Massachusetts Highway Commission report on Boston area telephone rates
The commission summarizes decades of hearings and expert reviews led by MIT professionals on Boston and suburban phone rates. It proposes a five cent toll up to eight miles, zone-based pricing, measured service for small users, two party lines replacing multi party, and inventories to ensure fair, equitable charges while preserving revenue.
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Boston
D. C. Jackson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jackson
Chicago
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Boston and
Telephone and
Terrihe Commission
Boston Tory
New Telephone Rates and District Charge Structure Adopted
The Metropolitan District consists of main exchanges and suburban districts built from contiguous exchanges with five cent tolls within eight miles. Additional five cents per eight miles apply beyond that, measured airline. Rates cut on extension sets for unlimited Metropolitan and Suburban services, with suburban grades E F G H defined by subscriber counts. Exchanges listed by district include Cohasset through Reading in E, Braintree to Woburn in F, Dedham to Wellesley in G, and Arlington to South Boston in H. A comparative schedule of rates and service classes was issued by the commission.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Milk Street
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Jackson
Boston and Suburban
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Main
Fort Hill
Richmond
Haymarket
Oxford
Tremont
Back Bay
Cohasset
Hingham
Hull
Lincoln
Norwood
Reading
Braintree
Canton
Chelsea
East Boston
Needham
Randolph
Wakefield
Weymouth
Winchester
Winthrop
Woburn
Dedham
Hyde Park
Lexington
Malden
Melrose
Newton West
Quincy
Revere
Stoneham
Waltham
Wellesley
Suburban
Private Branch Exchange
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Commission
A. R. Patterson
George Albree
D. C
William B. Jackson
F. I. Bieler
Aeg Beleedu
Ams
California
North Pacific Coast
Union Pacific and
North Western
Pullman
S. A. Hutchison
Clark Street
Illinois
Union Pacific
J. E. Brittain
N. W. Ry
Washington Street
Chas. H. Fletcher
Castoria
New Yorke
Central Drug Co
Detroit
Mich
Christy Drug Stores
Pittsburg
Jacob Bros
Philadelphia
Fletcher’s Castoria
Hess & McCann
Kansas City
Voegels Bros
Minneapolis
Minn
Polk Miller Drug Co
P. A. Capdau
New Orleans
M. C. Dow
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fletcher
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