Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-05

teI feet by 90 feet rlcar floor space. The
roof r. supported 10y monster concrete
beams 10 feet apart and 30 feet long.
There beams rpFt directly on the great
ooperoto columns and are strong enough
60 support another story The room
has no pillars and Is divided only by
CLASH partitions IN e incloso the eleva-
tor hall ana separate the local operating
room from tho long-distaAce operating
ROOM Tho task OF making the great
concrete pillars and beams was din
cut. Most Of the work had to be done
in freezing weather and without dis
turbing the operation OF the telephone
system, so that much OF the work was
done after 10 o'clock at night. The
two upper floors were incased IN q
wood shell TO protect the work against
the cold
As the building is now. Il is held to-
gether by pillars and beams Of steel
and concrete that extend vertically and
horizontally i'm the walls and horizon
tally IN the floors and roof, binding the
whole into a rigid frame. The San
Francisco earthquake proved that this
type OF building is the best 10 resist
shock. II would be possible for terri
flc seismic disturbance TO shake few
bricks out of the walls. but the frame
and floors would stand against almost
any shock.
The front of the building is
used In the original structure. Il was
not possible 10 get the kyune stone
for the additional front needed but
stone from Rawlins, Wyoming was Sc
cured and matches" the original front
so closely that short exposure TO the
clements will MIKE Il impossible TO tell
where the new part begins.
ALL WIRES CONCEALED.
All wires, steam pipes. etc. are con-
ceaied I'm the hollow walls. which also
contain specially constructed ducts
or chutes. through which the telephone
wires are brought into the building,
and the vcntilatlng flues. A vent shaft
is also formed around the iron smoke
stack I'm the rear By a siX-inch COM
crete inclosurc. The heating is on the
vacuum system The plant has auto
matte stokcrs and almost an the radi-
ators are in inches under the windows.
Areas under the fourth floor and under
the roof are used for making connec-
lions and distribution Of wires and
plumbing. The large fire escape at the
rear has a novel feature in the con-
crete platforms that extend eight feet
beyond the main walls opposite each
floor.
In the basement OF the building are
the linCmcn's shop. lockers. offices AMI
school; the carpenter shop; the boiler
room, and the engine and power room.
The city collections department, th"
public station, the pay attendant. tho
order clerk. the billing department the
chief installer. the assignment clerk,
tho solicitors and collectors. the scr-
vice observing bureau ana the Offices
of the superintendent OF the salt Lake
division are on the ground ioor The
Offices of the president, general mana
a. .Hs.f o.. .H.f J.. H
treasurer. purchasing department COM
Htructlon department, general contract
and collections department, railway de-
uartment and the directors room are
on the second floor The drafting
room. operators quarters and the ter
mlnal and electrical power rooms oc-
cupy the fourth floor, Tho local aud
long-distnncc operating rooms occupy
the nth floor.
LOCAL OPERATING ROOM
The local operating room has the
local switchboard. the Information
table with six operators the chief
operators desk ard the central mau-
ayers desk The tool room. separated
from the local operating room by "a
glass partition, has the long distance
board. the toll chiefs desk and the
supervisors cabinets.
Imported iulald llnoleum covers tho
floors of The operating roOins ana tho
corridors aud Office floors whore tile
on rugs are not used
ONE or A TYPE
The original building and both cn-
largcmcnta were according to plans uf
r. klettnR OF Salt Lake. Mr. kiet-
ting also designed the hre-proof build
ings the company owns az Cheyenne,
butte, Missouri Billings Helena, Boise
LoRan. ogden and Provo. In almost
am cases the telephone buildings were
pioneers or their types IN the cities
where they were built. Tho Provo
building Of the company was the hrst