Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-18
Planning to install
 fNTERMEpssTE Telephone System
FoR USE IN VARIOUS DEPART.
 MENTS oF C. & A. MINES.
Crder fer System Has not Vet Been Placed bat There Is Little Doubt That One of the Most Modern and Convenient Outfits Will Be h. stalled In Near Future.

The installation of an inter-com- municating telephone system, for use in all departments of the Calumet 6 Arizona mines, is being considered by the management of the company, and ehough no order or contract has yet been issued. there is little doubt that the mine will in the near future be eguipped with one of the most mod ern and convenient outfits of this kind
 The system which the company contemplates installing will be the most complete of any in use in any of the mines in the west and south vest, and 1t will not only be il. the interest of economy but will also tend greatly to the safety of the property as well as to the lives Of the many emp,oyes in the mines The outlay lf the improvement will be considera- kle but the results that are possible ty the use of the system will more
 han compensate the company for the cost.
 When the inter-communicating
 
 nents of the mines will be connected and it will be possible to phone from any quarter to the main office and vice-versa. Every working station in the mines will be connected with Che system, as well as all departments dn surface. It is also most likely Chat the different shafts will be con hected, and possibly, at later date when the other properties of the "Bo- nanZa Group" have commenced to turn out regular outputs, they will be included in the circuit, as the whole is unGer the one management. Of course, in these cases only the main dffices at the different mines will be Connected.
 The expense to be incurred by the completion of the proposed improve ment will be large and can be guessed at when it is considered that thous- ands of feet of cables and wires will te used in its construction. Every xhaft will contain a cable containing Between twenty-five and fifty wires; many instruments will be placed at cae numerous stations. while all ap- 1aratss to be used in the system will ke of the most up-to-date. consequent N the most expensive.
 The system will have "centrd ex- 1frange" but there will be no operator as the whole arrangement will work automatically. When party wishes to communicate with another depart sent a connection will instantly be made between the two stations by the mere turning of dial-shaped attach ment. The automatic phone system which 1t is proposed to install through dut the mines and offices is success fully employed in more than 6o,ooo places in the country so the company Is not making an experiment but IS planning for the most convenient, eco nornical and best system of the Kind perfected up to date.
 When once the system has been eDnpleted the officials of the company will be greatly benefited in the per formance of their duties while at the Eame time they will be in position to render the most valuable service. afuch time will be saved in various ways ana the management will at all Gmes be more perfectly in command q the vast operations of the company < prominent party connected with the C. G A. management said yesterday Shat it wocld probobiy be three weeks Before a definite arrangement for the installation of the inter-communicat- Ing system would be agreed upon. IL Hin require about month to com riete the improvement after work has Keen esmnenced on the system.