Show ZOO Visit Park City Telephone Office to Admire Old Displays The Mountain States StatE's Telephone Telephone Telephone Tele Tele- phone and Telegraph Co celebrated celebrated cele cele- brnt d the anniversary of the establishment of oC telephone service In Park City on Sept S.-pt 15 1956 with an Open House at atthe atthe atthe the company's exchange on Main Street Two hundred visitors were taken o 0 n a n tour of the modern telephone exchange and were briefed on the mechanics of oC one of or the miracles of oC our modern modern mod mod- ern age the telephone Manager E E. A A. A Talbot assisted by other company employees were hosts at the social hour celebrating the Diamond Anniversary Annl- Annl Party a most Interesting and delightful affair The first telephone exchange was built In Ogden Utah followed fol followed lowed by the second one In Salt Lake City and five live months later Sept 8 1881 the first exchange In Park Pork City opened with 49 40 sub sub- scribers In 1884 the first long distance line between Park City and Salt Lake was built At this time Park City was the Queen of the Western Western Western West West- ern mining camps and was enjoying en enjoyIng enjoying en- en her fabulously wealthy bonanza days Park City boomed to a n population of nearly people and settled down to an population where It re remained remained remained re- re for Cor many years Telephone service kept pace with this original growth and has maintained a steady reliable continuous service Ice through the good times and bad the ups and downs which go with th the the- economic economic economic eco eco- life liCe of ot a mining center Among the early operators were the Misses Rilla Snyder Ida Kimball Mary Ferguson and Lily Berlin On display at nt the open house were telephones dating back to 1003 1903 and beautiful new type models In pastel colors to blend with modern home furnishings A rare collection of ot old photographs photographs photo photo- graphs phs and prints of early day Park City were on exhibition and were of great Interest fo to th the vis vis- Famous old mines and groups of miners street sc scenes scenes nes showing parades and celebrations bands schools sports and pl pie pic pictures tures of the disastrous fire fire of 1808 1898 which completely gutted M Main n Street and hundreds hundreds' ot of dwellings and did over 5 million dollars damage were Just a few of ot the pictures displayed The telephone men and women who serve so competently com corn comprises comprises a staff of 12 operators 2 l maintenance men 1 commercial clerk and subscribers These employees serve a large area ex extending extending extending ex- ex tending from Brighton and Alta on the southeast through gh Park City the Kamas Valley C Coalville and surrounding towns and northwest to Echo and arid Henefer fer Coalville has the only dial system system stem s- s tem In this area The telephone taken so sa much for granted Is la an Indispensable servant in this day of ot high tensIon tension ten ten tension sion speed and far Car fl flung ng business social and economic living and so we Ye salute hp Telephone neon on its birthday In good old Park Rhea City City Rhea Huxley Hurley |