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Perrysburg Journal
Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio
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Detroit's common council granted a franchise to the Co-operative Telephone Co., setting rates at $24 for residences and $48 for businesses, with a provision for the city to buy the plant later. They also directed the mayor to appoint a commission for a municipal gas plant.
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Detroit, March 12.—The common council last night granted the Co-operative Telephone Co., recently organized here in opposition to the Bell Co., a franchise to do business, establishing the maximum rate at $24 for residence and $48 for business phones. The ordinance contains a provision that the company must sell its plant to the city when the city obtains the right to operate a municipal telephone exchange. The council also instructed the mayor to appoint a commission to install municipal gas plant.
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Detroit
Event Date
March 12
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franchise granted with maximum rates of $24 for residence and $48 for business phones; provision for company to sell plant to city upon municipal operation rights; mayor instructed to appoint commission for municipal gas plant.
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The common council granted the Co-operative Telephone Co., organized in opposition to the Bell Co., a franchise to operate, setting maximum rates and including a clause for future sale to the city. Additionally, the council directed the mayor to form a commission to install a municipal gas plant.