Show itah Expands hone Service service m Utah and improved tune of more than last to H. L. for Mountain i telephone company Ito spend million 32 percent more than TL to keep pace with m growing telephone year made Ulion local and long The state's Us are the in the more than iter person each i Mountain Bell telephones to tes in bringing tal number served by Bell in Utah to ft 1427 added in ig the total to projects completed a new nic switching office customer services in Salt Lake and equipment M in the fa of more lines in Provo and an of long distance lug equipment in Salt completed during the yas a between Salt Park The will provide to handle growth rapidly expanding IE than rural sub-m were provided with service during cost exceeding Urban service gives rural subscribers the option of one or two-party service where previously only four and eight-party lines were only percent of the state's telephone customers have rural Walker MAJOR projects scheduled for 1972 a million electronic switching system to serve the new Church office building in Salt Lake a new telephone building to serve the Snowbird-Alto an electronic switching system in Murray to serve the new St. Mark's Hospital and the new Fashion Place and a building and equipment addition in Cedar Also planned are additional lines in Clearfield and A microwave system will be installed between Price and Huntington to provide additional long distance THE company presently serves about 95 percent of all households within its territory in and 75 percent of those customers have one-party Walker said the company paid in and local taxes during THE company's employees took home more than million in wages during the an increase of percent over Walker sees 1972 as a year of progress in the community as well as in the our emphasis on good service and we'll be ready to meet the growth expected in this he |