Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-04-04 | Page 16 | Western Union to Improve Service in Local Branch

I WESTERN UNION TO IMPROVE SERVICE IN LOCAL BRANCH Tube System Will ill Give Fast Communication With Branch Offices Expenditure of or more than tian in improvements by Ono Western estern Union Telo Telegraph raph comp company ny for tor speed equIpment equipment equip equIp- ment went with which to taro care for tor tho the press pross of ot local l business evinces the fact bet that Salt LaJ Lake o Is fast becoming ono one of or the tho largest business and telegraph centers of ot tho the west A A. new compressed air tubo tuba lino which will connect all tho the branch of offices offices of- of of oC the tho city with the tho main distributing distributing dis Us- plant of or tho the company In the new plant In the tho building Is s now under way wa and whoa whon this project Is completed the telegraph equipment of or tho the company In Salt Lake will be I ond and to none In tho the United States for tor Speed Speed la Js tho demand of or e every cry ery big biff 1 business business roan man In tho the country toda today 1 and It Il is to satisfy the demand domand for tor speed that the tho new new system is being InI In- In II I stalled here litre With 1 tho the Inauguration of ot the now system messages which formerly took from ten to twenty minutes to relay rolay from tho the main office of or tho the company to 10 the outside branch offices will bo ho hoI boj j I delivered In from six to ninety sec sec- 1 londs 1 ol according to the distance of ot tho the j branch office from tom the main distributing ring ing plant All tho the offices office of or the tho company comp will willI willbe I bo be equipped with th telegraph I j keys and will at ol all times po bo o in charge chargo chargot j t of ot experienced telegraph operators operators who f-who Who will bo be able to sit in at tho the kc keyon key keyon I t on a moments moment's should anything I go o wrong wrone- with tho the tube tubes system stem Tho The new now system will be put into i operation here early carl carlIn In tho the fall nIl when I i f the main maln offices of ot tho the company willi will move Into the tho now quarters now In InI i I course of ot preparation In the build build- The tubing for the new project cost costIn J In excess of or and the tho contract J price for installing It more than 75 5 j The apparatus and s of ot oti i the tho ne new plant will cost In tho neigh boyhood of or and will bo be the tho latest thing thinS in telegraph equipment four Foor Hundred People to Be lie Employed Thirty five thousand feet of ot floor loor loorI I space will be bo used by the tho company for tor fori forthe i the main operating room in tho new now j plant The company now employs 33 persons hero here and when whon the new plant plantIs Js Is completed this number will be increased In- In crea created creased ed to New branch offices throughout tho the city cit are arc by tho the local man man-i J I alters agers so that tho business of oC all sections sections sections sec sec- may be bo taken en care of or with the tho least possible loss of ot time The pay payroll roll zoll of or tho the company hero now is In excess cess of ot a a. month manth The new multiplex equipment of ot the company saves millions of ot dollars In overhead equipment thus reducing the tho cost of or transmitting meS messages messaged L LIn In tho the now new offices there thero will ill be a arest arest I. I rest room roam for tot the women a 1 hospital In charge of ot a trained nurse a a. tailor shop In which tho the uniforms of o the messengers will be mado modo and al altered altered al- al shower baths bathe and club rooms for tor forthe tho the men and boy and a n. school schoolroom schoolroom schoolroom room In n which tho the younger members of or tho the force will receive training 1