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Show Enterprise Review Page 2b .. . Kiss the 10 Phone Call Goodbye we would charge because need to empty the coin box more often if the customer used nickles, and that would add to the cost of maintaining The ten-cetelephone call may soon become part of the past. Mountain Bell Telephone has requested the Public Service Commission to nt Jt '.VS it $4 grant them an increase of 10 cents for calls made from a public phone. In addition, the firm has requested permission to restructure intra-stat- e long distance rates and increase tele- the booth. Long Distance The firm wants to restructure intra-stat- e long distance rates to bring them closer in line with interstate rates. The you know that the new rates would provide more of university of a discount to direct dialers, u. of u. at the design and would encourage people who originated and k to dial at times, successfully directed that Stilson said. The new rates department from 1972 till would be based on a january 1976, winning many art-direct- or and installation phone WATTS charges. are all moves to follow our usage pricing concept, explained Royce Stil-sospokesman for Mountain Bell. People using the services will be the people paying for them, he added. Stilson said the cost of installing a public telephone booth has increased from $237.00 in 1954 to over $1,000 in 1976. Other service costs have been subsidizing increasing installation costs, he continued. The recent move to increase the cost to 20 cents will reduce the subsidy required, he explained. Stilson said the company did not consider a These off-pea- n, ijSi s. s y, BS&K ,y '.. V V; : ' ' fa';-.- fe-- f T-- Ash S ' , ? 15-ce- nt .,W yfnTWnftiMMWWMwrii cn j'' Economic Base Study Gets Underway Engineering partnership currently conducting an economic base study of Salt Lake City met with owners and tenants of Blocks 58 and 70 last week to explain their study and listen to the business people. Taylor Dark, representative of Genge, explained to owners that he will be analyzing shopping patterns of workers downtown. These workers are a captive market, Dark said. He said he will be looking at traffic patterns downtown and analyzing demand for all commercial activity. Iam very much impressed with Salt Lake City, he told the owners and tenants. I see construction and restoration. I dont see much blight here, he added. He said that during his first few weeks here, he has noticed only one major deficit of the A visitor downtown area: wouldnt necessarily know where to go. No general plan for the city is evident, he said. Dark said he distinguishes between market demand and what is economically feasible. There is a huge demand for low-cohouses, he said to illustrate his point, but no one has yet come up with an economically feasible way of meeting that demand. Dark said he will not be asking people what they think should be done about the citys problems. That kind of st survey is a political survey, not an economic one, he said. Everyone speaks from his own bias, he added. Dark said he was interested in listening to local business owners one-minu- te & minimum rate, and national awards in design and illustrations offers would include a 35 percent that same successful discount for evening calls, and service a 60 percent discount for late down-tow- n to you in his new studio and lots night and weekend calls. of free parking, he does Stilson said an additional everything the name of his' installation charge has been studio implies, total design offers these services: proposed to the Commission. The new charge, for wiring, logos, corp. identity, would be $5 before walls of a stationary, brochures, have residence new gone up, magazine book illustration, annual reports, posters, and $7 after they have gone ads, up. This fee would be in billboards, newspaper of. think addition to the already exist- and anything you EAST 400 SOUTH ing installation charge, Stil- SALT353 LAKE CITY. UTAH 84111 son explained. 5 801 532-631- - telephone call is doomed for extinction Members of the GengeCall TCM Id like to handle your investment account in 1976. viewpoints about what they need, and what they want. I am getting the local flavor, he said. Financial Institutions News Federal Building and Loan Association of Ogden recently received approval to establish a branch office at 9400 South, 7th East in Sandy City. The Association, which currently has two branch offices, has no definite plans for building or renting. Walker Bank and Trust Company of Salt Lake City has requested permission from the Department of Financial Institutions to establish a branch office at 7800 South, 1700 West in West Jordan. We feel we must be represented in this strongly-growin- g said Mervin D. area, Borthick, president of the bank. This particular location is, we think, the hub of the growth area, he continued. Walker currently has 23 branch offices. Borthick indicated that, if the application was approved ' the bank would definitely construct a new building at the site. Its as simple as that. Whether you have a small account or a large account, busi- - Id sincerely like your Pick up the phone and call me personally today at (801)532-382- 5. John Prince Prince, Langheinrich INCORPORATED 350 South Fourth East Suite 204 & Greer Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 |