for  those  in  charge  of  switch  stations,  are  reckoned  in 
the  same  manner  as  for  central  stations,  Class  III.  The  rules  laid  down  in  Section  E 
apply  therefore  to  the  switch  stations,  with  exception  of  the  minimum  amount  of  sal- 
ary and  the  additional  allowance. 

(2)  The .  minimum  amount  of  salary  for  a  switch  station,  will  be  estimated  ac- 
cording to  the  total  amount  paid  yearly  by  the  subscribers  for  the  telephone  service, 
and,  of  course,  according  to  the  number  of  subscribers  at  the  time  when  the  revisal  of 
salary  is  made. 

Article  8. — (1)  Managers  of  telegraph  stations,  Class  II.,  who  have  no  messengers 
appointed  and  paid  by  the  management,  will  receive,  for  the  employment  of  the  messen- 
ger service,  a  commission  of  10  centimes  (2  cents)  for  every  telegram  coming  in. 

(2)  For  night  service,  the  following  extra  remunerations  will  be  allowed: — 

(a)  For  entire  night  service  in  the  telegraph  bureaux,  Class  I.,  per  official  and 

per  night,  3  fr.  (58  cents). 

(b)  For  entire  night  service  at  telephone  central  stations,  per  official,  and  per 

night,  2  fr.  (38J  cents). 

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(c)  Tor  assistants  during  a  portion  of  the  time  of  night  service,  for  case  (a), 

60  centimes  (12  cents)  per  hour;  for  case-  (/<),  40  centimes  (8  cents). 
In  both  cases,  however,  not  more  than  the  amount  paid  for  entire 
night  service. 
Night  service,  required  on  account  of   public  accidents,  fires,  floods,  riots, 
&c,  has  no  claim  for  special  remuneration. 

(d)  For  occasional  periods  of  night  service  in  the  telegraph  and  telephone  de- 

partments of  Classes  I.  and  II.,  15  fr.  ($2.90)  per  month.  In  com- 
bined departments,  this  remuneration  is  only  paid  once  for  both 
branches  of  service. 

(e)  For  the  supply  and  up-keep  of  a  bed  for  night  service,  in  cases  where  one 

is  required,  the  managers  of  the  telegraph  offices,  of  Class  II.,  receive 
a  yearly  allowance  of  30  fr.  ($5.79). 

III. — DECREES  REGARDING  Till:  DATES,  WHEN  DECREES  SHALL  PASS  INTO  EFFECT. 

Article  9. — (1)  The  present  statute  comes  into  force  on  January  1,  1898.  On 
this  date  all  sums  not  in  agreement  therewith  are  cancelled,  particularly  the  statute 
relating  to  the  salaries  of  post  office  officials,  of  offices.  Class  I.  and  II.,  as  also  the 
salaries  of  telegraph  officials  of  head  offices  and  special  offices,  passed  on  July  11,  1882 
(A.  S.,  and  F.  VI.,  294).  Also  the  statutes  relating  to  the  salaries  of  telephone  officials 
of  July  21,  1891 ;  the  salaries  of  telephone  officials,  of  March  12,  1896 ;  the  salaries  of 
telegraph  messengers,  of  March  12,.  1896;  also  the  statu n  r< -carding  the  remunerations 
for  regular  night  service,  in  telegraph  offices  and  telephone  central  stations,  of  Decem- 
ber 15,  1892  (A.  S.  and  F.  XIII.,  257). 

(2)  By  this  statute  coming  into  force,  on  January  1.  1898,  the  salaries  of  all  those 
employed  in  the  telegraph  and  telephone  offices,  Class  I.  and  II.,  will  be  newly  fixed, 
whereby  the  following  rules  come  into  application:- — 

(a)  The  time  of  service  will  be  reckoned  up  till  March  31,  1897. 

(b)  Officials  and  employees  who  have  served  less  than  three  years,  will  receive 

the  minimum  salary  fixed  for  the  category  in  which  they  are  placed. 

(c)  Officials  and  employees  distinguished  for  satisfactory  discharge  of  duties 

and  good  conduct,  who  have  served  three  years  or  more,  will  have 
their  past  period  of  service  estimated  when  the  new  amount  of  salary 
is  fixed,  in  this  manner,  viz.:  that  for  every  three  years  of  service  the 
salary  is  to  be  increased  300  fr.  ($57.90)  beyond  the  appointed  mini- 
mum. Periods  less  than  three  years  are  not  reckoned.  In  no  case 
can  the  new  maximum  rates  be  exceeded. 

(d)  The  increase  for  the  individxial  officials  and  employees,  shall  not  in  gen- 

eral exceed,  at  one  time,  the  sum  of  300  fr.  ($57.90).  This  decision 
will  only  be  departed  from  in  favour  of : — 

(1)  Officials  and  employees,  whose  present  salary  amounts  to  300  fr. 
($57.90)  less  than  the  new  minimum  amount.  In  such  cases  the  salary 
will  be  increased  to  the  new  minimum. 

(2)  Officials  of  the  telegraph  department,  of  Class  I.  and  II.,  who,  ac- 
cording to  the  Statute  of  July  11,  1882,  would  have  received  an  in- 
crease of  360  fr.  ($69.48)  on  April  1,  1898.  Such  officials  will  receive 
an  increase  of  at  least  the  same  amount. 

(e)  In  cases  of  unsatisfactory  discharge  of  duties,  or  of  censurable  conduct, 

the  new  salary  will  be  fixed  at  a  lower  rate,  according  to  the  degree 
in  which  discharge  of  duties  or  conduct  have  called  for  censure. 

(3)  The  rules,  under  Figure  2,  above,  do  not  apply  to  officials  and  employees,  who, 
on  account  of  age,  sickness,  superannuation,  or  for  any  other  personal  reason,  have  not 
been  able  to  fulfil  the  usual  term  of  service. 

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(4)  The  salaries  of  employees  of  the  telegraph  department.  Class  III.  (apart  from 
the  telephone  service,  see  Articles  6  and  7,  E  and  F),  will  also  be  newly  fixed,  on  Janu- 
ary 1,  1898,  according  to  rules  laid  down  in  Article  7  D. 

(5)  In  all  cases  where,  in  carrying  into  effect  the  new  wage  system,  the  previous 
salaries  are  higher  than  the  rates  laid  down  by  the  '  Federal  Laws,'  and  the  present 
'  Decree,'  as  a  rule,  no  immediate  reduction  shall  take  place,  but  the  right  of  readjust- 
ment is  reserved  for  the  next  period  of  revising  the  salaries,  in  the  event  of  a  new  ap- 
pointment to  the  post. 

No.  289f. 

(Translation.) 

SWITZERLAND— Continued. 

Parliamentary   Decrees   fixing  General   Regulations   for   Electric   Construction 

(July  7,  1899.) 

The  Swiss  Federal  Parliament,  after  consideration  of  a  report  and  petition  of  the 
Post  Office  and  Railway  Department,  decrees,  in  the  meantime,  the  following  regula- 
tions, for  the  setting  up  of  low  tension  and  high  tension  (Ger.  weak  current  and  strong 
current)  arrangements : — 

I. LOW    TENSION    ARRANGEMENTS. 

Safeguarding    Lines   and   'Phones. 

Article  1. — In  every  low  tension  station,  all  the  open  wires  coming  in  must  be  pro- 
vided, as  near  as  possible  to  point  of  entrance,  with  plate  lightning  arrestors  and  safety 
fuses  for  wires  and  'phones. 

The  parliament  reserves  the  right  to  grant  exceptions.  The  safety  fuse  for  wire 
is  to  be  inserted  between  the  open  wire  and  the  plate  lightning  arrestor  and  the  safety 
fuse  for  'phone  between  the  conductor  and  the  'phone.  Instead  of  this  arrangement 
lightning  guards  may  be  employed  with  two  unequal  spark  arrestors  so  that  the  longest 
spark-arrestor  is  laid  parallel  to  the  wire  fuse,  and  the  shorter  parallel  to  the  safety 
fuse  for  'phone.  In  the  central  stations  the  safety  fuses  for  wires  and  'phones,  as  well 
as  the  plate  lightning  arrestors  are  to  be  mounted  on  separate  sockets,  and  not  on  a 
common  frame  bed-piece. 

Article  2. — When  the  wires  are  carried  over  to  the  cable  lines,  the  safety  fuses 
and  plate  lightning  arrestors  are  to  be  inserted  between  the  former  and  the  latter;  then 
the  cable  lines  that  run  into  the  station  are  to  be  connected  with  the  'phones,  by  meaui 
of  the  safety  fuses. 

Specifications  for  Safety  Fuses  and  Plate  Lightning  Conductors. 

Article  3. — Safety  fuses  for  wires  and  'phones  must  be  constructed  as  simply  as 
possible,  and  in  the  following  manner : — 

(a)  So  that  in  the  fusing  of  the  wires  there  may  be  no  continued  arc,  or  shunt  off, 
on  adjacent  lines,  and  no  scattering  of  melted  metal,  or  falling  down  of  burn- 
ing pieces  of  fuse. 

(6)  That,  even  in  short  circuits,  these  arrangements  can  break  the  contact  of  con- 
tinuous currents  of  1,000  volts,  or  alternating  currents  of  1,000  volts,  back  of 
the  fuses,  without  continuous  arc  (voltair  arc)  and  without  risk  of  fire  for  the 
surroundings. 

(c)  That  these  may  also  be  handled,  without  danger,  when  there  is  excess  current 
(high  tension)  voltage. 

Article  4. — The  fuses  for  wires  and  'phones  as  well  as  the  plate  lightning  conduc- 
tors, are  to  be  mounted  on  incombustible  material,  that  is  not  hygroscopic,  and  of  suffi- 
cient insulating  capacity. 

Article  5. — The  fusible  capacity  is  to  be  distinctly  marked  on  the  fuse  cartridges. 

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Article  6. — The  fusible  capacity  is  to  be  estimated,  according  to  the  following  re- 
quirements : — 

(a)  The  wire  fuses  must  on  the  one  hand  melt  at  the  intensity  of  current  that  pro- 
duces no  risk  of  fire  for  the  local  wires  (minimum  diameter  for  copper  of  0  -5 
mm.),  and  on  the  other  hand,  they  must  sustain  the  inductive  action  of  the 
lightning.  These  fuses  are  to  be  constructed  for  a  fusible  capacity  of  4  to  6 
amperes.  For  places  where  cables  are  carried  over,  a  fusible  capacity  is  to  be 
selected  that  may  not  endanger  any  of  the  cable  conductors. 
(6)  The  fusible,  wires  for  'phones  are  to  melt  at  a  fusible  capacity  that  does  not 
endanger  the  'phone,  i.e.,  for  'phones  and  telegraph  instruments  from  O2  to  0» 
amperes. 

Article  7. — Fuses  for  electric  lighting  and  motor  service,  as  also  for  the  storage 
current  for  microphone  line-testers,  &c,  must  correspond  to  the  regulations  laid  down 
in  Article  38,  &c,  regarding  fuse  for  high  tension  currenR 

Article  8. — The  lightning  guards  must  be  adjustable  and  tbe  fusible  parts  must 
be  easy  to  change.  The  earth  wire  of  the  lightning  guard  must  be  arranged  according 
t:.  Article  27. 

Placing  of  the  Fuses  and  Plate  Lightning  Conductors. 

Article  9. — Safety  fuses  or  plate  lightning  conductors,  of  whatever  kind,  must  not 
be  placed  in  the  telephone,  telegraph  or  signal  instruments,  nor  in  the  wall  brackets, 
tables,  or  wooden  frames,  used  for  setting  these  up. 

The  right  is  reserved  to  grant  exceptions. 

Aeticle  10. — In  telephone  central  stations,  or  in  the  head  offices  for  telegraph  ser- 
vice or  railway  signal  service,  &c,  the  safety  fuses  and  the  plate  lightning  conductors 
must  be  placed  as  near  as  possible  to  the  place  where  the  wires  are  brought  in,  and  be 
located  in  isolated  boxes  (compartments)  that  have  been  made  fireproof,  according  to 
the  requirements  of  Article  69. 

Article  11. — In  smaller  stations  (intermediate  stations,  switch  stations,  or  sub- 
scribers' stations)  the  fuses  and  lightning  plates,  are  to  be  placed  as  near  as  possible 
to  the  place  where  the  wires  are  brought  in.  They  must  be  easily  accessible,  but  there 
must  be  no  material  near  them  that  is  easily  combustible. 

Leading-in  Wires. 

Article  12. — The  leading-in  wires  for  the  central  stations  must  be  inclosed  in  fire- 
proof ducts  or  pipes. 

The  leading-in  wires  for  smaller  stations  (intermediate  stations,  end,  or  sub- 
scribers' stations)  must  be  constructed  either  of  rubber-insulated  wire,  brought  in 
through  fireproof  insulating  tubes,  or  of  lead  covered  cable,  with  artificial  end  pieces. 
For  the  walling-in  of  lead  covered  cable,  plaster  only  must  be  used. 

Oversight  of  Safety  Fuses  and  Plate  Lightning  Conductors. 

Article  13. — In  large  telephone  central  offices,  head  offices  for  telegraph,  &c,  the 
compartments  (boxes)  for  fuses  and  lightning  plates  are  to  be  watched.  When  con- 
tact of  wires  with  high  tension  (excess  current)lines  is  to  be  feared,  i.e.,  in  the  case  of 
thunder  storms,  wind  storms,  heavy  snow-falls,  &c,  the  number  of  watchmen  is  to  be 
increased. 

In  smaller  central  offices,  the  fuses  and  lightning  plates  are  to  be  specially  watched 
when  contact  of  wires  with  high  tension  lines  is  to  be  feared,  i.e.,  in  the  event  of 
thunder  storms,  wind  storms,  heavy  snow-falls,  &c. 

Article  14. — In  all  important  telephone,  telegraph  and  signal  stations,  adequate 
fire  extinguishing  apparatus  must  be  kept  in  readiness,  both  in  the  fuse  boxes  and  in 
the  operating  rooms. 
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Wires. 

Article  15. — For  low  tension  (minimum  current)  overhead  lines,  the  minimum 
diameter  and  the  minimum  tenacity  must  be  as  follows : — 

Diameter.  Tenacity, 

mm.  per  mm.  in  kg. 

For  bronze  wire Minimum  1-5  Minimum     70 

"            "     "          2  "  60 

For  galvanized  steel  wire "          2  "  140 

"            "        iron  wire "          3  "  45 

For  other  kinds  of  wires,  the  limit  must  be  a  diameter  corresponding  to  absolute 
strength  of  the  wire. 

Article  16. — The  sag  (dip)  of  the  low  tension  overhead  lines,  is  to  be  regulated,  so 
that  by  20  degrees  Celsius,  and  by  consideration  of  the  dead  weight  and  the  stretch,  a 
three-fold  security  exists  against  breaking. 

Poles. 

Article  17. — Well  creosoted  wood  is  always  to  be  used  for  the  poles,  at  least  in  so 
far  as  the  local  conditions  permit  these  to  be  procured  without  much  additional  cost, 
The  diameter  of  pine  poles  must  not  be  less  than : — . 

At  the  bottom.  At  the  top. 

Poles  8  meters  in  length 18  cm.  12  cm. 

"10  "  20    "  14     " 

"12  "  22    "  15     " 

"16  "  26     "  15     " 

"20  "  30    "  15     " 

The  end  of  the  pole  is  to  be  protected  with  a  metal  cap.  The  poles  are  to  be  sunk 
as  deep  as  the  nature  of  the  ground  will  permit,  and  are  to  be  well  tamped,  and  if 
necessary  to  be  fastened  in  with  concrete,  and,  when  necessary,  are  to  be  braced,  or 
shored. 

Article  18. — If  stays  (wire  supports)  are  to  be  fastened  to  buildings,  then  this 
must  be  to  parts  constructed  of  masonry.  Stays  that  are  attached  to  inflammable  parts 
of  a  building  must  be  grounded  outside  of  this  building,  according  to  Article  39.  Where 
grounding  is  not  possible,  the  stays  are  to  be  isolated  from  the  inflammable  parts  of  the 
building. 

Article  19. — In  the  case  of  wooden  poles,  the  date  of  their  erection  and  their  num- 
ber, in  the  row,  is  to  be  distinctly  and  durably  marked  on  them. 

Article  20. — The  lengthening  of  wooden  poles  by  splicing  several  poles  together 
is  not  permitted. 

Bearing  Capacity  of  the  Poles. 

Article  21. — The  greatest  weight  of  wires  allowed  for  straight  lines,  with  a  space 
of  60  metres  between  the  poles,  is : — 

For  single  poles 30  wires  of  1-5  mm.  diameter 

"     double    "     200        "        1-5  " 

"    triple      "     300        "        1-5  " 

For  straight  lines,  the  distance  between  the  poles  is  to  be  not  more  than  60  metres 
(66  yards).  Where  there  are  curves,  the  distance  is  to  be  less.  An  exception  is  made 
in  the  case  of  single  poles,  with  not  more  than  two  wires.  Here  the  distance  can  be 
lengthened  to  80  metres  (88  yards). 

Article  22. — The  distance  between  wire  supports,  placed  on  roofs,  may  be  up  to 
100  metres  (110  yards)  in  towns.  Longer  spans  are  only  permitted  in  exceptional  cases, 
viz. :  when  the  wires  have  to  be  carried  across  rivers,  where  a  shorter  span  is  not  pos- 

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sible.  Where  low  tension  lines  have  to  be  carried  over  high  tension  wires,  the  distance 
between  poles  or  supports  must  be  reduced,  as  far  as  possible  according  to  the  special 
regulations  given  in  Article  88. 

Article  23.— Cable  pillars  (poles)  central  supports,  and  so-called  trestles  and 
standards,  must  be  so  constructed,  that  even  if  the  weight  of  the  wires  should  be  thrown 
to  one  side,  there  may  be  no  danger  of  breaking  or  tilting  over.  Where  supports  are 
placed  on  roofs,  careful  attention  must  be  given  to  the  sufficient  strength  of  the  sup- 
ports of  the  roof. 

Article  24. — All  iron  or  wooden  poles,  with  cross-pieces  (arms),  are  to  be  furnished 
at  the  first  with  the  maximum  number  of  cross-pieces  (arms)  specified  for  their  con- 
struction. Any  subsequent  placing  of  insulators  by  screwing  in,  or  by  means  of  bridles 
(stays)  or  caps,  is  not  admissable. 

Article  25. — If  the  maximum  number  of  wires  specified  for  a  pole  should  be  ex- 
ceeded, then  the  pole  in  question  must  be  replaced  by  a  stronger  one. 

Article  26. — The  fastening  of  lines  or  supporting  wires  (stays)  to  parts  of  build- 
ings of  insufficient  strength,  such  as  chimneys,  railings  or  lightning  conductors,  is  ex- 
pressly forbidden. 

Earth  or  Ground  Wires  (Earth  or  Ground  Circuits). 

Article  27. — Copper  must  be  employed  for  all  the  parts  of  earth  circuits.  The 
earth  circuit  wire  (or  ribbon)  must  have  a  cross  section  of  not  less  than  10  mm*.  It 
must  be  well  fastened  and  electrically  connected  in  a  suitable  manner  with  the  material 
to  be  grounded,  and  with  the  earth  electrode.  As  earth  electrode,  there  must  be  em- 
ployed either  a  copper  plate  of  at  least  \  m2  surface,  and  1  mm.  thick,  or  an  extensive 
water  pipe  system.  Gas  pipes  must  not  be  used  either  as  earth  plates  or  as  earth  cir- 
cuits. The  earth  plates  must  be  laid  at  a  depth  of  at  least  1  metre,  in  earth  as  damp 
as  possible,  or,  best  of  all,  in  water.  Where  neither  of  these  conditions  is  obtainable, 
the  earth  plate  must  be  made  larger. 

Line  Work,  &c. 
Article  28. — When  any  work  is  to  be  carried  on,  on  low  tension  lines,  where  danger 
may  arise  or  interruption  through  contact  with  lines  or  'phones  belonging  to  another 
low  or  high  tension  plant,  then  the  owner  of  the  plant  that  is  to  be  erected  or  repaired, 
must : — 

(1)  Take  necessary  measures  to  avoid  mutual  interruptions  or  accidents. 

(2)  Notify  the  owners  of  the  other  plant,  beforehand,  of  his  intention.  Then  these 
must  also  take  the  necessary  measures  to  avoid  any  accidents  in  theii  plant. 

Article  29. — If  low  tension  wires  are  to  be  removed  (shifted)  or  to  be  employed 
for  some  other  purpose,  then  the  necessary  measures  for  safety  that  have  been  pre- 
scribed, must,  at  once,  be  provided  for  such  wires. 

Article  30. — Wires  that  have  been  out  of  use  for  some  time  must  either  be  removed 
at  once,  or  they  must  be  kept  up  and  attended  to  in  the  same  way  as  those  in  use. 
Such  wires  that  are  put  out  of  circuit  must  be  well  electrically  connected  with  each 
other  and  with  the  earth. 

Article  31.— Provisional  or  temporary  lines  must  always  be  avoided,  as  much  as 
possible. 

Inspection. 

Article  32.— Lines,  poles  and  earth  wires  must  be  inspected  from  time  to  time. 
There  must  be  a  frequent  and  careful  inspection  made  of  poles  and  lines,  where  the 
wires  are  carried  over  public  squares,  streets  or  railways;  and  also  where  there  are 
crossings  or  parallel  routes  of  different  lines.  Damaged  poles  and  wires  are  to  be 
promptly  replaced  before  they  become  dangerous.  The  inspectors  will  decide  as  to  the 
time  when  these  must  be  replaced.  The  examination  (testing)  of  the  insulation  of 
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wires,  and  o±  switchboards  in  the  central  stations  must  take  place  regularly  and  at 
fixed  intervals,  and  a  record  must  be  kept  of  the  same. 

■Charts  of  the  Wires. 

Article  33. — In  order  that  the  individual  wires  may  be  easily  found,  plans  of  wires, 
poles,  &c,  and  drawings,  plans,  &c,  must  be  made  accurately  for  all  low  tension  lines, 
and  always  be  kept  up  to  date. 

Article  34. — Where  low  tension  lines  are  set  up  in  co-operation  with  the  authori- 
ties of  a  particular  district,  arrangements  must  be  made,  in  all  places  where  there  are 
overhead  wires,  to  have  members  of  the  fire  department  entrusted  with  the  care  of  the 
lines,  and  the  work  needed  to  be  done  on  them. 

II. MAXIMUM    CURRENT   ARRANGEMENTS. 

General  Remarks. 
Article  35. — High  tension  construction  is  classified  as  follows : — 
(a)   Constructions  with  low  tension  where  the  highest  working  power  (voltage) 

does  not  exceed  1,000  volts  continuous  current,  or  1,000  volts  alternating 

current. 
(6)  Construction  with  high  tension,  which  exceed  the  voltage    mentioned    under 

letter  (a). 

Article  36. — In  maximum  current  constructions  the  following  tensions  are  al- 
lowed : — 

(a)  For  setting  up  in  a  house:  for  arrangements  whicn  even  inexperienced  per- 

sons can  attend  to — 250  volts,  in  a  2-wire  system,  twice  250  volts  in  a  3- 
wire  system. 

(b)  For  setting  up  in  factories:  for  arrangements  which  even  inexperienced  per- 

sons can  attend  to — 250  volts  in  a  2-wire  system;  twice  250  volts  in  a  3- 
wire  system.  For  arrangements  where  special  precautions  are  necessary 
and  are  only  to  be  handled  by  experienced  persons — for  these  arrange- 
ments, higher  tensions  are  used. 

For  the  tensions  (voltage))  that  is  allowed  in  electric  car  wires,  special  regulations 
are  given. 

Safety  Fuses    Switches  and  Lightning   Guards. 

Article  37. — Wires  and  apparatus  which  through  receiving  strong  currents,  may 
be  so  heated  that  there  may  be  risk  of  fire  for  surrounding  objects,  are  to  be  protected 
with  safety  fuses,  or  automatic  cut-outs  (commutators  for  breaking  contact)  against 
such  currents. 

Article  38. — The  construction  and  arrangement  of  the  safety  fuses  must  be  so 
that  when  the  wires  melt  there  must  be  no  short  circuit,  or  prolonged  arc,  nor  scatter- 
ing of  melting  metal.  The  high  tension  safety  fuses  must  be  so  placed  that  when  they 
melt  there  may  be  no  danger  to  persons  nor  damage  to  any  parts  of  the  constructions. 
The  fuses  must  be  also  so  arranged,  that  they  can  be  changed,  without  danger,  while 
the  wires  are  being  operated.  Lines  going  out  from  the  switchboard  of  the  generating 
station  are  to  be  safeguarded  at  all  the  poles,  excepting  the  central  conductor,  in  the 
case  of  two  or  more  wire  constructions. 

Article  39. — The  safety  fuses  and  automatic  switches  in  the  generating  stations 
must  be  regulated  according  to  the  intensity  of  current  in  general  use  in  the  wires 
and  arrangements  that  are  to  be  safeguarded,  and  not  according  to  the  maximum  in- 
tensity of  current.    The  permissable  amount  of  current  must  be  marked  on  the  fuses. 

Article  40. — The  switches  and  fuses  are  to  be  mounded  on  incombustible  insulated 
material  that  is  not  hygroscopic.  They  must  insure  a  good  contact,  and  not  become 
heated  by  the  passage  of  the  current. 

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For  the  breaking  of  the  circuits  which  give  off  sparks  at  breaking  contact,  switches 
must  be  chosen  whose  contact  levers  do  not  remain  standing  in  intermediate  places. 

Article  41. — In  circuits  with  a  tension  of  more  than  150  volts,  the  fuses  must  be 
laid  in  on  multipolar,  with  the  exception  of  the  central  conductor,  and  null  (zero) 
conductor,  in  the  case  of  3-wire  systems  and  multiple  systems.  The  strength  of  current 
for  which  they  are  constructed  must  be  plainly  marked  on  them.  The  current  neces- 
sary to  melt  a  fuse  must  be,  at  the  most,  three  times  the  strength  of  the  normal  current 
used. 

Article  42. — In  every  connecting  (junction)  point  of  a  multiple  wire  system, 
where  wires  of  different  polarity  are  united  into  a  so-called  flexible  cord,  a  unipolar 
safety  fuse  (fusible  cut-out)  must  be  inserted. 

Article  43. — Every  larger  circuit  and  every  branching-off  wire  where  there  is  an 
intensity  of  current  of  three  amperes  and  more,  or  which  is  of  a  greater  length,  must 
have  multipolar  safety  fuses.  Besides  this,  safety  fuses  are  to  be  placed  at  all  points 
where  there  is  any  real  change  in  the  cross  section  of  the  line. 

Article  44. — The  safety  fuses  must  be  laid  in  places  that  are  easy  of  access,  and 
where  there  is  no  easily  combustible  material. 

Article  45. — If  a  large  number  of  lamps  are  placed  on  a  lighting  apparatus,  then 
these  must  be  divided  into  groups  of  not  more  than  5  amperes  of  intensity  of  current, 
and  each  group  must  be  provided  with  a  multipolar  safety  fuse. 

Article  46. — Every  arc  lamp  circuit  must  be  provided,  at  both  poles,  with  a  cut- 
out, and  with  a  safety  fuse. 

Article  47.— Every  high  tension  open  wire  must  have  a  lightning  guard  at  the 
ends  at  each  pole.  In  the  case  of  low  tension  arrangements,  these  must,  at  least,  be 
provided  at  all  poles  in  the  machine  (engine)  stations,  with  lightning  guards.  The 
lightning  guards  must  prevent  the  possibility  of  any  continuous  short  circuit,  or  con- 
tinuous earth  contact.  They  must  be  capable  of  sustaining  repeated  discharges.  In 
any  apparatus  where  some  parts  are  used  up  after  a  few  discharges,  arrangements  must 
be  so  made  that  these  parts  can  be  changed,  without  risk,  during  the  working  of  the 
wires.  Further,  the  lightning  guards  must  be  set  up  so  that  they  cannot  take  fire 
(ignite). 

Article  48. — The  earth  wires  (circuits)  of  the  lightning  guards  are  to  be  according 
to  the  specifications  in  Article  49.  In  using  lightning  guards,  where  there  is  a  risk  of 
a  continuous  short  circuit,  these  must  be  provided,  at  each  pole,  with  a  special  earth 
wire  (circuit). 

Earth  or  Ground  Wires. 

Article  49. — For  all  parts  of  the  earth  wires,  copper  must  be  used.  The  earth  cir- 
cuit wire  must  have  a  cross  section  of  not  less  than  25  mm*.  It  must  be  strongly 
united  to  and  well  electrically-connected  with,  the  material  to  be  grounded,  and  with 
the  earth  electrode.  The  earth  circuit  wires,  like  maximum  current  lines,  must  be  kept 
separate  from  other  wires,  according  to  the  rules.  In  the  case  of  high  tension  arrange- 
ments the  earth  circuit  wires  of  the  lightning  guards  must  be  out  of  reach  of  contact. 
For  the  earth  electrode,  a  copper  plate  must  be  employed,  with  a  surface  of  not  less 
than  lm',  and  a  thickness  of  1  mm.,  or  an  extended  water-pipe  system,  or  any  mass  of 
metal  embedded  in  the  earth,  capable  of  sufficient  conduction.  In  the  case  of  earth 
wires  for  lightning  guards,  supporting  wires  and  protecting  wires,  the  surface  of  the 
earth  plate  may  be  lessened  to  i  m'.  Gas  pipes  must  not  be  used  either  for  earth  cir- 
cuits, or  earth  plates.  The  earth  plates  must  he  laid  at  a  depth  of  at  least  1  metre,  in 
earth  as  damp  as  possible,  or,  best  of  all,  in  water.  When  neither  of  these  is  obtain- 
able, the  earth  plate  must  be  made  larger. 

Wires ,  Lines,  &c. 
Article  50. — In  the  case  of  wires  for  overhead  lines  the  sag  and  the  tenacity  must 
be  so  arranged  that  at  20  degrees  Celsius  there  must  be  at  least  a  5-fold  security  against 
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breaking,  through  attention  being  given  to  the  dead  weight.  Copper  wires  with  a  dia- 
meter of  3  mm.  must  not  be  used.  For  other  kinds  of  wires,  the  rule  must  be  a  dia- 
meter corresponding  to  the  absolute  breaking  power.  Copper  wire  up  to  8  mm.  diameter 
must  have  a  tenacity  of  at  least  30  kg.  per  mm2.  Should  these  have  to  be  subjected  to 
any  other  strain  than  their  own  weight,  as,  for  instance,  trolley  wires  or  electric  train 
wires,  then  their  tenacity  must  be,  at  least,  35  kg.  per  mm2. 

Article  51. — Well  creosoted  wood  is  always  to  be  used  for  the  poles,  at  least  in 
so  far  as  the  local  conditions  permit  these  to  be  procured  without  much  additional 
cost.    The  diameter  of  pine  poles  must  not  be  less  than: — 

At  the  bottom.  At  the  top. 

-Poles  S  metres  in  length 18  cm.  12  cm. 

"10  "  20     -  12     " 

"12  "  24    "  15  -   " 

"16  "  28     -  15     " 

"20  "  32     "  15     " 

(Note.— 1    metre=3-28   feet;    1    centimetre=|  one  inch.) 

The  ends  of  the  poles  must  be  protected  with  a  metal  cap.  The  poles  are  to  be 
sunk  as  deep  as  the  nature  of  the  ground  will  permit,  and  are  to  be  well  tamped,  and, 
when  necessary,  to  be  fastened  in  with  concrete,  and,  if  necessary,  to  be  braced  or 
shored.  If  wire  stays  are  to  be  fastened  to  buildings  then  this  must  be,  when  possible, 
to  masonry.  Stays  that  are  attached  to  inflammable  part  of  a  building  must  be 
grounded  outside  of  this  building,  according  to  Article  39.  "Where  grounding  is  not 
possible,  the  stays  are  to  be  isolated  from  the  inflammable  parts  of  the  building. 

Article  52. — For  bare  overhead  wires,  the  following  maximum  distance  between 
the  poles  must  not  be  exceeded  for  straight  lines : — 

(a)  For  lines  up  to  100  mm2  total  diameter  of  copper  wire,  or  corresponding  weight 

of  other  wires,  50  metres  distance. 

(b)  For  lines  from  100  to  200  mm2  total   diameter  of  copper   wire,  or  a  corre- 

sponding weight  of  other  wires,  45  metres  distance. 

(c)  For  lines  of  over  200  mm2  total  diameter  of  copper  wire,  or  a  corresponding 

length  of  other  wires,  40  metres  distance. 

For  corners,  sloping  lines,  and  also  where  there  are  crossings  with  other  lines,  or 
with  railways,  or  where  the  line  is  carried  across  roads,  and  in  places  where  heavy  loads 
of  snow  may  come  on  the  wires,  the  poles  must  be  placed  closer  together,  because  of  the 
heavier  strain.  Longer  spans  are  only  permitted  under  exceptional  circumstances,  as, 
for  instance,  when  the  lines  are  carried  over  rivers,  where  a  short  span  is  not  possible. 

Article  53. — In  the  case  of  wooden  poles,  the  date  of  their  erection  and  their  num- 
ber in  the  row,  must  be  distinctly  and  durably  marked  on  them. 

Article  54. — The  poles  must  be  so  placed  that  they  may  be  secure  against  break- 
ing down,  careful  attention  being  given  that  the  strain  is  not  on  one  side,  and  due  re- 
gard had  to  wind  pressure. 

•Corner  poles  must  be  three  times  stronger  than  the  maximum  strain  calls  for,  even 
when  any  existing  braces  or  shores  are  taken  into  account.  The  static  estimation  is  a 
wind  pressure' of  100  kg.  on  each  m2  of  the  normal  surface.  For  cylindrical  bodies, 
such  as  poles  and  wires,  %o  of  the  pressure  is  to  be  estimated. 

Article  55. — The  lengthening  of  wooden  poles  by  splicing  several  poles  together 
is  not  admissible. 

Article  56. — The  fastening  of  lines  or  supporting  wires  to  lightning  conductors  or 
similar  supports  of  insufficient  security,  such  as  chimneys,  railings,  &c,  is  prohibited. 

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High  Tension  Lines. 

Article  57. — In  the  construction  of  high  tension  lines,  the  following  special  regu- 
lations must  be  observed: — 

(a)  The  insulators  or  rods  of  high  tension  lines  are  to  be  distinguished  by  being 
coloured  red. 

(6)  In  frequented  places,  besides  the  above-mentioned  precaution,  notices  must 
be  placed  on  the  poles,  calling  the  attention  of  the  general  public  to  the 
danger.  These  notices  must  also  be  always  placed  on  bridge  brackets,  and 
supports  placed  on  roofs,  when  these  carry  high  tension  lines.  The 
notices  must  call  attention  to  .the  danger  of  death  through  touching  the 
lines  in  large  distinct  letters.  Besides  this,  the  owners  of  high  tension 
electric  plant  are  bound  to  post  notices  in  the  public  places  of  the  towns, 
&c,  which  they  supply  with  electricity,  warning  the  general  public  of  the 
danger  from  wires,  and  giving  instructions  as  to  what  must  be  done  in 
the  event  of  wires  falling  down. 

Article  58. — High  tension  distributing  lines  which  feed  isolated  centres  of  distri- 
bution, must  be  provided  with  cut-outs,  at  the  points  where  the  wires  branch  off  from 
the  main  line.  The  most  important  distributing  centres  are  to  be  connected  by  tele- 
phone with  the  primary  station,  in  which  case  the  telephone  line  may  be  mounted  on 
the  high  tension  line  poles.  In  this  case,  the  telephone  and  the  floor  in  front  of  it, 
are  to  be  insulated  from  the  earth,  or  there  must  be  inserted  into  the  telephone  wire,  an 
insulated  transformer  (converter)  for  the  high  tension. 

The  telephone  stations  must  be  always  easily  accessible  to  the  district  police  and 
the  fire  department.  Further,  every  distributing  district  must  have  a  thoroughly  ex- 
perienced man  appointed,  who,  in  cases  of  necessity,  can  attend  to  the  cut-out  (circuit 
breaker)  for  the  high  tension  lines. 

Paralleling  and  Crossing  High  and  Low  Tension  Lines. 

Article  59. — The  parallel  stretching  of  high  and  low  tension  lines  on  the  same 
poles,  must  be  avoided  as  much  as  possible. 

In  places  where  this  cannot  be  avoided,  the  high  tension  lines  must  be  carried 
above  the  low  tension  lines.  The  distance  between  the  wires  must  not  be  less  than  1 
metre. 

Article  60. — In  the  case  of  crossings  between  high  and  low  tension  lines,  the  high 
tension  line  is  also  to  be  carried  above  the  low  tension  line.  The  crossing  must  either 
take  place  on  the  same  pole,  with  a  minimum  distance  of  1  metre  between  the  two  lines, 
or  between  two  poles,  placed  as  close  together  as  possible,  of  the  high  tension  line,  with 
a  minimum  distance  of  1 -5  metres  between  both  lines.  Crossings  of  high  and  low  ten- 
sion lines  of  different  workings  (service)  must  be  carried  out  in  like  manner. 

Article  61. — In  the  case  of  parallel  stretches  as  well  as  crossings,  the  falling 
down  of  the  high  tension  wires,  in  consequence  of  the  breaking  of  the  insulators,  or  the 
falling  out  of  insulator  brackets,  must  be  guarded  against  by  special  fenders  (arms) 
which  are  separate  from  the  insulator  brackets,  according  to  Article  95.  The  line 
wires  must  be  fastened  in  such  a  way  to  the  insulators  that  no  sliding  may  take  place 
in  the  tie  (fastening). 

Carrying  High  Tension  Wires  Over  Squares  and  Streets. 

Article  62. — In  streets  and  public  crossings  a  pole  must  be  placed  on  either  side 
of  the  street,  and  must  be,  if  possible,  suitably  braced  or  shored,  so  that  there  may  be 
no  danger  of  the  pole  falling  over  on  to  the  street. 

There  must  be  no  parts  of  the  wires  soldered  or  welded,  in  either  the  low  tension 
or  the  high  tension  lines,  where  these  are  near  each  other. 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Article  63. — High  tension  lines,  carried  over  public  squares,  or  along  streets,  are 
to  be  provided  in  like  manner  as  in  the  case  of  parallel  stretches  and  crossings  with 
low  tension  lines,  with  fenders,  or  catching  arms,  which  are  constructed  according  to 
Article  95. 

Article-  64. — The  line  wires  must  be,  at  the  lowest  point,  at  least  6  metres  from 
the  ground,  and,  when  carried  over  streets  and  thoroughfares,  they  must  be,  at  least,  8 
metres  from  the  ground. 

Article  65. — The  distance  between  high  tension  wires  and  fruit  trees,  or  accessible 
parts  of  buildings,  must  be  so  great  that  the  wires  cannot  be  touched,  unless  special 
means  are  employed. 

Grounding,  Insulation  from  the  Earth. 

Article  66. — The  frames  of  machines,  transformers  and  instruments  ('phones) 
must  either  be  well  grounded  (Article  49)  or  must  be  sufficiently  insulated  from  the 
earth  for  the  tension  employed.  When  insulated  plant  is  set  up,  then  high  tension 
dynamos  must  be  surrounded  with  an  insulated  floor  of  wood,  or  other  insulating  ma- 
terial, so  that  they  can  only  be  reached  from  these  floors,  except  where  the  approach  is 
guarded  by  railings.  The  possibility  must  also  be  averted  of  touching  at  the  same  time 
insulated  and  non-insulated  parts  of  the  plant. 

Where  insulated  high  tension  dynamos  are  bound  with  couplings  to  other  machines 
that  are  not  insulated,  which  produce  no  metallic  connection,  then  the  non-insulated 
machines  must  be  grounded.  Circuits  of  excitation  of  insulated  high  tension  dynamos 
are  to  be  regarded  as  parts  of  the  latter.  In  cases  where  the  construction  is  grounded, 
high  tension  dynamos,  with  all  the  metal  parts  of  the  plant  that  may  be  reached  when 
in  action  (circuits  excepted),  must  be  well  connected  electrically. 

Parliament  reserves  the  right  to  grant  exceptions  to  these  rules. 

Article  67. — Transformers  (converters)  which  are  only  accessible  to  experienced 
persons,  may  be  insulated  without  employing  an  insulated  flooring  around  them;  but 
this  may  only  be- on  condition  that  an  earth  circuit  (wire),  according  to  Article  49,  be 
inserted  while  in  operation. 

Article  68. — Iron  poles  and  pillars  for  lines,  are  to  be  grounded,  according  to 
Article  49.    Special  lightning  rod  points  or  rods  are  unnecessary. 

Erection  of  Transformers. 

Article  69. — The  placing  of  transformers  and  other  high  tension  plant  under 
houses,  must  be  limited  as  far  as  possible.  Where  this  cannot  be  avoided,  then  they 
must  be  isolated  from  the  surroundings,  in  some  fireproof  arrangement.  No  combust- 
ible  material  must  be  used  in  the  construction  of  these  isolated  arrangements.  More- 
over, these  transformers,  &c,  under  houses,  must  always,  without  exception  or  delay, 
be  easily  accessible  to  the  telephone  employees  and  the  fire  department. 

Work  on  the  Lines,  &c. 

Article  70. — 'When  work  is  to  be  carried  on,  on  excess  (maximum)  current  lines, 
where  danger  or  interruption  may  arise  through  contact  with  lines  or  apparatus  be- 
longing to  another  high  or  low  tension  plant,  then  the  owner  of  the  line  that  is  to  be 
erected  or  repaired  must  : — 

(1)  Take  necessary  measures  to  avoid  mutual  interruptions  or  danger. 

(2)  Notify  the  owners  of  the  other  plant  beforehand  of  his  intention.  Then  these 
must  also  take  necessary  measures  to  avoid  any  accidents  in  their  plant. 

Article  71. — No  kind  of  repairs  must  take  place,  while  the  current  is  on,  either 
on  the  lines  or  any  of  the  parts  through  which  the  current  passes,  of  high  tension  con- 
struction. 

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It  is  recommended,  in  all  cases,  to  fasten  to  the  line,  between  the  source  of  current 
and  the  workmen,  a  short  circuit  wire  that  is  led  into  the  earth.  This  must  always  be 
done  while  the  work  is  going  on. 

Article  72. — The  handling  of  switches,  and  the  changing  of  fuses,  is  not  to  be  re- 
garded  as  work  in  the  sense  specified,  in  the  above  regulations.  In  the  central  and 
under  stations  (transforming  or  converting  stations)  work  may  be  done,  under  impera- 
tive circumstances,  on  the  parts  connected  with  high  tension  plant;  but  such  work 
must  only  take  place  by  the  special  order  of  the  official  in  charge,  and  while  either  he 
or  his  representative  is  present  to  oversee  it.  No  single  person,  without  a  helper,  must 
at  any  time  undertake  such  work. 

Article  73. — If  low  tension  lines  are  to  be  used  later  on  for  high  tension  then  they 
must  be  altered  according  to  the  regulations  provided  for  high  tension  lines. 

Article  74. — Wires  that  have  been  out  of  use  for  some  time  must  either  be  re- 
moved at  once,  or  they  must  be  kept  up  and  attended  to  in  the  same  way  as  those  in 
use.  Such  wires  that  are  put  out  of  circuit  must  be  well  electrically  connected  with 
each  other,  and  with  the  earth. 

Article  75. — Lines  that  are  only  appointed  for  transitory  use  must  be  constructed 
in  all  details  according  to  the  above  rules. 

Working  of  Plant. 

Article  76. — In  every  electric  generating  station  and  electro-motor  station,  there 
must  be  posted  up: — 

(a)  The  general  working  rules  of  the  plant. 
(6)  The  special  rules  of  service  for  the  station. 

(c)  A  diagram  of  the  switches  for  machines  and  apparatus. 

(d)  The  regulations  for  help,  in  the  event  of  accidents. 

Article  77. — The  measuring  and  controlling  instruments  must  be  read  at  regular 
intervals,  and  a  report  kept  of  the  results.  These  reports  must  also  contain  a  record 
of  all  important  happenings  relating  to  the  working  of  the  plant,  and  the  results  of 
periodic  measuring  of  the  insulation,  and  verifications  and  tests. 

Inspection. 

Article  78. — A  regular  careful  inspection  must  be  made  of  the  lines  and  especially 
of  the  poles.  Damaged  wires  and  poles  are  to  be  promptly  replaced  before  they  become 
dangerous.  In  the  case  of  dispute  on  this  point,  the  inspectors  will  decide  as  to  the 
time  when  replacement  is  necessary. 

There  must  be  a  frequent  and  careful  inspection  of  poles  and  lines  where  the  lines 
are  carried  over  public  squares  and  streets,  or  railways,  and  also  where  there  are  cross- 
ings or  parallel  conduits  of  different  lines. 

The  insulation  of  every  high  tension  plant  must  always  be  kept  as  complete  as  pos- 
sible, and  be  measured  at  stated  intervals,  and  a  record  kept  of  the  same.  At  the  same 
time  all  earth  wires  (circuits)  must  be  carefully  inspected. 

Underground  Lines. 

Article  79. — Protected  or  armoured  cables  may  be  laid  in  the  earth,  without  fur- 
ther preparation.  Unprotected  cables  are  to  be  shielded  with  pipes  (ducts)  constructed 
of  durable  material.  Central  or  negative  conductors  of  multiple  wire  systems  may  be 
laid  in  the  earth  bare,  without  further  protection. 

Article  80. — High  tension  cables  must  be  either  protected  or  else  be  laid  in  special 
protective  ducts,  made  of  clay,  cement,  iron,  or  some  similar  material.  High  and  low 
tension  cables  must  not  be  laid  in  the  same  ducts.  The  laying  of  several  ducts  (tubes) 
made  of  clay,  cement,  iron,  creosoted  wood,  &c,  for  high  and  low  tension  lines,  in  the 
same  excavation,  is  admissible. 
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Plans  (Charts)  of  Wires,  &c 

Article  81. — Diagrams  of  switches  must  be  made  for  generating  dynamos  and  sub- 
stations ;  diagrams  of  situation  must  also  be  made  for  far-leading  wires  and  ,wire  sys- 
tems, with  notification  of  the  situation  of  sub-stations,  transformers  (converters)  cut- 
outs, safety  fuses,  and  lightning  guards,  and  a  copy  of  the  same  must  be  kept  at  the 
centre  of  control.  Alterations  must  be  always  noted  down  in  these  diagrams,  and  noti- 
fication of  the  same  given  to  the  controlling  centre. 

These  plans  must  also  show  the  tensions  and  consumption  of  currents  of  the  trans- 
formers (converters)  and  electro-motors. 

Article  82. — Where  maximum  current  is  set  up,  in  cooperation  with  the  authorities 
of  a  particular  district,  arrangements  must  be  made  in  all  places,  where  there  are  over- 
head wires,  to  have  some  members  of  the  fire  department  entrusted  with  the  care  of 
the  care  of  the  lines,  and  the  work  required  to  be  done  on  them. 

ni. — PARALLEL  STRETCHING  AND  CROSSING  OF  MAXIMUM  AND  MINIMUM   CURRENT  LINES. 

(1)  Parallel  Stretching. 

Article  83. — (a)  The  parallel  stretching  of  maximum  and  minimum  current  lines, 
on  the  same  poles,  must  be  avoided  as  much  as  possible. 

(b)  In  places  where  this  cannot  be  avoided,  as,  for  instance,  where  the  conditions 

of  traffic,  in  the  maximum  current  plant,  necessitate  the  stretching  of 
phone  or  signal  wires  along  the  posts,  for  the  special  use  of  the  manage- 
ment; then  the  maximum  current  wires  must  be  placed  above  the  mini- 
mum current  wires. 

(c)  The  distance  between  the  wires  must  not  be  less  than  1  metre. 

(d)  Where  special  high  tension  and  minimum  current  wires  must  be  stretched 

along  the  same  poles,  then  any  falling  down  of  the  high  tension  wires,  in 
consequence  of  the  breaking  of  insulators,  or  the  breaking  or  falling  out 
of  insulator  brackets,  must  be  guarded  against  by  special  fenders  (arms), 
which  are  separate  from  the  insulator  brackets.    The  construction  of  these 
fenders  (catching  apparatus)  must  be  according  to  the  specifications  in 
Article  95.    The  lines  must  be  fastened  to  the  insulators,  as  specified  in 
Article  61.    For  telephone  and  signal  lines,  which  are  for  the  exclusive 
use  of  the  management,  these    fenders    (catching    apparatus)    may    be 
omitted.     The  telephone  and  signalling  stations,  belonging  to  the  afore- 
mentioned lines  must  be  sufficiently  insulated  from  the  high  tension  lines, 
and  be  provided  with  insulated  stands,  so  that  even  if  the  high  tension 
current  should  penetrate  into  the  instruments,  there  may  be  no  donger 
in  using  them.     Such  telephone  and  signal  lines  are  to  be  regarded  as 
high  tension  wires,  both  on  the  poles,  and  in  the  buildings. 
Article  84. — Where  there  are  parallel  stretches  of  minimum  current,  and  high 
tension  current  wires  on  adjoining  separate  poles,  care  must  be  taken,  as  much  as  pos- 
sible, to  prevent  the  poles  of  the  one  line  from  falling  over  on  to  the  other — by  giving 
attention  to  the  distance  between  the  poles,  and  by  making  use  of  necessary  support- 
ing wires  (stays)  or  shores,  or  by  using  iron  poles,  that  are  fas+..ned  in  with  cement. 

(2)  Crossings — A.  General   Regulation. 

Article  85. — (a)  For  crossings  of  overhead  maximum  and  minimum  lines,  care 
must  be  taken,  where  the  surroundings  permit,  always  to  place  the  mini- 
mum tension  lines  below  the  maximum  tension  lines. 

(b)  Where  urgent  circumstances  demand  that  the  minimum  current  lines  must 
be  carried  above  the  maximum  current  lines,  the  number  of  crossing 
places  must  be  reduced  as  much  as  possible,  by  combining  the  crossing 
minimum  tension  wires  into  cables. 

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(c)  In  the  case  of  parallel  stretches  or  crossings  of  maximum  and  minimum  cur- 
rent wires,  that  are  laid  underground,  a  distance  apart  of  50  cm.  must  be 
kept. 
Article  86. — When  minimum  and  maximum  current  wires  cross  each  other,  under 
no  circumstances  must  the  distance  between  the  wires  of  both  systems  be  less  than : — 
1  m.  where  wires  cross  on  the  same  pole. 
1*5  m.  where  the  wires  cross  on  open  spans. 
Article  87. — In  the  case  of  crossing  on  open  stretches,  that  is,  where  it  is  not  on 
the  same  pole,  there  must  be  no  places  in  the  wires  that  have  been  soldered  or  welded, 
either  in  the  wires  that  cross,  or  in  the  adjacent  span  of  the  wires  above.    The  wires, 
on  the  lines  that  are  carried  above  the  lower  lines,  must  be  fastened  to  the  insulators 
iD  the  manner  described  in  Article  61. 

Article  88. — (a)  When  minimum  current  wires  are  carried  above  maximum  cur- 
rent wires,  then  only  bronze  or  steel  wires  must  be  used,  with  a  diameter  of, 
at  least,  2  mm. 

(b)  The  span  must,  as  a  rule,  not  be  longer  than  30  metres,  in  the  case  of  bronze 

wires;  and  in  the  case  of  steel  wires  50  metres. 

(c)  The  cross  section  and  sag  of  the  wires  are  to  be  estimated  by  20°  Celsius,  for 

five-fold  security  against  breaking,  after  allowing  for  the  strain  caused 
by  dead  weight. 

Article  89. — The  strength  of  the  poles  of  the  lines  carried  acros?  must  be  so  esti- 
mated that  even  if  the  strain  of  the  wires  should  come  on  one  side,  at  20°  Celsius,  and 
due  regard  given  to  any  stays,  there  must  be,  at  least,  a  two-fold  security  against 
breaking. 

B. — Crossing  of  minimum  current  lines,  with  low  tension  lines. 

Article  90. — (a)  In  the  case  of  crossing  with  poj.es  (so-called  pole  lines)  the  pre- 
ferable way  for  the  carrying  over  of  low  tension  lines,  is  to  fasten  the 
crossing  lines  on  one  common  pole. 

(Z>)  Where  this  is  not  possible,  and  when  the  crossing  must  be  made  between  the 
poles,  or  other  fixed  points,  then  this  must  be  done  with  as  short  a  span 
as  possible  for  the  line  that  is  carried  across. 

Article  91. — For  the  carrying  over  of  minimum  current  lines,  further  safety  mea- 
sures, such  as  safety  wires,  &c,  are  only  necessary,  where  there  are  maximum  current 
lines,  which  make  use  of  the  earth  (ground),  or  the  railway  lines  that  are  laid  on  the 
earth,  for  a  return  circuit  (wire) .  Regarding  work  on  the  lines  at  crossing  points,  see 
Article  28. 

O. — Crossing  of  Minimum  Current  Wires  with  High  Tension  Wires. 

Article  92. — These  crossings  must  not,  if  possible,  take  place  by  fastening  both 
lines  to  the  same  pole,  but  with  separate  poles.  At  the  same  time,  the  wire  that  is  car. 
ried  across,  must  have  as  short  a  span  as  possible.  When  this  is  not  possible,  and  when 
it  is  necessary  to  fasten  both  wires  on  the  same  pole,  then,  in  cases  where  the  high  ten- 
sion wires  must  be  carried  over  below  the  other  wires,  there  must  be  placed  on  lie  pole 
between  the  wires  of  both  lines,  a  metallic  catching  apparatus,  which,  should  the  upper 
wires  break,  will  prevent  the  possibility  of  these  coming  into  contact  with  the  lower 
wires.    This  fender,  or  catching  apparatus,  is  to  be  grounded  according  to  Article  49. 

Article  93. — In  all  cases  where  minimum  current  lines  are  crossed  by  high  ten- 
sion lines,  which  are  carried  above,  fenders,  or  catching  apparatus,  must  be  placed  (ac- 
cording to  Article  95)  to  prevent  the  falling  down  of  the  high  tension  wires,  in  case  the 
insulators  should  break,  or  the  insulator  brackets  should  drop  out. 

Article  94. — Where  minimum  current  wires  cross  above  high  tension  wires,  on  a 
free  span  (open  stretch),  then  either  for  the  former  there  must  be  placed  a  three-sided 
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fender  or  for  the  latter  a  fender  closing  roundabout.    For  these  kinds  of  crossings 
places  are  to  be  avoided  where  the  placing  of  fenders  may  cause  danger. 

IV. CHARACTER  OF  SAFETY  APPARATUS. 

A. — Catching  Arms,  or  Frames. 

Article  95.— (a)  The  'catching  arms,'  or  'catching  frames'  (fenders,  &c),  to 
protect  against  the  falling  down  of  the  wires,  through  the  breaking  of  in- 
sulators, the  breaking  or  dropping  out  of  insulator  brackets,  are  so  to  be 
constructed  of  strong  iron  that  in  the  event  of  the  aforementioned  acci- 
dents, there  may  be  no  possibility  of  the  wires  falling  down  from  the  poles 
and  coming  into  contact  with  other  wires. 

(b)  For  this  purpose,  the  catching  frames  must  be  placed  so  as  to  close  around, 

or  the  '  catching  arms  '  must  reach  up  above  the  insulators. 

(c)  The  minimum  distance  between  the  '  catching  arms,'  or  the  '  catching  frames/ 

and  the  wires,  must  be  10  cm. 

B. — Fenders  (Guard  Nets). 

Article  96. — (a)  The  fastening  frames  of  the  fenders  are  so  to  be  constructed, 
and  so  to  be  fastened  to  the  poles,  that  the  strain  of  the  wires  of  the  fen- 
der may  not  injure  the  frames,  even  when  there  is  a  heavy  load  of  snow, 
and  that  the  wire  net  may  retain  the  formation  necessary  for  catching 
the  line  wires. 

(b)  The  frames  carry  the  necessary  arrangements  for  the  fastening  of  longitudinal 
wires,  in  the  case  of  insulated  fenders,  to  receive  the  necessary  insulators, 
and  in  the  case  of  grounded  fenders,  to  procure  a  good  electrical  connec- 
tion between  the  longitudinal  wires  and  the  earth. 

Article  97. — The  minimum  distance  between  the  fend#r  and  the  frame  for  the 
longitudinal  wires,  must  not  be  less  (at  any  temperature)  than  20  cm. 
in  a  horizontal  direction;  40  cm.  in  a  vertical  direction. 

Article  98. — (a)  For  the  longitudinal  wires  of  the  fender  (unless  specially  strong 
guys  are  used)  there  must  be  used  galvanized  steel  wire,  at  least  3  mm. 
in  diameter,  and  with  a  tenacity  of  140  kg.  per  quadramillimetre  (square 
millimetre).  The  distance  between  the  longitudinal  wires  must  not  be 
less  than  25  cm. 

(b)  If  two  or  more  steel  guys,  of  at  least  4  mm.  in  diameter,  are  used  for  the  fen- 

ders, then  the  diameter  of  other  longitudinal  wires  may  be  reduced  to 
2  mm. 

(c)  The  guys  and  longitudinal  wires  must  be  provided  with  tension  arrangements. 

Article  99. — The  cross  wires  must  be  of  iron,  steel  or  copper  wire,  of  at  least  1  -5 
mm.  diameter. 

Article  100. — The  fastening  of  the  cross  wires  and  longitudinal  wires  must  be 
done  in  such  a  way,  with  binding  wire  or  special  tinned  cross  sockets,  that  there  may 
be  no  shifting  (displacement)  of  the  cross  wires.  , 

Article  101. — The  fenders,  and  specially  the  longitudinal  wires,  must  be  insulated 
from  the  frames,  in  a  manner  suitable  for  the  tension,  or  else  be  well  grounded,  accord- 
ing to  Article  49.  • 

Article  102. — The  length  of  the  fenders  is  to  be  limited,  and  sufficient  allowance 
made  for  the  sag  of  the  wires,  in  cases  where  heavy  loads  of  snow  or  ice  are  to  be 
feared. 

Article  103.— Where  fenders  are  to  be  used,  care  must  be  taken  to  see  that  the 
poles  are  sufficiently  secure,  and,  if  necessary,  to  brace  or  shore  them. 

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V. — CROSSING   OF   RAILWAYS   BY   ELECTRIC   LINES. 

Article  104. — Where  electric  lines  cross  railways  (which  are  on  a  different  plane), 
as  a  rule  the  electric  wires  are  to  be  carried  over  the  railway  line.  Where  the  local 
conditions  demand  exceptionally  high  construction,  or  make  such  high  construction 
difficult,  the  electric  lines  may  le  carried  underneath  the  railway. 

Article  105. — The  crossing  of  railways  with  overhead  maximum  current  lines  is 
to  be  done  as  seldom  as  possible. 

2.  Carrying  Electric  Lines  over  Railways. 

A. — General  remarks. 

Article  106. — (a)  The  crossing  must  be  effected  with  as  little  strain  as  possible 
on  the  poles  that  stand  on  or  near  the  track;  and,  when  possible,  they 
(the  poles)  are  to  be  at  a  right  angle  to  plane  (axis)  of  the  track,  and 
fixed  in  places  where  as  short  spans  as  possible  may  be  had. 

(6)  Where  the  wires  run  obliquely  across  the  track,  then  the  oblique  crossing  may 
be  affected  by  providing  for  as  little  side-strain  as  possible,  and  by  avoid- 
ing sharp  turnings. 

Article  107. — In  order  that  the  very  shortest  spans  may  be  had,  the  poles  may  be 
set  up  on  the  track  itself,  as  near  as  the  safety  of  the  railwa  ?  traffic  and  the  signalling 
arranpements  will  permit. 

Article  108. — The  poles  that  stand  on  or  near  the  track  are  so  to  be  placed  that 
they  may  be  secure  against  breaking,  even  if  all  the  wires  on  the  adjoining  span  should 
snap.  Calculation  must  be  made  regarding  the  strain  resulting  from  the  dead  weight 
of  the  poles,  and  of  the  lines,  as  well  as  from  windpressure,  without  regard  to  any 
further  relaxing  that  may  take  place  through  the  strain  coming  on  one  side.  The  re- 
sultant calculation  must  allow  for  a  two-fold  (double)  security  against  breaking. 

Article  109. — Wooden  poles  must  be  so  shored,  or  furnished  with  metal  guys,  that 
even  if  they  should  break  at  the  base,  they  may  be  prevented  from  falling  over  on  the 
track. 

Article  110. — (a)  The  poles  standing  on  or  near  the  track  are  to  be  fixed  in  the 
earth  by  cement  or  other  equivalent  masonry. 

(b)  These  foundations  are  to  be  so  calculated  that  they  secure  the  poles  against 

falling  over,  even  if  all  the  wires  on  the  neighbouring  span  should  snap. 
Allowance  must  be  made  for  dead  weight  of  poles  and  lines,  as  well  as 
wind  pressure,  without  regarding  any  relaxing  that  may  take  place 
through  the  strain  coming  on  one  side.  Calculation  must  be  made  for 
any  stays  that  may  be  fixed,  and  the  resultant  calculation,  considering 
the  carrying  support,  as  a  whole,  with  its  base  standing  free  on  the 
ground,  without  regard  to  any  favourable  earth  pressure,  must  allow  at 
least  a  single  security  against  falling  over. 

(c)  According  to  the  foregoing  calculations,  the  foundations  of  the  guys  must 

allow,  at  least,  a  single  security  against  pulling  out. 

Article  111. — At  the  point  where  the  electric  lines  cross  over  the  railway,  there 
must  be  no  places  where  solder  or  welding  is  employed,  either  at  this  point  or  in  the 
two  neighbouring  spans.  For  the  fastening  of  wires  to  the  insulators,  the  regulations, 
contained  in  Article  61,  must  be  observed. 

Article  112. — The  height  of  the  wires  above  the  railway  lines  (making  due  allow- 
ance for  sagging  through  being  loaded  with  snow  or  ice)  must  be  as  much  as  can  be 
allowed  by  the  height  of  the  track,  the  height  of  the  signal  or  other  wires  that  run 
along  the  track,  and  the  observation  of  the  signals. 

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B. — Carrying  over  Low  Tension   Wires. 

Article  113. — For  carrying  over  low  tension  line3  well  creosoted  wooden  poles 
may  be  employed. 

Article  114. — (a)  In  carrying  low  tension  lines  over  railways,  there  must  not  be 
employed,  either  at  the  point  of  crossing,  or  in  the  two  neighbouring 
spans,  any  steel  or  bronze  wires  with  a  diameter  less  than  2  mm.,  or  any 
iron  wire  les3  than  3  mm.  in  diameter.  Steel  and  iron  wires  mu3t  ba 
galvanized. 

(&)  Ihe  cross  section  and  hang  (sag)  of  the  wires  must  be  so  estimated,  that  at 
20°  Celsius,  these  give  a  five-fold  security  against  breaking,  calculation 
being  made  for  the  strain  of  their  own  dead  weight. 

C. — Carrying  over  High  Tension  Wires. 

Article  115. — For  carrying  over  low  tension  wires,  well  creosoted  wooden  poles  may 
be  employed  ;  but  for  the  above-mentioned  high  tension  lines  only  iron  construction 
must  be  employed,  such  as  tube-posts,  lattice  posts,  etc.  The  fastening  of  insulator 
brackets  to  pieces  of  wood  inserted  into  the  iron  construction  is  admissible. 

Article  116. — (a)  At  the  points  where  the  high  tension  wires  cross,  and  in  the 
two  neighbouring  spans,  copper  wire  must  be  employed,  with  a  diameter 
of  at  least  6  mm.,  and  with  an  absolute  tenacity  (breaking  strength)  of 
at  least  S00  kg.  for  each  wire. 
(b)  The  cross  section  and  hang  (sag)  of  these  wires  are  so  to  be  estimated  that 
at  20  degrees  Celsius,  there  may  be  a  10-fold  security  against  breaking, 
estimation  being  made  for  the  dead  weight  of  the  wires. 
Article  117. — '  Catching  arms,'  or  '  catching  frames,'  are  to  be  placed  on  the  poles 
that  carry  across  the  high  tension  lines,  which  shall  prevent  the  falling  down  of  the 
wires  in  the  event  of  the  breaking  of  the  insulators,  or  the  breaking  or  slipping  out  of 
the  insulator  brackets.     These  apparatus  for  catching  are  to  be  constructed  according 
to  Article  95. 

Article  118. — Where  electric  wires  cross  each  other  at  or  near  points  where  wires 
cross  over  railways,  the  aforementioned  rules  are  to  be  observed,  regarding  minimum 
and  maximum  tension  wires,  and  the  crossing  of  the  same. 

3. — Underground  Crossings  of  Electric  Wires. 
A. — General  Remarks. 

Article  119. — When  underground  crossings  of  maximum  tension  wires,  under  the 
railway  track,  are  to  be  carried  out,  then  this  may  be  done  by  conducting  wires  or 
water-tight  cables,  laid  in  open  ducts,  or  in  iron  pipes,  or  by  water-tight  cables  laid  in 
the  earth. 

Article  120. — Special  ducts  or  cable  lines,  placed  under  the  track,  must  be  placed 
deep  enough  under  the  ties,  that  they  do  not  interfere  with  the  work  to  be  done  on  the 
track,  nor  be  injured  by  such  work. 

Article  121. — The  ducts  running  underneath  the  track  are  so  to  be  fixed  in  iron, 
cement  or  masonry,  that  the  solidity  of  the  track  and  the  security  of  the  traffic  are 
not  in  any  way  impaired  thereby. 

Article  122. — For  the  carrying  of  electric  wires  across  railway  tracks,  it  is  per- 
missible to  make  use  of  roads  or  streams  which  run  underneath,  when  there  is  enough 
space  to  do  so.  "Under  all  circumstances,  the  wires  must  be  so  placed  that  the  necessary 
inspection  and  repairs  on  the  railway  track  and  bed  may  not  be  hindered.    See  Article 

124. 

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Article  123. — The  supporting  points  for  the  ends  of  the  overhead  lines,  where  they 
are  led  into  the  earth,  for  underground  crossings,  are  so  to  be  estimated  that  with  re- 
gard  to  the  foundation  alone,  estimation  being  also  made  for  the  actual  strain  from 
weight  of  wires,  dead  weight  and  wind  pressure,  there  may  be  a  two-fold  security 
against  falling  over,  and  in  estimating  for  any  stays  that  are  set  up,  there  may  be  a 
five-fold  security  against  breaking. 

B. — Underground  Crossings  of  Maximum  Current  Lines. 

Article  124. — The  overhead  lines  are  to  be  led  into  the  underground  ducts,  and 
these  ducts  themselves  are  to  be  constructed  and  kept  up  in  such  a  manner  that  neither 
the  railway  employees  nor  other  persons  may  come  into  contact  with  any  parts  of  the 
same,  through  which  any  current  passes,  except  by  using  special  means  for  so  doing. 

When  roads  or  other  frequented  passages  underneath  the  track  are  used  for  carry- 
ing maximum  current  wires,  special  care  must  be  taken  that  the  lines  cannot  be 
touched  by  those  who  pass  along,  except  by  employing  special  means.  The  regulations 
given  in  Article  122,  are  sufficient  on  this  point.  The  regulations  given  in  Articles  122 
and  124  do  not  apply  to  electric  car  contact  lines. 

VI. PARALLELING  RAILWAYS  WITH  ELECTRIC  LINES. 

Article  125. — Parallel-leading  of  minimum  and  maximum  current  lines  along 
railways,  are  to  be  carried  out  according  to  the  general  regulations  given  for  minimum 
and  maximum  current  lines,  and,  in  exceptional  cases,  the  poles  may  be  set  up  on  the 
railway  ground,  belonging  to  the  track,  due  regard  being  given  to  the  lines  needed  for 
the  railway  traffic,  the  observation  of  the  signals,  and  the  telegraph  and  telephone  lines. 

Article  126. — When  wooden  poles  are  employed  for  maximum  current  lines,  then 
these  must  be  so  shored  or  stayed  that  if  they  should  break  at  the  base  they  may  be 
prevented  from  falling  over  upon  the  track. 

VII. — final  decrees. 

Article  127. — The  present  '  Decrees'  come  into  force  on  August  1,  1899.  On  that 
date  all  former  decrees  in  conflict  with  the  same,  will  be  repealed,  especially  the  decree 
relating  to  the  construction  of  telegraph  and  telephone  lines,  of  December  7,  1889. 

Article  128. — These  regulations  are  to  be  observed,  in  all  particulars,  when  con- 
structing new  electric  arrangements.  In  applying  these  regulations  to  electric  con- 
structions that  already  exist,  parliament  will  grant  suitable  delay  or  respite,  and  will 
permit  modifications  to  be  made. 

Article  129. — The  Post  Office  and  Railway  Department  is  authorized  to  carry 
these  decrees  into  effect. 

Berne,  July  7,  1899. 

In  the  name  of  the  Swiss  Federal  Parliament. 

President  MULLER. 
State  Chancellor,  RINGIER, 


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APPENDIX  "A"  445 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  290. 

GERMANY. 

(The  following  papers  have  been  selected  from  those  sent  from  the  Government 
Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department  of  the  German  Empire,  and  have  been  tran- 
slated for  the  information  of  the  Committee;  the  originals  are  on  file  in  the  Commit- 
tee Koom  and  may  be  referred  to  at  any  time.) 

(Translation.) 

The  Government  Post  Office  Department, 

Berlin,  June  28,  1905. 
To  Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General,  and  Chairman  of  the 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems. 

Honourable  Sir, — In  answer  to  your  inquiries  of  May  1,  regarding  the  telephone 
system  of  the  German  Government  Telegraph  Department,  which  were  made  to  the 
fcrmer  Under  Secretary  of  State  and  acting  Privy  Councillor,  Dr.  Fisher,  and  the 
Privy  Post  Office  Counsellor,  Professor  Dr.  Strecker,  and  laid  by  them  before  the  Gov- 
ernment Post  Office  Department,  I  have  the  honour  to  send  you  a  digest  of  the  answers 
to  the  inquiries  made  to  Dr.  Fisher  ;  and  also  some  printed  documents,  which  will  sup- 
ply you  with  more  complete  information  regarding  our  telephone  arrangements  on  this 
side  ;  and,  will,  at  the  same  time,  answer  the  inquiries  made  to  Professor  Strecker. 

On  behalf  of  the  Secretary  of  State, 

SYDOW. 

No.  290a. 

(Translation.) 

GERMANY— Continued. 

CLASSIFICATION  OF  THE  GENERAL  TELEPHONE  SYSTEM. 

1.  The  telephone  arrangements  which  have  been  provided  by  the  government  tele- 
graph management  and  which  are  for  the  immediate  service  of  the  general  public,  con- 
stitute in  their  entirety,  -the  '  General  Telephone  System.'  These  arrangements  con- 
sist of : — 

(1)  Local  telephone  systems. 

(2)  Public  telephone  call  stations  (isolated). 

(3)  Long-distance  lines,  or  trunk  (toll)  lines. 

Local  telephone  systems  with  not  more  than  four  principal  stations,  belonging  to 
subscribers,  are  termed  switch  stations. 

The  individual  parts  of  a  local  telephone  system  are : — 

(a)  The  exchange  station  (central  office). 

(b)  The  subscribers'  stations  ('phones). 

(c)  The  wires  connecting  the  subscribers'  stations  with  the  central  exchange 
or  with  one  another. 

Several  central  stations  are  organized  in  a  local  telephone  system,  when  the  local 
conditions  require  this  to  be  done.  The  lines  connecting  these  central  exchange  sta- 
tions with  each  other  belong  to  the  local  system. 

The  exchange  stations  where  the  trunk  (toll)  lines  connected  with  the  long-dis- 
tance service  terminate,  are,  as  a  rule,  considered  as  main  exchanges. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  telephone  stations  of  the  local  system  are  divided  thus : — 

(1)  Subscribers'  stations. 

(2)  Public  call  stations. 

(3)  Stock  exchange  stations. 

Subscribers'  stations  are  installed  in  the  residences,  business  establishments  or 
■warehouses  of  those  concerned,  either  as : — 

(1)  Principal  stations,  or  as 

(2)  Supplementary  stations. 

In  so  far  as  different  regulations  may  not  be  issued  subsequently,  the  directions 
given  for  the  public  call  stations  apply  both  to  the  isolated  public  call  stations,  as  well 
as  to  the  public  call  stations  in  local  telephone  systems. 

The  wires  of  subscribers'  stations  are  only  to  be  connected  with  auxiliary  stations 
in  exceptional  cases  when  special  circumstances  call  for  it.  Long-distance  (trunk) 
lines,  are  those  lines  (together  with  the  necessary  equipment  connected  therewith,  in 
the  exchange  stations)  by  means  of  which  the  local  systems  are  connected  together. 
"Regarding  the  switching  on  of  isolated  public  call  stations  to  the  long-distance  lines, 
see  section  6.  The  long-distance  lines  may  be  used  by  subscribers,  by  public  call  sta- 
tions, and  by  stock  exchange  stations,  under  the  stipulations  given  in  section  25.  Re- 
garding the  restrictions  in  the  case  of  automatic  (slot  machines)  pay  stations,  see  sec- 
tion 7.     The  telegraph  lines  are  also  made  use  of  for  long-distance  telephone  service. 

Places  with  telephone  systems  which  pay  a  common  tax  for  mail  delivery  are  ad- 
mitted to  service  with  one  another,  and  with  the  principal  centre.  Nevertheless  local 
systems  in  places  which  do  not  pay  a  common  tax  for  mail  delivery  yet  having  mutual 
business  or  other  interests  with  some  principal  centre,  are,  in  individual  cases,  ad- 
mitted to  service  with  such  principal  centre.  This  is  termed  service  with  neighbour- 
ing places.  In  certain  cases,  telephone  systems  are  united  into  one  general  system  in 
places  having  common  interests  in  matters  of  general  business  or  industry.  These  are 
termed  departmental  (municipal  or  district)  systems* 

These  systems  exist  under  the  following  names : — 

(1)  Departmental  system  in  the  mining  district. 

(2)  Departmental  system  for  Frankfort-on-Main  and  surrounding  district. 

(3)  Departmental  system  for  the  districts  of  Halberstadt,  Oschersleben  and  Wer- 
nigerode,  as  also  for  the  districts  of  Blankenburg  (in  the  Harz  Mountains), 
Quedlinburg  and  Thale  (in  the  Harz  Mountains). 

(4)  Departmental  system  in  the  Hirschberg  Valley. 

(5)  Departmental  system  in  the  lower  Rhenish  industrial  district  of  Westphalia. 

(6)  Departmental  system  in  the  industrial  district  of  upper  Silesia,  and 

(7)  Departmental  system  in  upper  Lusatia,  situated  near  Prussia  and  Saxony. 

Special  regulations  are  issued  for  subscribers  in  the  departmental  systems. 

No.  290b. 

(Translation.) 

Answers  to  Questions. 

The  entire  telephone  system,  within  the  German  empire,  is  organized  and  operacad 
by  the  government.  The  accompanying  '  documents '  will  give  full  information  re- 
garding the  telephone  regulations,  specified  by  the  Government  Post  Office  and  Tele- 
graph Department,  for  the  whole  German  empire — with  the  exception  of  Bavaria  and 
Wurtemburg. 


*  The  service  with  principal  centres,  or  the    departmental     service,     is     not     extended     to 
telephone   systems,    which   have   not   yet   been  admitted    to    the    area    of    a    principal    centre 
system,  or  a  departmental  system.    See  Article  18  o£  '  Regulations  for  carrying  into  effect  the 
law  relating   to   telephone   rates.'    Instructions  No.  2,  Part  2. 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A-  447 

APPENDIX  No.  1 
Documents  : — 

(1)  '  General  Regulations  for  Post  Office  and  Telegraphy.' — Sec.  2,  Pt.  2. 

(2)  "  •  "  "  Sec.  5,  Pt.  6. 

(3)  '  Regulations  for  the  use  of  Telephone  Stations ' — a  handbook  printed  for 

circulation  among  subscribers. 

At  the  end  of  1904  the  total  length  of  long-distance,  or  toll  lines,  was  433,611  kil- 
ometres (269,272  miles). 


We  cannot  give  any  information  as  to  the  cost  of  these  lines,  because  of  lack  of 
approximate  reliable  figures.    The  first  toll  lines  were  set  up  as  far  back  as  1880. 

At  the  end  of  1904,  the  total  length  of  long-distance  pole  lines  was  37,706  kilo- 
metres (23,415  miles).  No  record  is  kept  of  the  length  of  the  lines  which  are  not  set 
up  on  the  long-distance  poles. 

The  rates  for  long-distance  service  are  as  follows : — 

'General  Regulations,'  Sect.  2,  Part  2,  page  30  (paragraph  7).  'Conversation 
Rates '  are  collected  for  the  use  of  lines  between  different  telephone  systems  or  places 
having  call-stations.  For  a  conversation  lasting  not  longer  than  3  minutes,  within  the 
area  of  the  government  telegraph  service,  as  well  as  in  service  with  Bavaria  and 
Wurtemberg,  the  rates  are  as  follows  :— « 

For  a  distance  up  to       25  km.  (15|  miles) 20  pf.        =  5c. 

For  a  distance  up  to       50  km.  (31    miles) 25  pf.        =  6c. 

For  a  distance  up  to     100  km.  (62    miles) 50  pf.        —12c. 

For  a  distance  up  to      500  km.  (310  miles) 1  mark    =24c. 

For  a  distance  up  to  1,000  km.  (621  miles) 1  mk.  50  pf  .=35c. 

For  a  distance  exceeding  1,000  km.  (621  miles) 2  marks  =48c. 

For  the  reckoning  of  distances,  the  regulations  apply  that  are  given  in  Section  2, 
Part  2,  of  the  law  relating  to  postal  rates,  of  October  28,  1871  (State  Code,  page  358). 
The  distances  are  reckoned  according  to  the  '  Table  for  the  estimation  of  distances 
between  the  tax-squares  of  the  North-German  postal  area.'  The  estimation  is  made 
in  geographical  miles.    Fractions  of  miles  are  not  considered. 

So  far  as  the  charges  can  be  estimated  beforehand,  they  must  be  paid  in 
advance,  quarterly.  For  urgent  conversations,  three  times  the  amount  of  the 
usual  charge  is  collected.  The  obligation  to  pay  the  charges  begins  as  soon  as  the  con- 
nections have  been  made  between  the  station  of  the  person  desiring  conversation  and 
the  station  of  the  person  that  is  called  up.  Up  to  this  moment,  the  person  calling  up 
may  withdraw  his  request  for  conversation,  without  incurring  any  charges.  In  long- 
distance service  (with  the  exception  of  neighbouring  places  and  principal  centres)  no 
charges  are  collected  if  no  response  is  obtained  from  the  station  that  is  called  up.  In 
like  manner,  no  charges  are  collected  for  connections  desired  with  the  public  call  sta- 
tions, in  distant  places,  where  the  person  called  up  has  to  be  brought  to  the  call  sta- 
tion ;  in  cases  where  the  person  called  up  cannot  be  found,  or,  if  he  should  come  to  the 
call  station  and  no  conversation  can  be  carried  on,  owing  to  some  derangement  in  the 
lines.  But  the  charges  are  collected  if  the  person  called  up,  refuses  to  respond  to  the 
call;  or  if  the  conversation  cannot  be  effected  because  the  person  calling  up  does  not 
return  in  time  to  the  station.  The  charge  for  calling  up  is  due,  as  soon  as  the  re- 
quest for  conversation  h&s  been  transmitted  to  the  station,  in  the  distant  place. 

The  cancelling  of  charges  that  cannot  be  collected,  falls  to  the  chief  management 
of  the  Post  Office  Department.  The  charges  may  be  cancelled  when  compulsory  efforts 
to  collect  them  have  proved  fruitless.  It  must  be  shortly  stated  in  the  cash  accounts 
the  reason  why  the  charges  could  not  be  collected. 

Urgent  conversations  are  granted  in  long-distance  service,  and  in  service  with 
neighbouring  places,  and  principal  centres  of  traffic;  and  also  in  local  systems,  by 
using  public  call  stations.    Three  times  the  usual  charge  is  collected  for  urgent  con- 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

versations,  even  when  the  subscriber  is  one  who  pays  the  appointed  general  or  round 
(lump  sum)  charge  for  ordinary  conversations. 

Connections  for  urgent  conversations  have  precedence  before  all  others.  These 
connections,  however,  must  be  made  according  to  the  order  of  their  announcement. 

A  conversation  can  only  be  continued  longer  than  six  minutes,  if  no  other  request 
for  conversation  has  been  made.  Special  notice  that  the  three  or  six  minutes  have 
elapsed  will  only  be  given  to  the  subscriber  from  the  central  station,  if  he  has  ex- 
pressly desired  the  connection  to  be  broken  off  after  the  lapse  of  three  or  six  minutes, 
when  he  made  request  for  the  connection. 


The  subscribers'  circuits  are  made  of  strong  bronze  wire,  of  1 -5  mm.,  and  are  set 
up  as  metallic  circuit  or  as  single  grounded  lines ;  the  changing  of  the  latter  to  metallic 
circuits  is  now  going  on. 


The  long-distance  lines  are  copper  wire  of  the  following  sizes :  2,  3,  4,  4J  and  5 
mm.  (approximately,  Nos.  14, 10,  8,  7  and  6  British  standard  wire  gauges). 

We  have  no  approximate,  reliable  figures  available  as  to  the  means  employed  for 
the  cost,  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  trunk  lines.  We  can  only  state  that  since 
1880,  5  per  cent  interest  has  been  paid  on  the  capital  expended  for  the  entire  telephone 
system  arrangements,  the  trunk  lines,  and  the  local  systems,  including  the  costs  for 
maintenance  of  the  lines  and  apparatus,  for  payment  of  employees,  for  buildings,  light- 
ing and  heating  arrangements,  &c. 

ESTIMATING   CHARGES,   LONG-DISTANOE. 

A. — Recording  of  Outgoing  Conversations.     Handling  Night  Connections.     Estima- 
ting Charges. 

32.  Announcement  cards,  according  to  the  form  given  in  No.  20,  in  Appendix 
are  used  for  noting  down  the  conversations  for  which  charges  are  required,  which  are 
requested  from  subscribers'  stations,  with  neighbouring  places,  principal  centres,  muni- 
cipal systems  and  long-distance  service.  These  forms  are  supplied  in  pads  of  100  with 
running  numbers,  and  consist  of  two  parts,  the  ticket  of  charges,  on  the  left  side,  and 
the  part  to  be  detached,  to  the  right.  Larger  central  stations  need  to  have  several  of 
ihese  pads  in  use,  at  the  same  time;  and  in  order  to  distinguish  the  one  from  the  other 
have  to  mark  them:  Pad  I.,  pad  II.,  &c. 

In  every  work  room  connected  with  the  long-distance  service,  a  sufficient  number 
of  these  announcement  forms  are  always  on  hand,  at  least  for  each  day's  service.  At 
the  commencement  of  forenoon  hour  of  service,  the  name  of  the  local  bureau  is  either 
to  be  written  or  stamped  on  these  forms.  In  stations  where  a  greater  number  of  forms 
are  required,  the  name  of  the  local  bureau  may  be  printed  on. 

The  obligation  to  pay  charges  for  the  connections,  begins  as  soon  as  the  necessary 
connections  have  been  made  between  the  station  of  the  person  calling  up  and  the  sta- 
tion that  has  been  asked  for.  Up  to  this  moment,  the  person  that  has  called  up,  may 
withdraw  his  request  for  conversation,  without  incurring  any  charges.  No  charges  are 
collected  for  long-distance  service,  if  no  response  is  obtained  from  the  station  that  is 
called  up.  When  the  connection  has  been  made,  if  the  station  that  has  asked  for  the 
conversation  does  not  respond,  and  if  it  is  ascertained  that  the  connection  was  all 
ready  for  service,  then  the  charge  for  a  single  conversation  is  collected.  For  the  special 
regulations  regarding  conversations  to  and  from  stations  situated  in  stock  exchanges, 
see  Section  25,  on  page  520. 

The  reception  of  the  request  for  conversation,  is  to  be  written  down  on  the  left 
side  of  the  form,  then  the  name  of  the  bureau  desired,  the  number  and  name  of  the 
person  calling  up,  and  the  number  of  the  person  to  be  called  up,  as  well  as  the  time 
when  request  was  made.  Besides  this,  the  employee  who  received  the  request  must  sign 
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his  name  in  the  place  specified  for  that  purpose.  The  employee  fills  up  the  remainder 
of  the  form,  after  he  has  made  the  necessary  connections.  The  name  of  the  subscriber 
who  calls  up  may  be  left  out,  if,  according  to  the  local  conditions,  it  should  not  be  of 
importance. 

The  writing  is  done  with  pencil.  The  forms  that  have  been  filled  up,  are  to  be 
gathered  together,  and  arranged  according  to  pads  and  numbers.  In  this  way  a  check 
is  kept  on  the  exact  number  of  forms,  the  correctness  of  the  entries,  t.nd  the  exact  rate 
of  charges. 

The  amount  of  charges  for  each  day,  contained  in  each  pad,  is  to  be  entered,  not 
later  than  the  day  after  the  connections  have  been  made,  in  a  receiving  register,  ac- 
cording to  the  form  given  in  No.  17  of  the  Appendix — '  Telephone  Charge  Register.' 
So  far  as  possible,  this  register  is  to  be  kept  by  an  employee  who  does  not  attend  to  the 
telephone  service,  and  is  to  be  checked  by  the  central  bureau. 

Postal  agencies  and  auxiliary  stations  do  not  keep  the  '  Telephone  Charge  Regis- 
ter,' but  send  in  the  request  forms,  after  entering  them  into  the  receipt  book  of  the 
rural  postman,  at  the  earliest  opportunity,  to  the  clearing  postal  establishment  which 
adds  them  to  the  forms  belonging  to  its  own  service,  and  handles  them  as  such. 

After  the  charges  have  been  entered  in  the  books,  the  forms  are  divided  into  their 
two  parts.  The  numbered  parts  are  kept  in  their  numbered  order,  and  are  handed 
over  in  pads  to  the  head  office  of  the  Postal  Department,  to  serve  as  vouchers  for  the 
'  Telephone  charge  register.'  The  tickets  of  charges,  which  compose  the  other  half  of 
the  form,  are  arranged  according  to  the  names  of  the  subscribers,  and  kept  until  the 
end  of  the  month. 

The  foregoing  regulations  apply  also  to  charges  for  single  connections,  made  dur- 
ing the  night,  in  local  systems. 

The  '  telephone  charge  register '  must  contain  also  an  account  of  the  subscribers' 
charges  for  night  calls,  on  the  trunk  lines,  and  the  measured  service  charges,  for  regu- 
lar night  connections,  made  in  local  service.  This  is  to  be  done  by  a  special  register  to 
he  added,  as  supplement  to  the  '  telephone  charge  register,'  and  which  is  to  be  arranged 
in  two  divisions  f or  ^he  whole  year,  in  the  following  order:  a.  Local  service;  and,  b. 
Service  with  neighbouring  places,  principal  centres,  municipal  systems,  and  long-dis- 
tance lines.  In  the  register,  the  names  of  the  subscribers  are  to  be  entered  on  separate 
pages,  and  the  charges  paid  by  each  to  be  entered  under  one  account.  The  accuracy 
of  the  charges  made  are  to  be  checked  by  an  employee  who  is  not  employed  in  taking 
in  the  payments,  and  is  to  be  attested  by  him  in  the  register.  This  checking  is  to  be 
done  from  a  list  kept  of  conversations  in  the  central  bureau,  and  connections  that 
are  required  for  various  places.  See  paragraph  23,  page  519.  This  is  to  be 
sent  in,  along  with  Register  A,  mentioned  above,  to  the  head  office  of  the  Postal 
Department.  After  the  accounts  have  been  balanced  for  the  months  from  April  to 
February,  they  are  always  returned  to  the  central  bureau,  that  a  check  may  be  kept  on 
the  register  of  the  head  office  of  the  Postal  Department,  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year. 
Finally  the  register  serves  for  reckoning  the  charges  for  conversations,  which  have 
been  carried  on  by  subscribers  to  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  with  persons 
who  have  been  called  to  the  public  station  of  the  local  system. 

All  the  charges  mentioned  above  are,  with  Register  A,  to  be  settled  monthly,  on 
the  month  following  that  on  which  the  charges  have  been  incurred.  That  is  to  say,  the 
charges  incurred  in  April  are  to  he  settled  in  May,  those  of  May  to  be  settled  in  June, 
&c.  Only  those  charges  that  have  been  incurred  during  March  are  to  be  settled  at  the 
end  of  the  same  month,  viz.,  March. 

For  the  entries  of  the  monthly  sums  in  the  principal  register,  see  paragraph  30,  of 
the  present  '  Regulations.'  For  the  collecting  of  charges,  see  paragraph  33,  following 
after  this. 

B. — Registering  charges  received. 

In  every  exchange  telephone  station  the  requests  coming  in  from  a  distance  for 
conversation,  for  which  charges  have  to  be  collected,  with  subscribers,  or  with  public 

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450  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

call-stations,  of  the  local  system,  are  to  be  entered  in  a  register  termed  '  Keceiving 
Register  for  long-distance  conversations,'  according  to  the  form  given  in  Appendix 
21,  and  which  is  to  be  renewed  each  month.  Stations  having  several  trunk  lines  may, 
according  to  the  local  circumstances,  arrange  a  '  register '  for  each  trunk  line,  or  for 
several  lines,  as  for  example  for  neighbouring  lines,  lines  with  principal  centres,  and 
municipal  lines.  Bureaux  that  keep  several  '  registers '  must  mark  on  the  outside  of 
each  the  line  or  lines  for  which  it  is  to  serve.  Postal  agencies  and  auxiliary  stations, 
which  are  not  exchange  stations,  note  down  the  requests  for  conversations,  coming  in 
from  a  distance,  to  be  held  with  persons  called  to  the  phone,  who  live  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood, in  the  '  telegram  order  book '  ;  unless  further  instructions  are  given  in  the 
matter  by  the  head  office  of  the  Postal  Department.  If  deemed  necessary,  the  head 
office  of  the  Postal  Department  may  give  orders  that  a  '  receiving  register  for  long-dis- 
tance conversations '  ;should  be  kept. 

The  entries  are  made  with  pencil,  in  the  '  receiving  register.'  They  must  be  so 
complete,  that  the  charges  can  be  reckoned  from  them.  Urgent  conversations  are  to  be 
marked  with  a  D.  Conversations  for  which  the  person  called  up  has  to  be  sent  for,  to 
come  to  the  phone,  are  to  be  marked  XP.  When  charges  are  not  to  be  made  for  con- 
nections desired,  then  the  reason  for  this  must  be  plainly  stated  in  the  '  receiving  re- 
gister,' or  in  the  '  telegram  order  book.' 

At  the  end  of  the  month,  the  '  receiving  registers '  are  to  be  sent  in  to  the  head 
office  of  the  Postal  Department. 

A  special  supervision  has  to  be  kept  over  the  reckoning  of  charges  in  public  call 
stations,  which  are  not  united  with  the  exchange  station  ;  when  the  '  Receivng  Kegis- 
ter '  is  kept  by  the  same  employee  who  attends  to  the  service. 

Conversations  from  such  call  stations  are  to  be  regularly  entered,  by  the  central 
bureau  in  the  usual  announcement  forms,  no  matter  whether  "Uhese  conversations  are 
local,  or  for  long-distance  lines  ;  and  when  entered,  the  part  on  the  section  torn  off, 
marked  for  the  amount  of  charges,  is  to  be  scored  through.  In  order  that  vouchers 
for  the  '  Telephone-charge  Register '  may  be  received  complete,  according  to  the  num- 
bered order,  the  detached  portions  of  the  above  specified  announcement  forms  are 
added  to  those  for  conversations  that  pay  charges,  fro  fibers'  stations,  and  the 

tickets  of  charges  which  compose  the  remaining  part  of  the  'forms,'  are  the  means 
whereby  the  amounts  of  charges  are  checked.  Whether  this  is  to  be  undertaken  by  the 
head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department,  or  by  the  central  stations  concerned,  will  be 
specially  decided,  in  each  case  by  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department. 

The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  may  appoint  a  more  simple  method 
of  receiving  local  conversations  for  public  call  stations,,  that  have  a  specially  heavy 
local  service,  as,  for  example,  in  pads,  after  the  manner  of  the  '  receiving  registers.' 

C. — Service  with  Bavaria,  Wurtemberg  and  Foreign  parts. 

The  regulations  given  above,  under  A  and  B,  apply  generally  also  to  the  service 
with  Bavaria,  Wurtemberg  and  foreign  parts. 

Conversations  with  places  outside  the  telegraph  area  of  the  empire  are,  therefore, 
to  be  entered  in  '  announcement  forms,'  in  the  same  way  as  conversations  within  the 
empire.  The  parts  of  the  '  forms '  that  are  detached,  are  not  to  be  separated  into  two 
classes,  '  foreign '  and  '  domestic ' ;  neither  are  two  separate  accounts  to  be  kept  of  the 
charges  for  these  conversotions. 

The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  has  to  receive,  in  each  case  in- 
formation as  to  how  these  charges  are  reckoned. 

If  it  is  necessary  to  keep  a  control  of  the  charges  received  for  conversations  for 
service  with  Bavaria,  Wurtemberg  and  foreign  parts,  in  cases  where  there  is  no  balance 
or  clearing  account  kept  with  these  places  ;  then  this  will  be  best  done,  without  the 
co-operation  of  the  foreign  telephone  exchange,  by  the  last  central  station' concerned  in 
making  the  connections,  within  the  area  of  the  empire  telegraph  arrangements,  enter- 
ing the  conversations  in  the  '  receiving  register.'  The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office 
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Department  will  make  the  necessary  arrangements  in  such  cases.  If  exchange  stations 
that  have  a  direct  connection  with  places  outside  the  area  of  the  empire  telegraph  ar- 
rangements, .should  find  it  necessary  to  exercise  a  control,  then  this  must  he  reported 
to  Post  Office  Department  of  the  empire,  with  a  statement  of  the  special  conditions. 

COLLECTION  OF  CHARGES,  LONG-DISTANCE. 

33.  The  collection  of  subscription  charges,  lump  sum  and  general  charges  (see 
paragraph  31) ;  the  charges  for  single  conversations  in  service  with  neighbouring 
places,  principal  centres  and  trunk  lines  (see  paragraph  32),  including  single  conver- 
stations  during  night  hours;  the  subscription  for  night  calls  (see  par.  23,  page  519), 
including  the  charges  made  for  night  connections  in  local  service;  for  receiving  com- 
munications through  the  telephone  and  forwarding  the  same  to  the  address  given  (see 
paragraph  28)  is  carried  out  by  handing  over  an  account,  folded  after  the  form  of  an 
envelope,  according  to  the  form  given  in  Appendix  22.  In  this  account  form  there  is 
;to  be  entered,  from  the  general  register  of  charges  and  from  the  register  for  local 
charges,  the  lump-sum  subscription  charges,  and  the  general  subscription  charges,  as 
also  the  charges  for  local  service,  each  quarter,  when  they  become  due  (see  paragraph 
31,  page  522). 

The  other  charges  are  reckoned  for  the  subscriber  at  the  end  of  every  month  from 
the  '  announcement  forms '  (paragraph  32),  from  the  register  of  subscription  charges 
for  night  calls,  and  from  the  telegram  forms  (paragraph  28),  and  entered  in  the  ac- 
count forms,  to  which  are  to  be  added  the  tickets  of  charges,  and  the  telegram  forms. 
In  cases  where  the  local  conditions  render  it  difficult  to  collect  all  the  charges  due,  at 
the  same  time,  separate  account  forms  may  be  used  for  the  different  kinds  of  charges, 
or  special  forms  may  be  employed,  to  suit  the  special  circumstances. 

Subscription  charges  for  night  calls,  as  well  as  for  continuous  night  service,  with 
neighbouring  places,  principal  centres  and  municipal  systems,  are  to  be  collected,  at 
the  periods  when  they  become  due,  by  using  special  account  forms,  in  which  is  speci- 
fied the  duration  of  subscription,  and,  in  the  case  of  night  calls,  the  length  of  time  dur- 
ing which  the  connections  were  made. 

As  a  rule  the  collection  is  made  by  the  head  office  to  which  the  telephone  bureau  is 
assigned.  The  charges  due  for  stations  connected  with  the  railway  service  may,  at  the 
request  of  the  railway  management,  be  paid  from  the  railway  cash  account,  quarterly, 
in  one  lump  sum,  to  the  head  office  of  the  telephone  exchange,  where  the  head  office  of 
the  Post  Office  Department  is  situated.  In  this  case,  the  stations  used  in  the  railway 
service  are  to  be  entered  in  the  register  of  charges  kept  by  the  telephone  exchange, 
separately  according  to  the  various  places  where  they  are  located,  at  the  end  of  Kegis- 
ter  A.  The  post  office  clearing  office  or  distributing  office,  has  to  arrange  for  the  collec- 
tion of  the  charges  due  from  agencies  and  auxiliary  stations,  without  any  cost  to  the 
subscribers. 

If  the  head  office  to  which  the  exchange  station  has  been  assigned,  is  not  able  to 
collect  the  charges  punctually,  with  the  messenger  service  placed  at  its  disposal,  then 
the  various  distributing  post  offices  must  co-operate  in  the  collecting  when  orders  are 
given  to  do  so,  by  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department.  The  charges  taken  in 
by  the  distributing  post  offices  must  not  be  handed  in  to  the  telephone  office  in  a  lump 
sum  but  always  in  a  systematic  order  of  accounts.  The  balancing  of  these  accounts  is 
done  from  the  '  register  of  overplus  and  additional  accounts.'  For  this  purpose,  the 
distributing  post  office  sends  in  a  statement  of  the  amount  of  charges  collected  to  the 
head  office  of  the  telephone  exchange,  which  are  transmitted  as  bills  of  delivery  to  the 
head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department.  Until  these  statements  are  sent  in,  the  tele- 
phone exchange  has  to  keep  a  register  of  the  charges  to  he  collected  hy  the  distributing 
post  office,  or  central  post  office.  This  forms  an  appendix  to  the  clearing  account  book 
kept  with  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department,  to  be  designated  '  register  of 

overplus,  and  additional  accounts.' 

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452  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.    1905 

Each  charge  collected  is  first  of  all  to  be  entered  in  the  daily  cash  book,  with  the 
name  of  the  subscriber,  and  the  number  of  his  station.  The  amount  is  also  to  be  en- 
tered  in  the  general  register. 

When  the  extent  of  the  collecting  service  calls  for  it,  registers  are  to  be  kept,  ac- 
cording to  the  form  given  in  Appendix  23,  for  the  supervision  of  the  punctual  collec- 
tion, and  handing  over  of  all  kinds  of  charges;  in  which  the  subscribers  belonging  to 
the  district  of  each  collector,  are  to  be  entered,  according  to  the  numbers  of  their  sta- 
tions. The  cashier  has  to  enter  in  the  day's  receipts  of  the  collectors  into  the  register 
and  give  a  receipt  for  the  same. 

Only  the  daily  amounts  are  entered  in  the  cash  book.  It  is  not  necessary  to  enter 
the  collected  charges  separately.  When  the  collections  are  handed  over  to  the  cashier 
he  has  to  satisfy  himself  that  the  accounts  for  charges  not  yet  taken  in  are  still  in  the 
hands  of  the  collectors.  When  this  examination  cannot  be  carried  out  without  inter- 
fering with  the  service,  then  a  few  accounts,  taken  at  random,  may  suffice.  The  mana- 
ger of  the  bureau  will  decide  on  this  point.  Registers  after  pattern  given  in  Appendix 
23,  are  also  to  be  kept  by  the  distributing  post  offices  that  may  have  to  'assist  in»the 
collecting  of  charges.  When  it  is  of  advantage  to  the  service,  in  handling  the  princi- 
pal cash  account,  the  registers  may,  by  the  direction  of  the  manager  of  the  bureau,  be 
kept  as  a  supplement  to  the  daily  cash  book,  until  all  the  charges  specified  in  them 
have  been  collected.  Where  this  arrangement  is  not  made,  the  amounts  are  to  be  en- 
itered  provisionally  in  the  account  book  for  fluctuating  amounts. 

In  the  case  of  local  systems  having  a  large  number  of  subscribers,  the  head  office 
of  the  Post  Office  Department  may  appoint  the  use  of  differently  arranged  forms  for 
the  registers,  and  make  other  arrangements  for  collecting  the  charges,  suited  to  the 
local  conditions.  In  necessary  cases,  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department 
may  also  appoint  that  the  delivery  of  the  charges  collected  by  the  messengers,  is  not 
to  be  at  the  head  cash  office,  but  at  a  branch  cash  office. 

The  collecting  of  single  charges  is  not,  in  all  cases,  to  be  delayed  until  the  end  of 
the  month.  If  the  amount  due  by  a  subscriber  up  to  the  middle  of  the  month,  should 
amount  to  100  m.  ($23.80),  then  as  a  rule  the  collection  is  to  be  made  at  that  time. 
The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  may  grant  exception  in  this  matter,  and 
also  in  cases  where  a  subscriber  has  a  heavy  run  of  traffic,  orders  may  be  given  to  col- 
lect at  more  frequent  intervals. 

The  charges  incurred  by  subscribers  of  questionable  financial  standing  are  to  be 
collected  when  they  amount  to  10  m.  ($2.38).  Charges  are  not  collected  in  this  way 
when  an  agreement  has  been  made  for  delay.  i 

Special  attention  must  be  given  to  see  that  all  accounts  to  be  cleared  off  by  the 
end  of  March,  are  included  in  the  accounts  up  to  the  time  when  they  are  sent  off. 

Special  regulations  are  given  for  the  collection  of  telephone  charges  within  the 
area  of  the  head  Post  Office  Department  of  Berlin. 

Regarding  the  manner  of  procedure  in  cases  where  charges  are  not  punctually 
paid,  see  paragraph  34. 

COLLECTION    OK    OUTSTANDING    CHARGES ;     STOPPING    THE    USE    OF    STATIONS. 

34.  Should  the  subscriber  not  pay  the  charges  incurred,  at  the  time  agreed  upon, 
ithen  he  is  to  be  requested,  by  letter,  to  settle  his  account  after  three  days'  grace.  At 
the  same  time  he  is  to  be  warned  that  the  station  will  he  stopped,  or,  if  it  is  only 
a  question  of  single  charges,  he  is  to  be  warned  that  no  delay  will  be  granted,  and 
the  compulsory  measures  will  be  taken  to  collect  the  amount  that  is  overdue.  If  no 
response  is  given  to  this  warning,  then  the  station  is  to  be  closed  up;  or  the  time  of 
respite  is  to  be  rescinded,  and  compulsory  means  are  to  be  used  for  collecting  the 
amount.  A  report  need  only  be  sent  to  the  head  office  of  the  Postal  Department,  if  it 
has  not  been  possible  to  collect  the  outstanding  charges,  before  the  filling  up  of  '  Regis- 
ter Aj  in  which  they  have  to  be  squared  off.  In  this  case,  in  so  far  as  the  charges  are 
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reckoned  in  the  general  register,  there  is  to  be  inserted,  in  the  division  for  '  remarks,' 
opposite  the  charge  or  charges,  a  statement  to  this  effect — '  payment  refused ;  reported 
1-5-1902,  etc.  In  the  report  the  reason  why  charges  could  not  be  collected  must  be 
stated,  and  mention  must  be  made  as  to  whether  the  station  can  be  transferred  to 
another  person,  who  is  willing  to  pay  the  outstanding  charges,  and  any  other  expenses 
that  may  be  owing. 

For  further  particulars,  see  instructions  for  carrying  out  Point  5  of  the  '  regula- 
tions '  relating  to  telephone  charges. 

The  foregoing  regulations  do  not  apply  to  the  collecting  of  outstanding  charges 
due  by  officials  or  corporations.  Ef  the  charges  are  not  paid  at  once  by  the  corporation 
or  official,  after  a  reminder  is  sent  from  central  bureau,  then  the  matter  is  to  be  re- 
ported to  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department. 

The  threatening  or  the  carrying  out  of  compulsory  measures  is  to  be  omitted,  in 
the  case  of  subscribers,  whose  financial  standing  and  readiness  to  pay  are  beyond 
question,  when  the  delay  arises  from  exceptional  circumstances,  or  from  known  rea- 
sons, such  as  absence  from  home  for  a  time,  or  difference  of  opinion  regarding  some 
items  of  the  account,  etc. 

When  the  central  bureau,  in  such  cases,  does  not  succeed  in  arriving  at  an  ami- 
cable settlement  of  the  charges,  at  the  time  appointed,  with  "the  subscriber  in  question, 
then  the  matter  is  to  be  reported  to  the  head  office  of  the  Postal  Department. 

When  a  conversation  is  called  for,  with  a  subscriber,  whose  station  is  closed  up, 
it  must  only  be  stated  that  the  connection  cannot  be  made.  Any  further  explanations 
are  to  be  avoided. 

REIMBURSEMENT   OF   CHARGES. 

35.  When  charges  are  to  be  immediately  refunded,  in  public  call  stations  (see 
paragraph  24),  then  the  amounts  are  to  be  entered  in  the  '  Receipt  Book,'  and  the  rea- 
sons are  to  be  stated,  in  the  section  appointed  for  :  remarks.'  In  the  case  of  auxiliary 
stations,  the  charges  refunded  are  not  included  in  the  accounts,  but  are  marked  '  free 
of  charges.' 

In  all  other  cases,  the  refunding  of  telephone  charges  is  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department.  The  charges  paid  back  are  to  he 
handed  over  (discharged).  The  discharge  cards  (forms)  are  to  be  added,  as  vouchers, 
to  the  account  for  charges  to  be  received.  The  charges  to  be  refunded  are  to  be  handed 
over  to  the  person  receiving  them,  as  far  as  possible,  by  the  messengers  of  the  telephone 
bureau  concerned.  If  the  business  premises  or  the  residence  of  the  person  is  far  off, 
then  the  handing  over  of  the  amount  may  take  place  when  convenient.  In  all  cases, 
the  execution  of  these  matters  is  to  be  in  as  simple  a  manner  ias  possible. 

SERVICE   WITH   BiVARIA,   WURTEUBERG   AND   FOREIGN   PARTS. 

36.  In  so  far  as  other  orders  are  not  issued,  the  foregoing  regulations  apply  alsc 
to  long-distance  service  with  Bavaria,  Wurtemberg  and  foreign  parts. 


The  long-distance  telephone  lines  are  used  for  simultaneous  telephoning  and  tele- 
graphing, using  the  Hughes  apparatus  or  sounder,  according  to  the  amount  of  tele- 
graph traffic  required  to  be  transmitted  over  the  telephone  lines.  The  connections  are 
arranged  according  to  the  principle  >of  the  '  Wheatstone  bridge.' 

According  to  the  census  of  November  1,  1900,  the  population  of  "the  German  Em- 
pire (not  including  Bavaria  and  Wurtemburg)  was  48,021,641. 

At  the  end  of  1904  there  were  319,556  subscribers,  not  including  Bavaria  or  Wur- 
temburg. 


We  give,  in  the  accompanying  table,  a  statement  of  the  extent  of  the  government 
telephone  system  in  the  larger  cities  of  the  government  telegraph  jurisdiction. 

GERMANY. 
1— d^-ZOi 


454  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Statement  of  the  extent  of  the  Telephone  Systems  in  the  largest  cities  of  the  German 

Empire,  as  on  December  31,  1904. 


No. 


Nmae  of  the.  Local 
System. 


i 

s 
0 
10 
II 
!•_' 
13 
11 
15 
Hi 
17 
is 
I 'J 
-ii 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
I'll 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 


Principal  Stations. 


Unlimit- 
ed Ser- 
vice. 


Berlin     

Hamburg 

Leipzig 

I  'resden 

i . 

<  Jologne 

Eort  (M)..  .  . 

I  [am  n  er 

Madgeburg 

Stettin 

dorf 

<  Ihemnitz ■ 

Konigsberg 

( lharlottenburg 

Bremen 

Essen    

Altona..    

Elberfeld 

Halle 

Strassburg 

I  >ortmund 

Barmen 

Mannheim 

Danzig 

Aix-la-Chapellc 

Brunswick 

Kiel 

Posen    

Erefeld 

Oassell 

German  Empire,  not  in 
eluding  Bavaria  and 
Wurtemberg ..    .  . 


Gen. 
Charge 
and  Con- 
versation 

Rates 

( Measured 

Service). 


30,573 
13,908 
4,874 
4,454 
3,148 
1,356 
5,412 
2,604 
1,798 

2,388 

1,591 

1,215 

3,715 

L,758 

830 

1,795 

1,124 

1,034 

74S 

948 

939 

1,615 

73ft 

1,003 

821 

897 

672 

808 

1.049 


202,263 


Free. 


12,726 
6,811 
4,050 
3,802 
2,629 
•j, '.  171 1 
3,231 
2,002 
L,683 
1,346 
1,991 
1,608 
1,004 
1,319 
2,160 

976 

44S 
1,135 
1,110 
1,455 
1,iiii2 

946 
1,266 

7:,:; 
1,122 

963 
1,238 

829 

959 
1,008 


126,00; 


Total. 


Supple- 
mentary 


Public 

Capta- 
tions 
and 
Stock 
Ex- 


Total 
Number 

of 


Pi  ipula- 
tion 

us  of 
Dec.  1, 
1900). 


4.",:. 

100 
89 

lus 
64 
58 
7:. 

27 
25 
1:1 
50 
15 
32 
32 
14 

19 
26 

28 
2:. 
29 
6 
33 

211 
41 

2: 

16 
63 


2,845 


43,734 
20,819 
9,013 
8,364 
5,841 
7,384 
8,718 
1,629 
3,508 
2,955 
1,428 
3,249 
2, 2i;  4 
5,066 
3,950 
1,820 
2. 2:.!  I 


22.71.". 

295 

8,230 

1(17 

2,616 

71 

M.42S 

113 

2,761 

41 

2.:.:  14 

711 

3,701 
1,588 
1,191 

1.117:1 
1,528 

1,117 

s7;i 

2,282 

sis 

1 1:,  7 

l.iiis 


2,27s 

878 

2.170 

7211 

2.231 

624 

1.H7-". 

664 

1,914 

1147 

2.SS7 

1,297 

1,522 

596 

2,155 

712 

1,804 

145 

2,176 

666 

1,526 

ill  2 

1.7s:7; 

551 

2.1211 

553 

331,115 

109,435 

37 

111 

24 

17 
is 
24 
27 

5 
22 

7 
20 

13 

is 

22 

6 

17 
11; 
in 
Hi 
8 
11 


4.404 


66,744 

29,156 

11,700 

11,855 

8,643 

10,04s 

12,456 

6,22' 

4,72:^ 

1,045 

.-..H74 

1,390 

3,104 

7,353 

4,790 

2,484 

3,327 

3,163! 

2.  OILS 

2,873 

2,661 
2,567: 
4,201 
2,131 
2,878 
2,265 
2,s:>o 

2,140 
2,341 
2,678 


144,954 


10. 


1,888,848 
705,738 

170,712 
452,797 
422.70!) 
372,529 
288,989 
235,649 
229,667 
214,289 
213,711 
206,913 
189, 4S3 
IS'.  1, 305 
182,:)18 
1S2,100 
161,501 
17-15,966 
156.0UO 
151,041 
142,733 
141,444 
141,131 
140.  .".1;:: 
135,245 
12S.  226 
121,824 
117,033 
100,084 
loii,034 


48,021,641 


GENERAL    REGULATIONS. 

1.  For  every  station  in  a  telephone  system  a  lump  sum  (unlimited  service)  charge 
is  collected. 

2.  The  rates  charged  for  telephone  connection  depend  on  the  number  of  sub- 
scribers' stations  existing  in  the  system  in  question  at  the  commencement  of  each 
calendar  year. 

The  unlimited  service  charges  are  as  follows : — 
In  systems  with  not  more  than  50  subscriber's  stations  . 
In  systems  with  from  50  to  100  subscriber's  stations. .  . 
In  systems  with  from  100  to  200  subscriber's  stations.  .  . 
In  systems  with  from  200  to  500  subscriber's  stations.  .  . 
In  systems  with  from  500  to  1,000  subscriber's  stations  . 
In  systems  with  from  1,000  to  5,000  subscriber's  stations  . 
In  systems  -with  from  5,000  to  20,000  subscriber's  stations 
In  systems  with  more  than  20,000  subscriber's  stations .  .  . 
The  above  is  the  annual  charge  for  each  station,  which  is  not  more  than  5  kilo- 
GERMANY. 


80  m.=($19.04) 
100  m.=($23.80) 
120  m.=($28.56) 
140  m.=($33.32) 
150  rn.=($35.70) 
160  m— ($38.08) 
170  m.=($40.46) 
180  m.=($42.84) 


APPENDIX  "A  "  455 

APPENDIX   No.   1 

pietres  (3  miles)  distant  from  the  central  station.  In  systems  having  several  exchange 
stations,  this  distance  is  reckoned  from  the  main  exchange  station. 

Subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited  service  charge  are  entitled  to  allow  their  sta- 
tions to  be  used,  free  of  charge,  by  another  person,  for  conversations  with  other  sub- 
scribers of  the  same  system. 

The  connecting  area  of  a  telephone  system  extends  to  a  radius  of  15  km.  (9£ 
miles)  from  the  central  exchange. 

3.  In  estimating  the  above  charges,  the  basis  is  the  number  of  existing 
subscribers'  stations,  at  the  commencement  of  the  calendar  year.  The  charge  thus  esti- 
mated, oomes  into  force  on  April  1  following.  Any  changes  made  in  this 
charge  for  the  commencement  of  the  year,  are  to  be  made  known  officially,  in  the  places 
to  which  they  apply. 

In  cases  where,  on  the  basis  of  the  new  regulations,  the  lump  sum  charges  are  in- 
creased, the  subscribers  are  entitled  to  give  up  their  stations  when  the  increase  of 
charge  comes  into  force,  by  giving  notice  to  this  effect  one  month  beforehand. 

4.  In  places  where  there  is  no  local  system,  a  lump  sum  charge  of  80  m.  ($19.04) 
is  charged  for  each  subscriber's  station,  which  is  not  more  than  5  km.  (3  miles)  dis- 
tant from  the  exchange  station. 

5.  In  telephone  systems  where  the  unlimited  service  charge  exceeds  80  marks 
($19.04),  each  subscriber  is  entitled,  instead  of  the  'lump  sum'  or  unlimited  service 
charge,  to  pay  a  '  general '  or  measured  rate  charge  for  the  use  and  maintenance  of 
the  'phone,  and  for  the  erection  and  up-keep  of  the  line,  and  also  charges  for  each  con- 
nection made — for  at  least  400  conversations  yearly. 

The  '  general '  or  measured  rate  charge  is  as  follows : — 

In  systems  with  not  more  than  1,000  subscriber's  stations,  60  marks  ($14.28). 

In  systems  with  more  than  1,000  and  up  to  5,000  subscriber's  stations,  75  marks 
($17.85). 

In  systems  with  more  than  5,000  and  up  to  20,000  subscriber's  stations,  90  murks 
($21.42). 

In  systems  with  more  than  20,000  subscriber's  stations,  100  marks  ($23.80). 

The  above  are  the  annual  charges  for  each  station,  which  is  not  more  than  5  km. 
(3  miles)  distant  from  the  central  exchange.  In  systems  having  several  exchange  sta- 
tions, this  distance  is  reckoned  from  the  main  exchange  station.  The  charge  for  con- 
versations is  5  pf.  (1  cent)  for  each  connection  made. 

The  subscriber  who  pays  charges  for  conversations  may  collect  the  charges  from 
other  persons  who  may  use  his  station. 

The  subscriber  has  to  make  a  declaration  that  he  will  pay  charges  for  conversa- 
tions, either  when  his  station  is  set  up,  or  at  the  latest,  one  month  before  the  com- 
mencement of  a  new  fiscal  year.  If  he  does  not  make  this  declaration,  then  he  will  be 
called  upon  to  pay  the  lump  sum  charge.  The  regulations  contained  in  paragraph  3 
apply  also  to  the  general  charges. 

INSTRUCTIONS   FOR  CARRYING  INTO   EFFECT   THE  REGULATIONS   GIVEN  IN  THE   FOREGOING 

PARAGRAPHS,    NOS.    1    TO    5. 

For  Paragraph  1. 

(a)  By  the  designation  '  Telephone  System '  is  understood  the  arrangements 
for  the  effecting  of  connections  for  conversations  between  stations  which  are 
connected  to  the  same  central  station,  or  to  the  central  stations  of  the  same  local  sys- 
tem. Stations  that  are  connected  to  exchange  stations  of  different  localities,  can  only 
form  a  uniform  (united)  telephone  system,  when  this  has  been  specially  determined 
by  the  Government  Post  Office  Department.  Systems  that  are  united  to  the  service  of 
neighbouring  places,  principal  centres,  and  districts  (departments  or  municipalities), 

form  distinct  independent  systems. 

GERMANY. 


456  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

(6)  As  a  rule  stations  are  to  be  connected  to  'the  nearest  central  station,  unless 
the  connection  to  some  other  than  the  nearest  central  station,  should  be  found  more 
conducive  to  the  interests  of  the  telegraph  management.  Premises  that  are  more  than 
15  kilometres  (9J  miles)  distant  from  the  main  central  station  are  not  connected 
thereto.  Only  when  a  central  station  is  removed  to  some  other  location,  or  when  it  is 
cancelled  in  the  interests  of  the  service,  or  amalgamated  with  some  other  central  sta- 
tion, can  existing  subscribers,  principal  stations  and  supplementary  stations,  be  con- 
nected to  a  central  station,  when  the  same  is  more  than  15  kilometres  (9J  miles)  dis- 
tant. Eegarding  the  annual  additional  charges,  and  extra  charges  for  costs  of  con- 
struction, in  such  cases,  see  paragraph  9  of  the  present '  regulations.' 

Subscribers  have  no  claim  to  be  connected  to  any  other  central  station  than  the 
nearest  one.  The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  is,  however,  authorized  to 
grant  requests  for  connection  to  some  other  than  the  nearest  central  station,  inside  the 
distance  limit  of  15  kilometres  (9 J  miles),  if  the  person  concerned  can  give  valid  rea- 
sons for  his  request;  and  if,  from  the  standpoint  of  the  management,  no  special  diffi- 
culties are  f  oxmd  to  stand  in  the  way. 

Eegarding  the  extra  charges  for  costs  of  construction,  in  such  cases,  see  para- 
graph 9  of  the  present  regulations. 

These  regulations  also  apply  in  cases  where,  for  the  connection  of  the  station, 
there  are  required — 

(1)  a  local  telephone  system,  and  a  public  call-station,  or  switch  station. 

(2)  two  public  call-stations,  or  switch  stations. 

In  the  case  of  (1)  permission  is  granted  to  the  subscriber  to  have  his  station 
connected  with  the  local  system,  even  when  the  connection  with  the  local  system  re- 
quires a  longer  wire  than  the  connection  with  the  public  call  station :  but  the  subscriber 
must  pay  the  extra  expenses  incurred. 

The  regulations  relating  to  the  connecting  of  stations  to  some  other,  than  the 
riearest  central  station,  have  no  application  to  the  connecting  of  stations  in  places 
where  there  are  several  central  stations.  The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department 
is  authorized  to  refuse,  frojn  the  start,  the  setting  up  of  switch  stations  in  places  where 
there  are  public  call-stations,  when  there  are  central  stations  in  the  immediate  vicinity, 
to  which  subscribers'  stations,  in  these  places,  can  be  conveniently  connected.  Extra 
charges  for  construction,  as  specified  in  paragraph  9  of  the  present  regulations,  are  not 
to  be  collected  in  such  cases. 

A  register  of  the  places  having  public  call-stations,  which  during  the  past  quarter, 
have  been  excluded  from  being  used  as  switch  stations,  is  to  be  sent  in,  not  later  than 
the  20th  of  the  first  month  of  the  new  quarter,  to  the  Government  Post  Office  Depart- 
ment for  telephone  service.  Only  those  public  call-stations  are  to  be  specified  in  the 
register,  that  are  situated  outside  of  the  5  kilometre  area  of  the  existing  telephone  ex- 
change stations.    It  is  not  necessary  to  post  up  notifications  of  these  changes. 

Public  call-stations,  situated  in  rural  districts,  which  have  been  reported  to  the 
aforementioned  bureau,  as  having  been  excluded  from  switch  station  service,  are  not 
again  to  be  used  for  connecting  subscriber's  stations,  without  permission  being  given 
by  the  said  bureau. 

Stations  that  are  beyond  the  limits  of  the  government  telegraph  area,  require  the 
approval  of  the  Government  Post  Office  Bureau. 

(c)  Stations  held  according  to  the  special  regulations  given  for  the  telephone  ser- 
vice in  principal  centres  (with  a  yearly  subscription  of  200  marks  ($47.60),  or  for 
municipal  (departmental)  telephone  systems,  can  only  be  connected  to  some  other  than 
the  nearest  exchange  station  of  the  local  system,  when  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office 
Department  considers  it  advisable,  in  the  interests  of  telegraph  management,  to  make 
connections  with  some  other  than  the  nearest  exchange  station;  and  when  the  pay- 
ment of  lump  sum  charges  for  conversations  in  municipal  service,  or  service  with  prin- 
cipal centres  are  appointed  in  both  systems,  the  one  in  which  the  subscriber's  station  is 
located,  and  the  one  with  which  connection  is  requested. 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  457 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(d)  When  new  telephone  systems  are  organized,  then,  when  request  to  this  effect 
is  made,  the  existing  subscribers'  stations  may  be  connected  to  the  nearer  new  exchange 
station,  when  those  who  make  the  request  can  show  valid  reasons  for  having  these  con- 
nections made;  and  if,  from  the  standpoint  of  the  management,  no  special  difficulties 
stand  in  the  way.  In  such  cases  no  extra  charges  for  construction  are  made;  nor  is 
compensation  to  be  paid  for  the  former  connections. 

(e)  Alphabetical  lists  of  the  subscribers  to  each  telephone  system  are  printed.  A 
copy  of  this  list  is  given  free  to  each  principal  station.  Copies  may  be  had  at  cost 
price,  at  the  places  mentioned,  on  the  title-page  of  these  lists.  Names  are  to  be  in- 
serted in  these  lists,  in  as  concise  a  manner  as  possible.  Not  more  than  three  printed 
lines  are  allowed  for  the  free  insertion  of  a  subscriber's  name  and  number.  As  a  rule, 
the  stations  are  only  inserted  in  one  place  in  the  list.  If  they  are  to  be  inserted  in 
several  places,  or  if  some  reference  is  to  be  made  to  the  first  insertion,  then  a  yearly 
charge  of  5  m.  ($1.19)  is  charged  for  each  additional  printed  line  required. 

Note. — If  subscribers  wish  to  procure  the  lists  (directories)  of  other  systems,  or 
districts,  which  are  wholly  or  partly  connected  with  the  area  of  service  to  which  their 
stations  belong,  then  they  can  obtain  these,  at  cost  price,  through  the  post  office  of  the 
district  in  which  the  subscribers  reside.  The  lists  are  to  be  sent  post  free  to  this  post 
office,  and  are  to  be  marked  '  post  office  matter.1 

For  Paragraph  2. 

(a)  The  distance  limit  of  5  km.  is  to  be  measured  in  a  direct  line. 

(b)  Subscribers  who  pay  the  lump  sum  charge  are  not  permitted  to  collect  any 
compensation  from  other  persons  who  may  use  their  stations  free  of  charge,  either  in 
the  form  of  a  compensation  for  the  accommodation  or  in  any  other  way. 


For  Paragraph  S. 

(a)  In  estimating  the  number  of  subscribers'  stations,  only  the  principal  stations 
are  reckoned,  and  those  stations  are  not  considered,  which  do  not  pay  a  continuous  sub- 
scription charge,  such  as  stations  connected  with  the  post  office  service,  etc.  The  num- 
ber of  supplementary  stations  is  not  counted. 

(b)  The  announcement  (of  numbers,  or  of  increased  charges)  is  to  be  made  dur- 
ing the  month  of  J  anuary,  and,  as  a  rule,  it  is  to  be  specially  made  for  each  local  tele- 
phone system.  It  is  to  be  inserted  once,  and  if  possible,  free  of  charge,  in  a  newspaper 
which  is  used  by  the  district  authorities,  for  making  their  announcements,  for  the 
locality  where  the  exchange  station  is  situated.  Announcements  are  also  to  be  sent  to 
the  other  newspapers  within  the  area  of  the  telephone  system  in  question,  to  be  in- 
serted, if  possible,  free  of  charge. 

For  Paragraph  4- 

(a)  Paragraph  4  applies  only  to  cases  where  an  exchange  station  is  newly  erected, 
in  a  place  where,  up  till  that  time,  there  has  been  no  exchange  station,  with  subscribers' 
lines  connected  to  it,  whether  a  local  telephone  system,  or  switch  station.  In  this  case 
the  same  lump  sum  charge  is  collected,  that  has  been  appointed  for  systems  with  50 
subscribers'  stations.  This  charge  is  collected  for  each  station  during  the  firsl 
year,  without  regard  to  the  number  of  existing  stations.  At  the  beginning  of  the 
second  year,  the  regulations  contained  in  Paragraphs  2,  3  and  5  come  into  force. 

GERMANY. 


458  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 
For  Paragraph  5. 

(a)  In  the  exchange  stations,  the  stations  of  subscribers  -who  pay  the  general 
charge,  along  with  charges  for  conversations,  are  to  be  kept  separate  from  the  stations 
that  pay  the  lump  sum  charge,  and  are  to  be  connected  to  special  annunciator  boards 
(drop-boards).  Where  drop-boards  with  fifty  numbers  or  less  are  used,  and  when  the 
total  number  of  stations  is  not  large,  this  distinction  need  not  be  made.  In  this  case, 
the  stations  that  pay  the  general  charge,  and  those  that  pay  the  lump  sum  charge,  are 
to  be  specially  differentiated  in  some  way. 

(b)  The  distance  limit  of  5  km.  is  to  be  measured  in  a  direct  line. 

(c)  The  conversation  charge  of  5  pf.  (1  cent)  applies  only  to  connections  made 
during  the  day  service,  within  the  area  of  the  same  telephone  system.  See  paragraph 
10,  of  the  present  '  Regulations.'  The  5  pf.  is  not  collected  along  with  the  charges  for 
service  with  neighbouring  places,  principal  centres  and  long-distance  lines. 

(d)  Eor  the  minimum  number  of  400  conversations  only  such  conversations  are 
reckoned  for  which  the  charge  of  5  pf.  (1  cent)  has  to  be  paid,  and,  consequently,  con- 
versations are  here  not  estimated  that  have  to  pay  higher  charges,  such  as  conversations 
with  neighbouring  places,  principal  centres  and  long-distance  service,  and  conversa- 
tions during  night  hours  in  local  service.  As  to  how  far  it  may  be  granted  to  hold 
conversations  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  for  the  charge  of  5  pf.,  with  the 
minimum  number  of  400  conversations,  see  '  Instructions,'  pages  483,  494. 

(e)  The  obligation  to  pay  the  appointed  charges  begins  as  soon  as  the  station  of 
the  person  calling  up  has  been  put  into  communication  with  the  station  asked  for.  For 
the  point  of  time  when  the  charge  is  incurred  to  or  from  supplementary  stations,  see 
the  present  '  Regulations.' 

(f)  The  subscriber  who  pays  conversation  charges,  can  only  collect  the  bare  con- 
versation charge  from  another  person  who  may  use  his  station.  He  is  not  permitted 
to  receive  any  other  charges,  such  as  a  compensation  for  the  accommodation  granted, 
or  the  like. 

(g)  For  the  transferring  oi  subscribers,  from  the  category  of  the  general  charges 
with  added  charges  for  conversations,  to  the  lump  sum  charges,  or  vice  versa,  or  from 
one  category  of  the  lump  sum  charges  into  another,  the  following  regulations  apply : — 

(1)  The  subscriber  has  the  right,  at  the  time  that  his  term  of  contract  expires, 
to  be  transferred  from  the  category  of  a  general  charge,  with  added  conversation 
charges,  to  that  of  the  lump  sum  charge,  and  vice  versa,  or  from  one  category  of  the 
lump  sum  charge  into  another,  if  he  declares  his  intention,  within  the  time  specified 
for  giving  notice  that  he  intends  to  withdraw.  The  regulations  in  paragraph  5  of 
the  foregoing  '  Regulations,'  do  not  apply  in  this  case. 

(2)  Moreover,  it  is  only  permissible,  before  the  term  of  contract  expires,  to  be 
transferred  from  the  category  of  the  general  charge,  with  added  conversation  charges, 
into  that  of  the  lump  sum  charge,  or  from  a  lower  to  a  higher  category  of  lump  sum 
(charges,  when  the  subscriber  is  willing  to  pay  the  lump  sum  charge,  or  the  higher 
category  of  lump  sum  charge,  from  the  point  of  time  at  which  the  station  was  received 
(given  over)  in  the  fiscal  year.  The  amount  of  the  general  charge  already  paid  in,  for 
the  fiscal  year,  will  be  allowed  for  in  the  estimation  of  the  lump  sum  charge.  No  allow- 
ance will  he  made  for  conversation  charges  already  paid  for  the  fiscal  year;  nor  will 
ithose  conversation  charges  be  cancelled,  which  have  been  registered  at  the  exchange 
station,  up  to  the  day  when  sanction  for  the  transfer  was  given. 


GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  459 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

LAW  RELATING  TO  TELEPHONE  RATES  (DEC.  20,  1899). 

Paragraph  9. 

(a)  For  urgent  long-distance  conversations,  three  times  the  amount  of  ordinary 
charges  are  collected. 

(b)  For_stations  which,  after  notice  has  been  given,  are  not  used  for  at  least  eight 
iconsecutive  weeks,  the  50th  part  of  the  annual  charge  for  unlimited  service  will  be 
collected  for  every  week  that  has  begun  during  the  time  of  use ;  and  for  every  week  of 
the  remainder  of  the  year,  the  50th  part  of  the  annual  charge  for  measured  service  will 
be  collected. 

(c)  Subscribers  of  such  neighbouring  places  as,  by  order  of  the  State  Chancellor, 
pay  a  common  local  charge  for  letters,  may  converse  with  the  systems  of  the  other 
neighbouring  places,  without  additional  charges.  Should  they  wish  to  avail  them- 
selves of  this  permission,  then  they  must  pay  the  unlimited  service  charge,  if  this 
charge  is  appointed  in  one  of  the  neighbouring  systems,  and  if  this  charge  is  higher 
than  in  their  own  system.  Subscribers  paying  the  unlimited  service  charge  are  au- 
thorized to  permit  other  persons  to  use  their  stations,  free  of  charge,  for  conversations 
with  subscribers  of  other  neighbouring  places  with  whom  they  themselves  have  per- 
mission to  converse. 

Paragraph  10. 

The  conditions  for  the  use  of  the  telephone  service  and  the  rates  therefor  are  fixed 
by  the  State  'Chancellor  in  cases  where  previous  regulations  have  not  been  provided. 
The  Chancellor  regulates  the  following  charges : — 

(1)  The  additional  charges  to  the  usual  unlimited  service  charges,  and  measured 

rate  charges,  for  stations  which  are  more  than  5  km.  (3  miles)  distant 
from  the  central  exchange  station;  also  for  the  supplying  of  special  ap- 
paratus, and  for  the  use  of  specially  costly  lines. 

(2)  The  rates  for  night  connections. 

(3)  The  rates  for  stations,  which  several  persons  are  permitted  to  use  in  connec- 

tion with  one  and  the  same  line. 

(4)  The  rates  for  using    public    call-stations,    and    for    transmitting    telegrams 

through  the  telephone. 

(5)  The  rates  for  moving  stations ;  or  for  removing  stations  before  the  term  of 

subscription  has  expired. 

(6)  The  rates  for  connections  in  service  with  principal  centres,  with  neighbour- 

ing places,  and  with  municipalities,  without  infringing  upon  the  regu- 
lations given  in  Paragraph  9,  No.  3. 

(7)  The  rates  for  special  telegraph  arrangements,  and  supplementary  telegraph 

arrangements. 

(8)  The  fixing  of  the  lump  sum  charges  for  night  connections. 

(9)  The  rates  for  using  the  lines  for  service  with  foreign  countries:  without  in- 

fringing upon  the  decisions  laid  down  in  Article  52,  paragraph  3,  of  the 
constitution. 
The  regulations  of  the  Chancellor  of  State,  on  these  points,  are  to  be  made  known. 

Paragraph  11. 

The  present  law  comes  into  effect  on  April  1,  1900.  The  first  announcement  of  the 
unlimited  service  charges,  and  the  measured  rate  charges,  will  be  made  on  January 
16, 1900. 

The  declaration  referred  to  in  Paragraph  5,  section  5,  to  be  made  by  the  sub- 
scribers, has  to  take  place,  first  of  all,  on  February  15,  1900.  Subscribers  whose  yearly 
rates  were  less  before  this  law  comes  into  force,  than  the  unlimited  service  charge,  fixed 
according  to  the  regulations  of  this  law,  are  entitled  to  give  up  their  stations,  up  to 
April  1,  1900.    The  time  for  giving  notice  to  this  effect  expires  on  February  15,  1900. 

GERMANY. 


460  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON   TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII..  A.   1905 

Paragraph  12. 

As  far  as  service  with  the  interior  of  Bavaria  and  Wurtemburg  is  concerned, 
Paragraphs  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  9,  10  and  11  of  this  law  have  no  application. 

Attested  by  Our  Own  Signature,  and  accompanying  Koyal  Seal.  Issued  from  the 
New  Palace,  December  20,  1899. 

(L.S.)  WILLIAM,  Prince  of  Hohenlohe. 

INSTRUCTIONS 

FOR  CARRYING  THE  FOREGOING  LAW  INTO  EFFECT. 

For  Paragraph  9. 

For  fixing  the  annual  rates  for  stations  that  have  only  been  partly  used,  the  fol- 
lowing rules  are  to  be  observed: — 

For  every  week  begun,  according  to  whether  the  station  has  been  used  or  not,  the 
fiftieth  part  of  the  annual  lump  sum  charge,  or  the  annual  general  charge  will  be  col- 
lected. 

The  number  of  weeks  will  be  reckoned  in  this  way :  The  total  number  of  days  of 
the  current  year  during  which  the  station  has  been  in  use,  and  the  total  number  of 
days  during  which  it  has  not  been  in  use,  will  be  divided  by  7,  and  any  fractions  of 
7  remaining  over,  will  be  counted  as  full  weeks. 

During  the  three  first  quarterly  terms  of  the  fiscal  year,  the  full  share  of  the  an- 
nual lump  sum  charge  must  be  paid.  The  balance  must  be  paid. in  the  last  quarter  of 
the  fiscal  year;  or,  if  the  station  has  been  given  up  at  an  earlier  period,  at  the  last 
term  oi  quarterly  payment,  for  the  period  for  which  the  station  was  signed  for.  Lf  the 
time  during  which  a  station  has  remained  unused  passes  over  from  one  fiscal  year  into 
another,  then  the  difference  in  the  rates  will  be  squared  off  in  the  new  fiscal  year. 

The  foregoing  manner  of  reckoning  the  unlimited  service  charges  and  the  annual 
measured  rate  charges  for  stations  that  have  remained  unused  for  a  time,  will  also  be 
applied  to  systems  having  not  more  than  50  subscribers,  in  the  case  of  those  stations 
which  pay  the  lump  sum  annual  rates,  for  service  with  neighbouring  places  and  prin- 
cipal centres.  Accordingly,  stations  of  tins  kind,  which,  after  notice  has  been  given, 
have  remained  unused,  for  at  least  eight  consecutive  weeks,  will  have  to  pay,  for  every 
week  that  has  begun,  during  the  time  of  use,  the  fiftieth  part  of  the  annual  unlimited 
service  charge  for  service  with  neighbouring  places  or  with  principal  centres ;  and,  on 
the  other  hand,  for  every  week  of  the  remaining  portion  of  the  year,  there  must  be 
paid  the  fiftieth  part  of  the  annual  measured  charge  appointed  for  the  place  of  resi- 
dence. 

Any  charges  for  supplementary  stations,  or  additional  lengths  of  line,  or  for  spe- 
cially expensive  lines,  or  magnetic  bells,  or  for  an  additional  microphone,  are  also  to 
be  charged  for  at  the  full  rates  during  the  time  that  the  station  has  remained  unused. 

In  the  case  of  stations  which  pay  the  unlimited  service  charge  appointed  for  ser- 
vice with  municipal  systems  this  charge  will  not  be  reduced  for  periods  of  time  dur- 
ing which  stations  may  have  remained  unused. 

Eegarding  the  right  which  subscribers  have  to  hold  conversations,  under  certain 
stipulations,  with  neighbouring  places,  by  paying  the  appointed  charge  of  5  pf.,  see 
'  regulations '  for  telephone  charges,  No.  18,  page  483. 

For  Paragraph  10. 

The  Regulations  of  the  State  Chancellor  were  issued  on  January  31  and  March  26, 
1900;  on  September  19,  1901;  on  January  9,  1902;  and  on  February  18,  1904. 

The  '  Regulations '  by  the  State  Chancellor  are  to  be  found  on  page  479. 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  461 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

SMALLER  SYSTEMS. 

In  intimating  the  extent  of  the  telephone  systems  in  the  smaller  towns  and  vil- 
lages, the  mere  population  is  not  taken  into  account,  but  only  the  exigencies  of  the 
service,  the  particular  local  conditions,  such  as  the  situation  in  centres  of  industry,  or 
in  the  rural  districts,  and  so  forth.  ihere  are  even  existing  systems  with  only  one 
subscriber. 

The  '  General  Regulations '  apply  also  to  the  rates  charged,  and  the  radius  cov- 
ered by  subscription  in  the  smaller  telephone  systems. 

THE  RECKONING   OP   DISTANCES. 

In  the  case  of  auxiliary  post  and  telegraph  offices,  it  is  to  be  taken  for  granted  (in 
order  to  avoid  tedious  investigations,  and  until  further  information  is  forthcoming) 
that  these,  together  with  the  head  .offices  to  which  they  belong,  are  situated  within  the 
same  '  tax-square.'  Therefore  the  '  tax-square  '  of  the  central  office  is  also  the  stand- 
ard for  the  auxiliary  station,  even  when  the  public  call  station  there  situated  belongs 
to  the  local  area  of  a  neighbouring  telephone  exchange  station.  Should  inconveni- 
ences arise  therefrom,  in  individual  cases,  then  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  De- 
partment musl   decide  the  ma1 


RURAL    DISTRICTS. 

No  special  telephone  arrangements  have  been  made  for  the  rural  districts.  The 
setting  up  of  district  systems  takes  place  according  to  the  general  regulations,  as  also 
the  erection  of  public  call  stations. 

Public  call-stations  are  set  up  in  order  that  all  persons  may  have  the  opportunity 
of  using  the  telephone  service.  Public  call-stations  are  located  in  the  following 
places : — 

(1)  In  the  public  halls  of  post  office  or  telegraph  bureaux,  and  in  auxiliary  sta- 
tions. 

2.  In  rooms  (places)  that  are  supplied  free,  for  this  purpose,  by  the  various  muni- 
cipalities, when  needed. 

(3)  With  private  individuals. 

In  local  systems,  the  public  call-stations  are  to  be  connected  by  junction  lines  to 
the  nearest  telephone  exchange  station.  Independent  public  call-stations  (see  para- 
graph 1)  are,  as  a  rule,  connected  to  the  general  telephone  system  by  the  ordinary  wires 
(German  has  '  talking  wires.')  Only  in  exceptional  cases  are  they  to  be  switched  on 
to  trunk  lines,  if  there  is  a  prospect  that  eventually  they  are  to  be  organized  into  local 
telephone  systems.  They  are  not  to  be  switched  on  to  trunk  lines  that  are  used  for 
long-distance  service. 

The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  will  decide  as  to  the  setting  up  of 
public  call-stations  in  local  telephone  systems.  If  the  public  call-station  to  be  set 
up  is  more  than  5  km.  distant,  in  a  direct  line,  from  the  central  station,  and  situated 
outside  of  the  municipality,  where  the  local  system  is  organized,  then  it  will  only  be 
set  up  if  the  required  guarantee  is  furnished.  See  paragraph  12  of  the  present  '  regu- 
lations.' Public  call-stations  for  the  use  of  districts  are  subject  to  the  same  regula- 
tions, in  the  matter  of  guarantee.  In  all  other  cases,  the  setting  up  of  public  call- 
stations,  in  local  systems,  is  to  be  regulated  entirely  according  to  the  needs  of  the 
community. 

Public  call-stations  in  the  care  of  private  individuals,  are  always  to  have  auto- 
matic apparatus,  viz.,  slot-machines. 

Public  call-stations  that  are  connected  with  junction  wires,  to  the  telephone  sys- 
tem, have  the  same  area  of  service  as  the  subscriber's  stations  that  are  connected  to 

GERMANY. 


462  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1E05 

tlie  same  exchange  station.  The  charges  specified  in  '  General  Regulations,'  Section 
2,  Part  2.  page  42,  paragraph  13,  are  to  be  collected  t>r  conversations  with  subscribers 
who  belong  to  the  same  system,  and  also  for  service  with  neighbouring  places  and  with 
principal  centres.  This  applies  also  to  those  public  call-stations  that  are  switched  on 
to  ordinary  lines,  or  trunk  lines,  and  which  are  connected  to  the  nearest  exchange 
station,  by  one  and  the  same  ordinary  line,  or  trunk  line,  without  having  connection 
with  another  independent  exchange  station,  in  so  far  as  they  are  situated  within  the 
municipal  area  of  the  exchange  station,  or  outside  of  this  area,  but  no  further  than  5 
km.  in  a  direct  line  from  the  exchange  station.  When  a  public  call-station,  situated 
within  the  area  of  5  km.  is  connected  by  ordinary  or'  by  trunk  lines  to  several  ex- 
change stations,  situated  in  different  directions,  then  it  is  to  belong  to  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  nearest  exchange  station.  If,  in  the  using  of  such  public  call  stations,  difficul- 
ties should  arise  in  the  service  of  the  ordinary  lines,  or  of  the  trunk  lines,  then  these 
public  call-stations  are  to  be  connected,  by  special  wires,  to  the  exchange  stations  in 
question.  For  estimating  the  charges,  in  long-distance  service,  the  point  of  departure 
(centre)  is  the  exchange  station,  to  the  jurisdiction  of  which  the  public  call-station 
belongs.  For  the  special  regulations  relating  to  automatic  stations,  see  paragraph  7  of 
the  present  '  Regulations.' 

In  all  public  call-stations  there  must  be  hung  up,  in  some  convenient  place,  a  table 
showing  how  the  phone  may  be  used,  and  specifying  the  places  with  which  service  can 
be  had,  and  giving  a  list  of  the  various  charges  that  are  collected.  The  places  are  to 
be  given  in  alphabetic  order.  The  places  with  which  conversations  are  granted  only 
during  certain  hours,  when  there  is  less  traffic  on  the  lines  (see  paragraph  13)  are  to 
be  differentiated  by  a  cross,  +,  before  the  name  of  the  place.  The  meaning  of  this 
sign  (+)  is  to  be  explained  by  a  remark  at  the  bottom  of  the  table.  Space  is  to  be 
left  below  each  name,  for  additional  names  to  be  added.  This  list  is  to  be  enlarged, 
according  as  the  area  of  service  is  extended.  A  form  is  given,  in  Appendix  2,  as  to 
how  the  above  table  should  be  drawn  up. 

In  the  case  of  public  call-stations  with  an  extensive  area  of  service  the  above- 
mentioned  table,  of  places  and  charges,  may  be  dispensed  with.  Instead  of  this  a 
summary  (statement)  of  places,  etc.,  connected  with  the  public  call-stations,  is  to  be 
kept  lying  in  the  telephone-booth  (call-box).  Reference  is  to  be  made  in  this  sum- 
mary, to  switches,  connections,  etc.  As  the  area  of  the  service  is  extended,  it  is  only 
necessary  to  make  the  additions  required.  Special  notices,  either  in  the  form  of  pla- 
cards or  table,  are  not  necessary.  See  paragraph  13  of  the  present  '  Regulations,'  for 
information  regarding  the  register  that  has  to  be  kept  in  every  public  call-station, 
regarding  the  connections  that  can  only  be  made  at  limited  intervals  and  the  hours 
during  which  conversations  can  be  actually  carried  on  in  such  cases. 

Public  call-stations  having  the  usual  telephone  apparatus  (not  automatic)  are  to 
be  designated  by  a  square  sign,  placed  near  the  entrance,  on  the  outside  of  the  build- 
ing, made  of  strong  sheet  iron,  30  x  20  cm.  and  enamelled  on  both  sides,  with  the  in- 
scription, in  Roman  letters,  '  Public  Call-Station.'  (German  '  Offenlliche-Fern- 
sprechstelle.')  Information  will  be  given  by  the  Government  Post  Office  Department 
where  to  procure  these  sign-plates. 

In  all  public  call-stations,  that  are  connected  with  exchange  stations,  persons  will 
be  sent  for  upon  request,  to  come  to  the  telephone.  The  fixing  of  the  area 
within  which  persons  may  be  sent  for  to  come  to  the  public  call-stations,  is  left 
to  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department.  The  extent  of  the  area  is  to  be  so 
arranged,  that  25  pf.  (6c.)  will  fully  cover  the  cost  of  sending  for  persons  to  come 
to  the  phone.  Postal  agencies  or  auxiliary  stations  are  to  be  allowed,  until  further 
instructions  from  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department,  a  maximum  compen- 
sation of  25  pf.  (6c.)  for  each  case  when  persons  are  to  be  sent  for  to  come  to  the 
phone.  This  compensation  is  only  payable  when  subordinate  employees,  paid  by  the 
post  office,  during  the  appointed  hours  of  service,  are  not  at  hand  to  call  the  persons 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  463 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

in  question.  The  charges  paid,  in  this  matter,  are  reckoned  as  messenger  charges  for 
the  delivery  of  telegrams.  In  the  case  of  exchange  stations,  when  persons  are  to  be 
sent  for  to  the  'phone,  the  regulations  relating  to  the  fetching  of  telegrams  apply. 

The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  may  appoint,  in  so  far  as  the  exist- 
ing conditions  may  call  for  it,  that  post  office  agents  and  keepers  of  auxiliary  stations, 
as  managers  of  public  call-stations,  for  long-distance  lines,  may  receive  and  forward 
communications  or  orders  coming  from  a  distance  for  other  persons  residing  in  the 
neighbourhood.  For  the  charges,  see  Section  2.  The  regulations  relating  to  the 
charges  for  sending  for  persons  to  the  phone,  apply  also  to  the  compensation  to  be 
paid  to  the  post  office  agents  and  keepers  of  auxiliary  stations,  for  forwarding  com- 
munications, and  for  reckoning  up  the  amounts  paid.  This  manner  of  procedure  does 
not  apply  in  the  case  of  exchange  stations.  The  employee,  or  other  person,  who  is 
requested  to  forward  communications  to  other  persons,  is  at  liberty  to  declare  to  the 
person  making  the  request,  either  before  or  after  the  request  is  made,  that  he  is  not 
responsible  for  the  night  delivery  of  the  same.  This  declaration  is  sufficient  to  exon- 
erate employees,  etc.,  from  all  responsibility  in  this  matter. 

The  erecting  of  special  telephone-booths  (call-boxes)  in  exchange  stations,  for  the 
telephone  service  of  the  public  call-stations,  is  to  be  limited  only  to  cases  of 
urgent  necessity.  In  cases  where  it  may  not  be  advisable  to  hang  up  the  telephone 
apparatus  uncovered,  some  simple  arrangement  is  to  be  employed,  such  as  curtains,  and 
the  like,  suitable  to  answer  the  purpose. 

Any  permission  that  may  have  been  granted  to  subscribers,  in  municipal  telephone 
systems,  to  use  the  existing  public  call-stations,  which  belong  to  their  system,  free  of 
charge,  does  not  extend  to  the  independent  public  call-stations  that  may  be  erected  in 
the  future. 

Abundant  opportunity  is  given  to  the  rural  districts  to  use  the  telephone  connec- 
tions, because  the  telegraph  offices,  in  the  smaller  places,  are  connected  by  telephone 
wires  with  the  universal  telegraph  system,  and  these  telephone  wires  are  so  arranged 
that  connections  can  be  made  with  the  general  telephone  system. 

The  greatest  distance  over  which  subscribers  can  converse  is  about  1,200  kilometres 
(745  miles). 

At  the  end  of  1904,  the  proportion  of  underground  and  overhead  lines  was : — 

Underground 609,392  kilometres. 

Overhead 404,985 


We  have  no  record  of  the  expenditures  for  construction,  maintenance  and  opera- 
tion of  the  local  system.  In  1903  the  whole  amount  taken  in  for  subscriptions, 
charges,  etc.,  was  50,915,670  marks  ($12,117,929.46). 


The  telephone  exchanges  are,  as  far  as  the  service  permits,  either  combined  with 
the  telegraph  bureaux,  or  with  the  telegraph  bureau  and  post  office.  When  there 
are  such  combinations,  the  service  is  attended  to,  either  by  the  post  office,  or  the  tele- 
graph officials;  or  where  there  is  a  more  extensive  service,  special  female  officials  are 
employed,  under  the  supervision  of  male  officials. 

Only  the  exchange  stations  of  the  most  extensive  service — telephone  stations — are 
independent. 

The  managers  of  the  telephone  stations  (call-stations)  receive  a  yearly  maximum 
salary  of  6,900  marks  ($1,642.20);  in  Berlin,  up  to  8,100  marks  ($1,931.80).  Foremen  re- 
ceive up  to  4,740  marks  ($1,128.12);  in  Berlin,  up  to  5,340  marks  ($1,270.92).  Tele- 
graph operator  girls,  who  after  serving  9  years,  are  appointed  as. of  full  age  and  ex- 
perience, receive  up  to  their  final  appointment  a  daily  allowance  up  to  3  marks  (71c), 
and  afterwards  a  yearly  salary  up  to  2,040  marks  ($485.52).  Experienced  instrument 
men  receive  a  maximum  salary  of  2,740  marks  ($652.12). 

GERMANY. 


464  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

All  the  telegraph  operator  girls  are  appointed  permanently  and  are  entitled  to 
a  superannuation  allowance. 

Those  employed  on  the  construction — telegraph  foremen,  labourers,  &c,  are  em- 
ployed by  the  day.  These  foremen  receive  up  to  4  marks  and  50  pf.  ($1.07)  daily. 
The  labourers  receive  the  daily  wage,  usually  paid  to  labourers  in  the  district  where 
they  are  employed. 

The  foremen  have  the  qualification  of  officials,  and  can,  in  due  time,  be  appointed 
to  subordinate  official  positions. 


The  cost  of  instruments  and  construction  material  are  based  upon  contracts  and 
agreements  with  the  persons  who  supply  them,  and  are  not  made  known. 


The  state  has  always  had  exclusive  right  to  organize  and  operate  the  telephone 
service. 

WAY-LEAVE   PRIVILEGES. 

The  carrying  of  lines  along  private  roads  is  only  done  in  those  cases  where  the 
owner  of  the  private  road  gives  permission  to  do  so,  without  claiming  any  compensa- 
tion. 

The  way-leave  privileges  for  the  erection  of  telegraph  and  telephone  lines  are  re- 
gulated by  the  telegraph  law  of  December  18,  1899,  which  is  as  follows : — 

The  telegraph  management  is  authorized  to  use  the  usual  roads  of  traffic  for  the 
telegraph  lines  that  are  for  public  service,  in  so  fax  as  the  common  use  of  these  roads 
is  not  thereby  infringed  upon  in  any  permanent  way.  '  Koads  of  traffic,'  in  the  sense 
of  this  law,  imply  the  public  roads,  squares,  esplanades,  bridges,  and  the  public  rivers 
and  streams,  together  with  the  shores  of  the  same  that  are  used  for  public  traffic.  The 
air  and  earth  spaces  of  the  foregoing  are  also  included.  Telephone  lines  are  included 
with  telegraph  dines. 

2.  In  using  the  public  roads  care  has  to  be  taken  to  avoid  any  difficulties  in  the 
way  of  theiT  up-keep,  or  ,any  temporary  entrenchment  upon  their  common  use.  If  any 
difficulties  are  put  in  the  way  of  their  up-keep,  then  the  telegraph  management  has  to 
furnish  any  additional  expenses  that  may  be  necessary  for  their  up-keep. 

After  the  work  has  been  finished  on  the  lines,  the  telegraph  management  has  to  put 
the  road  in  order  again,  as  soon  as  possible,  in  so  far  as  the  persons  or  person  in  charge 
of  the  road,  has  not  agreed  to  attend  to  this  matter.  The  telegraph  management  has 
to  reimburse  the  persons  in  charge  of  the  up-keep  of  the  road  for  expenses  incurred  by 
them  in  imdertaking  to  put  the  road  in  order  again,  and  also  to  make  good  any  damage 
that  may  have  been  done  through  the  work  on  the  lines. 

3.  If  it  should  turn  out,  after  the  line  has  been  erected,  that  it  entrenches  upon 
the  common  use  of  the  road  in  any  permanent  way,  or  hinders  the  carrying  out  of  the 
work  necessary  for  its  up-keep,  or  stands  in  the  way  of  the  carrying  out  of  any  altera- 
tions intended  by  the  road  contractor,  then  the  line  must  be  changed,  as  far  as  may 
be  necessary,  or  be  entirely  removed.  When  a  public  road  ceases  to  be  used,  then  the 
right  to  use  it  by  the  telegraph  management  also  expires.  In  all  these  eases,  the  tele- 
graph management  has  to  carry  out  the  alterations  made  necessary  in  the  lines  at  its 
own  expenses. 

4.  Trees  planted  on  or  near  the  public  roads  are  to  be  spared  as  much  as  possible. 
Careful  attention  must  be  paid  to  the  growth  of  the  trees,  as  far  as  possible.  Cutting 
off  branches,  may  only  be  done  in  so  far  as  this  is  necessary  for  carrying  wires  across 
or  for  the  avoiding  of  any  derangement  in  the  wires.  This  cutting  is  to  be  avoided 
unless  absolutely  necessary. 

The  telegraph  management  has  to  give  sufficient  time  to  the  owner  of  the  trees,  in- 
side of  which  he  can  arrange  to  have  the  necessary  branches  cut  down,  under  his  own 
supervision.  If  the  branches  are  not  cut  down,  or  not  sufficiently  cut  down,  within  the 
time  given,  then  the  telegraph  management  has  to  do  the  cutting  down.  The  tele- 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  465 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

graph  management  lias  also  authority  to  cut  down  branches  when  there  is  urgent  neces- 
sity to  prevent  or  to  remove  any  interruption  or  derangement  in  th?  service.  The 
telegraph  management  has  to  make  good  any  damage  done  to  trees,  and  has  to  pay  any 
expenses  of  cutting  down  branches  that  may  be  done  by  request. 

5.  The  setting  up  of  the  telegraph  lines  must  be  done  in  such  a  way  that  no  ex- 
isting arrangements  may  be  interfered  with — such  as  arrangements  for  maintaining 
the  road,  channels  or  sewers,  water  pipes,  gas  pipes,  car  rails,  electric  apparatus 
and  the  like.  Any  safety  or  protective  arrangements  that  may  be  required,  in  such 
cases,  must  be  paid  by  the  railway  management.  The  moving  or  the  alteration  of  any 
existing  special  arrangements,  like  the  above,  may  only  be  done  by  paying  the  neces- 
sary expenses.  The  moving  or  alteration  can  only  be  required,  if  it  is  otherwise 
impossible  to  use  the  road  for  the  lines,  and  when  it  is  possible  to  make  this  change 
without  interfering  with  the  purpose  of  the  arrangements  that  may  be  moved  or  al 
tered. 

Over  and  above  the  foregoing  stipulations,  a  public  road  must  not  be  used  for  the 
telegraph,  etc.,  lines,  when  the  resulting  expenses  of  moving  or  altering  any  of  the 
existing  arrangements  are  in  excess  of  the  costs  of  using  some  other  public  road,  which 
is  at  the  disposal  of  the  telegraph  management.  These  regulations  apply  also  to  any 
arrangements  that  may  be  in  preparation,  the  carrying  out  of  which  is  for  the  inter- 
ests of  the  general  public.  A  compensation,  as  specified,  in  paragraph  2,  will  only  be 
given,  in  such  cases,  to  cover  the  actual  expenses  that  may  have  been  incurred  in  mak- 
ing such  preparations.  Arrangements  in  course  of  preparation  are  to  be  understood 
as  implying  arrangements  for  which  the  plans  have  been  fully  drawn  up,  and  which 
have  received  the  approval  of  the  person  giving  the  orders  for  such  plans;  and,  if 
necessary,  the  approval  of  the  authoriteies  concerned,  and  of  the  proprietor  or  any  other 
person  having  the  right  oi  way  for  the  road  that  is  to  be  used. 

6.  Any  special  arrangements  that  may  he  made  subsequently  on  the  road,  are  to  be 
carried  out,  as  far  as  possible,  in  such  a  manner  that  the  existing  telegraph,  etc.,  lines 
are  not  interfered  with  in  any  way.  The  telegraph  management  must,  at  its  own  ex- 
pense, comply  with  any  request  made  to  move  or  alter  the  lines;  if  otherwise  the  carry- 
ing out  of  some  special  subsequent  arrangement  should  be  prevented,  or  hindered  con- 
siderably; which  have  to  be  carried  out  by  those  in  charge  of  the  road  for  reasons  of 
public  interest — particularly  for  reasons  of  political  economy,  or  for  reasons  of  public 
traffic.  The  removal  of  a  telegraph,  &c  line  may  only  be  requested,  when  the  same 
is  not  used  exclusively  for  local  service,  and  for  service  with  neighbouring  places,  and 
principal  centres,  in  cases  where  the  line  can  be  moved  to  some  other  suitable  route, 
where  the  service  is  not  infringed  upon  without  the  incurring  of  disproportionately 
higher  expenses. 

If  the  existing  telegraph  line  has  to  be  equipped  with  any  protective  arrange- 
ments, on  account  of  any  special  subsequent  arrangements  to  be  made  on  or  in  the 
road,  then  the  expenses  arising  therefrom  must  be  borne  by  the  telegraph  management. 
Should  the  person  charged  with  the  up-keep  of  the  road  transfer  his  duty  to  another 
person,  the  telegraph  management  must  reimburse  to  this  person  his  share  of  the 
expenses  incurred  in  the  moving  or  altering  of  the  line,  or  in  the  setting  up  of  the 
protective  arrangements. 

Contractors  for  any  other  arrangements  or  undertakings  than  those  specified  in 
paragraph  2,  must  incur  the  expenses  resulting  from  any  moving  or  alteration  of  the 
wires,  or  from  the  setting  up  of  any  protective  arrangements  that  may  be  required.  The 
regulations  contained  in  paragraphs  1-5  also  apply  to  any  subsequent  alterations  of  any 
existing  special  arrangements  or  constructions  in  or  on  the  public  roads  where  tele- 
graph, etc.,  lines  are  set  up. 

7.  When  about  to  make  use  of  a  public  road  or  thoroughfare  for  the  erecting  or  un- 
dertaking of  new  telegraph,  etc.,  lines,  or  when  about  to  carry  out  any  important 
changes  or  alterations  in  existing  telegraph,  etc.,  lines,  the  telegraph  management  has 
to  submit  plans  and  specifications  of  the  same.     This  plan  must  contain  all  the  pro- 

GBRMANY. 


466  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   190b 

posed  arrangements,  such  as  the  stretch  of  the  line,  the  space  required  for  the  over- 
head or  underground  line;  and,  in  the  case*  of  overhead  lines,  the  distance  between 
the  poles  and  the  height  of  the  poles,  in  so  far  as  this  is  possible.  This  plan  has  to  be 
submitted  to  the  proper  authorities,  in  charge  of  the  public  road,  whether  this  may  be 
a  federal  state,  a  municipal  corporation,  or  some  other  body  possessing  public  jurisdic- 
tion, or  to  the  person  intrusted  with  the  charge  and  up-keep  of  the  road,  or  to  the 
lower  court  of  administration.  These  have,  as  far  as  possible,  to  inform  the  parties 
responsible  for  the  maintenance  of  the  road,  of  the  nature  and  scope  of  the  plans.  In 
all  cases  where  the  moving  or  altering  of  any  of  the  constructions,  referred  to  in 
paragraph  5,  is  required,  or  when  the  derangement  of  such  constructions  is  to  be  ex- 
pected, the  plan  must  be  submitted  to  the  contractor  for  such  constructions. 

The  plan  is  also  to  be  publicly  exhibited  in  the  post  or  telegraph  offices  of  the  dis- 
tricts through  which  the  telegraph,  etc.,  line  is  intended  to  pass,  for  the  space  of  four 
consecutive  weeks.  The  time  of  exhibiting  this  plan  is  to  be  made  publicly  known  in 
one,  at  least,  of  the  newspapers  which  is  made  use  of  for  public  announcements  by  the 
authorities  of  the  district  in  question.  The  exhibiting  of  this  plan  may  be  dispensed 
with,  in  cases  where  the  telegraph,  etc.,  line  is  only  to  be  carried  overhead,  above  the 
public  road. 

8.  The  telegraph  management  is  authorized  to  i  with  the  carrying  out  of  the 
plan,  if  no  protest  is  lodged  within  four  weeks,  with  the  authorities  who  have  publicly 
exhibited  the  plan,  by  the  persons  concerned. 

The  time  during  which  protest  may  be  made,  begins  for  those  to  whom  the  plan  is 
submitted,  according  to  the  regulations  in  paragraph  7,  second  section,  as  soon  as  the 
plan  has  been  sent  to  them.  For  other  persons  concerned,  the  time  of  protest  begins 
when  the  plan  is  publicly  exhibited. 

Protest  can  only  be  made  on  the  ground  that  the  plan  violates  any  of  the  regu- 
lations contained  in  paragraphs  1-5  of  this  law,  or  comes  short  of  any  orders  that  may 
be  issued  on  the  basis  of  paragraph  18  of  this  law. 

The  local  board  of  administration  has  to  decide  as  to  the  validity  of  any  protest 
that  may  be  brought  forward.  Any  complaint  against  the  decision  must  be  made  to  the 
district  central  authorities,  within  a  period  of  two  weeks'  grace  after  the  decision 
has  been  delivered,  in  so  far  as  the  district  central  authorities  and  the  local  board  of 
administration  are  not  one  and  the  same.  In  all  cases,  the  district  central  authorities 
have  to  hear  the  telegraph  higher  authorities  before  giving  their  decision.  By  request 
of  the  telegraph  management,  the  decision  given  by  the  local  board  of  administration 
may  be  declared  to  be  final  for  the  present.  Should  any  such  decision  that  has  been 
declared  final  for  the  present  (for  the  time  being)  be  afterwards  set  aside,  or  be  modi- 
fied in  any  way,  then  the  telegraph  management  is  bound  to  make  good  any  damage  or 
loss  that  may  have  come  to  the  person  or  persons  who  make  the  protest,  through  the 
construction  of  the  telegraph,  etc.,  lines. 

9.  At  the  request  of  the  district  central  authorities,  a  copy  or  transcript  of  the  plan 
is  to  be  submitted  to  any  public  authorities  or  jurisdiction  that  may  be  designated  by 
the  said  district  central  authority. 

10.  In  cases  where  it  may  be  found  necessary  to  overstep  the  space  specified  for  the 
Jines,  in  the  original  plan,  without  making  any  actual  alteration  in  the  existing  tele- 
graph, etc.,  lines,  and  when  thereby  the  trees  in  the  vicinity  are  likely  to  be  interfered 
*with  through  cutting  off  branches,  etc.,  then  opportunity  must  be  given  to  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  trees  to  look  after  their  interests  before  the  proposed  work  is  carried  out. 

11.  The  government  telegraph  authorities  may  commission  the  officials  in  charge  of 
road  construction,  and  the  police  authorities,  to  superintend  and  repair,  provisionally, 
the  telegraph,  etc.,  lines,  according  as  orders  may  be  issued  to  that  effect  by  the  district 
central  authorities.  In  such  cases  the  telegraph  management  must  pay  a  special  com- 
pensation to  such  officials,  after  agreement  with  the  authorities  who  are  set  over  the 
said  officials. 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  467 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

12.  The  telegraph  management  is  authorized  to  carry  overhead  telegraph,  etc., 
lines  over  property  or  real  estate,  wliich  is  not  a  public  road,  in  the  sense  of  this  law,  in 
so  far  as  the  use  of  the  said  property,  according  to  the  conditions  existing  at  the  time 
when  the  line  is  set  up  is  not  infringed  upon  to  any  important  extent.  Should  any 
such  infringement  supervene  at  a  subsequent  period  of  time,  then  the  telegraph 
management  must  move  or  remove  the  line  at  its  own  expense.  An  encroachment 
upon  the  use  of  any  property  or  real  estate,  which  is  only  of  a  temporary  nature,  is 
not  to  stand  in  the  way  of  the  telegraph  management  setting  up  the  over- 
head wires,  but  any  temporary  damage  or  inconvenience  resulting  therefrom  must 
be  made  good.  In  like  manner  compensation  must  be  given  for  any  damages  that  may 
be  done  to  the  ground  or  its  appurtenances  through  the  setting  up  of  the  overhead 
telegraph,  etc.,  lines. 

Employees  and  persons  commissioned  by  the  telegraph  management,  who  present 
themselves  in  that  capacity,  are  authorized,  for  the  carrying  out  of  any  necessary  work 
on  the  lines  (especially  the  preventing  or  removing  of  derangements  or  interruptions), 
to  have  access  to  the  grounds  or  real  estate,  together  with  the  buildings  that  are 
situated  thereon,  and  the  roofs  of  the  same,  with  exception  of  the  secluded  living 
rooms,  during  the  working  hours  of  the  day,  after  sending  written  notice  beforehand, 
and  damage  resulting    must  be  made  good. 

13.  Any  claims  for  damages  or  compensation  thai  maj  be  proffered  on  the  basis 
of  the  regulations  of  this  law  are  invalid,  after  the  lapse  of  two  years.  This  period 
oi  two  years  begins  with  the  termination  of  the  year  in  which  the  claim  was  proffered. 

Claims  for  compensation,  on  the  basis  of  paragraphs  2,  4,  5  and  6,  are  to  be  pre- 
sented to  the  authorities,  or  jurisdiction  that  may  be  designated  by  the  district  central 
authorities.  This  authority  fixes  the  amount  of  compensation  provisionally.  After  the 
decision  has  been  given,  a  month's  grace  is  allowed,  within  which  any  legal  proceed- 
ings (law-suit)  may  be  instituted.  For  all  other  claims,  the  way  stands  open  to  in- 
stitute legal  claims  immediately,  or  to  begin  legal  proceedings. 

14.  The  district  central  authorities  have  to  decide  as  to  what  authorities  in  each 
federal  state  are  to  be  considered  subordinate  and  higher  authorities,  in  the  sense  im- 
plied in  this  law. 

15.  The  existing  regulations  and  agreements  relating  to  the  rights  of  the  tele- 
graph managements  to  make  use  of  the  railway  tracks  for  lines  are  not  modified  in 
any  way  by  these  laws. 

16.  '  The  telegraph  management '  in  the  sense  implied  in  this  law  is  the  govern- 
ment (Empire)  telegraph  management  and  the  royal  telegraph  managements  of 
Bavaria  and  Wurtemberg. 

17.  The  regulations  of  this  law  do  not  have  any  application  to  telegraph,  &c,  lines 
which  the  military  or  the  naval  authorities  may  erect  to  serve  their  own  purposes. 

18.  On  consent  of  parliament,  the  State  Chancellor  may  issue  regulations  on 
the  following  points : — 

(1)  The  limits  of  cutting  down  branches  of  trees. 

(2)  As  to  what  changes  may  be  actually  necessary  in  the  telegraph,  &c,  lines,  in 
the  sense  of  paragraph  7,  section  1,  of  the  present  law. 

(3)  As  to  the  individual  requirements  which  are  to  be  introduced  into  the  plan, 
on  the  basis  of  the  aforementioned  paragraph  7,  section  1. 

(4)  As  to  the  local  survey  that  may  be  required  by  those  concerned,  and  the  costs 
arising  therefrom. 

(5)  As  to  the  manner  of  procedure  in  the  matter  of  claims  and  compensations, 
and  the  costs  arising  therefrom. 

(6)  As  to  the  amount  of  compensation  to  be  granted  to  those  in  charge  of  road 
construction  and  police  officials,  for  services  rendered,  in  the  interests  of  the 
government  telegraph  management. 

19.  The  present  law  comes  into  force  on  January  1, 1900.  The  present  law  applies 
also  to  the  existing  lines  of  the  telegraph  management,  which  are  used  for  public  ser- 

GERMANY. 


468  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

(  4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.   1905 

-vice  (see  paragraphs  16  and  17),  and  so  far  as  contrary  special  agreements  have  been 
made. 

Attested  by  Our  Own  Signature  and  by  Our  Own  accompanying  Royal  Seal. 

(L.S.)  WILLIAM, 

Prince  of  Hohenlohe. 

Issued  from  the  New  Palace,  December  18,  1899. 

INSTRUCTIONS  REGARDING  THE  FOREGOING. 

For  Paragraph  1. 

