The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-19
INTO THE NEW HELLO STATION.
Telephone Switch Over VIII BE Mad,
This Afternoon.

Telephone Switch Over VIII BE Made
This Afternoon.
Everything being now in readiness,
the system thoroughly tested and ad-
justed, operators drilled in the new
manual and the handsome exchange
building fully equipped, the switch over
I the telephone system will take place
| this afternoon at o'clock and Manager
Murray is confident that subscribers
will not be aware of the change by
reason of any action on their
instruments. The company has
spent a great sum of money to make
this end attainable and by so
doing has given to the city of Salt
Lake a telephone system second to
none in the United States, of the same
capacity. One of the latest improved
sWitchboards, including the electric
! light express" signal system, capable
of taking care of 5000 Instruments,
has been put in at a cost of over
$4,000, and the approaches to the new
exchange building on State street have
been undergrounded from the middle OF
the intersection of State and First
South streets, with the early prospects
Iof THE undergrounding of the entire
system in the business section of the
city.
Since the year 1878, the exchange OF
the Rock Mountain Bell Telephone
company has been in the Joab Law
renee block ON First South, and the
public has been given a first class
service throughout that period of time,
but the progress made in electrical and
telephone circles during the past few
years has necessitated some radical
nd no
system is the result. The company
will be fully located in it's own hand
some home Within the next four or
five days, the removal of the general
offices not being scheduled until next
week. The new building is being fitted
up with furniture throughout and the
old will be relegated to the workrooms
downstairs.
For the past few weeks, President
Wallace, Manager Murray and a
horde of Workmen have been working
night and day in their efforts to Sc
cure the completion of the exchange
building, and the early removal from
the present cramped quarters. As be,
fore stated, this change Will be made
this afternoon and with it will go into
effect number of important improve
ments in the service. In this connec-
ton the company yesterday afternoon
put out the following official an
nouncement:
''The telephone company will switch
its lines to the new Telephone build
ing on State street, Saturday, Janu-
airy 10, 1895, at five o'clock p. m.
"A new system of ringing will be liz
augurated simultaneously with the
change. Heretofore, subscribers have
been accustomed to ring up the party
MT ea1 oft
the connection. In the new system,
the operator will do the ringing; the
only rings to be made by the subscrlb-
er being one to call the Central and
one as a signal for disconnection. The
operation will be: The subscriber Will
ring once for the operator, give the
number wanted, and stand with the
telephone to the ear until the. party
wanted answers, or the operator re-
ports the line busy Subscribers will
please bear in mind that any rings
made by them, other than one to call
She operator, will mean a signal for
dlSconnection; and an attempt to call
up the party asked for, by the old
method viii therefore only create con-
fusion. The first ring made from a
telephone, displays the number of the
telephone to the operator; any subse-
quent ring displays only the signal for
disconnectfon.
Subscribers are requested to post
this circular temporarily by the side of
the telephone, and to notify all per,
sons authorized to use their teIephone.
that after five o'clock Saturday, Jan
uary 19, 1895, the above method will
be used. For the time being the on
viii be instructed to say to
each 'caiF-'Do not ring, will ring
Tor you: but this formula will be
uone away with as soon as subsci,fb-
ers accustom themselves to the new
method.
There will be no interruption of
service, and such persons as NAV he
at the time of transfer. will
continue their conversation tbroJph
the new switchboard without know
ledge that they have been Switched
over
all of the latest improvements, and
with the most approved auxiliary an
paratus, has been placed in service.
and we present to our patrons an eS-
change equipment, equaIling, if not
any yet constructed.
The new switchboard increases ON,
facilities for metallic circuits and long
distance telephones, so that we ara
now able to supply them to all SUBJ
scriibers who may desire such an
Patrons of the company, and the
public, will be welcomed and the Off
cial5 of the company will have pleas !
ure in showing them through the ex-
change"