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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

Of earth excavated to make room to lay
this conduit, if piled UP, would IN a
space 70 feet square and p feet hlgh.
in this conduit at present there are in
stalled in cables, 1864 miles Of copper
wire weighing 81 IL tons. In the re
cent El Paso-Phoenix auto races, the
winning car attained an average speed
of 81 miles per hour. II this wire was
connected together and laid end TO end'
il would require this car, maintaining
this average speed. 449 hours to travel
from one end to the other. and with an
average of twelve hours running per
day, II would take 81 days to make the
trip.
II Wires Were in the Air.
The aerial cables connected to these
underground cables consist of 36,8y2
miles of copper wire, weighing over 200
tons. Now imagine enough wire, II con-
nected end to end, to go one and a nall
times around the earth. In 1900 there
was no underground. Suppose now we
had no underground and it was physi-
cally possible to operate the present
Dlant by aerial wire. To serve the
business section between San Antonio
and Mills streets would require ten
wires on each cross arm. and 800 Cross
arms on poles ESQ feet high.
Payroll Comparisons.
In use in the present building are "a
local positions of a switchboard and two
positions to handle long distance, and
there are Sc operating employees. In the
old days of the telephone business in
the year 1900 there were total of nine
employees, with a monthly payroll of
about $3.50 for the FL PasO office. What
a difference at present. Now there are
some $50 employees with a monthly pay
roll of about $1,000. I claim that is
some item in the prosperity of FL Paso.
Back in 1900 il seems that the FL Paso
foundry. which was then located near
where the union depot is now, was in a
sort of working partnership with the
telephone company. In magnetic sys-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

Two wires were strung from the tele-
phone office to the foundry, where was
installed a large five bar generator con-
nected by a belt with this certain ma
chine. In this manner a continuous
ringing current was supplied and the
operator would ring by simply pulling
key as OF today. Today this ringing
current is supplied by a large motor
operated in our own plant.
Long Distance Growth.
FL Paso in 1900 did not know anything
about long distance service. There were
no long distance lines. For communi-
cation to a distant point the mails and
telegraph had to be depended upon. The
first long distance lines into Ell Paso
were built about 1910: one wire went
to AIamOgordo and was owned by Mr..
Scoffield. This was a No. u iron,
grounded wire. Another went to Las
Cruces and was owned by Miller &
Courchesne. In the latter part of 1910
these lines were taken over by our com
pany. The first copper toll line was
built in 1910 and connected with Ala
mogOrdo: this was the birth Of copper
wire long distance service from FL
PasO.
In 1911 our company strung No.
copper circuit from FL Paso to Bisbee
and Douglas, Ariz-, by way Of Benson.
Only four years ago you could practi-
cally talk nowhere Now towns and
cities in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
and California are no further away than
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

the number of subscribers you can tax
to- That is one reason you VIII tlnd
higher rates in larger town than you
will find in a smaller one, but there
are other reasons why rates are hlgher
in a large town.
The Cost of Operation.
There are things peculiar TO the tele-
phone business the same as in any 9th
err business. The most peculiar thlnB
to most people is why when tele-
phone cOmpanys business increases
Service cannot be given cheaper. IS
a well known fact in operating a tele-
phone plant, however, that the eN-
penses are prOpOrtiOuately increased
with increased demand and service y
Here are some samples of increase OF
cost and expenses: A switchboard TO
handle from 100 to 500 lines in small
town costs about $3.50 per line; one TO
handle 5000 TO $4,000 lines costs ABOUT
$50 per line The average length OF
wire for each subscriber in small
town is about IL miles; IN a large
town. "a miles. The number OF caiis
per subscriber is much greater IN q
large than in a small exchange TINS
increases the cost of handling the calls.
In a large exchange, the poles must be
larger and longer, more eable used'
wire must go underground. the e&-
exchange plant is more intricate, more
skilled labor is required to look after
the equipment and taxes are higher.
There are many other things that could
be mentioned There is no wholesale
rate in this business. the wholesale
merchant can give you rate because
of the quantity you buy. When we
give you quantity. it costs us money TO
handle it, and must cost you more.
The Busiest Hour.
The operating end of the telephone
business is an interesting feature. Al
experienced operator at switchboard
can handle $50 calls per hour without
fatigue and give good service, and each
operator in FL PasO has about 10 lines
to look after At the present time we
handle about 1880 calls per day, with
about 10 percent of this number Origi-
mating between $50 and 1880 a. m
This is largely due to housewives pIac'
ing orders.
In order that we might know The
grade of service that IS being provided
bv these operators, there is a trained
service observing department and tins
department is maintained Independent
of the operating department. serve
observations are made without IN
! knowledge Of the operator. We tlnd II
/ Fl Paso chat the average answer OF al
| Operator in asking for a number IS fou
seconds after the receiver is lifted. IN
average time taken by subscriber II
! answering his telephone IS Il SECONDS
! We find that five-tenths Of / perceh
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