(a)  The  meaning  of  '  Telegraph  lines  for  public  use,'  is  the  same  as  is  used  in 
the  '  Penal  Code  for  the  German  Empire,'  sections  317  and  318.  The  lines  referred  to 
are,  therefore,  those  that  have  been  set  up  for  general  use,  or  those  that  are  for  the 
immediate  use  of  the  general  public.  In  this  class  there  is  also  to  be  included  the  lines 
connected  with  the  main  and  the  supplementary  stations  of  the  telephone  systems,  or 
the  switch  stations,  and  also  the  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  as  these  last 
serve  for  connecting  with  the  general  telegraph  system.  Special  telegraph  arrange- 
ments which  have  no  kind  of  connection  with  the  general  telegraph  or  telephone  sys- 
tems, only  come  under  the  category  of  paragraph  1  when  they  are  for  the  special  use 
of  the  general  public,  as,  for  example,  fire  department  telegraph  service,  telegraph 
lines  belonging  to  authorities  in  charge  of  dikes  or  embankments.  Special  telegraph 
arrangements  which  do  not  come  under  the  category  of  paragraph  (1)  will  duly 
be  undertaken  by  the  government  telegraph  management  when  the  person  concerned 
produces  the  approval  of  those  in  charge  of  the  road,  and  the  approval  of  the  owner 
of  the  real  estate,  for  the  using  of  the  public  road,  or  the  real  estate,  required  for  the 
setting  up  of  the  line  in  question. 

(b)  The  '  common  use  of  a  public  road '  means  the  use  which  is  free  to  every  per- 
son, without  any  special  permission,  particularly  the  use  of  the  same  for  walking,  rid- 
ing or  driving.  The  use  of  the  road  for  special  constructions,  such  as  street  railways, 
car  systems,  arrangements  for  lighting,  &c,  does  not  come  under  the  category  of  '  com- 
mon use.' 

(c)  None  of  the  three  German  telegraph  managements  are  authorized,  on  the 
,basis  of  paragraph  1,  to  set  up  telegraph,  &c,  lines  on  each  others  territory  without 
the  permission  of  the  management  affected.  But  when  such  permission  has  been 
obtained,  any  of  the  three  managements  (German  Empire,  Bavaria  and  Wurtemburg, 
paragraph  16)  has  the  right,  as  declared  by  this  law,  even  when  the  line  to  be  erected 
passes  through  the  territory  of  another  telegraph  management.  The  expression  '  pub- 
lic roads,  esplanades,  squares,  bridges,  rivers  and  streams,'  is  to  be  understood  accord- 
ing to  the  statute  law  (common  law) .  Moreover,  all  public  roads  come  under  the  cate- 
gory of  this  law,  not  only  high-roads,  and  turn-pike  roads,  but  also  such  as  footpaths, 
&c-,  which  only  serve  for  a  limited  traffic.  By  the  '  air  space  and  earth  space,'  there 
is  to  be  understood  only  the  space  existing  in  a  straight  line  above  and  below  the  road, 
pn  a  square  with  the  surface  of  the  earth.  No  side  extension  must  be  given  to  this 
space.  The  authority  of  the  telegraph  management  for  the  using  of  the  public  road, 
extends  to  erecting,  extending,  maintaining,  altering  and  removing  the  overhead  and 
underground  telegraph,  &c,  lines. 

(d)  In  erecting  and  maintaining  the  telegraph,  &c,  lines,  all  possible  attention 
must  be  given  to  the  interests  belonging  to  the  road,  whereby  it  is  made  serviceable 
for  general  use.  Special  care  must  be  taken  that  the  use  of  the  road  for  telegraph, 
&c.,  lines,  does  not  in  any  way  infringe  upon  its  use  for  other  purposes.  Also  in  cases 
where  the  special  nature  and  piirpose  of  the  road  has  to  be  considered,  calling  for  some 
attention  to  the  manner  in  which  the  lines  are  to  be  constructed,  all  reasonable  de- 
mands must  be  complied  with.  In  cases  where  the  person  in  charge  o?  the  road  may 
have  made  some  special  arrangements  in  the  public  interests  for  aesthetic,  &c,  rea- 

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APPENDIX  "A"  469 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

sons,  special  consideration  has  to  be  shown  to  such  arrangements.  Should  the  public 
interests  demand  that  on  account  of  the  special  character  of  the  road,  the  telegraph, 
&c,  lines  must  be  carried  underground,'  or  that  the  poles  should  be  adapted  to  suit  the 
character  of  the  road,  then  all  possible  consideration  should  be  given  to  these  demands. 

For  Paragraph  2. 

(a)  In  order  to  give  those  in  charge  of  the  road  opportunity  to  look  after  their 
interests,  while  the  work  on  the  telegraph,  etc.,  lines  is  being  carried  out,  the  officials 
in  charge  of  the  work  on  the  lines  must  give  notice  before  the  work  commences. 

(b)  If  it  is  not  possible  to  avoid  hindering  the  proper  maintaining  of  the  road, 
either  in  a  transitory  or  in  a  permanent  manner,  through  making  use  of  it  for  the 
telegraph,  etc.,  lines,  then  the  additional  expenses,  resulting  therefrom  must  be  re- 
funded by  the  telegraph  management  to  the  persons  in  charge  of  the  said  road.  This 
obligation,  to  refund  extra  expenses,  applies  to  all  the  additional  expenses  caused  to  the 
persons  in  charge  of  roads,  by  the  work  that  is  done  on  the  telegraph  lines,  whereby  the 
work  that  they  have  agreed  to  do  on  the  road,  whether  that  may  he  the  maintaining 
of  the  road  in  its  present  condition,  or  the  improving  of  that  condition,  is  made 
more  difficult  and  expensive.  In  the  interest  of  the  government  funds,  the  greatest 
possible  care  must  be  taken  to  avoid  incurring  such  expenses,  by  any  special  manner 
of  line  construction. 

For  Paragraph  S. 

(a)  The  reasons  and  manner  of  procedure  for  cancelling  or  moving  the  course  of 
a  public  road  are  determined  by  the  statute  law  (common  law).  This  law  is  also 
authoritative,  in  so  far  as  the  road  or  river  police  authorities  have  to  decide  the  ques- 
tion as  to  whether  some  change  may  be  necessary  in  the  telegraph,  etc.,  lines,  on  ac- 
count of  hindering  the  common  use  of  the  road,  as,  for  example,  for  the  reason  that 
there  is  a  considerable  increase  in  wagon  and  carriage  traffic.  Against  the  decisions 
of  the  road  police  authorities,  &c.,  the  legal  measures,  provided  by  statute  law, 
may  be  employed,  such  as  litigation  between  the  management  and  the  authorities.  If 
district  authorities  have  no  authority  in  the  matter,  or  do  not  take  action,  then  any 
disputes  that  may  arise,  on  the  basis  of  paragraph  3,  are  to  be  decided  according  to 
common  law. 

(6)  Just  as  the  common  use  of  a  public  road  must  not  be  permanently  hindered 
by  the  telegraph,  etc.,  lines ;  so,  in  like  manner,  there  must  be  no  hindering  of  work 
necessary  to  be  done  for  the  maintaining  of  the  road.  According  to  this  regulation,  a 
telegraph,  etc.,  line  must  be  altered,  at  the  cost  of  the  telegraph  management,  when 
without  such  alteration  it  would  be  impossible  to  construct  the  necessary  drainage 
arrangements  required  for  the  interests  of  the  road. 

For  Paragraph  U- 

(a)  If,  in  the  construction  of  a  telegraph,  etc.,  line,  an  avenue  of  trees  has  to  be 
pruned,  or  have  branches  cut  down,  and  if  the  unimpaired  existence  of  the  said 
avenue  of  trees  is  in  the  public  interests,  then  any  disfigurement  of  the  same  has  to 
be  avoided  as  much  as  possible.  If,  in  such  cases,  the  telegraph,  etc.,  line  cannot  be 
constructed  without  some  considerable  damage  being  done  to  the  trees,  or  disfigure- 
ment, then,  if  at  all  possible,  the  road  is  not  to  be  used  for  the  lines,  and  the  lines 
must  be  carried  along  some  other  road.  Moreover,  special  care  must  be  taken,  when 
any  cutting  down  of  branches  has  to  be  carried  out,  to  avoid  all  unnecessary  damage 
to  the  growth  of  the  trees. 

(6)  The  owners  of  the  trees  should,  first  of  all,  be  left  to  do  the  cutting  down  of 
branches.  For  this  reason,  in  all  cases,  when  such  cutting  is  necessary,  either  in  con- 
structing or  altering  telegraph,  etc.,  lines  or  arrangements,  or  in  carrying  out  the 
yearly  work  required  for  the  keeping  of  the  lines  in  repair,  the  owners  of  the  trees  are 
to  be  requested  to  arrange  for  the  necessary  cutting  down  of  branches,  within  a  certain 

GERMANY. 


470  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.    1 905 

time,  which  must  be  specified  beforehand.  If  the  cutting  is  not  done,  or  not  suffi- 
ciently carried  out  at  the  end  of  the  specified  time,  then  it  must  be  done  by  the  em- 
ployees of  the  telegraph  management.  The  costs  of  cutting  down  branches,  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  telegraph  management,  are  to  be  defrayed  from  the  post  office  exche- 
quer, under  the  conditions  that  such  cutting  is  done  solely  for  the  purpose  of  keeping 
the  spaces  clear  that  are  required  for  the  telegraph,  etc.,  lines.  In  so  far  as  the  eut- 
ing  is  done  for  the  ordinary  care  of  the  trees,  the  resulting  costs  fall  to  the  tele- 
graph management.  In  so  far  as  the  trees  that  are  planted  along  the  public  roads,  be- 
long to  the  authorities  in  charge  of  road  construction,  an  agreement  must  be  coin- 
eluded,  once  for  all,  between  the  said  authorities  and  the  head  office  of  the  Postal  De- 
partment, as  to  whether  the  said  authorities  will  themselves  undertake  che  necessary 
cutting  down  of  branches,  or  leave  over  the  matter  to  the  telegraph  management.  Gen- 
erally, speaking,  it  will  best  serve  the  interests,  both  of  the  telegraph  management  as 
well  as  the  authorities  in  charge  of  road  construction,  if  the  carrying  out  of  the 
cutting  down  of  branches  necessary  for  the  interests  of  the  telegraph  management  be 
left  to  the  telegraph  management,  and  be  carried  out  for  the  telegraph  management, 
by  some  experienced  person  designated  by  the  authorities  in  charge  of  road  construc- 
tion. For  the  cutting  down  of  the  branches  to  be  undertaken  by  the  owners  of  the 
trees,  an  employee  of  the  telegraph  management,  such  as  an  overseer  of  the  line,  may 
he  appointed  to  be  present  while  such  cutting  is  being  done,  to  give  instructions  as  to 
the  necessary  extent  of  cutting  required  for  the  safeguarding  of  ihe  telegraph,  etc., 
service.  If  the  cutting  down  of  the  branches  has  to  be  undertaken  by  the  telegraph 
management,  because  the  owners  of  the  trees  neglect  to  do  so,  or  fail  to  accomplish  it 
sufficiently,  or  when  such  cutting  is  urgently  required,  to  prevent  or  to  remove  derange- 
ments in  the  lines,  then  such  cutting  must  be  carried  out  in  a  specially  careful  man- 
ner. Only  knives,  saws,  or  large  shears  must  be  used  for  the  work.  The  use  of  adzes, 
or  axes,  must  be  avoided.  In  the  case  of  large  branches,  in  order  to  avoid  the  tearing 
off  of  the  bark,  the  branch  must,  first  of  all,  be  cut  into  underneath,  at  the  place  where 
it  is  to  he  taken  off.  Cuttings  of  a  more  extensive  nature  are  to  be  carried  out  by  an 
experienced  man,  such  as  a  gardener,  etc.  So  far  as  possible,  opportunity  must  be 
given  to  the  owners  of  the  trees  to  be  present,  when  cutting  is  being  done,  or  to  have 
some  one  present  to  look  after  their  interests. 

When  the  telegraph  management  itself  undertakes  any  cutting  of  branches,  spe- 
cial care  must  be  taken  to  keep  strictly  with  the  limits  of  1  metre  (3i  feet)  from  the 
lines.  Any  infringement  of  this  rule  renders  the  officials  in  charge  of  the  cutting 
liable  for  any  compensation  that  may  have  to  be  paid  to  the  owners  of  the  trees. 

(c)  The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  has  to  keep  a  register  of  the 
persons  or  authorities  in  charge  of  the  up-keep  of  the  roads  that  are  used  for  the 
telegraph,  &c,  lines.  The  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  has  also  to  keep 
itself  informed,  as  much  as  possible,  by  those  in  charge  of  the  public  roads,  as  to  the 
proprietary  and  leasehold  rights,  &c,  of  the  trees  that  stand  near  the  telegraph  Ac, 
lines. 

(d)  In  case  of  any  accidents  that  may  happen  to  those  employed  to  cut  down 
branches  the  responsibilty  to  give  compensation  falls  to  the  telegraph,  &c,  manage- 
ment, in  so  far  as  the  cutting  has  been  done  by  special  instructions  from  the  telegraph 
management. 

(e)  If  the  telegraph  management  is  authorized  by  some  title  or  privilege  outside 
the  compass  of  this  law,  to  request  the  removal  of  branches  from  trees  standing  on  or 
near  the  public  road  or  roads,  without  giving  compensation,  then,  in  so  far  as  the  cut- 
ting required  falls  exclusively  within  the  limits  or  terms  of  the  aforementioned  title  or 
privilege,  no  compensation  is  to  be  asked  or  given  for  the  said  cutting. 

For  Paragraphs  5  and  6. 

(a)  In  so  far  as  a  contractor  for  constructing  any  special  arrangements  requires, 
according  to  the  statute  law,  the  sanction  of  the  existing  authorities,  the  rights  of  the 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "  I  "  471 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

district  authorities  remain  unimpaired  to  lay  down,  according  to  their  judgment,  other 
(conditions  for  the  contractor,  than  those  specified  in  paragraph  5  and  6  ,  when  the 
sanction  is  granted  to  him.  But  the  agreement  between  the  telegraph  management  and 
the  contractor  for  the  special  arrangements,  are  not  thereby  to  be  altered  to  the  pre- 
judice of  the  telegraph  management,  unless  the  sanction  of  the  telegraph  management 
Bias  been  obtained. 

(b)  The  regulations  contained  in  Articles  4  and  8  of  the  Prussian  law,  of  July 
2S,  1892  (Prussian  Code,  p.  225),  regarding  small  railways  and  private  railways  con- 
nections, still  apply,  after  the  present  law  comes  into  force.  Accordingly,  before  the 
construction  and  operation  of  small  railways  in  the  neighbourhood  of  any  government 
telegraph,  &c,  arrangements,  can  be  approved  of,  opportunity  must  be  granted  to  the 
head  office  of  the  postal  management  for  the  district  to  inspect  the  technical  arrange- 
ments which  are  to  be  constructed,  upon  the  basis  of  Article  5  of  the  law  relating  to 
small  railways,  from  the  plans  of  construction ;  and  opportunity  must  also  be  accorded 
to  the  said  head  office  to  give  discretionary  expression  to  the  obligations  which  rest 
upon  the  contractor  to  safeguard  the  interests  of  the  government  telegraph  management 
even  when  the  railway  line  is  to  be  constructed  by  those  in  charge  of  the  up-keep  of 
the  public  road.  Moreover,  the  rules  remain  unimpaired  according  to  which  the  head 
office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  must  be  heard,  before  the  police  authorities  can 
sanction  the  construction  of  any  arrangements  for  lighting  or  for  setting  up  electric 
power  lines.  Further,  in  such  cases  stipulations  must  be  inserted  in  the  charter  of  ap- 
proval (sanction)  for  the  safeguarding  of  the  government  telegraph,  &c,  arrangements, 
lines,  poles,  &c,  &c. 

For  Paragraph  6. 

(a)  In  the  erecting  of  new  telegraph,  &c,  lines,  special  attention  must  be  given 
to  see  that  the  telegraph,  &c,  lines,  do  not  stand  in  the  way  of  any  special  construc- 
tions that  may  be  necessary  on  or  in  the  public  road  in  time  to  come. 

(&)  The  regulations  contained  in  Paragraph  6,  section  1,  are  of  universal  appli- 
cation, and  include  any  arrangements  or  constructions  belonging  to  or  undertaken  by 
those  in  charge  of  the  up-keep  of  the  road.  Moreover,  such  arrangements  or  construc- 
tions are  to  be  carried  out  so  as  to  interfere  as  little  as  possible  with  the  existing  tele- 
graph, &c,  lines. 

Should  measures  have  to  be  taken  to  safeguard  the  telegraph,  &c,  arrangements, 
on  account  of  any  arrangements  or  constructions  that  may  be  introduced,  at  a  subse- 
quent period,  by  those  in  charge  of  the  road,  then,  in  such  cases,  the  resulting  expenses 
must  always  be  incurred  by  those  in  charge  of  the  road.  On  the  basis  of  the  present 
law,  the  following  privileges  (rights)  appertain  to  any  special  arrangements  or  con- 
structions undertaken  by  the  road  authorities : — 

(1)  Should  the  necessary  measures  which  have  been  made  in  the  existing  telegraph, 
&c,  lines,  to  accommodate  any  special  arrangements  or  constructions,  necessary  to  be 
undertaken  at  a  subsequent  period  by  those  in  charge  of  the  road,  hinder  considerably 
or  prevent  the  carrying  out  of  the  said  special  arrangements  or  constructions,  then  the 
telegraph,  &c,  arrangements  must  give  place  to  the  special  arrangements  of  the  road 
authorities,  at  the  expense  of  the  telegraph  management.  The  only  exception,  in  such 
oases,  is  the  exception  specified  in  paragraph  6,  section  2,  regarding  long-distance 
lines,  viz.,  lines  that  are  not  exclusively  used  for  local  service,  and  service  with  prin- 
cipal centres  and  neighbouring  places. 

(2)  If  the  telegraph,  etc.,  arrangements  cannot  give  place  to  the  special  arrange- 
ments or  constructions  of  the  road  authorities,  then  the  telegraph  management  must  bear 
the  cost  of  any  protective  arrangements  which  may  be  necessary  in  the  subsequent  con- 
structions, &c.  The  protective  arrangements  which  may  be  necessary  in  the  subsequent 
special  arrangements  or  constructions  of  the  road  authorities,  and  also  those  necessary 
in  the  existing  telegraph,  &c,  arrangements,  are  determined  by  paragraph  6,  section  1, 

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472  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

According  to  the  regulations  referred  to,  the  subsequent  special  arrangements  or  con- 
structions, must  be  furnished  with  all  the  protective  arrangements  that  can  be  intro- 
duced without  interfering  with  the  special  purposes  of  the  same.  This  includes,  for 
instance,  the  use  of  fenders  (protecting  wire  nets),  safety  wires  (or  protective  wires), 
wooden  bands  or  brackets,  for  the  power  Wires  of  electric  railways,  the  useof  insulated 
conducting  wires,  the  construction  of  shorter  cable  lines,  which  are  not  disproportion- 
ately expensive.  If  the  end  in  view  cannot  be  sufficiently  attained  by  these  means  then 
the  protective  measures  that  may  still  be  required,  are  to  be,  applied  to  the  existing 
telegraph,  &c,  arrangements,  viz.,  by  the  inserting  of  fusible  wires,  the  fixing  of  re- 
turn wires,  by  the  changing  of  the  overhead  lines  into  underground  lines,  where  this 
can  possibly  be  done  without  hindering  the  traffic.  What  has  been  said  in  the  fore- 
going paragraph  applies  generally,  and,  therefore,  to  other  arrangements  besides  those 
special  arrangements,  specified  in  paragraph  6,  section  2,  relating  to  the  constructions 
of  the  road  authorities.  Therefore,  if  protective  arrangements  are  not  sufficient  to 
safeguard  the  service  of  the  existing  telegraph  lines,  then  the  special  subsequent  ar- 
rangements or  constructions  of  the  road  authorities,  must  not  be  carried  out,  in  so 
far  as  the  removal  of  the  telegraph,  &c,  lines  cannot  be  demanded,  according  to  para- 
graph 6,  section  2.  As,  according  to  paragraph  6,  when  a  person  in  charge  of  the  road 
hands  over  his  duty  to  some  person  not  in  charge  of  the  road,  the  telegraph  manage- 
ment has  to  pay  this  said  person  for  the  share  of  the  work  done  by  him,  for  the  remov- 
ing or  altering  of  existing  lines,  or  for  setting  up  protective  arrangements,  therefore 
the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department  has  to  keep  an  exact  register  of  the  costs 
of  such  work. 

(c)  When  those  in  charge  of  the  road  have  to  construct  high  tension  lines,  to  be 
used  exclusively  for  electric  railways,  then  the  general  regulations  regarding  high 
tension  arrangements,  and  the  rules  relating  to  the  safeguarding  of  government  tele- 
graph and  telephone  .arrangements,  which,  according  to  the  regulations  that  have  been 
Jaid  down,  have  to  be  observed  by  the  contractors,  in  the  interests  of  the  government 
telegraph  management,  both  in  the  construction  and  operation  of  electric  street  rail- 
ways and  private  lines,  then  the  said  regulations  are  to  be  supplied  with  a  modifying 
clause,  whereby  the  costs  for  the  prescribed  protective  arrangements,  in  so  far  as  these 
have  to  be  applied  to  the  existing  telegraph  arrangements,  are  to  be  borne  by  the  tele- 
graph management. 

(d)  The  authorities  in  charge  of  the  road  have  a  preponderant  interest,  when 
their  share  of  the  joint  property  involved  in  the  aforesaid  special  constructions, 
amounts  to  more  than  a  half  of  the  same. 

(e)  Any  request  made  by  the  authorities  in  charge  of  the  road,  on  the  basis*  .of 
paragraph  6,  section  2,  to  remove  existing  telegraph  „arrangements,  is  to  be  decided 
between  the  telegraph  management  and  the  road  authorities,  apart  from  the  approval 
of  road  police  authorities.  Differences  of  opinion  must  be  settled  in  the  ordinary  legal 
way. 

(f)  As  to  the  question  about  the  costs  being  '  disproportionately  high,'  dn  '.the 
sense  of  paragraph  6,  section  2,  it  must  be  understood  that  this  does  not  refer  to  the 
proportion  batween  the  costs  of  the  new  arrangements  or  constructions,  and  the  costs 
of  removing  the  telegraph  lines  in  question.  The  question  to  be  decided  is,  whether 
the  costs  of  removing  the  line,  in  each  single  case,  according  to  the  rules  observed  by 
the  telegraph  management  in  such  cases,  are  so  high  that  they  cannot  be  borne  by  the 
telegraph  management.  Should  the  contractor  for  the  said  special  constructions,  or 
some  other  person  interested,  declare  themselves  ready  to  bear  the  '  disproportionately 
higher '  costs,  then  the  telegraph,  etc.,  lines  must  give  place  to  the  '  subsequent  special 
arrangements  or  constructions '  of  the  authorities  in  charge  of  the  road — under  the 
presumption,  of  course,  that  some  other  suitable  road  is  available  for  i;he  telegraph, 
etc.,  lines. 

For  paragraph  7. 
(a)  Before  the  plan  is  drawn  up,  an  endeavour  must  be  made  to  come  to  an  under- 
standing with  the  authorities  in  charge  of  the  road,  and  other  interested  parties  (such 
GERMANY. 


APPESDIX  "A"  473 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

as  the  owners  of  the  trees,  the  contractors  for  special  constructions,  etc.)  regarding  the 
construction  of  the  line,  in  order  to  avoid,  as  much  as  possible,  all  objections  that  may 
be  made  against  the  plan.  In  order  to  prepare  the  way  for  such  an  understanding, 
the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department,  or  some  person  commissioned  by  the 
same,  should  at  the  earliest  opportunity  confer,  verbally  if  possible,  with  the  parties 
concerned.  Even  when  local  surveys  are  not  requested  by  the  parties  concerned,  such 
surveys  should  be  proposed  in  necessary  cases.  It  should  be  suggested  co  the  parties 
concerned  to  be  present  at  such  surveys,  in  order  to  look  after  their  own  interests.  If 
an  understanding  cannot  be  arrived  at,  then  the  plan  is  to  be  drawn  up,  in  such  man- 
ner as  may  be  considered  necessary  by  the  head  office  of  Post  Office  Department.  The 
decision  on  the  difference  of  opinion  is  to  be  held  over  until  any  later  procedure  on 
objections  presented.  Only  in  specially  urgent  cases,  as,  for  example,  when  it  is  to  be 
feared  that  otherwise  some  special  construction  may  be  carried  out  to  the  detriment  of 
the  line  construction,  must  the  plan  be  drawn  up  without  previously  consulting  the 
road  authorities,  &c.  The  carrying  out  of  the  telegraph,  &c,  arrangements  may  be 
begun  independently  of  the  lapse  of  time  required  for  drawing  up,  the  plans  if  the 
authority  in  charge  of  the  road,  or  (in  case  the  altering  of  some  special  construction 
is  required,  or  the  cutting  down  of  branches  may  be  necessary)  the  contractor  for  the 
special  construction,  or  the  owner  of  the  trees  have  given  their  written  permission.  In 
this  case  the  construction  is  carried  out  at  the  risk  of  the  telegraph  management,  which 
may  have  to  remove  its  construction,  if  protests  should  afterwards  be  presented,  and 
be  pronounced  valid.  The  manner  in  which  the  plan  is  to  be  drawn  up,  is  specified  in 
Appendix  1,  and  in  the  '  instructions  for  carrying  into  effect  the  law  relating  to  tele- 
graph, &c,  roads,'  of  January  26,  1900,  which  is  printed  in  the  present  volume,  at  the 
end  of  the  present  '  instructions.' 

(b)  The  road  police  authorities  are  not  to  be  consulted  in  the  drawing  up  of  the 
plans.  On  the  other  hand,  the  authority  which  the  police  authorities  have,  according 
to  the  statute  law,  to  request  alterations  in  the  telegraph,  &c,  arrangements,  for  road 
or  traffic  reasons,  appertaining  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  police,  is  not  in  any  way  im- 
paired by  the  '  law  relating  to  telegraph  roads.'  On  the  ground  of  this  authority  re- 
quest may  be  made  at  any  time,  to  make  alterations  in  the  telegraph,  &c,  arrange- 
ments, independent  of  the  plans  that  are  being  drawn  up,  as  also  after  the  said  plans 
are  completed.  For  the  same  reason,  no  change  is  made  by  the  present  law,  in  the 
common  law  regulations  which  apply  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  river  (or  stream)  police 
authorities,  as,  for  example,  where  a  special  permission  must  be  obtained  for  setting  up 
telegraph,  &c,  poles  above  the  high  water  mark  of  a  public  river  or  stream.  See  also 
the  '  Instructions '  to  paragraph  3. 

(c)  The  announcement  in  the  newspapers,  is  to  be  drawn  up  as  briefly  as  possible 
and  should  be  expressed  somewhat  in  this  way,  viz. :  '  The  plans  for  the  erecting  of  an 

overhead  telegraph,  &c,  line,  on  the  public  road  between and is 

exhibited  in  the  post  offices  in in  each  post  office,  according  to  its  dis- 
trict.' Besides  the  newspapers  which  are  used  for  announcements  by  the  district 
authorities,  this  announcement  is  also  to  be  sent  to  the  other  newspapers  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood of  the  post  offices  where  the  plans  are  on  view,  with  a  request  to  insert  it 
free  of  charge. 

For  Paragraph  8. 
(a)  The  following  protests  may  be  urged  against  the  plans : — 

(1)  That  the  proposed  telegraph,  &c,  lines  permanently  encroach  upon  the  com-' 
mon  use  of  the  public  road.    See  paragraph  1. 

(2)  That  on  account  of  the  manner  of  construction  proposed,  the  maintaining  of 
the  public  is  hindered  more  than  is  necessary ;  or  that  the  transitory  hindering 
of  its  common  use  will  be  prolonged  more  than  is  necessary.  See  para- 
graph 2. 

(3)  That  some  other  manner  of  construction  is  possible,  in  order  to  have  a  greater 

sparing  if  the  trees.     See  paragraph  4. 

GERMANY. 


474  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

(4)  That  existing  or  proposed  special  arrangements  will  not  be  interfered  with,  or 
be  deranged  so  much  if  some  change  is  introduced  into  the  proposed  manner 
of  the  construction  of  the  line.    Paragraph  5". 

These  protests  or  objections  may  be  urged  by  any  person  who  has  any  interest  in 
the  matter.  The  circle  of  those  who  have  the  right  to  make  such  protests  or  objections 
^s  not  limited  by  the  present  law. 

(6)  Should  any  interested  person  neglect  to  urge  his  protest  within  the  specified 
time,  then,  on  account  of  this  neglect  the  claim  to  receive  compensation  for  any  loss 
or  damage  resulting  from  the  construction  of  the  line  (according  to  the  terms  of  the 
present  law)  is  not  limited,  in  any  way.  Should  any  protest  be  rejected  as  invalid 
when  it  has  been  presented  for  consideration,  then  the  person  bringing  forward  the 
said  protest  only  loses  the  plea  which  he  might  have  made  valid  in  the  ordinary  maimer 
of  urging  such  protests. 

(c)  If  the  higher  authority,  before  which  the  protest  is  urged,  is  not  also  the  dis- 
trict central  authority,  then  it  is,  as  a  rule,  to  be  recommended  that  the  head  office  of 
the  Post  Office  Department,  when  transmitting  the  proceedings  that  have  resulted 
from  the  urging  of  the  protest,  should  recommend  that  the  decision  of  the  higher  au- 
thority in  question  should  be  declared  final  for  the  time  being.  It  must  be  decided, 
according  to  the  circumstances  of  the  case,  as  to  how  far  the  construction  of  the  line 
js  to  be  proceeded  with,  before  the  time  given  for  presenting  protests  before  the  dis- 
trict central  authorities  has  terminated,  and  before  the  said  authorities  have  given 
their  decision  on  the  said  protests.  The  decision,  in  the  case  of  overhead  lines,  is  to 
be  pronounced  by  the  head  office  of  the  Post  Office  Department,  and,  in  the  case  of  un- 
derground lines  by  the  government  postal  direction. 

For  Paragraph  10. 

(a)  What  kinds  of  alterations  are  really  to  be  made  are  specified  in  the  '  regula- 
tions '  which  were  issued  on  January  26,  1900,  and  which  will  be  found  printed  at  the 
end  of  these  present  '  Instructions.' 

(b)  Eegarding  any  scruples  that  may  be  held  by  the  owners  of  the  trees,  the  deci- 
sion on  the  point  (on  the  basis  of  paragraph  10)  is  not  to  be  made  by  the  higher  ad- 
ministrative authorities,  or  by  the  district  central  authorities,  but  only  the  telegraph 
management. 

(c)  The  regulations  given  in  paragraph  4  apply  to  cases  where  branches  are  cut 
down  and  where  compensation  has  to  be  given. 

For  Paragraph  11. 
(a)  Eegarding  the  inspection  and  provisional  repairing  of  the  lines  by  those  in 
charge  of  road  construction,  and  by  the  police  authorities,  the  following  principles 
have  been  agreed  upon,  with  the  governments  of  the  individual  states  that  are  situ- 
ated within  the  area  of  the  government  telegraph  management : — 

(1)  The  general  postal  direction  of  each  district  have  to  decide  as  to  the 
stretches  along  which  the  aforesaid  '  inspection  and  provisional  repairing '  of 
the  lines  is  to  be  carried  out.  They  will  supply  the  necessary  information  re- 
garding the  agreements  that  have  been  made  on  this  matter,  to  the  authori- 
ties set  over  the  road  and  police  employees. 

(2)  The  commissioning  of  the  road,  etc.,  employees  is  done  by  the  authorities  that 
are  immediately  set  over  them,  by  handing  over  to  the  said  employees  instruc- 
tions supplied  by  the  telegraph  management.  The  names  of  the  said  em- 
ployees are  to  be  supplied  to  the  general  postal  direction  by  the  authorities 
set  over  the  said  employees. 

(3)  The  general  postal  direction  will  fix  the  compensation  to  be  given  to  the  road 
&c,  employees  for  the  'inspection  and  provisional  repairing'  of  the  line' 
which,  according  to  the  instructions  issued  by  the  State  Chancellor,  for  the 
carrying  out  of  this  law,  amounts  to  from  three  to  four  marks  (72  to  96  cents) 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  -  \  "  475 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

for  each  km.  per  year.  The  general  postal  direction  will  fix  the  amount  within 
these  limits,  according  to  the  number  of  lines  carried  by  the  poles.  The 
amounts  granted  in  the  absence  of  further  instructions  from  the  authorities 
set  over  the  said  employees,  are  to  be  paid  directly  to  the  said  employees, 
either  through  the  said  authorities  or  by  the  general  postal  direction.  The 
regulations  given  under  (d)  have  reference  to  the  granting  of  rewards  to  the 
road  employees,  &c,  for  supplying  information  regarding  any  persons  damag- 
ing the  lines. 
(1)  The  police  are  instructed  by  the  authorities  set  over  them  to  watch  against  all 
intentional  serious  damaging  of  tbe  government  telegraph,  fie,  lines.  For 
arresting  or  giving  the  names  of  those  who  are  guilty  of  doing  such  damage 
the  police  receive  for  each  case  a  maximum  reward  of  15  marks  ($3.57),  in  the 
absence  of  any  further  instructions  on  this  matter  that  may  be  issued  by  the 
general  postal  direction.  The  rewards  are  paid,  after  agreement  with  the 
authorities  in  charge  of  the  police,  and  are  handed  over  by  them  to  the  police. 

For  Paragraph  12. 

(a)  For  deciding  the  question  as  'to  whether  a  proprietor  is  interfered  with,  in 
the  use  of  his  property,  only  the  conditions  that  exist  when  the  line  is  being  constructed 
have  to  be  taken  into  consideration.  Should  the  use  of  the  said  property  only  be  in- 
terfered with  at  a  subsequent  period,  through  some  alteration  being  introduced  into 
the  conditions  existing  when  the  line  was  constructed,  as  for  example,  because  the 
proprietor  wishes  to  heighten  his  building  or  buildings  over  which  the  telegraph,  &c, 
lines  have  been  stretched,  then  the  telegraph  management,  at  its  own  expense,  must 
remove  the  lines  or  alter  them  in  such  way  that  all  interference  with  the  use  of 
the  property  is  completely  obviated.  This  especially  applies  to  cases  where  the  pro- 
prietor may  erect  some  special  constructions  on  his  property,  which  are  interfered 
with  by  the  telegraph,  &c,  overhead  lines.  For  such  cases,  the  regulations  specified  in 
paragraphs  5  and  6,  have  no  application. 

(6)  A  temporary  interfering  with  the  use  of  the  property  may  take  place,  when 
the  measures  appointed  by  the  telegraph  management  are  only  of  a  temporary  nature; 
£uch  as  the  climbing  on  to  roofs  in  order  to  stretch  the  telegraphs,  &c,  wires  across,  or 
when  the  proprietor,  whose  ordinary  use  of  the  property  is  not  interfered  with  by  the 
existing  telegraph,  &c,  lines,  has,  hy  way  of  exception,  to  make  use  of  his  property  for 
some  temporary  purpose,  as  for  example,  to  set  up  a  flag,  &c,  on  some  festive  occasion, 
which  is  interfered  with  by  the  existing  telegraph  lines. 

(c)  The  authority  to  have  access  to  the  property  is  only  to  be  exercised  on  specially 
necessary  occasions.  The  employees  who  have  to  obtain  access  to  the  property  are  to 
be  furnished  with  letters  of  authority,  and  with  notification  forms,  which  are  to  be 
filled  up  and  sent  to  the  owner  beforehand.  The  head  office  of  the  postal  department 
has  to  furnish  these  letters  of  authority  and  the  notification  forms. 

(d)  Paragraph  12  does  not  confer  any  right  to  set  up  poles  on  buildings  or  private 
grounds:  therefore,  in  each  particular  case  the  consent  of  the  proprietor  must  be 
obtained. 

For  Paragraph  13. 

(a)  The  regulation  that  all  claims  urged  on  the  basis  of  this  law,  for  which  an 
administrative  form  of  procedure  has  not  been  expressly  provided,  are  to  be  handled 
by  the  present  law,  applies  only  to  the  urging  of  those  claims  which  arise,  on  the  basis 
of  the  present  law,  and  which  belong  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  civil  law.  If,  on  the 
contrary,  an  order  should  be  issued  through  the  police  by  the  authorities  concerned  in 
the  matter,  that,  for  instance,  some  alteration  in  the  telegraph,  &c,  lines  must  be 
carried  out,  then,  if  the  telegraph  management  protests  against  the  said  order,  the 
question  must  be  decided  according  to  the  special  regulations  which  obtain  in  each 
individual  federal  state. 

(b)  The  authorities  before  which  claims  for  compensation  are  to  be  presented, 
may  be  seen  from  the  lists  given  in  Appendix  2. 

GERMANY. 


476  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VI!.,  A.  1905 
For  Paragraph  Ik- 
Which  authorities  are  to  be  considered  '  higher,'  and  which  '  lower,'  will  be  seen 
may  be  seen  from  the  lists  given  in  appendix  2. 

For  Paragraph  15. 

(a)  The  railway  track,  as  such,  is  no  public  road.  Its  use  for  the  purposes  of  the 
telegraph  management  is  not  to  be  determined  by  paragraphs  1-11  of  the  present  law, 
but  according  to  the  special  regulations  which  have  previously  been  laid  down  and 
especially  the  parliamentary  decrees  of  December  21,  1868,  pages  5-7,  or  according  to 
any  existing  concessions,  or  on  the  basis  of  any  existing  agreements.  On  the  other 
hand,  paragraph  12  of  this  law  applies  also  to  the  railway  track  in  so  far  as  any  other 
special  agreements  may  not  have  been  made. 

(b)  When  railways  are  not  run  on  their  own  special  tracks,  but  along  public 
roads,  then  they  are  to  be  considered  as  special  constructions  in  the  sense  implied  in 
paragraphs  5  and  6. 

For  Paragraph  17. 

(a)  Should  the  military  or  the  naval  authorities  construct  their  own  telegraph, 
&c.  lines  in  co-operation  with  the  government  telegraph  management,  then  the  military 
or  naval  authorities  have  to  take  the  necessary  steps,  laid  down  in  the  present  law, 
in  order  to  obtain  permission  to  use  the  public  roads  for  their  lines. 

For  Paragraph  18. 

The  decisions  of  the  State  Chancellor  were  issued  on  January  26,  1900.  They 
follow  at  the  end  of  the  present  '  Instructions.' 

For  Paragraph  19. 

(a)  Any  claims  already  existing  before  January  1,  1900,  for  or  against  the  tele- 
graph management  on  the  basis  of  special  agreements  or  arrangements,  or  on  the  basis 
of  paragraph  12,  of  the  telegraph  law  of  April  6,  1892,  are  to  be  decided  according  to 
the  previous  law.  This  specially  applies  to  claims  for  the  expenses  of  constructing 
euch  protective  arrangements  as  may  have  been  necessary  on  account  of  any  influenc- 
ing of  the  telegraph  service  by  high  tension  electric  lines,  previous  to  January  1,  1900. 

(&)  This  telegraph  law  applies  to  all  new  telegraph,  &c,  lines  which  amy  be  con- 
structed after  January  1,  1900,  and  also  to  the  roads  for  which  up  to  the  present  time 
there  have  been  special  agreements. 

(c)  For  the  telegraph,  &c.  lines  already  existing  on  January  1,  1900,  that  are  used 
for  public  purposes,  this  new  law  only  applies,  in  so  far  as  special  agreements  of  a  con- 
trary nature,  have  not  been  made,  or  in  so  far  as  such  agreements  have  terminated 
either  through  having  been  revoked,  or  through  mutual  agreement.  A  presupposition 
for  the  application  of  this  law  is,  therefore,  first  of  all,  the  absence  of  special  agree- 
ments, that  is  to  say,  agreements  which  determine  something  different  from  the  terms 
,of  previous  laws.  For  example,  agreements  do  not  stand  against  the  application  of 
this  law,  which,  in  regard  to  the  present  state  roads,  or  the  former  state  roads,  that 
have  come  into  the  possession  of  the  municipal  authorities,  only  recognize  the  applica- 
tion of  the  Parliamentary  Decree  of  1869  (July  25) ;  or  those  agreements  which  are 
made  with  authorities  in  charge  of  road  construction,  which  trench  upon  the  reserva- 
tions of  the  aforementioned  Parliamentary  Decree.  A  special  agreement  is  rather  to 
be  considered  when  through  agreement,  or  concession,  either  the  Parliamentary  Decree 
is  applied  to  conditions  or  circumstances  for  which  it  is  not  valid,  or  when  instead  of 
the  Parliamentary  Decree  something  different  has  been  decided.  These  special  agree- 
ments only  exclude  the  application  of  this  law  to  existing  lines  in  so  far  as  they  con- 
tain something  opposed  to  the  same.  Agreements  are  by  no  means  to  be  considered 
,as  opposed,  which  only  contain  such  provisions  as  the  sanction  to  use  a  road  for  the 
construction  of  telegraph,  &c,  lines  (without  burdensome  stipulations),  or  rules  for 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  477 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

specifying  the  course  of  the  line,  or  regulations  regarding  the  sparing  of  trees  on  or 
near  the  road,  or  regulations  regarding  the  looking  after  the  lines,  by  the  employees 
of  the  road  construction  authorities. 

On  the  other  hand,  there  are  contrary  agreements,  according  to  which  the  use  of 
roads,  &c.,  are  only  granted  for  special  compensations,  such  as  continuous  payments, 
reduction  of  telephone  charges,  or  with  conditional  or  unconditional  rights  to  cancel 
the  privilege  of  using  the  said  road ;  or  agreements  which  lay  down  different  rules  from 
those  of  the  law  relating  to  telegraph,  &c,  roads,  regarding  the  expenses  for  arrange- 
ments for  protecting  the  telegraph,  &c,  constructions,  against  other  special  arrange- 
ments or  constructions,  or  agreements  which  call  for  compensation  for  any  damage 
done  to  gas,  sewer  or  water  pipes,  according  to  some  rule  or  obligation  which  goes  be- 
yond the  regulations  of  the  ordinary  civil  law. 

This  law  cannot  apply  to  the  lines  existing  on  January  1,  1900,  on  those 
roads  regarding  which  the  aforementioned  special  agreements  have  been  made,  and, 
indeed,  in  such  cases  all  the  regulations  of  this  law  are  excluded.  It  is  therefore  ap- 
parent that  the  regulations  relating  to  the  use  of  public  roads,  form  an  integral  whole. 
It  is  not,  therefore,  admissible  to  permit  the  right  to  cancel  the  use  of  any  road,  and 
yet,  at  the  same  time,  to  apply  the  regulations  contained  in  paragraph  6  of  this  law. 
.The  previous  right  still  applies  to  any  new  wires,  or  line3,  that  may  afterwards  be 
.carried  along  any  of  the  lines  existing  on  January  1,  1900,  that  are  not  subject  to  the 
present  law. 

(State  Code,  p.  7.) 

REGULATIONS   RESPECTING   THE   LAW   RELATING   TO  THE   USE   OF   ROADS    FOR  TELEGRAPHS,   ETC. 

(Issued  on  January  26,  1900.) 

By  the  approval 'of  parliament,  the  following  regulations  are  issued  on  the  basis 
of  paragraph  18,  of  the  '  Law  relating  to  the  use  of  Roads  for  Telegraphs,  &c.,  of 
December  18,  1899.    (State  Code,  p.  705.) 

(1)  Branches  are  to  be  cut  down  in  such  a  manner  that  the  lines  are  at  least  60 
.centimetres  (2  feet)  distant  from  all  the  surrounding  branches.  No  cutting  down  of 
branches  can  be  requested,  exceeding  more  than  a  circle  of  1  metre  (3J  feet)  in  extent. 
.Within  these  limits  the  cutting  is  to  be  done  so  far  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  safe- 
guarding of  the  telegraph,  &c,  service. 

(2)  Actual  alterations  of  the  telegraph,  &c,  lines,  in  the  sanse  of  paragraph  7, 
section  1,  are : — 

(A)  In  the  case  of  overhead  lines,  when  the  poles  (supports)  are  erected  along 

the  public  roads. 

(a)  The  changing  of  a  line  with  single  poles,  into  one  with  double  poles. 

(b)  The  supplying  of  the  poles,  for  the  first  time,  with  arms  or  cross-pieces, 
which  project  more  than  60  centimetres  (2  feet)  from  the  sides  of 
the  pole. 

(c)  The  changing  of  the  course  of  the  line,  especially  the  moving  of  the  line 
from  one  side  of  the  public  road  to  the  other  side. 

(B)  In  the  case  of  over  head  lines  which  are  only  carried  across  the  public  road : — 
(a)  The  changing  of  the  direction  (crossing)  of  the  line.     If  the  alterations 

specified  under  A  and  B  are  only  limited  to  single  poles  or  supports,  then 
they  are  not  to  be  considered  as  actual  alterations. 

(C)  In  the  case  of  underground  lines: — 

(a)  The  increasing,  enlarging  or  moving  of  the  conduits  through  which  the 
cables  are  led^ 

(b)  The  increasing  or  changing  of  cables  which  have  been  laid  (imbedded) 
in  the  ground. 

The  moving  of  short  stretches,  done  by  agreement  with  the  authorities  in  charge 
of  the  up-keep  of  the  road,  and  the  contractor  for  the  special  arrangements  or  con- 

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478  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OA    TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

structions,  on  account  of  which  the  moving  is  required,  is  not  to  be  considered  as 
actual  alterations. 

(3)  The  plan  to  be  drawn  up,  according  to  paragraph  7,  section  1,  must,  in  detail, 
correspond  to  the  following  requirements:  It  must  contain  a  chart  of  the  road  in 
which  is  shown  the  course  of  the  proposed  line,  and  from  which  it  can  be  clearly  seen 
what  part  of  the  road  is  to  be  used.  Besides  this,  the  following  points  are  to  be  speci- 
fied in  the  plan: — 

(A)  In  the  case  of  overhead  lines,  when  the  poles  are  erected  along  public  roads:— 
(a)   The  medium  (average)  distance  between  the  poles. 

(Z>)  The  height  of  the  poles  proposed  for  the  line,  or  for  the  individual  parts 
of  the  same. 

(c)  A  diagram  of  the  nature,  &c,  of  the  poles  to  be  employed. 

(d)  The  crossings  necessary.  The  minimum  height  of  the  lowest  wire  from 
the  surface  of  the  road.  The  minimum  height  of  the  lowest  wire  from 
the  bottom  of  the  pole. 

(B)  In  the  of  overhead  lines,  which  are  only  carried  across  public  roads : — 

(a)  A  diagram  of  both  the  side  poles,  i.e.,  where  they  are  to  be  placed. 

(b)  A  diagram  of  the  general  structure  of  the  pole. 

(c)  The  minimum  height  of  the  lowest  wire  from  the  surface  of  the  road. 
(•0)  In  the  case  of  underground  lines : — 

(a)  The  depth  of  the  cable  below  the  surface  of  the  road. 

(b)  The  nature  and  extent  of  the  conduits  (canals)  in  which  the  cables  are 
to  be  embedded. 

If  it  is  required  to^move  or  alter  existing  constructions  or  arrangements,  or  con- 
structions or  arrangements  in  course  of  construction,  which  are  needed  for  the 
interests  of  the  general  public,  such  moving  or  alteration  is  to  be  specified  in  the 
plans.  The  authorities  who  exhibit  the  plan  for  inspection,  have  to  endorse  it  with 
their  signature.  The  post  or  telegraph  offices,  where  the  plan  is  exhibited  for  inspec- 
tion, must  note  down  the  date  when  it  was  opened  for  inspection. 

(4)  The  telegraph  management  has  to  co-operate  in  a  local  survey,  before  the 
plans  are  drawn  up,  at  the  request  of  one  of  the  persons  concerned,  to  whom  the  plans 
are  specially  to  be  sent,  according  to  paragraph  7,  section  2.  The  telegraph  manage- 
ment has  to  pay  the  expenses  of  this  local  survey.  No  compensation  is  allowed  to  the 
said  '  persons  concerned,'  for  their  appearing  or  for  their  being  represented  before  the 
authorities. 

(5)  The  following  regulations  apply  to  the  presenting  of  claims: — 

(A)  The  claim  is  to  be  submitted  in  writing,  or  by  proces  verbal.     The  written 

claim  must  state  the  facts  upon  which  the  claim  is  founded.  The  post' 
and  telegraph  offices  where  the  plan  lies  for  inspection  are  also  author- 
ized to  receive  the  claim,  as  well  as  the  authorities  who  have  exhibited  it 
for  inspection. 

(B)  After  the  appointed  time  for  making  (presenting)   claims  has  elapsed,  the 

claims  or  protests  (objections)  against  the  plans  are  to  be  presented,  on 
an  appointed  day,  before  a  person  delegated  by  the  authorities  concerned, 
in  so  far  as  the  said  authorities,  who  have  exhibited  the  plan,  may  con- 
sider this  advisable  for  clearing  up  the  facts  of  the  case,  or  suitable  for 
arriving  at  a  satisfactory  understanding. 

(C)  Those  who  have  presented  claims  or  protests  should  be  invited  to  attend  on 

the  appointed  day.  Also  those  to  whom  the  plan  has  been  sent,  accord- 
ing to  paragraph  7,  section  2,  should  be  informed  of  this  appointed  day 
for  hearing  claims  and  protests.  Those  who  appear  will  be  heard  and 
their  claims  and  protests  will  be  recorded.  The  person  delegated  has  to 
hand  in  the  proceedings  when  these  are  finished,  to  the  authorities  who 
have  exhibited  the  plans. 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  479 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(D)  The  authorities  who  have  exhibited  the  plan,  transmit  the  proceedings  to  the 

higher  authorities,  in  so  far  as  the  claims  or  protests  that  have  been  pre- 
sented have  not  been  already  withdrawn. 

(E)  The  higher  authorities  giv«  their  decision  on  the  basis  of  the  proceedings 

which  have  been  sent  in  to  them,  and  the  results  of  any  further  investi- 
gations which  may  have  been  made  by  them.  They  transmit  their  deci- 
sion to  the  authorities  who  have  exhibited  the  plan,  and  also  to  the 
persons  who  have  presented  the  claims  or  protests. 

(F)  The  complaint  (appeal  against  the  decision)  is  to  be  handed  in,  in  writing, 

with  the  necessary  vindication,  to  the  higher  authorities,  whose  decision 
is  contested,  or  to  the  district  central  authorities. 

(G)  The  sending  in  of  decisions  is  carried  out  according  to  the  manner  prescribed 

for  delivering  civil  law  summonses.    See  Code,  sections  208-213,  Statute- 
book,  p.  410  ff. 
(H)  Witness  and  experts  who  are  called  to  attend  when  claims  and  protests  are 
being  considered,  receive  compensation  according  to  the  regulations  for 
compensations  for  witnesses  and  experts,  in  the  Statute-book,  ed.  1898,  p. 
689  ff. 
(J)  In  tbe  procedure  for  claims  and ,  protests,  charges  and  stamps  are  not  taxed. 
Any  expenses   arising   from   unproven   claims   or  protests,   are   charged 
against  the  person  or  persons  advancing  such  claims  or  protests.      The 
other  costs  are  borne  by  the  telegraph  management.    The  regulation  con- 
tained under  No.  4,  paragraph  2,  applies  here. 
(K)  In  the  procedure  for   claims  ;and  protests,   it  has   to   be   decided   officially 
who  is  responsible  for  the  resulting  expenses,  and    what    shall    be    the 
amount  of  compensation  for  claims,  &c.    The  costs  are  collected  through 
the  agency  of  the  higher  authorities,  in  the  same  way  as  the  collection  of 
municipal  taxes,  &c. 
(L)   The  presenting  of  claims  and  protests  is  to  be  promptly  handled,  in  all  in- 
stances. 
(6)  When  officials  in  charge  of  road  construction  and  policemen  are  required  to 
look  after  the  lines,  and  effect  any  provisional  repairs,  they  will  receive  from  3  to  4 
marks  (72  to  96  cents)  per  year,  for  each  kilometre.    For  apprehending  persons  who 
are  guilty  of  wilful  or  careless  damaging  of  the  government  telegraph,  &c,  lines,  the 
authorities  in  charge  of  the  road  construction  and  the  policemen  will  receive  rewards 
up  to  15  marks  ($3.57). 

Berlin,  January  26,  1900. 

The  State  Chancellor, 

VON  PODBIELSKI. 


No.  290c. 

GEBMAN  Y— Continued. 
(Translation.) 

Berlin,  March,  1900. 

Regulations  (of  March  26,  1900,  as    amended   up    to   December,  1904)  for  carrying 
into  effect  the  law  relating  to  telephone  rates. 

The  following  '  regulations '  are  issued  by  the  State  Chancellor  on  the  basis  of 
paragraph  10  of  the  '  law  relating  to  telephone  rates,'  of  December  20,  1899.  See  page 
459. 

I. — conditions  for  the  use  of  the  telephone  service. 

Article  1. — The  hours  of  service  in  the  exchange  stations  are  fixed  by  the  tele- 
graph management. 

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480  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Article  2. — Persons  desiring  a  principal  or  a  supplementary  station,  in  a  tele- 
phone system,  or  in  connection  with  a  public  call-station,  or  who  wish  to  have  their 
stations  transferred  to  other  premises,  are  required  to  produce,  before  such  work  is 
carried  out,  the  written  consent  of  the  proprietor  for  bringing  in  the  wires  into  the 
premises  that  are  to  be  connected,  and  for  installing  the  station  in  the  said  premises. 
This  consent  must  extend  to  the  fixing  of  all  the  arrangements  that  are  necessary  for 
tne  construction,  maintaining  and  extension  of  the  telegraph  and  telephone  systems — 
such  as  poles,  supports,  &c.  The  presenting  of  this  consent  of  the  proprietors  is  the 
condition  for  installing  or  transferring  of  a  telephone  station. 

Article  3. — The  moving  of  a  telephone  station,  within  the  area  of  the  same  tele- 
phone system,  may  be  requested,  if  the  foregoing  regulations  are  complied  with.  It 
is  not  admissible  to  move  a  station  to  the  area  of  another  telephone  system. 

Article  4. — The  subscriber  is  responsible  for  any  damage  done  to  the  telephone 
apparatus,  by  himself,  or  by  other  persons,  as  well  as  for  any  damage  done  to  the 
same  by  fire ;  and  also  for  any  loss  arising  from  theft,  within  the  limits  of  the  build- 
ing where  the  station  is  installed. 

Article  5. — The  telegraph  management  has  the  right  to  suspend  the  telephone 
service  temporarily  for  all  kinds  of  communications,  or  for  certain  kinds  of  com- 
munications. The  telegraph  management  has  the  right  to  remove  the  station,  without 
giving  notice,  for  the  following  causes :  for  unpunctual  payment  of  charges ;  for  alter- 
ing or  tampering  with  the  technical  arrangements;  or  for  wilful  damaging  of  the 
apparatus  by  the  subscriber,  by  members  of  his  family,  by  inmates  of  his  house- 
hold, or  by  persons  in  his  employ;  for  switching  on  'phones  or  other  apparatus,  made  by 
subscriber,  without  the  consent  of  the  telegraph  management;  for  connecting  up  sup- 
plementary stations,  without  the  previous  notification  of  the  telegraph  management; 
or  for  unseemly  conduct  by  persons  using  the  'phone,  towards  the  operator  in 
the  exchange  station. 

The  removing  of  the  station,  does  not  absolve  the  subscriber  either  from  his  res- 
ponsibility, as  specified  in  Article  4,  nor  from  the  obligation  to  pay  the  charges,  up  to 
the  termination  of  the  period  of  time  fixed  in  Article  8. 

Article  6. — The  telegraph  management  is  not  responsible  for  any  loss  or  incon- 
venience arising  from  suspension  of  the  service,  from  derangements  in  the  service, 
or  from  incorrect  transmission  of  communications.  j 

Article  7.- — Special  telegraph  arrangements  for  the  direct  connection  of  the  liv- 
ing and  business  rooms  of  the  same  person,  or  of  the  living  and  business  rooms  of  vari- 
ous persons,  and  also  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements  for  the  direct  con- 
necting of  living  or  of  business  premises  to  a  telegraph  office,  will  be  constructed  for 
short  distances  at  the  expense  of  the  telegraph  management,  if  no  special  difficulties 
arise  therefrom,  for  the  telegraph  or  telephone  service.  The  special  telegraph  ar- 
rangements and  the  supplementary  telegraph  arrangments  are  constructed  either  ac- 
cording to  the  Morse  system,  the  telephone  system,  or  the  Siemens'  type-printing 
apparatus  system. 

The  regulations  given  under  Article  1  apply  also  to  supplementary  telegraph  ar- 
rangements, and  those  given  under  Articles  2  to  6apply*also  to  special  telegraph  and 
supplementary  telegraph  arrangements.  When  a  road  has  to  be  used  for  some  special 
telegraph  arrangements  that  are  not  for  public  purposes,  then  the  applicant  has  to 
present  the  consent  of  the  person  in  charge  of  the  up-keep  of  the  road. 

The  telegraph  management  will  decide  as  to  which  telegraph  bureau  the  supple- 
mentary telegraph  arrangements  are  to  be  connected  with,  and  also  whether  a  supple- 
mentary telegraph  arrangement  is  to  branch  off  from  the  one  telegraph  bureau,  and 
be  connected  with  another  bureau.  The  arrangements  are  only  to  be  used  by  the'  sub- 
scriber, or  the  persons  that  are  connected  with  his  household  or  business  establishment 
The  subscriber  must  not  allow  other  persons  to  use  the  telegraph  arrangements  either 
for  payment  or  free  of  charge. 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A  "  481 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No  immediate  (independent)  service  is  permitted  to  be  carried  on  between  differ- 
ent supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  that  are  connected  with  the  same  tele- 
graph bureau. 

No  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  for  telephone  service,  will  be  con- 
structed in  places  where  there  is  a  telephone  exchange  station,  or  a  public  call-station. 
As  soon  as  telephone  exchange  stations,  or  public  call-stations  are  organized  in  the 
vicinity  of  telegraph  bureaux  with  which  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements  are 
connected  for  telephone  service,  then  the  existing  supplementary  telegraph  arrange- 
ments for  telephone  service  will  be  converted  into  telephone  stations. 

Article  8. — The  use  of  telephone  stations  and  supplementary  telegraph  arrange- 
ments for  service  with  the  Siemens'  type-printing  apparatus  has  to  continue,  first  of 
all,  for  the  period  of  one  year,  from  the  day  that  these  are  handed  over  for  service. 
Tbe  period  of  use  for  other  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements  is  5  years,  and  for 
special  telegraph  arrangements,  10  years  from  the  day  when  these  are  handed  over 
for  service.  If  the  end  of  this  period  does  not  correspond  with  the  close  of  a  yearly  or 
quarterly  term,  then  the  period  of  service  will  continue  until  the  termination  of  the 
quarterly  term.  If  written  notice  to  remove  the  arrangements  is  not  handed  in  3 
months  in  advance,  then  the  term  of  service  will  be  prolonged  indefinitely,,  with  the 
right  to  send  in  written  notice  of  giving  up  use  of  arrangements,  which  notice  must 
only  be  given  at  the  close  of  a  quarterly  term. 

The  '  regulations '  given  in  paragraph  3,  section  2,  of  the  '  Law  relating  to  Tele- 
phone Kates,'  are  not  infringed  upon  by  the  present  '  regulations.'  The  telegraph 
management  reserves  the  right  to  release  subscribers,  at  request,  from  their  obliga- 
tions, before  the  termination  of  the  period  of  subscription;  on  account  of  the  decease 
of  the  person  using  the  service,  on  account  of  removing  residence  or  business 
establishment  to  some  other  place,  on  account  of  retiring  from  business ;  or  other  rea- 
sonable causes. 

Telephone  stations  may  be  installed  for  a  shorter  period  of  service  than  one  year, 
in  the  case  of  expositions,  and  similar  occasions.  The  telegraph  management  will  fix 
the  conditions  and  the  rates  for  such  stations. 

II. — TELEPHONE    RATES. 

Article  9. — For  telephone  stations,  which  are  more  than  5  km.  (3  miles)  distant, 
in  a  straight  line  from  the  principal  exchange  station,  a  yearly  additional  charge  is 
collected,  which  for  every  100  metres  (110  yards),  or  fraction  thereof,  of  extra  length 
of  line  is  as  follows: — 

For  single  lines 3  marks  ($0.71) 

For  metallic  circuits 5  marks  ($1.19) 

The  distance  to  be  reckoned  by  the  nearest  road  that  can  be  used  for  setting  up 
the  line,  without  incurring  any  special  costs,  even  if  the  line  is  actually  carried  round 
by  some  different  road. 

For  telephone  stations  which  are  more  than  10  km.  (6J  miles)  distant,  from 
the  principal  exchange  station,  there  will  be  charged,  in  addition  to  the  costs 
for  the  extra  length  of  line,  an  additional  charge  for  cost  of  construction,  which  for 
every  100  metres  (110  yards),  or  fraction  thereof  of  line,  measured  according  to  the 
actual  length  of  same,  is  as  follows  : — 

For  single  lines 10  marks  ($2.38) 

For  metallic  circuits 15  marks  ($3.57) 

When  request  is  made  to  have  telephone  stations  connected  to  some  other  than 
the  nearest  exchange  station,  then  besides  the  other  charges  to  be  made,  an  additional 
sum  for  cost  of  construction  will  also  have  to  be  paid  for  any  extra  length  of  line 
required  within  the  5  km.  (3  miles)  limit,  according  to  the  same  ratio  that  is  specified 

in  the  foregoing. 

GERMANY. 


482  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

When,  in  the  interests  of  the  service,  an  exchange  station  is  cancelled  (discon- 
tinued) and  amalgamated  with  another  exchange  station,  the  annual  additional  charges 
due  by  the  existing  subscribers'  stations  at  the  time  that  the  two  exchange  stations  are 
combined,  and  which  are  carried  over  from  the  former  exchange  station  to  the  com- 
bined one,  will  continue  to  be  reckoned  according  to  the  distance  from  the  former  ex- 
change station,  unless  the  reckoning,  according  to  the  distance  from  the  combined  ex- 
change, should  be  more  favourable  to  the  subscriber.  No  extra  costs  for  construction 
will  be  charged  when  existing  stations  are  transferred  in  this  manner. 

Article  10. — For  the  use  of  specially  costly  lines,  in  addition  to  the  other  charges 
that  may  be  due,  a  yearly  additional  charge  of  10  per  cent  of  the  extra  cost  will  be 
collected  in  an  even  sum  of  marks,  without  fractional  pfennigs. 

Article  11. — The  yearly  extra  charge  for  fixing  and  maintaining  an  additional 
or  several  alarm  bells,  on  the  same  premises  where  the  station  is  installed,  is  3  marks 
(72  cents)  for  each  alarm  bell.  For  fixing  and  maintaining  an  additional  microphone 
(transmitter),  5  marks  ($1.19)  is  collected  annually.  For  special  alarm-bells,  differ- 
ent from  those  ordinarily  used  by  the  telegraph  management,  there  must  be  paid,  be- 
sides the  annual  charge  of  3  marks  (72  cents),  the  actual  costs  of  supplying,  fixing, 
and  maintaining  same.  For  an  extra  receiver,  supplied  at  the  subscribers'  request,  the 
actual  cost  of  same  must  be  paid.  The  special  alarm-bells  and  telephone  receivers  be- 
come the  property  of  the  subscriber. 

Article  12. — The  charge  for  a  connection  during  night  hours,  in  local  service, 
and  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  is  20  pf.  (5c).  In  local  systems,  not  having 
night  service,  as  also  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  between  two  local  systems, 
which  do  not  both  have  night  service,  connections  may  be  arranged  for  the  course  of 
the  whole  night.  For  arranging  each  connection  of  this  kind,  a  charge  of  20  pf.  (5c.) 
must  be  paid.  For  connections  of  this  End,  announced  in  advance,  between  the  same 
stations,  the  unlimited  service  rates  are  1  mark  (24  cents)  per  month,  and  2  marks 
and  50  pf .  (60  cents)  per  quarter. 

Article  13. — For  conversations  from  public  call  stations,  the  charge  per  three 
minutes  is  10  pf.  (2J  cents)  in  local  service,  and  in  service  with  neighbouring  places. 
In  service  with  principal  centres,  the  charge  is  20  pf.  (5  cents).  For  conversations 
in  long-distance  service,  the  charges  specified  in  the  '  Law  relating  to  Telephone  Kates.' 
are  collected. 

Article  14. — The  charge  for  receiving  communications  by  the  exchange  station, 
for  the  purpose  of  transmitting  the  same,  is  1  pf.  (J  cent)  per  word,  the  smallest 
amount  charged  being  20  pf.  (5  cents).  Amounts  in  excess  of  this  are  squared  off  by 
the  next  highest  number  divisible  by  10.  The  ordinary  specified  charges  for  forward- 
ing the  said  communications  by  the  post,  by  express  messengers,  or  by  telegraph,  are 
also  collected.    No  credit  accounts  are  allowed. 

The  charge  for  transmitting  an  incoming  telegram  to  the  subscriber,  over  the 
phone,  is  10  pf.  (24  cents). 

Article  15. — The  charge  for  moving  a  telephone  station,  within  the  same  room, 
is  4  marks  (95  cents)  for  single  lines,  and  6  marks  ($1.43)  for  metallic  circuits.  For 
moving  the  same  within  the  same  premises,  6  marks  ($1.43)  are  charged  for  single 
lines,  and  10  marks  ($2.38)  for  metallic  circuits.  For  moving  stations  to  other  pre- 
mises, 15  marks  ($3.57)  are  charged  for  single  lines,  and  25  marks  ($5.95)  for  metallic 
circuits. 

If  the  new  premises  is  more  than  10  km.  (6J  miles)  distant  from  the  principal 
exchange  station,  then  the  extra  charges  for  cost  of  construction  (according  to  Article 
9)  have  to  be  paid  for  the  new  line  necessary  outside  the  distance  limit  of  10  km.  (6£ 
miles)  even  if  the  former  place  where  station  was  installed  was  also  situated  outside 
this  distance  limit. 

Article  16. — The  charge  for  removing  telephone  stations  before  the  termination 
of  the  period  of  contract,  is  15  marks  ($3.57)  for  each  station.  Besides  this,  the  costs 
GERMANY. 


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APPENDIX  No.   1 

for  the  term  of  subscription  yet  to  run,  will  also  be  charged  for  poles  and  lines  that 
have  to  be  taken  down,  i.e.,  the  corresponding  share  of  costs  of  construction  and  of 
taking  down  arrangements. 

These  charges  are  not  collected  if  the  period  of  contract  has  run  on  to  the  time 
up  to  which  the  continuous  charges  for  the  telephone  station  have  been  paid  in  ad- 
vance. 

Article  17. — For  installing  and  maintaining  special  telegraph  apparatus  and 
supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  the  following  annual  charges  are  collected: — 

For  each  apparatus,  with  the  Morse  system 50  m.  ($11.90) 

For  each  apparatus,  with  the  telephone  system  ....     20  m.  ($4.76) 

When  more  than  two  of  these  apparatus  can  be  connected  with  each  other,  a  yearly 
additional  charge  of  10  marks  ($2.38)  will  be  collected  for  each  apparatus  (instru- 
ment). For  furnishing,  fixing  up  and  maintaining  the  (Siemens')  type-printing  ap- 
paratus, and  the  technical  arrangements  connected  therewith,  the  expenses  must  be 
borne  by  the  subscribers  who  have  the  special  and  supplementary  telegraph  arrange- 
ments. Only  such  type-printing  apparatus  will  be  permitted  to  be  used  as  are  sanc- 
tioned by  the  government  telegraph  management. 

An  annual  charge  of  10  marks  ($2.28)  must  be  paid  to  the  government  telegraph 
management  for  each  type-printing  apparatus  that  is  switched  on  (connected  up).  If 
more  than  two  of  these  instruments  can  be  connected  with  each  other  then  an  addi- 
tional charge  of  10  marks  ($2.38)  must  also  be  paid  for  each  instrument. 

When  annunciator  drops  are  employed,  then  a  charge  of  10  marks  ($2.38)  will  be 
collected  for  each  drop  connected  with  a  line,  no  matter  where  the  line  leads  to. 

For  each  calling  apparatus,  connected  with  the  annunciator  drops,  the  charge 
specified  in  paragraphs  1  and  2  will  be  collected  along  with  the  additional  charge. 

For  each  km.  (about  f  mile)  or  fraction  thereof,  of  line,  there  will  be  collected : — 

For  single  lines  on  wooden  poles 30  m.  ($7.14) 

For  metallic  circuits  on  wooden  poles 50  m.  ($11.90) 

For  single  lines  on  iron  poles  and  for  single  conduc- 
tors in  cables 45  m.  ($10.71) 

For  metallic  circuits  on  iron  poles  and  for  double 

conductors  in  cables 75  m.  ($17.85) 

The  length  of  line  is  to  be  measured  according  to  the  nearest  road  that  can  be 
used  for  setting  up  the  line,  without  any  special  costs,  even  if  the  line  is  actually  car- 
ried round  by  some  other  way. 

The  regulations  given  under  Articles  10,  11,  15  and  16,  also  apply  to  special  tele- 
graph arrangements  and  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  with  the  Morse,  or  the 
type-printing  systems,  with  the  proviso  that  no  special  charges  are  to  be  collected  for 
transmitting  communications  between  the  telegraph  bureau  and  the  supplementary 
telegraph  station,  over  the  lines  (trunk  lines).  In  the  case  of  supplementary  telegraph 
arrangements  with  the  type-printing  system,  the  half  of  the  charges  specified,  under 
Article  14  will  be  collected  for  transmitting  communications  between  the  telegraph 
bureau,  and  the  supplementary  telegraph  station. 

Article  18. — The  rates  for  conversations  in  services  with  neighbouring  places  is 
10  pf.  (2 i  cents),  in  service  with  principal  centres,  20  pf.  (5  cents)  for  each  connec- 
tion lasting  not  longer  than  three  minutes. 

In  service  with  neighbouring  places,  subscribers  who  pay  for  measured  service, 
may  converse,  by  paying  a  charge  of  5  pf.  (lc.)  for  each  conversation,  lasting  not 
longer  than  3  minutes.  If  they  wish  to  avail  themselves  of  this  privilege,  then,  if  the 
measured  service  rates  are  higher  in  one  of  these  neighbouring  systems  than  in  their 
own  system,  they  must  pay  these  higher  measured  service  rates,  instead  of  the  lower 
rates  fixed  for  their  own  system.  Conversations  thus  carried  on  in  service  with  neigh-' 
bouring  places,  for  the  5  pf .  charge  are  counted  to  the  400  conversations  yearly  in  local 

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484  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

service,  which  have  to  be  paid  for  by  the  subscriber,  according  to  paragraph  5  of  the 
'  Law  relating  to  Telephone  Kates.' 

Subscribers  in  local  systems,  where  there  are  no  measured  service  rates,  must  pay 
a  charge  of  5  pf.  for  each  conversation,  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  with 
systems  in  which  the  measured  service  rates  are  60  marks  ($14.28)  yearly.  If  the 
.measured  service  rates  are  more  than  60  marks  ($14.28)  annually,  in  one  of  the  neigh- 
bouring places,  then  the  subscribers  in  the  local  system  where  there  are  no  measured 
service  rates,  may  also  converse,  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  by  paying  5  pf. 
(lc.)  for  each  connection  made.  Should  they  wish  to  take  advantage  of  this  priv- 
lege,  then,  as  an  addition  to  the  unlimited  service  rrtes,  they  must  pay  a  yearly  amount, 
equal  to  the  amount  over  and  above  60  marks  ($14.28)  that  is  paid  for  the  highest 
measured  rates  in  the  local  systems  that  are  connected  with  the  service  with  neigh- 
bouring places. 

The  telegraph  management  will  appoint  and  make  known  (without  infringing 
upon  Article  52,  paragraph  3  of  the  '  Constitution  of  the  Empire),  the  unlimited  ser- 
vice rates,  for  connections  in  service  with  principal  centres,  and  for  departmental 
(municipal)  service,  the  rates  for  the  use  of  long-distance  (trunk)  lines,  during  night 
hours,  and  the  rates  for  the  use  of  long-distance  (trunk)  lines,  in  service  with  foreign 
parts. 

Subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited  service  rates,  in  service  with  principal  centres 
are  permitted  to  allow  other  persons  to  use  their  stations  for  conversations  with  sub- 
scribers in  other  places  of  the  same  principal  centre  system  with  whom  they  them- 
selves are  allowed  to  converse  for  the  unlimited  service  rates.  In  departmental 
(municipal)  service  the  regulations  provided  for  the  various  departmental  (munici- 
pal)  systems  apply. 

Urgent  conversations  are  granted  from  public  call-stations,  as  in  long-distance 
service,  and  in  service  with  principal  centres,  as  also  in  local  service  and  in  service 
with  neighbouring  places.  The  charge  for  an  urgent  conversation,  lasting 
not  longer  than  3  minutes,  is  30  pf.  (7j  cents)  in  local  service,  and  in  service  with 
neighbouring  places,  and  60  pf.  (14^  cents)  in  service  with  principal  centres. 

Article  19. — If  a  telephone  station,  a  special  or  a  supplementary  telegraph  ar- 
rangement, is  handed  over  for  service  during  the  course  of  a  quarterly  term,  then  the 
charges  for  the  time  up  to  the  end  of  this  quarterly  term  are  due  on  the  day  that  the 
apparatus  service  begins. 

The  additional  costs  for  construction,  the  charges  for  special  kinds  of  magnetic 
bells  (alarm-bells),  for  extra  telephone  trumpets  (receivers),  as  also  the  charges  for 
moving  stations,  and  for  the  premature  removing  of  apparatus,  have  to  be  paid  before 
the  work  is  begun.  The  charges  which  cannot  be  estimated,  quarterly,  in  advance  are 
due  as  soon  as  the  necessary  calculations  are  made  to  estimate  the  rates. 

The  subscriber  who  has  a  telephone  station,  a  special  or  a  supplementary  tele- 
graph arrangement,  is  responsible  for  all  charges  connected  with  the  use  of  these  ar- 
rangements. He  has  to  pay  all  the  charges,  presented  by  the  telegraph  management 
but  has  the  right  to  demand  the  reimbursement  of  any  charges  that  can  be  proved  to 
be  incorrect.  He  may  collect,  from  other  persons  using  his  station  for  conversations 
for  which  single  charges  have  to  be  paid,  the  charges  that  are  specified  for  such  con- 
versations. 

Article  20.— When  any  interruption  or  derangement  takes  place  in  the  service  of 
a  telephone  station,  a  special  or  a  supplementary  telegraph  arrangement,  which  is  not 
caused  by  the  fault  of  the  subscriber,  and  if  the  said  interruption  or  derangement  con- 
tinues longer  than  four  weeks,  after  due  notice  of  same  has  beeu  given  to  the  tele 
graph  management,  then  no  charges  will  be  collected  for  this  period."  No  charges  will 
be  collected  for  the  time  that  service  is  suspended,  according  to  Article  5,  in  the  case 
of  telephone  stations,  special  or  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements. 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  485 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

III, FINAL    REGULATIONS. 

Article  21. — The  foregoing  '  regulations '  pass  into  effect  on  April  1,  1900.  The 
contracts  that  have  been  already  made  regarding  special  telegraph  arrangements,  and 
supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  remain  still  in  force  up  to  the  time  when  they 
can  be  dissolved,  by  giving  notice  of  withdrawal  from  same.  The  telegraph  manage- 
ment may,  however,  apply  these  regulations  to  existing  special,  or  supplementary  tele- 
graph arrangements,  at  an  earlier  point  of  time,  at  the  request  of  the  persons  con- 
cerned. 

Article  22. — These  regulations  have  no  application  to  the  internal  service  of 
Bavaria  and  the  internal  service  of  Wurtemburg. 

On  behalf  of  the  State  Chancellor, 

VON  PODBIELSKI. 
Berlin,  March  26,  1900. 

INSTRUCTIONS   REGARDING  THE   FOREGOING   REGULATIONS. 

To  Article  2: — 

(1)  The  requests  for  stations  are  to  be  written  on  an  announcement  form,  as 
shown  in  Schedule  No.  3,  given  at  the  end  of  these  instructions  (page  1720). 

(2)  The  consent  of  the  proprietor,  which  has  to  be  presented  with  the  request  for 
stations,  and  the  declaration  by  the  telegraph  management,  in  response  therto,  are  set 
forth  in  substance  in  Schedules  4  and  5  (page  1719). 

(3)  Each  person,  or  business  establishment,  that  makes  request  for  a  telephone 
station,  is  to  receive  full  information,  as  to  the  general  terms  of  subscription,  accord- 
ing to  the  form  given  in  Schedule  5a  (page  1720) .  The  points  that  do  not  apply  to  the 
particular  case  are  to  be  scored  out. 

(4)  If  request  is  made  for  a  telephone  station  for  a  house,  the  owner  of  which  has 
already  given  a  declaration  of  consent,  in  accordance  with  the  previous  regulations,  a 
declaration,  in  accordance  with  the  new  form,  must  be  required  before  the  station  can 
be  installed,  and  the  previous  form  of  declaration  must  be  cancelled. 

(5)  A  special  agreement,  once  for  all,  has  been  made  with  the  Prussian  railway 
management,  regarding  the  buildings  of  the  company  in  cases  where  supports  for  lines 
may  have  to  be  set  up,  on  buildings  belonging  to  the  same,  in  connection  with  the  in- 
stalling of  telephone  stations.  Consequently  when  stations  are  to  be  installed  in  such 
buildings,  no  written  consent  from  the  proprietor  is  necessary.  In  all  other  cases 
where  telephone  stations  have  to  be  installed  in  buildings  belonging  to  companies  or 
authorities,  the  written  consent  of  the  proprietor  must  be  produced,  as  in  the  case  of 
private  buildings,  according  to  the  form  given  in  Schedule  4.  Any  deviations  from 
this  rule  must  be  sanctioned  by  the  government  post  office  direction. 

(6)  If  the  proprietor  of  buildings  in  which  telephone  stations  have  already  been 
installed  should  refuse  the  free  use  of  buildings  for  the  setting  up  of  root  supports,  or 
for  the  extension  of  existing  arrangements,  notwithstanding  that  he  had  already  given 
his  consent  for  the  erection  of  poles,  &c,  notice  must  not  be  given  to  relinquish  stations, 
but  efforts  should  be  made,  first  of  all,  to  prevail  upon  the  proprietor  to  withdraw  his  re- 
fusal. If  such  efforts  meet  with  no  success,  then  action  must  be  taken  against  him  in 
order  to  obtain  consent  to  make  use  of  the  building.  If  on  account  of  the  delay,  any 
disadvantages  should  be  feared  for  the  management,  then  issue  must  be  taken  on  the 
basis  of  sections  940  and  942  of  the  Civil  Law,  to  bring  about  a  provisional  agreement 
which  obliges  the  proprietor  to  permit  the  setting  up  of  poles,  supports,  &c,  Should 
the  proprietor  then  seek  to  withdraw  from  the  obligation  agreed  upon,  to  permit  the  set- 
ting up  of  the  poles,  supports,  &c,  by  giving  notice  to  relinquish  his  own  station,  or  by 
causing  the  other  stations  to  be  relinquished,  that  may  be  installed  in  the  building, 
and  thereby  makes  it  necessary  for  the  management  to  set  up  the  telephone  line  along 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

pome  different  route,  then,  in  such  cases,  if  request  is  made,  at  a  later  period,  to  have 
stations  again  installed,  in  the  same  building,  the  compliance  with  this  request  will  be 
made  to  depend  upon  the  consent  of  the  proprietor  to  pay  for  the  extra  costs  arising 
from  having  to  carry  the  telephone  line  along  the  other  route.  This  proceeding  is 
necessary,  because,  if  the  proprietor  should  act  in  the  above  manner,  he  would  commit 
an  unwarrantable  breach  of  the  general  stipulations,  according  to  which  proprietors,  so 
long  as  they  have  stations  installed  in  their  houses,  are  bound  to  allow  the  roofs  of  the 
same  to  be  used.  The  like  procedure  is  also  to  be  followed,  if  the  proprietor,  by  giving 
notice  to  relinquish  his  station,  already  installed  in  his  house,  compels  the^  removal  of 
the  poles  or  supports  placed  on  his  building,  and  in  consequence  of  this  makes  it 
necessary  to  carry  the  telephone  line  some  other  way. 

(7)  In  cases  where  the  owner  of  a  house,  where  telephone  stations  have  not  been 
installed,  in  giving  his  written  consent  to  permit  the  apparatus  to  be  set  up  on 
or  near  his  house,  should  put  difficulties  in  the  way  of  the  erection,  extension  or  con- 
tinuance of  roof  poles  or  supports  or  other  appliances,  then  no  steps  should  be  taken 
to  move  any  existing  arrangements,  considering  the  right  belonging  to  him  to  give 
notice,  subsequently,  to  relinquish  his  station,  until  such  notice  has  actually  been 
given  and  the  full  time  has  expired,  after  notice  has  been  given.  New  arrangements 
are  then  only  to  be  constructed  and  carried  out,  if  necessary,  by  taking  suit  against 
him,  or  by  arriving  at  a  provisional  agreement,  when  such  arrangements  are  of  real 
practical  advantage,  even  considering  the  possibility  of  notice  being  given  to  relin- 
quish the  telephone  station. 

If,  after  notice  has  been  given  to  relinquish  the  station,  and  the  arrangements 
have  consequently  been  removed,  a  subsequent  request  should  be  made  to  have  stations 
installed  in  the  same  house;  the  installing  of  the  said  stations  cannot  be  made  to  de- 
pend upon  the  reimbursement  of  the  extra  expenses  incurred  by  the  telegraph  manage- 
ment, for  the  reason  that  the  proprietor  has  only  exercised  his  legitimate  right,  and 
has  not  evaded  the  existing  stipulations. 

(8)  The  written  declaration  of  consent  to  set  up  poles,  supports,  &c,  applies 
to  overhead  and  underground  lines,  including  the  construction  of  cable  lines. 
However,  according  to  the  wording  of  this  declaration,  no  particular  room  or  space 
can  be  used  inside  the  building.  For  the  using  of  such,  as  for  instance  the  cellar,  &c, 
the  owner  is  entitled  to  ask  for  some  compensation,  in  the  way  of  rent  for  same.  It 
is  advisable,  therefore,  to  forego  the  use  of  the  cellar,  &c,  if  at  all  possible,  and  to  con- 
struct a  cable  arrangement,  by  fixing  a  hauling-box  (joint-box)  for  the  cable,  on  the 
roof  supports. 

To  Article  5 : — 

It  belongs  to  the  telephone  offices,  the  telegraph  offices  and  the  post  offices,  to  at- 
tend to  the  matter  of  suspending  service,  when  the  rates  are  not  punctually  paid.  Re- 
garding the  manner  of  procedure  in  matters  of  detail,  see  '  General  Regulations,'  sec- 
tion V.,  6  (page  452). 

(2)  Auxiliary  arrangements  may  be  permanently  connected  with  a  station  and 
its  appurtenances,  if  the  same  can  be  fixed  without  any  outward  (external)  damage  to 
the  apparatus,  &c,  and  without  any  alteration  to,  or  tampering  with,  the  internal  con- 
struction of  the  same.  The  government  postal  direction  will  specify  any  further 
3  3gulations  on  this  point. 

(3)  The  head  office  of  the  postal  department  will  take  action  in  the  matter 
of  removing  telephone  stations,  as  specified  in  Article  5,  paragraph  2.  Iu  the  case  of 
subscribers  who  become  bankrupt,  the  stations  are  not  to  be  removed  at  once  even  if 
the  lawyer  in  charge  of  the  bankruptcy  proceedings  declares  that  the  station'will  not 
be  used  during  the  calendar  quarterly  term  following  the  opening  of  the  bankruptcy 
proceedings.  Steps  are  only  to  be  taken  at  the  beginning  of  this  quarterly  term  and 
then  only  after  the  day  for  payment  has  elapsed  and  after  payment  has  not  been  made 
up  to  this  date. 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A-  487 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

To  Article  7 : — 

(1)  The  head  office  of  the  postal  department  is  authorized  to  construct  special 
telegraph  arrangements  for  the  independent  connection  of  business  establishments 
belonging  to  the  same  person,  within  the  area  of  delivery  of  the  same  post  office,  and 
also  to  construct  independent  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  within  the 
same  area,  in  so  far  as  the  said  telegraph  arrangements  are  to  be  operated  according 
to  the  Morse  system,  or  the  telephone  system.  Special,  or  supplementary  telegraph 
arrangements  to  be  operated  according  to  the  type-printing  system,  must  in  all  cases 
obtain  the  sanction  of  the  government  Post  Office  Department. 

(2)  Special,  or  supplementary  arrangements  will  not  be  constructed  for  private 
individuals  on  payment  of  the  costs  of  construction  of  same.  The  government  postal 
department  will  decide  in  cases  where  requests  are  made  by  public  authorities  to  have 
the  above-mentioned  arrangements  constructed,  and  will  also  specify  the  conditions 
to  be  observed,  in  taking  over  the  up-keep  of  the  same.  The  existing  agreements  made 
regarding  the  construction  of  special,  or  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  by 
paying  cost  of  construction  for  same,  may  remain  in  force  for  the  present. 

(3)  The  subscriber,  who  has  a  supplementary  telegraph  arrangement  used  for  tele- 
phone service,  will  be  permitted,  on  request  being  made,  to  use  the  arrangements  for 
carrying  on  conversations  with  persons  living  in  the  vicinity  of  the  place  to  which  his 
lines  are  connected,  the  said  person  being  called  for  this  purpose  to  the  bureau.  In 
like  manner,  conversations  may  be  carried  on  from  the  bureau,  with  the  subscriber. 
For  the  rates,  in  such  cases,  see  'Instructions,'  to  Article  17  (page  493). 

(4)  The  existence  of  a  public  call  station  in  places  which  have  no  local  telephone 
system,  will  only  stand  in  the  way  of  granting  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements 
for  telephone  service,  if  it  is  intended  to  connect  the  lines  of  the  telephone  subscriber 
with  the  said  public  call  station. 

(5)  A  copy  of  the  '  Regulations  for  the  use  of  Supplementary  Telegraph  Arrange- 
ments and  Special  Telegraph  Arrangements,'  issued  by  the  government  postal  depart- 
ments, is  to  be  always  given  to  subscribers  for  such  arrangements  as  the  '  Regulations ' 
apply  to.  The  head  office  of  the  government  postal  department  wjll  supply  copies  of 
the  same. 

To  Article  8 : — 

(1)  When  a  telephone  station  is  handed  over  for  use  later  than  the  first  day  of 
a  quarterly  term,  but  still  during  the  course  of  the  first  half  of  the  quarterly  term, 
then  the  subscriber  has  the  option  of  paying  the  unlimited  service  rates  or  the  mea- 
sured service  rates,  from  the  past  first  day  of  the  quarter,  instead  of  from  the  day  that 
the  station  was  handed  over  for  service,  with  the  understanding  that  the  term  of  sub- 
scription begins  from  this  period.  Subscribers  coming  under  this  category  are  always 
to  be  referred  to  the  above  conditions,  and  efforts  should  always  be  made  to  obtain 
their  consent  to  this  arrangement. 

The  giving  of  notice  for  the  relinquishing  of  stations  at  the  end  of  the  calendar 
quarterly  term,  is  only  to  be  considered  as  done  at  the  specified  time  when  notice  is 
given,  not  later  than  the  third  working  day  of  the  quarterly  term,  according  to  the 
form  of  notice  specified  in  sections  565  and  580  of  Civil  Code. 

(2)  The  term  of  service  for  supplementary  stations  expires  at  the  same  time  as 
the  term  of  service  for  the  principal  stations  with  which  these  are  connected,  if  the 
term  has  not  already  expired  for  the  said  supplementary  stations.  The  regulations 
specified  for  the  premature  removal  of  telephone  stations  apply  also  in  the  case  of  tele- 
phone supplementary  stations,  when  they  have  been  installed  and  have  to  be  maintained 
by  the  government  telegraph  management.  In  such  cases,  therefore,  the  charges  speci- 
fied under  Article  16  will  be  collected  (page  482). 

In  the  case  of  supplementary  stations  which  have  not  been  installed  and  do  not 
have  to  be  maintained  by  the  government  telegraph  management,  no  special  term  for 

GERMANY. 


488  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII..   A.    19C5 

giving  notice  of  relinquishing  the  same  need  be  observed.     The  charges  have  to  be  paid 
up  to  the  end  of  the  calendar  quarterly  term  in  which  the  station  is  removed. 

(3)  The  using  of  a  telephone  station,  or  of  a  special  or  a  supplementary  telegraph 
arrangement,  for  some  time  after  a  term  has  expired  for  which  notice  was  duly  given, 
will  be  granted  on  request,  if  no  valid  reasons  can  be  found  against  so  doing.  The 
charges  must  be  paid  up  to  the  day  that  the  arrangements  are  removed,  inclusively. 

(4)  For  expositions  and  similar  occasions,  the  head  office  of  the  postal  department 
may  grant  the  use  of  telephone  stations  for  a  shorter  term  of  service  than  one  year. 
This  the  said  department  can  do  independently,  with  the  stipulation  that  pay- 
ment must  be  made  to  the  department  for  constructing  and  for  taking  down  again 
the  arrangements  (without  including  the  costs  of  stations  and  material  that  can  be 
.used  over  again) ;  and  also  that  a  full  payment  i  e  made  for  the  time  that  the  station 
is  in  use,  according  the  full  proportion  of  the  annual  charges,  to  be  estimated  by  even 
quarterly  terms,  no  fractional  parts  of  quarterly  terms  to  be  considered. 

If  the  station  is  to  be. chiefly  used  for  general  traffic,  and  a  constant  service  to  be 
expected  of  the  same,  then  the  general  charge  and  additional  charges  for  conversations 
must  be  paid  (i.e.,  measured  service  rates),  otherwise  the  lump  sum  charge  (i.e.,  un- 
limited service  rates)  must  be  paid.  If  the  installing  of  a  telephone  automatic  ar- 
rangement (slot  machine)  is  requested,  the  corresponding  part  of  the  unlimited  ser- 
vice rates  must  be  guaranteed  (paid  as  security). 

To  Article  9  : — 

(1)  When  the  metallic  circuit  systi  m  is  to  be  introduced  into  a  telephone  system, 
then  written  notice  of  the  impending  n  about  to  be  taken  must  be  duly  given 
to  the  subscribers,  who,  as  a  consequence  of  th3  proposed  change,  may  have  to  pay 
higher  annual  rates,  and  also  in  certain  c;  tra  charge  for  costs  of  construct- 
ing the  additional  wire  connected  with  the  telephone  station.  This  written  notice 
must  give  •information  as  to  when  the  obligation  to  pay  the  higher  rates  commences; 
and,  if  the  station  is  more  than  10  km.  (6£  miles)  distant  from  the  exchange  station, 
when  the  obligation  begins  to  pay  the  extra  charge  for  additional  cost  of  construc- 
tion (i.e.,  5  marks  ($1.19)  for  every  100  metres  (110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof),  and 
also  how  the  rates  are  to  be  estimated,  and  what  regulations  form  the  basis  of  calcula- 
tion. If  the  telephone  subscribers  refuse  to  pay  the  higher  rates,  &c,  then  they  are  to 
be  requested  to  make  this  declaration,  in  writing,  at  a  date  to  be  fixed  by  the  head 
office  of  the  postal  department.  This  written  declaration  may  be  regarded  as  a  notice 
given  to  relinquish  stations,  at  the  time  when  the  double  wire  service  is  to  commence. 

Subscribers  are  to  be  permitted  to  give  notice,  in  such  cases,  to  relinquish  their 
stations,  even  before  the  termination  of  the  first  year  that  the  station  was  handed  over 
for  service.  Should  telephone  subscribers  refuse  to  pay  the  higher  rates,  &c,  and  yet 
at  the  same  time  make  demand  to  retain  their  stations,  then  notice  must  be  issued  to 
give  up  stations  on  the  nearest  date  allowable  by  the  subscription  agreement.  An 
official  announcement,  as  provided  in  paragraphs  3  and  5  of  the  '  Law  relating  to  Tele- 
phone Rates'  (page  455),  in  the  case  of  an  alteration  in  the  unlimited  service  rates 
or  the  measured  service  rates,  is  not  necessary,  when  the  double  line  service  is  intro- 
duced. 

These  regulations  are  also  to  be  applied  when  individual  existing  stations  with 
single  wire  service  are  furnished  with  the  double  wire  service. 

(2)  In  the  case  of  principal  stations  that  are  situated  more  than  5  km.  (Sis  miles) 
distant  from  the  exchange  station,  and  which  have  ordinary  metallic  return  wires,  the 
extra  charge  for  the  additional  length  of  line,  and,  the  extra  charge,  if  any.  for  con- 
struction outside  the  10  km.  (6£  miles)  limit,  are  always  to.be  reckoned  according  to 
the  charges  made  for  double  lines. 

(3)  Subscribers  who,  under  Article  9,  paragraph  3,  of  the  present  '  Regulations/ 
(page  481),  have  to  pay  extra  charge  of  10  marks  ($2.38)  for  single  lines,  for 
cost  of  construction,  in  having  their  stations  connected  to  some  other  than  the  nearest 
exchange   station,    must   pay,   when   these   stations    are   furnished     with     the    single 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  489 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

wire  service,  an  additional  charge,  once  for  all,  of  5  marks  ($1.19)  for  each  100  metres 
(110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof,  of  additional  length  of  line  necessary  to  be  constructed 
inside  the  distance  limit  of  5  km.  (ou,  miles).  Such  subscribers  are  to  be  expressly 
informed  of  their  obligation  to  pay  this  additional  charge,  when  notice  is  sent  to  them, 
as  specified  in  par.  1  of  the  present  'instructions'  to  Article  9  (page  481).  On  the 
other  hand,  if  no  extra  charge  for  costs  of  construction  was  made  when  any  of  these 
stations  was  first  installed,  then  no  extra  charge  for  costs  of  construction  is  to  be  col- 
lected from  such  subscribers,  if  the  double  wire  service  is  introduced  in  connection 
with  their  stations. 

(4)  If  telephone  stations  are  connected  to  some  other  than  the  nearest  exchange 
station  by  a  single  metallic  return  wire,  the  extra  charge  for  cost  of  construction  for 
additional  length  of  line  necessary  within  the  5  km.  (3iV  miles)  limit,  is  to  be  esti- 
mated according  to  the  charge  for  double  lines. 

(5)  The  extra  charges  for  costs  of  construction  may  be  wholly  or  partly  reduced 
by  the  person  concerned  undertaking  to  furnish  free  supplies,  or  give  help,  gratis,  in 
,the  construction  of  the  arrangements,  as,  for  example,  by  supplying  trees  for  poles  or 
supports  (stays),  by  preparing  holes  for  the  poles,  by  supplying  carts  for  hauling,  or 
by  supplying  help.  In  such  cases,  definite  agreement  must  be  arrived  at  beforehand 
,as  to  the  value  of  the  supplies  furnished  and  the  help  rendered. 

(6)  In  each  case,  exchange  stations  can  only  be  cancelled  in  the  interests  of  the 
service,  and  be  combined  with  another  exchange  station,  when  the  sanction  has  been 
obtained  beforehand  of  the  government  postal  department. 

,  (7)  The  regulations  given  in  the  last  paragraph  of  Article  9  apply  also  to  stations 
existing  at  the  time  when  an  exchange  station  is  moved  to  another  location  (plot  of 
ground). 

To  Article  10 : — 

(1)  Specially  costly  lines  arc  those  which  excesd,  by  more  than  300  marks  ($71.40) 
the  cost  of  construction  usually  estimated  for,  under  ordinary  circumstances.  This 
does  not  apply  to  special  telegraph  arrangements  and  supplementary  telegraph  arrange- 
ments. 

(2)  When  telephone  lines  (connected  with  stations)  are  entirely  or  partly,  carried 
along  in^  underground  multiple  wire  system  cables,  then  in  estimating  the  extra  charges 
the  cost  of  construction,  laying  and  switching  on  (connecting  up)  the  cable,  together 
with  the  proportion  of  cost  of  cement  conduits,  main  boxes  (man  hole?),  &c,  must 
be  considered.  If  a  cable  with  mixed  conductors  (bunched  cable)  is  employed, 
then  instead  of  the  actual  cost  of  furnishing  the  same  the  costs  are  to  be  reckoned  for 
a  telephone  station  cable,  of  the  ordinary  kind,  having  the  same  number  or  an  ap- 
proximate number  of  conductors  (wires).  The  total  costs  of  the  underground  cable, 
,including  the  general  costs,  are  to  be  divided  by  the  number  of  double  wires  (pairs 
of  conductors),  which  after  deducting  the  number  of  necessary  extra  (reserve)  double 
wires,  remain  over  from  the  total  number  of  double  wires.  For  this  reason,  for  every 
four  double  wires  an  extra  double  wire  is  to  be  allowed  for;  so  that,  for  example,  in 
,a  cable  with  seven  pairs  of  double  wires  (a  %  cable),  two  extra  (reserve)  pairs  of 
double  wires  are  to  be  allowed  for.  If  the  share  of  costs,  estimated  in  this  manner,  for 
&  double  wire,  exceeds  by  more  than  300  marks  ($71.40)  the  cost  of  an  overhead  wire, 
for  the  same  distance,  or  stretch  of  line,  then  10  per  cent  of  the  extra  amount  is  to  be 
collected  as  an  additional  charge;  if  the  above  conditions  do  not  exist,  then  no  extra 
.charge  is  collected. 

If  all  the  double  wires  of  the  cable  (not  counting  in  the  wires  that  are  necessary 
for  reserve  purposes)  are  not  to  be  immediately  put  in  use,  then,  as  a  stipulation  for 
(the  application  of  the  above  manner  of  estimatinlg  the  costs,  there  must  be  a  reason- 
able prospect  that  within  the  immediate  future,  calculation  can  be  made  for  the  use 
of  all  the  double  wires  that  are  not  required  for  reserve  purposes.  If,  on  the  other 
hand,  there  is  no  prospect  of  the  said  wires  being  put  in  use,  whioh  will  happen  in 

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490  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,   A.    1905 

cases  where  cables  have  to  be  laid  for  stations  in  residences  that  are  situated  in  iso- 
lated localities,  and  which  cables,  as  compared  with  the  existing  types,  carry  a  larger 
number  of  wires  than  are  immediately  required  for  use — then,  the  total  costs  of  the 
cable  are  to  be  divided  equally  among  the  individual  stations,  and  the  resulting 
amounts  (after  deducting  the  costs  that  would  be  required  for  an  overhead  line)  are  to 
form  the  basis  of  estimating  the  rates. 

The  reckoning  of  the  additional  charges  for  special  telegraph  arrangements  and 
supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  that  are  carried  entirely  or  partly,  under- 
ground, is  to  be  made  in  the  same  manner,  but  with  the  provisional  measure,  that  the 
extra  charges  must  be  paid,  even  if  the  difference  between  the  share  of  the  costs  esti- 
mated for  a  cable  line  and  those  for  an  overhead  line,  of  the  same  switch,  is  less  than 
300  marks  ($71.40). 

The  foregoing  regulations  apply  also  in  cases  where  there  are  not  double  wire 
cables,  but  only  cables  with  a  number  of  single  wires. 

(3)  No  additional  charges  are  collected  from  subscribers  who  have  principal  sta- 
tions, for  safety  arrangements  against  electric  high  tension  (maximum  current)^  Jines ; 
even  if,  on  account  of  the  high  tension  arrangements,  double  wires,  or  metallic  re- 
turn wires  have  to  be  used  in  common;  but  if,  on  account  of  the  proximity  of  these 
high  tension  (maximum  current)  arrangements,  underground  cables  have  to  be  em- 
ployed, in  place  of  the  overhead  wires,  the  regulations  given  under  par.  1  apply. 

(4)  In  the  case  of  supplementary  telephone  stations,  special  telegraph  arrange- 
ments, and  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  the  increased  charges,  according 
to  the  proportion  of  5  marks  ($1.19)  for  each  100  metres  (110  yards)  of  line,  are  to 
be  collected,  when  metallic  circuits  have  to  be  employed,  on  account  of  the  proximity 
of  electric  high  tension  wires.  The  regulations  given  under  par.  3  apply  to  cases 
where  underground  cables  have  to  be  employed  for  such  occasions. 

To  Article  11: — 

(1)  If  an  extra  bell  or  several  bells,  or  an  extra  telephone,  are  requested  the 
work  is  done  free  of  charge,  if  the  work  is  done  during  the  two  annual  periods  ap- 
pointed for  new  constructions,  &c,  or  if  other  work  has  to  be  done,  at  the  same  time. 
Should  the  subscriber  wish  to  have  the  bell  or  the  telephone  fixed  at  some  time  other 
'ban  one  of  the  two  occasions  above-mentioned,  a  charge  will  be  made  for  the  workman 
and  the  time  required  for  the  work.  The  time  required  to  go  and  return  from  the  sub- 
scriber's station  is  also  to  be  included,  and  fractions  of  hours  are  to  be  reckoned  as 
full  hours. 

(2)  The  cost  price  for  supplying  special  bells  different  from  those  ordinarily  used 
by  the  telegraph  management,  is  to  be  fixed  according  to  the  price  paid  to  the  manufac- 
turer for  the  same,  during  the  same  year  that  the  station  is  installed.  For  installing 
such  bells  there  will  be  charged,  in  addition  to  the  cost  of  supplying,  and  the  specified 
general  and  supplementary  costs,  a  special  charge  of  4  marks  (95  cents).  If  the  in- 
stalling of  the  same  is  requested  at  some  definite  time,  other  than  the  two  annual  fixed 
periods  for  construction  work,  and  when  no  other  work  can  be  done  at  the  same  time, 
the  charges  specified  above,  under  par.  1,  are  to  be  collected  to  cover  the  extra  expense, 
or  as  a  share  thereof. 

(3)  Special  bells  and  extra  telephones  may  be  removed,  when  requested  by  sub- 
scribers whose  stations  have  been  installed  at  the  expense  of  the  postal  department, 
without  notice  having  to  be  given  at  any  specified  time  beforehand.  The  rates 
for  same  must  be  paid  up  to  the  close  of  the  calendar  quarterly  term,  in  which  the 
apparatus  is  removed,  and  the  minimum  time  for  which  the  charge  is  to  be  made,  is 
one  complete  year.  For  removing  special  telephone  cabinets  for  use  in  long-distance 
service,  which  have  been  installed  at  the  expense  of  the  postal  department,  be- 
sides the  telephone  stations  that  are  used  for  ordinary  service,  the  regulations  apply 
that  are  specified  for  the  removing  of  telephone  stations.  See  Articles  No.  8  and  No. 
16  (pages  481  and  482). 

GERMANY. 


APPEND IX  "A"  491 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(4)  When  subscribers,  whose  stations  have  been  installed  by  the  telegraph  man- 
agement, have  bells  of  some  special  kind  fixed  up  by  other  persons,  on  the  same  pre- 
mises where  their  stations  are  installed,  then  an  annual  charge  of  3  marks  (72  cents) 
must  be  paid  to  the  postal  department  for  each  of  such  bell3.  The  subscriber, 
himself,  must  bear  the  costs  of  supplying,  fixing  up,  and  maintaining  the  said  bells. 
Bells  that  have  to  be  connected  by  a  circuit-changing  switch  must  correspond,  in  the 
parts  that  are  to  be  connected  with  the  current,  with  the  specified  technical  require- 
ments that  are  appointed  for  bell  arrangements,  in  connection  with  supplementary 
telephone  stations.  See  '  regulations  regarding  supplementary  telephone  stations,' 
Article  3  (page  497),  and  'Instructions'  thereto  (page  499). 

(5)  The  price  to  be  charged  for  supplying  an  extra  telephone  receiver  is  to  be 
regulated  according  to  the  price  paid  to  the  manufacturer  for  receivers  during  the 
year,  when  the  same  is  supplied  to  subscriber.  In  addition  to  the  cost  price,  an  extra 
charge  of  1  mark  (24  cents)  is  to  be  added,  to  cover  the  additional  costs  connected  with 
supplying  the  receiver,  and  3  per  cent  of  the  general  costs,  as  also  the  costs  for  sup- 
plying a  suspension-hook,  if  required.  The  costs  for  fixing  up  the  extra  receiver  are 
to  be  reckoned  specially.  Receivers  of  different  kinds  (patterns)  are  not  to  be  used 
for  the  same  telephone  case. 

To  Article  12: — 

(1)  For  reckoning  the  charges  for  those  connections  in  local  service,  and  in  ser- 
vice with  neighbouring  places,  which  are  prolonged  from  the  day  hours  of  service  into 
the  night  hours,  the  regulations  are  to  be  applied  that  are  given  under  par.  5  of 
'  instructions  for  carrying  into  effect  the  regulations  relating  to  connections  made, 
during  night  hours,  in  service  with  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  (munici- 
pal) service,'  which  are  given  on  page  503. 

(2)  In  cases  where,  in  telephone  systems  that  do  not  have  night  service,  or  in  ser- 
vice with  neighbouring  places,  between  two  local  systems,  that  do  not  have  night  ser- 
vice, a  subscriber  requests  continuous  connections,  not  with  one,  but  with  several  other 
subscribers,  during  night  hours,  the  charges  are  to  be  reckoned,  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  connections  requested. 

(3)  Continuous  connections  are  also  granted  during  the  night  hours  of  service, 
in  the  exchange  stations;  see  Section  V.,  Part  6  (pages  518,  519).  To  be  continuous 
connections  for  unlimited  service  rates,  those  regular  connections  are  also  reckoned, 
that  are  made  with  the  public  fire  department,  in  the  local  systems  that  are  used  for 
fire  alarm  purposes. 

(4)  In  services  with  neighbouring  places,  continuous  connections  are  also  granted, 
during  night  hours,  between  subscriber's  stations,  in  local  systems  that  do  not  have 
night  service,  and  exchange  stations  that  have  night  service.  If  an  individual  connec- 
tion of  this  kind  is  used  for  carrying  on  a  conversation,  for  which  charges  are  to  be 
paid,  then  the  charge  for  the  continuous  connection  is  not  to  be  collected.  Unlimited 
service  rates,  for  continuous  connections  during  night  hours,  are  not  refunded  in  the 
above  cases. 

Finally,  the  '  instructions '  under  pars.  1,  3  and  4  to  the  '  regulations  relating  to 
connections  made,  during  night  hours,  in  service  with  principal  centres,  and  in  de- 
partmental (municipal)  service,'  ar*e  found  on  pp.  502,  503. 

To  Article  13  : — 

(1)  When  a  public  call-station  that  has  been  called  up,  has  to  send  for  a  person, 
living  in  the  vicinty,  to  come  to  the  'phone,  a  charge  of  25  pf.  (6  cents)  will  be  charged 
in  each  case.  This  charge  must  also  be  paid  when  a  post  office  agent,  or  the  person  in 
charge  of  an  auxiliary  station,  or  public  call  station  receives  communications  or  orders 
arriving  for  some  other  person,  living  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  transmits  the  same 
to  the  said  person,  no  matter  how  the  said  communications  are  transmitted.  On  the 
other  hand,  this  charge  is  not  collected,  if  the  person  to  be  called  up,  in  the  long-dis- 

QERMANY. 


492  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1S05 

tance  place  ,is  already  present  in  the  public  call-station,  and  notifies  the  person  desir- 
ing the  conversation,  that  such  is  the  case. 

(2)  In  estimating  the  charges  for  conversations  sent  to  public  call-stations,  these 
call-stations,  in  so  far  as  they  are  connected  with  the  exchange  station  by  telephone 
station  wires,  are  to  be  considered  as  subscriber's  stations  belonging  to  the  local  sys- 
tem in  question;  but,  of  course,  the  charge  for  sending  for  a  person  to  come  to  the 
'phone,  must  be  paid,  when  necessary,  as  a  special  matter.  Conversations  sent  by  sub- 
scribers to  public  call-stations,  of  the  kind  described,  do  not  pay  any  special  charge, 
in  local  service  and  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  and  principal  ^  centres,  if 
these  subscribers  pay  the  unlimited  service  rates  specified  for  the  service  in  question. 
Otherwise,  the  subscriber  has  to  pay  a  charge  of  5  pf.  (1  cent)  for  local  service,  and 
for  service  with  neighbouring  places,  and  with  principal  centres,  the  rates  for  conver- 
sations specified  under  Article  18  (p.  .483  of  the  present  '  regulations,'  must  be  paid._ 

Public  call  stations  switched  on  to  the  ordinary  lines  or  to  trunk  lines  (long-dis- 
tance lines)  are  to  be  treated  in  the  same  manner  as  public  call  stations  that  are  con- 
nected by  special  wires  with  an  exchange  station,  and  are  to  be  handled  for  service 
in  both  directions,  when 

(1)  Connected  by  ordinary  or  long-distance  linos  with  the  nearest  exchange  sta- 

ll ;  and  at  the  same  time, 

(2)  Are   situated    within   the  municipal   area    of   the  place   where   the   exchange 

station  is  located,  or, 

(3)  Are  situated  outside  this  territory,  but  not  more  than  5  km.   (3J  miles)  in  a 

direct  line,  from  the  exchange  station  (or  the  central  exchange  station) ; 
and  arc  connected  with  the  same  by  the  same  ordinary  line,  or  trunk  line 
(long-distance  lines);  without  having  any  connection  with  another  inde- 
pendent exchange  station. 
When  a  public  call  station,  that  is  situated  within  the  area  of  5  km.  (3£  miles) 
distance  limit,  is  connected    by  ordinary,  or  by  long-distance  lines,  with  several  ex- 
change stations,  situated  in  different  directions,  then  the  said  call  station  is  to  be  as- 
signed to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  nearest  exchange  station. 

These  regulations  are  also  to  be  applied  to  switch  stations. 

(3)  The  regulations  and  the  charges  specified  for  service  with  neighbouring 
places,  and  with  principal  centres,  do  not  apply  to  conversations  sent  to  and  from  inde- 
pendent public  call  stations.  Subscribers  belonging  to  a  departmental  telephone  sys- 
tem (municipal  system)  where  the  graduated  scale  of  rates  have  been  introduced, 
may,  without  paying  any  special  charges  for  conversations,  carry  on  conversations 
from  their  stations  with  all  the  public  telephone  call  stations  that  are  connected  with 
the  exchange  stations  which  are  situated  within  the  departmental  system  (municipal 
system)  and  which  call  stations  are  also  situated  within  the  area  of  the  said  depart- 
mental (municipal)  system.  The  charge  for  sending  for  a  person  to  come  to  the 
'phone  must  also  be  paid,  when  necessary,  by  subscribers  in  departmental  (municipal) 
systems.  In  the  other  departmental  systems,  the  charges  specified  for  long-distance 
service  are  always  to  be  collected  for  conversations  with  public  call  stations,  that  do 
not  belong  to  the  same  local  system. 

To  Article  15 : — 

(1)  When  the  removal  of  a  station  makes  it  necessary  that  metallic  circuit  ser- 
vice has  to  be  used  for  the  'phone,  in  place  of  the  single  grounded  wire  service;  or  if 
on  the  other  hand,  the  single  wire  service  has  to  be  used  in  place  of  the  metallic  cir- 
cuit service,  the  rates  are  to  fixed  according  to  manner  of  service  to  be  used  for  the 
new  'phone.  In  the  case  of  'phones  that  have  an  ordinary  metallic  circuit,  the  rates 
specified  for  double  wires  are  to  be  collected. 

(2)  When  several  'phones  that  have  been  installed  in  the  same  room,  and  which 
have  one  connecting  wire  in  common,  have  all  to  be  removed  to  another  room  in  the 
premises,  or  to  a  room  outside  the  premises,  then  the  full  specified'  charge  is  to  be 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  493 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

collected  for  removing  the  first  'phone,  but  for  each  of  the  other  'phones  the  charge 
will  only  be  collected  that  is  specified  for  moving  a  'phone  within  the  same  room, 
i.e.,  4  marks  (95  cents),  or '6  marks  ($1.43).  No  special  charge  is  made  for  removing 
and  fixing  up  again  an  additional  microphone  (transmitter)  and  special  magneto-bell 
(ringer),  when  stations  are  being  moved. 

(3)  If  a  supplementary  telephone  station  that  is  installed  on  the  same  premises 
as  the  principal  station,  is  moved  with  the  said  principal  station  to  other  premises,  the 
only  charge  collected  therefor  will  be  that  for  moving  a  station  within  the  same  pre- 
mises, i.e.,  6  marks  ($1.43),  or  10  marks  ($2.38). 

(4)  The  removing  of  telephone  stations,  for  the  purpose  of  transferring  the  same 
to  some  other  person,  is  only  admissible  within  the  same  local  telephone  system.  This 
regulation  applies  also  I"  departmental   (municipal)   telephone  systems. 

(5)  For  other  smaller  jobs  done  in  connection  with  'phones,  such  as  taking  down 
and  fixing  up  again  inside  wires,  or  replacing  damaged  inside  wires,  or  ground  wires. 
&c.,  tin1  charge  will  be  reckoned  as  a  round  sum  for  the  workman  and  the  time  re- 
quired. The  time  taken  up  going  and  returning  from  the  subscriber's  'phone  will  also 
be  charged  for.    Fractions  of  hours  will  be  charged  for  as  full  hours. 

To  A_RTI(  i  i:   It; : — 

(1)  By  '  the  period  of  contract,'  or  'term  of  service,'  there  is  to  be  understood  the 
minimum  pi  riod  of  time  during  which  the  agreement  of  contract  is  to  continue.  For 
a  quarterly  term  in  which  a  station  has  to  be  removed,  prematurely,  the  full  amount 
of  charges  are  always  to  be  collected. 

(2)  In  estimating  the  share  of  costs  that  must  be  paid  for  construction  and  for 
removing,  in  the  case  of  poles  and  lines  that  have  to  be  taken  down,  a  rough  calcula- 
tion has  to  be  made  for  the  construction  and  removal  of  those  parts  of  the  apparatus 
which  cannot  be  again  used,  including  the  general  costs;  and  from  this  there 
is  u>  he  deducted  the  actual  value  of  the  materia]  again  available  for  use,  when  the 
apparatus  is  taken  down.  The  remainder  is  to  be  multiplied  by  a  fraction 
whose  numerator  is  to  be  the  term  of  subscription  not  yet  completed,  fractions  of  quar- 
terly terms  to  be  counted  as  full  quarters;  and  the  denominator  of  the  said  fraction  is 
to  be  the  minimum  period  of  time  during  which  the  term  of  contract  was  to  have  con- 
tinued. 

(3)  For  the  charges  to  be  paid  in  the  case  of  removing'  a  supplementary  telephone 
station,  before  the  close  of  the  term  of  contract,  see  the  "Instructions'  to  Article 
No.  S  (page  487). 

To  Article  17: — 

(1)  The  additional  charge  of  10  marks  ($2.38)  for  each  'phone  is  also  to  be  col- 
lected, even  if  the  service  between  the  various  stations  can  only  be  carried  on  in  a 
limited  manner,  between  one  another,  because  of  the  existing  switch  arrangement^. 

(2)  Telephone  arrangements  that  connect  more  than  two  premises  with  one  an- 
other, are  to  be  regarded  as  one  arrangement.  In  such  cases,  in  estimating  the  rates. 
the  length  of  line  is  therefore  to  be  only  counted  once  in  even  kilometres  (about  § 
mile). 

(3)  When  the  line  is  carried  along  partly  on  wooden  and  partly  on  iron  poles,  or 
in  cables,  then  for  every  kilometre  or 'fraction  thereof,  of  the  entire  length  of  line,  the 
charge  is  to  be  fixed  according  to  the  rates  specified  for  lines  carried  on  wooden  poles ; 
then,  over  and  above,  for  every  kilometre  or 'fraction  thereof  of  line  carried  along  iron 
poles,  or  in  cables,  the  charge  is  to  be  fixed,  according  as  the  rates  for  lines  carried 
along  iron  poles,  or  in  cables, '  exceeds  the  rate  for  lines  carried  along  wooden  poles. 
The  lines  connected  with  the  telephone  arrangements  that  use  the  type-printing  ap- 
paratus, are  constructed  and  maintained  by  the  telegraph  management,  up  to  the 
'phone  terminals  !  (binding  screws).  Accordingly,  in  estimating  the  charges,  calcula- 
tion must  be  made  of  the  entire  length  of  line,  including  the  leading-in  and  the  inside 

wires. 

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494  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

(4)  In  estimating  the  charges  for  wires  carried  underground,  the  calculation  is 
to  be  made  by  the  nearest  road  that  can  be  used  for  the  laying  of  cable,  without  in- 
curring any  special  costs,  even  if  the  actual  cable  used  is  carried  around  by  some  other 
(shorter)  route. 

When  the  conditions  make  it  imperative  to  change  the  overhead  lines  of  exist- 
ing special  telegraph  arrangements  and  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements  into 
underground  lines,  the  subscribers  have  the  right,  if  an  increase  in  the  rates  should 
be  necessary,  to  give  notice  to  relinquish  their  instruments,  at  the  nearest  period  of 
time  this  can  lawfully  be  done.  From  this  said  period  onwards  the  arrangements  in 
question  will  be  charged  for  at  the  increased  rates. 

(5)  For  conversations  carried  on  by  a  subscriber,  who  has  a  supplementary  tele- 
graph arrangement  with  persons  who  have  to  be  sent  for  to  come  to  the  bureau  for 
this  purpose,  and  for  conversations  in  the  opposite  direction,  the  regular  charges,  speci- 
fied for  conversations  over  trunk  lines  are  to  be  collected,  including  the  specified  charge 
for  sending  for  a  person  to  come  to  the  'phone,  when  the  said  charge  is  payable.  (See 
'  Instructions  '  to  Article  13,  page  491). 

For  the  reckoning  of  the  charges,  see  '  General  Instructions,'  section  V.,  part  6, 
paragraph  32  (page  448). 

To  Article  18 : — 

(1)  The  transfer  of  a  subscriber  from  paying  the  conversation  charge  of  10  pf. 
(2£  cents)  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  to  paying  the  5  pf.  (1  cent)  charge, 
and  vice  versa,  can  take  place  at  the  beginning  of  any  quarterly  term,  if  the  subscriber 
gives  written  notice  to  this  effect  not  later  than  a  month  beforehand. 

(2)  In  so  far  as  special  unlimited  service  rates  have  been  specified  for  service 
with  principal  centres,  and  departmental  (municipal)  service,  this  arrangement  may 
remain  unchanged  for  the  present.  The  right  is  reserved  to  readjust  these  rates  should 
the  metallic  circuit  service  be  introduced.  The  subscribers  have  the  option  of  paying 
either  the  present  specified  unlimited  service  rates,  of  200  marks  ($47.60),  or  250 
marks  ($59.50),  or  the  rates  specified  in  the  'Law  relating  to  Telephone  Rates.' 

(3)  The  area  of  a  principal  centre  telephone  system,  includes  all  those  places  which 
(on  the  basis  of  section  c,  par.  9,  of  the  '  Law  relating  to  Telephone  Eates,  p.  459) 
are  united  with  the  chief  place,  or  the  principal  centres,  for  service1  with  neighbouring 
places  (interlocal  service).  The  subscribers  in  service  with  principal  centres,  who,  in- 
stead of  the  annual  unlimited  service  rates  (as  specified  in  paragraph  2  of  the  '  Law 
relating  to  Telephone  Rates,'  page  454)  pay  an  unlimited  service  rate  of  200  marks 
($  17.60),  have  the  right  to  call  up  all  the  rest  of  the  subscribers  in  the  area  of  the  prin- 
cipal centre  system,  without  paying  any  extra  charge,  no  matter  what  kind  of  rates  are 
paid  by  these  subscribers.  On  the  other  hand,  those  subscribers  who  pay  a  minimum  un- 
limited service  rate  of  150  marks  ($35.70),  according  as  the  rates  are  specified  in  their 
own  system,  or  in  the  system  of  the  neighbouring  place,  are  also  entitled  to  call  up  the 
subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited  service  rate  of  200  marks  ($47.60),  without  paying 
any  extra  charge.  Special  regulations  are  made  for  departmental  (municipal) 
service.  The  principal  centre  service,  or  the  departmental  (municipal)  service,  are 
not  extended  to  those  telephone  systems  which  do  not  yet  belong  to  the 'area  of  a  prin- 
cipal centre  system,  or  a  departmental  system. 

(4)  In  service  with  principal  centres,  the  specified  charge  of  60  pf.  (14i  cents) 
for  urgent  conversations,  must  be  paid,  even  by  those  subscribers  who  pay  unlimited 
service  rates  for  ordinary  conversations. 

To  Article  21: — 

(1)  The  head  office  of  the  postal  department  is  authorized  to  allow,  if  requested, 
the  application  of  these  'Regulations'  (of  March  26,  1900)  to  the  special  tele- 
graph arrangements,  and  the  supplementary  telegraph  arrangements,  that  have  been 
constructed,  before  April  1,  1900,  even  before  the  present  term  of  contract  expires, 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  495 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

if  the  said  arrangements  have  been  installed  by  the  head  office  of  the  postal 
department.  Other  requests  are  to  be  presented  to  the  government  po3tal  depart- 
ment. 

(2)  Finally,  those  contracts  for  special  telegraph  arrangements  and  supplemen- 
tary telegraph  arrangements,  that  have  been  installed  at  the  government  expense  be- 
fore April  1,  1900,  do  not  require  to  be  relinquished  by  formal  notice  being  given. 
These  present  '  ^Regulations '  (of  March  26,  1900)  really  apply  to  the  said  telegraph 
arrangements,  from  the  period  at  which  he  said  contracts  can  be  relinquished  by 
giving  notice,  without  any  further  steps  being  necessary.  Therefore  the  subscribers 
who  have  the  said  telegraph  arrangements,  are  to  be  informed  as  to  what  rates  they 
have  to  pay  in  future,  by  having  a  copy  of  those  regulations  that  are  to  apply,  in 
future,  to  the  said  arrangements  sent  to  them. 


ADDENDA. 

Schedule  No.  4. 
Declaration  of  Consent  by  House  Proprietor. 

I  herewith  consent  and  agree  that  the  government  telegraph  management  shall  be 

allowed  to  construct  at  my  house,  situated  on street  (or  square) 

in all  the  arrangements  (such  as  poles,  supports,  &c.)  that  may 

be  necessary  for  installing  telephone  stations  in  the  said  hou3e,  for  leading  in  the 
wires,  as  well  as  for  the  construction,  maintenance  and  extension  of  the  telegraph  and 
telephone  systems,  with  the  stipulation  that  the  telegraph  management  shall  at  onca 
make  good,  at  the  government  expense  any  damage  done  to  the  said  house  in  conse- 
quence of  these  arrangements,  and  have  the  said  arrangements  removed  within  a  year 
after  notice  has  been  given  by  me  to  that  effect.  I  understand  and  agree  that  the 
period  of  one  year's  grace,  after  notice  has  been  given,  begins  on  April  1,  following 
the  time  that  notice  is  given,  or  if  notice  is  given  after  April  1,  hut  before  the  end  of 
September,  that  the  said  period  of  one  year's  grace  begins  on  October  1.  I  further 
pledge  myself  not  to  make  any  use  of  my  right  to  give  notice  to  remove  arrangements 
so  long  as  a  telephone  station  is  installed  in  the  building. 

date    19     . 

Schedule  No.  5. 

Declaration  by  the  Telegraph  Management. 

As  D in has  given  his  consent,  that  at  his 

building,  situated  on street   (or  square),  in , all  the 

arrangements  (such  as  poles,  supports,  &c.)  may  be  constructed  which  may  be  neces- 
sary for  the  installing  of  telephone  stations  for  the  leading  in  of  the  wires,  and  also 
for  the  construction,  maintenance  and  extension  of  the  telegraph  and  telephone  sys- 
tems ;  the  government  telegraph  management  agrees  to  make  good  at  once,  at  the  gov- 
ernment expense,  any  damage  that  may  be  done  to  the  said  building,  in  consequence 
of  these  arrangements,  and  to  remove  the  said  arrangements  within  a  year  after  notice 

is  given  to  that  effect,  on   The  government  telegraph 

management  will  be  specially  responsible  for  any  damage  resulting  to  the  said  build- 
ing, through  leading  in  the  telephone  cable  underground.  The  one  year's  grace  begins 
to  be  reckoned  on  April  1  following,  after  the  period  when  notice  is  given,  or  if  notice 
is  given  after  April  1,  but  before  the  end  of  September,  the  said  one  year's  grace  be- 
gins on  October  1.    The  right  to  give  notice  remains  so  long  as  a  telephonp  station  is 

installed  in  the  building.    Date 19     . 

GERMANY. 


496  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

Schedule  No.  3. 
Request  for  Subscription  to  a  Telephone  System. 

The  undersigned,  requests  connection  with  the  telephone  system  in 

from  his  premises,  situated  on street  (or  square)  No 

Besides  this* 

The  insertion  in  the  telephone  directory  is  to  be  as  follows : — 


Name,  or  Finn. 


Designation  of  Profession, 
or 
Branch  (if  Busin 


Residence, 

or 

Business  Address. 


I  desire  to  pay  the  unlimited  service  rates  (or,  the  measured  service  rates)** 
The  consent  of  the  house  proprietor  is  inclosed. 
To  the   Royal  Postal  Department    (Telegraph   Management,   or   City   Department) 


Schedule  No.  3a. 
Reply  to  the  Foregoing  Request. 
Reply  to  request  from Date 19     . 

The  request  for  connection  in  the  telephone  system  of lias 

been  duly  filed. 

The  telephone  station  desired  will  be  installed  as  soon  as  the  requests  made  by 
you  have  been  duly  arranged  for.  No  definite  time  can  be  fixed  for  carrying  out  the 
arrangements  for  installing  station.  You  will  please  have  the  enclosed  forms  for  re- 
quest of  membership,  and  for  declaration  by  house  proprietor,  filled  up  and  duly  at- 
tested, and  return  the  same.     In  the  form  of  request,  plea.se  mention  if  you  wish  to 

pay  an  unlimited  service  rate  of marks,  or marks : 

or  the  measured   service  rates   of marks;   with  additional  charges  for 

conversations.     The  date  when  the  installation  will  begin,  will  be  announced  to  you 
befoiehand. 

The  rates  for  the  use  of  station,  are  based  upon  the  '  Law  relating  to  Telephone 
Rates,'  of  December  20,  1899,  and  the  '  Regulations '  for  carrying  the  same  into  effect, 
issued  by  the  State  Chancellor,  on  March  26,  1900,  which  may  be  seen  here.  The  obli- 
gation to  pay  rates,  &c,  begins  on  the  day  that  the  station  is  handed  over  to  the  sub- 
scriber. To 

Declaration  of  a  Subscriber  for  telephone  connection,  during  the  night,  between 

the  places and 

The  subscription  is  to  begin  on The  connection  is  desired 

from o'clock  till o'clock,  during  the  night,  middle  European  time. 

The  following  stations  are  to  be  connected:  No Name 

Place ;  with  No Name Place 

The  charges  will  be  paid  up  to in  advance.    I  am  acquainted  with  the 

regulations  relating  to  the  use  of  telephone  trunk  lines  during  night  hours. 

Signature 

Date ,19    . 


*Here  is  to  be  inserted,  if  wished  for,  the  installing  of  supplementary  stations,  the  fixing  of 
an  extra  or  several  bells.  In  the  case  of  supplementary  stations,  it  should  be  mentioned  from 
which  principal  station  they  are  to  branch  off. 

**This  clause  is  left  out  in  telephone  systems  where  the  unlimited  service  rate  amounts 
to  80  marks   ($19.04).  ' 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  497 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

REGULATIONS  CONCERNING  SUPPLEMENTARY   STATIONS. 

(Issued  on  January  31,  1900  and  amended  to  December,  1904.) 
/. — The  Granting  of  Supplementary  Stations. 

Article  1. — Subscribers  in  a  telephone  system  may  have  supplementary  stations 
installed  in  the  living  rooms  or  business  rooms  that  are  situated  on  the  premises 
where  their  principal  station  is  installed,  and  have  the  same  connected  with  their 
principal  station. 

Premises  which  are  separated  by  real  estate  belonging  to  other  persons,  by  public 
roads,  squares,  &c,  or  by  public  streams  or  rivers,  from  the  premises  where  the  prin- 
cipal station  is  installed,' are  to  be  regarded  as  separate  premises. 

Article  2. — Those  subscribers  in  telephone  systems  who  pay  the  unlimited  ser- 
vice rates,  may  have  supplementary  stations,  which  are  not  more  than  15  km.  (9A 
miles)  distant  from  the  central  exchange,  installed  in  the  living  or  business  rooms  of 
other  persons  that  are  situated  on  the  premises  (property)  where  their  principal  sta- 
tion is  installed,  or  in  the  living  or  business  rooms  of  other  premises,  with  the  consent 
of  the  persons  in  question,  and  have  the  same  connected  with  their  principal  station. 

Article  3. — Not  more  than  five  supplementary  stations  may  be  connected  with 
the  same  principal  station.  It  is  left  to  the  subscribers  to  have  the  supplementary  sta- 
tions that  are  installed  on  the  premises  (property)  where  the  principal  station  is 
located,  installed  and  maintained  by  the  government  telegraph  management,  or  by 
other  persons  (or  firms).  The  supplementary  stations  that  have  not  been  installed  by 
the  telegraph  management,  must  correspond  with  all  the  technical  requirements  speci- 
fied by  the  telegraph  management. 

Before  the  supplementary  stations  are  handed  over  for  service,  notice  has  to  be 
given  of  the  same  to  the  post  office,  the  telegraph  bureau,  or  the  city  telephone  bureau, 
under  whose  jurisdiction  the  exchange  station  has  been  placed.  The  said  office  or 
bureau  is  authorized  to  see,  in  all  cases,  as  to  whether  these  supplementary  stations 
correspond  with  the  technical  requirements. 

The  installing  and  maintaining  of  the  supplementary  stations  that  are  not  situ- 
aated  on  the  same  premises  (property)  as  the  principal  station,  belongs  to  the  tele- 
graph management. 

Article  4. — Subscribers  who  have  supplementary  stations  are  entitled  to  converse 
with  the  principal  station,  as  also  with  the  other  supplementary  stations  that  are  con- 
nected with  the  principal  station.  Connections  with  other  persons  for  purposes  of  con- 
versation, are  granted  to  the  said  subscribers,  according  to  the  same  extent  (area)  as 
to  the  subscribers  who  have  principal  stations. 

In  so  far  as  other  regulations  have  not  been  specified,  the  regulations  concerning 
the  use  of  principal  stations  apply  equally  to  supplementary  stations. 

The  supplementary  stations  specified  under  Article  2  will  be  inserted  in  the  tele- 
phone directory,  unless  the  contrary  is  requested. 

Article  5. — The  subscriber  who  has  the  principal  station  is  responsible  for  all  the 
charges  connected  with  the  use  of  the  supplementary  station.  The  single  charges  for 
conversations  from  or  to  supplementary  stations,  become  due,  as  soon  as  the  connec- 
tion with  the  principal  stations  that  are  connected  with  the  same  has  been  made  by  the 
exchange  station. 

Article  6. — The  right  to  use  a  supplementary  station  ceases  with  the  right  to  use 
the  principal  station.  Besides  this,  the  right  to  use  the  same,  may  be  withdrawn,  on 
account  of  improper  use  of  the  station,  or  when  it  is  discovered  that  the  same  does  not 
correspond  with  the  technical  requirements,  or  if  special  difficulties  should  supervene 
to  the  telephone  service,  from  the  use  of  the  supplementary  station. 

GERMANY. 


498  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

//. — Bates  for  Supplementary  Stations. 

The  rates  for  supplementary  stations  are  fixed  on  the  basis  of  paragraph  10,  of  the 
'Law  relating  to  Telephone  Kates,'  of  December  20,  1899  (State  Code,  p.  711).  These 
rates  are  as  follows: —  , 

A.  For    installing  and  maintaining  supplementary  stations  by  the  government 

telegraph  management : — 

(1)  For  supplementary  stations  in  the  living  or  business  rooms  of  the  pre- 
mises belonging  to  the  subscriber,  where  the  principal  station  is  also  in- 
stalled, each,  yearly 20  m.  ($4.76) 

(2)  For  other  supplementary  stations,  each,  yearly.     30  m.   ($7.14) 

(3)  When  more  than  100  metres  (110  yards)  of  line  are  required  to  connect 
the  supplementary  station  with  the  principal  station,  then  for  each  addi- 
tional 100  metres  (110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof,  of  extra  length  of  line, 
an  additional  charge  will  be  collected,  as  follows : — 

For  single  lines  (wires),  yearly 3  m.  (72  cents) 

For  double  lines  (wires),  yearly 5  m.  ($1.19) 

(4)  In  the  case  of  supplementary  stations  that  are  more  than  10  km.  (6J 
miles)  distant  from  the  central  exchange  station,  the  same  additional 
charges  for  extra  costs  of  construction  will  be  collected,  as  in  the  case 
of  principal  station. 

B.  For  supplementary  stations,  which  have  not  been  installed  and  have  not  to  be 

maintained  by  the  government  telegraph  management,  the  following 
charges  are  collected: — 

(1)  For  supplementary  stations  in  the  living  or  business  rooms  of  the  pre- 
mises (property)  belonging  to  the  subscriber,  where  the  principal  station 
is  installed,  each,  yearly,  10  m.  ($2.38). 

(2)  For  other  supplementary  stations,  each,  yearly,  15  m.  ($3.57). 

C.  In  departmental  (municipal)   telephone  systems,  there  will  be  collected  (for 

supplementary  stations,  connected  with  those  principal  stations  where  the 
subscribers  pay  the  unlimited  service  rates,  for  the  use  of  the  trunk 
lines)  in  addition  to  the  charges  specified  above,  under  II.,  A  (2),  and 
B  (2),  an  extra  charge  of  100  marks  ($23.80)  yearly,  for  each  supplemen- 
tary station.  For  supplementary  stations  where  the  subscribers  have  to  pay 
the  charges  specified  under  II.,  A  (1)  ,and  B  (1),  this  extra  charge,  speci- 
fied above,  will  not  be  collected. 

III.  The  foregoing  '  Regulations '  become  effective  on  April  1,  1900. 

Berlin,  January  31,  1900. 

On  behalf  of  the  State  Chancellor, 

VON  PODBIELSKI. 

INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  CARRYING  INTO  EFFECT  THE  FOREGOING  '  REGULATIONS.' 

To  Articles  1  and  2 : — 

(1)  Real  estate  that  forms  one  connected  property,  belonging  to  the  same  owner 
and  which  does  not  consist  of  detached  areas,  separated  from  each  other  by  other  pro- 
perty, public  roads,  squares,  or  public  streams,  is  to  be  considered  as  one  property, 
even  if  the  same  is  entered  in  different  registers  of  survey. 

(2)  Supplementary  stations  may  also  be  installed  for  other  persons  than  the  sub- 
scriber who  has  the  principal  station,  in  premises  (property)  distinct  from  that  where 
the  principal  station  is  installed.  Eegarding  the  exception  made  in  the  case  of  those 
supplementary  stations  that  pay  the  unlimited  service  rates  for  service  with  principal 
centres  of  departmental  (municipal)  service,  see  below,  under  par.  5. 

GERMANY. 


APPESDIX  "A"  499 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(3)  When  several  principal  stations  are  so  connected  with  several  supplementary 
stations,  that  these  supplementary  stations  can  be  connected,  whenever  desired,  with 
one  or  other  of  the  said  principal  stations,  then  the  same  rates  must  be  paid  for  all 
these  principal  stations,  i.e.,  the  general  charge,  and  additional  charges  for  conversa- 
tions (the  measured  service  rates),  if  all  the  supplementary  stations  are  admitted  for 
the  same  measured  service  rates,  or  else  the  unlimited  service  rates,  specified  for  local 
service,  or  for  service  with  neighbouring  places,  and  with  principal  centres. 

(4)  Lines  are  also  admissible  for  the  purpose  of  connecting  various  principal  sta- 
tions belonging  to  the  same  local  system  by  direct  Wire.  The  charges  are  to  be  reckoned 
according  to  the  regulations  specified  for  supplementary  telephone  stations. 

(5)  Supplementary  stations  may  be  connected  with  a  principal  station  situated  in 
the  area  of  another  local  telephone  system,  or  in  the  area  of  another  switch 
station.  It  is  presupposed  that  the  supplementary  stations  are  not  farther 
distant  than  15  km.  (9 A  miles)  from  the  exchange  station,  with  which  the 
principal  station  is  connected.  No  additional  charges,  for  costs  of  construction,  are 
collected  for  supplementary  stations,  for  the  extra  length  of  line  necessary  to  be  con- 
structed within  the  5  km.  (3  miles)  limit  of  distance  from  the  exchange  station,  or 
central  exchange  station.  See  Article  9,  of  the  '  Regulations  regarding  the  '  Law  re- 
lating to  telephone  rates  ",'  (page  481).  In  the  case  of  principal  stations  which  pay 
the  unlimited  service  rates,  specified  for  service  with  principal  centres  and  departmen- 
tal (municipal)  service  (see  par.  2,  to  Article  18  of  the  '  Regulations  regarding  the 
"  Law  relating  to  Telephone  Rates ",'  p.  483),  only  those  supplementary  stations 
situated  in  places  that  do  not  belong  to  the  area  of  principal  centre  system,  or  the  de- 
partmental system,  can  be  connected  with  the  said  principal  stations,  when  these  sup- 
plementary stations  also  belong  to  the  subscriber  who  has  the  principal  station. 

(6)  In  which  cases  the  distance  limit  of  15  km.  (9A  miles)  for  existing  supple- 
mentary stations,  may  be  exceeded,  when  the  location  of  the  exchange  station  to  which 
the  said  supplementaries  are  connected,  is  changed,  see  '  Instructions '  to  the  '  Law 
relating  to  Telephone  Rates,'  paragraph  1,  section  2  (page  456). 

(7)  Requests  for  supplementary  stations  must  be  signed  by  the  subscriber  who 
has  the  principal  station. 

To  Article  3 : — 

(1)  If  other  'phones  are  switched  on  to  (placed  in  circuit  with)  a  supplementary 
station,  then  the  said  'phones  are  also  to  be  treated  as  supplementary  stations,  and  are 
to  be  included  with  the  supplementary  stations  that  are  connected  with  the  prin- 
cipal station.  The  same  regulation  applies  to  those  arrangements  (i.e.,  contact  boxes 
(floor-plugs),  &c.)  by  which  'phones  can  be  connected  for  occasional  use,  with  the  lines 
belonging  to  principal  or  supplementary  stations.  Any  such  arrangements  that 
may  be  necessary  in  the  case  of  principal  stations,  are  not  to  be  considered  in  the 
above  category. 

(2)  The  head  offices  of  the  postal  management  are  authorized  to  hand  over  to  the 
owner  of  the  principal  station,  on  payment  of  the  actual  value  of  same  (if  no  valid 
reasons  to  the  contrary  exist),  those  supplementary  stations  that  have  been  installed  by 
the  telegraph  management  on  the  premises  where  the  principal  station  is  located.  The 
said  supplementary  stations  become  henceforth  the  property  of  the  subscriber,  who 
pays  the  value  of  the  same.  The  charges  specified  under  II.,  B,  of  the  '  Regulations 
concerning  Suplementary  Telephone  Stations,'  (page  498),  will  be  collected  for  these 
supplementary  stations,  from  the  first  day  of  the  following  quarterly  term,  onwards. 
The  said  supplementary  stations  are  henceforth  to  be  kept  in  repair  at  the  subscriber's 
expense. 

(3)  The  following  are  th<  '  Technical  Requirements  '  specified : — 

The  speaking  and  hearing  arrangements  of  those  supplementary  stations  that  have 

not  been  installed,  or  that  have  not  to  be  maintained  by  the  telegraph  management, 

must  not  be  inferior  to  or  different  from  the  same  arrangements  that  are  employed 

GERMANY. 
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600  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

by  the  telegraph  management  for  local  service.  If  systems  are  to  be  employed  for  sup- 
plementary stations,  which  call  for  some  alteration  in  the  switching  arrangements  of 
the  exchange  stations,  then  the  sanction  of  the  government  Postal  Department  must 
be  first  of  all  obtained  for  the  same. 

When  the  lines  of  several  principal  stations  belonging  to  the  same  subscriber  are 
led  into  the  same  premises  (property),  permission  is  given  to  all  the  sup- 
plementary stations,  that  are  connected  with  these  principal  stations,  to  con- 
Terse  with  one  another.  If,  however,  besides  the  supplementary  stations,  there  are 
private  'phones  for  which  the  rates  specified  under  II.,  B,  of  the  '  Regulations  concern- 
ing Supplementary  Telephone  Stations,'  are  not  paid,  then  the  technical  arrangements 
must  be  so  constructed  that  no  connections  can  be  made  between  the  private  'phones 
and  the  exchange  station. 

For  other  matters,  the  technical  requirements  are  to  be  specified  by  the  head  offices 
of  the  Post  Office  Department.  The  general  rule  to  be  followed  in  this  matter  is,  that 
the  subscribers  who  have  supplementary  stations  should  have  as  much  liberty  as  possible 
in  the  choice  of  'phones,  line  arrangements,  &c. 

However,  in  order  that  the  security  and  reliability  of  the  service  in  the  telephone 
systems  may  not  be  interfered  with,  the  persons  concerned  are  to  be  instructed  that 
it  is  for  their  own  interests  to  use  only  the  best  arrangements  for  speaking  and  hear- 
ing, and  especially  in  the  matter  of  microphone  cells  (pile),  to  use  only  those  dry  cells 
which  produce  a  sufficient  quantity  of  electrical  energy.  It  is  desirable  that  the  private 
arrangements  should  correspond,  in  all  important  particulars,  with  the  arrangements 
of  the  government  telegraph  management,  in  order  that  no  difficulties  or  matters  of 
friction  may  occur  in  the  service  between  the  supplementary  stations,  and  the  other 
stations. 

For  this  reason  the  following  points  are  to  be  specially  observed: — 

(a)  The  switch  arrangements  in  the  telephone  case,  are  to  be  so  arranged  that 
the  same  correspond  in  all  important  details  with  the  switch  arrangements 
employed  by  the  telegraph  management.  As  a  guide,  the  circuit  diagrams, 
P.W.  Stf.  M.  99,  of  the  telephone  case  (box),  may  ben  given,  which  can  be 
applied  both  for  single  wire  and  for  double  wire  service. 

(b)  With  regard  to  the  joining  up  in  circuit  of  the  batteries,  instructions  must  be 
given  when  such  batteries  are  to  be  used  in  connection  with  stations  that  are 
installed  by  the  telegraph  management. 

(c)  That  for  calling,  an  alternating  current,  of  not  less  than  30,  and  not  more 
than  40  volts  of  tension,  must  be  employed.  Only  polarized  magneto-bells 
are  to  be  employed,  for  the  reason  that  when  unpolarized  magneto-bells  are 
used,  danger  may  arise  to  the  operators  in  the  exchange  station,  &c,  from  the 
generation  of  the  current  by  inductors.  The  resistance  of  the  magneto-bell 
coil  must  amount  to  at  least  300  ohms. 

(d)  The  'phones  and  lines  (wires)  of  the  supplementary  stations  are  to  be  con- 
nected with  the  principal  station,  in  such  a  manner  that  it  can  easily  be  found 
out,  at  any  time,  in  the  case  of  difficulties  in  the  service,  whether  the 
defect  is  to  be  sought  for  in  the  arrangements  belonging  to  the  government 
telegraph  management  or  in  the  private  arrangements.  When  a  drop-board 
(annunciator-board)  is  employed  in  the  principal  station,  then  the  costs  for  the 
said  drop-board  (annunciator-board),  and  the  other  switch  arrangements  that 
may  be  required,  are  to  be  borne  by  the  subscriber  who  has  the  supplementary 
station. 

When  any  alterations  in  the  service  are  to  be  carried  out  in  the  exchange  stations, 
which  make  an  alteration  necessary  in  the  technical  arrangements  of  the  private  sup- 
plementary stations,  due  notice  must  be  previously  biven  ito  the  persons  concerned, 
that  such  is  to  be  done.  Information  may  also  be  suppled  as  to  where  the  materials 
may  be  procured  for  the  said  alterations.  The  supplying  of  these  materials  from  the 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  501 

APPENDIX  Nc,  1 

stores  of  the  telegraph  management  and  the  carrying  out  of  these  alterations  by  the 
employees  of  the  same,  is  not  admissible. 

The  telephone  box  (case)  of  the  principal  station  can  also  be  arranged  for  joint 
use,  for  service  with  supplementary  stations  that  have  not  been  installed,  and  are  not 
maintained  by  the  telegraph  management,  but  the  switch  arrangements  must  be  so 
constructed  that  in  the  case  of  difficulties  in  the  service  it  may  always  be  easily  deter- 
mined as  to  whether  the  fault  is  to  be  sought  for  in  the  principal  or  in  the  supplemen- 
tary station. 

(4)  Supplementary  telephone  stations  not  required  to  be  installed  and  maintained 
by  the  government  telegraph  management,  may  be  installed  by  private  contractors  and 
be  rented  out  to  other  persons. 

To  Article  6: — 

(1)  The  withdrawal  of  the  right  to  use  supplementary  stations,  belongs  to  the 
head  offices  of  the  Post  Office  Department. 

To  Regulation  II.,  A  (1). — For  the  charges  to  be  paid,  when  supplementary  sta- 
tions are  removed  before  the  termination  of  the  period  of  contract,  see  '  Instructions ' 
to  Article  8  of  the  '  Regulations  for  carrying  into  effect  the  "  Law  relating  to  Tele- 
phone Rates'"  (page  481). 

To  Regulation  II.,  A  (1-3). — When  the  'phones  of  two  supplementary  stations 
that  belong  to  one  and  the  same  principal  station  are,  in  addition,  connected  directly 
with  each  other  by  special  wires,  then,  besides  the  additional  charge  for  the  connecting 
wire,  an  extra  charge  for  the  extension  of  the  technical  arrangements  must  be  paid,  in 
the  case  of  both  stations,  which  amounts,  altogether,  to  20  or  30  marks  ($4.76  or  $7.14) 
annually. 

To  Regulation  II.,  A  (3). — The  length  of  line  is  to  be  measured  according  to  the 
nearest  road  that  can  be  used  for  carrying  the  same  along,  without  incurring  any  spe- 
cial costs,  even  if  the  line  is  actually  carried  round  by  some  other  (shorter)  way.  In 
estimating  the  rates  for  supplementary  stations,  the  wires  of  which  are  carried  along 
underground,  the  calculation  is  to  be  made  according  to  the  nearest  road  that  can  be 
used  for  laying  the  cable,  without  incurring  any  special  costs,  even  if  the  cable  actu- 
ally used  is  carried  round  by  some  other  (shorter)  way. 

If  the  overhead  lines  of  any  existing  supplementary  stations  are  changed  into 
underground  lines,  in  the  interests  of  the  telegraph  management,  then  no  increase  in 
the  rates  will  be  made  on  this  account. 

To  Regulation  II.,  A  (4). — In  estimating  the  additional  charge  for  cost  of  con- 
struction, the  calculation  is  to  be  made  according  to  actual  length  of  the  line  connected 
with  the  supplementary  station,  that  is  outside  the  10  km.  (6J  miles)  area  of  the  ex- 
change station. 

regulations  concerning  the  use  of  the  telephone  trunk  lines  during  night  hours. 
(Issued  on  September  19,  1901,  and  amended  to  December,  1904.) 

Article  1. — The  telephone  trunk  lines  between  places  where  there  is  telephone  ser- 
vice during  night  hours,  may  be  used  by  telephone  subscribers  during  night  hours  for 
single  conversations,  paying  charges  for  each,  and  also  for  conversations  at  subscrip- 
tion rates.  The  night  hours  (in  so  far  as  different  rules  have  not  been  specified  for 
individual  places)  are  to  be  reckoned  from  9  p.m.  till  7  a.m.,  during  the  summer,  and 
from  9  p.m.  till  8  a.m.,  during  the  winter. 

Article  2. — Single  conversations  of  an  ordinary  and  an  urgent  nature,  are  ad- 
missible under  the  same  conditions  as  during  the  hours  of  day  service.  These  conver- 
sations, however,  can  only  be  carried  on  during  the  times  when  the  connections  are  not 
being  used  for  conversations  which  pay  the  subscription  rates. 

GERMANY. 

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502  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Article  3. — Subscribers'  conversations  are  admissible  for  such  connections  as  can 
be  made  during  the  hours  of  day  service,  between  the  same  subscribers  at  the  same 
times.  Each  subscription  must  last,  at  least,  during  a  period  of  one  month.  The  term 
of  subscription  may  commence  at  any  time,  but  the  monthly  period  is  always  reckoned 
from  the  following  1st  or  16th  of  the  month.  The  fractional  amount  of  the  subscrip- 
tion rates  for  the  period  up  to  the  beginning  of  the  term  of  monthly  subscription, 
must  be  paid  with  the  first  monthly  subscription  rates.  The  subscription  can  only  be 
relinquished  at  the  close  of  the  15th  of  a  month,  or  at  the  end  of  a  month.  For  sub- 
scribers' conversations  one-half  of  the  day  rates  are  collected. 

The  rates  are  to  be  paid  in  advance.  In  reckoning  the  monthly  rates,  the  month 
is  counted  as  30  days.  No  reimbursement  of  charges  is  granted  for  connections  that 
have  not  been  used.  However,  if  the  time  allowed  for  conversation  has  not  been  used 
at  all,  or  only  partly  used  because  of  derangement  of  the  service,  then  opportunity- 
will,  be  given  to  the  subscriber,  if  possible,  during  the  same  night,  to  make  this  good. 
If  on  account  of  the  derangement  in  the  service  it  has  not  been  possible  to  carry  on 
the  conversation  at  all,  and  if  it  has  not  been  possible  to  give  opportunity  to  make 
this  good,  then,  if  the  subscriber  so  requests,  a  thirtieth  part  of  the  monthly  charges 
will  be  refunded  for  the  said  conversation. 

Article  4. — The  request  for  subscription  conversations  must  be  presented  to  the 
exchange  station,  in  the  place  where  the  applicant  resides,  and  arrangements  must  be 
made  with  the  said  exchange  station  beforehand,  regarding  the  time  when  the  sub- 
scriber's conversations  are  to  be  carried  on. 

The  minimum  duration  of  a  conversation  is  six  minutes;  the  maximum  duration 
of  the  same  is  twelve  minutes. 

Article  5. — Subscription  conversations  may  only  be  carried  on  regarding  matters 
pertaining  to  the  concerns  of  the  subscriber,  or  of  persons  belonging  to  his  household 
or  business  establishment. 

On  behalf  of  the  State  Chancellor, 

KKAETKE. 

Berlin,  September  19,  1901.   ■ 

instructions  to  the  foregoing  regulations. 

To  Article  1 : — 

Eor  night  hours,  in  long  distance-service,  the  hours  are  always  to  be  reckoned  that 
are  specified  under  Article  1.  In  local  service,  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  and 
with  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  (municipal)  service,  the  hours  from  9  p.m. 
till  7  a.m.,  are  to  be  reckoned,  unless  other  rules  should  be  prescribed  for  particular 
places. 

To  article  3  : — 

(a)  The  regulations  for  subscribers'  conversations  are  also  to  be  applied  to  those 
connections  in  long-distance  service  which  are  regularly  made  during  night  hours  for 
special  subscribers,  without  service  being  given,  at  the  same  time,  to  the  rest  of  the 
subscribers  of  the  local  telephone  system.  The  sanction  of  the  government  Postal  De- 
partment must  be  obtained  for  the  effecting  of  continuous  connections  during  night 
hours,  between  subscribers'  stations  in  places  that  do  not  have  telephone  night  service 
and  a  long-distance  exchange  station  that  has  the  night  service. 

(I)  Several  conversations  held  at  different  periods  of  time  during  the  same  night 
between  the  same  subscribers,  are  allowed  to  be  carried  on,  for  the  maximum  period  of 
twelve  minutes  for  each  conversation,  if  the  time  is  not  taken  up  by  other  subscribers. 

(c)  Should  the  subscriber  wish  to  prolong  the  term  of  subscription  beyond  the 
minimum  period  of  one  month,  he  must  pay  the  subscription  rates  each  month 
in  advance.  For  this  purpose  the  account  for  the  new  month  is  always  handed -in  not 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  503 

APPENDIX  No.   I 

later  than  eight  days  before  the  term  of  subscription  expires.    If  this  account  is  not 
paid   forthwith,  the    subscription    is    considered    as  cancelled.     The  station    in    the 
long-distance  place  is  to  be  notified  that  the  subscription  has  ceased. 
To  Article  4: — 

(a)  The  request  for  subscription  must  be  written  on  the  form  specified  for  this 
purpose. 

(b)  When  the  request  for  subscription  is  handed  in,  the  exchange  station  makes 
arrangements  with  the  station  in  the  long-distance  place,  and  with  the  applicant,  re- 
garding the  time  when  the  connections  are  to  be  made,  and  also  collects  the  charges 
for  the  minimum  period  of  subscription,  that  is  specified  under  Article  3  of  the  fore- 
going '  Regulations  concerning  the  use  of  Telephone  Trunk  Lines  during  night  hours,' 
and  gives  a  receipt  for  the  same,  in  which  the  time  is  specified,  when  the  connections 
are  to  be  made. 

To  Articles  1  to  5 : — 

The  special  regulations  for  service  with  foreign  places  are  supplied  separately  to 
each  of  the  exchange  stations  concerned. 


REGULATIONS 

REGARDING   CONNECTIONS   DURING   NIGHT   HOURS,   IN   SERVICE   WITH   PRINCIPAL   CENTRES,   AND 
IN  DEPARTMENTAL    (MUNICIPAL)    SERVICE. 

(Issued  on  January  9,  1902,  and  amended  to  December,  1904.) 

The  following  '  Regulations '  are  issued  on  the  basis  of  paragraph  10,  of  the  '  Law 
relating  to  Telephone  Rates,'  of  December  20,  1899  (Government  Code,  p.  711) : — 

The  '  Regulations/  given  above,  '  concerning  the  use  of  Telephone  Trunk  Lines 
during  Night  Hours/  (of  September  19,  1901),  apply  also  to  the  connections  made 
during  night  hours  in  service  with  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  (municipal) 
service,  from  the  15th  day  of  January  of  this  present  year,  with  the  stipulation  that 
continuous  connections  can  be  arranged  for  between  stations  in  different  local  systems 
that  do  not  have  telephone  service  during  night  hours,  which,  so  far  as  the  specifica- 
tion of  the  rates  are  concerned,  are  to  be  regarded  as  ordinary  connections  for  con- 
versations of  three  minutes'  duration. 

Accordingly,  the  following  charges  are  collected,  in  service  with  principal  centres, 
and  in  departmental  (municipal)  service : — 

(a)  For  each  ordinary  and  for  each  urgent  conversation  during  night  hours,  the 
charges  are  those  specified  for  similar  conversations  during  the  hours  of  daily 
service,  according  to  paragraphs  7  and  9  of  the  '  Law  relating  to  Telephone 
Rates '  (pp.  447  and  459),  and  Articles  13  and  18  of  the  '  Regulations '  to  the 
said 'Law'  (pp.  482,  483). 

(b)  For  connections  during  night  hours,  for  which  a  term  of  subscription  is  en- 
tered upon,  and  which  are  made  daily  between  the  same  subscribers,  at  the 
same  times,  the  charges  to  be  collected  are  one-half  of  those  specified  for 
ordinary  conversations  of  the  same  duration  made  during  the  hours 
of  daily  service,  according  to  the  above-mentioned  '  Law  relating  to  Telephone 
Rates/  and  the  '  Regulations  '  connected  therewith. 

The  said  charges  are  to  be  collected,  whether  the  subscriber  who  requests  the  con- 
nections pays  the  annual  unlimited  service  rates  for  service  in  the  telephone  system 
concerned,  or  not. 

On  behalf  of  the  State  Chancellor, 

KRAETKE. 
Berlin,  January  9,  1902. 

GERMANY. 


504  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
INSTRUCTIONS  TO  THE  FOREGOING  '  REGULATIONS.' 

To  Article  1: — 

Applications  made  by  subscribers  for  connections  during  night  hours,  in  ser- 
vice with  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  (municipal)  service,  when  there  is  no 
service  during  night  hours  in  both  places  that  are  to  be  connected  with  each  other,  are 
only  to  be  granted  if  the  requisite  number  of  trunk  lines  necessary  for  this  purpose  is 
available,  and  if  no  hindrances  stand  in  the  way,  regarding  the  interests  of  the  tele- 
phone service,  or  regarding  technical  difficulties.  Special  attention  must  be  given  to 
ascertain  that  the  calling  up  can  be  properly  effected  over  the  lines  to  be  connected, 
without  the  necessity  of  employing,  for  this  purpose,  other  technical  arrangements 
connected  with  the  subscribers'  stations,  such  as  increasing  the  voltage  of  the  ringing 
battery,  or  the  changing  of  telephone  boxes  with  ringers,  for  boxes  with  induction 
coils. 

To  Article  2 : — 

The  regulations  concerning  continuous  connections  during  night  hours  in 
service  with  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  (municipal)  service,  apply  also  to 
connections. 

(a)  Between  subscribers'  stations,  in  local  systems,  that  do  not  have  service  dur- 
ing night  hours. 

(b)  Between  local  subscribers  in  systems  having  no  night  service  and  exchanges 
where  continuous  service  is  in  operation. 

The  rates  to  be  collected  for  a  monthly  term  of  subscription  are : — - 

(1)  In  service  with  principal  centres,  3  marks  (72  cents). 

(.2)  In  departmental  (municipal)  service,  thirty  times  the  amount  of  the  half 
charge  for  an  ordinary  conversation  of  three  minutes'  duration,  carried  on 
between  the  local  systems  in  question.  See  paragraph  7,  of  the  '  Law  relating 
to  Telephone  Kates'  (p.  447). 

When  a  continuous  connection  of  the  kind  (specified  above  under  b)  is  used  for 
carrying  on  a  conversation,  for  which  a  charge  is  paid,  then  the  charge  for  the  said 
continuous  connection  is  not  collected.  Subscribers'  charges  are  not  refunded  in  such 
cases. 

To  Article  3 : — 

Subscribers  in  places  not  having  night  service  for  whom  single  night  connec- 
tions are  made  by  the  exchange  stations  of  other  places  that  have  night  service,  are  to 
be  allowed  to  avail  themselves  of  the  long-distance  service  during  night  hours,  to  the 
same  extent  as  the  subscribers  who  live  in  a  place  that  has  service  during  night  hours; 
or,  in  case  a  different  area  of  service  should  be  fixed  for  the  place  where  the  said 
subscribers  reside,  they  are  to  avail  themselves  of  the  service  within  the  said  area. 

To  Article  4: — 

The  sanction  to  have  regular  connections  made,  during  night  hours,  is  to 
be  granted  in  each  case,  with  the  right  to  cancel  the  same;  and  the  said  sanction  is  to 
be  withdrawn  as  soon  as  any  disadvantages  supervene  from  the  concession. 

To  Article  5 : — 

Conversations  that  have  been  commenced  during  the  hours  of  day  service, 
under  the  conditions  specified  for  the  daily  service,  may  be  prolonged  beyond  the  close 
of  the  daily  service  for  the  period  of  time  specified  for  single  conversations,  during 
night  hours;  and  be  reckoned  as  a  conversation  during  the  day  hours.  Should  the 
said  conversations  be  continued  for  a  longer  period  of  time,  then  the  charges  specified 
for  night  conversations  are  to  be  collected  for  the  additional  time  taken  up. 

KEGULATIONS 

regarding  night  connections  in  telephone  service  with  neighbouring  places. 

(Issued  on  February  18,  1904.) 

(1)  The  charge  for  an  ordinary  conversation,  lasting  not  longer  than  3  minutes, 
is  20  pf.  (5  cents). 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  505 

AFPENDIX  No.  1 

Three  times  the  ordinary  amount  is  collected  for  urgent  conversations.  For  sub- 
scription conversations,  half  the  charges  are  to  be  collected  that  are  specified  for  ordin- 
ary conversations,  carried  on  during  night  hours.  The  minimum  duration  of  a  con- 
versation, for  which  subscription  rates  are  paid,  is  6  minutes ;  the  maximum  duratioa 
of  same  is  to  be  12  minutes. 

(2)  Continuous  connections  may  be  made  during  the  whole  night,  between  sta- 
tions of  different  local  systems,  which  do  not  both  have  service  during  night  hours. 
For  making  each  of  such  connections,  a  charge  of  20  pf .  (5  cents)  must  be  paid ;  one- 
half  of  this  charge  is  collected  when  subscriptions  are  taken  out. 

(3)  The  charge  for  conversations  during  night  hours,  and  continuous  connections 
during  night  hours,  must  be  paid,  even  if  the  subscriber  who  requests  such  connec- 
tions pays  the  annual  unlimited  service  rates  for  service  with  neighbouring  places. 

(4)  In  so  far  as  the  foregoing  '  Regulations '  contain  nothing  to  the  contrary, 
the  '  Regulations '  also  apply  that  have  been  issued  on  September  19,  1901,  regarding 
the  use  of  telephone  trunk  lines,  during  night  hours  (page  501). 

On  behalf  of  the  State  Chancellor, 

KRAETKE. 

Berlin,  February  18,  1904. 

INSTRUCTIONS    TO   THE    FOREGOING   REGULATIONS. 

To  Article  1: — 

The  rates  for  a  monthly  subscription  term  for  regular  continuous  connec- 
tions, during  night  hours,  is  3  marks  (72  cents)  in  service  with  neighbouring  places. 
Finally  the  regulations  regarding  connections,  during  night  hours,  in  service  with 
principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  (municipal)  service,  issued  on  January  9, 
1902,  also  apply  (page  503). 

No.  290d. 

GERMANY.— Continued. 

Berlin,  1903. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  'GENERAL  INSTRUCTIONS,'   (No.  V.,  DIVISION  VI) 
FOR  POST  AND  TELEGRAPH  DEPARTMENT. 

LONG    DISTANCE    SERVICE. 

Classification  and  Arrangement  of  the  Long-Distance  Lines. 

9.  The  long-distance  lines  are  divided  into  four  classes,  according  to  the  following 
order : — 

(a)  Lines  of  class  I. :  for  service  with  parts  outside  the  German  Empire ;  with 
the  numbers  1  to  99 ;  5,000  to  5,099 ;  10,000  to  10,099,  &c. 

(b)  Lines  of  class  II.:.  for  service  within  the  German  Empire;  with  the  numbers 
100  to  299 ;  1,100  to  1,299 ;  2,100  to  2,299,  &c. 

(c)  Lines  of  class  III.:  for  departmental  service;  with  the  numbers  300  to  599; 
1,300  to  1,599 ;  2,300  to  2,599,  &c. 

(d)  Lines  of  class  IV.:  for  service  with  neighbouring  places  and  with  principal 
centres;  with  the  numbers  600  to  1,099;  1,600  to  2,099;  2,600  to  3,099.  3,600  to 
4,099 ;  4,600  to  4,999 ;  5,600  to  6,000,  &c. 

The  lines  that  serve  to  connect  various  exchange  stations  that  belong  to  the  same 
local  telephone  system  are  not  regarded  as  long-distance  lines  in  the  sense  of  the  above 
classification.  The  numbering  of  the  same  is  left  over  to  the  general  post  offices.  In 
order  to  distinguish  them  from  the  telegraph  line,  the  long-distance  lines  are  marked 
with  the  letter  F,*  which  is  placed  before  the  number.  Metallic  circuits  receive  the 
additional  marking  a,  o,  as,  for  example,  F.  245a.,  b.     (i.e.,  line  a  and  b.)     The  new 

•  The  letter  '  F  '  signifies  '  Fernsprechverbindungsleitungen  ',  the  German  word  for  '  Tele- 
phone Long-Distance  Lines.' 

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506  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

circuits  that  have  been  formed  for  the  purpose  of  duplex  telephony  are  to  be  desig- 
nated by  having  the  numbers  of  the  circuits  that  are  used  marked  in  a  fractional  form, 
thus  F.  103/291;  and  i-ool^^i.  The  long-distance  circuits  which  are  formed  from  the 
ordinary  telegraph  wires  are  marked  with  a  special  long-distance  number ;  but  are  also 
to  be  used  for  the  telegram  service  of  the  stations  to  which  they  are  connected ;  and 
are  to  be  so  arranged  that  the  stations  previously  connected  by  these  telegraph  wires, 
may  afterwards  be  immediately  reconnected  telegraphically  in  the  same  waj  as  before. 
Moreover  such  long-distance  circuits  may  only  be  used  for  transmitting  telegrams, 
when  the  ordinary  telegraph  lines  are  entirely  or  partly  deranged,  and  when  without 
the  use  of  these  long-distance  circuits,  telegrams  would  have  to  be  unduly  delayed.  In 
the  long-distance  service  over  such  circuits  urgent  conversations  have  the  precedence 
before  urgent  telegrams;  and  ordinary  conversations  before  ordinary  telegrams* 

The  long-distance  or  trunk  lines  that  are  assigned  to  the  various  exchange  stations 
for  telephone  service,  may  be  seen  from  the  '  Register  of  the  Long-Distance  Lines 
within  the  Telegraph  area  of  the  German  Empire,'  Schedule  8  (page  523).  This  re- 
gister is  furnished  with  a  'Supplement,'  Schedule  9  (page  525)),  which  gives,  in 
alphabetical  order  the  names  of  local  telephone  systems  that  are  connected  with  the 
long-distance  lines,  with  the  corresponding  public  call  station,  together  wth  the  desig- 
nation of  the  long-distance  lines  that  have  been  assigned  to  each  of  the  said  local 
systems,  and  public  call  stations. 

This  '  Register '  is  supplied  to  the  general  post  offices,  and  also  to  such  telephone 
stations  which  on  account  of  the  greal  number  of  the  long-distance  lines  that  run  in, 
or  on  account  of  their  location  in  the  telephone  system,  require  this  register  to  guide 
them  in  making  the  connections.  The  register  is  to  be  corrected,  according  to  the  re- 
quirements. The  general  post  offices  have  to  supply  the  necessary  instructions  on  this 
point.  Besides  the  above,  a  register  of  the  testing  stations  connected  with  the  various 
long-distance  lines  is  also  to  be  drawn  up  by  the  general  post  offices  in  the  form  given 
for  the  corresponding  register  of  the  telegraph  lines  (see  '  General  Instruction,  No. 
V.,  Part  5,  page  525),  and  copies  of  the  same  must  be  given  to  the  other  offices 
concerned,  as  also  to  the  exchange  stations,  as  may  be  required.  A  copy  of  the  regis- 
ter is  to  be  sent  in  to  the  government  postal  department  for  the  telephone  bureau  of 
the  said  department.  Both  these  registers  are  kept  up  to  date  by  the  government  postal 
department.  For  this  reason,  the  general  post  offices  have  to  send  in  to  the  telephone 
bureau  of  the  government  postal  department  reports  of  any  alterations  that  may  be 
made.  This  has  to  be  done  monthly,  for  the  '  Register  of  Long-Distance  Lines,'  up  to 
the  10th  of  the  next  month,  and  once  annually,  at  the  beginning  of  February,  for  the 
'  Register  of  Testing  Stations.'  For  the  purpose  of  keeping  up  to  date  the  '  chart  of 
the  telephone  system  of  the  German  Empire,'  which  is  also  drawn  up  by  the  govern- 
ment Postal  Department,  the  general  post  offices  must  likewise  send  in  to  the  telegraph 
service  bureau  of  the  government  Postal  Department  the  sheet  of  this  chart  which  em- 
braces their  own  districts,  corrected  up  to  date,  together  with  a  report  of  the  correc- 
tions that  have  been  made,  and,  at  the  same  time,  the  information  necessary  for  cor- 
recting the  chart  of  the  telegraph  lines,  &c.  The  above  is  to  be  sent  in  up  to  the  10th 
of  each  month,  always,  when  any  alterations  in  the  telephone  system  have  been  made 
during  the  previous  month. 

Use  of  the  Long -Distance  Lines  for  Duplex  Telephony,  &c. 

10.  The  general  post  offices  are  authorized  to  switch  together  pairs  of  long-dis- 
tance lines  for  duplex  telephony,  in  necessary  cases,  and  according  as  the  existing  cir- 
cumstances allow.  Lines  having  more  than  one  intermediate  station,  may  only  be  used 
for  this  purpose  with  the  sanction  of  the  government  Postal  Department.    The  neces- 

*  Regarding  conversations   over  these  trunk  lines,  that  are  formed  from  the  ordinary  (tele- 
graph) lines,  see  Note  to  section  17,   following. 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

sary  auxiliary  apparatus  are  to  be  ordered  in  the  usual  way,  from  the  telegraph  work- 
shop of  the  government  Post  Office  Department.  Only  those  line3  are  suitable  for 
duplex  service,  that  are  well  insulated,  and  are  stretched  along  the  same  poles  in  equal 
groups  and  led  into  the  same  stations  for  testing  purposes.  The  general  post  offices 
have  to  give  special  attention  to  this  point.  In  suitable  instances,  the  government 
Postal  Department  may  also  sanction  the  use  of  these  lines  for  simultaneous  telephony 
and  telegraphy  with  the  '  Hughes '  apparatus.  This  arrangement  is  to  be  made  for  the 
long-distance  metallic  circuits.  However,  the  use  of  the  long-distance  lines  for  tele- 
phone service  must  in  no  way  be  infringed  upon  by  this  arrangement  for  double  ser- 
vice. For  this  reason  only  such  long-distance  lines  may  be  called  into  requisition 
which  are  not  being  used  for  duplex  telephony,  or  that  may  not  be  necessary  for  this 
purpose,  in  the  immediate  future. 

Regarding  this  point,  applications  have  to  be  made,  when  necessary,  by  the  gen- 
eral post  offices,  to  the  government  Postal  Department. 

