HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 190A-1928 (405)180
WHERe-LAS the Pacific Telephone s. nc] Telegraph Company has petitioned the Railraod
Comz:~.ission of the State of California to increase the telephone rs~tes in San i-¢rsncisco,
0aklmad,Berkeley,Atameda, Piedment and other communities about San Francisco Bay; and
;~HEREAS this City Co~mcil is advieed that the rs~tes asked by said l~acific Telephone
and Telgraph Company are ~elieved to be unfair and e.~ort~itant,and that the rates ps. id in the
communities referred to should 'be decreased instead of increased,s.nd could b~ decreased and ~l~x
allow the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to ~.~ake a f~ir return on the C~ '
~p~tal it has
invented,if said Pacific Telephone and Telegraph operated its buisness without paying to the
American Tele~bhone and Telegraph of Rew York a'~ny percentage of its gross income yearly and
be relieved of the necessity of purchasing al.% their su?plies fror.~ the ;¢estern Electric Company,
Incorporated,o~ the State of New York:and
;~HE~.EAS rngSy tele]~hone subscribers in South San Frsncisco will be efi'e$~_by any
increase in telephone rates;and
'¢¢HEREAS the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Compnay o]~erate ~nd do bu.%.%ness in the
Sta~.e of California,Washington,Oregon,Idaho,and Nevada, and ~,this City Council i~ advised
that said corporation has cause~i~ the ¥~eople in ~l~e Statesoof ~ashington and Oregon to pay
excessive rates for telephone service will,if not restrained,seek to im!~ose unjust,dis-
criminatory and unfair telephone rates In all communities where they are engaged in business;
NOW?THEREFORE, be it Resolved:
Section 1. That ~ongress cause a Federal Investigation of the affairs of the ?~cific
Telephone Con~:;any, the American Telephon~ and Te!egra?h Co~.I,~ny,and the "Jestern Electric Comp~ay
to be conducted for BRe purposr of ascertaining if the relations between these companies constitute
a monopoly in the selling of telephone service throu~fhout the,~°ts. tes of California,Ws~shington,
0regon,IdahR and Nevada and if they so constitute a monpoly that action be taken by Congress to
initiate ~ proper proeeeding to terminate the relations ben, ween the America'~n Telephone amd
Telegraph Com?any,Eestern L!ectric Co~.~yany and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Con~yany,
SECT~0N 2. The City Attorney is he-,'eby directed to forward a co).~y of th/.s resolution to
United S~ates Senators Hiram W.Johnson a~d Samuel ~1~. Shortridge,and all me:nbers of the tiouse
of Representatives from Californi_a,that they may take the neces~ary steps to cause the invest-
igated hereby requested.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced and ad~y. ted
by the City Counci2 of ttleuth San Francisco,this ~Zr~l day of J[.nuary,~.~.'8,by the following
vote:
Ayes, Councilmen,
Noes ,C ounci l~,'~e n,
A,Hynding,R, Lloyd, I~,~iinucc iani ,._R_. Tibbet ts ,A. J. Eschelbach..
None
Absent,Council~.~en, None
ATTEST:
Dsa~isl EcSweeney
City C.~ erk.