Show I II I I Open House to tal Show Progress I On Phone Job Just to let everybody see and learn hand first what and how liow terrific working conditions have been been and and still are the are the Midland Telephone company will IU hold open house from 2 to 4 p. p pl m m. tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row Friday and again on Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day so local residents can Inspect improvements that are being made in an effort to improve service at atthe atthe atthe the local exchange More about the open house appears In an adver adver- that appears on page three I of today's issue of The Times Times Times-In In- In dependent Like Uke most newspapers The I Times Times independent depends a great deal OJ on getting information verifying veri yeti tying facts developing f news stories etc via the telephone system But Put also like most newsmen although we depend a great deal on the use of the telephone we really dont don't know too much about how it works So this reporter went out out to to find out I We discovered that a long time ago our local telephone company managed by Mayor Jack Corbin began to plan for the future growth of sO far as telephone service Continued on Page e Ten N Open Open House Hoose House Continued from Page One One Is s concerned But Dut som somehow how things thing sort of went haywire haywIre Moab Moab got a al lot ot bigger faster than they figured Along with Moab's pow atomic ered boom came booming sounds human sound made long and awful by human being being made madeo to o wait walt awfully long for long distance dis dis- distance tance calls to go through From what we learned this week these sounds should soon subside In volume The lon long and t deou job jab of transposing telephone tele tele- phone ahone wire between Moab and Thompson is nearing completion and we found out what transposing transposing ing telephone wires means Because of the new system now nearIng completion long distance wires between poles must be DC switched crossed ar transposed trans posed whatever posed whatever term you wish to apply to it along It-along along the thousands of poles from here to Thompson The millions of wires the thousands thousands ands relay or switches the jacks the boards and many more strange sounding gizmos that must be connected together during this transition period while perIod while the company has tried to do business as usual usual are are now being completed in a rush from froin what we observed At any rate the addition of three hew new toll or long distance switchboards switch switch- switchboards boards to the company's new dial I equipment Is approaching a reality At the moment July 15 Is the expected ex ex- expected The O 0 0 type type carrier carrier which is Is' like having havinga a radio set to which to listen distinctly distinctly dis dis- to 10 different programs al all at the same time was tested am and adjusted by Western Electric this week When this equipment is placed in service in about two weeks it will wil mean that where only about incoming incoming in in- in coming and outgoing calls can now be completed every 24 hours ai at least 2400 and 2400 and perhaps more more more- can be handled According to Mayor Corbin the type O pe carrier is five models more more modern than the type J installed in in- in installed stalled in Durango Colo a few years back There will be delays later on on Corbin says But evert even so he ha has issued a cordial l invitation to everyone everyone everyone every every- one to visit the local exchange fr from m 2 to 4 p. p m m. m tomorrow and Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day to inspect efforts being made to improve telephone service fo for local residents |