SURPLUS:

held in trust pending further order, to be, after payment

PAGE

394

See Service Connection Charges:

SUSPENSION RATES.

disconnection.

SWITCHBOARDS:

installation of new switchboard, by specified time, ordered.

555-557

TAXES. See Operating Expenses.

TELEGRAMS. See Rates: classes of service, for.

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES:

construction and maintenance of telegraph line by rail-
road company (See Valuation of Property: basis of,
various items: construction)

installation of independent office where company has agent
to send and receive messages not justified on showing
as to total receipts for various years, complaint that
telephone charge on all messages sent or received was
discriminatory not sustained, dismissed (I. C. C.)..........
jo'ntly used property (See Valuation of Property: basis
of, in general: allocation)

TELEGRAPH SERVICE. See Rates: classes of service, for.
TOLL:

commissions:

adjustment of balances due from mutual company,
not within jurisdiction of Commission (Ill.) . . . . . .
incoming and outgoing messages, on, fixed (S. D.)..
10% but not exceeding ten cents on any one message,
authorized (Mo.)....

920-923

161-163

102, 105

648, 650

connecting contract or agreement including provision for
compensation for incoming and outgoing calls, ordered
entered into (S. D.)......

101-105

interline revenues, division of:

failure of companies to agree as to, upon, jurisdiction
retained (Wis.)

1159-1160

fixed (Wis.)

257

line built solely for toll purposes after other com-
pany failed to restore toll line, to be considered
integral part of toll line distance in computing,
ordered (Wis.)

lines:

..1157-1158, 1160

clear, removal of all subser bers from line connecting
two exchanges, subscribers to be served from local
lines, ordered (Wis.).....

594-595

lines continued:
discontinuance of portion of jointly owned, which
would result in inconvenience and delay in routing
toll messages, where company in good financial con-
d'tion, though somewhat less than full return
earned, denied (Wis.).....

(See also Sale of Property)

physical connection:

clear line, providing for, ordered (Wis.).
long distance service, for, even though both companies
subject to regulation and control as to service and
rates, Commission cannot require (Mo.). . . . . .
mutual company's lines and those of company giving
long distance service, between, Commission cannot
require (case noted) (Mo.).....
subscriber's demand that companies physically con-
nect, where companies already connected by toll
lines, denied (Ill.).......

within specified time, ordered (Wis.)....

rates:

costs to be borne by applicant (S. D.)......

appointment and me senger calls, established for..
basis of:

appointment and messenger rates, discussed
(Mont.)

differentials for other c'asses of toll rates, based

on station-to-stat'on rates (Mont.)....
initial period and overtime period, approved..
night rates, discussed (Mont.).

overtime rates, discussed (Mont.).....

PAGE

575-577

254-258

355, 364

354-355

940-941
1156-1160

99-105

493

753, 760-762

756
289-290

.753, 763-765
.753, 765, 774–775

person-to-person rates:

discussed (Mont.)

.753, 760-762

initial period, thoroughly discussed (Mont.).. 753, 765–

773

service classification, six classifications recognized
and established by toll rate schedule, discussed
(Mont.)

740-753

station-to-station rates:

discussed (Mont.)

.753, 756-758

long and short haul, d'scussed (Mont.)....758-759, 774
(See also revenues, below)

increase, former order corrected to allow increase

above that formerly authorized...

299

TOLL Continued:

rates

continued:

PAGE

interexchange service, free:

agreement, by, held not to include long distance
cal's, request for free transmission of toll
messages, denied (Kan.)... . . .
calls originating at rural stations located beyond
a switch or second exchange where rural line
facilities between towns available, to be handled
without additional charge, approved (S. D.)..
consolidation of two exchanges, following, ap-
proved (Ind.)
continuation between specified exchanges follow-
ing sale of property, approved (Ind.)......
continuation over period of years by reason of
encroachment upon territory adjacent to other
company's exchange, and geographical and
social conditions, considered in ordering

.....

