Show I I I S GALORE A Third to Ask tk A k for ti it I Mu Muni HIt cipal cpa Franchise Salt Sni Lake It I seems Is destined to have he several rival telephone lines within its limits in inn the near neo future Other com companies panics appear to be ho jealous of the local field lehl so long operated by bythe bythe the tine Rocky Hocky Mountain Bell nel people and an propose to enter Into competition cOIn petton for tor a P t portion porton of ot the tine patronage In this re respect reI I t Yesterday Ye Mr Charles Webster of Minneapolis vice le president anti gen general general eral manager of the tine Western estern Electric Telephone company which owns and operates operate over miles mUrs of toll toil tol lines iines together with viii wih exchanges In Iowa lown Minnesota and North Dakota arrived In the city el Tine The le gentleman Is also Ilso manager of ot the Central Gentral Telegraph and Telephone company rom of ot Cedar Rapids la In Mr Ir Webster Is accompanied led by IW A L I of Chicago the theotore attorney and solicitor of ot the companies named The Fhe latter later gentleman genteman Installed the tine telephone plant nt Houston louston Tex rex and also this company as Its I vice tIce president and general manager There The two telephone promoters claim they tiney the art hire h rc to Install telephone lines 1 s sni nil all ni over er tt h by supplying a 1 le circuit central energy system which may be bc operated both botin as ns a telephone anti and telegraph t bl system stem at nt the Iho option opton of ot tho the u user er cr They Tiney The Oiso Ilso claim that It Is 18 their intention of or putting In Inn a I telephone exchange In this thin city cl If it they can get local ical encouragement In the lImp way of at franchises es from train the municipality anti and subscribers lub that tint will wi give the tine business businesspeople bu s people phones phone nt at rG 36 per year ear and res rca residences resIdences An l low as ns a 2 24 The gentlemen say lay they the are ure prepared to commence work I at lt once and will wi show slow the people of or Salt Lake what they can enni acom pUsh h Sal In the tlc line Une Indicated If it but hut given Jhen the line opportunity It 1 Is their Intention the line City Council without cle do dolay delay ti t petition lay for n ci providing they ore are successful In getting geUng promise of ot um lent dent subscribers subscrIber for the tho proposed pro ex cx exchange change Tho The entry of at this new now company will wi add idd Interest to the already pending request re ye quest before the tine city ety unions solona for a 1 fran franchise ran chise to the tho Home nome Telephone company compan which Is II to come up u next Tuesday night The visitors will wit look lactic Into the nIght propositions before them thorn and arid state definitely their conclusions conclusIon In a few tew da days |