1 86 Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe 



4. Rates for international trunk communication : 



S. (i. 



Between Berlin and Vienna, per three minutes . . .26 

 ,, ,, Munich, ,, ,, ...20 



,, Mannheim or Heidelberg and Wiirtemberg, per three 



minutes . . . . . . . .10 



,, other places in Baden and Wiirtemberg, per five 



minutes . . . . . . . .10 



Between Mannheim and Ludwigshafen (Bavaria), 5/. per annum, or 

 3</. per three minutes. 



Urgent or express talks are allowed on payment of triple unit 

 charge. 



5. Rates affecting public telephone stations : 



*. d. 

 Three minutes' local talk . . . . . . .02^ 



,, suburban talk . . . . . .05 



,, short trunk talk (up to about 30 kilometers) . o 5 



,, long trunk talk (any distance exceeding 30 



kilometers) . . . . . .10 



In Frankfort-on-Main and some other towns subscribers may 

 use the public stations locally free of charge in the absence of any 

 paying customer. 



6. Rates for telephoning of telegrams. For each telegram 

 forwarded or delivered by telephone, a foundation charge is made 

 of id., with -fad. per word added. Telegram accounts must be 

 covered by deposit and settled monthly, or, if desired by the 

 Administration, as soon as they amount to ics. 



7 and 8. Rates for telephoning of mail matter and of 

 messages for local delivery. In addition to the postage or cost 

 of special messenger, the telegram charge of id. for each message, 

 with -^ G d. for each word, applies also to these services. 



WAY-LEAVES 



The Imperial German Administration has been specially 

 credited in Great Britain with being possessed of quite Gargan- 

 tuan powers in the direction of autocratic way-leaves. On ex- 

 amination, however, the fairy vision vanishes. The plain fact is 

 that, apart from the clause, which, like the National Telephone 

 Company, it inserts in its subscribers' agreements, the German 



