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TELEPHONE INFORMATION

As published in the 1947 Metuchen Guide to Better Business and Pleasure


For emergency calls, dial or call operator and say I want to report a fire, I want a policeman or I want an ambulance. Remain at your telephone until all information is transferred. For aid in making a call, dial operator or call chief operator. To discuss business matters, dial 811 or call chief operator. For information, dial 4ll or call information.

Telephone Toll Rates at station to station rates.
(Including U. S. Tax.)

FROM METUCHEN TO:

Asbury Park - 0.25
Bound Brook - 0.10
Brooklyn - Long Distance Approx. - 0.30
Carteret - 0.10
Cranbury - 0.16
Dunellen - 0.10
E. Millstone - 0.10
Elizabeth - 0.10
Fanwood - 0.10
Jamesburg - 0.15
Jersey City - Long Distance. Approx. - 0.20
Linden - 0.10
Matawan - 0.10
Milltown - 0.10
Monmouth Jct. - 0.15
Newark - 0.15
New Brunswick - 0.05
New York - Long Distance Approx. - 0.25
Perth Amboy - 0.05
Philadelphia - Long Distance Approx. - 0.40
Plainfield - 0.05
Princeton - 0.20
Rahway - 0.10
Somerville - 0.15
South Amboy - 0.05
South River - 0.10
Trenton - 0.30
Woodbridge - 0.05

Western Union Telegram Rates Incl. 25% U. S. Tax
Minimum 10 words - 0.42

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