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J r. <br />CHAMBER OF COMMERCE <br />REQUEST TO COUNCIL RE: <br />INCREASE IN TELEPHONE <br />RATES. <br />REPORT OF CITY MGR. <br />AND CITY ATTY. RE: <br />CONFERENCE WITH <br />STATE CORP. COMM. <br />RE: TELEPHONE RATES <br />AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY A RESIDENT ENGINEER - INSPECTOR FROM WILEY AND <br />WILSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR PROPOSAL DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 1948. <br />MR. FRANK CALHOUN OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APPEARED BEFORE THE <br />COUNCIL WITH REFERENCE TO THE APPLICATION OF THE VIRGINIA TELEPHONE AND <br />TELEGRAPH COMPANY TO THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR AN INCREASE <br />IN TELEPHONE RATES IN THIS AREA. MR. CALHOUN ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL <br />REQUEST THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION TO DEFER GRANTING AN INCREASE <br />IN TELEPHONE RATES UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE QUALITY OF SERVICE MAY BE <br />DETERMINED AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE DIAL SYSTEM. ON MOTION THE <br />CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WERE REQUESTED TO ACCOMPANY REPRESENT- <br />ATIVES OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO CONFER WITH OFFICIALS OF THE STATE <br />CORPORATION COMMISSION REGARDING THIS MATTERV AND TO REPORT THE RESULTS <br />OF THIS CONFERENCE TO THE COUNCIL AT A MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 2, 1949. <br />ION THE TING ADJOURNED. <br />/1110 oll <br />CLERK PRESIDENT <br />PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: <br />MR. <br />R. <br />S. <br />ADAMS <br />MR. <br />J. <br />M. <br />BARR, III <br />MR. <br />H. <br />A. <br />H ADEN <br />MR. <br />S. <br />F. <br />HAMM <br />MR. <br />Gus <br />K. <br />TEBELL <br />COUNCIL CHAMBER — JUNE 29 1949. <br />TAKE NOTICE: <br />A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON <br />THE 2ND INST. AT 4:00 O'CLOCK FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING REPORT <br />WITH REFERENCE TO VIRGINIA TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S <br />REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN RATES. <br />BY ORDER OF: <br />M.t. M. PENCE _(s 1 GN�D) _ACUS K. TEBELL ( S 1 GNED <br />CLERK PRESIDENT <br />A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WAS HELD ON THIS DATE WITH THE <br />FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. ADAMSV MR. BARRO MR. HADEN$ MR. HAMM <br />AND MR. TEBELL. <br />THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT IN ACCORDANCE <br />WITH ACTION OF THE COUNCIL AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 31, <br />1949, THEY HAD CONFERRED WITH OFFICIALS OF THE STATE CORPORATION <br />COMMISSION, TOGETHER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY AND THE <br />CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE VIRGINIA TELEPHONE <br />AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY FOR AN INCREASE IN TELEPHONE RATES. THE CITY <br />ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES WERE INFORMED THAT THE <br />DECISION OF THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION IN THIS INSTANCE WOULD BE <br />BASED UPON THE EARNINGS OF THE COMPANY RATHER THAN THE QUALITY OF SERVICE <br />RENDERED. MR. L. L. DUNSMORE OF THE VIRGINIA TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH <br />COMPANY PRESENTED REASONS ON BEHALF OF THIS COMPANY NECESSITATING AN <br />INCREASE IN RATES. THE COUNCIL GAVE CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION TO THIS <br />MATTER11 HOWEVERV NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. <br />T ION TH ET I NG ADJOURNED. <br />CLERK PRESIDENT <br />