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Show CHANCES IN TELEPHONE SERVICE Reorganization of tho working staff of the 'Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph company for tho westorn division Is now practically completed. E. M. Burgess, general manager of the company, and C. G. Seelye, general gen-eral manager of the western division, have been working on this all week "Wc have not decided definitely In socral cases." said Mr Seelyo, "but the changes in lineup of employes given giv-en below will show that the scope of our reorganization plan Is very limited. lim-ited. "Tho division will be divided into districts and each district manager will hnvo a free hand in the development develop-ment of his territory. We shall hold him responsible for the administration administra-tion of all departments and wo shall expect him to see that the public la satisfied Jn every way This form of organization pushes the responsibility responsibil-ity down to the man in the field, and wo believe that It produces a better understanding between our company and the public wc serve. "In our lineup wo havo endeavored to caro for the employes of tho Utah Independent company wherever this could be done without Injustice to those of our own who arc entitled to recognition. "Frod B Jones, who has been for several years manager of thp Utah Independent Telephone company In Salt Lako, goes to Boise aa district managor for western Idaho. King Cobhs, tho present commercial managor man-agor there, who really considers Salt 1-akc his home, will return as subscribers' sub-scribers' agent, a now position created cre-ated especially Tor him His duties will bo to take up all such complaints of service or management which cannot can-not ho readily handledtby our routino employes In handling such complaints com-plaints his Instructions are to place himself absolutely in tho subscriber's frame of mind and adjust tne difficulty diffi-culty upon that basis We have great hopes that this method of mooting the difficulties that aro abound to arise In a company the slzo of ours will effect a much close'r personal touch with our ptronsu. "II. J Bollln of the plant epart-meat epart-meat at Salt Lake is mado district manager for eastern Idaho with head-quarters head-quarters at Pocatello. "W. F. Madseu, the present commercial com-mercial manager at Ogden, Is ad-canced ad-canced to district managor for that district. "Alma Olsen, present commercial manager .at Logan, Is advanced to the position of district mannger for that district, and tho Rame advancement is given to L A. Sraoot of tho Provo district. "Samuel Jones, the present manager mana-ger of the Utah Independent plant at Provo, Is made district manager for southern Utah, with headquarters at Nephl. "All the present employes In these districts and the divisional employes of Salt Lake remain practically unchanged, un-changed, except that some few minor changes will be made in the manner of reporting. "These changes are practically all that will be made in the operating department, but I understand that ico President Field of our financial department has selected S. E. Hamer, the present assistant secretary of the Rocky Mountain Bell company, to bo tax commissioner for tho Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph company com-pany with headquartors at Denver Mr. llamer'B departure from Salt Lake Is offset by tho return of A. G. Mackenzie; who will represent Director Direc-tor Hamlin, who has charge of tho department of public relations. "If. -M. Fcnnoraoro, hprtoforo division divi-sion commercial superintendent for 7 Utah, will also report to Mr. Hamlin." Ham-lin." no |