Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-01
| new SYSTEM
Will be Inaugurated
BY the Akron Peoples
Telephone Company.
Equipment Best That
Money Will Buy.
Subscribers Will be Relieved
From Delays
That Have Been So Marked Under
the Old System.

The Akron Peoples Telephone Com
pany will be in active operation by the
first of May. This information comes
from an official source.
The exchange of the company will
be located in the splendid new Hamil-
ton building, occupying the entire third
floor. 1t will be the most complete in
this section of the country.
The equipment of the company is the
finest that money will buy. No eX'
pense has been spared In the
matter. The company realizes
that the people of Akron
look to it to give them relief from the
conditions which have prevailed here
under the telephone monopoly of the
Bell company.
At this time a description of the
equipment is interesting. Something
about the exchange follows:
The Akron Peoples Telephone Com
pany's Central Energy System is man
ufactured by The Stromberg Carlson
Telephone Manufacturing Company, of
Chicago, Ilk In operation, 1t is de-
scribed as simplicity itself. The IN
strulnents are equipped only with Il
receiver, transmitter and bells, very
cleverly arranged, for either wall or
desk sets, dispensing with the local bat
terry and generator, talking energy be-
ing supplied from 1t common battery
plant located at Central and the old
generator call is eliminated, by an in
genious electrical call, that signals
central automatically when the receiv-
or is removed from,the hook.
This arrangement makes it possible
for all the old generator battery trou-
bles to be overcome mt central, without
sending inspectors to the local instru
ments; and in these two sources origi
mates a great majority of telephone
trouble.
The efficiency Of The Stromberg Carl
son Receivers and Transmitters has
been thoroughly established and they
are generally regarded by telephone
experts, as being as good as the mar
ket affords. The points of adjustment
on them are carefully arranged before
they leave the factory, the transmitter
being sealed and the receiver being
locked.
The common battery system secures
n regular flow of battery current which
furnishes uniformity of talking quail
tiles in the different instruments, that
is not possible with the local battery,
in which case the battery, of the busy
telephone will be run down and eX-
hausted long before the battery of n
telephone which is seldom used.
The storage battery system will be
furnished in duplicate having one
emergency set, and so arranged that
all the telephones will work on fresh
ly charged battery each day.
The central Office will be supplied
with Stroinberg Carlson latest design
cd multiple switch beard of 5000 ca
pacity that enables each operator to
make direct connection, for all calls
coming in OH her section of Board, to
any subscriber Oh the entire system,
thus avoiding delays .hat arise on the
old transfer type of board.
The signals are provided with auto
matte restoring devices, eliminating
the additional labor, for an operator,
of restoring signal drops" ms the calls
como in. After making connection
and calling the party desired the oper-
ator receives notice of the answer COM
ing in by signal light, and when they
are through talking, the placing of the
receiver ON the hook is n positive no
titication to central that they have
ceased using the line. The signal re-
naming in view until the operator dis
connects the lines, overcoming the ne
cessity of the operator cutting In Oh
the line, to ask, "have they answered"
or ARE you through"
These improvements are greatly ap-
preciated by the subscriber as well as
the operators, as they expediate the
otherwise tedious and vexatious means
of getting connection.
Tho chief operator has what is
known as the monitor board. This
board has placed thereon red light,
one for each board operated by the
different operators. These lights are