The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1913, Page 7

OWNERS DEMAND CHEAPER PHONES FOR FLAT HOUSES Washington Heights Tax- payers’ Association Starts afthough the agpiionce oi Deleage to the company. USERG PAY FOR EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH TOLLE. Outalde of requiring a deposit to guar amtee the payment of the gas monopoly @nd the electric ght monopoly turnich equipment free, But the telephone com- Dany exacte « return for the apptiances Necessary fer the trammission ef mes gages, The patron not only paye the dills but pays rent for the mechinery that rune up the dill, The minimum charge for the instal- lation of an apartment house ewitoh- ‘board ie $906. ‘This inchides one trunk line, the operating telephone, two ex- tensions, or house telephones, and the THRE | EVENING ‘WORLD, TUE Gnd ef@ water, dumbwaiter, gas and Glectric ight figtures. The Washington; Neighte Taxpayers’ Association, which | fe sending owt the eirewiar petitions, ex. | EVERY DAY AT FOUR| Deote te odtain at lene 61,000 signatures oO’CLOCK Each eignature will represent the own- er ef an apartment house oF an agent Remember representing all the wey from five to 100 apartment howses. ft ie expected that @ force of this strength will have ome influence, TEA Sustains and cheers @UVA, Fiji Islands, Feb. 18. — The American schooner Borealis, from Port Townsend on Dec. @ for Samoa, was wrecked off the Tonga Islands on Feb. ‘The officers and crew were saved. LIPTON’S spay, FEBRUARY 18, 1013. Unbleached Muslins Full yard wide; extra heavy. 8¢ grade at, ry per yard ac Limit, 20 yards Matn Foor Lexington to 3d Avenue ALL CARS TRANSFER TO———= New Tub Silk Shirt, $2.98] Women’s Union Suits Muslin Sheets Size, 72x90 inches; seamed centre. First quality, special at. 29 A very big value. Matn Fleer, 59th to 60th Street New arrivals in women’s tub shirts bring with them the snappiest styles’ and effects. |The picture shows a particularly modish Tub Silk Shirt, with turn down Robes- peti= g pierre collar and shirt cuffs. A long Fight to send 3,000 messages a year. ‘The rent charged for the switchboard is! $12 @ year and for the trunk line $4 a year, An additional trunk Une ovsts Formerly 30c, at . 2c. ew i 37¢ very ‘eas offering —one that wit! bring « women Bloomingdalewards to-morrow. Fight for a Reduction. In addition the telephone monopoly PETITION CIRCULATED, charges fe h tele - Seeoment ig the apartment Nowe, 6a: Lig dlecetan bmn messaline Windsor tie is an attractive] Shaped Union Suits of splendid cotton, trimmed Clustve of two, It also charges $1 a Trade Mark Half aCentury feature. Some in solid white, others} with torchon lace. Low neck and wide, um- r rent for the head pi Like the Druggists They Hope} y the erator. to Win Victory by Con- | every call certed Action. brella style. All sizes, very special, 24c. in stripe silks. This regular $3.98 value will be introduced vety spetial it eve sees ‘4 ee $2. 98 Shaped Union Suits of finest quality gauze lisle wennen's Wane Wokeasipeniase ot test] Saunt: We ech, benaiitelly Seened, SR e madras, soisette or linene, French "O8¢ iar hela laa pag id rie, Come. turnover collar and cuffs Ave, Rection, BLOOMINGDAT. The owner payment un For months « committes appointed vy | the Washington Heights Taxpayers’ | | Association has been an loess er ors ‘ , on every telephone cal ing from _ Wise tak sab heblengeed wari scores of apartment houses. ‘The figures . agents interested in @part-| have been tabtilated, ‘They show, ac- | ment houses on one side and the New| cording to the committer, that. ine| New Spring Models Ladies Suits,Coats& Dresses 2d Poor, Lex York Telephone Company on the other wae inaugurated to-day by the distri- bution of thousands of petitions call- | og on the Washington eights Tax- Association to lead the battle. Phone call is seven cents, while the tenant !s taxed only five cents. CHARGE RECORDED FOR WRONG NUMBERS AND BUSY ‘PHONES. average cost to the owner for a tele) Suite—-$25.00 to $65.00, including Faille de Laine, Needle Cords, Broche Crepe, Serges and Eponges. Extraordinary Sale of Domestic} Rugs and Linoleums Prices cut to about half, and in many instances to a Come and take full advantage of these wonderful values. 9x12 Amin Oriental and) 9x12 Seami S| rom reliable and| Rugs, renal pater. Ay known makers; all per-| rug for the bed minaries of the campaign en under way for montis, and now all is in readiness for the main uttack by the apartment house people. It 1s charged dy the owners and ngents of apartment houses that the It 1s alo arged that the method of | js used by the telephone Coats—$22.50 to $39.50. Of Novelty Coat- reepereenghreartnenoge lll ings, Ratines, Covert Cloth and Eponges. efor culls tn which the wrong | Dresses—-$25.00 to $68.00. Crepe de Chine is procured or the number called Meteor, Silk Faille and Crepes, rater demanded by the telephone! is qusy, ‘Tenants refuse to pay for these monopoly for telephone service are) calle, but the owner or agent has to James McCutcheon & Co., 5th Ave. & 34th St., — eompany that in a fect. Value $24.00; $16.75 room. Value oe sale price... sale price . 629 Seamlean Axminaters, copies|8.3210.6 Tapestry Brussels i. from the best Persian rugs, also} Oriental and floral Si Lib designs from the Chi- $14. 