Bell System Sees No Phone Change Prior to Autumn

House and Yard residents who want their overloaded party line phone service changed will have to wait until next fall.

"We're not planning any cable changes this semester that will relieve the situation," John Couming, of the Cambridge office of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company said yesterday.

Numerous undergraduates who ordered two party or suburban service last fall were told then they would receive it as soon as new outside cables could be installed to take care of the demand, "probably this spring." But Couming said government restrictions on metal as well as "unsatisfied post-war demands" have prevented this.

He also announced that the telephone company is "planning studies" which may result in more varied types of service being offered next fall. He also said that construction of new facilities at the central office will provide more telephone numbers in the city.

Estimates place the number of phones now in operation in University students' rooms at over 2000, but Couming could not tell just how many men want changes in their service. He did say that at least 2500 people in the city want different types than they now have, but have no chances unless others discontinue their use.