. The Bell System technical journal . fo ■<t !P o» a> O) O) Fig. 2>i—-Toll board messages per year in thousands, New York-Chicago. growth of very long haul business than business of moderate Zl, 33) and 34, for example, show respectively the growth inmessages for the last five years between New York and Boston, 370kilometers. New York and Chicago, 1,380 kilometers, and the trans-continental business between New York and Chicago at one end and TELEPHONE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES 43 Los Angeles and San Francisco at the other end, an average of 4,700kilometers. It will b
. The Bell System technical journal . fo ■<t !P o» a> O) O) Fig. 2>i—-Toll board messages per year in thousands, New York-Chicago. growth of very long haul business than business of moderate Zl, 33) and 34, for example, show respectively the growth inmessages for the last five years between New York and Boston, 370kilometers. New York and Chicago, 1,380 kilometers, and the trans-continental business between New York and Chicago at one end and TELEPHONE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES 43 Los Angeles and San Francisco at the other end, an average of 4,700kilometers. It will be noted that while the toll business as a wholehas increased as noted above, 67 per cent in this period, the NewYork-Boston business has increased 62 per cent, the New York- 60. 50 40 30 30 10 n Tt ir> U7 r^ 00 (VI rvj f\i (M (Vl C\l o> 0^ a> a> a\ Fig. 34—Toll board messages per year in thousands, New York and Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Chicago business 194 per cent and the transcontinental business 430per cent. In the attached statistical summary is given the basis used fordetermining long distance toll rates, including the practices in the 44 BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL United States in the offering of reduced rates in evening and nighthours. The effect of these reduced rates is in some cases temporarilyto slow down service at the hours when the reduced rates first go intoeffect, because of the large demand for long distant business at thosehours.
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