The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-11-02
SERVICE.

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i"N system SFn"N"pnit Baton
Rou"r, and bake Charles have
had he SYSTEM somr llm" Al"x
nnGtlt bu' rte.nlI. Inst tI5c,i 81,
and Monroe ~ nou changing over
to III" fash light laiay"t" il
apply Ing for It
The present method OF handling
the phnur itunlirS III" subscriber
I" iinn, then hr rnts the receiver
to his car and await "crnt,lI'H' ~ is-
quest Ioi number The tl'al oh
J'rtlon 10 The system Is ia" nrrcs
SItN at ringing Tor central II
central does not answer Immcdl
alclI. tn" subscriber usually
thinks he must ring again, and IL
olcntiy, forgetting that he IL not
making as much NOISE IN the cen
tial office as he makes IN hla own
llls number On he switch board ~
covered ~ small shield or shut
ic', hinged at Inc bottom When
lr rings one revolution ol the
q, ank Is more than enough o,hlna
rlly The l,ltIr shield d.ops, cx
posing his number. lf he were to
lIng all day continuously he could
not do more than IiI Ip The shutter
once, and make II impossible fo,
central" to learn h,s want ull he
ceases 10 ring. Eut Impa,lcn,
people don'i think They usually
express tIc,r annoyance by pro
lonecd ringing, and, when they do
Grt rcntra,, they usually cxagcratc
lie time they have waited, in none
too pleasant statements made +"
the operate, y ear
There - the bare possibility
that tbs operator ~ busy on some
thcr Rcrvicc when your ring goes
IN She must finish that service
before tak'ng np ynur call just as
yon would insist on having your
call completed before attempting
the answer Of another.
Once the circuit ~ made, the
operator must $50 IN 1T short III
trryals to ascertain when the cor
respondents have finished This
ls particularly annoy nag To nervous
people They, sometimes, suspect
that central ~ caves dropping
The fash light ayEtcm docs away
with the aubec,lbeI's ringing
crauk. The lIiIlNg of his hand
phone from The hook causes n
mall electro light lamp to llin
mlualr on he face OF the switch
board. The operator. seeing the
hight, knows something III wanted.
she does not have to 70 IN on the
rl,cnit to learn when Subscribers
have finished with u confab ~
business ronnrnnnicailon II fac,l
l,ates 4 pnmp'cr service
New lbrLIa now has 90 sub
sciihcia ON The exchange mum
hcr large enough to entiI!r tins
c,,y 10 hr lash hight system, pro
vld,d the Telephone users ave will
lun 10 stand the alIgh, increase in
rate for The be'l system To
maize The change would require an
investment OF some thiity ol forty
Thousand duIIata Every sub
scIlbri's = telephone would have to
be changed out, and the central
office switchboard too An ejec
nlrian, especially trained for such
bpaha, would have ia hr added Ia
the force a few cxl'"'t operators
would have to he added.
The telephone company, We IN
detstan,l, makes he claim that II
il max my more molry out Oi The
present System net than II would
nnr Of the new. even a' tb" higher
rentals. The,cfnr, it viii not lnl
tlate any campaign Nor Il change
~ long ~ the subscribers are sal
lsiird with The system they are ns
Ing
On January Ist, 1910, the com
pany reduced tho rates im hnsl
ness houses from ~ % to - y
and for residences from 81 - Il
81 90 per month. IL the flash
light system il desired, it wonl'
raise the rent ,ls for business
houses and offices to S3 % PEI
month, and for residences TO 81 O'
per month.
A poll Of the users Of the tele
phone might bc made to ascertain
their wishes with regards to lh'
nasl light system /, Will be ih'
only chance ii early getting 1t.
A new switchboard sec ion o
100 drops is now on l's way here
To increase the present system
showing that the company doe
not seek the change
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