your telephone. a miracle has been
worked in a few years.
Fixing Toll Rates.
It might not be amiss to explain how
long distant rates are based. An ar
line distance is found between two
points; this distance is multiplied ny
eight-tenths Of a cent, the rate for eacn
mile air line. This gives US the 5-mIn-
ute rate. When a call is handled, II
will be hauled as we have circuits; for
instance, local calls from FL Paso to
Deming are handled by way of Las
Cruces and Rincon, and the actual dis
lance is much greater than the air line
distance we charge for
The first long distance line Of any
consequences constructed in the United
states was not much OF q success for
some time. This line was one wire
line of grounded circuit strung be-
tween Boston and Providence, about
1880. The greatest accomplishment IN
telephony was when in January this
wear the officials Of the American Tele-
phone q Telegraph company talked
from New York to san Francisco, a
distance Of 34O0 miles This feat can
hereafter be added to the wonders Of
the world.
Il there was no American Telephone
& Telegraph company with its sub
Iicensee companies, there would be no
talking from New York to San Fran
cisco.
The value in telephone service is in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

out of the wrong number connectlona
made. is caused by the subscriber call
ing the wrong number.
handling n Rush.
The operating department mas ll9
troubles: its greatest trouole ls III Iis
ing to handle an unusual number OF
calls without any warning to make
preparations
Picture an operating room where eV-
ervone is working with ease and nan
ding without trouble the average run
Of daily business, then let some Dlg ca
7an11tv haDpen in the town without
warning, such as a large IRE or q bdt-
tie in Juarez. There is different scene
then subscribers signals come IN IN
GREAT number and all at once 1t seems
as if every subscriber is calling. rms
condition is likened to any other bust
ness. YOU bankers and store Keepers
have a force large enough to handle tEe
daily average run of business, Dut zee
an extra number of people an az one
come to your bank and cash checEs, OF
to YOUR store to buy goods You can on
Is wait on one at a time, ana TOT q
while YOU are swamped. The ADVANTAGE
tine banker has is that his customer
can see that he is sWamped and Tle-
eIe natienr The conditions in the tele-
phone office cannot be seen, and sub
scribers often grow impatient
Comfort OF Employees.
Many things are done by TINS COM
many for the comfort Of the opera l l2l
In the building is Installed cool-ll-
-, +bat s1iDDlfes fresh washed air
( during the hot days Of summer. There
is a large rest room, well furnished
with a piano; a lunch room where yea
coffee. milk and cream are FURNISHED
and two matrons are employed to looh
! after the operators welfare The eN-
penditures for these things is not a use
( less expense; it is good common
/ sense expense and results are reflecteo
i'm the quality Of service provided the
subscriber.
The Trf-State Telephone company has
ne its slogan the Corporation Differ
! emit" 1t is a telephone corporation diff
fereut i'm more ways than one, the prln-
. cipaI way being the plan that has beer
/ nIaced in effect by general manager
/ Stratton. This plan is Courtesy al
/ the time
I Employees are rewarded Tor "Cclr-
tasv' Nv being made a member Of the
1 Courtesy club" and given gold but
( ton. the emblem of this club.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