The  technical  arrangements  for  duplex  telephony  and  likewise  for  simultaneous 
telephony  and  telegraphy,  are  to  be  constructed  according  to  the  special  requirements 
laid  down  by  the  government  Postal  Department. 

Measuring  the  Resistance  of  the  Long-Distance  Lines. 

11.  The  long-distance  lines  that  have  a  length  of  300  km.  (186  miles)  and  over,  are 
to  be  measured  once  a  year,  with  regard  to  their  insulating  resistance,  and  line  resist- 
ance. Arrangements  have  to  be  made,  on  this  point,  by  the  general  post  offices  among 
themselves.  When  the  measuring  is  being  done  each  wire  of  the  metallic. circuit,  is  to 
be  measured,  as  a  special  or  separate  line,  according  to  the  general  regulations  laid 
down.  The  results  of  the  measurements  for  each  calendar  year  have  to  be  collected 
by  the  general  post  office,  in  charge  of  the  measuring  station,  and  sent  in,  without  any 
notification,  to  the  telephone  bureau  of  the  government  Postal  Department,  in  the 
month  of  January  of  the  new  year.  The  government  Postal  Department  will,  in  each 
case,  make  arrangements  for  measuring  the  long-distance  lines  that  run  beyond  the 
limits  of  the  area  of  the  government  postal  jurisdiction. 

Furnishing  Security  for  Construction  of  New  Telephone  Systems. 

12.  The  construction  (organization)  of  new  local  telephone  systems,  is  to  be  made 
contingent  upon  the  persons  concerned  agreeing  to  furnish  security  for  a  minimum 
amount  of  receipts  for  the  metallic  circuit  that  is  required  for  connecting  the  ar- 
rangements with  the  general  telephone  system,  no  matter  whether  this  line  has  to  be 
constructed  at  once,  or  only  when  the  existing  ordinary  lines  are  not  sufficient  for 
carrying  on  the  service.  When  switch  stations  are  set  up,  that  are  connected  with  the 
existing  ordinary  lines  (speaking  lines),  the  request  for  security  to  be  furnished  may 
be  postponed  until  the  fifth  subscriber  has  been  received. 

The  government  Postal  Department  will  decide  as  to  what  extent  a  security  ha3 
to  be  required  for  other  long-distance  lines. 

Notifications  have  to  be  drawn  up  regarding  the  security  that  may  be  requisite,  in 
which  have  to  be  stated : — 

(a)  The  telephone  arrangements  to  which  the  security  applies. 

(b)  The  duration  of  the  obligation  to  furnish  the  security.  • 

(c)  The  amount  of  the  sum  required. 

(d)  The  proportion  in  which  the  sum  is  to  be  divided  among  those  concerned. 

(e)  What  charges  for   conversations   may   be   reckoned   towards   balancing   the 
amount  of  security  guaranteed. 

(f)  The  extent  of  the  area  of  service;  and 

(g)  The  time  when  the  minimum  amount  of  receipts  can  be  ascertained  and  col- 
lected. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  cost  of  official  stamps,  &c,  are  to  be  borne  by  those  who  draw  up 
the  notifications.  The  notifications  are  to  be  drawn  up  by  the  general  post  offices,  with 
special  care  and  with  legal  co-operation.  The  form  given,  in  Schedule  10,  will  serve 
as  a  guide  on  this  point.  The  notifications  are  to  be  kept  on  file  by  the  general  post 
offices.  The  general  post  offices  have  to  fix  the  amount  of  security  that  may  be  con- 
sidered necessary  for  the  long-distance  lines.*  If  it  should  be  ascertained,  when  these 
investigations  regarding  telephone  arrangements  for  which  security  has  to  be  fur- 
nished, are  being  made,  that  the  actual  cost  of  construction  considerably  exceeds  the 
amount  specified  in  the  estimate  which  has  been  drawn  up  (possibly  on  account  of  the 
necessity  of  having  to  carry  long  stretches  of  the  line  underground),  and  that  for  these 
reasons  special  stipulations  must  be  fixed,  then  the  conditions  have  to  be  reported  to 
the  government  Postal  Department.  The  following  regulations  apply  to  the  furnishing 
of  security  for  a  minimum  amount  of  receipts  for  the  long-distance  lines: — 

(1)  The  amount  of  security  is  reckoned  according  to  the  length  of  the  line  for 
which  the  security  has  to  be  furnished.  If  the  nearest  road  that  can  be  used 
without  incurring  extra  expense,  is  not  chosen  for  setting  up  the  line,  still  the 
length  of  this  road  forms  the  basis  of  the  estimate.  The  security  to  be  fur- 
nished, is  the  following  amounts,  yearly,  for  every  kilometre  (f  mile)  or  frac- 
tion thereof,  of  line:  For  single  lines,  15  marks  ($3.57) ;  for  metallic  circuits, 
20  marks  ($4.76).  Should  the  sum  afterwards  not  exceed  45  marks  ($10.71) 
annually,  then  no  security  is  to  be  required. 

(2)  The  security  continues  for  a  period  of  five  years,  to  be  reckoned  from  the  day 
that  service  commences  over  the  line. 

(3)  The  amount  to  be  reckoned  as  the  equivalent  of  the  sum  furnished  as  secur- 
ity (guaranteed)  is  the  charge  for  those  conversations  sent  over  the  line  that 
have  not  already  been  connected  with  some  other  line  for  which  a  guarantee 
has  been  given.    Only  conversations  in  one  direction  are  to  tie  reckoned* 

The  general  post  office  must  fix  the  direction  in  which  the  conversations  have  to 
be  reckoned.  In  doing  so,  the  wishes  of  those  concerned  are  to  be  considered, 
as  far  as  may  be  possible.  If  the  line  serves  for  connecting  new  places  to  the 
telephone  system,  then  as  a  general  rule,  the  charges  are  to  be  reckoned  for 
the  conversations  that  are  sent  from  these  places. 

(4)  If  an  existing  line,  for  which  a  guarantee  has  bsen  given,  is  used  for  con- 
necting another  place,  then  the  persons  concerned  who  reside  in  the  said  place, 
have  to  assume  a  proportionate  amount  of  the  guaranteed  sum,  the  amount  of 
the  same  to  be  fixed  by  the  general  post  office.  No  increase  in  the  guaranteed 
sum  takes  place,  unless  the  length  of  the  new  line  to  be  constructed  exceeds 
3  km.  (1J  miles)  in  the  case  of  single  line,  or  2  km.  (1J  miles)  in  the  case  of 
double  line.  Should  either  of  the  above  cases  supervene,  then  the  persons  con- 
cerned, in  the  new  place  that  is  to  be  connected  in  addition  to  the  share  borne 
by  them  of  the  guaranteed  sum  for  the  existing  line,  must  also  furnish  a 
guaranteed  sum  for  the  new  length  of  line,  to  continue  for  a  period  of  five 
years. 

(5)  The  conversion  of  a  single  line  into  a  metallic  circuit,  is  to  be  made  contin- 
gent upon  the  amount  of  security  specified  above,  under  par.  (1),  unless  the 
conversion  of  the  said  line  has  become  necessary,  in  the  interests  of  the  man- 
agement.* The  length  of  the  period  for  which  the  security  is  furnished  is 
not  prolonged  for  the  above  reason. 

*Special  regulations  are  specified  for  the  security  to  be  furnished  for  ordinary  lines,  and 
for  the  stations  that  are  to  be   connected  with  these. 

*  The  point  of  departure,  for  the  direction  of  a  conversation,  is  the  Exchange  Station, 
where  the  request  for  the  connections  has  been  made. 

*If  the  guaranteed  sum  for  a  single  line  has  been  estimated  according  to  regulations  pre- 
viously laid  down,  and  happens  to  be  higher  than  the  sum  specified  in  the  regulations  given 
above  under  par.  (1),  for  double  metallic  circuits,  then  when  the  line  is  converted  to  a  metal- 
lic  circuit   the    previous   amount   agreed   upon    has  to  stand  as  it  is. 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  509 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(6)  A  guaranteed  amount  is  not  required,  if  there  is  refunded  to  the  postal  de- 
partment 40  per  cent  of  the  amount,  roughly  estimated,  for  cost  of  construc- 
tion. The  specified  general  costs  have  to  be  included  in  the  estimate  of  the 
cost. 

It  is  not  necessary,  as  a  rule,  to  specify  all  the  places  that  are  to  be  admitted  to 
the  telephone  service,  when  the  aforesaid  notifications  are  drawn  up,  in  connection 
with  the  amount  of  guarantee  required  for  a  new  line.  It  will  be  considered  as  suffi- 
cient only  to  mention  in  the  document  the  most  important  places  of  the  area  of  ser- 
vice to  which  the  subscribers  are  to  be  admitted.  The  minimum  amount  of  receipts 
that  has  been  guaranteed,  has  to  be  required  for  each  year  of  the  period  during  which 
the  obligation  continues,  without  regard  to  the  amount  obtained  for  the  service  car- 
ried on  over  the  new  arrangements,  during  the  previous  years.  The  registers  of  the 
charges  received  during  each  year  are  only  to  be  kept  up  to  that  period  of  the  year 
when  the  equivalent  of  the  amount  of  receipts  that  was  guaranteed  has  been  taken  in. 
If  through  the  establishment  of  a  new  long-distance  line,  for  which  a  guarantee  has 
been  given,  the  receipts  received  from  older  long-distance  lines  (for  which  a  guarantee 
has  also  been  given)  and  which  lines  together  form  a  connected  telephone  system,  are 
unfavourably  affected,  then  the  persons  concerned  are  to  be  allowed  to  unite  together 
in  forming  a  common  agreement  of  guarantee  for  all  the  long-distance  lines  of  the 
system  This  common  agreement  of  guarantee  may  also  be  extended  to  ordinary  tele- 
graph lines. 

If  the  aforementioned  persons  wish  to  avail  themselves  of  the  arrangement  re- 
ferred to,  they  must  agree  to  be  responsible  at  the  close  of  each  year  of  service  of  the 
new  telephone  arrangements,  last  added  to  the  united  system,  for  a  total  amount  of 
annual  receipts  of  charges  for  conversations  that  can  be  reckoned  towards  the  sums 
guaranteed,  equal  to  the  sum  total  of  all  the  annual  individual  amounts  that  have 
been  guaranteed  for  all  the  lines  in  question.*  The  period  of  guarantee  is  not  pro- 
longed for  the  lines  on  account  of  the  persons  concerned  entering  into  a  common  agree- 
ment of  guarantee.  If  one  of  the  lines  in  question  passes  out  of  the  category  because 
the  term  of  guarantee  agreed  upon  for  the  same  has  elapsed,  then  the  total  amount  of 
guarantee  for  the  remaining  lines  is  to  be  correspondingly  reduced. 

If  the  common  (united)  agreement  of  guarantee  begins  for  an  existing  telephone 
system  during  the  course  of  a  fiscal  year  (year  of  service),  then  the  share  of  receipts 
taken  in  during  the  previous  part  of  the  year  from  the  service  of  the  system  in  question 
is  to  be  credited  to  the  minimum  amount  of  receipts  that  is  guaranteed  for  the  whole 
year  of  service. 

These  rules  also  apply  to  the  construction  of  new  stretches  of  line  for  which  a 
guarantee  is  necessary,  and  which  are  an  extension  or  continuation  of  existing  long- 
distance lines,  for  which  a  guarantee  has  been  given.  When  the  arrangement  is  being 
made  for  a  common  (united)  agreement  of  guarantee,  among  various  places  for  all  the 
lines  in  question,  special  attention  must  be  given  to  the  provisions  laid  down  in  deed 
of  agreement.  See  the  form  in  Schedule  10  hereto.  If,  in  consequence 
of  a  new  line  being  taken  into  service  (for  which  no  guarantee  is  required),  long-dis- 
tance conversations  are  sent  over  this  new  line,  which  previously  were  sent  over  a 
line  for  which  a  guarantee  was  given,  then  the  said  conversations  are  to  be  reckoned 
to  the  former  guaranteed  line.  It  may  be  seen,  from  section  6  of  the  present  volume, 
to  what  extent  the  obligation  to  furnish  a  guarantee  applies  to  public  call  stations  that 
are  to  be  erected  in  centres  of  traffic  belonging  to  the  area  of  service  of  a  local  system. 
A  yearly  amount  of  receipts  must  be  guaranteed  for  the  line  of  the  said  call  station, 
equal  to  the  unlimited  service  rates  that  have  been  specified  for  a  subscriber's  station, 
for  the  local  system  in  question.  This  sum  has  to  be  guaranteed  in  addition  to  the 
extra  amount  of  receipts  that  have  to  be  reckoned  for,  on  the  basis  of  the  general  re- 

♦Guarantees  that  have  been  agreed  upon  on  the  basis  of  previous  regulations,  may  be 
changed  into  agreements  in  accordance  with  the  present  regulations,  by  arrangement  with  the 
parties  concerned. 

GERMANY. 


510  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

gulations,  that  apply  to  the  said  stations.  Towards  the  amount  of  guarantee  there 
will  be  reckoned  the  charges  for  all  the  conversations  that  are  carried  on  from  the  call 
station,  with  the  stations  that  belong  to  the  same  local  telephone  system.  In  the  case 
of  public  call  stations  that  are  situated  in  the  area  of  service  that  pertains  to  a  neigh- 
bouring place  system,  or  a  principal  centre  system,  the  following  arrangement  may  be 
made  regarding  guarantee :  at  the  request  of  the  persons  concerned,  instead  of  the  local 
unlimited  service  rates,  either  the  highest  amount  of  unlimited  service  rates,  fixed 
for  one  of  the  neighbouring  places,  or  the  unlimited  service  rates  for  service  with  prin- 
cipal centres,  may  be  fixed  as  the  amount  of  guarantee  for  the  receipts  from  all  the 
conversations  carried  on  from  the  public  call  station,  within  the  area  of  the  system 
bf  service  with  neighbouring  places,  or  the  principal  centre  system  concerned. 

In  the  case  of  public  call  stations  which  are  more  than  10  km.  (6J  miles)  distant, 
in  a  direct  line,  from  the  central  exchange  station,  the  extra  charge  for  additional 
cost  of  construction  has  also  to  be  paid,  that  is  specified  under  section  9 
of  'Regulations'  regarding  the  'Law  relating  to  Telephone  Rates'  (page  481). 
If  a  public  call  station  is  connected  to  the  general  telephone  system  by  a 
long-distance  line,  then  the  regulations  specified  for  guarantee,  in  connection 
with  long-distance  lines  , apply  also  in  this  case.  In  case3  where  such  call  stations 
are  set  up  in  rural  districts,  and  the  persons  concerned  wish  to  fulfil  the  specified 
requirement  to  pay  to  the  Postal  Department  40  per  cent  of  the  additional  costs  of 
construction  and  of  the  general  costs,  then  the  persons  concerned  may  have  oppor- 
tunity given  to  them  to  reduce  the  said  costs,  by  furnishing  free  supplies  and  render- 
ing assistance  gratis,  when  the  arrangements  in  question  are  being  constructed;  as,  for 
example,  by  supplying  poles  and  supports,  by  supplying  places  where  the  poles  can  be 
trimmed,  by  supplying  assistance,  or  by  lending  carts.  &c,  for  purposes  of  transport, 
&c.  The  foregoing  regulations  regarding  public  call  stations,  that  are  connected  with 
centres  of  traffic,  &c,  apply  also  to  the  furnishing  of  guarantees  for  public  call  stations 
that  have  to  be  set  up  at  the  request  of  municipalities  or  districts.  When  the  setting 
up  of  public  call  stations  for  private  individuals,  that  is  to  say,  automatic  stations, 
is  made  contingent  upon  furnishing  a  guarantee  for  an  annual  amount  of  receipts, 
then  the  amount  of  guarantee  is  to  be  estimated  according  to  the  extra  sum  for  con- 
versations that  may  be  reckoned  for  on  the  basis  of  the  general  regulations,  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner : — 

(a)  In  places  that  have  no  service  with  neighbouring  places,  or  with  principal 
centres,  the  calculation  is  to  be  made  according  to  the  unlimited  service  rates 
specified  for  the  local  system  in  question. 

(6)  In  places  (systems)  that  have  service  with  neighbouring  places,  the  calcula- 
tion is  to  be  made  according  to  the  highest  amount  of  unlimited  service 
rates,  that  has  been  specified  for  any  of  the  neighbouring  places. 

(c)  In  places  (systems)  that  have  service  with  neighbouring  places  and  princi- 
pal centres,  or  that  only  have  service  with  principal  centres,  the  calculation 
is  to  be  made  according  to  the  unlimited  service  rates  specified  for  service 
with  principal  centres,  i.e.,  200  marks  ($47.60). 

The  guarantee  for  a  public  call  station  that  is  connected  by  junction  (branch) 
lines  to  an  exchange  station,  has  to  extend  to  the  whole  duration  of  the  term  of  agree- 
ment for  the  said  station,  and  not  only  to  the  minimum  period  of  agreement,  viz., 
one  year. 

The  amounts  necessary  to  equalize  the  sum  guaranteed  for  the  minimum  quantity 
of  receipts,  in  the  case  of  public  call  stations,  have  to  be  fixed  and  paid  in  at  the 
close  of  the  fiscal  year. 

Special  rules  are  fixed  for  other  arrangements  for  which  a  guaranteed  sum  may 
be  required,  as,  for  example,  when  night  service  is  to  be  introduced  into  local  tele- 
phone systems. 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  511 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

FIXING    THE    AREAS    OF    SERVICE. 

13.  In  fixing  the  areas  of  telephone  service  within  the  government  telegraph 
sphere  of  jurisdiction,  the  general  requirements  have  first  to  be  considered.  In  con- 
sidering the  admissibility  of  the  conditions  required  for  the  service,  the  following  re- 
gulations are  to  be  observed: — 

(1)  The  granting  of  the  service  depends  upon  the  number  of  the  long-distance 
lines,  and  the  ordinary  lines  that  have  to  be  used  for  making  the  connections, 
and,  in  certain  cases,  on  the  number  of  exchange  stations  located  within  the 
area  of  service.* 

(2)  Service  between  places  situated  on  the  same  trunk  line  is  to  be  granted  with- 
out regard  to  the  number  of  intermediate  stations. 

(3)  If  2  lines  have  to  be  connected  together  in  order  to  carry  on  the  service,  then 
the  service  must  not  extend  beyond  6  intermediate  stations. 

(4)  When  3  lines  have  to  be  connected  with  each  other,  then  the  service  must  not 
extend  beyond  3  intermediate  stations. 

(5)  As  a  general  rule,  not  more  than  3  lines  are  to  be  switched  together  for  mak- 
ing connections  for  a  conversation.  However,  in  exceptional  cases  4  lines 
may  be  connected  with  one  another;  as,  for  example,  if  the  service  required 
is  between  places  located  within  the  same  postal  district,  or  neighbouring 
postal  districts;  if  a  special  necessity  demands  that  the  connections  should 
be  made;  if  the  2  subscribers  are  able  to  understand  each  other  sufficiently; 
or  if  there  is  no  heavy  traffic  carried  on  over  any  of  the  lines  required,  so  that 
there  is  no  possibility  of  an  undue  strain  being  put  on  the  service  over  the 
lines  for  the  time  being.  The  number  of  intermediate  stations  is  not  to  be 
limited  in  the  case  of  exceptional  privileges  being  granted,  after  the  man- 
ner above  described;  still,  in  order  to  avoid  difficulties  in  the  service,  the 
number  must  be  limited  as  far  as  possible. 

(6)  When  connections  are  made  for  conversations  over  ordinary  lines  (speaking 
lines),  intermediate  stations  are  considered  to  be  the  transfer  stations,f  and 
division  stations  that  are  situated  between  the  place  where  the  conversation 
is  sent,  and  the  station  that  is  called  up.  The  other  stations  that  are  switched 
on  the  ordinary  lines  (speaking  lines)  are  not  considered  when  the  number  of 
intermediate  stations  are  counted.  When  through  the  extension  of  ordinary 
lines,  long-distance  metallic  circuits  are  acquired,  then  the  stations  that  are 
situated  between  the  receiving  stations  of  the  said  line  are  to  be  considered 
intermediate  stations,  in  the  sense  specified  above  under  pars.  1  to  4. 

(7)  Systems  belonging  to  the  one  telephone  area,  in  service  with  neighbouring 
places  and  principal  centres,  are  admitted  to  an  equal  extent  of  service  with 
other  places.  When  the  area  of  service  is  being  fixed,  the  exchange  stations 
in  such  places  are  to  be  reckoned  together  as  one  station,  and  the  long-dis- 
tance (trunk)  lines  that  connect  them  are  not  to  be  taken  into  consideration. 

It  pertains  to  the  Postal  Department  to  fix  the  conditions  of  service,  according  to 
the  regulations  laid  down  above,  under  pars.  1  to  7,  if  no  increase  in  the  existing 
arrangements  are  required,  in  so  doing ;  and  if,  for  the  carrying  on  of  the  service,  it  is 
not  necessary  to  use  lines  of  4  mm.  or  stronger  bronze  wire,  or  lines  of  5  mm.  strong 


*  Other  conditions,  originating  at  earlier  periods,  are  to  be  gradually  brought 
into  harmony  with  the  present  '  Regulations,'  either  by  cancelling  less  important  matters 
connected  with  the  service,  or  by  finding  new  ways  of  equalizing  the  service.  Conditions  of 
service  that  have  been  inaugurate!  by  the  orders  of  the  Government  Postal  Department,  can 
only  be  cancelled  by  permission  from  the  said  department.  The  new  long-distance  line's  re- 
quired for  carrying  out  these  rules,  are  to  be  specified  in  the  yearly  register  of  the  other 
new  constructions  that  have  to  be  proposed,  and  which  is  to  be  sent  in  on  August  1.  The 
urgency  or  the  importance  of  the  said  long-distance  lines  is  to  be  stated  in  the  register  of 
proposals. 

t  Transfer  stations  mean  here,  the  switching  stations  connected  with  the  ordinary  lines. 

GERMANY. 


512 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

double  metal  wire,  or  wires  that  are  furnished  with  the  '  Pupin  '  coils.  It  is  also  neces- 
sary that  all  the  general  post  offices  that  are  connected  with  the  immediate  area  of 
service  belonging  to  these  lines,  should  be  at  agreement  with  regard  to  the  arrange- 
ments that  may  be  made  concerning  the  conditions  of  the  service. 

In  all  other  cases  the  granting  of  the  area  of  service,  &c,  is  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval and  sanction  of  the  government  Postal  Department.  The  requests  presented 
on  this  matter  to  the  government  Postal  Department  and  which  are  to  be  drawn  up, 
as  far  as  possible,  in  the  form  of  a  register,  are  to  be»  elucidated  by  a  simple  sketch, 
drawn  by  hand  in  the  said  register,  or  on  the  margin  of  the  report  (see  the  sketch  given 
below),  so  that  it  may  be  easily  seen  which  lines  are  to  be  connected  together  for  car- 
rying on  the  service,  and  how  many  exchange  stations  have  to  be  called  into  requisi- 
tion. 

Frankfurt 

(Main) 


W«8Serling 


fej<$         >,  Herle.th.eim.> 


Heilig  -  Kreut. 


Idasmunsier . 


Notes: — 

(1)  Long-distance   double   (metallic  circuit)  line,  No.  297a/b. 

(2)  "  "  "  No.  1211a/b. 
<3J                   *'                          *'                          "  No.  3104a/b. 

(4)  "  "  "  No.  3175a/b. 

(5)  Ordinary  telegraph  line   (single)    (metallic  circuit)  line,  No.  915b. 

Single  long-distance  lines  are  numbered  as  described  in  section  9.  Only  those  long-dis- 
tance lines  which  are  double  (metallic  circuit)  receive  the  additional  designations  a/b,  or  a/b 
after  the  number. 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  513 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  sketches  need  not  include  lines  which  are  outside  the  government  area.  The 
c'sily  telegraph  service  between  the  places  which  have  been  proposed  for  service  and  the 
strain  (traffic)  on  the  lines  which  have  to  be  called  into  requisition,  are  to  be  given 
iii  the  form  of  proposal  which  is  drawn  up.  Finally,  these  registers,  or  concise  reports 
must  state  whether  the  other  general  post  offices  which  are  connected  with  the  service 
of  the  lines  in  question  are  in  favour  of  the  proposed  arrangement. 

In  fixing  the  area  of  service,  new  places  which  are  to  be  connected  with  the  general 
telephone  system,  are  not  to  be  admitted  to  a  more  extensive  area  of  long-distance  ser- 
vice than  those  places  which  help  to  supply  the  service  in  question,  or  than  the  other 
linger  places  in  the  surrounding  district. 

According  as  the  various  systems  of  lines  are  extended  and  enlarged,  the  general 
post  offices  have  to  arrange  that  the  exceptional  cases  where  special  conditions  of  ser- 
vice have  been  granted,  according  to  par.  5,  above,  are  gradually  brought  into  har- 
mony with  the  general  rules  and  regulations.  New  wires  and  trunk  lines  which  might 
K'  necessary  for  this  purpose  are  only  to  be  proposed  when  their  construction 
seems  to  be  called  for,  on  account  of  other  reasons  connected  with  the  service.  If  a 
public  call  station  already  exists  in  the  place  for  which  a  local  system  is  being  ar- 
ranged, and  if  the  area  of  service  for  the  said  station  exceeds  the  limits  which  have 
been  specified  in  the  foregoing  rules,  then  this  same  area  of  service  must  also  be 
granted  to  the  subscribers  in  the  new  local  system.  In  this  case,  however,  it  must  be 
bcrne  in  mind  that  the  existing  conditions  are  to  be  brought  into  harmony  as  soon 
as  possible  with  the  general  regulations,  as  the  telephone  system  is  altered  or  extended. 
When  it  is  not  advisable  to  grant  unlimited  service,  in  certain  directions,  owing  to  heavy 
traffic  over  the  lines,  then  arrangements  may  be  made  in  the  following  manner:  Ar- 
rangements may  be  made  to  have  service  carried  on  within  the  limits  of  the  area  which 
has  been  specified,  exclusively,  during  the  hours  when  there  is  the  least  amount  of  ser- 
vice over  the  lines  in  question,  that  is  to  say,  during  the  slack  hours  of  service.  The 
'  slack  hours '  on  the  working  days  of  the  week,  are  always  considered  to  be  the  follow- 
ing:— 

From  7  or  8  a.m.  until  9  a.m. 
From  12  o'clock  noon  until  3  p.m.,  and 
From  7  p.m.  until  9  p.m. 
On  Sundays  and  holidays,  all  hours  of  service. 

It  depends  upon  the  hours  of  service  in  the  exchange  stations  in  question,  as  to 
what  extent  connections  can  be  made  during  these  hours.  A  tabular  list  must  be  kept 
in  each  exchange  station,  or  public  call  station,  of  the  amount  of  limited  service 
granted,  and  of  the  hours  during  which  connections  can  actually  be  made,  according 
as  the  hours  of  service  in  the  various  exchange  stations  will  admit  of  this  being  done. 
Ic  pertains  to  the  general  post  office  to  grant  limited  service  during  certain  specified 
hours,  on  the  basis  of  the  regulations  specified  und t  prrs.  1  to  7  above;  if  no  exten- 
sion of  the  existing  arrangements  is  required  for  this  purpose.  If  other  genera}  post 
oiRces  are  concerned  in  the  immediate  service  of  the  liri  e  in  question,  then  their  coj.- 
smt  is  necessary  to  carry  out  the  arrangements.  A  list  of  the  areas  of  service 
of  all  the  local  systems  whose  telephone  directories  are  united  into  one  working  list, 
is  to  be  published  in  special  pamphlet  form,  without  cover,  according  to  the  specified 
form  (see  Schedule  11  hereto). 

One  copy  of  the  same  is  to  be  sent  to  each  subscriber,  with  the  telephone 
directory.  On  the  second  column  of  this  form,  there  has  to  be  entered  the  names  of 
those  local  telephone  systems  to  which  an  additional  name  has  been  given  by  the 
Government  Postal  Department,  in  the  same  manner  as  specified  for  the  unification 
of  the  telephone  directories.  See  section  8.  Public  call  stations  are  not  given 
on  the  list.  The  charges  for  service  with  the  public  call  stations  have  to  be 
ascertained  by  the  subscriber  when  necessary  by  inquiry  at  the  exchange  stations. 
The  places  which  only  have  limited  service  during  certain  hours  are  to  be  distin- 
guished on  the  list,  by  having  a  cross  (+)  inserted  after  the  statement  of  charges. 

GERMANY. 


514  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  meaning  of  this  sign  is  to  be  explained  on  each  page  of  the  list,  by  a  foot-note, 
worded  according  to  the  form  given  below. 

TESTING   AND   CLEANING    THE   INSTRUMENTS,   ETC.,   WHEN   BEGINNING    SERVICE. 

16.  Each  day,  immediately  after  the  service  begins,  and  in  stations  which  do  not 
have  continuous  day  service,  at  the  commencement  of  the  afternoon  term  of  service, 
the  operators  in  the  exchange  station  have  to  test  and  clean  away  any  dust,  dirt,  &c, 
from  the  apparatus  that  has  been  assigned  to  them.  This  has  to  be  specially  done 
with  the  drops  of  the  sections  (cabinets).  These  have  also  to  be  tested,  as  to  their 
working  order.  All  irregularities  that  are  noted,  must  be  at  once  reported  to  the 
supervisor.  Besides  this,  in  the  exchange  stations  and  public  call  stations,  the  re- 
ceivers and  transmitters  are  to  be  cleaned  by  using  a  soft  piece  of  leather  for  rubbing 
purposes,  and  a  3  per  cent  or  thereabouts  carbolic  acid  solution.  The  long-distance 
lines  are  to  be  tested  as  to  the  working  order  of  the  calling  signal  (ringer),  and  the 
accuracy  of  the  transmission  of  conversations.  Only  when  irregularities  are  noted, 
it  is  necessary  to  have  further  test  made  of  the  lines,  with  regard  to  their  insulation, 
resistance  and  capacity.  The  cord  circuits  are  to  be  examined  each  day  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  service,  at  the  direction  and  under  the  guidance  of  the  supervisor,  by  ex- 
perienced instrument  men,  with  regard  to  their  efficiency.  Defective  cords  are  to  be 
at  once  set  aside  from  further  use.  After  every  thunderstorm  that  takes  place  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  system,  all  the  parts  of  the  equipment  in  the  exchange  station  have  to 
be  carefully  examined;  and  any  damage  that  may  have  been  done  by  the  lightning 
must  be  at  once  repaired. 

SERVICE    OVER    THE    LONG-DISTANCE    LINES. 

17.  The  service  over  the  long-distance  lines  must  be  carried  on  in  the  following 
order : — 

(1)  Urgent  conversations  relating  to  the  service. 

(2)  Urgent  private  conversations  by  the  general  public. 

(3)  Ordinary  conversations  (not  urgent)  by  the  general  public. 
*(4)  Ordinary  conversations  (not  urgent)  relating  to  the  service. 

Urgent  international  conversations  have  the  precedence  before  urgent  domestic 
conversations,  and  ordinary  international  conversations  have  the  precedeuce  before 
ordinary  domestic  conversations. 

The  connections  for  conversations  of  the  same  class,  sent  to  the  same  place,  are 
to  be  made  according  to  the  order  of  announcement. 

The  order  in  which  through  connections  are  to  be  made  is  to  be  determined  by 
the  time  when  the  request  was  made  at  the  through  station. 

When  it  seems  advisable  to  do  so,  on  account  of  the  extent  of  the  service,  and 
because  of  local  conditions,  then  these  through  connections  have  to  be  noted  down  on 
special  through-service  forms.  Providing  of  suitable  forms  is  left  to  the  general  post 
offices.  When  requests  for  long-distance  connections  with  each  other  are  made  about 
the  same  time  by  two  subscribers,  then  each  of  these  requests  is  to  be  granted,  according 
to  the  time  made,  in  the  order  of  other  conversations  of  the  same  class  which  have  been 
called  for.  These  two  requests  for  connections  can  only  be  granted  immediately  after 
each  other,  when  they  are  made  at  the  same  time,  or  when  other  requests  for  connec- 
tions, which  may  claim  precedence,  both  in  the  matter  of  time  and  importance  have 
not  been  made  in  the  interval  between  the  two  calls  referred  to.  Several  simultaneous 
requests  by  a  subscriber  for  connections  with  other  subscribers'  stations  at  the  de- 
sired long-distance  point  are  not  allowed. 


NOTE. — Over  ordinary  (telegraph)  lines,  telegrams    have    precedence     over     conversations- 
even  urgent  conversations.     Regarding  telegram  service    over    long-distance    double    (metallic) 
lines,  which  have  been  acquired  through  extending  ordinary    (telegraph)   lines,  see  Section  9. 
GERMANY. 


APPEXDIX  "A"  515 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

When  requests  for  long-distance  connections  have  been  made  at  both  ter- 
minal exchange  stations,  then  the  same  are  to  be  granted  in  successive  order,  from 
both  ends.  When  several  long-distance  lines  are  at  liberty  between  two  places,  then 
one  of  these  lines  can  be  used  for  conversations  in  one  direction,  and  the  other  for 
those  in  the  opposite  direction.  If  the  lines  are  of  different  degrees  of  electrical  re- 
sistance for  conversations  which  have  to  be  sent  over  long  circuits,  the  par- 
ticular line  is  always  to  be  used,  which  on  account  of  its  lower  resistance  will  make 
the  conversation  more  easily  understood.  Requests  for  connections  which  cannot  be 
effected  at  once  are  to  be  sent,  if  convenient,  in  groups  of  not  more  than  three  each 
to  the  exchange  station,  at  the  desired  long-distance  point,  in  order  that  the  subscribers 
who  are  wanted  there  may  know  that  the  connections  are  to  be  made.  Those  conver- 
sations, which  are  only  granted  during  the  '  slack  hours '  of  service,  exclusively  (see 
section  13),  may  be  announced,  by  the  subscribers,  any  time  during  the  hours  of  day 
service.  Conversations  called  for  during  the  '  slack  hours '  (day  service,  page  513), 
are  to  take  their  place,  according  to  the  order  of  announcement,  with  the  other  connec- 
tions which  have  been  requested,  even  if  the  connections  do  not  have  to  be  made  during 
the  slack  hours  when  these  connections  were  asked  for,  on  account  of  other  conversa- 
tions which  were  previously  announced.  Connections  which  have  been  requested  out- 
side of  this  time,  and  which  can  only  be  granted  to  a  limited  extent,  are  again  to  be 
announced,  if  necessary  by  telegiaph,  in  as  brief  a  form  as  possible,  in  order  that 
time  may  be  given  to  prepare  the  connections,  as  soon  as  it  may  be  convenient  to  do 
so,  with  regard  to  the  service,  and  the  strain  (traffic  load)  on  the  wires.  The  usual 
duration  of  a  conversation  is  3  minutes,  but  it  is  admissible  to  prolong  a  conversation 
up  to  6  minutes.  It  is  not  necessary  for  the  subscriber  to  make  a  special  declaration  to 
this  effect.  The  connections,  however,  are  to  be  broken  off,  after  the  lapse  of  3  minutes, 
unless  the  longer  period  has  been  expressly  requested  by  the  person  calling  up,  before 
the  connections  were  made.  A  conversation  may  only  be  prolonged  beyond  6  minutes, 
if  the  line  is  not  required  for  other  connections.  When  it  is  ascertained  that  a  de- 
sired conversation  has  been  rendered  unnecessary  on  account  of  the  subscriber  wanted 
having  already  spoken,  from  the  long-distance  point  asked  for,  then  arrangements  are 
to  be  made  with  the  calling  subscriber,  not  to  carry  out  the  connection  with  the  said 
long-distance  point.  If  the  request  has  been  already  made  at  the  exchange  station  in 
the  long-distance  point,  then  the  said  station  is  to  be  informed  that  the  conversation 
has  been  rendered  unnecessary. 

In  the  case  of  long-distance  lines,  which  are  connected  with  intermediate  stations, 
the  rule  is,  that  under  equal  conditions,  the  stations  which  are  at  the  greatest  dis- 
tance from  each  other  are  to  have  the  precedence  in  the  carrying  on  of  conversations. 
The  calls  coming  from,  or  going  to  these  stations  are  therefore  to  be  sent  on.  When 
necessary,  the  line  is  to  be  cleared,  as  soon  as  any  conversation  which  may  be  in  pro- 
gress has  terminated.  Moreover,  the  intermediate  stations  which  are  connected  with  a 
long-distance  line,  have  equal  rights  to  the  use  of  the  said  line.  A  conversation  which 
has  been  commenced,  must  at  no  time  be  interfered  with,  by  another  intermediate 
station. 

When  two  stations  are  in  connection  with  each  other,  then,  as  a  general  rule,  they 
must  carry  out  all  the  connections  which  have  been  requested.  A  third  station  may 
only  break  in  on  the  line,  if  the  requests  for  conversations  have  been  received  at  the 
said  station  half  an  hour  earlier  than  the  requests  which  have  been  made  in  the  two 
stations  then  using  the  line.  If  a  subscriber  is  already  engaged  in  carrying  on  a  con- 
versation, when  a  connection  has  been  made  for  him  from  a  long-distance  point,  or  if 
he  cannot  begin  the  conversation  at  once,  then  the  exchange  stations  must  immediately 
make  connections  for  such  other  conversation  as  may  have  been  called  for.  If  other 
requests  have  not  been  made,  then  the  question  is,  as  to  whether  the  conversation 
waiting,  is  to  be  sent  over  one  long-distance  line,  or  whether  two  or  more  long-dis- 
tance lines  have  to  be  connected.  In  the  first  of  these  cases,  the  line  i&  to  be  cleared 
at    once    for    the    service    of   the    other    station.       But    if    two    long-distance    lines 

GERMANY. 
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516  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

"  "■*  4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

have  had  to  be  switched  together,  the  connections  must  be  broken  off  within  two 
minutes.  When  more  than  two  long-distance  lines  have  to  be  connected,  the  con- 
nections must  be  broken  off  within  three  minutes,  at  the  latest.  When  any  reasonable 
objections  can  be  urged  as  to  the  hearing  capacity  of  the  lines,  &c,  then  the  operators 
in  the  exchange  stations  have  to  assist  the  subscribers,  as  far  as  possible,  in  carrying 
on  the  conversation.  The  attempts  to  endeavour  to  understand  or  to  make  the  other 
person  understand,  have  to  be  stopped,  as  soon  as  it  has  become  evident  that  such 
attempts  are  useless,  or  that  an  understanding  would  only  be  possible  under  great 
difficulties,  and  that  in  so  doing  an  unnecessary  amount  of  time  would  have  to  be 
employed.  These  attempts  to  understand  have  especially  to  be  stopped,  if  other  con- 
versations have  been  announced,  and  if  the  long-distance  line3  which  are  to  be  used 
are  in  working  order. 

When,  in  the  case  of  long-distance  lines  having  a  heavy  strain  of  traffic,  and  which 
have  also  several  intermediate  stations,  it  seems  desirable  to  fix,  in  advance,  de- 
finite times  for  service  between  the  said  station  recurring  at  different  hours,  then  the 
general  post  offices  concerned  are  authorized  to  draw  up  plans  (schemes)  for  the  use  of 
the  said  long-distance  lines.  It  is  not  admissible  to  infringe  upon  the  said  scheme,  in 
favour  of  urgent  conversations,  or  for  the  purpose  of  completing  conversations  which 
are  being  carried  on. 

If  there  are  no  conversations  waiting  to  b"  carried  on  in  the  said  stations  during 
the  time  of  service  specified  for  them,  then  the  receiving  stations  or  the  other  larger 
stations  connected  with  the  long-distance  line  have  to  decide  regarding  the  use  of  the 
line,  for  the  time  in  question. 

In  all  cases,  great  care  must  be  taken  in  making  such  arrangements,  and  also  to 
watch  whether  the  introduction  of  the  said  scheme  of  service  causes  inconvenience  to 
the  general  public.  If  such  should  prove  to  be  the  case,  to  any  considerable  extent  the 
said  scheme  of  service  must  be  cancelled. 

WORKING   CONNECTIONS   AROUND  TO    POINTS   BY  OTHER   THAN   THE   REGULAR   ROUTES. 

18.  When  the  long-distance  line  which  serves  to  connect  two  places  is  not  in  work- 
ing order,  or  is  temporarily  inaccessible,  on  account  of  heavy  traffic,  the  connections 
may  be  obtained  by  using  other  long-distance  lines.  Telegraph  lines  may  also  be  used 
tor  this  purpose,  in  a  supplementary  way,  in  necessary  cases. 

In  working  round  the  connections,  the  order  of  precedence  is  to  be  followed  thaff 
is  specified  in  section  17.  The  working  round  of  the  connections  in  question  must  not 
infringe,  to  any  extent  upon  the  ordinary  service  of  the  lines  which  have  to  be  called 
into  requisition. 

SERVICE  WITH  NEIGHBOURING  PLACES  AND  PRINCIPAL  CENTRES. 

20.  In  service  with  neighbouring  places  and  principal  centres,  if  the  conversations 
are  not  subject  to  individual  charges,  the  person  calling  up  (A)  gives  to  his  local  ex- 
change station  (X),  the  name  of  the  exchange  station  (Y),  at  the  required  long-dis- 
tance point  where  the  desired  subscriber's  station  (B)  is.  The  local  exchange  station 
(X)  responds,  '  All  right,  I  shall  call,'  and  then  calls  up  the  distant  exchange  station 
T.  This  station  Y  then  answers  A,  '  here  station  Y,'  whereupon  A  gives  the  number 
of  B.  Exchange  station  Y  repeats  the  number,  and  says, '  I  shall  call,'  and  carries  this 
out  by  making  simultaneous  connections  between  A  and  B.* 

For  the  rest,  the  regulations  provided  for  local  service  apply. 

In  the  case  of  service  between  neighbouring  places  and  prinicipal  centres,  for 
which  individual  charges  are  not  paid,  the  exchange  station  concerned  must  break  off 

*With  the  sanction  of  the  general  post  offices,  the  simpler  way  of  calling  up,  that  is  speci- 
fied for  local  service  (see  section  19),  may  also  be    employed     in    service     with     neighbouring 
places  and  principal  centres,  if  no  difficulties  result  for  the  calling  service  in  so  doing. 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  517 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

the  connections  if  conversations  are  so  unduly  prolonged  as  to  interfere  with  connec- 
tions required  by  persons  paying  individual  charges  for  the  service.  The  subscribers 
interrupted  must  be  informed  of  the  reasons  why  the  connections  were  broken  off. 

For  the  rest,  the  manner  of  procedure  to  be  followed  in  carrying  on  the  service  for 
conversations,  for  which  individual  charges  are  collected  in  service  with  neighbouring 
places  and  principal  centres,  is  to  be  specified  by  the  general  post  offices,  according  to 
the  local  conditions.  Begarding  connections  to  be  made  for  conversations  carried  on 
by  the  Emperor  and  Empress,  attention  must  be  given  to  the  special  regulations  that 
have  been  issued. 

LONG   DISTANCE    SERVICE. 

21.  When  a  conversation  is  requested,  in  long-distance  service,  the  subscriber  who 
calls  up  has,  in  addition  to  any  request  that  may  be  made  regarding  the  nature  and 
the  duration  of  the  conversation,  to  mention  the  name  of  the  desired  long-distance 
point,  and  the  number  of  the  subscriber's  station  desired.  The  operator  in  the  exchange 
station  repeats  the  actual  points  stated  and  adds,  'Please  hang  up,  you  shall  be  called.' 
Then  the  operator  calls  up  the  long-distance  point  and  gives  the  number  of  the  sta- 
tion requested.*  Both  exchange  stations  then  call  up  their  subscribers,  and  arrange 
the  connections  required.  If  several  long-distance  lines  are  idle,  the  conversation,  as  a 
general  rule,  is  to  be  carried  on  over  the  line  over  which  the  announcement  was  made. 
The  length  of  a  conversation  is  to  be  reckoned  from  the  point  of  time  at  which  the  con- 
nection was  made  between  the  station  of  the  person  calling  up  and  the  station  which 
has  been  asked  for;  or,  in  the  case  of  conversations  sent  from  or  to  a  supplementary 
station,  as  soon  as  the  connection  has  been  made  from  the  exchange  station,  with  the 
principal  station,  to  which  the  said  supplementary  station  is  connected.  The  duration  ' 
of  the  conversation  is  to  be  noted  by  the  exchange  station  which  has  received  the  re- 
quest for  the  connection  from  the  subscriber,  &c. 

Conversations  from  long  distance  points  desired  during  the  session  of  parliament 
with  the  authorities  present  in  the  parliament  buildings,  on  parliamentary  duty,  or 
with  members  of  the  federal  parliament,  or  with  persons  employed  in  the  parliament 
buildings,  are  to  be  announced  by  the  word  'Parliament,'  and  then  the  name  of  the 
person  desired  is  to  be  carefully  stated.  These  connections  are  to  be  made  without 
delay.  As  soon  as  it  is  perceived  by  the  calling  exchange  station  that  the  connections 
can  soon  be  made  with  Berlin  (in  about  10  minutes)  then  the  said  exchange  station 
has  to  announce  to  the  long-distance  station  in  Berlin  that  the  connection  is  to  be 
miade,  in  order  that  the  fact  can  be  stated  to  the  postal  bureau  in  the  parliament 
buildings.  The  postal  bureau  will  then  send  for  the  person  desired.  The  connection 
is  to  be  made  as  soon  as  this  can  be  done,  according  to  the  order  of  the  requests  made, 
and  the  person  in  the  parliamentary  buildings  desired  comes  to  the  'phone.  Other- 
wise, the  connection  has  to  be  postponed  until  the  postal  bureau  in  the  parliament 
buildings  announces  that  the  person  desired  has  come  to  the  'phone.  In  the  mean- 
time, the  long-distance  lines  are  to  be  used  in  the  usual  way  for  making  connections 
for  other  conversations.  The  length  of  conversations  sent  to  the  parliament  build- 
ings is  reckoned  from  the  point  of  time  when  the  conversation  begins.  In  the  case  of 
conversations  sent  from  the  parliament  buildings,  the  long-distance  station  in  Berlin 
has  also  to  inform  the  exchange  stations  concerned  that  the  conversations  have  been 
requested,  several  minutes  before  arrangements  can  be  made  to  make  the  connections ; 
and  in  the  meantime  has  to  send  for  the  person  to  come  to  the  'phone  who  has  re- 
quested connection.  In  this  case  also  the  length  of  the  conversation  is  to  be  reckoned 
from  the  time  when  the  same  commences;  and  at  the  same  time,  it  must  be  seen  to 
that  the  long-distance  lines  are  used  for  other  conversations,  until  the  person  calling 

♦The  government  Postal  Department  issues  special  regulations  concerning  how  far  it  may 
be  necessary  to  give  more  detailed  instructions  to  the  exchange  stations,  when  connections  are 
required  with  countries  outside  Germany. 

GERMANY. 

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up  in  the  parliament  buildings  comes  to  the  'phone.  No  charge  is  to  be  made  for 
sending  for  the  desired  person  to  come  to  the  'phone,  when  such  conversations  are  sent 
to  the  parliament  buildings.  The  foregoing  regulations  also  apply  to  those  conversar 
tions  sent  through  the  agency  of  the  postal  bureau,  from  the  Prussian  House  of  Lords, 
or  from  the  Prussian  Chamber  of  Deputies. 

In  long-distance  lines  which  have  more  than  two  exchange  stations,  the  calling 
is  done  by  means  of  code-signals.  These  signals  are  to  be  independent  of  those 
specified  for  the  Morse  service,  and  are  to  be  limited  as  far  as  possible  in  their  length 
and  number.  It  is  not  necessary  that  these  signals  should  be  abbreviations  of  the  local 
names;  nor  is  it  necessary,  in  cases  where  several  long-distance  lines  are  at  the  dis- 
posal of  the  exchange  stations,  to  have  different  signals  for  each  of  the  said  lines.  The 
signals  are  to  be  specified  through  arrangement  with  the  general  post  offices.  When  a 
long-distance  connection  is  made  at  the  time  when  one  of  the  two  subscribers  con- 
cerned is  engaged  in  carrying  on  a  local  conversation  with  another  subscriber,  then 
the  operator  in  the  exchange  station  switches  on  his  instrument  to  the  local  connec- 
tion and  briefly  informs  both  the  subscribers  who  are  conversing  of  the  cause  of  the 
interruption,  and  makes  arrangements  at  once  for  the  long-distance  connection.  The 
general  post  offices  are  also  authorized  to  instruct  that  connections  in  service  with 
neighbouring  places  and  with  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  service,  are  al- 
ways to  be  broken  off  in  favour  of  long-distance  connections,  where  only  one  long- 
distance line  is  being  used;  and  when  the  conditions  of  the  service  demand  that  the 
connection  should  be  broken  off.  When  conversations  for  which  single  charges  are 
collected,  are  interrupted  in  this  manner,  then  no  charges  are  collected.  In  every  ex- 
change station  a  chart  of  the  long-distance  lines  which  are  led  in,  has  to  be  hung  up, 
from  which  the  operators  may  always  be  able  to  see  the  location  of  the  exchange,  &c, 
stations  connected,  the  number  and  construction  of  the  long-distance  lines  and  the 
testing  stations,  &c.     The  chart  must  also  show  any  telegraph  lines  that  are  led  in. 

CONTINUOUS  CONNECTIONS. 

22.  In  order  to  facilitate  the  service  between  two  subscribers  who  are  in  the  habit 
of  frequently  conversing  with  each  other,  the  lines  of  both  subscribers'  stations,  by 
request,  may  be  continuously  connected  with  each  other,  during  the  hours  of  day  ser- 
vice, if  no  long-distance  lines  have  to  be  used  for  this  purpose.  It  is  presupposed,  of 
course,  that  the  local  unlimited  service  rates  are  paid  for  both  the  stations  in  ques- 
tion. When  one  of  the  said  two  subscribers  desires  to  converse  with  a  third  sub- 
scriber, then  he  has  to  give  a  pre-arranged  signal,  either  by  turning  the  crank  (handle) 
around  several  times,  or  by  pressing  the  key  a  certain  number  of  times,  whereupon 
the  continuous  connections  broken  off.  The  connection  is  also  to  be  broken  off  when 
one  of  the  two  subscribers  is  called  up  by  another  person.  In  this  case,  the  usual 
manner  of  calling  up  has  to  be  employed.  When  the  conversation  has  terminated,  the 
continuous  connection  is  again  made  as  soon  as  the  final  clearing  out  signal  is  given. 
The  calling  up  of  subscribers  who  have  continuous  connection  with  each  other  is  usu- 
ally done  by  turning  the  crank  around  once,  or  by  pressing  the  key  once.  In  order  to 
prevent  mistakes,  the  continuous  connections  are  to  be  obviously  distinguished  by 
loops  being  made  in  the  plug  cords.  Subscribers'  stations  which  belong  to  the  same 
local  telephone  system  may  also  be  connected  with  each  other  during  the  slack  hour3 
of  day  service.  These  continuous  connections  are  not  charged  when  the  same  is 
requested  by  a  subscriber,  who  pays  the  unlimited  service  rates;  but  a  subscriber  who 
pays  the  measured  service  rates  must  pay  a  charge  of  5  pf .  (1  cent)  for  each  continu- 
ous connection  requested. 

Kequests  to  have  continuous  connections  made  between  two  stations,  are  only  to 
be  granted,  with  the  reservation  that  the  privilege  may  be  cancelled  at  any  time.  More- 
over, such  requests  are  only  to  be  granted  where  no  reason  exists  against  so  doing, 
from  the  standpoint  of  the  interests  of  the  service.  Local  systems  may  also  be  used, 
at  the  request  of  the  subscribers,  for  sending  in  fire  alarms  during  the  hours  wh«n 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

there  is  no  service  in  the  exchange  stations.  The  regulations  specifying  the  manner 
of  procedure  to  be  followed  in  such  cases,  are  to  be  issued  in  each  case,  by  the  general 
post  office  concerned. 

NIGHT   SERVICE. 

23.  As  a  general  rule,  telephone  night  service  is  only  considered  in  the  case  of  the 
larger  local  telephone  systems.  In  each  individual  case  the  general  post  offices  receive 
special  instructions  on  the  matter  from  the  government  Postal  Department.  The  ser- 
vice granted  during  the  day  between  long-distance  exchange  stations  having  night  ser- 
vice, is  also  to  be  continued  during  night  hours,  in  so  far  as  this  may  be  possible,  ac- 
cording to  the  hours  of  service  in  the  various  exchange  stations  concerned;  if 
long-distance  lines  required  for  this  service  pass  through  stations  which  are  closed  dur- 
ing the  night  hours  the  lines  required  for  such  through  service  are  to  be  left  in  through 
connection  at  such  stations  during  the  hours  when  the  service  is  suspended.  Any 
changes  made  in  the  hours  of  service  in  the  various  exchange  stations  are  to  be  reported 
by  the  general  post  offices  concerned,  to  one  another.  When  subscribers'  stations,  in 
local  systems  which  have  no  night  service,  within  the  area  of  service  with  neighbour- 
ing places,  principal  centres  and  departmental  service,  are  connected  continuously  dur- 
ing the  night,  with  the  exchange  station  of  another  local  system  having  night  service, 
the  toting  down  of  the  charges  made  for  the  said  subscribers  night  connections  is  to 
he  done  by  the  exchange  station  giving  such  night  service,  and  which  receives  the  re- 
quests for  the  said  connections.  At  the  end  of  the  month,  these  notes  of  charges  are 
to  be  sent  to  the  exchange  stations  of  the  places  concerned,  which  do  not  have  night 
service,  to  be  further  dealt  with.  A  list  of  all  connections  which  have  to  be  regularly 
made  during  the  night  hours  must  be  hung  up  in  every  exchange,  with  the  names,  &c, 
of  the  subscribers  who  have  requested  such  connections. 

The  '  night  hours '  are  reckoned  from  9  p.m.  until  7  a.m.,  in  local  service,  and  in 
service  with  neighbouring  places  and  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  service, 
Unless  different  hours  are  specified  for  individual  places.  In  long-distance  service  the 
*  night  hours '  are  reckoned  from  9  p.m.  until  7  a.m.  or  8  a.m. 

a.  Local  Night  Service  and  Night  Service  with  Neighbouring  Places. 

For  the  carrying  out  of  connections  during  night  hours  in  local  service  and  in  ser- 
vice with  neighbouring  places,  the  '  Regulations '  apply  that  have  been  issued  by  the 
State  Chancellor.  See  '  Regulations  for  carrying  into  effect  the  "  Law  relating  to 
Telephone  Rates," ',  Article  12,  with  the  accompanying  '  Instructions,'  given  in  '  Gen- 
eral Instructions,'  No.  II.,  part  2  (page  1715.)  Continuous  night  connections  are  not 
to  be  arranged  until  after  the  close  of  the  day  service.  In  local  service,  during  the 
hours  of  night  service,  subscribers'  wires  may  also  be  used  for  receiving  telegrams  that 
are  to  be  sent  off,  and  at  the  request  of  the  subscribers,  for  transmitting  telegrams  com- 
ing in  for  the  said  subscribers.  It  is  presupposed  that  neither  an  extension  in  the  ex- 
isting arrangements  of  the  service  nor  an  increase  in  the  number  of  the  operators  is 
required  for  this  purpose.  Besides  the  charges  specified  for  receiving  telegrams  from 
and  transmitting  the  same  to  subscribers,  the  charge  specified  for  night  connections  is 
to  be  collected  for  each  connection  made  during  the  night,  for  the  purpose  of  receiving 
telegrams  from,  or  for  transmitting  the  same  to  subscribers. 

b.  Long-Distance  Night  Service. 

For  the  use  of  long-distance  service  lines  during  night  hours,  see  the  '  Regula- 
tions,' issued  on  September  19,  1901,  given  in  '  General  Instructions,'  No.  II.  (page 
501.)  In  fixing  the  times  for  night  subscribers'  conversations,  the  exchange  stations 
have  to  leave  ten  minutes  free  for  other  conversations,  between  the  times  appointed 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

for  every  two  conversations  for  night  subscribers.  For  carrying  on  night  subscribers' 
conversations,  the  exchange  stations  have  to  make  the  long-distance  lines  ready  at  tbe 
times  that  have  been  arranged  for  beforehand.  If  an  ordinary  conversation  is  being 
carried  on  at  the  time,  then  the  making  and  breaking  off  again  of  the  connection 
ior  the  night  subscriber  has  to  be  correspondingly  postponed.  A  list  or  scheme  of  the 
connections  that  are  required  for  night  subscribers'  conversations  is  to  be  hung  up  in 
the  long-distance  station,  or  exchange  station. 

c.  Night  Service  with  Principal  Centres  and  Departments. 

For  arranging  connections  during  night  hours,  in  service  with  principal  centres 
and  in  departmental  service,  see  '  Regulations '  issued  by  the  State  Chancellor,  on 
January  9,  1902,  given  in  '  General  Instructions,'  No.  II.,  part  2  (page  503.)  The 
permission  to  have  regular  connections  during  night  hours  is  to  be  given,  in  each 
case,  under  the  reservation  of  cancelling  the  same.  The  permission  is  to  be  with- 
drawn as  soon  as  it  is  found  that  any  difficulties  may  result  from  the  concession. 

USE  OF  LONG-DISTANCE,  ETC.,  LINES  IN   SERVICE  WITH   STOCK   EXCHANGES. 

'26.  Arrangments  have  to  be  made  with  the  management  of  the  stock  exchanges 
as  to  the  persons  who  are  to  be  permitted  to  make  use  of  the  'phones  installed  in  the 
various  stock  exchange  buildings.  The  charges  for  using  these  'phones  are  fixed  by 
the  government  postal  department.  In  local  service,  either  the  annual  unlimited  rates 
or  measured  rate  charges  for  conversations  may  be  collected.  Frequenters  of  the 
stock  exchanges  who  have  paid  the  annual  unlimited  rates  may  have  unlimited  use  of 
the  stock  exchange  'phones  in  local  service  during  stock  exchange  hours.  Each  fre- 
quenter (or  member)  of  the  stock  exchange  who  wishes  to  use  the  'phone,  must  satisfy 
the  operator  in  charge  that  he  is  entitled  to  do  so.  In  long-distance  service  the  speci- 
fied toll  charge  is  collected  for  each  connection  from  a  stock  exchange  'phone,  when 
owing  to  the  fault  of  one  of  the  persons  concerned  the  conversation  is  not  carried  out. 
However,  not  more  than  the  charge  specified  for  an  ordinary  conversation  of  3 
minutes  duration  can  be  collected  in  this  case.  The  charges  must  be  collected  in  any 
event  in  the  following  cases: — 

(1)  If  the  person  desired  at  the  long-distance  point,  when  the  lines  are  in  good 
working  order,  does  not  respond  to  the  call;  or  at  the  time  that  was  specified 
for  the  conversation,  in  the  stock  exchange,  if  the  said  person  cannot  be 
found;  or  if  the  said  person  refuses  to  carry  on  the  conversation. 

(2)  If  the  subscriber,  or  frequenter  of  the  stock  exchange,  who  has  requested  the 
conversation,  does  not  come  to  the  'phone  in  time,  or  foregoes  the  conversation, 
or  fails  to  respond,  after  the  long-distance  line  is  placed  at  his  disposal;  or 
after  the  call  has  been  made  to  the  exchange  station  at  the  desired  long- 
distance point. 

The  fixing  of  the  charges  is  done  in  the  same  way  as  has  been  specified  in  the 
case  of  public  call  stations,  in  section  24  of  this  volume. 


DERANGEMENTS,    INTERRUPTIONS,    ETC.,    OF    THE    LONG-DISTANCE    LINES. 

29.  When  derangements  take  place  at  the  exchanges  or  at  the  subscribers'  sta- 
tions, then  proceedings  are  to  be  taken  according  to  the  directions  given  in  '  General 
Instructions,'  No.  VII.,  part  2.  A  thorough  examination  of  the  equipment  of  the  sub- 
scribers' stations  has  to  be  undertaken  from  time  to  time  in  order  to  increase  the  reli- 
ability of  the  telephone  service.     The  general  post  office  will  determine,  according  to 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

the  local  conditions  at  what  intervals  and  by  whom  this  work  is  to  be  done.  The  local- 
izing and  removing  of  derangements  or  interruptions  in  the  long-distance  lines,  and 
in  the  wires  of  subscribers'  stations,  is  done,  as  a  general  rule,  according  to  the  direc- 
tions given  in  '  General  Instructions,'  No.  V.,  part  5,  and  No.  VII.,  part  1  (not  re- 
ceived.) The  inspection  (survey)  of  a  faulty  section  of  line  must  be  done,  if 
possible,  from  both  ends  simultaneously.  For  this  purpose,  the  exchange  station 
which  detects  a  derangement  in  the  vicinity,  has  to  send  a  line  inspector  to  the  sec- 
tion of  line  where  the  trouble  seems  to  be,  and  desire  the  exchange  station  that  is1- 
situated  nearest  the  other  end  of  the  stretch  of  line  in  question,  to  send  a  line- 
inspector  in  the  opposite  direction.  A  brief  statement  of  what  has  been  done  has  to 
be  included  in  the  report  of  the  interruption  of  the  service,  which  has  to  be  sent  in 
to  the  general  post  office.  Both  inspectors  must  carefully  inspect  the  lines,  and  at 
once  remove  any  defects  that  may  be  found  out.  They  must  switch  on  the  line  tele- 
phone, from  time  to  time,  as  instructions  may  be  given  to  do  so,  by  both  the  exchange 
stations  concerned,  in  order  to  receive  further  orders,  &c.  After  the  derangement  has 
been  removed,  the  inspectors  are  to  be  called  in,  as  soon  as  they  can  be  communicated 
with.  If  necessary,  they  have  to  inspect  the  line  until  they  meet  each  other.  At  the 
point  where  they  meet,  each  inspector  has  to  mark  down  briefly  in  the  note-book  of 
the  other  inspector  the  place  and  time  of  meeting.  The  second  inspector  need  not  be 
sent  out  if  the  deranged  section  of  line  is  not  of  very  great  length,  and  if  it  is  not 
important  trunk  lines  that  are  out  of  order;  and  further  if  one  only  of  the  wires  of  a 
double  line  is  out  of  order,  and  the  service  can  be  carried  on  without  difficulty,  over 
the  single  line.  In  such  cases,  the  exchange  stations  concerned  have  to  make  the 
necessary  arrangements  with  each  other.  The  results  of  the  observations  of  the  road 
inspectors  (i.e.,  those  who  watch  the  lines)  are  only  to  be  waited  for,  before  sending 
out  the  line-inspectors,  if  no  considerable  delay  in  removing  the  interruptions  is  likely 
to  result  therefrom.  If  the  defect  lies  between  two  exchange  stations  which  are  not 
concerned  in  localizing  the  same,  then  one  of  the  said  stations  is  to  be  informed  of  the 
existence  of  the  defect.  This  information  is  to  be  given  by  that  station  concerned  in 
localizing  the  defect,  that  has  the  best  facilities  for  doing  so  according  to  the  location 
and  telegraphic  connections  of  the  said  station.  When  there  is  any  question  raised 
on  this  point,  then  the  information  is  to  be  given  by  the  station  whose  local  name 
stands  first  in  the  alphabetical  list.  After  giving  the  information,  then  the  station 
that  does  so  is  obliged  to  remove  the  defect,  i.e.,  to  send  out  an  inspector,  and  notify 
the  other  station  as  to  progress  and  results.  When  it  is  impossible  for  the  line- 
inspector  connected  with  the  station  in  the  vicinity  of  which  the  derangement  or  in- 
terruption takes  place,  to  attend  to  the  matter  at  once  on  account  of  other  important 
work  being  carried  on  at  the  time;  or  if  the  said  inspector  and  the  line-men  at  his 
disposal  are  unable  to  remove  the  defect  in  a  short  space  of  time,  owing  to  the  exten- 
sive nature  of  the  damage  done  to  the  line,  then  the  matter  is  to  be  telegraphed  to  the 
general  post  office  in  charge  of  this  district,  in  order  that,  if  necessary  another  line- 
inspector  or  line-repairer  may  be  sent  to  the  place.  In  cases  where  it  is  not  possible 
to  localize  defects  in  the  usual  way,  on  account  of  the  stations  being  shut  that  have 
testing-stations  (apparatus)  or  because  of  other  reasons,  then  the  best  thing  to  be  done, 
is  to  endeavour  to  localize  the  defect  approximately,  by  measuring  (testing).  This  is 
specially  advisable  when  the  deranged  lines  are  very  long,  or  when  the  Hues  are  in 
contact  with  each  other. 

A  special  day-book  is  to  be  kept  in  the  exchange  stations  for  noting  down,  all  the 
derangements  or  interruptions  that  occur,  according  to  the  form  specified  for  the  tele- 
graph lines,  in  '  General  Instructions,'  No.  V.,  part  5  (not  received.) 

.b'or  exchange  stations  having  an  extensive  area  of  service,  the  general  post  offices 
are  at  liberty  to  arrange  a  simpler  form  of  day"-book,  more  (adapted  for  the  purpose  in 
hand,  and  better  suited  to  the  existing  local  conditions,  for  noting  down  the  derange- 
ments or  interruptions  in  the  wires  connected  with  subscribers'  stations. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,.  A.  1905 

CALCULATING  THE  5  PF.  (1  CENT)  MEASURED  RATE  CHARGES  IN  LOCAL  SERVICE,  AND  IN  SERVICE 

WITH  NEIGHBOURING  PLACES. 

31.  The  register  of  local  charges  shows  the  manner  of  procedure  to  be  followed  in 
collecting  the  5  pf.  (1  cent)  single  charges  for  conversations  in  local  service,  and  in 
service  with  neighbouring  places.  See  paragraph  5  of  '  Law  relating  to  Telephone 
Rates  (page  455),  and  Article  18,  of  '  Eegulations '  to  same,  by  the  State  Chancellor, 
in  'Instructions,'  No.  II.,  part  2  (page  483.) 

The  local  conversations,  &c,  for  which  single  charges  are  paid,  are  noted  down  by 
the  operators,  on  tickets.  For  each  conversation  a  space  in  the  form  is  to  be  filled  up 
in  pencil,  with  the  number  of  the  subscriber  who  has  to  pay  the  charge.  The  obliga- 
tion to  pay  the  charge  begins  as  soon  as  the  connection  has  been  made  between  the 
calling  station  and  the  station  called;  or,  if  it  is  a  case  of  conversation  to  or  from  a 
subscriber's  supplementary  station,  as  soon  as  the  connection  has  been  made  with  the 
tubscriber's  principal  station,  with  which  the  former  is  connected.  Up  to  this  time  the 
calling  subscriber  may  withdraw  his  request  for  conversation  without  being  liable  to 
pay  charges. 

If  necessary,  in  order  to  fix  the  date  of  the  conversations,  the  daily  stamp  of  the 
office  in  question,  may  be  placed  on  the  back  of  the  spaces  where  the  numbers  are  en- 
tered. The  general  post  offices  are  at  liberty,  in  cases  where  this  may  be  advisable,  to 
introduce  a  simpler  method  of  ascertaining  the  number  of  conversations  for  which 
single  charges  are  paid.  At  the  close  of  the  quarter,  the  amount  of  charges  due  by 
each  subscriber  for  the  local  conversations  carried  on  by  him,  is  to  be  carefully  ascer- 
tained and  entered  in  the  register  of  local  charges.  The  manner  in  which  the 
amounts  are  to  be  ascertained  during  the  course  of  the  quarter,  is  to  be  fixed  by  the 
manager,  according  to  the  nature  of  the  local  conditions.  A  second  operator  has  to 
verify  the  accuracy  of  the  entries  in  the  register  of  local  charges  and  check  them  off. 

In  order  to  prevent  the  loss  of  the  forms  on  which  the  single  conversation 
charges  are  recorded,  or  of  the  small  conversation  tickets  which  are  detached  from  these 
forms,  a  record  has  to  be  kept  of  the  running  numbers  of  the  sheets  handed  in  from 
the  various  local  sections  of  the  switch-board;  on  the  basis  of  which  the  full  number 
of  these  sheets  are  checked;  and  the  amounts  to  be  entered  into  the  register  of  local 
charges  at  the  end  of  the  quarter  can  be  fixed.  The  duty  of  keeping  these  sheets 
and  tickets  is  to  be  assigned  to  a  special  official,  who  is  to  be  held  responsible  for  any 
losses.  The  agreement  of  the  amounts  in  the  register  of  local  charges,  with  the 
records  of  the  running  numbers  of  the  sheets,  is  to  be  verified  by  the  operator  (clerk) 
whose  duty  it  is  to  check  the  entries  in  the  said  register.  The  conversation  tickets 
are  not  to  be  handed  over  to  the  subscribers  when  the  charges  are  collected,  but  are 
to  be  kept  six  months  on  file,  in  case  the  general  post  office  may  require  them.  At  the 
close  of  the  fiscal  year,  or  when  stations  are  removed,  the  amount  of  charges  due  for 
conversations  as  well  as  the  balance  required  to  make  up  the  minimum  amount  of  re- 
ceipts agreed  upon  is  collected. 

ASCERTAINING  THE  LOAD    (TRAFFIC)    ON  THE   LONG-DISTANCE  LINES. 

37.  The  load  on  the  long-distance  lines  is  ascertained  on  February  5,  May  5, 
August  5,  and  November  5.  If  one  of  these  days  falls  on  a  Sunday  or  a  holiday,  then 
the  reports  have  to  be  drawn  up  on  the  working-day  following.  If  the  service  of  the 
lines  is  affected  by  derangements,  or  other  unusual  circumstances,  on  the  day  ap- 
pointed for  the  computation,  then  another  working-day  has  to  be  arranged  for  the 
purpose,  by  the  exchange  stations  concerned.  A  register  has  to  be  drawn 
up,  according  to  the  form  given  in  Appendix  24,  by  the  exchange,  &c,  stations,  for  each 
line  that  is  led  in  for  service,  and  for  each  line  used  for  duplex  telephony.  Exceptions 
are  made  in  the  case  of  lines  between  the  exchange  stations  of  the  same  local  telephone 
system  and  lines  that  are  used  in  service  with  neighbouring  places  and  principal  cen- 
tres, and  in  departmental  service,  and  also  those  long-distance  lines  which,  according 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  523 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

to  the  unanimous  agreement  of  the  stations  connected  with  the  service  of  the  said 
lines,  do  not  have  on  ian  average  more  than  twenty  conversations  daily  over  any  circuit 
of  the  total  length.    As  a  rule,  the  load  of  such  lines  is  not  ascertained. 

If  for  the  above  reasons,  computations  have  not  been  made  in  the  case  of  a  long- 
distance line  (owing  to  limited  traffic),  then  the  fact  has  to  be  reported  to  the  general 
post  office  in  charge  of  the  district,  by  the  western  receiver  station  (closing  office) ;  or 
If  the  long-distance  line  leads  to  Bavaria,  Wurtemburg,  or  countries  outside  Germany, 
by  the  receiver  station  (closing  office)  situated  within  the  government  telegraph  area. 

A  common  register  is  to  be  drawn  up  for  lines  which  serve  to  connect  the  same 
places.  This  does  not  apply  to  long-distance  lines  that  are  used  for  duplex  telephony. 
The  registers  for  these  are  always  to  be  kept  separately.  The  registers  are  to  be 
sent  in  to  the  general  post  office  in  charge,  up  to  the  middle  of  the  month.  Tables  are 
to  be  drawn  up,  according  to  the  forms  given  in  Schedules  25  and  26,  on  the  basis  of 
the  aforementioned  registers  (see  Schedule  24).  The  compiling  of  the  tables  of  the 
•results  of  the  computations  has  to  be  done  for  the  individual  lines,  by  the  general  post 
office  in  charge  of  the  western  receiver  station,  or,  if  the  line  leads  to  Bavaria,  Wur- 
temburg or  countries  outside  Germany,  by  the  general  post  office  in  charge  of  the  re- 
ceiver station  situated  within  the  government  telegraph  area.  The  registers  are  to 
be  drawn  up  in  the  form  given  in  Schedule  26,  and  are  to  be  sent  in  to  the  telephone 
bureau  of  the  government  Postal  Department  not  later  than  September  1. 

Regarding  the  traffic  load  on  those  long-distance  lines  which  connect  the  districts 
of  various  general  post  offices  together,  these  various  offices  have  to  keep  themselves  in- 
formed by  mutual  agreement,  through  making  extracts  from  the  registers  of  the  lines 
in  question. 

STATISTICAL  AND  OTHER  REPORTS. 

38.  The  general  post  offices  have  to  send  in  a  report  once  a  year  up  to  February 
1,  to  the  telephone  bureau  of  the  government  Postal  Department,  concerning  acci- 
dents to  girl  telephone  operators  through  electric  discharges  while  attending  to  the 
service. 


Schedules. 
SCHEDULE  2  TO   SECTION  21. 

USE    OF    PUBLIC    CALL    STATIONS    FOR    LONG    DISTANCE    SERVICE. 

The  accompanying  form  contains  the  names  of  the  long-distance  places,  with 
which  the  conversations  are  carried  on.  The  charge  entered  in  the  same  entitles  the 
person  in  question  to  carry  on  a  conversation  of  3  minutes  duration,  according  to  the 
order  of  announcement.  Three  times  the  ordinary  amount  is  to  be  charged  for  urgent 
conversation.  In  the  places  marked  with  an  asterisk  (*),  there  are  public  call  sta- 
tions. Persons  living  in  the  neighbourhood  are  sent  for  to  come  to  these  public  call 
stations,  for  a  special  charge  of  25  pf.  (6  cents).  The  charge  for  the  conversation, 
and  the  special  charge  for  sending  for  a  person  to  come  to  the  'phone,  are  to  be  paid 
in  advance. 

The  charges  for  conversations  are  refunded: — 

(1)  When  the  conversation  cannot  be  carried  on  on  account  of  derangements 
in  the  lines;  or  because  the  person  desired  to  come  to  the  'phone  cannot  be 
found. 

(2)  In  long-distance  service,  when  no  response  is  obtained  from  the  subscriber's 

station  that  has  been  called  up. 

GERMANY. 


524  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  charge  for  sending  for  a  person  to  come  to  the  'phone  is  not  collected  if  the 
person  desired  is  present  in  the  public  call  station,  and  informs  the  person  calling  up 
that  such  is  the  case,  when  the  conversation  is  requested.  Requests  for  conversations 
are  received*  ....  The  name  and  number  or  residence  of  the  person  to  be 
called  up  must  be  accurately  stated  to  the  operator. 


Lcng  Distance 
Place 

M. 

Pf. 

Long  Distance 
Place. 

M. 

Pf. 

Long  Distance 
Place. 

M. 

Pf. 

* 

* 
*■ 



* 

To  be  filled  in,  as  the  manner  of  receiving  may  be  specified 


SCHEDULE  7  TO   SECTION   21. 


INSTRUCTIONS  C  :  FOR  LONG-DISTANCE  LINES. 


The  subscriber  who  calls  up,  gives  the  exchange  station  the  name  of  the  long- 
distance place,  and  the  number  of  the  subscriber  that  is  wanted,  and  adds  if  he  wishes 
to  have  the  precedence,  the  word  '  urgent,'  as  for  example,  '  Magdeburg,  No.  1,  urgent.' 
The  operator  repeats  the  points  stated  and  says,  '  please  hang  up,  you  shall  be  called.' 
Then  the  operator  makes  the  necessary  arrangements  and  informs  the  subscriber  who 
made  the  call  as  soon  as  the  connections  are  ready.  The  subscriber  begins  the  con- 
versation, after  the  subscriber  called  has  responded  in  the  usual  way.  For  the  rest, 
the  regulations  specified  for  local  service  also  apply. 

The  subscriber  called  up  receives  the  call  from  his  exchange  station,  is  requested 
to  converse  and  responds  in  the  usual  way.  When  any  difficulties  arise  during  a 
long-distance  conversation,  which  require  the  intervention  of  the  exchange  station, 
the  subscriber  has  to  ring  off  in  order  to  call  the  attention  of  the  exchange  station 
to  the  matter.  Connections  in  local  service,  and  also  at  times,  connections  in  service 
with  neighbouring  places  and  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  service,  are 
broken  off  in  favour  of  long-distance  connections.  In  such  cases  the  subscribers 
are  briefly  informed  of  the  cause  of  the  interruption  by  the  operator.  When  conversa- 
tions, for  which  single  charges  are  paid,  are  interrupted  in  this  manner,  no  charges 
are  collected.* 


*  The   last  paragraph,   regarding   the  breaking  off  of  connections,  is  to  be  adapted  to  the 
existing  conditions  of  the  service,  in  the  various  departments. 


GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A' 


525 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


SCHEDULE  8.  TO  SECTION  9. 


FORM  OF  REGISTER  OF  THE   LONG-DISTANCE   LINES  WITHIN  THE  TELEGRAPH  AREA  OF  THE 

GERMAN    EMPIRE. 


Number 

of  the  Line ; 

and  nature 

and  size  of 

the  wires : — 

Name  of 
the  District 
tha£  has  to 
keep  the 
Lines  in 
repair  : — 

Length   of 
the  Lines  : — 

The  Line 

is  led  in  for 

Service,    and 

for  Testing 

in  : — 

Number 

of  i  he  Line  ; 

and  nature 

and  size  of 

the  wires  : — 

Name  of 
the  District 
that  has  to 
keep  the 
Lines  in 
repair  : — 

Length  of 
the  Lines  :— 

The  Line 

is  led  in/or 

St  rvice,  and 

for  Testing 

in: — 

2 

km. 

2 

km. 

1 

3 

4 

1 

3 

4 

Dortmund. 

Hamburg, 
(V.A.I.) 

L.D.  219  I 

Dortmund. 

39 

Hamm(Wtf) 

L.D.  224  £- 

Hamburg. 

Bronze. 

26 

Soest. 

Bronze. 

2  mm. 

Mind. 

i  23 
[24 

Lippstadt. 

2  m-..i. 

12 
22 

Harburg,  E. 
Buxtehude. 

18 

Paderborn. 

23 

Stade. 

etc. 

etc. 

etc. 

etc. 

etc. 

etc. 

etc. 

etc. 

Notes  :— L.  D.  Long  Distance. 


1  >ouble  Line. 


SCHEDULE  9.  TO  SECTION  9. 

Form  of  Alphabetical  Kegister  of  the  Local  Telephone  Systems  and  the  Public  Call 
Stations,  connected  with  the  Long-Distance  Lines,  together  with  a  description  of 
the  Long-Distance  Lines  assigned  to  these  places: — 


Exchange 
Station : — 

Long  Distance 

Lines  led  in 

for  Service  : — 

Exchange 
Station  : — 

Long  Distance 

Lines  led  in 
for  Service : — 

Exchange 
Station  :  — 

Long  Distance 

Lines  led  in  | 
for  Service : — 

1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

A. 

Adorf • 

2,185.        6,192.. 

Algringen 

....« 

3,142. 

Aix-la-Chapelle# 

15.      16.      55.. 

4,286. 

Allenburg. 

.  ■■• 

9,105. 

(German,  Aachen) 

158.              254.. 

848.           1,100.. 

5,123. 

...•2. 

1,132.        1,236.. 

r 

2,110.         5,100. 

1,795.        2,169.. 

Ahlbeck 01,: 

Allenstein . 

••t 

7,113.         7,117. 

(Watering  place) 

7,122. 

2,252.        2,260.. 

Ahlen # 

218. 

Allstedt  .. 

...• 

3,107.         5.229. 

3,177.        4,124.. 

. 

4,129.        6,148.. 

Ahrensbock. ..% 

7,107. 

Alsdorf .  . . 

...(» 

1,133. 

Abelischken # 

7,112. 

Achern # 

1,159. 

Ahrensburg.  ..#1           4,276. 

Alafeld...-. 

.••• 

6,242. 

Notes  to  above : — 

0.  Local  system  with  5  and  more  principal  stations  of  subscribers. 
O.  Local  system  with  less  than  5  n  m       therefore  a  switch  station. 
Q.   A  Public  Call  Station. 
.  The  numbers  underlined  are  single  grounded  wires.     The  rest  are  metallic  circuits. 


GERMANY. 


526 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEFHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 


SCHEDULE  10  TO  SECTION  12. 


FORM   OF  GUARANTEE. 


The  undersigned  bind  themselves,  by  their  signatures,  in  the  accompanying  list, 
to  pay  to  the  government  post  office  and  telegraph  management  for  the  period  of  5 
(five)  years,  the  amount  that  may  be  required  to  make  up  the  annual  sum  guaranteed 

for  telephone  service,  in and  which  sum  amounts  to 

marks  (write  in  words). 

In  fixing  the  guaranteed  annual  sum,  only  those  conversations  are  to  be  reckoned 

that  are  sent  from over  tbe  line,  and  which  have  not  already 

passed  over  another  line,  for  which  a  similar  agreement  of  guarantee  has  been  entered 
upon.  The  ascertaining  and  collecting  of  the  amount  that  may  be  required  to  make 
up  the  annual  guaranteed  sum  is  to  take  place  on The  sub- 
scribers in  the  local  telephone  system  in are  admitted  to  tele- 
phone service  with    In  estimating  the  particular   amount 

that  may  have  to  be  paid  by  the  individual  members  towards  the  balance  that  is  re- 
quired to  make  up  the  guaranteed  sum,  the  amounts  for  conversations  that  are  liable 
to  single  charges,  that  have  been  paid  by  the  said  individual  subscriber,  are  to  be  de- 
ducted from  the  amount  which  he  has  signed  for.  The  government  post  office  and  tele- 
graph management  does  not  guarantee  that  there  will  always  be  a  satisfactory  service 
(in  the  matter  of  subscribers  being  able  to  understand  one  another)  between  all  the 
places  that  have  been  admitted  to  service.  Any  difficulties  that  may  supervene  in  the 
service  will  have  no  effect  upon  the  agreement  of  guarantee  that  has  been  entered 
upon.  The  official  stamps  required  for  the  purpose  of  authenticating  this  document, 
&c,  are  to  be  paid  for  by  the  undersigned  parties. 


Name,  or  Firm 


Place  and  Dates :- 


Annual  Amount 
Guaranteed : — 


Signature : — 


GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A" 


527 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


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GERMANY. 


528 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 


SCHEDULE  24  TO  SECTION  37. 

FORM  OF  REGISTER  OF  THE  TRAFFIC  LOAD  ON  THE  DOUBLE  LONG-DISTANCE  LINE,  NO.  44  ?_ 

Preliminary  Remarks. 

(1)  All  the  exchange  stations  that  take  part  in  the  service  of  the  line  are  to  be 
placed,  according  to  the  order  of  their  connection,  at  the  head  of  columns  2  to  9. 
The  western  receiver  station  is  placed  in  the  first  column  to  the  left,  and  also  the 
receiver  station  situated  within  the  government  telegraph  area,  in  the  case  of  lines 
running  to  Bavaria,  Wurtemburg  or  points  outside  Germany. 

(2)  The  first  line  of  the  register  serves  for  entering  the  conversations  which  are 
feent  from  the  local  system  and  from  places  lying  back,  which  send  conversations 
through  the  exchange  station  over  the  line.  In  the  following  lines  of  the  columns, 
there  has  to  be  inserted  the  service  from  the  places  in  Bavaria,  Wurtemburg,  or  points 
outside  Germany,  that  are  connected  with  the  line,  as  also  the  service  from  other  points 
over  these  places,  to  the  government  telegraph  area. 

(3)  Conversations  lasting  twice  or  three  times  the  usual  length  are  to  be  counted 
as  double  or  threefold.    Urgent  conversations  are  to  be  counted  as  ordinary. 


Places  where  the 

Conversations 
entered  the  Line. 

Number  of  Conversations  with  or  over 

A. 

2 

1 

B. 

3 

7 
9 

C. 

4 

1 

D. 

5 
2 

E. 

Foreign 

F. 

Foreign 

Remarks. 

1 
B. 

E.  (Foreign  Points) 

F.  (Foreign  Points) 

6 
8 

7 
10 

8 

9 

10 

GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A" 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

SCHEDULE  25  TO  SECTION  37. 

FORM   OF  REGISTER   OF   THE    TRAFFIC    LOAD   ON   DOUBLE    LONG-DISTANCE   LINE.   NO.    44? 

General  Summary  by  the  General  Post  Office. 


529 


Number  of  conversations  with 

Thef 

ollowing  stretcher  have  been  used 

or  over. 

for  these  conversations. 

Places  where 

the  conversations  entered 

the  line. 

A. 

B. 

c. 

D. 

E. 

E. 

A.B. 

B.C. 

CD. 

D.E. 

E.F. 

4 

5 

1 
0 

6 

c 
.so 

G 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

13 

15 

1 

2 

3 

12 

14 

16 

A 

1 
1 

1 

r 

2 

1 

"2 
1 

1 

2 

1* 

.... 

3 

8 
1 
2 

6 

11) 
3 
2 

13 
1 
1 
1 

2 

12 

21 

2 

2 

9 

10 

20 

5 

4 

10 

9 

is 
4 
4 

11 

6 

10 

3 

2 

B    

C 

D 

1  1 

2  7 

E  (foreign) 

F  (foreign)  

5       9 

4 

3 

5 

11 

18 

21 

21 

Total 

23 

60 

67 

67 

42 

SCHEDULE  26  TO  SECTIOL  37. 

FORM  OF  REGISTER  OF  THE  TRAFFIC  LOAD  ON  THE  LONG-DISTANCE  LINES. 


Description 

of  the  line 

and 

of  its  various 

stretches. 

Conversations. 

Remark*. 

(If  several  lines 

are  reckoned 

together,  then  the 

number  of  these. ) 

Number 

of 
the  line. 

On  the 

days  when  computation 
was  made. 

Total. 

Daily 

average. 

In 

November 

In 

February . 

In 

May. 

In 

August . 

A-F 

A-B 

B-C 

C-D  .    . 

22 
58 
63 
61 
37 

20 
54 
61 
57 
34 

2:; 
59 
64 
63 
40 

23 
60 
67 
67 
42 

88 
231 
255 
248 
153 

22 
58 
64 
62 

38 

D-E 

E-F 

2212 

O-G 

Less  than  20  con- 

2213 &  6290 
2213 &  6290 

N-M 

N-M 

160 
45 

183 
50 

21 

Etc. 

200 
55 

18 
Etc. 

210 

58 

24 
Etc. 

753 

208 

63 
Etc. 

188 
52 

21 

Etc. 

versations. 
2  lines. 
Duplex    telephony 

2214 

P-O 

line. 
Formerly  less  than 

Etc. 

Etc 

Etc. 

20  conversations. 

Remarks — All  lines  exclusively  used  for  conversations  which  pay  single  charges  are  to  be  included  in 
this  register  of  lines.  In  describing  the  lines  the  most  important  terminal  points  (receiver  stations)  are  to 
set  down  first ;  and  in  the  case  of  lines  that  run  to  Bavaria,  Wurtemburg  and  points  outside  of  Germany 
the  terminal  point  (receiver  station)  situat-d  within  the  government  telegraph  area.  The  lines  are  to  be 
arranged  alphabetically,  according  to  the  terminal  points  that  are  set  down  first. 

GERMANY. 


530  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905- 
Xo.  290e.  GEEMANY— Continued. 

(Translation.) 

Post  Office  Department,  Berlin,  May  1,  1905. 

EEGULATIONS  FOE  THE  USE  OF  TELEPHONE  STATIONS. 

(A  hand  book  for  subscribers.) 

1. — PRELIMINARY    REMARKS. 

The  stations  of  a  local  telephone  system  are  to  be  used  as  follows: — 

(a)  For  the  subscribers  lo  communicate  with  one  another. 

(6)  For  sending  in  communications  to  the  central  bureau,  to  be  forwarded  by 
post,  by  express  messengers,  or  by  telegraph. 

(c)  For  transmitting   telegrams  coming  to  subscribers,  at  their  request. 

When  the  central  bureau  is  closed  at  night,  stations  can  be  connected  with  the 
public  fire  department,  in  so  far  as  the  local  system  can  be  used  for  sending  in  alarms 
of  fire. 

2. — HOURS   OF   SERVICE. 

The  hours  of  service  at  the  central  stations  are  fixed  by  the  telegraph  department. 

The  usual  hours  of  service,  and  the  hours  when  employees  may  be  called  up  at 
night  to  attend  to  the  service,  are  specified  at  the  beginning  of  the  telephone  direc- 
tories of  each  local  system. 

3. — subscriber's  principal  stations. 

Subscriber's  stations  connected  with  the  central  exchange  (by  direct  wire)  are 
termed  principal  stations. 

The  telegraph  department  decides  as  to  which  central  exchange,  the  principal 
subscriber's  stations  are  to  be  connected.  As  a  rule  they  are  connected  to  the  nearest 
central  exchange.  Premises  situated  more  than  15  km.  (9&  miles)  from  the  central 
exchange,  are  not  connected. 

By  way  of  exception,  premises  may  be  connected,  by  request,  to  some  other  cen- 
tral exchange  than  the  nearest  one,  within  the  distance  limit  of  15  km.  (9J  miles)  if 
the  person  concerned  can  prove  a  legitimate  interest,  and  if  no  valid  reasons  to  the 
contrary,  can  be  found  by  the  telegraph  management.  This  regulation,  however,  does 
not  apply  to  the  connecting  of  stations  in  localities  where  there  are  several  central 
exchanges.  Stations  subject  to  the  special  regulations  for  service  with  principal  cen- 
tres (No.  18),  or  with  municipal  systems  (No.  28)  are  only  connected  by  way  of  ex- 
ception, to  some  other  than  the  nearest  central  exchange,  and  then  only  when  in  both 
local  systems  the  unlimited  service  charge  is  allowed  for  conversations  in  service  with 
principal  centres  and  municipalities. 

In  local  systems,  where  long-distance  service  is  sufficiently  differentiated  from 
local  service,  in  the  exchanges,  the  wires  may  be  directly  led  into  the  long-distance 
room,  in  order  to  facilitate  and  accelerate  the  long-distance  service.  These  connec- 
tions, for  which  the  unlimited  service  charge  for  local  service,  specified  under  No.  12a, 
must  be  paid,  serve  exclusively  for  the  announcement  and  the  carrying  on  of  long-dis- 
tance conversations. 

4. — supplementary  stations. 

Subscribers  are  permitted  to  set  up  supplementary  stations,  and  have  these  con- 
nected with  the  principal  station,  in  the  living  or  business  rooms  of  the  premises  where 
the  principal  station  is  installed. 

Places  separated  from  the  premises  where  the  principal  station  is  installed,  by 
other  grounds  and  property,  public  roads,  streets,  squares,  esplanades,  public  streams, 
&c,  are  considered  as  separate  premises. 

Subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited  service  charge  are  permitted  to  set  up  supple- 
mentary stations  in  the  living  or  business  rooms  of  other  persons,  situated  on  the 
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premises  where  the  principal  ftation  is  installed;  or  in  living  or  business  rooms  situated 
within  other  premises,  by  consent  of  tbe  persons  concerned ;  and  have  these  supplemen- 
tary stations  connected  with  the  principal  station,  if  the  said  supplementary  stations 
are  not  more  than  15  km.  (9J  miles)  distant  from  the  central  exchange. 

This  is  also  admissible,  when  the  principal  and  the  supplementary  stations  are 
situated  within  the  area  of  different  local  telephone  systems.  On  the  other  hand,  in 
the  case  of  principal  stations  that  pay  the  unlimited  service  charge  for  service  with 
principal  centres,  and  with  municipal  systems,  supplementary  stations  will  only  be  set 
up  in  places  which  do  not  belon.u  to  the  area  of  the  systems  connected  with  the  service 
oi  principal  centres  or  municipal  systems — when  the  said  supplementary  stations  be- 
long to  the  person  who  has  the  principal  station. 

Lines  used  for  connecting  together  various  principal  stations,  are  also  counted  as 
supplementary  stations. 

Not  more  than  five  supplementary  stations  are  allowed  to  be  connected  with  the 
same  principal  station.  Subscribers  are  allowed  to  have  the  supplementary  stations, 
situated  on  the  same  premises  as  the  principal  station,  set  up  and  maintained  by  the 
telegraph  management,  or  any  other  person.  Supplementary  stations,  which  are  not 
set  up  by  the  telegraph  management,  must  comply  with  the  technical  requirements 
specified  by  the  telegraph  management. 

Before  the  service  has  begun,  the  supplementary  stations  must  be  reported  to  the 
post  office,  the  telegraph  office,  or  the  long-distance  office,  under  which  the  exchange 
is  placed.  The  said  office  is  authorized  to  see,  in  all  cases,  that  the  said  supplemen- 
tary stations  comply  with  the  specified  technical  requirements.  The  installing  and 
maintaining  of  the  supplementary  stations  not  situated  on  the  premises  where  the 
principal  station  is  set  up,  must  be  done  by  the  telegraph  management.  The  sub- 
scribers, who  have  the  supplementary  stations,  are  allowed  to  converse  with  the  prin- 
cipal station,  and  also  with  the  other  supplementary  stations  which  may  be  connected 
with  the  principal  station.  They  are  also  allowed  to  converse  within  the  same  area 
of  service,  as  is  granted  to  the  subscriber  who  has  the  principal  station. 

When  the  wires  of  several  stations  belonging  to  the  same  subscriber  run  into  the 
same  premises,  conversation  is  allowed  with  all  the  supplementary  stations  which  may 
be  connected  with  these  principal  stations.  But  should  there  be,  besides  the  supple- 
mentary stations,  any  private  'phones  for  which  no  rates  are  paid  to  the  post  office, 
then  the  said  private  'phone  or  'phones  must  be  so  installed  that  no  connections  can 
be  effected  between  the  private  'phone  and  the  exchange  station. 

5. — CONSENT   OF  THE   HOUSE  OWNER. 

Any  one  desiring  to  have  a  principal  or  a  supplementary  station  installed,  or  to 
remove  his  station,  must,  before  the  station  can  be  installed,  or  any  removal  of  an  ex- 
isting station  take  place,  produce  the  written  consent  of  the  house  proprietor,  unless 
notified  otherwise  by  the  telegraph  management.  This  consent  must  approve  the  bring- 
ing in  of  the  wires  into  the  building  in  question,  and  the  setting  up  or  moving  the  sta- 
tion, as  the  case  may  require.  This  consent  must  include  all  the  arrangements  neces- 
sary for  the  construction,  maintenance  and  extension  of  the  telegraph  and  the  tele- 
phone systems,  such  as  poles,  supports,  stays,  &c.  The  production  of  this  consent  is  the 
sine' qua  non  for  the  installing  or  shifting  of  the  telephone  station. 

6. — SETTING   UP   NEW    SUBSCRIBERS'    STATIONS. 

New  stations  except  in  a  few  of  the  larger  cities,  are  set  up  each  year  at  two  fixed 
periods,  may  be  found  specified  on  the  covers  of  the  telephone  directories.  Stations 
applied  for  after  these  periods  have  expired,  and  stations  requiring  construction  dif- 
ferent from  the  usual  plan  will  be  set  up  independently  of  these  two  appointed  periods 
by  paying  a  fixed  additional  charge  of  15  marks  ($3.57)  to  cover  the  additional  costs. 
Should  the  extra  costs,  however,  amount  to  an  unusual  sum,  then  instead  of  the  said 
sum  of  15  marks  ($3.57)  the  actual  amount  of  extra  costs  will  have  to  be  paid. 

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7. — THE    MOVING    AND   TRANSFERRING    OF    STATIONS. 

The  moving  of  a  station  within  the  area  of  the  same  local  system  can  be  requested 
if  the  regulations  given  under  No.  5  have  been  complied  with.  It  is  not  admissible 
to  move  a  station  to  the  area  of  another  local  system.  It  is  not  admissible  to  transfer 
a  station  to  another  person,  such  as  a  successor  in  business,  &c,  without  the  consent  of 
the  telegraph  management. 

8. — RESPONSIBILITY  OF  SUBSCRIBERS. 

The  subscriber  is  responsible  for  all  damage  done  by  himself  or  by  others,  as  well 
as  for  all  damage  done  by  fire,  to  the  telephones  and  their  appurtenances.  He  is  abo 
responsible  for  all  loss  arising  from  theft  within  the  building  where  the  telephone  sta- 
tion and  its  appurtenances  are  located. 

9.— SUSPENSION  OF   SERVICE   AND  REMOVAL   OF   STATIONS. 

The  telegraph  management  has  the  right  to  order  the  suspension  of  the  telephone 
service  for  a  time  entirely,  or  to  suspend  its  use  for  certain  classes  of  service.  The 
telegraph  management  has  the  right  to  remove  a  station  without  giving  any  previous 
warning  for  the  following  causes:  Unpunctuality  in  the  payment  of  charges,  misuse 
of  the  'phone,  altering  or  interfering  with  the  technical  arrangements  of  the  'phone, 
or  by  doing  wilful  damage  to  the  same,  either  by  the  subscriber,  by  his  employees,  or 
by  members  of  his  family,  or  by  inmates  of  his  house,  switching  on  'phones  constructed 
by  the  subscriber,  without  the  consent  of  the  management,  connecting  supplementary 
stations  without  the  knowledge  of  the  management,  and  unseemly  behaviour  of  per- 
sons using  the  'phone  towards  the  employees  at  the  exchange.  The  removal  of  the  sta- 
tion does  not  free  the  subscriber  from  the  responsibility  specified  under  No.  8,  nor 
from  the  liability  to  pay  the  charges,  up  to  the  end  of  the  period  specified  under  No. 
10.  The  right  to  make  use  of  a  supplementary  station  ceases  with  the  right  to  use  a 
principal  station.  Moreover,  the  supplementary  station  may  be  withdrawn  by  the  tele- 
graph management,  if  the  station  is  used  in  an  improper  manner,  or  if  it  should  be 
found  that  it  does  not  comply  with  the  technical  requirements,  or  if  special  difficulties 
should  arise  for  the  telephone  service  through  the  use  of  the  supplementary  station. 
Auxiliary  arrangements  may  be  permanently  connected  with  the  station  and  its  ap- 
purtenances, if  this  can  be  done  without  any  external  damage  to  the  apparatus,  &c, 
and  without  altering  the  internal  construction  and  its  mounting,  or  connections.  The 
telegraph  management  will  give  more  detailed  instructions  on  this  point  if  necessary. 
The  telegraph  management  is  not  responsible  for  any  loss  or  inconvenience  arising 
from  suspension  of  the  service,  derangement  of  the  wires  or  incorrect  or  false  com- 
munications sent  over  the  'phone. 

10. DURATION  OF  SUBSCRIPTION. 

The  term  of  subscription  continues  for  the  term  of  a  year  from  the  day  that  the 
station  is  handed  over.  If  the  end  of  this  period  does  not  coincide  with  the  termina- 
tion of  one  of  the  calendar  quarterly  terms,  then  the  period  of  subscription  is  to  be 
prolonged  until  the  end  of  the  said  term.  If  a  written  notice  is  not  sent  in  three 
months  in  advance,  then  the  period  of  use  is  continued  indefinitely,  with  the  right  to 
give  three  months  notice,  but  only  for  the  termination  of  a  calendar  quarterly  term. 
Notice  must  be  given  not  later  than  the  third  working  day  of  the  quarterly  term,  with 
which  the  period  of  subscription  is  to  end. 

The  use  of  a  station  for  which  written  notice  has  been  given  within  the  specified 
time  for  a  period  beyond  the  termination  of  the  date  for  which  such  notice  has  been 
given,  will  be  granted  by  request.  In  such  cases  the  full  amount  of  charges  must  be 
paid,  up  to  and  including  the  day  when  the  station  is  removed.  The  telegraph  man- 
agement, when  requested,  reserves  the  right  to  grant  to  subscribers  or  those  who  are 
immediately  concerned,  the  privilege  of  cancelling  the  subscription  agreement  before 
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the  close  of  the  first  year,  for  such  causes  as  the  death  of  the  subscriber,  the  removal 
of  residence  or  business  to  some  other  place,  retiring  from  business,  or  other  special 
and  reasonable  causes.  The  charge  specified  for  giving  up  a  station  before  the  time 
agreed  upon  is  given  under  No.  12i  (page  536.)  The  full  amount  of  charges  must  be 
paid  for  the  quarter  in  which  the  station  is  given  up  prematurely. 

The  foregoing  regulations  apply  also  to  supplementary  stations,  in  so  far  as  such 
have  been  installed,  and  are  maintained  by  the  telegraph  management,  and  also  to  any 
special  apparatus  used  in  long-distance  service  for  registering  the  charges  at  sub- 
scribers stations,  as  also  the  apparatus  used  for  ordinary  service.  No  special  period 
within  which  notice  must  be  given  is  appointed  in  the  case  of  supplementary  stations 
which  are  not  installed  and  maintained  by  the  telegraph  management.  The  charges 
must  be  fully  paid  up  to  the  end  of  the  quarterly  term  wthin  which  the  station  is  re- 
moved after  notice  of  withdrawal  is  given.  Moreover,  the  time  of  service  for  a  sup- 
plementary station,  if  it  has  not  terminated  earlier,  expires  at  the  same  time  as  the  ser- 
vice for  the  principal  station  with  which  it  is  connected. 

Special  magneto  bells,  and  additional  telephones,  will  be  removed  at  the  request 
of  the  subscriber,  without  previous  notice  being  given  from  stations  installed  by  the 
Post  Office  Department.  The  charges  for  the  same  must  be  paid  up  to  the  end  of  the 
quarterly  term  within  which  these  items  are  removed  and  the  minimum  term  of  use 
for  which  entire  charges  are  to  be  paid,  is  one  year.  Stations  may  be  installed  for  a 
shorter  period  than  one  year,  for  expositions,  &c.  The  stipulations  and  rates  for  such 
stations  will  be  fixed  by  the  telegraph  management. 

11. — VARIOUS   KINDS  OF  RATES. 

For  connection  with  a  telephone  system,  a  yearly  unlimited  service  charge  is  col- 
lected by  which  payment  the  subscriber  obtains  the  right  to  call  for  connections  be- 
tween his  own  station  and  the  other  subscribers'  stations  belonging  to  the  same  local 
system,  during  the  daily  hours  of  service,  without  paying  any  further  charges.  In- 
stead of  the  unlimited  service  rates,  the  subscriber  has  the  option  of  paying  a  measured 
service  charge  for  installing  and  maintaining  the  'phone  and  for  setting  up  and  main- 
taining the  connections,  and  in  addition  thereto  charges  for  each  conversation,  to  the 
minimum  number  of  400  conversations  yearly.  The  subscriber  has  to  make  a  declara- 
tion that  he  will  pay  the  measured  service  charge  with  the  extra  charges  for  conversa- 
tions, either  when  the  station  is  installed  or  before  the  end  of  February  of  a  new  cal- 
endar year,  to  take  effect  on  April  1. 

If  he  does  not  make  this  declaration,  then  he  will  be  required  to  pay  the  unlimited 
service  charge.  In  systems  where  the  unlimited  service  charge  is  80  marks  ($19.04) 
yearly,  the  measured  service  rates  are  not  granted. 

The  standard  for  reckoning  the  unlimited  service  rates  and  the  measured  service 
rates,  is  the  existing  number  of  subscribers'  principal  stations,  at  the  commencement 
of  the  calendar  year.  The  unlimited  service  and  measured  service  rates  thus  fixed 
come  into  effect  on  the  1st  day  of  the  following  April.  Any  changes  in  these  two  rates 
made  at  the  commencement  of  the  year  are  officially  announced  in  the  districts  to 
which  they  apply. 

If  the  new  arrangements  entail  an  increase  in  the  rates,  subscribers  are  entitled 
to  give  notice  to  have  their  stations  removed  up  to  the  end  of  February,  to  come  into 
effect  on  April  1.  Subscribers  may  also,  during  the  time  their  period  of  subscription 
lasts,  be  transferred  from  measured  service  rates  to  unlimited  service  rates,  and  vice 
versa,  or  be  transferred  from  one  class  of  measured  service  rates  to  another  class  of 
measured  service  rates,  if  they  make  request  for  the  same  within  the  time  specified  for 
giving  notice.  Moreover,  it  is  only  admissible  before  the  close  of  the  first  year,  from 
the  day  that  the  station  was  installed  (see  No.  10),  to  be  transferred  fron  measured 
service  rates  to  unlimited  service  rates,  as  also  from  a  lower  to  a  higher  class  of  un- 
limited service  rates,  if  the  subscriber  is  prepared  to  pay  the  unlimited  service  rates,  or 

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4-5  EDWAJRD  VII.,  A.  1905 

the  higher  class  of  unlimited  service  rates,  from  the  time  in  the  fiscal  year  when  the 
6tation  was  installed.  The  amounts  of  measured  service  rates  already  paid  in  for  the 
fiscal  year  will  be  counted  to  the  unlimited  service  rates.  On  the  other  hind,  the 
amounts  already  paid  for  conversations  will  not  be  allowed  for,  nor  will  charges  for 
conversations  be  cancelled  which  are  recorded  at  the  exchange  up  to  the  day  when  the 
transfer  is  effected.  Where  several  principal  stations  are  so  connected  with 
several  supplementary  stations  that  the  latter  can  be  connected  at  pleasure  with  any 
of  the  principal  stations,  the  same  rates  must  be  paid  for  all  these  principal  sta- 
tions, i.e.,  either  the  measured  service  rates  (if  the  supplementary  stations  are  all  rated 
at  the  measured  service  charge)  or  the  unlimited  service  rates,  for  service  in  the  local 
system,  or  for  service  with  neighbouring  places,  or  for  service  with  principal  centres. 

12. — RATES. 

(a)  The  unlimited  service  rates  are  as  follows : — 

In  systems  with  not  more  than  50  subscribers 80  m.  ($19.04) 

"                 more  than       50  up  to     100,  inclusive 100  m.  ($23.80) 

"             100     "         200        "         120  m.  ($28.56) 

"  .                    "             200     "         500        "         140  m.  ($33.32) 

"  "                    "             500     "      1,000        -         150  m.  ($35.70) 

"          1,000     "      5,000        "         ......  160  m.  ($38.08) 

"           5,000     "    20,000         •'          170  m.  ($40.46) 

.'(1,000  subscribers 180  m.  ($42.84) 

The  above  rates  are  paid  yearly  for  each  station  not  further,  in  a  straight  line, 
than  5  km.  (3  miles)  from  the  exchange.  In  systems  having  several  exchanges,  this 
distance  is  reckoned  from  the  central  exchange. 

(b)  The  measured  service  rates  are  as  follows : — 

In  systems  with  not  more  than  1,000  subscribers 60  m.  ($14.28) 

"  more  than    1,000  up  to  5,000,  inclusive 75  m.  ($17.85) 

"  "  5,000     "    20,000        "         90  m.  ($21.42) 

"  "  20,000  subscribers 100  m.  ($23.80) 

The  above  rates  are  paid  yearly  for  each  station  which  is  not  farther,  in  a  straight 
line,  than  5  km.  (3  miles)  from  the  exchange.  In  systems  having  several  exchanges 
this  distance  is  reckoned  from  the  central  exchange.  The  rate  for  each  conversation, 
in  local  service,  is  5  pf.  (1  cent)  during  the  daily  hours  of  service 

(c)  An  annual  extra  charge  is  required  for  stations  which  are  more  than  5  km. 
(3  miles)  distant,  in  a  straight  line,  f  >-om  the  central  exchange,  viz. :  3  m.  (71  cents) 
for  single  lines,  and  5  m.  ($1.19)  fc  netallic  circuits,  for  each  100  metres  (110  yds.), 
or  fraction  thereof  of  extra  length  of  line.  This  distance  is  to  be  measured  according 
to  the  shortest  road  by  which  the  line  can  be  led,  without  necessitating  any  unusual 
expenses — even  if  the  line  is  actually  carried  by  a  circuitous  route. 

Stations  further  than  10  km.  (6J  miles),  in  a  straight  line,  from  the  central  ex- 
change have  to  pay,  in  addition  to  the  extra  annual  charges  for  the  increased  length  of 
their  line  the  extra  cost  of  construction,  which  amounts  to  10  marks  ($2.38)  for 
single  lines,  and  15  marks  ($3.57)  for  metallic  circuit  for  every  100  metres  (110  yards), 
or  fraction  thereof,  to  be  measured  according  to  the  actual  length  of  line. 

When  request  is  made  to  have  stations  connected  to  some  other  than  the  nearest 
exchange,  then  in  addition  to  the  extra  annual  charge  for  any  additional  length  of  line, 
exceeding  5  km|  (3  miles),  an  extra  charge  for  additional  expense  of  construction  will 
also  have  to  be  paid,  according  to  the  same  proportion  as  is  specified  above. 

The  additional  expense  of  construction  may  be  reduced  wholly,  or  in  part,  by  the 
persons  concerned  furnishing  free  supplies  or  help,  as,  for  example,  by  supplying  trees 
for  poles  and  braces,  by  digging  holes  for  poles,  by  supplying  teams,  &c,  or  by  render- 
ing assistance  in  various  ways.  In  such  cases,  special  agreements  will  be  made  be- 
forehand, as  to  the  value  of  the  said  supplies  and  assistance  rendered. 

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Stations  with  common  metallic  return-wires  are  reckoned  as  stations  with  metallic 
circuit. 

(d)  For  the  use  of  exceptionally  expensive  lines,  there  must  be  paid,  in  addition 
to  the  specified  charges,  an  annual  extra  charge  of  10  per  cent  of  the  additional  cost, 
in  even  sums  of  complete  marks, 

(e)  For  installing  and  maintaining  supplementary  stations,  by  the  telegraph 
management,  the  following  charges  are  collected: — 

For  supplementary  stations  installed  in  the  living  or  business  rooms  of  the  pre- 
mises that  belong  to  the  subscriber  who  has  the  principal  station — 

For  each  supplementary  station,  yearly 20  marks  ($4.76) 

For  each  other  supplementary  station,  yearly  ....     30  marks  ($7.14) 

If  more  than  100  metres  (110  yards)  of  line  are  required  to  connect  the  said  sup- 
plementary station  with  the  principal  station,  then,  in  addition  to  the  above,  there  will 
be  charged  for  every  additional  100  metres  (110  yards),  or  fraction  thereof: — 

For  single  lines,  yearly 3  marks  (71  cents) 

For  metallic  circuits,  yearly 5  marks   (1.19) 

This  distance  will  be  measured  according  to  the  shortest  road  that  can  be  used  for 
setting  up  the  line,  without  entailing  any  special  cost,  even  if  the  line  is  actually  car- 
ried around  some  other  way.  For  supplementary  stations  which  are  more  than  10  km. 
(6J  miles)  distant  from  the  central  exchange,  the  same  extra  charges  for  additional 
cost  of  construction,  for  extra  length  of  line,  measured  from  the  principal  station, 
will  be  made,  as  have  been  specified  above  for  principal  stations,  under  the  same  con- 
ditions. The  extra  charges  for  additional  cost  of  construction  will  be  estimated  ac- 
cording to  the  actual  length  of  line  that  exists  outside  the  10  km.  (6  J  miles)  circle 
wbich  forms  the  specified  area  of  the  exchange. 

if  two  stations  are  connected  with  each  other  by  special  lines,  thereby  increasing 
the  equipement  in  each  of  the  said  stations,  then,  in  addition  to  the  extra  charge  for 
the  line,  a  special  maximum  charge  of  20  marks  ($4.76)  will  be  made,  if  the  equip- 
ment is  located  in  the  living  or  business  rooms  of  the  same  person,  within  the  same 
premises,  but  if  located  otherwise  the  maximum  charge  will  be  30  marks  ($7.14). 

(f)  For  supplementary  stations  which  are  not  installed,  or  maintained  by  the 
telegraph  management,  the  following  charges  are  collected: — For  a  station  located  in 
the  living  or  business  rooms  of  the  premises  which  belong  to  the  subscriber  who  has 
the  principal  station,  and  on  the  same  premises  where  the  principal  station  is,  an 
annual  charge  of  10  marks  ($2.38)  must  be  paid;  and  for  each  additional  supplemen- 
tary station  installed  herein,  an  annual  charge  of  15  marks  ($3.57). 

(g)  The  additional  annual  charge  for  installing  and  maintaining  an  extra  bell  or 
bells,  or  for  a  special  indicator-drop  in  the  same  premises  where  the  station  is  installed 
is,  for  each  bell  or  indicator-drop,  3  marks  (71  cents). 

2.  For  supplying  and  maintaining  an  extra  telephone,  the  annual  charge  is  5 

marks  ($1.19). 

3.  The  installation  of  an  extra  bell  or  bells,  an  extra  telephone,  or  an  indicator- 

drop,  is  done  free  of  charge,  if  required  within  the  '  two  special  periods 
fired  for  such  work  (see  No.  6),  or  if  it  should  happen  that  some  other 
work  is  to  be  done  at  the  same  time.  If  the  subscriber  wishes  to  have  these 
installations  made  at  some  other  time  than  those  hereinbefore  specified,  a 
charge  will  be  made  to  cover  the  additional  expense,  which  charge  will  be 
reckoned  according  to  the  time  occupied  in  doing  the  work. 

4.  For  special  bells  differing  from  those  commonly  used  by  the  telegraph  manage- 

ment, besides  the  annual  charge  of  3  marks  (71  cents),  the  actual  cost  of  pro- 
curing, installing  and  maintaining  the  same  will  be  made.  Should  the  sub- 
scriber require  a  bell  arrangement  attached  to  a  special  indicator-drop,  in  con- 
nection with  his  station,  he  must  pay  the  eost  of  supplying,  fixing  and  main- 
taining the  bell,  battery  and  inside  wires  for  same. 

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536  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

5.  For  installing  bells  differing  from  those  usually  employed  by  the  telegraph 

management,  and  for  bells  attached  to  a  special  indicator-drop,  there  must  be 
paid  a  special  charge  of  4  marks  (95  cents),  besides  the  cost  of  supplying 
and  constructing  the  same.  See  also  subsection  3,  hereto.  For  an  additional 
receiver  supplied  at  the  subscriber's  request,  the  actual  cost  of  same  must  be 
paid.  Any  equipment  supplied  at  the  subscriber's  expense  becomes  his  own 
property. 

6.  When  subscribers  have  a  special  kind  of  bell,  installed  by  some  firm  other  than 

the  telegraph  management,  an  annual  charge  of  3  marks  (71  cents)  must  be 
paid  for  each  bell  to  Post  Office  Department,  and  the  subscriber  must  bear  the 
cost  of  supplying,  fixing  and  maintaining  such  bells. 
(h)  The  following  charges  are  made  for  moving  subscribers'  stations  within  the 
same  room : — 

For  metallic  circuits 6  m.  ($1.43) 

For  single  lines 4  m.  (95  cents). 

Within  the  same  premises: — 

For  double  metallic  circuits 10  m.   ($2.38) 

For  single  lines 6  m.   ($1.43) 

To  other  premises  : — 

For  metallic  circuits 25  m.   ($5.95) 

For  single  lines 15  m.  ($3.57) 

If  the  new  station  is  more  than  10  km.  (6£  miles)  distant  from  the  central  ex- 
change, the  additional  cost  of  construction  must  be  paid  (according  to  No.  12  c)  for 
the  new  line" that  has  to  be  erected  outside  the  distance  limit  of  10  kaa.  (6 J  miles), 
even  if  the  former  station  was  also  situated  outside  this  distance  limit. 

If  the  moving  of  the  station  necessitates  the  substitution  of  a  metallic  circuit  for 
a  single  wire,  or  if  a  metallic  circuit  is  replaced  by  a  single  wire,  the  rates  wijl  be 
fixed  accordingly. 

When  several  stations  installed  in  the  same  room,  having  one  connecting  wire  in 
common,  are  to  be  removed  to  another  room  within  the  same  premises,  or  to  some  room 
outside  the  premises,  the  full  specified  charge  must  be  paid  for  removing  the  first  sta- 
tion, and  for  the  additional  stations,  the  charge  will  only  be  that  made  for  the  moving 
of  a  station  within  the  same  room,  i.e.,  4  marks  (95  cents),  or  6  marks  ($1.43)  for 
single  or  metallic  circuits  respectively.  No  special  charge  is  made  for  the  removal 
and  refixing  of  an  additional  telephone  or  special  bell  when  stations  are  being  removed. 
If  a  supplementary  station,  installed  on  the  same  premises  as  the  principal  station 
has  to  be  moved  with  the  principal  station,  to  some  other  premises,  then  the  charge 
for  moving  the  supplementary  station  will  only  be  that  prescribed  for  moving  a  supple- 
mentary station  within  the  same  premises,  i.e.,  6  marks  ($1.43),  or  10  marks  ($2.38), 
according  as  there  are  single  or  metallic  circuits.  For  other  smaller  items  of  work 
performed  in  connection  with  telephone  stations,  such  as  taking  down  and  refixing  in- 
side wires,  replacing  the  same,  or  broken  ground  wires,  a  fixed  sum  will  be  charged  for 
the  time  occupied  in  doing  the  work. 

(i)  The  charge  required  for  taking  out  a  station  before  the  end  of  the  first  year 
(see  No.  10)  is  15  marks  ($3.57)  for  each  station,  and  when  poles  and  lines  have  to  be 
taken  down,  the  difference  in  the  cost  of  such  construction  (if  any)  for  which  the  sub- 
scriber may  be  liable,  must  be  paid  for  the  period  of  subscription  yet  to  run,  as  well  as 
the  cost  of  taking  down  the  lines. 

(/.)  An  annual  charge  of  10  marks  ($2.38)  is  made  when  the  standard  time  is 
communicated  daily  at  the  subscriber's  request. 

13. USE    OF    STATIONS    BY    OTHER    PERSONS. 

Subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited  service  charge  are  entitled  to  allow  other  per- 
6ons  to  use  their  stations  for  conversations  with  other  subscribers,  free  of  charge; 
GERMANY. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

and  also  to  allow  persons  to  converse  with  the  public  call  stations,  which  belong  to  the 
telephone  area  of  the  same  local  system.  Subscribers  who  pay  for  measured  service, 
i.e.,  who  pay  a  single  charge  for  each  conversation  may  collect  these  charges  for  con- 
versations, from  other  persons  whom  they  permit  to  make  use  of  their  telephone. 

14. — SERVICE    WITH    NEIGHBOURING    PLACES. 

Subscribers  of  such  neighbouring  places  as  pay  a  common  tax  for  mail  delivery, 
according  to  the  appointment  of  the  Chancellor  of  State,  are  allowed,  if  they  pay  rates 
for  unlimited  service,  to  converse  with  the  systems  of  other  neighbouring  places,  with- 
out paying  additional  charges.  If  they  wish  to  avail  themselves  of  this  privilege,  and 
if  the  charge  for  unlimited  service  is  higher  in  one  of  these  places  than  in  their  own 
system,  they  must  pay  this  higher  charge,  instead  of  the  lower  charge  in  their  own 
system.  Subscribers  paying  unlimited  service  rates  are  entitled  to  allow  other  per- 
sons to  converse,  free  of  charge,  with  subscribers  of  those  other  neighbouring  places, 
with  which  they  themselves  are  allowed  to  converse. 

Subscribers  who  pay  the  measured  service  rates  are' allowed  to  converse  with  neigh- 
bouring places,  by  paying  5  pf.  (lc.)  for  each  connection  made.  If,  however,  the  mea- 
sured service  rates  are  higher  in  one  of  these  neighbouring  places  than  in  their  own 
system,  persons  desiring  to  avail  themselves  of  this  privilege  must  pay  the  higher 
charge  instead  of  the  lower  one  fixed  for  their  own  system.  A  minimum  number  of 
400  conversations  at  5  pf.  (1  cent)  each  must  be  paid  for  yearly,  by  subscribers  using 
service  with  neighbouring  places. 

Subscribers  in  local  systems  where  the  measured  service  rates  are  not  in  opera- 
tion, must  pay  a  charge  of  5  pf .  (1  cent)  for  each  connection  made,  with  neighbouring 
places,  in  the  case  of  systems  where  the  measured  service  rates  are  60  marks  ($14.28) 
yearly,  if  more  than  60  marks  ($14.28)  yearly  are  charged  for  measured  service,  in  one 
of  these  neighbouring  places,  the  subscribers  of  those  systems  which  do  not  pay  for 
measured  service  must  also  pay  a  charge  of  5  pf.  (1  cent)  for  each  connection  made 
^vith  neighbouring  places.  If  they  wish  to  avail  thsmselves  of  this  privilege,  they 
must  pay,  as  an  additional  charge  to  the  telephone  unlimited  service  rates,  a  yearly 
amount  corresponding  to  the  difference  between  60  marks,  and  the  highest  rate  paid 
for  measured  service  in  the  local  systems,  belonging  to  such  neighbouring  places. 

If  use  is  not  made  of  this  arrangement,  a  charge  of  10  pf.  (2  cents)  will  be  re- 
quired for  each  connection  made  in  service  with  neighbouring  places.  The  subscriber 
can  be  transferred  from  the  10  pf.  (2  cents)  rate  for  each  conversation  for  service  with 
neighbouring  places,  to  5  pf.  (1  cent)  rate  for  each  conversation,  and  vice  versa,  at  the- 
beginning  of  each  quarterly  term,  provided  that  the  subscriber  makes  request  for  the 
same,  in  writing,  not  later  than  one  month  beforehand. 

15. SERVICE    WITH    PRINCIPAL    CENTRES. 

The  rates  for  a  connection,  lasting  not  longer  than  3  minutes,  is  20  pf.  (5  cents) 
between  stations  admitted  to  service  with  principal  centres.  The  use  of  trunk  lines 
in  service  with  principal  centres,  is  permitted,  without  extra  charge,  to  those  sub- 
scribers who  pay  instead  of  the  yearly  unlimited  service  rates,  specified  in  Xo.  12a. 
an  unlimited  service  rate  of  200  marks  ($47.60).  They  have  the  right  to  call  up  all 
the  subscribers,  within  the  area  of  service  with  principal  centres,  without  extra  charge, 
no  matter  what  class  of  rates  are  paid  by  these  subscribers.  Subscribers  who,  accord- 
ing to  the  rulea  specified,  pay  an  unlimited  service  rate  of  at  least  150  marks  ($35.70) 
in  their  own  system,  or  in  the  systems  pf  neighbouring  places,  have  also,  on  their  part, 
the  right  to  call  up,  without  extra  charge,  those  subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited 
service  rate  of  200  marks  ($47.60). 

Subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited  service  rates,  in  service  with  principal  centres, 
are  entitled  to  allow  other  persons  to  use  their  telephones  free  of  charge  for  conversa- 
tions with  subscribers  in  other  places  of  the  same  area  of  service  with  principal  cen- 
tres, with  whom  they  themselves  are  allowed  to  converse  for    the    unlimited    service 

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538  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OX  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

rates.    No  extension  is  granted  of  the  service  with  principal  centres,  to  local  systems, 
which  do  not  yet  belong  to  the  area  of  a  principal  centre  system. 

16. — SERVICE    OVER    LONG-DISTANOE    LINES    (TRUNK    LINES). 

In  long-distance  service,  charges  are  collected  for  each  conversation  over  the 
Itrunk  lines.  In  service  within  the  government  telegraph  area,  and  in  service  with 
Bavaria  and  Wurtemburg,  the  amount  of  those  charges,  for  a  connection  lasting  not 
longer  than  3  minutes,  is  as  follows : — 

For  a  distance  up  to       25  km.,  inclusive  (  15£  miles) 20  pf.  (  5  cents) 

"  "  50        "  (31   miles) 25  pf .  (  6  cents) 

"  "  100        "  (  62  miles) 50  pf.  (12  cents) 

"  "  500        "  (310  miles) . .    .  .    . .   1  m.  (24  cents) 

"  "  1,000        "  (621  miles) 1  m.  50  pf.  (35c.) 

For  a  distance  of  more  than  1,000  km.  (621  miles) 2  m.  (48  cents) 

For  estimating  the  distance,  the  regulations  apply  which  are  given  in  the  law  re- 
garding post  office  charges  of  October  28,  1871,  section  2,  paragraph  2.  (See  Govern- 
ment Code,  p.  358.)     The  charges  for  service  with  foreign  parts  are  specially  fixed. 

17. — ANNOUNCEMENT    OF    CONVERSATIONS    BEFOREHAND. 

In  service  with  principal  centres,  and  in  long-distance  service,  when  request  is 
made,  the  name  of  the  person  desiring  to  converse  will  be  sent  on  to  the  station  to  be 
called  up  before  the  connections  are  made  for  carrying  on  the  conversation.  A  charge 
of  25  pf.  (6  cents)  is  required  for  this  privilege.  This  charge  must  be  also  paid  in 
cases  when  the  conversation  is  carried  on  from  the  station  that  has  been  called  up  by 
some  other  person  than  the  particular  person  desired.  In  service  with  stock  exchanges 
this  particular  charge  is  not  required.    For  abatement  of  charges,  see  No.  25. 

18. — CONNECTIONS  DURING  NIGHT    HOURS. 

The  night  hours  fixed  for  local  service,  service  with  principal  centres,  with 
neighbouring  places,  and  for  departmental  (municipal)  service,  except  where  there 
are  special  rules  for  particular  places,  are  from  9  p.m.  until  7  a.m.,  and  in  long-distance 
service,  from  9  p.m.  until  8  a.m. 

During  the  daily  hours  of  service,  conversations  begun  according  to  the  regula- 
tions for  daily  traffic,  are  allowed  to  be  prolonged  beyond  the  close  of  the  daily 
service,  for  a  period  equal  to  that  allowed  for  a  conversation  during  night  hours, 
anJ  will  still  be  reckoned  as  a  conversation  during  day  hours.  If  conversations  are 
continued  longer,  night  charges  will  be  collected  for  the  additional  time,  beyond  that 
allowed  for  the  day  charges.  In  exchange  stations,  with  night  service,  conversations 
will  only  be  granted,  in  local  service,  and  in  service  with  neighbouring  places,  during 
the  hours  of  night  service,  on  payment  of  charges  for  each  conversation.  The  charge 
for  each  of  such  connections  is  20  pf.  (5  cents).  In  local  systems  without  night  ser- 
vice, as  well  as  in  service  with  neighbouring  places  between  two  local  systems  which 
do  not  both  have  night  service,  connections  may  be  made  for  the  whole  night.  For 
arranging  each  such  connection  a  charge  of  20  pf.  (5  cents)  is  required.  For  connec- 
tions of  this  kind,  agreed  to  beforehand,  the  unlimited  service  charge  between  the 
same  stations  is : — 

For  each  month,  paid  monthly 1  mark  (24  cents) 

For  each  quarter,  paid  quarterly 2  marks  50  pf.  (60  cents) 

For  the  continuous  connections  supplied  for  the  above  unlimited  service  charge 
those  regular  connections  which  are  made  use  of  for  sending  in  alarms  of  fire  to  the  fire 
department  (where  such  service  is  given)  are  also  counted. 

In  service  with  neighbouring  places,  continuous  night  connections  are  also  al- 
lowed between  subscribers'  stations  in  local  systems  not  having  night  service  and  ex- 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

change  stations  having  night  service.  If  a  single  continuous  connection  is  used  for  a 
conversation  for  which  a  separate  charge  is  made,  the  charge  for  the  continuous  con- 
nection is  not  collected ;  but  unlimited  service  charges  for  continuous  connections  dur- 
ing night  hours  are  not  refunded.  The  regular  arranging  of  night  connections  in 
service  with  neighbouring  places  is  only  undertaken  in  each  case  with  the  reservation 
that  the  privilege  may  be  cancelled  at  any  time.  The  charges  for  night  conversations 
and  continuous  connections  during  night  hours,  have  also  to  be  paid,  when  the  sub- 
scribers who  request  the  connections  pay  a  yearly  unlimited  charge  for  such  service. 
In  long-distance  service,  the  trunk  lines  between  local  systems  in  which  telephone  night 
service  is  carried  on,  may  be  used  by  the  subscribers  during  night  hoars,  both  for 
single  conversations,  for  which  charges  are  collected,  as  well  as  for  conversations  un- 
der the  usual  subscription  rates  per  year.  For  single  conversations  during  night  hours 
the  same  charges  have  to  be  paid,  as  for  conversations  during  the  hours  of  daily  ser- 
vice, of  the  same  length  of  time.  The  subscription  rates  apply  to  those  conversations 
which  are  carried  on  during  the  daily  hours  of  service.  Each  subscription  for  night 
connections  embraces,  at  least,  a  period  of  one  month.  The  subscription  may  com- 
mence at  any  time,  but  the  beginning  of  the  month  is  always  reckoned  from  the  fol- 
lowing 1st  or  16th  of  the  month.  The  fractional  part  of  the  monthly  subscription  for 
the  time  up  to  the  beginning  of  the  monthly  term  of  subscription,  has  to  be  paid  along 
with  the  subscription  charge  for  the  first  month.  The  subscription  may  only  be  given 
up  by  the  15th  of  a  month,  or  at  the  end  of  a  month. 

For  long-distance  conversations  made  by  subscribers,  half  the  amount  is  required 
that  is  specified  for  ordinary  conversations  of  the  same  duration,  mada  during  the 
daily  hours  of  service.  The  charge  is  due  in  advance.  In  fixing  the  monthly  amount, 
the  month  is  reckoned  as  thirty  days. 

The  duration  of  a  conversation  is  6  minutes,  and  the  maximum  duration  allowed 
is  12  minutes. 

Conversations  covered  by  the  above-mentioned  subscription  may  only  be  carried  on 
regarding  matters  pertaining  to  the  subscriber,  or  affairs  belonging  to  persons  con- 
nected with  his  household  or  place  of  business.  No  reimbursement  of  charges  is  al- 
lowed for  connections  that  have  not  been  used.  On  the  other  hand,  if  the  time  allowed 
for  conversation  could  not  be  used  at  all,  or  could  only  be  used  in  part,  owing  to  some 
derangement  or  interruption  in  the  service,  then  opportunity  will  be  given  to  the  sub- 
scriber, if  at  all 'possible,  in  the  same  night,  to  make  this  good.  If,  on  account  of  de- 
rangement or  interruption  in  the  service,  the  conversation  was  not  possible  at  all,  and 
if  opportunity  to  make  up  for  this  was  also  not  possible,  then,  at  !the  request  of  the 
subscriber,  a  thirtieth  part  of  the  month's  charges  that  have  to  be  paid  will  be  re- 
funded to'him. 

The  request  for  subscription  has  to  be  presented  at  the  exchange  station  in  the 
district  where  the  applicant  resides,  and  arrangements  will  also  be  made  with  the  said 
exchange  station  beforehand  regarding  the  time  when  the  conversations  are  to  be  car- 
ried on. 

The  subscriber  may  prolong  the  minimum  period  of  subscription  from  month  to 
month.  The  rates  are  to  be  paid  monthly,  in  advance.  For  this  purpose  the  account 
for  the  new  month  will  be  presented  not  later  than  8  days  before  the  term  of  subscrip- 
tion expires.    If  it  is  not  paid,  then  the  subscription  is  considered  as  cancelled. 

In  service  with  principal  centres,  and  in  departmental  (municipal)  service,  single 
conversations,  and  conversations  under  subscription  rates,  are  granted,  between  local 
systems,  in  which  telephone  night  service  is  carried  on,  under  the  same  stipulations 
as  in  long-distance  service;  and  if  there  is  no  night  service  in  either  of  the  two  places 
to  be  connected  with  each  other,  then  continuous  night  connections  will  be  made,  as 
in  service  with  neighbouring  places  (interlocal  service). 

The  following  charges  are  collected  monthly  for  continuous  night  connections, 
which  have  been  previously  arranged: — In  service  with  principal  centres,  an  unlimited 
service  charge  of  3  marks   (71  cents) ;  in  departmental  (municipal)   service,  thirty 

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540  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

times  the  amount  of  the  half  charge  for  an  ordinary  conversation  of  3  minutes  dura- 
tion (No.  16),  between  the  two  local  systems  required. 

19. — PUBLIC    CALL    STATIONS. 

The  amount  of  charges  for  conversations,  ol  not  more  than  3  minutes  duration, 
sent  from  public  call  stations,  is : — 

In  local  service,  and  service  with  neighbouring  places. .  10  pf.  (2^c.) 
In  service  with  principal  centres 20  pf.    (5c.) 

In  long-distance  service,  the  charges  specified  under  No.  16  are  collected.  If  a 
receipt  is  requested  for  charges  paid,  then  an  extra  charge  of  10  pf.  (2£  cents)  must 
be  paid  for  the  said  receipt.  No  special  charge  is  made  for  conversations  sent  from 
subscriber's  stations  to  public  call  stations  in  local  service,  and  in  service  with  neigh- 
bouring places  and  principal  centres,  when  subscribers  pay  the  unlimited  service 
charge  specified  for  the  service  in  question.  In  other  cases,  subscribers  have  to  pay,  in 
local  service,  a  charge  of  5  pf.  (1  cent)  for  each  conversation;  and  in  service  with 
neighbouring  places  and  principal  centres,  the  rates  specified  for  conversations  under 
Nos.  14  and  15. 

In  all  public  call  stations  located  in  public  establishments,  &c.  (with  the  excep- 
tion of  automatic  slot  machine  telephones)  persons  living  in  the  vicinity  may  on  re- 
quest be  sent  for  to  come  to  the  'phone.  In  such  cases  a  charge  of  25  pf.  (6  cents)  is 
made  for  each  person.  This  charge  for  calling  a  person  to  the  'phone  has  also  to  be  paid 
in  cases  where  a  post  office  agent,  or  the  person  in  charge  of  an  auxiliary  station,  re- 
ceives an  incoming  message  or  order  for  another  person  residing  in  the  vicinity,  and 
forwards  the  same  to  the  said  person,  no  matter  how  the  forwarding  is  effected.  The 
post  office  agent,  or  the  person  in  charge  of  an  auxiliary  station,  to  whom  the  request 
is  made  to  forward  such  communication  to  other  persons,  is  authorized  to  refuse  to  be 
responsible  for  the  right  delivery  of  the  said  communication.  This  charge  for  calling 
a  person  to  the  'phone  is  not  collected  if  the  person  to  be  called  up,  on  the  long-dis- 
tance connection,  is  already  present  in  the  public  call  station,  and  notifies  the  person 
calling  up,  when  the  request  is  made  for  conversation,  that  he  is  already  there. 

20. — AUTOMATIC    SI, (IT    MACHINE    TELEPHONES. 

The  regulations  given  under  No.  19  apply  also  to  the  use  of  public  call  stations 
with  slot  machine  telephones.  Urgent  conversations,  conversations  arranged  for 
beforehand,  and  conversations  for  which  the  person  called  up  must  be  sent  for  to  come 
to  the  'phone,  are  not  allowed  in  public  automatic  slot  machine  stations;  neither  are 
these  stations  allowed  to  be  used  in  departmental,  or  in  long-distance  service.  At  the 
request  of  subscribers,  their  stations  may  also  be  furnished  with  automatic  slot  ma- 
chine telephones,  instead  of  the  ordinary  telephone  sets,  if  the  subscribers  guaran- 
tee an  annual  minimum  amount  of  charges  for  the  continuation  of  the  contract  of 
agreement;  which  sum  is  to  be  fixed  by  the  telegraph  management.  As  security  for 
the  continuation  of  the  contract,  the  fourth  part  of  the  guaranteed  annual  amount  of 
charges  must  be  deposited.  No  special  time  is  specified  for  sending  in  of  requests  to 
have  the  ordinary  stations  changed  for  automatic  slot  machine  telephones;  nor  is  it 
necessary  to  send  in  a  formal  announcement  to  cancel  the  former  station.  Subscribers' 
stations  with  the  automatic  slot  machine  telephone  are  allowed  to  hold  conversation 
with  local  service,  and  service  with  neighbouring  places,  and  principal  centres;  also 
in  departmental  (municipal)  service,  and  in  long-distance  service.  The  charges  for 
conversations,  from  subscriber's  automatic  stations,  are  10  pf.  (2J  cents)  in  local 
bervice,  and  service  with  neighbouring  places.  For  conversations  in  service  with 
principal  centres,  departmental  (municipal)  service,  and  long-distance '  service,  the 
general  charges,  specified  in  Nos.  15  and  16,  are  collected.  Supplementary  stations 
are  not  supplied  with  automatic  slot  machine  telephones. 
GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  541 

APPENDIX  No.    I 

21. ACCIDENT    OR    EMERGENCY    CALLS. 

Instructions  will  be  found  in  the  telephone  directories  as  to  the  arrangements  for 
making  accident  calls,  during  the  hours  when  there  is  no  service  in  the  exchange  sta- 
tions. 

Foi  an  accident  call  made  during  night  hours  (see  Iso.  18)  the  following  charges 
are  collected  : — 

In  local  service  and  service  with  neighbouring  places.  .  .  .20pf.  (5c.) 
In  service  with  principal  centres,    for    each    connection 

lasting  not  longer  than  3  minutes 20  pf.  (5c.) 

In  other  kinds  of  service,  the  same  charges  are  paid,  as  are  specified  under  No.  16. 
For  estimating  the  charges  for  accident  calls  during  the  intervals  when  there  is  no 
service  in  the  day  hours,  the  regulations  apply  that  are  given  for  stations  calling  up, 
during  daily  service.  A  charge  of  25  pf.  (6  cents)  is  made  for  calling  a  person  to  a 
public  call  station. 

22. — URGENT   CALLS. 

Urgent  calls  are  allowed  in  long-distance  and  departmental  (municipal)  service, 
in  service  with  principal  centres,  and  also  from  public  call  stations,  in  ^local  service, 
and  service  with  neighbouring  places.  The  charge  for  an  urgent  conversation  lasting 
not  longer  than  three  minutes  is  30'  pf.  (7  cents)  in  local  service,  and  with  neighbour- 
ing places,  and  60  pf.  (14  cents)  in  service  with  principal  centres.  Three  times  the 
ordinary  amount  of  rates  is  collected  in  departmental  and  'in  long-distance  service.  In 
departmental  (municipal)  service  and  in  service  with  principal  centres,  charges  must 
be  paid  for  each  urgent  call,  even  by  those  subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited  service 
rates  for  ordinary  service. 

23. — O'RDER   AND  DURATION  01'  CONVERSATIONS. 

Connections  are  made  according  to  the  order  in  which  they  are  asked  for.  Urgent 
conversations  have  precedence  over  ordinary  conversations.  • 

Conversations  may  be  prolonged  beyond  six  minutes,  if  no  other  persons  have 
made  request  for  connections.  Special  notice  before  breaking  the' connection  will  only 
be  given  from  the  exchange  staion  to  the  person  using  the  'phone,  that  the  time  al- 
lowed for  conversation  has  elapsed,  if 'a  prior  request  to  that  effect  has  been  made.  By 
way  of  experiment,  it  has  been  arranged  that  on  ordinary  week  days,  before  9  a.m. 
and  after  7  p.m.,  and  further,  on  Sundays  and  holidays,  ''ordinary  and  urgent  conver- 
sations in  service  with  principal  centres  and  in  departmental  service,  and  in  long- 
distance service,  may  be  prolonged  beyond  the  ordinary  ''period  of  six  minutes,  up  to 
thirty  minutes,  by  paying  charges  for  each  conversation,  if  request  for  connections 
for  other  urgent  conversations  have  not  been  already  made,  or  if  (during  the  night) 
subscribers'  conversations  have  not  to  be  carried  on. 

On  ordinary  week  days,  between  9  a.m.  1  and  7  p.m.  conversations  are  not  allowed 
to  be  prolonged  beyond  six  minutes,  when  requests  for  other  connections  have  been 
made.    The  only  exception  being  for  urgent  conversations. 

The  simultaneous  request  by  a  subscriber  for  several  consecutive  long-distance 
conversations  with  the  same  subscriber  at  a  long-distance  point  is  not  admissible.  Each 
station  is  allowed  only  one  conversation  at  a  time,  with  the  same  subscriber  at  a  long- 
distance point.  One  conversation  must  be  terminated  before  a  request  for  a  second 
connection  with  the  same  subscriber  can  be  carried  out. 

24. — TRANSMISSION  OF  TELEGRAMS,  ETC.,   BY  TELEPHONE. 

The  rates  'for  receiving  communications  by  telephone  which  have  to  be  forwarded 
by  other  means  is  1  pf.  (I  cent)  per  word,  with  a  minimum  charge  of  20  pf.  (5  cents). 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Charges  in  excess  of  this  rate  are  to  be  calculated  in  multiples  of  10  pf.  (2 J  cents). 
For  forwarding  these  communications  by  mail,  express  messengers  or  telegraph,  the 
ordinary  tariff  charges  for  transmission  are  collected  in  addition  to  the  foregoing 
charges  for  receiving.  No  credit  accounts  are  allowed.  The  charge  for  transmitting 
a  telegram  to  a  subscriber,  through  the  'phone,  is'  10  pf.  (2 J  cents),  without  regard 
to  the  number  of  words.  Communications  for  transmission  by  mail,  express  messen- 
gers, or  telegraph,  may  only  be  sent  by  subscribers  through  exchange  station  of  their 
own  local  system,  unless  exceptions  are  made  for  neighbouring  places,  and  principal 
centres  of  some  of  the  larger  places.  Non-subscribers  may  use  the  'phone  for  trans- 
mitting telegrams,  &c.  The  subscriber  whose  station  is  used  is  responsible  for  the 
resulting  charges. 

When  telegrams  with  answer  prepaid  are  delivered  over  the  'phone,  the  amounts 
will  be  entered  in  the  monthly  account,  after  the  answer  forms  have  been  collected 
which  are  delivered  to  the  subscribers.  The  transmission  of  telegrams  by  'phone  to 
subscribers,  who,  on  account  of  there  being  no  exchange  station  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  the  telegraph  office  of  their  district,  are  connected  to  the  exchange  station  of  some 
neighbouring  place,  is  only  admissible  when  the  telegrams  are  actually  addressed  to 
the  place  where  the  said  exchange  station  is  located.  The  receivers  of  such  telegrams 
must  therefore  see  that  telegrams  sent  in  to  them  over  the  'phone,  are  correctly  ad- 
dressed after  the  manner  described  above. 

Telephone  stations  in  country  places  which  have  no  telegraph  office,  may  also  be 
used  for  the  transmission  of  telegrams  for  other  persons  residing  in  the  district,  if 
the  said  persons  make  a  written  request  to  the  telegraph  office  concerned,  to  have  their 
telegrams  sent  to  them  over  the  'phone,  and,  at  the  same  time,  produce  the  consent  of 
the  subscriber  whose  'phone  is  to  be  used  for  this  purpose.  The  telegraph  management 
is  not  responsible  for  mistakes,  &c,  made  by  subscribers  in  receiving  and  transmitting 
such  telegrams. 

In  Berlin,  telegrams  are  only  transmitted  to  subscribers  over  the  'phone  when  the 
subscribers  have  an  abbreviated  address,  which  has  been  'fixed  and  agreed  upon,  or 
when  the  station  is  designated  before  the  subscriber's  name  in  the  telephone  directory, 
according  to  number  and  bureau  of  connection.  The  designation  of  the  telephone  sta- 
tion may  be  given  by  a  single  compound  number,  the  first  figure  of  which  is  the  num- 
ber of  the  exchange  station,  and  the  following  figures  the  number  of  the  subscriber's 
station ;  for  example,  No.  61642,  that  is,  central  station  No.  6,  and  subscribers'  station 
No.  1642.  In  this  case,  it  is  not  necessary  to  give  the  name  of  the  street  and  the  num- 
ber of  the  house.  In  Berlin  also,  telegrams  are  only  transmitted  over  the  'phone  by 
request. 

When  telegrams  to  places  other  than  Berlin  are  to  be  transmitted  over  the  tele- 
phone to  subscribers  who  have  previously  requested  this  to  be  done,  the  number  of  such 
subscriber's  station  may  be  given  instead  of  the  street  address.  Copies  of  telegrams 
received  by  the  telegraph  office  and  transmitted  to  subscribers  over  the  telephone,  will 
be  subsequently  mailed  to  such  subscribers  in  a  sealed  envelope. 

The  charge  for  sending  in  the  telegram  by  'phone  is  collected  when  the  telegrams 
are  handed  in.  This  charge  is  not  collected,  if  the  sender  has  paid  the  charges  for  de- 
livery, by  express  messenger,  in  advance.  No  reimbursement  is  granted  of  any  extra 
amount  that  may  have  been  paid  for  express  messenger  charges. 

If  telegrams  are  transmitted  by  the  'phone,  during  the  night  service  hours,  the 
usual  charges  for  night  connections,  for  each  connection  made,  in  transmitting  the 
said  telegrams  must  also  be  paid,  in  addition  to  the  charges  specified  for  this  service. 

25. — PAYMENT  OF  CHARGES. 

The  subscriber  who  has  a  principal  telephone  station,  is  responsible  for  all  the 
charges  due  for  the  use  of  the  said  station,  and  any  supplementary  stations  connected 
therewith.    He  must  pay  the  charges  specified  in  the  account  presented  by  the  telegraph 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

management,  but  has  the  right  to  demand  reimbursement  of  any  charges  which  he  may 
prove  to  be  incorrect. 

All  charges  so  far  as  they  can  be  specified  beforehand,  are  due  quarterly,  in  ad- 
vance, on  January  2,  April  1,  July  1,  and  October  1. 

A  telephone  station  installed  after  a  quarterly  term  begins  is  liable  for  charges 
from  and  including  the  date  of  installation  up  to  the  end  of  the  same  quarter. 

If  a  station  is  installed  at  any  time  within  the  first  half  of  a  quarterly  term,  the 
subscriber  may  pay  the  unlimited  service  rate,  or  the  measured  service  rate,  from  the 
first  day  of  the  said  quarterly  term,  instead  of  from  the  date  of  installation,  on  the  un- 
derstanding that  the  yearly  subscription  dates  from  the  first  day  of  the  quarter. 

The  charges  for  special  construction,  for  special  bells  and  for  additional  telephone 
receivers,  as  also  the  charges  for  moving  stations,  &c,  have  to  be  paid  in  advance  be- 
fore the  work  is  proceeded  with. 

Finally,  the  charges  which  cannot  be  specified  quarterly,  in  advance,  are  due  as 
soon  as  the  accounts  therefor  have  been  rendered. 

The  obligation  to  pay  for  conversations  begins  as  soon  as  the  required  connections 
have  been  made.  Up  to  this  time,  the  person  calling  up,  may  cancel  his  request  with- 
out incurring  any  charges.  The  single  charges  for  conversations  from  or  to  supple- 
mentary stations  become  due  as  soon  as  the  necessary  connections  have  been  made,  be- 
tween the  exchange  and  the  subscriber's  principal  station. 

In  long-distance  service  (with  the  exception  of  service  with  neighbouring  places, 
and  with  principal  centres)  the  charges  are  not  collected,  if  no  response  is  received 
from  the  subscriber's  station  called  up.  If  the  calling  subscriber's  station  does  not 
respond,  when  the  connections  required  have  been  made,  and  if  the  connections  are 
in  good  working  order,  the  charges  for  an  ordinary  conversation  are  collected.  If  a 
conversation  with  a  person,  whose  name  has  been  reported  in  advance  to  the  exchange 
at  the  long-distance  point,  cannot  be  carried  on,  because  of  some  derangement  in  the 
line,  the  charges  will  not  be  collected,  either  for  the  conversation  or  for  the  advance 
report  of  the  name.  Should  the  conversation  fail  to  be  carried  on  for  other  reasons, 
the  charge  for  an  ordinary  conversation,  of  3  minutes  duration,  must  be  paid;  but,  in 
this  case,  no  charge  will  be  made  for  the  reporting  of  the  name  in  advance. 

No  charges  will  be  made  for  long-distance  service  with  public  call  stations,  if  the 
person  desired  has  to  be  sent  for  and  cannot  be  found ;  or  if  conversation  is  impossible, 
because  of  some  derangement  in  the  lines. 

The  charge  for  sending  for  a  person  to  come  to  the  'phone  becomes  due  as  soon  as 
the  request  is  delivered  to  the  said  person  at  the  long-distance  point. 

26. — REDUCTION    AND   REIMBURSEMENT    OF    CHARGES. 

In  the  case  of  stations  which  have  not  been  used,  for  at  least  eight  consecutive 
weeks,  after  previous  notification  has  been  given,  the  50th  part  of  the  annual  unlimited 
service  rate  must  be  paid  for  each  week  commenced  during  which  the  said  station  has 
been  in  use;  and  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  the  50th  part  of  the  annual  measured 
service  rates  for  each  week.  The  same  rule  applies  to  stations  in  systems  with  not 
more  than  50  subscribers'  stations ;  and  also  to  stations  where  the  subscribers  pay  the 
unlimited  service  rates,  for  service  with  neighbouring  places,  and  principal  centres. 
Charges  owing  for  supplementary  stations,  or  for  lines  subject  to  extra  charges,  or 
for  special  bells,  annunciators,  &c,  and  for  additional  microphones,  must  also  be  paid 
for  the  full  time  that  stations  are  not  used. 

In  the  case  of  stations  whose  subscribers  pay  the  unlimited  service  rates  for  de- 
partmental (municipal)  service,  no  reduction  in  the  charges  will  be  made  for  occa- 
sional periods  when  the  stations  are  not  used. 

If  any  interruption  not  the  fault  of  the  subscriber  takes  place  in  the  service  of  a 
telephone  station,  due  notice  of  which  has  been  given  to  the  telegraph  managment, 
should  continue  longer  than  four  weeks,  no  charge  will  be  collected  for  this  period. 

GERMANY. 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

No  charge  is  collected  for  any  period  during  which  service  is  suspended  from  a 
telephone  station,  under  regulations  given  in  No.  9,  paragraph  1. 

27. — TELEPHONE  DIRECTORIES. 

A  telephone  directory  is  supplied,  free  of  charge,  to  every  principal  station.  Fur- 
ther copies  will  be  supplied  at  cost  price  from  the  place  mentioned  in  the  telephone 
directory. 

Principal  stations  and  all  supplementary  stations,  whether  installed  for  other  per- 
sons on  the  same  premises  as  the  principal  station  or  on  other  premises,  are  inserted  in 
the  telephone  directory  with  the  number  and  name,  and  when  necessary,  occupation 
and  residence  of  such  persons.  At  the  subscriber's  request,  the  hours  for  speaking 
over  the  phone,or  his  business  hours,  may  also  be  stated  in  the  telephone  directory. 

The  insertions  in  the  telephone  directory  are  to  be  as  short  as  possible.  No  more 
than  three  printed  lines  can  be  allowed  for  the  insertion  of  a  telephone  station.  For 
each  additional  line  an  annual  charge  of  5  marks  ($1.19)  is  collected.  This  charge 
also  applies  to  all  additional  insertions  of  the  same  station  in  other  parts  of  the  tele- 
phone directory;  also  to  cross  references,  or  to  the  insertion  of  stations  connected  to 
some  other  telephone  exchange  or  to  supplementary  stations  not  installed  by  the  tele- 
graph management. 

28. DEPARTMENTAL    (MUNICIPAL)   TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS. 

There  are  special  regulations  for  stations  which  are  connected  with  the  ex- 
isting departmental  (municipal)  telephone  systems.  No  extension  is  made  of  the  de- 
partmental (municipal)  service,  to  those  places  that  do  not  yet  belong  to  the  area  of  a 
departmental  (municipal)  system. 


GERMANY. 


APPENDIX  "A"  545 

APPENDIX  No.  1 


BAVARIA. 

(The  following  papers  selected  from  among  those  sent  by  the  Bavarian  Postal  De- 
partment have  been  translated  for  the  information  of  the  Committee.  The  originals 
are  on  file  in  the  Committee  room  and  may  be  referred  to  at  any  time.) 


No.  291. 

(Translation.) 

Head  Office  of  the  Koval  Bavarian  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department, 

Munich,  July  13,  1905. 

To  Sir  William  Mulock, 
Postmaster  General  and 

Chairman  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 

Enclosures. — Letter,  with  answers  to  questions,  and  24  written  and  printed  pamph- 
lets and  documents  relating  to  such  questions. 

Dear  Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  transmit  to  you  by  the  enclosed  documents  and 
answers  to  questions  the  information  you  desire. 

Regarding  the  question  asked,  at  the  close  of  your  letter,  I  may  state  that  the 
Bavarian  telegraph  management  endeavours,  as  much  as  possible,  to  extend  the  tele- 
phone service  to  the  people  living  in  rural  districts,  first  of  all,  by  setting  up  telegraph 
offices  with  telephone  service,  in  the  smaller  places  which  have  post  offices,  which,  as 
public  call  stations,  can  be  used  by  private  individuals  for  telephone  service,  by  paying 
single  charges  for  conversations.  Besides  this,  so-called  municipal  public  call  stations 
are  set  up  in  country  districts,  where  the  municipality  furnishes  a  guarantee  for  a 
minimum  yearly  amount,  equal  to  the  annual  unlimited  service  charge  for  a  private 
subscriber's  telephone  station  and  connections  of  the  same  length.  Moreover,  private 
subscriber's  stations  may  be  used  as  '  municipal  public  call  stations  '  for  country 
districts,  and,  in  this  manner  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  general  public  for  tele- 
phone service,  on  payment  of  a  charge  for  each  conversation.  Also  in  smaller 
places,  independent  local  telephone  systems  are  organized,  according  to  the  existing  re- 
quirements, and  the  means  at  the  disposal  of  the  telegraph  management.  In  this  man- 
ner the  request  of  the  rural  population  to  have  connection  with  the  government  tele- 
phone system  is  complied  with,  in  the  fullest  possible  way,  and  without  undue  expen- 
diture of  government  funds. 

With  the  assurance  of  my  highest  esteem,  I  am,  yours,  faithfully, 

VOX  RINGER, 

Royal  General  Manager. 


BAVARIA. 


546  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

No.  291a. 

BAVARIA—  Continued. 
(Translation.) 

ANSWERS    TO    QUESTIONS. 

The  right  to  set  up  telephone  systems  and  operate  the  same  belongs,  in  Ba- 
varia, exclusively  to  the  government,  as  decreed  by  law.  The  Bavarian  government 
owns  and  operates  the  long-distance  telephone  lines  and  local  exchange  systems. 

'Ihe  length  of  the  long-distance  lines,  according  to  the  status  of  December  31, 
1903,  was  19,224  km.  (11,938  miles)  of  loops — loops  (metallic  circuits)  being  counted  as 
one  line.  The  length  of  subscribers'  lines,  according  to  the  same  status  was :  5,676  km. 
(3,525  miles),  single  lines;  50,450  km.  (31,331  miles),  double  lines — metallic  circuits 
counted  as  one  line. 

The  length  of  pole  routes  carrying  long-distance  lines  on  December  31,  1903,  was 
4,402  km.  (2,734  miles).  The  length  of  pole  routes  carrying  subscribers'  lines  on  De- 
cember 31,  1903,  was  6,265  km.  (3,891  miles). 

The  length  of  lines  (each  wire  counted  singly)  on  December  31,  1903,  was :  Long, 
distance  lines,  38,448  km.  (23,876  miles) ;  subscribers'  lines,  106,576  km.  (66,187  miles). 

In  long-distance  service  the  rates  charged  for  single  conversations  lasting  not 
longer  than  five  minutes,  are  as  follows:  For  distances  up  to  25  km.  (15i  miles),  inclu- 
sive, 20  pf.  (5  cents) ;  for  distances  up  to  50  km.  (31  miles),  inclusive,  25  pf.  (6  cents), 
for  distances  up  to  100  km.  (62  miles),  inclusive,  100  pf.  (12  cents),  for  distances  up 
to  100  km.  (62  miles)  and  over,  1  mark  (24  cents). 

Subscribers'  wires  are  made  of  copper.  For  bare  lines  double  bronze  wires  of  l-5 
(No.  17  S.W.G.)  and  2  mm.  (No.  14  S.W.G.)  are  employed,  For  cable  lines,  conduc- 
ters  of  0:8  mm.  (No.  21  S.W.G.)  of  copper  are  employed.  Subscribers'  lines  are,  for 
the  most  part  loop  lines  (metallic  circuits).  The  single  wire  lines,  still  in  use,  are 
soon  to  be  changed  into  metallic  circuits. 

The  diameter  of  the  long-distance  lines,  according  to  the  length  and  amount  of 
traffic:  2  mm.,  3  mm.,  4  mm.  and  4:5  mm.  (Nos.  14,  10,  8  and  7  S.W.G.). 

The  total  cost  of  long-distance  lines  up  to  the  close  of  the  year  1903,  amounted 
to  5,300,000  marks  ($1,261,400,  an  average  of  $105.66  per  mile  of  metallic  circuit). 

In  long-distance  service,  the  rates  specified  are  usually  collected.  However,  the 
whole  area  of  service  is  divided  into  eight  departmental  telephone  systems.  Sub- 
scribers who  pay  the  annual  unlimited  service  charge  obtain  the  right,  by  paying  an 
additional  sum  of  50  marks  ($11.90)  per  year,  to  have  free  telephone  service  within 
the  particular  departmental  telephone  system.  See  '  Charges  for  local  service '  (p. 
548). 

Subscribers  who  desire  to  avail  themselves  of  the  advantages  of  the  departmental 
service  are  required  to  pay  for  local  service  in  addition  to  the  departmental  service 
charge  of  50  marks  ($11.90),  an  'unlimited  service'  rate  equal  to  that  prevailing  in 
the  exchange  system  within  the  departmental  service  area  where  the  highest  rate  is 
charged. 

The  number  of  conversations  allowed  in  departmental  service  is  limited  to  1,000 
conversations  during  the  calendar  year.  For  every  additional  100  conversations  the 
charge  is  increased  10  marks  ($2.38).  In  addition  to  this,  service  is  permitted  between 
individual  places  situated  adjacent  to  each  other.  In  such  service  with  neighbouring 
places,  subscribers  are  allowed  to  converse,  free  of  charge,  who  pay  the  highest  un- 
limited service  charge  fixed  for  the  local  systems,  situated  within  the  area  of  ser- 
vice with  neighbouring  places.  Subscribers  who  pay  the  highest  annual  measured  ser- 
vice charge  fixed  for  the  local  systems,  situated  within  the  area  of  service  with 
neighbouring  places,  are  allowed  to  converse  with  neighbouring  places  by  paying  5  pf. 
(1  cent)  for  each  conversation.  In '  all  other  cases,  a  charge  of  10  pf .  (2  cents)  is 
collected  for  each  conversation  in  service  with  neighbouring  places. 

BAVA'BIA. 


APPENDIX  "A 


547 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

Of  the  long-distance  lines  the  only  ones  used  for  simultaneous  telephony  and  tele- 
graphy are  the  lines  between  Niirenberg  and  Leipzig,  and  between  Niirenberg  and 
Ludwigehafen. 


Statement  showing  Population  and  N  umber  of  Subscribers'  Principal  and  Supplementary 
Stations  in  the  Local  Systems  of  the  Larger  Cities  of  the  Kingdom  of  Bavaria. 


Names  of  Cities. 


Munich.. ■ 

Niirenberg 

Augsburg  .  , 

Wiirtzburg  ...    

Ludwigshafen. 

Piirste  (Bavaria) 

Kaiserslautern 

Rege  sburg 

Bamberg 

Hof  on  the  Saale 

Permaaeus 

Bayreuth 

Eilangen 

Ingolstadt 

Amberg 

Landshut 

Speyer 

Kempten  in  Algau 

Asehaffenburg 

Passau 

Neustadt  on  the  Haardt. 

Ausbaeh 

Strunbing 

Frankenthal(S.G.)  .. 

Landau  (S.G.) 

Schweinf  urt 

Rosenheim 

St.  Fugbert 

Zweibrticken 

Memmingen    


(334  local  systems). 
Total  number  in  Bavaria. 


Population 

according  to 

the  Census   of 

1900. 


*2  Stations 
Paying  the 
Unlimited  Ser- 
vice Annual 
Rate. 


4!  I!  I,  932 
261,081 
89,170 
75,499 
61,914 
54,144 
48,310 
15,429 
41,823 
32,781 
30,195 
29,387 
22,953 
22,207 
22,039 
21,737 
20,921 
18,864 
18,093 
18,003 
17,795 
17,563 
17,511 
16,899 
15,824 
15,302 
14,246 
14.050 
13,716 
10,889 


6,176,057 


Status  on  December  31,  1904. 


*i  Total  Number  of 

Subscribers' 
Principal  Stations. 


7,837 
3,324 

613 
628 
390 
653 
263 
397 
288 
190 
267 
149 
106 

94 

67 
109 
156 
139 
216 
179 
252 

93 
123 
102 
227 
112 
124 

75 
123 

73 


*2  Stations 
Paying  the 
Measured  Ser- 
vice Annual 
Rate. 


24,718 


1,836 

1,690 

547 

549 

245 

390 

338 

249 

225 

176 

179 

117 

46 

15 

27 

68 

142 

126 

97 

107 

335 

12 

44 

113 

282 

108 

21 

13 

70 

25 


*l  Total 
Number  of 
Subscribers' 

Principal 
and  Supple- 
mentary Sta- 
tions. 


8,724  i 


33,442 


14,629 
7,259 
1,809 
1,661 
987 
1,664 
797 
972 
785 
525 
619 
409 
215 
142 
121 
265 
391 
360 
439 
401 
778 
170 
247 
285 
662 
298 
191 
109 
272 
145 


47,872 


REMARKS. 

*>.  The  stations  of  private  individuals  and  officials  are  both  reckoned  in  the  above  columns,  which 
are  marked  *l. 

*3  The  number  of  subscribers'  principal  stations  is  the  standard  for  fixing  either  one  or  the  other 
above  mentioned  kinds  of  subscription.  In  systems  with  more  than  50  subscribers,  the  choice  is  open  to 
subscribers  for  either  of  these  rates.  In  systems  with  less  than  50  subscribers  principal  stations,  sub- 
scribers have  to  pay  the  appointed  annual  unlimited  service  charge. 

BAVARIA. 

l— a— 36 


548  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
Charges  for  Local  Service. 

For  each  principal  station  in  a  government  system,  the  subscribers  have  the  choice 
of  paying  (1)  a  fixed  annual  charge  for  unlimited  service,  (2)  or  an  annual  general 
charge  for  measured  or  limited  service,  with  additional  charges  for  outgoing  local  con- 
versations, amounting  to  at  least  400  conversations  in  each  calendar  year. 

In  local  systems,  where  the  unlimited  service  charge  is  fixed  at  80  marks  ($19.04) 
subscribers  are  not  granted  the  measured  service  rate  above  stated. 

The  unlimited  service  charge  amounts  to: — 

In  local  systems  with  not  more  than  50  subscribers'  stations,  80  marks  ($19.04). 

In  local  systems  with  more  than  50  up  to  100,  inclusive,  100  marks  ($23.80). 

In  local  systems  with  more  than  100  up  to  500,  inclusive,  120  marks  ($28.56). 

In  local  systems  with  more  than  500  up  to  1,000,  inclusive,  130  marks  ($30.94). 

In  local  system  with  more  than  1,000  up  to  5,000,  inclusive,  140  marks  ($33.32). 

In  local  systems  with  more  than  5,000  up  to  10,000,  inclusive,  150  marks  ($35.70). 

The  above  rates  are  paid  yearly  for  each  station,  which  is  not  more  than  5  km. 
(3  miles)  distant,  in  a  straight  line,  from  the  exchange  station. 

The  measured  service  charge  amounts  to : — 

In  local  systems  with  not  more  than  1,000  subscribers'  stations,  60  marks  ($14.28). 
In  local  systems  with  more  than  1,000  up  to  5,000  subscribers'  stations,  75  marks 
($17,85). 

In  local  systems  with  more  than  5,000  subscribers'  stations,  90  marks  ($21.42). 

The  above  rates  are  paid  yearly  for  each  station,  which  is  not  more  than  5  km.  (3 
miles)  distant,  in  a  straight  line,  from  the  exchange  station. 

For  stations  paying  the  unlimited  service  charge  and  the  measured  service  charge, 
which  are  more  than  5  km.  (3  miles)  distant,  in  a  straight  line,  from  the  exchange 
station,  a  yearly  charge  of  3  marks  (72  cents)  is  collected  for  every  extra  100  metres 
(110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof. 

The  rates  for  supplementary  stations  amount  to : — 

(1)  For  each  supplementary  station  set  up  in  the  living  rooms  or  business  rooms 
of  the  premises  where  the  principal  station  is  installed,  and  which  are  the  property  of 
the  subscriber  who  has  the  principal  station,  an  annual  charge  of  20  marks  ($4.76)  is 
required. 

(2)  For  each  additional  supplementary  station,  yearly,  30  marks  ($7.14). 

(3)  When  the  distance  between  the  principal  and  supplementary  stations  is  more 
than  100  metres  (110  yards),  in  a  straight  line,  a  charge  of  3  marks  (72  cents)  is  made 
for  every  additional  100  metres  (110  yards)  or  fraction  thereof.  When  the  setting  up 
of  lines  is  attended  with  special  difficulty  or  unusual  expenses,  then  the  telegraph  man- 
agement is  entitled  to  increase  the  above-mentioned  rates,  or  require  payment  for  part 
of  the  expenses  of  setting  up  the  line. 

For  installing  and  maintaining  a  second,  and  also  every  additional  call-bell,  an 
additional  annual  charge  of  3  marks  (72  cents)  is  made.  For  installing  and  maintain- 
ing a  desk  telephone  instead  of  a  wall  telephone,  an  annual  extra  charge  of  5  marks 
($1.19)  is  made.  In  all  other  cases  where  any  special  arrangements  different  from  the 
ordinary  arrangements  are  made,  the  subscriber  must  pay  all  extra  expenses  arising 
from  the  setting  up  and  maintaining  of  the  said  special  arrangements. 

Subscribers  who  pay  the  unlimited  service  charge,  do  not  pay  any  extra  charges 
for  conversations  in  local  service.  Subscribers  who  pay  the  annual  measures  service 
charge  have  to  pay  an  additional  charge  of  5  pf.  (1  cent)  for  each  outgoing  local  con- 
versation. The  foregoing  rates  apply  equally  to  the  larger  cities,  and  to  the  country 
districts  (departments).  No  limit  of  distance  has  yet  been  fixed  for  subscribers'  sta- 
tions, still,  as  a  rule,  stations  are  not  installed  where  the  distance  is  more  than  15  km. 
(9J  miles),  in  a  straight  line,  from  the  exchange  station. 
BAVARIA. 


APPENDIX  "A" 


549 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  subscribers'  principal  and  supplementary  stations  in 
the  local  systems  of  the  smaller  towns  and  municipalities  of  the  Kingdom  of  Bavaria  : — 


Names  of  Towns  and  Municipalities. 


Eichstatt 

Forschheim  (B.).  . 

Praunstein 

Weissenburg  (B).  . . 
Bad  Diirkheiiu    . . 

Germersheim 

Edenkoben 

Guntzburg 

Douanswaith  .... 

Plattling 

Wiesbaon 

Zchenhausen  

Regen 

Holzkirchen(S.G.). 
Obernburg    . . 

Cadolzburg 

Ettringen 

Mintraching 

Kirchheim  (Sch.)  .  . 
Noraheim  v.  R  . . . 
Berg  (Oberfranken) 

Muggendorf 

Oberau 


Population 

according  to 

the   Census   of 

1900. 


7,701 

7,591 

6,845 

6,550 

0,2(17 

5,868 

5,232 

1,624 

•).::ii7 

3,888 

::,i-2:> 

2,666 

2,366 

1,958 

1,735 

1,494 

953 

ill's 

841 

807 

736 

447 

363 


Status  on  December  31,  1904. 


*i  Total  Number  of 

Subscribers' 
Principal  Stations. 


*2TheUn- 

imited  Service 

Charge. 


41 
45 
72 
38 
63 
26 
59 
18 
32 
12 
39 
19 
14 
25 
20 
13 
5 
23 
5 
5 
3 


*2  The  Mea- 
sured Service 
Charge. 


82 


*i  Total 

Number  of 

Subscribers' 

Principal 

mid  Supple- 
mentary Sta- 
tions. 


56 

62 

89 

55 

178 

37 

161 

25 

43 

14 

50 

21 

17 

31 

22 

16 

5 

27 

5 

6 

5 

7 

11 


REMARKS. 

*>.  The  stations  of  private  individuals  and  officials  are  both  included  in  the  above  numbers. 
*-.   In  systems  with  less  than  50  subscribers'  principal  stations,  only  the  appointed  unlimited  service 
charge  is  allowed. 

In  the  rural  districts  (viz.,  all  places  which  are  not  cities,  bat  only  villages  or 
market  towns)  there  are  187  local  telephone  systems,  with  a  total  number  of  4,061  sub- 
scribers' principal  stations  (private  and  official).  Accordingly  there  is  an  average 
number  of  22  subscribers'  stations  to  each  system. 

By  paying  the  additional  sum  required  for  departmental  service  ($11.90)  sub- 
scribers obtain  the  right  to  hold  up  to  1,000  conversations  within  the  area  of  the  de- 
partmental system.  For  every  additional  100  conversations  begun,  the  charge  is  in- 
creased 10  marks  ($2.38).  For  the  rest,  we  may  state  that,  especially  for  local  ser- 
vice, no  graduated  scale  of  charges  has  been  introduced  in  Bavaria,  according  to  the 
area  of  service  in  which  a  station  is  used. 

No  maximum  limit  of  distance  has  been  fixed  up  to  which  subscribers  can  con- 
verse. The  longest  distance  over  which  conversations  c,an  be  carried  on,  under  the 
present  telephone  arrangements,  amounts  to,  within  Bavaria,  about  490  km.  (304 
miles),  rates,  1  mark  (24  cents),  and,  in  service  with  places  outside  of  Bavaria,  about 
850  km.  (528  miles),  rates,  1  m.  50  pf.  (36  cents). 

For  subscribers'  stations  single  and  central  batteries  are  employed.  As  soon  as 
possible  experiments  will  be  undertaken  with  accumulators  (storage  batteries),  which 
will  be  set  up  where  the  station  is  installed,  and  which  will  be  charged  from  the  switch 
station.  There  are  no  independent  switch  stations.  The  exact  type  of  telephones  fur- 
nished to  subscribers  may  be  seen  from  the  accompanying  diagrams  (filed  but  not 
printed). 

l~d—3oi  BAVARIA. 


