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

HlLE the majority az The teles
m/ phone rubre-lheFa IN this
M lutcrmountain regleu are
ploopins tonight will occur
ar event in Local 'phonedam which Il
ngardod as rumowhst % a. eehievo-
nent and which indicates tho steady
growth. Of salt Inloe, Tonight the out
over OF yhe Beu company WIRES
talNs place. or m other worls the local
and ton switch operations win bs trans
ferred from the present inadequate
quarters on the third floor to the nth
story Of the handsome freproof building
On state street The terminals OF the
sane time viii be transferred from
ihe basement 20 the fourth door.
But few who call up Central know
Of the inner workings Of a great
telephone system and but few of the
subscribers OF the Bell system In Salt
Lake and elsewhere realize the amount
Of money that has been spent In per-
fecting the service and bringing IL to
stage commensurate with the rapid
growth of salt Lake and contiguous
territory.
The story Of what has been accom-
plisaed on state street al the new,
completed headquarters on the COM
pauy which represent hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars in outlay. was
yesterday furnished the Dessert News.
shon of all technicalities so that the
average laymau can appreciate just
What has been accomplished Mr.. A. c.
Aekenzies story is.
For the second time in FIVE wears. the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone com-
pany mas completed an enlargement OF
US main building al salt Lake and has
installed new telephone apparatus TO
Keep pace with the city's growth. Of
neeia of tha company now believe they
naFt structure that will De adequate
~, llr cumpany's needs for DO years.
Wllolsn tho experience of recent years
A'ahts nus only belief and not GER
AMY The development of the tele-
phone business all over the country. in
Nni.h SAN Lake has had full partici-
lauon has led experienced telephone
lions
The company erected It's first salt
ldAe building on the site OF the present
structure u 1895 The building was
snrte stories high. 30 feet wide and g3
i IouH, To was the first building
WIN reinforced concrete floors in Salt
Lev. .Hd was eAuected 10 serve the
Tot ihe company for 10 years. The
'A4' 'nr was not fulfilled. N be-
s'Il' necessary tu enlarge it By adding
i'.l FOO Cos width six years later and
A'' '..f after that the company was
'."...l with the necessity OF further
marsuort.
PRESENT BUILDING PLANNED.
,Ih. present building. five stories
nsN ...t Wide and no feet long was
.n'' planned. The special construction
lN'.' 'n telephone building makes
N ."D sIow and demands dozens of
'"I" bot known tu tho ordinary busl-
structure The construction Coull
tol h..D pace with the growth Of tho
aud for more than "a year
io.' me enlargement had been nm
tNI several of the departments OF the
amy were conducted u rented
s-I.''s ou another street. with the
building finished. the local
..ncrdl departments are once more
ono roof Provision for probable
growth Tor many years 90 come
''rI made i1 tha present structure.
FIRE AND QUAKE PROOF
IN, pls present building is as near Ere
ana earthquake proof us the most
t.o-In methods and the latest oxper-
'Hn make A. In general lt is a
ENFORCED concrete skeleton with h0l-
~ O'Iuf walls filled in between tho
NNnh ANA beams stnlrwuya and
E except ln "a small part OF the
ore ulaing. are of reinforced Con-
~ AIT windows have metal frames
NIH glass and doors ana casIngs
a., "'lI covered. The wire blown
in glass of the windows makes ID
ihIr for The glass ~ fam and
VA ,.eilg draft. either inside or out-
s,. .nf building Partitions are ~
h~ "a Inches thick, laid ON metal
A. KING each room practically "a
49, ..,i vault ana reducing the ere
''ililes to the furniture.
THE FIFTH FLOOR
'Ne niih floor b one great room with