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Population, Total Stations, and Monthly Rates for Local Telephone Service in Typical Exchanges of the Bell System in the United States.

Exchange. Population. Local Message , per Month. „ , Une , r Subscriber • per Circuit. Ri Two Subscribers per Circuit. Rates for Urban Service. Total Stations. „ . Business or Residence. Class. Four Six Subscribers Subscribers per Circuit. per Circuit. Addition Local Messages per Month. Rates for Rural Service. Multi-party Lines unrestricted as to Message-use. 3-25 2-50 2-25 $ Harvard, Massachusetts .. Irwin, Pennsylvania 923 9,008 209 1,020 Bus. .. Res. .. Bus. .. Res. .. Bus. .. Bes. .. Bus. .. Res. .. Bus. .. Res. .. Bus. .. Flat .. 11 ii • • ii • • Unrestricted ii 2-25 4-00 3-00 3-50 2-50 4-50 2-50 4-50 2-75 3-75 2-00 3-50 2-50 3-00 2-00 2-75 2-00 1-75 W2-25 D 2-33 Wl-75 D 1-83 3-00 2-00 2-50 2-00 2-50 2-00 Naples, New York 3,050 521 ii 11 Painesville, Ohio 5,606 1,808 J) Valdosta, Georgia 13,100 1,566 )) ii 11 3-50 2-25 4-00 2-25 3-00 2-00 3-50 (a) 2-00 (a) Bath, Maine 10,852 2,122 11 W2-50 D 2-58 Wl-75 D 1-83 2-50 2-C0 11 Hornell, New York 16,500 2,449 Res. .. ?» 2-50 2-00 1-75 Lansdowne, Pennsylvania . . Salisbury, North Carolina.. Bellingham, Washington .. 10,469 13,800 25,500 2,696 2,230 4,835 Bus. .. Res. .. Bus. .. Res. .. Bus. .. Res. .. Bus. .. ii • - ii ii • • ii • - ii • • 11 11 ii ii ii 11 4-50 2-50 5-00 3-25 4-00 2-50 W 5-50 D 5-75 W2-75 D 3-00 7-00 3-50 4-50 2-75 3-50 2-00 4-75 5-00 2-25 2-50 2-00 4-00 2-25 3-C0 (a) 1-75 (o) I Billings, Montana 21,500 3,507 Res. .. Bus. .. 11 ■ ■ 11 • • 11 11 11 2-00 2-25 W 6-C0 D 6-25 W 2-50 D 2-75 W 3-50 D 3-75 W 3-CO D 3-25 W4-00 D 4-25 W2-00 D 2-25 Res. .. 11 • • 11 3-C0 Fort Smith, Arkansas 29,800 4,189 Bus. .. Res. .. Bus. .. 11 • ' 11 • • 11 • • 5-00 2-50 5-00 n Waukegan, Illinois 22,000 3,229 ii 4-0 2-00 3-50 W2-50 D 2-75 W200 D 2-25 ii Res. .. n • • ii 3 CO 2-50 2-00