Show TRY 10 TO MAKE PEACE I WITH CITY COUNCIL Telephone Company Next Week Will Explain Its Efforts to Consolidate Plants STATEMENT IN WRITING Will Construct New Exchange Building Building Building Build Build- ing to Be Known as Hyland Station Assurance that tho the public of oC Salt I Lake Lako will bo be relieved of ot tho burden bunion and expense of ot two telephone services Just as 03 soon as tho the plant of at tho the now new compan company can bo placed In a 0 physical condition to handle handlo tho the traffic of oC the tho theold theold old Independent company and that this will be accomplished upon the comple comple- completion completion tion of oC tho the proposed now Hyland station sta eta tion was given gl members of tho the city council last nl night ht at an Informal conference conference con con- ference between representatives of oC tho the company and tho council It was expected that tho the telephone merger marger proposition would bo be taken up for tor formal Cormal consideration before the tho municipal municipal municipal mu mu- laws ws committee of oC tho council last night but tho chairman of at the tho committee was unable to bo ho present and th the tho matter was vas discussed Informally informally mall mally by four or five lIvo councilmen who were present A As a n result of oC this conference however however how how- ever evor the telephone company agreed to submit to tho the council next Monday night a wr written t en statement of t. t J 7 Just what it Is doing oln to bring brine about the 10 elimination of or tho the two service burden now borne by tho the p people ople and Just how I soon It would be able to abolish all the Independent telephones telephone and antI take tako care of ot all a 1 subscribers subscriber of both concerns concern with the tho Instruments of or the tho one compan company company com com- pany pan the tho Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company compan I Will lie Dc MHO Many Month MInth While the tho representatives of or the I company present last night would n not t I Imako make nako a formal statement as Us to tu it t would guarantee to bring this tills condition con con- about it Il was Intimated d that It would be bo early In the tho new year carA car A A. G G. G and other representatives representatives of oC the tho company presented to the tho ho councilmen lust last night plans viana of oC tho the now new Hyland station Is la designed to o relieve reHo tho the load loud on tho the central stalon station sta- sta lon tion on State street aria ana enable the new now company compan to switch over to that stalon station station sta- sta I tion lon and the new station all subscribers ers of oC the Independent company and cars for tor them theta with one service Mr MacKenzie explained to the tho councilmen coun- coun cilmon that It Is L a physical al Impossibility for tor tho the now company to abolish all II the Independent telephones tel phones now and take ake tho the traffic over to the Boll Doll office because the capacity of or tho the plant would not permit of ot tho handling of oC the business business business busi busi- ness and to abolish the Independent I service now would force torce Independent ent i I t to go o without telephone service until tho the new Hyland station I le Is s completed and anti would deprive deprive- bus bust bust- I nesa neg ess men of oC tho the business they the ordinarily narU arlly do ever every overy day with customers who o hn only the tho Independent service The Tho council was as assured ure that every I effort IS la being put forth to hasten the tho completion of oC the Hyland station and when It t. t Is completed and n In shape for rho 1 h fl I I 8 VJ U Independent to ep VV ones w VII 1 be e retired In a night all old Indo Indo- Independent pendent business being cut over to I tho tho ho central and Hyland Nyland stations durIn during dur- dur In ing ng the tho night By Dy this method It Is I claimed there thero will wUI be no Interruption In n service I will AVI 11 Make Statement I IThe j I Tho The company representatives agreed Ito to o make mako a statement to the council in writing giving a definite time e when this elimination of OC tho the double service will take take- place pl This communication will be referred to tho the municipal laws committee and another formal session on the matter I probably will be held next Thursday night I Tho The council was to have havo met In special ape ape- special cial session last nl night ht- ht to pass the the monthly pa pay rot rolls II but there was not nota a a. quorum pre present ent and the rolls will have havo to go so over until the regular meeting meeting meet meet- ing Monday night As a a. result city who expected to get th their lr half months month's pay pa today will have to wait walt until Tuesday Tues l |