560  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  V|J.,  A.  1905 

The  proportion  between  overhead  and  underground  subscribers  lines  on  December 
31,  1903,  was  49,149  km.  (30,521  J  miles),  and  57,427  km.  (35,662J  miles). 

The  total  amount  expended  up  to  the  end  of  1903  was : — 

(a)  Applied  capital 31,186,843  m.     ($7,422,469) 

(i)  Operation  and  maintenance  ....     19,667,347  m.     ($4,680,829) 

50,854,190  m.  ($12,103,298) 

The  total  revenue  from  the  entire  telephone  system  in  1903  was  4,748,808  m. 
($1,130,216). 

The  expenditure  for  1903,  including  interest  and  sinking  fund,  was  3,172,480  m. 
($755,050). 

The  amount  of  profit  for  1903,  without  deducting  interest  and  sinking  fund,  was 
1,577,328  m.  ($375,404). 

The  wages  paid  to  managers,  foremen,  instrument  men,  labourers,  wiremen  and 
telephone  girls,  in  1903,  was  2,138,252  m.  ($509,904). 

The  cost  of  two  switch  stations  at  Munich,  I.  and  II.,  are  given  in  the  ac- 
companying document  18.  In  the  switch  station,  No.  II.,  the  principal  distribution 
board  used  in  the  former  small  switch  station  had  to  be  replaced  by  a  new  larger  one, 
and,  at  the  same  time  had  to  be  removed  to  another  room.  The  cost  of  this  is  shown 
in  document  18,  under  the  heading  '  Expense  of  moving  the  main  distributor.'  The 
connecting  cable,  the  cost  of  which  is  given  in  document  18,  serves  to  connect  the  two 
switch  stations  at  Munich,  Nos.  I.  and  II. 

COST    OF    CONSTRUCTING   THE    SWITCH   STATION    AT    MUNICH    (BAVARIA),   NO.    I,    FOR   6,000 

subscribers.    (From  Document  18.) 

Construction  I.:  10  subscriber's  section  boards 
with  240  drops,  2  junction  boxes,  2  long- 
distance booths  (calls-boxes),  and  1  super- 
visor's table 143,457  m.     ($34,143) 

Construction  II. :    5  subscriber's   section  boards 

with  240  drops,  and  1  junction  box 96,010  m.     ($22,850) 

Construction  III. :  5  subscriber's  section  boards 

with  240  drops,  and  2  supervisor's  tables  .  .       95,856  m.     ($22,814) 

Construction  IV. :  Alterations  for  connecting 
with  station  No.  II.,  and  long-distance  equip- 
ment.        24,336  m.     ($23,028) 

Construction  V. :  Complete  construction,  3  sec- 
tions, with  405  drops 96,755  m.     ($23,028) 

456,414  m.  ($108,627) 

Switch  board  (as  above),  say 460,000  m.  ($109,480) 

350  cables,  at  50  marks=17,500  marks  at  1  -60  m.  28,000  m.   (     $6,664) 

Power  apparatus  in  cellar 10,000  m.   (     $2,380) 

Power  switch  board  on  third  floor 1,000  m.   (        $238) 

Moving  power  apparatus  to  the  third  floor.  .    .  .  8.200  m.   (       1,952) 

Increasing  capacity  of  storage  battery 500  m.  (        $119) 

507,700  m.  ($120,833) 

Leading  in 120,000  m.  (  $28,560) 

Construction    of    switch    room    and    leading-in 

tower _ 99,700  m.  (  $23,729) 

Connecting  lines  between  switch  stations  Nos.  I. 

and  II 60,000  m.  (  $14,280) 

Total  cost 787,400  m.  ($187,402) 

BAVARIA. 


APPEXDIX  "A"  551 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Cost  of  constructing  Switch  Station  at  Munich  (Bavaria),  No.  II.,  capacity  10,800 

subscribers : — 

I.  Cost  of  the  switch  board  itself — 

Previous  cost  of  constructing  25  sections  and 
and  provisional  fixing  of   same,   for  6,000 
subscribers 338,845  m.  ($  80,645) 

II.  Entire  cost  of  construction  — 

7  subscriber's  sections  at  9,300  marks 65,100  m.  ($  15,494) 

Additional  joint  boxes 700  m.  ($       166) 

Relay-frames,    equipped    with    '  calling '    and 

'  cut-out '  relays  for  10,800  lines 118,400  m.  (     28,180) 

Cables  and  soldering 77,280  m.  (     18,392) 

261,480  m.  ($  62,232) 
Previous  cost  as  shown  above  under  1 338,845  m.   ($  80,645) 

600,325  m.  ($142,877) 

Per  subscriber,  55  m.,  60  pf.  ($13.23) 600,000  m.  ($142,800) 

Here  must  be  added: 

42  cables  for  distributing  board — 
300  x  90  =  27,000  m. 
240x30=   7,200  m. 

34,200  metres  at  1.50  m. .   ..   ..     51,300  m.  ($12,209) 

*Cost  of  moving  main  distributing  board  about  100,000  m.  ($23,800) 
Power  plant,  including  construction  of  engine 

and  storage  battery  rooms,  cabling,  &c.  .  .  .     35,000  m.  ($  8,330) 

186,300  m.  ($44,339) 

Cost  of  connecting  cables — 

2.270x3        n„rt       . 
—    =810  pairs. 

90.3 

2 —  = 135      " 

18      " 

963      " 
1.000       "       1,  5  km.  =  1,500  km. 

Pairs  or  wires,  per  km.,  with  end-pieces  (sleeves),  &c. .  75  m.  ($17.85) 
Cable  guards  (covering,  armature)  per  km.  per  pair. .   . .  25  m.  ($  5.95) 

1,500  km.  at  100  m.  ($23.80),  150,000  m.  ($35,700).  100  m.  ($23.80) 

The  new  main  distribution  boards  with  safety-fuse  arrangements  are  only  set  up 
in  parts,  according  to  the  immediate  requirements,  and  are  supplied  at  the  following 
prices : — 

M.  Pf. 
Iron  uprights  (supports),  including  screws,  &c,  each. 32.75=  ($7.80) 
Holdfasts  (couplings)  for  28  double  lines,  each..    .  .23.90=  ($7.80) 

Safety-fuse  arrangements  for  the  above,  each 0.28  =  (7  cents) 

Holdfasts  (couplings)  for  20  double  lines,  each..   ..  7.60  =($1.81) 

*  Here  is  included  the  furnishing  of  a  new  main  distributing  board,  together  with  safety 
fuse  arrangements  for  15.904  outside  wires,  and  14,000  switchboard  wires,  at  approximately, 
11,000  m.  =  ($2,618). 

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552  .  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

There  has  been  no  competition  in  telephone  service  at  any  time  in  Bavaria. 

The  system  of  working  the  switch  stations  in  Neustadt  on  the  Haardt,  and  at 
Munich,  No.  II.,  is  '  central  energy '  or  '  common  battery.'  The  switch  station  at 
Munich  No.  I.,  as  well  as  the  present  switch  station  now  being  rebuilt  for  the  '  common 
battery '  system  at  Nurenberg,  have,  at  the  present  time  older  systems. 

The  regulations  for  the  service  of  subscriber's  stations,  switch  stations,  and  long- 
distance lines,  are  contained  in  Document  24,  as  printed  in  No.  291b. 

No  payments  are  made  for  wayleave  privileges;  the  telegraph  management  is 
authorized  by  law  to  use  the  public  roads,  free  of  charge,  for  telegraph  lines  and  for 
telephone  lines. 


BAVARIA— Continued. 

No.  291b. 

(Translation.) 

INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  THE  BAVARIAN  POST  OFFICE  AND  TELEGRAPH 
SERVICE.    (SECTION  VI.,  DIVISION  2.) 

Munich,  May,  1904. 
The  Telephone  Service. 

3. — system  of  working  long-distance  stations. 
Noting  Down  Subscribers'  Bequests  for  Conversations. 

43.  As  soon  as  a  subscriber  in  a  local  telephone  system  makes  known  his  inten- 
tion to  the  switch  station,  to  converse  with  a  station  in  another  local  telephone  system 
which,  together  with  the  local  system  to  which  the  subscriber  belongs,  is  neither  ad- 
mitted to  service  with  principal  centres,  nor  to  service  with  neighbouring  places,  then 
the  operator  in  the  switch  station  makes  the  connection  with  the  long-distance  station. 
(See  section  32,  in  addenda  hereto,  page  563.) 

The  long-distance  station  responds  to  the  call  by  calling  back,  '  Here  long-distance 
station.' 

The  long-distance  station  must  respond  to  the  calling  up  as  promptly  as  possible. 

First  of  all,  the  person  calling  up  gives  the  long-distance  station  his  number  and 
name,  or  the  name  of  his  firm.  Then  he  gives  the  number  and  name  of  the  station 
to  be  called  up,  together  with  the  name  of  the  local  telephone  system,  with  which  the 
said  station  is  connected.  If  the  conversation  is  to  have  the  precedence  of  the  ordin- 
ary connections  made  for  conversations,  then  the  subscriber  adds  the  term  'urgent' 
to  his  call.  If  the  subscriber  wishes  to  be  informed  when  the  time  allowed  for  conver- 
sation has  elapsed,  then  he  must  make  special  request  to  this  effect,  when  he  desires 
the  connection  to  be  made.  The  operator  in  the  switch  station  carefully  notes  down 
these  requests  in  the  form  to  be  used  for  this  purpose  (see  Appendix  7  and  8),  insert- 
ing each  item  in  its  own  place.  The  entries  regarding  the  urgency  of  the  conversa- 
tion, the  desired  notification  when  -the  time  allowed  for  conversation  has  elapsed,  or 
the  character  of  the  conversation,  as  dealing  only  with  matters  relating  to  state  ser- 
vice, &c,  are  to  be  entered  on  the  column  that  is  headed  '  remarks.'  The  form  to  be 
used  for  Munich  is  '  service  form '  F,  35a.    The  operator  in  the  switch  station  repeats 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

over  distinctly  these  points  noted  down,  whereupon  the  subscriber  confirms  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  same,  or  corrects  any  mistake  made. 

The  operator  in  the  switch  station  concludes  with  the  words,  '  You  will  be  called,' 
and  then  switches  off.  The  switch  station  breaks  off  the  connection,  and  the  subscri- 
ber hangs  up  his  receiver. 

Then  the  correctness  of  the  entries  made  by  the  operator  in  question  is  again  veri- 
fied, and  the  exact  time  when  the  connection  was  desired,  together  with  the  date  and 
the  signature  of  the  operator,  is  to  be  added,  at  the  top  of  the  form,  in  the  left-hand 
corner. 

In  the  case  of  official  conversations,  which  are  requested  from  stations  that  belong 
to  public  officials,  &c,  the  call  must  begin  with  the  words  '  official  conversation.' 

When  a  conversation  of  a  private  nature  is  requested  from  such  stations,  then  the 
call  must  begin  with  the  words,  '  Private  conversation,'  expressly  stated.  Besides  this, 
the  person  who  desires  the  connection  has  always  to  give  his  or  her  name.  The  said 
name  is  to  be  entered  on  the  service  form,  above  tho  designation  of  the  official  station, 
from  which  the  connection  is  requested. 

In  those  cases  in  which  official  conversations  are  desired  from  the  stations  of  pri- 
vate subscribers,  request  must  be  made  that  the  person  who  desires  the  long-distance 
conversation  must  inform  the  long-distance  station  what  public  authority  he  repre- 
sents, and  also  give  his  name  and  branch  of  service. 

These  points  are  to  be  carefully  noted  down,  and  if  this  is  neglected,  then  the  oper- 
ator in  the  switch  station  must  endeavour  to  find  out  these  points.  In  the  service  form 
under  the  column  headed  '  Remarks,'  official  conversations  are  to  be  distinguished  by 
the  letter  '  S,'  and  private  conversations  by  the  letter  '  P.' 

The  request  for  long-distance  conversations  from  public  call-stations  must  be 
made  by  the  operator  in  charge  of  the  said  public  call  station.  (See  section  G6,  No.  5, 
in  addenda  hereto.)  It  is  not  admissible  to  receive  the  request  from  the  person  who 
desires  the  connection.  Any  attempts  to  do  so  are  refused,  with  the  remark  that  the 
connection  can  only  be  effected  when  the  same  is  requested  by  the  operator. 

The  service  forms  (viz.,  F.  35,  or  in  the  case  of  Munich,  F.  35a,  see  Appendices 
7  and  8,  not  translated),  on  which  the  requests  for  conversations  are  noted  down,  that 
are  desired  from  subscribers'  stations,  and  public  call  stations,  are  supplied  in  pads 
of  100  each,  or  50  each,  and  are  numbered  consecutively. 

The  larger  long-distance  stations  have  to  use,  according  to  the  service,  several  of 
these  pads,  at  the  same  time,  and  have  to  mark  the  same  specially,  so  as  to  distinguish 
the  one  from  the  other,  by  adding  to  the  consecutively-numbered  forms  that  are  torn 
off  from  the  pads,  the  Roman  numerals  I.,  II.,  &c,  by  which  the  various  pads  are  dis- 
tinguished, the  one  from  the  other.  In  each  station  where  requests  for  conversations 
are  allowed  to  be  received,  a  sufficient  number  of  these  conversation  forms  must  al- 
ways be  on  hand  to  last  at  least  for  one  day's  service.  The  name  of  the  place  is  to  be 
written  or  stamped  on  the  said  forms.  Pencil  is  to  be  used  for  writing  purposes.  As 
the  full  number  of  these  conversation  forms  is  verified,  there  must  be  no  break  in  the 
consecutive  numbers.  Forms  that  have  been  spoiled  must  also  be  handed  in  with  the 
necessary  explanations  written  on  them. 

N.B. — The  appendices  and  forms  referred  to,  have  not  been  printed. 

ARRANGING  THE   CONNECTIONS. 

44.  The  technical  arrangement  of  the  long-distance  stations  resembles  that  of  the 
switch  stations,  so  far  as  the  switch  arrangements  are  concerned.^ 

The  connections  are  also  made  here  by  means  of  the  connecting  cords.  In  the 
case  of  switch  stations  that  have  united  local  and  long-distance  service,  the  switch 
arrangements  that  are  used  for  local  service  are  also  arranged  for  making  long-dis- 

tance  connections. 

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554  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

If  the  line  necessary  for  making  the  long-distance  connection  is  free,  then  a  cord 
with  a  black  plug,  is  inserted  in  the  long-distance  jack  in  question,  and  the  long-dis- 
tance station  in  the  other  place  is  called  up. 

With  regard  to  the  use  of  long-distance  lines,  special  attention  must  be  given  that 
where  several  long-distance  lines,  having  wires  of  various  gauges,  or  weight,  are  avail- 
able for  use  in  one  direction,  wires  of  3  and  4  mm.  (Nos.  10J  and  8  s.w.g.)  are  to  be 
used  for  making  connections  for  distances  of  extra  length;  and  for  shorter  distances, 
lines  with  wires  of  2  mm.  are  to  be  employed. 

The  size  of  the  wires  comprising  the  various  long-distance  lines  is  to  be  denoted 
on  the  jacks  of  the  long-distance  switch  boards.  The  call  is  made  over  long-distance 
lines  where  there  are  no  intermediate  stations,  by  pressing  the  calling  key  once, 
shortly.  By  turning  the  switch  lever,  the  calling  apparatus  (the  receiver  and  trans- 
mitter) are  switched  on  to  the  line.  In  lines  with  more  than  two  switch  stations,  or 
long-distance  stations,  the  calling  up  is  done  by  code  signals.  The  code  signals  are 
taken  from  the  Morse  alphabet,  and  must  lie  different  for  each  of  the  stations  that  are 
switched  on  to  a  long-distance  line.  It  is  not  necessary  that  the  code  signals  should 
be  abbreviations  of  the  local  names.  The  specification  of  these  signals  is  laid  down 
by  the  Koyal  Bavarian  post  and  telegraph  management. 

As  soon  as  the  long-distance  station  that  has  been  called  up  responds,  then  the 
number  of  the  station  desired  is  given  to  the  same.  The  long-distance  station  called  up 
repeats  the  number  and  then  switches  the  second  connecting  cord,  having  a  red  plug, 
into  the  jack  of  a  trunk  line  leading  to  the  switch  station.  The  switch  station  which 
receives  the  long-distaftice  signal  and  the  general  call  signal,  receives  the  calling  num- 
ber from  the  long-distance  station,  repeats  the  same,  and  then  calls  up  the  station  of 
the  subscriber  desired,  and  connects  it  with  the  long-distance  line  by  means  of  a  direct 
connecti/ng  cord.  The  long-distance  station  again  informs  the  station  called  up,  with 
the  words,  '  You  are  called  up  by ' (here  is  to  be  mentioned  the  local  tele- 
phone system  to  which  the  station  calling  up  belongs).  At  the  same  time,  the  station 
that  has  sent  the  call,  is  informed  by  the  other  long-distance  station,  by  means  of  the 
switch  station,  that  the  connections  are  ready,  with  the  words,  '  You  are  connected 

with ' (here  is  to  be  mentioned  the  local  telephone  system  to  which  the 

station  that  has  been  called  up  belongs). 

The  conversation  between  the  two  subscribers  may  now  begin.  In  the  case  of 
public  call  stations,  the  call  of  the  switch  station  is  to  be  answered  by  the  operator, 
atad  the  said  operator  has  to  request  the  person  waiting  for  the  conversation  to  begin 
the  conversation,  when  the  announcement  is  made  that  the  connections  are  ready. 

If  no  response  can  be  received  from  the  person  called  up,  or  if  his  line  is  out  of 

order,  then  the  persoin  calling  up  is  informed  of  this,  by  the  announcement,  ' 

gives  no  answer,'  or  '  the  wire  of in is  out  of  order.'    In  the  service 

between  larger  long-distance  stations  over  long-distance  lines  that  have  no  switch  sta- 
tions, the  sending  in  of  requests  for  conversations  is  admissible  in  groups  of  three  con- 
versations. In  cases  when  from  two  stations,  who  wish  to  converse  with  each  other, 
the  requests  for  conversation  are  announced  almost  at  the  same  time,  the  response 
already  given  is  not  again  repeated  to  the  first  station  calling.  The  charge  will  only 
be  collected  at  the  long-distance  station  from  which  the  request  for  conversation  is 
again  repeated.  In  the  case  of  several  requests  made  for  conversations,  under  the  same 
circumstances  (conditions),  no  division  in  the  charges  will  be  made. 

SUPERVISION  OF  CONNECTIONS. 

45.  The  operator  in  the  switch  station  has  to  watch  the  connection  which  has  been 
made  for  the  conversation,  until  he,  or  she,  is  assured  that  the  same  has  been  correctly 
effected.  The  point  of  time  at  which  the  person  called  up  responds,  and  the  person 
calling  up  is  informed  by  the  switch  station  or  the  long-distance  station',  that  the  de- 
sired connection  has  been  made,  is  to  be  entered  on  the  service  form  as  the  point  of 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

time  at  which  the  conversation  has  begun.  With  regard  to  the  point  of  time  at  which 
8,  conversation  sent  from  a  supplementary  station  begins  (see  section  15,  on  page  564). 
After  the  conversation  has  been  commenced,  the  operator's  calling  apparatus  is  to  be 
switched  off. 

Intermediate  switching  on  to  the  connection  in  order  to  hear  what  is  being  said 
is  not  admissible  unless  by  official  instructions. 

The  control  (regulation)  of  the  duration  of  the  conversation  is  only  to  be  done 
at  longer  intervals  of  time,  and  is  to  be  limited  to  the  absolutely  necessary  time  re- 
quired for  this  purpose. 

An  occasion  for  switching  on  is  given,  if  the  signal  to  disconnect  is  not  made 
shortly  before  the. period  specified  for  conversation  has  elapsed.  If,  in  this  case,  the 
operator  perceives  that  the  conversation  is  still  being  continued,  and  if  no  other  re- 
quest has  been  made  for  the  line,  then  he  must  at  once  switch, off  the  calling  apparatus 
and  must  not  interfere  with  the  continuation  of  the  conversation.  If  other  requests  for 
conversation  have  been  made,  then  both  stations  are  to  be  notified  to  finish  the  con- 
versation, with  the  words  '  please  finish,'  and  the  connection  is  to  be  broken  off,  as  sootn 
as  the  period  allowed  for  conversation  has  terminated.  In  this  case,  it  is  left  to  the 
option  of  the  person  calling  up,  either  to  make  request  at  once,  for  a  later  continuation 
of  the  conversation,  or  to  finish  the  conversation  for  the  time  being.  No  interruption 
must  take  place  in  the  conversation  from  the  stations  in  the  Royal  Court,  or  the  royal 
establishments  of  the  Crown  Prince  or  Princess,  or  in  the  conversations  of  public 
officials,  on  account  of  any  requests  for  conversations  that  may  be  waiting.  In  the  case 
of  connections  requested  by  public  officials  in  long-distance  service,  for  which  no 
charge  is  made,  or  for  which  a  reduced  charge  is  made ;  or  in  the  case  of  conversations 
which  claim  exemption  from  paying  an  individual  charge,  on  the  basis  of  the  regula- 
tions relating  to  the  rates  in  departmental  (municipal)  service,  if  any  well-founded 
doubt  exists  in  the  first  case,  as  to  the  official  nature  of  the  conversation,  or,  in  the 
second  case,  as  to  whether  the  requirements  really  exist,  that  are  presupposed  for  a  con- 
versation that  is  exempted  from  paying  an  individual  charge,  then  supervision  must 
be  exercised  by  listening  to  the  said  conversations.  A  sufficient  ground  for  exercising 
such  supervision  over  conversations,  is  only  to  be  considered  necessary,  wdien  special 
reasons  exist,  such  as,  whdn  several  offences  have  already  been  noted  on  the  part  of 
the  subscriber  in  question,  against  the  regulations  in  the  telephone  service  that  have 
been  specified  for  the  payment  of  charges  and  exemptions  from  paying  the  same. 

In  the  case  of  conversations,  where  the  conditions  make  it  impossible  to  fully  un- 
derstand what  is  being  said,  the  observations  made  by  the  operator,  are  to  be  briefly 
noted  down  on  the  back  of  the  service  form  (see  section  43).  The  same  is  to  be  handed 
to  the  chief  operator  or  to  the  management,  for  further  consideration.  The  chief 
operator,  on  the  basis  of  these  observations  made  by  the  operator,  and  in  conference 
with  the  subscriber,  has  to  decide  as  to  whether,  under  the  existing  circumstances,  a 
reduction  will  be  allowed  in  the  charge. 

When  any  derangement  takes  place  in  the  service,  the  persons  who  have  been  noted 
down  for  conversations,  are  to  be  informed  whether  this  notification  holds  good,  and 
in  all  cases  how  long  it  will  be  maintained. 

The  service  forms,  with  the  requests  for  conversations  that  have  been  withdrawn 
are  to  be  scored  through,  obliquely,  on  the  front  side,  from  left  to  right,  and  the  neces- 
sary remarks  are  to  be  entered  eta  the  back  of  same. 

When  any  one  makes  a  request  for  connections  during  the  time  that  the  service  is 
deranged  (interrupted),  then,  of  course,  he  must  be  at  once  informed  of  the  present 
derangement  in  the  lines. 

BREAKING   THE   CONNECTIONS. 

46.  When  the  signal  is  received  that  the  conversation  has  terminated,  then  the 
connection  is  at  once  broken  off,  and  the  point  of  time  at  which  tha  conversation 
closed,  is  ascertained  and  entered  on  the  service  form. 

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556  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

If  the  operator  in  charge  of  the  connection  observes  that  the  conversation  is  not 
being  continued,  and  receives  no  response  to  the  inquiry,  '  Do  you  still  speak  ? '  she  is 
to  consider  the  conversation  ended,  and  break  the  connection. 

In  this  case,  the  time  when  the  connection  is  broken  is  to  be  also  regarded  as  the 
time  when  the  conversation  has  terminated,  and  the  same  is  to  be  entered  on  the  ser- 
vice form.  By  breaking  the  connection  at  the  long-distance  station,  the  long-distance 
signal  and  the  general  call  signal  become  visible  at  the  switch  station.  This  informs 
the  operator  in  the  switch  station  that  the  connection  is  to  be  broken.  The  operator 
in  the  long  distance  station  has  to  note  down  on  the  service  form  the  duration  of  the 
conversation,  in  minutes,  and  the  charge  to  be  estimated  for  the  same.  Finally,  the 
operator  who  is  responsible  for  the  connection  has  to  sign  the  form  in  the  lower  right 
hand  corner;  the  service  form  thus  filled  in  is  then  to  be  handed  over  for  further  cal- 
culation. 

EXCHANGE  OP  CONVERSATIONS  OVER  LONG-DISTANCE   LINES. 

47.  The  switch  stations,  or  the  long-distance  stations,  that  are  connected  with  a 
trunk  line,  have  equal  rights  to  use  the  said  line. 

A  conversation  that  has  been  commenced  must  not,  under  any  circumstances,  be 
interrupted. 

The  following  regulations  apply,  in  the  internal  service  of  Bavaria,  to  the  order 
of  succession,  according  to  which  the  telephone  conversations  are  to  be  carried  on: — 

(1)  Conversations  which  are  carried  on  by  His  Majesty  the  King,  His  Royal 
Highness  the  Prince  Regent,  and  the  other  ruling  princes  of  the  States  of 
the  German  Empire,  as  also  their  Royal  Consorts  and  widows  (dowagers), 
or  by  the  officials,  retainers,  suite,  or  royal  establishments,  which  may  be  con- 
nected with  their  Majesties  or  royal  personages. 

(2)  Conversations  by  the  ministers  of  state  on  matters  of  state  service,  by  the 
management  of  the  Royal  Bavarian  State  Railway,  and  the  subordinate  offi- 
cials of  the  same,  on  matters  of  service  pertaining  to  the  state,  conversations 
by  both  chambers  of  parliament,  concerning  parliamentary  affairs,  and  urgent 
conversations  by  the  other  state  officials,  as  well  as  by  the  municipal  authori- 
ties on  matters  pertaining  to  the  state. 

(3)  Private  conversations  of  an  urgent  nature. 

(4)  Ordinary  private  conversations,  ordinary  conversations  on  state  affairs,  other 
than  those  specified  under  No.  2  (with  the  exception  of  the  post  office  and 
telegraph  authorities),  and  ordinary  conversations  by  the  municipal  authori- 
ties, on  matters  pertaining  to  the  state. 

(5)  Ordilnary  conversations  by  the  post  office  and  telegraph  authorities. 

The  connections,  for  conversations  of  the  same  rank,  to  the  same  place,  are  to  be 
made  according  to  the  order  of  announcement. 

When  requests  for  conversations  have  been  received  in  both  the  long-distance  sta- 
tions, then  the  connections  are  to  be  made  by  turn  in  opposite  directions.  An  jurgent 
conversation,  the  duration  of  which  exceeds  the  specified  time,  must  only  be  inter- 
rupted if  another  ^urgent  conversation  is  waiting  to  be  carried  on. 

The  prolongation  of  an  urgent  conversation  beyond  the  usual  specified  time,  is  re- 
garded as  a  request  for  a  further  urgent  conversation,  which,  as  such,  claims  the  pre- 
cedence of  all  the  previous  or  simultaneous  ordinary  conversations,  that  have  been 
requested.  The  said  conversation  ■jmust  therefore  not  be  set  aside  for  the  purpose  of 
carrying  on  an  ordinary  conversation,  no  matter  in  what  direction  the  latter  is  to  be 
carried  on. 

For  the  order  of  through  connections,  the  point  of  time  at  which  the  announce- 
ment was  made  is  generally  to  be  taken  as  the  standard.  The  precedence,  however, 
in  carrying  on  the  conversations,  is  to  be  given  to  the  places  which  are  furthest  dis- 

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tant  from  each  other.  The  calling  up  of  such  switch  stations,  or  long-distance  stations 
is  to  be  granted  at  once,  if  at  all  possible. 

If  the  line  required  is  occupied,  then  the  same  must  be  given  up,  as  soon  as  the 
conversation,  being  carried  on,  is  finished. 

Requests  for  conversations  between  local  telephone  systems  of  the  Palatinate  and 
Ehenish  Bavaria,  and  vice  versa,  are  to  have  the  precedence  of  all  ordinary  conversa- 
tions between  local  telephone  systems  within  Rhenish  Bavaria,  or  within  the  Pala- 
tinate; and  are  therefore,  in  precedence  to  these,  to  be  transmitted  by  the  long-dis- 
tance receiving  and  intermediate  statiotns. 

When  two  long-distance  stations  enter  into  communication  with  each  other,  then 
these  must  carry  out  to  a  complete  finish  the  requests  for  conversations  that  may  be 
oln  hand.  A  third  station  may  only  enter  into  the  connection  if  an  urgent  call  has 
been  requested  in  the  same. 

Every  through  connection,  if  the  same  cannot  be  made  at  once,  is  to  be  entered 
on  a  sheet  by  itself,  in  the  through  station,  with  the  name  of  the  place  calling  up,  and 
the  name  of  the  place  desired,  and  the  time  when  the  request  was  made,  and  to  be 
placed,  in  order,  among  the  other  requests  that  have  been  received.  The  time  when 
the  connection  was  made  is  also  to  be  noted  down.  These  sheets  are  to  be  kept  for 
reference  for  three  months  in  the  switch  station,  or  long-distance  station,  in  case  any 
protests  may  be  made. 

USE  OF  CIRCUITS   FOR  CONNECTIONS. 

48.  The  making  of  connections  for  long-distance  conversations  must,  as  a  general 
nile,  take  place  over  the  ordinary  lines  or  circuits  that  are  specified  for  this  purpose. 

In  cases  when  the  lines  are  -deranged  or  when  the  traffic  exceeds  the  capacity  of 
the  designated  circuits,  then  it  is  admissible  to  obtain  the  connection  by  means  of 
other  available  circuits. 

In  the  case  of  lines  belonging  to  another  management,  only  those  circuits  may  be 
used  for  obtaining  connections  which  are  designated  in  the  usual  way.  When,  in  ob- 
taining connections,  Bavarian  local  telephone  systems  are  called  into  requisition, 
these  must  willingly  hand  over  for  use  the  circuits  that  are  required,  still  there  must 
be  no  essential  interference  with  the  ordinary  service  over  the  said  lines. 

USE  OF  LONG-DISTANCE  LINES  DURING  NIGHT  HOURS. 

49.  The  long-distance  lines,  between  local  telephone  systems,  which  have  full  night 
service,  or  at  least  service  during  a  part  of  the  night,  may  be  oased  by  subscribers  dur- 
ing night  hours  for  single,  conversations,  paying  ordinary  rates,  and  also  for  conversa- 
tions for  night  subscription  rates.  Ordinary  and  urgent  conversations  are  admissible 
under  the  same  conditions  as  during  the  hours  of  daily  service,  but  the  same  may  only 
be  carried  on  at  the  times  when  the  wires  are  not  being  used  for  conversations  at  sub- 
scription rates.  Subscription  conversations  may  only  be  carried  on  regarding  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  the  affairs  of  the  subscriber,  or  members  of  his  family,  or  business 
employees. 

Night  hours  are  reckoned  during  the  summer  months,  April  to  September,  from 
9  p.m.  till  7  a.m.,  and  during  the  winter  months,  October  to  March,  from  9  p.m.  till 
8  a.m.  Each  subscription  must  last  at  least  one  month.  The  subscription  may  begin 
at  any  time,  but  the  duration  of  the  month  is  also  to  be  reckoned  from  the  following 
1st  or  16th  of  a  month.  The  switch  station  or  long-distance  station  concerned  is  to 
be  informed  when  a  subscription  has  been  taken  out  for  conversations  during  night 
hours.  (See  'Instructions,'  section  IV.,  division^,  part  II.,  paragraph  7:  explana- 
tions to  division  1,  II.,  not  received.)  The  station  concerned  has  to  make  arrange- 
ments, at  once,  with  the  long-distance  station,  with  which  the  night  connections  are 
to  be  made,  regarding  the  time  when  the  said  connections  are  to  be  made. 

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If  several  long-distance  stations  are  required  for  carrying  out  the  connections, 
arrangements  must  be  made  -with  all  the  said  stations.  Any  unnecessary  delay  in  the 
time  requested  by  the  subscriber  for  carrying  on  the  conversations  is  to  be  avoided 
as  much  as  possible.  The  result  of  the  arrangement  between  the  long-distance  stations 
is  to  be  given  atwonce,  to  the  station  where  the  request  for  subscription  was  presented, 
in  order  that  final  arrangements  may  be  made  with  the  subscriber  regarding  the  time 
"when  the  connections  are  to  be  ma'de. 

The  time  agreed  upon  for  making  the  connections,  and  the  time  when  the  period 
of  subscription  begins,  is  to  be  'phoned  to  the  long-distance  stations  concerned.  The 
subscriber  is  to  receive  written  information  as  to  the  time  when  the  subscription  com- 
melnces  and  the  period  of  time  for  which  the  desired  connection^  will  be  made,  as  also 
the  amount  of  rates  to  be  paid,  from  the  station  where  the  request  for  subscription 
Was  made. 

The  communications  which  have  to  be  made  between  the  various  long-distance 
stations  on  matters  of  service,  are  to  be  carried  on  by  the  chief  operators  in  stations 
that  have  such  officials,  and  rn  stations  that  (do  not  have  chief  operators,  by  the  mana- 
ger of  the  bureau  under  which  the  long  distance  station  in  question  is  placed,  or  by 
;in  operator  connected  with  the  long-distance  service. 

No  conversations  musl  be  carried  on  until  the  subscription  rates  have  been  paid. 
The  long-distance  stations  have  to  keep  a  general  list  of  all  the  subscription  conversa- 
tions  that  are  carried  on  during  night  hours.  This  list  must  always  be  kept  correctly. 
'I  hese  stations  must  co-operate  in  the  keeping  of  the  said  list,  as  sender,  intermediate 
and  receiving  stations.     The  list  must  contain: — 

(a)  The  calling  number  and  the  name  or  firm  of  the  two  subscribers. 

(b)  The  time  during  which  the  conversation  is  carried  on. 

(c)  The  numbers  and  designation^of  the  lines  to  be  connected. 

(d)  The  time  when  the  night  subscription  begins  and  ends. 

DEPARTMENTAL    SERVICE. 

50.  For  the  definition  of  'Departmental  Service,'  see  section  3  (not  translated). 
Regarding  the  kind  of  rates  that  are  collected  in  departmental  service,  see  section 
10,  No.  3  (not  translated).  For  the  carrying  on  of  conversations  in  departmental 
service,  the  same  rules  which  have  been  specified  for  long-distance  conversations  also 
apply. 

The  regulations  regarding  subscription  in  departmental  service,  by  paying  an 
annual  additional  charge,  over  and  above  the  unlimited  service  rates,  and  the  extent 
of  the  rights  that  belong  to  subscribers  in  departmental  service,  through  paying  the 
said  rates,  are  contained  in  'Instructions,'  section  IV.,  division  5,  part  II.,  para- 
graphs 9  and  10  (not  received). 

A  subscriber  paying  the  additional  rate  for  service  within  the  area  of  a  depart- 
mental system,  is  not  permitted  to  converse,  free  of  charge,  within  such  area,  from  a 
public  call;station  or  from  the  station  of  any  other  subscriber,  whether  these  pay  the 
extra  rate  for  departmental  service  or  not. 

In  individual  cases,  when  the  station  of  a  subscriber  belonging  to  the,  departmen- 
tal system  is  out  of  order,  or  for  any  temporary  cause,  cannot  be  used,  if  the  said  sub- 
scriber wishes  to  use  the  station  of  another  subscriber,  with  his  consent,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  carrying  on  a  conversation,  within  the  area  of  the  departmental  system,  with- 
out charge,  no  objection  can  be  made,  no  matter  whether  this  other  subscriber  also 
belongs  to  the  departmental  system  or  not.  In  such  cases,  however,  the  subscriber 
who  wishes  to  carry  on  the  conversation  has  to  give  his  nams  anl  nunber  to  the 
switch  station  or  long-distance  station  concerned,  when  he  requests  the  connection, 
and  has  also  to  state  the,  reasons  why  he  uses  the  other  subscriber's  station. 

In  this  case,  of  course,  the  conversation  is  not  to  be  charged  against  the  subscri- 
ber whose  station  is  being  used,  but  against  the  subscriber  who  carries  on  the  conver- 

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sation.  If  .there  is  any  ground  for  doubting  the  reasons  that  are  given  for  using  the 
station  of  the  other  subscriber,  4the  switch  station,  or  long-distance  station  concerned, 
has  to  verify  the  truth  of  the  reasons  given,  by  afterwards  calling  up  the  station  re- 
ported to  be  out  of  order,  or  by  means  of  some  other  suitable  investigation.  Any  mis- 
statements that  are  found  out  are  to  be  reported  to  the  management  or  the  chief  opera- 
tors. 

It  is  not  admissible  to  use  a  public  call  station  for  conversations  free  of  charge, 
within  a  departmental  system,  under  any  circumstances  whatever. 

Payment  is  to  be  made  only  for  the  actual  connections  that  have  been  carried 
out.  '  Actual  connections  '  are  only  those  in  which  response  has  been  obtained  from 
the  station  called  up,  and  conversation  made  between  the  same  and  the  station  that 
6ends  the  call. 

A  connection  is  not  to  be  reckoned  in  the  following  cases : — 

(1)  When  no  response  is  obtained  from  the  station  called  up. 

(2)  When  the  request  for  the  connection  is  withdrawn. 

(3)  When  it  is  not  possible  to  carry  on  conversation  between  the  station  that 
sends  the  call  and  the  station  that  has  been  called  up,  and  when  the  person 
that  sends  the  call  informs  the  switch  station,  or  the  long-distance  station 
concerned,  of  this  fact,  immediately  after  the  connections  have  been  broken 
off. 

Those  conversations  are  also  not  to  be  reckoned  that  are  carried  on  by  a  sub- 
scriber in  a  departmental  system,  in  a  place  that  has  been  admitted  to  service  with 
principal  centres,  with  the  said  chief  centre  and  with  another  principal  centre,  as  also 
those  conversations  that  are  carried  on  by  the  said  subscriber,  in  a  chief  centre,  with 
a  principal  centre.  The  same  applies  also  to  service  with  neighbouring  places.  On 
the  other  hand,  besides  the  '  actual  connections,'  those  connections  ara  also  fc)  be 
reckoned  when: — 

(1)  The  subscriber  who  is  called  up  responds  to  the  call,  but  declines  to  carry  on 
the  conversation. 

(2)  The  subscriber  in  the  departmental  system  who  has  made  the  request  for  the 
connection,  declines  to  carry  on  the  conversation,  or  does  not  respond  after 
the  connections  have  been  made  for  him. 

The  operator  has  to  be  satisfied  that  the  connections  are  all  right,  by  listening  for 
a(  moment  to  the  conversation. 

The  conversations  carried  on  in  departmental  service  are  to  be  noted  down  as  a 
call  by  the  switch  station  or  long-distance  station  from  which  they  are  sent.  The  con- 
versation, is  not  to  be  noted  down  as  a  call  until  after  the  connection  has  been  broken 
off. 

Each  conversation  carried  on  in  departmental  service  is  counted  singly,  no, mat- 
ter how  long  it  is  continued.  Urgent  conversations  in  departmental  service,  are  also 
counted  as  one,  in  each  case,  without  regard  to  the  length  of  time  taken  up,  without 
infringing  upon  section  11,  part  2,  of  the  '  Telephone  Rates.'  The  call  entries  by  the 
operators  are  to  be  made  with  the  greatest  possible,  accuracy  and  faithful  conscien- 
tiousness, for  the  sake  of  the  financial  interests  of  the  telegraph  management  and  of 
the  subscribers.  A  free  conversation  in  departmental  service  may  only  be  continued 
longer  than  three  minutes,  if,  at  the  termination  of  this  period  no  other  person  wishes 
to  use  the  line  that  is  occupied ;  or,  in  case  several  lines  are  being  used,  if  one  of  the 
same  lines  are  not  in  request.  If  such  a  request  has  been  made,  then  the  connection 
must  be  broken  off  at  the  close  of  the  three  minutes,  no  matter  what  protests  may  be 
made.  The  managers  or  supervisors  must  watch  carefully  that  this  regulation  is 
strictly  enforced  by  the  long-distance  stations.  When  the  connections  are  being  made 
for  subscribers  in  departmental  service,  the  long-distance  operator  must  indicate  to  the 
other  long-distance  station,  by  using  the  words  '  departmental  service,'  that  the  con- 
nection requested  must  be  broken  off  after  the  lapse  of  three  minutes. 

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The  conversations  held  the  previous  day  by  subscribers  entitled  to  free  depart- 
mental service  must  be  telephoned  by  the  various  stations  with  which  such  conver- 
sations are  made,  not  later  than  noon  each  day,  to  the  exchange  where  payment  of  the 
additional  charge  for  such  free  departmental  service  is  made. 

When  the  lines  are  deranged,  during  lengthened  periods  of  time,  then  this  com- 
munication is  to  be  m'ade  by  letter.  Requests  for  conversations  that  have  not  been 
carried  on  do  not  have  to  be  sent  in.  These  reports  must  be  sent  in  by  the  manager, 
or,  in  the  case  of  local  telephone  systems  having  a  supervisor,  by  that  official. 

The  said  managers  or  supervisors  are  responsible  for  the  accuracy  and  punctu- 
ality of  these  reports.  The  daily  reports  sent  in  this  manner  over  the  'phone,  must  be 
handed  over  at  once,  to  the  operator  who  has  charge  of  the  register  in  which  these  are 
entered.  (Service  form  F.  48.  See  '  Instructions,'  section  VI.,  division  5,  part  II., 
remarks  to  paragraph  9,  not  printed.) 

SERVICE    WITH    THE    GERMAN    GOVER^ME^T    TELEGRAPH    AREA,   WITH    WURTEMBURG,   AUSTRIA, 

LICHTENSTEIN,   AND    SWITZERLAND. 

51.  The  service  with  the  German  government  telegraph  area,  with  Wurtemburg, 
Austria,  Lichtenstein  and  Switzerland,  is  carried  on,  so  far  as  noting  down  and 
carrying  out  the  connections  are  concerned,  according  to  the  regulations  which  have 
been  specified  for  the  service  within  the  area  of  Bavaria. 

Regarding  the  carrying  on  of  conversations,  in  service  with  the  German  govern- 
ment telegraph  area,  even  urgent  conversations  must  be  stopped  after  the  lapse  of 
six  minutes,  if  requests  for  ordinary  conversations  are  waiting  to  be  carried  out  in 
the  opposite  direction.  Ihe  stopping  of  an  urgent  conversation  to  make  way  for  an- 
other call  does  not  entitle  an  ordinary  one  to  precedence  if  at  the  time  when  it  is 
stopped  another  urgent  call  is  waiting,  no  matter  from  which  end  of  the  line.  In 
this  case,  the  urgent  conversation  thai  has  been  stopped  must  be  immediately  fol- 
lowed by  the  urgent  call  that  is  waiting. 

Conversations  sent  to  Bavaria  from  the  German  government  telegraph  area, 
from  Wurtemburg,  or  from  Austria,  which  are  not  to  be  counted,  are  to  be  noted 
down  on  service  form  F.  36  (Appendix  9).  These  notes  must  contain  the  name  of 
the  local  system  which  sent  the  call,  and  the  local  system  called,  the  number  of  the 
station  asked  for,  the  length  of  time  taken  up  by  the  conversation,  and  the  amount 
of  charges  for  the  same. 

For  through  service  which  has  to  be  reckoned  for,  from  Wurtemburg,  over  the 
German  government  telegraph  area  to  Bavaria,  on  the  left  side  of  the  Rhine,  and 
from  the  German  government  telegraph  area  over  Wurtemburg,  and  from  Switzer- 
land over  Austria  to  Bavaria,  on  the  right  side  of  the  Rhine,  and,  finally,  in  direct 
service  from  Austria  to  Bavaria,  the  conversations  over  the  above-mentioned  connec- 
tions are  to  be  noted  down  with  the  name  of  the  system  sending  the  call,  and  that  of 
the  system  called,  the  number  and  name,  or  firm  of  the  person  calling,  and  the  name 
of  the  person  called,  also  the  duration  of  the  conversation,  and  the  charges  to  be 
paid  for  the  same.  The  service  forms  which  contain  the  entries  regarding  the  ser- 
vice, in  both  directions,  between  Bavaria  and  the  German  government  telegraph  area 
by  way  of  Wurtemburg,  are  to  be  distinctly  marked  on  the  upper  margin  '  over  Wur- 
temburg.' The  signature  of  the  operator  who  makes  the  connection  and  supervises 
the  same,  must  be  inserted  on  the  right  lower  corner  of  the  service  form. 

WORKING   SYSTEM   OF  THE   MESSAGE    STATION — SERVICE   WITH    THE    MESSAGE   STATION. 

52.  The  wires  leading  from  message  stations  are  led!  into  the  exchanges  in 
the  same  manner  as  the  wires  from  subscribers.  Connections  between  message  stations 
and  subscribers'  stations  are  made  in  the  same  way  as  between  two  subscribers'  sta- 
tions. The  subscriber  who  wishes  to  send  a  telegram  or  some  other  message,  calls 
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the  exchange,  and  after  he  has  been  answered,  uses  the  word  '  telegram '  or  '  message.' 
Thereupon  the  operator  in  the  exchange  calls  up  the  message  station  and  gives  the 
number  of  the  subscriber  who  has  made  the  call. 

RECEIVING   THE   MESSAGES. 

53.  The  message  station  calls  up  the  subscriber,  with  the  words,  '  Message  sta- 
tion, who  is  there?'  whereupon  the  subscriber  answers,  'Here  (number  and  name), 
telegraph  to ,'  or  '  A  post  card  to.'  or  '  A  letter  to ,  or  'A  mes- 
sage to .'     The  operator  notes  down  carefully  the  number  and  the  name  of 

the  subscriber,  and  then  calls,  '  Please  give.'  The  subscriber  now  begins  to  dictate. 
In  order  that  the  operator  may  be  able  to  follow,  in  writing  down  what  is  being  said, 
the  dictation  must  be  done  slowly,  distinctly  and  in  sentences  of  three  or  four  words 
at  a  time.  1  hen  a  pause  has  to  be  made  until  the  operator  calls  '  continue.'  Sur- 
names and  other  words,  especially  those  in  a  foreign  language,  regarding  the  spelling 
of  which  there  may  be  some  difficulty,  are  to  be  spelled,  if  requested,  by  using,  if 
necessary,  the  spelling  alphabet  which  is  printed  out  in  part  II.  of  the  Telephone 
Directory.  When  figures  have  to  be  written  with  letters,  then  this  must  be  specially 
mentioned  by  saying  '  spell  with  letters.'  Any  necessary  signs  of  punctuation  are 
dictated  in  the  usual  terms,  i.e.,  period,  comma,  &c.  These  insertions  are  not  counted 
when  the  charges  are  reckoned.  As  soon  as  the  whole  message  is  dictated,  the  sub- 
scriber has  to  call  the  word  '  finished.'  Then  the  operator  reads  the  whole  message 
over  again.  If  any  mistake  is  noted  in  the  taking  down,  then  the  subscriber  inter- 
rupts, with  the  words,  '  Wrong,  it  reads  in  stead  of '    The 

operator  corrects  the  error  and  repeats  the  place  in  question  over  again,  and  then 
reads  further.  If  no  mistake  is  observed  when  the  message  is  read  over  again,  the 
subscriber  calls,  'Correct,  finish,'  and  hangs  up  the  receiver.  Then  the  subscriber  and 
the  operator  ring  off. 

FORWARDING    IX-COMING   TELEGRAMS    TO    THE    SUBSCRIBER. 

54.  As  soon  as  a  telegram  to  be  transmitted,  by  'phone,  to  a  subscriber  arrives  at 
the  message  station,  the  operator  calls  up  the  exchange  and  gives  the  numbar  of  the 
subscriber's  station  for  which  the  telegram  has  arrived.  The  exchange  makes  the 
connection.     The  subscriber  who  responds  is  informed  of  the  telegram  by  the  words, 

'Message  station,  a  telegram  from '     In  transmitting  telegrams  received 

to  the  subscribers,  the  same  manner  of  procedure  is  followed,  as  in  receiving  telegrams, 
&c,  from  the  same;  only,  in  this  case,  the  operator  in  the  switch  station  is  the  one  who 
dictates,  and  the  subscriber  the  one  who  writes  down.  If  a  subscriber  receives  a  tele- 
gram with  answer  prepaid  (Rl'.)  through  the  'phone,  and  sends  the  reply  back  hy 
'phone,  then  he  has  to  describe  the  latter  to  the  message  station  as  '  telegram,  answer 
prepaid.'  On  the  other  hand,  if  the  subscriber  receives  such  a  telegram  by  the  express 
messenger  ,nna  if  he  wishes  to  send  the  answer  by  'phone,  by  using  the  answer-form, 
then  he  must  also  describe  this  telesrram  to  the  exchange,  as  'telegram,  answer 
prepaid ' ;  and  at  the  same  time  write  down  the  telegram  on  the  answer-form,  and  use 
this  at  the  end  of  the  month,  when  payment  is  made,  as  a  receipt  to  show  that  the 
answer  was  prepaid.  For  handing  over  the  written  copies  of  the  telegrams  that  have 
been  sent  by  'phone  (see  '  Instructions,'  section  IV.,  division  5,  part  II.,  paragraph  18, 
not  printed). 

MESSAGES    WITH    ANSWER    PREPAID. 

55.  Every  subscriber  can  make  request  that  the  answer  to  a  message,  given  from 
his  station,  may  be  sent  to  him,  by  'phone,  from  the  message  station,  if  he  agrees  to 
pay  the  charges  for  the  said  answer.  In  this  case,  the  subscriber  has,  when  dictating 
the  message,  to  add,  immediately  after  the  address,  the  words  '  answer  prepaid.'    The 

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agreement  to  pay  the  answer,  only  for  a  specified  number  of  words,  is  not  admissible. 
When  a  message  is  forwarded,  with  answer  prepaid,  the  receiver  is  handed  an  answer- 
form  (Appendix  10,  not  printed),  on  the  back  of  which  he  has  to  write  down  the 
answer  at  once  .  The  answer  is  then  at  once  brought  back  to  the  message  station,  and 
forwarded  from  the  same  to  the  subscriber.  The  transmitting  of  this  answer  by  the 
operator    in    the   exchange    is    introduced   by   the    words    '  answer    to    message    sent 

to '    If  for  any  reason  the  answer  cannot  be  at  once  obtained  from  the 

person  receiving  the  message,  then  the  sender  is  informed  of  the  fact,  by  the  exchange. 
This  announcement,  which  takes  the  place  of  an  answer,  is,  in  all  cases,  con- 
sidered as  an  answer  consisting  of  5  words,  and  is  charged  for  as  such.  Regarding  the 
charges  for  messages  (see  '  Instructions,'  section  IV.,  division  5,  part  II.,  paragraph 
16,  not  printed). 


THE    HANDLING    OF    TELEGRAMS    AND    OTHER    MESSAGES — COUNTING    THE    WORDS — RECKONING 

THE   CHARGES. 

56.  The  telegrams  that  are  given  in  to  be  sent  by  'phone  are  written  down  on  a 
telegram  receiving-form  (service-form  JJ52,  not  printed).  The  writing  is  done  with 
pencil.  The  messages  that  .•ire  to  be  forwarded  by  mail,  take  the  form  of  letters  or  post 
cards,  according  to  the  wish  of  the  subscriber.  The  former  are  written  on  service- 
form  F30  (Appendix  11,  not  printed),  ami  the  latter  on  franked  post  cards.  The  re- 
quest to  write  down  the  message  cannol  be  handed  in  by  the  telephone  messengers,  but 
the  request  to  send  the  written  message  may  be  handed  in  by  them. 

The  writing  down  of  messages,  to  be  sent  to  non-subscribers,  who  live  in  the 
vicinity,  is  also  to  be  done  mi  service-form  F30.  An  additional  copy  is  written  out, 
during  the  intervals  in  the  service,  of  those  messages  that  are  to  be  forwarded  through 
the  post,  as  letters,  and  also  those  that  are  to  be  delivered  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the 
switch  station.  The  first  copy  is  to  be  handed  in  for  reference.  The  second  copy  is 
delivered  to  the  receiver  of  the  message.  The  wrapper  to  be  used  is  service-form  F31 
(Appendix  12,  not  printed).  When  the  first  copies  of  the  forms  are  handed  over,  then 
the  charges  to  be  paid  by  the  sender  are  at  once  reckoned,  and  entered  into  the  '  Regis- 
ter of  Telegrams  and  Messages  sent  to  the  Message  Stations.'  (Service-form  Fll, 
Appendix  13,  not  printed.) 

For  counting  the  words  and  estimating  the  charges  for  telegrams,  the  regulations 
apply  that  are  specified  in  the  'Rates  for  Telegraph  Service';  'Instructions,'  section 
IV.,  division  4  (not  printed).  No  charge  is  made  for  receiving  and  sending  telegrams 
by  'phone :  but  the  receiving  of  those  messages  are  charged  for,  which  are  to  be  for- 
warded by  the  post,  or  by' messengers.  (See  '  Instructions,'  section  IV.,  division  5,  part 
II.,  paragraphs  16//,  not  printed).  In  calculating  the  charges  for  receiving  such  mes- 
sages, the  same  rules  are  to  be  followed,  with  regard  to  the  counting  of  the  words,  that 
are  specified  for  calculating  the  charges  for  telegrams. 


TRANSMITTING  TELEGRAMS  RECEIVED  BY  PHONE — FORWARDING  TELEPHONE  MESSAGES  BY 
POST — DELIVERING  MESSAGES  TO  N0N-SUB30RIBER3,  LIVING  IN  THE  NEIGHBOURHOOD  OF 
THE  SWITCH  STATION. 

57.  After  the  specified  entries,  &c,  have  been  made,  the  telegrams  are  to  be  sent, 
as  promptly  as  possible,  to  be  transmitted  by  the  telegraph  bureaux.  The  despatch  of 
/the  letters  and  post  cards  must  also  take  place  at  the  earliest  opportunity.  Messages 
to  be  delivered  to  non-subscribers,  living  in  the  neighbourhood,  are  sent  by  messengers, 
in  the  same  way  as  telegrams  which  come  in  from  other  places.      All  telegrams  and 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

messages,  coming  in  by  'phone,  must  receive  the  stamp  of  the  message  station,  before 
they  are  forwarded. 

TRANSMITTING   OF   TELEGRAMS   TO   SUBSCRIBERS   BY    'PHONE. 

58.  The  transmitting  of  telegrams  to  subscribers  by  'phone  will  only  be  done  when 
written  request  is  made  for  the  same.  The  written  copies  of  the  telegrams  that  are 
sent  by  'phone,  are  furnished  with  an  entry  regarding  the  time  when  the  telegram 
was  spoken  over  the  'phone,  and  inclosed  in  an  envelope,  with  the  name  and  address 
of  the  receiver,  and  forwarded  to  him  by  the  next  delivery  of  mail.  The  time  and  the 
manner  of  sending  the  same,  and  also  the  number  of  subscriber's  station,  has  to  be 
entered  on  that  part  of  the  form  which  is  retained. 

If  the  subscriber  does  not  reside  within  the  area  of  mail  delivery,  where  the 
switch  station  is  situated,  then  the  copy  of  the  telegram  is  to  be  forwarded  by  the  next 
post  to  the  mail  delivery  office  concerned,  in  order  that  it  may  be  handed  to  the  sub- 
scriber.   The  envelope  is  to  be  marked  '  postal  matter.' 

If  the  station  of  a  subscriber  cannot  be  called  up  within  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
after  a  telegram  has  been  received  for  transmission  by  'phone,  then  the  telegram  is 
furnished  with  the  necessary  remarks  and  sent  by  messenger.  The  same  manner  of 
procedure  must  be  followed,  without  delay,  when  there' is  any  derangement  in  the  ser- 
vice. 

Telegrams  arriving  after  business  hours  are  also  forwarded  by  messengers,  unless 
some  other  written  instructions  have  been  received. 

A  correct  list  must  be  kept  in  every  message  station  of  those  subscribers  who  have 
telegrams  transmitted  by  'phone  to  their  stations.  This  list  must  contain  details  re- 
garding the  times  when  the  business  establishments  of  subscribers  are  closed,  and  now 
telegrams  are  to  be  handled  that  come  in  during  such  times. 

Kegarding  the  list  of  those  subscribers  who  receive  the  '  weather  bulletins '  over 
Fthe  'phone,  see  '  Instructions,'  section  IV.,  division  5,  part  II.,  paragraph  18.  A  cor- 
rected copy  of  the  telephone  directory,  containing  the  subscribers  of  the  local  system 
must  be  kept  on  hand  in  every  message  station. 


ADDENDA. 

SERVICE   WITH  THE  LONG-DISTANCE   STATION. 

32.  The  subscriber  who  wishes  a  connection  with  another  subscriber,  belonging 
to  some  other  telephone  system,  calls  for  the  long-distance  station. 

The  operator  in  the  local  exchange  thereupon  removes  the  plug  that  was  inserted 
in  the  jack  of  the  subscriber's  wire  for  calling  purposes,  and  then  inserts  into  the  jack 
the  plug  of  a  direct  connecting  cord,  at  the  same  time  inserting  the  other  plug  of  this 
cord  into  the  jack  of  a  long-distance  wire,  thereby  the  long-distance  signal  (call)  is 
given  both  in  the  local  exchange,  and  also  in  the  long-distance  station,  and  the  latter 
is  called  upon  to  enter  into  the  connection.  When  the  conversation  has  terminated, 
the  long-distance  station  breaks  the  connection.  This  again  gives  the  long-distance 
signal  to  the  local  exchange,  and  therefore  the  operator  in  the  switch  station  has  the 
signal  to  disconnect.  The  operator  then  removes  the  direct  cord  from  the  jacks  of 
the  subscriber's  line,  and  the  long-distance  line. 

When  a  subscriber  is  called  from  a  distance,  the  long-distance  station  calls  up  the 
local  exchange  required,  in  like  manner,  by  means  of  the  long-distance  signal.  The 
operator  in  the  local  exchange  required,  switches  his  calling  apparatus  on  to  the  long- 
distance line  in  question,  and  receives  from  the  long-distance  station  the  number  of 

the  subscriber  who  is  to  be  called  up. 

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The  calling  apparatus  is  again  switched  off,  and  the  plug  that  was  used  for  call- 
ing up  is  removed  from  the  jack  of  the  long-distance  line,  and  the  connection  is  then 
made  between  the  subscriber  and  the  long-distance  station,  over  the  same  long-dis- 
tance line,  by  means  of  the  direct  cord,  after  the  same  manner  described  above. 

CALLING  UP  THE   LOCAL  EXCHANGE,  OR  LONG-DISTANCE  STATION,  FROM   PUBLIC  CALL 

STATIONS. 

66.  When  a  conversation  is  to  be  carried  on  in  local  service,  or  in  service  with 
principal  centres,  or  with  neighbouring  places,  the  calling  up  of  the  local  exchange 
may  be  left  to  the  person  who  is  using  the  public  call  station.  If  the  person  is  not 
acquainted  with  the  use  of  the  telephone  apparatus,  then  the  operator  in  charge  of 
the  public  call  station  must  make  the  necessary  arrangements. 

In  the  case  of  a  conversation  in  long-distance  service,  the  long-distance  station 
must  be  called  exclusively  by  the  operator  who  has  charge  of  the  public  call  station. 

The  calling  up  of  the  long-distance  station  is  to  be  introduced  by  the  words  '  here 

(name  and  class  of  service  of  the  operator)  '  paid  connection  (or  free  connection) 
with  X  in  Y.'  The  long-distance  station  must  not  make  any  connections  in  long-dis- 
tance service  unless  the  call  is  made  in  this  manner.  The  operator  in  the  public  call 
station  must  not  hand  over  the  'phone  to  the  person  who  wishes  to  carry  on  the  con- 
versation until  he  is  sure  that  some  one  is  present  at  the  station  called  up. 

DURATION   OF  CONVERSATIONS. 

15.  The  amount  of  charges  to  be  paid  for  conversations  in  local  service,  and  in 
service  with  principal  centres,  and  with  neighbouring  places,  and  also  in  long-distance 
service,  is  estimated  according  to  the  actual  length  of  the  same.  The  duration  of  a 
conversation  in  local  service,  in  service  with  principal  centres,  and  with  neighbouring 
places,  is  reckoned  from  the  point  of  time  when  the  call  is  responded  to  from  the 
station  called  up.  The  duration  of  a  conversation,  in  departmental  service,  and 
in  long-distance  service  is  reckoned  from  the  time  when  the  connection  has  been 
made  between  the  station  of  the  person  calling  and  the  station  called,  and  when 
the  person  calling  is  informed,  by  the  local  exchange,  or  the  long-distance 
station  concerned,  that  the  connections  are  ready.  The  duration  of  a  conversation 
which  is  carried  on  from  supplementary  stations,  in  departmental  service,  and  in  long- 
distance service,  is  reckoned  from  the  time  when  the  subscriber  who  has  the  principal 
station,  with  which  the  supplementary  station  is  connected,  is  informed  that  the  con- 
nection is  ready,  by  the  local  exchange,  or  the  long-distance  station  concerned.  A 
conversation,  carried  on  from  a  subscriber's  station,  is  considered  as  ended,  when  the 
signal  to  ring  off  is  given  to  the  local  exchange,  or  the  long-distance  station  concerned; 
or,  if  the  signal  is  omitted  to  be  given,  when  the  operator,  in  the  local  exchange  per- 
ceives that  the  conversation  is  not  being  continued,  and  when  no  response  is  given  to 
the  inquiry  as  to  whether  the  conversation  has  terminated.  The  duration  of  a  conver- 
sation, in  long-distance  service,  sent  from  a  public  call  station,  is  reckoned  from  the 
time  when  the  operator,  in  the  public  call  station  hands  over  the  'phone  to  the  person 
who  wishes  to  hold  the  conversation.  A  conversation,  in  long-distance  service,  is  con- 
sidered as  ended,  when  the  person  using  the  public  call  station  has  either  rung  off,  or, 
if  he  has  omitted  to  do  so  as  soon  as  he  leaves  the  'phone.  In  the  latter  case  the  opera- 
tor must  ring  off. 

The  supervision  of  the  length  of  time,  taken  up  by  the  conversation,  and  the  fixing 
of  this  time,  in  the  case  of  conversations  carried  on  from  subscriber's  stations,  is  to  be 
attended  to  by  the  local  exchange,  or  the  long-distance  station,  to  which  the  request 
for  the  connection  was  made,  by  the  person  calling  up;  and,  in  the  case  of  conversa- 
tions, sent  from  public  call  stations,  by  the  operator  in  charge  of  the  said  public  call 
station. 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

BA  V  ARIA— Continued. 
No.  291c. 

(Translation.) 

COST  OF  TELEPHONE  MATERIAL  AND  CONSTRUCTION. 

A. — OVERHEAD  LINES. 

1.  Wooden  Poles. 
Supplying  and  setting  up  in  average  ground  creosoted  poles,  per  pole  :— 
a.   Length  of  pole,  7.5  m.  (24§  ft.)   (a) Marks  6.60  ($1.57) 

"(b) «  5.30  ($1.26) 

b-                 "              9.0m.  (29*  ft.)  (a)..    ....  "  7.60  ($1.81) 

"      (&) "  6.30  ($1.50) 

c-                              10.0  m.  (32J  ft.)  (a) "  9.20  ($2.19) 

"(b) "  7.20  ($1.72) 

<*■                              11.0  m.  (36     ft.)  (a) "  11.30  ($2.69) 

"(b) "  9.20  ($2.19) 

<?•                              12.0  m.  (39J  ft.)  (a) «  14.00  ($3.33) 

"       (6) "  12.00  ($2.86) 

f-                 "            13.0  m.  (42*  ft.)  (a) "  16.10  ($3.83) 

"(b) "  15.00  ($3.57) 

9-                 "            14-0 m.  (46     ft.)  (a).. "  20.00  ($4.76) 

"              "(b) "  19.00  ($4.52) 

h.                 "            15.0  m.  (494  ft.)  (a) "  24.00  ($5.71) 

"(b) "  23.50  ($5.59) 

i.                 "            16.0  m.    (52 J  ft.)  (a) "  28.00  ($6.66) 

"(b) "  27.50  ($6.43) 

j.                 "            17.0  m.  (55f  ft.)  (a).-.    ....  "  32.00  ($7.62) 

"(b) "  32.00  ($7.62) 

(a)  Munich.     (6)  Nurenburg. 

Supplying  and  setting  up  a  telephone  mast  (not  creosoted) : — 

a.  Length  of  mast,  18  m.  (59  ft.) Marks  9O.00  ($21.42) 

b.  "  19  m.  (62i  ft.) "  110.00  ($26.18) 

c.  "  20  m.   (65*  ft.) "  130.00  ($30.94) 

d.  "  21  m.  (68|  ft.) "  150.00  ($35.70) 

e.  "  22  m.  (72    ft.) "  170.00  ($40.46) 

f.  "  23  m.  (75*  ft.) "  200.00  ($47.60) 

g.  "  24  m.  (78|  ft.) "  240.00  ($57.12) 

li.  "  25  m.  (82     it.) "  280.00  ($66.64) 

Supplying  and  setting  up  in  average  soil,  23  creosoted  poles  to  each  km.  (about 
|  of  a  mile),  per  km.:  a.  Length  of  pole,  7*5  m.  (24|  ft.),  Munich  (a),  marks  152 
($36.18) ;  Nurenburg  (b),  marks  125  ($29.75).  b.  Length  of  pole,  9-0  (29J  ft),  Mun- 
ich (a),  marks  175  ($41.65);  Nurenburg  (b),  marks  150  ($35.7»). 

Supplying  and  setting  up  in  average  soil,  20  creosoted  poles  to  each  km.  (about 
I  of  a  mile),  per  km.:  a.  Length  of  pole,  7-5  m.  (24J  ft),  Munich  (a),  marks  132 
($31.42);  Nurenburg  (b),  marks  110  ($26.18).  b.  Length  of  pole  9-0  m.  (29J  ft), 
Munich  (a),  marks  152  ($36.18);  Nurenburg  (o),  marks  130  ($30.94). 

Supplying  a  brace  or  strut :  a.  .Length  from  7  5  m.  (24J  ft.)  to  9  m.  (29J  ft.) 
Munich  (a),  marks-  6.60  ($1.57) ;  Nurenburg  (b),  marks  7.70  ($1.83).  b.  Made  from 
fallen  poles,  marks  3.30  (79  cents). 

Supplying  a  truss  wire,  or  stem  lightning  rod,  made  of  iron  wire,  per  truss  or 
rod,  marks  2.00  (48  cents). 

Supplying  shores,  each,  marks  2.50  (60  cents). 

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REMARKS    CONCERNING   THE   FOREGOING    PRICE-LIST. 

The  cost  of  transportation  of  poles  from  the  warehouse  to  the  place  required  is 
not  specified.  The  cost  in  each  case  has  to  be  reckoned  separately  and  specially  shown 
in  the  estimates. 

Eor  new  construction  and  extensions  made  in  the  existing  arrangements,  the 
railway  freight  charges  are  to  be  reckoned  according  to  the  '  Tariff  for  supplies  re- 
quired for  new  Telegraph  Construction,'  issued  on  August  1,  1891.  For  the  construc- 
tion of  private  arrangements,  the  rates  are  to  be  reckoned  according  to  the  '  Tariff 
for  the  Transport  of  Goods,  &c.'  When  several  cartage  stations  are  required  for  the 
transporting  of  materials,  then  the  said  stations  are  to  be  specified  and  their  maxi- 
mum total  distance  is  to  form  the  basis  of  calculation.  Freight  charges  are  not  rec- 
koned for  work  done  in  maintaining  the  existing  arrangements. 

For  transport  over  public  (country)  roads,  the  average  distance  from  the  railway 
station  in  question  is  to  be  specified,  and  the  number  of  days  required  for  wagon 
transport  is  to  be  reckoned. 

In  stony  ground,  which  can  be  cut  with  a  boring  iron  (or  cutting  tool),  the  charge 
for  medium-sized  poles  is  to  be  increased  by  1  mark  (24  cents).  In  rocky  ground  which 
requires  the  use  of  blasting  materials,  the  charge  is  to  be  increased  by  2  or  3  marks 
(48  or  72  cents).  The  amount  of  the  charge  for  specially  long  poles,  is  to  be  corre- 
spondingly increased. 

For  marking  out  the  course  of  the  lines  and  overseeing  the  work  of  construction 
by  experienced  employees,  special  amounts  have  to  be  specified  in  the  estimate  of  the 
cost  of  construction. 

2.  Erection  of  wires,  per  km.  (about  f  of  a  mile) : — 

a.  Erecting  wires  of  4-5  mm.  (No.  7,  S.W.G.), 

bronze  wire,  with  insulators Marks  260  ($61.88) 

b.  Of  4  mm.   (No.  8,  S.W.G.,  bronze  wire.  ...  "     215  ($51.17) 

c.  Of  3  mm.  (No.  10i,  S.W.G.),  bronze  wire  . .  "     125  ($29.75) 

d.  Of  2  mm.  (.No.  14,  S.W.G.),  bronze  wire  on 

poles,  or  on  iron  roof  supports "      70  ($16.66) 

e.  Of  1-5  mm.   (No.  17,  S.W.G.),  bronze  wire 

with  insulators  and  pins  (bolts),  No.  3,  on 

iron  roof  supports "      45  ($10.71) 

f.  Of  1-5  mm.  (No.  17,  S.W.G.),  bronze  wire, 

with  insulators  and  pins  (bolts),  No.  3, 
fastened  on  iron  wall  supports  (attach- 
ments), including  stays "      90  ($21.42) 

g.  Braided    okonite    conductors,    for    crossings 

with  high  tension  lines,  2  mm.   (No.  14, 
j  S.W.C),  bronze  wire,  insulated  to  4  mm. 

(No.  8,  S.W.G.),per  metre  (3937/ioo  inches)  .  "  0.16  (3|c.) 
Remarks. — When  more  conducting  wires  are  to  be  placed  on  an  existing  pole  with 
the  changing  of  the  cross-arm  at  the  same  time,  then  the  extra  cost  of  the  new  cross- 
arm,  together  with  the  cost  of  removing  the  former  cross-arm,  and  the  placing  of  the 
new  cross-arm  is  to  be  specified  in  the  estimate  of  costs  dr$wn  up  for  such  work.  In 
like  manner,  the  cost  of  altering  and  strengthening  these  poles  is  to  be  specified  in  the 
said  estimate.  The  cost  for  transport  of  wire,  suspension  pins  (bolts),  and  insulators, 
the  weight  of  which  is  about  50  kg.  for  each  km.  of  line,  is  to  be  specified  in  the  esti- 
mate of  cost. 

B.  Underground  lines,  per  metre  (39  37-100  inches)  : — 

1.  Cable  ducts,  made  of  double  profile  irons: — 
18.  Asphalted  cable  protective  irons,  No.  4  (weight  4  '6  kg.),  with  binding  hoops 
(straps),  including  moving  and  laying  of  the  >cable,  hut  not  including 
excavating : — 
BAVARIA. 


APPENDIX  "A"  567 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

a.  No.  4  (weight  4  6  kg.),  for  14  to  28  double 

stranded  cable Marks  1.05  ($0.25) 

b.  No.  5  -2  (weight  5  -4  kg.),  for  42,  56  and  84 

double  stranded  cable "     1.15  ($0.27$) 

c.  No.   6-5    (weight  6-2  kg.),  for  112  and  140 

double  stranded  cable "    1.35  ($0.32$) 

d.  No.  10   (weight  10-8  kg.),  for  168  and  224 

double  stranded  cable "    2.15  ($0.51£) 

19.  Binding   hoops    (straps)     with    wedges     (keys) 

per  100 "    4.40  ($1.05) 

"SO.  Metal    clips,    consisting    of   two*    unequal    parts,    80     and  32     mm.    broad, 

with  screws  for  profile  (side  face),  per  100: — 

a.  No.  4 Marks  17  ($4.05) 

b.  JSIo.  5-2 "      19  ($4.52) 

c.  No.  6-5 "      23  ($5.47) 

d.  No.  10 "      26  ($6.19) 

21.  Cast  iron  curved  back  piece,  asphalted  inside  and   outside,   with  1  socket 

(sleeve),  for  profile  (side  face),  per  pair: — 

a.  No.  4 Marks  2.80  ($0.67) 

b.  No.  5-2 "      3.40  ($0.81) 

c.  No.  6  -5 "      3.80  ($0.90) 

d.  No.  10 "      6.00  ($1.43) 

Oast  iron  curved  back  piece,  asphalted  inside  and  outside,  with  2  sockets  (sleeves) 
for  profile  (side  face),  per  pair: — 

a.  No.  4 Marks  3.20  ($0.76) 

b.  No.  5-2 "  3.80  ($0.90) 

c.  No.  6-5 "  4.00  ($0.95) 

d.  No.  10 "  6.70  ($1.59) 

22.  Joint  sockets  for  profile  (side  face) : — 

a.  No.  4,  5  -2  and  6  -5,  each Marks  3.80  (90c.) 

6.  No.  10 "      6.80  ($1.62) 

Trenching,  Cement  Ducts,  Cable  Shafts. 

23.  Trenching,  filling    in    again,  carting  away  surplus  earth,  including  removal 

of  obstacles,  per  metre   (393%oo  inches)  : — 

a.  For  cable  casing  0:5  m.   (20  inches)  deep,  0-4 

m.  (16  inches)  broad Marks  0.70  (17c.) 

b.  For  1  cable  duct  with  3  openings "      1.20  (28$c.) 

c.  For  1  cable  duct  with  4  openings 1.30  (31c.) 

d.  For  2  cable  ducts  with  3  openings 1.30  (31c.) 

e.  For  2  cable  ducts  with  4  openings 1.50  (36c.) 

f.  For  3  cable  ducts  with  3  openings "      1-40  (33$c.) 

g.  For  3  cable  ducts  with  4  openings 1.60  (38c.) 

h.  For  4  cable  ducts  with  3  openings "       1.70  (40$c) 

i.   For  4  cable  ducts  with  4  openings 1-80  (43c.) 

24.  Supplying  cable  ducts  of  cement  form  pieces  split  longitudinally,  including 

cartage  to  construction  work  at  Munich,  Nurenburg  and  Neustadt,  but 
not  railway  freight  charges  to  other  points. 

a.  A  4-cable  bottom  piece Marks  3.70  (88c.) 

b.  A  4-cable  covering  piece "      4.30  ($1.02$) 

c.  A  3-cable  bottom  piece "      2.90  (69c.) 

d.  A  3-cable  covering  piece 3.30  (79c.) 

25.  Supplying  clips,  made  of  rod  iron,  10  mm.  thick, 

160  mm.  long,  for  binding  the  ducts,  per  100.        "      2.00  (48c.) 

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568  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

26.  Imbedding  cable,  without  counting  trenching: — 

a.  Form  piece  or  duct  for  4  cables  in  1  bed  . .  .     Marks  1.10  (26c.) 

b.  Form  piece  or  duct  for  4  cables  in  2  and  more 

beds "       1.00  (24c:) 

c.  Form  piece  or  duct  for  3  cables  in  1  bed   .  "       0.90  (21$c.) 

d.  Form  piece   or   duct  for  3  cables   in   2   and 

more  beds "       0.80  (19c.) 

27.  Excavating   for    shafts     (manholes),    including 

carting  of  material,  per  cub.  m.  (1J  cubic 

yards) "       2.70  (64}c.) 

28.  'Concrete     for     basement     and     walls    of     shaft 

(manhole),  per  cub.  m '.  "     20.00  ($4.76) 

29.  Masonry  for  shaft  (manhole)  : — 

'a.  Of  building  stone  laid  in  cement,  per  cub.  m.  35.00  ($S.33) 

6.  Of  ordinary  burnt  brick,  per  cub.  m "    26.00  ($6.19) 

30.  Shaft  (manhole)  covers,  each: — 

a.  For  pavements Marks  70.00  ($16.66) 

b.  For  street  railways "     100.00  ($23.80) 

c.  For  ventilating  shafts "     112.00  ($26.66) 

d.  Double  covers "     150.00  ($35.70) 

31.  A  complete  equipment  with  profile  iron  (shaped  iron) : — 

a.  For  a  normal  shaft  (manhole),  per  shaft..  Marks  74.00  ($17.61) 

b.  For  a  simple  shaft  (manhole),  per  shaft  . .         "       79.00  ($18.80) 

32.  Cast  iron  pipe  for  draining  shaft,  each  ....         "        5.00  ($1.19) 

33.  Constructing  a  shaft  (manhole)  in  the  pavement  for  more  than  six  cables  of 

ordinary  building  stone  (canal  stone),  including  shaft  cover,  and  haul- 
ing arrangements,  per  shaft: — 

a.  140  cm.  x  130  cm.  x  200  cm.  (4  ft.  7  in. 

x  4  ft.  3  in.  x  6  ft.  7  in.) Marks  335.00  ($79.73) 

b.  190  cm.  x  130  cm.  x  210  cm.  (6  ft.  3  in.  x 

4  ft.  3  in.  x  6  ft.  11  in.) "      355.00  ($84.49) 

c.  A  ventilating  shaft "       370.00   ($88.06) 

34  and  35.  General  construction  of  a  shaft  (manhole)  in  the  pavement,  No.  2,  for 
from  3  to  6  cables,  according  to  the  Monier  system,  per  shaft: — 

a.  Size :  140  cm.  x  120  cm.  x  100  cm.  (4  ft.  7  in. 

x  3  ft.  11  in.  x  3  ft.  3  in.) Marks  180  ($42.84) 

b.  Size :  190  cm.  x  130  cm.  x  100  cm.  (6  ft.  3  in. 

x  4  ft.  3  in.  x  3  ft.  3  in.) "      220  ($52.36) 

c.  Built  of  brick  masonry,  including  cover  and 

equipment — Size:  100  cm.  x  80  cm.  x  80cm. 

(3  ft.  3  in.  x  2  ft.  8  in.  x  2  ft.  8  in.) ....       "       130  ($30.94) 

d.  Size :  120  cm.  x  100  cm.  x  100  cm.  (3  ft.  11  in. 

x  3  ft.  3  in.  x  3  ft,  3  in.) "      220  ($52.36) 

36.  Shaft  (manhole),  No.  3,  for  from  3  to  4  cables,  finished  with  concrete,  with 

corrugated  iron  cover: — 
Size:  120  cm.  x  100  cm.  x  60  cm.  (3  ft.  11  in. 

x  3  ft.  3  in.  x  2  ft.) Marks  60  ($14.28) 

37.  Kestoring  car  tracks,  and  pavements,  per  sq.  m. : — 

Channel  pavement — sidewalk  with  gutter  ....  Marks  0.30  (7Wc.) 

Ordinary  causeway "  0.80  (19c.) 

Beaten  pavement "  1.20  (2S£c.) 

Clinker     (tile)     pavement,  including     replacing 

broken  materials "  1.30  (31c.) 

Macadam  pavement "  2.00  (48c.) 

Flag  pavement,  with  mastic  cement "  2.50  (59£c.) 

BAVARIA. 


APPENDIX  "A"  569 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

37.  Restoring  car  tracks,  and  pavements,  per  sq.  m. — Continued. 

Flag  pavement,  without  mastic  cement "  2.00  (48c.) 

Basalt  pavement "  3.00  (71£c.) 

Limestone  sidewalk "  3.20  (76c.) 

Slab  sidewalk "  4.00  (95c.) 

Cement  slab  sidewalk "  4.00  (95c.) 

Asphalt  sidewalk : "  5.00  ($1.19) 

Wooden  pavement "  14.00  ($3.33) 

Rolled  asphalt "  18.00  ($4.28) 

REMARKS    CONCERNING    THE    FOREGOING    ITEMS. 

To  No.  18. — The  weight  is  specified  for  double  profile. 

Iron  cables  and  ducts  can  be  used  for  2  cables.  For  more  cables,  see  Nos.  24,  35 
and  36. 

In  estimating  the  iron  cable  ducts,  the  basis  for  14  to  112  double  strand  cable, 
is  the  diameter  of  the  bare  cable ;  and  for  140  to  224,  the  diameter  of  the  compounded 
cable. 

To  Nos.  18  and  22. — In  the  prices  specified  under  Nos.  18  and  22,  the  cost  of 
transport  from  factory  to  place  of  construction  is  not  included. 

To  No.  28. — The  contractor  who  undertakes  the  excavating  work  has  to  attend 
is  the  diameter  of  the  bare  cable ;  and  for  140  to  224,  the  diameter  of  the  compounded 
with.  No  compensation  is  allowed  to  the  contractor,  for  leakage  of  water  into  the 
excavations,  for  removing  walls,  or  masonry,  or  for  any  damage  arising  from  ordin- 
ary accidents.     When  the  soil  is  specially  difficult  to  work  extra  amounts  are  allowed. 

To  No.  2k- — The  .cost  of  transport  from  the  place  where  material  is  manufactured 
to  the  place  of  construction;  and  also  in  the  vicinity  of  the  factory,  the  cartage 
from  the  factory  to  the  place  of  construction,  is  included  in  the  prices  given.  Freight 
charges,  by  railway,  are  to  be  reckoned  separately. 

To  Nos.  80-82 — The  cost  of  transportation  is  not  included  in  the  prices'  given. 

To  No.  88. — Only  in  urgent  cases  are  shafts  (manholes)  allowed  to  be  constructed 
in  the  road  way  (cart  way).  In  such  cases  the  cost  is  increased  30  marks  ($7.14)  per 
shaft  (manhole).    By  employing  brick  the  cost  may  be  reduced  by  30  marks  ($7.14). 

To  No.  84. — The  Monier  system  of  shafts  (manholes)  can  also  be  employed  in 
the  estimate  given  under  No.  35;  in  which  case  the  price  may  be  reduced  by  about 
40  marks  ($9.52). 

Cost  of  Exchange  Equipment. 

Marks. 
Long-distance  switch  table  for  20  telephone  loops, 

without  multiple  spring  jacks each    1,000     ($238.00) 

Strips  of  20  multiple  spring-jacks — 

(a)  For  long-distance  switch  table,  .per  strip         27     (  $6.43  ) 

(I)  For  central  switch  board "  21     (  $5.00  ) 

Central  switch  boards — 

(a)  For  100  double  lines,  with  15  groups  of 

keys,  without  multiples each    1,200     ($285.60) 

(&)  For  50  double  lines,  with  seven  groups  of 

keys each       790     ($188.02) 

(c)  For  25  double  lines,  with  five  groups  of 

keys each       480     ($114.24) 

(d)  For  15  double  lines,  with  three  groups  of 

keys each       310     ($73.78) 

Desk  telephone  set  with  two  receivers each         72     (  $17.14  ) 

Wall  telephone  set  with  two  receivers each         68     (  $16.18  ) 

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570  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 


No.  292. 

BELGIUM. 
(Translation.) 

The  following  papers  selected  from  those  sent  from  the  Department  of  Telegraph 
Management  of  Belgium  have  been  translated  for  the  information  of  the  committee; 
the  originals  are  on  file  in  the  committee  room  and  may  be  referred  to  at  any  time. 

Ministry  of  Railways,  Posts  and  Telegraphs, 

Telegraph  Management,  Technical  Department, 

Brussels,  September  23,  1905. 
To  the  Postmaster  General  and  Chairman 

of  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  ( 'nuada. 

Sir, — In  answer  to  your  letter  of  May  1,  1905,  1  have  the  honour  to  send  you 
the  information  which  you  have  kindly  requested  from  me,  regarding  the  organization 
and  operation  of  the  telephone  service  in  Belgium.  I  have  described,  in  answer  to 
question  21,  the  measures  which  have  been  adopted  by  the  Belgium  government  for  the 
furthering  of  the  telephone  service  in  the  rural  districts  of  the  country. 

I  have  also  the  requests  for  information  which  you  have  addressed  to  the  managers 
of  the  telephone  systems  at  Antwerp  and  Liege.  These  requests  appear  to  constitute 
a  repetition,  for  the  most  part,  of  the  interrogatories  you  have  sent  to  the  Central 
Telegraph  Management;  in  order,  therefore,  to  avoid  repetition,  I  have  only  replied 
to  those  questions  which  do  not  appear  on  the  list  which  you  have  sent  to  me  directly. 

With  assurance  of  my  highest  esteem, 

I  am, 
*'.  DELAKGE  {General  Director.) 


No.  292a. 

(Translation.) 


answers  to  questions. 


The  right  to  operate  telephone  systems,  organized,  for  the  most  part,  in  the 
larger  Belgian  cities,  was  originally  conceded  to  companies,  or  to  private  individuals. 
Since  1886  the  government  itself  has  constructed  and  operates  the  telephone  systems  in 
the  smaller  cities.  In  1893  the  government  began  to  repurchase  successively  the  rights 
which  had  been  conceded.  The  public  telephone  service  is  therefore  now  operated 
exclusively  by  the  government.  From  the  very  beginning  the  Telegraph  Management 
has  retained  the  right  of  operating  the  long  distance  lines,  both  within  the  country 
and  also  in  service  with  foreign  countries. 

The  length  of  the  telephone  wires  used  for  internal  interurban  telephony  and  for 
international  telephony,  is  6,077  miles.  The  length  of  the  telegraph  wires  used  for 
telephone  service,  and  which  serve  for  internal  interurban  telephony,  and  also  for 
international  telephony,  is  3,922  miles. 

The  length  of  the  telephone  wires  which  are  used  exclusively  for  international 
telephony,  is  2,477  miles. 
BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  571 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  cost  of  constructing  long-distance  lines  varies  with  the  diametus  of  the  con- 
ductor (wire).  We  give  here  the  approximate  cost  for  the  first  construction  of  a  mile 
of  each  size  of  bronze  wire : — 


Size 

of  wire. 

Cost  per  mile. 

mm. 

S.W.G. 

francs.                  $ 

2 

14 

212.87                     41.08 

2-4 

13 

255.57                     49.32 

2-5 

13* 

267.56                      51.64 

3 

104 

334.51                       64.56 

3-25 

10 

372.52                      71.90 

4 

8 

504.90                      97.45 

5 

5* 

723.82                      139.70 

5-5 

a 

852.45                      164.52 

There  are  on  an  average  13  or  14  poles  to  each  kilometre,  or  21  or  22  poles  per 
mile. 

We  send  with  this  a  copy  of  the  '  Special  Regulations  relating  to  the  Telephone 
Service,'  and  also  the  pamphlet  containing  the  additions  to  these  '  Regulations.'  The 
information  regarding  the  various  telephone  rates  will  be  found  on  pages  80  to  94.  of 
Document  2.     (See  pages  581-588.) 

For  the  telephone  rates  between  Belgium  and  France,  Belgium  and  England,  and 
Belgium  and  Germany,  see  Documents  3,  4  and  5.     See  pages  588-590.) 

Our  telephone  lines  are  partly  underground  and  partly  overhead.  In  the  case  of 
overhead  lines,  subscribers'  wires  terminate  at  the  central  telephone  station,  on  an 
(iron)  distributing  standard  or  tower.  Between  the  central  station  and  the  resi- 
dences of  the  subscribers  they  are  carried  on  iron  or  wooden  poles,  according  to  cir- 
cumstances. In  the  case  of  the  mixed  lines,  that  are  constructed  in  the  principal 
cities,  the  wires  are  divided  into  zones,  having  a  radius  of  about  200  m.  (656  feet),  or 
250  m.  (820  ft.).  Each  of  these  is  served  by  an  underground  conduit,  the  cables  in 
which  terminate  on  a  distributing  pole  or  tower  the  size  of  which  depends  on  the  num. 
ber  of  subscribers'  circuits.  From  that  point  the  wires  are  carried  overhead  to  the 
residences  of  the  subscribers.  The  distributing  points  are  formed  of  iron  poles,  fixed 
in  the  streets  or  public  squares  of  4-sided  towers  placed  by  way  of  preference  on  public 
buildings,  for  the  sake  of  permanence. 

The  underground  ducts  are  formed  of  pipes  made  of  glazed  earthenware  laid  in 
cement,  and  surrounded  by  concrete  to  thickness  of  10  centimetres. 

In  each  pipe  is  placed  a  lead-sheathed,  paper  insulated  cable,  having  a  maximum 
capacity  of  350  pairs  of  wire  conductors.  Subscribers  who  reside  beyond  the  urban 
divisional  zones,  are,  as  a  rule,  connected  with  the  terminal  distributing  pole  or  tower 
within  the  city  limits,  by  overhead  wires.  When  a  sufficient  number  of  these  wires 
have  to  be  carried  along  the  same  route,  they  form  what  we  term  '  suburban  routes.' 
They  are  carried  on  supports,  or  on  poles,  as  in  the  case  of  overhead  lines.  Sometimes 
these  lines  are  carried  in  lead-sheathed  paper  insulated  cables  with  ah  armature  of 
metal,  placed  in  a  wooden  duct  and  filled  with  pitch.  The  overhead  wires  connecting 
the  subscribers  are,  as  a  general  rule,  made  of  phosphor  bronze,  with  a  diameter  of  1 :4 
mm.  (No.  17,  S.W.G.) ,  and  having  a  conductivity  equal  to  30  per  cent  of  pure  copper. 
The  wires  of  the  insulated  paper  cables  are  of  tinned  copper,  having  a  diameter  of 
0:8  mm.  (No.  21,  S.W.G.),  and  a  conductivity  of  98  per  cent.  The  management  has 
been  trying  a  bi-metallic  wire  of  50  and  55  per  cent  copper.  Subscribers  circuits  are 
exclusively  metallic.  Although  there  are  three  telephone  systems  which  still  have 
single  grounded  wire  circuits,  they  are  being  gradually  converted  into  metallic  circuits. 
According  to  the  distance,  bronze  wire  of  2  mm.  (No.  14,  S.W.G.)  and  2*4  mm. 
(No.  13,  S.W.G.)  with  a  conductivity  of  pure  copper  of  80  per  cent,  and  of  2  "5  mm. 
(No.  12J,  S.W.G.),  and  3  mm.  (No.  10i,  S.W.G.),  of  90  per  cent,  are  used  for  inter- 
nal interurban  lines,  and  for  international  lines,  wires  2  mm.,  3  mm.,  3  -25  mm.  (No. 

BELGIUM. 


572  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

10,  S.W.G.),  4  mm.  (No.  8,  S.W.G.),  5  mm.  (No.  5i,  S.W.G.),  and  5-5  mm.  (No, 
4£,  S.W.G.),  of  90  or  95  per  cent. 

Initial  cost  of  establishing  the  long-distance  lines  to  December  31,  1903: — 

Lines 2,752,957  f.  89  cent.  ($531,320,87) 

Apparatus 334,928  f.  64  cent.  (  64,641.23) 

Total  . .   . 3,0S7,886  f.  53  cent.  ($595,962.10) 

Cost  of  maintaining  the  lines  during  1903: — 

Lines 113,796  f.  38  cent.  ($21,962.70) 

Apparatus 12,004  f.  06.  cent.  (  $2,316.78) 

Share  of  indemnities  paid  for 
way-leave  privileges  on  long- 
distance lines 1,510  f.  ($291.43) 

Total 127,310  f.  44  cent.  ($24,570.91) 

The  interest  paid  by  the  Belgium  government  amounts  to  3  per  cent  on  the  capi- 
tal employed. 

Ihe  cost  of  the  lines  is  paid  off  in  15  years,  and  the  cost  of  the  apparatus  in  10 
years. 

The  annual  expenditures,  which  have  not  already  been  referred  to,  amounted, 
.hiring  1903,  to  283,942  fr.  23  centimes  ($54,800.85). 

Charges  for  conversations  from  public  call  stations,  are  paid  at  the  time  in  cash. 
Subscribers  who  use  the  internal  interurban  telephone  service  and  the  international 
telephone  service,  or  who  use  the  telephone  for  transmitting  telegrams  to  the  tele- 
graph office,  and  subscribers  who  have  telephone  messages  delivered,  have  to  de- 
posit in  advance,  an  amount  equal  to  a  sum  slightly  in  excess  of  the  estimated  total 
charges  that  would  be  due  in  respect  of  such  services  during  a  period  of  one  month. 
The  central  stations  accountable  enter  in  a  register  all  the  internal  interurban  and 
international  communications,  also  all  the  telephonic  messages  sent  from  subscribers 
connected  with  the  said  central  stations,  and,  when  necessary,  in  addition  thereto,  the 
communications  sent  to  auxiliary  stations  which  are  not  responsible  for  noting  down 
the  same. 

The  charges  due  for  each  message,  or  conversation,  is  inserted  in  the  said  register, 
and  is  entered  daily  in  the  current  account  of  each  of  the  subscribers.  A  similar 
course  is  followed  regarding  the  interchange  of  telegrams  over  the  'phone  lines. 

The  charges  entered  in  the  current  accounts,  are  collected  monthly.  (See  also 
Articles  45  to  52  of  the  '  Special  Regulations  relating  to  the  Telephone  Service,'  docu- 
ment 1.    Not  printed.) 

The  Van  Eyssellberghe  system  of  simultaneous  telephony  and  telegraphy  is  used. 
However,  the  majority  of  the  circuits  are  composed  of  double  wires  (metallic  circuits) 
as  specially  used  in  telephony. 

The  total  population  of  Belgium,  on  December  31,  1904,  was  7,074,910. 

On  December  31,  1904,  the  number  of  subscriber's  stations  in  use  was: — 

Principal  stations ■ 20,875 

Supplementary  stations 3,229 


BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A" 


573 


APPENDIX  Nc.  1 

The  following  are  the  number  of  subscribers  in  and  populations  of  the  chief  cities 
and  towns : — 


Brussels . . 
Antwerp. 

Lijge 

Ghent..  . 
Verviers. 
Charleroi. 
Mons. . . . 
Namnr.  . 
Ostend . . . 
Tournai. . 
Bruges . . . 


Principal 

Stations. 


6,304 
3,521 
2,226 
1,296 

1,075 
730 
545 

4S5 
370 
303 

241 


Supplementary 
Stations. 


1,301 
632 

321 

121 

lit 

170 

55 

32 

12 

53 

32 


Population. 


055,000 

412,000 

317,000 

222,000 

89,000 

165,000 

61,000 

53,000 

48,000 

51,000 

62,000 


In  Belgium,  the  telephone  systems  do  not  have  any  radius,  that  is  to  say,  the  num- 
ber of  '  communes '  that  are  comprised  in  a  local  telephone  system,  have  not  been  de- 
termined. As  a  rule  subscribers  are  connected  to  the  nearest  central  exchange.  But 
the  Belgian  management  has  received  a  certain  number  of  requests  to  have  stations 
connected  to  a  central  exchange  which  is  not  the  nearest  one.  The  subscription  rates 
are  fixed  according  to  the  tariff  specified  for  the  system  with  which  the  subscriber  is 
connected.  When  the  subscriber's  station  is  situated  at-a  distance  of  more  than  10 
kilometres  (6£  miles)  in  a  straight  line,  from  the  central  exchange,  the  management 
requires  from  the  subscribers  an  agreement  of  a  duration  of  more  than  one  year,  and 
extending  up  to  five  years. 

It  happens,  sometimes,  that  the  reverse  condition  occurs;  that  is  to  say,  it  is  in 
the  interest  of  the  management  itself  to  connect  the  subscriber  to  a  central  exchange 
at  a  greater  distance.  (See  page  582,  par.  3.)  In  this  case,  the  subscriber  is 
charged  the  rates  specified  for  the  distance  to  the  nearest  telephone  system.  In 
order  to  further  the  extension  of  the  telephone  service  in  localities  of  secondary  rank, 
the  management  organizes  auxiliary  telephone  systems,  which  are  connected  with  the 
principal  system,  and  form  together  in  a  single  group,  one  working  system.  In  the 
large  cities,  the  central  exchanges  are  placed  in  special  locations.  The  central  ex- 
changes of  the  auxiliary  systems  are  attached  to  the  telegraph  offices  which  are  located 
either  in  the  railway  depots,  or  in  the  post  offices.  Instead  of  fixing  the  rates  for  sub- 
scribers in  an  auxiliary  system,  according  to  the  distance,  in  a  straight  line,  between 
the  subscriber's  station  and  the  principal  central  exchange,  they  are  calculated  ac- 
cording to  the  distance  from  the  auxiliary  central  exchange,  in  order  to  reduce,  as 
much  a3  possible,  the  rates  to  be  paid  by  the  subscribers. 

Each  auxiliary  system,  as  a  general  rule,  is  connected  directly  with  the  principal 
central  exchange  of  the  group  by  one  or  more  bronze  metallic  circuits,  of  2  mm.  (No. 
14  S.W.G.)  having  a  conductivity  of  50  or  80  per  cent  of  pure  copper.  We  call  these 
interlocal  or  auxiliary  circuits. 

All  the  subscribers  in  one  telephone  group,  whether  connected  to  the  principal 
central  exchange,  or  to  one  of  the  auxiliary  central  exchanges,  are  allowed,  without 
any  extra  charge,  to  converse  with  one  another  in  the  same  locality  or  between  differ- 
ent localities,  either  from  the  telephone  stations  rented  to  the  subscribers,  or  by  means 
of  the  public  call  stations  belonging  to  the  group. 

The  government,  at  its  own  expense,  connects  together  the  various  central  ex- 
changes which  belong  to  the  same  group. 

The  establishment  of  connections  between  subscribers'  stations  of  the  same  ex- 
change and  also  between  the  subscribers'  stations  of  other  exchanges  but  belonging  to 
the  same  local  group,  is  effected  in  the  manner  described  in  pages  8-10  of  the  '  Belgian 
Telephone  Directory,'  document  No.  6.    (See  page  605.) 

BELGIUM. 


574  SELECT  COMMITTEE  07V"  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

New  systems  are  as  a  general  rule  connected  to  the  nearest  existing  telephone  group. 
However,  the  management  sometimes  departs  from  this  rule  to  assist  interests  of  a 
commercial  or  industrial  nature.  Hitherto,  the  government  has  refused,  as  a  general 
rule,  to  establish  central  telephone  exchanges  in  localities  of  minor  importance  that 
are  less  than  7  kilometres  (4§  miles)  distant  from  some  telephone  centre.  For  the  list 
of  the  various  Belgian  telephone  groups,  and  their  organization,  see  page  2  of  docu- 
ment 6.    (Page  580.) 

The  following  are  the  numbers  of  subscribers  in  the  smaller  towns  and  villages : — 

S Dialler   towns.  Tillages. 

1.  Huy 135  1.  Selzaete 22 

2.  Dinant 79  2.  Sivry 21 

3.  St.   Ghislain 72  3.  Bertrix 20 

4.  Ynres 59  4.  Ouffet 19 

5.  Tirlemont 52  5.  Tintigny 17 

6.  Gosselies 44  6.  Moll 15 

7.  Vilvorde 43  7.  Fexhe 15 

8.  St.  Trond 40 

9.  Hasselt 33 

The  subscribers  in  many  of  the  communes  being  connected  with  the  afore-men- 
tioned central  exchanges,  and  the  small  communes  having  only  a  very  small  number 
of  persons  sufficiently  interested  to  take  telephones,  it  is  not  reasonable  to  make  a  com- 
parison between  the  population  of  such  places,  and  the  number  of  telephones  installed 
there. 

The  127  auxiliary  central  exchanges  which  were  in  operation,  on  December  31, 
1904.  had  a  total  number  of  3,  242  subscriber's  principal  stations,  and  337  subscriber's 
supplementary  stations. 

In  urban  telephone  service  (that  is  to  say  among  subscribers  that  belong  to  the 
same  group)  the  subscription  rates  are  paid  according  to  the  'flat  rate'  system;  but 
the  management  is  now  considering  the  adoption  of  a  '  message-rate '  system. 

All  subscribers  can  converse  with  one  another  within  the  country.  The  greatest 
distance  is  about  400  kilometres  (248§  miles). 

The  apparatus  supplied  to  the  subscribers  in  the  Brussels,  Ghent  and  Liege 
systems,  equipped  with  '  common  battery '  are  the  Western  Electric  Company's  with 
'  Solid  Back '  transmitters.  In  the  other  systems,  the  ordinary  wall  telephone  sup- 
plied by  the  Bell  Telephone  *  'ompany  of  Antwerp  (a  branch  of  the  Western  Electric 
Company),  or  those  of  the  Antwerp  Telephone  Company,  are  used.  These  telephones 
have  granulated  transmitters  of  the  '  Delville  '  '  Grunenwald  '  '  Lorenz,'  etc.,  types.  A 
dry  battery,  or  a  '  Warnon '  cell  of  the  Leclanche  type  supplies  the  speaking  current. 
In  the  case  of  stations,  which  converse  over  long  distances,  2  cell-batteries  are  em- 
ployed. 

With  one  exception,  those  who  first  obtained  the  concessions,  constructed  the  sys- 
tems with  single  grounded  circuits.  The  requirements  of  the  long-distance  service  in- 
duced the  holders  of  the  said  concessions  to  supply  metallic  circuits  to  those  sub- 
scribers who  made  request  for  the  same  in  consideration  of  extra  payment. 

The  telephone  ssytems  constructed  by  the  government  are  metallic  circuit  and 
have  been  so  from  the  beginning.  The  telegraph  management  transforms  suc- 
cessively the  equipment  in  the  systems  that  have  been  bought  over,  and  uses  the  oppor- 
tunity to  metallic  circuit  the  lines.  There  are  now  only  a  few  systems  in  which 
the  subscribers  are  connected  by  single  grounded  wires. 

The  interurban  lines  without  exception  are  metallic  circuits   (bifilaires). 

The  overhead  lines  of  the  local  systems  on  December  31,  1904,  had  a  total  length 
of  37.770  miles;  and  the  underground  lines  a  total  length  of  18,220  miles. 

Until  the  last  few  years,  the  telephone  system  had  only  a  very  small  number  of 
underground  lines.     This  condition  of  affairs  has  been  gradually  modified,  by  reason 
of  the  transformation  of  the  systems.     We  are  not  able,  at  the  present  time,  to  give 
any  information  as  to  the  cost  of  the  underground  lines. 
BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  575 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  total  revenue,  as  per  budget  of  1903,  was  4.635,188.55  Fr.  ($894,591.39). 

The  total  expenditure,  as  per  budget  of  1903,  was  3,837,662.03  Fr.  ($740,668.77). 

The  amount  of  profit,  as  per  budget  of  1903,  was  797,526.52  Fr.  ($153,922.62). 

As  a  general  rule,  the  Belgian  telephone  systems  are  managed  directly  by  officials 
who  have  the  rank  of  engineer,  or  of  chief  engineer,  chief  of  section,  or  chief  of  prin- 
cipal section,  under  the  supervision  of  the  higher  authorities. 

The  salaries  of  these  officials  are  as  follows: — 

Chief  engineers— 5,500  Fr.  ($1,061.50),  6,000  Fr.  ($1,158),  6,500  Fr.  ($1,254.50), 
and  7,000  Fr.  ($1,351). 

Engineers— 3,100  Fr.  (598.30),  3,500  Fr.  ($675.50),  4,000  Fr.  ($772),  4,500  Fr. 
($868.50),  5,000  Fr.  ($965),  and  5,500  Fr.  ($1,061.50). 

Chiefs  of  principal  sections— 4,000  Fr.  ($772),  4,500  Fr.  ($868.50),  5,000  Fr. 
($965),  5,500  Fr.  ($1,061.50),  and  6,000  Fr.  ($1,158). 

Chiefs  of  sections— 2,000  Fr.  ($386),  2,300  Fr.  ($443.90),  2,700  Fr.  ($521.10), 
3,100  Fr.  ($598.30)  3,500  Fr.  ($675.50),  and  4,000  Fr.  ($772). 

Officials  having  the  rank  of  chief  of  office  (chef  de  bureau),  with  a  salary  of 
5.500  Fr.  ($1,061.50),  5,000  Fr.  ($965).  and  4,500  Fr.  ($868.50);  and  those  having 
the  rank  of  chief  clerk  (commis  en  chef)  with  a  salary  of  4,000  Fr.  ($772)  and  2,500 
Fr.  ($675.50).  co-operate  in  the  supervision  of  the  subordinate  employees;  or  they  are 
employed  as  accountants  in  the  telephone  systems. 

The  telephone  operators  are  mostly  females.  The  female  operators  are  taken  on, 
first  as  '  provisional '  learners,  and  do  not  attend  to  the  service  except  in  case  of  neces- 
sity, or  to  take  the  place  of  operators  who  are  sick,  on  leave,  &c.  The  fee  allowed 
to  these  occasional  operators,  is  1  Franc  70  centimes  (33  cents),  or  85  centimes  (17 
cents)  according  as  the  day's  sitting  has  been  for  8  hours,  or  for  4  hours. 

According  as  the  daily  terms  of  duty  are  regularly  performed,  'provisional  learn- 
ers '  are  definitely  appointed  as  '  learners '  with  a  fixed  annual  salary  of  600  Fr. 
($115.80),  or  700  Fr.  ($135.10),  according  to  the  length  of  service  rendered  as  'pro- 
visional learners.'  After  a  year's  term  of  service  at  700  Fr.  ($135.10),  these  learners 
are  promoted  to  the  rank  of  '  assistants.' 

The  female  employees  consist  of  operators  (commis  d'ordre),  and  supervisors 
(surveillants).  The  'learners'  and  assistants  are  placed  amongst  the  operators.  The 
'  supervisors '  are  selected  from  among  the  "  operators.'  The  salaries  are  gradually  in- 
creased by  200  Fr.  ($38.60)  at  a  time— for  'supervisors'  from  1,000  Fr.  ($193)  to 
2,600  Fr.  ($501.80) ;  and  for  '  operators,'  from  1,000  Fr.  ($193)  to  2,200  Fr.  ($424.60). 
For  '  assistants '  by  sums  of  100  Fr.  ($19.30),  from  800  Fr.  ($154.40)  to  1,800  Fr. 
($347.40). 

Female  employees,  with  a  good  record  of  30  year's  service,  and  who  have  for  six 
years  been  in  receipt  of  the  maximum  salary  of  their  class,  may,  on  attaining  the  age 
of  50  years  have  their  salaries  increased  to  2,800  Fr.  ($540.40),  2,400  Fr.  ($463.20),  or 
2,000  Fr.  ($386). 

In  addition  to  their  fixed  salary,  the  female  operators  receive,  under  the  form  of  a 
bonus,  half-yearly,  an  amount  for  regular  attention  to  their  duties,  varying  according 
to  the  carefulness  and  accuracy  which  each  operator  has  manifested  in  the  duties 
assigned  to  her.  These  bonuses  may  be  reckoned  approximately,  at  75  Fr.  ($14.47) 
for  the  '  supervisors ' ;  50  Fr.  ($9.65)  for  the  '  operators  '  and  '  assistants,'  and  from 
20  Fr.  ($3.86)  to  25  Fr.  ($4.82)  for  the  '  learners.' 

A  few  males  are  also  employed  in  office  work,  night  service,  and  occasionally  on 
the  regular  telephone  service. 

The  salaries  of  such  male  employees  are  the  same  as  those  specified  above,  for 
female  employees  of  the  same  class,  except  that  the  male  employees  may  be  promoted 
to  the  first  class  of  their  grade,  with  salaries  of  2,400,  2,600,  2,800,  and  3,000  francs 
($463.20,  $501.80,  $540.40,  and  $579).  The  last  mentioned  salary  is  allowed  to  those 
clerks  with  a  good  record  of  30 '  years'  service,  who  have  attained  the  age  of  50  years, 
and  who  for  six  years  have  been  receiving  the  maximum  salary  of  2,800  francs.     The 

BELGIUM. 


576  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

following  salaries  are  paid  to  the  male  clerks.     (Female  clerks  are  ineligible  to  this 
class) : — 

Class  1.-2,300,  2,700,  and  3,100  francs  ($443.90,  $521.10,  and  $598.30). 
Class  11.-1,700  and  2,000  f ranee   ($328.10  and  $386). 
Class  III.— 1,200  and  1,400  francs  ($231.60  and  $270.20). 

The  work  of  installing,  maintaining  and  repairing  the  lines  and  the  instruments, 
is  assigned  to  employees  who  are  termed  foremen  of  works,  overseers,  foremen  of  a 
gang,  fitters  (wiremen,  or  instrument  men)  and  assistant  fitters.  These  workmen  are 
paid  according  to  the  actual  amount  of  work  done  during  each  day.  Only  a  small 
number  of  these  workmen  are  regularly  employed  on   Sundays  and  public  holidays. 

The  scale  of  wages  is  fixed  as  follows: — 

1.  Foremen  of  works,  7  f r  6  cent,  to  10  fr.  80  cent.  ($1.47  to  $2.08  daily). 

2.  Overseers,  5  fr.  70  cent,  to  9  fr.  20  cent.  ($1.10  to  $1.77  daily). 

3.  Gang  foremen,  4  fr.  20  cent,  to  6  fr.  40  cent.  ($0.81  to  $1.23  daily). 

4.  Fitters,  3  fr.  60  cent,  to  5  fr.  10  cent.  (69  to  98  cents  daily). 

5.  Assistant  fitters,  2  fr.  60  cent,  to  3  fr.  30  cent.  (50  to  64  cents  daily). 

The  Central  Office  plant  and  equipment  in  Brussels  has  cost  695,865  francs 
($134,301.94).     This  central  exchange  plant  comprises  the  following:— 

1.  One  intermediate  switch  table  with  three  operating  positions,  of  which  two 
only  are  equipped. 

2.  Fourteen  local  switch  board  sections  with  three  operating  positions,  each 
equipped  for  6,300  subscribers  and  having  a  total  capacity  for  14,400  subscribers. 

3.  One  local  switch  board  section  equipped  as  above  for  operating  the  '  auxiliary 
circuits,'  and  the  circuits  connected  with  the  telegr&ph  stations. 

4.  Six  double  interurban  switch  tables,  and  one  recording  switch  table,  equipped 
for  two  operating  positions.     Each  of  these  can  operate  eight  circuits. 

5.  Two  supervisor's  tables,  placed  in  different  positions  for  supervision:  one  for 
the  local  switch  boards,  and  the  other  for  the  interurban  switch  boards. 

6.  One  test  desk  (wire  chief's)  arranged  for  testing  the  lines  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  and  locating  defects,  &c. 

7.  One  main  distribution  board,  constructed  for  15,200  lines;  equipped  for  8,200 
lines  on  the  vertical  side,  and  for  6,400  on  the  horizontal  side. 

S.  One  intermediate  distribution  board,  with  a  capacity  for  15,600  lines,  and 
equipped  for  6,480  lines.        * 

9.  One  relay  frame  equipped  with  calling  and  cut-out  relays  for  7,200  lines,  com- 
prising 6.480  calling  (lamp)  relays,  and  6,480  cut-out  relays. 

10.  One  repeating  coil  frame,  with  a  capacity  for  2,160  repeating  coils,  and 
equipped  with  932. 

11.  Two  generators,  of  30  volts,  360  amperes,  with  rheostat. 

12.  Two  motors,  of  16  horse  power — 110  volts. 

13.  Two  dynamos — 110  volts,  for  calling. 

14.  One  storage  battery,  with  11  accumulator  cells. 

There  is  only  one  central  office  at  Brussels,  consequently  we  have  no  rub-exchange 
switch  boards. 

The  cost  of  a  subscriber's  wall  telephone  is  53  francs,  30  centimes  ($10.29). 

The  cost  of  a  subscriber's  desk  telephone  is  55  fr.  ($10.61). 

The  distributing  towers  cost  on  an  average  about  7,500  fr.  ($1,447.50)  each.  The 
substructure  work,  approximately  50  cubic  metres  in  extent,  is  paid  for  at  the  rate  of 
29  fr.,  20  centimes  ($5.63)  per  cubic  metre.  The  weight  of  the  tower  is  estimated  at 
16,000  kilograms  (35,280  lbs.),  of  which  12,500  kg.  (27.653  lbs.)  is  of  steel,  at  Fr.  0:36 
per  keg.,  and  3,500  kg.  (7,718  lbs.)  of  cast-iron,  at  Fr.  0 :365  per  kg. 

The  barked  pine  poles  not  creosoted,  are  supplied  at  the  following  prices : — 

BELGIUM. 


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577 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


Length. 

Cost. 

Meters. 

Feet. 

Francs. 

$ 

n 

9 

101 
12 
14 
17 
20 

24| 
29* 
34* 
39? 
461 
*   55j 
651 

6.74 
d.09 
9.45 
10.80 
12  60 
15.30 
18.00 

1.30 
1.56 

1.72 
2.08 
2.43 
2.95 

3.47 

After  the  poles  are  received,  they  are  creosoted. 

The  supports  (chevalets)  and  iron  cross  arms  are  paid  for  at  the  rate  of  Fr.  0.25 
(5  cents)  per  kilogram  (2$  lbs.). 

We  give  below  the  price  of  insulators,  steel  bells  and  bolts : — 

Large  leading-in  insulators Fr.  0.314  (6  cents  each) 

Small  leading-in  insulators Fr.  0.  21  (4  cents  each) 

Ordinary  insulators Fr.  0.  11  (2  cents  each) 

The  bells  of  galvanized  steel  are  used  for  protecting  the  ordinary  insulators,  cost 
fr.  0.275  each. 

Iron  bolts  of  from  0.20  m.  to  0.65  m.,  cost  from  0.113  frs.  to  0.725  frs.  (2|  cents  to 
14  cents). 

The  earthenware  pipes  employed  in  the  construction  of  underground  ducts,  into 
which  telephone  cables  are  drawn,  are  li  feet  in  length.  They  cost  7  cents  per  foot. 
The  same  pipes  divided  longitudinally  into  two  equal  parts,  used  for  protecting  steel 
armoured  telephone  cables,  measure  lj  feet  each  in  length,  and  cost  10  cents  per  foot. 

There  has  not  been  any  competitive  telephone  service  in  Belgium  since  the  service 
has  been  regulated  by  the  State  laws  in  1883. 

There  are,  in  Belgium,  151  telephone  systems,  divided  into  seventeen  local  tele- 
phone systems.  Each  local  system  or  group  comprises  a  principal  central  exchange 
and  several  auxiliary  central  exchanges.  Two  of  these  local  systems  have  a  central 
exchange  only,  viz.,  Louvain  and  Malines. 

The  '  interlocal,'  or  '  auxiliary '  circuits  permit  the  establishment  of  communica- 
tions between  the  different  systems  of  the  same  group.  The  '  interlocal '  circuits  are 
connected  at  the  principal  central  exchange  of  the  group,  with  one  or  more  operator's 
switch  tables,  which  enables  connections  to  be  made  with  subscribers  of  the  principal 
system  when  they  are  called  up  by  one  of  the  auxiliary  systems,  or  connects  the 
'  auxiliary '  circuits,  when  communications  are  required  between  the  auxiliary  sys- 
tems .  Connections  with  the  auxiliary  systems  requested  by  the  subscribers  of  the 
large  principal  stations,  are  made  by  operators  who  attend  exclusively  to  the  '  auxili- 
ary '  circuit".  The  same  procedure  is  followed  in  the  smaller  central  exchanges,  such 
as  Charleroi,  Ostend,  Namur,  &c,  that  is  to  say,  in  the  central  exchanges  where  the 
switch  board  equipment  includes  various  operator's  switch  tables.  In  the  smaller 
systems,  the  operator  attends  to  '  subscribers '  and  the  '  interlocal '  circuits. 

Special  rates  are  charged  for  interurban  connections,  viz.,  those  connections  pass- 
ing beyond  the  limits  of  a  local  telephone  system.  These  connections  are  made  by  the 
principal  central  exchanges,  in  which  interurban  switch  boards  for  connecting  long- 
distance lines,  with  the  local  and  the  auxiliary  switch  boards  are  installed.  From  the 
operator's  switch  table  a  number  of  interurban  circuits  can  be  served,  viz.,  eight  at 
Brussels,  eight  at  Ghent,  &c.  The  number  of  long-distance  circuits  given  to  one  operator 
varies  according  to  the  amount  of  traffic.  The  international  connections,  viz..  those 
that  are  made  between  different  countries,  are  handled  in  the  same  manner  as  inter- 
urban connections. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VI!.,  A.  1905 

The  law  of  June  11,  1883,  gives  the  government  the  right  to  carry  wires  of 
telephone  systems  over  buildings  and  land  without  attachment  or  contact.  The  law 
of  May,  20,  1898,  gives  the  government  the  right  to  construct  telephone  lines  on  or 
under  the  public  property  of  the  state,  the  provinces,  or  the  communes  (municipali- 
ties.) When  telephone  lines  have  to  be  carried  over  the  property  of  private  in- 
dividuals, the  government  must  ask  the  permission  of  the  proprietor  or  occupant.  This 
permission  is  generally  accorded  on  payment  of  an  indemnity  for  each  wire — in  most 
cases  the  sum  of  1  franc  (19J  cents),  by  giving  a  telephone  free  of  rental,  by  keeping 
the  roofs  of  houses  that  are  used  in  repair,  or  by  maintaining  any  private  electric  ar- 
rangements which  may  be  used  by  the  individuals  concerned,  &c.  For  the  use  of  pro- 
perty belonging  to  the  public  services  of  the  state,  the  provinces,  or  the  communes 
(municipalities),  the  telegraph  management  grants  a  reduction  of  35  per  cent  on  the 
telephone  rates  of  subscribers  connected  with  the  said  services. 

SUPPLEMENTARY     ANSWERS    REGARDING  THE   LOCAL  TELEPHONE     SYSTEMS     AT     ANTWERP    AND 

LIEGE. 

As  a  general  rule,  the  management  strives  to  combine  in  one  single  room,  the 
various  switchboards  of  the  central  telephone  exchanges,  both  for  the  local  and  long- 
distance service. 

The  number  of  direct  lines  having  only  one  telephone  (i.e.,  non-party  lines),  cor- 
responds with  the  number  of  the  subscribers,  exception  being  made  in  the  case  of  the 
lines  that  are.  for  the  use  of  the  management. 

Our  statistics  do  not  distinguish  between  the  supplementary  telephone  stations 
that  are  in-tailed  on  the  same  premises  a-  the  Mil>t-uriber's  principal  station,  and  those 
which  are  installed  outside  of  the  said  premises.  At  Antwerp,  there  are  632  supple- 
mentary stations,  and  at  Liege  321. 

The  lines  and  apparatus  are  set  up  by  the  management,  and  remain  the  property 
of  the  management.  The  subscribers  do  not  pay  anything  towards  the  cost  of  instal- 
lation.   Nor  is  there  any  entrance  fee. 

In  Belgium  all  the  subscribers  to  the  local  service  pay  a  flat  rate  for  an  unlimited 
service. 


BELGIUM— Continued. 
No.  292b. 

(Translation.) 

SPECIAL  REGULATIONS  FOE  THE  TELEPHONE  SERVICE. 

GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

(Doc.  I.,  p.  3.) 
1.  Telephone  construction  belongs  exclusively  to  the  telegraph  management. 
The  establishment  of  a  telephone  central  exchange  in  a  locality  depends  upon  the 
reception  of  a  minimum  number  of  requests  for  subscription,  fixed  by  the  manage- 
ment.   Moreover,  account  has  to  be  taken  of  the  distance  between  this  locality  and  the 
nearest  central  exchange. 

The  management  designates  the  localities  that  may  eventually  become  the  seat  of 
a  telephone  central  exchange.  No  employee  or  agent  of  the  service  may,  without  being 
authorized  by  the  management,  agitate  a  movement  in  favour  of  the  creation  of  a  tele- 
phone system.  As  soon  as  it  is  known  that  a  certain  number  of  requests  for  subscrip- 
tion can  be  collected,  so  as  to  justify  the  establishment  of  a  telephone  exchange  in  a 

BELGIUM. 


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APPENDIX  No.   ! 

certain  locality,  then  notification  of  the  same  has  to  be  given  to  the  technical  direction, 
in  an  official  way.    This  notification  has  to  specify : — 

(a)  The  name  of  the  locality  to  be  considered  as  the  centre  of  the  proposed 
telephone  system. 

(b)  The  Christian  names,  surnames,  professions  and  addresses  of  the  persons 
who  are  to  become  subscribers  in  the  said  system. 

This  information  has  to  be  collected  without  and  intervention,  direct  or  indirect, 
of  persons  not  connected  with  the  telegraph  management.  These  proposals  are  ex- 
amined by  the  management;  and  the  instructions  requisite  for  the  existing  conditions, 
are  given  to  the  employees  and  agents  concerned. 

2.  A  telephone  system  comprises  a  central  exchange,  into  which  the  wires  are  led 
that  run  from  the  subscriber's  stations,  and  the  public  call  stations.  The  central  ex- 
change has  to  make  the  connections  between  the  various  subscribers'  stations. 

Several  telephone  systems,  established  in  different  localities  or  centres,  may  be 
united  to  form  local  telephone  groups.  The  central  exchanges  of  these  telephone  sys- 
tems, are  connected  by  special  lines. 

3.  The  telephone  sendee  comprises  two  divisions,  subject  to  different  rules. 

(a)  Local  telephony,  which  comprises  the  service  between  the  various  sub- 
scribers' stations  connected  to  the  same  local  telephone  system  or  group. 

(6)  Long-distance  telephony,  which  comprises  another  kind  of  service,  both 
within  the  area  of  the  country,  and  with  foreign  parts. 

Long-distance  telephony  has,  therefore,  two  separate  divisions,  viz.,  Interurban 
telephony,  which  comprises  the  service  between  the  various  local  telephone  systems  or 
groups  of  the  country;  and  international  telephony. 

SPECIAL   REGULATIONS    REGARDING    CENTRAL    EXCHANGES. 

(Doc.  L,  p.  28.) 

40.  The  central  stations  are  divided  into  two  classes : — 

(a)  Principal  central  exchanges. 
(i)  Auxiliary  central  exchanges. 

These  last  are  sub-divided  into  responsible  auxiliary  central  exchanges  and  non- 
responsible  auxiliary  central  exchanges. 

2.  Central  exchanges  which  serve  isolated  telephone  systems  are  classed  in  the 
first  of  these  categories.  In  the  telephone  groups,  the  central  exchanges  into  which 
the  interurban  (long-distance)  lines  are  led  in,  are  considered  as  principal  central  ex- 
changes. 

3.  The  other  central  exchanges  of  the  group  are  considered  as  responsible  or  as 
non-responsible  auxiliary  central  exchanges. 

41.  The  central  telephone  exchanges  are  connected  to  the  telegraph  system  by 
special  lines,  which  are  used: — 

(a)  For  the  exchange  of  telegrams,  within  the  limits  of  the  conditions  speci- 
fied in  the  special  instructions  issued  on  this  point. 
(6)  For  the  transmission  and  receipt  of  telephone  messages.     See  Articles 

69  to  77. 

(c)  For  the  service  of  the  general  public  with  the  railway  stations.  See 
Supplement  21. 

42.  No  subscriber  can  obtain  a  connection,  for  which  a  special  charge  has  to  be 
paid,  such  as  long-distance  connections,  transmission  of  telegrams,  telephone  messages, 
&c,  unless  the  said  subscriber  has  made  a  deposit,  in  advance,  in  order  to  guarantee 
the'  payment  of  the  charge.  This  deposit,  however,  is  not  required  from  the  various 
government  departments,  nor  from  the  authorities  of  the  provinces  and  communes. 

(2)  As  an  exception  to  the  above  rule,  a  subscriber  who  has  not  paid  the  deposit 
may  receive  connection  with  a  telegraph  bureau,  in  order  to  ask  or  to  give  certain 

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580  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEM* 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

information  from  or  to  the  same.  In  this  case,  the  operator  has  to  mention  to  the 
telegraph  bureau  that  this  deposit  has  not  been  paid,  at  the  time  when  the  connection 
is  made. 

(3)  Connections  requested  by  a  telegraph  bureau  may  always  be  made  with  the 
subscribers. 

(4)  The  charges  for  connections  that  have  been  made,  in  cases  where  the  afore- 
said deposit  has  not  been  paid,  or  when  the  amount  of  the  same  is  not  sufficient,  have 
to  be  paid  by  the  agent  or  official  who  is  at  fault,  if  the  person  concerned  refuses  to 
pay  the  amount. 

(5)  This  responsibility  to  pay  the  amount  due  may  be  transferred  to  the  operator 
concerned,  when  a  connection  is  made  that  is  not  covered  by  a  deposit. 

(6)  Any  request  made  for  connections,  which  deviates  from  the  ordinary  rules, 
must  be  refused  by  the  chief  operator.  (For  example,  it  is  not  admissible  that  No. 
X.  should  ask  to  be  called  only  at  stated  hours,  or  that  his  station  shall  only  be  con- 
nected with  certain  specified  subscribers,  or  that  he  shall  not  be  connected  with  any 
other  subscriber  unless  some  prearranged  word  is  mentioned  when  the  call  is  made, 
&c.)  This  rule  does  not  apply  to  the  transmission  of  telegrams  to  the  subscribers  by 
'phone. 

BELGIUM— Cont  inued. 
No.  292c. 

(Translation.)  telephone  groups. 

(Doc.  VI.,  p.  2.) 

The  following  are  the  telephone  groups  into  which  the  Belgian  telephone  service 
is  divided: — 

Antwerp. — Boom,  Cappellen,  Lierre,  Moll,  Turnhout. 

Arlon. — Bastogne,  Bertrix,  Etalie,  Florenville,  Lavaux,  Libramont,  Messancy, 
Neufchateau,  St.  Hubert,  Tentigny,  Virton. 

Brussels. — Braine-L'Alleud,  Braine-Le-Comte,  Cortenberg,  Court,  St.  Etienne, 
Enghien,  Gembloux,  Genappe,  Groenendael,  Hal,  Nivelles,  Overyssche,  Vilvorde, 
Virginal,  Wavre. 

Charier oi. — Acoz,  Beaumont,  Binche,  Chatilneau,  Fleurus,  Florennes,  Fontain- 
L'Eveque,  Gosseliee,  Labuissiere,  La  Louviere,  Nalinnes,  Philippeville,  Sivry,  Tamines, 
Thuillies,  Thuin,  Walcourt. 

Chimay. — Couvin,  Mariembourg,  Momegnies,  Seloignes. 

Courtrai. — Iseghem,   Menin,    Mouscron,   Poperinghe,    Boulers,   Ypres. 

Ghent. — Audenarde,  Berchem,  Deynzi,  Eecloo,  Renaix,  Seksete,  Thielt. 

Landen. — Diest,  Hannut,  Hasselt,  Jodoigne,  Looz,  Orp,  St.  Trond,  Tirelemont, 
Waremme. 

Liege. — Amy,  Andenne,  Engis,  Esneux,  Fexhe,  Huy,  Marche,  Modave,  Ouffet, 
Soheit,  Seraing,  Tinlot,  Spri,  Mont,  Trooz,  Vise. 

Coast  Group. — Bruges,  Ostende,  Blankenberg,  Dixmude,  Fumes,  Ghistelles,  Heyst, 
Middekerke,  Nieuport,  Thourout. 

Louvain. — 

Malines. — 

Mons. — Dour,  Escaussinnes,  Feluy,  Givry,  La  Bouverie,  Quevy,  Quievrain,  Eoisin, 
St.  Ghislain,  SoignieSj 

Namur. — Beauraing,  Ciney,  Dinant,  Gedinne,  Havelange,  Mesnil,  St.  Blaise, 
Profondeville,  Bochefort,  Yoor. 

Termonde. — Alost,  Lokeren,  St.  Nicolas. 

Tournai. — Antoing,  Ath.  Brugelette,  Celles,  Leuze,  Pecq,  Peruwelz,  Quevaucainps, 
Taintegnies,  Templeuve. 

Verviers. — Spa,  Stavelot,  Vielsalm. 
BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A  "  581 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

HOURS  OF  SERVICE. 

Antwerp,  Brussels,  Charleroi,  Ghent,  Liege,  lions,  Namur,  Toumia  and  Ver- 
viers: — Continuous  day  and  night. 

Arlon,  Chimay,  Courtrai,  Landen,  and  Termonde : — 7  a.m.  to  9  p.m. 

Louvain: — 7  a.m.  to  11  p.m. 

In  some  towns  in  the  coast  telephone  group :  6  a.m.  to  11  p.m. ;  in  the  smaller  sys- 
tems adjacent  to  Brussels,  Antwerp,  Liege,  Ghent,  Verviers,  etc.,  where  the  service  is 
continuous:  7  a.m.  to  7,  8  and  9  p.m. 

On  Sundays  and  feast  days,  9  a.m.  to  12  noon ;  9  a.m.  to  1  p.m. ;  2  p.m.  to  4  pm. ; 
2  p.m.  to  5  p.m.,  and  6  p.m.  to  8  p.m.  These  hours  vary  in  the  different  exchanges, 
while  in  some  cases  on  Sundays  and  feast  days  there  are  different  hours  of  service 
from  those  specified  above.  In  some  cases  the  service  on  these  days  is  from  8  a.m. 
to  7  and  8  p.m. 

PUBLIC    CALL    STATIONS. 

In  the  larger  cities  the  service  is  permanent  in  some  stations,  while  in  others  the 
hours  are  mostly  from  7  a.m.  until  7,  8,  or  9  p.m. 

On  Sundays  and  feast  days  the  service  is  mostly  from  9  a.m  until  12  noon,  or  1 
p.m.,  while  in  a  few  instances,  the  service  is  from  7  a.m.  to  7  p.m.,  or  from  8  a.m.  to 
8  p.m. 

In  some  of  the  public  call  stations  the  hours  of  service  vary,  according  to  the 
season  of  the  year;  as,  for  instance,  from  7  a.m.  until  7  p.m.  during  the  summer 
months;  and  from  8  a.m.  until  7  p.m.  during  the  winter  months. 

The  following  are  the  legal  feast  days,  which  are  kept  in  Belgium,  and  the  neigh- 
bouring countries  with  which  international  telephone  service  is  carried  on.  These  feast 
days  are  classified  along  with  Sundays,  so  far  as  service  in  the  central  stations  are 
concerned : — 

Belgium. — Ascension,  the  Feast  of  the  Assumption,  All  Saints  and  Christmas. 
On  the  Mondays  after  Easter  and  Pentecost,  the  hours  of  service  are  reduced,  in 
the  central  stations. 

Germany. — New  Year's  Day,  the  27th  of  January,  Good  Friday,  Easter  Monday, 
Ascension,  the  Monday  after  Pentecost,  Corpus  Christi,  Fast  Day,  All  Saints,  Christ- 
mas Eve,  Christmas  Day. 

France. — New  Year's  Day,  Shrove  Tuesday  (Mardi-Gras),  Easter  Monday,  Ascen- 
sion, the  Monday  after  Pentecost,  the  14th  of  July,  the  Feast  of  the  Assumption,  All 
Saints,  Christmas  Day. 

The  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxemburg. — The  Mondays  after  Easter  and  Pentecost, 
Ascension,  the  Feast  of  the  Assumption,  All  Saints,  Christmas  Eve,  Christmas  Day. 

Holland. — Good  Friday,  Easter  Monday,  Ascension,  the  Monday  after  Pentecost, 
Christmas  Eve,  Christmas  Day. 

BELGIUM.— Continued. 
No.  292d. 

(Translation.) 

TELEPHONE  BATES. 

I.  Local  Service. 

(Doc.  II.,  p.  80.) 

1.  An  ordinary  subscriber's  station  comprises  the  apparatus  necessary  for  trans- 
mitting and  receiving ;  an  ordinary  subscriber's  station  connected  directly  with  the  cen- 
tral exchange  is  a  'principal'  subscriber's  station;  other  ordinary  subscribers' 
stations,  which  can  be  connected  with  the   central  exchange  through  the  principal 

BELGIUM. 

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subscriber's  station,  are  termed  supplementary  stations.     AH  materials  required    for 
the  purpose  of  completing  the  ordinary  equipment  are  considered  as  accessories. 

2.  All  materials,  without  exception,  required  for  making  connection  with  the 
telephone  system,  have  to  be  supplied,  installed  and  maintained  by  the  management, 
which  rents  out  the  same.  Consequently  in  cases  where  there  are  private  telephone 
arrangements  already  existing  between  two  establishments,  or  different  branches  of 
the  same  establishment,  which  the  applicant  for  a  principal  subscriber's  station  wishes 
to  have  connected  with  the  telephone  exchange  system,  the  management  may  consent 
to  purchase  such  private  line  or  lines,  as  well  as  the  apparatus  and  accessories.  The 
management  completes  the  installation,  if  this  is  necessary,  and  then  fixes  the  rates,  as 
if  the  line  and  the  apparatus  had  been  installed  by  the  management  itself. 

3.  The  distance  which  forms  the  basis  of  calculation  for  fixing  the  rates  to  be 
paid  by  each  principal  subscriber's  station,  is  measured,  in  a  straight  line  between 
the  said  station  and  the  exchange,  or  the  centre  of  the  district,  according  to  the  cir- 
cumstances of  the  case.  For  this  purpose  maps  drawn  up  by  the  Military  Charto- 
graphic  Institute,  are  used.  If  the  interests  of  the  service,  or  financial  reasons  so 
require,  the  management  may  connect  within  the  same  telephone  group  a  subscriber 
to  an  exchange,  o'her  than  the  one  nearest  to  him.  In  this  case,  the  rates  are  fixed 
according  to  the  distance  of  the  subscriber  from  the  nearest  central  exchange.  On 
the  other  hand,  when  the  rates  for  several  stations  belonging  to  the  same  subscriber, 
connected  to  different  central  exchanges  of  the  same  telephone  group,  give  a  smaller 
aggregate  return  than  would  result  from  the  application  of  the  rates  applying  to 
supplementary  stations,  these  may  be  applied,  by  fixing  the  rates  according  to  the 
amount  specified  for  multiple  subscriptions;  when  such  procedure  is  in  the  interests 
of  the  management.  This  exception  is  only  made,  however,  in  telephone  groups  which 
are  specially  designated  by  the  central  management. 

The  foregoing  regulations  are  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  any  obstruction  of 
the  auxiliary  circuits  that  connect  the  various  systems  of  one  group ;  and  also  to 
guard  against  any  interefering  with  the  subscriber's  circuits,  when  new  systems  are 
being  constructed  in  the  neighbourhood  of  residences,  etc.,  which  are  already  con- 
nected to  an  existing  system.  The  managers  of  the  systems  consider  that  in  such 
circumstances  it  will  be  in  the  interests  of  the  management  to  apply  the  exceptional 
regulations  specified  above.  For  this  reason  the  managers  submit  proposals  to  the 
Technical  Bureau,  and  do  not  make  any  agreements  with  subscribers  without  having 
received  due  authority. 

4.  A  local  subscriber  who  relinquishes  his  principal  or  supplementary  desk  tele- 
phone in  the  residence  occupied  by  him,  and  who  requests  the  management  to  move 
the  same  to  other  premises,  may  have  his  request  granted,  although,  as  a  rule,  a  station 
cannot  be  moved  beyond  the  limits  of  the  same  premises,  and  the  distance  from  one 
switch  to  another  must  not  exceed  the  limits  covered  by  the  special  rates  fixed  for  sup- 
plementary stations. 

Each  of  these  switches  require  special  jacks.  On  account  of  restricting  the  use 
of  flexible  cords,  the  jacks  must  be  adapted,  as  far  as  possible  to  the  article  of  furni- 
ture (desks,  tables,  &c.)  where  the  station  is  to  be  placed,  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
multiple  jacks  of  the  operator's  apparatus  in  connection  with  nmltiple  switchboards. 

The  special  installations  are  subject  to  the  following  annual  rates: — 

(1)  For  a  second  switch 25  fr.  ($4.83) 

(2)  For  each  additional  switch 5  fr.  (97c.) 

In  the  case  of  a  subscription  for  one-half  year,  the  above  charges  are  reduced  30 
per  cent. 

5.  If  the  supplementary  installations  requested  are  not  specified  in  the  ordinary 
fixed  scale  of  charges,  or  if  the  said  arrangements  have  to  be  carried  out  under  excep- 
tional circumstances,  then  the  manager  of  the  telephone  system  in  question  must  refer 
the  matter  to  the  Technical  Bureau  before  taking  any  steps  towards  carrying  out  the 
required  arrangements. 

BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  583 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

6.  In  the  groups  at  Antwerp,  Brussels,  Ghent,  Liege,  Mons  and  Verviers,  and  in 
'he  systems  at  Louvain  and  Malines,  the  rates  for  local  subscribers  are  fixed  as  fol- 
lows : — 

a.  DIRECT  LINES    WITH  ONE  TELEPHONE. 

1.  Within  a  radius  of  1J  km.  (4,921  ft.) 

in  a  straight   line  from  the  central 

station Liege Fr.  175  ($33.78) 

2.  Over  1£  km.   (II  mile),  and  up  to  3 

km.    (1J    miles)    in    a    straight   line 

from  the  central  station Liege Fr.  225  ($43.43) 

3.  Within  a  radius  of  3  km.  (lg  miles) 

in   a  straight  line,  either  from  the 

central  stration,  or  from  the  centre 

of  the  telephone  district Antwerp) 

Brussels]    br'  250  ($48"25) 
Ghent     / 

Verviers}    *'r-  200  ($38-60) 
Mons. . . .  Fr.  150  ($28.95) 

^°7ailH    Fr.  125  ($24.13) 
Malines  \  K 

4.  For    each    kilometre    (about    f    mile) 

over  and  above  the  fixed  radius  of 

3  km.  (15  miles) Antwerp' 

Brussels 

Ghent     [-    Fr.     50   ($9.65 
Liege 
VerviersJ 
Mons....   Fr.     35  ($6.76) 

^!ain[    Fr.     30  ($5.79) 
Malines  \ 

Note. — The  distance  is  measured  from  the  central  exchange  in  the  telephone  sys- 
tems of  Antwerp,  Boom,  Brussels,  Ghent,  Hal,  Liege,  Louvain,  Mons,  Spa,  Trooz,  and 
Verviers.  In  the  other  principal  and  auxiliary  telephone  systems,  the  distance  is  mea- 
sured from  a  central  point,  fixed  by  the  management,  which  is  the  centre  of  the  dis- 
trict served  by  the  central  exchange. 

b.  SUPPLEMENTARY  AND  ACCESSORY  ARRANGEMENTS. 

An  ordinary  supplementary  station,  50  fr.  ($9.65). 
An  extra  Bell: — 

a,  Mons,  10  fr.  ($1.93). 

b.  In  other  places,  7.50  fr.   ($1.45). 

An  extra  large  bell:  Malines  and  Louvain,  12  fr.  ($2.32). 
Switches  for  intermediate  stations: — 

a.  Malines  and  Louvain,  5  fr.  (97c). 

b.  Other  places  free. 
A  switch  witn  indicator : — 

a.  Liege,  10  fr.   ($1.93). 

b.  Other  places,  5  fr.  (97c). 
A  switch  with  2  indicators : — 

a.  Liege,  20  fr.  ($3.86). 

6.  Other  places,  10  fr.  ($1.93). 

A  relay  with  special  Bell : — 

Malines  and  Louvain,  10  fr.  ($1.93). 

BELGIUM. 


584  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
An  extra  telephone  receiver: — 
a.  Malines,  not  stated. 
i.  Other  places,  5  fr.  (97c). 

N.B. — The  subscription  rates  for  a  single  connection  in  the  principal  telephone 
systems  of  Antwerp,  Brussels,  Ghent,  Liege,  Mons,  and  Verviers,  apply  also  to  their 
auxiliary  systems,  with  the  limitation,  that  in  the  said  auxiliary  systems  there  has  to 
be  paid  for  the  use  of  a  second  wire  necessary  for  a  metallic  circuit,  an  extra  charge 
of  20  fr  ($3.86),  within  the  radius  of  the  first  inclusive  kilometre  (f  mile),  and  10  fr. 
($1.93)  for  every  inclusive  \  km.  (-ft  mile)  over  and  above  the  first  km. 

RATES  APPLYING  EXCLUSIVELY  TO  THE  TELEPHONE  GROUP  OF  CHARLEROI. 

An  ordinary  subscriber's  principal  stations  with 
metallic  circuit,  within  the  radius  of  3  km. 
(1|  miles)  in  a  straight  line,  from  the  centre 
of  the  district  where  the  central  exchange  is 

situated , Fr.  200.00  ($38.60) 

For  each  additional  km.    (g    mile)    beyond    the 

fixed  radius  of  3  km.  (1J  miles) Fr.     50.00  ($  9.65) 

An  ordinary  supplementary  station Fr.     50.00  ($  9.65) 

An  additional  bell , Fr.      7.50  ($  1.45) 

An  additional  telephone  receiver Fr.      5.00      (97c.) 

A  switch  with  one  or  more  points,  or  for  an  in- 
termediate station Free. 

A  switch  with  indicator Fr.      5.00  (97c.) 

A  switch  with  two  indicators Fr.     10.00  ($  1.93) 

In  the  group  of  Liege  and  Charleroi  no  reduction  is  made  in  the  rates  for  second 
and  subsequent  stations  of  the  same  subscriber. 

Each  annual  subscription,  for  second  and  subsequent  stations  of  the  same  person 
or  business  establishments,  is  subject  to  the  following  reductions : — 

(1)  In  the  telephone  groups  of  Antwerp,  Brussels,  Ghent  and  Verviers,  a  reduction 

of  50  francs   ($9.65). 

(2)  In  the  telephone  systems  of  Louvain  and  Malines,  a  reduction  of  12.50  francs 

($2.41). 

The  reduction  is  only  granted  for  the  period  of  time  to  which  the  various  sub- 
scriptions apply,  and  not  for  limited  periods. 

Agreements  are  granted  to  subscribers  for  half-yearly  periods,  to  terminate  at  the 
end  of  three  half-yearly  periods,  or  at  the  end  of  three  consecutive  years.  If  subscrip- 
tions are  paid  within  each  half  year,  a  reduction  of  30  per  cent  is  allowed. 

In  the  telephone  systems  of  Antwerp,  Brussels,  Ghent,  Liege,  Louvain,  Malines, 
Mons  and  Verviers,  the  addition  of  a  second  wire  (metallic  circuit)  to  a  single 
(grounded)  wire  connection,  calls  for  an  extra  charge,  equal  to  50  per  cent  of  the 
rates  specified  for  a  principal  station  connected  by  a  single  (grounded)  wire.  This 
extra  charge,  however,  must  not  exceed  100  fr.  ($19.30)  for  the  first  3  kilometres  (15 
miles). 

The  rates  specified  for  stations  and  accessories,  and  for  ordinary  supplementary 
stations  include  the  free  use  of  50  metres  (55  yards)  of  line  (wire),  measured  in  a 
straight  line  from  the  principal  station,  and  extending  in  the  direction  of  all  the 
stations  that  are  installed  on  the  supplementary  circuit. 

7.  In  the  telephone  groups  of  Arlon,  Chimay,  Courtrai,  Landen,  the  Coast  Group, 
Namur,  Termond  and  Tournai,  the  specified  rates  are  given  in  the  following  table: — 

BELGIUM. 


APPEXDIX  "4" 


585 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


I.  A  principal  subscribers  station,    connected    by 
metallic  circuit  with  the  Central  Exchange — 

a.  Within  a  radius  of  1  km.  (§  mile)  from  centre 
of  district  where  the  Central  Exchange  is 
located 

b.  More  than  1  km.  (g  mile)  and  up  to  1^  km. 
(t&mile) 

c.  More  than  li  km.  ()\\  miles)  and  up  to  2  km. 
( 1  \  miles). 

d.  More  than  2  km.  (\\  miles)  and  up  to  2\  km. 
(lT9,r  miles) 

c.  More  than  2i  km.  {\{\-,  miles)  and  up  to  3  km. 

(1£  miles) 

/.  More  than  3  km.  (1J  miles)  and  up  to  3^  km. 

(2A  miles) 

g.  More  than  3',  km.  (2$j  miles)  and  up  to  4  km. 

[21  miles) 

For  each  additional  h  km.  (^  mile)  inclusive, 

over  and  above  the  specified  4  km.  (24  miles).. 

II.  Accessory  and  supplementary  installations. 
For  an  ordinary   telephone   station,  connected 

with  the  principal  station 

For  a  magneto-bell 

For  an  ordinary  bell      

For  a  switch  with  one  or  several  points,   or   for 

intermediate  station 

For  an  overhead   metallic  circuit  according  to 

actual  length,  between  stations — 

50  metres  (55  yards),  or  less 

More  than  50  metres  (55  yards)  up  to  250  metres 

(simile) 

More  than  250  metres  (s\  mile)  up  to  1  km.  (§ 

mile) 

More  than  1  km.  (§  mile)  and  for  each  extra  h  km. 

(^  mile)  over  and  above  the  first  km.  (f  mile). 


Tariff  A 

on  a 

Three  Years, 

Contract 
per  Annum. 


Francs. 

$   cts. 

150 

28  95 

162 

31  27 

174 

33  58 

189 

36  48 

204 

39  37 

22150 

42  75 

239 

46  13 

17  50 

3  37 

30 
5 
4 

5  79 
0  97 

0  77 

5 

0  97 

free. 

45 

8  69 

95 

18  34 

45 

8  69 

Tariff  B 

on  a 

Yearly  Contract 

per  Annum. 


Tariff  C 

Half  Yearly 

for  Three 

Consecutive 

Years. 
Per  £  year. 


Francs. 

$    cts. 

Francs. 

170 

32  81 

119 

187  50 

36  19 

131  25 

2C5 

39  57 

143  50 

222  50 

42  94 

15575 

240 

46  32 

168 

257  50 

49  70 

180  25 

275 

53  08 

192  50 

17  50 

3  37 

12  25 

35 
5 
4 

6  76 
0  97 
0  77 

24  50 
350 
280 

5 

0  97 

350 

free. 

free. 

65 

12  55 

4550 

no 

21  23 

77 

60 

11  58 

42 

$   cts. 


22  97 
25  33 
27  70 
30  06 
32  42 
34  79 
37  15 
2  36 


4  73 
0  68 
0  54 

0  6a 


8  78 

14  86 

8  11 


As  an  exception  to  what  is  specified  in  Section  1  of  the  preceding  table,  the  rate 
for  each  subscriber's  connection  in  the  telephone  system  of  Nieuport  (in  the  coast 
telephone  group)  is  governed  according  to  circumstances  by  the  shortest  distance,  in 
a  straight  line,  between  the  subscriber's  station  and  the  centre  of  the  town  of  Nieu- 
port on  the  one  hand,  or  the  station  of  Nieuport-Bains  on  the  other  hand. 

Subscribers  for  second  and  subsequent  stations  of  the  same  person  or  business 
in  the  local  telephone  service  of  the  Arlon  group,  do  not  receive  any  reduction  of 
rates. 

In  each  of  the  telephone  groups  of  Chimay,  Courtrai  and  Namur,  a  reduction  of 
15  francs  ($2.90)  is  granted  on  the  amount  of  annual  rates  to  each  yearly  or  three- 
yearly  subscription  for  a  second  or  subsequent  station  taken  by  the  same  person  or 
business  establishment. 

In  the  telephone  groups  of  Landen,  the  coast  group,  Termonde  and  Toumai,  a  re- . 
duction  of  10  per  cent  is  allowed  on  each  yearly,  three-yearly  and  half-yearly  subscrip- 
tions for  stations  taken  in  addition  to  the  first,  calculated  on  the  average  rates  for  the 
various  classes  of  service,  considered  as  single  subscriptions  for  subscribers'  ordinary 
principal  stations.  As  a  general  rule,  in  the  telephone  groups  mentioned  in  the  pres- 
ent section  multiple  subscriptions  must  be  payable  on  the  same  date.  When  this  is 
not  already  provided  for,  new  agreements  arranged  to  begin  on  the  same  date  and  to 
continue  for  at  least  the  same  period  of  time  as  the  existing  agreements  must  be  sub- 

BELGIUM. 


586  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Btituted  for  the  latter.  These  reductions  are  only  granted  for  the  full  periods  of 
time,  during  which  each  of  the  agreements  for  the  various  classes  of  service  has  to 
run,  according  to  the  specified  regulations. 

When  the  length  of  line  connecting  a  supplementary  station  with  a  principal 
station  exceeds  one  km.  (§  mile),  the  rates  to  be  fixed  for  this  extra  length  of  line, 
added  to  the  rates  specified  for  and  ordinary  supplementary  station,  and  for  such 
accessories  as  are  necessary  for  making  connection  with  the  subscriber's  principal 
station,  must  be  at  least  equal  to  the  rates  paid  for  an  ordinary  station.  This  rule 
applies  to  multiple  subscriptions  for  several  stations  taken  by  the  same  person  or  busi- 
ness establishment. 

The  length  of  the  supplementary  outside  lines  are  measured  without  taking  into 
consideration  the  inside   (leading-in)   wires. 

8.  The  rates  for  local  telephone  connections  made  from  a  public  call  station  are 
fixed  at  25  centimes  (5  cents)  for  an  indivisible  unit  of  time,  lasting  for  5  minutes. 

Persons  who  are  furnished  with  regular  tickets  entitling  the  holder  to  have  free 
local  connections  from  the  public  call  stations,  are  not  required  to  pay  this  charge. 

9.  The  rate  for  subscribers  who  have  regular  telephone  connections  with  the  ser- 
vice established  in  railway  stations,  is  100  frs.  ($19.30)  yearly;  or  60  frs.  ($11.58) 
half-yearly. 

Subscribers  of  this  class  are  subject  to  special  regulations.  These  regulations 
are  given  in  '  Supplement  21,'  which  is  annexed  to  the  '  Special  Regulations  relating 
to  the  Telephone  System.' 

LIST  OF  CHARGES  FOR  MOVING  A  TELEPHONE,  ETC. 

Francs. 
Within  the  same  premises: — 

(a)  An  ordinary  principal  or  supplementary  station  ....  7.50     ($1.45) 

(b)  An  ordinary  principal  or  supplementary  station,  with 
fixtures,  viz.,  insulated  wire,  cable,  iron  work,  (fix- 
tures), &c 10.00     ($1.93) 

(c)  A  supplementary  Bell 2.50     (  48c. ) 

(d)  A  supplementary  Bell,  with  outside  fixtures 5.00     (  97c. ) 

(e)  A  switch  with  indicators  per  indicator 1.00     (  19c. ) 

(f)  A  switch,  with  one  or  more  points 2.00     (  38c.  ) 

(gr)  A  switch  moved  at  the  same  time  as  on  ordinary  sta- 
tion      Free 

Removal  to  other  premises: — 

(h)  An  ordinary  principal  or  supplementary  station....  12.50     ($2.41) 

(i)  A  supplementary  Bell 5.00     (  97c. ) 

(;')  A  switch  with  indicators,  per  indicator 1.50     (29c.) 

(Tc)  A  switch,  with  one  or  more  points 2.50     (  48c. ) 

(0  A  switch  removed  at  the  same  time  as  an  ordinary 

station Free 

N.B. — -These  charges  apply  to  work  done  within  a  radius  of  3  km.  (1J  miles),  in 
a  straight  line  from  the  central  point  fixed  in  the  agreement.  Beyond  this  radius 
the  charges  are  increased  0.50  fr.  (10  cents)  for  each  extra  km.  (f  mile)  or  fraction 
thereof. 

RATES— Continued. 

II. — INTERURBAN    SERVICE. 

(Doc.  II.,  p.   90.) 

10.  The  rates  for  ordinary  conversations,  in  interurban  service,  are  as  follows: — 
1  franc  (19£  cents)  for  an  indivisible  unit  of  time,  allowed  for  conversation. 

1  franc,  50  centimes  (29  cents)  for  a  conversation  lasting  two  units  of  the 
specified  time. 
BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  587 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

11.  Subscriber's  monthly  rates,  in  interurban  service,  are  fixed  as  follows : — 

2  units  of  conversation,  or  less,  daily 35.00  frs.  ($  6.76) 

3  "  "  "  52.50  frs.  ($1014) 

4  "  "  70.00  frs.  ($13.51) 

5  "  "  "  85.00  frs.  ($16.41) 

Each  additional  unit 15.00  frs.  ($  2.90) 

The  subscribers,  in  interurban  service,  are  subject  to  special  regulations,  which 
are  given  in  '  Supplement  22/  which  is  annexed  to  the  '  Special  Kegulations  relating 
to  the  Telephone  Service.' 

12.  The  unit  of  time  for  which  rates  are  collected,  and  during  which  interurban 
conversations  can  be  carried  on,  is  five  minutes. 

On  days  when  the  Brussels  and  Antwerp  stock  exchanges  are  open  the  time  for 
conversations  from  public  or  private  telephone  stations  in  these  stock  exchanges  is 
reduced  to  three  minutes,  between  the  hours  of  11.21  a.m.  and  3.21  p.m.  On  Wednes- 
days this  rule  applies  up  to  5  p.m.  to  conversations  exchanged  with  public  or  private 
telephone  stations  installed  in  the  Commercial  Stock  Exchange  of  Brussels. 

The  public  and  private  telephone  stations  installed  in  the  buildings  of  the  Stock 
Exchanges  at  Brussels  and  Antwerp  include: — 

(1)  Special  telephone  booths  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  bankers  and  stock  ex- 
change agents;  which  may  also  be  used  by  other  persons  who  frequent  the 
stock  exchanges. 

(2)  The  public  telephone  bureau  in  each  of  the  stock  exchanges. 

(3)  Subscriber's  stations  installed  in  the  stock  exchange  buildings. 

The  expression  '  stock  exchange  ;  applies  to  all  telephone  stations  installed  in  the 
building  so  named.  For  this  reason,  no  distinction  is  made  between  conversations  ex- 
changed over  the  lines  that  directly  connect  the  Stock  Exchanges  of  Brussels  and 
Antwerp,  and  conversations  with  the  said  stock  exchanges,  through  one  of  the  central 
exchange  stations  in  both  cities  at  the  same  time. 

On  the  days  that  the  stock  exchanges  are  not  open  for  traffic,  the  time  allowed  for 
interurban  conversations  is  in  all  cases  five  minutes. 

The  foregoing  regulations,  in  sections  I.  and  II.,  apply  equally  to  ordinary  con- 
versations which  are  charged  singly,  and  to  conversations  carried  on  by  subscribers 
paying  a  monthly  subscription. 

13.  In  the  case  of  interurban  conversations  commencing  when  the  unit  of  time 
allowed  is  five  minutes,  and  concluding  during  the  hours  specified  for  stock  exchange 
service,  when  the  time  allowed  is  three  minutes,  and  vice  versa,  the  following  regula- 
tion has  to  be  followed: — 

Each  conversation  which  passes  from  the  five  minute  period  to  the  three  minute 
period,  or  vice  versa,  is  charged  for  according  to  the  period  of  time  allowance  when 
such  conversation  commences. 

The  procedure  to  be  followed  in  each  of  the  three  cases  which  may  supervene,  in 
this  matter,  is  as  follows: — 

(1)  A  conversation  of  1  unit  is  to  be  charged  at  the  rates  fixed  for  the  period  of 
time  allowance  in  force  when  such  conversation  is  commenced. 

(2)  A  conversation  of  2  units  where  the  second  unit  of  time  falls  within  the  two 
different  periods  of  time  allowance  (i.e.,  5  minutes  and  3  minutes,  or  vice 
versa,  is  charged  for  at  the  rate  in  force  when  the  conversation  was  com- 
menced. 

(3)  A  conversation  of  2  units,  where  the  first  unit  (of  5  or  3  minutes,  as  the  case 
may  be)  falls  within  the  two  diffierent  periods  of  service,  is  to  be  charged 
for  as  follows : — The  first  unit  at  the  rates  specified  for  the  period  of  time 
allowance -in  force  when  the  conversation  was  commenced;  and  the  second 
unit  at  the  rate  specified  for  the  other  period  of  time  allowance,  with  a  reduc- 
tion of  50  per  cent. 

Consequently,  in  this  last  case,  the  duration  of  the  conversation  is  8  minutes ;  and 
the  rate  charged  is  1  franc,  50  centimes  (29  cents). 

BELGIUM. 


583 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 


4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

In  interurban  service,  (Doc.  L,  p.  39) : — 

(1)  When  conversations,  comprising  two  units  of  the  specified  time  allowed,  and 

the  first  unit  of  time  is  covered  by  the  subscription  agreement,  the  second  unit 

is  charged  for  at  the  rate  of  1  franc  (194  cents). 
(2.)  When  a  conversation  comprises  three  units  of  the  specified  time,  and  the  first 

unit  of  time  is  covered  by  the  subscription  agreement,  the  last  two  units  are 

charged  for  at  the  rate  of  1  franc,  50  centimes  (29  cents).     (Doc.  I.,  p.  39.) 

RATES— Continued. 

III.  CHARGES  FOR  TELEGRAMS,  LONG-DISTANCE  CONVERSATIONS  AND  TELEPHONE  MESSAGES. 

Subscribers  who  wish  to  transmit  telephone  messenger  calls;  to  converse  with  an- 
other telephone  system  or  group ;  to  use  the  interurban  or  international  long-distance 
service  from  their  own  stations;  or  to  send  telegrams  by  'phone  to  the  telegraph 
bureaux,  must  deposit  an  amount  equal  to  the  estimated  charges  due  for  one  month. 
This  deposit  must  be  at  least  5  francs  for  each  subscriber's  station. 

At  the  end  of  each  month  the  subscriber  is  notified  of  the  amount  of  charges  owing, 
and  is  requested  to  pay  the  same  within  3  days.  After  this  period,  the  said  charges 
are  collected  by  mail  at  the  subscriber's  expense.  If  payment  is  not  made,  no  further 
long-distance  connections  are  allowed  within  or  without  Belgium  unless  the  charges 
are  paid  in  advance ;  and  the  central  station  may  refuse  connections  with  the  telegraph 
bureau,  for  the  transmission  of  telegrams  by  'phone. 

Subscribers  who  have  made  a  deposit  are  responsible  for  the  payment  of  the  fol- 
lowing charges : — 

(1)  The  charges  for  all  the  long-distance  conversations  in  Belgium  and  with 
other  countries,  requested  from  their  own  stations. 

(2)  The  charges  for  telephone  messenger  calls,  and  for  all  telegrams  trans- 
mitted from  their  own  stations,  by  any  person. 


RATES— 'Continued. 

IV.    INTERNATIONAL  SERVICE. 

a.  Between  Belgium  and  France. 

14.  The  charges  for  ordinary  conversations,   and  the  subscription  rates,  in  the 
service,  between  Belgium  and  France,  are  fixed  according  to  zones,  as  follows : — 


Single  toll  conversations, 
of  an 

Monthly  Subscription  Rates,  Day  and  Night. 

Series. 

indivisible  unit  of 
3  minutes  duration  each. 

For  a  daily  conversation  of  : — 

Day  Rates. 

Night  Rates. 

(i  Minutes 
Duration. 

9  Minutes 
Duration. 

12  Minutes 
Duration. 

1 

Francs. 

1-50    (29c.) 

2  (39c.) 
2-50    (48c.) 

3  (58c.) 

4  75    (92c.) 
5-25 ($1.01) 

Francs. 

0  90  (17c  ) 
1-20  (23c.) 
1-50  (29c.) 
1-80  (35c.) 
2-85  (55c.) 
3  15  (60c.) 

Francs. 

45         ($8.69) 
60       ($11.58) 
75       ($14.48) 
90       ($17.37) 
142  50 ($27.50) 
157-50 ($30.40) 

Francs. 

67-50 ($12.95) 
90       ($17.37) 
112-50 ($21.52) 
135       ($26.00) 
213  75 ($40. 25) 
236-25 ($45.60) 

Francs. 
90  ($17.37) 

2 

3 

120   ($23.15) 
150   ($28.95) 

4 

5 

ISO  ($34.74) 
285   ($55.00) 

6 

315   ($60.80) 

N.B.  The  Night  Rates  apply  from  8.51  p.m.  until  6.51  a.m.  during  the  summer  months  ;  and  unti 
7.51a.m.  during  the  winter  months.     The  winter  months  comprise  November,  December,  January  and 
February. 
BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  589 

APPENDIX  No.   I 

In  the  list  of  international  connections  given  in  the  directory  of  the  telegraph 
and  telephone  bureaux  of  Belgium,  the  number  which  follows  each  telephone  group,  or 
telephone  system  in  France,  designates  the  particular  zone,  according  to  which  the 
rates  are  fixed,  as  specified  in  the  foregoing  table. 

In  the  international  connections  between  Belgium  and  France,  the  unit  of  time 
allowed  for  ordinary  conversations  is  fixed  at  5  mintues.  But  the  time  is  reduced 
from  5  minutes  to  a  maximum  of  3  minutes  in  service  between  Brussels  and  Antwerp 
on  the  one  hand  and  Paris  on  the  other,  during  week  days,  from  10  a.m.  until  4  p.m. 
(Greenwich  time).  On  Sundays,  the  unit  of  time  allowed  for  conversation  is  5 
minutes  in  all  cases. 

b.  Belgium  and  Germany. 

15.  Between  Belgium  and  Germany,  the  rates  are  fixed  according  to  the  extension 
of  the  service.  These  rules  are  specified  in  the  lists  of  connections  between  Belgium 
find  Germany,  which  are  given  in  the  various  long-distance  telephone  directories  kept 
in  the  central  stations. 

Urgent  conversations  may  be  carried  on  by  paying  a  charge  equal  to  3  times 
the  amount  of  the  ordinary  specified  rates. 

The  unit  of  time  allowed  for  ordinary  conversations  is  3  minutes. 

Subscription  agreements  are  not  accorded  in  service  between  Belgium  and  Ger- 
many. 

The  following  are  the  revised  rates  of  service  between  Belgium  and  the  German 

Empire  (from  January  1,  1902) : — 

IN    BELGIUM. 

(Doc.  V.,  No.  473.) 

Communications  sent  from  or  to  the  telephone  groups  of  Liege  and  Verviers, 
zone  1,  Fr.  0.625  (12c). 

Communications  sent  from  or  to  the  other  Belgian  telephone  groups,  zone  2,  Fr. 
1.25  (24c). 

IN   GERMANY. 

Communications  sent  from  or  to  the  telephone  systems  within  the  territory  of 
general  postal  management  of  Aix-la-Chapelle,  zone  1,  Fr.  0.625  (12.) 

Communications  sent  from  or  to  the  telephone  systems  within  the  territory  of 
Cologne  (on  the  Khine)  and  Dusseldorf,  zone  2,  Fr.  1.25  (24c). 

Communications  sent  from  or  to  the  telephone  systems  not  included  in  zones  1 
and  2,  Fr.  2.25  (43c). 

The  total  rates  apply  to  communications  sent  from  Belgium  and  which  are  ex- 
changed between : — 

(1)  The  telephone  systems  within  the  1st  Belgian  zone  and  the  systems  within  the 
2nd  German  zone. 

(2)  The  telephone  systems  within  the  2nd  Belgian  zone  and  the  systems  within 
the  1st  German  zone. 

(3)  The  telephone  systems  within  the  1st  Belgian  zone  and  those  of  the  3rd  Ger- 
man zone.  These  rates  are,  2  francs  (38c.)  for  the  first  two  divisions,  classi- 
fied above,  and  3  francs  (58c)  for  the  third  division. 

C.   BELGIUM  AND  THE  GRAND  DUCHY  OF  LUXEMBURG. 

16.  In  service  with  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxemburg,  the  rates  are  fixed  according 
to  zones,  as  follows : — 

BELGIUM. 


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SELECT  COMMITTEE  OAT  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 


Charge 

for  an  indivisible 

unit  < >f  time 

of  3  minutes. 

Amount  ok  Subscription 
Rates  for. 

Designation  of  the  Zones. 

A  daily 
indivisable 

unit  of  time 
of  li  minutes. 

A  daily 

indivisible 

unit  of  time 

of  9  minutes. 

Within  the  1st  zone 

Francs. 
L- 25  (24c  ) 
200 
2-50  (48c.) 

Francs. 
37  50    ($7.24) 
60-00  ($11.58) 
75-00  ($14.48) 

Francs. 

56  25  ($10. 80) 

90       ($17.37) 

112-50(821.71) 

In  the  list  of  international  connections  with  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxemburg, 
given  in  the  directory  of  the  telegraph  and  telephone  bureaux  of  Belgium,  the  number 
winch  follows  each  telephone  group,  or  telephone  system,  in  Belgium,  designates  the 
particular  zone,  according  to  which  the  rates  are  fixed,  as  specified  in  the  foregoing 
table. 


d.   BELGIUM    AND    HOLLAND. 

17.  In  service  with  Holland,  the  rates  are  fixed  according  to  zones,  as  follows : — 


Charge 

for  an  indivisible 

unit  of  time. 

of  3  minutes. 

Amount  of  Subscription 
Rates  for. 

1  designation  of  the  Zone. 

A  daily 

indivisable 

unit  of  time 

of  6  minutes. 

A  daily 

indivisible 

unit  of  time 

of  9  minutes. 

Within  the  1st  zone* 

Francs. 
1-25  (24e.) 
3       (58c.) 

Francs. 
37  50    (§7.24) 
90        (§17.37) 

Francs. 
56-25  (§10.86) 

13.->       ($26.06) 

*  Telephone  groups  of  Liege  and  Verviers  and  Heerlen,  Maastricht  and  Valkenburg  ;  between  Ant- 
werp and  Bergen-op-Zoom  and  Rozendaal  ;  between  Verviers  and  Kerkrade  ;  and  between  coast  telephone 
groups  and  Flushing. 

In  the  list  of  international  connections  given  in  the  directory  of  the  telegraph 
and  telephone  bureaux  of  Belgium,  the  number  which  follows  each  telephone  group,  or 
telephone  system,  in  Holland,  designates  the  particular  zone,  according  to  which  the 
rates  are  fixed,  as  specified  in  the  foregoing  table. 


e.   BETWEEN   BELGIUM   AND   GREAT   BRITAIN. 

In  service  with  Great  Britain,  the  rate  is  10  fr.  ($1.93)  per  unit  of  three  minutes 
conversation.  Subscription  agreements  may  be  arranged  for  during  night  hours  at  a 
charge  of  one-half  of  the  foregoing  rate.  (See  agreement,  Doc.  IV.,  Article  7  and 
8,  pp.  599,  600.) 

BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  591 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

BELGIUM—  Continued. 
No.  292e. 

(Translation.) 

NEW  REGULATIONS   RELATING   TO   THE   TELEPHONE   SERVICE   BETWEEN   BELGIUM   AND    FRANCE. 

I.    GENERAL   AGREEMENT. 

(Doc.  III.,  No.  439.) 
His  Majesty,  the  King  of  the  Belgians,  and  the  President  of  the  French  Eepublic, 
desiring  to  arrange  the  telephone  service  between  Belgium  and  France,  and  exercising 
the  authority  accorded  to  them,  by  Article  17  of  the  International  Telegraph  Agree- 
ment, signed  at  St.  Petersburg,  on  July  22,  1875,  have  resolved  to  conclude  a  general 
ngreement  on  this  subject,  and  have  appointed  the  following  as  their  plenipoten- 
tiaries : — 

For  His  Majesty  the  King  of  the  Belgians — 

Baron  D'Anethan,  his  Minister  Plenipotentiary  and  Envoy  Extraordinary,  to 
the  President  of  the  French  Republic. 

For  the  President  of  the  French  Republic — 

Mons.  Delcasse,  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Deputies,  and  Minister  of  Foreign 
Affairs :  who,  having  communicated  their  full  powers,  which  have  been 
found  in  good  and  due  form,  have  agreed  upon  the  following  regula- 
tions : — 

1.  The  telephone  service  between  Belgium  and  France  is  insured  by  means  of  con- 
ducting wires,  the  diameter,  conductibility,  and  insulation  of  which  agree  with  the 
conditions  under  which  the  said  telephone  service  ought  to  be  carried  on.  These  wires 
are  arranged,  as  far  as  possible,  to  avoid  all  inductive  influences.  Each  of  the  two 
telephone  managements  has  to  carry  out,  at  its  own  expense,  within  its  own  territory, 
the  work  of  constructing  and  maintaining  the  telephone  lines.  Telephone  communica- 
tions may  be  sent  to  or  from  public  call  offices,  or  subscriber's  stations. 

2.  Unless  a  contrary  decision  shall  be  mutually  agreed  upon  by  both  governments, 
the  circuits  specially  constructed  for  the  telephone  service,  are  to  be  exclusively  used 
for  that  purpose.  The  two  governments  may  also  mutually  agree  to  use  the  telegraph 
lines  for  the  exchange  of  telephonic  communications. 

3.  The  unit  of  time  to  be  allowed  for  conversation,  and  for  which  the  specified 
rates  are  to  be  charged,  is  three  minutes. 

4.  Government  communications  are  to  have  the  same  precedence  which  has  been 
accorded  to  government  telegrams  by  Article  5  of  the  International  Agreement,  signed 
at  St.  Petersburg  on  July  10  and  22,  1S75.  The  government  communications  are 
not  to  be  limited  as  to  the  length  of  time  occupied  in  conversation. 

5.  Rates  are  to  be  paid  by  the  person  who  requests  the  connections.  The  rates  are 
the  total  amount  of  the  elementary  charges,  specified  below,  for  a  conversation  of 
three  mimites  duration: — 

a.  In  Belgium. 

Seventy-five  centimes  (14J  cents)  for  communications  originating  from,  or  sent 
to,  the  telephone  group  of  Courtrai,  and  the  telephone  systems  forming  part  of  the 
groups  whose  principal  centres  are  situated  in  the  provinces  of  Hainault,  Namur  and 
Luxemburg — zone  1. 

One  franc,  25  centimes  (24  cents)  for  communications  sent  from,  or  to,  the  other 
Belgian  telephone  systems — zone  2. 

b.  In  France. 

