Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-21

The magnitude and importance of the
improvements to the local telephone
service are not generally familiar to
subscribers of the c. d. & p. Tel. Com
pany. Manager C. r. Wolff has long
since furnished convincing proof that
he is the right man in the right place.
and he has always awaited himself of
every opportunity which has been at
forded to improve the service, and gen.
eraly to increase the utility and value
of the telephone to mercantile estab-
lishments, professional men and priv
ate citizens.
The central Office has very recently
been removed from the seco-d floor of
the Peoples bank building to the hand
some and commodious new structure at
the corner of Chapline and Fifteenth
streets, which was built expressly as
the home Office of the company, and is
therefore adapted to every requirement
Of the service.
But is is not the building, SO much
as its equipment, which is worthy OF
note. All the old appliances have been
discarded and replaced by modern, up
tO-date apparatus, at cost of not less
than $150,0O0, and after long and hard
work by force which has varied from
100 to 200 men. Some idea of the per-
lection of the present system may be
CLEANED from the statement that not
mere than a score of the larger cities
in the country are furnished the same
improved service.
The placing of the wires in the UNI
foreground conduits was in itself a
labor of great magnitude and expense.
The wires enter the Office through the
basement of the new building, and the
1920 pairs of wires terminate on the
big switchboard, which is itself
model piece of workmanship. With
out going into the technical details Of
the old and new systems. for purposes
of comparison, two or three simple
statements may afford the reader some
idea of their scope and the advantage
which the new possesses over the old.
Instead Of the ringing noise, the opera
tors attention is attracted by small
light which is displayed the moment
the subscriber takes down the re-
ceiver The operator makes the con-
nection in the small opening above the
light. When the subscriber finishes,
the light disappears, and operator and
subscriber are relieved of the annoy
ance of such questions as still talk
in-?" etc., etc. The switchboard gives
each subscriber virtually an individual
service, and obviates the thousand and
one petty annoyances and delays OF
the old system. The new building is.
equipped with duplicate light plant,
also duplicate storage battery sys-
tenn.
The C. D. & P. company in its new
quarters, has facilities for accommo-
dating fully $500 subscribers. In lay
ing the conduits, provision was made
for a reasonable increase during the
next ten or more years. With these
manifold improvements, all designed
to please the subscriber. the cost of
the telephone service will continue to
be much lover than in any of the
larger cities.
With the new system comes another
innovation that will be pleasing to
many who have always wanted what
might be termed telephone service by
meter, or measured service rates, to-
gether with a twenty-five per cent re-
duction in the rates for 'the loud
talker, or long distance instrument"
subscribers desiring two telephones,
j. e., one in their general Office, count
ing room or private office or desk, will
be supplied with the two services for
ninety-nine dollars per annum. Meas
ured service rates range from thirty to
fifty dollars per annum. Party Tires
unlimited service rates range from
thirty-three to thirty-six dollars per
annum. All lines of either character
will be supplied with the new style of
instruments of the most modern pat
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