The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-09-29
COMPANY
IN. new HOME
Moves Into Permanent Home, and on
Sunday Service Was Furnished
With Modern Switchboard.
HAVE ALL MODERN EQUIPMENT
Rural Patrons, AS Well As Town, Will
Have improved Service, Stand
ard Of Which Will Be Of Best

The Crawford County Telephone
company cut into service Sunday with
a switchboard of the very latest type.
This central Office equipment was pur-
chased after many miles of under
ground and aerial cable had been put
into service and the outside plant
equipment brought up to the standard
OF the large cities.
In the reconstructing and preparing
for the installation OF this equipment,
the stockholders of the company have
been called upon to make an expendi-
ture Of approximately $4,000. The
new building cost $4,000, the switch
board $3.50 and the underground and
aerial cable, including the labor, 49,
$50. They feel that their improve
ments can bring the Crawford CouM-
ty Telephone company's service up to
the metropolitan standard as in keep
ing with other lines of progress in
Denison and will be appreciated by
the telephone using public.
IL will interest the people Of Deni-
son to know that this switchboard is
second to none in Iowa or elsewhere.
1t consists of the very latest devices
that have recently been developed in
telephone equipment.
When city subscribers call central,
IA miniature lamp is Illuminated in
front OF the operator and when the
conversation is completed another
lamp Immediately calls to her atten-
ton that the connection should be
taken down. 1.f,,g,i ss.,.., III ..s-.s4 ~
In providing modern equipment for
the citizens. OF Denison. the. telephone
company has not overlooked its rural
subscribers, but has provided a means
for improving their service to the
standard never before reached in this
class of service. Heretofore, consid-
cradle trouble has been experienced
with rural connections. the difficulty
being in the failure to attract the OPP
orators attention after she had put
up rural connection. This is now.
overcome by what is known as the
Flashing Recall System. This system
was only developed few months ago
and this is the first installation of its
kind in the west. When the rural sub
scriber has finished a conversation
and again wishes to signal the oper-
ator or ring off. if the generator handle
VI tNt lclepllOllo 10 IulICu luC Admp
in front of the operator and also in
front of the chief operators desk
keeps flashing until the operator cuts
in on the connection. The rural serv-
ice will now be greatly improved.
This new switchboard was manu-
featured by the Western Electric COM
pany, of Chicago. H.. and was Install
ed under the supervision OF Mr. r. j.
Koch, general foreman, and Mr.. r. w.
Harper, Job foreman. Mr. Harper has
been in Denison for the last six weeks
and is one of the Western Electric
.company's expert telephone switch
board installersl He madN trip
abroad last year to study European
telephone methods. Mr.. Harper. with
a gang of electricians. completed this
installation in the record time Of for
ty-fiye days. "
Since the new switchboard has been
cut over there has not been a single
hitch with the operation of the equip
ment. Mr.. Harper should therefore
feel proud of his good work. and the
manner in which he has handled this
installation is credit to himself and
his company.