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Show I PHONE GO. TO I ENLARGE PLANT Improvements Totaling $100.-000 $100.-000 to Be Made in Improvements totalling .ppi-oxini-ateiy 100,000 will bo mUfc in Cgden i the Mountain M.iim TcMftw mix Telegraph Company in tho near future, fu-ture, according to im announcement made last night by Manage r L. R. Smith. Thf. improvements will In-! In-! elude extensions to outside plants and additional central office equipment. i opstructlon worlc on the virions Improvement Im-provement will bo started about May ! J. Manager Smith said. INCfUEASE sua i i jjj With the new construction vvorl; J completed Manager Smith states that (i the Ogden Exchange "HI be on a par with any of the weotern exchanges of Sk the mountain slates and that service I'll win be given as the public demands. The improvements were mapped OUi j ast fall by officials of the telephone It company and have Just recently been ij! approved. MAN IGER'6 VTEMENT. ill With regard to the many improve- J nient.s Manager Smith said j " Plans have been approved for ex- ill tensive improvements to the Ogden telephone system, the work to be start-Ill start-Ill rd In the near future. This work pro-Ail pro-Ail Ides for extensions to the. outside plants and additional central office fc equipment. About seventy-five per til cent of the cable required for the new , construction has been received and is ,) now on the ground. Poles will begin ff to arrive in the next few days and Lf j other necessary materials incident to jjfj the work are being collected. STAB r MAI l. !jn "It is now planned to start this work IJl about May 1, tho work to be rushed Sj to complotlon during tho summer f)! months. The difficulty In souring Hjj materials has retarded development ujl work to a great extent during tho past Ptj two years and tin- problem of meeting jtj the steady demand of service has beeti "a I a serious one, however, the material! .tt'j situation is gradually improving and 8n we expect to get back to normal en-$ en-$ I ditions again soon, jkj "The telephone company realize tl-,! fjlj possibilities in gdcn for extended! itfl growth and the proposed extensions : 11 1 and the improvements to tho telephone f j system will not only take cure of the jrl present congestion, but will also pro-! Mi xide facilities for future development. MS "With the completion of this work wo will bo In a position to servo the pub -wj lie with any class of service which, !' might be desired |