Putnam patriot., 1913-12-19
VISITORS DAY
leleakaae Company Show Oh Iuild $
Aud Explain Pant
Visitors Delighted But Nysafied 3,
Complex SyStea

Nearly 400 persons, mmy orthe,a
subscribers, eailet ut tue rev c5att0
onice building OF the Telephone eoepi-
ny here ON ThurstNy, which MAS >it.
orS' day. rais was the 6r,t tins tnal
the building has becn opeped Tor in
speetion, and The privilege VI being Is
eotled thfouge it aHd having all OF its
modern and convenient equipment ex.
planned hy experts in the departments
where they were detailed Cot demon
Strstion service WIS one that was very
much appreciated
Among the visitors, especially dur
ing The afternoon from 10 . O'Clock,
were many from The surrounding
towns, which are included in The Put
nam division. For all who came taere
was much 10 see and great deal TO
learn about the fine plant that has been
constructed here and the up-to-dale
service that has been installed.
The visitors were taken through i'm
groups and conducted 10 each depart
ment. Manager ". l.. Moran greeted
everyone at the main entrance. The
business office, finely fitted, WAS first
shown the visitors and the company's
system OF accounting and filing ex-
plained by the office force, The next
department shown was the stock room
on the lower floor, with its wealth of
equipment. Here G. ID. Rice, Nor
wich, travelling district Inspector, ex-
planned the mechanism of The iele-
phone aud demonstrated the manner
in which calls are received and handl-
ed through private branch exchange.
In the cable terminal room Samuel
Bryant, cable foreman, Norwich, ex-
planned the functions of the cable and
how the distribution is made from the
terminal room through the building
and into the switchboard.
In the wire chiefs room the genera.
tor, the ringing system and method of
charging the batteries for the common
battery system were explained, as was
also the service rendered by the main
and intermediate frames. In this de-
partment the company's ss stem of
keeping tabs ON trouble complaints
WIS also explained.
The operating room, however, prov
ed Of chief interest TO the majority of
the visitors, and all of the intricate
workings of the mechanism OF the cleo
trically equipped board were fully ex-
planned by a corps OF chief operators
from the local and various eastern Con-
nectieut exchanges. The functions of
the complaint and Information opera
tors was ex planned in detail; also the
method of handling toll and local calls.
The company's represer tatiyes ,were
very cordial and attentive and received
many well deserved thanks. Every.
one that visited the office was delight
and came away appreciating that the
company has done much 10 give the
Putnam division the highest class of
service.
Among the out of town representa-.
tives of the company here for the any
J and assisting in receiving and demon
sttaliug were, representing the COM
nercial department, II. II. Gray, Nor
wich, district commercial manager;
i Il, j Hunt, manager of the Norwich
exchange; A. L. Weatherhead, man.
ager at WiiIimantie; +. &. Ford, man.
ager at New London; George johnson,
manager at Mystic, representing tie
traffic department.; {. w. Dow, Nor.
| wich, district frafiic ehief;John Darby,
chief operator nj the Norwich ex.
change; Misses Coleman and William
son, supervisors ut the Norwich eX
| change; Miss Katherine ID. AylwaFd
chief operator in the Danlelson ex
change; representing the plant depart
meHt, Ernest Simonds, New Haven
sistant superintendent; NJ. ID. Willard
Norwich, district plant chief II, X
Reed, Norwich, wire chief Harr,
Pond, Norwich, district wire chief
Samuel Bryant, Norwich, distric
cable foreman; james Woods, Nor
wieh, district inspector, G.. H. Rsce
Norwich, district travelling inspector