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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1912

Page

2

Chicago must curb the Bell monopoly to cut phone rates

A 1911 Chicago examination warns the Bell Telephone Company dominates the market with misleading subscriber counts while the Automatic Chicago Tunnel Company grows fast. It argues for renewed competition, lower rates, and a city bureau of complaints amid calls for a measured service overhaul.

Telephone Trust earnings rise from 1900 to 1910

Net earnings climbed from 4 270 609 dollars in 1900 to 23 006 289 dollars in 1910. Yet the Trust seeks to squeeze more money from Chicago residents.

Telephone Trust Chicago

San Francisco bribery probe names Pacific Telegraph link

The report alleges the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company bribed San Francisco Supervisors to block competing franchises including Home Telephone Company. Total bribes exceeded $50,000. company directors claim ignorance of funds sourcing. Signed by William Kent and six other San Francisco mayoral appointees. Oct 12, 1908 note adds Mayor Harrison’s order for a new report.

San Francisco Oliver Grand Jury Board of Supervisors Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Home Telephone Company William Kent Chicago

Chicago Telephone Rates Target City Residents

A Chicago article accuses the Chicago Telephone Company of charging city customers higher rates than in suburbs and claims profits in the city fell due to nickelphone usage while suburban earnings rose. It urges aldermen to block rate hikes and questions ties between utility firms and city officials amid calls for pay in advance phones and expanded public safety concerns.

Chicago Telephone Company Chicago Daily News Chicago Bernard E. Sunny Telephone Trust Bell Telephone Company Local Telephone Company Western Electrical Company Bell Telephone Telephone Company Bell Monopoly Seyferlich Telephone

Telephone Trust Seen as Major Menace to Public Welfare

The passage attacks the Telephone Trust as a grinding monopoly that stifles competition and makes people serfs to its beck and call. It condemns the high eight percent dividend on twenty nine million stock and asserts public anger will rise until the trust and its abettors are punished for charging high telephone rates.

Telephone Trust Telephone Company United States

Telephone Charges, Graft, and Local Politics Spotlighted

A Chicago editorial mixture urges lower telephone rates and public utility reform while accusing officials of graft in gas shut offs and tampering with aldermen. It endorses candidates Lynden Byane, Joseph LaBay, Walter Schmidt, Arthur Fulton, James Dailey, Stephen Malato, and others as honest public servants. The piece links the McCormick faction to utility schemes and previews a strong election outlook across Cook County.

Denver Colo Cook County Walter E. Schmidt

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