The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-07
TELEPHONE WITHOUT a GIRL
Company Is Organized to Do Business
From Oklahoma City.


Oklahoma City. O. T.. Feb. ga COM
pany has been organized. composed Of
prominent business men of this city, for
the purpose OF selling, leasing and OPP
Grating telephone exchanges, and they
are the exclusive licensees of the Globe
Automatic Telephone company for Texas.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory. This
company will be known as the Automatic
Telephone and Supply company. with
principal Office in Oklahoma city. The
incorporators are 4. Goodholm, George
Sohlberg, J. II. Everest, +. \. Lind
quist and Clifton George.
With the Globe automatic system tele-
phone service is maintained to the fullest
degree of perfection without the noces-
sitv of any operators. Prominent tele-
phone companies express themselves as
highly pleased with the prospect Of the
introduction of this system. as II viii
I'll q long-felt want. BY this method
telephone service is furnished more uni
formIy, being equally serviceabIe at night
as by day. Not only will It benefit its
patrons, but it will be more profitable
to the companies furnishing the service
The first towns to be equipped with the
automatic system are Alton, I. T.. Fair
land. l. T.. Tecumseh. o. T.. Wakita, @.
T.. and Billings. o. T. The long distance
telephone company Of Shawnee IS repIac-
ing their present manual apparatus in
Tecumseh with the automatic Instruments
and will convert many other exchanges
on their lines as well as install many new
exchanges. The Arkansas Valley Teie-
phone company has also adopted the
automatic system FOR use on their fines.
The telephones in appearance are much
like the ordinary telephones except that
each instrument is supplied with what
IS termed a keyboard, consisting Of q
steel plate, handsomely finished. with
three slots or key-ways. each key being
supplied with a movable key. On the
side of each key-way are the numerals
from 0 to g. Thus 70 call a number for
instance 125. the first key 70 tie left is
placed on ], the next on > and the next on
z. BY removing the receiver from the
hook the KEYS are released and they re-
turn to their initial position IN 50 doing
they register the cali on the automatic
switchboard and establish a connection
direct from the calling phone 20 mum
Der 10 But in the event that line Is
already in use then the connection would
not be made and the calling party IS
instantly aware Of The fact because his
own bell win not ring.
There is TO limit 70 the number of
that may be carried or
over the exchange At one and the same
time. For instance, a = may be taking
10 "B - while &C. IS talking 70 ~" etc.
yet each one has only kuOviedgc Of ard
can only hear the party with whom h
wishes to converse.
Connections to long distance Hnes are
made in the same manner as 70 local
lines. Generally the long distance lines
terminate IN toll Office. where all tolls
are checked. thus one toll operator may (
serve s large TERRITORY.
The Incorporation papers VII he fled
this afternoon with the secretarr II the (
territory. The company s. capitalized f1r +
sf54es and they VII n once commence +
operations from this city Taey propose (
ira a few months ~ eetahiish e fartoF~ 4
here that VIII make rhe r-.lriral parts
n the exchanges. thar fhev nlii supply 4
and they WIZ engage in fie business ~ 4
eauiprfrg ARA ope rating +
telephone * 1suzes ttrnarh5-t rba fer-
ritory. fcr vhieb they havt secured ff.e
rights frpr1 tha 9atentees - shfs systern
TIE men who cenlprtse the company ars
aI wsli known AZ ssce-ssf1l Business 4
men aad who have large Interests ir
this city and they VHl make 8 ssccess
n this new fastitlil8n