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- ~ ~ • <br /> <br />KNOX W. ASKINS, J. D. <br />ATTORNEY AT LAW <br />• - 122 3. BROADWAY <br />P. O. BOX 1218 <br />LA PORTE, TEXAS 77871 <br />713 471-1886 <br />September 2, 1976 <br />CERTIFIED MAIL (No. 514531) <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br />Mr. Roy Henderson, <br />Director of Hearings <br />The Public Utility Commission of Texas <br />7800 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Suite 450N <br />Austin, Texas 78757 <br />Re: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Rate Hearing <br />Docket No. 78 <br />Dear Mr. Henderson: <br />• I represent the City of La Porte, one of the cities served <br />by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, which has filed <br />proposed tariff changes which would affect the City of <br />La Porte. <br />Pursuant to the provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory <br />Act (Art. 1446c, V.A.T.S.), the City of La Porte wishes to <br />give notice of its intent to intervene in this case. <br />The City of La Porte is classified as a "Second Tier Zone" <br />city within the Houston Metropolitan Exchange, by South- <br />western Bell Telephone Company. As such, customers within <br />the City of La Porte pay higher rates for the various classes <br />of service, than customers within the Principal Zone and. <br />First Tier Zones, within the Houston Metropolitan Exchange. <br />The City of La Porte has long objected to this discriminatory <br />rate treatment by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and it <br />is the position of the City of La Porte that the same rates <br />should be set for it, as are finally established by the Public <br />Utility Commission of Texas, for customers within the City of <br />Houston Principal Zone. and First Tier Zone. <br />• <br />