Uintah Basin Standard | 1958-04-03 | Page 6 | Growth of Phone Booths Told in News Release

Growth of phone Booths told In news release About yeans ago a young- man was threatened with eviction from a Boston rooming- house because he was using- the It seems his landlady sensitive to and his shouting into the was too much for her jangled With the ingenuity that cornea from the young man pulled the blankets off his One end tee draped over the telephone and the other over a barrel mien he crawled the tent-like structure and continued his From then his landlady was The young man was assistant to Alexander Graham The soundproofing device marked the birth the first telephone The idea has snowballed today there are 30 telephone booths located in the Basin according- to Birch manager for the Mountain States Telephone here There lias been a In booths over the early ones were Victorian a plush wooden elegantly equipped with a curtains omd a Today's phone booths are a far cry from those earlier versions of telephone They are made of glass and are weather proof and accessible to the motoring- and public by being located busy streets and The American public is depending more and more on the telephone as a tool in conducting business and Public telephones are filling a need in making good telephone service available to Birch says the telephone is smallest room In which a lot of business deals are closed many parties are NOW HOLDS FOUR The out-door telephone booth that dots most American cities will hold four as demonstrated by this one located next to Barber Shop In Four school boys jammed this one to make a local possibly for a date with a