Show Mt St. St Phone Spends Million Here The Mountain States Telephone contributed substantially to the economy of Utah last year by spending 17 million for service Improvements This was wag the largest larg larg- est expenditure ever made by the company to Improve service improve service within with with- in the state In any single year according to Mr Ralph E. E Wadley Wadley Wadley Wad Wad- ley District Manager During 1964 nearly telephones telephones tele tele- phones were added to the company's company's com com- pany's lines Touch Tone telephone telephone tele tele- phone service was Introduced In Utah when new telephone systems were placed In service at Heber i and Park City late In December Major construction projects during the past year included new telephone office and equipment equipment equip equip- ment buildings at Heber and Park City Equipment buildings to I house up date up-to-date to date dial systems were 1 erected In Coalville Enterprise I and Huntington and a substantial addition was made to the telephone telephone tele tele- phone building at Clearfield New Circuits Long distant circuits were increased in lin increased in- in creased between Salt BaIt Lake City and Ogden as well as between Salt Lake City Green River and nd I I Price by adding to existing mi microwave microwave micro micro- ro wave equipment A new microwave I system was in installed between Salt BaJt Lake City and Clearfield With the I cooperation of ol the Midland T Telephone Telephone Tele Tele- le- le phone Company a new microwave system was completed between Provo and Moab The number of employees needed needed need need- ed to provide telephone service Jin In Utah reached an time all high of over In 1964 with a payroll pay pay- roll of over 19 million During the past year million n local telephone calls caBs were m made de I and nearly 15 million long dis dis- tance calls caUs were completed In the State Of Ot these long distance calls about half were dialed by custom ers directly from their homes or offices The balance were handled by operators Current plans Indicate an additional additional addit addit- ional Investment of over 17 million mil lion will be made by Mountain States Telephone during 1965 to provide better telephone service to Utah customers Major 1 Project One of the major projects to tobe tobe tobo be bo completed In 1965 will be the elimination of zone charges on calls caUs made within the Salt Lake metropolitan area Beginning next fall all metropolitan telephone users users' including those living In Bountiful H Holla Holladay 0 11 a day Midvale Murray or Magna will be able to call each other tr ir anywhere in the area without an extra zone ch charge rge being assessed In order to provide this this this' extended extend ed service an entirely new central cen office building is being constructed constructed con con- at South Tenth East In Draper It will be equipped equip ped to handle both the conven dial telephones and Touch Touch- Tone Building additions will be made in Midvale Murray Kearns and Bountiful Manager Mr Wadley pointed out that more telephone lines Unes will be Installed between central offices offic offic- es serving the various communities communities to handle the anticipated heavy flow of calls that will result when zone charges are eliminated this fall faB Other construction projects will willbe willbo be bo carried on throughout the state to keep pace with the growth of specific areas and to continue to Improve service generally Mr r Wadley said |