The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-10

| telephone building and machinery to
give the best telephone service ulti.
mately of any city in the northwest.
A new building costing $4,000 and
containing new equipment purchased
| for $4,000 in addition to the old
equipment moved from the former
location valued at $4,000, form q
considerable portion of the total
valuation Of the company's plant
valued at $4,000.
Already a great improvement in
| the service to patrons is noticeable
as the result of the increased facili-
ties, but the chief value of the i'm
proyements is in the foundation laid
for still greater perfection of SER
vice.
The most radical change contem-
plated by the installation of the
latest invention in telephone equip
ment, is the selective party ringing
system. Party lines are a necessity
in order to furnish service at a rate
within the reach of the vast major
ity of subscribers. The dry climate
of Wenatchee has hitherto prevented
the company from installing the
most approved system. That system
would not work where the ground
is so dry as it is in Wenatchee. The
/ latest invention proves eminently
adapted to the needs here. 1t con-
sists Of four different tensions, one
for each party. This enables the
operator to ring one party without
disturbing any other. To install
these phones throughout the city will
require considerable time and eX-
| pense, and cannot be pliShed
all at once. The first step, however
| has been taken, for the switchboard
has the necessary equipment. The
work to be done now is in the field.
This will be carried forward as rap
| idly as possible but it will be some
! time before the system can be made
universal.
! C. Z. MunselI. superintendent of
equipment, is one Of the happieSt of
men in the city He showed the new
plant to reporter of the Daily
World this morning and to a num-
Der of other visitors. In the former
quarters there was not over 80 feet
of unoccupied space. The place was
dark and difficult to keep clean. In
| the summer the rooms were very hot.
Both he and the operators say that
i it is a pleasure to work in the new
building.
The cables holding the hundreds
of wires enter the building from
underground and end at the very
latest models of terminals. The first
one is a lightning arrester which
protects the system from lightning
and high tension currents. The
wires then pass through relays
which are protected by dust caps and
pass to the switchboard itself. The
manual is switchboard of the
latest construction made by the
tromberg-Carlson Tel. Mfg. Co.. of
Rochester, n. Y. 1t is the most per-
feet of any in the country and is OF
the same model recently installed in
Salt Lake City. Seattle installed one
similar to it six years ago. but many
inventions have been added since
then.
The switchboard is placed in a
room 24x36 1-2 feet in dimensions.
1t is not only a perfect piece of ma
chinery but beautiful piece of fur
niture, surmounted by dozen
plants consisting of ferns, palms.
rubber plants and evergreens.
Enough board space is available to
accommodate twice the number of
lphones now used in this city. Suf-
ficient space is available in the room
to install additions to the switch
board which would enable the COM
lpany to give first class service to a
city of $4,000 inhabitants. The di-
rectors of the company have faith
in the future of Wenatchee.
In contrast to the beautiful switch
board up stairs, Manager Littlefield
showed in a room adjoining his of
flee. the first table used by the tele
phone company in the city of We
natchee. 1t Is a home made affair
and is quite rickety. Upon it il
placed the first phone of the desl
, model used here. 1t is considerable!
battered. Attached to it is the frs
} phone book, which contains 6.
names, but there were only 80 sub
/ scribers. The first switchboard in
stalled in Wenatchee in November
1903, is also quite curiosity. Thi