St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-09
THE TELEPHONE.
Something About improvements made In
Connection with the St. JOhnsbury
EKnhuu0a

Something About improvements made In
Connection with the St. Johnsbury
Exchange.
During the past summer good
deal has happened in this vicinity in
the way of improvements in the tel
ephone system which everybody who
uses the network of lines centering
here will appreciate, and Manager
Bingham naturally feels well salts
fed with the existing condition Of
things within his "helo" jurisdic-
tion. Betterments which the New
England Telephone company some
time ago realized as necessary to the
most practical working of the sys-
tenn have at last been brought about,
at cost of some $40, 900 or $12,-
900, and this section of the state
now possesses well arranged facilities
for communication by wire. Ten or
fifteen men have been busy all the sea-
son, since spring opened, under the
direction Of w. F. Hunt as foreman,
and the work has been well done,
Mr.. Hunt sparing no effort in that
direction.
A new line of poles has been set
from Barnet to Newport, about 60
miles; the line from Oxford to Or
fordvile, N. H.. has also been re-
built, and the old line between Brad
ford and Barnet has been thoroughly
overhauled and put into good work
ing condition. The line between
Bradford and East Corinth has like.
wise undergone reconstruction. The
route of the present new line from St
Johnsbury to Newport is via West
Burke instead of via Sheffield and
Wheelock new wire has been rur
to Lyndonville to admit of lessenine
the number of stations on one line
thus making communicat ton easie
. and more satisfactory; new wir
also runs to Barnet, for the sam
. reason, these extra wires being de
, voted to local business. A new lin
has been run from st. Johnsbury t.
, North Concord, with second nev
, wire to West Concord to ensure NOR
e complete local service. Onen new wir
runs from Newport to Bradford fo
n through business, the only static
4 between those two points being 81
9 FRnsbury. This enables converse
e ton to be carried on directly betwee
n this place and Bradford or Newpor
s without any interruption whateve
:. and also gives fine connection wit
e Canadian points as far north a
/. Sherbrooke.
# New transmitters and telephone
d have been put in at numerous point
h throughout the system long distane
= transmitters are now in use hel
O and at Bradford and Newport;
r new switch has been put in at New
# port and the Bradford exchange he
l. been made over-in fact, touches
+ Improvement have been made a
D. along the line.
d Right here in this village some d
in cided betterments have been accor
,e plished. The house and barn su
n ports on which the old lines depen
x ed have been done away with and
in substantial pole line establishe
n. Twenty-Five wires come in sing
at cable line from Prospect street to Il
If central office; other wires, some
es in number, center in support on t
re roof of Bank block and drop theI
al from in the form of cable to t
central office. The exchange Off
has been removed from the rear pc
ton of Bingham's drug store
=. cosy quarters on the floor aboN
~ where the operators respond to b
ry and drop" A phone at Bingham
It. enables the public to talk by w
without going upstairs, if it choo:
:. so to do. A new switch board Wi
- double the capacity of the old h
been set up at the central
S., Caledonia county towns are nc
tn conveniently linked together
re. wire, and are also within easy talki
distance of other towns in this S
ton of the state; and with
TO MANY improvements made this 81
IL son by the New England Telephc
he management this wonderful meth
of communication will grow
public favor.
Thi Hello
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