Show Midland Telephone Merges With Witha Eastern Phone a company r Midland Telephone Company I of Moab through vote of stockholders stockholders stockholders stock stock- holders has merged with the Independent Telephone Corporation Corporation Corporation Corpo Corpo- ration of New York State a holding com company pan y operating properties in New York New Jersey West Virginia and Florida A stockholders' stockholders meeting held in Grand Junction Aug 15 determined determined determined de de- de- de the company to accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac a stock exchange change of not less titan 80 per cent and a cash exchange of not more than 20 per cent for tor small stockholders who did not wish to take stock with the New York Corporation Midland Telephone a Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado Corporation doing business business busi busl ness in Utah and Colorado is the first western property to b be acquired by Independent Telephone Telephone Telephone Tele Tele- phone Corporation of New York Midland will retain their I present name and Identity and I continue to operate under the same and personnel personnel personnel person person- nel according to President and General Manger J. J W W. Corbin Mr Corbin has been Vice dent and General Manger since 1923 and President since November November November Novem Novem- ber 1960 He lIe is a former Mayor of Moab preceding the present Mayor K E. E McDougald Founded In 1915 1915 The Midland Telephone Company Company Company Com Com- ComI I pany was formed In 1916 1916 by the late J. J N N. Corbin M M. N. N Due F F. C. C Merriell and others They hey constructed telephone 11 lines line n e s salong salong along the Midland Trail fromMack fr from fromMack m Mack Colo to Utah The LaSal Mountain Tele Telephone Telephone phone Company Compa y had been bee or organized organized or or- in 1903 by J J. J N C Corbin i to serve Grand and San Juan J an Counties Midland Telephone took over operation of of the San Grand-San Juan Company under under un un- un der a lease arrangement in 1916 and continued the lease until 1925 In that year Midland d Telephone Telephone Telephone Tele- Tele phone purchased cd Mountain Moun- Moun tain Telephone Compan j outright out out- right Decade of Progress Since the minerals boom of the Midland Telephone has taken great at strides for for- ward In 1953 Just before before- t th-f th F peak of the uranium loon Moab and the surrounding area the firm had a book value of By June of 1961 the growth of the COmpany company had bad boosted the value to During the growth period prompted by the discovery and exploitation of ot uranium oil and potash Midland had added lidded 17 dial trunk lines to Provo Utah and operates four full time circuits circuits cir cir- cir cir- cults to Salt Lake City It has five direct trunk lines Unes to Price Utah eight to Grand Junction Colo 16 to Monticello and seven circuits to Blanding Several Several Sev Sev- eral circuits via Dove Creek Colo to Durango Colo Bluff Mexican Hat and LaSal Utah and other southeastern Utah communities are arc served by Midland Midland Mid Mid- land Telephone Radio Service Started Radio telephone service has been provided along with microwave microwave micro micro- wave relay circuits off Abajo Peak in the Blue Mountains west of Monticello Microwave l circuits are furnished as common common com com- mon carrier bringing television channels direct from Salt Lake City to Town Televisions cable system Recently the Federal Communications Commission permitted the addition of an education channel over this microwave s ays system y s t em bringing educational TV IV east of the Wasatch Mountains for tor the tint first time A new relay link in the TV IV system will start construction construction construction tion next week high in the Wasatch mountains |