Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-01
Increase Of Capita Stock and Ex'
peudlture Of Much Money.
PRESIDENT WALLACE TALKS
Has Just Returned from u Successful
Eastern Trip-What the Telephone
Company VIII DO.


Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Com
pany. has returned from his eastern
trip, where he went on business con.
nected with his company and as a re-
suit, there win be an increase In the
capital stock Of the company from ST.
100000 to 100000, or s2.5OoOoO and the
sale Of from 100000 to 100000 worth Of
stock to apply on improvements next
year Mr.. Wallace was highly satisfied
with the result Of his trip. He left Or.
and Mrs. futile at 81. Louis, recovering
rapidly from their seige Of typhoid
fever. Mrs. Wallace viii remain with
them for the present.
Returning 10 the purpose Of his trip
and its results Mr. Wallace said;
THE extensions and improvements
which we expect TO make the coming
year will require something over $780,
900. for there is a great deal to be done.
In the first place. there Is the stringing
OF the Denver connections which three
gangs OF men are non at work rpon.
building between Rawlins ara Chey-
enne via the long dip into tn Battle
Lake copper country between Fort
Steele and Laramie. and including sew
erai branches into the Saratoga and
North Park districts. This VIII cost
100000. and place wide extent of
valuable mining and stock and agri-
cultural sections In direct converse
tiona touch with Salt Lake and Dem
Yer. in fact. giving through these two
large commercial centers, direct COM
munication between distant and SEEM
ingly inaccessible mining camps and
the large money centers Of the far east
and west.
Then the northern Montana lines
and connections are to be reconstructed
and extended. the Improvements in
Guiding that $4,000 building, switch
board and plant at Butte, the new cen-
trail station and equipment at Missoula,
and an extension Of the wires 10 Great
Falls We have a lot there, and will
build n central station upon Il. Those
new switchboards are wonderful in
vention. All you have 20 do 10 call CEN
trail Is 20 take down your telephone,
when a little electric lamp Is lighted IN
front OF your spring check on the board
Then when the connection called for Is
made, two electric lamps In front OF
the operator, indicating the stations OF
the parties conversing. are lighted au-
tomatically. and remain so until one OF
the parties hangs up his phone, and
then II the other party's lamp continues
lighted. Il is a signal that he desires
another connection, which is asked for
and made. These switchboards are in
tricate affairs, and very costly.
In Idaho Il is our intention 10 extend
the line already inaugurated from Wei
ser up through the Buffalo Hump coun-
try into the Occur d'Alene, something
over 400 miles. Now Just how much
this Improvement is going 10 cost can
not now be stated with any approNima-
ton 70 a fair estimate, as II we should
run into a forest the cost Of maintain
ing the line from damage By falling
limbs would be very great. OF course.
there Is n constant, though small loss
from broken glasses, but this Is incl
dental everywhere In the Occur
d'Alene there will be extensions and
branches into the various mining
camps, and that win be quite an item
Of expense In construction.
But II Is too early 10 give anything
Ike an estimate Of this. Il cannot be
said al this moment whether the con-
nectlon between Boise and Idaho Falls
win be made al an early or late day
The company Is at considerable ex-
pense in the matter Of the new building
al Boise. which is one OF the finest bust
ness structures In that part OF the
country.
In this city II Is the purpose to ex-
pend $4,000 per year on the under
ground system which is now being Wig
orously and successfully pushed. until
the work Is completed through the
paved district, and the immediate Vi
cinity which is likely 10 be paved in
the near future, This latter Includes
Third South street, between State and
West Temple, which Is not yet paved.
! believe the Auerbachs. Ricketts,. Rob
Walker and the Walker Brothers will
not object 10 the paving, but Just how
the First Methodist church WIN view
the matter cannot as yel be said.
Then ii Is the purpose Of our COM
pany 20 extend south. through Sanpete
and SEWER counties. into Beaver and
Iron counties. one line going from there
10 ST. George and another lire going
through TO Phoebe II the country wants
H.
The Southern California telephone
people have told US that II We VIII ex-