| Show I 1 11 1 1 z pL ifA 1 0 P PV I I I l V I I New Automatic Phone Equipment Installed Edward Shackleford and Blaine Barton Bart n. n Central Genteel Office Repair Repair- R Repairmen men are shown making a final Inspection of of crowbar relays used In the new automatic toll i witch switch witchIng Ing equipment Installed to serve lene the people of Utah Utah's new 4 A 4 A automatic toll witching switching equipment located In T the main telephone ope building In I Pall alt Lake City was as placed in Sunday t ch 16 a accordIng according accord acord cord ing to D. D P P. P Martin larUn Manager of the Telephone Company This marked the completion of a five million dollar construction and service Improvement project that began in 1 1956 6 It Is le the llIe se second ond system of Its Us kind kin kinto to be Installed In 4 In the Mountain State Stales area The new bew equipment is la part of a nationwide toll dialing network that make makes possible more efficIent efficient ent eat use ue of long distance circuit and a faster routing of long distance dis tance lance calls Customers will continue con COB continue to place their long distance dis dis- distance tance tails calls as aa usual with an op op- orator It is anticipated that approximately 75 76 per cent of ot the long distance calls originating dally In Utah will pass through the the equipment as well as moat of the long distance calls terminating ing In exchanges throughout the state Thin Thill will wilt provide improved Improve long distance telephone service In Ira Inthe inthe the entire Intermountain area The new equipment will serve serva both incoming and outgoing calla call as well as calls routed through Salt SaH Lake City to other communities ties In Utah and adjacent states For the past eight months up to l telephone technicians have been busy Installing the Intricate equipment Approximately electrical relays and miles of wire were used In Inter con interconnecting con the various various' switching units Twelve additional operator switchboard positions have been heeD added in order to provide all red operator assistance when whan whenever ever ever required on calls calls' terminal terminating I ing ng lg In hi Utah exchanges |
