The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-28

;nteryiew published Just be-
mice of the sale, in view of
n facts continued Mr..
Tis too thin to deceive any
;I;sr with business methods.
r;sl who gave out that state.
seeded to tell prospective
y that the franchise was
and that the plant was in
5snlorable condition and such
Isser that anyone would be
a think OF bidding on the
Nothing was said as to the
rdsbtedness of three million
Sow this issue was to be re-
&c TO whether the company
10 sell its assets subject to
iren to secure the bonds. Do
this the usual method to
a property7 Do men who
-rload their holdings go into
fell the public to refrain from
hs purpose of this knock
I'M tie local newspapers a few
when q representative of the
any gave ii out that tho Bell
mid bid at the auction of the
1spendent Certainly they will
the property they now own
1lv psss into their control and
the monopolizing of the tcle-
.ld,
|rdpendent's Troubles.
Utah Independent is an ex-
IN that it has not out
4 The older company. Its direc-
"A had little or no interest in
scements. and It's managers. of
n, have been compelled to sub
Bell Instructions and 10 with
|.cm the field as competitors.
Ia that the Utah Independent
4 >ad q fair trial. Elsewhere the
INT plants have by far the
rumber of patrons.
lsiest Independent equipment
4 lpr the automatic telephone,
11ures absolute secrecy and
<,ompier connections.
attorncys are watching the sit
lur lis, and will advise us of
.enenis Of the Bell folks in at
a Icgally to resell TO themselves
n Independent, after which we
|Fr Eonia things to say that are
|y interesting,
Iene Denies Statements.
|auee Lane. general manager OF
Ky Mountain Bell company in
Re, and one of the leading lights
Telephone world. when inter
by Tribune representative
u night relative to the asser-
|sda by Mr.. Hammer as to the
ip Of the Independent plant,
\ assertion is absolutely with
1ndstion in fact, and is false.
IS / know and to the best of
and belief, the Bell
F, and by that J. mean the
b Telephone & Telegraph
y, never has and does not at
1e own any part of the Utah
dent Telephone company s
TO the purchase referred to in
one Berger is said to have fig
only know OF it by newspaper
Berger, TO my knowledge,
las been connected in any way
|s Bell interests. not even as a
This accusation Of the Bell s
the Independent plant has been
!ed to me before and recently
Z u the Bell interests would bid
ale of the Independent plant
ar Lane said: eyes, ] will
fpe plant There may be cir
sss arise that viii cause me
q for the plant exclusive of the
that is, the secondary fran
1 Will say that ] consider the
10 the purchase as only q bur
R plant itself TO us can hardly
as Junk. as Junk has some
we In utilizing the plant
9 much Of the equipment that
'pheation Of our own that it
u many ways practically
This is seen from the fact
5efe we have a string of poles,
epcndent has the same. cables
y and practically two-thirds of
9eroors of the Independent are
.sd by our service. There are.
:. ABOUT two thousand stations
inaependent company exclusive
and lhls part we can Utilize. -
y WILL be the policy of the Bell
~ they succeed in buying the
1ueht plant" WAS asked.
rM Operate as One Line.
VIII operate one line. a
NpPany and cndeavor TO give
wy as near a perfect telephone
y possible. 1T viii hc our en-
20 follow the policy of The com.
Z outlined III the 1910 report
nsil company which has gone
,9u 'Hu on that phase of the serv'
w Lane replied
eourso | have not the slightest
Inc price the plant will bring
~ however. that we shall not
~ In bidding, as we do not sec
naiue IN il TO bid wildly 10 get
sae other hand. hampcrcd by the
~ the company is working un
Aouid say that any other bidder
~ the plant very cheap il
ts'lment is to pay. Under tht
'se " Is impossible to make the
'ay; as the rates will not permit
ro9uce sufficient income.
Del interests have decided IL
! thelr investments in this sec
see country Mr.. Lane added
ofe concluding to bid on th,
IN INTO the matter Of whethc,
sae purchase could be made ;
/. .tnvestment without matcrja
20 The rates. The result %
,Ms,uefatlon rs our decision Il
sne Want. and we see wher'
make Il reasonable rate on tb
a" ~, ny very small increase il