The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-23
TELEPHONE LINES
BADLY CRIPPLED
Windstorm Causes Heavy Loss
to the Companies of
Salt Lake.
BELL SYSTEM is THE
HEAVIEST SUFFERER
Wires Between Salt Lake and
Ogden Are Greatly
Damaged.
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timated that the storm put ont Of ser
vice in the neighborbood of four
thousand local telephones, most of
which are on party lines. No attempt
will be made to put these telephones
back into commission until all streets
are cleared of fallen wires. This work
today. in order that the damaged tele-
phone lines can be put back into ser
vice as rapidly as possible, the Bell
company has sent out orders for all
linemen that can be spared from towns
in southern Utah and Idaho to come to
Salt Lake as soon as possible.
Several Serious Breaks.
About the most serious break in the
Bell system occurred on State street,
near Sixteenth South street. AT that
point the cable and poles for dis
tancc of twenty poles fell to the
ground. On State street, near Fiji
teenth South street, the cable came
loose from the poles for a distance Of
ten poles, and fell to the ground. On
North Center street, north of Third
distance of ten poles fell. On f
street, between First and Second
streets, cable and poles fell for dis
tance of six poles. These breaks were
largely due to heavy trees falling
against the cables and poles, AS it
is possible that the cables had been
badly affected by their contact with
lighting wires, it is impossible to estl-
mate Just how much repair work will
be necessary to put them again into
working condition.
independent Suffers But Little.
From statements by officials Of the
Independent company, it appears that
the lines of that system IN Salt Lake
City were not as seriously affected as
were those of the Bell company. 1t
is estimated that about 500 telephones
of the Independent company have been
thrown out of service It is cX
planned. however, that the damage may
prove greater today, when there VIII
be more demand for telephone COM
munication than there was Sunday.
The most serious break in the indie
pendent system III Salt Lake was on
f street north Of First street. For
q distance OF six poles, the cable was
wrenched loose from its fastenings, aud
three poles were blown down. For
near Sixth South. the cable was
knocked down by falling trees and the
wind.
Ogden Cut Of.
Both telephone companies lost com
municatiou with Ogden by the wind
storm, The wires OF both companies
went out of commission about 9 o clock
Saturday night, and up to late hour
Sunday night Salt Lake and Ogden
were without telephone communication.
The greatest damage to the lines be-
tween the two cities, it appears oc-
Cured in the vicinity of Wood 8 Cross,
Bountifnl and Centeryille, For a dis
tance OF between eight aud uine miles
in the vicinity Of BoWtiful the Bell
wires and poles are down. The poles,
it is reported, are scattered helter-
skelter, and il is probable that it will
take several days TO AGAIN place all the
wires, which form the main system be-
tween Salt Lake City and the North
west, In working order again.
The Independent company officials do
not regard the injury 10 their lines he
tween Salt Lake and Ogden as serious
as do the Bell company officials The
Independent lines, however, were blown
down in several places, but for how
great distance could not be ascer
tanned Sunday night The officials of
that company arc inclined to think that
the damage IS not very great, and are
hopeful of Getting their lines 10 work
in n short time 1t is possible that at
least one or two lines Of each of the
companies between Salt Lake and Og-
den. will he working today, providing
the wind does not increase in velocity
again The lines OF both companies
running out of Salt Lake 10 the south,
west and east, were not affected by the
storm According to reports, the storm
did not prevail much further south
than Murray,