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Show TELEPHONE BUILDING CHANGES Within a few days, work will bo-gin bo-gin on the changes which arc to bo made on tho Bell Telephone company's com-pany's building on Washington avenue. ave-nue. Tho entire building Is to bo romodoled by the first ot January, tho time the single telephone system Is to bo Installed. W. F Madson, local manager of the Bell company, states that the pjans of the changes to be made in 'the building will be dffclded aipon by: Monday. Tne entire front of tho building is to be changed. The front, while now in the form of an alcove, with the entrance several feet In from tho street, will he changed so that tho street door will be on tho street line. This will gho a great deal moro space' to the front office, which will bo fitted out after tho regulation office of a bank. Eight electricians are now at work installing the apparatus neceaary for the combining of tho Bell and Independent Inde-pendent telephone switch boards. This work should be completed within the next thirtv days and there is little lit-tle doubt that the Independent telephone tele-phone will bo a thing of the past by January 1. In taking over tho Independent service, ser-vice, it is probably that few if any of tho employes of this company will be thrown out of employment. Tho necessary Increase In tho number of gwltch boards at the Bell offlco will give employment to all of the girls now working for the Jndepondcsnt company. In other departments It Is likely that tho change will necessitate tho employmont of the persons now working for tho defunct company- oo |