The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-15
INSTALLING HOME
TELEPHONES UNDER
The NEW SYSTEM
Automatic Plan Will Be In
Vogue Just as Soon as the
Workmen Are Able to Make
The Necessary Changes.
NEW SWITCH TESTS
PROVE SATISFACTORY.
New Structure Has Been
Greatly Admired and Ar.
rangement Is Declared to
Be Ideal.

The work of installing the new Homo
ing and will continue until all phones
in the city are placed in order ready
for the "cutover" from the manual To
the automatic systems. This 'cutover'
will not be made till about eight weaks.
and will be done during the night.
when it will not discommode business.
Ten minutes are all that will be requir-
ed to do the work.
All wiring and installation OF equip
North Ninth street is completed. There
are nine large cables each containing
three hundred pairs of wires, running
into the central exchange.
All wires have been connected with
the 1000 switches in the exchange
building and the tests which weie Civ
en- the new switches and wiring last
week, proved them eminently satisfac-
tory and in thorough working order.
The large and numerous batteries have
also been placed and have been chars-
ed and are in good condition.
There remains "A quantity OF outside
work to be done before the "cutovcr"
from the manual to automatic systems
can be completed. Many OF the old
wires have to be removed and connec-
tions made The telephones at pres
ent in use will not be removed until
after the cutover is made from the old
to new systems. The last thing to he
done with the equipment before the
change is made will be the mechanical
adjustment of the switches.
The sub stations, as buildings, are
completed, but the equipment has not
yet been installed. With its mass
of wiring and multftudinous switch
boards. the new exchange on Norta
Ninth street. presents an unusual sight.
In speaking OF the new automatic
system, one of the local attaches Of the
company stated that few people In
Richmond realized fully, just what was
in store for them with the new auto
matte telephones. He said THAI the
system. in Richmond would be perfect
and undoubtedly the best automatic
system in the country today, none ex-
cepted.
Is Much Admired.
The new telephone building has
been much admired and still more so,
when the details of its arrangement
have been made known. On the low
er floor Will be located the offices The
toll rooms. which VIII contain four
booths will be located at the northwest
corner of the building and will be open
TO the public both day and night. D4v-
exports. chairs and tables will be plac-
ed in this room for rhe public's COM
fort. Directly across from the nall
and facing Ninth street will be located
the main offices. Back OF the main
office will be located the office OF Su.
perintendent Bailey, while to the rear
of this office will be located the in
spector's room. The directors room
will be Immediately back of the stair
way, near the toll rooms. Superin-
tendent Bailey stated some time ego
that this room would be furnished the
finest of any telephone directors
rooms in the country. II will be mace
the beauty spot of the entire new
building Back Of the directors
room will be the telephone supply
room, and Immediately TO the rear Of
this. and next to the alley, will be ne
line foreman's room.
On the second floor. the operating
room will occupy the greater part of
the building. In the southwest cor
ner of the operating room the power
and battery rooms will be located. The
toll board room will face Ninth street
in the south west corner. A new
feature in telephone building construc-
ton will be the girls rest room, ad-
joining the toll board room. This
viii be fitted out in handsome man.
ner.
The furniture for the new building
will be ordered this week and every
thing will be in place when the cut
over is made and Richmond for the
first time uses her new telephone sys-