Evening journal., 1892-06-21
THe swroA-aoARo ANeeL.

An Amendment 10 the Telephone Rules
for scorohing June, July and August.
This is bad weather for the girl opera
tors iu the telephone exchange al Fourth
and Market streets The scorcher to-day
must have paralyzed not only the girls at
the switch board but also ono 500
that being who Is supposed TO stand be
tween am outraged public and the caprice
of the switch board girl III they were
not asleep from 1870 o'clock until II
o'clock this morning they must have
been down to Tolchesier Beach or Angus
time Pier enjoying a 81 round trip excur-
sion with dinner and bathing suit thrown
in.
Coming mp Market street at 1890
o'clock this morning an EVENING JouR
NAL reporter heard that Detectives Wit
sil and McNey would appear before tho
Police Commissioners this afternoon and
testify in the Blackburn Stroud bribery
case. Wishing 20 send the Tip into the
office for the police reporter he stepped
into the Office of City Treasurer Adams
ON East Sixth street and went to tho
phone.
Giving the regulation one turn of the
crank ho called "3O2 wants 500.
There was mo- response The request
for the numbers was repeated ten times
/ The reporter then asked for No 500. the
special operator Still no response.
Traasnrors Clerk Price wns asked to
make the call lie has dulcet voice
with n winning accent and his call
usually brings its answer On this occa-
sion it failed even TO got the busy
ring
leaving the city treasurer's office the
reporter won't into tine city tax Office.
'3ls wants 800 This was the vail
| That went along the wire for ten consoc.
utivc times. and for ten consecutive
| times 10 was unheeded Five calls We're
then made for No 800, with the same
result
Clerk McCloskey walked TO the phone
and his failure was equally ignomini0us.
The reporter determined to have his
say and pending the interruption Of the
switchboard angels slumbers. on her
return from the seashore, he sat down
and mathematical the inventor of the
telephone switchboard angel as one who
had conceived public delusion and d
snare.
superintendent Mehafiey should amend
his rules as follows and ma We the amend
ment printed on asbestos with red-hoi
ink
ANY patron who wants a number dur
ing June July or August. must turn th,
crank once II he gets four short, sharf
rings he must understand that the
other patron is busy or that the telephon,
switch board angel is too busy knitting
point lace for a petticoat TO attend "a
your wants. If you do not get any re-
sponso call for No 500 II the silence Is
still unbroken, take it for granted that
the girls are asleep. Go down Ia
the exchange at Fourth and Market
streets, creep stealthily up the stairs
burst o. panel ont of the door of the OK
change and yell fire If it wazens them
apologize explain the situation, give the
numbers You asked for, and return TO tn,
point of beginning. If the fire
alarm racket does not work. dis
connect two electric light wires ani
quietly connect every angel in the place
LET No. 800 hold both ends TO complete tn,
circuit, slip down to the electric light
station get Mr. Trump to turn ON tn,
Paradise circuit and watch the result
from afar off, For the next half hour
at least, You viii get anl
number you want u is the aim Of thi
company to give che city complete tele
phone service and we are doing every
thing IN our power to do so, as thl
Postal Telegraph Company win tell You