Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-29
WILL INSTALL CENTRAL
ENERGY SYSTEM SOON
Pacilc Tel. & Tel. Co. Assures the
People Improvement Work
Is Scheduled.

COuoulldlIOu WIN ipduihb NS~
his company relative to the installa-
tion OF a new, and in every way mod
ern telephone system at Grants Pass.
Mr.. Newton is pleased to assure the
people of this city that active OPP
eratIons upon the construction OF
new central energy system for this
ity will be begun as soon as mater
ials can be placed upon the ground,
together with a guarantee that said
system will be fully completed, ready
for operation, before the close OF the
present year.
Grants Pass will have one OF the
most up-to-date central energy
plants on the Coast. 1t will mean
an expenditure Of at least $4,000
before the system is completed,
large portion Of which will be paid
to labor in this city, as large con-
struction crew will be In the field
continuously, overhauling the old
plant, taking down overhead wires
and installing in their place aerial
cable. This cable is composed Of
small copper wire in pairs from so
to 200 to the cable, which will
greatly reinforce the efficiency Of
transmission, since copper Is much
better conductor of electricity than
the metals in use under the present
system.
Perhaps 1t will be of interest to
the people Of Grants Pass to know
that the many new features of this
new central energy system will do
away with a great deal OF the annoy
ance necessarily caused by the pres
ent system--for instance, individual
and two party lines will be installed.
The party lines will be equipped with
selective ringing, that Is, in case Of
two-party line central should ring
for a subscriber, only one ring, and
that his own, would be heard by the
party called, thus doing away with
annoyance Of hearing ring for an
other party, and making the service
like that of one-party line In that
but one ring Is heard.
Making this change from the old
system, the abolition of all the old
style telephones and the placing of
new and up-to-date phones in their
places will be required and this
change will necessarily consume
considerable period Of time.
Another feature OF great advant-
age of the central energy system
lies In the fact that II will no longer
be necessary to ring for central thus
causing delay and waste of time, but
the moment the receiver is taken
down and placed to the ear central
Is Immediately notified of your call
by small lamp signal In the switch
board, the number desired is given
YOU without the delay of the old sys
ten.
The switchboard to he installed at
Grants Pass Is to be OF the very lat
est common battery type and when
completed will cost In the neighbor-
hood of six or seven thousand dol
lars. This with a complete operat-
ing force will certainly give this city
an excellent service.
In addition to these changes and
betterments above noted we might
say that the Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co.
have installed modern and up-to-
date telegraph system to work in
conjunction with their long distance
telephone, and are at the present
time employing two telegraph oper-
ators In this work in addition to
their already large force of telephone
operators. by this means long
distance call can be placed much
more quickly than under the old
conditions, as the same line con-
structed Of heavy copper wires can
be used TO telegraph when the cor
yersation is going over the same,
and thus the telegraph operator at
place OF destination can have your
party ready for conversation before
the same call could be placed by
long distance telephone operator.
The company has recently COM .
pleted another No, s copper circuit
to Portland, which will facilitate
The handling OF long distance bus.
mess to the north, thus giving
Grants Pass three copper circuits
one local line and two through lines
connecting San Francisco and the
Intermediate points to the south as
we'll
The company wishes to assure the
'eople Of Grants Pass that they
lave ever been willing and anxious
o give the city the best possible
elephone system and service, and
hese changes long contemplated, !,
would certainly have been made
'ofOre this had n NOT hoar TO- a.