Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-03

is in private within a few minutes after
arrival. While taking a bath the guest
may call up a friend in his room in Chi
cago; then, while dressing, he can order a
dinner which will be on the table waiting
or be sent to a room. once in the dining
room the guest may have a small iron box
looking arrangement set on the table ana
through ii may reserve theater tickets, a
berth or make appointments with friends
in all parts of the city or in other hotels.
The telephone at the modern hotels has
simply made it impossible for anyone to
be uncomfortable or be iLconvenienced.
In the big business houses and many of
the smaller ones, the private branch ex-
change" is a marvel of business economy.
One of the first houses TO install the private
branch exchange was the Union Pacific
railroad headquarters. Exactly eighty
four telephones in the different apartments
OF the Union Pacific company may be
reached by calling the one number, Douglas
S4 Anyone can remember one number.
Remember ''334' and access is gained TO
any department of the Union Pacific Rail-
road company in Omaha in two minutes.
This same service is offered by all pro-
gressveA business houses Of Omaha. From
her home a woman may call any depart
ment of a retail store. IL she is ac-
quainted with clerk in the department,
she may get the clerk Of whom she de-
sires to buy and give her order. Then she
can be connected with another department
and may give an entire order TO those
clerks with whom she trades every day.
Such a system Of telephones has just
been installed in the city hall BY
remembering the single number, a sub
scriber may talk 10 Mayor Dahlman
OF the chief Of police. inquire whether
there is hope Of securing assist
ance AID from the Associated Charities or
whether the holes in the pavement will be
patched in time for the Corr Show.
In most business houses there is also
system OF private telephones which con-
nect with any part Of the building. The
manager OF a concern may talk with every
foreman in the building. The shipping de-
partment ana bookkeepers and direct the
whole business almost without seeing one
Of the employees, and then ask the engineer
kindly 20 turn on more steam without per-
sonal danger
A. an Ala 20 Comfort.
One OF the minor uses 20 which cleo
tricity is put and which sesures comfort
in the summer is The operation Of the
eieciElc ian Before the elecLrlc Tan there
was no artificial breeze which amounted 70
anything II stands out in marked con
trast 10 the old fans suspended from the
ceilings and pulled backward and forward
by a rope, which was operated by some
sweating mortal in a rear room. The old
fans were a highly unsatisfactory piece
of furniture and served best when a rOOst
for flies. but the electric fan, operated By
about the same current required 10 keep
a sixteen candlepOweT lamp burning. may
be placed on the finest mahogany desk
without injuring the furniture. II may be
placed al q bedside or on a dining table
II keeps thousands OF weary tOilers com
Portable and feeling fresh when formerly
they were overcome by heat and bad air.
With electric fans the "air washers ar
rived and in more than one Omaha bust
ness house the air is pulled through a
process which makes Il pure and taken
out Of the building again when Il becomes
! old with the whiriing blades Of a powerful