The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-23

Now | know central never rang tina
three ump." Still no answer and tn,
irate subscriber is positive that thu
operator is neglecting her work. o.
course central did sometimes forget
thinking she had pulled the ringing
jack when she had not. but-central /.
just human.
Never again can this happen in the
Ardmore exchange. for the ringing Is
now done automatically. Central mere
ly makes the connection and the bel
on the called phone rings at fifteen
second intervals until someone comes
to the rescue or until the operator sees
by the lights on the board that no one
Is going to answer,
Some time this morning, between
midnight and O'Clock, Manager w
II. Berry operated the knife" which
cut all the phones of the city into the
new switchboards. The time consumed
in cutting i'm was about two seconds,
and any conversations which were GO
ing on at the time suffered slight, If
any, interruption.
The new telephone building is a
marvel of efficiency and the plant com
plete is said to be the best and most
expensive i'm the state The building
itself is absolutely freproof and cost
$4,000. On the first floor Is the com
mercial department, the offices of w.
II. Berry, local manager; the bookkeep-
ing and accounting department, and the
public toll room. In the public toll
room are the latest type of telephone
booths, equipped with soundproof fold
ing doors and absolutely sound-proof
partitions. The floors all over the
building are covered with sound-proof
battleship linoleum. Also located on
the first floor is the service Observer
This is something new in telephone
operation. The service observer has be.
fore her a board to which every tele-
phone in the city can be connected
When subscriber takes the receiver
off the hook light shows below that
particular number on the observers
board. When the operator answers, the
light changes and when the connection
is made another change tells the OBJ
server just how efficiently the operator
is working whether she is answering
the calls promptly or whether she lags.
The observer will also be able TO keep
a check on all toll calls, and can time
the calls herself whenever she thinks
IL necessary.
Switchboard Connections.
The big racks which take care of the
connections from the cable to the
switchboard are also located on tins
floor. The first rack takes care OF the
cable terminals, which are connected
to the protectors to prevent lightning
from running to the switchboard dur
ing a thunder storm. On the other
side of this rack are the switchboard
terminals and the connections between
the cable terminals and the switchboard
terminals are made here by cross wires,
which enable the company TO Keep up
with "A subscriber when he moves TO
another part of town. Under TINS sVs-
tem the subscriber is able to retain the
same phone number regardless OF MS
locality. by recommending these cross
wires onto the particular cable terminal
which originates at his new location.
The next rack is really the heart OF
rho operat ting system of the telephone.
Seventeen relays are required 10 OPP
rate each phone circuit ana each one
is dependent on the other. When the
receiver is taken from the hook one OF
these RELAYS puts into operation
switch which flashes the light on the
switchboard; when operator connects
with the phone line which is calling
another relay operates another switch
and so on through the seventeen OPP
erations required in taking subscrlo-
er's call and putting him in touch win
the phone he desires.
The office furniture on this fioor rs
attractive, and the business Office is