Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-10
MORE WIRES
UNDERGROUND.
Big Consignment Of Material Com
ing for Telephone Co.
MAIN BUSINESS ARTERIES
20 De Taken Down from Poles ana
ruried - Work TO be Rapidly
Pushed.

The Rocky Mountain Bell Telenhone
company some time ago ordered 10000
feet %. underground circuit for their
system here and the hrst consignment
ot 10000 ieet is expected to arrive in a
few days. General Manager Murray
said, this morning, that as soon az II
does come the work Of placing the avs.
tenn underground in the paved districts
win begin and that the work viii he
completed THIS season. In about yeor
the entire system In Salt Lake viii he
underground and the poles and over.
head wires VIII be taken down. An Of
the present growth Of the system In
the paved districts Is being done I'M
derground There are no overhead
wires running south OF the Kputsford
hotel nor In the northwestern part of
city ana In two weeks the system ON
the northeastern part OF the city will
be underground. II win be very great
Improvement TO Salt Lake to have the
telephone poles and overhead wires re.
moved and the telephone company is
showing much public spirit In hasten
Ing the time when the city's telephone
circuit win be underground.
All Of the telephones are long dis.
lance ones and the following new lines
are being constructed In and around
Utah for Utah servlce.--( two new COP.
per metallic circuits Will be furnished
on Monday between Salt Lake and
Park city and copper metallic line
from Salt Lake to Nephl has Just been
completed for through service between
the two places,
Copper Metallic circuits are In pro-
cess Of construction between Logan
and Preston and between Mantl and
Beaver, which will be extended to
Kimberly and Marysvale; thence, next
year to Phoebe, Nevada. where II will
connect with a line direct TO Los An
geles An iron wire Is being construct
ed between Logan and Franklin for
Salt Lake use, and two copper metallic
circuits are being placed from Dillon TO
Butte to facilitate Utah business.
on Monday work will commence on
line from Evanston TO Diamondvlle,
Kemmerer and Opal, which will be ex-
tended to Fort Brldger and the Lone
Tree country connecting the Mormon"
colony at owen with Salt Lake. Lines
are also in progress Of construction
from Boise east TO HALEY and thence
to Pocatelo, where II viii connect with
the Utah-Montana line. 1t is expected
that most OF this work will be COM
peted this season.
In addition to the added improve
ments and facilities the company has
made a supplemental list Of rates. In
the future there will be no rental
charge made and the lessee of the In
strument will be charged only for calls
that are made from his instrument,
A minimum guarantee rental is fixed
as follows: For telephones In business
places the minimum Is so calls pei
month at &c each and all over that 2hc
each. In residences with single ser
vice the minimum is 20 calls per month
at &c each and for the next so calls lhc
each. All over this no charge Ia made
for. The eight party service will be
so arranged that only one other call
viii sound on any one instrument than
its own and a minimum charge OF 70
calls at &c will be made, after which
each call win be charged at lhc each.
General Manager Murray says that
the independent telephone agitation
has done nothing more than 10 increase
the number Of subscribers to his COM
pany