Seventy-five  centimes  (14§  cents)  for  communications  from  or  to  the  telephone 
centres  of  the  following  departments :— Nord,  Pas-de-Calais,  Aisme,  Ardonnes,  Meuse 
and  Meurthe-et-Moselle — zone  1. 

One  franc,  75  centimes  (33$  cents)  for  communications  sent  from,  or  to,  the  tele- 
phone svstems  of  the  departments  whose  chief  city  is  situated  within  a  circle,  drawn 

BELGIUM. 


592  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

from  Paris  as  the  centre,  having  a  radius  of  300  km.  and  excluding  the  departments 
that  form  the  first  zone — zone  2. 

Four  francs  (77J  cents)  for  communications  sent  from,  or  to,  the  telephone  centres 
of  the  departments  that  are  not  included  in  the  two  first  zones — zone  3. 

The  two  governments  may,  by  mutual  agreement,  modify  the  elementary  charges 
and  reduce  the  same  during  the  hours  of  night  service. 

6.  The  managements  concerned  will  mutually  agree  regarding  the  kind  of  circuits 
by  which  the  international  service  is  to  be  carried  on;  and  also  regarding  the  various 
cities  that  are  to  be  admitted  to  the  service;  and  also  the  hours  during  which  the  ser- 
vice is  to  be  granted. 

7.  After  a  mutual  agreement  has  been  arrived  at,  by  both  governments,  a  system 
of  subscriptions  may  be  arranged  for,  at  fixed  hours,  for  service  between  Belgium  and 
France. 

8.  The  two  telephone  managements  will  mutually  designate  the  circuits  that  are 
to  be  used  for  subscriber's  conversations,  as  also  the  hours  during  which  the  sub- 
scribers may  carry  on  conversations. 

9.  The  portion  of  the  rates  belonging  to  the  lines  within  each  territory,  is  to  be  paid 
to  each  management,  according  to  the  scale  given  in  Article  5.  The  receipts  result- 
ing from  the  telephone  service,  are  to  be  handled  by  each  management,  as  a  special 
account,  to  be  kept  separate  from  the  receipts  received  from  the  telegraph  service. 

10.  After  a  mutual  agreement  has  been  arrived  at,  telephone  service  may  be 
opened  up  with  neighbouring  countries,  by  means  of  the  various  telephone  systems  of 
the  different  managements,  i.e.,  Belgium  and  France. 

11.  On  the  basis  of  Article  8  of  the  international  agreement  signed  at  St.  Peters- 
burg, each  of  the  contracting  government  reserves  to  itself  the  right  to  suspend  the 
telephone  service  altogether  or  in  part,  without  being  held  liable  for  any  compensation 
in  so  doing. 

12.  The  telephone  managements  of  the  two  countries  are  not  responsible  in  any 
way  for  private  communications  sent  over  the  telephone  lines. 

13.  The  terms  of  the  present  agreement  are  to  be  completed  by  regulations  of  ser- 
vice, mutually  agreed  upon  by  the  two  telephone  managements  concerned. 

14.  The  present  agreement  abrogates  the  agreement  that  was  concluded  at  Paris 
i'.'i  August  31,  1891.  This  agreement  shall  come  into  force  on  a  date  to  be  fixed  upon 
by  the  two  managements  concerned.  It  shall  continue  in  force  during  one  year,  from 
the  time  that  it  has  been  rescinded  by  one  or  the  other  two  managements  concerned. 

In  testimony  of  which  the  respective  plenipotentiaries  have  signed  the  present 
agreement,  to  which  they  have  also  affixed  their  seals. 
Signed  in  duplicate,  at  Paris,  on  October  29,  1898. 

BARON  D'ANETHAN.  DELCASSE. 

1\. — REGULATIONS    RELATING    TO   THE    TELEPHONE    SERVICE   BETWEEN    BELGIUM    AND    FBANOE. 

1.  During  night  hours. 

2.  Under  subscription  agreements. 

The  Director  General  of  the  Telegraph  Department  of  Belgium,  of  the  one  part, 
and  the  Under  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Department  of 
France,  of  the  other,  after  duly  considering  the  general  agreement  of  October  29,  1898, 
containing : — 

1.  Article  5  (last  paragraph),- that  'the  two  governments  may  modify  the  elemen- 

tary charges,  and  reduce  the  same,  during  the  hours  of  night  service.' 

2.  Article  7,  that  '  after  a  mutual  agreement  has  been  arrived  at  by  both  govern. 

ments,  a  system  of  subscription  may  be  arranged  for,  at  fixed  hours,  for 
service  between  Belgium  and  France.' 

3.  Article  8,  that  '  the  two  telephone  managements  will  mutually  designate  the 

circuits  that  are  to  be  used  for  subscribers'  connections,  as  also  the  hours 
during  which  the  subscribers  may  carry  on  conversations,' 
BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A  "  593 

APPENDIX  No.  1 
have  agreed  upon  the  following  rules: — 

1.  The  elementary  rates  specified  for  telephonic  communications  between  Belgium 
and  France,  exchanged  between  9  p.m.  (Paris  time)  and  7  a.m.  (Paris  time),  during 
the  summer  months,  and  8  a.m.  during  the  winter  months,  are  fixed  for  an  indivisible 
unit  of  time,  consisting  of  three  minutes,  at  three-fifths  (|)  of  the  ordinary  elemen- 
tary rates  specified  in  Article  5  of  the  general  agreement. 

The  winter  months  are  November,  December,  January  and  February. 

2.  Subscription  agreements  may  be  arranged  for  telephonic  communications  ex- 
changed during  night  hours — from  9  p.m.  until  7  a.m.,  during  the  summer  months, 
and  until  8  a.m.  during  the  winter  months  (Paris  time). 

Subscription  agreements  may  also  be  arranged  for  conversations  to  be  exchanged 
during  the  day,  if  the  two  managements  are  convinced  that  no  inconvenience  will  re- 
sult therefrom  for  the  regular  telephone  service.  But  subscribers'  conversations  will 
not  be  allowed  during  the  hours  when  the  stock  exchanges,  which  have  regular  tele- 
phone service,  are  open. 

3.  Subscribers'  conversations  must  be  exclusively  on  matters  relating  to  the  per- 
sonal affairs  or  business  concerns  of  the  subscribers. 

The  duration  of  the  term  of  subscription  is  to  be  for  an  indivisible  period  of  one 
month,  and  is  prolonged  from  month  to  month  by  a  tacit  agreement,  unless  notice  of 
withdrawal  is  given  on  either  side. 

The  subscription  may  be  cancelled  on  both  sides  by  notice  being  given  to  this 
effect,  eight  days  before  the  termination  of  a  monthly  period  of  subscription.  The 
amount  of  rates  for  a  subscription  must  be  paid  in  advance.  One  subscription  can- 
not be  held  by  several  persons  conjointly. 

4.  The  minimum  duration  of  conversations  between  two  subscribers  is  to  be 
double  the  unit  of  time  allowed  for  one  conversation 

An  exchange  of  conversations  between  two  subscribers  lasting  for  three  or  four 
units  of  the  ordinary  time  allowed,  may  be  mutually  arranged  for  between  the  man- 
agements. 

5.  The  monthly  rates  for  subscribers'  conversations,  estimated  for  a  minimum 
period  of  30  days,  is  calculated  at  half  the  ordinary  rates,  specified  in  Article  5  of  the 
general  agreement  for  a  conversation  lasting  3  minutes. 

6.  The  connections  between  the  two  subscribers'  stations  designated  in  the  con- 
tract of  agreement  are  made  by  the  central  exchanges  at  the  exact  time  agreed  upon 
by  both  subscribers ;  unless  another  conversation  is  already  being  carried  on  between 
two  other  persons. 

The  minutes  (time  allowance)  not  utilized  for  conversation  must  not  be  carried 
over  to  another  conversation ;  but  if  the  said  time  allowance  is  not  utilized  on  account 
of  some  interruption  in  the  service,  the  exact  number  of  minutes  lost  is  allowed,  if 
at  all  possible,  to  the  subscriber,  during  the  same  day. 

7.  On  making  request  for  the  same  a  subscriber  will  be  reimbursed  for  each  period 
of  24  consecutive  hours  of  total  interruption  in  the  service  by  receiving  one-thirtieth 
0&>)  part  of  the  amount  of  the  monthly  subscription  rates. 

S.  The  terms  of  the  present  arrangement  are  to  be  completed  by  rules  of  service 
mutually  agreed  upon  by  the  two  telephone  managements. 

9.  The  present  arrangement  is  to  come  into  force  on  the  same  date  that  the  gen- 
eral agreement  passes  into  effect,  and  is  to  continue  in  operation  for  the  same  length 
of  time  as  the  said  general  agreement. 

Signed  in  duplicate, 

At  Paris,  on  February  2,  1900. 

LEON  MOUGEOT, 

Under  Secretary  of  State, 
Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Departments  of  France. 

BELGIUM. 


594  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

At  Brussels,  on  February  8,  1900. 

F.  DELAEGE, 

Director-General  of  the  Telegraphs,  &c. 
Approved  by 

JUL.  LIEBiERT, 
Minister  of  the  Eailway,  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Departments. 

III.    REGULATIONS    FOR    THE    TELEPHONE    SERVICE. 

(See  p.  592,  par.  IS,  and  p.  593,  par.  8.) 

1.  Each  morning  when  the  daily  service  commences,  the  central  telephone  stations 
having  direct  connection  with  one  another,  are  to  test  the  conditions  of  the  connec- 
tions, the  one  with  the  other. 

The  tests  are  to  be  made  of  the  call  signals,  in  both  directions;  and  for  the  audi- 
bility of  speech.  The  results  of  these  tests  are  to  be  entered  into  registers,  by  each  of 
the  central  exchange  stations  in  question. 

Electric  tests  are  to  be  made  every  month  regarding  the  conductibility  and  in- 
sulation of  the  circuits.  The  tests  have  also  to  be  made  when  there  is  persistent 
derangement  of  the  lines. 

2.  The  hours  are  to  be  regulated  according  to  the  Paris  and  Brussels  time.  The 
official  time  in  France  is  that  of  the  meridian  of  Paris;  and  in  Belgium  that  of  the 
meridian  of  Greenwich,  which  is  9  minutes  behind  that  of  Paris. 

The  Central  exchange  stations  in  direct  connection  with  each  other,  are  to 
exchange  the  time  as  often  as  may  be  necessary.  This  is  to  be  done  at  least  at  the 
commencement  and  the  close  of  the  daily  hours  of  service.  The  clocks  are  to  be  regu- 
lated as  soon  as  they  show  a  difference  of  more  than  one  m'nute  from  the  official  time. 

3.  The  service  is  permanent  in  the  Central  exchange  of  Brussels  and  Paris.  The 
days  and  hours  of  service  in  the  other  central  exchanges  and  in  the  public  call  sta- 
tions are  fixed  by  the  managements,  according  to  the  existing  circumstances. 

4.  Connections  are  made  : — 

1.  Between  the  stations  of  two  subscribers. 

2.  Between  two  public  call  stations. 

3.  Between  a  subscriber's  station  and  a  public  call  station. 

As  a  general  rule,  connections  are  not  allowed  which  require  the  intervention  of 
more  than  five  intermediate  central  exchanges,  including  the  transmitting  and  receiv- 
ing exchanges.  The  managements  mutually  designate  the  central  telephone  exchanges 
of  the  two  countries  which  are  to  have  service  with  each  other,  and  specify  the  various 
telephone  lines  to  be  used. 

5.  The  managements  take  all  necessary  steps  to  insure  the  secrecy  of  all  tele- 
phonic communications. 

6.  Ordinary  communications,  sent  during  the  summer  months  from  7  a.m.,  and 
during  the  winter  months  from  8  a.m.  up  to  9  p.m.  (Paris  time),  pay  the  full  rates 
specified  in  Article  5  of  the  '  General  Agreement.'  Communications  sent  from  9  p.m. 
up  till  7  or  8  a.m.,  according  to  the  season  of  the  year,  pay  the  reduced  rates  that  are 
specified  in  Article  1  of  the  '  Arrangement '  agreed  upon  on  February  2,  and  8,  1900. 

The  winter  months  are  November,  December,  January  and  February.  The  lia- 
bility to  pay  the  specified  charges,  connections  requested  by  one  subscriber  with  an- 
other, begins  at  the  moment  when  connections  have  been  made  between  the  station 
calling  up  and  the  station  asked  for.  For  connections  from  a  public  call  station  to  a 
subscriber's  station,  the  liability  to  pay  the  specified  charges  begins  as  soon  as  connec- 
tions have  been  made  with  the  subscriber's  station  asked  for.  In  both  cases  the 
charges  have  to  be  paid  without  regard  to  the  person  who  replies  from  the  subscribers's 
station  called.  Finally,  when  connections  are  asked  for  with  a  public  call  station, 
the  liability  to  pay  the  charges  begins  as  soon  as  the  person  calling  up  is  placed  in 
connection  with  the  subscriber's  station  asked  for,  or  with  the  person  calling  up  from 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

the  public  call  station  as  the  case  may  be.  The  charges  are  collected  either  from 
the  subscriber  from  whose  station  the  call  is  sent,  or  from  the  person  at  the  public 
call  station  who  requests  the  connections.  The  time  during  which  the  call  is  being 
made,  either  from  the  subscriber's  stations  or  from  the  public  call  stations  is  not 
charged  for.  As  a  general  rule,  this  time  is  limited  to  2  minutes  during  the  hours 
of  day  service,  and  to  5  minutes  during  the  hours  of  night  service. 

The  charges  are  not  collected,  when,  through  any  fault  in  the  telephone  service, 
the  request  for  eonversatiaon  is  not  followed  by  connections  being  effected  with  the 
station  that  has  been  asked  for.  If  the  charge  has  been  already  paid,  it  is  reimbursed, 
according  to  the  special  rules  of  service  applying  to  each  telephone  bureau.  No 
reduction  in  the  charges  can  be  granted,  if,  through  any  fault  in  the  telephone  ser- 
vice it  is  not  possible  to  carry  on  conversations  between  the  stations  that  have  been 
connected,  even  if  the  central  stations  or  the  public  call  stations  may  have  been 
requested  to  verify  the  impossibility  of  being  able  to  converse.  Any  reduction  in  the 
charges  must  be  mutually  agreed  upon  between  the  two  telephone  managements. 

The  actual  duration  of  an  ordinary  conversation  between  two  persons  must  not 
exceed  twice  the  unit  of  time  allowed  for  a  single  conversation.  At  the  end  of  this 
time  the  connection  is  broken  off  by  the  central  station.  In  the  event  of  the  persons 
conversing  not  having  finished  their  conversation  at  the  expiration  of  the  first  period, 
they  are  not  allowed  a  further  period  immediately  following  the  first,  unless  there 
are  no  requests  waiting  from  other  persons  for  connections.  If  such  requests  have  been 
made  these  connections  must  be  completed  according  to  the  order  in  which  they  have 
been  asked  for. 

In  cases  where  the  connections  have  been  placed  at  the  disposal  of  two  persons 
conversing  during  a  longer  period  of  time  than  double  the  unit  of  time  allowed  for  a 
single  conversation,  the  person  who  requests  the  connections  has  to  pay  for  the  length 
of  time  that  the  line  is  used  according  to  the  number  of  indivisible  units  of  time, 
i.e.,  5  or  3  minutes,  as  the  case  may  be. 

In  the  matter  of  government  communications,  there  is  no  limit  as  to  the  length 
of  time  during  which  the  lines  are  in  use. 

7.  Applications  for  subscripton  have  to  be  made  eight  days  in  advance  to  the 
French  telephone  management  at  Paris;  or  to  the  telegraph  management  at  Brussels. 
These  applications  must  state  specifically  the  subscriber's  stations  that  have  to  be  con- 
nected. 

In  Paris,  besides  the  private  stations  of  subscribers,  conversations  at  the  specified 
subscription  rates  are  only  allowed  from  the  public  call  stations  in  the  Paris  Bourse 
(stock  exchange).  Subscription  agreements  are  drawn  up  in  the  form  of  contracts  or 
engagements  made  in  duplicate,  by  the  management  which  collects  the  rates.  The 
other  office  (central  exchange)  has  to  receive  a  copy  of  this  document.  The  subscrip- 
tion agreement  may  be  arranged  to  begin  on  any  date,  but  the  monthly  period  begins 
only  on  the  1st  or  the  16th  day  of  each  month. 

The  proportionate  charges  for  the  period  from  the  date  when  the  subscription 
begins  to  the  commencement  of  the  monthly  term  (if  the  subscription  is  taken  out  be- 
fore this  date),  is  added  to  the  subscription  for  the  first  month.  However,  at  the  sub- 
scriber's request,  the  monthly  period  may  commence  on  some  other  date  than  the  1st 
or  the  16th  of  the  month,  if  this  request  is  made  in  due  form  when  the  agreement  is 
signed,  and  the  subscriber  declares  his  intention  of  relinquishing  the  subscription  at 
the  termination  of  the  first  monthly  period. 

As  a  general  rule,  an  interval' of  two  minutes  is  reserved  between  two  subscribers' 
conversations. 

8.  Each  management  undertakes  to  supply  its  subscribers  in  the  manner  that  may 
be  considered  most  convenient,  with  full  information  regarding  the  telephone  sys- 
tems, and  the  public  call  stations  of  the  neighbouring  country  with  which  the  service 
has  been  established.  The  central  exchanges  of  importance  and  the  principal  public 
call  stations  must  possess  directories  of  the  subscribers  connected  with  the  service, 

and  carefully  keep  these  up  to  date. 

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596  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

For  this  purpose,  the  various  central  exchanges  concerned  exchange  gratis  a 
sufficient  number  of  telephone  directories  of  the  systems  connected  with  a  central  ex- 
change, or  a  public  call  station.  The  managements  will  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ment to  have  these  directories  placed  on  sale  for  the  general  public. 

9.  The  telephone  connections  are  made  by  means  of  the  central  exchange.  As 
soon  as  it  is  known  that  the  subscriber's  station  or  the  public  call  station  calling 
can  be  connected  with  the  station  called1,  the  central  exchange  receiving  the  call  from 
the  subscriber  communicates  with  the  central  exchange  at  the  intermediate  or  long- 
distance point,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  atks  for  the  called  subscriber's  station  (by 
number  if  possible).  As  soon  as  the  connections  have  been  made,  the  subscriber  or 
the  public  call  station  is  informed  that  this  is  the  case,  and  asked  to  begin  the  conver- 
sation. 

The  '  calling '  and  '  called  '  central  exchanges  note  down  the  time  when  the  con- 
nection is  made,  and,  before  leaving  the  circuit,  make  sure  that  conversation  is  satis- 
factory from  both  ends.  As  soon  as  the  conversations  are  finished,  the  two  subscribers 
immediately  notify  (ring  up)  their  respective  central  exchanges.  The  time  when  the 
conversation  terminates  is  noted  down  in  the  register  of  connections  made.  When 
the  duration  of  ordinary  conversations  is  double  the  unit  of  time  allowed,  then  the 
'  calling '  or  '  called '  central  exchange  follows  the  regulations  given  above,  in  section 
VI.,  paragraphs  11  and  12,  informing,  if  possible,  the  persons  conversing,  that  the  con- 
nection-, must  be  broken. 

In  the  case  of  subscribers'  conversations,  the  connections  are  broken  off  by  the 
central  stations,  as  soon  the  specified  time  arranged  for  in  each  case  has  elapsed. 

When  a  central  exchange  has  received  a  number  of  requests  for  connections,  then 
the  same  are  to  be  made  with  the  various  central  exchanges  concerned,  consecutively 
in  the  order  of  time  in  which  such  requests  were  received. 

The  central  exchanges  must  respond  without  delay  to  the  calls  sent  to  them. 
When  a  central  exchange  does  not  respond  to  the  calls,  the  exchange  calling  up  must 
send  in  another  call  after  the  lapse  of  a  minute  or  so,  by  another  circuit.  If  this  can- 
not be  done,  or  if  this  does  not  have  the  desired  effect,  then  the  subscriber  calling  up 
must  have  recourse  to  the  telegraph  bureau,  in  order  to  inform  the  central  exchange 
called  of  the  situation. 

10.  Special  services  for  communications  to  be  forwarded  by  messengers  are  not 
arranged  for,  nor  organized  conversations  with  a  public  call  station  cannot  be  carried 
on  unless  an  arrangement  has  been  made  beforehand  between  the  parties  concerned, 
for  the  person  called  to  be  present  in  the  public  call  station.  The  central  stations  and 
the  public  call  stations  must  be  careful  to  give  instructions  on  this  point  to  the  per- 
sons who  wish  to  converse.  When  the  person  wanted,  who  has  been  announced  as 
being  present  in  the  public  call  station,  does  not  respond,  the  connection  cannot  be 
continued,  unless  the  specified  charge  is  paid  for  the  time  taken  up.  The  same  rule 
applies  to  communications  between  the  stock  exchanges  in  the  French  and  Belgian 
cities,  where  the  bureaux  in  question  have  an  organized  service  of  messengers,  to  in- 
form the  person  present  of  the  times  when  connections  are  requested.  The  officials 
in  charge  of  the  public  call  stations  must  inform  the  person  requesting  connections  of 
the  necessary  measures  to  be  adopted  in  using  the  'phones,  in  order  to  obtain  the  most 
satisfactory  results.  The  official  in  charge  of  the  '  calling '  public  call  station,  must 
note  down  the  exact  time  when  the  desired  connections  have  been  made,  and  when  the 
eonversations  are  finished. 

As  soon  as  the  first  unit  of  time  allowed  for  conversation  has  elapsed  the  official 
must  inform  the  person  conversing  of  the  fact,  upon  which  he  must  at  once  conclude 
the  conversation,  unless  he  consents  to  pay  the  additional  charge.  The  official  has 
the  right  to  require  the  payment  of  this  charge  in  advance. 

11.  A  central  station,  or  a  public  call  station,  must  not  suspend  or  close  the  ser- 
vice at  the  specified  hours,  until  all  the  connections  requested  before  the  hour  fixed 
for  the  suspension  or  the  closing  of  the  service  have  been  completed. 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

12.  Conversations  exclusively  relating  to  the  telephone  service  between  France 
and  Belgium  may  be  exchanged  free  of  charge  between  the  officials  of  the  two  man- 
agements, who  have  special  authority  to  hold  such  conversations. 

When  claiming  this  privilege,  the  said  officials  are  bound  to  state  their  names  and 
office.  If  they  neglect  to  do  so  the  central  exchange  or  the  public  call  station  who  has 
to  make  the  connections  must  request  this  information  before  the  connections  are 
made,  unless  the  identity  of  the  official  in  question  is  known.  These  free  conversa- 
tions are  announced  from  one  central  exchange  to  another  by  the  word  '  service.'  The 
two  managements  must  take  all  necessary  steps  to  restrict,  as  much  as  possible,  each 
in  its  own  matters  of  service,  the  numDer  of  such  communications.  As  a  general  rule, 
it  is  preferable  to  use  the  telegraph  lines  for  this  purpose. 

13.  Conversations  having  the  right  of  priority   (precedence)   are: — 

1.  Those  sent  by  officials  authorized  to  transmit  the  government  telegraph  des- 

patches.    Such  communications  are  suDJect  to  the  ordinary  rates. 

2.  Those  by  the  officials  of  the  two  managements,  authorized  to  converse  on  mat- 

ters relating  to  the  telephone  service,  when  they  claim  this  privilege,  on 
matters  of  urgency. 

The  order  in  transmitting  telephonic  communications  is  fixed  as  follows: — 

1.  Government  communications. 

2.  Communications  on  urgent  matters  relating  to  the  service. 

3.  Private  communications. 

4.  Communications  relating  to  the  service  that  are  not  urgent. 

For  conversations  of  the  same  rank,  the  connection's  are  made  according  to  the 
order  of  request.  Subscribers'  conversations  are  interpolated  into  the  order  of  requests 
received  by  the  central  exchanges,  so  as  to  be  carried  on  at  the  time  specified  in  the 
agreement.  Conversations  of  the  same  rank  from  both  ends  of  the  lines,  are  ex- 
changed in  alternate  order.  Conversations  of  a  higher  rank  are  not  included  in  the 
alternate  order  of  exchange. 

14.  As  soon  as  any  difficulty  in  conversing,  or  any  derangement  in  the  service  is 
ascertained,  the  two  managements  will  take  immediate  steps  to  remedy  the  matter; 
each  in  that  part  of  the  service  pertaining  to  itself.  The  central  exchanges  will  advise 
one  another,  by  telegram,  if  necessary,  of  any  defects  or  circumstances  which  hinder 
or  impede  the  telephone  service. 

15.  Each  management  has  to  keep  a  register  of  service,  which  has  to  contain,  in 
addition  to  the  points  relating  to  the  service,  all  the  necessary  details  for  collecting 
the  rates,  and  for  balancing  the  international  accounts.  The  accounts  are  drawn  up 
monthly,  and  are  exchanged  between  the  two  managements,  according  to  the  form 
adopted  for  the  telegraph  accounts. 

In  cases  of  dispute  as  to  the  length  of  conversations,  the  managements  have  to 
refer  to  the  records  of  the  central  exchanges  which  made  the  connections. 

Signed  in   duplicate. 
At  Paris,  on  Feb.  2,  1900.  At  Brussels,  on  Feb.  8,  1900. 

LEON  MOUGEOT,  F.  DELARGE, 

Under  Secretary  of  State,  Director  General, 

for  the  Post   Office   and   Telegraph  of  the  Telegraph  Department 

Departments   of  France.  of  Belgium. 

IV. — ROYAL  DECREE  DETERMINING  THE  FRANCO-BELGIAN  RATES. 

Leopold  II.,  King  of  the  Belgians, 

To  all  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come,  Greeting. 

Whereas,  the  law  of  June  11,  1883,  extends  to  the  telephone  service  the  provisions 
specified  in  the  law  of  March  1,  1851 ;  and 

Whereas,  the  law  of  December  30,  1899,  continues  the  law  of  March  1,  1851 ;  and 

1 — d— 39J  BELGIUM. 


598  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Whereas,  an  agreement,  relating  to  the  organizing  of  the  telephone  service  between 
Belgium  and  France,  was  entered  into  on  October  29,  1898 ; 

Therefore,  on  the  proposal  of  Our  Minister  of  Railways,  Post  Offices  and  Tele- 
graphs, 

We  have  decreed,  and  do  decree: 

1.  The  elementary  rates  applicable  to  telephone  communications  between  Belgium 
and  France,  exchanged  between  the  hours  of  8.51  p.m.  (Eastern  European  time)  and, 
during  the  summer  months,  6.51  a.m.,  or  during  the  winter  months,  7.51  a.m.,  are 
fixed,  for  a  unit  of  time,  consisting  of  three  minutes,  at  three-fifths  (§)  of  the  ordin- 
ary rates,  specified  in  Article  V.  of  the  foregoing  '  Agreement.'  The  winter  months 
are  November,  December,  January  and  February. 

2.  The  monthly  rates  for  subscriber's  conversations,  between  Belgium  and  France, 
calculated  for  a  minimum  period  of  30  days,  are  fixed,  for  a  unit  of  time,  consisting  of 
three  minutes,  at  the  half  of  the  ordinary  rates,  specified  in  Article  V.  of  the  said 
'  Agreement.' 

The  minimum  duration  of  a  communication  exchanged  between  two  subscribers 
is  double  the  unit  of  time  allowed  for  one  conversation. 

Communications  lasting  for  three  or  four  units  of  the  time  allowed,  may  be 
granted  after  arrangements  have  been  made  between  the  two  managements.  Our  Min- 
ister for  Railways,  Post  Offices  and  Telegraphs,  is  authorized  to  execute  the  present 
Decree;  and  will  fix  the  date  when  the  same  shall  come  into  force. 

Given  at  Laeken,  on  March  30,  1900. 
For  the  King, 

Jul.  Liebaert, 

Minister  of  Eailways,  Post  Offices  and  Telegraphs. 

V.    MINISTERIAL    DECREE,.    ISSUED    IN    CONFORMITY    WITH    THE    ABOVE    ROYAL    DECREE. 

The  Minister  of  Railways,  Post  Offices  and  Telegraphs, 

Having  duly  considered  the  '  Agreement '  of  October  29,  1898,  relating  to  the  tele- 
phone service  between  Belgium  and  France; 

Having  duly  considered  the  Royal  Decree,  of  March  30,  1900,  determining  the 
basis  according  to  which  the  rates  applicable  to  the  telephone  service  between  Belgium 
and  France,  for  ordinary  conversations,  during  night  hours,  and  for  conversations  ex- 
changed between  subscribers,  are  to  be  calculated. 

Decrees: 

Special  Article. — May  1,  1900,  is  fixed  as  the  date  for  carrying  into  effect: 

1.  The  Franco-Belgian  telephone  agreement  of  October  29,  1898. 

2.  The  measures  enacted  by  the  Royal  Decree  of  March  30,  1900,  given  above. 

The  general  telegraph  management  is  charged  with  the  execution  of  the  present 
Decree,  which  is  to  be  delivered  to  the  audit  office  for  verification. 

JUL.  LIEBAERT. 
Brussels,  March  31,  1900. 

No.  292f.  BELGIUM— Continued. 

(Translation.) 
TELEPHONE  SERVICE  BETWEEN  BELGIUM  AND  GREAT  BRITAIN. 

I. — AGREEMENT. 

(Doc.  IV.,  No.  495.) 
His  Majesty  the  King  of  the  Belgians,  and  His  Majesty  the  King  of  the  United 
Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  and  of  the  British  Possessions  beyond  the 
Seas,  Emperor  of  India,  desiring  to  arrange  the  telephone  service  between  Belgium 
BELGIUM. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

and  Great  Britain,  and  exercising  the  authority  accorded  to  them  by  Article  17,  of 
the  international  telegraph  agreement,  signed  at  St.  Petersburg,  on  July  22,  1875, 
have  resolved  to  conclude  a  general  agreement  on  this  subject,  and  have  appointed  the 
following  as  their  plenipotentiaries : — 

For  His  Majesty  the  King  of  the  Belgians :  Baron  De  Favereau,  Knight  of  the 
Order  of  Leopold,  Senator,  his  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs. 

For  His  Britannic  Majesty:  Sir  Constantine  Phipps,  Knight  Commander  of  the 
most  distinguished  Order  of  St.  Michael  and  St.  George,  Companion  of  the  Most 
Honourable  Order  of  the  Bath,  His  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipoten- 
tiary to  His  Majesty  the  King  of  the  Belgians,  who,  having  communicated  their  full 
powers,  which  have  been  found  in  good  and  due  form,  have  agreed  upon  the  following 
regulations : — 

1.  A  telephone  service  shall  be  established  and  operated  between  Belgium  and  the 
United  Kingdom  by  the  telegraph  managements  of  the  two  countries. 

2.  For  this  service  a  submarine  cable  shall  be  employed,  containing  four  conduc- 
tors (wires),  which  has  to  be  laid,  at  the  mutual  expense  of  both  managements,  be- 
tween the  Belgian  coast  and  the  English  coast,  and  also  shore  lines,  which  are  to  be 
constructed  by  each  management  at  its  own  expense,  within  its  own  territory. 

The  diameter,  the  conductibility,  and  the  insulation  of  the  wires,  must  be  suited 
to  the  requirements  of  the  service.  The  wires  must  be  arranged  so  as  to  preclude  as 
much  as  possible  the  effects  of  induction,  and  are  to  be  maintained  in  the  best  condi- 
tion of  service. 

Each  management  will  undertake,  at  its  own  expense,  the  work  of  maintaining 
the  shore  lines,  within  its  own  territory. 

The  English  management  will  maintain  the  submarine  cable,  and  the  costs  for 
this  maintaining  are  to  be  equally  borne  by  the  two  managements. 

3.  The  circuits  which  have  been  specially  constructed  for  the  telephone  service 
are  to  be  exclusively  employed  for  this  purpose,  unless  it  shall  be  otherwise  decided 
by  the  two  managements. 

4.  The  telephone  circuits  are  to  be  led  into  the  central  exchanges  designated  by 
the  two  managements,  which  are  to  make  connections  with  the  public  call  stations,  or 
with  the  subscribers'  stations  connected  with  the  service,  as  the  case  may  be. 

5.  The  unit  of  time  specified  for  the  duration  of  conversations,  and  for  which 
charges  are  collected,  is  an  indivisible  period  of  three  minutes.  Not  more  than 
two  consecutive  conversations,  consisting  of  three  minutes  each,  are  to  be  allowed  be- 
tween the  same  subscribers,  when  other  requests  for  connections  have  been  made, 
either  before  or  during  the  said  conversations. 

6.  Government  communications  are  to  receive  the  precedence  accorded  to  gov- 
ernment telegrams  by  the  international  agreement,  signed  at  St.  Petersburg  on  July 
22,  1875.  The  duration  of  government  communications  is  not  limited  as  to  the  time 
taken  up. 

7.  The  unit  of  charge  for  each  conversation  of  three  minutes  shall  consist  of  the 
total  sum  of  the  following  elementary  charges: — 

For  the  benefit  of  Belgium :  Four  francs  50  centimes  (87  cents)  for  each  conver- 
sation sent  from  or  to  a  Belgian  telephone  centre. 

For  the  benefit  of  the  United  Kingdom:  Five  francs  50  centimes  ($1.06)  for  each 
conversation  sent  from  or  to  any  telephone  centre  in  England  or  the  country  of 
Wales,  which  can  be  connected  with  a  Belgian  telephone  centre.  The  rates  are  to  be 
paid  by  the  person  who  requests  the  connections. 

8.  The  two  managements  will  mutually  designate  the  telephone  stations  that  are 
to  be  connected,  the  international  circuits  that  are  to  be  employed,  and  the  hours  dur- 
ing which  the  lines  shall  be  open  for  service. 

9.  The  receipts  accruing  from  the  telephone  service  are  to  be  kept  in  a  special 
account  by  each  management,  separate  from  those  of  the  telegraph  receipts. 

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600  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

10.  After  mutual  agreement,  each  of  the  managements  shall  be  free  to  organize 
telephone  service  with  another  country,  by  means  of  the  telephone  lines  of  the  other 
management. 

11.  Conversations  may  be  exchanged  during  night  hours  at  subscription  rates. 
Each  communication,  at  subscription  rates,  is  to  have  a  minimum  duration  equal  to 
double  the  time  allowed  for  a  single  conversation.  The  rates  to  be  paid  for  the  same 
are  to  be  one-half  of  the  charges  that  are  specified  in  Article  7.  The  two  managements 
will  mutually  fix  the  hours  during  which  subscribers'  conversations  are  to  be  carried 
on. 

12.  On  the  basis  of  article  8  of  the  international  agreement  of  St.  Petersburg, 
each  of  the  contracting  parties  reserves  the  right  of  suspending  totally  or  partially, 
the  telephone  service,  without  being  liable  for  any  compensation. 

13.  The  two  managements  are  not  in  any  way  responsible  for  private  communica- 
tions sent  over  the  telephone  lines. 

14.  The  terms  of  the  present  agreement  are  to  be  completed  by  rules  of  service, 
drawn  up  by  mutual  agreement,  by  the  two  managements. 

15.  The  present  agreement  shall  come  into  force  on  a  date  which  is  to  be  agreed 
upon  by  the  two  managements.  After  continuing  in  force  for  the  space  of  one  year, 
it  may  be  revised  at  any  time,  at  the  request  of  one  or  other  of  the  contracting  parties. 

In  testimony  of  which  the  respective  plenipotentiaries  have  signed  the  present 
agreement,  to  which  they  have  also  affixed  their  seals. 

Signed  in  duplicate  at  Brussels,  on  November  21,  1902. 

P.   De  FAVEREAU.  CONSTANTINE   PHIPPS. 


Ii:. — RULES  OF  SERVICE  DRAWN   UP  IN  PURSUANCE  OF  ARTICLE  14,   OF  THE  ABOVE  AGREEMENT. 

Articles  No.  1,  4,  5,  8,  10,  11,  12,  13  and  14,  and  portions  of  Articles  No.  6,  7,  8 
and  15  have  been  omitted  from  this  agreement,  as  they  are  identical  with  the  '  regula- 
tions '  governing  the  service  between  Belgium  and  France.     (See  page  594). 

■1.  Official  time,  adopted  for  the  telephone  service  betwten  the  two  countries  is 
that  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

3.  The  service  is  permanent  in  the  central  exchanges  at  Brussels  and  London. 
(2).  The  hours  of  service  in  the  other  central  exchanges  and  in  the  public  call  stations 
are  fixed  by  the  two  managements,  each  within  its  own  territory,  and  each  manage- 
ment supplies  the  other  with  information  regarding  these  fixed  hours. 

6.  The  rates  are  collected  by  each  management  according  to  the  rules  specified 
for  its  telephone  service,  but  only  the  charges  for  conversations  actually  held  are  in- 
cluded in  the  international  accounts.  (8).  Any  reduction  in  the  charges  has  to  be 
agreed  upon  by  the  two  managements,  each  management  relinquishing  its  own  share 
of  the  charges.  (10).  Unless  by  the  permission  of  the  'calling5  exchange  at  the 
terminal  of  the  line,  no  person  using  a  subscriber's  station,  or  a  public  call  station,  is 
allowed  to  have  a  second  conversation  until  the  charges  for  the  first  conversation  have 
been  paid. 

7.  Subscription  agreements  may  be  arranged  for  conversations  during  night  hours, 
from  9  p.m.  until  7  a.m.  during  the  summer  months,  and  from  9  p.m.  until  8  a.m. 
during  the  winter  months.  The  period  of  winter  comprises  the  months  of  November, 
December,  January  and  February.  (11).  The  connections  are  made  by  the  central 
exchange  between  the  two  stations  requested,  at  the  exact  time  mutually  agreed  upon, 
provided  that  the  circuits  are  not  already  occupied.  (12).  The  time  allowed  for  con- 
versation or  any  portion  of  the  said  time,  which  has  not  been  used  during  the  course 
of  one  night,  cannot  be  carried  over  to  another  night.  (13).  If  the  time  could  not 
be  used  on  account  of  some  interruption  in  the  service,  if  at  all  possible  an  opportunity 
is  given  to  the  subscriber  to  make  this  good,  during  the  course  of  the  same  night. 

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APR£KDIX  "A1'  601 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(14).  If  it  has  not  been  possible  to  give  this  opportunity  to  the  subscriber,  the 
said  subscriber  may,  upon  request,  be  reimbursed  for  the  time  which  could  not  be 
utilized.  Each  unit  of  3  minutes  of  conversations  commenced  is  not  taken  into  calcu- 
lation, when  the  reimbursement  is  made.  (15).  The  reimbursement  is  paid  by  the 
two  managements,  in  proportion  to  their  several  shares  in  the  receipts  in  such  cases. 
(16).  When  a  unit  of  conversation  has  terminated,  a  subscriber  may  continue  to  con- 
verse provided  that  no  other  request  for  the  use  of  the  circuit  has  been  made,  and  said 
subscriber  consents  to  pay  the  ordinary  additional  charge  of  10  francs  ($1.93)  for  an 
indivisible  unit  of  3  minutes.  (17).  Requests  for  subscription  agreements  must  be 
made,  at  least  8  days  in  advance,  to  the  telegraph  management  at  Brussels,  or  to  the 
Postmaster  General  at  London.  These  requests  must  specify  the  stations  to  be  con- 
nected. 

9.  '  International '  communications  between  Belgium  and  Great  Britain,  or  vice 
versa,  which  are  exchanged  by  means  of  the  internal  lines  of  these  two  countries,  have 
the  right  of  precedence  over  the  said  lines  before  '  national '  communications  which 
are  exclusively  within  Belgian  or  English  territory.  However,  in  no  case  must  a  con- 
versation be  broken  in  upon  that  is  being  carried  on.  (3)  The  central  exchange  which 
receives  a  request  for  connections  must  see  that  such  request  is  valid,  and,  especially, 
that  the  subscriber's  station,  or  the  public  call  station  asked  for,  can  be  actually  con- 
nected with  the  station  calling.  (4)  If  the  request  is  valid,  it  is  transmitted  by 
"phone  as  quickly  as  possible,  from  point  to  point,  from  the  'calling'  to  the  'called'' 
exchanges  on  the  Anglo-Belgian  circuit,  by  means  of  all  the  central  exchanges 
concerned.  (5)  Each  central  exchange  transmits  the  requests  to  the  ex- 
change at  the  terminal  of  the  international  circuit,  exclusively  in  the  order  in  which 
they  are  received,  no  matter  from  where  they  are  sent.  (6).  In  cases  where  requests 
are  withdrawn  or  cancelled,  the  notice  is  transmitted,  according  to  the  same  condi- 
tions. (7).  The  requests  for  connections  are  made  by  giving  the  number,  whenever 
this  is  possible.  The  responsibility  for  the  exact  number  rests  with  the  subscriber 
who  sends  in  the  call,  or  the  person  calling  from  a  public  call  station,  as  the  case  may 
be,  unless  the  number  in  question  is  not  correctly  given  in  the  official  directory  of  sub- 
scribers. (8).  The  Anglo-Belgian  circuits  are  operated  in  alternate  order,  that  is  to 
say,  each  of  the  central  exchanges  at  the  terminals  of  the  line,  alternately  call  up 
each  other.  (9).  The  alternate  order  is  followed,  after  each  conversation.  (10).  The 
alternate  order,  however,  applies  only  to  conversations  of  the  same  rank.  (11).  Each 
connection  is  prepared  while  the  preceding  conversation  is  being  carried  on.  The 
'  calling '  exchanges  connected  with  the  international  circuits  have  to  make  the  neces- 
sary preparations  for  arranging  for  the  connections.  (12).  The  connections  are  made 
according  to  the  order  in  which  the  requests  are  noted  down  in  the  said  exchanges. 
(14).  The  connections  are  controlled  by  the  'calling'  exchanges  and  'called'  ex- 
changes of  international  circuits.  The  '  calling '  exchanges  have  specially  to  control 
the  duration  of  the  conversations.  The  '  called '  exchanges  connected  with  the  inter- 
national circuits  have  to  see  that  the  conversations  can  be  exchanged  under  satisfac- 
tory conditions. 

15.  In  order  to  insure  the  most  complete  agreement  in  drawing  up  the  accounts 
connected  with  the  Anglo-Belgian  telephone  service,  the  central  exchanges  that  con- 
trol the  service  have  to  record  each  day  the  totals  of  the  conversations  sent  and  re- 
ceived, and  enter  the  same  at  the  end  of  the  daily  register  of  service.  If  these  do  not 
coincide  then  the  differences  have  to  be  noted  down,  adding  such  observations  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  guidance  of  the  respective  managements.  (5).  In  the  case  of  any 
disputes  as  to  the  duration  of  conversations,  the  managements  have  to  refer  to  the 
entries  kept  at  the  '  calling  exchanges.'  (6).  All  the  documents  connected  with  the  in- 
ternational telephone  service  have  to  be  kept  at  least  six  months  from  the  first  day  of 
the  month  following  the  date  at  which  the  said  documents  have  reference. 

16.  The  regulations  of  the  international  telegraph  agreement,  signed  at  St. 
Petersburg,  on  July  22,  1875,  and  the  rules  of  service  for  carrying  into  effect  the  said 

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602  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VI!.,  A.  1905 

agreement,  apply  in  so  far  as  they  have  any  bearing  on  the  matter,  to  the  Anglo-Bel- 
gian telephone  service,  in  so  far  as  the  same  are  not  modified,  in  any  way,  by  the 
Anglo-Belgian  agreement,  or  by  these  rules  of  service. 

Signed  in  duplicate: 
At  Brussels,  on  May  8,  1903.  At  London,  on  May  23,  1903. 

E.  DELARGE,  AUSTIN  CHAMBERLAIN, 

Director  General  of  the  Telegraph  Depart-     Postmaster     General    of    the     United 
ment  of  Belgium.  Kingdom    of    Great    Britain   and 

Ireland. 

The  Minister  of  Railways,  Post  Offices  and  Telegraphs,  having  duly  considered 
the  agreement  of  November  21,  1902,  relating  to  the  organizing  of  the  telephone  ser- 
vice between  Belgium  and  Great  Britain,  determines  as  follows: 

The  Anglo-Belgian  telephone  agreement  of  November  21,  1902,  is  to  come  into 
force  on  June  8,  1903.  The  general  telegraph  management  is  charged  with  the  exe- 
cution of  the  present  decree,  which  is  to  be  delivered  at  the  audit  office  for  verification. 

JUL.  LIEBAERT. 

Brussels,  May  25,  1903. 

BELGIUM— Continued. 
No.  292g. 

(Translation.) 

AGREEMENT  CONCERNING  TELEPHONE  SERVICE  BETWEEN 

AND  GERMANY. 

(Doc.  V.,  No.  285.) 
The  government  of  His  Majesty  the  King  of  the  Belgians,  and  the  Imperial  Gov- 
ernment of  Germany,  desiring  to  establish  a  telephone  service  between  Belgium  and 
Germany,  and  using  the  authority  accorded  to  them  by  Article  17,  of  the  Interna- 
tional telegraph  agreement,  signed  at  St.  Petersburg,  on  July  22,  1875,  have  resolved 
to  conclude  an  agreement  on  this  subject,  and  have  adopted  the  following  regula- 
tions : — 

1.  A  telephone  service  shall  be  organized  and  operated  by  the  telegraph  manage- 
ments of  Germany  and  Belgium,  between  the  telephone  systems  or  telephone  groups  of 
Aix-la-Chapelle  and  Cologne  (on  the  Rhine),  on  the  one  part,  and  Verviers,  Liege, 
Brussels  and  Antwerp,  on  the  other  part.  The  two  managements  shall  be  at  liberty 
to  extend,  by  mutual  agreement,  the  telephone  service  between  Germany  and  Belgium, 
to  telephone  systems,  or  telephone  groups,  other  than  those  mentioned  above. 

2.  The  wire  conductors  to  be  employed  in  the  said  telephone  service  are  to  be  in- 
stalled and  operated  in  accordance  with  the  best  conditions  which  in  the  experience 
of  the  service  is  possible. 

These  wires  are  to  be  so  arranged  as  to  avoid,  as  much  as  possible,  the  effects  of 
induction  and  other  perturbating  influences. 

Each  of  the  two  managements  is  to  carry  out,  at  its  own  expense,  and  within  its 
own  territory,  the  work  of  installing  and  maintaining  the  telephone  lines. 

3.  The  circuits  specially  constructed  for  the  telephone  service  are  to  be  employed 
exclusively  for  this  purpose,  unless  it  shall  be  otherwise  decided  by  the  two  manage- 
ments. The  managements  may,  by  mutual  agreement,  employ  the  lines  that  are  at 
present  used  for  telegraph  service  for  the  exchange  of  telephonic  communications. 

4.  The  telephone  circuits  are  to  be  led  in  the  central  exchanges,  which  will  make 
the  necessary  connections  between  the  subscriber's  stations,  and  the  public  call  stations 
connected  therewith. 

5.  The  unit  of  time  specified  for  the  collection  of  rates,  and  for  the  duration  of 
communications  is  3  minutes. 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

6.  Not  more  than  two  consecutive  conversations  can  be  allowed  between  the  same 
persons,  unless  no  requests  for  connections  have  been  made  by  other  persons,  either 
before  or  during  the  two  conversations. 

The  U3e  of  the  telephone,  the  order  in  which  conversations  are  to  be  carried  on, 
and  the  various  regulations  for  the  service,  are  to  be  mutually  agreed  upon  by  the  two 
managements. 

Government  communications  are  not  to  be  limited  as  to  time. 

7.  The  rates  are  collected  for  a  conversation  comprising  a  unit  of  3  minutes' 
duration.  This  rule  applies  to  all  the  subscribers'  stations  and  public  call  stations  be- 
longing to  the  telephone  s/stem  or  telephone  group,  directly  connected  with  the  inter- 
rational  line. 

These  rates  are  fixed,  provisionally,  as  follows:  For  connections  with  Aix-la- 
Chapelle  and  Verviers;  and  with  Aix-la-Chapelle  and  Liege,  1  franc  25  centimes,  or 
1  mark  (24  cents).  For  connections  with  Cologne  (on  the  Ehine)  and  Verviers,  and 
with  Cologne  and  Liege,  Aix-la-Chapelle  and  Brussels,  and  Aix-la-Chapelle  and 
Antwerp,  2  francs,  on  1  mark  50  pf.  (36  cents)  for  connections  with  Cologne  (on  the 
Rhine),  and  Brussels;  and  Cologne  and  Antwerp,  2  francs  50  centimes,  or  2  marks 
(48  cents). 

The  two  managements  may,  by  common  agreement,  modify  this  tariff,  and  fix  the 
rates  to  be  charged  for  any  new  connections  that  may  be  subsequently  opened  up  in 
the  international  service. 

(The  foregoing  rates  have  been  superseded  by  a  decree  dated  December  3,  1901. 
See  page  604). 

8.  The  receipts  for  the  service,  between  Germany  and  Belgium  are  to  be  equally 
divided,  for  connections  between  Aix-la-Chapelle  and  Verviers,  Aix-la-Chapelle  and 
Liege,  Cologne  (on  the  Rhine)  and  Brussels.  Cologne  and  Antwerp.  The  German 
management  will  receive  59  pfennigs,  or  62$  centimes  for  each  conversation  for  the 
service  between  Aix-la-Chapelle  and  Brussels,  and  Aix-la-Chapelle  and  Antwerp, 
and  1  mark,  or  1  franc  25  centimes  for  the  service  between  Cologne  (on  the  Rhine) 
and  Verviers,  and  Cologne  and  Liege. 

9.  The  rates  have  to  be  paid  by  the  person  who  asks  for  the  connections.  Each 
management  will  take  steps  to  collect  the  rates,  according  to  the  manner  that  it  may 
consider  most  convenient.  The  receipts  accruing  from  the  international  telephone 
service  are  to  be  kept  in  a  special  account  by  each  management,  and  separate  from  the 
receipts  collected  for  the  telegraph  service. 

10.  Each  of  the  two  contracting  parties  reserves  the  right  to  suspend  totally  or 
in  part,  for  reasons  of  public  order  (peace),  without  being  held  liable  for  any  com- 
pensation. 

11.  The  two  managements  are  not  responsible  in  any  sense,  for  any  private  com- 
munications that  may  be  sent  over  the  lines. 

12.  The  terms  of  the  present  agreement  are  to  be  completed  by  rules  of  service, 
which  may  be  changed  at  any  time  by  common  agreement  between  the  telegraph  man- 
agements of  the  two  countries. 

The  present  agreement  is  to  be  put  in  force,  on  a  date  to  be  fixed  by  the  telegraph 
managements  of  the  two  countries.  The  said  agreement  shall  remain  in  operation 
for  three  months  after  it  has  been  rescinded,  which  may  be  done  at  any  time,  by  one 
or  other  of  the  contracting  parties. 

In  testimony  of  which,  the  undersigned,  who  have  received  due  authority  to  this 
effect,  have  signed  the  present  agreement,  to  which  they  have  also  affixed  their  seals. 

Signed  in  duplicate  at  Berlin,  on  August  28,  1895. 

S.  'IREINDL.  BARON  VON  MARS  CH ALL. 


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604  SELECT  COMMITTEE^ON  TELEPEOTsE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

RULES  OF  SERVICE  ADOPTED,  IN  PURSUANCE  OF  ARTICLES  6  AND  12,  OF  THE  FOREGOING  AGREE- 
MENT. 

(Nos.  I*  2,  3,  4,  6,  7,  8,  10,  11  and  12  have  been  omitted  from  this  agreement,  as 
they  are  the  same  as  those  given  for  service  between  Belgium  and  France.  (See  page 
594). 

5.  The  rates  are  collected  by  each  management,  in  conformity  with  the  rules  that 
apply  to  its  telephone  service.  Consequently  the  Belgian  management  makes  no  charge 
for  any  request  for  conversation  which  is  not  followed  by  connections  being  made  with 
the  stations  asked  for.  The  German  management  charges  for  a  single  conversation, 
as  soon  as  the  request  for  connections  has  been  transmitted  to  the  central  station  con- 
cerned. The  amounts  collected  in  such  cases  belong  exclusively  to  the  German  man- 
agement. On  the  other  hand,  the  German  management  waives  its  claim  to  that  share 
of  the  rates  resulting  from  requests  for  connections  which  are  not  charged  for  by  the 
Belgian  management. 

9.  No  station  may  suspend  or  close  the  service,  at  the  specified  hours,  as  long  as 
any  conversations  are  being  carried  on.  Within  the  limits  fixed,  in  the  next  paragraph 
conversations  are  allowed  to  be  completed  which  have  been  requested  before  the  hour 
of  closing  the  service,  and  which  have  not  been  held  up  to  that  time. 

Unless  a  special  order  shall  be  issued  by  common  agreement  of  both  managements, 
no  telephone  bureau  shall  be  kept  open  longer  than  30  minutes  to  enable  conversations 
requested  before  the  hour  of  the  closing  of  the  service  to  be  completed. 

13.  The  telephone  exchanges  have  to  note  down  the  communications  effected  with 
the  foreign  exchanges,  the  charges  collected  for  these  communications,  and  also  all 
the  details  necessary  for  drawing  up  the  international  accounts.  The  daily  results 
of  these  entries  form  the  basis  for  these  accounts,  which  are  made  up  monthly,  and 
are  exchanged  between  the  post  office  management  at  Cologne  (on  the  Rhine),  and  the 
telegraph  management  of  Brussels,  according  to  the  same  manner  that  the  telegraph 
accounts  and  handled.  The  general  abstracts  of  the  numbers  of  conversations  are 
admitted,  when  the  difference  in  the  totals,  drawn  up  by  the  aforesaid  managements, 
does  not  exceed  one  per  cent  of  the  amounts  rendered  by  the  telephone  management 
who  sends  in  the  accounts.  When  the  difference  amounts  to  more  than  one  per  cent, 
then  the  accounts  have  to  be  revised.  After  verifying  the  general  abstracts,  or 
statements,  the  quarterly  clearance  between  the  two  telephone  managements  is  made 
ly  the  foreign  bureau,  No.  11,  of  the  government  Post  Office  Department.  Berlin. 

Approved  at  Berlin,  October  8,  1895.     At  Brussels,  October  11,  1895. 

SCHEFFLER,  F.  DELARGE, 

Post  Office  Department,  Division  II.,  of  Director  General  of  the 

the  Imperial  German  Empire.  Telegraph  Dept.  of  Belgium. 

THE    GERMANO-BELGIAN    TELEPHONE    SERVICE    RATES. 

Leopold  II.,  King  of  the  Belgians. 

To  all  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come,  Greeting: 

Whereas  Article  2  of  the  Law  of  June  11,  1883,  extends  to  the  telephone  service, 
the  provisions  specified  in  the  Law  of  March  1,  1851,  and 

Whereas  the  Law  of  December  30,  1899,  continues  the  Law  of  March  1,  1851;  and 

Whereas  a  telephone  agreement  was  concluded  on  August  28,  1895,  between  Bel- 
gium and  Germany,  and  particlarly  Article  7  thereof,  and 

Whereas  the  various  royal  decrees  concerning  the  rates  to  be  applied  to  certain 
connections  in  the  telephone  service  between  Belgium  and  Germany  have  been  revised, 

Therefore,  on  the  proposal  of  our  Minister  of  Railways,  Post  Offices  and  Tele- 
graphs, we  have  decreed  and  do  decree  as  follows : — 
BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  605 

APPENDIX  No.   I 

1.  From  the  first  of  January,  1902,  the  telephone  rates  between  Belgium  and  Ger- 
many shall  be  fixed  as  specified  hereafter. 

The  amounts  of  rates  for  an  ordinary  communication  to  comprise  the  sum  total 
of  the  elementary  rates,  fixed  as  follows,  for  a  conversation  of  3  minutes : — 

In  Belgium. 

At  sixty-two  and  a  half  centimes  (Fr.  0.625),  for  communications  sent  from  or  to 
the  telephone  groups  of  Liege  and  Verviers. — Zone  1. 

At  one  franc,  twenty-five  centimes  (Fr.  1.25),  for  communications  sent  from  or  to 
the  other  Belgian  telephone  groups. — Zone  2. 

In  Germany. 

At  sixty-two  and  a  half  centimes  (Fr.  0.625),  for  communications  sent  from  or 
to  the  telephone  systems  comprised  within  the  territory  of  the  general  postal  manage- 
ment of  Aix-la-Chapelle. — Zone  1. 

At  one  franc,  twenty-five  centimes  (Fr.  1.25),  for  communications  sent  from  or  to 
the  telephone  systems  comprised  within  the  territory  of  the  general  postal  manage- 
ment of  Cologne  (on  the  Rhine)  and  Dusseldorf. — Zone  2. 

At  two  francs,  twenty-five  centimes  (Fr.  2.25),  for  communications  sent  from  or 
to  the  telephone  systems  not  included  within  the  two  first  zones. — Zone  3. 

The  total  rates  apply  to  communications  sent  from  Belgium,  and  which  are  ex- 
changed between: — 

(1)  The  telephone  systems  within  the  2nd  Belgian  zone,  and  the  systems 
within  the  2nd  German  zone. 

(2)  The  telephone  systems  within  the  2nd  Belbian  zone  and  the  systems 
within  the  1st  German  zone. 

(3)  The  telephone  systems  within  the  1st  Belgian  zone,  and  those  of  the  3rd 
German  zone.  These  rates  are,  2  francs  (two  fr.)  for  the  first  two  divi- 
sions, classified  above;  and  3  francs  (three  fr.)  for  the  third  division. 

Each  management  shall  pay  over  to  the  other  management  that  portion  of  the 
rates  belonging  to  the  zone  of  the  latter. 

2.  Urgent  communications  sent  over  the  Germano-Belgian  international  tele- 
phone lines,  have  to  pay  three  times  the  amount  of  the  ordinary  specified  rates. 

Our  Minister  of  Railways,  Post  Offices  and  Telegraphs  is  charged  with  the  execu- 
tion of  the  present  decree. 

Given  at  Brussels,  on  December  9,  1901. 

LEOPOLD. 
For  the  King, 

JUL.  LIEBAERT, 

Minister  of  Railways,  Post  Offices  and  Telegraphs. 


No.  292h. 

(Translation.) 

BELGIUM—  Continued. 

REGULATIONS  COMMON  TO  ALL  THE  SYSTEMS  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 

(Doc.  VI.,  page  8.) 

9.  If  the  person  to  be  called  up  is  connected  to  another  exchange  of  the  same 
group  as  that  to  which  the  '  calling '  subscriber  is  connected,  the  name  of  the  exchange 
with  which  the  '  called  '  subscriber  is  connected  must  be  given  to  the  central  exchange, 
instead  of  the  subscriber's  number.     The  '  calling  subscriber  must  keep  the  'phone  to 

BELGIUM. 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

his  ear  until  a  response  is  received  from  the  exchange  asked  for,  when  he  will  give 
the  number  of  the  called  subscriber's  station  and  wait  for  his  reply. 

11.  For  long-distance  conversations,  within  Belgium,  follow  the  instructions 
given  in  section  9. 

12.  In  international  service,  the  connection  is  requested  by  giving  the  number  of 
the  subscriber  wanted,  as  in  service  within  Belgium. 

13.  When  two  persons  have  finished  conversing  they  must  hang  the  receiver  on 
the  hook,  with  the  ear  piece  downwards,  and  turn  the  crank  several  times  as  a  signal 
to  the  central  exchange  to  break  the  connection.  In  the  various  systems  of  Brussels 
and  Ghent,  the  signal  to  break  the  connection  is  given  by  merely  placing  the  receiver 
on  the  hook.  Any  delay  in  ringing  off,  renders  the  subscriber  liable  to  pay  for  an 
additional  unit  of  time,  if  the  conversation  is  one  charged  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
one  unit.  If  the  receiver  is  not  placed  on  the  hook  it  is  impossible  to  call  the  ex- 
change, or  to  be  called.  Moreover  the  battery  becomes  exhausted,  and  puts  the  instru- 
ment out  of  order.  Omitting  to  replace  the  receiver  in  its  suspension  hook,  with  the 
earpiece  downwards,  may  derange  the  telephone  arrangements.  Any  damage  arising 
from  neglect  to  follow  these  instructions  has  to  be  made  good  by  the  subscriber. 


BELGIUM— Continued. 
No.  292i. 


(Translation.) 

LONG-DISTANCE  SERVICE. 


(Doc.  I.,  p.  22.) 


35.  The  only  interurban  and  international  connections  in  the  telephone  service 
available  for  the  general  public,  are  those  which  having  been  found  practicable,  are 
regularly  open  for  traffic. 

(2)  This  limitation  does  not  apply   to  communications   relating  to  the  service. 

Every  communication  of  this  class  has  to  be  sent,  when  requested  by  a 
duly  authorized  official,  no  matter  what  connections  may  be  required. 

(3)  However,  when  connections  relating  to  the  service  are  requested  from  sub- 

scribers' stations  in  the  neighbouring  (foreign)  country,  the  Belgian 
central  exchanges  are  only  authorized  to  comply  with  such  requests  within 
the  limits  of  the  service  that  is  regularly  open  to  the  general  public. 

(4)  In  all  other  cases,  unless  special  instructions  are  given  by  the  central  man- 

agement, or  the  technical  directors,  the  central  exchanges  merely  inform 
the  person  calling  up  in  the  neighbouring  (foreign)  country,  that  the 
the  regulations  do  not  allow  the  connections!  to  be  made. 

(5)  In  cases  of  insistance,  the  central  exchanges  offer  to  connect  the  applicant 

with  the  manager  of  the  technical  department  for  the  district  concerned. 

(6)  The  central  exchanges  in  question,  note  down,  in  their  service  registers,  any 

requests  of  this  kind  that  are  made,  and  the  replies  that  have  been  given 
to  the  same. 

36.  The  duration  of  conversations  between  subscribers'  stations  connected  to  the 
same  central  exchange  is  not  limited. 

(2)  In  the  case  of  free  conversations  from  a  public  call  station,  or  conversations 
between  subscribers'  stations  connected  to  different  central  exchanges  but 
belonging  to  the  same  group,  conversations  must  not  exceed  five  minutes 
if  the  line  is  required  for  other  connections.  The  period  begins  at  the 
moment  the  lines  are  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  applicant.  The  sub- 
scriber may  be  reconnected  after  the  requests  awaiting  connections  have 
been  completed. 
BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  607 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(3)  In  the  case  of  connections  for  which  charges  are  made,  the  period  of  time  be- 

gins simultaneously  with  the  liability  to  pay  the  charges.  Such  connec- 
tions cannot  be  continued  after  double  the  time  allowed  for  one  unit  of 
conversation  has  elapsed,  unless  no  other  requests  for  conversation  are 
awaiting  completion.  If  such  other  requests  have  been  received  the  re- 
connection  is  made  in  its  proper  order  with  these  requests.  In  any  case 
the  ordinary  specified  rates  must  be  paid  just  as  if  a  different  subscriber 
had  been  asked  for.  In  order  to  facilitate  the  service  with  Germany,  the 
persons  asking  for  connections  must  be  requested  to  state  whether  they 
wish  a  connection  for  a  period  of  one  or  two  units  of  conversation.  How- 
ever, the  omission  of  this  declaration  does  not  prevent  the  person  con- 
versing from  obtaining  a  second  period  of  three  minutes,  if  the  first  is 
not  suflicient. 

(4)  Government  communications  are  not  limited  as  to  time. 

37.  In  the  case  of  connections  made  with  a  subscriber's  station,  for  which  charges 
are  collected,  the  liability  to  pay  begins  as  soon  as  the  connections  have  been  made 
between  the  two  stations.  The  charge  is  due  from  that  moment  for  the  intervening 
time  up  to  the  '  ring-off '  signal  being  given. 

(2)  In  the  case  of  conversations  held  with  a  person  present  in  a  public  call  sta- 

tion, the  charges  apply  as  soon  as  this  station  is  connected  with  the  '  call- 
ing' subscriber;  or  if  the  case  occur  after  the  lapse  of  three  minutes, 
which  is  allowed  for  the  call,  in  the  case  of  connection  made  with  a  public 
call  station. 

(3)  In  view  of  the  foregoing,  only  the  following  connections  are  exempted  from 

payment : — 

(a)  Connections  which  could  not  be  carried  out  on  account  of  some  defect  in 
the  line,  or  instruments.  Conversations  are  charged  for,  however,  when 
they  have  been  effected  with  the  assistance  of  the  operators  in  the  central 
exchanges  or  in  the  public  call  stations,  notwithstanding  the  existing  de- 
fects. Any  demand  for  exemption  of  charges  must  be  made  at  once,  or  it 
will  not  be  considered.  If  the  persons  conversing  are  unable  to  understand 
each  other,  then  the  terminal  central  exchange  intervenes,  and  tests  the 
connection  with  the  '  calling '  subscriber's  station.  Afterwards,  the 
'  calling '  central  exchange  makes  the  same  test  with  the  '  called '  sub- 
scriber's station.  If  the  connection  is  all  right  from  both  ends,  the  com- 
plaint cannot  be  considered.  The  operators  note  down  the  complaint,  in 
the  service  registers,  with  the  results  of  their  tests.  The  same  procedure 
is  followed  in  cases  where  difficulty  arises  by  reason  of  persons  not  un- 
derstanding how  to  use  the  apparatus.  Intermediate  central  exchanges 
must  intervene  when  required  in  cases  of  difficulty  in  the  same  way  as 
the  '  calling '  and  terminal  central  exchanges. 

(b)  Conversations  which  could  not  be  carried  out  by  reason  of  the  'called' 
subscriber  not  responding.  When  a  response  is  received  from  the  '  called ' 
station  and  the  arrangements  are  in  good  order,  the  connection  must  be 
charged  for.  The  operators  do  not  ascertain  whether  the  person  respond- 
ing to  the  call  is  able  to  furnish  the  information  desired  by  the  '  calling ' 
subscriber.  When  the  person  wanted  is  absent,  the  person  calling  may 
instruct  the  person  responding  to  transmit  his  communication  to  the 
person  wanted.  If  he  does  not  give  these  instructions,  he  is  nevertheless 
held  liable  to  pay  the  charges;  for  the  management  in  making  the  con- 
nections is  considered  to  have  furnished  means  necessary  to  obtain  the 
service  required. 

BELGIUM. 


608  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

(4)  The  charges  are  also  payable  when  the    connection    is    not   carried    out,   by 

reason  of  the  inability  of  the  persons  concerned  to  use  the  telephone.  In 
such  cases  the  operators  ought  to  offer  their  assistance,  and  if  possible, 
inform  the  person  calling  that  the  charges  are  due. 

(5)  Some  persons   in   order  to  exempt  themselves  from  payment  of  the  charges 

think  that  they  can  ask  the  terminal  central  exchange  to  ascertain  if  the 
person  wanted  is  at  the  'phone,  before  asking  to  be  connected  with  the 
subscriber's  station.  The  central  exchanges  are  not  authorized  to  sup- 
ply this  information.  Their  sole  duty  is  to  make  the  connections  be- 
tween the  subscriber's  stations  and  see  that  the  service  regulations  are  en- 
forced. It  is  only  in  exceptional  cases  that  they  have  to  intervene  in  a 
more  direct  manner.  Example:  A  person  has  paid  the  charge  for  a 
connection  which  has  not  had  the  desired  result,  on  account  of  the  ab- 
sence of  the  person  exclusively  desired.  The  terminal  central  station 
can  offer  to  inform  the  person  calling  when  the  subscriber  asked  for  is 
on  hand ;  in  order  to  give  the  said  person  an  opportunity  to  request  a  new 
connection,  for  which,  of  course,  he  must  pay  the  charges. 

(6)  As  a  general  rule,  the  charges,  are    due    by  the   person    calling.      However 

if  a  subscriber  requests  to  be  put  in  connection  with  a  non-subscriber 
1 1  resent  at  a  public  call  station  of  the  same  telephone  system  or  local 
group,  the  charge  is  to  be  collected  from  the  non-subscriber,  unless  the 
'calling'  subscriber  has  paid  a  deposit  and  instructs  the  operator  at  the 
public  call  station  to  charge  the  connection  to  him.  In  this  last  case, 
the  connection  is  treated  as  if  it  had  been  made  from  the  calling  sub- 
scriber's station,  and  is  entered,  with  an  explanatory  remark  in  Register 
G.  58  of  the  responsible  central  exchange  of  the  telephone  system  or 
ip  from  which  the  call  is  sent. 
(For  long-distance  rates  see  pp.  586-590.) 

No.  292 j. 

(Translation.) 

BELGIUM.— Con  t  in  ued. 

GENERAL   CONDITIONS   OF   SUBSCRIPTION. 

a.   IN    1NTERURBAN    SERVICE. 

(Doc.  II.,  Sup.  22.) 

1.  The  reduced  subscription  rates  established  by  the  Royal  decree  of  June  23, 1890, 
apply  to  the  long-distance  telephone  service,  within  Belgium,  between  two  specified  tele- 
phone systems  or  groups,  carried  on  by  the  use  of  the  wires  and  apparatus  of  these 
systems  or  groups.  A  separate  subscription  agreement  must  be  signed  by  each  person 
who  uses  the  telephone  service  at  the  said  rates.  The  time  allowed  for  each  conversa- 
tion is  5  minutes;  but  the  telegraph  management  reserves  the  right  to  reduce  this 
period,  either  for  the  whole  service  or  during  a  certain  part  of  the  day  or  night,  or 
only  in  the  case  of  certain  connections  without  making  any  reduction  in  the  subscrip- 
tion rates. 

2.  The  rates  are  to  be  paid  in  advance  to  the  central  exchange  responsible  for 
keeping  the  accounts,  in  the  local  telephone  systems  where  the  subscribers  reside, 
unless  the  subscriber  has  requested  that  the  rates  be  collected  at  his  own  expense  by 
mail  from  his  residence.  The  rates  will  also  be  collected  at  the  subscriber's  expense 
by  mail,  if  the  same  has  not  been  paid  within  three  days  from  the  date  when  notice  to 
make  payment  was  given. 

3.  Long-distance  connections  are  made  according  to  the  order  of  request  at  the 
time  required  by  the  subscriber,  without  any  previous  agreement  with  the  manage- 
ment being  necessary. 

BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  609 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

4.  Each  request  for  a  long-distance  connection  must  be  given  from  the  residence 
or  other  establishment  of  the  subscriber,  or  from  a  public  telephone  call  station  be- 
longing to  the  local  telephone  system,  or  group  of  systems.  The  subscriber  may  use 
the  full  time  allowed  daily  in  one  conversation  with  the  same  person,  in  single  units 
or  in  multiples  of  consecutive  units  of  conversation  with  the  same  person,  or  with 
different  persons  of  the  terminal  telephone  system  or  group.  However,  the  connec- 
tions will  not  be  continued  after  the  expiration  of  two  consecutive  units  if  another 
person  has  made  request  for  connections. 

5.  The  first  conversations  of  each  day  are  considered  as  being  exchanged  under 
the  subscription  terms. 

6.  The  daily  time  specified  for  conversation  at  the  subscription  rates  is,  at  least, 
double  the  unit  of  time  allowed  for  ordinary  conversations,  viz.,  10  minutes.  The  sub- 
scription agreement  is  for  one  month,  and  is  prolonged  from  month  to  month  by  tacit 
understanding.  The  agreement  may  be  cancelled,  on  either  side,  by  proper  notification 
being  given,  fifteen  days  in  advance,  by  registered  letter.  The  monthly  period  of  sub- 
scription begins  on  the  1st  or  the  16th  of  each  month,  or  is  brought  back  to  one  of 
these  dates.  However,  the  privilege  of  the  reduction  of  rates  may  be  allowed  to  begin 
o    any  date. 

7.  The  units  of  time  allowed  daily  for  subscribers'  conversations  cannot  be  car- 
ried over  from  one  day  to  another.  In  case  of  any  derangement  in  the  service,  no 
reduction  in  the  rates  is  allowed  for  an  interruption  lasting  for  twenty-four  hours  or 
less.  Should  the  time  exceed  twenty-four  hours,  the  subscriber,  upon  request,  will  be 
reimbursed  for  each  additional  period  of  twenty-four  consecutive  hours,  during  the 
continuance  of  the  interruption,  by  receiving  one-thirtieth  of  the  amount  of  subscrip- 
tion rates.     The  duration  of  the  24  hours  is  reckoned  from  minute  to  minute. 

8.  The  amount  of  subscription  rates  is  indivisible.  The  combination  of  a  number 
of  persons  to  pay  the  same  is  strictly  forbidden.  Ihe  conversations  must  have  exclu- 
sive reference  to  the  personal  or  business  concerns  of  the  subscriber.  Any  contraven- 
tion of  the  regulations  given  in  the  present  article,  will  involve  the  cancelling  of  the 
subscription,  without  refunding  the  rates,  and  without  prejudice  to  any  legal  proceed- 
ings on  the  part  of  the  management,  should  this  be  expedient. 

(Article  3,  of  the  law,  of  June  11,  1883 : — '  Any  person  who,  without  being  sup- 
plied with  a  regular  concession,  operates  a  telegraph  or  telephone  line  for  the  purpose 
of  collecting  rates,  is  punished  with  a  fine  of  from  100  to  500  francs.') 

9.  In  case  of  non-payment,  the  management  may,  three  days  after  making  a  legal 
demand  for  payment,  sent  by  registered  letter  to  the  subscriber,  without  result,  sus- 
pend, without  further  notice,  the  daily  periods  of  time  allowed  for  conversation,  until 
full  payment  has  been  made. 

The  management  is  also  at  liberty  either  to  cancel  the  subscription  by  sending  a 
notification  by  registered  letter,  or  to  take  legal  steps  to  recover  the  amount  due. 

10.  The  management  reserves  the  right,  at  all  times,  without  the  subscriber  hav- 
ing any  claim  for  indemnity  or  compensation: — 

(a)  Of  refusing  or  forbidding  conversations  at  subscription  rates  during  cer- 
tain hours  of  the  day  or  night. 

(6)  Of  suspending  altogether  the  telephone  service,  for  reasons  of  public 
order. 

11.  The  government  is  not  subject  to  any  responsibility  for  private  communica- 
tions sent  over  the  telephone  line. 

12.  The  cost  of  stamps  used  in  connection  with  subscription  documents  is  to  be 
borne  by  the  subscribers.  The  same  rule  applies  to  any  expenses  accruing  from  hav- 
ing such  documents  registered. 

13.  Each  subscription  agreement  is  drawn  up  in  duplicate,  one  copy  of  which  is 
kept  by  the  subscriber. 

BELGIUM. 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
CONDITIONS  OF  SUBSCRIPTION— Con  tinned. 

b.    IN   INTERNATIONAL   SERVICE. 

(.Regulations  which  are  the  same  as  those  in  interurban  service  are  omitted  here.) 

(Doc.  II.,  Sup.  23.) 

1.  The  rates  for  subscribers'  conversations  in  international  service  are  fixed  for 
daily  periods  of  time,  the  duration  of  which  is  specified  by  mutual  agreement  between 
the  two  managements  concerned. 

2.  Subscribers'  connections  are  made  at  fixed  hours.  These  hours  are  mutually 
agreed  upon  between  the  subscriber  and  the  management. 

3.  Each  request  for  connections  must  be  made  either  from  the  residence  or  other 
establishment  of  the  subscriber,  or  from  a  public  call  station  of  the  telephone  system 
or  group,  by  which  the  residence  of  the  subscriber  is  served.  The  management  may, 
however,  at  the  express  request  of  the  subscriber,  and  after  agreement  with  the  other 
management  concerned,  authorize  the  subscribers'  correspondent  to  call  up  the  said 
subscriber  under  the  subscription  terms. 

4.  In  the  service  between  Belgium  and  Luxemburg  the  monthly  periods  of  sub- 
scription may  begin  on  any  date. 

8.  Connections  are  made  for  subscribers,  at  the  exact  time  that  has  been  mutu- 
ally agreed  upon,  unless  another  conversation  is  being  already  carried  on  between  two 
other  persons.  Any  minutes  allowed  for  one  conversation  and  not  used  cannot  be  car- 
ried over  to  another  conversation.  If,  however,  the  non-utilization  of  the  time  is  due 
to  some  interruption  in  the  service,  an  opportunity  to  make  this  good  is  given,  if  pos- 
sible, to  the  subscriber,  during  thi  of  the  day's  service — minute  for  minute. 

CONDITIONS  OF  SUBSCRIPTION— Continued. 

C.   IN  LONG-DISTANCE  SERVICE  WITHIN  AND  BEYOND  BELGIUM. 

(8)  Subscription  agreements  in  long-distance  service  within  and  without  Bel- 
gium are  contracted  for  one  month  at  least,  and  the  agreement  is  continued  from 
month  to  month,  by  tacit  understanding. 

(9)  The  agreement  can  be  cancelled  by  either  of  the  contracting  parties,  provided 
that  15  days'  notice  in  advance  is  given,  by  registered  letter.  In  the  service  between 
Belgium  and  France  and  Belgium  and  England,  eight  days'  notice  must  be  given. 

(13)  At  Paris,  subscribers'  conversations  are  only  exchanged  with  subscribers' 
stations,  and  the  public  call  stations  in  the  stock  exchange. 

(14)  In  the  telephone  service  between  Brussels  and  Paris,  and  between  Belgium 
and  Holland,  no  subscribers'  conversations  are  allowed  during  the  hours  when  the 
stock  exchange  is  open,  i.e.,  from  8.51  a.m.,  until  4.51  p.m.  (Greenwich  time)  between 
Belgium  and  Paris,  and  from  11.21  a.m.  until  3.21  p.m.  (Greenwich  time)  between 
Belgium  and  Holland. 

(15)  In  the  service  between  Belgium  and  places  in  France,  outside  Paris  and  be- 
tween Belgium  and  England,  subscribers'  conversations  are  only  allowed  during  night 
hours,  and  then  only  to  such  an  extent  as  will  not  impede  the  ordinary  service. 

(21)  Any  non-subscriber  in  a  telephone  system  or  group,  may  take  out  a  subscrip- 
tion agreement  for  the  purpose  of  exchanging  conversations  from  all  the  public  call 
stations  of  a  specified  telephone  system  or  group,  with  all  the  subscribers  and  public  call 
stations  of  some  other  telephone  systems  or  group. 

(22)  Each  subscription  agreement  is  only  valid  for  the  exchange  of  conversations 
between  two  specified  telephone  systems  or  groups,  and  a  separate  special  subscription 
agreement  is  required  for  service  between  every  two  systems  or  groups. 

(23)  The  subscription  agreement  is  only  granted  for  at  least  two  daily  units  of 
conversation. 

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(25)  Non-subscribers  in  a  local  telephone  system  or  group  who  contract  subscrip- 
tion agreements  for  long-distance  connections  are  only  allowed  to  exchange  conver- 
sations from  the  public  call  stations  of  the  telephone  system  or  group  specified  in  the 
agreement.  The  agreement  gives  no  right  to  converse  from  any  other  station.  Ac- 
cordingly, a  person  residing  in  Antwerp,  for  example,  may  contract  a  subscription 
agreement  giving  him  the  right  to  converse  from  all  the  public  call  stations  of  the 
Brussels  telephone  group,  with  the  subscribers  and  public  call  stations  of  the  Liege 
telephone  group,  but  the  agreement  does  not  give  him  the  right  to  converse  from  the 
subscribers'  stations  of  the  Brussels  telephone  group,  or  from  the  public  call  stations 
of  the  telephone  groups  of  Liege  or  Antwerp. 

(27)  The  ordinary  rates  must  be  paid  for  all  conversations  carried  on  after  the 
daily  period  of  time  allowed  in  the  subscription  agreements  has  been  utilized. 

(30)  Subscription  contracts  are  not  allowed  in  the  service  between  Belgium  and 
Germany. 

Special  Regulations. 

(Doc.  VI.,  p.  16). 

(1)  The  charges  for  interurban  and  international  long-distance  service  are  the 
same  whether  the  conversations  are  exchanged  with  subscribers'  stations  in  the  local 
telephone  systems,  or  public  call  stations.  No  extra  charge  is  required  from  non-sub- 
scribers. 

(2)  Connections  are  made  according  to  the  order  in  which  calls  are  received;  pre- 
cedence is,  however,  given  to  officials  and  authorities  despatching  state  telegrams,  and 
to  urgent  private  conversations  in  the  service  between  Belgium  and  Germany. 

(3)  ihe  time  occupied  in  making  subscribers'  connections  is  one  minute  during 
day  service  (two  minutes  in  international  service),  and  five  minutes  during  night 
hours  (in  long-distance  service  within  ami  without  Belgium). 

(4)  The  charge  is  calculated  from  the  moment  that  connections  are  made  between 
the  two  stations,  until  the  signal  is  given  to  break  the  connection.  See  Article  13, 
page  587.    Consequently  no  charges  are  paid  for: — 

(a)  Connections  which  cannot  be  carried  out  on  account  of  derangement  of  the 
line  or  in  the  station.  When,  however,  such  derangements  occur,  the 
person  conversing  may  ask  the  operators  in  the  telephone  bureaux  to  re- 
peat tna  conversation.    If  this  is  successful  the  charge  must  be  paid. 

(fc)  Conversations  which  cannot  be  carried  on  because  the  station  called  up  does 
not  respond. 

(7)  The  person  who  has  called  for  the  connection  must  pay  the  charges. 

CONDITIONS  OF  SUBSCRIPTIONS.— Continued. 

d  .   IN  LOCAL  SERVICE. 

(Doc.  II.,  Sup.  19). 

1.  The  subscriber  receives  a  copy  of  the  subscription  agreement,  which  he  has  to 
sign,  along  with  a  copy  of  the  general  conditions  of  subscription. 

2.  The  management  concedes  to  the  subscriber,  on  condition  of  payment,  the  use 
of  the  telephone  apparatus  specified  on  the  other  side  (i.e.,  on  the  back  of  the  sub- 
scription agreement,  where  these  specifications  are  stated),  and  the  use  of  a  line  con- 
necting the  said  apparatus  to  the  telephone  system  for  the  purpose  of  exchanging  con- 
versations within  the  limits  of  the  local  telephone  system  or  group.  The  line  and  the 
apparatus  are  installed  by  the  telegraph  management,  and  remain  the  property  of  the 
government.     The  subscription  is  limited  to  one  person.     It  is  indivisible. 

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612  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

3.  The  subscriptions  are  half  yearly,  yearly,  or,  in  certain  cases,  they  are  con- 
tracted for  a  longer  period  of  time.  The  half  yearly  subscriptions  are  granted  on 
condition  of  an  agreement  for  at  least  three  half  yearly  periods,  during  three  con- 
secutive years  (i.e.,  six  months  in  each  year  for  three  years). 

4.  The  subscriber  has  to  obtain  the  consent  of  the  proprietor  of  his  residence,  for 
the  placing  of  supports  for  the  fixing  and  leading  in  of  the  wires,  and  also  for  the  in- 
stalling of  the  apparatus.  The  subscriber  is  also  responsible  for  any  repairs,  etc., 
which  may  be  involved  by  the  installing  or  removing  of  the  telephone  arrangements. 

5.  The  wire  and  instruments  are  installed  at  the  subscriber's  residence  and  remain 
at  his  own  risk  and  hazard.  The  government  (state)  will  not  assume  any  responsibility 
for  any  direct  or  indirect  damage  that  may  be  occasioned  by  these  installations. 

6.  The  subscriber  is  responsible  for  all  parts  of  the  telephone  station  placed  at 
his  disposal.  In  cases  of  deterioration,  loss,  partial  or  entire,  demolition,  putting  out 
of  working  order,  etc.,  either  through  carelessness  on  the  part  of  the  subscriber,  or 
through  some  accident,  the  subscriber  will  have  to  make  the  same  good  to  the  man- 
gement  without  having  the  right  to  claim  possession  of  the  materials  that  have  been 
destroyed,  damaged,  put  out  of  working  order,  or  lost. 

7.  The  cost  of  the  work  required  in  locating  defects  in  the  installations  connected 
with  a  subscriber's  station  are  charged  to  the  subscriber  when  the  said  defects  are 
caused  by  any  negligence  or  mistake  at  the  subscriber's  station. 

8.  The  subscriber  must  give  permission  to  the  employees  of  the  management  con- 
nected with  the  telephone  service,  and  who  present  their  credentials,  to  have  access 
at  reasonable  hours,  to  the  places  where  the  wires  and  the  materials  connected  with 
the  station  are  installed. 

9.  The  management  reserves  the  right  to  change  the  subscriber's  calling  number 
•when  the  necessities  of  the  service  so  require.  The  management  has  always  the  ex- 
clusive right  to  change,  shift,  or  remove  the  installations  used  by  the  subscriber, 
according  to  the  necessities  and  circumstances  of  the  service. 

10.  The  subscriber  has  to  bear  the  cost  of  moving  the  arrangements,  and  of  all 
other  changes  carried  out  at  his  request,  within  the  same  premises  or  within  some  other 
premises. 

11.  Change  of  residence  need  not  involve  the  cancelling  of  the  subscription  unless 
this  is  done  by  the  consent  of  the  management.  The  costs  of  connecting  the  new 
residence  to  the  same  telephone  system  or  group  is  borne  by  the  management. 

12.  Should  the  telephone  service  become  unnecessary  to  the  subscriber  he  may  be 
permitted  by  the  management  to  have  the  subscription  taken  over  by  another  person 
or  firm,  on  condition  that  the  station  or  stations  have  not  to  be  transferred  to  some 
other  premises.  In  this  case  the  first  subscriber  becomes  responsible  for  all  sums  due 
up  to  the  time  of  the  transfer,  as  well  as  all  amounts  due  for  the  period  that  the  sub- 
scription has  to  run,  from  the  time  that  the  transfer  was  made. 

13.  A  subscription  contracted  for  one  year  cannot  be  cancelled  under  any  circum- 
stances. However,  an  annual  agreement,  renewed  without  interruption,  may,  by  the 
consent  of  the  management,  be  cancelled  at  any  time  during  the  course  of  the  first 
half  year  of  the  subscription,  provided  that  the  subscriber  pays  an  amount  equal  to 
that  required  for  three  months'  subscription,  in  addition  to  the  rates  for  the  current 
quarter,  which  have  always  to  be  paid  to  the  government.  In  this  case  the  station  is 
removed  not  later  than  the  end  of  the  said  quarter.  When  a  subscription,  that  is  re- 
newed annually,  is  cancelled  during  the  course  of  the  second  half  year,  no  reduction 
will  be  made  in  the  subscription  rates. 

14.  The  management  will  not  permit  the  premature  cancelling  of  a  half-yearly 
subscription  except  at  the  termination  of  the  first  half  year,  and  then  only  on  pay- 
ment of  an  indemnity  equal  to  the  difference  between  the  amount  of  an  annual  sub- 
scription and  haJf-yeariy  one. 

15.  A  subscription  contracted  for  several  years  may,  by  consent  of  the  manage- 
ment,  be  cancelled  at   the  end  of  the  first  yearly  period,  on  condition  that  the  sub- 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

scriber  pays  to  the  management,  besides  the  amount  due,  an  indemnity  equal  to  the 
difference  between  an  annual  subscription  and  the  annual  amount  of  rates  entered  in 
his  agreement.  This  applies  both  for  the  yearly  term  of  subscription  running,  and 
also  for  any  previous  years  of  subscription.  The  regulations  given  in  Article  13  re- 
lating to  annual  subscriptions  renewed  with  interruption,  apply  also  in  this  tease.  Ac- 
cording to  the  preceding  conditions,  a  subscription  for  several  years,  renewed  without 
interruption  may,  by  the  consent  of  the  management,  be  cancelled  from  the  beginning 
of  the  first  year  of  the  renewed  period. 

16.  If,  in  consequence  of  the  changes  of  residences,  referred  to  in  Articles  10  and 
11,  the  rates  are  increased,  the  additional  sum  is  due  from  the  day  that  the  said  change 
or  transfer  takes  place.  Should  the  change  involve  a  decrease  in  the  rates,  the  said 
decrease  will  not  come  into  effect  until  the  commencement  of  the  following  year. 

17.  In  the  event  of  the  decease  of  the  subscriber,  the  subscription  agreement  re- 
mains in  force,  and  the  amount  of  rates  must  be  paid  in  full,  by  his  heirs  or  assigns, 
who  are  jointly  responsible  for  carrying  out  the  said  agreement. 

18.  The  subscriber  is  expressly  forbidden: — 

(1)  To  connect  to  the  apparatus  placed  at  his  disposal,  any  other  wires,  appara- 

tus, instrument,  or  any  kind  of  attachment,  to  open,  remove,  or  take 
apart  the  instrument,  accessories  and  wire  conductors;  to  change  the 
equipment,  in  any  way  whatever;  or  to  employ  the  arrangements  for  any 
other  purpose  than  that  which  is  specified  in  the  present  agreement. 

(2)  To  collect,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  charge  or  toll  from  any  other  person 

using  the  subscriber's  telephone.* 

19.  The  subscriber  must  conform  strictly  to  the  laws,  decrees,  instructions  and 
regulations,  issued  by  the  government,  relating  to  the  operation  of  the  telephone  sys- 
tem, and  the  regular  carrying  on  of  the  telephone  service. 

20.  The  subscription  agreement  begins  on  the  day  when  the  subscriber's  telephone 
arrangements  are  completed  for  service  with  the  telephone  system. 

21.  The  amount  of  rates  are  due  for  the  whole  period  of  time  specified  in  the 
agreement,  whatever  circumstances  may  supervene  to  involve  the  premature  cancelling 
of  the  same,  those  conditions  excepted  which  are  specified  in  the  foregoing  Articles 
13,  14  and  15.  The  rates  are  to  be  paid  in  advance  at  the  beginning  of  each  yearly  or 
half-yearly  term,  according  to  whether  the  subscription  may  be  for  six  months,  one 
year,  or  longer.  The  management  may,  at  its  own  option,  collect  the  annual  rates  in 
two  equal  sums,  at  the  commencement  of  each  half-year,  without  this  privilege  being 
considered  as  a  departure  from  the  right  of  the  management  to  require  payment  in  ad- 
vance for  the  full  annual  period. 

The  rates  are  paid  to  the  central  exchange  of  the  local  telephone  system  responsi- 
ble for  keeping  the  accounts,  unless  the  subscriber  has  requested  that  the  amount  is 
to  be  collected  at  his  residence  by  mail  at  his  expense.  The  amount  due  may  be  col- 
lected, by  right,  through  the  mail,  at  the  subscriber's  expense,  if  the  same  is  not  paid 
within  three  days  after  notification  has  been  sent  that  payment  must  be  made.  The 
same  rule  applies  to  the  expenses  connected  with  amounts  due  by  the  subscriber,  in 
pursuance  of  Articles  6,  7,  10,  13,  14,  15, 16  and  30. 

22.  All  payments  regularly  made  by  the  subscribers  are  the  property  of  the  state 
(government),  subject  to  (or  under  the  limitations  of)  the  application  of  Articles  13, 
15,  25  (last  paragraph),  and  Article  30  (last  paragraph). 

23.  In  cases  of  non-payment,  the  management  is  entitled  to  suspend  the  use  of  the 
telephone  without  further  notice,  until  full  payment  has  been  made.  This  step  can  be 
taken  forty-eight  hours  after  legal  notice  has  been  sent  by  registered  letter  to  the  sub- 
scriber, without  payment  having  been  made.    All  sums  due  must  be  paid  in  full.    The 


*  (Article  3  of  the  Law  of  June  11,  1883  :— '  Any  person  who,  without  being  supplied  with 
a  regular  concession  (warrant),  operates,  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  rates,  a  telegraph  or 
a  telephone  line,  shall  be  punished  with  a  fine  of  from  one  hundred  to  five  hundred  francs.') 

37—26 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,. A.  1905 

management  has  also  the  right,  as  it  may  see  fit,  either  to  cancel  the  agreement  by  a 
simple  notification  to  that  effect,  or  to  proceed  to  legal  measures.  When  the  manage- 
ment decides  to  cancel  the  agreement,  it  reserves  the  right,  under  all  conditions,  to 
demand  payment  of  all  sums  due  (even,  sums  due  in  advance)  without  any  deduction 
for  damages. 

24.  The  management  undertakes  at  its  own  expense  the  maintaining  of  the  sub- 
scriber's circuit,  stations  and  connections,  in  so  far  as  this  may  become  necessary 
through  the  regular  use,  and  ordinary  wear  and  tear,  of  the  same.  Copies  of  the 
telephone  directory  are  sent  free  by  mail  to  the  subscribers,  each  subscriber  receiving 
one  copy. 

25.  No  compensation  is  due  by  the  management  for  any  period  of  delay  that  may 
be  occasioned  in  the  service  from  the  subscribers'  station,  either  when  the  arrange- 
ments are  first  being  installed  or  when  any  addition  is  being  made  to  the  arrange- 
ments, or  when  the  subscriber  changes  his  residence.  The  same  rule  applies  in  cases 
of  interruption  in  the  service  in  consequence  of  broken  wires,  contacts  (crosses),  the 
breaking  down  of  poles  or  supports,  displacement  of  the  lines,  derangement  of  the 
phone  or  any  other  material  cause,  if  the  said  interruption  does  not  continue  longer 
than  one  month  from  the  time  that  notice  has  been  given  by  the  subscriber  by  regis- 
tered letter.  If  this  period  is  exceeded,  and  if  the  subscriber  is  not  otherwise  himself 
at  fault,  the  management  will  reimburse  the  subscriber  with  a  sum  equal  to  the  amount 
of  subscription  rates  for  the  period  of  delay,  from  the  end  of  this  term  of  one  month 
until  connections  are  again  establishi 

26.  The  suspension  of  the  telephone  service  either  wholly  or  partly,  by  the  govern- 
ment, for  reasons  of  public  order,  does  not  absolve  the  subscriber  from  the  payment 
of  his  subscription  rates,  nor  give  him  any  right  to  demand  compensation  from  the 
government. 

27.  The  subscribers'  conversations  with  other  subscribers  by  means  of  a  public 
call  station  of  the  local  telephone  system  or  group,  and  within  the  limits  of  the  said 
system  or  group,  are  exempted  from  any  charges.  These  conversations  are  carried  on, 
during  the  ordinary  course  of  the  service  on  presentation  of  a  card  furnished  by  the 
management,  and  by  complying  with  the  special  conditions  provided  for  this  service. 
The  subscription  agreement  confers  the  right  to  receive  a  free  card,  bearing  the  sub- 
scriber's name,  and  an  additional  free  card  bearing  the  name  of  some  person  con- 
nected with  his  establishment  (i.e.,  family  or  business).  At  the  request  and  written 
attestation  of  the  subscribers,  the  management  will  furnish  to  their  partners,  agents  or 
employees,  subscription  cards  at  the  annual  rate  of  20  francs  ($3.86)  for  the  first  card, 
and  10  francs  ($1.93)  for  each  of  the  following  cards.  These  cards  are  to  be  used 
under  the  conditions  specified  above.  In  the  case  of  subscription  cards,  valid  for  six 
months,  the  rates  are  14  francs  ($2.70)  for  the  first  card  and  7  francs  ($1.35)  for  each 
of  the  following  cards.  All  cards  are  strictly  personal.  They  are  not  to  be  given 
away,  or  lent,  on  penalty  of  being  withdrawn.  Under  all  circumstances  the  price  of 
♦hese  cards  remains  the  property  of  the  government,  apart  from  any  damages  that 
the  government  may  lay  claim  to.  The  validity  of  these  cards  expires  simultaneously 
with  the  period  for  which  the  rental  for  the  subscriber's  telephone  has  been  paid. 
Cards  lost  or  destroyed  will  not  be  replaced  before  the  termination  of  their  term  of 
validity  unless  the  subscriber  makes  a  payment  of  two  francs  (39  cents). 

28.  When  the  subscriber's  telephone  is  used  in  conformity  with  the  decrees  and 
regulations  for  conversations,  for  which  extra  charges  have  to  be  paid,  the  subscriber 
is  responsible  to  the  management  for  the  amounts  due  for  all  such  conversations  sent 
from  his  station,  unless  he  has  declined  this  responsibility  by  making  a  declaration' 
that  he  has  no  intention  of  using  the  privilege  accorded  to  him.  This  declaration 
must  be  sent  to  the  manager  of  the  local  telephone  system,  who  will  acknowledge 
receipt  of  same. 

29.  The  government  is  not  responsible  in  any  way  for  any  communications  of  a 
private  nature  that  may  be  sent  over  the  lines. 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

30.  The  subscription  agreement  is  renewed  by  tacit  understanding  for  a  period  of 
the  same  duration,  unless  notice  of  withdrawal  has  been  given  to  the  management 
by  registered  letter  addressed  to  the  manager  of  the  local  system,  at  least  four  weeks 
before  the  agreement  expires,  or  unless  the  management  has  given  notification  within 
the  same  period  of  time  that  it  is  opposed  to  the  renewal  of  the  agreement.  If  this 
notification  has  not  been  duly  given,  the  subscriber  may,  up  to  the  time  that  the  pre- 
sent agreement  expires,  receive  permission  to  cancel  the  renewal  of  his  agreement,  on 
condition  that  he  pays  by  way  of  compensation,  a  sum  equal  to  one  quarter's  rates. 

31.  In  order  to  carry  out  the  terms  of  his  agreement,  the  subscriber  must  declare 
his  intention  to  reside  in  the  locality  where  the  central  exchange  to  which  his  resi- 
dence is  connected  is  located. 

32.  The  cost  of  the  stamps  used  in  connection  with  the  agreement  and  its  sup- 
plements has  to  be  borne  by  the  subscriber.  The  same  rule  applies  to  any  costs  accruing 
from  the  registration  of  these  documents. 

(Doc.  I.,  p.  95.) 

104.  in  the  case  of  half-yearly  subscriptions,  viz.,  agreements  which  are  con- 
tracted  for  three  periods  of  six  months  each,  the  first  period  begins  when  the  connec- 
tions are  made  with  the  telephone  system.  The  second  and  third  periods,  commence 
on  the  same  date  in  each  following  year.  However,  the  initial  dates  of  the  second  and 
third  periods  may  be  changed  at  the  request  of  the  subscriber,  but  the  date  of  the  ter- 
mination of  the  agreement  must  not  extend  beyond  the  total  period  of  three  full 
years,  from  the  date  when  the  connections  were  first  made. 

(2)  At  the  request  of  the  subscribers,  the  telephone  equipment  used  during  the 

half-yearly  periods,  may  remain  where  they  have  been  installed,  during 
the  intervals  between  each  half-yearly  period  of  subscription.  In  this 
event  the  subscriber  must  declare  himself  responsible  for  the  station  and 
its  accessories,  during  each  of  the  said  intervals,just  as  if  the  station 
and  its  accessories  were  in  regular  service  with  the  central  exchange. 
The  half-yearly  subscription  agreements  should  be  completed,  when 
necessary,  by  having  the  following  clause  inserted  in  the  blank  space 
following  the  service  form,  series  G,  118 : — 

'  During  the  intervals  between  the  half-yearly  periods  that  the 
station  is  in  use,  and  at  the  subscriber's  request,  the  management 
will  allow  the  station  and  accessories,  that  are  signed  for  in  the  pre- 
present  agreement,  to  remain  where  they  have  been  installed.'  '  Ac- 
cording to  the  extension  of  Article  6,  of  the  "  General  Conditions 
of  Subscription,"  the  subscriber  remains  responsible  for  the  station 
and  accessories,  during  each  of  these  intervals,  just  as  if  the  station, 
&c,  were  in  use.' 

A  corresponding  declaration,  drawn  up  on  unstamped  paper,  is  re- 
quired, in  such  cases,  from  the  subscriber,  who  signs  the  half-yearly 
agreement.  Th«  manager  of  the  telephone  system  must  see  that  the  con- 
nection with  the  central  exchange  is  broken  at  the  close  of  each  half- 
yearly  service. 

(3)  The  manager  of  the  telephone  system  has  to  remove,  after  each  period  of  ser- 

vice, the  telephone  equipment  of  the  half-yearly  subscribers,  who  have 
not  signed  the  declaration  specified  in  the  preceding  paragraph.  A  spe- 
cial order  must  be  issued  on  each  occasion  when  the  telephone  equipment 
is  removed  or  re-installed.  When  the  subscriber's  equipment  is  removed 
temporarily,  the  workmen  must  be  instructed  to  see  that  the  wires  are 
carefully  grounded,  either  by  closing  the  circuit,  or  by  a  binding  wire. 
Connections  must  be  made  outside  the  premises  whenever  possible. 

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616  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

(4.)   Whenever  a  half-yearly  period  of  subscription  is  renewed,  the  manager  of  the 
telephone  system  must  see  that  the  rates  are  collected  as  early  as  pos- 
sible. 
(5)  Half-yearly  periods  of  subscription  in  connection  with  one  or  several  tele- 
phone systems,  may  be  granted  to  the  same  subscriber,  for  the  purpose 
of  giving  continuous  service  to  different  premises.     As  an  exception  to 
the' rule  by  which  half-yearly  agreements  can  neither  be  prolonged  nor 
shortened,  two  subscription  periods,  which  have  to  be  completed  in  suc- 
sive  order,  may  be  adjusted,  so  that  the  period  for  each  of  the  premises 
may  be  shortened  or  prolonged.    However,  the  date  at  which  these  double 
contracts   terminate,  must  not  run  beyond  three   full   years,  counting 
from  the  date  when  connections  were  first  made,  and  the  total  number  of 
changes  made  must  not  entail  more  than  three  installations  of  equip- 
ment in  each  of  the  said  premises,  including  the  first.      The  subscriber 
must  be  informed  that  each  request  for  reinstallation  of  the  station  is 
to   be  made   within  a   specified   time.      Any   prolongation   or   shorten- 
ing   of   the   periods    of   service,  does    not    attect    the   amount   of   rates 
due  by  the  subscriber.     These  rates  are  collected  regularly  at  the  com- 
mencement of  each  half  year.     The  managers  of  the  telephone  system 
concerned  must  arrange  that  the  total  period  of  service  for  the  two  sub- 
scription agreements  does  not  exceed  the  limit  of  three  full  years,  speci- 
fied in  the  present  paragraph. 
105.  Subscription  agreements  (supplementary  stations  and  accessories  included), 
requested  for  the  service  of  the  state,  provinces  and  communes,  are  subject  to  a  reduc- 
tion of  35  per  cent  on  the  ordinary  rates,  on  condition  that  in  consideration  of  this, 
means  present  or  future  compensation,  the  telegraph  management  obtains  the  right  of 
occupation  for  the  poles,  supports,  &c,  set  up  on  the  property  or  buildings,  required 
for  the  service  in  question. 

(2)  The  aforesaid  reduction  of  35  per  cent  is  applicable,  under  the  same  condi- 

tions, to  the  subscription  agreements  contracted  by  the  following  admin- 
istrations : — 

(a)  The  national  company  of  municipal  railways. 

(fc)  The  official  (government)  benevolent  societies. 

(c)  The  benevolent  societies  operated  (subsidized  by  the  state,  the  provinces, 
and  the  communes. 

(d)  The  independent  government  administration  of  the  Congo. 

(e)  The  general  bank  of  savings  and  annuities  (pensions). 

(3)  The  granting  of  the  reduction  of  35  per  cent  is  contingent  upon  an  agree- 

ment between  the  central  telegraph  management  and  the  administration 
requesting  tne  subscription.  The  manager  of  the  telephone  system  for- 
wards to  the  technical  management,  without  further  preliminaries,  the 
requests  for  subscription  presented  by  these  administrations. 

(4)  When  the  agreement  has  been  concluded,  the  central  management  notifies  the 

manager  of  the  telephone  system  concerned.  The  manager,  from  that 
time,  attends  to  all  the  requests  for  subscription,  made  by  the  adminis- 
tration in  question,  without  further  intervention  on  the  part  of  the  tech- 
nical management. 
(7)  Agreements  contracted  for  the  communes  must  be  signed  by  the  Burgomaster, 
and  countersigned  by  the  secretary,  according  to  Article  101  of  the  law 
relating  to  communes.  Subscription  agreements  for  the  governments  of 
the  provinces  must  be  signed  by  the  Department  of  the  Interior,  and  of 
Public  Instruction  when  the  rates  are  paid  from  the  state  treasury,  as  is 
the  case  when  the  telephones  are  installed  in  the  offices  or  residences  of 
the  governors,  recorders  (registrars)  of  the  provinces,  and  district  com- 

BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  617 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

missioners.  These  agreements  are  contracted  by  the  provincial  govern- 
ment, represented  by  the  governor,  when  the  rates  are  paid  from  the 
treasury  of  the  province,  as  in  the  case  of  the  Courts  of  Commerce,  the 
Record  Office  of  the  Courts  of  Commerce,  the  residences  of  the  presi- 
dents and  recorders  of  the  said  courts,  the  schools  and  institutes  of  the 
provinces,  the  residences  of  the  provincial  officials,  viz.,  inspectors,  road 
trustees,  engineers  of  roads,  &c. 

(8)  The  manager  of  the  telephone  system  must  get  into  direct  communication 

with  the  administration  making  the  request,  in  order  to  conclude  the 
the  agreement.  When  so  doing,  the  manager  of  the  telephone  system  must 
see  how  many  blank  service  forms  are  required  by  the  administration  in 
question,  for  completing  the  copies  of  the  agreement,  which  are  necessary 
for  its  own  use.  These  blank  service  forms  are  delivered,  free  of  charge,  at 
the  same  time  that  the  copy  of  the  subscriber's  agreement  (contract)  is  sent. 

(9)  The  subscription  rates  do  not  have  to  be  paid  in  advance,  when  the  subscrip- 

tion agreement  is  contracted  for  the  service  of  the  state,  the  provinces,  the 
communes,  or  by  any  of  the  administrations  or  institutions  connected  with 
these  services. 

(10)  According  to  Article  23  of  the  '  General  Conditions  of  Subscription,'  con- 

tracted by  the  administrations  belonging  to  the  Department  of  Railways, 
Post  Office  and  Telegraphs  '  (see  supplement  20),  the  renewal  of  accessory 
apparatus,  or  of  supplementary  stations,  requires  the  reimbursement  of 
that  portion  of  the  rates  which  has  not  been  paid  to  the  telegraph  man- 
agement (exception  to  Article  90,  paragraph  1), 

(11)  The  contracts  mentioned  in  Article  91,  paragraph  1,  and  the  charges  specified 

in  Article  101,  paragraph  3,  are  not  required,  in  advance,  in  the  case  of 
installations  for  the  service  of  the  administrations  of  the  state,  the  pro- 
vinces,  the   communes,   and   those   institutions    (establishments)    whose 
budgets  and  annual  accounts  have  to  be  submitted  to  the  authorities  of 
the  provinces  and  communes. 
122.  Requests  for  subscription  agreements,  in  international  service,  and  in  con- 
nection with  the  service  in  railway  stations,  are  received  by  all  the  cencral  telephone 
exchanges,  the  public  call  stations,  and  the  telegraph  bureaux.     These  requests  are 
forwarded  at  once  to  the  technical  management  which  gives  the  same  the  necessary 
attention.    These  requests  must  be  sent,  if  possible,  to  the  central  management,  eight 
days  before  the  date  fixed  for  the  commencement  of  the  desired  service.    The  managers 
of  the  telephone  systems  concerned  must  be  notified,  by  the  central  management,  re- 
garding any  subscription  agreements  belonging  to  one  of  the  aforementioned  cate- 
gories, 
i  Additions  and  Changes. 

113a.  As  a  general  rule  the  management  does  not  grant  permission  to  subscribers 
to  continue  the  subscription  agreements  that  have  been  regularly  cancelled  for  an  ad- 
ditional period  of  time,  unless  the  prolongation  is  carried  out  on  the  basis  of  the  regu- 
lations given  in  Article  13  of  the  '  General  Conditions  of  Subscription.'  Any  requests 
that  call  for  some  deviation  from  the  regulations  of  the  aforesaid  Article  13  must  be 
submitted  to  the  technical  management,  after  the  manager  of  the  telephone  system  is 
satisfied  that  the  reasons  given  by  the  subscriber  are  legitimate. 

(2)  In  the  case  of  half-yearly  periods  of  subscription  (exception  being  made  in  the 
case  of  cancelled  agreements,  as  indicated  in  the  foregoing  paragraph)  the  manager 
of  the  telephone  system  is  authorized  to  grant  a  temporary  prolongation  of  the  ser- 
vice, on  condition  that  the  subscriber  pay  an  amount,  for  the  extended  period  of  ser- 
vice, estimated  in  proportion  to  the  amount  of  rates  specified*  in  the  subscription 
agreement, 

*  ************ 

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618  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
CONDITIONS    OF    SUBSCRIPTIONS— Concluded. 

M.  FOR  TELEPHONE  COMMUNICATIONS  OF  THE  PUBLIC   WITS  THE  SERVICE  ORGANIZED  IN   THE 

RAILWAY    STATIONS. 

(On  the  basis  of  the  -Royal  Decree  of  July  30,  1891.) 

(Doc.  II.,  Sup.  21.) 

1.  The  subscribers  of  a  local  telephone  system  or  group,  are  allowed  to  use  their 
telephones,  or  public  call  stations  for  service  with  the  railway  station  or  stations  of  a 
specified  locality  within  the  area  of  the  local  telephone  system  or  group. 

These  telephone  communications  are  exchanged  through  the  telegraph  or  tele- 
phone bureaux  connected  with  the  telephone  system,  and  located  in  the  said  railway 
stations,  during  the  hours  of  service  in  the  said  bureaux.  A  special  subscription  has 
to  be  taken  out  in  order  to  obtain  this  privilege. 

These  subscribers  are  also  at  liberty  to  converse,  under  the  same  conditions,  with 
any  persons  who  happen  to  be  present  in  the  railway  stations.  The  telephone  bureau 
gives  permission  to  any  person  to  converse  directly  with  a  subscriber's  station  for 
which  the  special  rates  are  paid,  or  with  the  subscriber  when  he  is  present  in  a  public 
call  station;  provided  that  the  'phone  is  not  installed  in  the  railway  station  in  a  loca- 
tion where  the  general  public  are  not  admitted,  according  to  the  regulations,  or  when 
the  admission  of  a  stranger  to  use  the  'phone  does  not  involve  the  risk  of  infringing 
upon  the  private  character  of  other:  telegraphic  or  telephonic  communications. 

2.  Connections  are  made  according  to  the  order  of  request.  The  duration  of  each 
connection  is  limited  to  5  minutes ;  but  two  consecutive  connections  of  the  same  dura- 
tion are  given,  if  no  other  request  has  been  made. 

3.  The  rates  which  must  be  paid  in  advance  are  100  francs  ($19.30)  annually,  or 
60  francs  ($11.58)  for  the  half  year.  These  rates  are  paid  for  the  whole  period  of 
subscription,  except  in  the  case  specified  in  Article  6  hereafter.  The  duration  of  the 
subscription  is  prolonged  by  tacit  agreement  for  an  equal  length  of  time.  At  the  end 
of  the  year,  or  half-year,  the  contract  can  be  cancelled  on  either  side,  by  notification 
being  given,  15  days  in  advance,  by  registered  letter. 

4.  The  subscription  is  personal,  and  the  rates  are  indivisible.  Any  combination 
of  persons  to  pay  the  same  is  strictly  forbidden.  The  conversations  must  have  exclu- 
sive reference  to  the  personal  or  business  affairs  of  the  subscriber.  Any  contraven- 
tions of  the  regulations  given  in  the  present  Article,  will  involve  the  cancelling  of  the 
subscription  agreement  by  a  notice  sent  by  registered  letter,  without  any  reimburse- 
ment of  rates,  and  without  prejudice  to  legal  proceedings,  should  this  be  necessary 
on  the  part  of  the  management.     (See  Article  3  of  the  Law  of  June  11,  1883,  p.  625). 

5.  The  government  reserves  the  right  to  suspend,  totally  or  partly,  the  telephone 
service  with  the  railway  stations,  for  reasons  of  public  order,  without  being  held  liable 
for  any  compensation. 

6.  When  for  any  reason  of  service  (the  subscriber  himself  not  being  at  fault) 
the  management  may  consider  it  necessary  to  suspend  or  to  cancel  the  telephone  ser- 
vice with  the  railway  stations,  the  subscriber  will  be  reimbursed  a  corresponding  part 
of  the  rates,  provided  that  the  rebate  amounts  to  at  least  2  francs  (39  cents). 

7.  The  telephone  service  with  the  railway  stations  is  always  subordinate  to  the 
requirements  of  the  general  telephone  service.  The  subscriber  is  bound  to  follow  the 
service  regulations,  and  the  special  rules  that  are  laid  down  for  the  control  of  the  con- 
nections with  the  railway  stations. 

8.  The  government  is  not  responsible,  in  any  way,  for  the  service  with  the  rail- 
way stations. 

9.  The  costs  of  stamps  for  registration,  in  connection  with  the  subscription  con- 
tract, have  to  be  borne  by  the  subscriber. 

BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  619 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  292k.  BELGIUM—  Continued. 

(Translation.) 

TELEPHONE  MESSENGER  CALLS. 

(Doc.  I.,  p.  60). 

69.  A  telephone  messenger  call  is  solely  for  the  purpose  of  requesting  a  person  to 
converse,  by  'phone,  with  the  sender  of  the  said  message,  or  with  some  other  person 
whose  name,  &c,  is  stated.  So  far  as  the  management  is  concrened,  no  connection 
is  considered  to  exist  between  the  call  and  the  conversation  which  follows  from  it. 

(2).  Conversations  may  be  requested  between  places  other  than  from  which  or  to 
which  the  call  is  sent;  but  the  said  conversations  will  only  be  granted  within  the 
limits  of  those  connections  that  are  regularly  open  to  the  general  public. 

70.  Messenger  calls  are  allowed  in  service  within  Belgium,  within  the  following 
limits   and   conditions: — 

(1)  To  all  subscribers'  stations,  no  matter  where  the  same  is  situated.    How- 
ever, if  the  station  requested  is  connected  by  a  single  grounded  wire  to 
the  central  exchange,  and  if  the  connection  requires  the  use  of  a  double 
wire  (metallic  circuit),  the  person  receiving  the  message  must  be  asked 
to  speak  from  a  public  call  station,  or  from  a  subscriber's  station  that  is 
connected  by  double  wires   (metallic  circuit). 
(2).  To  non-subscribers  who  reside  in  localities  served  by  distributing  tele- 
phone bureaux  located  in  a  town  or  commune  where  a  telephone  station 
is  established. 
(2).  When  the  telephone  bureau  is  installed  in  the  telegraph  bureau,  as  a  general 
rule  the  call  is  sent  only  during  the  hours  that  the  two  bureaux  are  simultaneously 
open  for  service. 

FIXING  THE   RATES. 

71.  A  charge  of  Fr.  0.25  (5  cents)  is  made  for  a  call  by  messenger,  when  the  sub- 
scriber's stations  or  central  exchanges  that  have  to  be  used,  belong  the  same  telephone 
system  or  group.    In  interurban  service,  the  charge  is  fixed  at  Fr.  0.35  (7  cents). 

(2).  When  the  call  is  sent  from  a  subscriber's  station,  the  amount  is  charged  to 
the  account  of  the  said  subscriber.  If  the  call  is  sent  from  a  public  call  station,  the 
charge  has  to  be  paid,  in  advance,  no  matter  whether  the  person  sending  the  same  be 
-i  subscriber  or  not. 

(3).  If  the  call  is  sent  to  a  person  residing  beyond  the  radius  (area)  of  free  de- 
livery from  the  distributing  bureau,  then  the  sender  has  to  pay  for  the  delivery  of  the 
call,  according  to  the  rates  charged  for  delivery  telegrams.  These  rates  are  as  fol- 
lows : — 

50  centimes  (10c)  for  a  distance  of  3  kilometres  (1$  miles  or  less). 

75  centimes  (14c)  for  a  distance  of  3  to  4  kilometres  (1|  to  24  miles). 

1  franc  (19c.)  for  a  distance  of  4  to  5  kilometres  (24  to  34  miles). 

When  the  distance  is  more  than  5  km.  (3J  miles)  20  centimes  (4c.)  is  collected 
for  each  extra  km.  (g  mile)  or  fraction  thereof.  These  charges  may  be  increased  by 
a  maximum  of  50  per  cent  for  calls  delivered  during  night  hours,  or  under  specially 
difficult  circumstances,  that  is  to  say,  when  the  roads  have  become  almost  impassible 
on  account  of  snow,  ice,  thaw,  heavy  rain,  etc.  The  sender  has  to  be  informed  of  the 
reason  why  the  charge  for  delivery  has  to  be  increased.  The  increased  charge  during 
night  hours  applies  to  deliveries  that  have  actually  been  made  after  sundown. 

Example:— A  call  is  sent  10  km.  (6|  miles)  distant.  The  messenger  leaves  at 
6  p.m.  and  returns  at  10  p.m.  The  sun  sets  at  8  p.m.,  therefore  the  charge  has  to  be 
calculated  as  follows: — 

Two  hours  of  the  journey  are  made  by  day,  and  2  hours  by  night,  or:— 
5  kilometres  (34  miles)  at  20  centimes  (4c)  =1  franc  (19c). 
5  kilometres  (34  miles)  at  30  centimes  (6c)  =  1  fr.  50  (29c) ;  total 

2  fr.  50  centimes  (48c). 

BELGIUM. 


620  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  collection  of  this  charge  is  mentioned  above  the  address  by  the  words '  delivery 

paid fr ernes.'     This  entry  has  also  to  be  made  on  the  stub  (counterpart) 

of  the  service  form  used. 

72.  The  operators  who  have  to  transmit  calls  have  to  be  sure  first  of  all  whether 
the  connection  asked  for  in  the  call  can  really  be  made,  and  if  sufficient  interval  is 
allowed  for  between  the  time  that  the  call  is  sent  and  the  time  for  which  the  conver- 
sation is  arranged  for. 

(2).  When  the  call  is  sent  to  a  non-subscriber  in  whose  place  of  residence  there 
does  not  happen  to  be  a  public  call  station,  the  operator  has  to  inform  the  sender  that 
the  person  for  whom  the  call  is  intended  has  either  to  use  a  subscriber's  station,  with 
the  consent  of  the  said  subscriber,  or  go  to  a  public  call  station,  in  some  other  locality. 

(3).  Calls  sent  from  a  public  call  station  are  entered  in  the  service  register  with 
the  addition  of  the  letters  A.V.  If  the  sender  does  not  transmit  the  call  himself,  he 
has  to  write  it  down  on  the  service  form  for  this  purpose,  (i.e.,  series  G.  122). 

(4).  The  manner  of  procedure  indicated  in  """Article  56,  Section  3,  is  also  followed 
in  the  case  of  charges  that  are  collected  in  public  call  stations  that  are  not  connected 
'o  a  responsible  central  telephone  exchange,  or  to  a  telegraph  station. 

(♦Article  56,  Sections  III.  and  IV.  (added  to  the  said  article  in  1903) :— '  (III.) 
Charges  collected  in  public  call  stations  that  are  not  connected  with  (annexed  to)  a 
central  telephone  exchange,  responsible  for  keeping  the  accounts,  or  to  a  telegraph 
station,  and  which  for  this  reason  cannot  be  entered  directly  in  the  accounts,  are 
converted  into  telegraph  stamps,  which  are  cancelled  and  affixed  to  the  service  register, 
Series  G  75.  Public  call  stations  which  do  not  have  these  telegraph  stamps  have  to 
purchase  the  same  for  cash  at  the  post  office  or  at  the  nearest  telegraph  bureau. 
(IV.)  The  persons  sending  communications  are  supplied  gratis  on  request,  with 
a  receipt  for  the  charges  paid.  This  receipt  has  to  state  the  amount  of  charges  col- 
^cted  and  the  time  when  the  connections  were  made.  The  stamp  with  the  date  has 
to  be  supplied.) 

(5).  Calls  sent  from  a  subscriber's  station  are  not  accepted  (transmitted)  unless 
the  subscriber  has  made  a  deposit,  in  order  to  guarantee  the  management  that  the 
charges  will  be  paid. 

73.  A  call  from  a  public  call  station  is  transmitted  directly  to  the  delivery  bureau 
by  the  sender,  and  if  sender  refuses  to  do  so,  or  is  not  present  himself,  the  call  has  to 
be  transmitted  by  the  operator  in  the  public  call  station. 

(2).  Subscribers'  stations  are  connected  at  once  with  the  delivering  (distributing) 
bureau. 

(3).  The  call  is  'phoned  to  the  responsible  transmitting  central  exchange,  either 
by  the  subscriber  or  in  public  call  stations,  by  the  sender  or  operator,  in  the  cases 
mentioned  in  section  1  of  the  present  article. 

(4).  The  responsible  central  exchange  re-transmits  the  call  to  the  delivery  (dis- 
tributing) station,  or  in  the  case  of  a  call  fur  a  subscriber  to  the  station  of  the  said 
sulscriber. 

(5).  If  the  'calling'  central  exchange  cannot  get  into  connection  with  the 
'  called '  central  exchange,  owing  to  the  telephone  arrangements  not  being  practicable, 
the  operator  must  transmit  the  call  to  the  central  exchange  in  the  best  position  to 
forward  the  same  to  its  destination.  The  request  for  connections  in  order  to  transmit 
a  telephone  call  is  announced  to  the  '  called '  central  exchange  by  the  abbreviation 
'A  V  (i.e.,  avis). 

(6).  If  the  call  has  to  be  sent  to  a  subscriber's  station,  the  connection  has  to  be 
filtered  in  the  service  register,  Series  G.  58,  of  the  responsible  :  called  '  central  ex- 
change. This  entry  has  to  mention  the  '  calling '  central  exchange,  the  number  of  the 
subscriber's  station  to  which  the  call  is  sent,  and  the  time  when  the  connection  was 
made.  The  abbreviation  '  A  V '  (i.e.,  avis)  is  also  entered  in  the  column  headed  '  re- 
marks.' 

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(7).  If  the  subscriber's  station  does  not  respond  after  three  series  of  calls,  re- 
peated at  intervals  of  5  minutes,  the  calling  central  exchange,  after  being  notified  by 
the  'called'  central  exchange,  transmits  the  call  to  the  delivering  (distributing) 
bureau,  within  the  radius  of  which  the  subscriber  resides,  to  whom  the  call  has  to  be 
pent.  If  the  said  subscriber  resides  beyond  the  radius  of  free  delivery,  the  '  called ' 
central  exchange  receives  the  call  in  transit,  and  retains  it  in  the  meantime.  The  said 
exchange  sends  in  another  call,  a  few  minutes  before  the  hour  fixed  for  the  connection. 
Tf  no  response  is  obtained,  the  said  central  'exchange'  informs  the  sender  of  the 
situation,  at  the  time  when  the  latter  asks  for  the  connection. 

(8).  The  charge  for  the  call  must  always  be  placed  to  the  account  of  the  sub- 
scriber. 

(9).  No  subscriber  is  obliged  to  receive  the  call  over  the  'phone. 

74.  Besides  the  part  printed  on  the  transmitting  form,  the  text  of  the  call  com- 
prises the  following  points : — 

(a)  The  name  and  surname,  &c.,  of  the  receiver,  as  well  as  any  other  infor- 
mation necessary  for  finding  the  said  person,  by  the  messenger  that  is 
appointed  to  deliver  the  message. 

(6)  The  time  when  the  receiver  is  desired  to  converse  with  the  sender. 

(c)  The  name  of  the  sender,  and  the  designation  of  the  station  where  the 
sender  will  be  present  to  converse,  at  the  time  specified. 

(2)  These  points  (to  the  exclusion  of  all  others)  must  be  noted  down  on  the  form 

supplied  for  this  purpose. 

(3)  In  the  important  central  exchanges  telephone  calls  are  received  by  the  chief 

operator,  who  makes  the  necessary  arrangements  for  forwarding  the  same. 

(4)  At  the  '  called '  exchange  the  call  has  to  be  written  carefully  and  legibly  with 

blue  pencil,  or,  if  this  is  not  available,  with  black  ink.  When  the  call  is 
received,  in  transit,  it  is  written  down  with  black  pencil. 

(5)  It  is  forbidden  to  scratch  out,  erase,  or  to  write  one  word  over  another,  in 

such  a  way  as  to  render  the  first  words  that  are  written  down  illegible. 
In  case  of  error,  the  letter,  figure  or  passage  at  fault,  has  to  be  scored 
through,  but  in  such  a  manner  that  it  may  always  be  possible  to  read 
what  was  first  written  down. 

(6)  When  the  call  has  been  transcribed,  the  operator  has  to  acknowledge  recep- 

tion of  the  same,  by  repeating  it  over  again,  and  by  taking  all  the  pre- 
cautions that  have  been  specified  for  telegrams  transmitted  by  'phone. 

(7)  Ihe  time  when  the  transmission  or  receipt  terminates  has  to  be  entered  on 

the  sheet  (form). 

75.  Except  in  the  case  of  Brussels,  where  several  stations  are  authorized  to  de- 
liver telephone  calls,  this  duty,  as  a  general  rule,  devolves  upon  the  bureau  (station) 
in  each  locality,  which  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  transmitting  telegrams  by  tele- 
phone, or,  if  there  is  no  bureau  of  this  kind,  the  call  has  to  be  forwarded  by  the  tele- 
phone bureau. 

(2)  The  delivering  bureau  fills  up  the  counterfoil  of  the  call,  detaches  it  from  the 
form  (sheet),  and  proceeds  with  the  forwarding,  just  as  if  it  were  a  tele- 
gram. When  the  call  has  to  be  sent  to  a  non-subscriber,  residing  in  a 
locality  where  there  is  no  public  call  station,  the  receiving  form  on  which 
the  call  is  written  down  is  completed  by  having  a  special  ticket  affixed, 
which  supplies  the  receiver  with  the  necessary  information  for  obtain- 
ing the  connection  (conversation)  requested.  This  ticket  is  drawn  up 
in  French  and  Flemish,  after  the  following  form : — 
'  Conversation  by  telephone  can  be  requested : — 
'  (1)  From  a  subscriber's  station,  by  the  consent  of  the  said  sub- 
scriber. For  interurban  conversation,  subscribers  have  to  make  a  deposit, 
in  order  to  guarantee  the  payment  of  the  charges. 

'  (2)  From  a  public  call  station,  situated  in  some  other  locality.' 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

(3)  If  the  call  cannot  be  forwarded,  the  bureau  has  to  retain  the  same,  making 

every  possible  effort  to  have  it  forwarded  later  on,  provided  that  the  man- 
agement is  not  put  to  any  expense  in  the  matter. 

(4)  When  it  is  impossible  to  forward  the  call,  the  delivering  bureau  must  inform 

the  called  exchange  of  the  circumstance,  in  order  that  the  latter  may  be 
able  to  notify  the  sender,  at  the  time  when  he  asks  for  the  connection, 
with  the  person  for  whom  the  call  is  intended. 

76.  As  soon  as  the  service  is  closed  for  the  day,  or  on  the  following  day,  the  coun- 
terfoil receipts,  relating  to  the  telephone  calls,  in  local  service,  sent  from  the  sub- 
scribers' stations,  have  to  be  forwarded  by  the  first  mail  from  the  delivering  bureau 
to  the  central  exchange  responsible  for  keeping  the  accounts. 

(2)  The  other  counterfoil  receipts  and  the  copies  (minutes)  of  the  calls,  are  sent 

in  to  the  management,  or  as  the  case  may  require,  they  are  added  to  the 
register  of  the  public  call  station,  or  to  the  documents  relating  to  the 
telegraph  service. 

(3)  The  '  calling '  central  exchange  responsible  for  keeping  the  accounts,  has  to 

enter,  on  the  following  day,  into  service  register,  series  G-58,  the  mes- 
sages sent  from  subscribers'  stations.  The  charges  due  are  noted  down 
in  the  said  register,  along  with  each  call  entered.  These  charges  must 
be  kept  separate  from  those  for  long-distance  connections.  The  said 
charges  are  added  up,  and  the  amount  is  carried  over,  as  verified  receipts, 
to  the  accounts,  under  the  heading  '  Telephone  calls.'  Afterwards  these 
charges  are  entered  into  the  separate  accounts  of  the  various  subscribers. 
Series  G.  71. 

(4)  The  copies  of  the  telephone  calls,  the  counterfoils  from  the  delivering  bureaux 

and  the  service  registers  where  these  are  entered,  are  to  be  sent  in  to  the 
technical  management,  along  with  the  other  documents  from  the  bureau. 

77.  The  connections  arranged  for  by  telephone  calls  are  made  at  the  request  of 
either  the  sender  or  the  receiver  of  the  said  call.  These  connections  are  subject  to  the 
regulations  of  the  ordinary  service,  and  are  treated  as  if  the  preliminary  call  (advance 
call)  had  not  been  sent. 

BELGIUM— Continued. 
No.  292 1. 

(Translation.)  ■ 

ROYAL  DECREE  OF  NOVEMBER  6,   1882,  RELATING  TO  THE  CONNECTING  OF   PRIVATE  TELEGRAPH 
AND  TELEPHONE  LINES  TO  THE  GOVERNMENT  TELEPHONE   SYSTEM. 

(Doc.  II.,  Sup.  9.) 

1.  The  Minister  of  Public  Works  may  permit  private  individuals  to  have  their 
premises  connected  to  the  government  system,  either  by  telegraph  or  telephone. 

2.  Eules  are  to  be  drawn  up,  by  the  said  minister,  fixing  the  general  conditions  on 
(which  this  permission  is  to  ba  granted.  Sp9cial  conditions,  however,  may  D9  intro- 
duced, according  to  circumstances,  by  authoritative  decrees. 

I  3.  Telegrams  sent  from  or  to  the  premises  connected  to  the  government  system 
(are  received  and  transmitted  by  the  bureau  concerned,  without  any  extra  charge. 
Service  despatches  exchanged  between  the  two  points,  eitner  relating  to  the  working 
of  the  line,  or  to  the  service  between  the  subscriber  and  the  station  to  which  he  is 
connected,  are  exempted  from  any  charges. 

The  same  rule  applies  to  any  kind  of  telephonic  communications,  when  these  have 
not  to  be  transmitted  again  by  writing.  If  telephonic  communications,  sent  to  the 
bureau,  have  to  be  transmitted  by  telegraph,  by  post,  or  by  messenger,  they  are  treated 
as  telegrams,  and  are  subject  to  the  ordinary  rates. 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

4.  An  authoritative  decree  will  fix  the  amount  to  be  paid  for  the  service  from  the 
subscriber's  residence,  and  also  for  the  use  of  the  instruments  supplied  by  the  gov- 
ernment. 

5.  The  Royal  Decree,  of  December  6,  1878,  is  revoked.  The  Minister  of  Public 
Works  will  fix  the  period  of  time  within  which  the  dispositions  of  the  present  decree  are 
to  be  applied  to  connections  that  have  already  been  made. 

GENERAL  RULES   FOR  CONNECTING  PRIVATE  TELEGRAPH   AND   TELEPHONE   LINES  TO  THE 
GOVERNMENT    TELEGRAPH    SYSTEM. 

(Doc.  II.,  p.  24.) 

1.  The  request  for  connection  is  to  be  addressed  to  the  Minister  of  Public  Works. 
The  said  request  must  specify  the  point  to  be  connected,  the  route  to  be  followed,  and 
the  bureau  with  which  connections  are  to  be  made. 

2.  The  line  is  constructed  and  maintained  by  the  telegraph  management,  or  by  the 
person  obtaining  permission  to  receive  the  service. 

3.  The  telegraph  management  supplies  such  instruments  and  accessories,  in  the 
bureau  with  which  connections  are  made,  as  the  said  management  may  consider  neces- 
sary for  the  service.  The  management  undertakes  the  maintaining  of  these  instru- 
ments and  accessories. 

4.  The  telegraph  management — 

(1)  furnishes,  installs  and  maintains  the  instruments  and  accessories  required  at 

the  subscriber's  premises; 

(2)  furnishes  the  materials  required  for  the  use    of    the    instruments,    such    as 

paper  strips,  ink,  chemicals,  &c. ; 

(3)  furnishes  instruction  to  the  person  using  the  arrangements  or  to  his  agents, 

at  his  premises,  on  payment  of  10  francs  ($1.93)  per  day. 

5.  If  the  line  has  to  be  carried  over  the  property  of  other  persons,  the  applicant 
has  to  procure  the  permission  of  the  proprietors,  tenants,  and  other  persons  interested, 
and  send  in  the  same  to  the  management. 

Any  costs  (compensation)  resulting  from  the  construction,  maintenance,  or  the 
repairing  of  the  connections  (line),  have  to  be  borne  exclusively  by  the  subscriber. 

6.  An  authoritative  decree  will  determine  the  kind  of  instruments  and  accessories 
to  be  employed,  and  also  the  conditions  of  installation  and  connection.  It  will  also 
fix  the  annual  amount  to  be  paid  by  the  applicant  to  the  government,  for  the  construc- 
tion and  maintenace  cf  the  lines  installed  by  the  telegraph  management.  This  amount 
is  fixed,  by  contract,  per  kilometre  of  wire  (line)  at  the  rate  of : — 40  francs  ($7.72)  for 
a  contract  of  10  years;  60  francs  ($11.58)  for  a  contract  of  5  years;  and  25  francs 
($4.82£)  for  each  of  the  5  years  which  may  follow  this  last  period.  Any  fraction  of 
distance  less  than  5  kilometres  is  charged  for  as  a  half  kilometre  (A  mile).  Any  frac- 
tion more  is  charged  for  as  a  full  kilometre  (f  mile).  The  residence  connected  to  the 
telegraph  system  pays  over  and  above,  in  all  cases,  a  fixed  sum  of  125  francs  ($24.12£) 
annually,  for  the  service  of  the  station  installed  in  the  bureau,  and  for  the  mainten- 
ance and  use  of  the  apparatus  that  are  supplied  by  the  government  to  the  said  bureau. 
The  charges  for  the  apparatus,  rented  from  the  government,  that  are  installed  in  the 
subscriber's  residence,  are  fixed  according  to  the  nature  and  importance  of  the  same, 
in  each  special  case. 

7.  The  subscriber  is  forbidden,  unless  authorized  by  the  Minister  of  Public 
Works  to  have  any  connections  made  between  his  own  private  line,  and  any  other 

line. 

8.  No  charge  is  allowed  to  be  collected  for  the  use  of  the  lines.  When  any  con- 
travention is  reported,  the  Minister  of  Public  Works  may  suspend  the  connection,  with- 
out any  reduction  being  made  in  the  rates  for  the  period  of  interruption. 

9.  The  service  of  the  private  lines  is  always  subordinate  to  the  requirements  of  the 

general  service.     The  regulations  and  decrees  that  are  in  force  for  the  government 

system,  apply  also  to  the  private  connections  (lines). 
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624  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OK  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

10.  All  telegraphic  or  telephonic  communications  sent  from  or  to  the  government 
premises  are  dealt  with  by  the  agents  (employees)  of  the  management. 

11.  The  charges  due  by  the  subscriber  for  the  transmission  of  his  despatches  are 
collected  by  means  of  telegraph-stamps,  which  he  hands  over  to  the  bureau  with  which 
he  is  connected,  or  are  deducted  from  an  amount  previously  paid  in  as  a  guarantee.. 
The  stamps  and  the  deposit  are  renewed  as  sonn  as  request  is  made  by  the  said  bureau. 
The  first  copies  of  the  private  despatches  transmitted  by  telegraph,  are  sent  to  the 
bureau  concerned  on  the  day  after  they  are  transmitted.  Each  despatch  that  has  to  be 
sent  by  writing  to  the  person  for  whom  it  is  designed,  is  regarded  as  a  telegram,  and 
is  charged  for  as  such,  without  regard  to  the  method  by  which  it  is  forwarded. 

12.  The  agents  of  the  management  have  the  right  to  inspect,  whenever  they  may 
consider  it  necessary,  the  subscribers'  stations,  and  to  inquire  as  to  the  nature  of  the 
despatches  that  are  exchanged. 

13.  The  permission  given  by  the  Minister  of  Public  Works  may  be  revoked  at  any 
time,  without  any  compensation  being  given.  An  order  for  the  cancelling  of  a  con- 
nection passes  into  effect  six  months  after  notification  of  the  same  is  sent  to  the  per- 
son concerned. 

14.  The  government  is  not  responsible,  in  any  way,  for  the  connections  which  it 
constructs,  maintains,  or  authorizes. 

15.  If  the  government  concedes  to  any  private  enterprise  the  duty  of  constructing 
and  maintaining  the  connections,  the  person  obtaining  the  concession  shall  have  the 
benefit  of  charges  and  rights  resulting  from  previous  authorizations.  If  the  new  gen- 
eral tariff  is  more  favourable,  the  subscriber  is  to  have  the  benefit  of  the  same. 

REG1   CATIONS    RELATING    TO    PRIVATE    TELEUHAPIt    AND    TELEPHONE    LINES    NOT    CONNECTED   TO 

THE  GOVERNMENT  SYSTEM. 

(Doc.  II.,  Sup.  10.) 

The  following  regulations  have  been  adopted  for  the  purpose  of  regulating  the 
construction  and  operation  of  private  telegraph  and  telephone  lines  not  connected 
with  the  government  system : — 

1.  Private  telegraph  or  telephone  lines  are  to  be  used  exclusively  for  the  service 
of  those  who  have  constructed  them.  It  is  strictly  forbidden  to  collect  any  charge  or 
rates,  directly  or  indirectly,  for  the  transmission  of  messages  sent  by  other  persons 
than  those  operating  the  lines. 

2.  Any  private  line  set  up,  either  wholly  or  partly,  on  the  government  property, 
must  be  authorized  by  the  Minister  of  Railways,  Posts  and  Telegraphs. 

3.  Any  part  of  a  private  line  which  has  to  be  installed  on  government  property,  is 
to  be  constructed  and  maintained  by  the  telegraph  management. 

4.  If  the  person  concerned  requests  it,  the  government  may  also  undertake  the 
construction  and  maintainance  of  the  private  lines  not  set  up  on  government  property. 

5.  The  applicant  must  obtain  the  permission  of  the  proprietors  and  occupants  of 
the  property  over  which,  or  under  which  the  wires  have  to  be  led;  and  also  the  per- 
mission of  the  authorities  of  the  provinces  and  communes  which  have  the  control  of 
the  public  roads  through  which,  or  over  which,  these  wires  are  led.  The  applicant 
must  bear  all  the  expenses   and  compensations  that  may  be  necessary. 

6.  The  contracts  are  concluded  for  a  period  of  5  years,  or  10  years. 

7.  The  charge  to  be  paid  to  the  government  for  the  use  of  the  lines  constructed  by 
the  same,  is  fixed  according  to  the  period  of  contract.  The  charge  covers  both  the  use 
of  the  line  and  of  the  public  property,  the  expense  of  maintaining  or  renewing  the 
same,  and  the  cost  of  removing  it  when  the  term  of  contract  expires. 

8.  If  the  government  cedes  to  a  private  enterprise  the  construction  of  private 
lines,  then  the  government  must  furnish  at  the  same  time,  the  contracts  which  it 
has  already  carried  out.  The  private  individuals  must  receive  the  same  privileges 
from  those  who  obtain  the  concession  to  construct  the  private  lines,  as  are  received 
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APPENDIX  No.  1 

from  the  government.  On  the  other  hand,  they  must  pay  the  same  charges,  unless 
the  amount  should  be  reduced  to  the  level  of  the  general  tariff  adopted  by  those  who 
obtain  the  concession. 

BELGIUM— Continued. 
No.  292m. 

(Translation.) 

LAW  OF  JUNE  11,  1883,  CONCERNING  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND 
OPERATION  OF  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS. 

(Doc.  II.,  p.  13.) 

1.  The  government  is  authorized  to  undertake  itself,  or  to  concede,  in  conformity 
with  the  conditions  annexed  to  the  present  law,  the  establishment  and  operation  of 
telephone  systems. 

2.  The  penal  laws,  and  the  police  regulations  relating  to  telegraph  arrangements 
are  applicable  to  the  telephone  lines,  constructed  or  conceded  by  the  government.  The 
law  of  March  1,  1851,  is  also  extended  to  telephonic  communications. 

3.  Any  person  who  operates  a  telegraph  or  telephone  line  for  the  purpose  of  col- 
lecting rates  without  being  supplied  with  a  regular  concession,  is  to  be  punished  with 
a  fine  of  from  100  to  500  francs. 

4.  Proprietors  and  occupiers  are  bound  to  tolerate  above  their  buildings  or 
grounds  the  wires  of  the  teleplione  lines  that  are  covered  by  the  present  law,  but  with- 
out attachment  or  contact.  The  government  fixes  the  conditions  which  determine  the 
carrying  of  these  wires  over  the  public  roads  and  grounds.  Proprietors  and  occupiers 
sre  entitled  to  compensation  for  any  damage  which  may  supervene,  from  the  applica- 
tion of  the  foregoing  enactment.  It  is  forbidden  to  undertake  any  work  on  or  under 
private  property,  without  having  first  obtained  the  consent  of  the  proprietor,  and,  if 
requisite,  the  consent  of  the  occupier. 

REMARKS. 

3.  As  a  general  rule,  the  telegraph  management  must  no  longer  authorize  or  de- 
fend the  practice  of  keeping  collection  boxes  at  the  residences  of  subscribers  in  the 
telephone  service,  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  donations  for  philanthropic  objects. 
Moreover,  it  must  be  understood  that  wherever  these  collection  boxes  may  be  placed, 
the  inscription  affixed  thereto  must  not  in  any  way  refer  to  the  use  of  the  telephone. 
In  like  manner,  no  persuasion  or  solicitation  must  be  made  to  any  person  whom  the 
aforesaid  subscriber  may  authorize  to  use  the  telephone.  Any  infraction  of  this  regu- 
lation shall  render  the  offenders  liable  to  bs  prosecuted  according  to  the  terms  of 
Article  3  of  this  present  law. 

4.  Although  the  conditions  annexed  to  this  law  are  not  applicable  to  the  operat- 
ing of  the  telephone  service  by  the  state,  yet  Article  13  of  these  '  conditions '  has  to  be 
maintained  in  force.  This  article  states  that  '  the  proprietor  shall  have  the  right  to 
build,  plant,  and  change  the  existing  condition  of  his  property,  in  whichever  way  he 
may  see  fit.  The  grantee  (in  this  case  the  telegraph  management),  having  been  duly 
apprised  of  these  alterations,  must,  at  his  own  expense,  and  within  a  period  of  eight 
days,  take  all  necessary  steps,  in  order  that  the  said  proprietor  may  freely  exercise  his 
rights. 

LAW  OF  MAY  20,  1898,  EXTENDING  THE  POWERS  OF  THE  GOVERN- 
MENT IN  TELEPHONE  MATTERS. 

(Doc.  II.,  p.  15.) 
1.  The  government  has  the  authority  to  carry  out  all  works  necessary  for  the  con- 
struction, and  the  maintenance  in  good  working  order,  of  overhead  and  underground 

BELGIUM. 


623  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OX  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

telephone  lines,  on  or  under  the  square3,  thoroughfares,  streets,  roads,  streams  and 
canals,  which  form  part  of  the  public  domain  of  the  state,  of  the  provinces,  and  of  the 
communes. 

2.  This  occupation  must  not  infringe  the  use  of  the  said  public  domain,  and  must 
not  involve  any  dispossession. 

3.  A  notification  of  the  work  proposed  to  be  carried  out,  must  be  sent,  by  regis- 
tered letter,  to  the  authorities  of  the  province  or  commune,  at  least  twenty  days  before 
the  proposed  work  is  begun.  Plans  and  diagrams  of  the  work  intended  to  be  carried 
out,  must  be  sent  with  the  said  notification. 

When  the  proposed  work  comprises  the  construction  of  underground  lines,  either 
underneath,  or  above  (on)  the  works  (constructions)  belonging  to  the  service  of  the 
provinces,  or  communes,  or,  rather  when  the  work  proposed  involves  the  changing  or 
removal  of  one  of  these  works  (constructions),  it  is  assumed  that  the  two  manage- 
ments are  agreed  on  the  matter,  if  no  objection  has  been  made,  within  a  period  of 
twenty  days  from  the  time  that  the  notification  was  given.  If  no  agreement  is  arrived 
at,  the  matter  is  decided  by  a  royal  decree,  signed  by  the  Minister  of  the  Interior  and 
of  Public  Instruction.  Sewers,  water  pipes  and  gas  pipes,  as  well  as  all  existing  con- 
structions, are  to  be  treated  with  as  much  care  as  possible.  The  same  manner  of  pro- 
1 1  dure  applies  to  overhead  lines.  In  all  cases,  these  lines  must  not  interfere  with  ex- 
isting constructions,  nor  must  they  stand  in  the  way  of  subsequent  constructions. 

4.  The  government  will  give  compensation  to  the  provinces  and  communes  for 
any  damages  that  may  result  from  carrying  out  the  work,  specified  in  Article  1,  after 
an  estimate  has  been  made  of  the  same,  either  by  mutual  agreement  or  by  some  com- 
petent judge.    These  damages  comprise: — 

(1)  Any  changes  made  in  the  existing  constructions. 

(2)  Any  special  work  which  has  to  be  carried  out  by  the  said  provinces  or 
communes,  on  account  of  the  construction  of  the  telephone  lines. 

(3)  Any  additional  expenses  in  maintaining  constructions,  &c,  which  may  be 
caused  by  the  said  works  or  changes. 

5.  When  the  carrying  out  of  the  work  specified  in  Article  1  causes  detriment  to 
those  who  have  rights  on  the  public  roads,  the  government  will  give  compensation  to 
such  persons,  according  to  the  manner  specified  in  Article  4. 

ROYAL  DECREE 

OF    OCTOBER    15,    1876,    RELATING    TO    WORKS    CONSTRUCTED    ALONG   THE    ROUTE    OF    OVERHEAD 

AND    UNDERGROUND    TELEGRAPH    LINES. 

N.B. — The  enactments  of  this  royal  decree  are  applicable  to  the  telephone  lines 
constructed  or  conceded  by  the  government  (Article  2,  of  the  Law  of  June  11,  1S83). 

1.  No  person  is  allowed  to  begin  any  work  such  as  lopping  or  cutting  down  trees, 
making  excavations,  trenches,  constructions,  or  pulling  down  buildings,  or  any  other 
work  along  the  route  of  a  telegraph  or  telephone  line,  which  may  interfere  with  the 
service  of  the  said  line,  or  damage  it,  without  having  first  notified  the  management. 
This  notification  must  be  sent  in  writing  to  one  of  the  two  nearest  telegraph  stations 
at  least  five  days  before  the  commencement  of  the  work.  A  dated  receipt  will  ue  given 
therefor.  The  official  in  the  telegraph  station  (collector  or  manager),  who  receives  the 
notification  of  a  work  to  be  carried  out  under  the  aforementioned  conditions,  is  bound 
to  give  a  dated  receipt  for  the  same,  and  to  give  notice  of  it  at  once  by  telegram,  to 
the  manager  of  the  technical  section  of  the  telegraph  stations  concerned,  or  to  the 
manager  of  the  telephone  system,  as  the  case  may  require. 

2.  Any  contravention  of  the  preceding  article  will  be  punished  with  a  fine  of  25 
francs  ($4.82J),  and  from  1  to  7  days'  imprisonment,  or  one  of  these  penalties. 

BELGIUM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  627 

APPENDIX  No.  1 


RUSSIA. 
No.  293. 


(Translation.) 


St.  Petersburg,  Aug.  24,  1905. 
Sept.  6, 


General  Management  of  the  Post  Office  and 

Telegraph  Department  of  the  Russian  Empire. 

Sir, — In  answer  to  your  letter  of  May  1  of  the  present  year,  I  have  the  honour  to 
send  you  the  accompanying  documents,  in  the  Russian  language,*  viz: — 

(1)  The  regulations  regarding  the  telephone  service  between  St.  Petersburg 

and  Moscow. 

(2)  The  regulations  regarding  the  organization  and  general  working  of  the 

local  telephone  systems,  by  private  contractors. 

(3)  The  regulations  regarding  the  organization  and  general  working  of  the 

municipal  telephone  systems. 

With  the  assurance  of  my  highest  esteem, 

I  am,  sir, 

The  Director  General, 

•  (Not  translated.)  SEVASTIANOFF. 

Sir  William  Mulock,  K.C.M.G., 
Postmaster  General 

Ottawa,  Canada 

No.  293a. 

(Translation.) 

answers  to  questions. 

(Original  is  in  French.) 

Nearly  all  the  long-distance  lines  in  Russia  are  owned  and  operated  by  the  gov- 
ernment. The  total  pole  route  length  of  these  is  2,292  versts  (1,521  miles).  There  are 
generally  from  16  to  20  poles  to  each  verst  (1,167  yards).  The  cost  of  the  St.  Peters- 
fburg-Moscow  line,  comprising  two  bronze  metallic  circuits,  was  $492.44  per  mile. 
(See  Table  No.  1  for  long-distance  charges,  &c.) 

Subscribers  circuits  are  overhead  and  underground.  The  former  are  principally 
of  bronze,  with  a  diameter  of  1.2  mm.  (S.W.G.  No.  18),  but  there  are  also  circuits  of 
iron  wire,  with  a  diameter  of  3  mm.  (S.W.  G.  No.  10i)  for  country  subscribers.  In  the 
case  of  underground  cables,  the  circuits  are  copper.  The  diameter  of  the  wire  is  0.66 
mm.  (S.W.G.  No.  22J). 

The  revenue  from  the  communications  between  St.  Petersburg  and  Moscow,  in 
1904,  was  162,563  roubles  ($83,704.50) ;  and  during  1903,  123,515  roubles  ($63,610.23). 
Between  Warsaw  and  Lodz,  in  1904,  21,024  roubles  ($10,827.36) ;  and,  during  1903, 
18,448  roubles  ($9,500.72).  The  total  expenditure  upon  the  operation  ana  maintenance 
of  the  telephone  service  between  St.  Petersburg  and  Moscow,  during  each  year,  is  35,000 
roubles  ($18,025). 

For  the  telephone  service  between  St.  Petersburg  and  Moscow,  the  surplus  last 
year  was  70,000  roubles  ($36,050). 

Some  of  the  long-distance  lines  are  used  for  simultaneous  telephony  and  tele- 
graphy.    (See  accompanying  table  No.  1.) 

RUSSIA. 

1— d— 41 


628  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.. 1905 

The  local  telephone  systems  are  mostly  owned  hy  the  government.  The  remainder 
are  operated  by  private  individuals,  by  local  municipalities,  and  by  stock  companies, 
under  the  conditions  of  a  grant,  lasting  18  years ;  at  the  expiration  of  which,  the  tele- 
phone systems  pass  into  the  possession  of  the  government  free  of  cost. 

The  question  regarding  the  supplying  of  telephone  facilities  to  the  people  living 
in  the  rural  districts,  is  decided  by  leaving  the  matter  to  the  discretionary  power  of  the 
local  municipal  authorities,  who  are  at  liberty  to  organize  and  operate  telephone  sys- 
tems in  their  various  districts,  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  specified  in  the  ac- 
companying documents. 

With  regard  to  the  local  rates,  the  subscribers  that  belong  to  the  telephone  lines, 
owned  by  the  state,  are  divided  into  two  classes : — 

(1)  The  first  class  is  composed  of  subscribers  who  reside  at  a  distance  of  two 

versts,  or  less,  from  the  central  exchange,  the  distance  being  measured 
in  a  direct  line. 

(2)  The  second  class  is  composed  of  subscribers  who  reside  at  a  distance  of  more 

than  two  versts  (1  mile,  573  yards)  from  the  central  exchange,  the  dis- 
tance being  measured  in  the  same  manner. 
The  rates  for  subscribers  are  as  follows : — 

(a)  For  subscribers  of  the  first  class,  having  a  single  telephone,  connected  by 

a  special  wire,  from  75  roubles  ($38.63)  annually. 
(6)  For  subscribers  of  the  second  class,  also  from  75    roubles    ($38.63)    an- 
nually, with  an  extra  charge  of  15  roubles  ($7.73)  for  each  additional 
verst  (1,167  yards)  over  and  above  the  two  first  versts    (1   mile,   573 
yards). 

(c)  If  two  telephones  served  by  the  same  wire,  are  installed  in  different  pre- 

mises, belonging  to  the  same  subscriber,  the  station  at  the  end  of  the 
circuit  (that  is  to  say,  the  station  that  is  furthest  from  the  central  ex- 
change) determines  the  class  to  which  the  subscriber  belongs.  In  this 
case,  the  rate  for  the  use  of  the  intermediate  station  (i.e.,  the  one  nearest 
the  central  exchange)  is  from  50  roubles  ($25.75)  annually. 

(d)  The  rate  for  a  subscription  including  several  persons  i3  the  same  as  the 

rate  specified  tor  single  subscribers. 

(e)  A  charge  of  5  roubles  ($2.58)  per  year  is  made  for  connecting  and  in- 

stalling a  separate  bell  in  another  room  on  the  same  premises,  as  the 
subscriber's  telephone. 

(f)  A  charge  of  3  roubles  ($1.55)  per  year  is  made  for  an  additional  receiver. 

(g)  When  the  subscriber  makes  request  to  have  two  telephones  installed  in 

the  same  premises,  connected  by  the  same  wire,  with  the  central  ex- 
change, the  yearly  rate  for  the  use  of  the  second  telephone  is  10 
roubles  ($5.15).  In  this  case,  the  additional  telephone  is  purchased  by, 
and  installed  at  the  expense  of  the  subscriber. 

Reductions  in  the  above-mentioned  rates  are  made  in  favour  of  a  few  telephone 
systems  only.  The  rates  for  the  telephone  systems  operated  by  private  individuals 
vary  considerably;  but  these  all  conform  with  the  stipulation  that  the  rates  specified 
for  the  said  systems  must  not  exceed  the  rates  fixed  for  telephone  systems  belonging  to 
the  government. 

In  telephone  .systems  organized  and  operated  by  the  municipal  authorities  of  the 
various  districts,  there  are,  for  the  most  part,  no  fixed  subscription  rates.  The  cost  of 
organizing  and  operating  the  said  systems  is  divided  among  the  persons  concerned. 

The  greatest  distance  spoken  over  is  between  St.  Petersburg  and  Moscow.  The 
ponversations  are  heard  very  well,  'so  that  in  Russia  we  have  not  yet  reached  those 
limits  .where  it  is  not  possible  to  understand  what  is  spoken  over  the  long-distance  lines. 

The  type  of  telephones  used  are  mostly  tholse  supplied  by  the  '  Ericsson '  factory 
at  St.  Petersburg. 

RUSSIA.  _.._.. 


APPENDIX  "A"  629 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

All  the  long-distance  telephone  lines  are  overhead.  Cables  are  only  used  for  carry- 
ing the  lines  across  rivers. 

(The  manager  of  the  telephone  line  connecting  St.  Petersburg  and  Moscow  receives 
1.800  roubles  ($927)  per  annum,  and  the  manager  of  the  line  connecting  Warsaw  and 
Lodz,  1,500  roubles  ($772.50). 

The  other  lines  have  no  special  managers. 

The  foremen  mechanics  receive  1,200  roubles  ($618)  per  annum. 
Assistant  mechanics  receive  from  750  to  1,000  roubles  ($386.25  to  $515)  per  an- 
num. . 

Operators  of  class  II.,  900  roubles  ($463.50). 
"  "      III.,  750      "        ($386.25). 

"  "       IV.,  600       "        ($309). 

«  "        V.,  450      "        ($231.75). 

Overseers  (foremen),  '  surveillants,'  from  360  to  450  roubles  ($185.40  to  $231.75). 

Workmen  (labourers),  messengers,  &c,  180  roubles  ($92.70)  per  annum. 

The  switch-board  in  most  general  use  has  an  equipment  of  100  single  lines,  is 
made  in  the  'Ericsson'  factory  at  St.  Petersburg,  and -costs  550  roubles  (233.25). 
The  same  switch-board,  with  an  equipment  of  100  metallic  circuits,  costs  600  roubles 
($309).  Multiple  switch-boards  are  also  made  at  the  same  factory,  and  cost  from  7  to 
10  roubles  ($3.61  to  $5.15)  for  each  number. 

A  switch-board  with  magneto  generator  for  operating  magneto-bells  for  two  lines 
having  double  circuits,  costs  10  roubles  ($5.15).  The  same  for  two  lines  with  single 
circuits,  costs  9  roubles  and  25  kopecks  ($4.76).  A  simple  switch  for  two  lines  with 
double  circuits,  costs  1  rouble  and  40  kopecks  (72  cents).  The  kme  for  two  lines 
with  single  circuits,  costs  85#kopecks  (44  cents). 

Wall  and  desk  telephones  cost  32  roubles  ($16.48)  each. 

A  lead  covered  cable,  with  37  pairs  of  conductors,  costs  5  roubles  and  50  kopecks 
($2.83)  per  toise  (6  feet  4  in.).  The  same  with  112  pairs  of  conductors,  costs  10 
roubles  ($5.15)  per  toise.  The  same  with  400  pairs  of  conductors,  costs  26  roubles 
($13.39)  per  toise. 

Bronze  wire  of  a  diameter  df  1.02  mm.  costs  from  20  to  22  roubles  ($10.30  to 
$11.33)  per  poude  (36  pounds).  Iron  wire  of  a  diameter  of  3  mm.  costs  about  2  roubles 
and  50  kopecks  ($1.29)  per  poude  (36  pounds). 

Wooden  poles,  of  about  4  toise  (25:\  feet)  in  length,  cost  from  3  to  4  roubles  ($1.55 
to  $2.06)  ;  and  the  same  with  a  length  of  5  toise  (313  feet)  cost  from  4  to  5  roubles 
($2.06  to  $2.58).  Iron  poles  are  very  seldom  used,  and  the  price  of  the  sams  varies 
considerably. 

Arms,  brackets,  &c,  cost  3  roubles  and  50  kopecks  per  poude  (36  pounds). 

Telephone  insulators  cost  12  kopecks  (6i  cents)  each. 

Telephone  bolts  cost  7  or  8  kopecks  (3£  to  4  cents). 

Concession*  for  the  organization  and  operation  of  local  telephone  systems,  for  the 
use  of  the  general  public,  are  granted  to  private  contractors  upon  tenders  received. 
The  general  results  are  not  yet  apparent. 

The  question  of  payment  by  the  government  for  wayleave  facilities  has  not  yet 
been  fully  decided  by  law. 


RUSSIA. 


630 


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632 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
RUSSIA— Concluded. 


No.  293c. 

(Translation.) 


Government  Telephone  Systems. 
Table  No.  2. 


Cities  and  other  Places  having  Telephone  Service. 


1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

10 
11 
12 
13 
u 
15 
16 
17 
is 
19 

'JO 

21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
.'(5 
36 
37 
:<s 
39 

40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 

4H 

49 
50 
51 

52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 


Tsarskoe-Sels.. 

Kiev 

Kharkov 

Kazan 

Saratov 


Nikolaiev 

Moscow  (Long  Distance  System). 

Tsaritzin 

Astrakhan 

Kursk 

Kishinev 

Sevastopol 

Taganrog 

Bialystok 

Sosnovitzy     

Kk;<t<-rinburg 

Tula 

Irkutsk  

Krementchug 

Kertch 

Elizabetgrad 

( >rel 

Tiflis 

Voronej 

Poltava 

Simferopol 

Ivanovo-Voznesensk 

Tumen 

Tomsk 

Jaroslav 

Smolensk 

Tchernigov  .  .    .    

Gatschina 

t ratta  

Theodosia 

Ekaterinodar 

Batum 

Samara 

Kurizovo  and  Kudintzovo 

Mai  iupol 

Ekaterinoslav 

Perm 

Berdiansk 

Novorossisk 

Vilna 

Riazan 

Alexandrovsk-Gruchevsh 

Kherson 

Lublin 

Balaklava 

Minsk 

Blagovestchenok 

Jitomir 

Kaniienietz-Podolsk 

Peterhof 

Poti 

Archangelsk 

Tver 


Number  of  Subscribers 
on  January  1. 


1903. 


Tambov 


147 
,554 
,363 

602 
578 
331 
214 
302 
693 
142 
283 
2(17 
272 
134 
212 
283 
35!  I 
I ',4r, 
105 
13!  I 
120 
126 
888 
214 
122 
103 
271 
120 
415 
222 
17o 

77 

88 
319 
115 
257 
154 
393 
7 
133 
416 
249 

59 
145 
496 

96 

42 
168 

87 

8 

249 

301 

115 

75 
166 

48 
222 
130 
137 


1904. 


Population. 


161 

25,000 

1,724 

248,000 

1,510 

175,000 

Clio 

132,000 

040 

140,000 

365 

!  12,  OIK  I 

220 

*1,200,000 

344 

56,000 

737 

113,000 

104 

53,000 

300 

109,000 

205 

51,0(0 

201 

52,000 

142 

04,0(10 

207 

2,000 

298 

56,000 

369 

112,000 

699 

52,000 

113 

60,000 

121 

30,OoO 

12!l 

62,000 

141 

70,000 

940 

170,000 

231 

84,000 

139 

55.H0II 

170 

4H,lin0 

278 

54,000 

121 

30,000 

458 

53,000 

307 

71,000 

170 

47,'WO 

76 

27,000 

100 

10  000 

358 

15,000 

112 

27,000 

308 

05,000 

172 

29,000 

433 

92,000 

6 

1,000 

136 

32,000 

453 

122,000 

267 

40,000 

61 

27,000 

138 

22,000 

545 

100,000 

105 

45,000 

43 

16,000 

184 

70,000 

88 

50,000 

7 

2,000 

274 

92,000 

303 

33,000 

119 

66,000 

73 

35,000 

182 

12.000 

56 

8,000 

230 

21,000 

140 

54,000 

160 

48,000 

*  In  the  city 
RUSSIA. 


APPENDIX  "A 


633 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


Government  Telephone  Systems— Concluded. 
Table  No.  2 — Concluded. 


Cities  and  other  places  having  Telephone  Service. 


60 
61 

62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 


Ufa 

Penza 

Vladikawkas 

Simbirsk 

Krasnoyarsk 

Kronatadt 

Orenburg 

Alexandrovsk  and  Khortitza. 

•Stavropol 

Grushina 

Chuja 

Kozlov 

Vologda 

Siverskaja    

Mineral  Springs  (Caucasus)   . 

Tchita 

Eupatoria 

Kaluga 

Armavir 

Slaviansk 

Sarapul 

Krasnoe-Sels 

Kostroma 

Duvance     

Syzran 

Semipolatin.sk 

.Turiev 

Volsk 

Petrovsk 

Bybinsk 

Narva 

Lodz 


Number  of  Subscribers 
on  January  1. 


1903. 


215 

140 

167 

131 

165 

140 

220 

74 

151 

156 

49 

50 

134 

16 

193 

177 

70 

83 

135 

38 

70 

63 

140 

85 

67 

72 

66 

71 

67 

144 

50 

944 


1904. 


228 

144 

190 

146 

176 

160 

239 

93 

161 

159 

51 

63 

162 

20 

227 

206 

72 

95 

172 

39 

66 

68 

148 

98 

67 

81 

7:5 

71 

75 

152 

59 

928 


Population. 


50,000 
62,000 
44,000 
44,000 
44,000 
60,000 
73,000 
19,000 
42,000 
16,000 
19,000 
41,000 
28,000 

1,000 
15,000 
18,000 
18,000. 
50,000 

6,000 
16,000 
22,000 
10,000 
41,000 
73,000 
33,000 
27,000 
43,000 
27,000 
10,000 
25,000 
17,000 
315,000 


II. — The  More  Important  of  the  Telephone  Systems,  Belonging  by  Right  op  Con- 
cession, to  Private  Individuals,  Companies,  Etc. 


Cities  which  have  Telephone  Systems. 


1  St.  Petersburg 

2  Moscow 

3  Warsaw 

4  Odessa 

5  Riga 

6  Rostov  on  the  Don . 

7  Keval 

8  Nijni  Novgorod 

9  Libau 

10  Baku    


Number 

of  Subscribers 

Population. 

on 

January  1, 

1903. 

1,370,000 

7,480 

1,200,000 

4,211 

640,000 

2,74ft 

450,000 

1,987 

257,000 

1,991 

120,000 

945 

65,0o0 

285 

96,000 

505 

65,000 

442 

114,000 

1,177 

RUSSIA, 


634  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  ,'905 

PIETERMARITZBURG,  NATAL. 
No.  294. 

Postmaster  General's  Office. 

Pietermaritzburg,  Natal,  September  6,  1905. 

Sir, — In  accordance  with  the  request  contained  in  your  communication  of  May  1, 
addressed  to  the  Controller  of  Telegraphs,  Pietermaritzburg,  I  have  the  honour  to  for- 
ward herewith  the  replies  to  the  various  questions  raised  therein. 

I  regret  that  statistics  are  not  at  the  present  moment  available  to  allow  of  my  re- 
plying to  the  question  asked  under  No.  24. 

The  delay  in  furnishing  the  statistics  is  due,  I  should  explain,  to  the  controller 
of  telegraphs  being  absent  on  leave  in  England,  where,  owing  to  your  communication 
being  addressed  personally  to  him,  your  letter  was  forwarded  to  him  and  returned  to 
me. 

In  future  please  address  communications  to  either  the  Postmaster  General  or  Sec- 
retary. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

A.  F.  NORRIS, 
Postmaster-General. 
The  Chairman, 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 


No.  294a. 

answers  to  questions. 

Pietermartizburg  has  a  population  of  15,000  Europeans  and  15,000  coloured.  The 
government  owns  and  operates  the  telephone  system.  There  are  560  subscribers  con- 
nected by  direct  wire,  46  outside  extension  lines,  and  31  internal  extension  telephones. 
The  rates  per  annum  within  a  radius  of  two  miles,  are  as  follows:  Business,  £10 
($48.70);  residence,  £5  ($24.35).  outside  extensions,  £1  ($4.87),  plus  additional  wire 
rental  of  £1  ($4.87)  for  each  succeeding  I  mile;  internal  extensions,  £1  ($4.87). 
The  service  is  continuous. 

The  charge  to  non -subscribers  for  local  conversation  is  3d.  (6c). 
There  are  no  long-distance  lines  in  use  at  present.     The  greatest  distance  sub- 
scribers can  converse  is  nine  to  ten  miles. 

The  subscribers,  telephones,  both  wall  and  table,  are  of  Ericcson's  make.  The 
lines  are  metallic  bronze,  copper  and  iron  wire,  1\  miles  of  which  is  underground,  and 
63  miles  overhead. 

The  cost  of  the  plant  to  December,  1904,  was  £35,476  ($172,768.12).  The  revenue 
for  the  year  1904-05,  was  £6,115  ($29,780.05) ;  £4,562  ($22,216.94),  was  expended  in 
1904-05,  for  management,  operation,  maintenance   and  depreciation. 

The  wages  paid  are:  Manager,  £450  ($2,191.50)  per  annum;  foreman,  16s.  ($3.90), 
instrument  men,  12s.  ($2.93),  and  wiremen,  lis.  ($2.68)  per  day. 
The  cost  of  material  is  as  follows: — 
Wall  telephones,  £3  14s.  ($18.03). 
Desk  telephones,  £3  15s.  ($18.27£). 
Wire,  £3  5s.  2d.  ($15.87)  per  mile. 
Poles,  £6  Is.  ($29.46£)  each— average. 
Iron  cross-arms,  6s.  ($1.46)  each. 
Insulators  and  bolts,  Is.  (24Jc.)  each. 
Cable  duct,  Is.  (24Jc.)  per  foot. 

We  employ  a  '  ring  through  '  metallic  system,  with  earthed  (grounded)  '  ring-off.' 
NATAL. 


APPENDIX  "A 


635 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


AUSTRALIA 
No.  295. 

State  of  Tasmania, 
(For  State  of  Victoria,  see  page  354.) 

Postmaster-General's  Department, 

Hobart,  September  7,  1905. 

Sir, — I  have  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  communication  of  May 
1st  last,  and  in  reply,  beg  to  enclose  herewith  answers  to  list  of  questions  submitted  by 
you  concerning  the  telegraph  and  telephone  system  in  operation  in  Tasmania. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

E.  EDWARDS, 

Inspector  of  Lines. 
The  Chairman, 

Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa. 


No.  295a. 


answers  to  questions. 


The  telephone  system  is  owned  and  operated  by  the  Commonwealth  government. 
The  following  are  the  exchanges,  with  the  number  of  telephones,  population,  &c. : — 


Name  of  Tow  n. 

Population. 

Number 

of 

Subscribers. 

694 

381 

20 

34 

18 

2 

11 

20 
9 
13 
24 
24 
11 
63 

I)irect 
Line>. 

<  Hitside 
Extensions. 

Inside 
Extens 

27,795 
23,000 

920 
2,710 
3,175 

750 

1. 

1,490 

850 
1,530 
1,700 
7,775 
1,200 
5,280 

698 
388 
22 
36 
19 
2 
16 
21 
12 
15 
27 
4.". 
13 
68 

68 
35 

108 

17 

4 

1 

New  Norfolk 

3 
3 

The  rates  are  as  follows :  Business,  £6  ($29.22) ;  residence,  £4  10s.  ($21.92) ;  ex- 
tension telephones,  £2  10s.  ($12.18)  for  telephone  and  switch  and  for  all  extra  wire 
over  a  mile  (including  the  distance  between  the  exchange  and  the  subscriber's  first 
station),  10s.  ($2.44)  each  quarter  mile  or  fraction  thereof.     See  Reg.  15  (page  639). 

The  service  is  continuous  in  Hobart  and  Launceston,  others  on  average,  9  a.m. 
to  8  p.m. 

The  charge  to  non-subscribers  for  local  conversations  is  3d. 

The  long-distance  charges  vary  according  to  distance,  vide  Regulations,  Telephone 
Trunk  Lines,  page  641.  The  greatest  distance  spoken  over  is,  at  present.  133  miles. 
The  subscribers'  telephones  are  Western  Electric  standard  wall  sets  and  table  sets, 
Ericsson  standard  wall  sets,  fixed  transmitters.  The  local  lines  are  single-grounded 
circuit  iron  and  copper.  The  proportion  underground  and  overhead  is :  Underground, 
179  miles,  overhead,  1,271J  miles. 

