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Show lELEPHOISin BEINGjaNSTALLED Employees of Company Are Kept Busy in South Part of County. PEOPLE ARE PLEASED Opinion Prevails That Amicable Am-icable Arrangement Will Continue Hereafter. Kmployees of the Mountain States Telephone aud Telegraph company put in a busy day yesterday in tho south end of ialt Lake, county. Following the settlement of the telephone controversy, contro-versy, scores of relieved telephone users, who had taken their instruments out when the "war" was declared, ordered tha phones reinstalled. Kvery el't'ort was made by the company to install instruments as rapidly as possible. Members of the Affiliated clubs executive ex-ecutive committee and officers of the telephone company were all delighted with this response. It indicated to them, they said, that the people generally gener-ally were' satisfied with the agreement which was made and signed. Part of tho agreement provides that as soon as 90 per cent of the number of phones thRt were in service before the fight opened are reinstalled the compauy will begin tb1 reconstruction of its plants in both Midvnle and Murray. It is believed be-lieved that the required number will bo installed within a short time and work win bo started on the rebuilding. King Given Credit. The most prominent feature of the genera! comment nmoug business men of Salt Lake yesterday concerning the amicable settlement of the controversy was the praise given to Wesley Kiug, vice president of the Commercial club, for his part in starting peace mgotia-. tions. Acting under Instructions and authorization given him a week ago last Thursdav bv the board of governors govern-ors of the clVb, "Mr. King started what resulted, a week later, in a settlement. Believing that the telephone situation situa-tion was becoming extremely serious, so that it was not only hurtful to the telephone tele-phone company, but also to the business men of Salt "Lake and of the entire county, Mr. King called the board of governors together, in the absence from the city of- President Fred C. Richmond. He laid the situation before the board and was authorized by the board to tase whatever action he deemed advisable ad-visable to bring about a settlement. Brings Burgess Here. Mr. King, following the meeting, immediately im-mediately telephoned to E. M. Burgess of Denver, vice president and general manager of the entire Mountain titates system. Over the long-distance wires he urged Mr Burgess to come to Salt Lake and talk the matter over with officials of the company here, to see if something some-thing eould not be done to Temedy the situation. Mr. Burgess responded to the re-1 quest of the club and Mr. King, and ar- nved in Salt Lake City a week ago yes- I terday. He spent two or three days; here in conference with officials of the i company in charge of this division aud i this district. He authorized the district dis-trict manager, G. C. Campbell, to remove re-move the objectionable toll charges during dur-ing a period when negotiations looking to a settlement should be conducted. As a result of this action, arrangements were made for the meeting of the telephone tele-phone company officials and representatives represent-atives of the Affiliated clubs in Murray last Monday night. While little headway was made at this meeting, it opened the way for further negotiations between the club executive committee and representatives of the telephone company. As a result, Friday night the peace agreement was j signed. |