The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-08

E#EAN Ia tenn that is being
In n f1EM HE carried out in the
IL ~ - consolidation Of
the Bell and the Mutual Companies.
"You know, it is the simplest thing
in the world" said Mr. Cassidy, "but
people do not seem to catch on very
easily. The great number of wires
crossing the streets here and there all
over the city has given them an idea
that it is going to take superhuman
effort to do the work of uniting both
the systems into one. On the other
hand it requires but a few cuts here
and a few cuts there, a connection
here and a connection there, to COM
plete the whole transaction. We ex-
pect to have everything done and In
running order by Tuesday nlght.
I0There Is one thing Of great impor-
lance that we have been trying our
best to accomplish, and that Is to
eliminate the Induction from electric
light wires, so that If electric cars
should be used here in the future, the
trolley wires will not interfere.
WOur wires will all run down
through asbestos tubes so that there
will be absolutely no danger from hre:
That I consider an important move"
The main thought running through
the whole work Of connecting the two
systems Is to simplify matters and
give to the general public one system
upon which they can place perfect re-
liance. All the energies OF the super
intendent and his men have been
averted with this thought in mind. AL:
though foreigners have pronounced
the telephone system in Honolulu the
best they have ever used, there has
been some dissatisfaction among the
people of this city itself. Mr.. CASSIDY
admits that there have been grounds
for iGkickingp but he thinks there Will
no more when everything Is COM
zone of the first things we have to
add in simplifying matters Is q new
switch board-an improvement on
the one put UP some time ago In the
old Bell Telephone Office 1t seems
that whenever anything was wrong at
one part OF the switch board, all parts
became affected and there was general
confusion. With the new Que in
vented and put up by Mr.. cassidy,
there 10 not the least possibility OF
getting things confused.
There were $50 telephones on the
old Mutual and $50 an the Bell. The
$50 talking among themselves and the
$50 among themselves, required
force Of eleven operators, Now there
Will be heel "a a. a. c::t ?0fr more, 20
cause in addition to all the WORK Oh
the two companies when they were
seprrate, will be added the extra Wors
III the ESQ and the $50 talking to-
oather. Nv Tuesday night all the
Snerators will be In the Mutual build
ing, at the corner Of Alakea NanC
Queen streets. Mr.. Cassidy thinks
that IL there is q rush with nIteeI
operators there should be sixteen, anC
IL sixteen are rushed there should o'
aeyenteen. The reason for this,
course, is to insure good service ant
keep the great strain OF sitting 10
hours on duty from settling on any
the operators.
II is quite necessary that the boy
understand the native language, 10
the number of natives in possession O
telephones is very large, Indeed. In
company is not in favor of encourag
ing native speech through the tele
phone, so when anything is asked II
that language the operators are re
quired to answer in English.
There are times when q persol
wishes to talk quite extensively !
6Central." The operators will
through which they can carry o.
such, conversations without inter
ruption.
The numbers of the telephones hav
been changed to some extent, but
great deal of care has been taken t
Insure Justice to all parties. Wher
two persons-one with the Bell an
the other with the Mutual telephone
had the same number, the preference
was given the one who first had hi
telephone put in, provided 1t was be
tween two business, or between tw
private houses. In the case OF q bus
ness and q private house, the prefer
ence was given the former. Where
became necessary to change numot
say 22-622, ~, 80, or some sue
number was given. OF course thel
were places where the numbers ia
to be changed altogether. I'll
reason we have tried 30 hard to pleas
everyone In this respect" said Nj
Cassidy, "is the fact that when
person once becomes used to nun
Der, 1t becomes q habit which Is vel
hard for him to change. A few Peep
have complained, but the majoril
seem perfectly satisfied.
1.-THE indiscriminate use OF tel
phones by others than the persons
whom they are granted is to
stopped" continued Dir: CASSIE
1--WE have lost some telephones fro
the very fact that people kept runnil
into the houses where these were a
making them conveniences. We q
willing to put telephones into nous
for people, but we are not willing
have our patrons disturbed by VIII
Won might call the telephone bumm'
I'VE are going TO instruct our patro