The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-22
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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much lower than the lighting wires,
Chey were not as greatly concerned in
tins direction as was the Bell company.
In order that the danger to pedes.
TRANS from wires lying in the streets
and dangling in the air might be min
lmized as much as possible, the Bell
company issued orders to its workmen
TO cut loose wires that in any way
could be considered dangerous This
work kept the linemen busy all day
$a.nd no attempt to repair telephone
lines was made
The officials of the Bell company es-
tlMated that the storm put out of SER
wee IN the neigEborhood of four
thousand local telephones, most Of
winch are on party lines. No attempt
Wlll be made TO put these telephones
back INTO commission until ali. streets
are cleared of fallen wires, This work
will prC<lbIy be completed by noon
today. In order that the damaged tele.
phone lines can be put back into SER
vice as rapidly as possible, tho Bell
company has sent out orders for all
!lhemen that can be spared from towns
IN IN southern Utah and Idaho to come to
salt Lake as soon as possible.
Several Serious Breaks.
About the most serious break in the
Bel! system occurred on State street,
near sixteenth South street. AT that
point the cable and poles for a dis.
tance of twenty poles fell TO the
ground. On State street, near Fiji
Stcenth South street, the cable came
loose from the poles for n distance of
ten poles, and fell to the ground On
North Center street, north of Third
North street, cable and poles for a
distance of ten poles fell. On f
street, between First and Second
streets, cable and poles fell for a dis
ttance, of six poles. These breaks were
largely due 20 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 esti
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 or. that system in Salt Lake
city were not as seriously affected as
were those of the Bell company. 1t
is. estimated that about 800 telephones
of the independent company have been
thrown out of service. Il is eX.
planned, however. that the damage NAV
prove greater today. when there viii
be more demand for telephone com.
muniration than there was Sunday.
The most serious break in the Inde-
nendent system in Salt Lake was on
L street. north OF First street For
a n al
wrenched loose from It's fastenings, and
three poles were blown down For
short distance on Seventh East street.
near Sixth South the cable was
Enoc ked 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 aud 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 s Cross,
Bountiful and Centerville, For a dis.
tance of between eight and nine miles
IN the vicinity of Bountlful the Bell
wires and poles are down. The poles.
1t Is reported, arc scattered helter.
skelter. and it is probable that it will
take several days to aoain 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 to Their lines be.
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 a distance could not be ascer-
tanned Sunday night The officials of
that company are inclined TO think that
the damage is NOT very great, and are
hopeful of retting their lines to work
IN short time. 1t is possible that at
least one or two lines of each of the
companies, between Salt Lake and Oc.
den, will be working today, providing
the wind does not increase in velocity
again, The lines of both companies
running out Of Salt Lake TO the south.
west and east, were not affected by the
storm. According to reports. the storm
did not prevail much further south
than Murray.