The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-29
THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

The TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
Of the Intricacies and C0nfa- |
siOn AftendinE Busy D1y-The Miami |
o3dspaftes OF the Attendants-A Deserip- |
tton Of the MeehRpism and Management- |
New York Cor. Detroit Free Press.l -
Switchboard No. 1 has sixty wires
radiating from it to sixty offices and
residences throughout the city a.Each
wire, when it reaches the central office,
terminates in brass strip about half an
sixty brass strips are arranged per-
At right angels to the sixty are thirty
"talking" strips of the same shape and
material. The talking strips are sepa-
thin sheet of rubber. This whole ar
with q boy on a tall chair before it.
Above the switchboard are sixty bells,
connected with the sixty wires, and
bell rings the number is displayed.
Through each talking strip, where it in
tersects a subscribers strip, there is a
hole, and when brass plug is inserted
in one of these holes it. connects that
talAing s.rip WIN Inc SUBSCRIBER sIrip
las is lmtersecteo az tnas p0lnt; mus
eacn .a.klng kg,P s.IiP nag Sky noies an anu
eacn supSc!lper sefiP tniIoy Inc
lowest !aiking slap .ol the thirty con
nscts WIN tne ONCE selepnone' at wnicn
Doy sits. -
b NJ" suppose tnat a whose wire Is
40 :: "an's 70 ta!k % ..., p, whose Wire ,, Is
W 4o io.Is MS pciepnone from INT Sne
tlooA ~ Lls oi.ce -, anu instantly oeil No.
III h, e., atoke 49, - 't aas gule Is IasplAyen
IN no 10y sAAe1 o.ass pug, plac9s :. A.
tuc i1"oss W saiAns sip, enlouel into
stiP =. ne e1el gives iew SNAKES AZ
,ever u oh LIS uesk 'ha1 rings the Dell III
ounce. 90,
.Hs, oo, n' "nes = ~ eHys 'n1 20 uoy, y 70
onneos. LUG WIN % s9. s'S'o'o
'eTIason Tha ia assIu tahas na3has aHs a.
.:4 u: poy .a. SaAes :. anoSoa pug anT ~
ser. ~ 81 sna' M1s ~ oanoo's hls .aiAng
ssiiP Will LS: no. noM IL n1 la':ieS p,l o,l
'ne le.xi "nlon iinse' 'ho pon IL .
oiilcT III DC eonies. :, se.
.ll',, aiIoo, D, says 'ne poy' q q Wallis i 2
tsf Ts.a.. CaiA VII IN yuu ,,
1 % Ouo oy .y,,': oaAoe DHsS N pug, u
80 :: 70 AZ ~ pay .As s'lip w. ~ una. a.
~ oVnneets WIN W. :, snen ne Pu's ~
auoehei pug ~ 'aakiug s'liP N1' "
| connece ~ VIII NO: NJ, Wnich tel-
ePn9mIlGauy JolDs VIII p. no
| 1anuo' says the poy. o'
anSau WIN D.
/ "nen tne ooy wants W Aho" II coh'
versatlon mas ceased ne inserts pug
1 mo strlp no. ana ils1ens' II ne neaIs
/ 9otning ne asks II tney are tnrOugn
4
! lion mas ceased ana SO wltndraWs the
Two Plugs from talking strip NO. L
This takes long time to tell bu. only
few seconds to accomplish.
Inc new 9ork Ielepaonic Excnange'
which was described IN the oc.nf.jt'
AMERICA" mas ieur hunofeo suoscrloers
and nve operators.
| Opposite each switchboard, on higt
revolving chair, sits young man witt
| a hearing telephone in his hand. To {
4 stranger tbe fve ;,dnstr;ons vonno n, e1
searo snrorod i, q +a1L;no n,stch n,
roou ;s boha1 of .:ha1ioes % Tha how
hond,a r,,,,oS I'll da~tor;+, ~ h.t 80 -
Minds one Of The Sw;sa aIi-Rinaars
Eonr of thar, wrestle w;.b the ord;na % ;,
4 tafS,ho,,a. ~ AZ ,,oeor+,,,,o+. .,o,,-,
W. Z whn ,sars eu .n eetunrnwnad $3.50 .mI 81 an:
sits Hn in ny the i ~iah E hand Corner I has # :
earn b;s braa5 hn The sweat Of hi
brow. "What's that vounp man dc
inpp. r. asked. as this perspirinp il
: divianaI hent his hack and his enercie
j to wbfrlinp around the crank of q sTi,a,
{ hand.oroa1, The old machine. oroane
Under the a;na;ct;me .anJ rsmarkef
. & Wh;rewb;ro wh ;ra wh;ra wb b;rrrr-r.r-r
I "He,s not grinding coffee - said tn
chief onerotor eebe7s trv;no tn or
Wvandotte.
.MHe'II have Wyandotte up here in
2 minnfe..if eitmaEes such a noise, dow
7 there.",, -,
: Sure enough he reused Wyandott
D and that SMOKY city answers with
S Ioud and angry fif1p:
"Halloo, Dry-Docks," says the cofe,
!, mill man. "Go on with Wyandotte." !"
"And silence like poultice comes
e uu. y 10 neal the blows OF SOUND
$ WINE Ine youns man Iemosoe nio IL
t anu ~ noPs nis nea.eu oioM. G.
Inc next man 70 niln nas e,Inel W
. pass voice OF a pao COLO, anu @ Ins chahgs
0 ne can Ilng .. 1ne wolu al.?S III. a
/ worth tne price oi concelt 1eHe'
U uea! lo na.ioo, ne ~ m2oiIoo ~
/ oruinary eohs- isNo alswer; =, I:lw aoU
n tnteIIoga.iVeiy; nalIoo! SUI Piseul, Euy
n mango! @ eAPos.9,latiTTTliy, Tl inall nallo
n nallooF mPatlentiy. i4en 1e says
a tne Canaoa ooutnein: }, can geS u
5, M1cnlgan central
e l tolo the young man 70 1race "
., tnat many specuia1or nsa trieo 70 8
j; the Micnigan Central De1ofe' ana a.
J. faiied:
Ir IL Is fnn TO see nve or SIX numDe
W drop at once on one sWltch,poar IN,
r the young man has to throw hlmse
j. While ne is attending to one man, the
y are half dozen others IN diherent pal
es OF the city making the air blue WI
At Pr0f&Gty. ~
s. Why in ETC., ETC., ETC.,
O. don't you tend to business !" shouts
in man mile away.
n "Al right, sir; what do you want