The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1901-11-02
The New Telephone System.

The proposed new telephone system
to be established by The Telephon.
Company Of America a. substitute
for the sy stem now in use 10 this and
other places in this section, appears
to be q great Improvement and make,
the present system appear very
clumsy.
! Congressman BrOussard has beer
interchangeable IN his efforts to intro
duce this system in Louisiana and ID
meeting with gratifying success. Fol
some time past he has been lnb0rine
with the City Council OF New Orleans
for the privilege to introduce the new
system in that city, and his efforts
were crowned with success on Tues
day evening last, when tie measure
was passed by II vote Of twelve to
two.
The suIjoined statement of the
wOrkings Of the new system sen,
from Washington to the N. U. Picay
une, will prove interesting reading:
Representative BrOussard, of New
Iberia, has been spending the greater
part of the week here on business
pertaining to the new 2.cent telephone
system which he is having installed
in New Iberia, Franklin, Crowley and
Lafayette. and which he has asked
the city Of New Orleans to adopt
The Telephone Company Of America
is behind this system, which was in
vented by DR.. +. +. Frost, Of this
city, and is hurrying the manufacture
OF instruments and equipment for the
exchanges and houses of these towns,
hoping To have everything in cpm-
pIete order for use in - very fcw
months.
The towns have been plated and
blue prints 10 the company's oillc-s,
10 the international Investment Com
pany's building, on Thirteenth street,
show where every telephone is tO bs.
located. As the system is to be q
universal one, practically every hol
will have telephone, for there is 40
rental for an instrument aud but 2
cents charge is made for its use, which
is to be- paid by the person calling.
The number Of telephones to be in-
stalled in New lb-ria 10 1,763; 10
Franklin. l,0l4; Crowley, 1889, and
Lafayette, 968 The number Of teIe.
phones Of the other system 10 use IN
New Orleans is about 100.
At Mr.. BrOussards request, the
manager Of the com any, Colonel T.
W. Tyrcr, and the inventor, Dr. Y. r.
Frost, today explained their system
10 deiail from drawings. and illustra.
ted the working Of il With q email
switchboard and telephones located 10
the various Offices Of the building.
In the first place, the system is ex.
ceedingly simple and being less intri,
cate than that Of the Bell company
Is considerably less expensive. Two
OF its strong points are that is abso.
lutely private, and there is no neces.
sity TO notify centra. that the number
asked for has not responded TO the
call. 1t matters not whether the sys.
TEN is IN use in . city the size Of New
Orleans or 10 . town like Lafayette,
there % hut one instrument on line.
The conversation between two persons
using .wO instruments ID absolutely
private, because central 10 Obliged 70
cut herself out the instant she con.
meets the Dumber called with the per
son calling it.
The telephone is small instrument,
not much larger than . cigar boz, and
it ID exceedingly simple 10 it, con-
structiOu. The box contains . hand,
ful OlCcOils and delicate armatures,
ETC., but no battery, because the cur.
rent is supplied by the central energy
system. The receiver resembles that
of the other system. but is smaller.
To call central, the receiver 10 taken
down, causing . bell TO ring On the
switchboard, and at the same time
lighting . tiny iDcaodescent globe
bearing the number Of the telephone
calling. This light continues 70 burn
until the operator at central inserts .
plug and answers; then it IL cut Oh.
The operator thereupon connects with
the number asked fos, ut the same
time being obliged To disconnect her.
self The incandesceot globe 70 light.
ed again until the persoo called takes
down bis receiver 10 aDswer, thereby
rendering it unnecessary TO inform
central that the penon wanted has
not answered. The moment the pei.
son called takes down his receiver to
answer the incaudsscent lamp il turn
ed out, and remains 20 until the cor.
10 over, when the hanging
up of both receivers causes it to glow
agsin, notifying central that they
have finished By this arrangement
Of lights the operator At central has
no occasion TO interrupt . converse
ton with her familiar words, "Are
you through"
Il have gone back TO the principle
of the divided Switchboard" explain
ID the inventor, Dr.. Frost 10 the ri.
:ayune correspondent, "but / have