TTHE growth Of a city can well be
judged by the growth OF the tele-
phone business.
In the spring Of 1900, only Is years
ago. Ell Paso boosted that it had a teIe-
phone system with $50 subscribers,
which included Juarez. across the river
and the telephone offices consisted OF
two rooms over the present City Ma
tiOnal bank. Now look at FL PasO in
1915 with its $500 subscribers ana lts
office quarters in a two story building
on Texas street That is an increase
of $3.50 telephones in IS years, or an
average increase Of about $50 telephones
for each year.
Fifteen Years Ago.
All OF the $50 telephones Of the old
exchange were of the magnetic grounded
CIRCUIT type When you wanted cen
trail YOU turned a crank. Nearly all the
outside construction was open wire, eX-
cept for a small piece Of cable from the
office to LOngWelIs, a piece to where
the Alhambra theater is now located
and piece to Bryan Bros store; down
san Antonio street there was a pole
line with seven cross arms on each pole;
I'm one of the two offices there was in
operation a four position, home made
switch board. operated by five operators
i'm all. Again, let us jump to 1915 and
see what we have to handle $500 tele-
phones. Each telephone is now a COM
mon battery type, with metallic circuits
and to get central you simply lift the
receiver. The outside construction you
win have to be told about; much of it
cannot be seen, because most Of il is
underground.
The Underground System.
El PasO i'm telephone statistics has
more underground wires than any other
city of its size. or near its size. in the
United States: there are Y miles of I'M
derground conduits; these conduits are
. IL inches in diameter and are laid in
cement: and with this conduit system
there are 263 manholes. The amount
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

tenn the operator to ring a subscriber
would be required to turn hand gen
orator that got pretty tiresome before
tbe dav was over. The foundry peO-
ple had certain piece of machinery
that was running most OF the time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

Pev Charles AIundeu, the boy evan
geIist" is conducting a two weeks cam
paign for the Salvation army. Services
are being held every night at the SAL
walton army hail. PA South oregon
street.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
300 PH0NE5HERE IS YEARS AGO;
EXCHANGE NOW OPERATING $500
Payroll of Telephone Company Is Years Ago Was $3.50
Month; Now it Is $1,000 per Month More Miles Of
Underground Conduts Than Any City It's Size
How Toll Rates Are Arranged

D. CLARK Assistant GeneTaI Manager Tsta TephOne 81
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

.THE growth Of a city can well be
judged by the growth OF the tele-
- ,boun business
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
CENTRAL BASEBALL
SCHEDULE ADOPTED
AhsoNs TO OPEN SEASON At
HOME WITH CLINTON ON
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5.
NORTHERN CITIES
GET TWO HOLIDAYS
Memorial Day and Fourth Of July
Games to Be Played in MARSHALL
4 town-Northern Cities Given Sixty
Six Games and Southern Cities Two
Games Less-seheduIe Approved.

The Central Baseball Association
schedule for the season Of 1915. ap-
proved by the clubs OF the league with
out exception, was released today by
President NJ. e. Justice. While 1t 10
satisfactory to the southern cities OF
the circuit, in many respects it favors
the northern clubs. It was planned to
give each city sixty-five games, with
nine Sunday and one or two holiday
games, but an error, not discovered un-
til the schedule was adopted, resulted
in the northern cities getting sixty
six games and the southern cities but
sixty-four. This is believed due to the
arrangement Of holiday games. the
northern cities being given double
headers on Memorial Day and the
Fourth of July.
Big Days For Northern Cities.
The season will open in the northern
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
towns this year and will close on Labor

