Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-17 | Page 3 | Survey Completed for Phone Line

y Survey Completed For Phone Line VERNAL Sept H. 17 S. S Strong of Denver toll line Une engineer of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company in charge of a party of seven surveyors has completed corn com the survey of the new toll line Une extension of his company between between be- be tween Craig Cob Colo and Vernal The distance covered by the line is approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 25 mites miles ten mites miles shorter than the highway route between between be- be tween the two cities Strong will complete maps and plans of the line before returning to Denver on September September Sep Sep- 20 The for setting the poles and anchors for the new line Une is held by H. H B. B Morrell and up to Saturday evening the crew had erected poles out of Craig for a distance distance dis- dis tance of fifteen miler The poles average twenty feet in height and will be required I to complete the extension Of this number 2500 will be supplied by the Ashley national national na- na forest north of Vernal and the b ance from timber stands near Phippsburg Cob Colo and Everet Wash At Vernal the copper circuit of the extensIon will connect with tl tie exchange of the Telephone company recently purchased by the Mountain 1 States company completIng lag Ing connection from Denver to Salt SaIt Lake this extension being the third link Unk of the Mountain States company corn com pany between the two capitals Every effort will be made to have havethe havethe the extension in operation by the first day of the coming year