TASMANIA. 


636  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Thirty-eight  thousand  nine  hundred  and  sixty-nine  pounds  ($189,779.03)  has  been 
expended  on  the  system  to  date.  The  revenue  is  £10,155  ($49,454.85).  The  cost  of 
operation,  maintenance  and  depreciation  is  £4,400  ($21,428).  The  amount  of  surplus 
last  year  was  £5,755  ($28,026.85). 

The  wages  paid  are  as  follows:  Manager  (also  telegraph  manager),  £335 
($1,631.45) ;  foreman  (mechanician),  £228  ($1,110.36) ;  instrument  and  wiremen,  £110  to 
£162  ($535.70  to  $788.94).  switch  attendants,  minimum,  £30,  maximum,  £84  (minimum 
$146.10,  maximum  $409.08). 

The  cost  of  equipment  is  as  follows: 

Switchboards  for  50  lines,  £35  ($170.45) ;  average  of  smaller  about  15s.  ($3.66) 
per  shutter. 

Wall  telephones,  £3  Is.  2d.  ($14.89)  each. 

Desk  telephones,  £3  9s.  4d.  ($16.89). 

Lead-covered  paper  insulated  cables,  containing  104  pairs  of  conductors,  £503 
($2,449.61)  per  mile. 

Copper,  wire  No.  14  gauge,  £82  ($399.34)  per  ton  (2,240  pounds). 

Wood  poles,  sawn  square  for  city  use,  13s.  ($3.17)  per  100  feet  super.  Round 
(natural-grown  timber),  for  country  use,  price  varies  from,  say,  2s.  6d.  to  7s.  6d.  (61c. 
to  $1.83)  each,  according  to  difficulties  of  supply.     No  iron  poles  used. 

Insulators  and  bolts,  6Jd.  (13  cents)  each. 

The  long-distance  lines  are  operated  by  this  department,  and  are  used  for  simul- 
taneous telephoning  and  telegraphing  on  the  condenser  system  designed  and  installed 
by  W.  P.  Hallam,  chief  operator,  Hobart  central  staff. 

Subscribers  using  the  long-distance  linos  lodge  a  cash  deposit  against  which  all 
connections  are  recorded,  and  it  is  renewed  on  advice  from  department  that  the  de- 
posit is  becoming  exhausted.  Non-subscribers  get  connection  by  payment  of  pre- 
scribed fee  in  cash. 

There  is  no  competition. 

The  exchange  telephone  3ystem  throughout  the  state  is  worked  on  the  single  line 
method.  Boards  in  use  are  50-line,  and  under,  according  to  requirements.  The  wind- 
ing of  the  shutter  coils  vary  from  80  to  100  ohms.  The  ring-off  coils  in  some  boards 
are  in  series  (80  to  100  ohms).  In  others  in  leak,  ironclad,  winding  600  to  1,000  ohms. 
Hobart  and  Launceston  are  the  only  exchanges  in  the  state  subscribers  which  ex- 
ceed 100  in  number.  The  boards  are  single  line,  non-multiple,  with  provision  for  cross 
connecting. 

At  Launceston  (381  subscribers)  the  attendants  have  to  call  one  to  another  to 
make  the  necessary  cross  connections. 

At  Hobart  (694  subscribers)  a  call  wire  system  is  in  use  which  enables  an  at- 
tendant at  one  position  to  put  herself  in  connection  with  the  head-gear  of  an  atten- 
dant at  any  other  position  by  pressing  a  button.  The  cross-connection  is  thus  given 
telephonically. 

At  Hobart  five  trunk  lines  are  in  connection  with  the  exchange,  four  of  which 
are  condenser  trunks,  that  is,  telegraph  lines  are  used.  On  some  the  call  is  received 
on  a  telephone  relay  in  the  form  of  a  '  toot,'  on  others  the  calling  current  actuates  a 
relay  and  a  shutter  drops.    An  induction  coil  with  vibrator  is  used  for  calling. 

At  Launceston  there  are  four  trunks  for  all  of  which  telegraph  lines  are  used  on 
the  condenser  principle. 

On  the  larger  exchanges  battery  polechangers  are  used  for  calling. 

At  country  exchanges  the  call  is  by  magneto. 

The  present  central  switchboards  are  now  obsolete  and  are  being  immediately 
replaced  by  up-to-date  equipments,  the  particular  design  being  not  yet  decided  on — 
probably  central  energy. 


TASMANIA. 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


No.  295b. 


APPENDIX  "A"  £37 

TASMANIA— Continued. 
TELEPHONE  EEGULATIONS. 

REGULATIONS,  TELEPHONE  EXCHANGES. 


1.  Applications  for  connection  with  the  telephone  system  must  be  made  to  the 
Deputy  Postmaster-General. 

2.  All  telephone  lines,  instruments,  &c,  in  connection  with  the  telephone  system 
are  erected  and  supplied  by  the  Postmaster-General,  the  cost  being  borne  by  the  gov- 
ernment, and  no  persons,  except  employees  of  the  department,  are  to  be  allowed  to  in- 
terfere with  any  wires,  instruments,  &c,  under  the  department's  control.  In  the  event 
of  any  such  interference  the  subscriber  concerned  may  have  his  line  disconnected.  The 
following  rates  will  be  charged  for  the  use  of  the  lines  and  of  one  telephone  set  com- 
plete, in  addition  to  service  at  the  respective  exchanges,  viz. : — 

Commercial  Subscribers  (places  of  business,  medical  and  legal  practitioners, 
&c.) — The  annual  subscription  to  a  central  telephone  exchange,  for  any  distance  not 
exceeding  a  mile,  shall  be  £6,  and  for  every  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction 
thereof,  10s. 

Domestic  Subscribers  (private  houses  at  which  no  profession  or  business  is  car- 
ried on)  may  be  connected  with  an  exchange  at  an  annual  rental  of  £4  10s.  for  the 
first  mile,  and  10s.  for  each  additional  quarter  of  a  mile  or  fraction  thereof. 

For  the  foregoing  charges  all  requisite  attendance  shall  be  given,  and  necessary 
adjustments,  repairs,  and  renewals  of  lines,  instruments,  and  batteries  effected. 

In  all  cases  where  submarine  cables,  or  other  special  arrangements  are  required 
in  the  construction  of  a  line,  the  charges  shall  be  fixed  according  to  circumstances. 

3.  Telephone  lines  must  be  rented  for  not  less  than  one  year,  or  such  longer  period 
as  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General  may  determine,  and  the  use  of  any  such  line  may 
be  discontinued  after  the  expiration  of  that  period,  or  of  any  subsequent  half-year,  by 
the  subscriber  giving  one  calendar  month's  previous  notice  of  his  intention  to  discon- 
tinue the  use  of  such  line. 

4.  Rent  payable  in  respect  of  any  telephone  line  shall  be  charged  from  the  date 
on  which  such  line  has  been  connected  with  the  exchange.  The  first  year's  rent  of  any 
such  line  must  be  paid  in  advance,  the  next  payment  must  be  (in  advance)  for  the 
proportion  of  rent  payable  for  the  period  ending  the  calendar  half-year  immediately 
following  the  expiration  of  the  first  year,  and  thereafter  rent  must  be  paid  half-yearly 
in  advance:  Provided,  however,  that  in  respect  of  lines,  the  cost  of  the  construction 
of  which  will  exceed  the  amount  payable  as  rent  for  the  first  year,  the  subscriber  may 
be  called  upon  to  pay  in  advance  rent  for  such  period  a3  will  cover  ths  cost  of  con- 
struction of  such  line. 

5.  If  any  subscriber  make  default  in  payment  of  rent  and  other  charges  due  by 
him  and  on  being  requested  by  notice  to  pay  such  rent  and  charges,  shall  fail  to  pay 
the  same  within  fourteen  days  from  the  date  of  such  notice,  the  Deputy  Postmaster- 
General  may  order  that  the  telephone  used  by  such  subscriber  be  disconnected  from 
the  exchange,  may  cancel  the  agreement,  cause  the  name  of  such  subscriber  to  be  re- 
moved from  the  list,  and  may  order  the  removal  of  all  wires,  instruments,  &c,  with- 
out prejudice  to  his  right  to  recover  the  rent  payable  to  the  end  of  the  term  for  which 
such  line  was  rented. 

6.  A  fee  of  5s.  in  addition  to  any  other  amounts  due  shall  be  paid  by  any  sub- 
scriber whose  telephone  has  been  disconnected  from  the  exchange  for  non-payment  of 
rent  or  other  charges  due,  before  the  telephone  is  again  connected  with  the  exchange. 
If  the  instrument  or  wires  have  been  removed,  any  application  for  reconnection  with 
the  exchange  shall  be  treated  as  an  application  for  a  new  line. 

7.  Except  where  natural  obstructions  exist,  when  the  actual  mileage  may  be 
charged,  mileage  shall  be  calculated  radially,  from  the  telephone  exchange  with  which 

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the  line  is  connected  as  the  centre.  In  the  case  of  extension  line3  the  mileage  shall 
be  calculated  from  the  starting  point  of  such  extension,  allowance  being  made  for  any 
shortage  on  the  exchange  line. 

8.  All  telephone  instruments,  batteries,  &c,  shall  be  supplied  at  the  cost  of  the 
government,  and  be  the  exclusive  property  of  the  Postmaster-General.  Upon  the  ter- 
mination of  the  agreement  the  Postmaster-General  may  remove  such  instruments,  &c, 
for  which  purpose,  as  also  to  permit  of  their  inspection,  when  considered  necessary, 
his  officers  shall  have  free  access  to  the  premises  of  the  subscriber.  The  subscriber 
must  pay  for  all  damage  to  instruments,  &c,  beyond  fair  wear  and  tear. 

9.  Before  a  suburban  or  country  telephone  exchange  shall  be  established,  fifteen 
persons  must  agree  to  rent  lines,  if  only  a  day  service  (i.e.,  between  the  hours  of  9 
a.m.  and  8  p.m.)  be  required,  or  twenty-five  persons  must  so  agree  if  a  day  and  night 
service  be  required.  The  Postmaster-General  shall  have  the  right,  in  all  cases,  to  de- 
termine whether  an  exchange  shall  be  established,  and,  notwithstanding  anything  con- 
tained in  the  foregoing  regulations,  he  may,  if  he  consider  it  undesirable  to  establish 
an  exchange,  authorize  connections  to  be  made  with  an  existing  exchange,  and  may, 
in  such  case,  charge  such  rates  as  would  be  applicable  if  a  new  exchange  were  estab- 
lished and  the  connections  made  therewith. 

10.  Telephone  lines  connected  with  the  exchanges  must  be  used  only  by  the  sub- 
scriber, his  family,  or  employees,  and  exclusively  on  his  own  business,  except  in  cases 
where  licenses  have  been  granted  by  the  Postmaster-General  to  persons  to  use  sub- 
scribers' telephones,  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  prescribing  the  terms  upon 
which  such  licenses  may  be  granted.  Any  breach  of  this  regulation  shall  render  the 
subscriber  liable  to  have  his  telephone  disconnected,  without  prejudice  to  the  right  of 
the  Postmaster-General  to  recover  the  rent  and  other  charges  payable  to  the  end  of 
the  term  agreed  upon.  Provided,  however,  that  in  case  of  emergency,  a  subscriber 
may  permit  the  use  of  his  line  by  the  subscriber  for  another  line  connected  with  the 
same  exchange.  The  use  of  any  subscriber's  line  may,  with  his  consent,  be  granted 
to  a  non-subscriber  to  summon  medical  aid  in  urgent  cases,  to  give  notice  of  fire,  or  to 
call  the  police.  In  the  case  of  hotels  and  lodging-houses,  the  telephones  may  be  used 
by  any  person  residing  on  the  premises,  but  not  by  casual  callers.  , 

11.  Should  a  subscriber  require  his  telephone  to  be  removed  to  another  address 
or  position,  or  any  alterations  to  be  made,  he  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  actual  cost 
of  labour  entailed  in  making  alterations  to  the  line  (unless  the  rental  be  increased) 
plus  the  total  cost  of  refitting  the  telephone;  but,  if  the  rental  be  increased,  only  the 
cost  of  refitting  the  telephone  shall  be  charged. 

12.  No  telephone  messages  shall  contain  unbecoming  expressions,  or  language  of 
an  obscene  or  offensive  nature,  or  of  a  character  calculated  to  provoke  a  breach  of  the 
peace.  Any  violation  of  this  regulation  shall  render  the  subscriber  liable  to  have  the 
telephone  disconnected,  and  any  instruments,  &c,  belonging  to  the  Postmaster-General 
removed,  without  prejudice  to  the  right  of  the  Postmaster-General  to  recover  the  rent 
and  other  charges  payable  to  the  end  of  the  term  agreed  upon. 

13.  The  name  of  every  subscriber  may  be  inserted  once  free  of  charge  in  each 
issue  of  the  Telephone  Directory,  but  an  annual  fee  of  5s.  shall  be  charged  for  each 
additional  name  inserted  at  the  request  of  a  subscriber,  but  more  than  six  names  shall 
not  be  inserted  at  the  request  of  any  one  person.  However,  before  any  such 
additional  name  can  be  inserted  in  the  directory,  evidence  must  be  produced  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General  that  the  applicant  is  acting  as  agent 
for  the  person  or  firm  whose  name  he  desires  to  be  so  inserted,  and  in  no  case 
shall  any  person  other  than  such  applicant  or  his  employees  be  allowed  to  use  the  tele- 
phone on  behalf  of  such  person  or  firm. 

14.  Persons  occupying  offices  in  the  same  building  may  jointly  subscribe  under 
the  one  exchange  number,  on  payment  (in  addition  to  rental  as  for  one  person  at  the 
respective  rates  herein  set  forth)  of  £3  per  annum  for  each  additional  set  of  instru- 
ments fixed  in  the  several  offices  of  such  joint-subscribers,  or.  if    additional  instru- 

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merits  be  not  required,  £2  per  annum  for  each  additional  name  to  be  inserted  in  the 
Telephone  Directory. 

If  additional  instruments  be  required,  the  joint  subscribers  shall  provide  an  at- 
tendant for  their  own  local  switchboard.  Switch  and  bell,  or  switchboard,  may  be  sup- 
plied by  the  Postmaster-General  on  rental,  at  the  rate  of  10s.  per  annum  for  switch 
and  bell  or  per  number  on  the  switchboard. 

Persons  jointly  occupying  the  same  private  residence  may  subscribe  under  the  one 
exchange  number,  on  payment  (in  addition  to  rental  as  for  one  person  at  the  respec- 
tive rates  herein  set  forth)  of  £1  per  annum  for  each  additional  name  to  be  inserted  in 
the  Telephone  Directory. 

15.  When  any  existing  line  is  extended,  and  such  extension  does  not  increase  the 
total  radial  mileage  of  the  line  beyond  that  for  which  rent  is  being  paid  at  the  time, 
the  subscriber  requiring  the  extension  to  be  made  shall  pay  the  cost  of  labour  in  con- 
nection therewith.  He  shall  also  pay  the  prescribed  annual  rental  for  such  extra  in- 
struments (if  any)  as  may  be  required  on  the  extension. 

When  the  extension  of  an  existing  telephone  line  does  increase  the  total  radial 
mileage  of  such  line  beyond  that  for  which  rent  is  being  paid  at  the  time,  the  cost 
of  making  such  extension  shall  be  borne  by  the  Postmaster-General,  but  the  subscriber 
shall  pay  the  prescribed  annual  rental  for  the  mileage  of  the  line  as  extended,  and  also 
for  such  extra  instruments  (if  any)  as  may  be  required  on  the  extension. 

16.  The  annual  rental  charge  for  extra  apparatus  shall  be : — 

£    s.     d. 

Additional  telephone  instruments — ordinary  ...     2     0     0  (  $9.74) 

Additional  telephone  instruments — special,  in- 
cluding table  sets 2  10    0  ($12.18) 

If,  instead  of  an  ordinary  wall  set,  the  subscriber 
wishes  to  have  a  table  telephone,  the  rental 
shall  be  increased  by 0  10     0  (  $2.44) 

For  each  shutter  or  jack  on  a  switchboard  ....     0  10    0  (  $2.44) 

Intermediate  switches  or  switches  used  to  cut  off 
a  circuit  from  one  telephone  to  another, 
with  magneto   bell — per   set 0  10    0  (  $2.44) 

Magneto      extension      bells — including      two-way 

switch 0    5    0(  $1.22) 

Trembling-bell,    3    in.,    with    battery — including 

two-way  switch 0  10    0  (  $2.44) 

Trembling-bell,     5-in.,     with     battery — including 

two-way  switch 0  15    0  (  $3.66) 

Special  appliances  as  per  agreement. 

17.  Charitable  institutions  supported  wholly  or  partly  by  public  subscriptions 
shall  be  charged  half  the  ordinary  business  rates. 

18.  No  subscriber  shall  be  allowed  to  use  any  line  joining  two  exchanges  for  more 
than  rive  minutes  at  one  time  in  the  case  of  the  city  or  suburban  telephone  exchanges, 
or  ten  minutes  in  the  case  of  a  country  exchange.  Any  person  exceeding  this  limit 
may  be  disconnected  if  there  be  other  applicants  waiting  to  use  the  line.  Subscribers 
shall  be  connected,  as  far  as  possible,  in  order  of  application. 

19.  (a)  Persons  who  are  not  subscribers  to  a  telephone  exchange  may,  with  the 
concurrence  of  a  subscriber,  be  granted  a  license  by  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General 
to  use  such  subscriber's  telephone. 

(b)  The  subscriber  whose  telephone  is  used  by  any  such  person  (hereinafter 
termed  a  licensee)  shall  pay  in  advance  a  fee  of  £2  ($9.74)  per  annum  to  the  Deputy 
Postmaster-General  for  every  such  license.  Payments  must  be  so  arranged  that  re- 
newal fees  will  fall  due  on  January  1  in  each  year. 

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(c)  The  licensee's  name  shall  appear  in  the  Telephone  Directory  opposite  the 
number  of  the  subscriber  whose  telephone  he  uses. 

(d)  The  subscriber  and  licensee  must  make  their  own  arrangements  as  to  calling 
a  licensee  when  wanted,  and  as  to  the  conditions  under  which  the  licensee  may  enter 
the  subscriber's  premises  for  the  purpose  of  using  the  telephone. 

(e)  The  number  of  licenses  in  connection  with  any  one  subscriber's  telephone 
shall  be  limited  to  two,  except  in  cases  where  a  larger  number  have  been  licensed  prior 
to  the  publication  of  these  regulations. 

(f)  The  application  for  a  license  must  be  forwarded  to  the  Deputy  Postmaster- 
General  by  the  subscriber  whose  telephone  it  is  desired  to  use,  and  all  notices  of  dis- 
continuance must  be  forwarded  in  the  same  manner. 

(g)  The  Deputy  Postmaster-General  shall  have  absolute  power  to  refuse  to  grant 
a  license  and  to  cancel  a  license  so  granted  at  any  time. 

(h)  The  granting  of  a  license  shall  in  no  way  bind  the  Postmaster-General  to 
guarantee  to  the  licensee  the  use  of  the  subscriber's  telephone  referred  to  in  such 
license,  and  no  responsibility  will  be  accepted  by  the  Postmaster-General  in  respect 
thereto. 

I  n  cases  where  lines  have  been  constructed,  prior  to  the  publication  of  these  regu- 
lations, under  what  is  termed  the  '  purchase  system,'  the  lines,  as  well  as  the  instru- 
ments, &c,  connected  therewith  shall  remain  the  property  of  the  persons  who  paid 
for  same;  they  shall  be  subject  to  the  maintenance  fees  hitherto  charged,  so  long  as 
the  owners  of  such  lines  remain  in  their  present  premises;  but 

(a)  Should  an  owner  desire  any  additions  or  alterations  to  the  line  within 
such  premises,  he  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  actual  cost  of  such  addi- 
tions or  alterations,  but  no  addition  or  alteration  shall  be  made  unless 
he  give  an  undertaking,  in  writing,  to  surrender  his  line  when  called 
upon  to  do  so,  at  a  valuation  made  by  an  officer  of  the  department  on  the 
basis  of  its  then  present  value. 

(b)  Should  an  owner  remove  from  such  premises  service  shall  only  be  given 
at  the  new  address  under  '  rental '  conditions,  and  the  old  line  and  ap- 
paratus may  be  taken  over  at  a  valuation  to  be  made  by  an  officer  of  the 
department. 

These  lines  shall  otherwise  be  subject  to  the  same  regulations  as  rented  lines. 

Maintenance  fees  must  be  paid  yearly,  in  advance,  dating  from  January  1  in  each 
year. 

20.  A  telephone  line  connecting  any  two  offices  of  the  department,  at  neither  of 
which  a  telephone  exchange  has  been  opened,  may  be  used  for  conversations  by  the 
general  public,  subject  to  the  following  conditions,  and  on  payment  of  the  fees  set 
forth  hereunder,  provided  that  such  use  by  the  public  shall  not  interfere  with  the 
ordinary  work  of  the  department: — 

(1)  When  it  is  not  necessary  to  send  a  messenger  for  the  person  to  be  spoken 
to,  the  fee  payable  by  the  person  initiating  the  conversation  shall  be  the 
same  as  is  specified  for  conversations  on  telephone  trunk  lines. 

(2)  When  it  is  necessary  to  send  a  messenger  for  the  person  to  be  spoken  to, 
the  following  charges  shall  be  made  in  addition  to  the  charge  specified 
in  the  last  preceding  clause: — 

(a)*  For  a  messenger  sent  to  call  to  the  telephone  any  person  who 
resides  within  the  usual  radius  of  free  delivery  of  telegrams, 
6d  (12|  cents). 

(&)*  For  a  messenger  sent  to  call  to  the  telephone  any  person  who 
resides  beyond  the  radius  of  free  delivery  of  telegrams,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  fee  of  6d.,  the  usual  porterage  fees  charged  for  the 
delivery  of  telegrams  shall  be  made. 

*At  offices  where  messengers  are  not  divided   by    the    department    *he    services    specified    in 
sub-sections    (a)    and    (6)    of   clause   2   of   this  regulation  cannot  be  oerformed. 
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REGULATIONS   FOR   THE   USE   OF   SUBSCRIBERS'   TELEPHONES   BY   THE   PUBLIC   ON   THE   TICKETi 

SYSTEM. 

1.  These  regulations  shall  take  effect  on  the  14th  day  of  January,  1904. 

2.  Any  subscriber  to  a  telephone  exchange  who  pays  a  subscription  at  the  busi- 
ness rate  may  apply  to  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General  for  permission  to  place  his  tele- 
phone at  the  service  of  the  public. 

3.  The  Deputy  Postmaster-General  may,  if  he  thinks  fit,  grant  the  permission 
applied  for,  and  thereupon  the  telephone  shall  be  available  for  public  use,  subject  to 
these  regulations. 

4.  The  subscriber  shall,  if  the  permission  is  granted,  exhibit  a  plain  and  legible 
notice  in  a  prominent  position  on  his  premises,  indicating  that  the  telephone  is  avail- 
able for  public  use. 

5.  A  charge  of  three  pence  (6  cents)  for  each  conversation  of  three  minutes  or 
part  of  three  minutes  shall  be  made  and  shall  be  paid  by  ticket  as  herein  provided. 

6.  Tickets  for  the  payment  of  conversation  charges  shall  be  issued  by  the  Post- 
master-General's Department  and  sold  at  the  price  of  threepence  each.  Books  con- 
taining twelve  tickets  each  may  be  purchased  on  application  at  the  general  post  office. 

.7.  Any  person  who  desires  to  use  the  telephone  shall  place  a  ticket  in  a  locked 
box,  to  be  provided  and  kept  by  the  subscriber,  but  opened  and  cleared  only  by  an 
officer  of  the  Postmaster-General's  Department,  and  may  then  use  the  telephone. 

8.  An  additional  ticket  must  be  placed  in  the  box  for  each  three  minutes  or  part 
of  three  minutes  by  which  the  conversations  exceed  the  first  three  minutes. 

9.  The  subscriber  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  one  penny  from  the  Postmaster-Gen- 
eral for  each  ticket  removed  from  the  box  by  the  officer  who  opens  it. 

10.  Nothing  in  these  regulations  shall  affect  the  use  of  the  telephone  by  the  sub- 
scriber, his  family,  or  employees  in  his  business. 

TELEPHONE  TRUNK  LINES — RATrS    (OTHER  THAN  PRESS). 

Where  telephone  trunk  lines  connect  two  towns,  such  lines  may  be  used  for  con- 
versations on  payment  of  the  fees  prescribed  hereunder : — 

First  three      Each  additional 
For  each  conversation   on   lines.  mintftes.         three  minutes. 

s.    d.  s.    d. 

25  miles  in  length  or  under 0     6  (12Jc.)  0  4  (8c.) 

Over  25  miles  and  under  50  miles  in  length 0  10  (201c.)  0  6  (12ic.) 

"50              "                75              "               12  (2Slc.)  0  9  (131c.) 

"75              "              100              "              16  (37c.)  1  0  (241c.) 

"100               "               125               "              1  10   (44c.)  1  2  (281c.) 

"  125               '•               150               "              2     2   (53c.)  1  5  (35c.) 

"150              "              175              "              2     6  (61c.)  1  8  (41c.) 

"175              "              200              "  2  10  (69c)  1  10  (44c.) 

TELEPHONE   TRUNK   LINES — PRESS   RATES. 

Where  telephone  trunk  lines  connect  two  towns  at  both  of  which  telephone  at- 
tendants are  employed  during  the  night,  the  charge  for  conversations  in  the  nature 
of  press  telegrams  between  the  hours  of  8  p.m.  and  8  a.m.  shall  be  as  follows  :— 

Distance.  Rate  for  five  minutes'  conversation. 

Not  exceeding    50  miles Six  pence  (12*  cents). 

"  100       "       Nine  pence  (18 J  cents). 

"  150      "       One  shilling  and  one  penny  (261  cents). 

"  200      "       One  shilling  and  five  pence  (37  cents). 

The  period  for  which  a  line  may  be  used  by  any  one  person  shall  not  exceed  six 

(6)  minutes  in  cases  where  other  persons  are  waiting  to  use  the  line. 

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PRIVATE  TELEPHONE  LINES   BETWEEN   HOUSES,   OFFICES,  ETC. 

Private  telephone  lines  (special  single  wire  and  instruments  not  connected  with 
any  exchange)  may  be  provided  and  maintained  beween  private  houses,  offices,  ware- 
houses, mines,  factories,  or  other  places  on  payment  of  the  following  rates  annually 
in  advance  for  a  term  of  not  less  than  three  years,  and  subject  to  the  same  general 
conditions  as  lines  to  the  telephone  exchanges: — 

If  within  a  radius  of  20  miles  of  the  capital  or  other  large  centre: — 

Per  annum. 
£    s.     d. 
For  each  quarter  mile  or  fraction  thereof,  radially,  up  to  1  mile.         15     0  ($6.09) 
For  each   additional  half-mile   or  fraction   thereof,   radially,  up 

to  20  miles 1     5     0  ($6.09) 

Outside  20  miles  radius,  at  such  rate  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Post- 
master-General. .... 
Each  set  of  telephones  (magneto) 2    0    0  ($9.74) 

Note. — In  cases  where  on  private  telephone  lines  between  houses,  offices,  &c,  on 
account  of  electric  tram  interference,  a  single  wire  is  found  to  be  unworkable,  and 
when  metallic  circuits  can  be  provided  without  inconvenience  to  the  department,  the 
charge  shall  be  50  per  cent  above  that  fixed  by  this  regulation  for  a  single  wire. 

REGULATIONS   WITH   REGARD   TO   PRIVATE   TELEPHONE    LINES   IN   COUNTRY   DISTRICTS. 

1.  The  Postmaster-General  reserves  the  right  to  erect  all  private  lines  within  the 
boundaries  of  any  railway  line,  municipality,  township  or  village,  or  along  any  pub- 
lic road. 

2.  Any  person  wishing  to  erect  a  private  +elephone  line  passing  beyond  the  boun- 
dary of  his  own  land  must  submit  a  plan  and  specification  showing  the  route  to  be  fol- 
lowed, especially  marking  where  roads  are  to  be  crossed  o"  entered  upon,  and  describ- 
ing the  nature  and  dimensions  of  the  materials  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of  the 
line,  and  any  other  particulars  which  may  be  required,  upon  receipt  of  which  the 
Deputy  Postmaster-General  may  direct  an  officer  of  the  department  to  examine  such 
plan  and  specification,  and,  if  necessary,  make  an  inspection  of  the  route,  the  cost  of 
such  examination  and  inspection  to  be  borne  by  the  person  wishing  to  erect  the  line; 
and  should  the  report  of  such  officer  disclose  that  the  line  will  not  in  any  way  inter- 
fere with  or  endanger  any  other  line  of  telegraph,  whether  belonging  to  the  Postmas- 
ter-General, the  railway  authorities,  or  any  private  person,  and  that  the  material  and 
method  of  erection  described  in  the  specification  are  satisfactory,  the  Postmaster-Gen- 
eral, may,  upon  payment  of  the  necessary  feas,  grant  permission,  to  erect  such  line: 
Provided,  however,  that  such  permission  shall  in  no  case  be  granted  where  a  line  is 
to  run  from  a  point  in  the  vicinity  of  a  telegraph  office  to  another  point  in  a  like 
vicinity,  or  in  the  event  of  the  route  of  such  proposed  line  being  along  any  public 
road,  railway,  or  track;  or  over  or  across  any  private  land  other  than  land  belonging 
to  the  person  desirous  of  erecting  such  private  line,  unless  and  until  thi  necessary 
permission  of  the  local  authority  or  the  owners  of  such  private  land  (as  the  case  may 
be)  shall  have  been  obtained,  and  satisfactory  evidence  to  that  effect  shall  have  been 
forwarded  to  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General. 

3.  If  the  line  crosses  a  road,  track,  or  other  public  place,  the  height  of  the  wire 
above  the  highest  portion  of  the  road,  track.  &c,  shall  not  be  less  than  18  feet,  and  the 
poles  carrying  the  wire  at  such  places  shall  be  of  a  substantial  character  and  be 
strutted  or  stayed,  if  necessary,  to  stand  the  strain  of  the  wire. 

4.  All  fittings  upon  such  poles,  such  as  brackets,  pins,  insulators,  wires,  &c,  shall 
be  of  approved  material  and  make. 

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5.  The  person  to  whom  such  permission  has  been  granted,  shall,  upon  the  com- 
pletion of  the  line,  inform  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General  thereof,  and  an  officer  of 
the  department  may  then  be  sent  to  inspect  the  line  and  report  whether  the  work  has 
been  satisfactorily  carried  out.  The  cost  of  such  inspection  shall  be  borne  by  the  per- 
son to  whom  permission  to  erect  the  line  has  been  given.  If  the  work  be  not  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  inspecting  officer,  he  shall  issue  instructions  as  to  what  is  required, 
and  on  the  defects  being  made  good  a  license  to  use  the  line  may  be  issued. 

6.  Should  the  person  to  whom  permission  has  been  granted  to  erect  the  line  fail 
to  make  good  the  defects  pointed* out,  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General  may  take  such 
steps  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  remove  the  portions  objected  to,  and  a  license  to 
use  the  line  shall  not  be  issued  until  the  requirements  of  the  Deputy  Postmaster-Gen- 
eral have  been  satisfactorily  complied  with. 

7.  On  the  completion  of  the  line  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Deputy  Postmaster* 
General  a  license  to  use  it  shall  be  issued.  A  license  fee  of  5s.  ($1.22)  per  annum, 
payable  in  advance,  shall  be  charged,  irrespective  of  the  length  of  the  line.  This  fee 
covers  the  use  of  one  line  only.  If  the  line  be  extended  so  as  to  connect  additional 
stations,  a  further  fee  of  5s.  ($1.22)  per  annum  for  each  additional  line  shall  be 
charged;  and,  in  the  case  of  a  line  joining  two  pastoral  holdings,  a  separate  license- 
fee  shall  be  charged  for  each  holding  occupied  by  a  different  lessee,  irrespective  of  the 
length  of  the  line,  and  such  fee  must  be  paid  in  advance. 

8.  Where  such  a  line  is  erected  partly  on  existing  poles  the  property  of  the  Post- 
master-General, a  sum  of  25s.  ($6.09)  per  annum  per  mile,  payable  in  advance,  shall 
be  charged  for  the  portion  erected  on  such  poles,  in  addition  to  the  license  fee  men- 
tioned. The  wire  on  such  poles  shall  be'  erected  and  maintained  by  the  Postmaster- 
General,  and  the  licensee  must  undertake  to  rent  the  line  for  a  period  of  six  years. 

9.  If  such  line  connect  with  a  telegraph  office,  the  following  shall  be  the  charges 
payable  in  respect  thereof : — 

Por  every  telephone  communicating  with  any  telegraph  office  a  fee  of  £1 
($4.87)  per  annum  shall  be  payable  in  advance.  A  further  charge  of  £1 
($4.87)  per  annum  shall  be  payable  in  advance  for  the  maintenance  of 
the  telephone  in  use  at  the  telegraph  office,  which  will  be* supplied  by  the 
Postmaster-General.  The  telephone  for  the  use  of  the  licensee  may  be 
either  provided  by  him  or  purchased  from  the  Postmaster-General,  but 
must  be  maintained  by  the  licensee  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Postmaster- 
General. 

10.  Every  message  passing  in  either  direction  over  any  private  line  connected 
with  any  telegraph  office,  shall  be  considered  as  a  telegram,  and  charged  for  at  the  fol- 
lowing rates: — 

(a)  Por  every  message  intended  for  transmission  over  the  wires  of  the  Post 
master-General  in  the  usual  way,  the  ordinary  telegraphic  charges  shall 
be  made. 

(b)  For  every  message  intended  for  delivery  within  a  radius  of  one  mile 
from  the  telegraph  office  in  which  the  telephone  is  fixed,  6d.  (12i  cents). 

(c)  Por  every  message  handed  in  at  the  office  in  which  the  telephone  is  fixed 
for  transmission  over  the  telephone  wire  to  the  licensee's  office,  a  charge 
of  6d.  (12i  cents)  shall  be  made. 

(d)  The  licensee  shall  deposit  with  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  telegraph  office 
with  which  the  line  is  connected  a  sum  calculated  to  meet  the  cost  of  all 
communications  passing  over  the  line  for  a  period  of  one  month,  such  de- 
posit to  be  lenewed  monthly,  or  more  frequently,  if  necessary,  and  the 
licensee  must  accept  the  statement  of  such  officer  as  to  the  charges. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.    A.  1905 

11.  If  the  licensee  of  a  line  connected  with  any  telegraph  office  desires  to  call  any 
person  to  speak  to  him  on  such  line,  the  following  charges  shall  be  made  :— 

For  a  messenger  sent  to  call  any  person  residing  within  the  usual  radius  of 
free  delivery  of  telegrams  to  the  telegraph  office,  6d.  (12 J  cents). 

To  call  persons  from  beyond  the  radius  of  free  delivery  of  telegrams  the  usual 
porterage  charges  in  addition  to  the  above-mentioned  charge  of  6d.  (12| 
cents)  shall  be  made. 

If  any  person  desires  to  speak  from  any  telegraph  office  to  the  licensee  of  a 
line  connected  with  such  office  he  may  do  so  upon  payment  of  a  sum  of 
6d.  (12J  cents)  for  each  conversation :  Provided  that  the  telephone  is  so 
placed  in  the  post  and  telegraph  office  as  not  to  require  access  to  portions 
of  the  premises  which  by  regulations  are  not  open  to  the  public  except 
as  above  specified.  Any  attempt  to  use  licensed  lines  for  other  than  the 
business  of  the  licensee  may  be  met  with  by  a  withdrawal  of  the  license 
to  use  such  line  and  the  forfeiture  of  any  payments  made. 

12.  The  Deputy  Postmaster-General  may  direct  an  official  inspection  of  private 
telephone  lines  to  be  made  periodically,  and  the  officer  making  such  inspection  may 
direct  the  licensee  to  make  such  alterations  or  repairs  as  may  to  him  appear  necessary, 
and  the  licensee  shall  immediately  carry  out  the  same.  In  the  event  of  his  failing  to 
do  so  within  a  reasonable  time,  the  officer  shall  report  to  that  effect,  and  the  license 
to  use  such  line  may  be  cancelled.  i 

13.  The  licensee  shall  be  wholly  responsible  for  the  repair  and  maintenance  of  the 
line  (except  as  regards  the  portion  of  it  erected  on  i  poles  the  property  of  the  Postmas- 
ter-General, and  therefore  maintained  by  the  Postmaster-General)  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General,  and  he  shall  undertake  to  maintain  the  [  same  in 
a  thoroughly  efficient  manner  at  his  own  cost,  and  any  alterations,  repairs,  or  other 
works  which  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General  may,  in  the  interest  of  the  public  safety 
or  convenience,  order  to  be  done,  shall  be  charged  to  the  licensee,  and  may  be  recovered 
by  the  ordinary  process  of  the  law. 

14.  The  licensee  of  a  private  line  shall  be  responsible !  for  any  injury  to  life,  limb, 
or  property  caused  by  the  poles,  wire,  or  other  parts  of  such  line  (except,  however, 
such  portion  of  the  line  as  may  \  be  erected  on  poles  the  property  of  the  Postmaster. 
General,  or  which  is  maintained  by  the  Postmaster-General). 

15.  When  a  private  line  does  not  connect  with  a  telegraph  office  the  licensee  shall 
undertake  that  it  shall  be  used  for  his  own  private  purposes  only,  or  by  those  author- 
ized by  him,  with  the  approval  of  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General,  to  connect  by  tele- 
phone en  route,  and  in  no  case  shall  he  charge  or  accept  a  fee  for  the  use  of  the  line 
or  for  the  transmission  of  any  communication  'over  the  same;  and  in  the  event  of  it 
being  proved  that  he  has  done  so  at  any  time,  the  license  issued  in  respect  of  such  line 
may  be  cancelled. 

16.  In  the  event  of  a  licensee's  line  being  found  to  interfere  in  any  way  with  the 
erection  of  any  lines  by  the  Postmaster-General  or  the  railway  authorities,  the  Deputy 
Postmaster-General  may  direct  the  licensee's  line  to  be  altered,  removed,  re-erected  in 
another  position,  or  otherwise  dealt  with  as  may  be  deemed  necessary. 

17.  The  Deputy  Postmaster-General  may  authorize  the  use,  by  any  government 
official  on  public  business,  of  any  private  telephone  line  erected  after  the  publication 
of  these  regulations. 

If  the  owner  or  licensee  of  any  such  private  telephone  line  refuses  to  allow  any 
such  official,  authorized  as  aforesaid,  to  use  such  line,  the  license  issued  in  respect 
thereof  may  be  cancelled. 


TASMANIA. 


APPENDIX  "A"  645 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


TELEPHONING  OF  TELEGRAMS. 

LOCAL  TELEPHONOGRAMS. 

Transmission  of  Telegrams  by  Telephone. 

Subscribers  to  telephone  exchanges  may  transmit  by  telephone  to  any  telegraph 
office  which  may  be  connected  with  a  telephone  exchange  messages  intended  to  be  fur- 
ther transmitted  from  the  telegraph  office  to  the  respective  destinations  of  such  mes- 
sages as  telegrams ;  provided  they  pay  the  usual  cost  of  such  telegrams  in  addition  to 
the  rates  for  transmission  through  the  telephone. 

Subscribers  may  also,  at  their  own  option,  have  telegrams  addressed  to  them  for- 
warded by  telephone  from  the  telegraph  office  of  destination  to  their  telephonic  ad- 
dress, provided  such  telegraph  office  is  connected  with  a  telephone  exchange;  and 
copies  of  such  telegrams  will  at  the  same  time  be  posted  for  delivery  to  their  address, 
stamped  on  the  face  '  Transmitted  by  telephone.' 

Subscribers  may  elect  to  pay  either  an  annual  fee  of  £5  5s.  for  the  transmission  of 
telegrams  by  telephone  or  they  may  pay  for  each  individual  telegram  transmitted. 

The  charges  for  transmitting  telegrams  through  the  telephone,  when  the  annual 
fee  of  five  guineas  (£5  5s.)  has  not  ben  paid,  shall  be  as  follows: — 

s.     d. 

For  the  first  twenty  words  or  under 0     3     (6  cents) 

For  each  additional  ten  words  or  under 0     1     (2  cents) 

Where  telegrams  are  required  to  be  transmitted  by  telephone  over  trunk  lines  for 
the  use  of  which  special  fees  are  chargeable,  these  fees  must  be  paid  in  addition  to 
the  above  charges  or  the  annual  fee. 

In  addition  to  these  rates  the  usual  cost  of  the  telegrams  forwarded  for  transmis- 
sion by  wire  must  be  paid,  and  persons  wishing  to  avail  themselves  of  the  above-men- 
tioned arrangement  will  be  required  to  deposit  with  the  department  a  sum  sufficient 
to  cover  the  cost  of  such  telegrams  for  one  month,  such  deposit  to  be  renewed  monthly, 
or  more  frequently  if  necessary. 

The  transcription  of  telegrams  telephoned  by  subscribers  will,  so  far  as  the  de- 
partment is  concerned,  become  the  original  telegrams,  but  the  department  will  not 
assume,  or  be  subject  to,  any  liability  by  reason  or  on  account  of  any  failure,  delay,, 
or  mistake  in  or  about  the  transmission,  receipt,  or  delivery  of  any  telegram  under 
this  arrangement  from  whatever  cause  the  same  may  arise. 

Subscribers  may  transmit  messages  through  the  telephone  for  delivery  within  a 
radius  of  one  mile  from  the  telegraph  office  connected  with  the  telephone  exchange  at 
the  ordinary  telegram  rate,  to  be  paid  either  by  the  sender  or  addressee. 

The  precaution  of  asking  the  officer  who  receives  a  message  by  telephone  to  re- 
peat it  through  the  telephone  after  transcribing  it  and  before  transmitting  it  by  wire 
to  destination,  must  always  be  adopted.  It  must  then  be  accepted  by  the  sender  as 
correct. 

Telephonograms  will  not  be  transmitted  over  trunk  lines. 

Telephonograms  advising  the  movements"  of  shipping  will  be  sent  from  the  var- 
ious stations  connected  by  telegraph  in  any  state  to  telephone  subscribers  on  applica- 
tion, on  payment  of  the  ordinary  telegram  rates. 

REGULATIONS  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  ERECTION  OF  PUBLIC  TELEGRAPH  OR  TELEPHONE  LINES 
,  UNDER  GUARANTEE. 

1.  Any  person  may  apply  in  writing  to  the  Postmaster-General  for  the  construc- 
tion of  a  telegraph  or  telephone  line  under  these  regulations. 

2.  Each  application  will  be  dealt  with  on  its  merits,  but  no  application  will  be 
granted  unless  the  Postmaster-General  is  satisfied  that  the  line  applied  for  is  required 
in  the  public  interest. 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1P05 

3.  No  application  shall  be  granted  for  the  construction  of  a  line  not  likely  to 
yield  a  minimum  revenue  within  a  period  of  eight  years  after  the  construction  of  the 
line,  unless  the  Postmaster-General  is  satisfied  that  there  are  special  circumstance? 
rendering  its  construction  desirable. 

4.  If  the  line  is  not  likely  to  yield,  annually,  an  amount  sufficient  to  provide — 

(a)  For  the  cost  of  operating  the  line ;  and 

(b)  Ten  per  cent  on  the  cost  of  constructing  the  line  and  supplying  the  in- 
struments  (to  cover  maintenance,  renewals,  &c). 

(which  amount  is  referred  to  in  these  regulations  as  a  minimum  revenue),  the  appli- 
cants shall,  for  the  purpose  of  guaranteeing  the  receipt  of  that  amount,  comply  with 
the  following  conditions,  namely: — 

(a)  The  applicants  shall  deposit  "with  the  Postmaster-General  a  sum  of  money 
sufficient  to  pay  the  estimated  cost  of  operating  the  line  for  two  years, 
together  with  a  sum  equal  to  not  less  than  ten  per  cent  per  annum  for 
two  years  on  the  estimated  cost  of  constructing  the  line  and  supplying 
instruments. 

(b)  The  applicants  shall  enter  into  a  joint  and  several  bond,  in  a  sum  to  be 
fixe !  by  the  Postmaster-General,  conditioned  to  make  good  any  sum  by 
which  the  receipts  from  the  line  in  any  year  during  a  period  of  seven 
years  after  the  completion  of  the  line  fall  short  of  a  minimum  revenue. 

5.  The  sum  deposited  with  the  Postmaster-General  shall  be  placed  to  his  credit 
in  a  savings  bank,  and  such  sum  and  any  interest  thereon  shall  be  available  for  the 
purpose  of  making  good  in  any  year  any  amount  by  which  the  yearly  receipts  from 
the  line  fall  short  of  a  minimum  revenue,  and  the  sums  required  for  that  purpose  may 
be  withdrawn  from  the  bank  and  paid  to  the  consolidated  revenue  fund  at  such  times 
as  the  Postmaster-General  thinks  proper. 

6.  The  bond  shall  be  in  a  form  approved  by  the  Postmaster-General,  and  pay- 
ments under  it  shall  be  made  within  one  month  after  demand  by  the  Postmaster-Gen- 
eral; but  no  such  demand  shall  be  made  so  long  as  the  sum  deposited,  or  any  balance 
thereof,  is  sufficient  to  make  good  the  amount  required. 

7.  After  the  expiration  of  seven  years  from  the  completion  of  the  line,  the  bond 
may  be  renewed  or  a  new  bond  executed  for  such  further  period  as  the  Postmaster- 
General  directs,  and  if  the  bond  is  not  so  renewed  or  a  new  bond  executed,  the  Post- 
master-General may,  unless  he  is  satisfied  that  the  line  will  yield  a  minimum  revenue, 
remove  it  and  the  instruments. 

8.  Any  balance  of  the  sum  deposited  or  interest  thereon  may  after  the  expiration 
of  seven  years  from  the  completion  of  the  line,  be  returned  to  the  applicants. 

9.  The  line  and  instruments  shall  remain  the  property  of  the  Postmaster-General. 
10.  These  regulations  shall  take  effect  forthwith. 

PUBLIC   TELEGRAPH    (OR   TELEPHONE)    LINES  ERECTED   AND   MAINTAINED  BY   THE   PERSONS 
DESIRING  SUCH  LINES,  INSTEAD  OF  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  UNDER  GUARANTEE. 

1.  In  cases  where  the  estimated  probable  telegraph  (or  telephone)  revenue  is  not 
sufficient  to  justify  the  erection  and  maintenance  by  the  department  of  a  telegraph 
(or  telephone)  line  for  public  use  without  guarantee,  and  where  it  is  considered  by  the 
persons  applying  for  the  erection  and  maintenance  of  such  lines  that  it  will  be  to  their 
advantage  to  construct  and  maintain  such  lines  at  their  own  expense,  the  Postmaster- 
General  may  authorize  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  line  by  such  persons 
subject  to  the  following  conditions: — 

1.  The  erection  of  the  line  shall  be  subject  to  the  regulations  with  regard  to 
private  telephone  lines  in  country  districts  so  far  as  they  apply,  with  the 
following  exceptions: — 

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APPESD1X  "A"  647 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

(a)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Post  and  Telegraph 
Act,  1901,  or  in  any  regulations,  the  persons  constructing  the 
lines  shall  not  have  or  exercise  any  power  to  enter  upon  or  in- 
terfere with  any  private  land  without  the  consent  in  writing  of 
the  owner  thereof,  the  onus  of  obtaining  which  consent  to  lie 
upon  the  persons  constructing  the  line. 

(J>)  Where  the  line  is  erected  on  private  land,  the  method  of  con- 
struction shall  be  at  the  option  of  the  persons  constructing  the 
line,  subject  to  the  approval  in  writing  of  the  owners  of  the 
land,  the  onus  of  obtaining  which  approval  shall  lie  upon  the 
persons   constructing  the  line. 

(c)  Where  the  line  is  erected  upon  public  land  of  the  commonwealth 
or  of  a  state,  or  on  or  across  a  road,  railway,  track,  or  other 
place  used  for  traffic  or  accessible  to  the  public,  the  method  of 
construction  and  the  poles  and  other  material  to  be  used  shall 
be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General, 
but  the  approval  shall  not  be  unreasonably  withheld. 

(d)  No  license  fees  shall  be  charged. 

2.  The  persons  constructing  and  maintaining  the  line  shall  nominate  and  sub- 

mit to  the  Postmaster-General  the  names  of  one  or  two  persons  as  the 
trustees  for  the  line  to  represent  them,  and  to  receive  on  their  account  the 
amounts  payable  by  the  Postmaster-General,  as  hereinafter  provided,  for 
the  use  of  the  line  for  public  purposes. 

3.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  line  the  Postmaster-General  may  make  ar- 

rangements for  its  use  for  public  business,  and  provide  for  such  attend- 
ance as  may  be  necessary  for  operating  the  line  at  the  cost  of  the  de- 
partment. 

4.  The  charges  for  the  use  of  the  line  by  all  persons,  including  those  by  whom 

it  has  been  erected,  and  by  whom  it  is  to  be  maintained,  shall  be  those 
prescribed  by  the  Act  or  regulations,  for  the  time  being,  for  telegrams 
or  telephonic  conversations. 

5.  In  consideration  of  the  erection  and  maintenance  by  the  persons  concerned 

of  the  line  for  public  business,  the  Postmaster-General  shall  pay  to  the 
trustees  for  the  line  such  a  proportion  of  the  earnings  of  the  line  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  agreed  upon,  but  not  more  than  two-thirds  of  the 
rates  determined  for  suburban  telegraph  messages,  or  for  telephonic  con- 
versations with  the  office  with  which  the  line  is  directly  connected. 

6.  The  Postmaster-General  may  at  any  time  take  possession  of  the  line  pro- 

wted  he  make  payment  to  the  owners  thereof  at  a  valuation  to  be  mutu- 
ally agreed  upon,  or,  failing  such  mutual  agreement,  by  arbitration  in 
the  manner  provided  by  section  155  of  the  Post  and  Telegraph  Act,  1901. 


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648  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  '905 

No.  296. 

COMMONWEALTH  OF  AUSTRALIA. 

(See  also  pages  354  and   635.) 

EXTRACTS  FROM  A  REPORT  BY  JOHN  HESKETH,  ESQ.,  ELECTRICAL  ENGINEER,  POSTMi>STER-GEN- 
ERAL'S  DEPARTMENT,  QUEENSLAND,  ON  MATTERS  INVESTIGATED  BY  HIM  DURING  HIS 
RECENT  TOUR  IN    AMERICA  AND  EUROPE,  &C. 

The  Secretary, 

Postmaster-General's  Department. 

I  beg  to  submit  herewith  the  following  reports  upon  the  points  of  chief  interest 
among  those  investigated  during  the  tour  of  inspection  just  completed : — 

I.  Report  upon  the  present  position  of  the  telephone  art,  with  suggestions  as 
to  the  action  desirable  for  the  proper  development  of  the  telephone  sys- 
tems of  the  Commonwealth  of  Australia. 
II.  Report  upon  recent  telegraphic  developments  in  America  and  Europe.* 

III.  Report  on  wireless  telegraphy.* 

IV.  Report  upon  methods  of  simultaneous  telegraphy  and  telephony. 

V.  Report  upon  the  question  of  injurious  affection  of  telegraph  and  telephone 
lines  by  strong  current  works."" 

These  reports  will,  as  opportunity  permits,  be  followed  by  others  on  minor  or  sup- 
plementary matters,  as  also  upon  the  various  technical  details. 

JOHN  HESKETH, 

Electrical  Engineer. 

Postmaster-General's  Department,  Queensland,  March  12,  1905. 


I. — REPORT  UPON  THE  PRESENT  POSITION  OF  THE  TELEPHONE  'ART,  WITH  SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO 
THE  ACTION  DESIRABLE  FOR  THE  PROPER  DEVELOPMENT  OF  THE  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 
OF   THE  COMMONWEALTH   OF   AUSTRALIA. 

In  reporting  upon  the  result  of  such  a  tour  of  inspection  as  that  just  completed, 
it  appears  well  that  an  endeavour  should  be  made  to  avoid  technical  or  other  unne- 
cessary details,  and  to  present  conclusions  supported  only,  by  outlined  arguments,  re- 
serving for  supplementary  reports  the  technical  and  other  detailed  evidence  in  sup- 
port of  the  conclusions. 

It  is  assumed  that  a  simple  history  of  towns  visited,  and  things  seen  would  be 
valueless,  unless  accompanied  by  a  statement  of  the  lessons  learnt,  and  that  it  were 
better  to  give  a  clear  conclusion  rather  than  a  mass  of  evidence. 

The  conclusions  will  therefore  be  stated  in  this  report,  and  the  technical  details 
reserved  for  supplements  to  be  submitted  as  early  as  they  can  be  prepared. 

It  will  also  be  convenient  to  divide  the  report  into  the  following  sections : — 

1.  Development  policy. 

2.  Charges,  general  consideration  of. 

3.  Party  lines. 

4.  Draft  scheme  of  charges.  • 

5.  Rates  in  other  countries. 

6.  Pay  stations  or  call  offices. 


•Not  printed. 

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7.  Country  district  lines  and  trunk  lines. 

8.  Traffic  questions. 

9.  Construction  methods. 

10.  Construction  costs. 

11.  Engineering  methods  and  staff. 

12.  Selection  of  system. 

13.  Transmission  standards. 

14.  Funds  and  administration. 

15.  Summary  and  recommendations. 

1. — Telephone  Development  Policy. 

It  is  noticeable  that  in  some  parts  of  the  world  the  number  of  telephone  instru- 
ments in  use  per  hundred  of  population  reaches  a  very  high  figure.  Even  in  large 
cities,  such  as  San  Francisco,  12  per  cent  is  attainable,  while  in  small  towns  as  high 
a  figure  as  23  per  cent  has  been  met.  The  percentage  of  telephones  to  population  is 
generally  spoken  of  as  the  '  development.'  In  Australia  this  development  does  not 
exceed  2  per  cent. 

It  is  a  reasonable  assumption  that  any  telephone  administration  desires  the  sys- 
tem to  be  of  the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number,  and  if  there  are  any  recognized 
means  whereby  this  is  to  be  obtained,  then  such  should  be  adopted. 

It  is  fair  to  assume  that  the  policy  which  will  insure  a  high  development  in  San 
Francisco,  or  elsewhere,  will  do  the  same  in  Sydney  or  Melbourne,  for  though  the  de- 
velopment is  controlled  to  some  extent  by  local  conditions,  by  far  the  preponderating 
factor  is  the  policy. 

Speaking  generally,  it  is  found  that  the  highest  development  is  to  be  found  in 
those  cities  giving  the  best  of  services,  at  rates  varying  with  the  extent  to  which  the 
service  is  used. 

A  cheap  service  is  not  necessarily  one  with  a  high  development,  and  it  is  almost 
invariably  inefficient. 

On  the  other  hand  (although  there  are  not  lacking  notable  instances  of  high  rates 
being  accomplished  by  a  most  inefficient  service),  while  high  rates  enable  a  high  effi- 
ciency to  be  obtained,  it  is  usually  accompanied  by  a  low  development. 

Between  low  rates  and  inefficient  service,  and  high  rates  with  a  low  development, 
there  is  a  mean  where  the  highest  commercial  efficiency  and  soundest  development  go 
together. 

The  question  of  development  is  inevitably  connected  with  that  of — 

•  2. — Telephone  Charges. 

In  this  connection  it  is  well  to  consider  the  experience  of  the  independent  tele- 
phone companies  in  the  United  States.  In  the  majority  of  instances  these  companies 
commenced  operations  with  but  a  faint  conception  of  the  possibilities  of  development. 
They  built  for  subscribers  in  hundreds,  and  obtained  them  in  thousands.  Flat  rates 
were  adopted  for  competitive  reasons,  and  were  cut  as  low  as  inexperience  suggested. 
These  undertakings  are  now  almost  without  exception  endeavouring  to  find  some 
means  whereby  the  charges  may  be  increased.  They  also  recognize  that  the  original 
scheme  of  flat  rates  (uniform  rates  for  unlimited  and  varying  services)  was  wrong  in 
principle.  They  now  wish  to  adopt  the  measured  service  basis  of  charging,  but  find 
it  difficult  to  change  from  one  to  the  other. 

This  is  not  the  experience  of  the  independent  companies  of  America  alone.  It  is 
the  consensus  of  opinion  of  the  world.  It  is  no  exaggeration  to  say  that  there  are 
very  few,  if  any,  telephone  engineers  or  administrators  in  the  world  who  do  not  admit 
that  telephone  charges  should  be  on  the  measured  service;  i.e.,  the  payment  should 
vary  with  the  extent  to  which  the  service  is  used. 

This  principle  is  carried  into  practice  in  various  centres  in  the  United  States, 
Germany,  Austria,  Sweden,  Switzerland,  and,  in  short,  in  every  well-developed  centre. 

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It  is  noticeable  that  even  where  the  measured  service  has  not  yet  been  introduced, 
provision  is  being  made  in  modern  equipments  for  metering  each  subscriber's  calls 
separately.  It  is  now  a  recognized  feature  in  new  equipments.  Although  the  meter- 
ing is  not  automatic,  but  usually  effected  manually  by  the  operator,  no  serious  trouble 
arises  with  subscribers  through  their  accounts  being  questioned. 

Having  in  view  the  existing  charges  in  Australia,  the  question  naturally  arises 
how  a  measured  service  could  be  adopted  there.  In  my  opinion  the  most  satisfactory 
way  would  be  to  refuse  subscribers  at  the  old  flat  rates  from  a  given  date,  say,  Janu- 
ary 1,  1906,  and  from  that  date  introduce  a  new  scale  of  charges,  the  basis  of  which 
would  be  payments  to  vary  with  the  size  of  the  network,  and  the  extent  to  which  a 
line  was  used. 

Before,  however,  going  on  to  propose  a  definite  scheme  of  charges,  it  is  best  to 
consider  a  second  section  of  the  question  of  development  and  charges,  which  is  the 
subject  of  party  lines. 

3. — Party  Lines. 

It  is  beyond  argument  that  to  provide  separate  lines  for  each  subscriber  is  gen- 
erally more  costly  than  to  provide  apparatus  to  enable  two  or  more  people  to  use  the 
same  line.  Therefore,  however  low  the  rates  for  separate  lines  may  be,  the  rates  for 
party  lines  might  be  lower,  and  would  enable  a  larger  development  to  be  obtained. 

There  are  several  kinds  of  party-line  services,  each  possessing  certain  advantages, 
and  giving  good  service.  In  the  United  States  lines  serving  two,  four,  eight,  ten,  or 
even  twenty  different  stations,  have  been  used  with  every  success,  depending  only  upon 
the  standard  of  service  desired. 

On  all  party  lines  only  one  party  can  use  the  line  at  a  time,  though  the  other  par- 
ties on  the  same  line  can  in  some  instances  or  systems  '  listen  in.' 

On  two-party  '  selective '  lines,  if  the  line  be  disengaged,  each  party  can  be  called, 
or  can  call  the  exchange  without  disturbing  the  other. 

On  four-party  '  semi-selective '  lines,  if  the  line  be  disengaged,  any  party  can 
call  the  exchange  without  disturbing  the  other  parties,  but  when  the  exchange  calls 
one  party,  one  other  also  hears  the  call,  and  two  of  the  four  do  not. 

On  party-lines  having  more  than  four  instruments  connected,  each  party  hears 
calls  for  half  the  total  number  of  instruments  connected,  but  as  each  is  called  by  a 
special  call  number  of  rings,  the  users  soon  become  accustomed  to  this,  and  consider 
it  no  serious  disadvantage. 

The  various  different  systems  in  use  the  world  over  have  been  carefully  studied, 
and  I  would  recommend  for  use  in  Australia  the  following: — 

On  all  exchanges  worked  by  suitable  systems — 

I.  Two-party  lines  with  selective  ringing. 
On  branch  exchanges  for  residences — 

I.  Two-party  lines  with  selective  ringing. 
II.  Four-party  lines  with  semi-selective  ringing. 

For  country  districts  service  only,  in  addition  to  I.  and  II. — 
III.  Lines  up  to  twenty  parties,  code  ringing. 

Each  user  on  a  two-party  line  should  be  restricted  to  an  average  of  not  more  than 
ten  outward  calls  a  day,  and  each  user  of  a  four-party  line  to  an  average  of  not  more 
than  five.    All  inward  calls  (from  other  subscribers  to  party-line  subscribers)  are  free. 

Party-line  calls  should  be  restricted  to  not  more  than  five  minutes'  duration. 

These  two  provisions  are  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  the  privileges  of  the 
other  parties  on  the  line. 

It  would  also  be  necessary  to  make  certain  stipulations  as  to  the  locality  of  party- 
line  subscribers.  That  is  to  say,  the  subscribers  to  a  four-party  line  should  be  re- 
quired to  be  within  a  circle  of  a  certain  prescribed  radius,  or  in  the  ease  of  a  city, 

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so  located  that  the  connecting  wires  need  not  cross  streets ;  but  these  would  be  matters 
for  inclusion  in  draft  regulations  when  the  broad  principle  has  been  approved. 

The  technical  details  connected  with  party-lines  will  be  dealt  with  at  greater  length 
in  a  later  report;  but  it  may  be  sufficient  here  to  state  that  the  foregoing  selection 
is  made  with  a  view  to  giving  the  greatest  range  to  the  service  (i.e.,  the  possibility 
of  attracting  users  of  widely  varying  needs)  while  preserving  a  system  free  from  costly 
complication. 

It  should  be  clearly  understood  that  party-lines  and  the  consequent  cheaper 
services  are  impossible  on  our  present  systems. 

There  is,  however,  no  reason  why  a  new  system  should  not  work  in  conjunction 
with  the  old  one  for  a  time.  That  is  to  say,  a  common  battery  system  could  be  adopted 
and  new  party  lines  connected  thereto  without  necessarily  interfering  with  the  ex- 
isting equipment.  There  are  objections  to  this  course  from  traffic  considerations,  but 
it  would  be  far  better  to  work  two  dissimilar  switchboards  in  one  office  than  to  con- 
tinue the  disabilities  of  our  present  obsolete  systems. 

It  will  be  seen,  therefore,  that  the  necessary  preliminaries  to  a  satisfactory 
revision  of  our  methods  of  service  are : — 

I.  The  adoption  of  a  system  enabling  party  lines  to  be  operated. 
II.  The  adoption  of  a  measured  service. 

4. — Draft  Scheme  of  Charges. 
Any  revised  scheme  should,  in  my  opinion,  include  varying  charges  for  Exchanges 
of  different  sizes.     The  estimated  ultimate  size  of  the  Exchange  is  that  to  be  kept  in 
view  when  fixing  the  charges.    It  is,  however,  well  to  have  in  view,  first,  a  scale  show- 
ing the  main  charges  for  differing  services  in  the  largest  Exchanges. 

It  is  first  necessary  to  lay  down  the  number  of  calls  to  be  included  in  the  fixed 
annual  charge.  In  laying  down  this  number,  care  should  be  taken  that  it  is  not 
placed  too  high,  or  the  minimum  charge  will  prove  also  the  maximum  revenue  per 
subscriber,  as  measured  service  users  will  cut  down  the  use  to  a  minimum.  It  is  best 
to  allow  a  minimum  which  is  found  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  smaller  users. 
larger  users  paying  for  the  additional  service.  I,  therefore,  suggest  two  calls  a  working 
day,  or  600  per  annum  as  a  fair  allowance.  This  is  about  the  average  number  of  con- 
versations per  subscriber  in  Switzerland. 

Additional  calls  should  be  charged  for  at  as  low  a  rate  as  will  be  remunerative. 
Although  it  appears  a  very  low  figure,  I  should  be  strongly  in  favour  of  adopting  a 
rate  of  £1  for  every  500  calls,  or,  say,  a  half -penny  per  call,  over  the  number  covered 
by  the  annual  subscription.  This  is  the  rate  adopted  by  the  National  Telephone 
Company,  England. 

Party  lines  should  produce  a  revenue  equal  to  that  from  a  separate  line,  plus 
the  cost  of  providing  the  necessary  extra  instrument  and  additional  wire,  and  attend- 
ing to  all  extra  calls. 

To  suggest  a  definite  schedule  of  charges  is  not  at  all  an  easy  task.  The  rates  at 
present  charged  are  far  too  low  for  an  unlimited  service,  and  by  comparison  any  figures 
on  measured  service  basis  suffer.  Unconsciously,  the  judgment  on  any  revised  scheme 
is  biased  by  that  at  present  in  force. 

I  have  not  with  me  all  the  necessary  figures  of  the  present  costs  in  Melbourne 
or  Sydney  to  enable  a  close  calculation  to  be  made,  but  I  am  strongly  inclined  to  the 
opinion  that  if  the  capital  necessary  for  the  carrying  out  of  the  proposed  works  is 
kept  distinct,  and  the  new  work  regarded  as  financially  separate  from  the  old,  then  on 
the  measured  service  suggested  above,  namely,  with  only  600  calls  per  annum  free,  the 
following  rates  for  services  within  one  mile  from  the  Exchange  would  be  remunerative, 
even  in  the  largest  Australian  centres  if  the  systems  are  given  proper  commercial 
management : — 

Separate  line £7    0    0  per  annum. 

Two  party  lines,  each  party 5    0    0 

Four  party  lines,  each  party 3  10    0 

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-UNLIMITED  SERVICE  CHARGES. 

While  in  what  has  gone  before,  it  has  been  assumed  that  the  whole  of  the  services 
would  be  measured  and  charged  accordingly  on  any  revision  being  made,  it  is  but  fair 
to  state  that  in  many  large  centres  where  the  measured  service  has  been  adopted  there 
is  in  vogue  at  the  same  time  a  system  of  charging  for  unlimited  service.  These 
fixed  charges  are,  however,  calculated  on  a  measured  basis,  and  are  correspondingly 
high.  The  difference  between  the  highest  measured  service  rate  and  the  lowest  charge 
for  an  unlimited  service  is  always  great. 

Assuming  that  fifteen  calls  are  made  on  each  working  day,  or  4,600  per  annum 
(and  this  is  exceeded  by  many  users  in  the  state  capitals),  a  fixed  annual  charge  on  the 
measured  basis  should  not  be  less  than — 

Separate  line  and  600  calls £7    0    0 

4,000  extra  calls  at  £1  per  500 8     0    0 


£15     0    0 

This  is  equivalent  to  saying  that  if  a  large  user  guarantees  to  use  the  line  fifteen 
times  a  day,  he  is  given  free  as  many  more  calls  as  he  cares  to  make. 

In  my  opinion,  however,  by  far  the  greater  proportion  of  our  telephone  users  of 
the  future  will  be  those  who  use  (lie  instruments  from  three  to  five  times  a  day,  and 
it  is  by  the  attraction  of  such  users  that  the  best  development  of  the  system  is 
attained.  It  is  for  this  large  majority  of  the  so-far  unreached  public  that  any  new 
scheme  should  be  drafted. 

Large  users  must  have  the  service.  They  know  its  value,  and  need  no  attractions 
offered  to  them.  Smaller  users  must  be  attracted  by  rates  in  conformity  with  their 
use  of  the  service,  and  by  special  facilities  to  meet  their  special  needs. 

I  am  aware  that  these  suggestions,  if  adopted,  will  at  least  mean  withholding  the 
present  rates  from  some  future  subscribers,  some  of  whom  may  consider  that  they  have 
cause  to  complain,  but  the  proposed  scheme  will  mean  that  a  far  larger  number  of 
subscribers  will  be  attracted  by  lower  rates,  and  that  in  the  end  the  greatest  good  to 
the  greatest  number  will  be  attained. 

These  suggestions  mean  that  a  small  shopkeeper  on  a  branch  Exchange  may  have 
an  efficient  telephone  service  on  a  wire  shared  by  three  others,  and  make  two  outward 
calls  a  day  (receiving  all  inward  calls  free)  for  £3  10s.  a  year.  A  shopkeeper  requir- 
ing a  freer  service,  shared  only  by  one  other,  on  the  central,  or  any  other  Exchange, 
would  pay  £5,  while  a  person  requiring  a  line  for  his  special  use  would  pay  £7.  They 
would  all  be  on  the  same  basis  as  regards  payments  for  calls  beyond  the  600  a  year 
covered  by  the  fixed  annual  charge,  paying  for  such  extra  calls  at  the  schedule  rates. 

It  should  also  be  noted  that  these  are  the  rates  considered  suitable  for  the  largest 
centres,  such  as  Sydney  or  Melbourne,  and  that  for  smaller  towns,  rates  as  much  as 
20,  or  possibly  25  per  cent  lower  may,  according  to  the  estimated  ultimate  size  of  the 
Exchange,  be  calculated  upon  with  safety. 

The  questions  for  settlement  on  this  subject  of  rates  are  therefore — ■ 

I.  Shall  the  present  rates  be  withdrawn,  and  measured  service  on  the  above 
or  a  modified  basis  be  substituted? 
II.  Shall  the  existing  flat  rates  be  withdrawn  altogether;  or 
III.  Shall  they  be  allowed  to  existing  subscribers  so  long  as  their  existing 
services  are  continued  in  the  present  form? 

My  recommendation  in  the  latter  portion  of  this  report  is  in  favour  of  I.  and 
III.,  and  against  II.  III.  would,  however,  mean  that  any  change  in  existing  services 
would  be  followed  by  a  withdrawal  of  present  rates,  and  the  introduction  of  the  new 
scale  of  charges. 

I  would,  however,  point  out  in  the  strongest  manner  possible,  that  to  amend  the 
rates  to  any  but  a  measured  service  basis  will  prejudice  the  success  of  the  systems  of 
the  Commonwealth,  while  if  a  graded  measured  service,  somewhat  on  the  lines  in- 
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dicated  is  adopted,  I  am  confident  that  the  results  obtained  elsewhere  will  be  found 
also  in  Australia. 

5. — Kates  in  oilier  Countries. 

I  append  hereto  a  schedule  showing  typical  rates  of  subscription  in  various  Ex- 
changes visited.  The  schedule  could  be  extended  to  cover  other  Exchanges,  but  the 
present  list  is  typical,  embodying  all  classes  of  service  and  charges.  The  extended 
schedule  can  be  submitted  at  any  time  if  desired. 

I  beg  to  ask  that  the  present  schedule  be  read  with  the  greatest  caution.  The 
rates  themselves  in  many  instances  appear  most  attractive,  but  they  are  one  side  of 
the  picture  only. 

As  indicating  the  effect  of  local  conditions,  Stockholm  may  be  instanced.  Here 
operators  receive  50  kr.  a  month,  or,  say,  £36  per  annum,  as  compared  with  £110  in 
Australia.  The  tariff  being  arranged  on  a  measured  service  basis,  the  calls  per  sub- 
scriocr  are  reduced,  and  each  operator  is  enabled  to  attend  to  250  subscribers;  two 
and-a-half  times  as  many  as  in  Sydney,  or  over  three  times  as  many  as  in  Melbourne. 

The  net  effect  of  this  is,  that  the  cost  of  operating  atone  in  Australia  is  about 
£2  per  annum  per  subscriber  higher  than  in  Stockholm. 

The  costs  of  labour  on  construction  are  in  a  ratio  equally  unfavourable  to  similar 
low  rales  in  Australia,  labourers  receiving  the  equivalent  of  3s.  6d.  to  4s.  6d.  a  day. 
Add  to  this  the  fact  that  the  cheap  rate  subscribers  in  Stockholm  are  connected 
to  separate  old  pattern  boards  where  they  are  given  an  admittedly  inferior  service, 
and  the  exceptional  rates  are  explained. 

The  Swiss  figures  are,  if  anything,  more  misleading,  for  the  fee  indicated  is  the 
minimum,  and  includes  no  calls.  Five  centimes  is  charged  for  every  call.  Further, 
in  the  administration  report  for  1903,  the  following  conclusion  appears  in  connexion 
with  a  report  called  for  as  to  the  ways  and  means  to  be  adopted  to  establish  a  better 
equilibrium  between  the  receipts  and  expenditure  of  the  Telegraph  and  Telephone 
Department. 

'  The  telephone  rates  do  not  bear  a  just  relation  to  the  cost  of  construction  and 
maintenance/ 

It  is  worthy  of  note  also  that  in  1903  (see  Swiss  Departmental  Report)  the  aver- 
age charge  for  telephone  service  throughout  Switzerland  was  £3  14s.  for  under  600 
calls  for  each  subscriber.  Yet,  at  the  Swiss  rates,  if  the  service,  instead  of  being 
used  only  twice  a  day,  had  been  used  twelve  times  a  day,  a  lower  average  than  that  in 
Melbourne  or  Sydney,  the  average  charge  would  have  been  £9  12s.,  or  a  higher  rate 
than  in  Melbourne  or  Sydney  for  a  less  service.  This  Takes  no  account  of  the  lowel 
pay  for  operators  in  Switzerland,  £50  as  against  £110  in  Australia. 

The  American  Independent  movement  is  now  suffering  from  the  effects  of  having 
fixed  the  rates  too  low.  In  only  one  independent  company  was  I  told  that  the  rates 
were  adequate,  and  in  this  instance  they  were  higher  than  the  competing  Bell  Com- 
pany. In  all  the  other  cases  there  was  a  movement  in  favour  of  higher  rates,  as  those 
now  in  force  did  not  allow  the  class  of  service  required  to  be  maintained.  Even  the 
post-office  London  rates  have  been  fixed  by  considerations  of  policy,  and  not  finance. 

Briefly  stated,  the  lessons  to  be  learnt  as  to  rates  are  that  a  service  can  be  given 
at  almost  any  rate  that  is  fixed,  but  that  for  a  good  service  a  good  price  must  be  paid. 
li.  bad  telephone  service  is  dear  at  any  price. 

The  service  of  the  New  York  Telephone  Company  may  be  taken  as  a  great  example 
of  good  service.  There  is  no  better  telephone  service  in  the  world,  but  the  rates  are 
the  highest  I  know  of.  Every  detail  of  the  work  of  this  company  is  admirably  carried 
out,  and  the  users  do  not  grudge  the  seeming  heavy  payment,  because  they  receive 
such  splendid  service. 

6. — Pay  Stations  or  Call-offices. 

Call-offices  play  a  prominent  part  in  the  development  of  any  American  Telephone 
system.  They  are  situated  in  every  block,  and  are  largely  used,  not  only  by  non- 
subscribers,  but  by  subscribers. 

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In  one  large  city  the  revenue  for  one  month  from  prepayment  instruments  alone 
(nickel  in  the  slot)  was  over  £10,000.  This  will  give  some  idea  of  the  extent  to  which 
such  services  are  used.  These  were  not  all  necessarily  call-offices,  but  could  be  used 
as  such  if  subscribers  desired. 

It  appears  to  be  desirable  in  forming  a  policy  of  telephone  development,  to  be  as 
liberal  as  possible  with  such  call-offices.  It  seems  advisable  to  open  them,  not  only 
where  any  small  shopkeeper  is  prepard  to  guarantee  the  minimum  party-line  revenue, 
but  also  where  the  departmental  officers  estimate  that  such  a  minimum  revenue  will  be 
obtained. 

It  also  is  desirable  that  the  installation  should  be  made  in  advance,  on  the  assump- 
tion that  the  instruments  will  be  used,  instead  of  waiting  for  a  weighty  request  for 
the  installation. 

It  is  just  as  important  that  the  Department  should  seek  out  desirable  places  in 
which  to  fix  instruments  as  call-offices,  as  it  is  that  possible  subscribers  should  be 
sought  out  and  obtained  as  clients. 

Call-offices  tend  to  assist  in  the  full  development  of  any  scheme.  They  can  be 
opened  on  a  party-line  if  there  is  any  doubt  that  a  separate  line  would  not  be  re- 
munerative; and,  in  fact,  can  be  graded  in  service  just  as  can  subscribers'  instruments. 

I  think  that  the  call-office  fee  could,  under  the  new  conditions,  be  reduced  to  2d., 
and  even  later  to  Id.,  with  safety. 

7. — Country  District  Lines  and  Trunk  Lines. 

The  independent  telephone  movement  in  the  United  States,  in  my  opinion,  owes 
its  success  to  the  manner  in  which  it  has  dealt  with  the  problem  of  country  district 
lines ;  and  where  it  fails  to  obtain  the  desired  hold  upon  the  public,  it  is  by  reason  of 
the  failure  to  establish  a  good  toll  line  service. 

Where  the  Bell  Company,  or  its  licensees,  first  appear  to  have  invited  opposition 
is  in  those  places  where  they  adopt  conservative  methods,  confining  their  attention  to 
comparatively  large  centres,  and  neglecting  the  outlying  district.  They  appear  to 
have  thought  that,  because  their  hold  upon  a  city  was  strong,  they  could  neglect  the 
country  districts.    This  has  proved  to  be  a  most  mistaken  idea. 

To  briefly  condense  the  conclusion,  it  is  impossible  to  avoid  after  a  close  study  of 
American  conditions,  I  believe  that  to  establish  any  telephone  system  upon  secure 
lines — lines  which  will  induce  the  greatest  number  of  people,  to  partake  in  its  privi- 
leges, is  not  to  leave  the  outside  districts  until  the  large  centres  are  fully  provided  for, 
but  to  build  from  the  outside  districts  in  towards  the  large  centres,  or,  at  the  very 
least,  to  give  to  the  outside  districts  an  equal  share  of  attention. 

It  were  better  to  leave  the  cities  to  press  their  requirements,  and  to  go  out  offer- 
ing the  advantages  to  the  country  districts,  than  to  do  the  reverse.  The  business  men 
in  cities  know  the  use  and  convenience  of  a  good  telephone  system;  the  farmer  may 
not.  Therefore  special  care  should  be  taken  that  the  advantages  are  pointed  out  to 
him,  and  that  he  is  given  every  facility  for  sharing  them. 

By  reason  of  their  length  and  small  number,  such  lines  may  appear  costly  to  con- 
struct, but  they  can  be  so  arranged  as  to  serve  10  to  20  points,  so  that  the  cost  per 
station  connected  may  be  reasonably  low.  It  is  useless  trying  to  develop  a  country 
district  scheme  on  a  '  one-line,  one-instrument '  basis,  or  upon  the  class  of  construc- 
tion adopted  in  cities.  Ten,  or  even  twenty,  instruments  can  work  well  on  a  line  up 
to  20  miles  long,  or  even  longer,  and  the  line  itself  may  be  of  cheap  construction. 
Trees  should  be  used  wherever  possible,  or,  failing  them,  short  poles  (erected  so  as  to 
be  clear  of  traffic),  bracket  pins  and  glass  insulators,  or  'screwed  stem'  insulators, 
with  iron  or  steel  wire,  is  a  class  of  construction  quite  adequate  for  such  lines. 

The  instruments  must  be  of  the  best,  with  high-grade  transmitters,  high-resist- 
ance bell  coils  (branching  system),  and  strong  generators;  but  with  such  instruments 
and  care,  even  cheap  line  construction  will  allow  the  users  to  speak  over  trunk  lines 
connected  thereto  up  to  500  or  600  miles,  or  even  further. 

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But,  as  such  country  district  lines  usually  connect  to  small  towns,  it  is  necessary 
to  connect  these  small  towns  by  trunk  lines  to  the  nearest  large  centre. 
(  Here,  again,  it  is  found  good  commercial  practice  to  build  feeder  lines  cheaply, 
and  to  be  liberal  in  providing  them.  From  the  'experience  gained  on  this  tour  of  in- 
spection, there  would  appear  to  be  every  justification  for  being  far  more  liberal  in 
the  future  in  preparing  estimates  of  the  revenue  to  be  derived  from  the  opening  of 
trunk  lines  to  small  country  townships. 

It  is  reasonably  possible  further  to  lay  down  general  lines  upon  which  an  approxi- 
mate estimate  of  the  earning  capacity  of  any  proposed  line  may  be  made.  For  in- 
stance, there  are  definite  known  relations  between  the  population  and  the  trunk  line 
revenue,  and  also  between  the  construction  cost  and  revenue  necessary  to  make  that 
cost  commercially  remunerative.  Similar  figures,  which  must  be  governed  largely  by 
local  conditions,  should  shortly  be  obtainable  in  Australia,  and  form  the  basis  for  a 
similar  policy  of  trunk  line  development. 

It  seems  desirable  that  a  special  study  be  made  of  existing  trunk  lines,  so  that 
constants  may  be  arrived  at  for  future  guidance. 

While,  however,  cheap  methods  of  construction  are  adopted  for  feeder  lines,  the 
greatest  care  is  taken  in  the  States  that  this  cheap  construction  is  not  carried  to  the 
point  where  it  imports  inefficiency.  Each  case  should  be  considered  upon  its  merits, 
and  designed  so  as  to  afford  the  convenience  ultimately  to  be  required,  at  a  minimum 
cost. 

But,  while  it  is  the  practice  to  provide  such  lines  freely  in  America,  the  use  of 
them  is  not  given  free.  There  is  a  definite,  and  not  very  wide,  area,  within  which 
iiny  annual  subscription  entitles  a  subscriber  to  communicate  from  a  given  exchange. 
Beyond  this  area  all  conversations  are  taxed. 

The  usual  charge  for  the  use  of  trunk  lines  in  America  is  $0,006  (A  of  a  cent) 
per  mile  for  three  minutes.  That  is  to  say,  3  minutes'  conversation  over  a  line  100 
miles  long  costs  2s.  6d.  It  is  an  axiom  in  most  American  telephone  systems  that  the 
toll  lines  pay  the  dividends. 

In  some  countries  in  Europe,  the  policy  adopted  in  New  South  Wales  of  allowing 
subscribers  the  free  use  of  lines  joining  two  exchanges  far  apart,  and  not  properly 
to  be  regarded  as  within  the  same  area,  has  been  followed,  but  in  every  instance  it  is 
regarded  as  bad  policy,  to  be  broken  away  from  as  soon  as  possible,  and  not  to  be  ex- 
tended.    It  is  nowhere  to  be  found  in  practice  in  America. 

It  is  the  practice  in  America  to  make  the  unit  of  time  for  trunk  line  conversa- 
tions three  minutes,  but  to  allow  subsequent  minutes  to  be  taken,  and  charged  for 
separately.  This  is  different  from  our  practice,  where  the  unit  of  time  is  indivisible, 
whether  it  be  the  first  or  subsequent  three-minute  periods,  all  must  be  paid  for  as  full 
periods. 

It  is  also  the  practice  to  allow  conversations  at  night  time  for  lower  rates  than 
during  the  day.  Both  these  practices  seem  worthy  of  adoption,  in  some  degree,  in 
Australia. 

The  methods  adopted  to  encourage  the  use  of  country  district  lines  in  America 
have  been  various.    Briefly,  they  may  be  classed  as  follows  :— 

1.  The  service  is  provided  entirely  by  the  telephone  company. 

2.  The  service  is  provided  jointly  by  the  telephone  company  and  the  user, 

or  users. 

In  the  latter  case  the  telephone  company  give  advice  to  the  users,  and  assist  them 
by  obtaining  standard  materials,  &e,  to  enable  them  to  build  a  line  in  conformity 
with  the  standard  practice. 

The  extent  to  which  the  telephone  company,  or  the  users,  are  responsible  for  the 
different  sections  of  the  work  varies  widely,  and  it  seems  useless  detailing  the  different 
propositions  in  this  report. 

It  appears  to  be  most  desirable  to  adopt  a  very  flexible  scheme  of  charges  to  meet 
the  varying  conditions  in  Australia.     It  appears,  also,  to  be  advisable  that  means  be 

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taken  by  advertisement  in  journals  circulating  in  country  districts,  and  by  the  pre- 
paration of  special  explanatory  pamphlets  or  circulars,  to  set  clearly  before  the  far- 
mers and  settlers  generally  the  terms  upon  which  the  advantage  of  telephonic  com- 
munication may  be  obtained,  and  the  steps  necessary  to  be  taken  to  have  such  lines 
constructed. 

14. — Funds  and  Administration. 

It  will  probably  be  conceded  that  the  administration  of  a  government  telephone 
department  should  be  conducted  on  strictly  business  lines.  Subscribers  should  be  at- 
tracted by  rates  as  low  as  the  cost  of  the  service  will  allow,  and  by  an  irreproachable 
system.  Further,  the  advantages  of  partaking  in  the  telephone  system  should  be  set 
before  such  as  are  ignorant  of  them.    For  this  purp  uts  or  canvassers  should  be 

employed  in  all  large  centres. 

I  am  convinced  that  if  the  policy  outlined  in  this  report  is  adopted,  there  will  be 
such  an  influx  of  telephone  business  as  will  tax  all  the  resources  of  the  staffs  in  the 
differ-iii   centres. 

A  large  expenditure  on  construction  account  will  also  be  unavoidable.  It  is,  of 
course,  impossible  in   this  report  to  includi  in  approximate  estimate  of  the  ex- 

penditure for,  say,  each  of  the  next  five  years,  but  it  will  exceed  that  of  the  past  in- 
Quch  as  the  number  of  subscribers  will  increase. 

It  will  be  accessary  t<>  prepare  detailed  estimates  for  each  centre  upon  the  lines 
indicated,  if  the  suggestions  arc  approved. 

While  the  expenditure  on  construction  accounl  must  inevitably  increase  as  the 
business  expands,  I  venture  to  place  before  the  minister  the  great  desirability  of  as- 
certaining definitely  the  financial  position  of  the  telephone  section  of  the  department 
in  each  state,  so  that  it  may  be  treated  as  though  it  were  a  separate  organization  as 
far  as  possible.  I  am  convinced  that  it  can  be  readily  made  into  a  profit-earning  sec- 
tion, even  though  it  be  not  so  at  the  present  time;  and  I  feel  sure  that  upon  its  being 
shown  that  the  telephone  section  is  profitable,  there  will  be  no  difficulty  placed  in  the 
way  of  obtaining  funds  for  the  necessary  extensions. 

I  venture  to  comment  thus  upon  the  financial  aspect  of  the  undertaking,  as  it  is 
observable  in  some  countries  that  when  a  government  department  fails  to  properly 
administer  the  telephone  work,  there  is  a  tendency  to  pass  on  the  franchise  to  private 
companies.  Such  companies^ succeed  in  turning  the  business  into  a  dividend-earning 
undertaking. 

I  am  sure  that  any  proposition  to  '  farm  out '  the  telephone  business  in  Australia 
would  meet  with  little  support,  especially  should  a  commercial  policy  be  adopted  by 
the  department.  But  a  commercial  policy  is  impossible  without  capital  and  commer- 
cial methods.  The  proper  extension  of  the  telephone  systems  in  the  large  centres  will 
inevitably  demand  both  these.  Unless  the  necessary  funds  are  forthcoming,  and  unless 
the  methods  found  commercially  successful  elsewhere  are  adopted,  proper  telephone 
development  is  impossible. 

I  would,  however,  repeat  that  with  proper  management,  whatever  capital  is  in- 
vested, will  earn  not  only  working  costs,  maintenance,  interest  and  sinking  fund,  but 
a  margin  beyond. 

The  lines  indicated  in  this  report  are  those  which  commercial  companies  have 
found  to  succeed.  I  see  every  reason  for  believing  that,  if  adopted,  they  will  be  equally 
successful  in  Australia. 


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IV. — REPORT  UPON  METHODS  OF  SIMULTANEOUS  TELEGRAPHY  AND  TELEPHONY. 

Simultaneous  systems  may  be  broadly  divided  as  follows: — 
I.  Metallic  circuit  lines  with  telegraph  superimposed. 
II.  Two  metallic  circuit  telephone  lines  with  third  telephone  superimposed. 

III.  Single  wire  telegraph  circuit  with  telephone  superimposed. 

IV.  Two  single  wire  telegraph  circuit  with  telephone  superimposed. 

The  first  class  has  been  well  developed  and  works  well  under  almost  all  circum- 
stances. There  is  a  slight  loss  in  efficiency,  but  with  the  latest  methods  this  need  not 
be  serious.  It  has  already  been  used  with  success  in  Queensland  for  some  time  over 
distances  up  to  80  miles. 

This  method  should  be  of  great  use  in  Australia,  where  the  erection  of  one  addi- 
tional wire  will  enable  a  metallic  circuit  telephone  trunk  line  to  be  provided.  It  has 
the  advantage  that  the  telephone  portion  of  the  line  can  he  worked  in  conjunction 
with  ordinary  telephone  exchanges  without  detriment. 

The  second  method,  of  working  three  metallic  circuit  telephone  lines  over  four 
wires,  is  also  one  which  has  had  extensive  application.  It  is  used  in  various  parts  of 
the  Commonwealth  with  good  success,  where  the  conditions  are  favourable.  This 
method  is  usually  employed  most  successfully  on  open  serial  lines.  If  used  on  cables 
it  is  not  suitable  for  distances  over  a  few  miles  unless  the  cable  has  been  specially 
constructed.  Cables,  as  usually  manufactured,  are  not  suitable  for  '  Phantom '  work- 
ing, as  this  method  is  sometimes  called. 

The  third  method  is  that  which  is  usually  most  attractive,  but  the  difficulty  of 
obtaining  perfectly  satisfactory  results,  especially  for  exchange  working  are  very 
great,  although  the  principle  upon  which  the  system  depends  is  well  known,  and  has 
been  used  for  quite  a  long  time  in  various  parts  of  the  world.  I  know  it  to  have  been 
successfully  worked  in  Victoria  for  many  years,  and  in  Queensland  since  1896. 

The  system  was  first  introduced  extensively  in  Belgium,  where  it  is  still  employed 
freely  where  the  conditions  are  suitable.  It  is,  however,  noticeable  that  even  in  Bel- 
gium properly  constructed  metallic  circuits  are  used  for  the  more  important  trunks 
where  the  traffic  is  such  as  to  demand  the  more  efficient  and  more  perfect  method. 

In  America  the  telephone  companies  do  not  u«e  this  method  at  all.  They  use 
methods  I.  and  II.,  but  III.  is  used  only  by  railways  and  such  companies,  and  almost 
exclusively  for  point-to-point  working,  i.e.,  not  for  exchange  purposes. 

For  railway  point-to-point  purposes  of  superimposed  working,  the  American  Tele- 
graph and  Telephone  Company  have  developed  a  most  successful  instrument  which  I 
had  the  opportunity  of  testing  and  inspecting  in  ordinary  operation. 

At  these  tests,  I  was  able  to  speak  over  these  instruments  upon  a  telegraph  line  40 
miles  long,  having  five  telegraph  stations  on  it,  three  being  intermediate  between  the 
two  telephone  stations  tested.  There  were  five  telephones  superimposed  on  this  circuit 
which  was  erected  upon  a  line  of  poles  carrying  fifteen  other  Morse  lines. 

The  ringing  was  firm  and  reliable,  and  the  speech  was  good.  The  Morse  signals 
were  practically  blotted  out.  All  their  sharpness  was  gone  and  practically  they  did 
not  interfere  with  speech  to  any  appreciable  extent.  Other  circuits  were  tested  with 
equally  satisfactory  results. 

Turchi  and  Brune's  system  is  a  most  promising  one,  but  it  has  not  yet  been  widely 
applied  by  any  administration,  so  far  as  I  could  learn,  and  the  practicable  results  can- 
not be  definitely  stated. 

From  trials  I  have  made  of  the  system,  it  has  no  advantages  over  that  of  the  A. 
T.  &  T.  Co.,  which  depends  upon  a  closely  allied  principle. 

There  is  no  perfect  system  of  superimposed  working,  nor  in  the  nature  of  them 
can  any  such  be  expected.    All  methods  have  varying  prejudicial  influence  upon  either 

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(or  possibly  both)  telegraph  or  telephone.  It  is  not  practicable  to  get  both  as  perfect 
as  though  they  were  using  separate  lines.  The  aim  usually  is  to  influence  that  which 
has  the  greatest  margin.  This  usually  is  the  telegraph.  It  is  not  advisable  to  super- 
impose a  telephone  upon  a  telegraph  line  having  little  margin,  but  as  telegraph  lines 
worked  on  the  Morse  system  have  usually  a  fair  margin,  the  method  so  far  generally 
adopted  has  been  to  choke  down  the  telegraph  impulses  till  their  sharpness  is  gone,  and 
they  are  inaudible  in  the  telephone.  The  A.T.T.  Co.'s  method  is  not  entirely  dependent 
upon  the  usual  choking  devices  which  are,  as  a  rule,  in  series  with  the  telegraph 
relays,  &c.  It  uses  an  impedence  coil  as  a  shunt  across  the  receiver  in  the  telephone 
sot,  compensating  for  the  loss  of  telephone  currents  by  increasing  the  speaking  bat- 
tery.    Speaking  generally,  this  is  by  far  the  most  promising  system  so  far  seen  for 

ices  of  the  third-class. 

The  fourth  method  is  more  effective  than  the  third.  Tt  is  the  one  upon  which  the 
Townsville  to  Charters  Towers  telephone  trunk  line  was  first  worked  in  1897  or  1898, 
and  on  which  the  revenue  was  sufficient  to  show  that  a  proper  copper  line  was  fully 
justified.  For  this  method  apparatus  and  connections  are  fairly  standard,  but  they 
are  not  much  used  in  countries  where  commercial  competition  compels  the  best  of 

mercial  methods. 

General  Considerations. — It  appears  that  the  following  generalizations  can  safely 
I"    made  from  the  consensus  of  the  practical  experience  of  the  world. 

Methods  I  and  II.  may  with  advantage  be  used  in  very  many  instances.  Their 
advantages  and  economies  are  obvious  where  the  limiting  conditions  of  commercial 
speech  are  not  approached,  thai  is  to  say,  where  there  is  any  margin. 

III.  is  a  most  useful  method  for  'point-to-point'  working,  but  it  is  in  very  few 
instances  that  it  will  be  found  sufficiently  good  to  allow  it  to  be  used  for  trunk  line 
purposes,  especially  where  the  users  have  before  them  a  good  standard  of  comparison. 

Method  IV.  is  the  most  promising  means  of  utilizing  existing  wires,  but  its  range 
is,  unfortunately,  somewhat  limited. 

The  experience  gained  during  the  past  eight  months  will,  however,  I  trust,  enable 
me  to  embody  in  my  later  technical  notes  on  this  subject,  conditions  which  have  been 
found  to  enable  the  various  methods  to  succeed,  and  to  suggest  certain  standards  for 
general  adoption.  It  appears  evident  that  in  the  case  of  new  trunk  lines,  where  the 
revenue  is  problematical,  the  possibilities  of  methods  III.  and  IV.  should  be  fully  ex- 
hausted before  the  expenditure  necessary  for  a  trial  of  I.  or  II.  is  recommended. 

1  do  not,  however,  hold  out  much  hope  that  either  III.  or  IV.  will  prove  of  service 
for  long  distances  than  100  miles,  unless  a  comparatively  low  standard  of  transmis- 
sion is  accepted  as  sufficient  in  such  cases. 

III.  will  be  found  mainly  of  use  in  country  districts  for  'point-to-point'  working, 
and  IV.  for  tentative  lines,  for  exchange  working,  where  it  is  not  known  that  the 
revenue  will  justify  a  better  and,  therefore,  a  more  expensive  method. 

The  technical  notes  hereon  will  be  submitted  as  early  as  possible. 

JOHN  HESKETH, 

Electrical  Engineer. 

Postmaster-General's  Department,  Queensland,  March  12,  1905. 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  297. 

SUMMARY   OF   REPLIES   RECEIVED   BY   'THE   UNION   OF   CANADIAN 

MUNICIPALITIES'  FROM  VARIOUS  CITIES  AND  TOWNS 

BE  LOCAL  TELEPHONIC  CONDITIONS 

Question  No.  1. 

Have  you  a  municipal  system?  If  so,  please  send  all  particulars  of  capital  cost, 
operation,  extent  of  business,  progress,  satisfaction,  and  all  other  useful  particulars? 

The  answer  '  No '  was  received  from  the  following : — 

Ontario. 

Almonte,  Belleville,  Brockville,  Cornwall,  Deseronto,  Gananoque,  Goderich, 
Hawkesbury,  Hespeler,  Hintonburg,  Kincardine,  Kingston,  Meaford,  Merritton,  Mount 
Forest,  North  Bay,  Paris,  Peterborough,  St.  Thomas,  Sarnia,  Seaforth,  Stratford, 
Trenton,  Walkerton,  Whitby,  Woodstock. 

Quebec. 

Calumet,  Montreal,  Ormstown,  Outremont,  Richmond,  St.  Hyacinthe,  Scotstown, 
Stanstead. 

Maritime  Provinces. 

Moncton,  St.  Stephen,  North  Sydney,  Westville. 

British  Columbia. 
Chilliwack,  Revelstoke,  Rossland,  Slocan,  Victoria. 

Manitoba. 
•Carberry,  Emerson,  Portage  la  Prairie,  Winnipeg. 

Question  No.  2. 
What  telephone  company  or  companies  are  operating  within  your  municipality? 

Ontario. 

Answer  No.  1. — '  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  of  Canada.' — Almonte,  Belleville, 
Brockville,  Cornwall,  Deseronto,  Gananoque,  Goderich,  Hawkesbury,  Hes- 
peler, Hintonburg,  Kincardine,  Kingston,  Meaford,  Merritton,  Mount  Forest, 
North  Bay,  Paris,  St.  Thomas,  Sarnia,  Seaforth.  Stratford,  Trenton,  Walker- 
ton,  Whitby,  Woodstock. 

Answer  No.  2. — '  The  Bell  Telephone  Company.  The  Canadian  Machine  Tele- 
phone Company  is  installing  a  plant  and  will  be  in  operation  in  about  two 
weeks.' — Peterborough. 

Quebec. 

Answer  No.  1. — '  The  Bell  Telephone  Company.' — Calumet,  Ormstown,  Outre- 
mont, St.  Hyacinthe. 

Answer  No.  2. — '  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  and  Merchants  Telephone  Com- 
pany.'— Montreal. 

Answer  No.  3. — '  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  and  the  People's  Telephone  Com- 
pany.'— Richmond,  Stanstead. 

Answer  No.  4. — '  The  Belle  Telephone  Company  and  Canadian  Telephone  Com- 
pany.'— Scotstown. 

CANADA. 
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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
New  Brunswick. 
Answer  No.  1.— '  The  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company.'— Moncton,  N.B. 
Answer  No.  2.—-'  The  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Company.     (Another  company 
is  asking  for  leave  to  run  wires  through  the  streets,  and  has  a  charter  from 
the  legislature  but  no  agreement  with  the  town.)  ' — St.  Stephen,  N.B. 

Nova  Scotia. 

Answer   No.   1. — '  The  Nova   Scotia   Telephone   Company.' — New  Glasgow,  N.S., 
Westville. 

Answer  No.  2. — 'The  Eastern  Telephone  Company.'— North  Sydney. 

British  <  'olumbia. 

Answer    No.    L. — '  The  British   Columbia   Electric  Company.' — Chilliwack,  Ross- 
laml.  Victoria. 

Answer   No.   2. — 'The    Revelstoke,   Trout    Lake   and    Big   Bend   Telephone  Com- 
pany,  Ltd.'-    Revelstoke. 

Answer  No,  3.-    '  None.'-  Slocan, 

Manitol 

Answer  No.  1. — 'The  Bell  Telephone  Company.' — Carberry,  Emerson,  Portage  la 
Prairie,  Winnipi 


Qi  estion  No.  3. 
Have  you  any  agreement  with  the  company?    If  so,  what  are  its  terms? 

Ontario. 

Answer  Xo.  1. — '  No.' — Almonte,  Cornwall,  Deseronto,  Gananoque,  Goderich, 
Hawkesbury,  Hespeler,  Hintonburg,  Kincardine,  Meaford,  Merritton,  Mount 
Forest,  Paris,  Sarnia,  Seaforth,  Whitby. 

Answer  No.  2. — '  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  pays  for  exclusive  franchise,  as 
follows : — 

Belleville— '  $300  per  annum.' 

Brockville — '  $350,  town  to  use  poles  for  tire  alarm  wires  free  of  charge.' 

Kingston — '  $700,  and  gives  the  city  ten  connections,  long-distance  equipment, 

at  a  reduction  of  one-third  off  rates  for  business  telephone.' 
North  Bay — '  Furnishes  three  instruments  for  five  years  without  charge.' 
Stratford — Placed  wires  underground,  provided  facilities  for  fire  alarm  wires.' 
St.  Thomas— '  $500.' 
Trenton — '  $100,  and  gives  three  free  telephones.' 

Woodstock — '  The  Bell  Company  has  an  exclusive  franchise  in  return  for 
placing  wires  in  the  business  portion  of  Dundas  street  in  conduits.' 

Peterborough — '  No  agreement  with  Bell  Telephone  Company.  Has  an  agree- 
ment with  the  Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Company,  copy  of  which 
has  been  supplied  to  Committee.'     (Printed  in  Appendix    '  A,'    page  24). 

Walkerton — '  Toiwn  pays  $100  for  an  all-night  service  and  has  four  'phones 
free.' 
CANADA. 


APPENDIX  "A"  661 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Answer  No.  1. — '  No.' — Calumet,  St.  Hyacinthe,  Scotstown,  Stanstead. 

Answer  No.  2. — '  The  Bell  Telephone  Company.     Terms  not  stated.' — Ormstown, 
Outremont. 

Kichmond — '  The  People's  Telephone  Company  furnish  the  corporation  with 

ten  'phones,  and  charge  $70  per  annum  for  same.' 
Montreal — '  The  Merchants'  Telephone  Company  has  a  special  agreement,  of 

which  the  following  is  a  summary: — 

'  The  company  has  the  right  to  erect  poles  in  certain  streets, 
provided  that  the  Central  Electric  Company,  the  Citizens'  Light  and 
Power  Company,  the  Temple  Electric  Company,  and  the  St.  Henri 
Light  and  Power  Company  have  the  right  to  use  the  said  poles  at 
prices  agreed  upon  or  to  be  fixed  by  experts,  that  said  poles  be 
erected  in  lanes  as  much  as  possible,  and  that  the  said  company  and 
other  companies  shall  put  their  wires  underground  when  requested 
to  do  so  by  the  city.' 

Maritime  Provinces. 

Answer  No.  1.— '  No.'— Moncton,  N.B.,  North  Sydney,  N.S.,  Westville,  N.S. 

St.  Stephen,  N.B. — '  No.  Except  in  respect  to  painting  its  poles  and  other 
minor  matters.' 

British  Columbia. 

Answer  No.   1. — '  No.' — Chilliwack,  Kevelstoke,  Slocan,  Victoria. 

Eossland — '  The  city  uses  the  poles  of  the  British  Columbia  Telephone  Com- 
pany and  pays  therefor  $100  per  year,  the  company  giving  one  business 
'phone  free.' 

Manitoba. 

Answer  No.  1. — '  No.' — Carberry,  Emerson,  Portage  la  Prairie,  Winnipeg. 


UNION  OF  MUNICIPALITIES. 

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662  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  \  1905 

Question  No.  4. 
What  is  the  annual  charge  made  by  the  company  (a)  for  public  telephones,  (b) 
residence  or  (c)  party  line  service?     Any  other  charge? 

SUMMARY   OF   REPLIES. 


Municipality. 

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35 

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$ 

■■ni'  Co.;  local  service. 

e,  two  Centrals. 

charge  for  outside  service. 
Peoples)  :  no  charere  for  outside  service. 

II    (  Int.  .              .... 

For  ordinary  wall  sets. 

for  residence'  of  business  subscribers ;  charge 

i  \  acinthe,  Que. 

St.  Stephen,  N   B 

I  leseronto,  <  >nt 

( toderich,  ( Int. 
Hawkesbury,  ( >nt 
Eord,  Ont      .... 

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( inn  te  . . 

Brocks  ille,  <  int. . . . 
i  rananoque,  '  >nt . . . 


20 


North  Bay,  <  in 
Peterborough,  Ont. 


St.  Thomas,  tint. 
Sarnia,  •  hit   .  . 
Stratford,  Ont.  . 
Whitby,  Ont..     . 
Stanstead,  Que. 
Moncton,  N .  B .  . . 


Carberry,  Man 
Emerson,  -Man. 
Belleville,  Ont. 

Kingston,  Ont. 


.  Woodstock,  Ont 

Walkerton,  Ont 

North  Sydney,  N.S 

Westville,  N.S 

Portage  la  Prairie,  Man. 

Calumet,  Que 

Merriton,  Ont 

Hintonburg,  Ont 

Revelstoke,  B.C 

Rossland,  B.C   

Victoria,  B.C 

Winnipeg,  Man 

Outreniont,  y.ue 


Montreal,  Que 


25 


25 
25 


30 

30  and  25 

"35 


15  to  18 


15 


30  and  25 


18 
15 


us  extra  everything  it  is  jiossible  to  charge 
fi  ir. 
For  residence  of  business  subscriber. 


subsequent  connections  ;  85 
extra  for  connection  with  X.E.  Tel.  Co.'s 
lines  111  Calais. 


Extra  charge  for  long  distance. 

On  three  years  contract. 

Bell  Co. 

Canadian  Machine  Co. 

(.'.  M.  Co.;  business  and  residence  of  same 

subscriber. 
Three  on  same  line. 


Business  and  residence  of  same  subscriber. 

Desk  phones  $2.50  extra. 

On  three  years  contract. 

Two  "ii  same  line. 

"Three  or  four  on  same  line. 


24 
24 


55  and  35 


Plus     $5    per    quarter    mile    distant    from 
( Ittawa. 


Within  half  mile  of  Mount  Royal  Avenue. 
Beyond  half  mile. 


UNION    OF    MUNICIPALITIES. 


APPENDIX  "A"  663 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Question  No.  5. 
What  is  the  annual  contribution  of  the  company  to  the  funds  of  the  municipality? 

Ontario. 

Gananoque,  Hintonburg,  Peterboro,  Stratford,  Hawkesbury,  Kincardine, 
barnia,  Woodstock — '  Nothing.' 

Almonte— 'Assessed  now  for  60  per  cent  of  gross  receipts;  assessment  is 
about  $1,400,  on  which  they  pay  taxes.' 

Belleville—'  $300,  as  above,  besides  taxes  on  premises  used  and  ordinary  as- 
sessment.' 

Brockville— '  $300.' 

Cornwall—'  Their  taxes  do  not  reach  $200.' 

Deseronto — '  Taxes  only.' 

Goderich— '  Taxes  only,  $41.25  last  year.' 

Hespeler— '  Taxes  only,  $30.75  last  year.' 

Kingston—'  ,$700.' 

Meaford— '  They  only  pay  a  municipal  tax  on  $1,000  assessment.    Last  year's 

tax  was  $28.40.' 
Merriton— '  $16.18.' 
Mount  Forest—'  $12.' 
North  Bay — '  Taxes  only.' 
Paris—'  $23.' 
St.   Thomas— '  $500.' 

Seaforth— '  $12.25  last  year;  municipal  tax  on  plant.' 
Trenton— $100;  3  telephones  $60.' 
Walkerton— '  Assessed  at  $1,500/ 
Whitby—'  Taxes,  1904,  $16.08.' 

Quebec. 

Calumet,  Montreal,  Ormstown,  Outremont,  Scotstown,  Stanstead— '  Nothing.' 
Eichmond — '  All  telephone,  telegraph  and  electric  companies  pay  annual  tax 

of  $20.' 
St.  Hyacinthe— '  $100  tax.' 

Maritime  Provinces. 

Moncton,  N.B. — '  Nothing,  only  city  gets  what  telephones  they  want  at  $20 

per  year  instead  of  $25.' 
St.  Stephens,  N.B.—'  Nothing.' 
North  Sydney,  N.S.— '  Taxes  about  $30.' 
Westville,  N.S.— '  Taxes,  1904,  $16.50.' 

British  Columbia. 

Chilliwack  and  Victoria — '  Nothing.' 

Kevelstoke — $10  license  and  taxes  last  year  $26.' 

Eossland — ',$100  per  year  for  license  and  nominal  tax  on  plant.' 

Manitoba. 

Carberry— '  Between  $20  and  $30.' 
Emerson — '  Nothing.' 
Portage  la  Prairie—'  Taxes  $130.' 

Winnipeg — '  Company  subject  to  usual  municipal  taxation,  and  business  tax 
on  the  proporty  of  the  company,  i.e.,  exchange  wires  and  appliances.' 

UNION  OP  MUNICIPALITIES. 


664  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
Question  No.  6. 
Does  the  company  furnish  free  telephones  for  corporation  use;  if  so,  how  many? 

Ontario. 

Almonte,  Brockville,  Belleville,  Cornwall,  Deseronto,  Gananoque,  Goderich, 
Hespeler,  Hintonburg,  Kincardine,  Kingston,  Meaford,  Mount  Forest, 
Paris,  Peterboro,  Seaforth,  Whitby  — '  No.' 

Hawkesbury — '  One  only  in  clerk's  office.' 

Merritton — '  One.' 

North  Bay—'  Three.' 

St.  Thomas — 'Three,  and  a  reduced  rate  on  waterworks  plume. ' 

Sarnia — 'Six  (the  company  has  also  been  keeping  the  fire  alarm  wires  :u 
repair  wit  In  mi  charge.-' 

Stratford—'  Two.' 

Trenton — '  Three.' 

Walkerton — '  Four.' 

Quebec. 

Calumet,  Montreal,  Ormstown,  Outremont,  Eichmond,  St.  Hyacinthe,  Scots- 
town,  Stanstead — '  No.' 

Maritime  Provinces. 

'  No '— Moncton,  N.B.,  North  Sydney,  X.S..  Westville,  N.S. 

St.  Stephens — '  One  for  fire  department  and  one  for  street  department.' 

British   '  'olumbia. 

'  None  ' — Chilliwack,   Revelstoke,   Victoria. 
'  One  ' — Rossland. 

Manitoba. 

Emmerson,  Portage  la  Prairie,  Winnipeg — 'Nothing.' 
'  One  ' — Carberry. 


Question  No.  7. 
When  does  the  franchise  expire? 

Ontario. 

Brockville—'  January  1,  1908.' 

Belleville—'  1907.' 

Peterborough — '  Canadian  Machine  Company,  January  1,  1915.' 

St.  Thomas—'  April  5,  1909.' 

Sarnia—'  April  1, 1905.' 

Stratford—'  1910.' 

Trenton—'  July,  1905.' 

Woodstock—'  July,  1908.' 

Quebec. 

Montreal—'  The  Bell  Telephone  Company  was  incorporated  by  Act  of  par- 
liament by  which  the  company  was  granted  an  unlimited  franchise.' 

Maritime  Provinces. 
St.  Stephen— '  Never.' 
UNION    OF    MUNICIPALITIES. 


APPEyuiX  "A"  665 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

British  Columbia. 
Chilliwack — '  Never.     None  granted  by  its  municipality.' 
Victoria — '  Under  the  provisions  of  the  Victoria  and  Esquimalt  Telephone 
Company  (the  original  company)  the  charter  expires  in  1917.    What  pri- 
vileges the  present  company  may  have  acquired  through  the  purchase  of 
new  charter  on  the  mainland  of  British  Columbia,  not  able  to  say.' 

Manitoba. 
Winnipeg — '  Subject  to  Dominion  and  provincial  charters.' 

Question  No.  8. 
Is  the  company  subject  to  any  rights  of  the  municipality  as  regards  placing  of 
poles  and  wires,  character  of  poles,  conduits,  opening  up  of  pavements,  &c.    If  so,  what 
are  the  facts? 

Ontario. 
Almonte — '  Not  subject  to  municipal  control.' 

Brockville — '  Yes,  the  company  has  to  erect  all  poles  under  the  supervision 
of  a  street  committee,  or  some  one  else  appointed,  and  all  damages  to 
pavements,  or  in  any  other  way  must  be  paid  by  the  company.' 
Mount  Forest — '  The  company  complies  with  any  request  of  the  corporation 

so  far.' 
Peterborough — '  Have  no  control  over  Bell  Company.    The  Canadian  Machine 

Telephone  Company  as  per  agreement.' 
St.  Thomas — ") 

Sarnia —  [■ '  Poles   to   be  erected  under  supervision  of  city  engineer  or 

Woodstock —  J  officer  appointed  by  council.' 

Stratford — '  Some  few  restrictions  as  to  height  of  poles  on  certain  streets.' 

Quebec. 
Montreal — '  The   company   must   notify   city   authorities   before  placing   any 

poles  in  the  streets,  and  must  also  have  location  given  by  civic  official.' 
In  regard  to  conduits,  the  company  must  restore  all  pavements  disturbed  by 
their  work.' 

Maritime  Provinces. 
St.  Stephen,  N.B. — '  Company  is  to  place  poles  under  the  approval  of  Road 

Commissioner  as  to  site.' . 
North  Sydney,  N.S. — '  The  company  is  subject  to  the  municipality  as  regards 

placing  poles,  wires,  character  of  poles,  opening  pavements  and,  &c.' 
Westville,  N.S. — '  Are  subject  to  the  town  council  as  to  the  character  of  poles 
and  location  on  the  street.' 

British  Columbia. 
Chilliwack — '  A  company  have  now  a  franchise  over  the  roads  and  streets  of 
the  municipality— must  begin  construction  before  August  12,  1905,  in- 
cludes town  line  to  New  Westminster,  to  be  completed  August  12,  1907; 
exclusive  rights  25  years;  franchise    ceases    unless    completed    in    time 

limit.' 
Revelstoke— '  Municipality   regulates   placing   of   poles   which    are    placed   m 

lanes  or  alleys.' 
Victoria—'  The  line  of  poles  in  the  street  is  determined  by  the  city  engineer, 
the  distance  apart  by  the  company.' 

Question  No.  9. 
If  there  are  more  than  the  two  systems,  what  are  the  facts  ?     All  replies  received 
in  the  negative.  ^^  qf  muxicipalities. 


666  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

Question  No.  10. 
Is  your  municipality  interested  in  telephone  questions.     If  so,  why? 

Ontario 

Almonte — '  The  question  has  not  arisen  to  any  extent.' 

Belleville — No  reply. 

Brockville — No  reply. 

Cornwall — '  Yes.     Think  there  should  not  be  a  monopoly  in  such  matters.' 

Deseronto — '  Yes,  on  general  principles.' 

Gananoque — '  Yes.  Bell  Company  too  exacting.  We  are  in  favour  of  main 
lines  being  owned  and  conducted  by  Dominion  government  and  free 
competition  in  local  municipalities.' 

Goderich — '  Only  generally.  Our  municipality  prides  itself  in  its  beautiful 
streets  and  desires  particularly  to  control  mutilation  of  same. 

Hawkesbury — '  No  particular  interest.' 

Hespeler — No  reply. 

Hintonburg — '  The  council  consider  the  rate  charged  too  high.' 

Kincardine — '  Not  very  much,  the  charges  are  not  excessive.' 

Kingston — Yes.   Because  it  believes  in  municipal  ownership  of  public  utilities.' 

Meaf ord — 'We  have  not  taken  any  special  interest  in  the  question,  but  believe 
they  should  be  much  cheaper  and  a  great  many  more  would  be  used.' 

Merritton — '  Yes,  we  think  charges  are  too  high.' 

Mount  Forest — '  Think  rates  too  high.' 

North  Bay — '  Board  of  Trade  is  at  present  agitating  question,  as  ifc>  is  felt 
that  existing  arrangements  are  unfair  to  town.' 

Paris — '  Would  like  cheaper  rates.' 

Peterborough — '  Yes.  To  secure  better  control  of  our  streets.  To  keep  prices 
at  proper  figures.  To  secure  for  independent  companies  trunk  line  facili- 
ties, and  with  a  view  to  local  municipal  systems  in  accordance  with  the 
principle  of  municipal  and  government  control  of  public  utilities.' 

St.  Thomas — '  We  have  had  no  difficulty  here  with  the  Bell  Company.' 
•  Sarnia — '  Only  one  system.' 

Seaforth — '  This  municipality  has  not  taken  any  steps  to  agitate  the  matter 
so  far.' 

Stratford—'  Not  that  I  know  of.' 

Trenton — '  Yes,  we  pay  too  much  for  telephones  for  the  service  rendered.' 

Walkerton — '  Yes,  would  like  a  cheaper  system.' 

Whitby — '  No  agitation.' 

Woodstock — 'Present   system  unsatisfactory.' 

Quebec. 

Calumet — '  Not  interested  at  present.' 

Montreal — '  The  question  has  not  yet  been  agitated.' 

Ormstown — '  No.'  ' 

Outremont— '  Interested  in  'obtaining  low  rates.' 

Richmond — '  Yes,  we  would  like  to  have  the  People's  Company's  'phones  in 

the  railway  station,  but  Bell  Company  control  situation. 
St.  Hyacinthe— '  No.'  , 

Scotetown — '  No.' 
Stanstead— '  No.' 

Maritime  Provinces. 
Moncton,  N.B.— '  No.' 

North  Sydney,  N.S. — '  Yes,  we  have  a  most  unsatisfactory  service.' 
Westville,  N.S. — '  Nothing  more  than  that  we  think  their  annual  charge  is 

somewhat  expensive.' 
UNION    OF    MUNICIPALITIES. 


APPENDIX  "A" 


667 


APPENDIX  No.  1 
No.   298. 

List  of  Bell  Telephone  Exchanges  showing  number  of  telephones,  population  and  h 
habitants  per  telephone   (compiled  for  the  information  of  the  committee.) 


Exchange. 


Province. 


Quebec.       . 

Dm ario.  . 
Manitoba 
Ontario.  . . 
Quebec . . . 
Ontario. .  . 


Quebec.  . 
Ontario. . 


Alberta 
Ontario. 


Quebec.     . 
i  (ntario. . 
Manitoba 
Quebec.  . . 
Ontario. .  . 


Manitoba 
Quebec.  . 
Ontario. .  . 


Montreal     

Toronto 

Winnipeg 

Ottawa 

Quebec    

Hamilton 

London 

Windsor 

Kingston 

St.  Catharines 

Sherbrooke 

Peterborough     

Brantford 

Guelph 

Chatham 

Calgary 

St.  Thomas 

Brockville 

Sault  Ste.  Marie 

Three  Rivers 

Gait 

Brandon 

St.  Hyacinthe 

Stratford    

Niagara  Falls 

Sarnia 

Belleville 

Woodstock 

Berlin.    

Portage  la  Prairie 

St.  Johns 

Owen  Sound.  

Pembroke 

Cornwall 

Regina 

Smiths  Falls 

Levis 

Lindsay 

Inger=oll 

Valleyfield    

Barrie 

Orillia  ...    

Joliette 

Cobourg 

Coaticook 

Perth 

North  Bay 

Lachine 

Goderich 

Carleton  Place 

Arnprior 

Oshawa 

Renfrew    

Collingwood 

Port  Hope 

Petrolia 

Sorel 

Famham   ....  

Fort  William 

Bowmanville 

Clinton 

Cowansville 

Waterloo 

Granby Quebec. 

Sudbury    Ontario 


Quebec. 
Ontario. 


Quebec.  . 
Ontario. 
Quebec.  . 
Ontario. . 


Quebec. 
Ontario. 


Quebec. 


Ontario. . . . 


Quebec. 
Ontario. 


Telephones, 

January, 

1905. 


Assiniboia. . . 

Ontario 

Quebec 

Ontario 


14,995 
1-2,714 
4,121 
2,999 
2,363 
2,020 
1,930 
698 
688 
648 
609 
604 
596 
492 
468 
460 
453 
418 
415 
392 
391 
387 
360 
359 
354 
338 
337 
320 
309 
307 
295 
288 
277 
274 
268 
226 
215 
211 
209 
198 
180 
174 
107 
157 
154 
153 
151 
151 
150 
150 
148 
145 
138 
136 
133 
131 
129 
128 
128 
127 
127 
127 
127 
119 
117 


Population 

in 

1901. 


267,730 
208,040 
42,340 
59,929 
68,840 
52,634 
37,981 
12,153 
17,961 
9,946 
11,765 
11,239 
16,619 
11,496 
9,068 
4,865 
11,485 
8,940 
7,169 
9,981 
7,866 
5,380 
9,210 
9,959 
4,344 
8,176 
9,117 
8,833 
!i,747 
3,901 
4,030 
8,776 
5,156 
6,704 
2,645 
5,155 
7,783 
7,003 
4,573 
11,055 
5,949 
4  ,'.107 
4,220 
4,239 
2,880 
3,588 
2,530 
5,561 
4,158 
4,059 
4,152 
4,394 
3,153 
3,902 
4,188 
4,135 
7,057 
3,114 
3,997 
2,741 
2,547 
699 
3,411 
2.773 
2,027 


Number 

of 

Inhabitants 

to  one 
Telephone. 


18 
16 
10 
20 
29 
26 
20 
17 

2i ; 

15 
19 
19 
28 
23 
19 
11 
25 
21 
17 
25 
20 
13 
26 
28 
12 
24 
27 
28 
31 
13 
14 
30 
19 
24 
10 
23 
36 
33 
22 
56 
33 
28 
25 
27 
19 
23 
17 
37 
28 
27 
28 
30 
23 
29 
36 
32 
55 
24 
31 
22 
20 
5 
27 
23 
17 


BELL  EXCHANGES. 


668  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
Bell  Telephone  Exchanges,  showing  number  of  telephones,  population,   &c. — Con. 


Exchange. 


Waterloo 

Grimsby 

Buckingham 

Lethbridge. . . . 

Midland 

Napanee 

Paris 

Trenton   

Richmond 

Si  i  nil  ie 

Picton 

Wingham 

I  'rescott 

Wallaceburg     

O  range \  ille   

Medicine  Hat 

<  larberry    .  . 

Tilsonburg 

Strathroy 

Listowell 
Walkerton 

St.  Jerome 

Seaforth  

Welland    

Wiarton 

Morden 

Almonte    

Etidgeville  I  Pelham. ) 

<  rananoque 

Winona 

Mnntmagny 

Parry  Sound 

Carman 

Danville 

Aylmer 

Newmarket 

Prince  Albert 

West  Selkirk 

Leamington 

Meaford   ....    

Magog  .. .    

Wetaskiwin 

St.  Mary's    . .    

Brampton 

Minnedosa 

Souris . 

Bedford 

Dundas 

Amherstburg     .... 

Preston 

Port  Colborne 

Jordan  Station 

Penetanguishene. .  .    . 

Winchester 

Etchemin 

Beaverton 

Hawkesbury 

Whitby 

Shawinegan  Falls.  . .  . 

Alliston 

Huntsville 

Mount  Forest 

Hospeler 

Grand  Mere  

Huntingdon 

Rock  Island 

Aurora 


Province. 


Quebec. 
•  Ontario. 
Quebec. 
Alberta. 
Ontario. 


Quebec. 

Ontario. 


Assiniboia 
Manitoba  . 
<  Ontario. .  . . 


Quebec. 

•  llltal  10. 


oba    .. 
Ontario 


Quebec.  .  .  . 
( Ontario. .  .  . 
Manitoba  . 
Quebec.  .  . . 
Ontario. . . 


Saskatchewan, 
Manitoba 
Ontario 


Quebec. 
Alberta. 
Ontario. 


Telephones, 

January, 
1905. 


Manitoba 


Quebec. 

Ontario. 


Quebec. 
Ontario. 


Quebec. 
Ontario. 
Ontario. 


Quebec . 

ii 

it 
Ontario. 


117 

115 

114 

113 

112 

111 

111 

109 

109 

KI8 

106 

103 

101 

100 

99 

98 

97 

97 

96 

95 

95 

,IL, 

91 

91 
90 
88 
87 
86 
85 
85 
85 
83 
83 
82 
76 
76 
76 
76 
75 
73 
73 
73 
72 
71 
71 
71 
69 
68 
65 
65 
64 
62 
62 
60 
60 
59 
58 
57 
57 
56 
55 
55 
54 
54 
54 
54 
52 


Population 

in 

1901. 


1.7!  17 
1,001 
2,936 
2,326 
3,174 
3,143 
3,229 
4,217 
2,057 
2,627 
3,698 
2,392 
3,019 
2,763 
3,511 
1,975 
1,023 
2,241 
2,933 
2,693 
2,971 
3,619 
2, 245 
2,200 
2,443 
1,522 
3,023 
2,490 
3,085 

400 
1,919 
2,884 
1,439 
1,019 
2,204 
2,125 

219 

400 
2,451 
1,916 
3,516 

630 
3,384 
2,74s 
1,052 

450 
1,364 
3,173 
2,220 
2,308 
1,253 

272 
2,422 
1,100 
2,500 

855 
4,150 
3,100 
2,720 
1,256 
2,152 
2,019 
2,457 
2,511 
1,122 

615 
1,590 


Number 

of 

Inhabitants 

to  ony 
Telephone. 


BELL  EXCHANGES. 


APPEXDIX  "A"  669 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Bell  Telephone  Exchanges,  showing  number  of  telephones,  population,   &c. — Con. 


Exchange. 


Emerson 

Norwich 

Ste.  Agathe 

Elora 

Deloraine 

Gravenhurst 

Harriston 

Kingsville 

Lachute 

Alexandria 

Bracebridge 

Ste.  Anne  de  Bellevue 

Mitchell 

Uxbridge 

Dundalk 

Fergus 

Red  Deer 

Georgetown 

Terrebonne 

Forest 

Longueuil 

Beamsville 

Palmers  ton 

Knowlton 

Morris 

Grand  Valley 

Milton 

Oakville 

Port  Perry 

Cookshire 

Atwood  

Chesley    

Dunnville 

Exeter 

Colborne 

Niagara. . .    

Ridgetown 

Vankleek  Hill 

Macgregor 

Durham 

Lakefield 

St.  Lambert 

St.  Seholastique 

Copper  Cliff 

Shelburne 

Thessalon 

Tottenham 

Blenheim 

Bridgeburg  

Cannington 

Dresden 

Morrisburg 

Marieville   

Parkhill. 

Kincardine 

Thornbury 

Pointe  Claire 

Burk's  Falls 

Beauharnois 

St.  Raymond 

Elmira ... 

Cardston 

Gretna 

Essex  Centre 

Marshville 

Sutton 

Weston 

Thetford  Mines 


Province. 


Manitoba 
Ontario.  . 
Quebec .  . 
Ontario. . . 
Manitoba 
Ontario.   . 


Quebec . 

Ontario. 

Quebec . 
Ontario. . 


Vlberta. . 
Ontario. . 
Quebec . 
Ontario. . 
Quebec . 
Ontario. . 


Quebec. .  . 
Manitoba 
Ontario. . . 


Quebec . . 
Ontario. . 


Manitoba 
Ontario.    . 


Quebec . 
Ontario. 


Quebec . . 
Ontario. 


Quebec . 
Ontario. 
Quebec . 
Ontario. 


Alberta 

Manitoba  . 
Ontario. . . 


Quebec . . 
Ontario. 
Quebec . 


Telephones, 

January, 

1905. 


Number 

of 

Inhabitants 

to  one 
Telephone, 


52 

840 

16 

51 

1,269 

25 

50 

894 

18 

4!l 

1,187 

24 

49 

678 

14 

48 

2,146 

45 

48 

1,637 

34 

48 

1,537 

32 

48 

2,022 

42 

47 

1,911 

41 

47 

2,479 

52 

47 

1,343 

29 

46 

1,945 

42 

46 

2,200 

48 

45 

762 

17 

45 

1,396 

31 

45 

851 

19 

44 

1,313 

29 

44 

1,822 

41 

43 

1,553 

36 

43 

2,935 

68 

42 

832 

20 

42 

1,850 

44 

42 

760 

18 

42 

465 

11 

41 

751 

18 

41 

1,372 

33 

41 

1,643 

40 

40 

1,465 

37 

40 

804 

20 

39 

504 

13 

39 

1,734 

44 

39 

2,105 

54 

39 

1,792 

46 

37 

1,017 

27 

37 

1,258 

24 

37 

2,405 

65 

37 

1,674 

45 

37 

441 

12 

36 

1,422 

39 

36 

1,244 

35 

^6 

1,362 

38 

36 

865 

24 

35 

2,500 

71 

X, 

1,188 

34 

35 

1,300 

37 

35 

800 

23 

34 

1,653 

49 

34 

1,356 

40 

34 

1,058 

31 

34 

1,613 

47 

34 

l,6t'3 

50 

34 

1,306 

38 

32 

1,430 

45 

31 

2,077 

67 

30 

1,150 

38 

30 

1,550 

52 

29 

849 

1      29 

29 

1,976 

73 

29 

1,272 

14 

27 

27 

915 

34 

27 

6H6 

25 

26 

1,391 

53 

26 

153 

6 

26 

1,000 

38 

25 

1,300 

52 

I      25 

3,000 
BELL,  E 

120 
XCHANGES 

670  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
Bell  Telephone  Exchanges,  showing  number  of  telephones,  population,   &c. — Con. 


Exchange 


Province. 


January, 
1905. 


Hanover Ontario.... 

<  lhambly  ....  '  Juebi  c.    .  . 

St.  <  lesaire. .  . 

Acton <  tiitnrio.  .  .  . 

Brighton   . . .  

Actonvale   Quebec. 

M:m-oii\  ille ii 

( Mono     ( (ntario.    . 

.    ii 

1'"  I  toll    .  .      .    

Bruce  M  inea n 

Brussels     " 

I  .  in  Ion  Falls .1 

Millbrook 

Compton ...  Quebec  . 

St.  Eustache 

Ayr   ( (ntario. 

■  ater   

l.i  irignal 

Newcastle 

New   Hamburg. 
Delhi 

Erin  

Lucknov.    

St.  Felix  de  Valois Quel 

Ste.  Mai  ie  Beauce     

\  ii-.i  Ci  aig  .  ..On 

..    .. 

Button  ...   .  

Markham..  

Southampton 

Watford  

Cap  St.  [gnace      Qui 

Victoriaville 

<  i  'I  iden Ontario. 

Rockland 

Tilbury  '  lentre         

Belceil  Station (Quebec  . 

( 'In-ill  \  ille Ontario. 

Mililiuay 

Oil  Springs  ...  

Stouffville 

Berthier Quebec. 

Breslau *  tatarii  i. . 

Burlington    

Embro " 

St.  Eugene " 

Batiscan Que! 

Shawville n 

Agincourt Ontario. . 

Creemore 

Crysler  

Glencoe 

Port  Rowan 


Tara 

Lacolle   ...  

Roxton  Falls 

St.  Raymond 

Vaudreuil  Station 

Arthur    

Bradford 

Holstein 

Omemee 

Paisley 

Springfield 

Victoria  Harbour   

Waterford 

Campbellville 

BELL  EXCHANGES. 


Quebec. 


Ontario. . 


Population 

in 

1901. 


Number 

of 

Inhabitants 

to  ons 
Telephone. 


24 

1,392 

24 

849 

L>4 

1,200 

23 

1,484 

23 

1,378 

1,175 

23 

336 

22 

510 

22 

21 

634 

21 

894 

21 

1.111 

21 

1,132 

21 

917 

21 

457 

21 

1,079 

20 

827 

20 

633 

20 

1,026 

20 

645 

20 

1,208 

h 

823 

in 

511 

19 

1,111 

19 

600 

in 

2,500 

18 

744 

18 

871 

18 

863 

18 

'.« i7 

18 

1,636 

18 

1.  in  in 

18 

300 

IS 

1,693 

17 

734 

17 

1,998 

17 

1,000 

17 

Sim 

16 

932 

16 

1,035 

16 

1,018 

16 

1,200 

16 

1,364 

15 

223 

15 

1,119 

15 

595 

15 

500 

15 

500 

15 

648 

14 

47 

14 

654 

14 

284 

14 

1,034 

14 

657 

14 

825 

14 

360 

14 

81 8 

14 

1.272 

14 

700 

13 

1,285 

13 

984 

13 

227 

13 

574 

13 

1,086 

13 

700 

13 

1.500 

13 

1,500 

12 

200 

58 
35 
50 
65 
60 
51 
15 
23 

30 
43 
53 
54 
44 
22 
51 
41 
32 
51 
32 
60 
43 
27 
58 
31 

131 
41 
48 
48 
54 
91 
89 
17 
94 
43 

118 
59 
29 
58 
65 
64 
75 
85 
15 
75 
40 
33 
33 
43 
3 
47 
20 
74 
47 
59 
26 
58 
91 
50 
99 
76 
17 
44 
84 
54 
115 
115 
17 


APPENDIX  "A 


671 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

Bell  Telephone  Exchanges,  showing  number  of  telephones,  population,   &c. — Con. 


Exchange. 


Province. 


Cardinal 

Inglewood     

St.  Jacolis 

Wheatley 

Fort  Coulonge 

Ormstown 

St.  Hilaiie  Station. 

St.  Polycarpe  

St.  Bond 

Waterville 

Burford 

Cookstown 

Plattsville   

Port  Elgin 

Severn  Bay   

Tavistock 

Victoria    

Wellington 

Baden 

( !i  irrie  

Hepworth 

Markdale     

Mill  ken 

Mount  Elgin 

Pakenham 

Teeswater 

Ayhner 

Lpuiseville 

St.  Adele 

Brigden 

Cayuga 

Elmvale 

King 

Lucan 

New  Dundee 

X.   Williamsburg 

Pickering 

Rockwood 

Stevensville     

Quyon 

Neepawa 

Alfred    

Ayton 

Brooklin    

Cargill 

Fordwich 

St.  George 

Wabashene 

Bury 

Ste.  Anne  de  la  Parade . 

St.  Bruno 

St.  George  Beauce 

St.  Martine 

Bolton 

Both  well 

Drayton 

Dublin 

Jar  vis    

Marbleton 

St.  Francois  Beauce . . 

Avonmore 

Casselnian 

Clifford 

Lancaster ....    

Neustidt 

Port  Dover 

Sunderland .    


i Juebec . 


Ontario. 


Telephones, 

January, 

1905. 


Quebec . 


Ontario. 


Quebec . .  . 
Manitoba. 
Ontario. . . 


Quebec . 


Ontario. 


Quel.ee  . 

Ontario. 


Population 

in 

15)01. 


Number 

of 

Inhabitants 

to  one 
Telephone. 


12 

1.378 

115 

12 

254 

21 

12 

600 

50 

12 

loo 

33 

12 

482 

40 

12 

S41 

70 

12 

100 

8 

12 

405 

34 

12 

400  | 

33 

12 

576 

48 

11 

480  ; 

44 

11 

32!  i 

30 

11 

416  ! 

38 

11 

1,313 

119 

11 

97 

7 

11 

1,100 

100 

11 

550 

45 

11 

800 

73 

10 

695 

69 

10 

10 

459 

4<; 

10 

892 

89 

10 

25 

2 

in 

192 

19 

10 

394 

39 

10 

1,250 

125 

10 

2,291 

229 

10 

1,655 

165 

10 

1,546 

155 

9 

9 

771 

86 

9 

714 

79 

9 

292 

32 

!l 

848 

94 

9 

255 

2S 

!! 

223 

25 

0 

534 

59 

[I 

9 

300 

33. 

9 

682 

76 

!l 

1,418 

158 

8 

344 

43 

8 

396 

49 

8 

351 

44 

8 

235 

29 

8 

!H 

12 

s 

700 

87 

8 

1,500 

187 

s 

300 

37 

8 

2,843 

355 

8 

450 

56 

8 

400 

50 

8 

400 

50 

7 

702 

100 

7 

9o7 

129 

7 

791 

11 

7 

192 

27 

7 

421 

60 

7 

694 

99 

7 

500 

71 

fi 

320 

53 

6 

707 

118 

6 

608 

101 

6 

583 

97 

6 

466 

78 

6 

1,177 

196 

6 

600 

100 

BELL  EXCHANGES. 


672 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 


4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
Bell  Telephone  Exchanges,  showing  number  of  telephones,  population,   &c. — Con. 


Exchange. 

Province. 

Telephones, 
January, 

1905. 

Population 

in 
1901. 

Number 

of 

Inhabitants 

to  one 
Telephone. 

n         

Ontario- .    .  . 

Quebec.   .   . 
i*        .... 

Manitoba  . . . . 

<  total  i" 

Quebec 

iba  . . . . 



Man  i  toba  . . . 
Ontario 

6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 

2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 

578 
300 
779 

96 

Grand  Piles 

50 
130 

Olds 

250 
207 
G08 
80 
1,097 
486 

42 

34 

122 

16 

Port  Credit 

Russell 

219 

97 

St.  Davids 

The  Brook    

300 
150 
100 
102 

628 
1,586 

60 
30 

( lampbell's  Bay 

Conn '                    

20 

20 

126 

317 

Rolland 

698 
175 
150 
1,117 
2,149 
500 
283 

175 

Myrtle       

44 

37 

Windsor  Mills 

279 
537 

Finch         

Kenwood 

125 
04 

1  'hmtagenet   

Ste.  Anne  de  Beaupre 

St.  Hubert 

402 
583 
552 
500 
1,200 
1,108 
500 
800 
300 
900 
356 
450 
423 
914 
69 
111 
437 

134 
194 

184 
167 
400 
369 
167 
267 
100 

300 

Lacombe 

119 

150 
141 

Cameron 

Gen.  P.L.O.D 

457 
34 
55 

218 

Hagersville 

Kirkville 

Cleinburg 

Maxville 

Metcalfe 

1,020 

190 
200 

74!) 

36 

655 

544 

510 

95 
100 
374 

18 
327 

"72 

Sombra     

250 
850 
200 
350 
508 

125 

425 
100 

Bryson 

175 
254 

L'Assomption 

1,451 
1,606 
261    1 

725 
802 

North  Hatley 

Ste.  Anne  de  Stukeley 

130 

St.  Bazile 

St.  Martin    

350 

2,700 

516 

400 

1,541 

175 
1,350 
258 
200 
770 

BELL  EXCHANGES. 


APPENDIX  "A 


673 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

Bell  Telephone  Exchanges,  showing  number  of  telephones,  population,   &c. — Con. 


Exchange. 


St.  Vincent  de  Paul 

Scotts 

Scotstown 

Allenford 

Alvinston 

Beachville 

Caledonia  Springs 

Caledonia 

Claremont. 

Drumbo 

Echo  Bay 

Elmwood 

Everett..    .    

Eesserton 

Floradale 

Formosa  .  .    

Garden  Hill 

Garden  River 

Hallville 

Hawksville 

Hensall 

Inwood 

Locust  Hill 

Linden 

Martintown 

Merlin   

Morewood 

Mountain 

Oakwood 

Pendleton 

Queenston 

Sheffield 

Stayner 

Sutton 

St.  Clements    

Tupperville . 

Union 

Warsaw    

Wellesley 

West  Lome 

Woodville 

Abbotsford 

D'Israeli .... 

Drummondville 

Henriville.    

Isle  aux  Noix 

L'Ange  Gardien 

PortNeuf. 

St.  Augustine 

St.  Charles  de  Bellechasse. . 
St.  Gabriel  de  Brandon. . . . 

St.  Jacques  L'Achigan 

Ste.  Julienne  de  Montcalm. 

St.  Liboire 

St.  Ours 

St.  Stanislaus 

•  South  Ham 

Stanfold 

Valcourt 

Warwick 

Yamachiche 

Bagot 

Miami 

Sidney 


Province. 


Quebec . 


Ontario. 


Telephones, 

January, 

1905. 


Quebec . 


Manitoba 


2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

I 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 


Population 

in 

1901. 


,462 
200 
791 
238 
898 
248 

50 
801 
40O 
343 

87 
406 
123 
490 
178 
166 

64 
686 
122 
189 
822 
231 
200 
314 
357 
235 


Number 
of 

Inhabitants 

to  one 
Telephone. 


731 
100 
395 
238 
898 
248 

50 
801 
400 
343 

87 
406 
123 
490 
178 
166 

Ii4 
686 
122 
189 
822 
231 
200 
314 
357 
235 


167 

167 

130 

130 

282 

282 

38 

38 

132 

132 

200 

200 

1,450 

1,450 

700 

800 

200 

200 

30 

30 

300 

300 

300 

300 

800 

800 

750 

750 

800 

800 

300 

300 

1,018 

1,018 

1.450 

1,45C 

800 

800 

697 

697 

1,292 

1,292 

2,000 

2,000 

1,199 

1,199 

800 

700 

500 

500 

600 

600 

609 

609 

250 

250 

500 

500 

600 

600 

300 

300 

1,200 

1,200 

1,400 

1,400 

41 

41 

280 

280 

40 

40 

BELL  EXCHANGES. 


671  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 


No.  299. 


AN  ACT  RESPECTING  MUNICIPAL  TAXATION. 


CLAUSES   RELATING  TO  TELEPHONE  COMPANIES. 

(Chapter  23,  4  Edward  VII.,  1904— Ontario.) 

Assessment  of  Telephone  Companies,  on  Income,  in  Cities,  Towns,  Villages  and 

Police  Villages. 

14.  (1)  Every  telephone  company  carrying  on  business  in  a  city,  town,  village  or 
police  village,  shall  in  addition  to  any  other  assessment  to  which  it  may  be  liable  under 
this  Act,  be  assessed  for  60  per  cent  of  the  amount  of  the  gross  receipts  belonging  to 
the  company  in  the  city,  town,  village  or  police  village,  from  the  business  of  the  com- 
pany for  the  year  ending  on  December  31  next  preceding  the  assessment.  Providing 
that  in  cities  having  a  population  of  over  100,000  inhabitants  such  company  shall  be 
assessed  for  75  per  cent  of  such  gross  receipts. 

Assessment  of  Telephone  Companies  on  Mileage  in  Townships. 

(2)  Every  telephone  company  shall  be  assessed  in  every  township  for  one  ground 
circuit  (being  a  single  wire  for  carrying  a  message)  or  metallic  circuit  (being  two 
wires  for  carrying  a  message),  as  the  case  may  be,  placed  or  strung  on  the  poles  or 
other  structures  operated  or  used  by  the  company  in  the  township,  and  in  use  on 
the  31st  day  of  December  next  preceding  the  assessment,  at  the  rate  of  $135  per  mile 
and  in  case  any  line  of  poles  or  other  structures  carries  more  than  one  ground  circuit 
or  metallic  circuit,  at  the  rate  of  $7.50  per  mile  for  each  additional  ground  circuit  or 
metallic  circuit,  as  the  case  may  be,  placed  or  strung  on  the  31st  day  of  December 
next  preceding  the  assessment. 

Wires  in  Police  Villages  and  Branch  Lines  Included. 

(3)  In  the  computation  of  the  length  of  said  telephone  wires  and  additional  wires 
for  assessment  in  the  township  aforesaid,  the  wires  placed  or  strung  within  the  area 
of  any  police  village,  and  the  wires  of  all  branch  and  party  lines,  which  do  not  exceed 
25  miles  in  length,  shall  not  be  included. 

Telegraph   Companies,   Assessment   on  Income  in   Cities,   Towns,    Villages   and 

Police  Villages. 

(4)  Every  telegraph  company  carrying  on  business  in  a  city,  town,  village  or 
police  village,  shall  in  addition  to  any  other  assessment  to  which  it  may  be  liable 
under  this  Act  be  assessed  for  50  per  cent  of  the  amount  of  the  gross  receipts  belong- 
ing to  the  company  in  such  city,  town,  village  or  police  village  from  the  business  of 
the  company  for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  December  next  preceding  the 
assessment. 

Assessment  on  Mileage  in  Townships. 

(5)  In  every  township  there  shall  be  assessed  against  every  such  telegraph  com- 
pany a  sum  equal  to  $40  for  every  mile  of  the  length  of  one  wire  placed  or  strung  on 
the  poles  or  other  structures  operated  or  used  by  the  company  in  the  township  and  in 
use  on  the  31st  day  of  December  next  preceding  the  assessment  and  a  sum  equal  £o 
$5  per  mile  for  each  additional  wire  so  placed  or  strung  on  the  31st  day  of  December 
next  preceding  the  assessment. 

Wires  in  Police  Villages  and  Branch  and  Loop  Lines'  Excluded. 

(6)  In  the  computation  of  the  length  of  said  telegraph  wires  and  additional  wires 
for  assessment  in  a  township  as  aforesaid  the  wires  placed  or  strung  within  the  area 
of  any  police  village  and  the  wires  of  all  branch  and  loop  lines  which  do  not  exceed 
twenty-five  miles  in  length,  shall  not  be  included. 

ONTARIO    ACT. 


APPESDIX  "A"  675 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

What  to  be  Measured  as  Separate  Wires. 

(7)  In  the  measurement  of  such  additional  wires,  the  length  of  every  telegraph 
wire  and  of  every  telephone  wire  forming  a  ground  circuit  or  pair  of  wires  forming  a 
metallic  circuit,  as  the  case  may  be,  placed  or  strung  in  cables  or  other  combinations, 
and  used  or  capable  of  being  used  as  an  independent  means  of  conveying  messages 
shall  be  computed. 

Exemption  From  Other  Assessments. 

(8)  Every  company  assessed  as  provided  in  this  section  shall,  in  townships,  be 
exempt  from  assessment  in  any  other  manner  or  on  any  other  property  for  municipal 
purposes,  and  shall,  in  cities,  towns,  villages  and  police  villages  be  exempt  from  as- 
sessment in  respect  of  all  plant,  appliances  or  machinery  wherever  situated  and  in 
respect  of  all  structures  placed  on,  over,  under,  or  affixed  to  any  highway,  road,  street, 
lane,  or  public  place  or  water. 

Poles  and  Wires  on  Township  Boundaries. 

(9)  Where  the  poles  or  wires  of  a  telegraph  or  telephone  company  are  placed  on 
the  boundary  line  between  two  townships  or  so  near  thereto  that  the  poles  or  wires  are 
in  some  places  on  one  side  and  in  other  places  on  the  other  side  of  the  boundary  line 
or  are  placed  on  a  road  which  lies  between  two  townships,  although  it  may  deviate 
so  as  in  some  places  to  be  wholly  or  partly  within  either  of  them,  the  company  shall  be 
assessed  in  each  township  for  one-half  of  the  amount  assessable  against  it  under 
subsection  2  or  subsection  5,  as  the  case  may  be,  in  both  the  townships  taken  together. 

Tax  to  be  a  Lien  on  Lands  of  Company. 

(10)  The  taxes  payable  by  a  company  in  any  municipality  under  this  section  »hall 

be  a  lien  on  all  the  lands  of  the  company  in  the  municipality. 

Returns  by  Telegraph  and  Telephone  Companies. 

15.  (1)  Every  telegraph  and  telephone  company  doing  business  in  Ontario  shall  on 
or  before  the  1st  day  of  February  in  each  year : — 

1.  Deliver  to  the  Provincial  Secretary  a  statement  in  writing  showing: — 

(o)  The  gross  receipts  of  the  company  in  the  province  and  the  gross  re- 
ceipts of  the  company  in  each  city,  town,  village  and  police  village 
in  the  province,  from  its  business  for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  December  then  last  past; 

(6)  The  length  in  miles  of  one  wire  or  a  pair  of  wires  forming  a  metallic 
circuit,  placed  or  strung  on  all  the  poles  or  other  structures  operated 
or  used  by  the  company  in  each  township  in  Ontario; 

(c)  The  number  of  miles  in  length  of  one  wire  or  of  one  pair  of  wires, 
as  the  case  may  be,  forming  a  metallic  circuit  operated  or  used  by 
the  company  in  each  township  in  Ontario,  including  in  the  measure- 
ment the  length  in  each  township  of  every  wire  or  pair  of  wires,  as 
the  case  may  be,  placed  or  strung  in  cables  or  other  combinations, 
and  used  or  capable  of  being  used  as  an  independent  means  of  con- 
veying messages. 

2.  Deliver  or  mail  to  the  assessment  commissioner,  or  if  there  be  no  assess- 

ment commissioner,  to  the  clerk,  of  every  city,  town  and  village,  and  to 
the  clerk  of  the  township  in  the  case  of  a  police  village  in  which  the  com- 
pany does  business,  a  statement  in  writing  of  the  amount  of  the  gross 
receipts  of  the  company  in  such  city,  town,  village  or  police  village  for 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  December  then  last  past. 
(2)  Every  such  statement  shall  be  signed  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  company  and 
shall  be  verified  in  the  same  manner  as  assessment  returns  are  required  by  section 

19  to  be  verified. 

ONTARIO   ACT. 
1—d—U 


676  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

No.  300. 

BOARD  OF  RAILWAY  COMMISSIONERS  FOR  CANADA. 

Re  Fort  William  and  Port  Arthur  &  C.  P.  R.  Co.  Application  for  Telephone 

Connection. 

Judgment. 
The  Chief  Commissioner: 

This  is  a  joint  application  by  the  towns  of  Fort  William  and  Port  Arthur,  in  the 
province  of  Ontario,  for  an  order  under  section  193  of  the  Railway  Act,  1903,  direct- 
ing the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company  to  provide  telephonic  connection  and 
communication  with  and  within  the  respective  stations  of  the  company  at  both  Fort 
William  and  Port  Arthur. 

The  application  came  up  for  hearing,  when  counsel  appeared  on  behalf  of  the 
railway  company  and  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  and  objected  to  the  making  of 
such  an  order. 

The  towns  of  Port  Arthur  ami  Fori  William  arc  duly  incorporated  towns  under 
the  municipal  law  of  the  province  of  Ontario.  Each  has  a  separate  telephone  system, 
built  and  owned  by  the  town,  and  each   connected  with   the   other.     The   Canadian 

fie  Railway  passes  through  both  towns,  in  each  of  which  the  company  has  a 
passenger  station  and  other  premises.  Each  town  desires  to  have  its  telephone  system 
installed  in  the  stations  and  premises  of  the  railway  company,  and  to  have  telephonic 
connection  therewith. 

The  principal  objection  taken  to  the  order  arises  under  an  agreement  between 
the  railwaj  company  ;n\i\  the  telephone  company,  bearing  date  the  1st  day  of  May, 
1902,  by  which  the  telephone  company  agreed  to  furnish  the  railway  company  with 
telephone  connections  at  all  points  in  Canada  free  of  charge;  to  issue  to  the  railway 
company's  officials  annual  passes  or  franks  over  long  distance  lines  of  the  telephone 
company  free  of  charge,  and  to  maintain  local  exchanges  at  the  railway  company's 
head  office  in  Montreal;  and  the  railway  company  agreed  to  furnish  annual  passes  to 
the  telephone  company's  officials  over  its  railway  and  telegraph  lines,  and  free  trans- 
portation for  telephone  employees,  and  that  the  telephone  company  should  have  the 
exclusive  right  of  placing  telephones,  instruments,  apparatus,  and  wires  in  the  several 
stations,  offices  and  premises  of  the  railway  throughout  Canada,  where  the  telephone 
company  had  or  might,  during  the  life  of  the  contract,  establish  telephone  exchanges. 
The  contract  also  proyided  that  each  company,  so  far  as  it  might  properly  do  so  with- 
out prejudice  to  its  own  business,  granted  the  other  company  facilities  for  carrying 
its  wires  and  lines  through  or  over  the  poles,  subways,  bridges  and  other  premises  on 
equitable  terms  to  be  agreed  on,  and  that  the  railway  company  would  not  grant  similar 
facilities  to  any  other  telephone  company. 

It  was  urged  by  both  the  railway  company  and  the  telephone  company  (1)  that 
the  Board  had  no  power  to  make  an  order  requiring  the  railway  company  to  act  in 
contravention  of  this  agreement;  (2)  that,  if  the  Board  had  such  power,  it  should 
not  be  exercised  because  it  would  be  an  infringement  upon  the  contractual  rights  of 
the  two  companies,  and  because  adequate  compensation  could  not  be  made  for  in- 
fringement of  the  rights  created  under  the  contract. 

In  answer  to  these  contentions  it  was  argued  on  behalf  of  the  towns,  that  the 
provisions  for  giving  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  the  exclusive  rights  provided  for 
were  illegal  and  void  as  being  against  public  policy. 

Upon  consideration  the  Board  expressed  its  intention  to  make  an  order  under 
section  193  of  the  Act  '  granting  leave  to  the  Port  Arthur  municipality  to  connect, 
operate  and  maintain  their  telephone  systems  within  the  passenger  and  freight  stations 
of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company  at  Port  Arthur ' ;  but,  being  of  opinion 
that  compensation  should  be  given,  directed  that  the  issue  of  the  order  by  the  Board 
should  be  suspended  until  determination  respecting  this  point. 
REPORT,   RY.   OOMMIS. 


APPENDIX  "A"  677 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  several  members  of  the  Board  expressed  at  some  length  their  reasons  for 
the  conclusions  reached;  Mr.  Commissioner  Mills  dissenting  from  the  other  membera 
of  the  Board  upon  the  question  of  the  validity  of  the  contract  mentioned. 

A  further  hearing  of  the  application  was  then  had  upon  the  question  of  com- 
pensation, but  before  any  conclusion  had  been  reached,  Hon.  Mr.  Blair  resigned  the 
position  of  Chief  Commissioner,  and  the  matter  remained  in  abeyance  up  to  the  time 
of  my  appointment.  Sub-^oiueiitly,  the  parties  interested  were  asked  to  state  to  the 
Board  whether  they  were  willing  that  the  Board,  as  then  constituted,  should  dispose 
of  the  applications  withoul  further  hearing,  and,  if  so,  to  submit  in  writing  any 
further  arguments  which  they  desired  to  lay  before  the  Board.  The  parties  agreed  to 
the  disposition  of  the  matter  in  this  way,  and  submitted  some  further  arguments. 

It  does  not  appear  to  me  that  anything  has  been  done  which  amounts  to  a  binding 
decision  upon  any  point;  but  there  seems  to  be  no  reason  for  re-considering  the  ques- 
tions upon  which  the  members  of  the  Board  expressed  their  opinions,  and  I  feel  bound 
to  follow  the  conclusions  of  the  majority  of  the  Board.  Therefore,  without  discussing 
the  main  questions  any  farther,  we  should,  in  my  opinion,  proceed  upon  the  view  that 
the  contract  giving  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  an  exclusive  right  to  telephone  con- 
nection with  the  stations  and  premises  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Kailway  Company 
was  and  is  valid  and  binding  between  the  parties  to  it;  that,  notwithstanding  this,  the 
Board  has  power,  under  section  193  of  the  Act,  to  order  the  railway  company  to  pro- 
vide for  the  telephone  connection  or  communication  asked  for,  and  that  the  Board,  in 
its  discretion,  will  do  so  upon  such  terms  as  to  compensation  and  otherwise  as  it  may 
think  proper  to  impose. 

While  the  expression  by  the  former  chief  commissioner  of  the  decision  of  the 
Board  referred  only  to  the  municipality  of  Port  Arthur,  I  take  it  that  the  hoard  did 
not  intend  to  thus  limit  its  decision,  but  that  it  applied  to  both  of  the  towns. 

With  reference  to  the  question  of  compensation,  the  Hon.  Mr.  Blair  said:  'While 
it  is  not  the  purpose  of  the  hoard  to  name  a  sum  or  definitely  determine  the  principles 
which  will  govern  us  in  arriving  at  the  amount  of  compeasation,  without  giving  all 
parties  an  opportunity  of  being  heard,  it  will  be  convenient  and  desirable,  perhaps,  for 
parties  to  be  informed  as  to  the  way  in  which  the  minds  of  the  commission  are  tend- 
ing on  this  phase  of  the  subject. 

'  We  shall  preserve  an  open  mind  until  we  have  again  heard  the  parties,  who  may 
desire  to  be  heard;  but  we  incline  to  the  view  that  this  is  not  an  instance  which  will 
call  for  the  imposition  of  onerous  terms. 

'  We  hold  the  opinion  that  the  Bell  agreement  is  what  is  known  to  the  courts  as  an 
entire  and  indivisible  contract. 

'  The  exclusive  privilege  granted  the  Bell  Company  is  the  essential  consideration 
upon  which  the  contract,  on  the  part  of  the  Bell  Company  is  founded.  We  believe 
there  would  not  have  been  the  same  inducement  to  the  Bell  Company  to  make  the 
expenditures  and  render  the  service  they  have  done,  if  this  element  in  their  contract 
had  been  wanting.  We  think  also  that  a  failure  to  maintain  intact  the  exclusive  fea- 
ture of  the  agreement,  as  to  a  part  of  the  Bell  Company's  territory,  though  such 
failure  may  be  solely  due  to  the  intervention  of  parliament,  is,  at  least,  a  partial 
failure  in  the  performance  of  the  contract,  sufficient  to  entitle  the  Bell  Company  to 
have  the  contract  nullified. 

'  It  does  not  follow,  however,  that  because  the  contract  is  entire,  and  may  be  nulli- 
fied, that  either  party  will  consider  it  to  its  interest,  that  the  existing  arrangement 
should  be  terminated  in  its  entirety,  nor  do  we  regard  it  as  probable,  in  view  of  the 
profitable  and  satisfactory  character  of  the  service,  that  it  will  be  disturbed  to  an  ex- 
tent beyond  what  may  be  necessary  to  give  effect  to  such  order  as  the  board  may  make. 
Any  actual  pecuniary  loss  which  may  be  shown  will  result  to  either  the  railway  or  Bell 
Company  by  reason  of  our  order,  we  will  be  disposed  to  consider.  Beyond  that,  as  at 
present  advised,  we  do  not  think  we  ought  to  go,  as  respects  this  branch  of  the  ques- 
tion of  compensation.' 

I c] 44.^  REPORT.  RY.   COMMIS. 


678  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,    A.  1905 

Hon.  Mr.  Bernier  said:    '  I  have  followed  the  argument  of  the  chief,  but  I  think, 
if  I  may  be  permitted  to  say  so,  the  conclusion  he  has  drawn  is  going  too  far,  that  is, 
in  saying  that  in  every  case  compensation  for  the  infringement  of  tlje  agreement  should 
be  determined.     I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  intervention  of  the  board  cannot  set 
aside  the  agreement  between  the  two  corporations,  as  long  as  it  is  not  against  public 
interest.     .     .  ....     With  regard  to  the  compensation  that  will  have  to  be 

determined  later  on.  I  am  not  willing,  nor  ready,  now  to  carry  the  principle  by  way 
of  stating  that  the  Canadian  Pacific  Kailway  or  any  other  railway  corporation  is  en- 
titled, ipso  facto,  to  compensation  for  damages,  leaving  that  to  be  determined  after 
hearing  the  case  which  may  be  presented  by  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway,  or  any 
ether  railway  company,  in  support  of  damages.  For  these  reasons  I  will  be  ready  to 
hear  and  consider  the  question  of  compensation,  not  because  of  the  fact  that  there  is 
an  agreement,  but  from  the  fact  that  nobody  should  take  advantage  of  another  party 
without  giving  compensation,  if  due.' 

Air.  Commissioner  Mills,  after  giving  his  reasons  for  concluding  that  the  agree- 
ment for  an  exclusive  privilege  was  invalid,  said,  that  this  '  as  a  consequence,  debars 
the  contracting  parties  in  the  agreement  from  all  claims  for  compensation  against  the 
municipality  of  Port  Arthur,  or  any  other  municipality  which,  with  the  consent  and 
approval  of  the  Board  of  Railway  Commissioners,  may  install  telephones  at  its  own 
expense  in  the  stations  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company,  upon  payment  of 
reasonable  compensation  for  use  of  the  premises  occupied  and  the  expenses  of  oper- 
ating their  telephones  in  the  said  stations.' 

it  is  clear,  I  think,  that  compensation  should  be  made  to  the  railway  company  for 
the  use  of  its  railway  stations  by  the  towns  for  the  purpose  of  their  telephone  system 
and  the  interference  with  the  property  of  the  railway  company  incident  to  establishing 
the  instruments  and  connections  therein. 

I  think  it  also  clear  that  compensation  should  be  made  to  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company  for  the  loss  of  the  exclusive  privilege  of  telephone  connection  with  the  sta- 
tions of  the  railway  company  in  the  two  towns  respectively.  If  the  municipal  system 
of  one  of  these  towns  be  installed  under  the  authority  of  the  statute  and  the  order  of 
this  board,  it  will,  I  think,  be  lawfully  established,  and  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway 
Company  will  not  be  liable  for  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  contract  granting  the 
exclusive  privilege.  For  the  loss  of  that  right  of  action,  the  telephone  company  should 
certainly  be  compensated. 

It  has,  however,  been  argued  before  the  board  that  the  result  of  the  establishment 
of  the  municipal  telephone  systems  in  the  stations  in  these  two  towns,  or  either  of 
them,  under  an  order  of  the  board,  will  be  to  avoid  the  contract  between  the  two  com- 
panies; that  the  contract  is  exceedingly  valuable  to  both  companies,  and  that  both 
should  be  compensated  for  the  entire  loss  of  all  the  benefits  accruing  to  it  from  the 
contract,  and  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  in  addition,  for  the  expense  and  deteriora- 
tion of  the  value  of  its  plant  and  machinery,  which  will  be  caused  by  their  removal 
from  the  various  premises  of  the  railway  company  throughout  Canada. 

In  the  written  arguments  that  have  recently  been  submitted  on  behalf  of  the  Bell 
Telephone  Company,  the  language  of  the  Honourable  Mr.  Blair,  which  I  have  cited, 
is  relied  on  as  determining  that  the  effect  of  giving  either  of  these  towns  this  telephone 
connection  will  be  the  avoidance  of  the  contract,  and  as  making  that  point  res  judicata. 
Of  course,  it  is  not  res  judicata  in  the  strict  sense,  for  upon  that  question,  just  as 
upon  all  the  others  on  which  the  members  of  the  board  have  expressed  their  opinions 
with  reference  to  these  applications,  it  is  still  open  to  the  board  to  reach  other  con- 
clusions. But,  for  the  same  reason  for  which  I  accepted  the  previously-expressed  con- 
clusions of  the  board  on  other  points,  I  accept  the  views  expressed  by  the  Honourable 
Mr.  Blair  upon  this  point.  It  does  not  appear  to  me,  however,  that  Mr.  Blair  intended 
to  express  the  opinion  that  the  effect  of  the  installation  of  the  municipal  system  would 
be  to  avoid  the  contract  ipso  facto.  On  the  contrary,  his  remarks  appear  to  me  to  con- 
\ey  the  opposite  view,  for  he  said:  '  It  does  not  follow,  however,  that  because  the  con- 
tract is  entire,  and  may  be  nullified,  that  either  party  will  consider  it  to  its  interest, 
REPORT,    RY.    COMMIS. 


APPENDIX  •'!"  679 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

that  the  existing  arrangement  should  be  terminated  in  its  entirety,  nor  de  we  regard 
it  as  probable,  in  view  of  the  profitable  and  satisfactory  character  of  the  services,  that 
it  will  be  disturbed  to  an  extent  beyond  what  may  be  necessary  to  give  effect  to  such 
order  as  the  board  may  make.' 

The  contract  shows  that  it  was  made  in  the  city  of  Montreal,  in  the  province  of 
Quebec,  and  it  describes  each  company  as  having  its  principal  office  in  that  city.  I 
proceed  upon  the  view  that  the  effect  of  installing  the  municipal  system  under  the 
order  of  the  board  must  be  determined  by  reference  to  the  law  of  the  province  of  Que- 
bec. By  the  Civil  Code  of  that  province,  Art.  1065,  '  Every  obligation  renders  the 
debtor  liable  in  damages  in  case  of  a  breach  of  it  on  his  part.  The  creditor  may,  in 
cases  which  admit  of  it,  demand  also  a  specific  performance  of  the  obligation,  and 
that  he  be  authorized  to  execute  it  at  the  debtor's  expense,  or  that  the  contract  from 
which  the  obligation  arises  be  set  aside,  subject  to  the  special  provisions  contained  in 
this  code,  and  without  prejudice,  in  either  case,  to  his  claim  for  damages.' 

The  language  is,  '  that  the  creditor may  demand that  the 

contract be  set  aside.'    The  article  of  itself  does  not  avoid  the  contract;  it 

merely  places  it  within  the  power  of  the  injured  party  to  require  this.  If  authority 
could  be  considered  necessary  for  the  proposition  that  the  party  who  has  failed  in  his 
obligations  cannot  demand,  as  against  the  other  party,  the  setting  aside  of  the  contract, 
it  is  furnished  by  the  decision  of  Langelier,  J.,  in  Dupuis  v.  Dupuis,  R.S.Q.,  19  C.S., 
500,  stated  in  Beauchamp  on  the  Civil  Code,  p.  1030,  to  have  been  confirmed  in  the 
Court  of  Revision.  The  correctness  of  this  view  appears  to  me  so  clear  as  not  to  re- 
quire further  discussion,  whether  the  system  of  law  to  be  applied  is  that  of  the  pro- 
vince of  Quebec  or  that  of  any  other  province. 

So  far,  then,  as  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  is  concerned,  it  will  be  its  own 
fnult  if  the  contract  is  determined  upon  or  after  the  installation  of  a  municipal  system 
in  one  of  these  stations.  Counsel  for  the  railway  company  insisted,  and  now  insists, 
that  the  contract  is  still  in  force  and  valid.  The  railway  company  resists  its  avoid- 
ance, and  insists  upon  its  performance  by  the  Bell  Telephone  Company.  After  the 
Board  had  expressed  the  view  that  an  order  should  be  made,  some  correspondence  upon 
this  point  was  exchanged  between  the  railway  company  and  the  telephone  company, 
ihe  result  of  which  was,  as  claimed  by  counsel  for  the  telephone  company  upon  the 
subsequent  hearing,  that  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  had  treated  the  contract  as 
already  rescinded,  and  so  notified  the  railway  company.  The  railway  company,  how- 
ever, would  not  accept  this  view,  but  regarded  the  correspondence  as  indicating  merely 
an  intention  to  rescind  upon  the  making  or  carrying  out  of  an  order.  Certainly 
nothing  had,  up  to  that  time,  been  done,  and  nothing  has,  so  far  as  we  are  informed, 
jet  been  done  which  could  entitle  the  telephone  company  to  have  the  contract  re- 
scinded. If  the  telephone  company  intended  to  argue  that,  under  the  interpretation 
of  the  statute  given  by  the  Board,  the  statute  of  itself  operated  to  nullify  the  con- 
tract, and  if  this  view  were  accepted,  the  result  would  be  that  no  compensation  for 
the  loss  of  the  contract  should  be  awarded  to  any  one.  These  two  towns,  happening 
to  be  the  first  applicants,  should  not  be  burdened  with  the  loss  thus  arising.  I  cannot 
see  how  even  the  order  of  the  Board  authorizing  the  installation  of  the  municipal 
system  could  have  this  effect.  The  order  might  never  be  acted  upon.  It  could  only 
be  the  violation  of  the  contract  by  the  railway  company,  voluntarily  or  under  the 
direction  of  the  Board,  that  would  give  the  telephone  company  the  right  to  demand 
the  recision.  If  the  right  shall  raise  and  be  exercised,  the  loss  will  be  due  to  the 
action  of  the  company  itself,  and  the  towns  should  not  be  obliged  to  give  compensa- 
tion therefor. 

In  my  opinion,  then,  no  compensation  should  be  given  to  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company,  except  for  the  damages  which  it  will  sustain  through  the  loss  of  the  ex- 
clusive privilege  for  the  towns  of  Port  Arthur  and  Fort  William  respectively.  _  The 
position  of  the  railway  company  is  different.  Nothing  has  yet  occurred  producing  a 
recision  of  the  contract.  The  railway  company  insists  upon  its  performance.  If  the 
installation  of  the  municipal  system  in  one  of  the  railway  stations  should  result  in  the 

REPORT,  RY.   COM1IIS. 


680  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OX  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.  1905 

loss  to  the  railway  company  of  this  contract,  it  should  receive  compensation  therefor. 
Apparently,  it  is  a  very  valuable  contract  to  the  railway  company.  This  value  has 
been  estimated  as  being  about  $18,400  per  annum,  over  and  above  the  value  of  the 
service  rendered  by  it  to  the  telephone  company;  but  it  is  still  as  uncertain  as  it  was 
when  Mr.  Blair  spoke  that  the  contract  will  be  rescinded  in  consequence  of  any  action 
by  the  Board.  It  is  true  that  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  has  announced  very  pos- 
itively the  course  which  it  will  take;  but  if  the  officials  of  the  telephone  company 
honestly  value  the  benefit  of  the  contract  to  that  company  as  highly  as  the  company's 
counsel  claimed,  it  appears  by  no  means  certain  that,  after  learning  that  it  must  act 
without  compensation,  the  company  will  persist  in  the  course  indicated. 

The  evidence  does  not  furnish  a  satisfactory  basis  for  definitely  fixing  the  sums 
to  be  allowed  for  compensation.  I  propose  to  make  some  suggestions  with  the  hope 
that  either  they  will  be  accepted  as  a  basis  of  action  or  some  other  basis  reached  by 
agreement  or  allowed  to  be  settled  by  the  Board  after  hearing  the  objections  of  the 
parties. 

The  exclusive  right  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  is  estimated  by  one  of  its 
officials  at  $5  per  instrument  per  year.  Mr.  Ahearn,  the  only  other  witness  who  testified 
to  the  point,  valued  it  even  more  highly.  The  Board  has  been  informed  that  the  com- 
pany has  two  hundred  instruments  in  Fort  William  and  Tort  Arthur.  How  these  are 
divided  between  the  two  towns  does  not  appear.  It  was  suggested  that  some  of  these 
were  furnished  free  of  cost;  and,  while  this  was  not  admitted,  sufficient  was  said  to 
produce  the  impression  that  the  suggestion  was  well  founded.  Probably  it  will  be 
'letter  to  take  the  estimate  of  $5  per  instrument  per  annum  as  a  basis  and  that  the 
parties  should  endeavour  to  arrive  at  the  exact  number  of  telephone  instruments  fur- 
nished by  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  in  each  town  respectively,  for  remuneration. 
If  the  Telephone  Company  is  willing  to  allow  a  representative  of  the  towns  to  inspect 
its  records  for  this  purpose,  the  parties  ought  to  be  able  to  agree  upon  having  it  done 
by  an  officer  of  the  Board  or  some  other  independent  party. 

