The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-01
new TOLL LINES
SERVE KENOSHA

Three carloads Of telephone cable,
which Is to aid in bringing a greatly
improved toll telephone service to Ke-
nosha, arrived in Kenosha this morn
ing and within a few days great
force Of workmen will be busy laying
this cable between Kenosha and Mil
waukee as a part of great under
ground service of the Wisconsin Tele-
phone company. The cable will double
the underground service of the Wis
consin Telephone company between
Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee and
laying of new cables to the south of
Kenosha will bring added facilities
from that direction.
Sixty new toll lines will be added
for the use of Kenosha patrons of the
the end of the year and it is believed
that with this doubling of the under
ground cable system the toll service
in and out of Kenosha will be brought
to a high degree of efficiency. The
present cable was laid in 1906 and this
to it. For some time the Wisconsin
company has planned for changes and
improvements but $3.50 of the work
men of the company served with the
American army in France and the
working force of the company is just
now reaching high degree. of reor-
ganization,
In addition to the arrival of the ca
bic, announcement was made today
that six men came from the Western
Electric company in Chicago to have
charge of the work of increasing the
facilities of the company in Kenosha.
This work includes the addition of 600
numbers to the switchboard, bringing
the capacity of the board up to 5000
numbers and making it possible for the.
local Offices off the company to take
care of more than 5000 telephone sta
tions. This is the second addition to
the switchboard to be made within a
few months and it is a part of the ad-
vance planned for the company for the
~-enosha exchange. The company is
now gaining telephone users in Keno
sha at the rate of hundred month
and to keep pace with these increases
many changes in equipment are neces-
sary. 1t has been found that the pres
ent home of the telephone company IN
Kenosha is too small to provide for
the extensions necessary.
May Seek New Site.
1t was admitted today that the com
pany was interested in a new site for
a proposed new building in Kenosha.
The present site is not regarded as
centrally located and the plans for the
new building will probably include
change of site with view of having
the building as near the center of the
city as possible. While the plan for
the new building originally provided
for its erection in 1924, it is now
thought improbable that the date will
be advanced and the new building may
be built next year.
81 don't know just what the plans
of the company are for the new plant"
said Captain Borden, manager of the
local exchange this morning. 81 am
very happy to know that we are going
to have these added stations for the
Kenosha board and that the under
ground cable is to give us more toll
service. We need it, and need it badly.
and I am convinced that the company
is looking forward TO taking care of
Kenosha in the best possible way. It
is going to take time, but the assur-
ance that the work is now well under
way is a great comfort"
Take Months for Work.
The laying Of the big cable between
Chicago and Milwaukee is one of the
biggest pieces Of construction work
provided for the north shore this sea
son and it is probable that it will take
until the end of the year to complete
it. The work planned for the Kenosha
exchange will probably be completed
within month.