The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-07
PHONE COMPANY.
Is INSTALLING'
new. EQUIPMENT.
Underground Cable Being
Laid Throughout the Entire
Business District

company at the present time is start
ing the job of laying, underground
cable at Bismarck. Fred Ward Of
Fargo is supervising the work with
q crew of l3 men who are at this
time laying underground cable in the
down town section according to F. w.
Snyder, area manager at Bismarck.
The new underground cable is be-
inE placed fromi q point in front of
the new telephone exchange building
on Thayer street to point in the
rear of the new, Prince Hotel and
which carries 400 pairs Of wire. From
the intersection Of Broadway and
Third street to a. pole on Third street
due west Of the Northern Pacific de-
pot q cable is being placed carrying
lO1 pairs of wires.
This cable is underground the COM
plete distance. A new underground
cable carrying COG pairs Of wire is
placed from a point in front Of tho
new exchange building to the inter-
section Of Broadway and Fifth street
and between Fourth and Fifth streets
branch cable will be run both north
and south into the alleys feeding
business blocks with rear wall cable.
From the new exchange building to
a pole on Fifth and Sweet streets
new underground cable has been
placed to carry both local and long
distance wires. From the new ex-
change building north to alleys be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets and
Fifth and Sixth streets north Of Ros-
ser an underground cable has been
placed to carry both local and long
distance lines. From the intersection
at Fifth and Broadway east to Broad
way and Seventh street large un-
foreground cable with branch cables
feeding into alleys has been placed.
Large feeder cables are being placed
in the northern part of the town with
branch cables into the alleys. These
cables are being placed on either new
pole lines constructed for joint use
with the Hughes Electric company or
on poles now used by that company.
10000 Feet Of Cable
The combined work means the plac-
ing Of approximately $50 new poles
and 10000 feet Of cable and it is ex.
pected the work will take the great
er part of the winter to complete.
Upon the completion Of the laying
of this underground cable and the
cable running through the alleys thu
larger portion Of poles, wires and
cables now on the main streets will
be removed and the wire of the tele-
phones will be placed from the rear
of the buildings.
The present. equipment which is be-
ing used for this work consists of two
Ford trucks, aid a three-ton White
Truck equipped with an earth boring
machine. This truck with driver
and two men completes the operation
Of digging the hole and setting the
poles; this in itself is time saving
equipment to the company. There
are at the present time Is men under
the supervision Of Mr.. Ward and this
number will be increased Immediately
after the holidays, to rush along the
work. - = =. -
Building Finished
The new exchange building insofar
as the construction is concerned has
been completed and at the present
time temporary equipment Of tbs
American Telephone and Telegraph
company has been installed under the
supervision of Mr.. Flick. foreman OF
this company. This will be later re
placed by. regular standard equip
'ment. This is being done to rush
along the completion of the trans
continental toll line of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
the business Of which has been more
or less congested. The Western Elec.
tric company is also making temper.
airy preparations for-the Installing Of
the new switch board and, plant equip
ment; but due to the fact that this
work requires considerable time i,
will not be completed until some time
next spring. J.