To  deal  with  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company,  I  think  that,  on  behalf 
of  the  towns,  it  should  be  stated  what  space  and  in  what  parts  of  the  respective 
stations  and  what  facilities  are  desired  by  them  respectively,  and  that  they  should 
name  some  annual  payment  to  be  made  to  the  railway  company  by  either  town  for 
connection  with  the  company's  stations  in  that  town.  If  any  such  offer  be  not  ac- 
cepted, probably  the  best  course  would  be  to  have  an  amount  fixed  by  some  independent 
person  or  by  arbitrators  appointed  in  the  usual  way. 

If  the  municipalities,  or  either  of  them,  desire  to  contest  the  question  of  the  effect 
of  the  installation  of  the  municipal  system  as  giving  to  the  telephone  company  a  right 
of  recision,  and  to  have  it  determined  by  the  Supreme  Court,  a  case  should  be  stated 
to  raise  that  point. 

The  payment  of  the  compensation  to  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  should  be  a 
condition  precedent  to  the  installation  of  the  system  in  each  town.  The  making  of 
the  first  of  the  annual  payments  suggested  to  the  railway  company  should  be  a  condi- 
tion precedent  to  the  establishment  of  the  telephone  connection.  Subsequent  annual 
payments  should  be  made  in  advance,  subject  to  a  condition  for  recision  of  the  leave 
to  maintain  the  telephone  connection  in  the  event  of  non-payment. 

As  to  the  possible  loss  of  the  railway  company  through  recision  of  the  contract 
by  the  telephone  company,  I  think  that  the  towns  should  only  be  required  at  the  pre- 
sent time  to  give  security  for  the  making  of  such  compensation  as  the  board  shall 
hereafter  order.  I  would  suggest  that  the  joint  and  several  bonds  of  the  towns  in  the 
sum  of  $85,000  should  be  accepted  as  such  security.  If  they  are  not  willing  to  give 
the  security,  and  wish  first  to  have  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  upon  the  points 
raised,  no  order  should  go  until  this  is  given. 

The  Deputy  Chief  Commissioner: 
I  concur  in  the  allegations  and  conclusions  of  this  draft  order,  leaving  the  ques- 
tions of  compensation  and  damages  to  be  determined  later  on. 
Ottawa,  July  4,  1905. 

REPORT,    RY   COMMIS. 


APPENDIX  "A."  6gl 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

No.  301. 

CANADIAN  MACHINE  COMPANY,  LIMITED. 

Head  Office,  Duncan  Street, 

Toronto,  July  13,  1905. 
Sir  William  Mulock, 

Postmaster  General, 

Chairman  Select  Committee  on  Telephones, 
House  of  Commons, 

Ottawa,  Ont. 

Honourable  Sir,— We  regret  exceedingly  that  we  met  with  four  or  five  weeks' 
delay  in  delivery  of  portions  of  the  electrical  plant  for  our  central  office  installation 
at  Peterborough,  and  have  therefore  not  been  able  to  forward  an  invitation  to  yourself 
and  the  Select  Committee  to  visit  Peterborough  to  inspect  our  system  in  operation. 

We  understand  that  parliament  is  likely  to  adjourn  at  a  very  early  date.  We  had 
hoped  that  the  session,  already  prolonged,  would  have  continued  for  a  few  weeks 
longer  and  thus  enable  us  to  have  the  committee  inspect  our  Peterborough  plant  before 
concluding  their  labours  for  this  session. 

We  are  very  anxious  that  the  committee  should  have  an  opportunity  to  judge  of  the 
service  we  can  give  with  our  apparatus  and  also  of  seeing  the  manner  of  our  construc- 
tion at  Peterborough,  but  we  know  how  unsatisfactory  it  often  is  to  invite  inspection 
and  have  opinions  passed  on  anything  in  an  unfinished  state.  We  have  our  central 
office  plant  complete  at  Peterborough  now  and  are  engaged  testing  out  the  apparatus 
before  putting  out  services  to  the  public.  As  ours  is  an  entirely  new  apparatus  and  this 
is  our  first  commercial  exchange,  you  will  readily  appreciate  the  necessity  of  our  exer- 
cising the  greatest  care  to  reduce  to  a  minimum  all  possible  causes  of  trouble  in  ser- 
vice. This  is  true  of  any  new  apparatus,  but  in  our  case  it  has  particular  force  owing 
Jo  the  fact  that  our  service  is  to  be  given  to  the  public,  that  we  are  sure  to  ran  the 
gauntlet  of  strong  opposition  and  that  the  future  interests  involved  are  not  confined  to 
Peterborough  but  are  as  widespread  as  the  telephone  business  itself. 

While,  therefore,  we  feel  that  we  could  at  the  present  time  show  yourself  and  the 
members  of  the  committee  much  that  would  be  interesting  at  Peterborough,  it  might 
possibly  be  the  part  of  wisdom  and  more  satisfactory  to  yourself  and  the  committee  if 
the  visit  were  delayed  until  such  times  as  we  had  our  plant  in  full  operation  with  ser- 
vices throughout  the  town.  However,  if  the  committee  desires  to  make  a  visit  to  Peter- 
borough at  the  present  time,  we  will  be  most  pleased  to  show  them  over  our  plant  and 
make  an  effort  to  demonstrate  the  working  and  advantages  of  our  system.  If  the  com- 
mittee decide  to  come  at  once  they  will,  we  feel  certain,  grant  us  full  consideration  for 
the  plant  being  in  an  incomplete  condition. 

H  the  committee  decide  to  delay  their  visit  we  will  be  pleased  to  send  notification 
as  soon  as  our  plant  is  in  full  operation,  and  we  will  then  be  delighted  to  have  you  fix  a 

date  for  a  visit. 

We  beg  to  remain,  honourable  sir, 

Very  respectfully  yours. 

Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Company  (Ltd.), 

F.  D.  MACKAY, 

Manager. 


682  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.  1905 

No.  302. 

LAWS  OF  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS  PERTAINING  TO  TELEPHONES. 

TELEPHONE    COMPANIES REGULATION     OF. 

Section  1. — Companies  already  organized  subject  to  provisions  of  this  Act. 

Section  2.— Injuries  to  telephone  lines  subject  to  laws  concerning  telegraph  lines. 

Section  3. — Telephone  wires  over  rails  of  steam  or  electric  roads. 

Section  4. — Condemnation  of  property  for  use  of  telephone  companies  same  as  for 
telegraph  lines. 

Section  5. — Mortgages  and  deeds  of  trust  executed  by  telephone  companies— re- 
cording, &c. 

Approved  May  16,  1903. 

FOB  AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  POWERS,  DUTIES  AND  PROPERTY  OF  TELEPHONE  COMPANIES. 

i  ion  1. — Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois  represented  in  the 
General  Assembly:  That  each  corporation  heretofore  or  hereafter  having  power 
under  its  charter  or  under  any  special  or  general  law  of  the  State  of  Illinois  to  con- 
struct cir  dp.  rat<  telephone  lines  or  exchanges  in  or  through  Illinois  shall  possess  the 
j'  1   privileges  and  be  subject  to  the  duties,  r«3triction3  and  liabilities  pre- 

scribi'il  in  tins  Act. 

All  Acts  now  or  hereafter  in  force  relating  to  the  injuring,  molesting 
or  destroyini  irt  or  parts  of  any  telegraph  line,  wire  or  cable,  pole,  pier,  abut- 

iii' n  rial  or  property  or  effects  belonging  thereto,  and  to  the  cutting, 

g,  breaking,  tapping,  or  making  any  unlawful  connection  with  any  telegraph 
line,  wir  or  instrument,  shall  apply  to  such  telephone  lines  and  exchanges, 

with  all  the  fines,  penalties,  judgments,  and  punishment  provided  in  such  Acts  applic- 
abli  -rraph  companies  or  their  lines  or  property. 

Section  3. — Whenever  the  lines  or  cables  of  any  such  company  are  erected  or  con- 
structed over  the  rails  of  any  steam  or  electric  railroad  within  the  State  of  Illinois, 
such  c  shall  maintain  such  wires  or  cables  not  less  than  twenty-five  (25)  feet 

above  the  surface  of  the  rails.  Any  failure  or  refusal  so  to  do  shall  render  such  com- 
pany liable  to  a  fine  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50)  for  each  offence,  to  be  recov- 
ered upon  conviction  thereof  before  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction.  All  fines 
collected  by  virtue  of  this  Act  shall  be  paid  into  the  common  school  fund  of  the  town- 
ship in  which  the  offence  is  committed. 

Section  4. — Every  such  company  may,  when  it  shall  be  necessary  for  the  con- 
struction, ance,  alteration  or  extension  of  its  telephone  system,  or  any  part 
thereof,  enter  upon,  take  or  damage  private  property  in  the  manner  provided  for  in, 
and  the  compensation  therefor  shall  be  ascertained  and  made  in  conformity  to  the 
provisions  of  '  An  Act  to  revise  the  law  in  relation  to  telegraph  companies,'  approved 
March  24,  187-1.  and  in  force  July  1,  1874,  and  every  such  company  is  authorized  to 
construct,  maintain,  alter  and  extend  its  poles,  wires,  cables  and  other  appliances  as 
a  proper  use  of  highways,  along,  upon,  under  and  across  any  highway,  street,  alley, 
water  or  public  ground  in  this  state,  but  so  as  not  to  incommode  the  public  in  the  use 
thereof :  Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  interfere  with  the  control  now  vested 
in  cities,  incorporated  towns  and  villages  in  relation  to  the  regulation  of  the  poles, 
wires,  cables  and  other  appliances,  and  provided,  that  before  any  such  lines  shall  be 
constructed  along  any  such  highway  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  telephone  company  pro- 
posing to  construct  any  such  line,  to  give  the  highway  commissioners  having  jurisdic- 
tion and  control  over  the  road  or  part  thereof  along  and  over  which  such  line  is  pro- 
posed to  be  constructed,  notice  in  writing  of  the  purpose  and  intention  of  said  com- 
pany to  construct  such  line  over  and  along  said  road  or  highway,  which  said  notice 
shall  be  served  at  least  ten  days  before  said  line  shall  be  placed  or  constructed  over 
along  said  highway;  and  upon  the  giving  of  said  notice  ft  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said 


APPENDIX  "A  "  683 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

highway  commissioners  to  specify  the  portion  of  such  road  or  highway  upon  which 
the  said  line  may  be  placed  and  constructed,  and  it  shall  thereupon  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  company  to  construct  its  said  line  in  accordance  with  such  specifications;  but  in 
the  event  that  the  said  highway  commissioners  shall,  for  any  reason,  fail  to  make  such 
specification  within  ten  days  after  the  service  of  such  notice,  then  the  said  company, 
without  such  specifications  having  been  made,  may  proceed  to  place  and  erect  its  said 
line  along  said  highway  by  placing  posts,  poles  and  abutments  so  as  not  to  interfere 
with  other  proper  uses  of  said  road  or  highway.  Provided,  that  such  telephone  com- 
pany shall  not  have  the  right  to  condemn  any  portion  of  the  right-of-way  of  any  rail- 
road company  except  so  much  thereof  as  is  necessary  to  cross  the  same. 

Section  5: — Any  mortgage  or  deed  of  trust  which  shall  hereafter  be  executed  by 
any  telephone  company  upon  its  real  and  personal  property  in  the  manner  provided 
for  the  execution  of  mortgages  upon  real  estate  shall  be  and  constitute  a  valid  lien 
against  the  rights  and  interests  of  any  third  persons  upon  all  and  every  part  of  the 
property  of  said  company  which  is  described  in  said  mortgage,  and  which  is  situated 
in  any  county  in  this  state  where  said  deed  of  trust  or  mortgage  shall  be  recorded  in 
the  manner  provided  for  the  recording  of  mortgages  upon  real  estate,  and  all  mort- 
gages or  deeds  of  trust  which  have  heretofore  been  executed  and  recorded  in  the  man- 
ner provided  by  law  for  the  execution  and  recording  of  mortgages  upon  real  estate, 
shall  be  and  constitute  valid  liens  as  against  the  rights  and  interests  of  third  parties 
which  shall  be  acquired  subsequently  to  the  recording  in  any  county  where  any  pro- 
perty of  said  corporation  may  be  situate  of  confirmatory  conveyance  or  assurance: 
Provided,  if  said  original  mortgage  or  deed  of  trust  shall  not  have  been  recorded  in 
any  county  where  any  property  of  said  company  shall  be  situated,  then  the  recording 
of  the  original  instrument  in  such  coimty  shall  make  said  deed  of  trust  or  mortgage  a 
valid  lien  against  the  rights  and  interests  of  third  parties  acquired  subsequently  to  such 
recording  of  said  instrument. 


No.  303. 

THE  NECESSITY  FOE    STATE   AND   NATIONAL  ORGANIZATION. 

By  James  B.  Hoge,  President  of  the  National  Interstate  Telephone  Association, 

U.  S.  A. 

(Reprinted  from  '  Finance/  May  20th,  1905.) 

Organization  is  the  watchword  for  the  20th  century.  Everybody  organizes,  from 
the  newsdealer  and  the  peanut  peddler  to  the  transcontinental  railway  corporation, 
the  billion  dollar  manufacturing  plant  and  others  of  minor  importance.  Some  for 
profit,  some  for  protection,  and  others  for  political  and  social  preferment.  The  ques- 
tion for  us  to  consider  is  that  of  applying  organization  to  the  independent  telephone 
companies  of  to-day.  In  order  to  get  a  fair  bird's-eye  view  of  the  situation,  past, 
present  and  prospective,  let  us  consider  a  few  points  of  history,  a  brief  view  of  the 
situation  to-day,  and  draw  a  picture  of  the  ideal  condition  of  the  future. 

The  telephone  was  invented  in  1876.  After  being  in  use  for  more  than  eighteen 
jears  there  were  less  than  300,000  telephones  in  use  attempting  to  serve  a  population 
of  over  65,000,000,  or  one  for  every  two  hundred  and  sixteen  inhabitants.  The 
earnings  of  the  American  Bell  Telephone  Company  for  1894,  the  last  year  of 
its  monopolistic  control,  according  to  the  published  statement  was  $30  per  instru- 
ment, or  $60  for  each  complete  telephone  in  their  system.  These  figures  are  taken 
from  the  Wall  Street  Journal  and  from  W.  H.  Poor  &  Company's  publication,  th« 


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former  showing  the  company's  earnings  covering  a  period  of  twenty  years,  and  the 
atter  showing  the  growth  of  the  telephone  in  the  United  States.  Hence,  I  think 
■hese  figures  are  correct,  and  I  feel  safe  in  making  the  statement  that  there  was  less 
than  one  per  cent  of  the  300,000  telephones  located  outside  of  the  limits  of  incor- 
porated cities,  which  we  now  call  farmer  or  rural  telephones. 

In  1895  the  situation  changed.  The  basic  patents  expired,  and  a  long  suffering 
public  were  allowed  by  their  expiration  to  secure  the  service  for  which  they  had  been 
negotiating  so  many  years.  The  independent  telephones  from  the  start  were  success- 
ful; they  worked  in  most  cases  far  better  than  those  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company. 
At  first  every  one  thought  that  the  public  would  require  twice  as  many  telephones  as 
the  Bell  Company  had  furnished,  but  no  one  anticipated  that  they  would  require 
fifteen  times  as  many.  \<-i  there  arc  ftfteen  times  as  many  telephones  working  in  the 
United  States  to-day  as  there  were  when  the  original  patents  expired,  the  majority 
~>f  which  are  connected  with  the  independent  system.  In  Indiana  there  are  over  thirty 
times  as  many,  and  in  Ohio  at  least  twenty-five  times  as  many.  Now  think  of  these 
percentages!  A  growth  in  two  states  of  over  2,600  per  cent!  What  other  business 
of  tlie  country  vitally  important  to  such  a  large  percentage  of  the  citizens  has  shown 
half  of  this  remarkable  growth?  Are  we  through  with  growth?  No;  and  will  not  be 
until  there  is,  at  the  least  calculation,  ten  million  telephones  installed  in  the  United 
States,  or  one  for  every  nine  people.  If  we  keep  up  with  our  present  percentage  of 
gain  during  the  time  necessary  to  brine-  die  business  up  to  ten  million  telephones  the 
independents  should  have  at  least  six  million  of  these  telephones,  or  approximately 
one  and  one-half  as  many  more  telephones  as  we  now  have.  There  is  no  question  in  my 
mind  that  the  growth  will  go  to  a  point  where  there  will  be  at  least  one  telephone  for 
every  nine  people  in  the  United  States.  We  now  have  one  for  every  fifteen  people  in 
the  state  of  Ohio,  and  one  for  every  twelve  people  in  the  state  of  Indiana.  I  know  of 
places  where  there  is  one  for  every  six  people. 

How  shall  we  get  the  greatest  benefit  from  the  growth  of  the  future?  Shall  we 
allow  it  to  go  on  in  a  haphazard  sort  of  way,  or  shall  we  take  care  of  it  in  the  same 
way  as  all  other  successful  lines  of  business  are  handling  their  growth?  I  venture  the 
assertion  that  there  is  not  a  single  person  within  the  sound  of  my  voice  that  does  not 
favour  organization.  That  being  settled,  what  kind  of  organization  will  best  serve 
our  interests?  The  plan  adopted  by  the  National-Interstate  Telephone  Association, 
commonly  known  as  the  '  Ohio  plan,'  is  familiar  in  a  general  way,  I  take  it,  to  all. 
Therefore,  I  will  not  take  up  your  time  outlining  the  plan,  but,  will  undertake  in  a 
few  moments  to  point  out  some  of  the  advantages  of  such  an  organization  over  that 
of  any  other  plan  that  has  been  proposed.  By  having  a  delegate  organization  made 
up  of  representatives  from  each  group  of  companies  who  are  selected  and  sent  to  the 
state  or  national  convention,  and  who  will  make  it  their  business  to  study  the  needs 
of  their  constituents,  the  same  as  members  of  Congress  or  the  United  States  Senate 
ctudy  the  needs  and  requirements  of  those  who  have  elected  them,  the  interests  of 
every  member  of  our  organization  will  be  taken  care  of. 

The  ablest  men  should  be  selected  as  these  delegates.  Only  such  matters  as  are 
important  should  be  introduced  for  consideration.  Matters  that  concern  only  a  district 
should  be  disposed  of  by  that  district,  if  possible.  Matters  concerning  a  state  should 
be  disposed  of  by  that  state.  Matters  that  cannot  be  disposed  of  by  district  or  state 
organizations  should  then  be  referred  to  arbitration  or  to  the  organization  higher  in 
authority.  Matters  of  interest  to  a  large  percentage  of  the  companies  should  be  pre- 
sented for  consideration  by  the  national  convention.  By  operating  in  this  way  it  is 
comparatively  easy  to  handle  the  business  at  any  time  without  its  getting  unwieldly. 

For  the  last  few  years  the  steel  companies  of  the  United  States  have  been  operat 
ing  as  a  community  of  interests,  the  same  as  the  great  railroad  corporations,  and  it 
has  not  only  proved  satisfactory  to  the  patrons  of  the  companies,  but  has  also  proven 
eminently  satisfactory  from  an  operating  and  security-holding  view-point.     At  this 
time  there  is  a  meeting  in  Washington  "city  of  the  International  Kailway  Congress, 


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made  up  of  representatives  of  the  various  steam  railways  in  the  world.  They  hold 
their  conventions  every  rive  years,  this  being  the  first  one  ever  held  in  the  United 
States.  Their  plan  is  that  of  presenting  subjects  of  special  importance  which  are 
afterwards  taken  up  in  a  logical  way  and  discussed,  then  submitted  to  a  committee!, 
which  brings  in  what  seems  to  them  the  consensus  of  opinions  of  the  delegates  present. 
That  report  is  then  discussed,  and  if  it  receives  the  approval  of  a  majority  of  the  dele- 
gates present  is  ratified  as  the  report  of  the  convention.  This  does  not  in  any  way 
bind  any  of  the  railway  systems  to  adopt  it,  but  it  is  quite  likely  to  be  very  carefully 
considered  by  all  successful  railway  operators. 

Is  there  any  reason  why  the  independent  telephone  companies  of  the  United  States, 
made  up  as  they  are  to-day,  of  between  six  and  seven  thousand  separate  companies, 
should  not  be  brought  closer  together  by  organizing?  There  is  no  other  business  in 
the  world  where  the  properties  are  operated  simultaneously  and  as  one  property  to 
the  same  extent  as  in  the  telephone  business.  We  are,  therefore,  interested  in  stand- 
ardization along  every  line.  Some  of  the  most  important  points  to  be  considered  at 
once  are  standardization  of  operating  rules  and  regulations,  forms  of  accounting  and 
equipment.  Not  that  all  equipment  should  be  manufactured  by  one  concern,  but  that 
it  should  be  thoroughly  standardized,  the  same  as  the  railway  companies  have  stand- 
ardized the  gauge  of  their  i  racks,  and  the  make-up  of  their  couplings,  brakes  and 
numerous  other  parte  of  their  equipment.  Is  there  any  way  to  do  this  except  by 
organizing?    I  feel  safe  in  saying  that  it  is  impossible  to  do  it  in  any  other  way. 

Our  competitor  is  trying  in  every  way  to  break  into  our  ranks.  He  is  trying  to 
disintegrate  the  interests  of  the  various  states  and  districts  by  selecting  one  company 
here  and  another  there  that  can  be  connected  with  his  system.  In  addition  to  that  he 
is  attacking  our  securities  and  our  methods  of  doing  business  by  subsidizing  a  news- 
paper in  Iowa  to  publish  misrepresentations  about  some  independent  telephone  com- 
pany in  Ohio  or  Indiana,  then  subsidizing  a  newspaper  in  Tennessee  or  Kentucky  to 
tell  what  a  wonderful  failure  the  independent  movement  has  been  in  Iowa.  The  news- 
papers of  Boston  are  subsidized  to  tell  the  Bell  employees  and  stockholders  that  the 
independent  movement  throughout  the  country  has  been  a  dismal  failure,  when,  as 
a  matter  of  fact,  Boston  is  being  called  upon  every  month  to  furnish  from  ten  to 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to  meet  the  pay-rolls  of  the  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company  in  the  Central  West,  due  to  the  independent  telephone  companies'  success 
and  the  Bell  Company"s  failure  to  compete  successfully.  Looking  at  it  from  that 
point  of  view,  the  independent  movement  has  been  a  failure  for  the  Bell  Company. 

Gentlemen,  with  proper  organization  the  victory  is  yours!  Is  there  any  reason 
why  the  citizens  of  the  various  cities  in  Indiana,  Ohio  and  other  states  should  not  own 
and  manage  the  telephone  properties  of  those  communities,  the  same  as  they  own 
and  manage  other  public  service  corporations,  banks,  mercantile  establishments  and 
manufacturing  plants?  Why  should  we  not  continue  to  be  interested  in  them  under 
a  proper  working  arrangement  with  our  neighbouring  cities  and  states? — (Bead  at 
the  banquet  at  Indianapolis,  given  by  the  Indianapolis  Telephone  Company  last  week.) 


No.  304. 

THE  UNITED  STATES  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

801  Electric  Building,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
Sir  William  Mulock,  Jnly  11,  1905. 

Postmaster  General. 

Ottawa,  Canada. 
Dear  Sir,— Your  letter  of  June  9  attaching  a  number  of  questions,  has  been  re- 
ceived and  referred  to  me,  for   reply,   and  you   will   find   the   questions    referred   to 
answered  below : — 


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The  United  States  Telephone  Company,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  has  pole  lines  over 
most  all  of  Ohio  and  a  portion  of  Michigan  and  Indiana.  The  stock  and  bond  issue 
is :  $2,000,000  common  stock,  $363,200  preferred  stock  and  $2,085,000  in  bonds. 

The  company  has  been  operating  six  years. 

This  company  is  a  toll  line  company  only  and  connects  with  the  various  indepen- 
dent exchange  companies,  furnishing  them  with  their  long  distance  service. 

The  length  of  our  lines  is  15,000  circuit  miles.  The  cost  of  same  is  about  $80  per 
circuit  mile. 

We  have  about  2,600  miles  of  poles. 

All  our  lines  are  aerial,  except  a  few  feet  just  outside  of  each  office. 

We  do  not  own  any  switchboards  but  have  a  number  of  toll  boards  connecting  with 
all  manner  of  systems,  including  magneto,  central  energy,  central  signalling  and  local 
talking,  also  automatic. 

Our  toll  boards  are  manufactured  by  the  Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufac- 
turing Company,  Kellogg  Switchboard  and  Supply  Company,  and  the  North  Electric 
Company  and  the  Sterling  Electric  Company. 

We  have  no  telephones  at  all. 

Our  rates  for  long-distance  service  are  measured  on  the  air-line  basis  and  are 
made  not  to  exceed  §  of  a  cent  per  mile,  excepting  for  short  distances,  when  the  rates 
are  made  up  as  follows : — 10  miles  or  less,  10  cents ;  10  to  20  miles,  15  cents ;  20  to  30 
miles,  20  cents;  30  to  39  miles,  25  cents;  39  to  49  miles,  30  cents;  43  to  56  miles,  35 
cents,  &c. 

Six  per  cent  per  annum  is  paid  on  preferred  stock. 

Five  per  cent  interest  is  paid  on  our  bonds. 

Nothing  is  set  aside  for  depreciation  of  property,  but  it  is  kept  in  good  shape  each 
year  and  is  charged  to  maintenance.  Any  rebuilding  of  line3  is  taken  care  of  right 
out  of  the  earnings  and  charged  up  to  maintenance  expense. 

Our  surplus  last  year  was  $70,270.39. 

The  United  States  Telephone  Company  connects  with  all  local  exchange  companies 
in  the  state  of  Ohio  and  also  makes  connection  with  the  long-distance  companies  of 
Indiana,  Michigan,  Pennsylvania,  West  Virginia  and  Kentucky,  so  that  it  has  con- 
nection with  all  companies  in  those  states.  We  pay  the  local  company  originating  a 
call,  25  per  cent  not  to  exceed  $0,125  on  any  3-minute  conversation.  If  the  message  is 
carried  over  some  other  company's  toll  lines  in  addition  to  our  own,  after  the  commis- 
sion is  deducted,  the  balance  is  divided  pro  rata  according  to  the  air-line  distance  car- 
ried by  each  company. 

.  The  '  Bell '  had  about  25,000  telephones  in  Ohio  before  the  advent  of  competition. 
Now  they  have  about  90,000. 

The  '  Bell '  rates  vary  according  to  the  size  of  the  town  and  location.  They  do  not 
seem  to  have  any  regular  rates.  They  charge  whatever  they  can  get;  if  there  is  no 
competition  they  charge  a  great  deal,  if  there  is  a  very  strong  competition,  they  give 
the  service  away. 

In  our  construction  department  we  pay  our  foremen  from  $60  to  $75  per  month; 
the  linemen,  $40 ;  the  groundmen,  $25  and  $30  per  month,  and  in  addition  to  the  above 
wages  we  pay  their  expenses.  You  will  understand,  of  course,  that  all  of  our  work  is 
outside  of  towns  and  cities.  Our  troublemen  who  are  stationed  at  various  points  along 
our  line,  receive  from  $60  to  $65  per  month  and  their  expenses  when  they  are  away 
from  home.  Our  inspectors  receive  from  $60  to  $80  per  month,  depending  upon  their 
lability  and  the  class  of  work  they  are  on.  We  have  no  wiremen  in  the  strict  sense  of 
that  term.  We  have  but  a  few  operators  as  the  local  exchanges  operate  our  lines  in 
most  cases.  There  are  a  few  cases,  however,  in  which  we  pay  the  operators,  and  their 
■wages  run  from  $15  up  to  $50  for  the  chief  operator. 

As  we  do  not  have  any  central  exchanges,  we  do  not  buy  any  of  the  material  re- 
ferred to,  excepting  wire  for  over-heaa  work,  poles,  arms,  insulators  and  bolts.    These 


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prices  vary  a  good  deal,  depending  upon  the  time  of  year  they  are  purchased  and  tha 
demand  for  material  at  the  time. 

Our  plant  was  built  to  give  the  independent  exchanges  in  Ohio  connection  with 
each  other  and  with  adjoining  states.  "We  do  all  of  our  construction  work  and  main- 
tain our  own  lines  and  toll  boards.  The  local  companies  are  paid  a  commission  of  25 
per  cent  not  to  exceed  $0,125  per  three  minute  conversation  on  originating  business 
and  their  proportion,  if  any,  of  the  toll  line  haul.  Ihis  25  per  cent  covers  the  opera- 
tors as  well  as  other  expenses.  Where  the  United  States  Telephone  Company  employs 
its  own  operators,  it  pays  the  local  company  15  per  cent  instead  of  25  per  cent.  The 
United  States  Telephone  Company  has  general  supervision,  of  course,  and  has  con- 
tracts with  all  of  the  local  exchanges  and  the  local  exchanges  operate  toll  lines  as 
directed  by  the  long-distance  company. 

If  there  is  any  further  information  that  you  may  need,  I  will  be  glad  to  furnish 
it  for  you  if  I  can. 

Yours  very  truly, 

M.  B.  OBEELY, 
General  Manager. 


No.  305. 

A  REPOET  UPON  THE  LORIMEE  SYSTEM  OF  AUTOMATIC  TELEPHONY. 

(By.  S.   G.  McMeen.) 

In  accordance  with  instructions  from  Mr.  D.  J.  Johnson  and  Mr.  A.  0.  Wisner, 
dated  December  17,  1904,  I  have  made  an  investigation  of  the  system,  the  machinery, 
and  the  patent  applications  developed  and  prepared  by  the  American  Machine  Tele- 
phone Company,  of  Piqua,  Ohio,  under  the  inventions  of  James  Hoyt  Lorimer  and 
George  William  Lorimer. 

The  scope  which  I  have  given  to  my  investigation  has  been  such  as  to  include  a 
study  of  the  .general  plan  outlined  by  the  inventors  early  in  their  work,  and  pursued 
to  success  afterward;  the  physical  form  which  they  have  given  to  the  system  after 
developing  it  to  the  point  where  it  becomes  an  operative  system,  and  a  study  of  their 
patent  applications  in  the  United  States  to  determine  how  thoroughly  the  invention 
as  made  has  been  covered  by  ihe  specifications  and  claims,  and  in  a  reasonable  degree 
what  bearing  a  patent  issuing  thereupon  would  have  with  reference  not  only  to  the 
thing  to  be  protected,  but  also  with  reference  to  other  systems  of  automatic  telephony 
developed  by  others,  and  already  in  use,  or  possible  to  be  put  into  use. 

I. — THE    SYSTEM    AS    A    CONCEPTION. 

The  general  plan  laid  down  by  the  inventors  at  the  time  of  beginning  the  real 
work  which  resulted  in  producing  this  system  is  that  of  bringing  the  lines  of  a  tele- 
phone exchange  from  the  subscribers  to  a  central  office,  equipping  these  lines  with  a 
very  small  amount  of  apparatus  per  line,  and  further,  installing  in  that  central  onice 
a  mechanism  which  may  be  called  a  machine,  and  which,  disregarding  the  mentioned 
small  amount  of  equipment  per  line  may  be  said  to  be  made  up  wholly  of  machine- 
units  intended  to  make  connections  between  lines.  The  distinction  I  am  trying  to 
make  in  this  sentence  is  important,  and  may  be  stated  in  another  way: — 

Telephone  exchanges  not  having  automatic  apparatus  in  their  central  offices,  con- 
tain switchboards  commonly  known  as  manual  switchboards,  and  at  these  switchboards 
operators  sit,  answering  the  calls  of  certain  subscribers  and  connecting  their  lines 


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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,   A.  1905 

with  those  of  the  subscribers  called.  These  connections  are  made  by  units  containing 
plugs,  flexible  cords,  and  other  machinery,  and  each  operator  is  provided  with  a  dozen 
or  more  such  units  of  apparatus,  one  being  quite  like  another.  In  the  manual  system, 
the  cord  circuits  and  the  things  that  really  belong  with  them  as  connecting  devices,  are 
relatively  inexpensive.  The  equipment  belonging  to  the  lines  makes  up  quite  the 
larger  part  of  the  central  office  outfit. 

In  the  Lorimer  system  almost  all  the  machinery  may  be  said  to  be  made  up  of 
mechanical  devices  electrically  controlled,  each  one  of  these  devices  corresponding  in 
its  function  with  the  single-cord  circuit  in  the  manual  switchboard.  Incidentally  this 
mechanical  cord  circuit  in  the  Lorimer  system  is  automatic  in  its  action,  doing  the 
things  it  must  do  as  a  result  of  mechanical  and  electrical  power  applied  to  it,  and 
without  the  assistance  of  a  human  being,  as  is  necessary  in  the  manual  switchboard. 
Even  more  important,  however,  is  the  distinction  that -the  mechanical  cord  circuits  of 
the  Lorimer  system,  while  very  different  from  and  more  complicated  and  expensive 
than,  cord  circuits  in  a  manual  board,  constitute,  when  taken  as  a  whole,  nearly  the 
entire  central  office  equipment.  The  very  considerable  saving  in  investment  which 
may  result  from  carrying  out  this  fundamental  plan  is  one  of  the  features  upon  which 
I  am  reporting  in  detail  in  a  later  part  of  this  writing.     It  is  of  interest  to  note  in 

Qg  that  tli I ^  is  a  feature  of  the  system  about  which  relatively  little  has  been  said 
by  the  inventors  and  owners,  but  which  really  contains  within  it  the  whole  spirit  of 
the  a!  tempt  from  its  beginning. 

I  desire  to  record  at  this  point  the  fact  that  the  task  which  the  inventors  set  for 
themselves  in  the  beginning,  has  been  carried  out  consistently,  and  that  the  scheme 
of  tilings  now  disclosed  by  the  apparatus  in  operation  in  Piqua,  Ohio,  and  by  the 
specifications  and  drawings  of  the  applications,  is  in  substantial  harmony  with  the 
problem  of  telephone  switching  as  it  requires  to  be  met  in  commercial  practice. 

■      II. — THE  SYSTEM   AS  MECHANICALLY   DEVELOPED. 

My  study  of  the  mechanical  development  of  the  system  was  made  upon  the  ex- 
hibit machine  of  200  lines  capacity,  now  in  operation  in  the  factory  of  the  American 
Machine  Telephone  Company,  in  Piqua,  Ohio.  It  consists  of  two  similar  sections  of 
machinery,  each  of  which  has  a  capacity  of  100  metallic  circuit  telephone  lines.  Each 
section  has,  as  one  of  its  main  parts,  a  group  of  things  individual  to  the  single  group 
cf  100  lines  brought  to  that  section.  The  remainder  of  the  section  is  composed  wholly 
of  the  mechanical  cord  circuits  which  I  have  mentioned.  In  the  machines  I  tested 
there  were  five  such  cord  circuits  per  section,  although  the  number  might  be  anything 
from  one  upward,  and  the  fundamental  facts  which  must  control  how  many  there  shall 
be,  will  form  the  subject  of  some  definite  discussion  later  on  in  this  report. 

'lhe  business  of  the  group  of  things  first  mentioned  above  as  forming  part  of  the 
section,  is  to  keep  on  the  lookout  for  calling  lines  in  the  group  of  100  lines  handled. 
When  a  line  does  call,  this  part  of  the  machine  immediately  identifies  it,  and  calh 
upon  a  cord  circuit  to  take  charge  of  it.  As  soon  as  this  happens — and  the  operation 
is  very  quick — the  cord  circuit  takes  complete  charge  of  operations,  and  the  part  of 
the  machine  which  identifies  the  called  line  goes  on  with  a  similar  identifying  service 
for  other  lines  which  are  calling.  The  cord  circuit  having  completed  the  required 
connection  with  the  calling  line,  permits  the  desired  subscriber  to  be  rung  up  by  the 
calling  subscriber,  and  when  the  conversation  is  completed,  the  cord  circuit  releases 
itself  from  both  lines,  and  is  ready  for  another  connection,  which  may  be  given  to  it 
instantaneously  after  the  complete  release  of  the  first  one.  The  ringing  of  the  called 
subscriber  by  the  calling  subscriber  is  done  by  the  latter  merely  by  pressing  a  button 
on  his  telephone. 

The  operation  of  seizing  the  calling  line,  transferring  it  to  a  cjrd  circuit  which 
is  available  for  use,  and  disestablishing  the  connection  when  the  conversation  is  over, 
are  all  accomplished,  so  far  as  energy  is  concerned,  by  means  of  power  taken  from 
some  convenient  source,  such  as  an  electric  motor,  gearing  from  a  rotating  shaft,  a 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

gas  or  gasoline  engine,  or  whatever  is  convenient.  Control  of  the  various  parts  which 
require  to  be  moved  is  primarily  electrical,  but  there  appears  to  be  a  distinct  absence 
of  electrical  and  magnetic  means  of  doing  things  wherever  they  can  be  done  as  posi- 
tively by  mechanical  arrangements. 

The  term  '  cord  circuit '  I  have  chosen  merely  because  of  the  similarity  between 
the  unitary  features  of  the  Lorimer  system,  and  the  actual  cord  circuit  used  for  the 
same  purpose  in  the  familiar  manual  system.  The  term  used  by  the  inventors  in  their 
description  and  specifications  '  division,'  if  understood,  is  equally  explanatory.  It  is 
to  be  noted  that  in  calling  the  division  a  cord  circuit,  I  do  not  mean  to  imply  that 
there  are  any  flexible  cords  used.  The  absence  of  the  flexible  cords  is  a  minor  but 
important  distinction  between  manual  and  automatic  systems,  as  the  maintenance  and 
depreciation  expense  connected  with  the  large  equipment  of  flexible  cords  in  a  tele- 
phone switchboard  was  formerly  one  of  the  greater  expenses  of  operating,  and  still  re- 
mains, with  vastly  improved  methods,  as  an  important  feature  of  manual  expense. 

The  Lorimer  system  provides  each  subscriber's  telephone  with  a  certain  amount  of 
mechanism  having  to  do  with  the  making  of  a  call.  The  simplest  form  of  a  subscribers' 
telephone  is  that  used  with  manual  switchboards,  there  being  in  such  an  outfit  merely 
a  telephone  receiver,  a  telephone  transmitter,  a  signal  bell,  and  a  switch  associated 
with  the  hook  upon  which  the  receiver  is  placed,  these  parts  being  associated  together 
with  the  necessary  mounting  box  and  wiring.  All  of  these  parts  are  necessary  in  the 
Lorimer  system,  and  in  addition  there  must  he  provided  the  implements  for  trans- 
mitting the  signal  impulses  to  and  from  the  central  office  in  getting  a  connection. 
TThile  there  is  a  distinct  difference  in  the  mechanism,  some  idea  of  what  the  Lorimer 
subscribers'  station  involves  may  be  gained  from  a  comparison  with  the  subscribers' 
telephone  apparatus  used  in  the  Strowger  system  of  automatic  telephony,  as  used  in 
Chicago  and  elsewhere.  This  Strowger  system,  however,  involves  a  further  element 
in  the  subscribers'  telephone,  this  being  a  battery  furnishing  current  for  the  trans- 
mitter. Two  cells  of  such  battery  are  used  in  the  Strowger  system,  as  these  circuits 
and  apparatus  have  not  yet  been  arranged  to  furnish  the  current  for  the  subscribers' 
transmitters  over  the  line  from  the  central  office.  The  widely  used  '  common  battery ' 
or  '  central  energy  '  manual  systems  of  to-day  have  dispensed  with  the  chemical  battery 
at  the  subscribers'  telephone,  all  current  for  signals  and  talking  being  sent  out  from 
one  large  storage  battery  or  machine  in  the  central  office. 

The  Lorimer  system  is  designed  on  a  basis  of  complete  common  battery  or  central 
energy  current  supply,  and  there  is  no  necessity  for  equipping  each  telephone  with  two. 
or  more  cells  of  battery.  Taking  as  a  basis  the  market  prices  of  dry  batteries  and  the 
accumulated  experience  in  their  use  in  manual  systems,  it  seems  that  the  use  of  the 
dry  batteries  inflicts  an  average  expense  of  $1  per  subscriber  per  year.  Whereas  the 
cost  of  current  furnished  over  the  line  from  the  central  office  for  the  conversations 
varies  with  the  method  of  getting  the  current,  from  five  io  six  cents  per  subscriber 
per  year  when  gas  engines  are  used  for  charging  the  storage  batteries,  up  to  ten  or 
fifteen  cents  per  subscriber  per  year  when  the  current  is  purchased  from  an  electric 
power  company  at  higher  gross  cost. 

There  is  a  further  disadvantage  in  the  use  of  primary  batteries  in  the  subscribers' 
telephone  which  is  that  most  dry  batteries,  which  are  for  many  reasons  the  best  form, 
if  any  are  used,  lose  their  power  merely  by  lapse  of  time  even  if  not  used  at  all,  so 
that  the  telephones  which  are  used  least  require  almost  as  much  expense  for  bat- 
teries each  year  as  those  which  are  heavily  used.  In  all  common  battery  systems, 
however,  the  current  for  transmitter  supply  is  greater  or  less  as  the  telephones  are 
used  more  or  less,  so  that  the  expense  in  this  direction  varies  in  proportion  to  the  use 
of  the  system;  and  in  the  measured  service  method  of  charging,  varies  in  proportion 
to  the  gross  income  from  the  service.  This  feature  of  varying  with  the  service  will  be 
found  to  reappear  in  other  features  of  the  system,  as  discussed  elsewhere  in  this  report, 
and  I  invite  attention  to  each  element  which  I  shall  identify  as  this  feature. 

I  have  referred  in  the  forgoing  to  the  fact  that  the  divisions,  which  I  have  also 
referred  to  as  cord  circuits,  constitute  much  the  larger  part  of  each  section.    In  this 

LORIMER  SYSTEM. 


690  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

I  have  no  reference  to  bulk,  although  the  statement  is  true  for  that  also,  but  to  the 
complexity  of  parts  and  the  cost  of  manufacture.  This  means,  in  other  words,  that 
a  central  office  equipment  on  the  Lorimer  principle  is  composed  mainly  of  devices 
adapted  to  connect  lines  together  when  called  upon  to  do  so.  Bearing  in  mind  that  the 
whole  function  of  the  telephone  exchange  central  office  is  merely  to  connect  lines 
together,  permit  conversations,  and  disconnect  them  at  the  close  of  conversation,  H 
is  easily  seen  that,  divested  of  technicalities,  telephone  exchange  central  office  switch- 
ing is  merely  a  manufacturing  procedure,  the  product  of  manufacture  being  telephone 
service.  Viewed  in  this  simple  way,  the  most  logical  procedure  is  to  build  a  central 
office  mechanism  composed  of  units  especially  designed  to  make  connections  and 
permit  conversations,  and  to  place  as  many  of  those  in  a  central  office  as  shall  be  found 
necessary  by  dividing  the  number  of  connections  to  be  made  by  the  ability  of  each 
unit  to  make  them. 

But  the  success  or  failure  of  an  effort  to  simplify  the  telephone  exchange  problem 
in  this  way,  and  produce  a  central  office  equipment  for  handling  the  work,  naturally 
must  be  determined,  when  the  effort  has  been  completed,  by  finding  out  whether,  with  a 
particular  form  of  equipment,  the  cost  of  making  telephone  service  has  been  reduced 
below  the  cost  of  making  it  by  other  automatic  or  manual  equipments  already  perfected. 

In  my  investigation  of  the  exhibit  of  machinery  for  200  lines  in  the  Piqua  factory, 

I  caused  the  machine  to  make  and  eliminate  a  large  number  of  actual  connections,  the 

in  ■  rung  up,  and  conversation  held  in  enough  of  the  cases  to  establish 

ial  i"  rformance  of  the  equipmenl  as  to  its  calling  and  talking  ability.  In  a  very 
much  more  exhaustive  degree  I  caused  the  machinery  to  make  and  unmake  connections 
in  connection  with  my  study  of  its  details. 

The  time  required  to  set  up  a  complete  connection  between  two  lines  varies  between 
certain  closv  limits.  For  a  given  speed  of  the  driving  motor,  or  driving  shaft,  there 
is  a  certain  minimum  length  of  time,  and  a  certain  maximum  length  of  time  which 
will  be  utilized  in  a  connection.  Both  of  these  limits  at  least  and  greatest  time  are 
dependent  upon  the  main  speed  of  the  driving  shaft,  so  that  by  increasing  the  general 
speed  furnished  to  that  shaft,  all  the  operations  are  speeded  up. 

As  I  first  studied  the  machinery,  a  certain  fundamental  main  shaft  was  rotated  20 
times  a  minute,  and  the  time  required  for  a  complete  connection  under  these  conditions 
was  either  7£  seconds  at  the  fastest,  10J  seconds  at  the  slowest,  or  something  between. 
The  average  of  a  considerable  number  of  tests  under  those  circumstances  was  9  seconds. 

By  running  the  main  shaft  faster  than  20  revolutions  per  minute,  corresponding 
reductions  were  made,  and  in  another  series  wherein  the  main  shaft  was  speeded  up  to 
about  24  revolutions  per  minute,  connections  were  made  with  equal  certainty  and  re- 
liability, the  average  of  the  tests  in  that  case  being  7  8-10  seconds. 

I  have  made  a  considerable  study  of  the  details  of  the  mechanism  along  the  dis- 
tinct line  of  decreasing  still  further  the  time  of  completing  connections,  and  it  is  clear 
to  me  that  if  it  should  be  desired  to  bring  the  total  average  of  completing  a  connection 
down  to  6  seconds,  this  can  be  done  without  endangering  the  certainty  of  the  operation 
of  the  machine  in  any  degree. 

That  this  conclusion  is  important  will  easily  be  believed,  when  it  is  remembered 
that  not  only  is  rapid  service  of  much  importance  in  satisfying  subscribers,  and  that 
other  things  being  equal  the  speedier  the  service  the  more  popular  it  will  be,  but  also 
that  the  speedier  the  connecting  and  disconnecting,  the  greater  the  efficiency  of 
each  of  the  divisions  or  cord  circuits  of  such  a  system  as  the  Lorimer.  By  thus  in- 
creasing the  efficiency  of  each  division,  the  cost  of  the  central  office  equipment  is  re- 
duced, if  the  average  length  of  conversation  remains  constant. 

While  this  may  seem  somewhat  technical,  it  is  elemental  in  telephone  working, 
and  as  it  has  so  strong  a  bearing  on  economics,  I  insert  it  here  in  its  logical  place. 

In  my  examination  of  the  exhibit  machine  in  Piqua,  I  gave  close  attention  also  to 
those  features  in  which  the  relation  of  the  machine  to  troubles  and  faults  in  the  out- 
side plant  differs  from  that  relation  in  other  systems.  What  I  mean  by  this  is  that  in 
the  manual  system  of  the  present  highest  type,  the  outdoor  system  of  lines  in  aerial 
LORIMER   SYSTEM. 


APPENDIX  "A"  691 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

and  underground  cables,  conduits,  &c,  must  have  certain  excellence,  and  a  certain  rigid 
character  of  inspection  and  maintenance,  in  order  that  it  may  operate  satisfactorily, 
without  deranging  the  central  office  equipment  and  service. 

This  outdoor  plant  is,  with  any  equipment,  the  most  expensive  part  ot  the  telephone 
exchange  system.  To  build  and  keep  up  the  outdoor  plant  well  enough  for  the  old  form 
of  telephone  systems,  in  which  the  central  office  was  called  by  turning  the  crank  of  the 
instrument,  costs  a  certain  annual  sum.  To  do  the  same  thing  for  the  present  common 
battery  manual  system  costs  more,  and  it  is  believed  that  to  do  this  for  the  present 
Strowger  automatic  system  costs  still  more. 

The  results  of  my  applying  these  tests  to  the  Lorimer  machine,  setting  up  arti- 
ficially the  exact  conditions  which  outside  troubles  can  cause,  and  analysing  the  re- 
sults with  painstaking  care,  lead  me  to  the  conclusion  that  with  the  proper  and  best 
construction  of  the  Lorimer  system  in  actual  cases  of  commercial  application,  the 
outdoor  plant  need  not  be  more  expensive  than  present  conditions  require,  nor  will 
there  be  more  serious  interference  with  service  in  times  of  considerable  outdoor  trouble. 

I  have  given  enough  study  to  that  phase  of  the  situation  to  enable  me  to  reach 
this  conclusion,  and  I  refrain  from  reciting  at  length  all  the  reasons  which  lead  me 
to  it. 

Applying  the  information  which  I  have  gained  to  the  consideration  of  the  system 
applied  in  practice,  I  am  enabled  to  give  the  following  conclusions  : — 

III. — THE  SYSTEM  IN  COMMERCIAL  APPLICATION. 

Ill  a  manual  equipment  of  the  standard  common  battery  type,  in  which  multiple 
switchboards  are  used,  placing  all  the  lines  of  the  office  within  reach  of  the  connect- 
ing cords  of  each  operator,  there  are  such  relations  between  the  amount  of  machinery 
required  per  line,  and  the  amount  required  per  cord  circuit  or  unit  of  line-connecting^ 
things,  as  to  produce  this  cost  condition  :  While  the  equipment  for  an  office  in  which 
there  are  many  calls  per  line  is  more  expensive  than  the  equipment  of  an  office  hav- 
ing few  calls  per  line  (the  number  of  lines  in  the  two  cases  being  the  same),  the  dif- 
ference between  the  costs  is  not  directly  proportional  to  the  difference  in  the  total 
connections  to  be  made. 

In  the  Strowger  automatic  system  of  equipments  for  central  offices,  the  original 
equipment  has  to  be  installed  large  enough  for  the  maximum  rate  of  calling  which 
is  expected  will  exist  at  the  time  of  heaviest  calling;  and  even  if  the  rate  of  calling 
be  low,  there  is  an  expensive  equipment  to  be  provided  for  each  line.  In  the  Strowger 
system,  the  difference  between  the  cost  of  the  central  office  equipment  capable  of 
handling  a  large  number  of  calls  per  line,  and  that  capable  of  handling  a  small  num- 
ber of  calls  per  line,  is  relatively  very  small.  It  is  much  less  marked  than  in  the  case 
of  manual  systems. 

In  the  Lorimer  system,  the  things  required  to  be  purchased  in  a  degree  corre- 
sponding exactly  with  the  number  of  lines  are  relatively  inexpensive.  The  things 
required  to  be  purchased  in  direct  proportion  to  the  number  of  calls  to  be  handled, 
ordinarily  called  the  '  traffic,'  are  relatively  expensive.  It  follows  that  the  expense  of 
central  office  equipment  varies  almost  as  to  the  work  to  be  done. 

In  order  to  determine  the  next  important  fact,  whether  the  elements  in  the  Lori- 
mer system,  when  manufactured  in  a  commercial  way,  could  be  sold  at  a  price  enabling 
this  important  advantage  of  variation  to  mean  anything  financial  to  the  purchaser 
and  user,  I  made  as  careful  estimates  and  as  close  inquiry  as  my  time  would  permit 
upon  the  costs  of  the  machines  as  they  have  been  made  in  the  limited  way  already 
practiced.  I  supplemented  this  investigation  by  some  calculation  and  study  on  the 
matter  of  what  the  machines  as  designated  ought  to  cost  when  made  under  modern 
principles  in  a  well-equipped,  systematized  factory. 

It  is  my  conclusion  that  the  cost  of  the  elements  of  the  Lorimer  system,  when 
so  manufactured,  can  be  kept  such  that,  after  adding  a  liberal  and  satisfactory  profit, 
equipments  can  be  installed  in  offices  of  600  lines  or  more,  at  a  price  less  than  that 
required  for  the  installation  of  manual  apparatus  of  the  highest  type;  still  more 

LORIMER  SYSTEM. 

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692  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

markedly  less  than  that  of  the  Strowger  system  of  apparatus  of  the  present  type,  and 
that  the  difference  in  favour  of  the  Lorimer  system  grew  greater  as  the  number  of 
lines  increases,  as  the  number  of  calls  per  line  per  day  increases,  or  as  both  increase. 

It  will  be  observed  that  I  have  set  a  limitation  of  a  minimum  size  of  600  lines 
in  the  statement  of  my  conclusions.  This  is  because  I  am  not  able  at  this  time  to 
submit  a  conclusion  based  upon  the  application  of  the  Lorimer  system  to  the  smaller 
offices.  So  far  as  I  can  generalize  at  this  time,  my  conclusions  have  stronger  bearing 
on  the  larger  sized  offices,  because  it  is  in  those  that  the  savings  of  the  Lorimer  prin- 
ciple began  to  be  most  strongly  apparent.  Whether  600  lines,  or  some  other  small 
number  of  lines  is  the  limiting  point,  is  not  easy  to  be  said,  nor  indeed  is  it  probably 
important.  An  answer  on  this  point  would  be  provided  immediately  upon  a  more  ac- 
curate determination  of  final  manufactured  cost  of  the  elements. 

It  may  be  noted  that  I  have  referred  frequently  to  the  different  rates  for  calling 
of  lines.    I  do  so  for  an  important  reason,  which  is  two-fold : 

First.  The  tendency  of  telephone  development  is,  and  for  some  time  has  been,  to- 
wards the  placing  of  more  telephones  in  a  community,  and  naturally  this  means  that 
it  is  the  people  who  could  not  afford  or  thought  they  did  not  need  telephones  hereto- 
fore, who  are  getting  them  now.  Many  of  them  now  are  taking  telephones  at  low 
prices  with  limited  facilities. 

Second.  The  tendency  of  the  management  in  all  large  exchanges  is  away  from 
the  flat  rate  method  of  charging  for  the  service,  and  toward  the  message  rate  or 
measured  service  method.  In  New  York  city  there  are  no  flat  rates,  although  the  sys- 
tem was  operated  originally  on  that  basis  exclusively. 

Wherever  the  message  rate  plan  of  charging  has  been  adopted,  the  rate  of  calling 
on  such  lines  has  fallen  off  in  a  distinct  degree.  This  is  most  natural.  In  New  York 
city  the  rate  of  calling  diminished  so  much  that  instead  of  being  at  an  average  of 
fifteen  calls  or  so  per  line  per  day  throughout  Manhattan  Island  under  the  flat  rate 
plan,  it  fell  to  9'2  calls  per  line  per  day  in  that  area.  It  is  believed  that  in  time  the 
message  rate  system  will  be  the  final  one.  When  this  is  so,  the  most  economical  central 
office  equipment  will  be  that  one  in  which  there  is  the  least  amount  of  equipment  per 
line,  and  the  most  flexible  amount  of  equipment  per  call. 

In  the  manual  systems  involving  a  multiple  of  all  the  lines  entering  an  office — 
this  meaning  the  carrying  of  all  the  lines  within  reach  of  each  of  the  operators — the 
addition  of  sections  of  switchboard  to  increase  the  capacity  of  the  office  in  lines,  means 
that  work  must  be  done  in  and  upon  all  the  sections  which  are  already  in  place,  and 
the  magnitude  of  the  operation  is  more  serious  than  easily  described  in  words.  In  the 
Strowger  system  the  installation  labour  is  not  so  serious,  the  principal  feature  being 
the  cost  of  the  additional  switches  added.  In  the  Lorimer  system,  the  installation  of 
additional  equipment  is  a  matter  of  much  simplicity,  the  added  equipment  being  set 
in  place  with  little  reference  to  that' which  already  has  been  installed. 

Further  features  of  the  probable  commercial  service  of  the  equipment,  so  far  as 
I  have  been  able  to  judge  by  an  examination  of  the  exhibit,  are  that  the  electrical  con- 
tracts made  by  the  machine  and  involved  in  each  connection  for  conversation,  are  very 
positive  and  are  equal  to  the  rather  exacting  requirements  of  telephone  work.  They 
are  as  good  as  these  which  exist  in  the  best  manual  practice;  they  are  better  in  quality 
than  any  I  have  seen  in  other  automatic  systems. 

Being  automatic,  no  operators  are  required.  I  am  not  prepared  to  say  what  will 
be  the  probable  cost  of  skilled  attendants  in  the  sense  of  mechanicians.  It  is  my  be- 
lief, however,  that  these  attendants  should  cost  much  less  than  the  amount  saved  by 
eliminating  operators. 

I  observed  the  workmanship  of  the  exhibit  exchange  to  be  of  an  excellent  char- 
acter. If  this  character  is  maintained  in  commercial  apparatus,  the  cost  of  maintain- 
ing the  machine  elements  should  be  low  for  that  reason. 

The  feature  of  setting  the  number  of  the  called  line  plainly  before  the  calling  sub- 
scriber in  figures,  and  of  turning  in  the  call  by  a  simple  movement  of  a  handle,  ap- 
LORIMER  SYSTEM. 


APPEKDIX  "A"  503 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

pealed  to  me  as  being  direct,  positive  and  satisfactory.  There  is  a  slight  additional  ad- 
vantage in  the  fact  that  upon  failing  to  get  a  station  because  its  line  is  busy,  one  may 
repeat  the  call  from  moment  to  moment  by  merely  giving  a  turn  of  the  calling  handle. 
This  runs  into  a  question  of  remembering  versus  forgetting  the  called  number,  and 
it  may  be  that  it  has  advantages  greater  or  less  than  they  seem  to  me  to  be. 

The  precise  difference  in  character  between  the  outdoor  plant  suitable  for  use 
with  the  manual  system  under  the  best  conditions,  and  the  outdoor  plant  suitable  for 
the  Lorimer  or  Strowger  automatic  systems  under  the  best  conditions,  lies  in  the  neces- 
sity of  a  ground  wire  at  each  of  the  subscriber's  stations.  This  ground  wire  is  in 
addition  to  the  two  line  wires  leading  to  the  central  office,  is  needed  only  at  party  line 
stations  in  the  manual  system,  and  is  needed  at  each  station  in  automatic  systems. 
The  increase  in  expense  by  having  this  ground  wire  at  each  subscriber's  station  is  not 
great,  and  in  the  most  expensive  construction,  the  ground  wire  cost  is  but  a  small  per 
centage  of  the  line  cost  per  station. 

IV. — THE  PATENT  APPLICATION. 

In  accordance  with  my  instructions,  I  have  visited  New  York  on  this  study,  con- 
sulting with  Mr.  H.  C.  Townsend,  who  has  in  charge  the  applications  for  patents  on 
the  Lorimer  system.  The  applications  which  are  pending  in  the  United  States  are 
two  in  number.  One  was  filed  April  24th,  1900,  and  has  for  its  subject  matter  the 
system  as  a  whole.  The  other  was  filed  November  26th,  1901,  and  has  for  its  subject 
matter  a  minor  phase  of  the  system,  which,  while  essential  and  important,  requires 
no  extended  discussion. 

The  application  of  April  24th,  1900,  was  supposed  to  be  in  process  of  examination 
in  the  United  States  Patent  Office  when  a  patent  on  an  automatic  exchange  system 
issued  under  date  of  November  19th,  1901,  to  Ernest  A.  Faller,  of  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, this  patent  being  No.  686,892. 

The  Faller  patent  covered  an  automatic  exchange  apparatus  of  a  specific  charac- 
ter different  from  that  of  the  Lorimer  system,  but  contained  claims  which  were  dis- 
tinctly upon  important  features  of  the  Lorimer  mechanism.  The  attention  of  the 
Patent  Office  was  called  to  the  fact  that  the  Faller  patent  covered  matter  disclosed 
and  claimed  in  the  Lorimer  application,  filed  long  before  the  filing  of  the  Faller  ap- 
plication, and  it  resulted  that  the  Patent  Office  on  February  3rd,  1902,  declared  the 
Faller  patent  and  the  Lorimer  application  in  interference,  this  being  interference 
No.  21,584. 

Extensive  testimony  was  taken,  and  the  result  of  the  proceeding  was  that  on  April 
20th,  1904,  the  Examiner  of  Interferences  of  the  United  States  Patent  Office  rendered 
his  decision,  in  which  for  many  reasons  he  adjudged  priority  of  invention  to  James 
H.  and  George  W.  Lorimer. 

Faller  appealed  to  the  Examiners-in-Chief,  citing  that  the  issues  were  not  patent- 
able in  view  of  another  earlier  patent  to  another  person.  The  Examiners-in-Chief 
failed  to  take  this  view,  or  any  view  advanced  by  Faller,  and  on  September  17th,  1904, 
awarded  judgment  of  priority  to  Lorimer  and  Lorimer. 

The  limit  of  appeal  from  the  decision  of  the  Examiners-in-Chief  was  made  Nov- 
ember 17th,  1904.  This  appeal  was  to  the  Commissioner  of  Patents,  and  in  filing, 
Faller  assigned  no  less  than  eighteen  errors  in  the  decision  of  the  Examiners-in-Chief. 
He  was  not  present  at  the  hearing  before  the  Commissioner,  nor  was  he  represented 
by  counsel.  He  did  not  file  a  brief  in  support  of  his  numerous  reasons  for  appeal. 
The  Commissioner  of  Patents  did  not  confine  himself  to  a  mere  confirmation  of  the 
judgment  of  the  two  lower  tribunals,  as  he  might  have  done  with  justice  in  the  ab- 
sence of  any  appearance  by  or  for  Faller,  but  rendered  a  decision  quite  full,  clear  and 
exact,  terminating  with  the  conclusion  that  there  was  no  error  in  the  finding  of  the 
Examiner  of  Interferences  or  of  the  Examiners-in-Chief,  and  that  their  decision  in 
awarding  priority  of  invention  to  Lorimer  and  Lorimer  was  affirmed.  This  he  did 
December  12th,  1904. 

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694  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  limit  of  appeal  from  the  decision  of  the  Commissioner  of  Patents  to  the 
only  other  tribunal,  is  forty  days  from  December  12th,  1904,  and  this  limit  expires 
January  21st,  1905.  The  appeal  is  to  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia. 

I  have  been  told  that  it  is  not  the  intention  of  Faller  to  appeal,  and  in  view  of 
minor  reasons,  and  the  fact  that  he  said  he  would  not  appear  before  the  commissioner, 
and  did  not,  it  would  seem  reasonably  probable  that  the  commissioner's  decision  is 
final. 

I  have  made  as  close  a  study  of  the  disclosure  of  the  system  in  the  specifications 
anil  drawings  of  the  principal  Lorimer  application  as  has  been  permitted  by  my  time, 
and  the  further  conclusions  which  I  have  reached  are  these  : — 

The  specifications  and  drawings  are  given  a  scope  and  clearness  such  as  to  cover 
the  case  well,  and  to  support  the  claims  which  have  been  made  in  a  manner  probably 
quite  adequate. 

The  claims  introduced  so  far  are  293  in  number.  Seven  of  these  were  required 
to  be  made  in  order  to  meet  the  Faller  issue,  and  take  advantage  of  the  interference. 
The  Patent  Office  lately  was  called  upon  by  Mr.  Townsend  to  furnish  a  statement 
as  to  the  claims  which  were  deemed  to  be  allowable,  and  72  of  them  were  so  reported  on. 
It  was  stated  at  that  time  by  the  office  that  many  other  of  the  claims  were  deemed  also 
to  be  allowable,  when  they  shall  have  been  subjected  to  such  slight  modification  of  form 
as  suggested  by  the  office.  As  to  those  remaining  claims  said  to  require  modification, 
my  study  indicates  that  many  of  the  modifications  are  minor  ones,  and  may  be  made 
with  advantage  or  without  disadvantage,  and  in  the  cases  of  many  others,  the  open 
question  between  the  examiner  and  the  solicitor  might  be  settled  by  argument  in  such 
a  way  as  to  avoid  modification  of  form. 

Beyond  and  beside  all  this,  my  study  of  the  application  convinced  me  in  a  distinct 
though  quite  general  way,  that  there  is  more  in  the  system  than  has  been  claimed;  that 
additional  claims  along  new  lines  can  be  added  to  the  application;  that  these  will  be 
supported  by  the  drawings  and  specifications  as  they  stand,  and  that  the  value  of  the 
patent  finally  to  issue  would  be  greatly  enhanced  by  such  action. 

I  am  equally  convinced  that  there  is  still  another  class  of  claims  which  the  inven- 
tion will  support,  and  to  the  protection  of  which  the  inventors  are  entitled,  because  the 
invention  contains  the  elements,  but  which  the  drawings  and  specifications  as  they  stand 
do  not  properly  support. 

When  it  is  borne  in  mind  that  a  claim,  which  when  allowed  stands  as  a  distinct 
patent  for  the  thing  it  covers,  must  be  read  in  the  light  of  the  disclosure  of  the  speci- 
fications and  drawings,  the  force  of  my  last  statement  will  be  apparent. 

It  is  my  recommendation,  therefore,  that  the  application  be  continued  in  its  amend- 
ment by  having  its  present  claims  prosecuted  as  carefully  as  heretofore,  thaf  every  effort 
be  made  to  discover  what  additional  claims  may  justly  be  supported  by  the  disclosure, 
and  that  the  specifications,  and  if  need  be,  the  drawings,  be  amended  in  all  necessary 
degree  to  support  the  additional  claims  of  the  character  of  which  I  am  speaking.  This 
amendment  of  the  drawings  and  specifications  is  not  intended  to  mean  such  a  change  as 
will  in  any  way  constitute  the  insertion  of  new  matter.  It  is  only  that  I  think  it  highly 
likely  that  occasional  changes  of  wording  and  addition  of  sentences  in  the  specifications 
and  possible  slight  modifications  of  the  drawings,  may  make  the  real  invention  clear, 
in  order  that  the  new  claims  may  be  drawn  with  accuracy  and  certainty.  It  is,  of  course, 
true  that  anything  at  all  of  a  nature  of  new  matter,  even  though  it  may  have  been  in 
the  invention  since  its  beginning  will  be  made  the  subject  of  a  new  application,  or  ne\? 
applications. 

While  it  is  inexpedient  for  me  to  report  in  detail  as  to  what  I  mean  by  this  broad- 
ening of  the  scope  of  the  application,  it  will  be  understood  that  I  have  in  mind  that  so 
important  an  application  may  well  be  strengthened  in  every  possible  way  before  allow- 
ing the  patent  to  issue. 

My  reasons  f"r  considering  the  application  important  are  several.  One  is  that  the 
work  on  the  invention  began  as  long  ago  as  1897,  since  which  time  much  that  is  valu- 
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APPENDIX  "A"  695 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

able  to-day  in  automatic  exchanges  generally  has  been  produced.  The  effort  of  the 
Lorimers  may  seem  to  be  on  lines  quite  different  from  the  efforts  of  those  who  pro- 
duced the  automatic  exchanges  which  are  in  operation,  yet  on  close  analysis  there  are 
fundamental  principles  in  common  in  the  two  systems.  Whether  or  not  the  scope  of 
the  Lorimer  invention  m'ay  include  and  in  some  degree  dominate  these  other  features, 
is  a  question  not  to  be  lightly  regarded. 

It  is  to  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  general  art  of  automatic  telephony  has  been  in 
existence  for  about  twenty-five  years;  but  not  until  1898  or  later  did  there  appear  m 
commercial  use  a  system  capable  of  supplying  telephone  service  to  lines  in  groups  of 
several  thousand  each  at  a  reasonable  cost.  The  work  that  has  been  done  by  inventors 
and  engineers  to  produce  such  a  practical  system  has  been  accomplished  in  very  recent 
times,  and  not  many  patents  have  issued  disclosing  the  apparatus  of  these  more  modern 
system?. 

My  examination  of  the  applications,  the  actions  of  the  Patent  Office,  the  references 
cited,  and  the  history  and  testimony  of  the  hard-fought  interference,  lead  me  to  be- 
lieve that  the  prima  facie  evidence  indicates  that  the  patents  which  will  issue  on  these 
applications  will  contain  many  claims  which  will  be  valid. 

I  may  say  further,  and  my  knowledge  of  the  subject  is  based  on  a  considerable 
intimacy  with  it,  that  I  know  of  no  rights  given  to  others,  by  virtue  of  patents  in  the 
prior  are,  that  would  seem  to  bear  at  all  seriously  on  the  right  of  the  Lorimers  or  their 
assigns,  to  make,  use  and  sell  the  invention.  This,  as  I  have  said,  is  the  entirely 
probable  truth. 

I  trust  that  the  work  I  have  done  for  yov  and  this  report,  will  be  believed  to  be 
thoroughly  and  carefully  done,  and  with  a  view  to  learning  and  setting  down  the  plain 
facts  involved  in  the  situation. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

S.  G.  McMEEN. 
To  Messrs.  D.  J.  Johnson  and  A.  C.  Wisner, 

Chicago.  January  7th,  1905. 


No.  306. 

GEEAT  BRITAIN. 

HOUSE  OE  COMMONS.  SESSION  1905. 

REPORT   FROM   THE   SELECT   COMMITTEE    ON   POST    OFFICE    (TELEPHONE   AGREEMENT). 

The  select  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  agreement  of  the  2nd  day  of  Feb- 
January,  1905,  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  National  Telephone  Company, 
and  to  report  as  to  any  recommendations  thereon  whether  it  is  desirable  in  the  public 
interest  that  the  agreement  should  become  binding,  with  or  without  modifications,  and 
also  whether  the  interests  of  the  employees  of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  have 
been  duly  considered,  have  agreed  to  the  following  report:— 

1.  The  situation  which  has  occasioned  the  provisional  conclusion  of  the  agree- 
ment referred  to  us  as  above  is  as  follows : — 

The  license  to  the  National  Telephone  Company  to  carry  on  telephonic  business, 
either  in  London  or  elsewhere  in  the  United  Kingdom,  is  about  to  expire  on  December 
31  1911  That  company  at  present  carries  on  about  90  per  cent  of  the  telephonic 
business  of  the  country-  At  the  end  of  1911,  therefore,  with  the  exceptions  mentioned 
below  practically  the  whole  of  the  facilities  for  telephonic  communication  now  enjoyed 
by  the  public  would,  if  nothing  had  already  been  done  and  if  nothing  were  to  be  done 
in  the  interval  between  now  and  then,  entirely  disappear.    Exception  has  to  be  made 

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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

in  the  case  of  a  few  provincial  areas  where  municipalities  have  installed  telephonic 
services  in  competition  with  the  company  under  licenses  which  will  expire  at  dates 
varying  from  1913  to  1926. 

2.  The  case  of  the  district  known  as  the  London  exchange  area  has  already  been 
provided  for  by  an  agreement,  dated  November  18,  1901,  between  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral and  the  National  Telephone  Company  (hereinafter  called  '  the  London  agree- 
ment')• 

3.  That  agreement  provided  for  the  purchase  of  the  plant  of  the  company  in  the 
London  exchange  area  on  December  31,  1911.  Among  other  conditions,  the  plant  was 
to  be  purchased  at  its  value  in  situ,  and  no  payment  was  to  be  made  in  respect  of  com- 
pulsory purchase,  goodwill  or  past  or  future  profits.  The  company  received  under- 
ground facilities,  and  undertook  to  give  intercommunication  between  the  systems  of 
the  Postmaster  General  and  of  the  company  in  London  during  the  continuance  of  the 
company's  license,  and  to  concede  uniformity  of  rates. 

4.  The  London  agreement  was  never  expressly  submitted  to  parliament,  but  is  con- 
sidered to  have  received  parliamentary  approval  by  the  negativing  of  an  amendment 
to  the  address  on  January  27,  1902,  and  it  has  since  been  acted  upon. 

5.  It  is  proposed  by  the  agreement  now  referred  to  your  committee  to  extend  to 
the  provinces,  where  the  conditions  materially  differ,  some  of  the  principles  of  the 
London  agreement. 

6.  The  case  of  the  provinces  differs  from  that  of  London  chiefly  in  the  fact  that 
in  certain  provincial  towns  a  municipal  telephone  system  exists  side  by  side  and  in 
competition  with  that  of  the  National  Telephone  Company.  These  municipal  systems 
are  conducted  under  licenses  from  the  Postmaster  General;  and  it  is  provided  by  the 
Telegraph  Act  of  1899  that  where  a  municipality  receives  a  license  extending  beyond 
December  31,  1911,  the  license  of  the  National  Telephone  Company  to  carry  on  busi- 
ness in  the  same  area  shall  enjoy  an  extension  for  the  same  period.  Another  enact- 
ment of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1899,  provides  that  where  in  consequence  of  the  grant  of  a 
license  to  a  municipality,  the  company  obtain  an  extension  of  their  license  for  as  much 
as  eight  years  beyond  December  31,  1911,  they  are  bound  (on  certain  conditions)  to 
grant  intercommunication  within  the  exchange  area. 

7.  The  only  places  where  the  above  enactments  now  have  effect  are  the  follow- 
ing: Hull,  whose  license  expires  December  31,  1911;  Glasgow,  whose  license  expires 
December  31,  1913;  Swansea,  whose  license  expires  December  31,  1920;  Brighton, 
whose  license  expires  April  30,  1926 ;  Portsmouth,  whose  license  expires  July  30,  1926. 

The  resulting  effect  is  that  in  Hull  the  municipal  right  to  carry  on  telephonic 
business  will  expire  at  the  same  time  as  the  company's  right;  in  Glasgow,  Swansea, 
Brighton  and  Portsmouth,  the  company's  right  will  remain  alive  for  various  periods 
after  1911;  and  in  Swansea,  Brighton  and  Portsmouth  the  company  will  enjoy  the 
extended  period  subject  to  an  obligation  to  give  intercommunication  to  the  subscribers 
to  the  municipal  system. 

8.  Elsewhere  than  in  the  London  area  and  the  towns  mentioned  above,  and  the  few 
places  in  which  the  post  office  are  working  telephonic  services,  the  National  Telephone 
Company  is  at  present  practically  the  only  agency  supplying  telephonic  facilities. 

It  is  to  provide  for  the  situation  which  will  arise  at  the  end  of  1911  that  the 
agreement  of  February  2,  1905,  was  entered  into  between  the  Postmaster  General  and 
the  National  Telephone  Company.  It  will  come  into  force  on  August  31,  1905,  if  not 
previously  disapproved  of  by  the  House  of  Commons.  For  more  convenient  reference, 
we  append  a  copy  of  it  to  our  report. 

9.  Broadly  speaking,  that  agreement  adopts  the  same  method  as  was  applied  in 
the  London  area  by  the  agreement  of  1901.  The  Postmaster  General  undertakes  to 
purchase  at  the  end  of  1911  some,  but  not  the  whole,  of  the  plant,  land  and  buildings 
that  will  then  be  in  the  hands  of  the  company.  The  agreement  contains  provisions 
designed  to  secure  that  the  property  so  taken  over  shall  not  be  obsolete  or  otherwise 
unsuitable  for  the  Postmaster-General's  requirements.     As  to  the  sufficiency  of  those 

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APPENDIX  "A"  697 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

provisions,  we  shall  have  more  to  say  hereafter.  For  the  present,  it  suffices  to  note 
that  the  agreement  contemplates  the  preservation  of  certain  selected  assets  of  the 
National  Telephone  Company,  and  the  ensuring  that  they  shall  be  made  both  avail- 
able and  useful  to  their  successors.  It  follows  that,  so  far  as  concerns  those  assets, 
the  National  Telephone  'Company  is  relieved  of  the  otherwise  difficult  task  of  finding  a 
purchaser,  and  their  shareholders  are  relieved,  as  regards  so  much  of  their  property,  of 
the  fear  of  losing  it  by  the  expiration  of  the  license  in  1911.  In  return  the  company 
undertakes  (besides  the  obligation  of  making  and  keeping  their  property  good  and 
serviceable  for  the  purposes  of  the  transfer  in  1911)  to  give  certain  advantages  not 
hitherto  enjoyed  by  telephone  users. 

10.  It  should  be  mentioned  here,  as  an  exception  to  the  provision  that  goodwill 
and  profits  shall  not  be  considered  in  fixing  price,  that  goodwill  up  to  a  maximum 
amount  will  have  to  be  assessed  on  what  is  called  the  private  wire  business  of  the  com- 
pany, which  the  company  give  up  under  the  agreement,  notwithstanding  that  not  re- 
quiring a  license  it  could  be  carried  on  after  1911.  Goodwill  will  also  have  to  be  paid 
for  in  the  few  cases  of  unexpired  rights  that  the  company  will  enjoy  after  1911  in  the 
areas  of  the  competing  municipalities  mentioned  above. 

11.  We  have  carefully  considered  the  bearing  of  the  agreement  on  the  public 
interest,  and  to  enable  us  to  do  so  we  have  heard  evidence  as  to  the  policy  of  the  pro- 
posed purchase,  as  to  the  provisions  in  the  agreement  designed  to  secure  that  the 
assets  to  be  taken  over  shall  be  properly  selected  and  valued,  and  as  to  the  possible  conse- 
quential effects  of  the  agreement  on  the  interest  of  the  public,  whether  regarded  in  its 
national  capacity  or  as  organized  in  municipalities  which  now  carry  on  telephonic 
services  or  may  in  the  future  desire  to  do  so.  We  have  also  considered  the  probable 
effect  of  the  adoption  of  the  agreement  on  the  interests  of  the  employees  of  the  Na- 
tional Telephone  Company. 

12.  On  the  general  question  of  the  policy  of  this  purchase,  protests  were  made  not 
only  by  the  present  telephone-owning  municipalities,  but  also  on  behalf  of  the  London 
County  Council,  which  claimed  to  represent  one-fifth  of  the  telephone  users  of  the 
kingdom.  Such  witnesses  have  pointed  out  that  the  municipal  services  are  both  good 
and  cheap  and  that  their  competition  with  the  National  Telephone  Company  has 
greatly  improved  and  cheapened  the  company's  services  in  their  areas.  They  have 
alleged  that  in  London,  where,  under  the  agreement  of  1901  the  Postmaster  General 
has  taken  the  field  as  a  competitor  of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  the  public 
has  got  a  service  neither  so  good  nor  so  cheap  as  the  municipal  services.  They  have 
expressed  fears  that  between  now  and  1912  it  will  be  possible  under  the  agreement  for 
the  National  Telephone  Company  to  institute  so  severe  a  competition  with  the  muni- 
cipal services  as  to  starve  them  out  of  existence.  And  to  prevent  this,  they  have 
claimed  that  either  the  minimum  rates  allowed  by  the  agreement  should  be  fixed 
higher,  or  that  favour  or  preference  should  be  prohibited  not  merely,  as  under  the 
agreement,  between  individual  subscribers  in  the  same  area,  but  also  between  bodies 
of  users  in  different  areas. 

13  But  in  the  case  of  all  the  municipal  witnesses  it  has  become  apparent  that 
while  thev  have  been  drawing  our  attention  chiefly  to  the  apprehended  effects  of  the 
agreement  during  the  intermediate  and  transitional  period  between  1905  and  1911, 
their  chief  fears  have  been  as  to  its  permanent  effects  after  the  disappearance  of  the 
-company  at  the  end  of  that  tjftne.  They  have  pointed  to  the  danger  of  their  services 
being  absorbed  and  superseded  by  the  post  office  in  a  manner  and  on  terms  which 
would  inflict  financial  loss  on  their  ratepayers,  inconvenience  and  detriment  upon 
their  constituent  users,  and  an  interference  with  that  rapid  development  which  they 
believe  is  fostered  by  municipal  enterprise. 

14.  We  are  bound  to  say  that  some  ground  was  given  for  these  fears  by  the  fact 
that  the  post  office  witnesses  enunciated  before  us,  as  the  present  view  of  the ^  Post- 
master Generals  Department,  the  opinion  that  the  post  office  should  afte r  19 11,  be- 
come the  universal  and  exclusive  provider  of  telephonic  services  in  the  United  Jimg- 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


698  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

dom.  Among  other  things,  the  Postmastei  General  had  stated  in  a  recent  letter  to 
Glasgow  that  '  he  did  not  anticipate  any  prolongation  of  existing  licenses  or  other- 
wise,' and  Sir  George  Murray  said  '  that  it  was  desirable  in  the  future  that  municipal 
telephones  should  be  absorbed  by  the  state.'  The  case  was  not  made  better  in  this  re- 
spect by  the  fact  that  these  announcements  were  thought  to  be  out  of  harmony  with 
previous  and  even  recent  utterances  of  the  same  department.  So  recently  as  March 
23,  1904,  Lord  Stanley,  the  present  Postmaster  General,  said  in  this  House :  '  He 
would  be  only  too  ready  to  help  in  every  way  any  municipality  that  wished  to  start 
its  own  telephones,  and  he  hoped  that  the  present  difficulty,  that  a  municipality  could 
not  get  an  extension  beyond  1911  without  the  company  receiving  the  same  extension, 
might  be  overcome  when  they  came  to  a  general  agreement.'  This  policy,  however, 
of  unification  under  state  management,  though  advocated  by  the  Postmaster  General's 
witnesses,  is  not  in  the  present  agreement.  It  has  been  contended  that  one  conse- 
quence of  the  agreement  would  be  that  during  the  transitional  period  1905-1911,  no 
fresh  municipal  licenses  could  be  expected  to  be  granted,  nor  could  extensions  of  ex- 
isting municipal  licenses  be  promised. 

15.  We  have  not  felt  it  necessary  to  go  into  the  question  of  the  comparative  merits 
of  municipal  and  national  telephonic  services,  a  question  which  we  do  not  consider  to 
have  been  referred  to  us.  Nor  have  we  followed  up  the  controversies  which  arose  as 
to  the  mechanical  efficiency  or  financial  stability  of  the  existing  municipal  undertak- 
ings. For  we  felt  no  doubt  that  the  relative  claims  of  municipal  and  national  systems 
will  be  settled  by  parliament  on  higher  considerations  than  that  some  municipalities 
may  have  made  mistakes  at  their  first  essay.  We  express  no  opinion  as  to  whether 
such  mistakes  have  been  made;  but  we  see  no  reason  to  suppose  that,  even  if  they  have, 
municipalities  will  not  be  able  and  willing  to  profit  by  the  experience  gained. 

16.  In  favour  of  the  general  policy  of  purchase  in  1911,  the  solicitor  (Sir  R.  Hun- 
ter), the  secretary  (Mr.  H.  Babington  Smith),  and  the  engineer-in-chief  (Mr.  Gavey) 
to  the  post  office,  appeared  before  us,  and,  directing  their  attention  mainly  to  the 
period  1905-1911,  argued  substantially  as  follows: — 

(a)  That  the  continuance,  without  break',  of  the  supply  of  telephonic  ser- 
vices after  December,  1911,  is  secured  in  the  best  practicable  way,  with- 
out wasteful  duplication  of  plant. 

(b)  That  a  motive  is  provided  and  an  enforcement  secured  for  the  mainten- 
ance of  the  company's  plant  in  a  fully  efficient  state. 

(c)  That  even  if  the  company  were  left  alone  until  their  rights  expire,  no 
competitor  could  in  the  meanwhile  make  much  profit  who  had  not  secured 
the  intercommunication,  which  the  agreement  secures,  with  the  com- 
pany's subscribers. 

(d)  That  the  agreement  precludes  preferential  charges  and  unfair  discrimina- 
tions between  subscribers  in  the  same  area. 

(e)  That  the  rates  charged  by  both  post  office  and  company  will  be  confined 
within  maximum  and  minimum  limits. 

(f)  That  the  experience  gained  under  the  London  agreement  showed  that  its 
policy  had  been  justified  by  success.  In  two  years  44,000  new  subscribers 
(equally  divided  between  the  two  systems)  had  been  added. 

(g)  That  the  immediate  erection  of  new  plant  by  the  Postmaster  General, 
even  if  not  financially  imprudent,  could  not,  except  under  extreme  pres- 
sure, be  accomplished  in  the  time  available  before  the  disappearance-  of 
the  company's  system. 

(h)  That  the  fullest  right  of  starting  or  licensing  competitive  systems  is  an 
added  guarantee  of  efficiency,  and  is  made  effective  by  the  right  of  inter- 
communication, without  which  competition  could  not  pay. 
(i)  That  it  would  be  a  proper  course  for  the  post  office  to  acquire  any  muni- 
cipal exchange  which  is  unable  to  maintain  itself  against  the  competi- 
tion of  the  company. 
GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPEXDIX  "A"  699 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

17.  By  way  of  securing  that  the  assets  to  be  bought  by  the  Postmaster  General 
shall  be  properly  selected  and  valued,  the  agreement  in  the  first  place  (clause  4)  makes 
all  questions  of  price  in  case  of  disagreement  the  subject  of  arbitration.  Except  in  the 
few  cases  mentioned  in  paragraph  10  of  this  report,  the  price  will  receive  none  of  the 
enhancements  that  usually  attend  a  statutory  expropriation.  Many  indeed  of  such 
elements  of  added  price  are  expressly  negatived.  The  words  of  clause  4  (1)  are  as 
follows : — 

'  4.  (1)  The  value  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1911,  of  all  plant  purchased 
by  the  Postmaster  General  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  hereof,  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  its  fair  market  value  at  the  time  of  the  purchase,  due  re- 
gard being  had  to  the  nature  and  then  condition  of  such  plant  and  to  the 
state  of  repair  thereof  and  to  the  circumstance  that  it  is  in  such  a  posi- 
tion as  to  be  ready  for  immediate  working  and  to  its  suitability  for  the 
purposes  of  the  Postmaster  General's  telephonic  service,  and  no  addition 
shall  be  made  to  such  value  in  respect  of  compulsory  purchase  or  of 
goodwill,  or  of  any  profits  which  might  have  been  or  be  made  by  the 
company  by  the  use  of  such  plant  and  in  determining  the  value  of  any 
plant,  no  advantage  arising  from  the  construction  of  such  plant  by  leave 
of  the  Postmaster  General  upon  any  railway  or  canal  over  which  the 
Postmaster  General  possesses  exclusive  rights  of  way  for  telegraphic  lines 
shall  be  taken  into  account.' 

18.  The  words  '  fair  market  value  at  the  time  of  purchase '  are  identical  with 
those  used  in  the  London  agreement  (clause  9  (3)).  They  occur  also  in  the  corre- 
sponding part  (clause  30)  of  the  licenses  usually  granted  to  municipalities,,  of  which 
the  model  form  as  revised  in  1902  is  printed  in  the  appendix. 

Some  exception  was  taken  to  these  words  on  the  ground  that  they  differed  from 
those  employed  in  the  Tramway  Act  of  1870.  The  words  there  were  '  the  then  value.' 
These  became  the  subject  of  a  judicial  decision  of  the  House  of  Lords  to  the  effect 
that  they  excluded  past  or  future  profits  and  compensation  for  compulsory  sale  and 
fixed  the  proper  value  of  the  property  in  question  at  such  sum  as  it  would  cost  to  con- 
struct and  establish  the  same,  less  an  appropriate  deduction  in  respect  of  depreciation. 
We  regard  it  as  important  to  secure  the  adoption  of  the  words  which  carry  the  author- 
ity of  a  legal  decision.  We,  therefore,  recommend  that  clause  4  (1)  in  the  agreement 
should  be  so  amended  as  to  run  as  follows : — 

'  1.  The  value  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1911,  of  all  plant,  land,  buildings, 
stores  and  furniture  purchased  by  the  Postmaster  General  in  pursuance 
of  the  provisions  hereof  shall  be  the  then  value  (exclusive  of  any  allow- 
ance for  past  or  future  profits  of  the  undertaking^  or  any  compensation 
for  compulsory  sale  or  other  consideration  whatsoever)  of  such  plant, 
land,  buildings,  stores  and  furniture  having  regard  to  its  suitability  for 
the  purposes  of  the  Postmaster  General's  telephonic  service  and  in  deter- 
mining the  value  of  any  plant,  no  advantage  arising  from  the  construc- 
tion of  such  plant  by  leave  of  the  Postmaster  General  upon  any  railway 
or  canal  over  which  the  Postmaster  General  possesses  exclusive  rights  of 
way  for  telegraphic  lines  shall  be  taken  into  account.' 
This  involves  the  consequential  deletion  of  clause  4  (2). 

19.  We  are  unable  to  suggest  a  better  method  than  arbitration  for  settling  the 
purchase  price  in  case  of  disagreement.  The  process  of  arbitration  has,  however,  to 
be  applied  to  the  determination  of  other  questions  besides  that  of  price.  The  agree- 
ment proposes  to  resort  to  it  for  the  purpose  of  testing  plant  in  some  instances  in  re- 
spect of  its  '  suitability  for  the  requirements  of  the  telephonic  service  of  the  post 
office.'  In  respect  of  these  cases  we  should  mention  that  it  has  been  contended  before 
us  that  the  Postmaster  General  should  be  his  own  judge  of  suitability.  It  becomes 
necessary  therefore  to  examine  the  provisions  of  the  agreement  under  which  it  is 
designed  to  effect  a  proper  discrimination  between  the  assets  to  be  taken  over. 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


700  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

20.  From  an  examination  of  clauses  2  and  3  of  the  agreement  it  appears  that  ex- 
cept as  mentioned  below  the  Postmaster  General  will,  as  regards  every  item  that  he 
has  to  buy,  have  the  protection  afforded  by  the  fact  that  either — 

(a)  It  has  been  acquired  or  constructed  with  his  consent,  or 

(b)  It  comes  up  to  the  scheduled  specification  in  point  of  technical  effi- 
ciency, or 

(c)  It  is  found  by  an  arbitrator  to  be  suitable  for  the  Postmaster  General's 
requirements. 

The  exceptions  to  the  above  are : — 

(i)  Land  or  buildings  acquired  before  the  agreement  in  non-competitive 
areas,  if  in  use  on  February  2,  1905. 

(ii)  Plant  acquired  before  the  agreement,  not  coming  up  to  specification, 
and  being  switchboards  or  other  internal  plant  in  use  in  non-competitive 
areas  on  August  15,  1904,  and  specified  in  list  by  company  to  Postmas- 
ter General  before  August  2,  1905. 

All  plant,  land  and  buildings  must,  in  order  to  be  qualified  for  purchase  be  actu- 
ally '  in  use '  by  the  company  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1911,  for  the  purpose  of  the 
licensed  telephonic  business  of  the  company  (see  clause  2  [la]).  So  that  it  may  be 
remarked  of  (i)  supra  that  land  or  buildings  bought  or  erected  before  February  2, 
1901)1,  in  use  then,  and  still  in  use  nearly  seven  years  later,  are  not  very  likely  to  be 
not  worth  taking  under  the  carefully  guarded  conditions  of  the  arbitration. 

Ami  :is  regards  (ii)  it  is  to  be  remarked  that  these  classes  of  assets  will  also  have 
to  be  still  '  in  use,'  under  clause  2  (la),  on  December  31,  1911,  and  that  should  they 
be  then  worn  out,  obsolete,  or  otherwise  unsuitable,  the  want  of  newness  or  the  un- 
euitability  can  still  be  urged  before  the  arbitrator  in  reduction  of  the  price.  The 
switchboards  and  other  plant  mentioned  in  (ii)  were  stated  before  us  to  amount  to  not 
more  than  1  per  cent  of  the  whole  amount  of  plant  to  be  purchased. 

21.  A  variety  of  detailed  objections  were  taken  to  many  of  the  provisions  of  the 
agreement,  in  respect  of  which  it  was  sought  to  show  that  the  terms  of  purchase  were 
too  favourable  to  the  National  Telephone  Company,  and  that  this  was  evidenced  by  a 
substantial  rise  in  the  value  of  the  company's  stocks  as  between  certain  dates.  No 
doubt  it  would  be  possible  to  bring  to  an  end  the  existence  of  the  company  in  ways 
which  would  have  been  most  unfavourable  to  the  company.  Had  that  been  the  Post- 
master General's  object  he  could  doubtless  have  aimed  at  it  by  settling  in  his  own 
favour  every  point  which  tended  in  that  direction.  Indeed  he  could  in  that  case  have 
done  without  the  company's  plant,  and  he  could  have  done  without  an  agreement  alto- 
gether. But  it  does  not  follow  that  by  so  doing  he  would  have  furthered  the  interest  of 
the  public.  Loss  to  the  telephone  company's  shareholders  is  not  necessarily,  and  in  any 
event,  gain  to  the  public,  and  putting  an  end  to  the  company's  existence  is  not  the 
only  thing  that  the  public  interest  requires.  The  main  interest  that  the  public  have 
is  in  the  maintenance  of  a  cheap,  efficient  and  improving  service  without  break  of 
continuity. 

22.  In  the  course  of  these  criticisms  it  was  sought  to  show  that  the  specifications 
in  the  third  schedule  to  the  agreement  were  not  of  adequate  stringency  to  secure  that 
the  plant  taken  over  should  be  modern  and  efficient.  In  particular  it  was  contended 
that  the  specifications  of  this  agreement  were  less  stringent  than  the  corresponding 
requirements  attached  as  conditions  to  licenses  granted  to  municipalities.  The  ques- 
tions here  involved  were  of  necessity  highly  technical,  and  our  task  was  not  rendered 
easier  by  the  fact  that  we  had  not  before  us  the  evidence  of  any  witness  who  had  not 
been  employed  either  on  the  installation  of  the  post  office  or  on  those  of  the  telephone 
owning  municipalities.  Neither  side  called  an  independent  expert.  The  case  for  the 
post  office  with  respect  to  the  specifications  was  that  they  represented  the  latest  stand- 
ard practice,  not  merely  of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  but  of  the  Postmaster 
General's  own  telephone  system;  and  that  they  followed  the  better  and  more  modern 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPEXDIX  "A"  701 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

practice  of  specifying  results  (such  as  audibility,  &c.)  to  be  aimed  at,  without  too 
greatly  limiting  discretion  as  to  how  those  results  were  to  be  attained.  Indeed,  it  was 
said  that  it  was  intended  to  alter  in  the  same  direction  the  corresponding  specifications 
in  the  municipal  licenses. 

23.  If  the  price  to  be  paid  is  not  excessive  and  the  specifications  and  other  safe- 
guards are  sufficient  to  secure  that  the  plant  shall  be  good  the  only  question  that  re- 
mains is  whether  it  would  be  possible,  and  if  possible,  better  for  the  telephone  users 
and  the  taxpayers',  for  the  Postmaster  General  to  provide  his  own  plant. 

24.  On  the  question  of  possibility  the  post  office  witnesses  estimated  that  at  least 
6ix  or  seven  years  would  be  required  to  construct  a  plant  which,  when  completed, 
would  be  equal  to  three  times  the  capacity  of  that  now  owned  by  the  National  Tele- 
phone Company,  which  is  estimated  to  be  the  minimum  probable  requirements  of  1911. 
For  the  weighty  reasons  appearing  in  the  answers  to  questions  200-203,  the  Postmas- 
ter General  has  not  availed  himself  of  the  option  that  was  open  to  him  on  December  31, 
1904,  to  give  six  months'  notice  to  purchase  the  undertaking  of  the  company.  He  has, 
therefore,  only  the  period  from  the  present  time  to  December  31,  1911,  in  which  to 
replace  with  all  their  accessories  the  250„O00  telephones  that  the  National  Telephone 
Company  had  in  the  provinces  on  March  31,  1905,  besides  creating  the  large  additional 
number  that  will  be  wanted  by  the  beginning  of  1912.  It  is  fair  to  mention  that  ilr. 
Bennett,  the  engineer  to  the  telephone-owning  municipalities,  estimated  that  this  work 
could  be  accomplished  in  four  years.  In  this  period,  however,  he  had  made  no  allow- 
ance for  the  time  likely  to  be  occupied  in  the  compulsory  acquisition  of  lands. 

25.  But  even  if  it  were  possible  to  complete  this  duplicated  installation  by  the 
beginning  of  1912,  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  from  now  till  then,  should  the  policy 
of  duplication  be  preferred  to  that  of  the  agreement,  the  telephone  users  of  the  one 
system  will  get  no  intercommunication  with  those  of  the  other;  and  those  of  the  com- 
pany's system  in  areas  in  which  the  post  office  have  not  set  up  competition  will  have 
to  submit  to  whatever  high  rates,  preferential  charges  and  other  vexatious  treatment  it 
may  be  competent  to  the  company  in  the  exigencies  of  conducting  an  expiring  business 
to  impose  upon  them.  At  the  same  time  the  taxpayer  will  for  some  time  have  to  go 
without  interest  on  the  necessarily  large  sums  that  will  have  to  be  raised  for  the  pur- 
pose of  equipping  and  starting  the  new  service. 

26.  The  cases  of  Glasgow  and  Hull  present  some  special  features.  Glasgow  (in 
the  year  1900)  took  a  license  expiring  in  1913.  Hull  (in  1902)  took  a  license  expiring 
in  1911.  In  both  cases  it  was  represented  to  us  that  the  short  term  was  accepted  in 
the  expectation  that  the  government,  having  thereby  been  spared  the  inconvenience  of 
the  consequent  prolongation  of  the  company's  license,  would  recognize  the  forbear- 
ance of  those  municipalities  by  renewing  their  licenses  in  1913  and  1911  respectively. 
In  the  case  of  Hull  it  was  even  said  that  at  an  interview  with  the  Postmaster  General 
in  1901  a  renewal'  had  been  expressly  promised.  After  hearing  some  of  those  present 
at  that  interview  on  both  sides,  we  found  that,  though  there  was_  no  substantial^  con- 
flict of  testimony  as  to  the  words  used,  there  were  irreconcilable  differences  of  opinion 
as  to  the  inferences  to  be  drawn.  In  any  case  Hull  had  felt  so  far  encouraged  by  what 
had  passed  as  to  feel  justified  in  going  forward  with  the  installation  of  a  competing 
system  with  no  better  security  for  their  hope  that  the  license  would  be  extended  be- 
yond 1911  than  assurances  said  to  have  been  given  in  a  conversation  never  reduced  to 
writing.  Both  Hull  and  Glasgow  professed,  therefore,  to  have  received  with  surprise 
and  some  sense  of  hardship  the  subsequent  uncompromising  pronouncements  of  the 
post  office  in  favour  of  the  unification  of  all  services  under  the  management  of  the 
state. 

We  think  that  these  two  cases  should  receive  special  consideration  in  the  event  of 
any  parliamentary  action  being  taken  such  as  we  foreshadow  in  paragraph  28. 

27.  On  a  careful  review  of  the  bearing  of  the  agreement  as  a  whole  upon  the  in- 
terest of  the  public,  we  find  that  the  policy  of  purchase  is  to  be  preferred  to  the  other 
alternatives,  and  that  if  safeguarded  as  we  recommend  in  paragraph  28,  it  will  leave 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


702  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

the  position  of  the  municipalities  unprejudiced  as  regards  the  period  succeeding  the 
cesser  of  the  company's  rights  in-  1911.  We  are  of  opinion  that  in  order  to  make  it 
clear  that  municipal  licenses  can  be  granted  between  August  31,  1905,  and  December 
31,  1911,  without  giving  the  National  Telephone  Company  rights  to  compensation 
under  the  Telegraph  Act  of  1899  in  respect  of  licenses  granted  after  August  31,  1905, 
it  is  desirable  that  the  agreement  should  be  modified  by  omitting  on  page  6,  paragraph 

2  (1)  h,  line  6,  the  word  'whether'  and  the  words  'or  after.' 

After  allowing  due  weight  to  the  criticisms  that  have  been  passed  upon  details, 
we  think  that  the  agreement  provides  on  balance  the  best  security  available  in  the 
circumstances  that  the  property  purchased  shall  be  good  and  suitable  in  quality  and 
that  no  more  than  a  reasonable  price  shall  be  paid. 

28.  While  therefore  we  recommend  that  in  the  general  public  interest  the  House 
of  Commons  should  not  disapprove  of  the  agreement,  we  think  that  the  agreement, 
with  the  modifications  that  we  have  proposed,  should  not  be  allowed  to  become  opera- 
tive until  a  pledge  has  been  given  to  the  House  that  between  now  and  January,  1912, 
nothing  shall  be  done  by  the  government  whereby  the  question  of  the  future  owner- 
ship and  management  of  local  telephone  installations  (as  distinct  from  the  ownership 
and  management  of  trunk  lines)  may  be  prejudiced,  and  that,  unless  by  a  vote  of  the 
House  it  has  otherwise  been  determined,  the  post  office  shall  continue  to  grant  licenses 
to  municipalities  on  terms  not  more  onerous  in  respect  of  royalties  than  the  terms 
of  the  standard  telephone  license  as  revised  in  January,  1902. 

\\ V   recommend   that  the  purchase  of  any  plant  by  the  Postmaster  General 
from  the  municipalities  shall  be  governed,  if  the  municipalities  so  desire,  by  schedule 

3  attached  to  the  agreement.  * 

30.  We  also  suggest  the  following  amendment  to  the  agreement:  Add  to  clause  9, 
line  4,  after  the  word  'exchange'  the  words  'or  any  municipal  system  established 
under  a  license  granted  after  August  31,  1905.' 

31.  We  pass  to  the  consideration  of  the  probable  effects  of  the  adoption  of  the 
agreement  on  the  interests  of  the  employees  of  the  National  Telephone  Company.  We 
interpret  this  part  of  the  reference  to  us  as  meaning  that  we  should  inquire  whether 
those  employees  will,  if  the  agreement  becomes  binding,  be  thereby  placed  in  a  sub- 
stantially worse  position  than  that  which  they  occupied  on  February  2,  1905. 

We  have  heard  evidence  on  this  subject  from  the  secretary  to  the  post  office,  the 
manager  of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  and  representatives  of  the  workpeople 
and  others  on  their  behalf.  The  total  number  of  employees  at  present  is  14,227,  which, 
it  is  anticipated,  will  have  been  largely  increased  in  1911.  The  claims  put  forward  on 
behalf  of  the  staff  were,  mainly,  for  a  guarantee  of  continuity  of  employment,  when 
the  service  is  taken  over  by  the  Postmaster  General,  compensation  for  loss  of  office  for 
those  whose  services  are  not  retained,  and  a  claim  to  pensions.  Those  members  of  the 
company's  staff  with  a  salary  of  £100  a  year  and  upwards,  who  at  present  number  about 
1,200,  and  are  beneficiaries  in  a  pension  scheme  started  by  the  company  in  1896,  which 
is  secured  by  a  trust-deed  and  financed  by  a  contribution  of  2%  per  cent  from  salaries 
and  a  like  amount  contributed  by  the  company,  asked  that  the  assets  and  liabilities 
of  the  pension  fund  should  be  taken  over  and  the  fund  continued  on  its  present  basis, 
and  be  kept  alive  for  the  benefit  of  its  members,  or  alternatively,  that  the  Postmaster 
General  should  take  over  the  assets  of  the  scheme  and  count  the  employees'  years  of 
service  with  the  company  for  superannuation  purposes  as  if  they  had  been  spent  in 
the  service  of  the  state.  Unless  something  of  this  kind  were  done,  it  was  stated,  the 
staff  would  lose  considerably  by  the  transfer.  Operators  and  others  who,  had  they 
been  employed  in  the  Civil  Service,  would  have  been  entitled  to  superannuation  bene- 
fits, have  asked  that  their  years  of  service  with  the  company  shall,  on  their  being  taken 
over  in  1911,  count  as  if  spent  in  the  civil  service.  In  support  of  these  claims,  Mr. 
Gaine,  the  general  manager  of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  stated  that  unless  they 
were  conceded  the  effect  would  be  very  detrimental  to  the  telephone  service  since  the 
class  of  people  required  would  not  offer  themselves  for  training  in  a  concern  where 
GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  liA"  703 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

they  had  no  safety  for  continuity  of  service.  Further  that  the  constant  development 
of  the  telephone  system  would  speedily  absorb  any  surplus  which  mjght  be  caused  in 
the  post  office  by  taking  over  the  entire  staff.  In  this  latter  view,  Mr.  Babington  Smith 
concurred  and  further  stated  that  the  Postmaster  General  had  in  effect  given  an  assur- 
ance that  in  1911  the  existing  staff  would  be  taken  over  en  bloc. 

The  only  clause  in  the  agreement  which  deals  with  the  case  of  the  staff  is  clause 
8.  By  that  clause  the  Postmaster-General  has  reserved  a  free  hand;  but  he  has  given 
certain  assurances  to  deputations  of  employees.  It  is  clear  from  the  tables  of  wages 
presented  to  us  by  the  National  Telephone  Company  and  by  the  secretary  to  the  post 
office,  and  from  the  evidence,  that  the  terms  of  employment  under  the  post  office,  have 
ing  regard  to  the  conditions  of  service,  are  very  similar  to  those  of  the  company;  and 
it  has  to  be  remembered  that  the  employees  of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  in- 
cluding the  pensionable  class,  have  entered  on  their  employment  subject  to  a  liability 
to  be  dismissed  on  notices  varying  from  a  week  to  a  month,  and  also  with  a  knowledge 
of  the  fact  that  the  license  to  the  National  Telephone  Company  expires  in  December, 
1911.     Having  regard  to  these  facts,  we  recommend  as  follows: — 

(a)  All  officers  and  servants  who  shall  have  been  not  less  than  two  years  con- 
tinuously in  the  service  of  the  company  on  December  31,  1911,  shall  as 
from  that  date  become  officers  and  servants  of  the  Postmaster  General  on 
the  terms  of  hiring  and  conditions  of  employment  which  obtain  in  the 
grade  to  which  they  are  transferred. 

(b)  Such  officers  and  servants  as  are  not  beneficiaries  of  the  pension  scheme 
of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  but  who,  if  in  the  service  of  the 
Postmaster-General,  would  be  on  the  established  list,  on  entering  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Postmaster  General,  shall  for  the  purpose  of  superannuation 
and  of  being  placed  on  the  established  staff,  be  entitled  to  count  their  past 
years  of  continuous  service  with  the  National  Telephone  Company,  sub- 
sequent to  1909,  as  years  passed  in  the  civil  service  of  the  Crown. 

(c)  The  company  should  be  required  to  submit  all  candidates  for  the  Na- 
tional Telephone  Company's  service  from  August  31,  1905,  to  the  same, 
if  any,  medical  examination  as  that  required  for  officers  and  servants  en- 
tering the  government  service  in  the  same  grade.  And  we  recommend 
that  employees  of  any  class  now  in  the  service  of  the  company,  and  in 
their  service  on  December  31,  1911,  should,  if  taken  over  by  the  post 
office,  not  be  required  to  submit  themselves  to  medical  examination. 

We  recommend  an  undertaking  by  the  Postmaster  General  that  no  servant  of  the 
company  taken  over  by  the  post  office  shall  suffer  by  this  transfer  whenever  it  takes 
place,  i.e.,  that  the  employees  of  the  company  shall  have  the 'option  of  either  continuing 
on  the  same  terms  as  to  pensions  which  they  now  enjoy  under  the  company,  or  adopt- 
ing the  superannuation  terms  and  conditions  of  the  post  office  service. 

Having  regard  to  what  we  have  recommended,  and  assuming  that  those  recom- 
mendations are  carried  out,  we  do  not  think  that  the  coming  into  operation  of  the 
agreement  will  place  the  staff  in  any  worse  position  than  that  in  which  they  stood  on 
February  2,  1905. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


704  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII..  A.  1905 

GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 
No.  306a. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  APPENDICES  TO  THE  FOREGOING  REPORT. 

APPENDIX  No.  45. 

See  Report,  paragraph  18. 

Paper  handed  in  by  The  Chairman,  July  25,  1905. 

STANDARD  TELEPHONE  LICENSE.      . 

Form:  A. — Local  Authority. 

Dated  19 

POST  OFFICE  TELEGRAPHS. 

HIS  MAJESTY'S  POSTMASTER-GENERAL 

AND 


This  Indenture  made  the  day  of  One  thousand 

nine  hundred  and  Between  the  Most  Honourable 

Charles  Stewart,  Marquess  of  Londonderry,  K.G.,  His  Majesty's  Postmaster  General 
(who  and  whose  successors  in  the  office  of  His  Majesty's  Postmaster  General  for  the 
time  being  are  intended  to  be  hereinafter  included  in  the  term  '  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral ')  on  behalf  of  His  Majesty  of  the  one  part  and 


(who  and  whose  successors  for  the  time  being  are  intended  to  be  hereinafter  included 
in  the  term  '  the  Local  Authority ')  of  the  other  part. 

Whereas,  the  Local  Authority  are  desirous  of  carrying  on  the  business  of  con- 
structing, manufacturing,  maintaining,  working,  and  using  within  the  area  denned  in 
the  first  schedule  hereto  (which  area  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  '  the  licensed  area ') 
telegraphs  the  transmitting  and  receiving  instruments  of  which  consists  of  telephones 
and  of  letting  on  hire  such  telegraphs  as  aforesaid  for  the  purposes  of  such  working 
and  user  as  aforesaid  (which  business  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  '  telephonic  busi- 
ness ')  : 

And  whereas,  by  reason  of  the  provisions  of  the  Telegraph  Acts,  1863  to  1899,  such 
part  of  the  telephonic  business  as  is  intended  to  be  hereby  licensed  cannot  be  carried 
on  without  the  license  or  sanction  of  the  Postmaster  General: 

And  whereas,  at  the  request  of  the  Local  Authority  and  in  order  to  enable  them 
to  carry  on  telephonic  business  in  manner  hereinafter  authorized  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral has  agreed  to  grant  to  the  Local  Authority  the  licenses,  powers  and  authorities 
hereinafter  expressed  and  contained  for  the  period  upon  the  terms  and  subject  to  the 
stipulations  and  conditions  hereinafter  appearing: 

Now  this  Indenture  witnesseth,  that  in  consideration  of  the  premises  and  of  the 
matte/s  hereinafter  appearing,  it  is  hereby  agreed  and  declared  between  and  by  the 
parties  hereto  and  the  Local  Authority  (as  to  the  covenants  and  agreements  hereinafter 
contained  on  their  part)  do  hereby  covenant  and  agree  with  the  Postmaster  General 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  "A"  705 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

and  the  Postmaster  General  (as  to  the  covenants  and  agreements  hereinafter  contained 
on  his  part)  in  exercise  of  all  powers  and  authorities  enabling  him  in  this  behalf  doth 
hereby  covenant  and  agree  with  the  Local  Authority  in  manner  following  (that  is  to 
say)  :— 
Interpretation  Clause. 

1.  In  these  presents  and  in  the  schedules  hereto,  the  following  words  and  expres- 
sions shall  have  the  several  meanings  hereinafter  assigned  to  them  unless  there  be 
something  either  in  the  subject  or  context  repugnant  to  such  construction  (that  is  to 
say)  :— 

The  word  '  telephone '  means  and  includes  any  telegraphic  transmitting  or  receiv- 
ing instruments  used  or  intended  to  be  used  at  any  office  for  the  purpose  of  transmit- 
ting or  receiving  spoken  messages  or  communications  by  means  of  electricity. 

The  expression  '  telephonic  message '  means  a  spoken  message  or  communication 
transmitted  by  telephone. 

The  word  '  office '  means  and  includes  any  building  or  part  of  a  building  or  any 
place  which  is  telegraphically  connected  or  intended  to  be  connected  either  perman- 
ently or  temporarily  by  a  telegraph  wire  or  telegraph  wires  with  some  other  building, 
part  of  a  building  or  place  (whether  such  buildings,  parts  of  buildings,  or  places,  re- 
spectively, be  occupied  or  used  by  any  person  solely  or  jointly  with  any  other  person) 
and  in  which  telephones  are  or  are  intended  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  any 
person  to  transmit  from  and  receive  at  such  building,  part  of  a  building,  or  place,  such 
telephonic  messages  as  are  hereinafter  authorized. 

The  word  '  exchange '  means  and  includes  any  building  telegraphically  connected 
or  intended  to  be  so  connected  with  two  or  more  offices  by  telegraph  wire  and  used  or 
intended  to  be  used  for  the  purp^:.:  r>f  enabling  telephonic  messages  to  be  transmitted 
direct  between  such  offices  by  means  of  or  with  the  aid  of  such  wires  and  of  appli- 
ances placed  in  the  exchange. 

The  expression  '  exchange  subscriber '  means  any  person  with  whom  the  Local 
Authority,  the  Postmaster  General  or  any  other  person  working  an  exchange  has  en- 
tered into  an  agreement  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  such  person  to  communicate  with 
other  persons  through  the  medium  of  an  exchange. 

The  expression  '  exchange  system '  means  an  exchange  or  group  of  exchanges 
worked  by  the  Postmaster  General  or  situate  within  an  area  within  which  the  Postmas- 
ter General  has  licensed  telephonic  communication  to  be  carried  on  by  some  other  per- 
son together  with  the  lines  connecting  any  such  exchange  with  the  offices  of  subscribers 
or  call  offices,  or  in  the  case  of  a  group  of  exchanges  connecting  such  exchanges  with 
each  other. 

The  expression  '  exchange  area '  used  in  connection  with  the  National  Telephone 
Company,  Limited,  means  an  exchange  area  as  defined  by  an  indenture,  dated  the  25th 
day  of  March,  1896,  and  made  between  the  Postmaster  General  on  behalf  of  Her  late 
Majesty,,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  National  Telephone  Company,  Limited,  of  the  other 
part. 

The  expression  '  trunk  wire '  means  a  telegraph  wire  used  for  telephonic  communi- 
cation and  connecting  the  exchange  system  of  the  Local  Authority  with  another  ex- 
change system,  no  part  of  which  is  within  the  licensed  area. 

The  expression  '  trunk  line '  means  and  includes  a  trunk  wire  and  all  posts,  cables, 
tubes  or  other  works  supporting  or  containing  sach  wire. 

The  expression  '  call  office '  means  an  office  open  to  the  public  for  the  purpose  of 
the  transmission  therefrom  of  telephonic  messages  over  an  exchange  system  or  over 
trunk  lines. 

The  expression  '  establish  telephonic  communication '  between  two  offices  means 
to  connect  such  offices  with  each  other  by  telegraph  wires  and  the  telephones  connected 
therewith  in  such  manner  that  telephonic  messages  may  be  transmited  from  one  of 
such  offices  to  the  other,  and  such  expression  includes  the  maintenance  of  such  com- 
munication where  it  already  exists. 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 


706  SELECT  COMMITTEE  OX  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

The  expression  '  on  an  exchange '  when  used  in  relation  to  an  office,  means  that 
such  office  is  telegraphically  connected  with  such  exchange  for  the  purpose  of  enabling 
telephonic  messages  to  be  transmitted  direct  between  such  office  and  other  offices  simi- 
larly connected  with  such  exchange,  or  with  any  other  exchange  in  the  same  exchange 
system. 

The  expression  '  exclusive  line '  means  a  telegraphic  line  connecting  an  exchange 
with  one  or  more  offices  of  one  and  the  same  exchange  subscriber  and  no  other  office. 

The  expression  '  party  line '  means  a  telegraphic  line  connecting  an  exchange  with 
the  respective  offices  of  two  or  more  exchange  subscribers  without  the  interposition  of 
any  exchange  between  those  offices. 

The  expression  '  main  circuit '  means  that  portion  of  a  party  line  which  is  pro- 
vided for  the  service  of  two  or  more  exchange  subscribers. 

The  expression  '  spur  circuit '  means  that  portion  of  a  party  line  which  is  pro- 
vided for  the  service  of  one  exchange  subscriber  only. 

The  expression  'extension  line'  means  a  telegraphic  line  carried  from  an  office  of 
an  exchange  subscriber  to  another  office  of  the  same  subscriber  by  way  of  continua- 
tion of  an  exclusive  line  or  a  party  line,  as  the  case  may  be. 

The  expression  '  telegraphic  line '  has  the  same  meaning  as  in  the  Telegraph  Act, 
1878. 

The  word  'plant'  includes  works,  materials  and  plant. 

The  word  '  person '  includes  the  Local  Authority  and  also  any  other  corporation 
and  any  joint  stock  company  ami  am  other  association  or  aggregate  of  individual 
persons. 

License  to  Carry  on  Telephonic  Business. 

2. — (1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  indenture  the  Local  Authority  shall  dur- 
the  term  or  period  commencing  on  the  day  of  one  thousand 

nine  hundred  and  and  terminating  on  the  day  of  one 

thousand  nine  hundred  and  have  license  and  permission  from  the  Post- 

master General  (subject  as  hereinafter  provided)  to  work  and  use  within  the  licensed 
area  telegraphs  of  which  the  transmitting  and  receiving  instruments  shall  be  tele- 
phones (but  no  other  kind  or  description  of  telegraphs)  for  the  purpose  of  enabling 
any  person  to  transmit  direct  from  and  receive  at  any  office  to  and  from  any  other 
person  at  any  other  office  telephonic  messages  (but  no  other  description  of  telegrams) 
relating  to  the  business  or  private  affairs  of  such  persons  respectively,  or  one  of  them, 
and  the  Local  Authority  shall  (subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  indenture)  have  license 
and  permission  to  receive  from  all  such  persons  for  or  in  respect  of  the  purchase  or 
hire  or  maintenance  or  working  or  use  of  the  said  telegraphs,  or  any  part  or  parts 
thereof,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  or  for  or  in  respect  of  the  right  or  permission  to 
transmit  or  receive  or  otherwise  in  respect  of  the  transmission  or  receipt  of  such  tele- 
phonic messages  as  aforesaid  by  means  of  the  said  telegraphs  such  sums  of  money  or 
other  valuable  considerations  as  shall  be  agreed  upon  between  the  Local  Authority  and 
the  said  persons  respectively. 

(2)  The  term  '  business '  used  in  this  article  shall  not  be  construed  or  held  to 
mean  or  include  the  business  of  collecting,  receiving  or  delivering  messages  or  other 
communications  transmitted  or  intended  for  transmission  by  telegraph  or  any  other 
business  of  a  like  kind. 

(3)  All  telegraphs  used  for  the  transmission  of  telephone  messages  under  this 
indenture  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  specification  and  rules  set  out  in 
the  second  schedule  hereto  or  such  other  specification  and  rules  in  modification  or  in 
lieu  thereof  as  the  Postmaster  General  may  from  time  to  time  in  writing  prescribe  or 
approve. 

(4)  The  Local  Authority  may  establish  telephonic  communication  between  an  ex- 
change of  the  Local  Authority  within  the  licensed  area  and  an  exchange  subscriber's 
office  situate  outside  that  area.  Provided  that  such  office  is,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Post- 
master General,  situate  within  a  reasonable  distance  of  the  licensed  area,  and  that  the 
GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPENDIX  "A  "  707 

APPENDIX  No.   I 

charges  for  the  establishment  of  such  communication  are  not  made  with  reference  to 
the  number  of  messages  transmitted  by  the  subscriber. 

(5)  The  Local  Authority  shall  not  establish  any  exchange  or  save  as  provided  in 
the  sub-clause  immediately  preceding,  transact  any  other  kind  of  telephonic  business 
outside  the  licensed  area. 

(6)  The  Local  Authority  shall  not  establish  telephonic  communication  between 
any  exchange  of  the  Local  Authority  and  any  office  (even  though  within  the  licensed 
area)  which  is  for  the  time  being  on  any  exchange  situate  outside  the  licensed  area. 

No  Written  Messages  to  be  Conveyed. 

3. — (1)  Neither  any  office,  whether  in  the  occupation  of  the  Local  Authority  or 
of  any  other  person  nor  any  such  telegraphs  as  aforesaid  nor  any  part  thereof  shall 
be  used  by  the  Local  Authority  or  by  any  other  person  either  on  their  behalf  or  by 
their  permission  for  the  transmission  or  receipt  of  telegrams  of  any  kind  except  such 
telephonic  messages  as  are  hereinbefore  expressly  authorized. 

(2)  No  office  or  part  of  any  office  in  the  occupation  of  the  Local  Authority  either 
solely  or  jointly  with  any  other  person  shall  be  used  by  the  Local  Authority 
or  any  other  person  or  be  permitted  or  suffered  by  the  Local  Authority  to  be 
used  by  any  other  person  for  the  purpose  of  making  any  copy,  transcript,  memo- 
randum or  note  of  any  telephonic  message  or  of  the  contents,  substance,  purport 
or  effect  of  any  such  message  received  at  such  office  by  means  of  the  said  telegraphs  or 
any  part  thereof — -it  being  the  express  intention  of  these  presents  and  of  the  license 
and  permission  hereby  given  that  no  written  message  or  communication  or  any  written 
copy,  memorandum  or  note  of  any  message  or  communication,  or  of  the  contents,  sub- 
stance, purport  or  effect  of  any  message  or  communication  transmitted  to  any  such 
office  as  aforesaid  by  means  of  the  said  telegraphs,  shall  be  made  or  taken  at  or  con — 
veyed  from  any  such  office  by  any  person  whomsoever  for  any  purpose  whatsoever. 

(3)  The  Local  Authority  shall  make  due  provision  and  take  all  necessary  and  pro- 
per precautions  for  the  observance  of  the  conditions  contained  in  this  article  by  each 
and  every  person  who  may  be  from  time  to  time  or  at  any  time  entitled  or  permitted 
to  use  any  office  in  the  occupation  of  the  Local  Authority  or  any  part  thereof  or  the 
said  telegraphs  or  any  part  thereof. 

(4)  Nothing  in  this  article  contained  shall  prevent  either  the  sender  or  receiver 
of  any  telephonic  message  from  making  a  note  or  memorandum  of  the  purport  of  such 
message  for  the  purposes  of  the  business  or  private  affairs  of  such  sender  or  receiver. 

Ao  Messages  to  be  Collected  or  Delivered. 

4. — (1)  No  office,  whether  in  the  occupation  of  the  Local  Authority  or  of  any 
other  person,  shall  be  used  by  the  Local  Authority  or  any  other  person  for  the  collec- 
tion or  delivery  of  telegrams  of  any  kind. 

(2)  No  written  message  or  communication  or  written  copy,  memorandum,  or  note 
of  any  message  or  communication,  or  of  the  contents,  substance,  purport  or  effect  of 
any  message  or  communication  transmitted  to  any  office  by  means  of  the  said  tele- 
graphs, shall  be  delivered  from  such  office  or  any  other  office. 

(3)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  indenture  no  money  or  other  valuable  con- 
sideration shall  in  respect  of  the  transmission  or  receipt  of  any  telegram  by  means  of 
the  said  telegraphs  or  any  part  thereof  be  or  be  promised  to  be  paid  or  given  to  any 
person  (other  than  the  Local  Authority)  entitled  or  permitted  to  use  the  said  telegraphs 
by  any  other  person  whomsoever. 

(4)  The  Local  Authority  shall  take  all  necessary  and  proper  precautions  for  the 
observance  of  the  conditions  stated  in  this  article,  and  shall,  in  entering  into  every 
contract  or  agreement  with  any  person  or  persons  in  relation  to  the  aforesaid  business 
of  the  Local  Authority,  make  due  provision  for  the  summary  determination  by  the 
Local  Authority  of  such  contract  or  agreement  on  breach  of  any  such  conditions  by 
any  such  person  or  persons. 

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Public  Use  of  Telephones. 

5.  Where  the  charges  for  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communication  with  the 
office  of  any  exchange  subscriber  are  made  with  reference  to  the  number  of  messages 
transmitted,  such  subscriber  may  (notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  this  inden- 
ture) allow  the  telephones  supplied  to  him  to  be  used  by  any  other  person,  and  may 
charge  for  the  use  of  such  telephones. 

Provisions  as  to  Breach  of  Conditions. 

6.  In  case  any  person  or  persons  with  whom  the  Local  Authority  may  make  any 
contract  or  agreement  in  relation  to  telephonic  business  or  who  may  be  for  the  time 
being  permitted  by  the  Local  Authority  to  use  at  any  office  the  said  telegraphs  or  any 
part  thereof  for  the  purposes  hereinbefore  authorized,  shall  at  any  time  during  the 
continuance  of  these  presents  use  any  office  or  the  said  telegraphs  or  any  part  thereof 
respectively  for  any  purpose  or  by  any  means  or  in  any  manner  other  than  as  herein- 
before expressly  authorized  and  according  to  the  conditions  hereinbefore  expressly 
authorized  and  according  to  the  conditions  hereinbefore  declared,  the  following  pro- 
vis-ions  shall  apply: — 

( 1 )  The  Local  Authority  shall  forthwith  determine  any  such  contract  or 
agreement  with  or  withdraw  such  permission  from  any  and  every  such 
person  so  using  such  office  or  the  said  telegraphs  or  any  part  thereof; 

(2)  If  such  office  belong  to  or  be  occupied  by  such  person  either  solely  or 
jointly  with  any  other  person  or  persons,  the  Local  Authority  shall  forth- 
with disconnect  such  office  from  any  other  office  which  is  or  may  be  tele- 
graphically connected  therewith  by  means  of  the  aforesaid  telegraphs; 

(3)  The  Local  Authority  shall  give  notice  forthwith  to  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral of  such  determination  of  contract  or  agreement  or  withdrawal  of 
permission,  as  the  case  may  be,  together  with  full  particulars  of  the  rea- 
sons for  the  same,    and 

(4)  The  Local  Authority  shall  not,  without  the  special  license  and  authority 
of  the  Postmaster  General,  re-establish  telegraphic  communication  be- 
tween such  office  and  any  other  office  or  enter  into  any  other  contract  or 
agreement  with  such  person  in  relation  to  telephonic  business  or  permit 
him  to  use  the  said  telegraphs  at  any  other  office. 

Unlicensed  Telegraphs  not  to  be  Used  for  Local  Authorities'  Business. 

7. — (1)  The  Local  Authority  shall  not  at  any  time  use  or  permit,  or  suffer  to  be 
used  for  any  of  the  purposes  of  these  presents,  or  any  of  the  licenses,  powers,  or  authori- 
ties hereby  granted  any  telegraph  of  the  kind  or  description  hereby  licensed  or  any 
part  of  any  such  telegraph. 

(a)  which  has  been  supplied  to  or  has  come  into  the  possession  of  any  person 

otherwise  than  by  purchase,  hire  or  loan  from  the  Local  Authority;  or 
(i)   in  respect  of  which  or  of  the  purchase  or  hire  or  maintenance  or  working 
or  user  or  right  of  user  of  or  permission  to  use  which  any  money  or  other 
valuable  consideration  has  been  given  or  agreed  to  be  given  to  the  Local 
Authority  before  such  telegraph  or  part  of  such  telegraph  as  aforesaid 
was  telegraphically  connected  with  the  aforesaid  telegraphs  of  the  Local 
Authority,  or  has  been  given  or  agreed  to  be  given  to  any  person  other 
than  the  Local  Authority  either  before  or  after  the  execution   of  these 
presents 
unless  and  until  the  Local  Authority  shall  have  given  notice  in  writing  to  the  Post- 
master General  of  their  desire  to  use  such  telegraph  or  part  of  such  telegraph  as  afore- 
said three  clear  days  at  least  before  the  user  thereof. 

(2)  Until  such  notice  has  been  given,  no  such  telegraph,  or  part  of  such  telegraph, 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  within  the  license  and  permission  granted  by  these  presents  and 
from  and  after  the  expiration  of  such  notice,  the  Local  Authority  may  work  and  use 

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APPENDIX  No.    • 

such  telegraph  or  part  of  such  telegraph  as  aforesaid  in  the  same  manner  as  any  other 
telegraph  or  part  of  any  telegraph  hereby  licensed,  subject  on  the  part  of  the  Local 
Authority  to  the  payment  of  the  royalty  hereinafter  mentioned  in  respect  thereof  and 
to  the  observance  and  performance  of  the  several  covenants  and  conditions  herein  con- 
tained affecting  the  same. 

Connection  of  Post  Offices  and  Exchanges. 

8. — (1)  Unless  unable  (after  exercising  all  powers  in  that  behalf  vested  in  them) 
to  execute  and  maintain  the  necessary  works  in  that  behalf,  the  Local  Authority  shall 
at  any  time  and  from  time  to  time  at  the  request  of  the  Postmaster  General  and  at 
the  cost  and  expense  of  the  Local  Authority  establish  telephonic  communication  be- 
tween any  exchange  of  the  Local  Authority  and  any  post  office  (situate  within  a  radius 
of  one  mile  from  such  exchange  which  the  Postmaster  General  may  from  time  to  time 
specify  in  that  behalf  (which  post  office  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  a  '  prescribed  post 
office ')  and  shall  maintain  such  communication  until  otherwise  requested  by  the  Post- 
master General. 

(2)  The  number  of  telegraph  wires  and  of  telephones  necessary  to  establish  tele- 
phonic communication  under  the  preceding  sub-clause  of  this  article  shall  be  such  and 
telephonic  communication  shall  be  established  in  such  manner  as  the  Postmaster -Gen- 
eral may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. 

(3)  The  Postmaster-General  may  at  any  prescribed  post  office  establish  a  call 
office  on  any  exchange  of  the  Local  Authority:  Provided  that  the  use  of  such  call  office 
for  communications  to  subscribers  to  the  exchange  of  the  Local  Authority  shall  be 
subject  to  such  charges  as  are  for  the  time  being  made  at  other  call  offices  of  the  Local 
Authority. 

Telephonic  Communication  Through  Post  Offices. 

9. — (1)  Where  and  so  long  as  telephonic  communication  is  established  between 
an  exchange  and  a  prescribed  post  office,  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  Local  Author- 
ity shall  respectively  do  all  such  acts  and  things  as  may  be  necessary  to  enable  tele- 
phonic messages  to  be  transmitted 

(a)  between  any  two  offices  on  such  exchange;  and 

(b)  by  means  of  the  trunk  wires  of  the  Postmaster  General  between  any  office 
on  such  exchange  and  any  office  on  any  other  exchange  system  (whether 
belonging  to  the  Postmaster  General  or  to  any  licensee  of  the  Postmaster 
General). 

(2.)  Where  and  so  long  as  telephonic  communication  is  established  between  an  ex- 
change and  a  prescribed  post  office  the  Postmaster  General  will  receive  a  telephonic 
message  from  any  office  on  such  exchange — 

(i.)  At  the  prescribed  post  office  for  any  of  the  following  purposes   (that  is  to 

say) : — 

(a)  for  transmission  over  the  postal  telegraphs  and  delivery  as  a  telegram; 

or 

(b)  for  delivery  as  an  express  letter;  or 

(c)  for  conveyance  and  delivery  as  an  ordinary  letter;  and 

(ii.)  At  any  post  office  with  which  the  prescribed  post  office  is  telephonically  con- 
nected for  delivery  as  an  express  letter ; 
and  the  local  authority  and  the  Postmaster  General  will  respectively  do  all  such  acts 
and  things  as  may  be  necessary  to  enable  such  telephonic  messages  to  be  received  at 
such  post  offices  as  aforesaid,  and  to  be  so  transmitted,  conveyed  and  delivered  as' 

Q  T  j~i  T*0  G  Q  1  f\ 

(3.)  Where  and  so  long  as  telephonic  communication  is  established  between  an 
exchange  and  a  prescribed  post  office,  the  Postmaster  General  will  receive  at  such  post 
office  any  message  from  an  exchange  subscriber  calling  for  the  service  of  a  post  office 
express  messenger,  and  the  Local  Authority  and  th3  Postmaster  Gsnsral  will  respsc- 

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tively  do  all  such  acts  and  things  as  may  be  necessary  to  enable  such  messages  to  be 
received  and  to  comply  with  such  requests  respectively. 

(4.)  Where  and  so  long  as  telephonic  communication  is  established  between  an 
exchange  and  a  prescribed  post  office,  the  Local  Authority  shall,  if  and  when  required 
by  the  Postmaster  General,  and  on  such  conditions  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  pre- 
scribed by  him,  do  all  such  acts  and  things  as  may  be  necessary  to  enable  telegrams 
received  at  the  prescribed  post  office  over  the  postal  telegraphs,  and  addressed  to  an 
exchange  subscriber,  to  be  telephonically  transmitted  (in  lieu  of  delivery  by  messenger) 
•through  the  medium  of  the  exchange  to  the  office  of  such  subscriber  provided  such 
subscriber  desire  such  transmission,  but  the  Postmaster  General  shall  not  be  bound  to 
transmit  any  such  telegrams  in  manner  aforesaid. 

Post  Office  Regulations. 

10.  The  transmission  of  all  telephonic  messages  over  trunk  wires  or  exchange  sys- 
tems of  the  Postmaster  General,  or  over  any  other  po3tal  telegraphs,  the  receipt  of 
telephonic  messages  at  post  offices  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  indenture, 
for  the  purposes  therein  specified,  the  transmission  and  delivery  of  telephonic  messages, 
whether  as  telegrams  or  as  letters,  and  the  supply  of  post  office  express  messengers,  in 
compliance  with  telephonic  messages  in  that  behalf,  shall  be  subject  in  all  respects, 
both  as  to  charges  and  otherwise,  to  the  regulations  made  by  the  Postmaster  General, 
with  the  consent  of  the  Treasury  and  in  force  for  the  time  being,  in  respect  to  the  sev- 
eral matters  aforesaid  and  to  such  other  rules  and  conditions  not  inconsistent  with  such 
regulations  as  the  Postmaster  General  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. 

Charges  for  the  use  of  Local  Authority's  system. 

11.  The  charges  for  the  use  of  the  system  of  the  Local  Authority  shall  be  calcu- 
lated after  the  manner  and  according  to  the  scales  specified  in  the  third  schedule 
hereto,  and  the  said  charges  shall  not  exceed  the  maximum  charges  or  fall  below  the 
minimum  charges  set  out  in  the  said  schedule  in  relation  to  the  respective  services 
therein  specified :  Provided  that  the  Local  Authority  may,  with  the  consent  in  writing 
of  the  Postmaster  General,  make  charges  of  a  character  or  according  to  scales  different 
from  those  specified  in  the  said  third  schedule  hereto. 

Intercommunication  with  National  Telephone  Company. 

12.  If  the  Local  Authority  at  any  time  under  the  powers  conferred  by  the  Tele- 
graph Act,  1899,  and  the  order  of  the  Postmaster  General  made  thereunder,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Treasury,  and  dated  the  26th  day  of  September,  1899,  requests  the/ 
National  Telephone  Company,  Limited,  to  afford  facilities  for  the  transmission  of 
messages  between  persons  using  the  system  of  the  Local  Authority  and  persons  using 
the  system  of  the  company  in  the  licensed  area,  then — 

(a)  The  Local  Authority  shall  afford  similar  facilities  for  such  transmis- 
sion; and 

(6)  The  Local  Authority  may  make  such  terminal  charges,  where  the  mes- 
sage originates  on  an  exchange  of  the  company,  as  are  prescribed  by  the 
aforesaid  order  of  the  Postmaster  General,  but  shall  not  make  any  higher 
charges. 

Corporation  to  afford  further  intercommunication  in  certain  events. 

13.  In  case  the  Postmaster  General  should  hereafter  establish  an  exchange  sys- 
tem within  any  part  of  the  licensed  area,  and  the  Postmaster  General  should  request 
the  Local  Authority  to  affora  iacilities  for  the  transmission  of  messages  between  per- 
sons using  the  system  of  the  Local  Authority  and  persons  using  the  system  of  the 
Postmaster  General,  the  Local  Authority  shall  afford  such  facilities  on  such  terms  and 
conditions  as  may,  in  case  of  difference,  be  settled  by  arbitration. 

Terminal  charges  on  trunk  wire  messages. 

14. — (1)  Where  a  telephonic  message  is  transmitted  over  the  trunk  wires  of  the 
Postmaster  General  between  an  office  or  an  exchange  of  the  Local  Authority  and  an 
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office  on  an  exchange  of  the  National  Telephone  Company,  Limited,  such  message  shall 
be  subject  to  the  following  charges  (hereinafter  called  'terminal  charges')  in  addi- 
tion to  the  Postmaster  General's  charge  for  the  use  of  the  trunk  wires,  viz.  :— 

(a)  vv  here  the  message  originates  Qn  the  exchange  of  the  Local  Authority,  to 
such  charges  (if  any)  as  the  company  may  from  time  to  time  fix;  and 

(b)  Where  the  message  originates  on  the  exchange  of  the  company,  to  such 
charges  (if  any)  as  the  Local  Authority  may  from  time  to  time  fix. 

Provided  that  the  charges  fixed  by  the  Local  Authority  shall  in  no  case  exceed  the 
following  charges  (that  is  to  say) : — 

Where  the  Postmaster  General's  charge  for  the  use  of  a  trunk  wire  does  not 

exceed  eighteenpence,  a  charge  of  threepence. 
Where  the  Postmaster  General's  charge  for  the  use  of  a  trunk  wire  exceeds 

eighteenpence,  but  does  not  exceed  three  shillings,  a  charge  of  fourpence. 
Where  the  Postmaster  General's  charge  for  the  use  of  a  trunk  wire  exceeds 

three  shillings,  a  charge  of  sixpence. 

And  provided  that  if  at  any  time  the  National  Telephone  Company,  Limited,  ab- 
stain from  making  terminal  cnarges  on  messages  originating  on  the  exchanges  of  the 
Local  Authority,  the  Local  Authority  shall,  so  long  as  such  abstention  continues,  make 
no  terminal  charges  on  messages  originating  on  the  exchanges  of  the  company. 

(2)  Where  a  telephonic  message  is  transmitted  over  the  trunk  wires  of  the  Post- 
master General,  between  an  office  on  an  exchange  of  the  Local  Authority  and  an  office 
on  an  exchange  of  the  Postmaster  Generahno  terminal  charge  shall  be  made  by  the^ 
Local  Authority  or  by  the  Postmaster  General  in  respect  of  such  transmission. 

(3)  Where  a  telephonic  message  is  transmitted  over  the  trunk  wires  of  the  Post- 
master General,  between  an  office  on  an  exchange  of  the  Local  Authority  and  an  office 
on  an  exchange  of  some  licensee  of  the  Postmaster  General,  other  than  the  Local 
Authority  or  the  National  Telephone  Company,  Limited,  no  terminal  charge  shall  be 
made  by  the  Local  Authority  in  respect  of  such  transmission. 

Bepairs  and  Renewal  of  Telephones. 

15. — (1)  Where  in  establishing  telephonic  communication  between  an  exchange 
of  the  Local  Authority  and  a  prescribed  post  office  the  Local  Authority  have  erected 
any  wires  upon  or  supplied  any  wires  or  apparatus  for  use  within  such  post  office,  all 
such  wires  and  apparatus  shall  be  under  the  sole  care  and  management  of  the  Post- 
master General  but  the  Local  Authority  shall  reimburse  the  Postmaster  General  the 
expense  of  all  such  repairs  of  such  wires  and  apparatus  as  he  in  his  discretion  may 
think  necessary  from  time  to  time,  and  the  Local  Authority  shall,  at  the  request  of  the 
Postmaster  General,  from  time  to  time  renew  such  apparatus. 

(2)  The  Postmaster  General  shall  make  no  charge  to  the  Local  Authority  for 
working  the  wires  and  apparatus  of  the  Local  Authority  placed  in  prescribed  post 
offices  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  telephonic  communication  with  the  exchanges  of 
the  Local  Authority. 

Collection  of  Charges. 

16. — (1)  Except  where  such  sums  as  hereinafter  mentioned  are  in  the  first  in- 
stance paid  at  a  prescribed"  post  office  the  Local  Authority  shall  pay  to  the  Postmaster 
General  all  sums  due  to  him  in  respect  of  telephonic  messages  transmitted  through  an 
exchange  belonging  to  the  Local  Authority  to  a  post  office  and  thence  transmitted,  con- 
veyed or  delivered  as  telegrams  or  letters,  and  in  respect  of  the  use  of  the  Postmaster 
General's  trunk  lines  and  of  communications  with  any  subscriber  on  an  exchange  of 
the  Postmaster  General  and  of  the  services  of  the  post  office  express  messengers,  ren- 
dered in  pursuance  of  any  such  messages,  and  shall  also  pay  to  the  Postmaster  General 
all  sums  due  to  any  licensee  of  the  Postmaster  General  other  than  the  Local  Authority 
in  respect  of  telephonic  messages  transmitted  from  an  office  on  an  exchange  belonging 
to  the  Local  Authority. 

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(2)  The  Postmaster  General  shall  collect  and  account  to  the  Local  Authority  for 
all  charges  payable  at  any  call  office  established  at  a  prescribed  post  office  so  far  as 
such  charges  relate  to  communications  with  subscribers  to  the  exchange  of  the  Local 
Authority,  and  the  Postmaster  General  shall  also  collect  and  account  to  the  Local 
Authority  for  all  sums  payable  by  any  subscriber  on  an  exchange  of  the  Postmaster 
General  or  by  any  licensee  of  the  Postmaster  General  other  than  the  Local  Authority 
in  respect  of  telephonic  messages  transmitted  from  an  office  on  an  exchange  of  the 
Postmaster  General  or  of  such  licensee  to  an  office  on  an  exchange  of  the  Local  Auth- 
ority, but  the  Postmaster  General  shall  not  be  responsible  for  any  such  charges  or 
sums  as  aforesaid  which  he  is  unable  to  collect. 

(3)  The  Postmaster  General  shall  allow  to  the  Local  Authority  and  the  Local 
Authority  shall  allow  to  the  Postmaster  General  (as  the  case  may  be)  a  commission 
of  five  per  cent  upon  all  sums  paid  by  the  Local  Authority  to  the  Postmaster  General 
or  collected  by  the  Postmaster  General  on  behalf  of  the  Local  Authority  respectively, 
as  provided  by  this  Article. 

(4)  Any  such  sum  of  five  per  cent  may  be  deducted  either  by  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral or. by  the  Local  Authority  from  any  sums  payable  to  the  Local  Authority  or  to  the 
Postmaster  General,  as  the  case  may  be. 

(5)  In  reckoning  the  commission  payable  to  the  Local  Authority,  every  telephonic 
message  transmitted  as  a  foreign  telegram  shall  be  reckoned  as  though  it  were  an  in- 
land telegram  not  exceeding  twelve  words  in  length,  and  the  sum  upon  which  commis- 
sion is  allowed  to  the  Local  Authority  in  the  case  of  a  telephonic  message  transmitted 
to  any  place  abroad,  shall  be  the  sum  to  which  the  Postmaster  General  is  entitled  in 
respect  of  such  message  in  account  with  any  foreign  government. 

(6)  All  accounts  between  the  Postmaster  General  and  the  Local  Authority  relat- 
ing to  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  rendered  and  settled  monthly,  and  the  first 
accounts  shall  be  rendered  at  the  expiration  of  the  first  calendar  month 
after  the  day  of  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  and 
shall  include  the  whole  period  which  has  elapsed  from  that  day  until  the  end  of  such 
month. 

Royalties. 

17.  In  addition  to  all  other  moneys  which  may  become  payable  to  the  Postmaster 
General  under  these  presents,  the  Local  Authority  shall  pay  to  the  Postmaster  General 
the  following  moneys  hereinafter  called  royalties  (that  is  to  say) : — 

(1)  The  Local  Authority  shall  pay  to  the  Postmaster  General  a  royalty  equal 
to  ten  per  cent  of  the  gross  amount  of  every  sum  of  money  paid  or  pay- 
able by  any  person  to  or  on  behalf  of  the  Local  Authority  for  or  in  re- 
spect of  any  telegraph  of  the  kind  or  description  hereby  licensed  or  for  or 
in  respect  of  any  office  occupied  by  the  Local  Authority  or  otherwise  in  re- 
spect of  telegraphic  messages  transmitted  by  means  of  any  such  telegraph 
or  otherwise  howsoever,  in  relation  to  any  such  telegraph,  and  whether 
such  sum  of  money  be  a  gross  sum  or  be  payable  periodically  or  by  instal- 
ments, and  every  such  royalty  shall  become  due  so  soon  as  the  sum  of 
money  in  respect  of  which  it  is  payable  or  by  the  amount  of  which  it  is 
regulated  shall  be  paid  or  shall  by  virtue  of  any  express  or  implied  con- 
tract or  otherwise  be  payable,  whichever  event  shall  first  happen. 

(2)  (a)  In  case  any  person  should  give  to  or  confer  upon  the  Local  Authority 
any  valuable  consideration  or  benefit  {not  being  money  or  a  contract 
solely  for  the  payment  of  money)  for  or  in  respect  of  any  such  telegraph 
or  for  or  in  respect  of  any  office  occupied  by  the  Local-  Authority,  either 
solely  or  jointly  or  otherwise  in  respect  of  telegraphic  messages  trans- 
mitted or  received  by  means  of  any  such  telegraph  or  otherwise  howso- 
ever in  relation  to  any  such  telegraph,  the  Local  Authority  shall  pay  to 
the  Postmaster  General  a  royalty  equal  to  ten  per  cent  of  the  value  in 
money  of  such  consideration  or  benefit. 

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(b)  For  the  purpose  of  estimating  the  amount  of  such  last-men- 
tioned royalty,  the  value  in  money  of  such  consideration  or  benefit  shall 
be  determined  by  the  certificate  of  such  officer  of  the  post  office  as  the 
Postmaster  General  shall  appoint  for  that  purpose,  or  in  case  of  dispute, 
by  arbitration,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

(c)  Such  royalty  shall  be  payable  and  paid  at  such  time  or  times 
and  by  such  instalments  and  generally  in  such  manner  as  the  Postmaster 
General  shall  appoint,  and  shall  be  payable  in  addition  to  such  royalty 
or  royalties  (if  any)  as  shall  be  payable  in  respect  of  such  person  under 
the  stipulations  hereinbefore  contained. 

(3)  In  case  any  sum  of  money  be  paid  or  payable  to  or  other  valuable  con- 
sideration or  benefit  be  given  to  or  conferred  upon  the  Local  Authority 
by  any  person  or  persons  for  or  in  respect  of  any  telegraph  maintained 
or  used  solely  for  the  transmission  of  telegrams  which  are  by  law  ex- 
cepted from  the  exclusive  privileges  of  the  Postmaster  General  (herein- 

'  after  for  brevity  styled  a  '  Private  Telegraph  ')  in  addition  to  any  sum  of 
money  paid  or  payable  or  other  valuable  consideration  given  to  or  con- 
ferred upon  the  Local  Authority  by  the  same  person  or  persons  for  or  in 
respect  of  any  telegraph  of  the  kind  or  description  hereby  licensed,  the 
Postmaster  General  may,  at  his  option,  apportion  such  sums  or  other 
valuable  considerations  respectively,  either  in  whole  or  in  part,  between 
the  said  private  telegraph  and  such  other  telegraph  as  aforesaid  in  such 
manner  or  in  such  proportions  as  he  may  deem  fit  and  proper,  and  there- 
upon such  sums  or  other  valuable  considerations  respectively  as  he  shall 
apportion  accordingly  shall,  as  between  the  Local  Authority  and  the  Post- 
master General  for  the  purposes  of  these  presents  be  deemed  to  be  the 
sums  or  valuable  considerations  respectively  paid  or  given  by  such  per- 
sons as  aforesaid  in  relation  to  such  private  telegraph  and  such  other 
telegraph  as  aforesaid  respectively  in  lieu  of  the  sums  or  valuable  con- 
siderations actually  paid  or  given  by  such  persons  in  relation  to  such 
telegraphs  respectively. 

(4)  In  case  the  Local  Authority  shall  as  hereinbefore  provided,  use,  or  per- 
mit or  suffer  to  be  used,  for  any  of  the  purposes  of  these  presents,  or  any 
of  the  licenses,  powers  or  authorities  hereby  granted  any  telegraph  of  the 
kind  or  description  hereby  licensed,  or  any  part  of  any  such  telegraph 

(a)  which  has  been  supplied  to  or  has  come  into  the  possession  of 
any  person  otherwise  than  by  purchase,  hire  or  loan,  from  the 
Local  Authority,  or 

(b)  in  respect  of  which  any  money  or  other  valuable  consideration 
has  been  given  or  agreed  to  be  given  to  the  Local  Authority  be- 
fore such  telegraph  or  part  of  such  telegraph,  as  aforesaid,  was 
telegraphically  connected  with  the  aforesaid  telegraphs  of  the 
Local  Authority,  or  has  been  given  or  agreed  to  be  given  to  any 
person  other  than  the  Local  Authority,  either  before  or  after 
the  execution  of  these  presents. 

the  Local  Authority  shall  pay  to  the  Postmaster  General  such  a  royalty 
in  respect  thereof  as  under  all  the  circumstances  of  the  case  shall  be  fair 
and  reasonable,  and  the  amount  thereof  shall  be  determined  by  the  certi- 
ficate of  such  officer  of  the  post  office  as  the  Postmaster  General  shall 
appoint  for  that  purpose,  or  in  case  of  dispute,  by  arbitration,  as  herein- 
after provided,  and  shall  be  payable  and  paid  at  such  time  or  times  and 
by  such  instalments  and  generally  in  such  manner  as  the  Postmaster 
General  shall  appoint. 

(5)  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  entitle  the  Postmaster  General  to  receive 
any  royalties  from  the  Local  Authority  on  any  money  or  other  valuable 

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consideration  received  by  the  Local  Authority  on  the  sale  of  any  tele- 
graph which,  the  Local  Authority  after  such  sale  do  not  work  or  use  under 
this  indenture,  it  being  the  intention  of  ihese  presents  that  all  royalties 
payable  to  the  Postmaster  General  in  respect  of  any  such  telegraph  shall 
be  paid  by  the  person  working  or  using  the  same.  Provided  always  that 
the  Local  Authority  shall  seven  days  at  least  before  any  such  sdle  of  any 
such  telegraph  as  last  aforesaid,  deliver  a  notice  in  writing  of  such  in- 
tended sale  at  the  General  Post  Office  in  London,  and  such  notice  shall 
contain  the  name,  address  and  occupation  of  the  intended  purchaser  or 
purchasers  of  such  telegraph,  and  also  full  particulars  of  the  offices  in- 
tended to  be  connected  by  means  thereof. 
(6)  In  this  article  payments  made  or  considerations  or  benefits  given  '  for  or 
in  respect  of  any  telegraph  '  mean  and  include  payments  made  or  consid- 
erations or  benefits  given  for  or  in  respect  of  the  purchase  or  hire  or 
maintenance  or  working  or  user  or  right  of  user  of  or  permission  to  use 
any  such  telegraph  or  any  part  thereof  and  payments  made  or  considera- 
tion or  benefits  given  '  in  respect  of  an  office,'  mean  and  include  pay- 
ments made  or  considerations  or  benefits  given  in  respect  of  the  user  or 
right  of  user  of  or  permission  to  use  any  such  office  or  any  part  of  such 
■    office. 

Accounts  of  Business  to  he  Kept  by  Local  Authority. 

18.  The  Local  Authority  shall  at  all  times  keep  all  such  books  of  account  as  the 
Postmaster  General  may  from  time  to  time  reasonably  require  of  and  relating  to  their 
telephonic  business  and  their  aforesaid  telegraphs  (including  all  private  telegraphs 
worked  or  used  by  persons  respectively  entitled  or  permitted  to  use  any  other  tele- 
graphs of  the  Local  Authority  and  also  all  telegraphs  sold  by  the  Local  Authority 
which  the  Local  Authority  after  the  sale  thereof  do  not  work  or  use  as  aforesaid)  and 
all  moneys  and  other  valuable  considerations  received  by  them  in  respect  thereof  as 
aforesaid,  and  such  books  of  account  shall  contain  all  such  particulars  as  the  Postmas- 
ter General  shall  from  time  to  time  reasonably  require,  and  the  Local  Authority  shall 
preserve  all  vouchers  of  the  said  accounts  and  all  contracts  and  agreements  between 
them  and  all  or  any  such  persons  as  aforesaid  respectively,  and  the  Local  Authority 
shall  from  time  to  time  and  at  all  reasonable  times  produce  for  the  inspection  of  the 
Postmaster  General  and  his  officers  at  the  chief  office  for  the  time  being  of  the  Local 
Authority,  all  or  any  such  books,  accounts,  vouchers,  contracts,  agreements,  and  other 
documents  as  aforesaid,  and  all  other  books,  accounts,  vouchers,  contracts,  ^agreements 
and  other  documents  in  any  way  relating  to  any  telephonic  business  carried  on  by 
them  and  the  Postmaster  General,  and  his  officers  may  make  copies  of  and  extracts 
from  all  or  any  of  such  books,  accounts,  vouchers,  contracts,  agreements  and  other 
documents. 
Account  to  be  Furnished  to  Postmaster  General. 

19. — (1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  indenture  respecting  sums  received  by 
the  Local  Authority  for  the  Postmaster  General  and  commission  allowed  by  the  Post- 
master  General  to  the  Local  Authority  and  by  the  Local  Authority  to  the  Postmaster 
General,  the  Local  Authority  shall,  within  twenty-eight  days  after  the  thirty-first  day 
of  March,  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  the  thirtieth  day  of  September,  and  the  thirty- 
first  day  of  December,  in  every  year,  render  to  the  Postmaster  General  a  statement  or 
statements  of  account  in  writing,  in  such  form  or  forms  as  the  Postmaster  General 
may  from  time  to  time  require,  showing  the  amounts  of  all  sums  of  money  and  the 
nature  of  all  other  considerations  and  benefits  which  from  the  date  hereof  or  from  the 
date  up  to  which  the  last  statement  or  statements  of  account  (if  any)  shall  have  been 
rendered,  have  been  paid  or  become  payable  or  been  given  or  conferred  by  all  such 
persons  as  aforesaid  in  respect  of  all  the  matters  aforesaid,  or  any  of  them  respectively, 
or  which  have  either  before  or  since  the  execution  of  these  presents  been  paid  or  be- 

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come  payable  or  been  given  or  conferred  in  respect  of  any  telephones,  telegraphs  (in- 
eluding  such  private  telegraphs  as  lastly  hereinbefore  mentioned),  or  other  telegraphic 
apparatus  or  appliances  which  from  the  date  hereof  or  from  the  date  up  to  which  the 
last  statement  or  statements  of  account  (if  any)  shall  have  been  rendered,  have  been 
placed  at  any  office  or  between  any  two  offices,  together  with  all  such  particulars  in  each 
case  as  the  Postmaster  General  shall  or  may  from  time  to  time  require,  and  the  Local 
Authority  shall  pay  to  the  Postmaster  General  within  six  weeks  after  each  of  such  days 
of  account,  the  amount  due  to  the  Postmaster  General  in  respect  of  the  preceding 
quarter  of  a  year. 

(2)  The  Local  Authority  shall  also  on  or  before  the  day  of  in 

every  year,  prepare  and  render  to  the  Postmaster  General  an  annual  statement  of  ac- 
counts of  the  telephonic  business  transacted  by  them,  made  up  to  the  day 
of  then  next  preceding,  and  such  statement  shall  be  in  such  form  and 
shall  contain  such  particulars  as  may  be  from  time  to  time  prescribed  by  the  Postmas- 
ter General. 

Power  to  Postmaster  General  to  Inspect  Telegraphs  at  All  Offices. 

20.  The  Postmaster  General  and  his  engineers  and  agents  may  from  time  to  time 
and  at  all  reasonable  times  enter  upon  all  or  any  office  or  offices  in  the  possession  or 
occupation  of  the  Local  Authority,  either  solely  or  jointly,  with  any  other  person  or 
persons  respectively  for  the  purpose  of  inspecting,  and  may  inspect  the  telephones  and 
other  telegraphic  instruments  and  appliances  fixed  or  being  in  such  places  respectively, 
and  the  working  and  user  of  such  telegraphs  respectively,  and  the  Local  Authority 
shall  from  time  to  time,  upon  the  request  of  the  Postmaster  General,  procure  from  any 
person  permitted  by  the  Local  Authority  to  use  the  said  telegraphs  at  any  office  or 
offices  which  may  be  occupied  by  him  either  solely  or  jointly  with  any  other  person  his 
consent  to  such  entry  and  inspection  so  far  as  regards  such  office  or  offices  of  such  per- 
son and  the  telephones  and  other  telegraphic  instruments  and  appliances  fixed  or  being 
in  such  office  or  offices. 

Local  Authority  to  Supply  Telephonic  Communication  Without  Favour  or  Preference. 

21. — (1)  The  Local  Authority  shall  at  the  request  of  any  person  within  the 
licensed  area  supply  the  means  of  telephonic  communication  to  such  person  on  the 
same  terms  on  which  they  supply  the  like  means  of  communication  to  any  other  person 
in  such  area  under  similar  circumstances — it  being  the  intention  of  these  presents  that 
no  preference  or  special  advantage  of  any  kind  be  shown  to  any  person  by  the  Local 
Authority  in  the  transaction  of  telephonic  business  of  any  kind. 

(2)  The  Local  Authority  shall  not  as  a  condition  of  supplying  the  means  of  tele- 
phonic communication  to  any  person  require  from  such  person  the  grant  of  any  facility 
except  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  telephonic  communication  to  such  person. 

Authority  to  Exercise  Wayleave  Powers. 

22.  The  Postmaster  General,  in  pursuance  of  the  power  conferred  upon  him  by 
the  Telegraph  Act,  1892  (section  5),  and  of  all  other  powers  and  authorities  vested  in 
him  in  this  behalf  and  at  the  request  of  the  Local  Authority,  hereby  authorizes  the 
Local  Authority  to  exercise  within  the  licensed  area  all  such  powers  of  executing 
works  (other  than  works  under,  in,  upon,  over,  along  or  across  any  railway  or  canal) 
as  are  conferred  upon  the  Postmaster  General  by  the  Telegraph  Acts,  1863  and  1878, 
and  by  section  2  (but  not  by  any  other  section)  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1892. 

Provided  nevertheless  as  follows: — 

(1)  The  authority  given  by  the  Postmaster  General  under  this  article  shall 
have  effect  only  so  long  as  the  licenses,  powers  and  authorities  granted 
by  this  indenture  are  in  force. 

(2)  In  exercising  the  powers  conferred  hy  this  article  and  in  executing  any 
works  in  the  exercise  of  such  powers,  the  Local  Authority  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  the  several  restrictions  and  provisions  in  the  said  Acts  or  any  of 

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them  contained,  and  particularly  and  without  prejudice  to  the  gener- 
ality of  this  provision,  the  Local  Authority  shall  be  subject  to  the  provi- 
sions of  the  following  sections  of  the  said  Acts,  that  is  to  say,  sections 
42  and  48  to  £>2,  inclusive,  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1863,  and  sections  5  and 
7  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1892. 

(3)  The  Local  Authority  shall  not  be  entitled  under  the  authority  hereby 
conferred  to  exercise  any  power  or  enjoy  any  right,  benefit  or  advantage 
conferred  upon  the  Postmaster  General  by  the  Telegraph  Act,  1863,  the 
Telegraph  Act,  1878,  or  the  Telegraph  Act,  1892,  otherwise  than  in  rela- 
tion to  the  execution  of  works. 

(4)  Section  4  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1892,  shall  not  apply  to  the  Local  Au- 
thority. 

(5)  Nothing  in  this  indenture  shall  be  construed  to  give  the  Local  Authority 
any  wayleave  or  right  of  way  under,  in,  upon,  over,  along,  or  across  any 
railway  or  canal,  or  any  right  to  execute  any  work  under,  in,  upon,  over, 
along,  or  across  any  railway  or  canal,  or  to  call  upon  the  proprietors  or 
lessees  of  any  railway  or  canal,  or  the  directors  or  persons  having  the 
control  thereof  to  execute  any  such  work. 

(6)  The  Local  Authority  shall  give  to  the  Postmaster  General  not  less  than 
seven  (lavs'  notice  in  writing  of  their  intention  to  commence  the  execu- 
tion of  any  work  under  the  powers  hereby  conferred,  specifying  in  such 
notice  the  nature  of  the  work  and  the  streets  or  public  roads  affected 
thereby. 

Local  Authority's  Telegraphs  not  to  Interfere  with  Postal  Telegraphs. 

23.  All  telegraph  posts,  wires  and  telegraphic  appliances  used  or  intended  to  be 
used  as  part  of  or  in  connection  with  the  telegraphs  of  the  .Local  Authority,  shall  be 
so  erected,  fixed,  placed  and  used  as  not  either  directly  or  by  reason  of 
the  working  or  user  thereof  to  interfere  with  the  efficient  or  convenient  maintenance, 
working  or  user  of  any  telegraph  posts,  wires  or  telegraphic  appliances  of  the  Postmas- 
ter General  which  may  from  time  to  time  exist,  or  which  it  is  probable  that  the  Post- 
master General  may  have  occasion  to  erect,  place,  fix  or  use,  or  to  expose  any  such 
posts,  wire  or  appliances  to  risk  of  damage  or  to  risk  of  interference  with  the  efficient 
or  convenient  working  or  user  thereof. 
Removal  of  Injurious  Telegraphs. 

24c.  In  case  any  telegraph  post,  wire  or  telegraphic  appliance  used  or  intended  to 
be  used  as  part  of  or  in  connection  with  the  telegraphs  of  the  Local  Authority,  or  the 
working  or  user  of  any  such  post,  wire  or  appliance  shall  in  the  opinion  of  the  en- 
gineer-in-chief for  the  time  being  of  the  post  office,  certified  by  writing  under  his  hand 
directly  or  indirectly  damage  or  interfere  with  the  efficient  or  convenient  maintenance, 
working,  or  user  of  any  telegraph  post,  wire  or  telegraphic  appliance  of  the  Postmaster 
General  for  the  time  being  existing  or  expose  any  such  post,  wire  or  appliance  to  risk 
or  damage  or  to  risk  of  interference  with  the  efficient  or  convenient  working  or  user 
thereof,  or  make  it  impracticable  to  erect,  place,  fix  or  use  any  telegraph  post,  wire  or 
telegraphic  appliance  which  the  Postmaster  General  desires  to  erect,  place,  fix  or  use. 

(a)  The  Local  Authority  shall  within  twenty-four  hours  after  service  on  them 
of  notice  in  writing  by  the  Postmaster  General  in  that  behalf,  either  re- 
move the  post  or  posts,  wire  or  wires,  or  telegraphic  appliance  or  appli- 
ances complained  of  in  such  notice,  or  refix,  alter  or  repair  the  same  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  engineer-in-chief  for  the  time  being  of  the  post 
office,  and 

(b)  If  the  Local  Authority  shall  make  default  in  so  doing  within  the  time 
aforesaid,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Postmaster  General  to  remove,  alter 
or  repair  the  post  or  posts,  wire,  or  wires,  or  telegraphic  appliance  or 
appliances  complained  of  in  such  notice,  and  the  Local  Authority  shall 

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on  demand  pay  to  the  Postmaster  General  the  cost  of  any  removal,  alter- 
ation or  repair  by  the  Postmaster  General  of  the  posts,  wires  and  tele- 
graphic appliances  complained  of  in  such  notice  or  any  of  them. 

Local  Authority  to  Pay  Cost  of  Repairing  Damage  Done  to  Postal  Telegraphs  by  Their 
Telegraphs. 

25.  In  case  any  telegraph  post,  wire  or  telegraphic  appliance  of  the  Postmaster 
General  shall  be  damaged  or  the  efficient  working  or  user  thereof  shall  be  wholly  or 
partially  interrupted  or  otherwise  interfered  with  and  the  engineer-in-chief  for  the 
time  being  of  the  post  office  shall  certify  by  writing  under  his  hand  that  such  damage 
interruption  or  interference  has  been  caused  directly  or  indirectly  by  any  telegraph 
post,  wire  or  telegraphic  appliance  used  or  intended  to  be  used  as  part  of  or  in  con- 
nection with  the  telegraphs  of  the  Local  Authority,  or  by  anything  done  by  or  on  be- 
half of  the  Local  Authority  in  relation  thereto,  the  Local  Authority  shall,  on  demand, 
pay  to  the  Postmaster  General  all  costs  that  shall  be  reasonably  incurred  by  him  in 
repairing  such  damage  and  in  removing  or  altering  such  post,  wire  or  telegraphic  ap- 
pliance, so  as  to  restore  the  same  to  efficient  working  order  and  in  addition  thereto  or 
substituting  therefor,  either  temporarily  or  permanently,  any  other  posts,  wires  or 
telegraphic  appliances,  if  the  said  engineer  shall  certify  that  such  addition  or 
substitution  is  reasonably  required. 

License  Not  to  be  Assigned. 

26.  Except  with  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  Postmaster  Genera]  the  Local  Au- 
thority shall  not — 

(1)  assign,  underlet  or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  benefit  of  the  covenants  herein 
contained,  or  of  any  of  such  covenants  or  the  licenses,  powers  or  authori- 
ties hereby  granted,  or  any  of  such  licenses  powers  or  authorities,  or 

(2)  sell,  assign,  transfer,  or  deliver  or  underlet  to  any  other  licensee  of  the 
Postmaster  General,  any  plant  used  by  the  Local  Authority  in  supplying 
the  means  of  telephonic  communication  under  these  presents,  or  allow 
such  licensee  in  any  manner  to  have  the  use,  benefit,  or  enjoyment  of  any 
such  plant  in  connection  with  his  undertaking,  or 

(3)  purchase,  lease  or  acquire,  any  interest  in  the  business  or  plant  of  any 
other  licensee  of  the  Postmaster  General  or  any  part  of  such  business  or 
plant,  or  enter  into  any  working  or  other  agreement  with  such  other 
licensee. 

Further  Assurance. 

27.  The  Local  Authority  and  the  Postmaster  General  shall  from  time  to  time  do 
and  execute,  or  cause  to  be  done  and  executed  all  such  acts,  deeds  and  things  whatso- 
ever as  may  be  required  by  the  Postmaster  General  or  the  Local  Authority  (as  the  case 
be)  to  give  effect  to  the  covenants  and  agreements  in  this  indenture  contained. 
Provisions  for  Determination  of  License  in  Certain  Events. 

28.  In  any  of  the  following  cases  (that  is  to  say)  : — 

(a)  In  case  the  Local  Authority  does  not  within  two  years  from  the  date  of  this 
indenture  establish  an  exchange  system,  and  so  long  as  the  licenses, 
powers  and  authorities  hereby  granted  shall  continue,  maintain  such 
system  in  effective  working,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral, or 

(b)  In  case  any  sum  of  money  which  ought  to  be  paid  by  the  Local  Authority 
to  the  Postmaster  General  under  or  by  virtue  of  these  presents  shall  be  in 
arrear  and  unpaid  for  one  calendar  month  after  the  time  at  which  the 
same  ought  to  be  paid  under  or  by  virtue  of  the  covenants  herein  con- 
tained, or 

(c)  In  case  of  any  breach,  non-observance  or  non-performance  by  or  on  the 
part  of  the  Local  Authority  of  any  of  the  covenants  (other  than  a  coven- 
ant for  the  payment  of  money)  or  conditions  herein  contained  and  on  the 
part  of  the  Local  Authority  to  be  observed  and  performed 

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then  and  in  any  such  case  the  Postmaster  General  may,  by  writing  under  his  seal  re- 
voke and  determine  these  presents  and  the  licenses,  powers  and  authorities  hereinbe- 
fore granted,  and  each  and  every  of  them  and  thereupon  these  presents  and  the  said 
licenses,  powers  and  authorities  and  each  and  every  of  them  shall  absolutely  cease,  de- 
termine and  become  void. 

Provided  always  that  no  such  revocation  or  determination  as  aforesaid  shall  pre- 
judice or  affect  any  right  of  action  or  remedy  which  shall  have  accrued  or  shall  there- 
after accrue  to  either  of  the  parties  hereto  under  the  covenants  herein  contained. 

Provided  also  that  in  case  of  any  such  revocation  or  determination  as  aforesaid 
the  Local  Authority  shall  if  so  required  by  the  Postmaster  General  sell  and  convey  to 
the  Postmaster  General  all  such  plant  as  was  immediately  prior  to  such  revocation  ot 
determination  in  use  by  the  Local  Authority  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the  means 
of  telephonic  communication  under  these  presents  and  as  the  Postmaster  General  may 
desire  to  purchase. 
Purchase  of  plant  by  Postmaster  General. 

29. — (1)  On  or  so  soon  as  may  be  after  the  day  of 

one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  aforesaid  (unless  these  presents  shall  have 

been  previously  revoked  and  determined  as  in  this  indenture  provided)  the  Postmaster 
General  shall  buy  and  the  Local  Authority  shall  sell  and  convey  all  such  plant  as  is  at 
the  date  aforesaid  in  use  by  the  Local  Authority  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the  means 
of  telephonic  communication  under  these  presents  and  as  is  suitable  for  the  actual  re- 
quirements at  the  date  aforesaid  of  the  telephonic  service  of  the  post  office  within  the 
licensed  area. 

(2)  No  plant  shall  in  any  case  be  considered  suitable  for  the  requirements  of  the 
telephonic  service  of  the  post  office  which  has  been  brought  into  use  without  the  sanc- 
tion in  writing  of  the  Postmaster  General  but  subject  as  aforesaid  if  any  question 
arises  as  to  the  suitability  of  any  of  the  plant  of  the  Local  Authority  for  the  require- 
ments of  the  telephonic  service  of  the  post  office  within  the  licensed  area  such  question 
shall  in  case  of  difference  be  determined  by  arbitration. 

Valuation  of  plant. 

30.  The  value  of  all  plant  purchased  by  the  Postmaster  General  under  the  fore- 
going article  shall  be  deemed  to  be  its  fair  market  value  at  the  time  of  the  purchase  due 
regard  being  had  to  the  nature  and  then  condition  of  such  plant  and  to  the  state  of 
repair  thereof  and  to  the  circumstances  that  it  is  in  such  a  position  as  to  be  ready  for 
immediate  working  and  to  its  suitability  to  the  purposes  of  a  telephonic  service  and  no 
addition  shall  be  made  to  such  value  in  respect  of  compulsory  purchase  or  of  good  will 
or  of  any  profits  which  might  have  been  or  be  made  by  the  Local  Authority  from  the 
use  of  such  plant.  In  case  of  difference  such  value  as  aforesaid  shall  be  determined 
by  arbitration. 

Arbitration. 

31.  All  the  matters  which  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  herein  contained  are  to 
be  determined  by  arbitration  shall  be  referred  to  arbitration  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Arbitration  Act  1889  or  any  then  subsisting  statutory  re-enactment 
or  modification  thereof. 

Agreement  not  to  affect  Postmaster  General's  rights. 

