Show Improvements Many for Phone Company The largest annu annual l construction construe Mon tion program in the history of Mountain States Telephone in Utah was completed complete in 1963 With an art an expenditure of t over 17 million improvements in local and nd long distance calling were brought to telephone users over the State Eric C. C Aaberg Vice President Predent and General Manager for the Company said Construction is now in grog roes reds in the Morgan area for tor cab cable I e additions addition at a cost of Lost Last year telephones were added to the Company's lines in Utah Utah bringing their total telephones In service to nearly I New Additions I M Major a J o 0 r construction projects during the past year included new telephone buildings with ed dial systems In North Ogden and Parowan Substantial additions additions addi addi- were made to buildings in Salt Lake City and Clearfield A AneW Anew Anew new central office building was erected at Huntington where up to-date to dial equipment will be in stalled early in 1964 Long distance circuits between Salt Lake City and Ogden as well as from Price and Provo to Salt Lake were increased materially A Anew Anew Anew new microwave system was waa constructed constructed con con- and placed in service be tween Salt Lake City and Tooele i i i i I I I I I 1 I I I I This improved l long ng distance ser vice to the communities west of Salt Lake City Including Tooele Grantsville and Dugway Teletypewriter service through out the nation was changed to dial operation in the fall tall of 1963 1963 which resulted in better printed communications for approximately approximate approximate- ly 1500 business c customers in the state The local calling area was expanded expanded ex ex- in Springville to include I Tooele telephone lines were extended 36 miles to provide J I exchange service to 3 35 customers in Vernon Vemon Previously the Vernon I I area had been served by two long ong distance coin telephones M More o 0 r e local telephone lines were Installed where needed thru I II the the state to accommodate expand ing businesses es and provide one one- party service to residence customers custom custom- ers ere requiring better i I |