HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 12/02/1954•VLV1gL B~I:.gtldd
Dial: Equipment. ,
Installation 'Starts
In • Local Building
Modern dial telephone service
for -;Central Parat, and direct
toll~fl'ea calling ,between that
city ~. and Medford and between
C~tttrg~l Poipt end Whtte City,
mo'vod a step loser this week
wibh, he start of e4utpment in-
stalla4 on la'Can{rai point's new_
ty'-eSi98trucled. dlal telephone of-
ficie~. ~ . ~ .
VraQ11'Iu ~Teleph_one ,Manager J.
&I.: CreaBer .said this phase of
the ~ se~ec %=.-improvement pro-'
grapi~ wlil hb-com$leted by .era-
pldyees oY the Western Electric
company,
Readg~~ [p,,,aSftd-April
Tenta4lye in-operation date of
the..dial, -system .and the toll-
iree "e~tlanded service'- ..plaa~ is
mld<April next year. Cost aB the
over-all project to Pacific Tele-
phony is estimated et more than
$315,000. ~ -
Some of the expenditures Hal-
ed by Creager include: land and
building, $26,000; central o#Pice
egaip;nent, $83,300; outside dis-
tribution plant (poles, wjres and'
sables), $169;000; .trunk cables
between Medford and Central
Poinf, $10,000.
Equipment -in the' new 38'x2T
concrete block dial cents) office
is being installed under the sup-
ervision of Western Electric
.facilities in
-Megnwhlle, three: PaelPic~Te e- -"~
'lphono line crews ".totalllitg ~4 - ,
men, under $uparviaing Con-
. struction. Foreman Fran$~ LiL41e; '
are going ahead with the con- I
struction of new pole lines ~ In
the Central Point exchange.
Cable Splicing Foreman E. S.
Spence currently has one two-
- dean crews on the project and
oxpects to add another later:
About 35 per cent of 4he necea- '
sary outside plant work has been
completed to date, Creager esti-
ma4ed.
Over 1,200 telephone, about
twice the number now in use, ~
will be served initially by Ehe
new Central ~Poiut dial exchange.
Under the extended -service ar-
rangement with Medford and ,
White City, Cehtral point's di- '
-. rect. eRll~np.$rea, without- long .;
distance charges, will b0 enlarg- i
_.-t~ te_.i4clltde ..bEttQ3'-thaTi.-1.4,Q0
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telephones in the three-city area,
C.P
American 1954 Creager said. -
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