The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-20
NOTICE TO TELE.
PHONE PATRONS
NEW AUTOMATIC SYSTEM BE
GINS TOMORROW MORNING.

O'Clock the new automatic telephone
exchange will be cut into service.
We ask you to read the following
instructions carefully in order to
familiarize yourself with the opera
ton of the telephones.
Relating to Use of Automatic Equip
ment.
/. Look up number wanted in the
directory.
2. Take telephone receiver from
the hook.
3. Place finger in the hole num-
bered the same as the first figure (i.
e., the thousand figure) of the num-
Der desired, and pull dial until the
finger reaches the stop, then allow
dial to rotate until il stops.
a. Repeat in like manner for each
Of the other three figures of the num-
Der desired. This connects you with
the number wanted.
5. Place receiver to ear and wait
for answer from the telephone called,
unless you hear the buzz" Of the
busy signal,
6. This buzz indicates that the
line you called is busy; if you hear it,
hang up and wait a reasonable time
before calling again.
Z. When through with your con-
ve~rsation, or if you wish to correct
an error in calling, hang receiver on
hook, small end up.
8. This connects the line you
called, and leaves you ready to make
another call.
9. Do not nov receiver hook or
dial while talking. This interferes
with the service.
10. If a connection is accidental
ly broken, it should be restored by
the calling party. The called party
should hang up and wait to be called.
IL. Parties using extension tele-
phones OF party lines should listen in
and assure themselves that the line Is
not busy, before operating dial.
II. If you make an error in one
mineral of the four, hang up and
call over again.
10. All calls, except the follow
ing, require that the dial be pulled
four times; for these you pull the
dial but once.
6. Information Clerk.
Z. Fire Alarm.
In case of a fire call No. Z. This
will get an operator. Tell her the
nature of the fire and location. This
information will be given TO the fire
department.
\. Trouble Clerk.
81. Rural Operator.
q. Long Distance.
Regarding Use of Party Line Tele-
A great many wrong calls are
caused by a failure to observe the
following points in the operation of
party line telephones:
i. Before making a call, always
place the receiver to the ear and ask,
rs the line busy?" Never move the
dial until this has been done. If an
ceiver and wait a reasonable interval
before trying again.
2. Always call slowly; that is. al
low the dial to return to its normal
position at its usual speed; never
force it back. Also let it remain at
rest one second before pulling the
next digit.
8. To call a subscriber having a
telephone on the same line, first refer
to the numbers on the front of the
transmitter of the telephone from
which you are calling just behind the
mouthpiece and find there the num-
Der of the telephone you wish to con
meet with and opposite thereto a two
figure special number. Call this spe-
cial number on your dial. After you
have called hang up your receiver
and wait for your bells to ring. AS
your bells ring, the bells of the other
subscriber will be ringing. When
they answer, your bell will stop ring
ing. Then remove the receiver and
talk. These instructions apply only
to the telephones whose numbers are
listed on the card of the transmitter
of your telephone.
A. Remember that ii takes nearly
a full second to secure disconnection
after hanging up the receiver, and
that if you Flash" the receiver hook
rapidly, you do not your
self, and are almost sure to get wrong
numbers when you call again.
If these points are carefully OBJ.
served, you will experience little
trouble from getting wrong numbers
Information Clerk.
Call No. q. This clerk is supplied
with the names and numbers of al
new subscribers, and with all changes
and telephones taken out.
Trouble Clerk.
Call No. &. Reports of trouble or
a subscribers line, or on lines com
ing under his observation, should be
reported to this number. Subscriber:
will confer a favor upon the manage
ment if they will, after getting {
wrong number, call carefully a sec
ond time before reporting to the trou
Bile clerk.
Rural Lines.