The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-30

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the line Of switches, fuses and light
uin@ arresters.
/ Equipment on Second Floor.
/ on the second floor are located the
1 Office OF the company. occupying the
( front OF the building. Solid mahogany
furniture and handsome rugs are pro-
/ vided for the directors room, manag-
J ing directors office. local manager s
= office ana general offices.
/ Passing along. the auditing ard coll
I lection departments are reached
/ These are large, weii-Iighted Offices
/ located on the north side Of the build
/ ing and are handsomely furnished in
/ golden OAK Next TO these IS located
/ the legal department. its walls con-
/ cealed by solid rows Of legal volumes.
/ Opening Off the locker room are large
/ cOmmodious dressing and toilet rooms
/ containing a dressing table and fun
/ length mirrors Adjoining the locker
I room on another side IS the dining
/ room large pleasantly lishted room
/ capable oil accommodating a large part
I of the operating force. Contested 30
/ this room is the kitchen and pantry.
! The kitchen IS equipped WlJh gas
/ range. hot and cold water faucets, sink
T and everything necessary for the pur-
pose. while a specially constructed hue
! carries ON an doors OF cooking.
/ The locker room also contains a
/ recording time register. EacE operator
/ IN passing ont 20 her work removes
/ her time card from the 'Out rack.
! drops it into the clock. presses the
I handle and the exact time when she
( went on duty is recorded.
/ The next room is the hospital. Solid
! mahogany tables and chairs are pro-
/ vided for use and comfort, while a
medicine chest containing a few
t emergency remedies is on the wall.
/ Opening of the hospital is a handsome
I bath room.
In the Operating Room.
The immense switchboard is located
/ I'm the operating room, which IS on the
/ third or top floor of the building. The
/ operating room itself is fOrty-eIght 10y
I uiHety-eight feet, and is strictly fire
/ proof. there being 40 wood work eN-
/ posed except the flooring, which IS pI
/ polished hard wood laid upon a fire
I proof flooring Of SIX inches Of concrete,
/ supported by iron beams.
/ The room is filled with am abundance
/ of light and air. owing TO the fact that
I the building stands Isolated on ali
/ sides Is was p0SSl Die TO have as many
/ windows as desired. These are twelve
I i'm number. all around the three sides
/ of the operating TOOm encased In steel
/ frames and castings
/ The switchboard is I'm the shape of
/ an inverted u. 1t is known a. fun
/ lamp signal central-energV ID. J.
/ Supervisory multiple board. The switch
/ board las am ultimate capacity of r.
/ 500 individual lines or 105 positions,
I but at present consists of fifteen SEQ
/ lions of three positions each, or forty
/ i've positions. Each position has at
/ tached TO it the equipment for 10
! subscribers individual lines, or a total
/ of 5.400 lines ready for immediate use,
. z he IN
/ JuTbiug the present equipment.
/ Each section contains three fully
/ equipped operators positions and the
I entire equipment of multiples, or TO
Z speak more correctly the multiple
J jacks. In order that the lay reader
win understand it fully let him imagine
/ each line running thrOugE the entire
/ board has attached 60 1t. at each posi-
( ton, a branch pair Of wires which are
/ connected TO the line and terminate in
the springs OF a jack and forming one
/ jack of q group of hundreds. Each one
/ hundred from O-99 lines compose
/ group and are numbered and desig-
mated by large white figures on a
/ black stite strip placed at the LETT of
/ the group. The arrangement Of the
I grouping is such that each operator
/ has but to reach "a short distance IN
( front of her TO make connections with
I every line and has access to every line
! connections without any loss of time
as was formerly lost I'm trunking the
I connections, and Is directly responsl-
: BILE for all errors ia making conuec-
/ tons.
/ Terminating on each operators posi-
/ ton are 100 subscribers individual
J lines ending in 100 small incandescent
+ signal lamps, together wiki 100 answer
ing jacks each lamp and jack
/ numbered with tie subscribers tele-
[ phone number and placed Immediately
/ i'm front of the operator, with the jacks
4 directly under the lamp making it pos
/ sibIe to answer calls even though the
I operating room was dark.
/ Bach operator has for her individual
/ use fifteen pairs of cords and plugs
I with their accompanying ringing and
( listening keys double lamps, super
/ visor signals, order wire keys.
Fire Alarm Apparatus.
Located in each section of the switch
] board rs a push button connected to a
] special fire alarm circuit which is at
( tached % am elaborate apparatus ut
Z fire headquarters. When the subscriber
] wishes to- summon the fire department
. Central is called and informed. The
/ operator pushes the button which re-
leases the horses. at the same time
E striking the gong, She inserts a plug
. i'm line No. ls, which action calls nre
. Headquarters. The location IS an
4 nouuc7d and the alarm IS given.
/ A GameWel fire alarm gong is To-
. Gated on the second floor. This is con
{ neCted TO the regular fire alarm cir
/ cults so that alarms are received at
: the exchange the same as at the fire
! department. Subscribers can learn of
+ the location of fires within a few sec
/ ouds after Tie box is pulled.
J Chief Operators and Other Desks.
/ Located Immediately inside of the
. operating room doors is the chief
operator. Her desk consists of a two
position equipment which embraces a
/ varied assortment Of different coIored
/ signal lamps. keys, indicating devices
4 allowing her to observe the work of
4 each operator without leaving the
+. desk. A number OF lines TO the various
/ positions 0E ule switchboard permit
E the connecting of several subscribers
/ al once TO her desk.
Information and Trouble Desk.
/ Next I'm line and Immediately in front
( of the switchboard running east. is
/ located the information and trouble
f desk. consisting of g tW0-pOsiti0n desk
; constructed Of the same material and
finished the same as the main switch
board. The lrsU position is known as
I the Information bureau. and is for the
/ purpose of providing for The use of the
subscribers and the public means
/ whereby any reasonable Information
4 can be secured.
I GR0CERS WIN POINT.
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