Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-02-25
OUR TELEPHONE FACILITIES.

guaged development the cys telephone service The regular
and constant growth which TRANSFORMER large country
ing substantial little city reflects its influence upon
that community During the months progressed up
on our industries which has, perhaps any thing
indicated the aggressive home spirit influenced
commercial life OF practically every business and the resi-
dents of the community
The completion of the undertaking of rebuilding plant
Bowen Telephone Company of no small Importance has
placed Fitzgerald the front rank the cities Georgia respect
telephone facilities has made possible character degree
vice which is the peer of any in state
Several months the Bowen Telephone Company determined
that namuc as they had exhausted the capacity of the switchboard
then and necessity they supplying
the additional facilities install modern plant permanent
Plans were immediately made and contracts entered into with the West
ern Electric Company of Atlanta supply Fitzgerald telephone
service which would be second to none in the country
Many of citizens while changes
phone system progress hardly magnitude the task
which has been accomplished and the tremendous expense
the change The noticeable change subscriber
substitution of the modern battery telephone
Toned telephone of the soaed Coffee Grinder type
of the necessity in the latter of grinding desires
Central Office operator
COMPARISON OF THE TWO SYSTEMS
comparison and new systems will empasze the
and efficiency of the systems The turning of
crank the telephone the old system over
line and device called drop located the opera
This line dropis associated with opening
termed jack into which the upon answering plug
flexible metallic Upon asceanna
number the desired party plug
flexible cord inserted into the jack the party
key which rings the telephone of the desired party Should the
line of the desired party be beyond her reach she
the desired number The second operator completes the connection
with another pair Of cords This of decreased efficiency
in operating of the time transferring
Again the operator has way determining whether called
subscriber when the completed except when
subscribers give Coffee Mill Even this is
entirely reliable because frequently the ringing will signal by
the switchboard and ring the bells of the whom they have just
finished talking This has often caused confusion and
especially when one in hurry another connection
With the system when subscriber a number
only the receiver from hehoo This automatically
lights ncandescen electric lamp the switchboard Fash lamp
with answering jack into which the operator
inserts plug when ascertaing the desired number Inserting the plug
in the jack automatically exxgues the line lamp Of the calling
The desired connection then completed before except that
phed by providing each only with her of incoming
many jacks there other incoming lines the
sections of the board these associated jacks being known MQ
pe Jacks Similarly operator call any place
the board by plugging into the multiple jack the calling
Fot only the system efficient providing for
completing connections quicker but also provides for positive
knowing when the called and when the
completed Just the instant calling plug inserted into the jack of
desired and until that another with
the calling cord and plug lighted This lamp exngushed
the called party AS the conversation completed
hung up lamps associated with
calling and answering lighted notifying operator
take down the connection This does with the of the
operator coming the line ascertain the
pleted, nslrng much greater degree of privacy
The Telephone Company be congratulated placing
contract equipment with the Western Company the
largest telephone and manufacturing in the world their
factory made all the telephone used by the Southern
Telephone and Telegraph Company connection with their local and
distance That Company Govern
awarded the installing 10000
board for Paris when the old destroyed by fire about year
sdpang that the entire should be delivered and installed
of so days anticipate marked improvement telephone
service heretofore City be proud
system which favoaby with country
tip hattie W Bowen and P Manning
prise they exhibit
We congratulate Fitzgerald on the service
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