| Show betterment program includes building of telephone line federal water commission constantly working to improve conditions in uintah basin 4 this years betterment bet tennent rapi includes the building of lines to improve the distribution ot of water by the these lines will bs be used by tho the deputy commissioners gaso gage observers alvr ing near the rivers and by the corn com miss missioner loner there would be material advantage to most moat of the canal operators 1 it if they had telephone communication muni cation which would put them in touch with the deputy commissioner so that the operators could bo be told promptly of rising stages of the rivers and take advantage ady altage antage of them such phone lines could aj g from the house of the ditch rider to oneff one of the following destinations to the cabin of the deputy commissioner to the telephone ita alae 0 built fo tor r the commissi commissioner oner or his deputy to the indian service telephone line to a house or store where there Is a phone line of the indian service or of the mountain states telephone and telegraph company A bell line to a boll line itself to a forest service line or to someone living not far from a phone in each case the consent of the terminal owner would have to be obtained which Is difficult in case 5 just mentioned and might be for case 3 or w 6 cases 1 2 4 and 7 would be simple expenses the largest amoust of the ax expense ense consists of the cost ot of setting the poles with cedar posts this work could be done by those who are delinquent in paying their assessments which would be better than advertising them out of the country the cost of materials that must be bought outside the basin would be less than 25 per mile of line tor for a one wire line by virtue ot of low prices your commissioner jias has obtained phones cost 15 to 25 each |
