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Show 'PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN 3 ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE TEEEPHONE SERVICE 1 1 Editor Standard- Much has been I'paid pro and con lately with refprenr-e I to the many fires which are occuring m Ogden and which arc giving our iFire Department an endless amount of , trouble and hard work I During the recent fire which oc- (iin r-d in C. J. Humphries planinp mill the American Can Co. watchman tried jto notify the Fire Department but on 'account of not being able to get cen-t'tral cen-t'tral it was necessary lo notify them I I by automobile i Tho writer has bar! se oral expori rncp; of late along the same line, if taking as Ions a.s 40 minutes to get. ' central after 9:30 at night. Iast night I when the fire in the F P Ice House occurred which was at 10:15 o'clock, l I attempted tn get central from my resi- 'deuce and was unable to and drove to the factory, arriving there at 10:30 and with two telephones in our office and P I with someone at each telephone, was unable to secure connection with cen- ! t rn I until U 15 P m, and then only r'.fter sending a man to 'he telephone I office in an automobile to request thm to answer our telephone. ' What protection have we from fire wilh an alarm box on comer of Lincoln Lin-coln and 2'th street, which is seven blocks or one mile, and with two telephones tele-phones In our office and l takes or one hour to get central"1 We do QOl blame the telephone operator as the Telephone company advise? that thev have but four operators on at night. An Investigation should be made an1 the properi owners should at least have some protection and receive some service from thp increasod telephone rates which we are obliged to pay If we must walk a mile to a fire alarm box or else wait until the fire hn gained such proportion that it can be seen from the fire station, there is not much use- -of the fire department at such a belated hour. The service which we are recerivnng from (he Telephone company Is an abomination to any city and we trust that the matter will be called to the al-trniion al-trniion of business interests of Ogden in ordr that Uicv may wake up before it is too late. Yours very trul , THE UTAH CANNING CO , Bv JJ L. Herrington, Prefl |