The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-19
AUTOMATIC
TELEPHONES
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an electrical connection sufficiently per-
feet to enable telephoning to be done
over the line? | would say that the
automatic switchboard can and does
perform the necessary functions ac-
curately, promptly and satisfactorily.
In the many exchanges [ visited I
made it a point to call up from twenty
to thirty connections and in only one
instance did the automatic switchboard
fail to perform its complete function
In every instance the connection was
made and once the switchboard failed
, to disconnect, but | believe that even
this is comparatively rare occurrence
and one of the duties of the operator
is to attend to just such failures.
One Of the strong arguments of the
Bell Bell Telephone Co. against the
automatic is that i'm any telephoning
it is necessary to introduce the human
Intelligence of an operator and of
course on a manual switchboard each
subscriber by simply removing the re-
ceiver is instantly in connection with
the operator. This seems rather an
odd point to be made against the au-
tomato by the Bell people when per-
haps their greatest difficulty is in OBJ
tanning and training operators to per-
form in ninety-nine cases out of one
hundred simply the mechanical oper-
alton of making a connection. 1t
would appear to have very little to do
with the real automatic problem
/ With the automatic, then the sub
scriber supplies the element of human
intelligence and of course must be as
sured to have sufficient intelligence to
operate the dial The automatic switch
board is then required to perform only
the mechanical function of selecting,
connecting, calling and disconnecting.
Thus the personal supervision and in
telligence of the subscriber is given to
effecting the call When any other
act requiring intelligence is required
an operator can be called at the CEN
trail station by the movement of the
dial and any message can be given to
the operator and intelligence used by
that operator the same as on the ma
nual board. The calling of an oper-
ator on an automatic exchange simply
represents some special requirement;
the automatic switchboard performs al
of the regular requirements of the sub
scriber 1t would seem, therefore, that
the subscriber has control over the or
binary automatic and mechanical func-
ton of a connection and can introduce
the intelligence and personality OF an
operator by simply entering a call 1t
would therefore appear that in the
hands of a subscriber the automatic
system would present greater tieXlblllty
than the manual system.
AS stated before, the automatic per
haps does not present itself is as high
" developed condition as the manual
, and many of the plants l visited have
some Objectionable features. The latest
plant which is now installed in san
Francisco has many -of these features
eliminated, notably the batteries and
, the third or ground wire, which until
very recently Las been necessary and
which, owing to a difference OF poten-
tial liable to occur, has caused the
principal trouble in automatic eX-
changes.
The San Francisco exchange Is a
two-wire service operating a common
battery system on a complete metallic
circuit. and when once the connection
is established the operation is quite as
perfect as can be obtained on a ma
nually operated system
A word should be said here as to the
6 development of the so-called two
= wire" system. It's advantages are Sc
many that it is my belief that the two
wire system is the only one which
should be adopted. There is but on'
small two-wire system in operation anC
that is in Illinois, but the San Fran
cisco exchange now being installed Il
a two-wire system and this apparatus
has been adopted upon the recommen
dation of some of the foremost tele
phone engineers in the United States
p; This exchange will be in operation
d about the middle of July and two o
e three months of operation will prob
# ably show up all of its weaknesses.
i The contract of the Automatic Elec
Vt trio Co. seems to be very liberal on
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is tor Of divinity.
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