towns this year and will close on Labor
! day in the south. The northern towns
are again given two holiday games,
probably because they proved better
attendance getters last year, and it is
/ to the financial interest of the league
to place the games from which the
! league is to derive a portion OF the re-
ceipts in the towns capable of getting
the largest attendance.
| Owing to the fact that both Memorial
/, day and the Fourth of July fall on
Sunday, the holiday games will be
played on the following day, which will
| be generally observed as the legal
holiday.
Open Season With Clinton.
The season will open with Clinton
playing in this city, Muscatine at
Mason City, Burlington at Waterloo,
| and Keokuk at Cedar Rapids.
The schedule provides for double
headers on Sunday, May 9, and Sun
, day, May Is, Marshalltown meeting
Muscatine on the home grounds on the
first named date, and playing at Mus
catine on the latter date.
On Monday, May 81 CMemorial Day.
Keokuk will be here for double
header. On the same date Burlington
will play at Mason City, Muscatine at
! Waterloo, and Clinton at Cedar Rapids.
Pathfinders Here July 5.
The observance of independence day.
on July 5, will be marked by double
headers, Burlington playing in this city,
Keokuk at Mason City, Clinton at Wa
terloo, and Muscatine at Cedar Rapids.
! Marshalltown will meet Clinton in
series of three games, May 5, and Z,
| to inaugurate the season, and Musca-
tine will follow for a series of four
games; on May s, 9 and 10, double
header being played on Sunday,
May 9.
The first game of the Ansons away
from home will be at Clinton, May II.
II and 10, followed by four games at
/ Muscatine, on May a, 10 and il, a
double header being played on Sunday.
May 16. The team then returns home
| to begin a series with Mason City on
May II. Waterloo does not make its
appearance here until June 4, and the
| seasons debut of the Bunnies on the
local field Is three daysslater.
Games We'll Distributed.
The distributions OF games is better
than provided by the schedule of last
year The games are about evenly di-
vded among the four months Of play;
last year the home games were more
numerous in the later months than in
the fore part of the season.
The road trips do not exceed nine
games in any case. and the stays at
home will at no. time be longer than
the road trips.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
AMUsEME EN- rs.
Al the orpheunn.

Arthur Clamage and company pre-
scented another change Of program to
Orpheum patrons Thursday night in
the shape Of THE Suffragette." a tab
loid musical comedy consisting of a
thin plot, interspersed with many
songs. The main comedy element is
secured by numerous conversations be-
tween two people who are talking
about different things, altho they be-
lieve them to be the same thing. The
possibilities can readily be imagined.
Mr.. Clamage uses most Of the Jokes
he has been using during the week,
with few new ones, while the chorus
again sings pleasingly with more
changes of costume. Numerous special
ties are introduced for no apparent
reason, but they bring applause. Mabel
Faleer and Frank, Carey sing very
asreeably both singly and together.
The audience was Of good size.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26

daughter, Miss Lizzie Roberts, OF State
Center went home Monday after q
short visit with the formers sister,
Mrs. John Timmons.
Mrs. Robert Harper, visited at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. Jay Stowell,
in Taylor township, this week.
Mrs. John Timmons and Mrs. e. w.
Hall visited in Bromley Tuesday with
Mrs. w. N. Wilkins.
Mrs. Charles Haddock. OF Rhodes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
ANNUAL COUNTY REPORT OUT.
Financial Statement For 1914 Issued
by County Auditor Dobson.


The annual financial report of the
county for the year 1914. which was
compiled by County Auditor A. w.
Dobson. has just been printed and is
ready for circulation. The report is
printed in convenient sized booklet
form.
1t contains condensed financial re-
ports of the different county officers,
and abstract Of the valuation Of prop
erty in the county and assessment lev
led against it In 1914 for taxes. A list
of fees charged for services performed
by county officers is included, as are
also the court terms. tax levies. in
formation regarding the county schools
and a complete list OF the county and
township officers. Last year County
Auditor A. H. Welker issued similar
report for 1913, which was the first
of it's kind that had been prepared for
a number of years. A copy of the re-
port will be sent to each county Of the
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
.ss A Rich Property. &, =,
a strip OF land six miles wide and
about nifty miles long in the Transvaal,
South Africa, furnishes about one third
Of the worlds amman gold supply.

