Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, August 2, 1919, p. 1. PHONE RATES UNCHANGED Back to Private Ownership, But Government Rates Remain. With the return of the telephone and telegraph lines to private ownership, Thursday night at midnight, Manager Shoemaker, of the local exchange, announced that the change would not affect the rates at present. The rates boosted recently under government control will remain in effect until held necessary to operation or lowered by the Public Service Commission.