The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-08
GREAT IMPROVEMENT
MADE IN EQUIPMENT
NEW TELEPHONE HOME OC.
CUPIED
NO DIFFICULTIES
Exactly at 1929 O'clock Last
Night New Switchboards Went
Into Service.
DIFFICULTIES

Just exactly at 1925 o'clock last
night the old switch boards ot fhe
Southern Bell Telephone company in
Anderson were discarded and the
complete new equipment in tho hand
some new building on West Whitncr
street went into service. Not a sin
gle hitch occurred, moi thing turn
ed up to interfere with the plans Of
the company. and the lines were in
operation after that minute as though
no change had ever been made. No
telephone subscriber was put u one
minutes Inconvenience. The first
message to go over the wires after
the change was made to the mayor
of the city when Manager Walter S.
Beatty called up ]. Fl. Godfrey and
advised him OF the change and the
next conversation was that of Mr..
Beatty to The Intelligencer office. The
now Office is now working as though
all of the equipment had seen months
OF service instead of few hours.
the new building and equipment
will compare we'll with that enjoyed
by any ether city in the South ard
one OF the chief officials of the COM
pany yesterday told reporter f1r
The Intelligencer that It Is consider
ably better than that in use In any.
town in the South OF the Same popu-
lation as Anderson.
For days Manager Beatty and the
local telephene officials have been
Eetting ready for the "cut over" of
the lines. Yesterday the following Of
ficials OF the company were in the
city TO see that nothing went wrong
with tho plans. G. E. woodruff, Jr.,
equipment supervisor, of Charlotte:
j. d. Bali, trafiice supervisor, of Char
lotto; u. s. Davis, district traffic
chief, OF Greenville; b. Martin of At
lRnta, foreman for the Western Elec-
trfc company; T. r. Nelson OF Char
lotto, division Inspector OF equipment;
y. III. Weaver aud A. Il. Jones OF Char.
sIotte, inspectors; e. c. Marlborough OF
Charlotte. foreman.
because of the fact that the f5eAn-
dersun operators are not familiar with
tho new type Of switchboard, Il was
.necessary to bring fn,,,. Ay ynA-i4..c -,
operators here from Greenyille. The
new operators will be In; Anderson
until the local cantraIs have mastared
tho new switchboard and are thor
iongniy familiar with its workings.
s.psnklng yesterday OF tile change,
Manager Beatty said; 1--WE have taken
.syHgy possible precantion, known to
telephone science, to keep down all
miatnles and errors in connection
with the moving nf the plant and if
IT iRs possible we do not intend caus-
ing single suhaerlber to get WRONG
sccnneetion or to have any difficulty
In getting the parties they desire to
talk to.s
The manager says that ALI circuits
and switchheards have Been tested
and re-tested by differenr inspectors
and that II there Is one thing still
out Of place they do not know where
It H., All Of the underground cireaits1
have also bern checked and re-check-
ed and this morning each one of An,.
ierspn's s75 telephones should be
working well.
Manager Beatty said last night that
he would keep his entire force OF
llinemen and other operators on duty.
today and IL one single detail goes
swFHrg he VIII be ahlc to right IL
N'iisshiIl q few minutes.
Anderson people are proud or the.
new telephone building and It's spIen-
did euuipinent and they have every
right TO be. e Z: 81 :