Show Phone Service Telephone service was established Tuesday on a mile section of a new transcontinental cable route according to Richard local Mountain Bell manager in section of the new cable route between Brig-ham City and Salt Lake City will have an ultimate capacity of simultaneous two-way said James A. A. T. T. Long Lines Supervisor responsible for the cable maintenance through the Bountiful This section joins to the new route that crosses Wyoming and Utah with major buildings in Muddy and in Wyoming and in Brigham Goulding stated that that the cable is installed and in service very little maintenance is Our big concern now is protection of the cable from digging and drilling THE ROUTE is well marked with warning signs and we make frequent contacts with property owners and Before digging or drilling anywhere near the cable route parties should call collect to plus We will send a man right out at no charge to positively identify the cable This is the best means to protect telephone service from accidental The cable and buildings on this route are buried and reinforced to protect communication lines from natural and man-made The cable itself is placed in a trench four feet deep with underground equipment vaults placed every one mile along the MAVIN said that A. T. T. took special care in the initial route selection to coordinate the selection of a location public agencies not only protects the cable but also avoids environmental and historical This care was lo construction and restoration phases of the A. T. T. Long Lines Department is the Bell System's unit responsible for international and interstate THE CABLE route will be extended west out of Brigham in 1973 for completion into |