When you have
painting to do. or
to be done, common
sense, and the good
Of your property, say: do
it we'll" Economy says: "Do
it as cheaply as you can"
The two don't always go
together; but they do where
you use Devoe Lead-and-
Zinc Paint. You can't get a
better paint whatever you
pay; nor as good u paint for
less.
It is made right; of the right mater
-; a good painters paint. ready for
49, Covers more, and costs less than
ordinary paint.
Be sure you use, or have used for you
Devoe Lead-and Zinc Paint.
A. T. ELDER
% East Main. Street
r Agency
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
.Loe.l Weather Record.

Thirty-five and 20 were the extremes
Of temperature Thursday. compared
with 81 and 20, the maximum and min
imum Wednesday, and 81 and SO. the
extremes year ago Thursday. At
o'clock this morning the Temperature
was 20, seven degrees colder than at
the same hour Thursday morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26

S. G.. Kelch, OF Liscomb, visited In
| he city Thursday being accompanied
home by E. H. Trsase, of Denver,
lGOlo., who viii maxi his. I he me-in-L1is.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26

Editor Times Republican,: Taken
along with the increase Of taxes, the
constant growth Of the indebtedness of
the city calls for earnest considera-
ton. The following list shows the
city's Indebtedness in April OF the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
News Of Marietta.

Miss Mary Zeisneiss, of Luray, Wis
tied over Sunday with Mrs. George
Timmons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Clark and children.
of Tama, visited over Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. A. +. Larson.
Mrs. Marshall Roberts. and her
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
MARSHALLTOWN'S DEBTS-A STUDY IN
FACTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF VOTERS

purpose of paying interest on 1t in
creased, is a question for future city
administrations to decide.
l.. DERBY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
Vienna No. ..

Notice il herby given that the pro-
posals for the erection ct school
fhouse Il ..he a!s..-!c: No Vtenna
township, Marshall county. state OF
Iowa, will be received by the under
signed, at his home, eight miles north
and one mile east OF Marshalltown,
where plans and specifications may be
seen until o'clock p. m. April 10. 1915.
at which time the contract Will be
awarded to the lowest responsible bid
der The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids. d. 7. Snyder,
secretary.
March II, 1915.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26

Mrs. Jennie Dublin. Of Albion. res
turned home Thursday evening after
visiting her daughter. Mrs. f. Nj
Kemp, at Belle PLANE. Mrs. Kemp
accompanied her mother home for Q
brief visit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26

visited her sister, Mrs. A. r. Larson. .
few days this week.
III. A. Woodward sold two cara OF
corn and loaded them here this week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
Keep the Children
Bright and Happy

Happy youngsters must be
healthy. The digestive organs of
children get out of order as
readily as DO those Of their elders,
and the result is equally distress
ing. When the bowels are clogged
with an accumulation of refuse
from the stomach the, child
naturally becomes cross and fret
full from the discomfort, and is
often punished for temper when
medical attention is really what
is needed.
The next time your child is
cross and unhappy, without 1ap-
parent reason, try giving it a
mild laxative. DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin is a mild, pleasant
tasting combination Of simple
laxative herbs with pepsin. and
is especially recommended for
children because of its freedom
from all opiate or narcotic drugs
and it's gentle action. 1t is sold
in drug stores everywhere. A
free trial bottle can be obtained
by writing to DIR. w. b. Caldwell,
4Sz Washington St, Monticello.
+ III. 4.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
Al tho lyric.

. .
1.-THE Country Boy" Edgar Selwyn's
familiar play done into moving pic
lures, was presented at the Lyric
Thursday evening in Ave parts before
two good houses. The play has prob
ably been presented on the legitimate
stage all over the civilized world, and
the story is known to everyone. Mar
shall Neiman is very natural as Tom,
the country boy, who. becomes dis
satisfied with life on a farm and goes
to the big city. Florence Dagmar takes
the part of Amy the vivacious city
young lady, who is the flame to which
the moth is drawn. Tom soon finds,
however, that city life is not so allur-
ing as pictured, and after going thru
a hard mental struggle. he resolves to
return to green fields and running
brooks" The production is well staged.