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Bust the Trust in Chicago Telephone Monopoly
The Chicago City Council unanimously orders the Chicago Telephone Company to remove nickel-first service and restore nickel telephones, amid federal probes into the Bell monopoly. Officials discuss franchise powers to regulate rates and equipment, with a broader national examination of dissolution under the Sherman act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Telephone Trust
United States
Charles F. DeWoody
Department of Justice Secret Service
Bell Telephone
National
Wickersham
Bell Syndicate
West
DeWoody
Chicago Telephone Company
James B. Bowler
Alderman Bowler
Twigg
Law Department
Bowler
Pringle