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Show Between-Town Phone Calls Increase! 3 Townspeople who are having a difficult time getting a call to Provo or to Spanish Fork, since the new free-call system to these cities took effect, should know the rason. According to a report made by the Chamber of Commerce this week, phone calls between Springville Spring-ville and these two communities have increased 400 percent since the new system. To take care of the increased calls, six more circuits have been added to the local system, making : a total of 16, which it was expected ex-pected would be sufficient to take care of the increase. However, if it does not, added facilities will be installed, C. R. Burgner, manager for this area, informed J. A. Miller, secretary of the chamber. . Before the new system took effect, ef-fect, an average of 150 calls were made from Springville to these towns each day. At present an average of 600 calls are made each day, the official told Mr. Miller. The peak of calls between cities comes between 11 and 12 a. m., it was reported. |