Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-24
Telephone Company lnstaIIs New
Service at the Local Ex.
change at Big Outlay.
CITY FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
Entire Lines Being OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Robbers FlouIishing--tiood Sized
Realty Transfers.
Special Correspondence.

nOCATELLO. Ida, Feb. 22.--Pocatel-
10 is now provided with one Of the
very best telephone exchanges In
the country, Tuesday OF this week Wit
messed the final "cut over from the
old service TO the new, and with the
exception of the little Inaccuracies and
delays due TO lack Of experience in ma
nipulatIng the new devices, the system
IL giving general satisfaction How
much the effort OF the telephone COM
paDy is appreciated by the people here
has been fully demonstrated by the pa
thence with which they have borne the
Inconvenience OF the service for the
past year, curbng their natural inn
pulses In the hope that the new service
when completed would fuzzy repay
them for all their past inconvenience.
And they have not been di.q ppointod,
for the Rocky Mountain Bell company
has spared neither time nor expense In
making the Pocatelo exchange equal
in every respect 10 the best service In
the country. The company has paid
out over $4,000 for construction mater
ial alone, to say nothing Of the enor-
NOUS sum expended for labor nor does
this amount include the cost OF the
new exchange building which occupies
the site on the corner Of Lewis street
and Cleveland avenue, This building Is
brick structure OF but one story, but
having sufficient ground space 10 ac-
commodate the needs Of the system. a
commodious waiting room. for the use
OF the public. has been provided, the
remainder OF the building being diyid-
l..t.. tff.f, atfr
office, engineering department and bat
terry room. The building Is heated with
hot air, and Is thoroughly modern In
all It's equipment. The new operating
board Is of the central energy type,
equipped with three local and two toll
positions, and is so arranged that any
Individual operator can complete any
connection called for without the aid
of second operator. Especial atten-
ton has been bestowed upon the toll
service to the end that delays In get
ting through may be relegated to the
past.
New poles have been placed in the
alleys throughout the city. upon which
cables carrying the wires have been
suspended, and the company has a
force OF men huslly engaged at present
In taking down the old meshes OF wires,
preparatory 10 removing the old poles,
so that the city win then he free from
the ugly network Of wires that has
marred Its beauty IN the past.
The work Of construction has been
under the supervision OF District Man
ager V. II. Lanestrum, as has also been
the numerous details incident to q
transfer of this kind The actual con-
structicn work has been in the direct
charge of j. W., better known as
Jack" Adams one OF the best linemen
In the country.
The new switchboard is equipped for
500 lines, and can be increased TO dou-
bic that number as the growth Of the
service demands,
WIRELESS SYSTEM,
II. A. Coe, representing the Deforest
Wireless Telegraph system spent few
days In the city this week In an effort
10 enlist the support OF some OF the citi-
gems in establishing a station here. He
brings the Information that arrange
ments for n station at Boise have just
been completed. and hopes to see one
materiaiize here. so that Pocatello may
have an air line to the capital
CAR BREAKERS.
The evil OF scar breaking" Is still
D.
officials. Last night word was received
from McCammon, that a caboose had
been broken into at that place. and ri.
fled OF its contents consisting OF a Win.
chester rifle and $50 IN money, officer!
Edgley and Griffith went down but
could lind no clue TO the miscreants.
ESCORTED TO PRISON,
Travelling Guard Robbins Of the stat,
penitentiary left here this morning viii
George. Lander sentenced to II year
for robbery, George Hicks, under sen
tence of 10 years for assault with in
tent TO commit murder, and Thoma
WEIGH, who will serve one year for at
tempted arson. Lander ls The fellow
who, several weeks ago, hit one of tn
demi monde on the head with u clu
and then robbed her Of several dollars
Hicks, 1t will be remembered, IL In
man who tried TO kill Police Onlcr
Brown, and officer Brown still carrie
in his body one Of the bullets fired b.
Hicks. Welch made AN unsuccessful at
tempt TO set fire TO the furniture stor
of I. c. Martin
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM,
The city fire alarm Is undergoing
complete change. owing 60 the remova
OF all poles from the streets TO the al
leys, IT has become necessary to re
string the entire alarm system on ia
new poles. The change will requir
the stringing OF over 10 miles Of ney
wire and the removal of nearly all a
the alarm boxes In the city. The con
tract for the work has been given &
Manager L. J. lladdock Of the loca
electrical firm.
REALTY TRANSFERS.
\ number Of good sized transfers d
real estate have been recorded of late
among others Is the purchase by En-
sineer Dolbeer Of the old Cj.thOli