59-64

102-105

316-317

632-633

restoration (Wis.)

cost of giving service, discussed...

597-598

123-125

discontinued and toll rate established....121–126, 1166–1167

discriminat ry and refusal to give service until
terms reached by mutual agreement, authorized
(Kan.)

d'scriminatory, one direction free with toll charge
in opposite direction, free service discontinued
(Kan.)

establishment, rural line connection with two ex-
changes of e mpany according to provisions of
order, permitted (Wis.)......

upon failure disconnection of lines, approved
(Wis.) ....

expense of should be absorbed by connecting com-
panies if not covered under switching contract,
upon failure of parties to agree, terms to be
fixed (Wis.)

flat rates sufficiently high to cover, unreasonable
and not in line with good business principles
(Wash.)

franchise, required by, binding until contract

annulled, re-establishment ordered (Tenn.)...
not permitted (Ill.).....

1171-1172

53-55

988-990

258-260

260

597-598

877

432-437

940-941

interexchange service, free-continued:

priority right of company considered in requir-
ing another company previously ordered to
abandon toll line, to discontinue free service
over so-called rural line used and supervised by
them, but belonging to oil company, for what
it might be able to get in the way of toll com-
missions (Okla.)

re-establishment, cost of giving service would en-
large loss already sustained, not approved
(Wash.)

....

restoration of clear line for, ordered (Wis.). .
interexchange service, toll:

basis of, places burden of expense of toll service
upon parties making use of it (Wis.)......
discriminatory, found to be, adjusted (Ore.)....

elimination of:

PAGE

97-98

877

596-598

898
1102
1111-1112

325-326

subscriber's application for, where exchange
revenues insufficient to pay expenses and
allow for depreciation charge or interest
on investment, denied (Kan.) . . . . . . . .
territory located within exchange areas of
two companies whose boundaries were
formerly determined, in, not approved
and complaint dismissed (Cal.) . . . . . . . . . 138-139
established...... .121-126, 256-257, 493, 497, 877-878
1166-1167, 1171–1172

charges regularly filed but never collected,
burden of proof sustained as to their
reasonableness and suspended schedules
placed in effect (O.).....

78-82

originating exchange to retain all charges
(Kan.)
establishment:

988-990

989-990

certain exchanges, between, denied (Kan.).
discontinuance of exchange following con-
solidation obviating necessity of, denied
(Mich.)

335-337

flat rate discontinued and charge on air line basis,

reduction in, between exchanges and increase in
exchange service rates so as to provide reason-
able return, where invasion of occupied terri-
tory denied, recommended (Wis.)..
restoration of charge to outlying points tending
to equalize rates charged in various exchanges,
recommended (N. Y.).....
short-haul business, depriving other company of
by handling considerable volume of business
between towns over rural lines, continuation
approved where rural line facilities available
and physical connection between companies
ordered (S. D.)...........

time limit and overtime charge, approved.....
intrastate, with exception of person-to-person calls
of ten miles or less, standard toll charges at request

1163

1044-1045

101-102

121-126

of intervening company, authorized (Neb.)....... 1032-1034
minimum monthly guarantee, established....

night rates, approved..

non-subscriber calls from subscriber's station, sub-

scriber responsible for (cases noted) (Ariz.)....
overtime period and rate, established....

person-to-person calls:

authorized for

increase, but not as requested, authorized......
station-to-station calls, for:

approved

increase authorized

report charge:

approved

basis of, discussed (Mont.)..

established

497

290

613-614

493, 497

.290, 493, 497

824-828

.289, 493, 497

824-828

290

.753, 762-763

493

.886, 888-889

standard charge, authorized...

revenues, allocation:

...

credit to exchange of 42% of, to cover expense of
handling toll business, made (Ore.)......
interstate and intrastate, credits to, and allocation
by respective states in accord with prescribed ac-
counting, not changeable (Ore.).

toll property and rates are generally held to begin
and end at back of switchboard (See C. L. 142,
p. 637)

1094-1095

1094