| Show Phone Franchise Seen Favoring S. S L L. County City iy Pays PaY 2000 M re for Its 1940 Services Counselor Commission Says at Meeting Salt Lal Lake aJ City p paid id approximately 2000 O OO O more for fr its 1940 telephone telephone service service than Salt alt Lake Lak coun county y because of a an f apparent dis discrimination n in allowing franchise discounts I That That was s r reported pp ed Thursday P y to lJ city Commissioners sio er by Erl tJ J ephone se F retained last w week ek by com commissioners com commissioners missioners to make a a survey of city telephone e service w with th a vi view w to improving efficiency nc and c cutting costs r r Favors Consolidations i r el elements rh of the report consolidation ri of f. f re r-e c com o m rn mended m switchboard switchboards noW noW m maintained int at atthe atthe t the public p 1 li safety ty building building an and the city city and county building application tion for r refunds funds on bills paid for business telephones used under residence residence residence res res- tariff schedules schedule and point pointer er fl Art rt rl fl un lin un- un dr der the franchises gi given by by bythe the the city and nd cou county ty Last year the city's discount amounted to 36 per percent cent ent while the Uie county's equaled equale 50 per cent under t tie the e respective franchise agreements agreements agreements agree agree- ments noted the report i As s a city grows a t telephone franchise is b becomes comes more valuable Salt Latt City Cay had a population of in 1900 In 1902 a a. franchise was Vas granted Utah Home Telephone Tele Tel phone c comp company of which the tb T T Tele Telegraph et le- le graph company Is now successor successor and presumably allows the city 50 Instruments at In 1940 the population was was stated the report Return These figures Indicate the city has hap grown tl three re times in size and yet the city government as a franchise franchise fran fran- chise right does not not realize as much in telephone service from the company as It t did in 1902 In the interest of greater operating oper- oper oper- oper efficiency as well weli as cost reduction in telephone e service ervice the survey recommended c consolidation of switchboards at the city and county building police station and fire department nt Ohe One of the principal advantages would be 24 hour 24 hour service for lor all departments of the city government government government govern govern- ment on both In calls In-calls c and out Another t advantage t ge would uld be less Intricate series of city t telephone listings in the d rectory directory Operators' Operators Duties Eyed How However ver the fire depa department operators act ait also as dispatchers of fire equipment as well as handle handle handle han han- dle police calls This may occasion the thene ne ne' ne need c 4 m maintain the fire swit switchboard as as' as now installed City the report t briefly at aI ata a c session in Commissioner Oscar W McConkie's McConkie's McCon- McCon kies kie's office e Mr Mc McConkie said sald he had ask asked d th auditing g department to study to-study the rep report rt |
