The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-10
ONE Phone PLANT
Two Topeka Plants Be COnsOIi-
dated Saturday Night.
Only Take an Hour to Do the
Work.
TEN THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS
The New Books Are Being Cir.
culated Today.
Service VIII Be Stopped Only
During Midnight Hour.

Sunday morning the citizens of To-
peka will awake to find that there Is
but one telephone system in operation
in Topeka. Saturday at midnight the
work of "cutting-over, or connect
ing the wires of the switchboard of
the old Bell telephone office to the en-
larged switchboard of what was
formerly the board of the 1nde-
pendent plant will be done under
the direction of of the new local man
agement of the Missouri and Kan
sas Telephone Co, and will take less
than an hours time.
This afternoon the work of denver
ing over 10000 new telephone DOCKS
began in Topeka These are to replace
the old books now in use, which the
management requests to have de-
stroyed To be exact, there are TO- 500
names of subscribers in the new DOCK
which is a double column affair.
First work in preparing for the cut
over was commenced in April, and has
necessitates the making or 1Zo,oIo
connections in the cables OF the WORK
ing lines in Topeka
There will be forces of ten men each
at the old Bell office and at the JACK
son street office in readiness TO pegln
work at the stroke of y SATURDAY
night. District Wire Chief Johnson
will have charge of the work at the
old Office and F. A. Cook will superln-
tend operations at the jackson street
Work Is Most Delicate.
There are four important steps that
will have to be taken before the cut
over is completed The hrst Two steps
will be taken at the old Bell office. NO.
1 is to remove all heat coils and No:
is 70 discCnnect the battery from the
old plant.
be taken at the Jackson street once
and that will consist of cutting IN the
heat coils The last important move
will be to inspect the contacts at the
Jackson street office.
Must Make 10000 Connections
"In the work of connecting the
thus far" said Manager A ]. Mackey
today. "but three interrT ptions in the
service and this is noteworthy in con-
sideration of the fact that 10000
connections have been made. To make
this cut over an immense amount OF
preparation has been required as this
statement will suggest.
The New Directory.
1.-THE work of making the single di-
rectory has been no small task Sew
eral hundred numbers had to be
changed, as there of course will be no
duplication of numbers in the new
book. Everybody is requested to use
the new book beginning Sunday, as
this will save much confusion We
would appreciate it if the subscribers
would burn all old books.
ssIn making the new book it was nee
essary to print the names in double
column style, as otherwise with the in
creased number of names the fook
would have been too bulky for con-
venient use.
'aThe company is doing everything
possible to give Topeka excellent ser
vice. But we need the cooperation of
the people.
A large force of men has been en-
ployed in connecting the cables.
The new officers of the company are:
A J. Mackey. manager; E. B. Kellam, |
district manager; w. E. A. Nottorf, |
district plant superintendent, and H !
z. Gwillim, district traffic superin- !
tendent.