Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-02-26
NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM AT
ROTHSCHILD

- Ae.OH. Alo exchange is a part Oh
the Wausau Telephone Co.'s system;
and while installed primarily for the
use and convenience of the Marathon
Paper Mills Co., it is the intention
OF the Wausau Telephone Co. to ex-
tend It's service to include telephones
outside OF the paper mill and its en-
ployees.
Inc switchboard and telephones
were manufactured by the same com
pany tine Automatic Electric Co.. Chi
cago,l winch made the Wausau switch
board and telephones, only that the
Rothschild system is their very latest
common battery system. The first diff
ference which one notices is in the
size and appearance of the telephone
instruments. These new telephones are
much smaller and more compact than
the older style. The new desk tele-
phone is like the regular "Bell'' desk
telephone with the addition of a small
round dial, which is fitted into the
base OF the standard. The wall tele-
phone is box about inches by
inches and inches deep, with the
transmitter and small dial on the front
and the receiver on the left side as
usual.
A call is made just the same as in
the Wausau system; i. e., you take
off the receiver first, and then operate
the dial once for each number and
then press the button to ring the called
party's telephone bell. In the local
Rothschild exchange, however, it is
only necessary to dial two numbers to
get any desired telephone. The rea-
son for this is that the exchange is
not intended to reach directly more
than 100 telephones and so two figures
will accomplish the result. To call
Wausau telephone from a Roth
schild telephone, you first dial an "0'
which automatically connects your To-
cal telephone with the first idle line or
trunk" as it is called; you then dial
the regular Wausau number and the
repeater in that trunk circuit acts as
an interpreter for the switches in the
WauSau exchange, and repeats your
number so that they can understand
and make the connection represented
by the numbers which you dial. A
Wausau subscriber desiring to call a
party in the Rothschild exchange will
call or dial % and then the number
of the local telephone wanted. For
example, the number OF the local tel
ephOne in the general offices of the
paper mill is IL, which is the tele-
phone corresponding to the old num-
Der 1911; SO that if you wish to call
the paper mill general office you will
now call 25 to get connection with the
local exchange at Rothschild and then
the local number II to complete the
connection to the general office tele-
phone. In this operation we again
find repeater" only this time at the
Wausau office. This repeater has to
act as an interpreter to translate the
language of the Wausau switches into
that understood by the new switches
at Rothschild OF course, you are not
expected to understand how all this is
done, it's just another example of the
truly marvellous results of science and
invention which we make use of every
day and never stop to wonder at the
marvel of them.
Among the interesting features of
this installation, is the automatic ring
ing of the called telephone when the
call comes from a Wausau subscriber.
Just as soon as the Wausau subscrib-
er's telephone has completed its call
and the various switches have done the
work indicated by that call, the last
switch starts to ring the called par
tvs bell; whether the calling party
presses the ringing button on his tele-
phone or not This ringing is not con-
tinuous, but is what is known as auto
matte intermittent ringing. Besides
ringing the called telephone, this last
connecting switch gives the calling
party actual proof that it is doing this
by means of what is called revert
ed ringing" which simply means that
you hear the ringing current as it is
sent out over the called line. This
Intermittent ringing will keep up till
either the called party answers or the
calling party hangs up.
Another interesting feature of this
system is what is known as "discrim-
mating service" Certain telephones
are not to make or to receive calls
outside of the local exchange and it
is so arranged that should some one
try to call Wausau from one of these
telephones he will get nothing but the
busy signal. Likewise should a par
ty in Wausau call one of these re-
stricted telephones he will only get
the busy signal. This busy signal is
somewhat like the Wausau "busy"
only that the pulses are more rapid.
The operation of this system will
be watched with much interest by
Wausau people; because without
doubt, the next addition to the Wausau
system will be of this type; should it
prove to be all tat it is hoped for it.
New Telephone Numbers for Marathon
Paper Mills Company
2514-A. L. Clements-Pulp Wood Dept.
2521-F. G. Daniels-SaleS Dept.
2515-T ID. Earle-PurchaSing Agt.
2512-D. G. Everest Sec. and Mgr.
Observation-Disclosures Office.
2524-J. M. Howarth-Power Dept.
2523-W. A. Kelly-Supt.
$3.50. B. Kelly-Paper Mill Day Supt.
2526-R. III. Kelly-Paper Mill Night Supt
25l7-V. SalmonSoD-pulp Mill Supt.
2525-Stock Room
2522-A. NJ. Vandouser-Auditor.
2521-P. NJ. WilSon-ASS't Manager
2516-M. P. Co. General Store.