Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-10-28
Phone System
Now in Operation

F1els' connected Tuesday evening.
Is 1ss "a was due to the fact that
le aei c:g,lIivan could not make the
Hiyoi .SD1eetion Saturday, coupled
81 ~. sOn faet that c. A. Stair, gem
" - found it inconvenient
81 ssre on that date.
!. a.uttfng in" of the new phone
lns Tas made Tuesday evening.
gsiell n Sullivan pulled switch
ayq q :, laughter, Mrs. Betty Sulli-
na ~ pulled another at 10:45
iil-f I TIs,ssdav. That marked new
2 ,,rs for Bogalusa. Never again
ipso ~ have to turn a
10 when they want to use the
I eve number Of persons were
70 Fl the event and the tele-
.ompanv made a formal cere-
a n Company officials from
;'Ision we're present and several
isIks were made. Refresh
* the way Of prodigious qaun-
~, 4 iee cream, cake and punch,
- ssryed. Every resident of Bo-
tad been invited as guests Of
cumberland Telephone Com
Music was furnished by the
~ q A. Band and the Lyceum
s..-ssf rendered several selections.
~ first conversation going
s-.aob the new exchange was be-
Mayor Sullivan and Mayor
Bebrman Of New Orleans.
fpo city executives spoke for a
minutes and Mayor Behrman
-ratulated Mayor Sullivan on hay
tEs fine new exchange.
ne ceremony officially opening
new building started at about
40 d m, with the Bogalusa 'Y'''
5 playing outside the exchange
sllo Girls" their telephone APP
"a strapped on, stood in line
"a the switchboard room and, on
sl marched to their posts.
c. Rourke, of the telephone
nDsny, acted as master of cere-
anies. and in a few well chosen
ds recited the plans of the COM
Az. he then introduced G. A.
r, general manager of this d.
iion,
IN Stair thanked the Bogalusans
their patience when the telephone
qi.e vas not up to standard, and
good service in the future.
warmly praised Mayor Sullivan
MS civic work.
Tha one man responsible for your
this new exchange" said Mr..
IS your mayor, w. III. Sulli-
TIE has worked with us, and
III patiently when conditions
BAD, and we thank him for it.
il had not been for his inces-
1bgr you would not have got
lais new building for some time
cone"
Mayor Sullivan was next called on.
declared he did not see how the
phone company had been able to
service as good as it did, with
ga equipment it had. He proph-
that within ten years, even this
exchange will be too small for
slusa.
lou know, we're growing" said
iayor "and we're going to keep
growing. Other big industries are
ag here, and I,fully believe that
ia years, the telephone COM
vii find it necessary to en-
is quarters.
y Is remarkable that with its old.
laated, obsolete equipment, the
~ was able to give us as good
one service as we received. We
alate them on this fine new
eng, and it is an occasion for
PRIDE that we have it,
men Mayor Sullivan and Mrs.
4 pulled the switches and the new
was officially in operation.
M cat in" was one Of the most
~ IN the history of the
sFn organization, only three
N the entire city failing to
aes having the most modern
ne company erected one of
s1gntest telephone homes in the
y new system is the central en-
y tlashlight" system and does
VIII ringing when you want
pslaIor, or when you complete
s0aeegsatiOn. The new switch
i equipped to handle several
g additional phones and is
Y sae unit system, so that as
s grows the switchboard can
seased to any capacity.
long distance service should
greatly improved, as there
~ Tour lines to New Orleans
q y TWO, and other features on
Y. lsss5lpoard which will make the
y .le operators more efficient.
~ where the switchboard is
las an abundance of light
saa the same plan and mod
s...s9llenees has been carried
ssaout the building. Run
water is something new in
" g, the only one so equipped
9ll start within a few days
cut all the old phones and
weeks Manager Parnell ex-
s,s. sitting in his office hear
sell how good the service
~ q receiving complaints.
system and fine home
ne efforts of District Man
q Rourke. and without his
Y ne work, we may have
sTal years longer. -Four
Mayor Sullivan requested
q put in a modern plant
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