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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27
MYSTERIES OF THE
TERMINAL ROOM
Remarkable Apparatus OF The Telephone
Exchange The Existence OF Which Few
People Even Suspect--Thousands Of
Miles OF Wire In Single Room,

Boston, Aug, 20, 1906 There IA a
mysterious whispering gallery, maybe
just around the corner from your Office
or in quiet side street not far from
your home, where every hour OF the live,
long day, flows the current OF talk from
hundreds of lips, but there is never a
sound to break the stiffness, A score
Of times in the last week. probably, your
own voice has fitted through this silent
chamber, yet the chances are that you
have never even suspected It's existence
to say nothing of having stepped within
its doors. For this ia the important but
almost unknown region of the telephone
exchange called the terminal ROOM"
Most people picture central" as an
Office in which number Of young women
sit before switchboard deftly joining
into continuous threads the myriad
strands Of copper that are the web and
woof Of the telephone system. That Il
only part of the exchange, though--a
very necessary part to be sure but one
that by itself would be of little service.
The apparatus auxiliary to the switch.
board is one of the most essential fea.
lures OF the telephone system. and this
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27

lmuSt be, then, two distinct sets OF ter.
minOl points in the switchboard for each
Subscribers line, with tho extraordi,
mary growth Of the telephone system and
the steady increase In its use the ex.
change must have such nrNhiNty, SO to
call Il that the innumrrhlc changes go
ing on all the tine changes eauscd by
tho removal OF u subscriber from one
part OF the city to another by his giving
| up one class Of service to take better
class, by sudden increases in the traffic
on certain individual lines, and 80 ON
can be made quickly, conveniently, and
economically, The terminal room takes
care OF these complications. In ii the
outside circuits and the two different
sets OF switchboard circuits those used
for answering and those for calling are
brought together in such an ingenious
way that the connections may be shifted
almost in an instant while every circuit
IN the office is made accessible for test,
Ing in case of trouble and for repair,
In all the central offices Of the Bell
system newly constructed or rcmodelled
during the past few years the outside
lines are brought into the exchange build.
ing In cables Even in small places,
where the wires to subscribers Offices
and houses are strung on poles, the cir.
cults are brought together at a "termi.
nal pole" outside the exchange and put
into cable form. Where the wires are
underground the conduit system ccntra
at the central Office building, coming
from al directions TO q tunnel beneath
the street where the cables are suspended
one above another along the side walls
and led into the basement, from which
they are carried to the terminal room
through chute or shaft. In the ter.
minal room the cables are broken apart
aud distributed"
II visit to this part Of city exchange
the first things to catch your eye win
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27

i. located in the terminal room.
The terminal room gets its name from
the fact that 1t terminates all the cir.
cults of the exchange. II IL were DOS
slble TO run the wires from the subscri.
bers' telephones and the trunk" circuits
between central offices directly into the
switchboard it would simplify matters
enormously. As a matter OF fact,
though it is not possible to do any such
thing. There are two distinct require.
ments in operating an exchange; the
hrst has to do with answering the calls
Of telephone users and taking their or.
ders, while the second is concerned in
calling other telephone users connected
with the same office or with distant Of
fees, and establishing communication be,
tween any two Stations as the engi.
teers call subscribers telephones. Oh.
viousIy an operator can take orders from
only limited number Of lines; whether
the number is 10, 50, or 100 depends upon
how much each line is used. BY con.
slant observation the load" on each
operator is carefully adjusted in all Bell
exchanges to make sure that no young
woman has more to look after than she
can do properly and maintain the Bell
standards Of service. But every opera,
tor must have within her reach means,of
connecting any Of the lines on which she
answers with any of the thousands of
lines that give communication with 9th.
er subscribers in the same exchange or
are used for "trunking" calls to other ex.
changes.
While there is but one circuit from the
central office to each subscriber there
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27

