The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-20
PRESIDENT FIELD
DISCUSSES PLANS
Head of Telephone Company
and Party Visiting in
Salt Lake.
ANNOUNCES HIS POLICY
VIII Develop Territory Thor
oughly and Interest West
ern Capital in Property.

Thorough DEVELOPMENT OF the territory,
the enlistment OF local capital IN the COM
pany and the rendering OF first class serv-
ice 10 patrons will ne the. policy Of the
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph
company, according 10 President T.. B.
Field of Denver. who arrived In the city
in the private car "Iolanthe" yesterday
afternoon. Other members OF the party
are Mrs Field and daughter. u. VI. Bur
CESS. general manager OF inc connPany
Mrs. Burgess. !, e. Macdonald, secretary
of the company. and PHILIP Hamlln, as
slstant 10 the president. :.
MY trip Is one of inspection, MI
Field says II want 10 meet me en-, m,
plovess OF the former Rocky Noun tain
Bell Telephone company and 10 familiar :
ize myself with the physical plant so that
may pass intclligently upon the propo-
sitions that arc put up To me FOR the
telephone development OF the four states
added 10 my jurisdiction. II Is my policy
to develop our telephone system so that
1t shah b., a necessary adjunct to- every
business and socisl enterprise. To do
this VIII require the investment or
great deal of capital and to interest new
capital must pay reasonable return
for It's uso And since the service we
furnish is SO much part OF the every
day life OF our patrons | have found thar
We secure a moro intelligent understand
Ing OF our corporate management by In
ieresiing with us financially our custom
crs and patrons rather than OUTSIDE IN
yestors.
II attribute The success OF the Colo
rado Telephone company in the past. OF
which company / have been the actiTe
lCad for many years. 10 tho fact that
We had over 1000 local stockholders
These stockholders are now interested IN
the Mountain States Telephone II Tele-
graph company In The same way. and
they are interested quite as much 10 see
that adequate facilities arc provided ana
good service rendered as they are that
fair dividends be paid.
Go Hand in Hand.
"As matter of fact. dividends and
service 20 hand in hand So long as
an individual or a firm OF corpora tion
tercst upon their Investment, Just so long
Is the natural tendency 10 skimp the
service SO as to produce reasonable IN
terest. but when the Individual or tlrm
profit this tendency 10 skirp vanishcs
and we find IN It's place pardonable
price In furnishing high class product.
And so | feel very much encouraged for
tho telephone future of this great noun
tain states district We have a mag
nidccnt territory 10 serve and We have
strong nucleus OF home investors and
a management composed OF western men
who understand western needs. As in the
past tho policy Will be not 10 build up
serve any one city or community at
them adequately. 10 make of them one
great community. the union that Is
strength. II Will be our ann not merely
TO meet the needs Of this region. but TO
anticipate them and 10 provide in ad
vance for the growth and prosperity that
arc surely coming"
Party Visits Provo.
This is NJ Fields first visit 10 Utah
as president OF the Mountain States Tele-
phone q Telegraph com pauy. although he
has been here several times Before In
his capacity az director OF the Rocky
Mountau Sell Telephone company, with
which nc was connected for several wears,
The present tour will cover Utah. Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming. Several hours
were passed at Provo yesterday. and
after two or three days In salt Lake Mr..
Field and his party win make visits to
Ogden and Logan before continuing
northward. The party left Denver Sat
urday.
Mr. Field is one or the early pioneers OF
tho telephone business and has been
prominently identified with American
Telephone Telegraph interests for
many years. Most of his energies have
been given 10 the financial end OF the
business OF late years.
The 'Toanthe" was left in the Denver
& Rio C;randc yards last evening. and The
members OF the party took apartments at
the Hotel Utah. This Is tho first visit
to Utah Of some OF them. and all express
Themselves as greatly impressed by tho
beauty and resources Of the country they
have been travcrSinE.
Local representatives OF the company
met Mr.. Field at Provo yesterday and Viii
remain with him during the rest OF his
trip through the western division. as
sisting him in getting Information regard
Ing this part OF the company's territory