| Show MUNICIPAL PHONE ME fOR FOil BRIGHAM PERHAPS Sox ox Elder City Also Tries Experiment Which V Failed Here Brigham City Aug t. J At the meet- meet t tIng tog Ing ng of or the city council last evening e the committee appointed to consider the advisability of a municipal telephone telephone tele tele- phone exchange In Brigham City made Its ts report through John D. D Peters The report somewhat lengthy recommended rec reo- recommended the Installation of a municipal muni muni- municipal cipal telephone system The c m- m went into every detail of or the business and determined that a first first- class plant could be installed for 23 20 which would be capable of ot meet meet- tog Ing ng the needs of ot the community for years In the future In the course of its ts report the committee suggests the purchase of ot the holdings of of ot the Moun Moun- taro aln State Telephone Telegraph graph y company It if such sucha a thing is possible and It quotes a paragraph from the franchise granted to the Independent Telephone company w which gives Brigham Brig Brig- ham City the privilege of ot buying the exchange at any time it sees fit fiL The committee holds that this can probably still be done Inasmuch as ashe the he existing company purchased the holding of the Bell company which took ook over the Independent company The other members of ot the the committee commit commit- tee were Attorney Nels Jenson and Roland loland A. A Madsen now a member of ot the city council and local manager for Studebaker Bros Dros The matter of or a municipal telephone will m now be taken to a mass meeting at a future date and there thoroughly discussed by the citizens |