y given circuit may be picked out Ia.
siantly and the seeming maze OF wires
tayersed without danger of straying,
ncyond the frames Ia II third rack on
which are sct the ingenious "tclays" that
operate the electric lamp signals In the
switchboard These are enclosed In
numbered iapanned boxes arranged tier
upon tier zach subscribers line having
its own rclay~-a delteatcly adjusted lIt'
tie device that works with wonderful
precision its electrical coils wound with
wire finer insulation and all. than ordl,
nary sewing cotton aud 50 attenuatcd
that It takes four miles of Il to weigh a
pound. Near the Nlay rack Il the
ringing machine that puts the power into
the lines to ring Subscribers bell when
an operator depresses the proper key,
And ut one side are the dynamos for
charging the storage battery that sup,
plies all the current for both talking and
signaling for the entire system whence
the name common battery" applied TO
the method of operating the Bell ex'
changes now employed in most large
places,
II is all very wonderful, this mas OF
apparatus working silently and incess.
ante, made up OF hundreds OF thous.
ands OF different parts aud connections.
full OF minute adjustments, yet pcrior.
ming It's fsnctions with more perfect ae.
euracy. perhaps than any other sort OF
an industrial plant, A glance at Il
explains why building telephone ex.
change takes months aud sometimes a
couple Of years. Practically everything
must be actually constructed on the spot
where II Is to stand as long a. its use.
fulness endures. The switchboard 10
literally built up Of hundreds OF thous.
ands OF little strips Of wood laid one
upon the other. each strip containing 10
or 20 separate wire connections. The
frame and the intermediate
frame have thousands Of miles OF wire,
every foot Of which must bc laid In
place. soldered, and tested out with the
most exact care to suit the requirements
u the individual exchanges, And the
relays, though they come from the big
'actory Of the Dell system complete In
themselves, represent perhaps the most |
'ainstaking work of all, being the most |
ensitivc detail OF the central Office equip |
nent.
II Is not surprising, when YOU think
i the intricaey of the telephone plant.
o learn that during 1906 alone the ex.
OF the Bell companies "a a
'hole for exchanges was within A few
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27
Men Past Sixty IN Danger.

More than half OF mankind over O
years Of age suffer from kidney and de
orders. usually enlargement Of proatat
glands, This Ia both painful and dan
serons, and foley's Kidney Cure shoal'
be taken at the first sign Of danger, a
II eorreets irregularities and has cure,
many old men Of this disease. Mr.. Rod
ney Burnett. Rockpo+, NO.. writesi i"
suffered with enlarged prostate CLAN,
and kidney trouble for years and atte
taking two bottles Of roley's Kidne,
curc | fell better than I have for 2,
years, although ! am now oi years old
7. +. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27

be two long, narrow racks OF iron. reach.
ing almost from the floor to the ceiling
their ladder'like shelves crossed and re.
crossed with parti.colored cords. One oil
these racks is known as the main dis
trlbuting frame" and is the means OF con
Meeting the outside circuits with the pro.
per terminal points in the multiple" Of
the switchboard through which the op.
orators call whomever you may ask for.
The other is the intermediate frame"
where connection is made with the cir.
cults to the answering terminals in the
board, At the outer side Of the main
frame are the "heat coils'--little cyln.
ders Of metal held in place BY brass
springs which would expand and drop
out, thus breaking the circuit, II an over
load OF electricity got onto the outside
wires from some high tension line, pow.
er, light, traction, or whatnot. The heat
coils thus protect the sensitive anl cost.
ly apparatus Of the exchange against in.
jury by foreign currents,
AT the other side Of the main frame
are the unctions of the switchboard cir.
cults. Between the two sides are nexi.
Bile "umper' wires by means of which
any inside cheuit and any outside cir.
cult may be connected into one simply
by soldering the opposite ends of the
same "juumper" to both. There are
thousands of these tiny soldercd connec.
tions in the main frame and thousands
Of others in the intermediate frame,
which is similar in construction. So
methodically is the whole arranged and
marked with the regular line number,
that at any point in the terminal room
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27
Ten Years In Bed.

For 10 years was confined 10 m,
bod with disease Of my kidneys" write
r. A. Gray, J. p. Of oakvills. Ind. ~
was so severe that couli not move par
Of tho time. I consulted the very bssi
medical skill available. but could get nc
relief until Foleys Kidney Cure wa,
recommended 10 me II has been Q
God-send 10 me-"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27

thousands Of $Jo,o00.000, leaving out III
cost Of land and buildings, and the COS
Of maintenance, including the repalrIni
of the outside lines, but not Includln,
any now construction, was close to s33,
0oo,0Oo,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-27

United States Labor COMMISSIONS
Neill declares that nobody can settle th'
telegraphers strike. The commissions
has evidently overlooked tho name o
Theodore Roosevelt.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
DANDRUFF KILLS HAIR
Cuticura Soap Kills Dandruff

1T was troubled with dandruf on
my head yer since I was twelve ear
old. I had beautiful hair up to that
time. The dandruf destroyed my
hair. I tried everything I could hear
Of I had no doctor, but I went into
a drug store where I was well acquain-
ted and asked the druggist if he knew
OF anything that would be good for
me. He said: of course I do. Just
get a cake Of Cuticura Soap, I got
it, and it did my hair good the first
time I used it. My Isister-in-1aw
of her baby's head, and the hair
wouldn't grow. I was there, had g
cake of Cuticura Soap with me. /
told her about it, and gave her the
Cuticura Soap, and in about three
months I went there again, the child's
head was covered with hair and not
a sign Of dandruf. My sister said it
was the Cuticura Soap. The child is
not past three years old and has a
lovely head of hair. Mrs. E. W. Shigley,
Columbus, Kan, Oct. Is, 1906"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every
Humor of Infants, Children, and Adults consists Of Cuticura
Soap C25c;) to Cleanse the Skin, Cuticura Ointment (5oc)
form Of Chocolate Coated Pills 25c. per vial Of 6O)to Purify
the Blood. Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston, Mass.
"a Mailed Free. New 4S page Skin Book"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