32.  Nothing  in  these  presents  contained  shall  prejudice  or  affect  the  right  of  the 
Postmaster  General  from  time  to  time  to  establish,  extend,  maintain  and  work  any 
system  or  systems  of  telegraphic  communication  (whether  of  a  like  nature  to  the  tele- 
phonic business  of  the  Local  Authority  or  otherwise)  in  such  manner  as  he  shall  in  his 
discretion  think  fit,  neither  shall  anything  herein  contained  prejudice  or  affect  the 
right  of  the  Postmaster  General  from  time  to  time  to  enter  into  agreements  for,  or  to 
grant  licenses  relative  to  the  working  and  user  of  telegraphs  (whether  of  a  like  nature 
to  those  worked  and  used  by  the  Local  Authority  or  otherwise)  or  the  transmission  of 
telegrams  in  any  part  of  the  United  Kingdom  with  or  to  any  person  or  persons  whom- 
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soever  upon  such  terms  as  he  shall  in  his  discretion  think  fit.  And  (save  as  in  this 
indenture  provided)  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  deemed  to  authorize  the  Local 
Authority  to  exercise  any  of  the  powers  or  authorities  conferred  on  or  acquired  by  the 
Postmaster  General  by  or  under  the  Telegraph  Acts  or  any  of  them. 

Notices,  &c. 

33.  Any  notice,  request  or  consent  (whether  expressed  to  be  in  writing  or  not)  to 
be  given  by  the  Postmaster  General  under  these  presents  may  be  under  the  hand  of 
any  one  of  the  secretaries  or  assistant  secretaries  for  the  time  being  of  the  post  office, 
and  may  be  served  by  sending  the  same  by  registered  post  letter  to  the  Local  Authority,' 
and  any  notice  to  be  given  by  the  Local  Authority  under  these  presents  may  be  served 
by  sending  the  same  by  registered  post  letter  addressed  to  the  secretary  of  the  post  office 
at  the  General  Post  Office,  London. 

In  witness  whereof  the  Postmaster  General  hath  hereunto  set  his  hand  and  seal, 
and  the  Local  Authority  have  caused  their  common  seal  to  be  hereunto  affixed  the  day 
and  year  first  above  written. 

THE  FIEST  SCHEDULE  before  referred  to. 

Description  of  Licensed  Area. 

Note.— If  there  is  any  discrepancy  between  the  description  of  the  licensed  area  and  the  area 
as  shown  on  the  said  map  the  boundary  is  to  be  as  shown  on  the  map. 

THE  SECOND  SCHEDULE  before  referred  to. 

SPECIFICATION   AND  RULES  AS  TO   PLANT. 

1.  In  this  specification — 

The  term  '  exchange  subscriber's  circuit '  means  the  wires  and  apparatus  con- 
necting a  subscriber's  office  or  offices  or  a  call  office  with  a  telephone  ex- 
change ; 

The  term  '  junction  circuit '  means  the  wires  and  apparatus  which  connect 
any  two  separate  exchanges  or  an  exchange  and  a  prescribed  post  office 
in  the  same  telephone  area; 

The  term  '  exchange  subscriber '  includes  a  person  using  a  call  office. 

2.  All  circuits,  whether  exchange  subscribers'  or  junction  circuits,  shall  be  metallic. 
Any  necessary  earth  connections  shall  be  made  either  at  the  centre  of  balanced  re- 
sistances of  high  inductance  bridged  across  the  circuit,  or  by  means  of  appropriate 
electrical  devices,  so  that  speaking  circuits  when  in  use  shall  be  free  from  inductive  or 
other  disturbances.  All  circuits  shall  be  so  arranged  that  exchange  subscribers  shall  be 
unable  to  overhear  what  passes  on  any  other  than  their  own  circuits  or  those  with  which 
they  are  connected. 

3.  The  use  of  iron  conductors  in  any  portion  of  a  speaking  circuit  shall  not  be 
permitted. 

4. — (1)  With  the  under-mentioned  exceptions  the  main  lines  of  wire  in  towns  shall 
be  laid  under  ground,  but  the  distributing  wires  from  selected  points  to  exchange  sub- 
scribers' offices  may  be  either  open  and  above  ground  or  under  ground  as  may  be  con- 
sidered desirable. 

(2)  Open  wires,  other  than  distributing  wires,  may,  however,  be  erected  above 
ground : — 

(a)  Where  power  to  execute  underground  work  is  unabtainable ; 

(6)  Where  the  number  of  wires  required  is  insufficient  to  justify  the  cost  of 
underground  work,  regard  being  had  to  the  subsequent  cost  of  main- 
tenance. 

(3)  Where  underground  wayleaves  can  be  obtained  the  Postmaster  General 
will  not  consider  wires  above  ground  justifiable  in  cases  where  a  line  of  poles  carries,  or 
is  intended  to  carry,  upwards  of  25  circuits  or  50  wires ;  and  he  will  regard  underground 

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wires  in  towns  as  being  more  suitable  for  acquisition  by  the  post  office  than  wires  above- 
ground. 

( 4)  A  line  of  poles  extending  less  than  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  a  distributing 
point  will  be  considered  as  a  distributing  line.  A  line  of  poles  in  excess  of  this  length 
will  not  be  considered  a  distributing  line. 

5.  Where  wires  are  placed  underground — 

(a)  Dry  core  cables  of  electrostatic  capacity  shall  be  used,  and  the  conductors 
shall  fulfil  the  following  conditions : — 

The  copper  to  be  used  shall  have  a  conductivity  of  not  less  than  98 
per  cent,  according  to  Matthiessen's  standard  of  pure  annealed  copper, 
that  is  to  say,  the  resistance  at  60°  F.  of  a  bar  of  the  material  one  square 
inch  in  cross  sectional  area  shall  not  exceed  -04318  of  the  standard  ohm 
per  mile.  For  exchange  subscribers'  circuits  within  half  a  mile  of  an  ex- 
change the  conductors  shall  be  not  less  than  No.  22  standard  wire  gauge 
weighing  12 J  lbs.  per  mile.  Exchange  subscribers'  circuits  extending 
beyond  the  half-mile  limit  and  junction  circuits  less  than  five  miles  in 
length  shall  have  conductors  of  a  minimum  size  of  No.  20  standard  wire 
gauge  weighing  20-7  lbs.  per  mile.  Junction  circuits  of  more  than  five 
miles  in  length  shall  have  conductors  not  less  than  No.  18  standard  wire 
gauge  weighing  36*8  lbs.  to  the  mile. 

(b)  All  underground  cables,  ether  than  these  in  subways  or  tunnels,  shall  be 
efficiently  prelected  by  pipes  or  ducts  of  approved  materials,  or  by  such 
other  means  as  the  Postmaster  General  may  have  approved  before  the 
cables  are  Laid,  (aides  in  subways  or  tunnels  shall  be  supported  in  such 
a  manner  as  to  prevent   fracture  of  the  lead  covering. 

6.  Open  wires  erected  above  ground  shall  comply  with  the  following  conditions: — 

They  shall  not  be  less  than  No.  18  standard  wire  gauge  weighing  36-8  lbs. 
to  the  mile  for  exchange  subscribers'  circuits  and  for  junction  circuits  less  than  five 
miles  in  length.  For  junction  circuits  exceeding  five  miles  in  length  the  wires  shall 
not  weigh  less  than  100  lbs.  per  mile. 

7.  A  thoroughly  efficient  method  of  calling  the  exchange  and  of  signalling  the  close 
of  a  conversation  shall  in  all  cases  be  provided  on  every  exchange  subscriber's  circuit, 
and  tL^  calling  and  clearing  signals  shall  be  effective  in  all  conditions  and  upon  the 
longest  circuits  in  use  in  an  area  when  connected  together. 

8.  Switch-jacks  on  multiple  panels  of  local  subscribers'  sections  shall  be  connected 
on  the  branching  system  unless  otherwise  authorized  by  the  Postmaster  General. 

9.  Junction  circuits  connecting  exchanges  with  prescribed  post  offices  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  automatic  signalling  arrangements  of  a  character  approved  by  the  Post- 
master General  and  suitable  for  working  in  connection  with  his  trunk  circuits,  and 
shall  be  worked  in  accordance  with  such  regulations  as  he  may  from  time  to  time 
prescribe. 

10.  The  apparatus  fitted  at  exchange  subscribers'  offices  shall  be  efficient  for  trunk 
circuit  communication,  and  where  separate  batteries  are  provided  at  each  exchange 
subscriber's  office  for  speaking  purposes,  the  electromotive  force  shall  not  at  any  time 
fall  below  two  volts,  and  such  apparatus  shall  be  so  fitted  as  to  admit  of  a  clearing 
signal  being  transmitted  by  the  exchange  subscriber  to  the  post  office  trunk  centre  to 
indicate  the  close  of  a  trunk  conversation. 

11.  With  a  view  to  avoid  difficulty  under  the  last  two  preceding  clauses,  the  Local 
Authority  shall  at  least  six  months  before  the  opening  of  an  exchange  furnish  the 
Postmaster  General  with  diagrams  illustrating  both  the  exchange  subscribers'  circuits 
connections  and  the  method  by  which  it  is  proposed  to  actuate  the  indicators  or  sig- 
nalling apparatus  on  the  junction  circuits  at  the  post  office  trunk  centre. 

12.  Where  an  electric  light  or  electric  traction  system,  constructed  above  ground, 
co-exists  in  a  town  with  a  telephone  system,  and  where  such  telephone  system  is  partly 
or  wholly  above  ground,  suitable  safety  devices,  including  fuses  and  heat  coils,  shall 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

be  provided  in  all  circuits  likely  to  be  effected,  both  at  the  exchange  and  at  the  ex- 
change subscribers'  offices. 

13.  Efficient  lightning  protectors  shall  be  provided  on  all  circuits. 

14.  Proposals  for  the  modification  of  the  foregoing  specification,  brought  about 
by  the  progress  of  invention,  will  be  favourably  considered  by  the  Postmaster  General. 

The  THIRD  SCHEDULE  above  referred  to. 
Charge  for  Usf  of  the  Exchange  System  of  the  Local  Authority. 


Service. 


Maximum 

Charge. 


A.— For  Exclusive  Lines. 

(a)  Where  in  the  office  of  the  exchange  the  subscriber  is  within 

of  the  exchange  with  which  such  office  is  immediately  connected  : 

I.  For  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communication  between  any 
exchange  and  the  office  of  any  exchange  subscriber  and  the  trans- 
mission of  an  unlimited  number  of  messages  of  the  subscriber  to 
any  office  on  an  exchange  in  the  exchange  system  of  the  Local 
Authority. 

(i)  For  the  first  line 

(ii)  For  each  additional  line  direct  from  the  exchange  to  the 
same  or  any  other  office  of  the  same  subscriber. 

II.  (1)  For  the  establishment  of  the  telephonic  communication  be- 
tween any  exchange  and  the  office  of  any  exchange  subscriber 
exclusive  of  the  transmission  of  messages. 

(2)  For  the  transmission  to  each  message  of  the  subscriber  to 

any  office  on  any  exchange  in  the  exchange  system  of  the  Local 

Authority. 

Provided  that  the  amount  payable  by  the  subscriber  for  the  trans- 
mission of  messages  shall  lie  at  least  per  annum. 
(6)  Where  the  office  of  an  exchange  subscriber  is  situate  more  than 

from  the  exchange  with  which  such  office  is  immediately  connected. 

Over  and  above  the  respective  charges  aforesaid. 

For  every  additional  or  part  thereof  an  add  ■  onal  charge 

of 

B.—  For  Party  Lines. 

(a)  Where  the  main  circuit  does  not  exceed  in  length  and  the 

spur  circuits  do  not  respectively  exceed  in  length — 

I.  (i)  For  the  establishment  of  telephonic  communicatijn  between 
any  exchange  and  the  office  of  any  exchange  subscriber  where  not 
more  than  two  exchange  subscribers  use  the  same  party  line 
exclusive  of  the  transmission  of  messages. 

(ii)  For  the  transmission  of  each  message  of  the  subscriber  to 
any  office  on  any  exchange  in  the  exchange  system  of  the  Local 
Authority. 

Provided  that  the  amount  payable  by  the  subscriber  for  the  trans- 
mission of  messages  shall  be  at  least  per  annum  (per 
exchange  subscriber). 

II.  (1)  For  the  establishment  of  teleDhonie  communication  between 
any  exchange  and  the  office  of  any  exchange  subscriber  where 
more  than  two  and  not  more  than  ten  exchange  subscribers  use 
the  same  partv  line  exclusive  of  the  transmission  of  messages. 

(2)  For  the  transmission  of  each  message  of  a  subscriber  to  any 
office  on  any  exchange  on  the  exchange  system  of  the  Local 
Authority.  , 

Provided  that  the  amount  pavable  by  the  subscriber  for  the  trans- 
mission of  messages  shall  be  at  least  per  annum  (per  ex- 
change subscriber).  , 
(6)  (1)  Where  the  main  circuit  exceeds  in  length— In  respect  of 
every  additional                or  part  thereof—                                     ' 

For  every  exchange  subscriber  whose  spur  circuit  issues  from  ohe 
main  circuit  at  a  point  exceeding  from  the  exchange. 

(2)  Where  the  spur  circuit  exceeds  in  length— In  respect  of 

every  additional  or  part  thereof— 

For  the  subscriber  served  by  the  spur  aircuit 


Per  annum . 


Per  annum . 


Per  annum 
exchange 
scriber. 


Minimum 
Charge. 


Per  annum . 


Nil. 


(per  Per  annum  (per 
sub-     exchange   sub- 
scriber). 


Per  annum 
exchange 
scriber).  ) 

d 


(per 
sub- 


Per  annum 


Per  annum  (per 
exchange  sub- 
scriber). 


Per  annum . 


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Charge  for  Use  of  the  Exchange  System  of  the  Local  Authority — Continued. 


Service. 

Maximum 

Minimum 

Charge. 

Charge. 

C—  Extension  Links. 

(1)  Where  the  two  offices  connected  hy  the  line  are  situate  in  the  - 

building  <ir  curtilage — 

(  a )  Where  the  line  docs  not  exceed              "1  double  wire  in  length. 
(b)    Where  the  line  exceeds               of  double  wire  in  length — 

" 

ii 

M                 

„ 

For  each  additional               of  double  wire  or  part  thereof 

„ 

,, 

(2)  Where  the  two  offices  connected  are  not  situate  within   the  same 

building  or  curtilage — 

(a)  Where  the  line  does  no1  exceed               oi  double  wire  in  length. 

||                  

ii 

(6)  Where  the  line  exceeds               of  double  wire  in  length — 

II                     ... 

ii 

For  each  additional               of  double  wire  or  part  thereof 

11                  .... 

ii 

1).  — Fou  Call  <  >fi  i 

For  the  transm  ission  of  a  message  from  a  cal  office  to  any  other  office 

d 

d 

on  an  .xchange  in  the  exchange  system  oflthe  Local  Authority. . . . 

Note.— The  distances  refetred  to  in  so  much  of  tins  schedule  as  relates  to  exclusive  lines  and  extension 
lines  shall  be  deemed  to  be  measured  in  a  straight  line  on  a  horizontal  plane. 


Signed,  sealed  and  delivered") 
by  the  Postmaster  General  in  J- 
the  presence  of  J 


The  Common  Seal  of  the] 
Local  Authority  was  hereunto}- 
affixed  in  the  presence  of 


No.  306b. 


GREAT  BRITAIN—  Con  tinned. 

APPENDIX  No.  18. 

(See  Question  2034.) 


PAPER  handed  in  by  Sir  Robert  Hunter,  Solicitor  to  the  Post  Office,  Great 

Britain,  July  5,  1905. 


STATUTORY  RULES  AND  ORDERS,  1899. 
TELEGRAPH.— Regulations. 


No.  751. 


The  Telegraph  (Telephonic  Inter-communication)  Order,  1899. 

26,  1899. 


Dated  September 


Whereas  it  is  enacted  by  section  3,  sub-section  (5),  of  the  Telegraph  Act,  1899, 
that  if  the  license  of  an  existing  company  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  '  the  Company ') 
is  under  the  provisions  of  section  3  of  the  said  Act,  extended  in  respect  of  any  ex- 
change area  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  eight  years,  the  company  shall,  at  the  request 
of  any  other  licensee  of  the  Postmaster  General  providing  public  telephonic  communica- 
tion in  the  whole  or  any  part  of  that  exchange  area,(which  other  licensee  is  hereinafter 

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referred  to  aa  '  the  new  licensee ')  and  under  such  circumstances  and  on  such  terms  and 
conditions  as  within  six  months  from  the  passing  of  this  Act  may  be  prescribed  by  an 
order  of  the  Postmaster  General  made  with  the  approval  of  the  treasury,  afford  all  pro- 
per facilities  for  the  transmission  of  telephonic  messages  between  persons  using  the 
system  of  the  company  (either  in  the  whole  or  in  part  of  the  exchange  area,  as  the 
Postmaster  General  may  prescribe)  and  persons  using  the  system  of  such  other 
licensee,  provided  that  the  licensee  so  requiring  inter-communication  shall  in  any  such 
case  afford  similar  facilities : 

Now,  therefore,  I,  Henry,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Her  Majesty's  Postmaster  General, 
by  virtue  of  the  powers  vested  in  me  for  that  purpose  as  aforesaid,  and  of  all  other 
powers  vested  in  me  in  that  behalf,  do,  with  the  approval  of  the  treasury,  order  as  fol- 
lows : — 

1.  When  the  subscribers  of  the  new  licensee  at  the  date  when  inter-communication 
is  requested,  equal  or  exceed  in  number  one-fourth  of  those  of  the  company  at  that 
date,  in  the  area  specified  in  the  new  license,  or  number  500,  whichever  first  happens, 
but  not  before,  mutual  inter-communication  shall  be  afforded  by  the  company  and  the 
new  licensee  between  their  respective  subscribers  and  other  persons  using  their  respec- 
tive systems  in  the  area  specified  in  the  new  license  only.  Such  inter-communication 
as  aforesaid  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  '  restricted  inter-communication.' 

2.  In  any  case  in  which  the  company's  exchange  area,  as  defined  by  agreement 
with  the  Postmaster  General,  exceeds  in  extent  the  area  specified  in  the  new  license, 
then  when  the  subscribers  of  the  new  licensee  at  the  date  when  inter-communication 
is  requested,  equal  or  exceed  in  number  one-fourth  of  those  of  the  company  throughout 
the  whole  exchange  area  of  the  company  at  that  date,  but  not  before,  mutual  inter- 
communication shall  be  afforded  by  the  company  and  the  new  licensee  between  their 
respective  subscribers  and  other  persons  using  their  respective  systems  throughout  the 
whole  exchange  area  of  the  company.  Such  inter-communication  as  last  aforesaid 
is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  unrestricted  inter-communication.' 

3.  The  fact  that  restricted  inter-communication  exists  with  reference  to  the  sys- 
tem of  any  new  licensee  shall  not  prejudice  that  licensee  in  requesting  unrestricted  in- 
ter-communication, and  the  two  kinds  of  inter-communication  may  exist  side  by  side 
on  different  terms. 

4.  The  company  and  the  new  licensee  may  make  terminal  charges  not  exceeding 
the  following: — 

In  the  case  of  restricted  inter-communication — 

(a)  When  the  subscribers  of  the  new  licensee  at  the  date 
when  inter-communication  is  requested,  number  500, 
but  are  less  than  one-fourth  in  number  of  the  com- 
pany's subscribers  at  that  date  in  the  area  specified 
in  the  new  license lid.  per  call. 

(&)  When  the  subscribers  of  the  new  licensee  equal  or  ex- 
ceed in  number  one-fourth  (but  do  not  equal  in  num- 
ber one-half)  of  the  company's  subscribers  for  the 
time  being  in  the  area  specified  in  the  new  license.      Id.  per  call 

(c)  When  the  subscribers  of  the  new  licensee  equal  or 
exceed  in  number  one-half  of  the  company's  sub- 
scribers for  the  time  being  in  the  area  specified  in 

the  new  license Nil 

In  the  case  of  unrestricted  inter-communication — 

(a)  When  the  subscribers  of  the  new  licensee  at  the  date 
when  inter-communication  is  requested,  equal  or  ex- 
ceed in  number  one-fourth  (but  do  not  equal  in  num- 
ber one-half)  of  those  of  the  company  at  that  date 
in  the  whole  of  the  company's  exchange  area — in 
respect  of  inter-communication  with  the  subscribers 

GREAT  BRITAIN. 

l—d—47. 


724  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

of  the  company  and  other  persons  using  the  system  of 
the  company  in  the  portion  of  the  company's  exchange 
area  which  is  not  included  in  the  area  specified  in  the 

new  license Id.  per  call. 

(6)  When  the  subscribers  of  the  new  licensee  equal  or 
exceed  in  number  one-half  of  those  of  the  company 
for  the  time  being  in  the  whole  exchange  area — in 
respect  of  such  inter-communication  as  last  afore- 
said    Nil. 

5.  Any  new  licensee  requesting  facilities  for  inter-communication  shall  satisfy  the 
Postmaster  General  that  such  licensee  possesses  the  required  number  of  bond  fide  sub- 
scribers actually  working. 

6.  When  inter-communicati<m  1ms  once  been  established — 

(a)  It  shall  be  maintained,  notwithstanding  that  the  number  (actual  or  rela- 
tive) of  the  subscribers  to  one  or  other  of  the  inter-communicating  sys- 
tems may  subsequently  fall  below  the  number  which  would  entitle  a  new 
licensee  to  request  inter-communication,  and 

(fc)  No  terminal  charge  shall  be  increased  because  the  number  (actual  or  re- 
lative) of  the  subscribers  to  one  or  other  of  the  inter-communicating  sys- 
tems may  fall  below  the  number  which  first  justified  such  charge,  and 

(c)  If  terminal  charges  have  ceased,  they  shall  not  under  any  circumstances 
be  reimposed. 

7.  The  term  '  subscriber '  means  any  person  with  whom  the  company,  or  the  new 
licensee  (as  the  case  may  be)  has  entered  into  an  agreement  for  at  least  one  year  for 
the  purpose  of  enabling  such  person  to  communicate  from  time  to  time  with  other  per- 
sons through  the  medium  of  an  exchange,  and  does  not  include  persons  using  call 
offices  on  an  exchange. 

8.  This  Order  may  be  cited  as  the  Telegraph  (Telephonic  Inter-communication) 
Order,  1899. 

Given  under  my  Seal  of  Office,  this  26th  day  of  September,  1899. 

NORFOLK,  [L.S.] 

Her  Majesty  s  Postmaster  General. 

Approved  by  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  Her  Majesty's  Treasury. 

H.  T.  ANSTRUTHER, 
W.  H.  FISHER. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


APPEXDIX  "A  " 


725 


APPENDIX  No.  1 


L'o.  306c. 


GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 

APPENDIX  No.  5. 
(See  Questions  850-52.) 


PAPER  handed  in  by  Mr.  Daniel  Macaulay  titevenson,  Deputy  Chairman,  Telephone 
•Committee  of  the  Glasgow  Corporation. 

Comparative  Table  of  Trunk  Telephone  Tariffs. 


Glasgow  to  Edinburgh. 

n  Carlisle.... 

n  Newcastle  . 

n  Liver]  ii  ml .  . 

ii  Manchester 

Hull 

Cardiff 
H  London.... 

Aberdeen  to  Dover.    ... 
M  Portsmouth 

ii  Plymouth. . 

n  Penzance  .. 


Distance 

in 

'Kilometres, 


65 

135 
195 

280 
290 
345 
440 
555 
700 
710 
700 
815 


Cc 

st 
versa- 

of  Cor 

tions 

per 

3  Minutes. 

s. 

d. 

0 

G 

1 

0 

1 

(i 

2 

0 

o 

6 

2 

6 

4 

0 

4 

6 

5 

6 

5 

6 

6 

0 

6 

0 

Cost  of  Conversations  for  3   Minutes 
between  same  places  according  to — 


Swedish 

Tariff. 

s. 

d. 

0 

2 

1'Coy 

free. 

0 

4 

0 

4 

0 

H 

0 

64 

0 

64 

0 

H, 

0 

H 

0  10 

0  10 

0  10 

1 

4 

German 

Tariff. 


s.     d. 
0    6 


French 
Tariff. 


s.     d. 

0    4 

0    5 
0    74 
0    9* 
0    94. 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 


*  These  distances  have  been  measured  on  the  map  as  the  crow  flies,  and  are  probably  all  understated. 
t  The  Allnninna  Company  give  free  communication  within  a  radius  of  43  miles. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 


i—d-^n 


726 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 


GREAT  BRITAIN— Continued. 
No.  306d. 

APPENDIX  No.  6. 

{See  Question  853.) 

PAPEE  handed  in  by  Mr.  Daniel  Macaulay  Stevenson,  June  23,  1905. 

Typical   Continental   Tariffs   for   Trunk   Telephone   Conversations. 


FRANCE. 


Up  to 

,.  25 

,,     l  ,i> 

„  450 
„  525 
,,  600 
„  675 
„  750 
Over  825 


25  K  .1 

rr, 
150 
225 

375 

CO 

525 
600 
675 
750 
825 


l.">  liiilrs 

15  „ 

n;  „ 

93  ., 

L39  ii 

186  „ 

232  „ 

279  „ 

:«  n 

418  „ 

465  „ 

511  „ 


I..   16  inilrs. 

93  „ 

L39  „ 

186  ,. 

232  H 

279  .. 

325  .. 

372  „ 

41S  „ 

4(15  „ 

511  „ 


Fr. 
0.25 

0.40 
0.50 
0.75 
1.00 


s.    d. 

0    2i 

0 

ii 

0 

0 

1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

2 


=  2 


4 

5 

74 

9it 

0" 

24 

5 

7 

94 

0 

21 

5" 


Up  tu     25  Kil. 

From  25  „  50 
„  50  „  100 
„  100  „  500 
„    500   ,i  1,000 

Over  1,000 


GERMANY. 

M         s.    d. 

15  miles 0.20  =  0    2J 

15      ii     to  31  miles 0.25  =  0    3 

31      „         62      ,i       0.50  =  06 

62      „       310      „       1.00»=  1    0 

310       „       620      „       1.50-  =  1    6 

620      i.       2.00  =  20 


SWEDEN. 


Up  to 
From  100    ,, 
„       250    m 

„  til  HI       „ 

„  800 
„  1,000 
,i  1.200 
»  1,400 
Over  1,600 


100  Kil. 

:.'."io 

600 

800 
1,000 
1,200 
1,400 
1,600 


62  mills. 

62 
155 
372 
4:  Hi 
620 
744 
868 
992 


Kr. 

0.15 

't.i  i55  miles  0.30 


372 
496 
620 

744 
868 
992 


0.50 
0.75 
1.00 
1.25 
1.50 
1.75 
2.00 


s.  d. 

0  2 

0  4 

0  64 

0  10 


1  14 

1  4h_ 

1  8 

1  11 

2  2| 


GREAT   BRITAIN. 


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GREAT  BRITAIN. 


728  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
STATEMENT  B. 

Particulars  of  Municipal  Telephone  Tariffs. 


Telephone  Area. 


Glasgow 1,000,000 


Hull 


Portsmouth .. 


300,000 


250,000 


Brighton 


.Swansea. . . 


Guernsey . 


185,000 


150,000 


10,300 


Tariffs. 


Exclusive  Line. — Unlimited  um  r  annum. 

Toll  service— Exclusive  line,  £3  10s.  per  annum,  and  Id.  for 
each  outward  rail. 

Two  party  line.— Unlimited  use,  t'4  4s.  per  annum. 

I  "i  party  line. — Unlimited  use,  £'3  3s.  per  annum. 

All  inward  calls  are  free. 

Exclusive  line.  -  Unlimited  use  :  For  business  premises,  £6  6s. 
per  annum.  For  business  premises  (second  connection), 
£5  15s.  pel  annum,    For  private  houses,  5d.  per  annum. 

Toll  service.  -Exclusive  line,  £3 per  annum,  and  1  d.  per  out- 
ward call. 

All  inward  calls  are  free. 

Exclusive  line.     Unlimited  use,  £5  17s.  (id.  per  annum. 

Exclusive  line.  —  Unlimited  use,  second  connection,  £5  5s.  per 
annum. 

Exclusive  line. — Toll  tariffs  :  — 

1.  £3  His.  per  annumn,  with  Id.  for  each  outward  call. 

2.  £"J  Ms.  per  annum,  with  1  d.  for  each  outward  call. 

per  annum  to  cover  1,800  outward  calls;  extra  calls 
■L  each. 
I.   £4  per  annum   to  cover  1,000  outward  calls  ;  extra  calls 
Ad.  •  ■ 
All  ill-- 

Exclusive  line.    -Unlimited  use,  £5  10s.  per  annum. 
Exclusive  line.     Toll  service,  £3  10s.  per  annum,  with  Id.  for 

.■ill. 
Party  lines , — 
Two  party,  unlimited  use,  £4  4s.  per  annum. 
Four  party,  unlimited  use,  £3  per  annum. 
All  inward  calls  are  it 

Exclusive  line.— Unlimited  use  £5  per  annum. 
1  ne. —  Toll  tariff,  £3  per  annum,  with  1  d.  for  each 

outward  call. 
All  inward  calls  are  free. 
1.  £5   per  annum  to  cover  4,000  outward  calls;   additional 

five  for  Id. 
L'.   £2   In-,  per  annum  and  |d.  for  each  outward  call  up  to 

1,520  ;  additional  calls,  five  for  Id, 
3.  £1    His.  per  annum  and  Id.   for  each  outward  call  up  to 

1,000;  additional  calls,  five  for  Id. 
All  inward  calls  are  free. 


GREAT   BRITAIN'. 


APPENDIX  "A" 


729 


APPENDIX  No.  1 

GEEAT  BEITAIN—  Concluded. 

No.  306f. 

APPENDIX  No.  15. 

(See  Questions  700  and  1661.) 

PAPEE  handed  in  by  Mr.  W.  E.  L.  Oaine,  July  4,  1905. 

THE  NATIONAL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY,  LIMITED. 

Table  showing  the  approximate  average  life  of  the  principal  classes  of  plant  in  uso 
by  the  National  Telephone  Company,  Limited. 


Classes  of  Plant. 

Approximate  Average  Years  of  Life. 

Overhead  lines,  bronze 

Wooden  poles 

cables.  .    

20  years. 

30      ,, 

9  to  15  years  (according  to  type). 

ars. 
70      „ 
50      „ 

15  to  20  years  (according  to  type). 
15  to  20            ii                  m 

Note. — These  figures  are  given  upon  the  authority  of  the  engineer-in-chief  of  the 
National  Telephone  Company,  Limited,  and  are  based  upon  the  assumption  that  the 
plant  will  remain  in  situ  for  the  whole  period  of  its  life. 

WI.  E.  L.  GAINE, 

General  Manager. 
Telephone  House,  Victoria  Embankment,  London,  E.C., 
June  21,  1905. 


SWANSEA. 

MUNICIPAL  TELEPHONE  DEPAETMENT  ACCOUNT,  FEOM  APEIL  1,  1904, 

TO  MAECH  31,  1905. 

Forwarded  by  A.  B.  Bennett,  M.I.E.E. 

expenditure. 


Capital  Account. 


To  hand  and  permanent — 

Buildings £2,412  17  11 

Less  credit d    u 

Works  completed  and  in  course  of  construction.   . 

Junction  construction. 

Underground  construction 

Exchang    construction 


Expended  to 
March  81,  1904. 


£    s.     d. 


2,449  17  11 
6,192  s  2 
658  0  6 
4,900  11  9 
1,365    1    4 


Expended  dur- 
ing the  year. 


£    s.     d. 


Total. 


15,565  19 


4,236    0  8 

410    4  4 

425  13  8 

340  15  3 


5,412  13  11 


£  s.  d. 


2,249  17  11 
10,428  8  10 
1,068  4  10 
5,326  5  5 
1,705  16  7 


20,978  13    7 


SWANSEA. 


730 


SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 
SWANSEA— Continued. 

INCOME. 


Capital  Account. 

Receipts  to 
March  31,  1904. 

Received 
during  the  year. 

Total. 

Sy  Swansea  Corporation,  4  p.c.  debenture  holders. .    . 

£    s.     d. 
10,963    7    6 

fi     s.     d. 

5,661  13    6 
1,418    5    4 

£    s.    d. 

16,625    1    0 
1,418    5    4 

2,i  135    7    3 

10,963    7    6 

7,079  18  10 

20,978  13    7 

REVENUE  ACCOUNT  FOR  YEAR  ENDING  MARCH  81,  1905. 


EXPENDITURE. 


Working  Expen 

i  ies  of  opei 

Line  repairs    

I  nstrument  repairs 

K'M.f  repairs      

Waj  l'';n  <■  rentals.  . 
Written  "tf  tools,  &c. 


To  Other  Expenses — 

Salaries,  &c 

I  >i  h  iks  and  stationery 

Postages 

Stamp  duty 

Written  off  furniture  account. 


To  General  Expenses — 

Management 

Rent,  rates,  ga8  and  electric  light . 

Advertising 

Commission 

Terminal  charges 

Post  office  royalty 

Law  costs 

Four  per  cent  debenture  bonds 

Written  off,  bad  debts 


To  Net  Revenue  Account — 
<  rross  balance  transferred. 


To  interest  for  year  to  March  31,  1905 
Sinking  Fund  for  year  to  March  31,   1905. .  . 

Balance  surplus  for  year  to  March  31,  1905 


352 

100 

81 

4 

19 

23 


1 
1 

11 
6 
2 

11 


168 
31 

5 
3 


13 
10 

i 

2 
16 


8 
1 
1 
0 

lit 


248 
243 

3 
52 
130 
431 
18 
180 
103 


0 
4 

10 
9 

13 

15 

13 

0 

1 


474     12      5 
527     14     11 


581     12 


228      9 


1,411  7  6 
1,741  IS  11 
3,963      8      9 


1,002      7 
739    11 


£    1,741    18    11 


GENERAL  BALANCE  SHEET. 

LIABILITIES. 

To  Capital  Account—  f        s.     d.  £        s.     d 

Swansea  Corporation  4  per  cent  Debenture  Bonds 16,625      1      0 

Deduct  amount  applied  in  reduction  of  debt 723    17     10 

15,901      3      2 

Reserve  Account — 

For  Capital  and  Sinking  Fund  to  March  31,  1904 196      2     11 

Add  amount  carried  to  the  fund  for  this  year 527    14     11 

723    17    10 

Carried  forward 16,625      1      0 

SWANSEA. 


APPENDIX  "A"  731 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

SWANSEA— GENERAL  BALANCE   SHEET— Continued. 
liabilities — Continued. 

Brought  forward 16,625      i      6 

Sundry  Creditors — 

Capital  account 1,418      5  4 

Stores  account 311      G  11 

Royalty  account 101      2  0 

Sinking  Fund 120      0  0 

Trunk  fee  deposits 112       5  0 

Trunk  fees 84    10  8 

Miscellaneous 15      !)  2 


Rental  Suspense  Account — 

Being  proportion  of  prepaid  rentals  applicable  to  year  1905-6 2,369    11      2 

Private  rentals 45      1      5 


Net  Revenue  Account,  surplus  at  date — 

Profit  for  year  ended  March  31,  1905 739    11       7 

Less  loss  for  year  March  31,  1904 324      3      9 


Borough  Treasurer,  amount  overdrawn — 

Capital  account 2,935      7      3 

Less  revenue  account 676      3      7 


2,162    19 


2,414     12 


415      7    10 


2,259      3 


£  23,877 


INCOME. 


By  Exchange  Rentals  Account —                                                                            £  s.  d.               £ 

Proportion  brought  from  last  year 1,943  (i  9 

Rentals  received  and  outstanding 4,123  16  0 

6,067  2  9 


Deduct  proportion  of  rentals  applicable  for  year  1905-1906  carried 

ti  i  Suspense  Account 2,369    11      2 


Private  Rental  Account — 

Pri  'portion  brought  from  last  year 37     15       1 

Rentals  received  and  outstanding 105      7      7 

Deduct  proportion  of  rentals  applicable  for  year  1905-96  carried  to 

Suspense  Account 45      1      5 


3,697     11 


Public  telephones. 

Local  calls 

Sales 

Discount 


98 

1 

3 

57 

5 

10 

.02 

1 

6 

1 

15 

5 

6 

13 

2 

£    3,963      8      9 
By  balance  from  Revenue  Account 1,741     18     1 

GENERAL  OUTLAY   AND    ASSETS. 

By  Property,  Permanent  Works,  &c. —  .        £        s.     d.  £        s.     d. 

Works  completed  and  in  course  of  construction 10,428      8    10 

Land  and  buildings  2,449    17 


11 


Junction  construction 1,068      4    10 

LTnderground  construction 5,326      5      5 

Exchange  construction 1,705     lb      7 


20,978    13      7 

Stores L267    10      S 

Tools 213      5      i 

Office  furniture ' <2    19    u 

Sundry  Debtors — 

Trunk  calls <\    13,      6 

Private  rentals °      *      b 

Sales  account j_      -r 

Public  telephones 0      i      2 

(Quarter  ending  March  31,  1905) 13      4      5 

Renewal  charges 0      j*      „ 

Local  fees  "    ld 

•i       '  (Quarter 'ending  March  31,1905) 27 

By  exchange  rentals , •  •       1>  ^"^ 

Petty  Cash—  

In  hand 


13      9 


1,342    15      2 
2      0      1 


£  23,877 


SWANSEA. 


732  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 


No.  308. 

(Translation.) 


AUSTRIA. 

Vienna,  November  20,  1905. 


To  the  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

In  answer  to  your  esteemed  letter  of  May  1,  1905,  the  Royal  Ministry  of  Commerce 
has  the  honour  to  supply  the  following  answers  to  the  questions  that  have  been 
asked : — 

ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS. 

The  government  owns  and  operates  the  local  and  long-distance  telephone  lines. 

At  the  end  of  1903  the  length  of  interurban  lines  (long-distance)  lines  was  10,- 
702-08  km.  (6,646  miles)  of  lines  or  routes.  The  length  of  wires  was  21,404-16  km. 
(13,292  miles). 

The  cost  per  km.  (about  §  mile)  of  single  wire,  is  about  500  crowns  ($101.50). 

In  straight  routes,  the  distance  between  poles  is  from  40  to  50  metres  (131  to  164 
feet,  or  30  to  40  poles  per  mile).  In  curves  and  in  mountain  districts  the  distances  are 
smaller. 

The  wires  for  telephone  subscribers'  circuits  are  '  Silicium  bronze,'  1  -5  mm.  (No. 
17,  S.W.G.).    The  greater  part  of  the  subscribers'  circuits'are  metallic. 

The  diameter  of  the  long-distance  wires  is  2,  3  and  4  mm.  (Nos.  14,  10J  and  8 
S.W.G.). 

The  rates  for  long-distance  service  are  charged  to  the  account  of  the  subscriber, 
who  has  to  make  an  adequate  deposit;  or  the  amount  is  paid  in  cash  when  use  is  made 
of  a  public  call  station. 

The  long-distance  lines  are  used  for  simultaneous  telephony  and  telegraphy.  The 
arrangement  employed  for  this  purpose  in  the  central  telephone  stations  is  shown  in 
the  accompanying  diagrams  of  the  switch  system,  and  the  '  explanations '  sent  along 
with  same.     (Not  printed.) 

The  population  of  Austria  is  35,000,000. 

At  the  end  of  1904  there  were  47,676  local  telephone  subscribers.  The  following 
are  the  number  of  subscribers  in  the  principal  towns,  with  the  populations: — 

Subscribers.  Population. 

Vienna at  the  end  of  1904. .     21,423        2,800,000 

Prague "  "         . .       3,832  200,000 

Briinn "  . .       1,438  74,000 

Trieste " 

Linz 

Lemberg " 


1,992  125,000 

570  35,000 

978  88,000 


In  the  smaller  places  the  number  of  subscribers  and  populations  are: 

Subscribers.  Population. 

Baden at  the  end  of  1904. .         130  10,000 

St.  Polten "  "        ..         122  9,000 

Karlsbad "  "         . .  672  10,000 

We  have  not  yet  adopted  the  '  measured  service '  system  of  charges,  but  we  have 
the  intention  of  doing  so. 
AUSTRIA. 


APPENDIX  "A'1  733 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

The  greatest  distances  spoken  over  are  between:  Vienna  and  Hamburg  Vienna 
and  Lemberg,  Vienna  and  Meran. 

The  types  of  wall  and  desk  telephones  employed  are  those  used  in  the  ordinary 
telephone  service,  with  and  without  batteries  (i.e.,  with  local  batteries  and  'common 
battery'). 

The  interurban,  or  long-distance  telephone  lines  are  all  metallic  circuit.  The 
lines  are  of    bilicium  bronze '  wire.    Compound  wire  is  also  used  by  way  of  exception 

At  the  end  of  1903  the  total  length  of  local  and  long-distance  wire  was  277  130  -20 
km.  (172,098  miles).  Of  those,  204,476-72  km.  (126,980  miles)  were  cable  lines  (under- 
ground). 

In  1904  the  total  revenue  was  8,199,220  crowns  ($1,664,441.66,  or  about  $34.91  per 
subscriber). 

The  expenditure  cannot  be  estimated,  as  the  cost  of  working  and  maintaining 'is 
partly  combined  with  the  telegraph  system. 
The  wages  paid  are: — 
(a)  Managers: — 

Officials  of  class  IX.,  *3,800  crowns  ($771.40)  yearly. 

Officials  of  class  X.,  *3,000  crowns  ($609)  yearly. 

Officials  of  class  XL,  *2,200  crowns  ($446.60)  yearly. 
(&)  Mechanics  (instrument  men).     See  officials  of  class  XL 

(c)  Foremen,  from  800  to  1,200  crowns  ($162.40  to  $243.60)  yearly. 

(d)  Day  labourers,  for  stretching  wires,  from  3  to  4  crowns  (61  to  81  cents)  daily. 
The  cost  of  material  is  as  follows: — 

Wall  telephones,  about  85  crowns  ($17.25). 

Table  (desk)  telephones,  about  75  crowns  ($15.22). 

For  the  kind  of  cable  in  general  use,  viz. :  480,  240,  120  and  60  wire,  with  insu- 
lated paper  and  pressed  lead  protection  covering,  the  cost  per  metre  (39J  inches)  is 
17.14,  10.54,  6.38  and  4.21  crowns  ($3.48,  $2.14,  $1.30  and  85 J  cents). 

The  price  of  wire  per  kilogram  (2 A  lbs.)  varies  according  to  the  market  price  of 
copper.    In  1904,  the  price  was  2  crowns  (40i  cents)  per  kg. 

Wrought  iron  poles  are  charged  for  according  to  weight,  about  45  hellers  (9J 
cents)  per  kg.  ((2ro  lbs.),  and  wooden  poles  according  to  length,  from  7  to  14  metres 
(23  to  46  feet),  5  to  14  crowns  each  ($1.01*  to  $2.84). 

The  insulators  mostly  used  for  long-distance  lines  cost  65  and  52  hellers  (13J  and 
10i  cents)  each. 

Block  ducts  constructed  of  cement,  per  running  metre  (39£  inches),  together  with 
laying  (imbedding)  same,  at  a  depth  of  2  metres  (6i  feet),  cost  as  follows : — 

Type  with  8  ducts,  20  crowns  ($4.06) ;  type  with  11  ducts,  24  crowns  ($4.87) ; 
type  with  14  ducts,  26  crowns  ($5.28) ;  type  with  18  ducts,  30  crowns  ($6.09) ;  type 
with  22  ducts,  38  crowns  ($7.71  J). 

There  is  no  competition  in  telephones  in  Austria. 

Payment  is  made  for  wayleave  facilities  when  required.  The  amounts  vary  very 
much. 

For  the  Director  of  the  Royal  Ministry  of  Commerce, 

HOFFMANN. 


*  Besides   this   special  allowances  when  on   construction  work. 


AUSTRIA. 


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4-pj  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

No.  309. 

THE  CANADIAN  INDEPENDENT  TELEPHONE  ASSOCIATION. 

Markham,  Ont.,  October  15,  1905. 
Walter  Todd,  Esq., 

Clerk,  Select  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems, 
Ottawa,  Ont. 

Dear  Sir, — Herewith  I  have  the  honour  to  inclose  three  copies  of  the  official  re- 
port of  the  proceedings  of  the  organization  meeting  of  the  Canadian  Independent  Tele- 
phone Association,  held  in  Toronto,  on  September  6,  1905. 

I  also  beg  to  inclose  a  certified  copy  of  the  resolutions  passed  at  such  meeting 
respecting  the  matters  under  consideration  by  your  committee. 

Our  association  trust  that  the  Select  Committee  will  be  able  to  include  the 
official  report  of  our  organization  meeting  anr1  constitution  in  the  printed  report  now 
being  compiled  by  the  committee  for  publication. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c, 

Yours  respectfully, 

A.  F.  WILSON, 
Secretary  Canadian  Independent  Telephone  Association. 

RESOLUTIONS 

ADOPTED   AT   THE    ORGANIZATION'    MEETING    OF   THE   CANADIAN   INDEPENDENT   TELEPHONE   ASSO- 
CIATION ON  SEPTEMBER  6,   1905. 

Resolution  No.  1. — Whereas,  a  large  number  of  telephone  users  in  Canada  to-day 
are  prevented  by  the  companies  operating  long-distance  lines  from  having  access 
thereto  and  the  user  thereof  upon  equitable  terms;  and  whereas,  the  long-distance  or 
trunk  lines  are  a  great  public  utility,  and  all  telephone  organizations,  whether  owned 
and  operated  by  municipalities  or  chartered  companies  or  associations,  should  have 
access  to  these  trunk  lines  upon  equitable  terms ;  and  whereas,  the  best  method  of  pro- 
viding for  the  user  of  these  trunk  lines  by  the  various  telephone  organizations,  is  for 
the  government  to  own  and  control  the  same;  therefore  be  it  resolved,  that  we  urge 
upton  the  government  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  the  consideration  of  the  question 
of  the  nationalization  of  the  long-distance  telephone  lines  and  the  giving  of  access 
thereto  to  all  telephone  organizations  doing  business  in  Canada  upon  equitable  terms. 
On  motion  by  Mr.  Bruce,  seconded  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Sprague,  resolution  adopted. 

Resolution  No.  2. — Whereas,  some  of  the  railway  and  navigation  companies  of 
Canada  have  made  special  agreements  with  some  of  the  telephone  companies,  whereby 
they  give  to  the  said  companies  a  practical  monopoly  of  the  telephone  business  in  con- 
nection with  these  public  companies;  and  whereas,  this  is  in  restraint  of  trade  and 
contrary  to  public  policy,  and  a  hardship  to  telephone  subscribers  other  than  those  of 
the  said  companies;  therefore  be  it  resolved,  that  the  parliament  of  the  Dominion  of 
Canada  be  requested  to  enact  such  legislation  as  will  prevent  the  railway  and  naviga- 
tion companies  of  Canada,  or  any  of  them,  making  special  arrangements  with  telephone 
companies  by  which  a  practical  monopoly  may  be  established  in  the  telephone  business 
in  connection  with  the  said  companies;  and  that  railway  and  navigation  companies  be 
compelled  to  give  access  to  their  property  and  premises,  upon  equitable  terms,  to  be 
decided  by  the  Railway  Commission,  but  that  in  any  order  of  such  commission  no 
charge  should  be  permitted  for  the  privilege  of  installing  and  having  a  'phone  in  any 
railway  station  placed  there  for  public  convenience. 


APPENDIX  "A"  735 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Resolution  No.  3. — Whereas,  special  efforts  are  being  made  at  the  present  time  by 
the  Bell  Telephone  Company  to  obtain  control  of  independent  lines  by  means  of  special 
agreements,  and  also  to  make  agreements  with  municipalities  for  a  long  term  for  a 
monopoly  within  the  limits  of  the  municipality,  and  in  view  of  the  present  develop- 
ment of  the  telephone  business  and  the  improvements  that  are  being  made  therein, 
and  in  view  of  the  action  of  the  Dominion  government  in  the  inquiry  which  has  been 
going  on  during  the  past  session  into  telephone  conditions  in  Canada  and  elsewhere; 
therefore  be  it  resolved,  that  municipalities  and  independent  companies  be  warned 
against  making  special  agreements  or  exclusive  franchises  for  a  lengthened  term  with 
any  company  or  organization  at  the  present  time,  or  until  the  Telephone  Committee  to 
be  appointed  at  the  next  session  of  parliament  makes  its  final  report.  On  motion  by 
Mr.  Bruce,  seconded  by  Mr.  McKay,  resolution  adopted. 

Resolution  No.  4. — We  desire  to  express  to  the  government  of  the  Dominion  of 
Canada  our  appreciation  of  the  active  interest  taken  in  telephone  matters  by  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  special  Telephone  Committee,  which  has  during  the  greater  part  of  last 
session  of  parliament  been  inquiring  into  the  telephone  conditions  of  Canada  and 
elsewhere,  and  which  we  trust  will  be  continued  during  the  next  session  of  parliament. 
Resolution,  on  motion  by  Mr.  Bruce,  seconded  by  Mr.  Sprague,  adopted. 


Constitution  of  the  Canadian  Independent  Telephone  Association, 

Adopted  at  Organization  Meeting  held  at  Toronto, 
September  6,  1905. 

NAME. 

1.  The  association  shall  be  called  '  Canadian  Independent  Telephone  Association,' 
and  its  head  office  shall  be  in  the  city  of  Toronto,  in  the  county  of  York,  in  the  pro- 
vince of  Ontario,  or  at  such  other  place  as  the  majority  of  the  members  may  determine. 

OBJECTS. 

2.  The  objects  of  the  association  are  ias  follows: — 

(a)  The  co-operation  of  the  members  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  into  more  gen- 
eral use,  improving  and  cheapening  telephone  service  in  Canada. 

(lb)  The  adoption  from  time  to  time  of  such  measures  as  may  be  deemed  in  the 
best  interests  of  the  association  and  its  members,  and  for  the  protection  of  their  com- 
mon business  interests. 

(c)  The  maintenance  of  friendly  relations  with  telephone  and  telegraph  companies 
in  Canada. 

(d)  To  afford  its  members  means  of  intercourse,  mutual  helpfulness  and  instruc- 
tion in  telephone  matters. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

3.  The  association  shall  consist  of  municipalities  and  of  members  and  shareholders 
of  or  in  independent  telephone  companies  or  associations. 

In  case  a  municipality,  association  or  company  joins  this  association  not  more 
than  two  accredited  members  of  such  municipality,  company  or  association  in  favour 
of  independent  telephone  systems  shall  be  at  liberty  to  vote  at  any  meeting  of  the  asso- 
ciation, and  only  one  vote  shall  be  allowed  to  each  member,  but  this  shall  not  preclude 
other  members  from  attending  and  having  a  voice  on  all  matters  coming  properly 
before  the  meeting. 

ADMISSION  OF  MEMBERS. 

4.  A  candidate  for  election  shall  be  proposed  by  one  member  and  seconded  by 
another  able  from  personal  knowledge  to  vouch  for  such  candidate's  respectability  and 
fitness  to  be  a  member. 


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SI  BS<  RIPTION. 

5.  The  membership  fee  shall  be  one  dollar  per  annum.  The  first  fee  shall  be  paid 
on  election,  and  the  annual  fee  thereafter  shall  be  payable  on  the  first  day  of  Septem- 
ber in  each  year.  Any  member  who,  on  the  day  appointed  for  such  payment,  shall  not 
have  paid  his  subscription,  shall  be  considered  in  arrear,  and  if  the  subscription  be  not 
paid  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  December,  the  secretary  shall  notify  the  member  so 
in  arrear  that  if  the  subscription  remains  unpaid  for  a  further  period  of  one  month 
the  defaulter  shall  cease  to  be  a  member,  unless  he  can  excuse  the  default  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  executive  committee.  The  election  of  a  member  shall  be  by  the 
executive  committee. 

NOTIFYING   CHANGE   OF    ADDRESS. 

6.  The  secretary  shall  keep  a  list  of  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  members,  and 
every  member  shall,  within  fourteen  days,  give  ii  the  secretary  of  any  change 
of  address.  The  names  of  those  who  cease  to  be  members  shall  be  erased  from  the  list, 
and  no  municipality,  firm,  company  or  association  whose  name  is  not  on  the  list  shall 
have  any  rights  as  a  member. 

EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE. 

7.  There  shall  be  an  executive  committee,  which  shall  consist  of  the  president, 
vice-president,  secretary,  treasurer  and  nine  members  of  the  association.  The  com- 
mittee shall  control  the  management  of  the  association.  It  shall  have  power  to  do  all 
such  things  as  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the  carrying  out  of  the  objects  of  the  asso- 
ciation. The  committee  shall  have  power  to  confer  with  associations  and  representa- 
tives of  other  independent  telephone  systems. 

The  committee  shall  meet  from  time  to  time  at  the  request  of  two  members  of  the 
committee  for  general  business,  and  the  president,  or  in  his  absence  the  vice-president, 
or  an  elected  chairman,  shall  preside  and  shall  have  a  casting  vote  only,  and  five  shall 
form  a  quorum. 

The  committee  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a  member  to  fill  any  casual  vacancy  on 
the  committee  until  the  next  annual  general  meeting.  Any  member  so  appointed  shall 
retire  at  the  next  general  meeting,  but  shall  be  eligible  for  election  as  a  member  of  the 
committee  at  such  meeting. 

The  election  of  the  committee  shall  be  by  ballot.  Each  member  of  the  association 
shall  have  one  vote  for  each  vacancy,  as  herein  provided,  but  no  member  shall  give) 
more  than  one  vote  for  any  one  candidate.  At  least  three  weeks  before  a  general  meet- 
ing a  notice  shall  be  mailed  to  each  member  of  the  association  by  the  secretary,  stating 
the  time  and  place  at  which  the  general  meeting  of  the  association  is  to  be  held  for  the 
election  of  the  committee. 

OFFICERS. 

S.  The  officers  of  the  association  shall  consist  of  a  president,  vice-president,  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  who  shall  remain  in  office  until  their  successors  are  appointed,  and 
shall  be  elected  by  ballot  at  a  general  or  special  general  meeting.  Any  of  the  officers 
or  members  of  the  committee  shall  be  removable  at  any  time  by  a  majority  of  three- 
fourths  of  the  members  present  at  a  special  general  meeting  called  for  that  purpose. 

PRESIDENT. 

9.  The  president  shall  be  the  chief  executive  officer  and  head  of  the  association, 
and  shall  have  the  general  control  and  management  of  the  business  and  affairs  of  the 
association,  subject,  however,  to  the  right  of  the  executive  committee,  as  hereinbefore 
defined. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  737 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

VICE-PRESIDENT. 

10.  The  vice-president  shall  be  vested  with  all  the  powers  and  shall  perform  all  the 
duties  of  the  president  in  his  absence. 

TREASURER. 

11.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  association  or  such  as 
the  committee  may  direct;  shall  deposit  the  same  in  such  bank  and  in  such  manner 
as  the  committee  may  direct;  and  further,  shall  keep  such  accounts  and  pay  such  debts 
of  the  association  as  the  committee  shall  direct;  .and  shall,  when  required  to  do  so, 
render  to  the  committee  or  a  general  meeting  an  account  of  the  moneys  received  and 
expended  by  him. 

All  cheques  drawn  upon  the  association  account  shall  be  signed  by  the  treasurer 
and  countersigned  by  the  president,  or  in  his  absence,  by  any  member  of  the  com- 
mittee. 

SECRETARY. 

12.  The  secretary  shall  keep  ia  list  of  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  members  of 
the  association,  and  a  subscription  book,  in  which  shall  be  recorded  the  payments  of 
such  members.  He  shall  carry  out  the  directions  of  the  committee.  He  shall  attend 
all  meetings,  take  minutes  of  the  proceedings,  prepare  balance  sheets,  and  submit  same 
to  such  meetings  as  directed  by  the  committee. 

13.  There  shall  be  an  auditor,  who  shall  remain  in  office  for  one  year,  and  who  shall 
be  elected  at  a  general  or  special  general  meeting.  No  officer  or  member  of  the  com- 
mittee shall  be  an  auditor. 

INSPECTION  OF  BOOKS. 

14.  Any  member  having  any  interest  in  the  funds  of  the  association  shall,  at  all 
reasonable  times,  be  entitled  to  inspect  all  books  of  account  of  the  association  at  its 
office  or  at  any  place  where  the  same  are  kept,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary 
to  produce  them  for  such  inspection. 

GENERAL  MEETINGS. 

15.  A  general  meeting  of  the  members  shall  be  held  in  September  in  each  year,  on 
a  date  and  at  a  place  to  be  fixed  by  the  committee,  and  at  least  two  -weeks'  notice  shall 
be  given  to  each  member  to  receive  the  statements  of  account  and  balance  sheets,  to 
elect  an  executive  committee  and  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  to  transact  such 
other  business  as  may  properly  come  before  the  meeting. 

SPECIAL  GENERAL   MEETINGS. 

16.  A  special  general  meeting  shall  be  called  by  the  secretary,  in  addition  to  the 
cases  before  provided  for,  on  a  requisition  signed  by  seven  members,  stating  the  special 
object  thereof.  Such  meeting  shall  be  held  within  not  less  than  fourteen  days  and  not 
more  than  one  month  from  the  date  of  the  receipt  by  the  secretary  of  the  requisition. 

AMENDMENT  OF   RULES. 

17.  These  rules  may  be  added  to,  repealed  or  amended  by  resolution  at  a  special 
or  general  meeting,  provided  that  no  such  resolution  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been 
passed  unless  it  be  carried  by  a  majority  of  at  least  two-thirds  >of  the  members  present 
and  voting  thereon. 

,  DISSOLUTION. 

18.  The  association  may  at  any  time  be  dissolved  by  the  consent  of  three-fourths 
of  its  members,  testified  by  their  signatures  to  an  instrument  of  dissolution. 


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No.  309a. 

TELEPHONE  COMPANIES  IN  CANADA— Concluded. 

NOTES 

TO  FOREGOING  STATEMENT. 

A. — Harrietsville  Telephone  Association,  Ltd.,  Ont. — Bell  Company  required  three 
years'  guarantee  of  $100  per  annum  for  service.  Subscribers  have  free  service  over 
all  lines 

B. — Wade  Telephone  Line,  Ont. — Subscribers  have  free  service  over  all  lines. 

C. — Kirkton,  St.  Mary's  and  Exeter  Telephone  Co.,  Ont. — Connect  with  Bell 
Telephone  Co.  at  St.  Mary's  and  Exeter.  Subscribers  charged  5c.  for  Bell  local  con- 
versations. 

D. — Dr.  W.  F.  Eastwood's  Telephone  Line,  Ont. — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone 
Company  at  Claremont.    Subscribers  charged  10c.  for  Bell  local  conversation. 

E. — Hamilton  Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  Ont. — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone  Co.  at 
Cobourg.     Subscribers  charged  10c.  for  Bell  local  conversation. 

F. — King  Township  Telephone  Co.,  Ont. — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone  Co.  at 
Aurora.  Subscribers  charged  10c.  for  Bell  local  conversations.  Bell  Telephone  Co. 
furnish  subscribers  with  long-distance  telephone  sets  at  a  rental  of  $5  per  annum,  plus 
cost  of  installation. 

G. — Marhham  and  Pickering  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Ont. — Holders  of  one  $50  sbare 
have  free  service  in  lieu  of  dividend.  Subscribers  have  free  service  over  all  lines. 
Non-subscribers,  10c.  for  5  minutes  conversation. 

H. — Central  Dufferin  Telephone  Assn.,  Ont. — Toll  line  only,  with  six  pay  sta- 
tions. 

I. — Sprague  Telephone  Co.,  Ont. — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone  Co.  at  Picton. 
Subscribers  charged  15c.  for  conversation  with  Picton.  Our  subscribers  have  free  ser- 
vice to  all  points  on  our  system. 

J. — Bascorn  &  Forest  s  Private  Line,  Ont, — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone  Co.  at 
Uxbridge.    Subscribers  charged  15c.  for  Bell  local  conversation. 

K. — North  American  Telegraph  Co.,  Ont. — Blake  'phones  and  grounded  circuit, 
$15  and  $20  per  annum.  L.  D.  'phones  and  metallic  circuit,  $25  per  annum.  This 
company  also  operates  telegraph  system.  The  Bell  Telephone  Co.  own  all  stock  in 
this  company. 

L. — Fort  William  Municipal  Telephone  System,  Ont. — Four  hundred  and  sixty- 
five  dollars  set  aside  for  sinking  fund.  Depreciation  taken  care  of  in  cost  of  main- 
tenance. Operators'  wages  average  $21.25  per  month.  Bell  rates  before  competition 
were  $25  and  $35  per  annum;  at  this  date  $12  and  $25. 

M. — Dr.  Fisher's  Private  .Telephone  Line,  Ont. — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone 
Co.,  at  Vittoria.    Local  users  charged  10c.  for  all  conversations  plus  Bell  L.D.  rates. 

N. — Haileybury  and  Cobalt  Telephone  Co.,  Ont. — New  company.  System  not 
yet  in  full  operation.    Local  rates  for  subscribers  not  yet  determined. 


APPENDIX  "A"  763 

APPENDIX  No    1  ' 

0. — La  Compagnie  de  Telephone  de  Bellechasse,  P.Q. — System  operates  princi- 
pally in  rural  community.    Local  rates  cover  service  over  at  least  one  county. 

T.—La  .Oie  de  Telephone  de  Kamouraska,  P.Q. — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone 
Co.  at  LTslet. 

Q.  The  Telephone  of  Megantic,  P.Q. — Subscribers  have  free  service  over  all  lines, 
including  interchange  with  three  companies  in  adjoining  territory.  Cost  of  mainten- 
ance 35  per  cent  of  revenue.  Call  office  attendants  receive  one-half  of  public  mes- 
sage fees. 

E. — La  Gie  de  Telephone  Locale,  P.Q. — Subscribers  pay  25  cents  for  battery  re- 
newals and  inspection  of  telephone  when  necessary.  This  system  connects  with  the 
Duhamel  Telephone  System  via.  L'Assomption.  Tbll  charge  10c.  for  ten  minutes 
conversation. 

S. — Frs.  Gauthier  et  Gie.,  P.Q. — Operates  in  rural  territory.  Subscribers  have 
free  service  over  all  lines. 

T. — Jos.  Archambault,  Esq.,  P.Q. — Plant  installed  by  Jos.  V.  Martel,  L'Assomp- 
tion, under  contract,  for  the  sum  of  $1,000. 

U. — La  Gie  de  Telephone  St.  Laurent,  P.Q. — Subscribers  have  free  service  over  all 
lines  (70  miles).  Also  to  Nicolet  and  Drummondville.  Eepairs  and  operating  ex- 
penses for  past  year  $1,550. 

V. — Canadian  Telephone  Co.,  P.Q. — Subscribers  have  free  service  with  three  ex- 
changes. Beyond  this  10c.  per  conversation.  Non-subscribers,  toll  rates,  minimum 
15c,  maximum  35c.  per  conversation.  Subscribers  pay  $3  per  annum  extra  for  L.  D. 
equipment. 

W. — Beauce  Telephone  Co.,  P.Q. — Subscribers  have  free  service  over  all  lines. 

*K. — The  Telephone  Co.  of  St.  Zepherin. — Subscribers  have  free  service  over  all 
lines.    The  company  connects  with  local  systems  at  Nicolet  and  Drummondville. 

Y. — Riviere  du  Lievre  Telephone  Co.,  P.Q. — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone  Co.  at 
Buckingham.     Subscribers  charged  25c.  for  Bell  local  conversation. 

2. — Wallingford  Bros.,  Private  Line,  P.Q. — Connect  with  Bell  Telephone  Co.  Sub- 
scribers charged  25  c.  for  Bell  local  conversation. 

A.  1. — La  Compagnie  de  Telephone  St.  Maurice  et  Champlain,  P.Q. — Subscribers 
have  free  service  between  all  points  in  three  counties.  Bell  rates  cover  service  with  one 
exchange  only. 

B.  1.— Merchants  Telephone  Co.  of  Montreal,  P.Q.— Bell  rates  are,  business  $55, 
residence  $35  per  annum. 

C.  1.— St.  Philemon  Telephone  Co.  of  Bellechasse  P.Q.— Connect  with  Bell  Tele- 
phone Co.  at  St.  Michel.  Subscribers  charged  25c.  for  Bell  local  conversation.  Total 
cost  of  plant  about  $2,000. 

D.  l.—Villeneuve  Foumier  Private  Line,  P.Q—  Total  cost  of  plant  $600.  Con- 
nect with  local  companies  at  Nicolet,  Yamaska,  Drummondville  and  Megantic. 

E.  1.—H.  Lemieux  &  Son,  Charlevoix  Co.,  P.Q.— Total  cost  of  operation  and 
maintenance  $1,000  per  annum. 


764  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  STSTEMS 

4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.  1905 

F.  1. — MadawasTca  Tele-phone  Co.,  N.B. — Subscribers  have  free  service  over  all 
lines.  Connects  with  systems  of  the  St.  John  Valley  Co.  and  the  Fort  Kent  Co., 
Maine,  U.S.A. 

G.  1. — Union  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  N.B. — L.  D.  charges  under  50  miles,  10c,  15c. 
and  25c.  Automatic  system  at  Woodstock  cost  $40  per  station,  plus  duty  and  freight, 
including  subscribers'  telephones,  but  not  outside  construction. 

H.  1. — Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  N.S. — Plant  in  Halifax  and  New  Glas- 
gow is  central  energy,  with  copper  metallic  circuits.  This  company  in  1887  purchased 
from  the  Bell  Telephone  Co.  of  Canada,  territorial  rights  and  plant  then  existing  in 
New  Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia,  for  the  sum  of  $115,900,  of  which  amount  the  Bell 
Co.  still  hold  in  stock  $66,450. 

I.  1. — Yarmouth  Amalgamated  Telephone  Co.,  N.S. — Connect  with  Nova  Scotia 
Telephone  Co.  Subscribers  charged  $5  per  annum  for  L.  D.  equipment.  Wiremen 
paid  $2.50  per  day,  including  team  when  outside  of  town. 

J.  1. — Cheverie  Telephone  Co.,  N.S. — Toll  lines  only.  Connect  with  Nova  Scotia 
Telephone  Co.  at  Windsor. 

K.  1. — Blandford  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.  N.S. — Connect  with  Nova  Scotia  Telephone 
Co.  at  Hubbards  Cove.    Toll  lines  only. 

L.  1. — New  Ross  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  N.S. — Connect  with  Nova  Scotia  Telephone 
Co.  at  Chester  Basin.     Subscribers  charged  15c.  plus  N.  S.  Co.  L.  D.  rates. 

M.  1. — Yarmouth  Telephone  Co.,  N.S. — Connect  with  Yarmouth  Amalgamated 
and  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Companies.  Shareholders  get  50  per  cent  reduction  off 
local  toll  charges. 

N.  1. — Samuel  Gidney  Line,  Private  Ownership,  N.S. — Connect  with  Yarmouth 
Amalgamated  and  Valley  Telephone  Companies,  also  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
Co.  Subscribers  chargedi  15c.  plus  usual  L.  D.  tariff  when  connecting  with  other  com- 
panies. 

O.  1. — Elmsdale,  Gore  and  Randon  Telephone  Company,  N.S. — Local  toll  charge 
between  two  offices,  15c,  beyond  this,  25c  Toll  lines  only.  Connect  with  Nova  Scotia 
Telephone  Company. 

P.  1. — Economy  and  Five  Islands  Telephone  Company,  N.S. — Local  toll  charges, 
12  miles  20c,  beyond,  25c  Connect  with  Nova  Scotia  Telephone  Co.  at  Great  Village. 
Subscribers  charged  20c  on  Nova  Scotia  Company's  local  service. 

Q.  1. — Yorhton  North-west  Electric  Co.,  SasM. — Cost  of  maintaining  system, 
$1,000  per  annum. 

R.  1. — Municipality  of  Edmonton,  Alberta. — The  municipality  purchased  this 
system  from  private  owner,  January  1,  1905. 

S.  1. — Gladstone  Electric  Light  and  Telephone  Co.,  Limited,  Man. — Company 
operates  telephone  system  only.  Cost  of  second-hand  wall  telephones,  $8  each;  new, 
$12  to  $22,  including  duty  and  freight. 

T.  1. — Municipality  of  Ne&pawa,  Man. — Sinking  fund  provided  in  addition  to  5 
per  cent  interest  paid  on  bonds. 

U.  1. — Cranbrook  Electric  Light  Company,  B.C. — Costt  of  construction  included 
in  electric  light  capital,  and  upon  which  a  dividend  of  10  per  cent  is  paid  out  of  the 


APPENDIX  "A"  765 

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line  $60  per  mile. 

V.  1. — Yukon  Telephone  Syndicate,  Limited,  Y.T. — Business  subscribers  pay  for 
direct  line,  $240,  for  two  party  line,  $180,  three  party  line,  $120  per  annum.  The  $240 
and  $180  rates  cover  free  service  between  Dawson  City,  Klondyke  City,  Magnet,  Grand 
Forks  and  Bonanza  and  Eldorado  creeks;  also  half  toll  rates  to  other  points.  Cost 
price  of  wall  telephones,  $17 ;  freight  and  duty  brings  total  cost  to  $37.50.  The  Yukon 
Syndicate  is  owned  practically  by  two  people,  the  third  stockholder  having  only  one 
share.  Up  to  date  $175,605  has  been  spent  on  the  system,  and  the  dividends  in  eight 
years  have  amounted  to  $104,000. 

W.  1. — Telephone  Company  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  P.E.I. — Rates  per  annum: 
Charlottetown,  business  direct  lines,  $45,  two  party  lines,  $30;  residence  direct  lines, 
$45,  two  party  lines,  $20.  Summerside,  business  $20,  residence  $15.  Elsewhere,  busi- 
ness or  residence,  $15.  Toll  rates  within  10  miles,  15c,  beyond  this,  25c,  with  a  dis- 
count of  20  per  cent  to  subscribers. 

X.  1. — Eastern  Telephone  Co.,  Limited,  C.B. — In  Sydney,  Glace  Bay  and  Sydney 
Mines  lines  are  metallic  circuits  of  copper  or  bronze.  North  Sydney  grounded  circuits 
of  iron  or  bronze.  Victoria  and  Richmond  counties,  grounded  circuits  of  iron  wire. 
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dence, $25,  L.  D.  equipment,  $30.  L.  D.  equipment  for  two  party  line  in  residences, 
$20.  Exchanges  of  50  and  under  300  telephones,  business  $25,  residence  $20;  L.  D. 
equipment  $5  per  annum  extra.  Exchanges  under  50  telephones,  business  $20,  resi- 
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4-5  EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

No.  310a. 

TELEPHONE  COMPANIES  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES— Concluded. 

NOTES 

TO  FOREGOING  STATEMENT. 

A.— Albany  and  Vale's  Mill  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Toll  charges,  10c.  for  each 
switch  station  through  which  conversation  passes. 

B. — Barlow  and  Watertown  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Net  earnings  put  into  better- 
ments and  extensions. 

C. — Fort  Recovery  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Toll  charges:  15c.  for  first  county, 
5c.  for  each  county  beyond.  Local  rates  of  $12  per  annum  considered  too  low,  should 
bo  $18. 

D. — Cuyahoga  Telephone  Co.  Ohio.— See  Letter  No.  147  of  Appendix  A,  for  de- 
tailed information  regarding  rates,  &c. 

E. — Hamilton  Home  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Our  system  represents  an  actual  out- 
lay of  about  $250,000,  given  for  franchises,  rights,  bonus  and  property  acquired.  We 
are  gaining  a  subscription  list  at  the  rate  of  two  telephones  per  day.  Our  capacity  is 
3,000.  When  we  reach  it,  we  will  be  able  to  operate  our  plant  and  give  satisfactory 
service  at  about  50  per  cent  of  the  receipts  from  rentals,  which  I  estimate  as  follows : — 

Eeceipts  from  rentals $60,000 

Toll  business 5,000 

$65,000 

Operating  expenses $30,000 

Fixed  charges 24,000 

54,000 

Surplus $11,000 

F. — Sandusky  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Measured  service  rates,  from  80c.  to  $2.50 
per  month.  No  dividends  paid  for  two  years.  The  company,  however,  has  earned  8 
per  cent  per  annum,  which  has  been  turned  back  into  the  plant  for  extensions.  The 
long-distance  service  is  furnished  this  company  by  contract  with  the  U.S.  Company 
of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  on  a  basis  of  25  per  cent  commission  for  originating  business.  This 
company  connects  with  all  states. 

Gr. — Chardon  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Toll  charges,  10c.  for  12  miles  and  under, 
plus  5c.  for  each  additional  8  miles. 

H. — Kenton  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Surplus  used  in  new  construction.  We  con- 
nect with  a  number  of  short  toll  lines  of  neighbouring  local  companies,  and  with  the 
lines  of  the  United  States  Telephone  Co.,  the  latter  being  extensive  in  the  State  of 
Ohio;  also  via  that  company's  line  we  reach  the  long-distance  companies  in  neigh- 
bouring states.    This  gives  about  all  the  toll  service  we  require. 

I. — Mercer  County  Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Co-operative  company.  Each 
subscriber  furnishes  his  own  poles  (ten)  and  puts  in  half  mile  of  line.  We  now  have 
six  switchboards  and  the  total  cost  (cash  outlay)  per  subscriber,  has  been  about  $18, 
the  running  expenses  averaging  about  $1.50  per  subscriber. 

Subscribers  who  have  put  in  mileage  and  are  using  'phones  of  another  company 
on  our  lines  are  subject  to  the  annual  assessment. 


APPENDIX  "  A  "  801 

APPENDIX  No.   1 

All  subscribers  have  communication  with  Celina  via  Stedcke,  Oregon,  Hinton, 
Durbin,  Montazuma  or  Wabash,  and  Eockford  via  Tamah,  at  10  cents  per  message. 

Following  is  the  tariff  established  by  connecting  lines  to  nearby  outside  points: 
From  either  Wabash,  Durbin,  Hinton,  Montazuma,  or  Oregon,  via  Celina,  to  Ohio 
City,  25  cents;  Van  Wert,  30  cents;  Spencerville,  30  cents;  St.  Marys,  20  cents;  Wapa- 
konetta,  25  cents;  Lima,  30  cents;  St.  Henry,  20  cents;  New  Bremen,  30  cents;  Mon- 
tazuma, 15  cents;  ■Chicasaw,  20  cents;  Ft.  Eecovery,  20  cents.  Cold  Water,  15  cents; 
Neptune,  15  cents;  Greenville,  35  cents;  Portland,  35  cents;  Geneva,  30  cents;  Berne, 
35  cents;  Bryant,  35  cents;  Wills-hire,  30  cents;  Muncie,  45  cents. 

From  Wabash  via  State  Line  Companies'  lines  to  Geneva,  25  cents;  to  Portland, 
25  cents;  Bryant,  25  cents;  Westchester,  25  cents;  Willshire,  25  cents;  Berne,  25 
cents.  From  Chattanooga  to  Berne,  15  cents;  Geneva,  20  cents;  Portland,  25  cents; 
Bryant,  25  cents;  Muncie,  35  cents;  Westchester,  25  cents;  Willshire,  10  cents.  From 
New  Corydon  to  Geneva,  10  cents;  Portland,  15  cents;  Bryant,  15  cents;  Berne,  20 
cents;  Westchester,  15  cents;  Willshire,  20  cents. 

This  company  has  free  exchange,  exclusive  of  toll  lines,  with  Mendon,  Coldwater, 
Chattanooga  and  New  Corydon. 

Other  companies  may  become  members  of  this  company  by  subscribing  to  the 
constitution,  submitting  to  a  careful  inspection  of  their  instruments  and  lines,  and 
paying  $1  per  subscriber  into  the  treasury  of  the  general  organization  as  a  supply  fund. 

All  receipts  from  tolls,  where  we  have  no  operators  of  our  own,  assessments,  and 
other  receipts  in  the  hands  of  local  treasurers,  must  be  turned  over  to  the  treasurer  of 
the  general  organization  at  the  annual  settlement  the  second  Tuesday  of  March  each 
year. 

All  disbursements,  except  in  payment  of  operators  who  retain  a  per  cent  of  the 
tolls,  must  be  by  order  of  the  secretary  on  the  treasurer  of  the  general  organization. 
Operators  shall  keep  their  toll  records  neat  and  clean,  and  have  each  month's  business 
separately  footed  and  balanced  ready  for  auditing  a  few  days  prior  to  the  March  settle- 
ment. 

For  the  convenience  of  subscribers,  batteries  and  other  supplies  will  be  placed 
with  the  local  linemen,  and  the  price  for  which  they  must  sell  them  fixed  by  the  gen- 
eral manager.  Linemen  must  keep  a  record  of  same,  and  make  settlement  at  the 
annual  meeting  in  March. 

All  new  subscribers  since  May  1,  1905  are  required  to  put  in  one-half  mile  of  line, 
and  maintain  the  same,  and  pay  the  sum  of  $20  for  their  instruments  and  equipment, 
or,  by  paying  $30,  if  they  live  within  one-half  mile  of  a  line  that  is  not  loaded,  may 
become  subscribers  without  furnishing  any  poles  or  performing  any  labour.  Payments 
will  be  due  and  collected  as  the  apparatus  is  installed. 

Owing  to  unnecessary  disputes  and  quibbling  engendered  thereby,  statements  will 
not  be  furnished  locals  in  the  future,  and  wholesale  prices  of  apparatus  and  supplies 
will  be  the  property  of  the  officers  and  executive  committee. 

Those  who  now  contemplate  becoming  members  of  this  company  can  consider  that 
they  are  getting  a  better  bargain  at  $20  than  did  our  first  subscribers  at  $18,  inasmuch 
as  we  now  put  you  in  touch  telephonically  free  with  1,000  phoneholders,  and  you  need 
not  be  in  any  suspense  as  to  our  future  development,  whereas  the  early  subscribers  had 
a  very  limited  service  and  hazarded  future  development. 

The  interests  of  shareholders  are  negotiable.  Certificates  of  membership  will  be 
issued  to  all  shareholders,  and  all  transfers  should  be  noted  thereon.  Your  certificate 
is  also  your  credential  granting  you  the  free  use  of  our  system  'anywhere. 

Shareholders  who  remove  from  one  line  to  another  are  entitled  to  admission  on 
the  latter  unless  it  is  loaded.     Thirty-five  subscribers  constitute  a  loaded  line. 

In  making  extensions,  cut  the  poles  of  durable  timber  22  feet  long,  not  less  than 
4  inches  diameter  at  the  top  end,  and  set  them  264  feet  apart,  4  feet  in  the  ground  and 
not  more  than  1  foot  from  land  line. 

Obstruct  no  ditches.  Our  company  has  a  franchise  granted  by  the  county  com- 
missioners, but  you  should  get  the  landowners'  donsent  also. 


802  SELECT  COMMITTEE  ON  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS 

4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.      905 

Following  is  an  excerpt  from  Ohio  statutes: — 
Penalty  for  Unlawfully  Interfering  with  Telegraphic  and  Telephonic  Messages,  &c. 

Sec.  3467a.  Whosoever  shall  wilfully  and  maliciously  *  *  *  obstruct  or  delay  by 
any  means  or  contrivance  whatsoever  the  sending,  conveyance  or  delivering  in  thi3 
state  of  any  message  or  communication  by  or  through  any  telegraph  or  telephone  line, 
cable  or  wire  under  the  control  of  any  telegraph  or  telephone  company  doing  business 
in  this  state;  or  who  shall  wilfully  or  maliciously  destroy,  disconnect,  displace,  cut, 
tap,  ground,  or  make  any  connection  with  lor  in  any  way  wilfully  or  maliciously  inter- 
fere with  any  of  the  poles,  cables  or  wires  legally  erected,  put  up  or  strung,  *  *  *  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  felony,  and  fined  or  imprisoned,  or  both. 

L.  M.  KRANER, 

General  Manager. 

J. — Home  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Surplus  used  in  strengthening  plant.  We  have 
a  Globe  automatic  switchboard  at  one  of  our  sub-exchanges  which  has  cost  us  about 
$25  for  each  subscriber's  station  complete  with  switch  at  central.  We  have  only  eight 
or  ten  subscribers  on  it,  but  it  has  been  in  use  four  years  and  is  giving  good  service. 

For  description  of  our  country  lines,  see  letter  No.  88,  page  98. 

K. — Painsville  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — We  believe  in  getting  all  rural  'phones  we 
can ;  in  fact  the  rural  'phones  hold  the  city  'phones.  We  require  our  rural  subscribers 
to  sign  a  contract  not  limiting  the  number  of  telephones  on  the  same  line.  We,  how- 
ever, try  not  to  exceed  nine  (telephones  per  line.  We  build  about  six  miles  in  each  direc- 
tion 1to  meet  rural  subscribers. 

L. — Vermilion  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — We  consider  rural  service  of  great  impor- 
tance, and  expect  to  develop  our  territory  fully.  As  yet  it  has  not  been  very  profitable, 
as  cost  of  installation,  maintenance  and  operation  per  'phone  is  largely  in  excess  of 
that  for  village  service. 

M. — Piqua  Home  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — All  our  local  toll  lines  connect  with  the 
local  lines  owned  by  other  independent  companies.  Each  company  takes  what  business 
they  originate.  We  also  connect  with  the  United  States  Telephone  Company's  long 
distance  lines,  and  through  them  with  other  states.  For  handling  this  business  we  get 
25  per  cent  of  all  business  sent  and  nothing  for  business  received. 

N. — Bainbridge  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Our  company  is  one  of  six  constituent 
companies  comprising  the  Geauga  Cfounty,  Ohio,  Telephone  Association,  which  was 
probably  the  first  rural  system  of  any  magnitude  in  the  United  States,  and  has  been 
patterned  after  extensively  throughout  the  entire  country.  Subscribers  in  my  com- 
pany have  the  free  use  of  entire  association  system,  which  comprises  all  of  Geauga, 
county  and  a  part  of  Cuyahoga,  Portage  and  Summit,  about  two  thousand  'phones. 

0. — Greenfield  Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — At  the  expiration  of  six  years  we 
paid  a  stock  dividend  of  66f  per  cent.  Expect  to  pay  10  per  cent  per  annum  in  the 
future.  At  the  expiration  of  six  years  we  charged  a  lump  sum  of  $4,000  to  deprecia- 
tion, and  have  made  liberal  charges  for  repairs  and  maintenance.  The  company  is 
organized  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Ohio,  and  its  stockholders  consist  wholly  of 
our  own  citizens.  This  fact  conduces  to  better  service  than  was  furnished  by  the  Bell 
Company. 

P.— Auglaize  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — On  rural  lines  we  put  nine  subscribers  on 
each  line.  Our  rural  lines  are  certainly  a  good  proposition.  We  have  an  unlimited 
demand  for  telephones  in  the  country,  and  think  that  any  company  forming  now 
makes  a  great  mistake  if  they  do  not  make  provision  for  taking  care  of  the  country 
near  the  central  loffice. 


APPENDIX  "A"  803 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Q.—Mechanicsburg  Telephone  Co.  ,Ohio. — We  serve  one  village,  Mechanicsburg, 
population  1,700,  and  two  small  villages  of  about  500  inhabitants.  Main  office  at 
Mechanicsburg,  and  sub-exchanges  at  the  villages  seven  miles  distant.  We  tried  to 
serve  the  villages  with  party  lines  to  the  main  office,  but  found  it  better  to  install  a 
sub-exchange  where  the  farm  lines  could  centre  if  the  telephones  served  amounted  to 
tone  hundred  or  upward.  We  put  ten  farmers  on  one  line,  using  straight  bridging  in- 
struments. We  have  about  125  miles  of  pole  lines,  carrying  from  twenty  wires  on  the 
main  leads  down  to  two  on  short  side  lines.  Our  subscribers  are  satisfied  with  the  ser- 
vice, and  the  business  is  profitable.  The  manager  is  a  practical  telephone  man,  and 
he  and  our  troubleman  keep  the  plant  in  good  shape.  Our  salary  account,  not  includ- 
ing new  construction  work  for  the  year  1904,  was  $2,688.  With  good  instruments  and 
good  construction  two  men  can  take  care  of  1,000  telephones  nicely. 

R. — Rural  Telephone  Co.,  Highland  County,  Ohio.— Out  company  is  a  small  rural 
and  village  company,  covering  only  about  four  townships.  We  have  free  toll  connec- 
tions with  the  Hillsboro  Co.,  which  operates  the  county  seat.  The  Bell  does  not  operate 
in  this  territory  except  a  few  telephones  in  northern  part  lof  our  territory  from  their 
Hillsboro  exchange.    We  use  a  four  party  selective  system  on  our  rural  lines. 

S. — Mentor  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio. — Rural  rates  for  full  metallic  line  up  to  six 
miles :  One  subscriber,  $72 ;  two  on  line,  $36 ;  three  on  line,  $25 ;  four  or  more,  $18,  per 
annum.  Connect  with  the  United  States  long-distance  companies  lines.  We  get  25 
per  cent  of  receipts  on  outgoing,  nothing  on  incoming,  messages. 

T. — Ada  Telephone  Exchange  Co.,  Ohio. — Surplus  used  to  build  new  lines.  We 
own  five  small  exchanges  and  140  miles  of  toll  circuits,  and  operate  with  the  United 
States  long-distance  company.  We  are  increasing  our  plant  about  200  'phones  per 
annum,  and  could  go  faster  if  we  had  the  money.  Every  farmer  almost  in  our  territory 
wants  a  telephone,  and  wants  to  be  connected  with  our  exchanges.  We  charge  toll 
between  our  exchanges,  and  keep  our  prices  low.  thus  bringing  the  service  within  the 
reach  of  all. 

U. — Port  Byrne  Telephone  Co.,  N.Y. — We  exchange  service  over  the  long-distance 
lines  of  the  Inter-Ocean  Telephone  Co. 

V. — Blakesburg  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.,  Iowa. — We  used  all  the  surplus 
revenue  in  extending  plant  up  to  this  year.  Paid  8  per  cent  dividend,  and  struck  off 
$300  for  an  emergency  fund  a  few  days  ago.  Our  whole  cost,  including  100-line  board 
equipped  with  30  jacks,  arrestors,  20  miles  of  B.B.  iron  full  metallic  lines,  30  'phones, 
175  feet  of  102  wire  cable,  poles  25  and  30  feet,  &c,  was  $2,000.  Since  added  from 
profits  about  $700  in  lines,  jacks  and  'phones.  Party  lines  owned  by  farmers  have  from 
six  to  twenty-five  on  each,  and  connect  at  the  town  limits,  where  we  take  them  and  put 
them  on  our  switchboard  at  $3  per  'phone  per  year. 

W. — Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. — Surplus  used  for  construction. 
Total  earnings  about  17  per  cent  net. 

X. — Northern  Rural  Telephone  Co.,  Iowa. — Rate  of  $14  per  annum  includes  ser- 
vice to  every  town  in  county.  Toll  charges  20c.  within  county;  30c.  to  all  other  towns 
reached.  Our  system  is  made  up  entirely  of  rural  'phones,  with  some  'phones  in  the 
smaller  country  towns.  We  have,  I  think,  the  largest  and  most  complete  rural  system 
in  the  northwest.  Our  patrons  are  very  well  satisfied,  as  is  evidenced  from  the  fact 
that  we  have  more  calls  to  put  in  telephones  at  Our  rates  than  we  can  fill,  in  spite  of 
the  fact  that  several  movements  have  been  made,  and  have  been  carried  out  in  part, 
to  build  farmer  lines  independent  of  our  system.  We  usually  run  from  12  to  20  'phones 
per  line,  and  sometimes  as  high  as  17  miles  of  wire  on  a  line,  and  have  no  trouble  in 
ringing  the  most  distant  subscriber.    All  'phones  have  condensers  in  them. 

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Y. — Galesburg  Union  Telephone  Co.,  III. — We  have  connections  with  325  rural 
telephones  not  owned  by  this  company,  which  pays  50c.  per  month  for  connection  with 
Galesburg.  Depreciation  is  charged  to  maintenance.  We  connect  with  a  number  of 
•companies.  Each  company  retains  originating  charge  and  receives  all  incoming 
messages  without  charge. 

Z. — Eastern  Illinois  Independent  Telephone  Co.,  III. — The  system  operates  no 
long-distance  lines,  but  interchanges  with  those  of  other  companies  on  a  25  per  cent 
commission  basis. 


A.  1. — Leaf  River  and  Egan  Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  III. — We  are  organized  on  the 
mutual  plan.  Each  subscriber  a  shareholder  pays  $30.  We  demand  three  subscribers 
to  the  mile  for  rural  lines.  Each  subscriber  pays  50c.  dues  per  month;  40c.  goes  to 
the  central  office  and  10c.  is  held  as  a  reserve  fund.  We  collect  at  the  end  of  each 
quarter.  This  reserve  nets  us  $21.30  per  quarter,  and  our  tolls  amount  to  $30  per 
quarter.  This  gives  us  $51.30  per  quarter  for  maintenance  expenses  outside  of  the 
cost  of  switching.  We  are  connected  with  the  Ogle  County  Independent  Company, 
and  by  paying  25c.  more  per  month  we  have  free  communication  with  all  points  in 
Ogle  county,  and  by  paying  15c.  we  can  talk  to  all  of  the  neighbouring  county. 

B.  1. — Huntingdon  and  Clearfield  Telephone  Co.,  Pa. — Rural  lines  are  built  and 
owned  by  farmers  themselves.  We  connect  with  other  companies  and  pay  an  originat- 
ing charge  of  25  per  cent,  and  air  line  wire  mileage  proportion  via  point  of  connection. 
Have  nine  different  exchanges  in  the  territory  above  described,  divided  into  three  dis- 
tricts. 

C.  1. — Keystone  Telephone  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. — We  do  not  set  aside  any  amount 
for  depreciation.  It  is  not  customary  in  telephone  business.  We  know  of  no  company 
doing  it;  all  repairs  are  charged  to  maintenance.  There  is  no  interchange  of  busi- 
ness between  our  company  and  the  Bell  Company,  but  there  is  an  interchange  between 
our  company  and  all  other  independent  systems  in  this  part  of  the  country. 

KEYSTONE  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  OF  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Schedule  of  message  rates,  July  1,  1902. 


No. 
of  calls. 

Business 
direct  line. 

Business 
2-party  line. 

Residence 
direct  line. 

Residence 
2-party  line. 

Rate. 

Excess 
calls. 

Rate. 

Excess 
calls. 

cts. 

Rate. 

Excess 
calls. 

Rate. 

Excess 

calls. 

400 

$ 

cte. 

$ 

•1 

cts. 

33 
42 
51 
60 
69 

cts. 
5 

600 



48 
57 
66 
75 
84 
93 
102 

5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 

5 

800 
1,000 
1,200 
1,400 
1,600 
1,800 
2,000 

69 

78 
87 
96 
105 
114 
120 
126 
132 
138 
144 
1511 

5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 

60 
69 
78 
87 
93 
99 
105 

5 
5 
5 
5 
4 
4 
4 

5 
5 
5 

2,200 
'-2,40(1 
2,600 
2,800 
3,000 

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APPENDIX  No.  1 

BELL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  OF  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Measured  Service  Schedule,  1900. 


4  Party 

6  Party 

Direct  line. 

2Pai 

'ty. 

3  Party. 

residence 

residence 

only. 

only. 

No. 
of  calK 

Rate. 

Extra 
calls. 

cts. 

Rate. 

Extra 
calls. 

Rate. 

Extra 

calls. 

Rate. 

$ 

Extra 
calls. 

Rate. 

Extra 
calls. 

$ 

cts. 

$ 

cts. 

cts. 

cts. 

4C0 

36 
41 

4.-, 

6 
5 
4 

500 

48 
53 

6 
5 

30 
35 

(1 

600 

76 

6 

CO 

6 

5 

700 

65 
69 

5 
4 

57 
60 

4 
4 

48 
51 

4 
4 

39 

42 

4 

800 

b'l 

4 

900 

90 

6 

72 

4 

03 

4 

'     54 

4 

4:> 

4 

«    1,000 

95 

5 

75 

4 

66 

4 

57 

4 

48 

4 

1,100 

99 

4 

78 

4 

69 

1 

(10 

4 

51 

4 

1,200 

102 

4 

81 

4 

72 

4 

63 

4 

1,300 

105 

4 

84 

4 

7."' 

4 

66 

4 

1,400 

108 

4 

87 

4 

78 

4 

1,500 

111 

4 

90 

4 

1,600 

114 

4 

93 

4 

1,700 

117 

4 

96 

4 

1,800 

120 

4 

99 

4 

1,900 

123 

4 

2,000 

126 

4 

2,500 

141 

4 

3,000 

156 

4 

D.  1.— Mutual  Benefit  Telephone  Co.,  Pa.— Profits  amounting  to  $10,000  have 
been  used  in  construction.  This  company  was  not  established  for  the  purpose  of  mak- 
ing money,  but  for  the  convenience  of  the  incorporators. 

E.  1. — Hooper  Telephone  Co.,  Neb. — Rates  to  stockholders:  Business,  $9;  resi- 
dence, $6  per  annum.  For  long-distance  service  we  trade  even  with  adjoining  com- 
panies, and  for  long-distance  messages  through  three  or  more  independent  companies. 
Receipts  are  divided  as  follows:  40  per  cent  for  originating  company,  20  per  cent  to 
receiving  company,  and  balance  pro  rata. 

We  are  a  mutual  company  with  authorized  capital  of  $50,000.  Every  one  takes 
stock,  which  is  pro  rated  to  cover  cost  of  construction,  and  rates  are  very  low,  but  we 
are  making  sufficient  surplus  to  cover  all  repair  work.  Have  ten  to  twelve  farmers 
on  a  line  and  about  150  miles  of  country  lines. 

F.  1. — Farmers'  Telephone  Co.,  Neb. — Company  has  no  bonds,  but  has  indebted- 
ness of  $3,000,  on  which  8  per  cent  is  paid.  Rural  rates  to  shareholders,  $12.  Con- 
nect with  the  Nebraska  Bell  Telephone  Co.  on  equal  terms. 

G.  1. — Texarkana  Telephone  Company,  Arlc. — Regarding  rural  telephone  service, 
we  have  the  American  Electric  Telephone  Company's  apparatus  in  our  central  office, 
and  have  just  completed  the  installation  of  their  perfected  four-party  selective  ring- 
ing equipment,  enabling  us  to  install  four  telephones  per  line,  with  an  individual  non- 
interfering  ring  for  each  subscriber  on  the  line.  This  system  will  greatly  reduce  the 
cost  of  operation  per  telephone,  and  increase  the  income  per  line,  even  at  a  reduced 
rental.  Our  residence  rates  in  the  city  are  $2  per  month.  With  this  system  we  will 
be  able  to  install  four  stations  per  line  in  the  rural  districts,  at  a  rental  of  $2  per 
month  per  telephone.    We  are  at  present  building  for  500  rural  telephones. 

2  1. — Harding  Telephone  Exchange,  Mo. — The  only  toll  line  interest  I  have  is  in 
an  incorporated  company  with  a  capital  of  $25,000,  viz.,  the  Missouri  Valley  Long- 


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distance  Telephone  Company  of  Kansas  City,  and  building  east  along  the  Missouri 
river,  having  now  completed  about  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  miles  metallic  copper. 
My  exchange  includes  some  rural  lines  and  mutuals,  but  the  number  of  telephones  re- 
ported as  in  operation  belong  to  this  exchange.  We  have  some  mutual  farmers  in  our 
territory  who  are  giving  us  some  trouble,  because  we  have  to  reach  them  through 
another  exchange.  They  should  be  connected  direct  with  our  board,  and  we  hope  to 
make  terms  for  this  in  a  few  days.  They  number,  with  their  connections,  about  four 
hundred  telephones. 

I.  1. — Home  Telephone  Co.,  Joplin,  Mo. — We  have  an  interchange  between  four 
exchanges  which  belong  to  the  same  company  in  the  same  county.  Our  several  ex- 
changes are  worked  as  one  system.  Subscribers  in  one  locality  have  free  access  to  the 
telephones  in  the  other.  This  is  an  error,  and  should  be  corrected,  as  no  free  exchange 
should  be  permitted  between  exchanges  without  a  small  .fee,  from  the  fact  that  the 
lines  are  kept  so  busy  by  unimportant  communications.  It  is  therefore  impossible  to 
give  as  high  a  class  of  service  as  if  there  was  a  small  charge  made. 


J.  1. — Consolidated  Telephone  Company,  W.   Va.- 
rural  systems  owning  their  own  plant,  $5  per  annum. 


-Rates  charged  for  farmers  or 


ADDITIONAL    STATISTICS. 


— 

Name  of 

Fairmont, 
W.Va. 

Clarksburg, 
W.Va. 

Salem, 
W.Va. 

Sliinnston, 
W.Va. 

Mannington, 
W.Va. 

Population., 
Our  telephones 
Bell 

12,000 

650 

400 

$30.00  &  $36.00 

$15.00  &. $20. 00 

$24. 00  &. $47.00 

$12.00  &  $27-00 

Magneto. 

12,000 

600 

400 

$30.00  &  $36.00 

$15.00  &  $20.00 

S24.U0&  $47.00 

$12. 00  &. $27. 00 

Magneto. 

2,000 

75 

300 

sir,,  oo 

$20.00 

$25.00 

$20.00 

Magneto. 

1,000 
80 

2,500 

200 

50 

Our  rates,  B 
R 

Bell  rates,  B 
R.. 

Type  of  system 

Magneto. 

.$30.00  &$36. 00 

$24.00  &  $47.00 

$12.00  &  $27.00 
Magneto. 

K.  1. — West  Virginia  Western  Telephone  Co.,  W.  Va. — Country  systems  where  not 
fully  developed  cost  $172  per  telephone.  On  farmers'  party  lines  have  8  to  12  tele- 
phones per  line,  rate  based  on  distance  from  local  exchange.  We  interchange  with 
thirty-one  (31)  companies  in  state  of  West  Virginia,  and  connect  with  United  States 
Long-distance  Company,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  giving  service  throughout  Ohio,  Indiana 
and  all  other  United  States  territory.  Operators  in  rural  exchanges  are  paid  $20  to 
$25  per  month. 

The  city  of  Parkersburg  comprises  the  largest  exchange  we  have  on  our  system, 
and  is  one  of  the  most  complete  and  up-to-date  small  telephone  plants  in  the  United 
States.  The  cable  equipment  being  of  the  John  A.  Eoebling's  Sons  Co.,  of  Trenton, 
N.J.,  make.  The  switchboard  and  telephones  are  all  of  the  Stromberg-Carlson  Tele. 
Mfg.  Co.  make,  of  Rochester,  N.Y.  All  of  the  wire,  both  interior  and  exterior,  is  of 
the  Roebling  make.  We  operate  a  number  of  small  magneto  exchanges  outside  of  the 
city  of  Parkersburg.  Our  system  began  as  a  Farmers'  Mutual  Company,  but  was  in- 
corporated in  1895,  and  entered  into  the  commercial  field,  and  has  been  more  than- 


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successful  in  its  operation.  The  West  Virginia  Company  owns  90  per  cent  of  the  stock 
of  the  Marietta  Telephone  Company,  operating  the  city  of  Marietta,  Ohio,  and  Wash- 
ington county.  However,  this  plant  is  not  reckoned  in  the  above  statement,  but  is 
operated  independent  as  an  under-lying  corporation.  The  company  also  controls  directly 
or  indirectly  a  number  of  smaller  companies  in  the  state,  which  when  taken  in  con- 
junction with  the  original  plant  make  it  the  largest  independent  company  operating 
in  this  section  of  the  Ohio  valley.  Since  competition  the  Bell  Company  have  reduced 
their  rates,  and  have  always  given  lower  rates  of  service  than  we  do.  The  fight  has 
been  aggressive,  and  taking  the  whole  territory  the  ratio  is  ten  (10)  to  one  in  favour 
of  our  company.  We  have  been  able  to  pay  fixed  charges,  repairs,  maintenance  and 
improvements  and  betterments  (which  are  always  charged  up  to  maintenance  account, 
and  not  to  improvements  or  betterments),  and  pay  6  per  cent  on  our  stock  and  bonds, 
and  carry  a  large  amount  annually  to  our  surplus  fund.  We  have  never  earned  less 
than  15|  net  on  our  common  stock,  but  invariably  pay  but  6,  carrying  the  residue,  after 
depreciation  charges  have  been  deducted,  to  surplus  account. 

When  we  began  operation  in  this  field  our  competitors  stated  that  our  rates  were 
too  low,  and  that  we  could  not  maintain  ourselves  in  the  field  at  the  prices  we  charged. 
However,  it  is  true  that  they  immediately  reduced  their  own  prices,  and  have  been 

CONSOLIDATED  TELEPHONE  CO.    (j    1). 


Exchange. 


Fairview, 

(Amos,  W.Va., 

P.O.) 


1,000 
50 


Fannington, 
W.Va. 


750 

40 


( Srafton, 

W.Va. 


8,000 

200 

400 

$25.00 

$15.00  &  $20.00 

$24,004  $41.00 

$12.00*  $20.C0 

Magneto. 


Phili]ipi. 
W.Va. 


2,000 

200 

50 

$20.00  &  $25.00 

si  :..00  & $20.00 

$20.00  &  $25.00 

$15.00  &  $20.00 

Magneto. 


Bellington, 
W.Va 


1,000 

75 

15 

$20.00  &$25. 00 

$15.00  &  «20.00 

$20.00&  S25.00 

$15.00 &  $20.00 

Magneto. 


Klkins, 
W.Va. 


4,000 

200 

150 

S20.00&  $25.00 

$15.00  &  $20.00 

$20.00  &  $25.00 

$15.00  &  $20.  00 

Magneto. 


giving  service  for  less  money  than  we  do.     We  can  say  that  our  success  has  been  far 
ahead  of  our  expectations,  and  our  business  constantly  growing  and  increasing. 

L.  1. — Old  Kentucky  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.,  Ky. — The  charges  in  the  rural 
districts  are  on  a  moveable  scale,  as  follows:  A  farmer  having  a  direct  metallic  line 
for  his  own  use,  pays  the  local  residence  rate  of  $12  per  annum,  and  in  addition  thereto 
$5  per  mile,  per  annum,  beyond  the  city  limits.  Where  there  are  several  farmers  on  the 
same  line,  the  extra  mileage  charge  is  divided  and  each  farmer  pays  in  addition  thereto 
the  $12  per  annum  local  residence  rate.  The  company  has  two  central  exchanges,  at 
Winchester  and  Mount  Sterling.  Within  corporated  limits,  each  subscriber  has  a 
separate  wire.  In  the  country,  party  lines  are  used  with  not  more  than  six  on  a  line. 
An  increase  in  the  residence  rate  from  $12  to  $18  per  annum  is  contemplated.  Beyond 
300  subscribers,  a  $12  rate  is  not  considered  remunerative. 

M.  1. — Saugatuck  and  Ganges  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Mich. — Ours  is  a  co-operative 
company.     It  was  started  in  1895  by  a  number  of  fruit  growers  who  desired  to  com- 


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4-5   EDWARD  VII.,  A.   1905 

municate  with  other  shipping  points.  It  was  arranged  that  any  person  desiring  tele- 
phonic communication  could  secure  the  same  by  paying  the  entire  expense  of  his  tele- 
phone, and  line  connecting  to  the  central  nearest  him,  and  he  was  entitled  to 
talk  over  any  of  the  lines  by  paying  his  proportion  of  the  cost  of  operation  and  main- 
tenance of  the  system.  We  find  a  rental  of  $15  per  year  covers  this  cost  and  provides 
funds  for  necessary  extensions  of  lines,  &c,  and  the  people  much  prefer  it  to  going 
into  any  of  the  large  companies,  where  the  business  would  be  under  a  cold  and  dis- 
tant management.  We  sold  200  shares  of  stock  at  $10  each  to  provide  pole  lines  from 
one  central  to  another,  and  install  the  switchboards.  From  this  point  the  subscriber 
pays  the  cost  of  his  connection  and  can  sell  same  if  he  desires,  and  to  whom  he  wishes. 

Our  plant  is  but  a  small  exchange,  with  five  switchboards,  having  an  average  of 
about  fifty  subscribers  each,  mostly  farmers,  with  such  small  merchants  and  business 
men  as  would  naturally  be  in  a  country  district.  Rates  charged  for  long-distance  ser- 
vice: 10c.  for  the  first  15  miles,  and  5c.  extra  for  each  additional  15  miles,  or  fraction 
thereof,  for  five  minutes'  talk.  Farmers  and  business  men  charged  alike.  Not  much 
difference  in  the  benefit  derived,  as  they  are  all  business  telephones  in  a  way.  The 
farmer  transacts  all  his  business  on  the  wires,  and  calls  the  country  merchant  ten 
times  where  the  merchant  calls  out  once.  He  gets  prices  from  all  and  goes  where  he 
can  do  best,  thereby  saving  many  miles  of  drive,  besides  having  to  do  business  at  a 
disadvantage  from  not  being  posted.  Country  business  men  take  a  reverse  position 
to  that  of  their  city  brothers,  for  the  telephone  is  often  to  their  disadvantage. 

We  pay  no  dividends.  Ours  is  a  co-operative  institution.  The  rentals  are  just 
enough  to  maintain  and  operate  the  plant,  and  make  improvements.  No  percentage 
is  set  aside  for  depreciation.  This  is  provided  for  in  our  rentals,  and  in  the  cost  of  ex- 
tensions and  improvements,  the  latter  item  being  confined  to  surplus  funds.  Our  sur- 
plus funds  are  used  in  reconstruction  and  extension  of  system.  We  have  interchange 
of  service  with  the  Citizens'  Company  lines  of  Grand  Rapids,  and  through  them  to 
any  point  our  lines  will  carry,  so  far  as  their  system  and  connections  will  lead.  Terms 
are :  We  receive  '  incoming '  calls  free,  and  retain  25  per  cent  of  '  outgoing '  calls. 
Limit  of  commission  on  '  out '  calls  10  cents  per  call. 

N.  1. — Northern  Indiana  and  Southern  Michigan  Telephone,  Telegraph  and  Cable 
Co.,  Ind. — We  started  the  service  at  too  low  a  rate.  We  should  have  $1.25  for  resi- 
dence, $2  for  business  and  $1.25  for  rural  or  farmers'  per  month,  as  the  cost  of  labour 
and  material  has  advanced.  We  do  not  put  out  farmer  telephones  unless  we  can  reach 
at  least  three  to  the  mile.  We  use  20-foot  cedar  and  25-foot  for  county  lines  where 
we  do  not  run  more  than  one  circuit,  using  the  25-foot  to  cross  road  and  passing 
farmer  homes.  We  use  thirty  poles  to  the  mile  where  we  do  not  have  over  four  wires 
and  thirty-three  poles  when  over  that  number.  Our  company  was  made  up  of  several 
local  companies,  and  we  now  operate  under  one  head.  The  entire  business  is  left  to 
a  board  of  directors,  who  elect  a  general  manager  having  full  charge,  and  he  makes 
monthly  reports  to  the  directors.  The  long-distance  companies  control  the  toll  busi- 
ness, and  we  only  build  to  them,  connecting  our  exchanges  with  one  general  office  and 
that  office  to  the  long-distance.  Our  long-distance  rates  are  based  on  the  mileage,  about 
lc.  per  mile  up  to  60  miles  for  5  minutes'  talk ;  over  60  miles  it  is  from  A  to  ts  of  lc. 
per  mile.  It  takes  about  one  operator  to  every  150  subscribers  on  the  board.  On  one 
board  we  use  three  operators  and  one  long-distance  operator. 

O.  1. — Lock  Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  Mich. — Our  system  is  a  co-operative  associa- 
tion, most  of  the  subscribers  owning  a  share  of  capital  stock,  each  share  representing 
one  telephone.  It  is  not  a  village  exchange,  although  we  are  connected  with  all  of  the 
towns  around.    It  is  the  finest  farm  system  in  the  state. 

P.  1. — Missaukee  Telephone  Co.,  Mich. — For  rural  service  we  charge  $12  per  year 
for  full  exchange  privileges  within  six  miles  of  central.  Over  six  and  up  to  twelve 
miles,  $12  per  year  for  one  way  (outgoing  calls  only)  ;  over  twelve  miles  out,  $18  for  one 


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way.  ^  We  are  an  exchange  in  a  town  of  1,000 ;  balance  combination  toll  and  farmers' 
lines  in  sparsely  settled  territory.  In  the  latter  we  build  toll  lines,  and  rent  telephones 
to  all  who  wish,  putting  these  on  toll  circuits  until  we  get  about  ten  or  twelve  'phones 
on  a  circuit,  when  we  either  string  another  circuit  or  install  a  local  switching  station. 
Our  territory  is  large  and  thinly  peopled,  but  to  people  so  situated  telephones  are  neces- 
sary. We  find  the  one  way  service  plan  gives  good  satisfaction.  The  renter  gets  his 
outgoing  calls  for  $1  per  month,  and  the  village  people  pay  tolls  for  calling  him, 
amounting  in  many  cases  to  another  dollar,  and  they  are  well  satisfied  as  well. 

Q.  1. — Reed  City  Telephone  Co.,  Mich. — No  dividends  to  be  paid ;  all  earnings  put 
back  into  the.  business.  I  had  just  $50  on  July  1,  1898,  when  I  started  in.  October  1 
]  opened  for  business  with  ten  telephones,  and  have  been  working  it  alone  ever  since. 
Consider  it  worth  $15,000  to-day,  and  I  have  about. $750  worth  of  material  on  hand, 
such  as  poles,  arms,  &c. 

.  It.  1. — Northwest  Leslie  and  Anondago  Telephone  Exchange,  Mich. — We  are  one 
of  some  twelve  different  companies  that  own  lines  which  run  into  a  switch  station  at 
Leslie  owned  and  operated  by  another  company.  Each  of  the  rural  companies  makes 
arrangements,  annually,  with  the  switchboard  company  to  do  the  switching.  At  pre- 
sent we  pay  $1'  a  year  for  switching.  There  is  no  toll  charged  to  subscribers.  Non- 
subscribers  pay  10c.  a  message,  which  goes  to  the  switchboard  company.  This  in  my 
opinion  is  a  very  unsatisfactory  system.  The  telephone  business  is  growing  in  impor- 
tance daily,  and  should  In-  under  a  central  management,  either  state  or  national.  It  is 
essential  to  all,  and  all  should  have  an  equal  opportunity  to  use  it  at  a  uniform  rate  of 
expense. 

S.  1. — Monroe  County  Telephone  Co.,  Mich. — Toll  charges:  10c.  within  12  miles, 
15c.  within  24  miles,  &c.  We  connect  with  the  long-distance  lines  of  the  United  States 
Telephone  Co.,  and  receive  25  per  cent  of  originating  business,  balance  on  mileage 
basis.  Rural  service  is  necessary  for  the  success  of  any  system  outside  of  cities  of 
5,000  inhabitants.  Farm  subscribers  are  most  appreciative,  and  if  not  provided  with 
service  by  local  company  will  build  their  own  line. 

T.  1. — Decatur  County  Independent  Telephone  Co.,  Ind. — Impossible  to  give  toll 
rates.  Our  long-distance  connections  run  into  the  thousands  and  cover  many  states, 
and  the  rates  vary  with  the  distance,  10c.  within  the  county.  We  are  connected  with 
the  New  Long  Distance  Telephone  Company  of  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  through  which 
we  are  in  communication  with  141  telephone  companies  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  1,503 
telephone  stations  in  Indiana,  representing  over  160,000  subscribers,  206  stations  in 
State  of  Illinois,  406  stations  in  State  of  Kentucky,  247  stations  in  State  of  Missouri, 
2,552  stations  in  State  of  Ohio. 

We  receive  25  per  cent  of  all  tolls  originating  at  this  office  or  its  substations,  and 
nothing  on  messages  received.    Net  earnings  used  in  extending  plant. 

We  are  a  stock  company — stock  limited  to  $30,000 — divided  into  1,200  shares,  at 
$25  each.  Sale  to  one  person  limited  to  four  shares.  At  the  present  time  we  have  959 
stockholders.  Stock  all  sold  with  the  exception  of  200.  Each  stockholder  purchases  his 
telephone  from  the  company  at  actual  cost  of  instrument  and  cost  of  installation,  and 
in  consideration  thereof  receives  a  rate  of  80c.  per  month  for  residences,  and  $1.50  for 
business  houses. 

Our  authorized  bonded  indebtedness  is  $30,000— $28,000  was  sold  and  $2,000  re- 
served bonds  bear  6  per  cent  per  annum,  interest  payable  semi-annually.  They  run 
for  15  years,  $2,000  payable  annually. 

Our  income  from  all  sources  is  about  $20,000  per  annum  at  this  time,  and  our 
running  expenses  at  last  estimate  about  50  per  cent  of  receipts. 

The  company  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  giving  our  people  cheaper  telephone 
service  than  the  Bell  Company,  and  we  made  preparations  to  accommodate  300  sub- 


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scribers,  believing  that  would  be  our  limit,  but  our  growth  has  been  phenomenal  and 
we  now  have  over  800  telephones  on  farms,  and  over  600  in  the  city,  and  the  end  is  not 
yet  in  sight.  Where  parties  in  the  country  wish  a  line  built  to  them  they  are  required 
to  take  out  stock  sufficient  to  cover  cost  of  construction  at  the  rate  of  $100  per  mile. 

U.  1. — The  Home  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. — This  company 
does  not  own  its  own  toll  lines,  but  has  contract  relations  with  toll  line  companies. 

The  National  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Comapny,  also  a  Fort  Wayne  organiza- 
tion, operates  toll  lines  and  exchanges,  answering,  therefore,  query  No.  12,  will  say  that 
the  cost  per  mile  of  single  wire  of  toll  line,  No.  10  copper,  approximates  $60,  including 
the  poles,  cross  arms,  &c. 

Query  No.  14. — Miles  of  poles  on  toll  lines,  35. 

Query  No.  15. — Miles  of  separate  circuits,  500. 

Query  No.  21. — Rates  charged  for  long-distance  service — Within  the  first  county, 
from  10  to  15  cents;  to  the  next  county,  10  cents  additional;  the  next,  10  cents  addi- 
tional; after  that  5c.  for  every  additional  county.  Where  no  rates  exist  the  rate  is 
made  not  to  exceed  %  cent  per  mile. 

V.  1. — Richmond  Home  Telephone  Co.,  Ind. — We  have  connection  with  all  of  the 
independent  long,  distance  lines  in  Indiana,  Ohio,  Michigan,  Kentucky,  West  Vir- 
ginia, Pennsylvania,  Illinois  and  Missouri,  in  fact  all  of  the  independent  companies 
are  connected  together  by  toll  lines,  and  divisions  are  made  in  proportion  to  mileage, 
after  25  per  cent  is  deducted  for  the  originating  station. 

We  are  giving  good  service  and  our  patrons  are  well  pleased  with  independent 
telephone  service.  This  is  proven  by  the  fact  that  our  exchange  has  grown  from  800 
subscribers  to  2,125,  and  for  the  past  three  and  a  half  years  we  have  not  had  a  solici- 
tor in  the  field. 

W.  1. — Roberts  Telephone  and  Electric  Co.,  Texas. — Our  profits  have  been  a  little 
over  $3,000  per  year  for  the  last  three  years.  No  dividends  prorated,  as  my  family 
own  all  the  stock.  Our  net  profit  showed  on  March  31,  1905,  cr.  $9,592.87  for  three 
years.  We  connect  with  a  number  of  independent  companies  in  all  directions  from 
us.  Cannot  name  them  all.  We  prorate  the  tolls.  If  over  two  lines  only  20c.  per  line ; 
if  over  three  lines  or  more,  usually  15c.  per  line. 

X.  1. — Big  Valley  Telephone  Co.,  Cal. — I  started  this  line  nearly  three  years  since 
by  getting  sixteen  persons  to  agree  to  pay  their  pro  rata  cost  of  switching  the  line,  I 
furnishing  the  'phones  and  materials  at  cost.  The  total  cost  was  $23.65  to  each  one. 
We  now  have  61  members  and  20  miles  of  line.  We  have  on  a  10-mile  part  of  this  line 
51  'phones  and  6  extension  bells.  We  have  no  trouble  in  ringing  as  we  have  3,500  ohm. 
'phones.  I  have  since  worked  up  the  system  till  we  now  have  lines  on  same  co-opera- 
tive plan  all  over  our  county,  exchanging  connections  with  each  other  without  charge. 

Y.  1. — Saratoga,  California,  Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  Cal. — The  Sun  Set  (Bell) 
Gompany  refused  to  furnish  telephones  to  a  community  that  wished  a  certain  service, 
so  twenty  of  us  organized  a  company,  unincorporated,  intending  to  buy  our  own 
'phones,  but  as  soon  as  we  commenced  to  string  wires  they  made  us  such  an  advan- 
tageous offer  that  it  was  better  to  rent  their  'phones,  have  them  maintain  the  central 
office,  give  us  free  switching  to  the,  say,  500  'phones  of  San  Jose,  than  to  be  a  local 
institution.  We  get  all  the  advantages  of  the  Bell  telephone  at  about  one-half  the  ex- 
pense, because  we  own  our  lines. 


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INDEX    TO    VOL.    IT. 
(APPENDIX    'A') 


Number.  Page. 

Ailsa  Craig,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Municipal  Council  of  the  Village  of 191  173 

Albany  &  Vales  Mill  Telephone  Co.,  Albany,  Ohio,  U.S.A 49  67 

American  Electric  Telephone  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  U.S.A.,  President.  .  ..45  61 

American  Electric  Telephone  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  U.S.A.,  President. ...  46  62 

Annapolis,  N.S.,  M.P.  for  County  of 65  81 

Antigonish  &  Sherbrooke  Telephone  Co.  (Ltd.)  Sherbrooke,  N.S.,  Sec'y  55  68 
Antigonish    &  Sherbrooke  Telephone  Co.    (Ltd.)    Sherbrooke,  N.S., 

Sec'y 73-73a  85 

Argenteuil,  P.Q.,  M.P.  for  County  of 103  109 

Armstrong,  J.  A.     See  Louisville  Home  Telephone  Co. 

Arthabaska,  P.O..,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of 110  113 

Australia  (State  of  Victoria)  Postmaster  Genl's.  Dept.,  Melbourne. .  284  354 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 284a  354 

Australia  (State  of  Tasmania)  Postmaster  Genl's.  Dept.    See  Tasmania. 

Australia,  Commonwealth  of,  Postmaster  Genl's.  Dept.,  Queensland.  .296  648 

Austria,  Director  of  the  Royal  Ministry  of  Commerce 308  732 

Automatic  Electric  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  U.S.A 38  57 

Automatic  Telephony,  Lorimer  System,  Report  on 305  687 

Baird  Manufacturing  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  U.S.A.,  President 83  95 

Batiscan,  P.O.,  Secretary-Treasurer.  .   .  . 107  111 

Bavaria,  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Dept.,  Munich 291  545 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 291a  546 

Charges  for  local,  &c,  service 291a  548 

Material  and  construction,  cost  of  telephone 291c  565 

Post  office  and  telegraph  service,  instructions  for  the  telephone  service  291b  552 

Conversations,  duration  of,  in  local  and  long-distance  service.  .    .  .  291b  564 

Departmental  service 291b  558 

German  government  telegraph  area,  Wurtemburg,  &c,  service  with.  291b  560 

Local  exchange,  calling  up  from  public  call  stations  of 291b  564 

Long-distance  lines,  exchange  of  conversations  over.  .    .  .    .' 291b  556 

Long-distance  lines,  use  of  during  night  hours 291b  557 

Long-distance  lines,  use  of  circuits  for  connections  over 291b  557 

Long-distance  stations,  system  of  working 291b  552 

Long-distance  stations,  noting  down  subscribers'  requests  for  con- 
versations in 291b  552 


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•  Bavaria — Continued.                                                                                    Number.  Page. 

Long-distance  stations,  arranging  the  connections  in 291b  553 

Long-distance  stations,  supervision  of  connections  in 291b  554 

Long-distance  stations,  breaking  the  connections  in 291b  555 

Long-distance  stations,  service  with  the 291b  503 

Long-distance  stations,  calling  up  from  public  call  stations 291b  564 

Message  station,  working  system  of  the 291b  560 

Message  station,  receiving  messages  thereat 291b  561 

Message  station,  forwarding  in-coming  telegrams  to   subscribers.  .  291b  561 

Message  station,  messages  with  answer  prepaid 291b  56! 

Message  station,  handling  of  telegrams  and  other  messages 2Wb  502 

Message  station,  transmitting  telegrams  received  by  telephone.  .    .  .  291b  502 

Baxter,  James,  St.  Mary's,  Ont 19  18 

Beardmore,  G.  L.,  Toronto,  Ont 3 

Beauparlant,  A.M.,  M.P.,  St.  Hyacinthe,  P.Q 44  61 

Beaverton,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Corporation  of 208  175 

Begley,  Thomas,  Egerton,  Ont 62  79 

Belgium,  Ministry  of  Railways,  Posts  and  Telegraphs,  Brussels.  .   . .  292  570 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 292a  570 

Charges  for  moving  a  telephone,  &c 292d  586 

France,  agreement  relating  to  the  telephone  service  with 292e  591 

Germany,  agreement  relating  to  the  telephone  service  with 292g  602 

Great  Britain,  agreement  relating  to  the  telephone  service  with.  .   .  .  292f  598 

Long-distance  service,  descriptive  account  of  the 292i  606 

Public  call  stations,  hours  of  service  in 292c  5S1 

Rates,  local  service 292d  581 

Rates,  inter-urban  service 292d  586 

Rates,  long-distance  conversations  and  telephone  messages 292d  5S8 

Rates,  international  service 292d  588 

Rates,  telephone  messenger  calls 292k  619 

Regulations    (special)   for  the  telephone  service 292b  570 

Regulations  (special)  regarding  central  stations 292b  579 

Regulations  (special)  common  to  all  the  systems  of  the  country.  .  .  .  292h  605 

Service,  hours  of,  in  public  call  stations 292c  581 

Subscription,   general   conditions  of   re  inter-urban,   international, 

local  and  long-distance  service,  within   and  beyond  Belgium.  .  292j  608 
Subscription,  conditions  of  for  communications  of  the  public  with 

the  service  organized  in  the  railway  stations 292j  618 

Telephone  messenger  calls,  rates,  &c,  for 292k  619 

Telephone  groups  into  which  the  service  is  divided 292c  580 

Telegraph  and  telephone  lines  (private),  royal  decree  relating  to  the 

connecting  of  with   government   telephone  system 2921  622 

Telegraph,   regulations   relating  to   private  lines  not  connected  to 

government  system 2921  624 

Telephone  systems,  law  relating   to    the  establishment  and  opera- 
tion of • 292m  625 

Telephone  matters,   law    extending  powers   of  the    government    in 

connection  with. 292m  625 

Telephone  lines,  royal  decree  relating  to  works  constructed  along  the 
route    of    overhead    and    underground    telegraph    lines    made 

applicable  to 292m  626 

Bell  Telephone  Company  of  Canada,  Ltd.,  President 142  120 

Bell  Telephone  Company  of  Canada,  Ltd.,  Local  Manager,  Winchester 

Ont. 47  62 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Number.  Page 

Bell  Telephone  Company  of  Canada,  Ltd.,  Manager  Ontario  Dept., 

Hamilton,  Ont 91 

Bell  Telephone  Company  of  Canada,  Ltd.,  List  of  Bell  telephone  ex- 
changes, showing  number  of  telephones,  &c 298  667 

Bennett,  A.  R.,  London  England 80  92 

Bennett,  A.  R.,  London,  England 90  99 

Bennett,  A.  R.,  London,  England 161  164 

Bennett,  A.  R.,  London,  England ' 162  165 

Berthier,  P.  0..,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of 125  116 

Best,  H.  B.     See  Conestoga  Tel.  &  Tele.  Co. 

Bethesda  &  Stouffville  Assn.,  Gormley,  Ont 21  21 

Bexley,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 205  174 

Birtle,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Town  of 136  117 

Black  River  Telegraph  Co.,  Lorain,  Ohio,  U.S.A 57  09 

Blakesburg  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.,  Blakesburg,  Iowa,  U.S.A., 

President 78  &  7Sa  89) 

Board  of  Railway  Commissioners  for  Canada  re  Fort  William  and  Port 

Arthur 300  676 

Boards  of  Trade: 

Guelph,  Ont 37  56 

Lethbridge,  Alta 261  222 

Montreal,  P.Q.,    '  Chamber  of  Commerce ' 138-138a  118 

Owen  Sound,  Ont 86  97 

Regina,  Saskatchewan 85  96 

Stratford,  Ont 139-139a  118 

Winnipeg.  Man  (Printers'  Board  of  Trade) 2  225 

Woodstock,  N.B 76  88 

Bole.  D.  W.,  M.  P.,  Winnipeg,  Man 42  60 

Bonaventure,  M.  P.  for  County  of 43  61 

Bowmanville,  Ont.,  Clerk  of  the  Town 119  115 

Brandon,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  City  of 115  115 

Brighton,  England,  Clerk,  Town  of 227  180 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 227a  18J 

Loans  authorized  for  the  purposes  of  the  system,  statement  of .  .   .  .  227b  183 

Balance  sheet,  Corporation  Telephone  undertaking 227b  1V4 

Reports  of  the  Committee  on  Telephones 227c 

Reports  of  the  Committee  on  Telephones 227d  193 

Reports  of  the  Committee  on  Telephones 227. ■  194 

Reports,  &c,  of  A.  R.  Bennett  for  a  metallic  circuit  telephons  ex- 
change   227r  189 

Brighton,  Ont.,  Clerk.  Town  of 101  108 

British  Columbia  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Vancouver,  B.C.,  President. .  20  19 

Brooke,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 190  173 

Bruce,  Alexander  D.,  Gormley,  Ont 13  &  13b  13 

Bruce,  Alexander  D.,  Gormley,  Ont 21  21 

Bruce,  Ont.,  Warden  of  the  County  of 255  218 

Bruneau,  A.  A„  M.  P.,  Sorel,  P.Q 38  58 

Burleigh  &  Anstruther,  Ont.,  Clerk.  Municipality  of 112  114 


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Burnt  River,  Ont 133  117 

Burton,  A.  H.,  Montreal,  P.ft 215  176 

Campbell,  G.  I.     See  East  Luther  Telephone  Co. 

Canada : 

Summary  of  replies  received  by    '  The  Union  of  Canadian  Muni- 
cipalities '    from  various  cities  and  towns  re  local  telephonic 

conditions 297  659 

Summary  of  information  furnished  by  telephone  companies  at  the 

request  of  the  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 309  738 

Notes  to  foregoing  statement 309a  762 

Canadian  Independent  Telephone  Association 309  734 

Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Toronto,  Manager 14  14 

Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Toronto,  Manager 15  15 

Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Toronto,  Manager.  .    . .     23a-23b  24 

Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Toronto,  Manager 301  681 

Canadian  Manufacturers'  Association,  Toronto,  Secretary 35  55 

Canadian  Manufacturers'  Association,  Toronto,  Secretary 140  119 

Canadian  Municipalities,  Union  of 34  54 

Canadian  Municipalities,  Union  of 254  217 

Cape  Colony,  S.  A.,  Postmaster  General,  Cape  Town 280  346 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 280a  346 

Cardiff,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 250  213 

Central    Illinois    Independent    Telephone    Association,    Pekin,    111., 

U.S.A.,  President 145  121 

Ceylon,  Postmaster  General  and  Director  of  Telegraphs,  Colombo. .  282  351 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 232a-  351 

Chamber  of  Commerce,  Montreal,  Secretary 138-138a  118 

Chambers,  J.  W.    See  Old  Kentucky  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co. 

Champagne,  Hector,  St.  Gabriel  de  Brandon,  P.O. 221  177 

Champlain,  P.O.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of 107  111 

Chapleau,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 137  117 

Chapman,  E.  R.,  Gananoque,  Ont 72  85 

Chatham,  Ont.,  Mayor  of 196  173 

Chicoutimi  and  Saguenay,  M.P.,  for  County  of 157  158 

Chili  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  London,  England 272  230 

China  and  Japan  Telephone  and  Electric  Co.,  Ltd.,  London,  England.  .  273  230 

China  and  Japan  Telephone  and  Electric  Co.,  Ltd.,  London,  England. .  273a  231 

Citizens'  Telephone  Co.,  Columbus,  Ind.,  U.S. A 58  70 

Clarence,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 135  117 

Cleveland  Telephone  Co.  (Bell),  Cleveland,  Ohio,  U.S.A 147b  127 

Conestoga  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.,  Morgantown,  Pa.,  U.S.A. .     146-1 46a  122 
Conklin,  E.  R.     See  Interstate  Independent  Tel.  &  Telegraph  Co. 

Conmee,  James,  M.  P.,  Port  Arthur,  Ont 92  101 

Cookshire,  P.  ft.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Town  of 122  116 

Cumberland    Telephone   &    Telegraph   Co.,    Nashville,    Tenn.,    Asst. 

Genl.  Mgr 59  71 


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APPENDIX  No.   1 

Number.  Page. 

Cumberland    Telephone   &    Telegraph    Co.,    Nashville,    Tenn.,   Asst. 

Genl.  Mgr 71  S4. 

Cuyahoga    Telephone    Co.    (Independent)    Cleveland,    Ohio,    U.S.A., 

Gen.  Mgr 147  124 

Cuyahoga    Telephone    Co.    (Independent)    Cleveland,    Ohio,    U.S.A., 

Gen.  Mgr 147a  126 

Dalhousie  Lake,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 198  174 

Dartmouth,  N.S.,  Clerk,  Town  of 175  171 

Decatur  County  Independent  Telephone  Co.,  Greensburg,  Jnd.,  U.S.A., 

Secretary ~. 96  104 

Denbeigh,  Abingfield  &  Ashby,  Out.,  Clerk,  Municipality  of 168  170 

Denmark,  Telegraph  Directorate,  Copenhagen 286-286a  361 

Derby,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 178  171 

Dickson,  J.  H.,  Drew  Station,  Ont 150  129 

Doan,  W.,  Harrietsville,  Ont .   .  .     ll-lla  11 

Draper,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 167  170 

Dresden,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of 114  115 

Duoro,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 209  175 

Dysart,  Ont 212  175 

East  Luther  Telephone  Co.,  Grand  Valley,  Ont.,  President 31  49 

Eastern  Illinois  Independent  Telephone  Co.,  Kankarkee,  111.,  U.S.A., 

Mgr 38  5S 

Edmands,  I.  R.     See  Union  Carbide  Co. 

Edmonton,  Alta.,  Mayor,  City  of 236  207 

Edmonton,  Alta.,  Mayor,  City  of 236a-236b  208 

Egypt,  The  Telephone  Co.  of,  London,  England 274  232 

Egypt,  The  Telephone  Co.  of,  London,  England 274a  232 

Elgin,  Ont.,  Clerk,  County  of Ill  113 

Elizabethtown,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Corporation  of 183  172 

Embanks,  J.  M.    See  American  Electric  Telephone  Co. 

England.     See  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  Postal  Telegraph  Dept. 

Essex,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of 180  171 

Farmers'  Institute,  East  Elgin,  Ont.,  President 16  17 

Farmers  Telephone  Co.,  Grafton,  N.S.,  Secretary 39  59 

Fisher,  E.  B.     See  Michigan  Independent  Telephone  Ass'n. 

Fisher,  Dr.,  Vittoria,  Ont 223  177 

Fort  William  and  Port  Arthur,  Atty.  for  the  Towns  of 30  38 

Fredericton,  N.B.,  City  Clerk 239-239a  211 

Gavey,  I.,  London,  England 149  129 

Germany,  Government  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Dept.,  Berlin 445 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 290b  446 

Charges    collection  of  subscription  and  general  over  long-distance 

'  line's 290b  451 

Charges,  collection  of  outstanding 290b  452 

Charges,  collection  of  measured  rate  in  local  service 290d  522 

Charges,  reimbursement  of 290b  453 


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Germany — Continued. 

Charges    for    unlimited   service   for    every   station    in   a    telephone 

system 290b  454 

Connections,   continuous  service  between  two  subscribers 290d  518 

Connections,  handling  night 290b  448 

Conversations,  recording  of  outgoing 290b  448 

Distances,  reckoning  of 290b  461 

Instruments,  &c,  testing  and  cleaning  of 290d  514 

Local  lines,  night  service  with  neighbouring  places  over 290d  519 

Local  service,  collection  of  measured  rate  charges  in 290d  522 

Long-distance  lines,  service  with  foreign  parts  over ,  290b  450 

Long-distance  lines,  classification,  &c,  of 290d  505 

Long-distance  lines,  estimating  of  charges  over 290b  44~> 

Long-distance  lines,  use  of  for  duplex  telephony,  &c 290d  506 

Long-distance  lines,   measuring  the  resistance  of  the 290d  507 

Long-distance   lines,   order   in  which   service   is   to   be   carried   on 

over 290d  514 

Long-distance  lines,  night  service  over 290d  519 

Long-distance  lines,  night  service  with  principal  centres  and  depart- 
ments over 290d  520 

Long-distance  lines,  use  of  with  stock  exchanges 290d  520 

Long-distance  lines,  interruption,  &c,  of 290d  520 

Long-distance  lines,  ascertainment  of  traffic  on 290d  522 

Long-distance  lines,   used  for  simultaneous   telephoning   and   tele- 
graphing   290b  453 

Long-distance  lines,  service  with  neighbouring  places  and  principal 

centres  over 290d  516 

Long-distance  lines,  working  connections  around  to  points  by  other 

than  the  regular  routes  to  be  made  use  of  over 290d  516 

Operators,  statistical  and  other  reports  to  be  supplied  by  general 
post  offices  concerning  accidents  through  electric  discharges  to 

girl  telephone 290d  523 

Rates,  law  relating  to  telephone 290b  459 

Rates,  instructions  for  carrying  foregoing  into  effect 290b  460 

Rates,    regulations    for    carrying    into    effect    the    law    relating    to 

telephone 290c  479 

Rates,  instructions  regarding  foregoing  regulations 290c  485 

Rates,   for   telephone   connection,   regulations   relating   to 290b  454 

Rates,  instructions  for  carrying  foregoing  into  effect 290b  455 

Rates,  for  supplementary  stations 290c  498 

Roads   for  telegraphs,  &c,  regulations  relating  to  use  of 290b  477 

Rural  districts,  no  special  telephone  arrangements  made  for.  .    .  .  290b  461 
Stations  (telephone),  regulations  governing  the  use  by  subscribers 

of  local 290e  530 

Automatic   slot   machine  telephones 290e  540 

Calls,  accident  or  emergency 290e  541 

Calls,  urgent 290e  541 

Charges,  payment  of 290e  542 

Charges,  reduction  and  reimbursement  of 290e  543 

Connections   during  night  hours 290e  538 

Conversations,  announcement  of  beforehand 290e  538 

Conversations,  order  and  duration  of 290e  541 

Directories,  supply  of  to   subscribers 290e  544 


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APPENDIX  No.   1 

_                        „                                                                                                                                  Number.  Page. 
Germany — Continued. 

Stations   (telephone),  regulations  governing— Continued. 

Kates,  various  classes  of 290e  533 

Service,  hours  of 290e  530 

Service  with  neighbouring  places 290e  537 

Service  with  principal  centres 290e  537 

Subscribers,  responsibility  of 290e  532 

Subscription,  duration  of 290e  532 

Subscribers,  principal 290e  530 

Supplementary 290e  530 

Setting  up  new  subscribers 290e  532 

Moving  and  transferring  of 290e  532 

Suspension  of  service  and  removal  of 290e  532 

Use  of  by  other  parties 290e  536 

.  Public  call 290e  540 

Telegrams,  transmission  of  by  telephone 290e  541 

Telephone  Systems,  Departmental   (Municipal) 290e  544 

Telephone   (public  call),  use  of  for  long-distance 290d  523 

Supplementary   stations,   regulations  respecting  the  granting  of.  .  290c  497 

Supplementary    instructions    for    carrying   foregoing   into    effect.  .  290c  498 

Telephone  system,  classification  of  the  general 290a  445 

Telephone  system,  statement  showing  Extent  of  in  largest  cities.  .  290b  454 
Telephone  system,  furnishing  of  security  for  construction  (organiza- 
tion) of  new  local 290d  507 

Trunk  lines,  regulations  relating  to  the  use  of  during  night  hours 

of  telephone  service  on 290c  501 

Trunk  lines,  instructions  to  the  foregoing 290c  502 

Trunk  lines,  regulations  relating  to  connections  during  night  hours, 
in  service  with  principal  centres  and  in  departmental  (muni- 
cipal) service 290c  503 

Trunk  lines,  instructions  to  foregoing  regulations 290c  504 

Way  leave  privileges  for  erection  of  telegraph  and  telephone  lines 

along  private  roads 290b  464 

Way  leave,  instructions  relating  to  foregoing 290b  468 

Georgina,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 51  67 

Girard,  Joseph,  M.  P.,  Chicoutimi  and  Saguenay,  P. ft 157  158 

Glasgow,  Scotland  (Telephone  Dept.),  Corporation  of 275  233 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 275b  246 

Area  and  exchanges  and  main  routes,  map  showing  telephone.  .    .  .  275i  263 
National  Telephone  Company  and  corporation  telephones,  compara- 
tive statement  showing  financial  results  of  the 275d  249 

National  Telephone  Company,  statement  showing  rates  of  company 

in  competitive  areas 275b  255 

Report  (annual)  by  the  committee  on  telephone  service  to  the  cor- 
poration   275a  234 

Service  (telephone)  conditions  under  which  the  corporation  supplies.  275h  259 

Service  (telephone),  descriptive  report  of  the 275g  256 

Statistics,  finance  (Telephone  Dept.) 275c  249 

Statistics,  finance,  compiled  from  the  latest  balance  sheets  issued  by 

undertakings   in   Great  Britain,   Canada   and  United   States.  .  275e  250 

Tariffs  (telephone),  statement  of,  on  continent  of  Europe 275e  252 

Tariffs  (telephone),  statement  of,  in  Great  Britain,  viz.:  post  office, 

corporation  and  National  Telephone  Co 275f  254 


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Number.    Page. 
Glass,  G.  H.    See  Central  Illinois  Ind.  Tel.  Ass'n. 

Globe  Automatic  Telephone  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  U.S.A 38  57 

Grand  Valley,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Village  of 97  105 

Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  Postal  Telegraph  Dept.,  London,  England.  278  274- 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 278a  27TT 

Area,  map  showing  London  telephone 278e  280 

Directory,  of  post  office  exchanges 278j  314 

Inter-urban  systems,  memorandum  relating  to  working  of 2781  320 

London  telephone  service,  descriptive  report  of 278f  281 

Municipal  telephone  systems,  statistics  relating  to 306e  727 

National  Telephone  Company  (Limited),  agreement  for  purchase  by 

the  State  of  the  company's  plant,  property  and  assets 278g  290 

National  Telephone  Company   (Limited),  supplemental  agreement 

to  foregoing 278h  307 

Report  from  the   Select   Committee,   House  of   Commons,    on 

above  agreement 306  695 

Extracts  from  appendices  to  the  foregoing  report 306a  704 

Statement  showing  approximate  average  life  of  the  principal 

classes  of  plant  in  use  by  company 306f  729 

Statement  of  number  of  circuits,  &c,  since  trunk  lines  of  com- 
pany were  acquired  by  State 278i  308 

Rates  of  subscription  at  small  towns 278b  277 

Rates  of  subscription  (measured  service)  at  small  towns 278c  278 

Rates  for  party  lines  in  the  provinces :  278d  279 

Rural  (experimental)  call  office  systems,  memorandum  relating  to.  278k  318 

Statistics  taken   from   Postmaster  General's   report 278i  308 

Telephonic  inter-communication,  statutory  rules  and  orders  relat- 
ing to 306b  722 

Tariffs,  comparative  table  of  trunk  telephone 306c  725 

Tariffs  (typical  continental)  for  trunk  telephone  conversations.  .   .  .  306d  726 

Tariffs,  particulars  of  municipal  telephone 306e  728 

Guelph  Board  of  Trade,  Secretary 37  56 

Guernsey,  Channel  Islands-States  Telephone  Dept.,  President 152  135 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 152a  135 

Balance  sheet,  revenue  statement  and  statistics 152b  139 

Guysborough,  N.S.,  M.  P.,  for  County  of 64  80 

Halifax,  N.S.,  Clerk,  Municipality  of 206  175 

Halton,  Ont.,  Clerk,  County  of 211  175 

Halton,  Ont.,  Clerk,  County  of 258  220 

Hamilton,  W.  H,  Glen  Huron,  Ont 28  36 

Hammond's  Plains  Telephone  Co.,  Bedford,  N.S 81  94 

Hanley,  Ont 212  175 

Hantsport,  N.  S.,  Clerk,  Town  of 247  212 

Harrietsville  Telephone  Ass'n,  Ltd.,  Trustee  Committee 11-lla  11 

Hastings  County,  Ont.,  Clerk 105  110 

Hawkesbury  (West),  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 129  116 

Hensall,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of 118  115 

Hespeler,  Ont.,  Mayor,  Town  of 233-233a  206 

Hibner,  D.,  Berlin,  Ont 38  58. 


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APPENDIX   No.   1 

Number.  Page. 

Hichinbrook,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 137  117 

Hilton,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Corporation  Municipality  of 230  203 

Hoge,  James  B.    See  National-  Interstate  Telephone  Ass'n. 

Holland.    See  Netherlands,  General  Postal  and  Telegraph  Dept. 

Home  Telephone  Co.,  Plattsburg,  Ohio,  U.S.A.,  Secretary  and  Manager  88  98 

Home  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.,  San  Diego,  California,  U.S.A. .  219  176 

Houghton,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Municipality  of 242  212 

Hull,  England,  Clerk,  Corporation  of 151  129 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 151a  129 

Account  of  the  opening  of  the  corporation  system 151b  130 

Balance  sheet 151c  133 

Huntington,  P.O.,  Secretary,  Village  of 120  115 

Hume,  L.     See  Cumberland  Telegraph  &  Telephone  Co. 

Huron,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Municipal  Council,  Township  of 244  212 

Illinois,  U.S.A.,  Laws  relating  to  powers,  &c,  of  telephone  companies 

in  State  of 302  682 

Independent  Long-Distance  Telephone  Association,  Conference  Com- 
mittee of 160a  161 

Independent    Telephone    Ass'n    of    Wisconsin,    Janesville,    U.S.A., 

President 144  121 

independent    Telephone    Ass'n    of    Wisconsin,    Janesville,    U.S.A., 

President 252  218 

Indiana,  map  showing  independent  telephone  lines  in,  between  pages  70  &  71. 

Innisfail,  Alta.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Town 262  222 

Intel-national  Telephone  Mfg.  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  U.S.A.,  President. .  8  8 

International  Telephone  Mfg.  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  U.S.A.,  President. .  9  9 

Inter-State  Independent  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.,  Aurora,  111., 

U.S.A.,  Secretary  and  General  Manager 24  27 

Inter-State  Independent  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.,  Aurora,  111., 

U.S.A.,  Secretary  and  General  Manager 24b  28 

Italian  General  Telephone  &  Electric  Work  Co.,  Rome  and  Bologna, 

Italy 155-155a  155 

Italian  General  Telephone  &  Electric  Work  Co.,  Rome  and  Bologna, 

Italy 156  157 

Joli,  P.O.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Township  of 137  117 

Joseph,  Emile,  Montreal,  P.Q 93  102 

Kamouraska,  La  Cie  de  Telephone,  Fraserville,  P.0 50  67 

Kaslo,  B.C.,  Clerk,  Municipal  Council 229  203 

Killarney,  Man.,  Township ' 192  173 

Kincardine,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of 251  213 

Labelle,  P.O.,  Municipal  Council,  Secretary-Treasurer 137  117 

Labelle,  P.Q.,  Municipal  Council,  Secretary-Treasurer ./  226  180 

Lafieur,  McDougall  &  Macfarlane,  Montreal 220  176 

Lambton,  Ont.,  County  of 256  218 


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Number.  Page. 

Langton,  Ont.,  Clerk  and  Treasurer  of 1°4  HO 

Laprairie,  P. ft.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipal  Council,  Village  of.  ■  235  207 
Lawson,  Thos.    See  Farmers  Telephone  Co. 

Leaf  River  &  Egan  Mutual  Telephone  Company 7°  84 

Leeds  and  Lansdowne,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 130  116 

Lennoxville,  P.ft.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Village 184  172 

Lethhridge,  Alta.,  Secretary,  Board  of  Trade .-•„••••  261  222 

Lighthall,  W.  D.,  Attorney  of  the  Towns  of  Fort  William  and  Port 

Arthur 30  38 

Lighthall,  W.  D.,  Hon.  Sec'y»  Union  Canadian  Municipalities. ...  34  54 

Lighthall,  W.  D.,  Hon.  Sec'y,  Union  Canadian  Municipalities. .  . .     254-254a  217 

L'Islet,  P.ft.,  Clerk,  County  of 108  112 

Lorimer  System  of  Automatic  Telephony,  reports  upon 305  687 

Louisville  Home  Telephone  Co.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  U.S.A.,  President. .  27  32 

Louisville  Home  Telephone  Co.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  U.S.A.,  President. .  27a  34 

Louth,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 41  60 

Luxemburg,  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Dept 287  064 

Grand  ducal  decree  of  March  31,  1905,  regulating  anew  the  tele- 
phone service 287a  364 

Agreements,  breaches  of  by  subscribers 287a  372 

Contracts,  cancellation  of 287s(  371 

Conversations,  charges  for 287a  368 

Regulations   (general) 287a  366 

Service,  extension  of  the  telephone 287a  364 

Stations    (principal),   annual   subscription   charge   for 287a  365 

Stations   (supplementary),  annual  subscription  charge  for 287a  365 

Stations,  removal  of 287a  368 

Subscribers,  list  of  (directories) 287a  372 

Subscription  cards  by  means  of  which  a  subscriber  may  converse, 

free  of  charge,  in  all  government  or  municipal  call  stations.  .,  287a  370 

Subscription,  conditions  of 287a  370 

McGillivray,  J.  A.,  Toronto 141  119 

McMeen,  S.  G.,  report  on  Lorimer  System 305  607 

MacKay,  F.  D.    See  Canadian  Machine  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd. 

Macleod,  Alta 263  223 

Magog,  P.ft 117  115 

Maple  Creek,  Sask.,  Mayor,  Town  of 63a  8a 

Maple  Creek,  Sask.,  Mayor,  Town  of 204  174 

Marcil,  Charles,  M.  P.,  Ottawa,  Ont 43  61 

Maskinonge,  P.ft.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of 185  172 

Matsqui,  B.C.,  Clerk,  Municipality  of 266  224 

Mechanicsburg  Telephone  Co.,  Mechanicsburg,  Ohio,  U.S.A 69  84 

Medicine  Hat,  Sask.,  Mayor  of 77a  89 

Melcher,  J.  B.,  Berthierville,  P.ft 214  175 

Michigan  Independent  Telephone  Association,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 

U.S.A.,  President 94  102 

Miller,  Robt.,  Stouffville,  Ont 40  59- 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Number.  Page. 

Millie,  H.  H.,  Govt.  Telegraph  Agent,  Kelowna,  B.C 213  175 

Minerve,  P. ft.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Township 137  117 

Minnedosa,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Town  of 131.  117 

Minto,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of 137  117 

Montreal,  Asst.  City  Clerk 113  114 

Montreal  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Secretary 138  118 

Montreal  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Secretary 138a  118 

Morris,  Edward  C,  Brown's  Nurseries,  Ont 38  58 

Morris,  Man.,  Mayor,  Town  of 166  169 

Morrow,  J.  H.,  Brighton,  Ont 29  37 

Morton,  A.  McDm.,  M.D.,  Bedford,  N.S 81  94 

Muir,  John,  Brantford,  Ont 5  5 

Municipal  Taxation  of  Telephone  Companies,  Ont.  Act  respecting. .  299  674 
Municipalities : 

Ailsa  Craig,  Ont 191  173 

Arthabaska,  P.Q 110  113 

Batiscan,  P.Q 107  111 

Beaverton,  Ont 208  175 

Berthier,  P.Q 125  116 

Birtle,  Man 136  117 

Bexley,  Ont 205  174 

Bowmanville,  Ont 119  115 

Brandon,  Man 115  115 

Brighton,  Ont.  .    . . 101  103 

Brooke,  Ont 190  173 

Bruce,  Ont 255  218 

Burleigh  and  Anstrutber,  Ont 112  114 

Burnt  Kiver,  Ont 133  117 

Cardiff,  Ont 250  213 

Champlain,  P.Q 107  111 

Cbapleau,  Ont 137  117 

Chatham,  Ont 196  173 

Clarence,  Ont 135  117 

Cookshire,  P.Q 122  116 

Dalbousie  Lake,  Ont 198  174 

Dartmouth,  N.S 175  171 

Danbeigb,  Abingfield  and  Asbby,  Ont 168  170 

Derby,  Ont 178  171 

Draper,  Ont 167  170 

Dresden,  Ont 114  115 

Duoro,  Ont 209  175 

Dysart,  Ont 212  175 

Edmonton,  Alta 236  207 

Edmonton,  Alta 236a-236b  208 

Elgin,  Ont HI  H3 

Elizabethtown,  Ont 183  172 

Essex,  Ont 180  171 

Eredericton,  N.B 239-239a  211 

Georgina,  Ont 51  67 

Grand  Valley,  Ont 97  105 

Halifax,  N.S 206  175 


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Municipalities — Continued. 

Halton,  Out 211  175 

Halton,  Ont 258  220 

Hanley,  Ont 212  175 

Hantsport,  N.S 247  212 

Hastings,  Ont 105  110 

Hawkesbury  (West),  Ont 129  116 

Hensall,  Ont US  115 

Hespeler,  Ont 233-233a  206 

Hichinbrook,  Ont 137  117 

Hilton,  Ont 230  203 

Houghton,  Ont 212  212 

Huntingdon,  P.Q 120  115 

Huron,  Ont 244  212 

Innisfail,  Alta 262  222 

Joli,  P.Q 137  117 

Kaslo,  B.C 229  203 

Killarney,  Man 192  173 

Kincardine,  Ont 251  213 

Labelle,  P.Q 137  117 

Labelle,  P.Q 226  180 

Lambton,  Ont 256  218 

Langton,  Ont 104  110 

Laprairie,  P.Q 235  207 

Leeds  and  Lansdowne,  Ont 130  116 

Lennoxville,  P.Q , 184  172 

L'Islet,  P.Q 108  112 

Louth,  Ont 41  60 

Macleod,  Alta 263  223 

Magog,  P.Q 117  115 

Maple  Creek,  Sask 63a  80 

Maple  Creek,  Sask • 204  174 

Maskinonge,  P.Q 185  172* 

Matsqui,  B.0 266  224 

Medicine  Hat,  Sask 77a  89 

Minerve,  P.Q 137  117 

Minnedosa,  Man 131  117 

Minto,  Man 137  117 

Montreal,  P.Q 113  114 

Morris,  Man 166  169 

Nanaimo,  B.0 264  223 

Neepawa,  Man 79  90 

Neepawa,  Man 79a  91 

Neepawa,  Man 163  167 

New  Glasgow,  N.S 203  174 

New  Liskeard,  Ont 121  115 

Odanah,  Man 137  117 

Orangeville,  Ont 98  106 

Owen  Sound,  Ont 102  109 

Parkhill,  Ont 164  167 

Pembina,  Man 186  172 

Peterborough,  Ont 23  23 

Peterborough,  Ont 23b  24 

Peterborough,  Ont 195  173 


INDEX  TO  VOL.  II.  (APPENDIX  'A')  '      Siii 

APPENDIX  No.  1 

Number.     Page. 

Municipalities — Continued. 

Pickering,  Chit 231  204 

Pipestone,  Man 173  171 

Plantagenet  (North),  Ont 207  175 

Plum  Coulee,  Man 169  170 

Point  du  Lac,  P.Q 132  117 

Pontiac,  P.Q 202  171 

Portneuf,  P.Q 200  171 

Port  Perry,  Ont 109  112 

Prince  Albert,  Sask 215  212 

Prince  Edward,  Ont 237-237a  209 

Quebec  County,  P.Q 172  170 

Queen's,  P.E.I 66  83 

Raglan,  Ont 197  J74 

Rama,  Ont 189  172 

Ratter  and  Dunnet,  Ont 212  175 

Restigouche,  N.  B 248  213 

Richmond,  B.C. .  . .  ._ 265  224 

Riverside,  Man 193  173 

Rochester,  Ont 249  213 

Rossland,  B.C 267  225 

Rouville,  P.Q 201  174 

Ryde,  Ont 212  175 

Ryerson,  Ont 199  174 

St.  Andrews,  N.B 174  171 

St.  Boniface,  Man 181  171 

St.  Constant,  P.Q 127  116 

St.  Emilie  de  Lotbiniere,  P.Q 126  116 

St.  Scholastique,  P.Q 188  172 

Sandwich,  Ont 182  172 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Ont 134  117 

Sherbrooke,  P.Q 253  217 

Shoal  Lake,  Man 137  117 

Simcoe,  Ont 100  107 

Simcoe,  Ont 100a  10S 

Soulanges,  P.Q 243  212 

Springfield,  Man 240  212 

Stanstead,  P.Q 124  116 

Starrington,  Ont 241  212 

Stormont,  Glengarry  and  Dundas,  Otit 232  205 

Strathclair,  Man 106  110 

Strong,  Ont. . ' 137  117 

Sudbury,  Ont 99  107 

Sullivan,  Ont 210  175 

Summerside,  P.E.I 238  210 

Tarentorus,  Ont 171  170 

Tilbury,  Ont 123  116 

Toronto,  Ont 12  12 

Toronto  Gore,  Ont 176  171 

Turnberry,  Ont 177  171 

Vankleek  Hill,  Ont 128  116 

Victoria,  B.0 228  200 

Victoria,  Ont 257  219 

Waterloo,  Ont 234  206 


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Number.  Page. 
Municipalities — Continued. 

Welland  County,  Ont 225-225a  179 

Welland,  Ont,,  Town  of 246  212 

West  Hawkesbury,  Ont 129  116 

Weston,  Ont 194  173 

Wetaskiwin,  Alta 179  171 

Weyburn,  Sask 84  96 

Woodville,  Ont 116  115 

Yarmouth,  N.S 260  221 

York,  N.B 259  220 

York,  Ont 170  170 

Yorkton,  Sask 187  172 

Nanaimo,  B.C.,  City  Clerk 264  223 

Natal,  Postmaster  General,  Pietermaritzburg 294-294a  634 

National-Interstate  Telephone  Association,  U.S.A.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. .  22  22 
National-Interstate  Telephone  Association,  U.S.A.,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 

President .' 303  683 

Neepawa,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Town  of 79  90 

Neepawa,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Town  of 79a  91 

Neepawa,  Man.,  Mayor,  Town  of 163  167 

Netherlands,  the  Hague  General  Postal  and  Telegraph  Dept.  of  the: 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 288  373 

Service  (telephone)  royal  decrees  regulating  the 288a  374 

Tariff  for  subscribers  to  the  local  systems 288b  387 

Newark  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio,  U.S.A.,  Manager 271  228 

Newark  Telephone  Co.,  Ohio,  U.S.A.,  Manager 271b  230 

New  Brunswick  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Fredericton 56  69 

New  Brunswick  Telephone  Co..  Ltd.,  Fredericton 89  99 

New  Glasgow,  N.S.,  Clerk,  Town  of 203  174 

New  Liskeard,  Ont 121  115 

New  Ottawa  County  Telephone  Co 38  58 

New  Zealand,  Post  and  Telegraph  Dept.,  Wellington 279  325 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 279a  326 

Report  (annual)  of  the  Post  and  Telegraph  Dept 279b  334 

North  Electric  Company,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  U.S. A 61  73 

Northern  Indiana  Telephone  Ass'n,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  President. .  87  97 

Norway,  Director  General  Telegraphs,  Christiania: 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems ....     285-285a  357 

Answers  to  questions  re  Christiania  telephone  system 285b  359 

Ochs,  Anthony,  Hespeler,  Ont 1  1 

Ochs,  Anthony,  Hespeler,  Ont 25  29 

Odanah,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of 137  117 

Old  Kentucky  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.,  Winchester,  Ky.,  U.S.A., 

Secretary-Treasurer 26  30 

Ontario  Municipal  Association,  Hamilton,  Ont.,  Secretary 165  168 

Ontario,  Act  respecting  municipal  taxation  in 299  674 


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APPENDIX  No.  1 

Number.  Page. 

Orange  and  Sussex  County  Independent  Telephone  Ass'n,  Newburgh, 

N.Y 95  104 

Orangeville,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of 98  106 

Overholt,  M.  H.,  Jordan,  Ont 216  176 

Owen  Sound  Board  of  Trade 86  97 

Owen  Sound,  Mayor  of 102  109 

Parkhill,  Ont.,  Mayor  of 164  167 

Paul,  Thos.    See  Yorkton,  North-west  Electric  Co.,  Ltd. 

Pembina,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of 186  172 

People's  Telephone  Co.,  Sherbrooke,  P.O.,  General  Manager 18  18 

Perley,  George,  M.P.,  Argenteuil,  P.O. 103  109i 

Peterborough,  Ont.,  Mayor  of 23  23 

Peterborough,  Ont.,  Mayor  of 23b  24 

Peterborough,  Ont.,  Mayor  of 195  173 

Pickering,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 231  204 

Pickup,  S.  W.  W.,  M.P.,  Grenville  Ferry,  N.S 65  81 

Pipestone,  Man.,  Secretary,  Municipality  of 173  171 

Plantagenet  (North),  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township 207  175 

Plum  Coulee,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of 169  170 

Pointe  du  Lac,  P.O.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of 132  117 

Pontiac,  P.O.,  Secretary -Treasurer,  County  of. 202  174 

Portneuf,  P.O.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of 200  174 

Port  Arthur  and  Fort  William,  Ont.,  Attorney  of  Towns  of 30  38 

Port  Perry,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Municipal  Council 109  112 

Portsmouth,  Eng.,  Corporation  of 276  264 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 276a  264 

Balance  sheet,  revenue  account  and  statistics 276b  267 

Statistics 276c  270 

Potts,  Geo.  A.  S.,  Winnipeg,  Man 2  1 

Prince  Albert,  Sask.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  City  of 245  212 

Prince  Edward,  Ont.,  Clerk,  County  of - 237-237a  20& 

Prince  Edward  Island  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Charlottetown,  General 

Manager 48-48a  63 

Prince  Edward  Island  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Charlottetown,  General 

Manager 48b  65 

Quebec,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of 172  170 

Queen's,  P.E.I.,  Clerk,  County  of 66  83 

Raglan,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 197  174 

Railway  Commissioners  for  Canada,  Board  of,  re  application  for  tele- 
phone connection  with  C.P.Ey.  Co.  by  Fort  William  and  Port ,     g0  3& 

Arthur I  300  676 

Rama,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 189  170 

Ratter  &  Dunnet,  Ont 212  175 

Real  Estate  Owners'  Association,  London,  Ont.,   Secretary 53  68 


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Number.     Page 

Regina,  Saskatchewan,  Board  of  Trade,  Secretary 85 

Restigouche,  N.B.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of 248 

Richmond,  B.C.,  Clerk,  Municipal  Council 265 

Rider,  T.  B.,  Fitch  Bay,  P.Q 143 

Riverside,  Man.,  Secretary,  Municipality  of I93 

Roaf,  James  R.,  Toronto,  Ont 

Rochester,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 213 

Ross,  D.  W.    See  Union  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd. 

Rossland,  B.C.,  City  Clerk 267  225 

Rotterdam,  Holland-Municipal  Telephone  System 277-277a  271 

Rouville,  P.O..,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of -01  ^4 

Russia,  Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Dept.,  St.  Petersburg 2;':;  627 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 293a  627 

Government  telephone  systems,  statement  showing  number  of  sub- 
scribers, &c.,  in  cities  and  other  places,  having  telephone  service.  293c  632 
Long-distance  lines,  statement  showing  points   connected  by.  .    .  •  293b  630 
Private  owned  systems,  statement  showing  cities  which  have.  .    .  ■  293c  633 

Rutherford,  J.  A.,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  TJ.S.A 160  160 

Rutherford,  J.  A.,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  TJ.S.A 160a-160b  161 

Ryde,  Ont 212  175 

Ryerson,  Ont.,  Cleik,  Township  of 199  174 

St.  Andrews,  N.B.,  Clerk,  Town  of 174  171 

St.  Boniface,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer 181  171 

St.  Constant,  P.O.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of 127  116 

St.  Emilie  de  Lotbiniere,  P.Q 126  ne 

St.  Hyacinthe,  P.Q.,  M.P.  for  County  of 41  61 

St.  Scholastique,  P.O.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Village  of IS  172 

Sandusky  Telephone  Co.,  Sandusky,  Ohio,  U.S.A.,  Manager 60  71 

Sandwich,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 182  172 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of 134  117 

Schafer,  H.    See  International  Telephone  Mfg.  Co. 

Scott,  Walter,  M.P.,  Regina,  Sask.  .  .  .  .• 63  79 

Scott,  Walter,  M.P.,  Regina,  Sask 77  g8 

Sherbrooke,  P.O.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of  the  County  of.  253  217 

Shoal  Lake,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of 137  117 

Simcoe,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of mo  107 

Simcoe,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of 1,  108 

Sinclair,  J.  H.,  M.P.,  New  Glasgow,  N.S 64  80 

Sise,  C.  P.,  Pres.  Bell  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  of  Canada,  Montreal. ...  142  100 
Skinner,  Charles.    See  People's  Telephone  Co. 

Smith,  E.  D.,  Winona,  Ont. 159  160 

Soulanges,  P.O.,  County  of. .  ■'■ 243  o13 

Sprague  Telephone  Co.,  Demorestville,  Ont.,  President 10  10 

Sprague  Telephone  Co.,  Demorestville,  Ont.,  President 224  1T7 

Springfield,  Man.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Municipality  of 240  212 


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APPENDIX   No.  1 

Number.     Page. 

Stanstead,  P.Q.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County  of 124 

Starrington,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Municipality,  Township  of 241 

Stiger,  J.  W.     See  Stromberg-Carlson  Tel.  Mfg.  Co. 

Stockholm,  Sweden,  General  Telephone  Co.,  Director 154 

ri54a  144 

Stockholm,  Sweden,  Bell  Telephone  Co.,  Manager  of  the i  J 

1 15 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry,  Ont.,  County  Clerk 232 

Straits  Settlements,  Singapore,  Acting  Colonial  Secretary 283          352 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 283a 

Return  showing  receipts  ;md  cost  of  working  of  the  Penang  Tele- 
phone Exchange  (1904) 283b         354 

Stratford,  Ont.,  Secretary  Board  of  Trade 139-139a        118 

Strathclair,  Man.,  Clerk,  Municipality  of IOC          1 LO 

Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Co.,  Rochester,  N.Y.  .  33            51 

Strong,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 137          117 

Sudbury,  Ont.,  Clerk  and  Treasurer,  Town  of 99          107 

Sullivan,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 210          175 

Summerside,  P.E.I.,  Clerk,  Municipal  Council 238          210 

Swansea,  Great  Britain,  Municipal  Telephone  Dept.,  account 307         729 

Sweden.    See  Stockholm  General  Telephone  Co. 

Switzerland,  Telephone  Board  of  Directors 289          393 

Answers  to  questions  by»  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 289  a         393 

Charges  and  reimbursements,  collection  of 289c         418 

Concessions  (grants)  to  be  obtained  in  the  case  of  erection,  &c,  of 
»       independent  telephone   connections   requiring  the   use   of  pro- 
perty of  another  person 289c         419 

Connections,  independent 289c         405 

Connections,  inter-urban 289c         411 

Construction,   general   regulations   for   electric. 289f         429 

Conversations  carried  on  within  a  particular  telephone  system,  also 

over  inter-urban  connections 289c         412 

Decrees    (federal)    relating   to   the   management,    &c,   of   the   tele- 
phone service 289b         399 

Directories  (telephone),  supply  to  subscribers  of 289c         420 

Officials  and  employees,  general  rules  fixing  minimum  and  maximum 

salaries  of  the  several  classes  of 289d         421 

Officials  and  employees,  division  into  classes  of 289d         422 

Officials  and  employees,  rates  of  salaries  paid  to  those  in  charge  of 

following,  viz 289e         425 

Independent  telephone  offices 289e         425 

Telegraph   dept.    with    or   without   telephone   systems    or   post 

office  service 289e.       425 

Telephone  central  stations 289e         427 

Switch  stations 298e        427 

Phonograms  and  telegrams,  transmission  of 289c         413 

Stations,  installing  and  altering  of 289c         406 

Stations,  use  of 289c         407 

Stations,  public  call 289c         408 

Stations,  municipal ; 289c         408 

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Switzerland — Continued.                                                                              Number.  Page. 

Stations,  switch 289c  410 

Stations,  changing  of 289c  414 

Stations,  hours  of  service  at  the  central 289c  417 

Stations,  night  service  at  the  central 289c  417 

Subscribers,  admission  of 289c  403 

Subscribers,  without  stations 289c  406 

Subscribers,  withdrawal  of 289c  416 

Subscribers,  joining  again  of  former 289c  416 

Subscription,  rates  and  extra  charges  for  distances 289c  404 

Subscription,  special  classes  of 289c  404 

Subscription,  temporary 289c  405 

Subscription,  reduced  and  free 289c  406 

Subscription,  altering  of 289c  415 

Switches,  automatic ' 289c  411 

Telephones,  misuse  of 289c  419 

T.  &  A.  Selective  Call  Company,  Geneseo,  111.,  U.S. A 38  58 

Tarentorus,  Algoma,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 171  170 

Tasmania,  Postmaster  General  of  the  State  of 295  635 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 295a  635 

Local  telephonograms,  transmission  of  telegrams  by  telephone.  .    .  .  295b  645 

Private  telephone  lines  between  houses,  offices,  &c 295b  642 

Rates  (other  than  press)  on  trunk  lines 295b  641 

Kates   (press  rates)   on  trunk  lines :  .    .  .  295b  641 

Regulations,  telephone  exchanges 295b  637 

Regulations    for  the  use  of  subscribers'  telephones  *by  the   public 

on  the  ticket  system 295b  641 

Regulations,  with  regard  to  private  lines  in  country  districts.  .    .  .  295b  642 
Regulations,  providing  for  the  erection  of  public  telegraph  or'  tele- 
phone lines  under  guarantee 295b  645 

Taxation,  Act  respecting  municipal   (clauses  relating  to  telephone 

companies) 299  674 

Taylor,  Andrew  J.,  Toronto,  Ont 52  68 

Thompson,  F.  P.    See  New  Brunswick  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd. 

Thunder  Bay  and  Rainy  River,  M.P.,  for  District 92  101 

Tilbury,  Ont 123  116 

Toronto,  City  Clerk 12  12> 

Toronto  Gore,  Clerk,  Township  of 176  171 

Transvaal  Colony,  S.A.,  (Johannesburg)  Postmaster  General 281  349 

Answers  to  questions  by  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 281a  349 

Turnberry,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 177  '171 

Turner,  H.  A.,  Millbrook,  Ont 222  177 

Union  of  Canadian  Municipalities,  Montreal,  P.O. 34  54 

Union  of  Canadian  Municipalities,  Montreal,  P.O. 254-254a  217 

Union  Carbide  Works,  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Ont.,  Supt 148  128 

Union  Carbide  Works,  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Ont.,  Supt 217  176 

f  17  18 

54  68 

Union  Telephone  Co.,  Ltd.,  Florenceville,  N.B.,  Secretary -\    6g  g* 

74  86 

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APPENDIX  No.   1 

__    .      ,                                                                                                                                      Number.  Page. 

United  States: 

Summary   of   information    furnished   by   companies   upon   the   in- 
vitation of  the  Committee  on  Telephone  Systems 310  766 

Notes  to  foregoing  statement 310a  800 

f 160b  161 

United  States  Telephone  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  U.S.A.,  Gen.  Mgr.  •  •  J  269  226 

1^304  685 

Valley  Telephone  Co.,  Annapolis,  N.S 65  81 

Vankleek  Hill,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Town  of 128  116 

Victoria  (Australia),  Sec'y  Postmaster  Genl's.  Dept.,  Melbourne. .     284-284a  354 

C  228  200 

Victoria,  B.C.,  Clerk,  Municipal  Council i  ^jjj  fQ\ 

^228c  202 

Victoria,  Ont.,  Clerk,  County  of 257  219 

Warmal,  F.  V.,  Montreal 218  176 

Waterloo,  Ont.,  Chairman,  Special  Committee  on  Telephone  Services.     234  206 

p53  143 

Webb,  Herbert  Laws,  London,  England X  153a  143 

1^162  166 

Welland,  Ont.,  Clerk,  County  of 225-225a  179 

Welland,  Out.,  Clerk,  Town  of 246  212, 

Weston,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Village  of .' 194  173 

Westport  &  Digby  Telephone  Co.,  Mink  Cove,  N.S.,  Owner  and  Mgr. .     158  159 

West  Virginia  Western  Telephone  Co.,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va 270  227 

Wetaskiwin,  Alta.,  Clerk,  Township  of 179  171 

Weyburn,  Sask.,  Mayor  of 84  96 

Wilson,  C.  E.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  U.S.A 36  56 

Winfield,  W.  A (See  Prince  Edward  Island  Tel.  Co.,  Ltd.) 

Winnipeg,  Man.,  Printers'  Board  of  Trade 268  225 

("144  121 

(  252  213 

Wisconsin,  U.S.A.,  President  Independent  Telephone  Association  of.  .-=;  2g2a  213 

1.252b  214 

Woodstock,  N.B.,  Board  of  Trade 76  88 

Woodville,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Village  of 116  115 

Yarmouth,  N.S.,  Clerk,  Town  of 260  221 

York,  Ont.,  Clerk,  Township  of 170  170 

York,  N.B.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  County 259  220 

Yorkton  Northwest  Electric  Co.,  Ltd.,  Yorkton,  Sask 32  50 

Yorkton,  Sask.,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Town  of 187  172 

Young,  R.  J-    See  Canadian  Manufacturers'  Ass'n. 

Zanesville  T.  &  T.  Company,  Zanesville,  Ohio,  U.S.A.,  General  Mgr. .      82  94