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Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
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Owensboro, Ky., City Council passes ordinance on first reading requiring Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company to remove poles and wires from city streets due to lack of franchise. Recent rate reduction to $1.50 for residences and $2.50 for businesses; company plans county message charges and expects legal battle.
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Ordinance Directed At Cumberland Telephone Co.
Owensboro, Ky., Jan 4. At a meeting of the City Council tonight an ordinance was passed on its first reading requiring the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company to remove all of its poles and wires from the streets of the city of Owensboro. It is alleged that the company is operating without a franchise.
Recently the Council passed an ordinance requiring the Cumberland to reduce its rates to $1.50 a month for residence 'phones and $2.50 for the business houses, the same rate as charged by the Kentucky and Indiana Telephone Company.
The Cumberland people say they will be forced to charge five cents and ten cents for all messages in the county district outside the city, which heretofore has been free. A long legal battle is expected.
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Owensboro, Ky.
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Jan 4
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ordinance passed on first reading; cumberland plans to charge five cents and ten cents for county messages outside city; long legal battle expected.
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At a City Council meeting, an ordinance was passed requiring the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company to remove all poles and wires from Owensboro streets, as the company operates without a franchise. Recently, the Council passed an ordinance reducing rates to $1.50 monthly for residence phones and $2.50 for business houses, matching the Kentucky and Indiana Telephone Company.