EOR RENT-An 8 room house
1 on Spruce street. Apply to
Argus Office.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
BADLY AFFLICTED
WITH ECZEMA
For More Than Two Years Tries
Physicians, Patent Remedies, Old
Women and Quack Cures and
Found No Relief,
CUTICURA AND IS
SOON SOUND AND WELL

81 was very badly afflicted with &C.
parts affected were my limbs below
the knees. I tried all the physicians
in the town and some in the surround
ing towns, and I also tried all the pa
tent remedies that I heard of, besides
all the cures advised by old women
and quacks, and found no relief what
ever until I commenced using the Gu
ticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and
CuGcura Resolvent. In the Cuticura
Remedies I found immediate relief,
a ReItz was T;n goon sound d and No well; e e. " !:
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
new BOTTLING PLANT.
The Dannenbefg Brothers Open a
COmmOdlOuS Enterprise Here.

Messrs. JOS. and Abe D~annenberg,
two young men of fine executive ability
and brim full of business hustle, have
established a commOdious bottllng
plant in this city, on West Centre street,
near the steam laundry, and while it is
styled the "Coca-Cola Bottling Works.
they bottle nearly every kind of car
donated beverage, n are already
enjoying a trade that keeps their plant
busy.
This plant is equipped with the very
latest machinery and is supervised in
all it's departments with the closest at
tention by the Messrs. Dannenberg
brothers, whose trained eyes are
prompt to detect and remedy the slight
est hitch in any of its workings, and
who z~ealously give their attention to
every detail, in order that their patrons
may find in the output Of their plant
only clean, wholesome and sanitary
drinks
The plant occupies the entire build
ing in which it is situated. On the first
floor are the business office, the car
Donating machines, the bottling ma
chimes, the bottle washing tank, the
labelling machines, the heating appara-
tus, and the beautiful gasoline 4 horse
engine that drives the plant like a
clock.
On the second floor is the syrup mix
ing room, where the work is done auto
maticallV. and with a cleanliness that
is most wholesome and assuring. Here,
too, the supplies are kept and in the
front end of the building these young
gentlemen are fitting up their sleeping
apartments and path rooms, which
when completed will be quite comfort
able and attractive.
b Messrs. Dannenberg are deter
mined to give Goldsboro and the public
generally who favor Goldsboro with
their trade the best c~arbonated drinks
and only h best-and to this end
they are leaving no stone unturned.
They have a plant that is fully equip
ped, and they themselves are CONVEX
SAINT with every detail of its workings
and know how to get results.
In addition to their standard sellor-
Coca-Cola-they are bottling: Orange,
Lemon, Grape, Cherry, Apple, Vanilla
and other f1avors Of soda, and Root
Beer, all of which are absolutely pure,
wholesome and refreshing.
The ARGUS wishes the new enterprise
the fullest measure Of success.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

EOR RENT-9 room house 4O2
George ST N, all modern i'm
provments. Light and water. Apply
to l.. III. CasteX m14tf
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

CTORE FOR RENT will rent
- for a period or by the month the
desirable store on Walnut Street for
merly occupied by me Only respon-
sible parties need apply
m16tf A. M. Shrago.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
DRINKING and FIGHTING,

MI. Airy, N. c., March 1s.-The news
reached here today that overin Patick
county, Va, not far from where a dis
tillery is being operated, a man named
Scales, in a drunken melee, shot to
death Houston Harrison. This section
of country is noted for shooting and
fighting. 1t lies along the foot of the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
Eczema and Pile Cure.

+EDEE Knowing what it was to suffer,
] NIL I will give FREE OF CHARGE
to any afflicted a positive cure for Ec-
zema, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Piles
and Skin Diseases. instant relief. Don't
suffer longer, write F. w. WILLIAMS
400 Manhattan Avenue, New York.
Enclose Stamp.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

The Bank of Wayne, issues a
Booklet. Banking Made Plain. It
tells you all about how a Bank is
managed, and how you can deal with
it. We will send you one if you ask
for it.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

DEMONAL NUTICE-The Carl
N age repair and blacksmith shop
of Mr.. d. Pool isnOw located on John
street North, opposite Messrs. Hobbs,
Pike & Co.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

ID ESIDENCE FOR SALE-The
N undersigned offers for sale his
residence, on North William Street,
adjoining Goldsboro Graded School.
Lot 70x210: Residence has water and
sewerage connections: a most de-
sirable home. &. F. Herring. fill
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

