Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-30
Independent Telephone Company
Gives Reception Tonight and
Tomorrow Night,
NEW BUILDING IS ATTRACTIVE.
What 1t Shows Throughout its yarl.
GUS Manifestations Thoroughly
Up'tO.Date

ond South street. and elaborate prep
arations have been made for the event.
Active operations are TO begin at ; n.
M, next Tuesday. Several experiments
have been made in conversations over
the wires, and the results proved very
gratifying to the officials Of the COM
pany 1t is claimed that THIS Is The
most complete and perfect telephone
Nchange in the United states. as II
includes the very latest improved APP
planes and machinery for telephone
workiand not only this, but the general
equipment and furnishing Of the new
building Is OF superior excellence.
Citizens viii be surprised and pleased
this evening at the attractly,ness of the
new bLiltmg, and its eylisn: special
aGart'tility to the purposes for whice
II va designed Massive Datc glass
docs urth at the entrance from a sla.
cious vestibue lighted BY an artistic
combination of electrical fixtures. while
| the Mosaic ilooring and marble panels
are OF handsome design Within, ON
| the ilrst lloor arc the contract or city
| department and directory departments.
| furnished in mahogany. also the toll
| ana reception rooms with booths. and
I general public cOnVeniCnces finely FUR
| nlshed. The toll room holds q four posi-
ton relay bridged multiple toll board of
| polished OAK with a capacity Of 100 toll
! lines ana 40 "trunks' % the main
switchboard on the top floor. Each
equipped with a fun equipment OF
CORDS ana plugs, double supervisory mg-
hals double ringing and listening Hoys,
| calculagraphs for the proper indicating
Of the duration of the conversation, to-
gether with various apparatus for the
! proper handling of the toll business OF
the exchange.
WHERE THE POWER is
ON the first floor are also trt suite
| OF engineering offices, mcud,n2 the of.
| noes OF superintendent # ccns,rudtiOn.
Of equipment and maintenance. me
stock rooms, and apartments of tn
wire chief where are iocatrd III. ter.
minaL relay and intermediate racks
generators and power board There is
ample space for the extension of tho
| great rack for an equipment Of l2.GOO
ines In this room are the powerful
| generators. These constitute two COM
| plete duplicate charging outfits. each
D
/ eight-pole, 60-cycle three-phase. 22O.
| volt, alternating current motor direct
! connected to a mulppoiAr generator de.
| llVering an output OF ~ * W., furnish.
| ing 200 amperes al 60 volts. Each mo.
| tor generator has sufficient capacity Ia
! operate the fun ultimate capacity of
| the storage batteries at the normal
| charging rate. For the purpose of ring
| ing the subscribers bells there Is pro-
! Nded one self-eXcltlng ringing lyna-
| motor belt connected to 22O.volt
threephase full load automatic rtart
alternating and direct currents AaJ
alternating current motor, furnishing
both alternating and direct currents AMI
equipped with howier, busy back, inter
/ mlttent ringing, etc, also one II Y. H.
ringing dynamotor to operate on 40-volt
battery for emergency.
In the basement is a complete steam
OUTFIT and storage battery.
The battery is arranged I'm two sets,
each set consisting Of 20 cells accum-
ulators in lead-lined tanks, and having
an ultimate capacity sufficient 10 op-
crate the l2,G00 lines for period Of "a
hours without rechargng The dupl-
eating of the plant insures continuous
service. Sixty ducts entering the room
permit $4,000 lines being accommodated.
Then there are Italian marble protec-
ton panels, equipped with everything
necessary in the line of switches, fuses
and lightning arresters.
FINE BUSINESS OFFICES.
The business Offices Of the company
are on the second floor. The furnishing
is In mahogany with handsome rags
ana carpeting, and all are well equipped
with fine furniture and thoroughly ven
tilated, There Is well equipped kitch-
en- at the rear of the story, and a hos
pital with "a full assortment of med-
cines and remedies, and a bath room.
The switchboard is on the upper story
I'm 4SN9S-foot apartment, lighted by a
large skyIght, and entirely fire proof,
as is In fact the rest of the building.
for the construction Is concrete and
steel
The switchboard is In the shape Of
an inverted L. 1t Is a FUN lamp sig
nal central-energy ID. l.. supervisory
multiple board, The switchboard has an
ultimate capacity of ~ 500 individual
lines or 1905 positions bat at present
consists Of 10 sections Of three positions
each, or 40 positions. Each position has
attached the equipment for l2O sub
scribers individual lines, or total Of
54OO lines ready Tor Immediate use, and
which can be added to without disturb
Ing the present equipment.
Each section contains three opera
tors positions, and the entire equip
ment OF multiples The arrangement \
the grouping Is such that each operator
has but 20 reach a short distance In
front OF her 10 make connections with
every line and has access TO every line
In the exchange, thus maring her own
connections, and Ia directly responsible
for all errors In making connections.
Terminating on each operators posi-
ton are 100 subscribers individual
lines ending In 100 small incandescent
signal lamps, together with 100 answer
Ing Jacks. each lamp and tack
numbered with the subscribers tele-
phone number and placed Immediately
In front OF the operator with the Jacks
directly under the lamp, making II pos
slbe To answer calls even though the
operating room might be dark,
Each operator has for her individual
use IS pairs OF cords and plugs with
their accompanying ringing and lis
tenIng keys, double lamps. supervisor
signals, order wire keys. The fire alarm
apparatus, desks OF the CHIEF operators
Information and trouble desks are thor
oughly equipped with the best and lat
est appliances for work.
COMPANYs OFFICERS.
The officers OF the company are;
President. Governor Wells; vice presl-
dent, Samuel f. FentOn; treasurer, Hal
W. Brown directors, NJ. VI, Walker
John Henry smith. Nephi Clayton
George T. Odell, +. B zones. Mr.. Jones
Is managing director and G.. O, Harris
Is local manager The exchange opens
with about 500 phones
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