Unrestricted Competition in Telegraph and Telephone Policy Debate
The testimony argues against unfettered competition in the Massachusetts telegraph and telephone sectors. It cites 1876 79 Western Union Bell arrangements, calls for state supervision, and references Indiana 1885 rate limits and Woonsocket case as examples of regulation shaping prices and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
Edison
National Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Bell Telephone Company
American Bel Telephone Company
N. & Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Bell Company
New England Company
New York
Metropolitan Telephone Company
Wolcott
Judge Cooley
Congress
District of Columbia
Committee On Appropriations
Telephone Company
Indiana
State of
Ndiana
Albree
Mr. King
Canada
Porter
New England
Woonsocket Company
Blackstone
Woonsocket
Board of Electric Light Commissioners
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Massachusetts Tele
General Eagan backs canned roast beef for army supplies
General Eagan, newly arrived from New York, told the court he favored canned roast beef as a substitute when fresh beef or refrigerated options were unavailable. He noted navy use, urged it as a stew ingredient, and discussed tests comparing refrigerated and frozen beef, plus reasons against government own herds. The hearing paused with his testimony incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Piper
Department of Volunteers
Henry Osgood
Weston
General Eagan
Eagan
Washington
Commissary Department
United States
Piper
Alger
Alexander R. Piper
Subsistence Department of Volunteers
Massachusetts
Porto Rico
J. F. Weston
Tampa
Cuba
Powell
Edwards
Armour & Co
Miles
Swift & Co
Osgood
G. L. Scott
Sixth Cavalry
Charles H. Grierson
Tenth Cavalry
L Eaganmy
New York
Army
Department
Navy
Philip Reed
Brockton Trade Delegate Urges State Supervision for Rates
Ex Representative J. J. Dowd of Brockton, speaking for the Brockton Board of Trade, urged state supervision to lower telephone and coal carrying rates. He cited Brockton’s experience with reduced coal transport rates from the New York New Haven Hartford railroad after Railroad Commission action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowd
J. J. Dowd
Brockton
Boston Fruit Exchange Opposes High Telephone Charges
Jonathan Bigelow of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange urged state supervision on telephone rates, calling current charges excessive and urging regulation. George F. Mead of Lexington, speaking for the Boston Board of Trade, supported state supervision of quasi public service firms and endorsed the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Washington
Board of Trade
Lynn
Brockton
Massachusetts Board of Trade
Mead
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
F A. Kimball
Powers
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Railroad Commission
Jerome Jones
Robert A. Boit
Clinton White
William B. Bird
Edward P. Mason
Jonathan Bigelow
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
George F. Mead
Lexington
Boston Board of Trade
Man Falls At South Boston Sugar Refinery Fatal
John Scanlan of 262 Broadway South Boston an employee of the American Sugar Refining Company fell from the refinery roof on Granite Street around 2 45 pm yesterday. He suffered a compound skull fracture and died en route to Emergency Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scanlan
Broadway
South Boston
American Sugar Refining Company
Granite Street
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State House
U. S
John J. Whipple
Brockpeak Es
Bill Ear
Massachusetts Company
Boston
Boston Exchange
State Board of Trade
New England Telephone Company
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Gas Commission
Massachusetts Pipe Line Company
Boston Gas Light Company
Brookline Gas Company
Commission
Boston and Brookline Company
Brookline Company
Boston Gas Company
Miller
Hayes
Lynn Board of Trade
Brookline
Electric Light Commission
Mr. Powers
Mr. Albree
Mr. Porter
President Holbrook
Venus L. Holbrook
Mr. Holbrook
Montreal
Mr. Miller
Holbrook
Carroll D. Wright
Major Osgood
Josiah Quincy
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