Show Phone breaks ground for Duchesne exchange Ground was broken Tuesday morning in marking the start of construction on a expansion project of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph At the site of the proposed new exchange on Seventh 1 one-half block south of U. S. a group of county and city leaders met with telephone officials to formally start GENERAL contractor for the structure is Construction Company of The new masonry building will be 26 by 38 and will be used entirely for dial switching It is currently planned that the which is starting will be completed by the end of At that equipment installers will begin the installation of the equipment needed to meet the exploding growth expected in Duchesne during the next IN CONJUNCTION with the new telephone lines throughout the city will be particularly In areas where new building and trailer courts are expected to be It is estimated the entire costing approximately will be completed by early spring of next year according to Theo manager of the telephone FOLLOWING THE local officials were entertained by phone company officials at a luncheon at which time Howard public relations manager for the outlined the proposed expansion He pointed out that the updating was necessary since Duchesne had outgrown the system that is presently in The dial system in Duchesne was one of the first in the and has been in use since the When the new system 13 Duchesne the latest in dialing equipment and DURING THE coming the expansion program of the company will also be carried into the Roosevelt where new dialing equipment will be It is anticipated that this phase of the expansion will be completed by late next i |