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Show HELLO PEOPLE ARE GETTING BUSY What tho Utah Independent Tele-phono Tele-phono Company Purposes, to LY for Salt Lake City. ELMER B. JONES of the Utah Independent In-dependent Telephone company gave a beautiful luncheon at the University club yesterday afternoon after-noon In honor of Eugene II, Satcrlee of Syracuse, N. Y., presldept of the Sfrorn-berg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing company of the United States. Among the guests were Senator Thomas Kearns, Messrs. Frank Knox, George T. Odell, S. F. Fenton, Perry S. Heath. Joseph II. Young, E. B. CrltchIow and o. v. sneip. After the luncheon Mr. Jones escorted the party to the new building which ha just been completed as the home and property of the Utah Independent Telephone company, on South State street, Immediately south of the corner upon which is being constructed the magnificent Y. M. C. A. building. The guests were given a tour from top to bottom of this new and permanent home of the new telephone company, and an unusual treat it was. The building has four floors, the front elevation Is of white stone, and throughout the Interior Inte-rior the finishing is of mahogany or birch, and the furniture of mahogany or dark oak. The operating room has an immense floor space, occupying all of the upper lloor, with the exception of some private pri-vate rooms for the operators and foremen fore-men and forewomen. In this room there are switchboards having a total capacity capa-city of twelve thousand six hundred distinct service wires. About six thousand thou-sand of these will be placed in commission com-mission when the company opens Its circuits some time this month. On the second floor there are, besides numerous oillces for the directors and officers, Including superintendents, a private dining-room for the operators, bunkers and clothing rooms, wash rooms and closets, and waiting rooms) for patrons. The lower floor will be occupied as general oillces for the company, com-pany, while In the basement there is the latest machinery and outflttlngs known to genius and the market for the operation of a great telephone exchange. It Is Improbable that anywhere In the country can there bo found so modern mod-ern or complete a telephone building or telephone equipment as this headquarters headquar-ters for the new teleph6ne company In Salt Lake City. Mr. Saterlee, who is very largely Interested In-terested In telephone exchangeo throughout the country. Is greatly pleased with the results so far accomplished accom-plished by tho Utah Independent Telephone Tele-phone company. Ho pronounces this equipment the best and most complete to be found anywhere, nnd says the service It will afford the citizens of Salt Lake City will be as perfect and ns satisfactory sat-isfactory as genius and money, enterprise enter-prise and Industry, care and patience can produce. It Is understood that this' new com- , pany will soon begin the construction of lines to Butte and "east, Via Cheyenne, Chey-enne, while the Salt Lake exchange will shortly be In communication with all the cities and towns from Ogden to Provo and Park City. |