Show t New Switchboard Is Installed By I Phone Company facilities Expansion of telephone facil facil- sties in the Vernal exchange to take care of the exceptional de de- de demand demend mand mend for service created by the growth of this community has been partially completed with the placing in operation of a new five position switchboard of a late type designed to handle both local and long distance caps calls The new switchboard with lines replaces an old one of three positions to which three lines were connected according to M O 0 Boswell Vernal man ager of the Mountain States Tel Tel- Telephone ephone o and Telegraph Company m The installation s of the new board began in February of this year ear was made In the focal local ex ex- exchange change building which was re re- re recently recently enlarged to provide add add- additional space for such equipment and more business office space The e one e story addition ti was made a on efu the fu fue south aa and east str stra sides of the building and was construct construct- constructed ed of brick with wood finished floor and composition roof The total floor space was expanded by square feet On May 31 1947 there were telephones in the Vernal exchange Boswell said as compared com com- compared pared with at the end of May 1941 a 1941 a gain of in six years Telephones are neing eing t used more frequently now than in 1941 too as shown by b the fact that local I calls ca per day have more e eI than n doubled u d From a adaily daily dally average of at that time the total jumped to at atthe atthe the end of last year In March M 1 1942 long distance calls averaged about 1540 per month while in March 1947 the rate had In in- in increased creased 2860 to a total of per month This rapid de de- de development development in the demand for forlong forlong long distance service particular particular- ly particularly to Salt Lake City and points to the west has also necessitated the expansion of at facilities facUlties for handling that business bUS by the Telephone Company Boswell pointed out and three ee U fiew Vet VeiL Salt nal-Salt Lake City long distance circuits are expected to be com coon completed and available for use about the middle of July of this year More operators have been added to the exchange forces at Vernal from time to time ag a the telephone business has grown end more will be employed in inthe inthe the future as the needs of the service continue to grow he said We are very glad to have been able to secure the necessary necessary sary equipment to provide bet bet- better better ter service in Vernal Boswell stated We have not been able since the war to take care of all orders for service because of the great demand for telephones all allover allover over the country and shortages in one kind of equipment or an an- an another another other However these new facil facil- facilities facil- facil facilities should materially help us to add many new subscribers and to look forward to serving others more rapidly than would have been possible without these improvements |