75 $14.50; our epecial exceraive, ‘They have embarked on | setile for each of them. There ta no tight to compel a revision | | getting around the telephone company's ‘The plan calls for the amal fettione, 11 the apartment house re Bert ©. nteresta for a tussle with the nese; sale price sale price. Faulhaver, an agent handling | ne monopoly, and if this is not ef- votive, then an appeal to the Public vice Comminsion and the Lugisias ~ | sixty houses In the Washington Helghts district, who fs one of the leaders of the | Movement to force the telephone mo- A Round-Up of 50 Room Size aa Ropoly to revise its tariffs, has a mase of figures to show that there Is not an fr who does not service at @ sub: ture will be made. At the present thine tie New Yori ephone Company, operating in Man- the jurisdiction of the Service Commission. | 4, a ctory state of afe A bill has been introduced in the ature for the transfer of the con- 1 to Public Service Commission No. 1, »f which former Justice MoCall te Chairs aan, The fight of the ors for a new de m Around the Department Fifty pieces in the lot. Some are slightly shopworn, some mis- matched, a few made in our own workrooms and several that are are made from salesmen’s samples. The lot includes Axminsters, Velvets and Brussels Rugs: sizes are 8 ft. 3 in. to 9 ft. wide, 10 ft. 6 in. to 12 ft. long. Values from $10.00 to $24.00 if perfect. Sale prices... $0.00 $7.50 $10.00 ..2°$12.00 Inlaid Linoleum: and Axminster Rug® Colors through to the back, all in the un 30x60 valet ba most desirable patterns; geometrical | __ value $2.25 . and tile effects; selection from the ag ry he salaries fl the telephone at- #. He places the net loss to the of @ six-story apartment shelt rty-two families at over $100 In some tnat the loss has} fond to reach $200 a year. The telephone company insiate that ite! ariffs aré reagonavle and defends tue $3 year charge for the use of instru uents on the ground that the tenant pays the tax. The owners and aggnis deny that the tenuit pays the 5 cente YOU Can Play Home,SweetHome, PERSONALLY bar Conoucted apartinent house own in telephone service urtment house dwelle and agents de- rates for thems not only ma ten mvs for shut tne] month exacted for thee af a or perhaps you would prefer “Way Down South,” | ‘ll. Value up to $1.25; * 69) 2x2, That there t# room for gre strument that costs only $ at the out “6 q tae? * “ * nt 18 apparent to all fateh nak: sawaak yh a ‘Those Rag-Time Melodies,” selections from “The ent payers, cording t is @ part of the i id Si i in’s ‘* in F,” ums, THREAT TO REMOVE SWITCHe| touse accommodation, the same as lot | NEWOERSEY Centrat - BALTIMORE EOHIO - PHILADELPHIAG READING Eee ace A eseclay econ ed Mita 4 : She Printed Lnele me, 2 Wes. Wide, 3 ea Sa ite [ BOARDS AS AN ALTERNATIVE. - — %12 Februaty 2 heh 7 and 27, $y gy February 8 ond 22 Mendelssohn's “Spring Song,’”’ or any equally famous | your choice from the full roll of perfect goods, 34 cents a aq. yd. by ‘urther Interest in the tight for those a . March 22; April 5 iti i ra | ee eet earth oral iFaKt ECZEMA 25 YEARS 2 DAYS Pr 8 and 29 Ces qh eee compositions. You can play them all instantly; in mr oonreomarzy —eeetves F000, Set } and agents to remove fact, with complete and perfect technique without ne ‘Af sichera good rotaraing 39 days, tlle: tue awitchboards if the telephone com- Tuner any previous knowledge’ of music, if you own a “Guernsey” Cooking Ware Yess Broadens Street. pany refuser to accede to thelr de- FACE A MASS OF IT Suen a0 Miseed anenee mands for more liberal contracts. The i ‘ of this threat would force —— = egy ron Wastes Pri ' jouse dwellers to maintain | aint toner with direct connections {Saye “Resinel Cured Me of One of the a ers 88 -Note Fe yes ms { and would nn the books of the Worst Cases Anybody Ever Saw.” Poblsloghtcriie Fa ‘vienhone commany tens of trowxands Of). aq ecrema for the tast_wenty-five S bh d D N ware pave to as an individual. |inat ror weeks T could not go outslde the wee rea AY (4) (6) Lg! ike these we quote in this The Grag: AES OWNETS| door, Sy fash WhelOhO tenes “Of. EHIAGIEN | : : against inonopoly, receutlY |and not only the looks of it. but the iteh- ‘ai saves come way Price and termg No Interest---No Go with Gout vom, has give eto the apartment |ing and burning paine I expertenced were i M S ang ouse people, ‘The druggists labored | just dreadful, 1 lost a great deal of sleep | include Music TE R $3 Insurance — No] Ramikinsat.................3¢| Round Guetards at...... under regulations which compelled them and had to keep den od clothe on my Roll Cabi E Round Egg Dishes. 9c, 12c, Round Covered lo pay exorbitant prices for the installa 1 ntght to relieve the pain. T had! ° abinet, Ss xtras. Other | pie Piates at. Oblong Covered Casseroles on of nmraments, subjected them t9 Aseusted with trying different! Nor Does John D. Own the Earth Bench, Cover, 12 A Walters 88-Note | Oval Covered Casseroles 19¢) These pieces sell regularly for Se jvases from uncollected tolls and U Oval Covered Casseroles 29c|65¢e, now 3c to 2%c. 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You have formed a conclusion in your mind, no doubt, that eweetbreads are good to eat for everyone, You have left out of consideration, however, the fact that thie edible ia the of the calf, the organ from which the greatest amount of uric acid is formed. Hence pereons suffering from gout or diabetes shou'd not eat sweetbreade, You will be able to reach an exact conclusion on this and other points of diet by reading ‘How to Eat for a Long Life” inthe Sunday World Magazine, and wil! be careful thereafter to consider everything possible in relation to what you eat. 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