§ 17. Mr. McENTEEasked the Postmaster-General the estimated or average profit made by his Department on a telephone in use by a private householder, and the average cost of maintenance per year?
§ The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Graham White)The ducts, cables and exchange apparatus serve, speaking generally, both business and residential subscribers. Separate statistics of cost or profit for residential lines only would be too artificial to be of real value and are therefore not kept.