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Show ROCKY MOUNTAIN BELL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company's annual report, presented at the stockholders' meeting Monday, showed that the company had 53.002 telephones in service at the closo of the year, a gain of 551M for 1D0D. The company com-pany increased its plant by ?2C3,803 during dur-ing the year, which provided 120 additional addi-tional miles of pole lines, 5305 additional addition-al miles of wire, two miles of subway and fourteen miles of duct Tho total wire mileage operated by the company was 11C.9I3, December 31. The auditor's statement of earnings and expenses showctd a great improvement improve-ment over 190S. All net earnings were set aside as a reserve for plant depreciation. depreci-ation. Exchange revenue increased 1G5,-357. 1G5,-357. OS and toll revenuo increased 02,-ISfi.OG 02,-ISfi.OG in 1903. George Y. AVallacc, V. S. McCornlck, R. B. JIarkncss. H. Vance L.nnc, James Ivors, W. W. Illter, T. N. Vail. E. B. Field and Lafayette Ilanchett wcro reelected re-elected as directors. The directors reelected re-elected Mr. Wallace as chairman of tho board nnd re-elected the following oftl-cersr oftl-cersr 11. Vance Lone, president and general gen-eral manager: W. S. McCornlck, vice president and treasurer, R. B. Ilarkness, secretary; r. R. Ferguson, auditor: John Flowers, assistant treasurer; S. E. Ha-mcr, Ha-mcr, assistant secretary. |