The Coolidge examiner., 1946-07-26
TelephoneUse
In Coolidge Up
30 Per Cent
Total units increase 10 808 from
4oI in 5 years - operators
handle 4.5o0 calls daily.

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The growth Of Coolidge and the
increased tempo OF business ac-
iiyiiy in this area is forcefully
shown by some telephone stats
tics releasd today by H. a Unger.
Coolidge manager OF the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph
Company Company wide statis-
tics prove similarly that business
activity Is n an all-time high In
the entire Mountain States area.
Although many people believed
that the end OF the war would
see a definite leveling off. II not
a decline. iu demand for telephone
service. the eleven months since
VI Day have Witnessed unpreCed-
ented new demand for service. as
well as record-breaking usage Of
telephones by subscribers.
In Coolidge. there were 40i tele-
phones in service June 80. 1871
Although wartime demand for new
telephone service was very great.
material shortages heid down the
gain In telephones. and In June.
Ig45. this number had increased
only 10 a total OF 6i9. AT the
present time. with almost all or
ders filled. there are EOS tele-
phones in Coolidge. Thus. In
one year. this exchange has gained
one half as many telephones as In
the four preceding years.
The same general trend Is true
throughout the seven states serv-
ed by the Telephone Company
In June. 1871. the Company had
55s.000 telephones in service. in
June. i945. ESQ 600. and at the
present time. more than 100000.
The new demand for telephones In
the Mountain States territory
since January /. 1916. has been
at rate OF more than l50. 900 for
the year. When this figure Is
compared with the highest pre-war
gain in telephones for a full year
80. zoe In i94l-it can easily be
seen that all records for business
activity In this region and the
seven states are being broken.
And people are using their tele-
phons more often. too. In Cool
idge. 1900 local calls are being
made per day. compared with g.
500 year ago In the seven
mountain states this daily average
Is zoo. 900 calls higher than a year
ago. Likewise. long distance calls
handled at the Coolidge switch
board averaging 10 per cent more
pes day than In July. l945.
This tremendous increase in
number of telephones In service
and I'm the usage OF these tele-
phones. has come about in the
face OF continuing shortages OF
critical materials. such as copper.
lead. steel. lumber and poles.
AS an example. in 1871 there were
81 .000 tons of copper available
monthly 10 consumers. whereas I'm
May and June. 1876. this figure
was down TO 1900 tons monthly.
Because of these material short
ages. substantially the am e
switchboards as the Company had
in service in Coolidge a year ago
are carrying a tremendously in
creased load. With equipment
taxed TO capacity some service diff
ficulties have been unavoidable.
both on local and long distance
calls.
Meanwhile. Unger added. I'VE
are doing everything humanity
possible to render the best local
and long distance service We can
under these conditions. For a
while longer. We hope that un-
necessary long distance calls can
be avoided. We are anxious TO
complete as many calls as pos
sible-many are essential business
calls. emergency calls. calls re-
lating TO movement OF crops 10
market. etc. In some cases. des-
pite all We can do, delays are fire.
quent on heavily congested cir
cults and breyity on all calls will
help everyone To get better ser