Show W s mcc W ill aw VOW there are rush periods in every line of business especially where the public is being served and anc when these rush periods come the capacity of the utility is invariably overtaxed and someone must wait for service A man will wait in line patiently several minutes to make a deposit in a bank to buy a two cent postage stamp to register a letter to buy a railroad ticket or a seat in the theatre and make no complaint he will go personally to see a business man and will sit in line f for 0 r half an hour before he can be seen and think nothing of it the vast system of the mountain states telephone company which cares for telephones in its own territory alone is set up to answer calls in a very few seconds any variation is usually because a number of calls have come in simultaneously in telephone operation as in in everything else when an overload occurs patience should be exercised by ever everyone until un il the jam has been i the operator is is not always to blame the equipment may be short shor owing to scarcity of materials but it is is not at fault even the public that creates the rush periods is is not to be blamed abnormal conditions is the answer patience and reasonable reasonably consideration is the temporary remedy until adequate equipment may be had the mountain states telephone and telegraph co |