Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-15

NhelEtlie people of Rup Blaa #5e tie es:ests of the Southwestern TeIa= 4laph and Telephone company. 4Aaa t, opens is new building on Second avenue. they will be given a chance to see the inside workings tt #e finest telephone system fbal tHe mind o4 man has devised pp Go th pres ent time What the evcrtnc.gasins fled of electrical invention will eoH= tain len gears from now it is im= possible to say. but al fhat has been invented in the past that is neees- safy to the equipment Of d first=class hledern telephone exchange may be found within the walls of the com. pany.s new building here
 The company hopes to be able 10 open it's building cary in June al- though it will not be put in service till October. according to the present plans of the management. The build ing is now being fitted Hp by corps ot twenty experienced wolkmen in the employ of the Western Electric company, under the able direction Of C \ Poet. The Western Elect. lic company is beyond 8 doubt the , largest company in the world which rakes speciality of telegraph. tele- lnone and electrical equipment, an4 thei4 best work is being put on the
 Gcal building.
 It is hardly necessary 10 describe tie budding itself to the people of Pine Blutl as there afe few residents ut this city who have net already 1 seen it, one of the neatest and most rl@detn Of the business buildings in he cit9 It is located at the corner of Second avenue and Walnut street. and is large enough to accom0date Ill exchange carab.e of handling nearly IL, ,0eo subscribers although at the present time accommodations fog that number are not necessary. The con . stlucti0n of the building is the most up to fiate, and it is as nearly fire proof as il is possible to make it. being what is called non-combusti- : hle.
 The entrance to the building is on ! Second avenue, and Immediately to i the right of the entrance as one gees in is the public office, where these who wish to use the pay sta lions ana transact business will be accommodated in the day time There i i. small booth just inside the en trance for those who wish to use | pay-statien at night, and there are a number of pay-stat1ons at dllref- ent places about the business dis jet, so that not many are needed at the central office At the rear of the | public office is the room where the , n.anager, cashier, bookkeeper and the rest of the clerical force will be To, | cated. All these rooms will be fitted ! with the most modern furniture, and they will be very different from th' cramped quarters in which the eX- change is now located.
 1 At the left On the main floor is 1 the room where most of the mach. inerv of the exchange is located. As ! enc enters the room he sees q beWlld' ering maze Of wires, racks, cables and ether paraphernalia, these being tbC wires coming up from the base ment and passing through the dls- t;ibuting racks to the switch boards ou the second floor where the hello eirls will be located. The distributing racks are the most modern and flne- ! lv equipped that the Western Elect ric company puts out. and are fitted with Tightening arresters. and all the modern appliances. In the rear or the room are the desks Of the Wire chief and the switchboard men. The machinery for ringing the bells and giving the busy signals is also located in this room.
 At the rear of the room are To- cated the dynamos which will sup. r]v the necessary electric fluid, and the switchboard by which they are regulated There is also spare dyn- ;.mo, and gas engine to run 1t, to be used only in case of an emergency when the electric power furnished by the electric light company should fai', as it might if there should be