American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-10-29

work in large cities Is generally di.
vided into three shifts, two of them
working during the day and the early
night hours when the service Is in
greatest demand, and the other in the
less arduous hours of night and early
morning. So, the new assistant man.
ayers work at first will probably be
on the easy night shift. But ultimate
ly, If he is ambitious and progressive,
he will be assistant manager in n
Of the large exchanges where there
are three or four hundred girl opera
tors.
Then he becomes manager of a
small exchange station, and finally, If
he attends to business and takes a
pride in making his exchange a model,
where all calls are handled with the
least possible delay and complaint, he
Is rewarded by being made the actual
and direct head of one of the largest
exchanges. The salaries of managers
, range from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Their reputation is in their own
hands; for they are the sole respon-
sible heads Of the exchanges, having
the employment and control of all en-
ployees and being subject only to the
traffic chief.
The next promotion is a big one, be-
ing to traffic chief itself. He is the
immediate superior of all exchange
stations managers in a large district,
such as the old city of New York, or
Brooklyn, or New Jersey. This man is
the eA -utive director of all traffic
business and calls his exchange man
ayers together frequently to discuss
and decide upon various important
phases to keep their work progressive
and uniform. His salary is from $4,000
to $4,000 a year.
Then comes the coveted position of
superintendent of traffic, who gets $10,-
900 to $3.50 a year, is a member of
the company, Is executive head of all
traffic chiefs, and is on an equality
with the plant superintendent and the
general commercial superintendent, the
three great directors of all telephone
business except that which is purely
financial and executive. Any one of the
three officials is in line for the posts
Of general manager, and, ultimately,
president.
There is, however, another line OF
advancement in the traffic department,
that of traffic engineer. You may have
noticed that telephone districts, espe.
cially in the larger centers of popula.
fiOn arn in a oorIitio- - continued
change, new exchanges being opened,
old ones abandoned, etc, to meet the
changing conditions of telephone traf.
fc. This Is where the engineers work
m in.
We Shall say that your boy, while
getting his telephone education and
working as traffic inspector, has mani.
tested a desire and aptitude for work.
ing up through what Is known as the
engineering department rather than tc
become an executive. His observant
instructor has noticed this and com.
municates accordingly with the head
of this particular branch, who assigne
the beginning to the study of charts
Growing the volume and trend of tele. +,
phone in various districts. So your boy
watches the number of calls made in
particular localities. their decrease and
increase at different hours and from
day to day. and thus becomes a sort OF
traffic prophet. When he finds that the
demands of an exchange will be up tc
the maximum of it's fno"rr'-s In two
or three years, say, he l.. esents his
data to the head OF the department
ard a new exchange station rdered
built. An exchange station ha.. to bo
planned at least two years ahead, as
this time is required to install one. A
traffic engineer also designs the euuip.
nent and switchboard caI.city neces.
sary for all stations, and it is on his
recommendation that steps are being
AIKEN continually to maintain the sery.
ce on a no-delay basis.
The ray of engineers and assistants
8 ABOUT the same as in the managing
branch of the traffic department, and.
AFTER becoming a full 1edged traffic
engineer in charge Of a large district.
the incumbent is on a par with the
traffic chief and in line for the traffic
SUPPLEMENTARY
such, in a general way. are the sters
that a boy who desires to make traffic
~telerhony his life's work has to take.
And let me add that with the telephone
industry growing so rapidly in all
parts of the country. the field of trafio
telephony promises to be a fertile one
for bright, ambitious boys for many a
year to come.
Copyright, 1910, by the Associated Iit.
erary Press.)