New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
II TELEPHONE ROMANCE
1t arose from StriHgiHg Gables on
Backyard Fences.

woman who writes touching things FOR ~.
magazines decided 70 do epic or SON..
thing on the telephone She had excellent Ietts-.
70 the officers Of the company. and every depa-+
ment was thrown open TO hsr She went out WI.
construction crew. she went into the great sss
ways under downtown streets and watched g.
repair gang. she heard the contract man make ~,
convincing argument, she spent hours with -
telephone girls az one exchange or another az
then she gave up the idea.
There IS romance In the business 90 ghs -.
1T Is not like rsiIroading or stsannboatlng Or g.
teIegraphiug There Is no romance On f.
One OF the company Iincmen tail. raw bonef -.
ever clever with his fingers; young but ro- -
young that he does not remember when the-s vys-.
parts Of New-YorS from which you could M. =.
the sky for the overhead Wires-th.s linaman heard
Of her statement.
so there's no romance n the telephone bgE,s,,
amt there?' h remarked mildly Disguised Gus,
she didn't hear Of the romance OF BIZ ~ o.Tv
one in a hundred. but it's a good one"
who Is Bill and what woS bis romance -
Tribune reporter asked
''Bul2 Bill is a lineman and a good locker Il
was stringiHg wires IN back yard uD IN Hsr,.-,
a month ago, and he out the prettiest gt,-.
governess you ever Laid eyes on
'Strinsing wires IN back yard.' asked "a =.
porter. Isn't that something new2''
Then the man explained that the subravy ,,-
telephone wires usually followed the ave11ss =
reach houses on the cross streets IL s necessary -
run a subway take TO the backward fs--,,
The fences are decidedly preferable whore the co.,
sent OF the property owners can De- secured a.
usually there IS little trouble Sometimes tss-.
are as many as one hundred telephones FIJI a rl,z.
block As each telephone requires two wires. t5i,
means two hundred wires must De- cared FOR r.
they were strung on poles 60 would make an IN
slightly mess. The modern method winds them IN,
an inch and quarter cable and strings tie cas-.
along the fence tops so neatly that 80 can hardy
be seen. 1t connects with the subway az he "a
Of the block
But TO return 20 Bill observed the reporter
He was putting IN dozen new phones In MS
particular block" said the Hueman- .Tt meant. a
new cable and terminal boxes. and all that ne
governess and her charge and white Aasora k..-
ten were playing IN the back yard The uasraa
The child pulled the kittens tail ard 81 took tos
treetop. refusing 10 come down The child cried
and the pretty goyerness vas no end worried
Then BIZ comes TO the rescue.
"T'u get the beast for y0u.' said re-
." But how can you climb 70 t-eor c-iod re
French girl See Il has none the lower branches
"Biu was a uuenan iu the day Of t.t-'1u- poles
ard he could give a cat pointers on climbing He
had no crecpers but he went up that tree as sasy
you would a ladder E0r
turned % with a flourish. The g0-e--ass took an
Bill understood the English all right. The u-x-
day he found another hours work ar thar rar-
tcular spot. And now he's calling on her steady
soon she won't be q gCveruezs. Oh yes- there's
romance n the business when you get 70 s-r.lging
cables IN back yards
There are very few overhead wires IN Ne--Vo-E
to-day. The big storm year ago last January
tUmbled down the few that remained. and most O: