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Domestic News February 7, 1928

Nogales International

Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

What is this article about?

The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company is investing $10,000 in Nogales for line installations and pole removals as preparation for a major paving program. A crew from Phoenix, led by foreman W. R. McNamara, is installing a new line to the Hotel Esplendor and coordinating joint poles with the Southern Arizona Power Company on main streets.

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$10,000 Improvements Being Made By Telephone Company As Preliminary Step To Paving

Construction Gang No. 4 Of Mountain States Telephone And Telegraph Company Arrives Here To Remove Poles And Make Other Improvements

As a preliminary step to the big million dollar paving program in Nogales, the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company is spending approximately $10,000 installing new lines, removing poles, etc.

A telephone company crew of seven men from Phoenix, under supervision of W. R. McNamara, foreman of Construction Gang No. 4, is now in the city and will remain here for the next five or six weeks.

The construction gang is putting in a new line to the new $175,000 Hotel Esplendor, and the telephone company is also getting on a joint lead with the Southern Arizona Power Company on Morley avenue and on Arroyo Boulevard. The power and telephone companies are getting together on the main streets and will use hereafter just one line of poles.

What sub-type of article is it?

Infrastructure

What keywords are associated?

Telephone Improvements Nogales Infrastructure Pole Removal Hotel Esplendor Line Joint Utility Poles

What entities or persons were involved?

W. R. Mcnamara

Where did it happen?

Nogales

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Nogales

Key Persons

W. R. Mcnamara

Outcome

spending approximately $10,000 on improvements; crew to remain 5-6 weeks; new line to hotel esplendor; joint poles with southern arizona power company on main streets.

Event Details

Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company's Construction Gang No. 4, a crew of seven men from Phoenix under foreman W. R. McNamara, is installing new lines, removing poles, and making other improvements in Nogales as preparation for the paving program. This includes a new line to the $175,000 Hotel Esplendor and coordinating a joint lead with the Southern Arizona Power Company on Morley Avenue and Arroyo Boulevard, using one line of poles on main streets.

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