Il strain of single comb Buff Or
pington and Rarred Plymouth Rock.
81. 90 per setting of Is.
mo T. r. Robinson.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

EOR RENT room dwelling, No.
112 n. George ST., modern con-
~veniences. Desirable neighborhood.
Also residence No. 205 North James
ST., 7 rooms. Fine location and de-
sirable neighborhood Two story
dwelling, east Ash ST.; conveniences.
Fine neighborhood, near Graded
School. Apply to Edison Carr, at
Argus Building.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

Having qualified as Executor of Sarah A.
Kornegay, deceased, late of Wayne county, this
is to notify all persons having claims against the
estate of the deceased, to exhibit them to the
undersigned. on or before the 4th day of Febru-
airy 1908, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate payment.
This 4th day of February, 1907.
D. r. KORNEGAY, Executor
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

Tor RENT-Residence on Ashe
L street between John and Will
liam. Apply to Jos. Edwards. ma
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

V/ATCH LOST-Lady's Gold
w Watch, with small fob-Swifts
Premium Ham-attached, lost be-
tween Mr.. l.. H. Jones and Mr.. L.
D.. GuIley's corner. Finder please
return to this office. Suitable reward.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Some people can't help making
molehills out of mountains.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Circumstances are DOT in our pow
er; virtues are.-Dean Farrar.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
German Girls to Africa.

Hemburg. hundred young
German women belonging mostly to
the maid servant and agricultural
classes, left Hamburg Thursday on
board the steamer Fledmarschal,
bound for German Southwest Africa,
where they will take positions with
the families of the German settlers
md government officials. The colonial
society, of which Dir. Won Holleben,
the former ambassador of Germany to
Washington, is president, is, with the
support of the government, offering
such as finding rCsitions for them,
with the hope they eventually will
marry soldiers serving in the colonies
and become permanent settlers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
reIearaph Companies to Court.

New YorK.-The Western Union
Telegraph company and the Postal
Telegraph company were ordered
Wednesday by Justice Ford of the SUI
preme court of New York state to
show cause on Friday why the state
attorney general should not be permit.
ted to sue them for forfeiture of their
charters on the ground that they have
formed combination to increase tele-
graph tolls. Attorney General Jack
son, in his application alleges that the
combination was made January 1, 1907,
and that a new and increased SEIZED
ule of rates was Put into effect and
that the companies agreed to maintain
joint offices, at certain points and di-
vide the profits of business received
therein.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
THE h'kIALEY MEMORIAL
Dedicated at Canton, Ohio, with
Impressive Ceremonies.
President Roosevelt Delivered An Ad.
dress and $1,000 Persons Were Pres
ent, Including Notable Men.

Canton, Ohio.-The Mckinley maui
soleunl, the tribute and gift of the ma
ton to- the memory of a martyred
president, was dedicated Monday af-
ternoon in the presence of hundreds
If distinguished men from all parts of
The United States, representatives of
foreign countries, and a crowd of ap-
proximately $4,000 people.
The feature of the dedication was
the presence of the president of the
United States, Vice President Fair
banks, members of the presidents
cabinet, United States senator and
governors of several states.
Addresses were delivered by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Justice VIM. r. Day,
McKinley's secretary of state. and
Gov. Harris of Ohio, who acted as
president of the day
The programme ended by the sing
ing of America" and benediction by
Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland
President Roosevelt and party then
visited the interior of the tomb. The
invited guests and then the general
public did likewise. Thousands
PASSED through the tomb.
The tomb, built at cost of $GC0, 900,
S the donation of over 1000, 900 Ameri-
cans to trs memorial 70 William Nc
Kinley.
The mausoleum is rs feet inches
in diameter. In the CO ter of the
floor beneath the dome stand the sar-
coLhagi containing the bodies of the
president and Mrs. Mckinley, and in
inches on the north side of the dome
are the caskets containing those of
the two daughters, Ida and Mary, who
led in infancy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
CUBANS ARRESTED.
Charged With Leading Conspiracy
to Start Revolution.

Havana, Cuba.-The secret police
early Thursday arrested Gen. Masso
PARA and little later took into Gus
tody Gen. JuaT ppcassi and Gen. Lara
Miret, charged with conspiring against
public order.
Gen. PARA is the alleged leader OF
the conspiracy to start revolution
against the Americans in Cuba with
the use of funds supplied through
some form in New York. Stimuli
taneously with the arrival of PARA at
Havana three Santo Domingans, well
known on account of their previous
revolutionary records, also arrived.
1t is known that the conspiracy was
Matched IN New York by Americans
whose names, it is said, are in the
possession of the United States gov
eminent and it is stated that the lead
ers here were professional revolution
lists hired for the job. which it is be-
lieved will result in fiasco.
+ Gov. Magoon, however, is amply
prepared with 5000 American soldiers
and 5000 rural guards to crush any
movement