The Portland daily press., 1900-01-05

0sorgs n. Cutsins sAyss 81 am ssins
what u ssrnsd measured sesvics 1t NJ
house. Both service and price are ell that
csn b reasonably sxpsttsd."
X. J. Mckay; "I ind the MEASURED
service Of the N. =. Telephone company
q great convsniesc~ In my residence, The
numbsr Of calls ample and the service
good"
Bufinstsn q 0oodsIi; eve have ussd
the measured service about thrss years,
and ws ere perfectly satisfied with 10 and
with the price"
Charles A. Msrriii: 81 use the meas
ured servios 81 my offios and In my home.
Il has become Indispensable. The service
IL sxosllsnk. the instrumsnts Of the b ct,
the ehAsa reasonable. am perfectly
satisfied with what / get and with what
I pay for the uss of my tslsphons.
". p. Rowsl 81 Co.; 1--WE srs using
the measured service. and ind It entirely
sasisfsotory."
Henry L. xhitcomb, ~ have been on
the measure ssrvios for about six months.
and havs found IL satisfactory go far 80
service and attention By operators 10 CON-
osrnsd, and believe no bettsr facilities
can be given BY any company foe prompt
comm unioasion. either locally or BY long
distance service. am constantly using
this latter servios and 10 ID highly satis-
factory"
DISADVANTAGES OF AUTOMATIC
SWITCHES.
(Boston Record, July 8, 1soQ)
It 10 quite within the range Of posi-
biiity to place In the Dab OF . railway
locomotive . machine which shall take
the plsos Of the engineer, starting and
stopping the engine Al the proper points
along the road, blowing the whistle, stc.
On account however, OF conditions
ahead, which oAn never be anticipated.
NO one would care 10 risk hiuself in .
sxain controlled By . machine.
Some human Intelligence 10 wanted In
. losomotivs oab. There are other places
In the economy Of affairs where ma
chinsry might be substituted tor human
agency, hut from the nature Of the case,
they require human Intelligence absolute
~.
Altar investigating the so-oallsd ad-
vantages Of an automatic telephone sys-
tenn, and also considering the inherent
disadvantaGe Of attempting TO put into
communication Thousands OF subscribers
under all kinds of varying conditions. IL
cannot DO believed that o telephone
tohboard, without the aid Of human
Intelligence 10 . thing to be desired.
Suppose q subscriber loses his list Of
,um bers, or suppose fire OCCURS In bis
house, and the list IL mislsid; or suppose.
under great excite msnt, he wishes to Sc
cure q physloian or policeman. what
chance 10 there Of his succeeding when he
must absolutely know the number he
wants, pull down the dial three times b
proper figures, turn the crank, sto.f
Supposs q man disco vers robbers In the
house ut night, and wishes to get tele-
phone communication without attracting
attention, how Is be going to work the
automatic without nshti
Suppose . fire occurs down town and q
business man from his residence desires
to learn tho location of the Use, who ean
tell himi
whom shall he oall7 Suppose. In ordi'
nary business transactions, subscriber
attempts to connect with another and the
bell does not rins,l how does he know
whether the line he wishes Is busy or
whether something Is the matter with the
line or apparatusf
How many times is he going to try to
connect with tho party before he hunts
up an expert to deter mine WHISTLER or net
there 10 trouble. and when 1t will be
remedisdf
Suppose he wishes to inquire the result
Of . football game. baseball. or to get any
| other information which Ii almost daily
wanted from the telephone central offioe'
Suppose q person oalls him and gives an
order for goods or II he be doctor, an
order to visit patient, and he finds some
malicious psrson has sent . false order,
how will he discover WHARF 1t originated
In fact, aside from all questions Of ex
trs,nely delicate apparatus, If you would
have good pies you've got to have a cook
| in the kitchen. Much better talk to Q
| tsIsphons 0irl than to o machine.