Excerpt from Telephone Service and Rates: Report of the Committee on Gas, Oil and Electric Light to the City Council of Chicago; September 3, 1907 In South Chicago, West Pullman, Burnside, Hegewisch, Chicago Lawn, Longwood, Riverdale, Washington Heights, South Englewood, Austin, Cragin, Irving Park, Jefferson Park, Norwood Park, Rogers Park and Mont Clare, sixteen localities in all, the Chicago Telephone Company maintains local or neighborhood exchanges, with rates vary ing from.$1.50 to per month for unlimited residence or business service. The Company has provided such local service at lower rates on account Of the fact that in these particular districts the telephone use is almost entirely Of a local character. The subscribers' lines are located within smaller areas and the use Of the telephone is more lim ited and more nearly uniform. At the present time the Company charges a higher rate in South Chicago than in the other neighborhood exchange districts. This fact has been the cause Of much complaint from telephone patrons in South Chicago. The Company has claimed to justify this condition on account Of the larger number Of subscribers and the greater length Of lines. The Committee has prepared a uni form schedule Of rates for all such exchanges hereafter. This class of service has proven to be extremely popular with telephone users in such isolated districts. It gives communication to the grocer, the butcher, the druggist, to all local business houses and to one's social associates at a very low price. However, the Company has established a system Of toll charges in connection with such exchanges which has proven unsatisfactory. This subject is discussed elsewhere under the head Of Local Tolls. During the consideration Of the telephone subject by the Committee. Many communications and petitions were received by the Committee, insisting upon the retention Of neighborhood exchange service. Dele gations and committees representing the citizens Of the different ex change districts appeared before the Committee to present the requests Of telephone users for the continued maintenance Of such exchanges. The schedule Of rates as prepared and the decided improvement in the toll conditions will make this service especially popular. The rates fixed for both business and residence are for unlimited local service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.