The daily tribune., 1908-12-21
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it. the new equipment recently in
stalled by the Western Electric com.
pany at the main Office Of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company
was put into operation and the town
of Vallejo had one Of the finest equip
ped exchanges in the state.
To growing city like Vallejo
nothing ia more essential to it's pros
perlty and advancement than . good
telephone system and that 1t should
become necessary for the telephone
company to make such elaborate ex-
tensions Of the sy stem is good evidence
that this city is not only xeeping pace
with the times. but rapidly pushing
to the front. The rapid growth in
the number Of phones in this city has
made this addition necessary and the
new equipment will not only take
care of the present demand but will
also make adequate provision for
future growth.
The telephone has long passed the
stage when it was lnxury to be en-.
joyed by the we'll to do and mas be.
come necessity not only to public
institutions and private enterprises
but to the home as we'll. The tele-
phone of today is . servant to the
city and the people and 3 very useful
servant it is. Every public building
is equipped with telephone which
are always busy taking care of the
city's affairs. We find them in all
the departments of the city hall, the
fire departments quarters throughout
the city in the schools and hospita
the police department and In the
office of the water and light COM
panies; and these public institutions
would be at sea II their telephone
connections were cut of for an hour.
While the city finds it an absolute
necessity. the average citizen finds it
is evidenced by the large number of
phones which have been installed
during the past year in private homes
A few years ago If we found it neces.
sary to call physician it meant
walk of often a mile or two. If he
was not in when we got there it
meant another trip to some other ply
sician Today We reach his residence
by phone in a few seconds and If he
is out we call up another one in the
same length of time, thus saving val.
liable time and allowing us to remain
at home We find we need something
from the store or market In a hurry
and still cannot find time to go for 1t.
Without phone We have to get
along without 1t, but with one we can
call up and have goods delivered to
us without losing any time. In case
of rain or bad weather the telephone
proves to be the house -wife's best
friend One woman in speaking of
her telephone calls 1t cher friend on
the WALL Our most distant friends
are always within call and In case Of
need can be summoned at . minute's g
notice. As y social lid tho telephone
is society's best friend. Every day
Invitations are issued over . phone
and arrangements made for these de-
lightful informal parties and gather.
ings. without telephone these in
formal Affairs would be difficult The
business man already knows the value
Of telephone to him and It Is not q
question Of having telephone but
reliable telephone that interests him
Many important deals are now closed
daily over the telephone and impor-
tant matters involving Thousands Of
dollars are decided after . conference
over the phone between two men
who may be at the time. hundreds
of niles apart. A reliable telephone
and good service are necessary then.
For pubic convenience the telep.
hone companies nowadays have in
information bureau which tells you
practically anything you want to
know. Every question imag Unable
from. What time is 1t, please, to
How did the game come OUT Is
answered each day. This IL indeed n
great benefit to any city
This city Is fortunate in having
80 modern an exchange and that 1t
will have many advantages over other
cities having inferior service 10 Ap.
parent The Now Western Electric
switchboard recently ipEtalled In n
marvel Of completeness and embodies
all the latest improvements known to
switchboard practice. The local er.
change Is equipped with the best Ap-