The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-15

For some time past the president ana
general superintendent of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company
have had their heads together very
closely for the purpose of outlining eX-
tensive improvements authorized by
the board of directors of the company
and these two indefatigables have now
perfected their plan of campaign and
yesterday the details were made pub
lic 1t is the intention of the company
to cover the southeastern part OF the
state of Idaho with a splendid double
metallic system and connect that sys-
tenn with the Utah lines, thereby
throwing open to direct communication
with Salt Lake and the other Utah job
bling centres that great stretch of
country lying north of Preston to
Market Lake, Idaho Falls and st.
Anthony and easterly through the
Bear lake section. Such a movement
on the part of the company will be of
the utmost Importance to the people
of Utah and southern Idaho and enable
the Salt Lake merchants to reach their
customers direct without delay.
Nearly a year ago the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company secured
franchise from the city of Pocatello
for the establishment of an exchange
there and now it is proposed to at once
commence the construction of the
system, the first work being the estab-
lishment of the central exchange, and
then will follow the extensions to the
surrounding cities on the north, in
GLIDING Blackfoot, Ross Fork, Idaho
Falls, Market Lake, ReXburg, st. An
thony, LewisVille and the other towns
in the east Snake river country. This
means the early construction of 120
miles of double circuit lines in addi-
ton to the city construction. The pre-
liminary work looking to the establish
ment of this splendid system is already
under way and it is anticipated that
during the coming season everything
will be completed and ready for opera
ton, including the connection with the
Utah system at Preston, the present
northern station. Already the COM
pany is double circuiting the north
Utah line to Preston in preparation for
the coming connection. 1t is also pro-
posed and, in fact, determined upon,
that line will be run from Logan up
into the Bear lake country, connecting
all of the cities of that district, in
Guiding st. Charles, Paris and Mont
pelier. In fact, it would cause little
surprise if the lines were extended over
to Soda Springs. All of these improve
ments are but the matter of COM
paratively short time now, the pre-
liminarieS being all practically ar
ranged. They will be of the utmost
Importance to the people of Utah and
southern Idaho, for with the northern
system constructed and in operating
order and the connection made much
needed communication will be estab-
lished.
Now Making Experiments.
In order that some defects in the
single circuit system of this city,
caused by induction from the wires of
the electric light company may be made,
the telephone company is conducting
some extensive experiments in the
eastern part of the city with every
promise of full success. One of the pro-
visions of the contract entered into be-
tween the electric light company and
the telephone company, under which
the former strings it's wires on the
poles of the latter, is in effect that the
strinSing of the wires must be done
in certain manner. This makes it
possible for the construction to be
carried on in conformity with the eX-
periments. The plan of transposing the |
wires from one side to the other has |
been adopted and this is said to neu-
tralize the induction and remove the |
trouble which is at present rendering |
many of the single wire telephone in /
'truments practically worthless. Super |
ntendent Murray stated yesterday that |
ne felt confident the result of the tests |
being made would be perfectly salts |
factory, and that the system would be |
as nearly perfect as it is pos
slble to attain with the single circuit |
Materials on the Way.