The Calumet news., 1912-09-13
new EXCHANGE
EQUAL TO BEST
Private Switchboard of C. & n.
Ready Monday

= r. Herr and Frank Dyktra of De
troil expert telephone men. who have
been eugoged Tor the past month with
the installation Of the new joint private
switchboard for the G. 4 Ii. and Tam
uraCk mines. expect TO complete their
work rs next Monday. Some delay
has been experienced in the non. ar
rival Of material needed from Chicago.
\ but this is now on the way and no
\ further trouble is likely to be encoun-
\ tered. The ramarack phones have
alro8dv been connected with the new
I sNiihchhoard and calls are being an
s'yered from it, About half IF the G.
~ H. phones are ready 10 be connected
Iup.
The new switchboard is model one.
uneN>eIled by any in the state. II
is almost an exact duplicate ol the
board recently Installed i'm ,he Ford
Auto plant i'm Detroit Its present
capacity is 2iO phones. but provision
/ is made for increasing the capacity
up 20 500. There viii be 190 connec~
| tions 2t the start and three operators
viii be employed by day and one by
night
The old target drop signals" have
been done away with and the operators
attention is now attracted by a little
light ander the number. feature
which is being widely introduced on the
! larger switchboards but which has not
been generally adopted for private
boards.
Other Features of Board.
one of the best features of the board
is the multiple system of receiving
calls. one half OF board is an exact
duplicate of the other. and each call
viii register twice Any of the three
operators may answer any call and
when the plug is placed in position
The light is eNtinguished. This should
insure a much quicker service, especial
,y during The busy hours
Another feature is the fact that diff
fcrent colorcd cords are used IN op-
Grating the board. Even when tha
cords 10 different parts of the board
cross one another. 1t will be compare
lively easy for the operator 10 distin-
guish one from the other Though this
would seem TO be simple arrange
nent 10 expedite the service, it has but
recently been adopted.
ON the new c. K H. board, the "su-
pervision' lights are the same color as
the cords These supervision" lights
flash on as soon as the subscriber lifts
his receiver and also enable the op-
orator TO tell whether the call has
been answered when the conversa-
tion is completed. or when either sub
scriber hangs up his receiver Dur
ing the conversation both lights are
out.
District Manager Reiss whol was in
Calumet yesterday. expressed himself
as highly pleased with the new board.
md explained it's intricacles to a rep
rescntative Of The News
At Calumet Exchange.
lie stated that two new positions
(this being the term used to designate
the section of the beard cared for by
one operatoD will be Installed at the
calumet exchange as soon as the work
on the G. & II. private board is COM
pleted rhe new positions" will be
similar in the matter Of improvements
to the new board of the .. x Fl. Even
tually these improvements viii be ex
tended to the old board, where the
target drop signal is still in use.
MANAGER Reiss stated that the Michi-
gan state Telephone company is mod p
prniziug its equipment throughout the
entire state and that the copper coun-
/ Try exchanges will be among the first
/ improved.
A construction crew is expected IN
/ the copper country soon to begin the
work IF removing the poles and wires
| from the west end of Quincy street
! Hancock and from Sheldon strect
! Houghton. The first mentioned joh
will be undertaken first as the right
of way has not yet been secured north
md south of Sheldon street in Hough-
! ton. IT is probable this matter will
! soon be cleared up and the eonstruc-
| lion crew is likely TO remain here all
winter SO that the alterations IN
/ Toughton may be completed by spring