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Show THE DAILY 4TATE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER PAGE SIXTEEN & Utah Independent Telephone Company & tn4it4ii4it All 23. 1838. W(Hi4mt!i'lHtitiWf(-tW.WIitm- Salt Lake City Institution Sets the Pace for the That is Best in the Operation of the Telephone System; Service of the Utah Independ- ent Telephone j World; sion Rapid Expanof Local and Long Distance Com- pany. THE TELEPHONE THE SYSTEM The telephone system U the in earn) re of the telephone's value. You do nut judge of the value of the postage stamp hy its sixe or but by the fai t that It enable you to vend a letter to any place in the I'niied (State or You cannot Judge of the value of the telephone by the instrument in the house or in the office, but by the number of people that may be reached through the door or over the track which it olfer. Thoughtful people real lie though many people forget thia that you are not paying for an instrument alone, but for the aervice of many willing hand. Two thing determine the value of the telephone system to you Ita 1 extent and ita efficiency. Your tele-- j thune la only one elation on a road j with thousand of station; but it give you the right to reach any of : then station In a few momenta It j la almost an awesome thought that j aa you stand before your instru-- ! ment this telephone system enables .1 you with a aingle motion of the hand and the awlft uttering of not 1 more than a doxen word to project yourself across apace and into the presence of any of these thouaanda of people, practically into almost any home or office in thi city or state. Every hour of the day your tele-- , phone becomes of great value, as new subscribers are put into connection with you. From January 1 to date 'our telephone gained hundreds of new stations. If a railroad ticket was extended to as many station as that, it price would be Increased priMirtioimtely, but thia has not been the ease with the telephone In Ogden City. With these many thousands of delicate, complicated instruments, and the stupendously intricate network reaching everywhere like the nerves of the body, running out from all the nerve centers, the exchange, it is no small problem to keep the system at its highest efficiency. Yet the well known stand-- ' ards of this company have been maintained, material and equipment ia only of the best, and ronstant vigilance is exercised all unknown to the subscribers to maintain all parta of the system at the most perfeet efficiency. Some of us have heard fhe old folks talk of the time when the railroad first came to the town and of their first fearsome ride on the train. They wondered at the novelty of what has now become so commonplace and essential. Just so will our children wonder when they hear us tell the storv of the tele- phone, of the first nervous attempts we made to use the then clumsy Eng-lan- - The Utah Inedependent Telephone company stands today as one of the leading institutions of its character In the west. Thi plain, fact should be the means of arousing public pride in the success of the concern when it Is considered that It la a home institution , and its career from the incipient organisation of the company haa been aafely and wisely guarded by men and officers of the company who are residents of your own state. The beginning of the telephone corporation in Ogden waa of such modest character that it gave no evidence of what time would bring in the development In this line or of what would be accomplished by those who were to get their inspiration from the crude beginning of the early telephone days of this city. Recalling the start in this line, the Improvement from time to time, and the present day development, one can even now hardly realise the stupendoue results that have been secured by fostering this great adjunct of commercial, mercantile and industrial prosperity. I The development of the interests of great Interest In the appearance and the company in Ogden City haa not welfare of the cities in which it stopped with the convenience furnished the business and social life, but it has also been the means by which hundreds have secured employment, and added is the great benefit that accrues each year from the expenditure of large sums of d money. J The growth of the company's business since 1904, haa been phenomenal. Beginning with some 1,200 subscribers at this time, located in only two cities, they now operate In alxty cltiea and towns throughout Utah and Idaho, and furnish service between these points by a systematic network of long distance toll lines. The company la now active in further developing the rural line service within its present district, and particularly desirous are they to cover completely the territory immediately surrounding their Ogden exchange. On the question of civic pride the management haa always stood to the front and in the character of buildings constructed and in the character of conduits, has displayed a crates. op- - The company was established and at the present time is located In their own building in the heart of the business district, on Twenty-fostreet, between Grant and Washington avenues, one of the finest buildings within the limits of the city, being built entirely of steel, brick and stone and designed to withstand the most rigid exactions of the fire underwriters' associations. The company has some 2.000 subscribers In the city of Ogden and the prosperous condition of the city and its Increasing Importance as a commercial center are producing a phenomenal development In the service of the Independent company, both for local and long distance business. The long distance service Is without comparison and the company, ever desirous of furnishing Its patrons the best, has resercently Inaugurated a vice between Ogden and Bait Lake, which service ia greatly appreciated by the busy Ogden merchant. The local service Is the finest in the western coutry. In 190S. urth two-numb- er The men who are the head of the Utah Independent Telephone company have been identified with the growth and progresy of the city and state for a number of years, being without exception home people. It haa been dua to their unselfish devotion to the welfare of the city that such an Institution came into existence, and by their efforts It has grown from a small beginning, until today it has become an absolute necessity for the business man. The executive officers of the Independent are: H. A. Harvey, president; FTed B. Jones, general superintendent, and I). B. Macintosh, auditor. The directors of the company are composed business of the following men of the state: II. A. Harvey, president and director, Waldemar Van Cott, managing director; Heber J. Grant, director: 8. F. Fenton, director, Lawrence Gun, director; George T. Odell, director; John D. Bpencer, director; James H. Moyle, director; Benjamin R. Howell, secretary and treasurer. The company is represented local y by Z. M. Chandler, manager. well-know- n and elaborate apparatus. The boys and girla are growing up thinking of the telephone as constituting as essential part of life's equipment as the dally papers or even the dinner Plata. ; W use the telephone much more commonly than the train or any other great modern invention. A prominent Ogden business man said the other day: Under the present administration of the Independent Telephone Company there haa been wrought a complete revolution in public appreciation of the instrument. Whereas it used to be a thing before which we stood in awe, taking off our hats, now it is a thoroughly democratic possession, a popular necessity. This very popularity and use haa made ua forget how delicate and complicated Ian instrument a modern telephone ;is. Ita minute currents ind delicate parta must of necessity be so constructed and arranged as to be susceptible to the moat precise adjustment, while at the same time it must be fitted to etand the steady use and the heavy strain of modern buslnesa and social life. The Instrument hangs on your wall or stands on your deak as a liny door that a aingle motion on your part swings open and puts you in the presence of whomsoever you choose out of thousands of people of the city and the suburbs. This is the seciet of the value of the telephone to you not that you have a box on the wall, but that thia box and instrument gives you access to the telephone track that goes to almost every home and individual you may wish to reach. The value of the telephone to the subscriber can be measured only by the extent of the system. GROUP OF CITY OFFICIALS- - CHRIS FLYGARE JNO. W. AUSTIN BAM THOMAS DR. GEO. A. DICKSON Mayor A L Brewer and His Canneries JOS. B. DANA ' ; ! j i i ; |