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Show INQUIRIES OF FIRES TO GO UNHEEDED Telephone Operators Forbidden Forbid-den to Answer Question , Concerning Fires The Springville ciy council and mayor unitedly approves the policy of the telephone company in refusing refus-ing to answer calls for information concerning the location of fires. ; when the fire alarm is given. This .assurance was given Geo. C. Quil-j Quil-j lian manager of the M. S. S. & T. Co. for Utah count", by the city , fathers at a meeting Tuesday evening- At the present time the company is giving free service in sounding the alarm and then calling each member of the fire department and the editor of the town paper, ac-cordign ac-cordign to Mr. Quillian When a large number of people run to the phones at the time. of the fire and taken down the receiver the whole system is paralyzed, he said' This makes it impossible to get into communication com-munication with the members of the fire department. Important business busi-ness carried on over the telephone is also put to a stand still. Ho, was assured that the city officials of-ficials were in accord with the present pres-ent practices of the company and that in their opinion the telephone company's policy of refusing to answer an-swer these inquiries is for the best good of the public in general. |