Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-05-24

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phone plants we assume an obligation.
to pay them for the use of It. If VT
do not, we are not going to get the
money and the plant will not be built
to meet the subscribers needs. YOU
see, therefore, that it is part Of oul
obligation to you and to the publ,
that we. shall earn enough to pay in.
vestors for the use Of their money il.
order that we may build the plant t,
give you good telephone service.
The investor in a public utility does
not expect to get an exorbitan;
price for the use of his money. AL.
we ask is that we be allowed to earn
a reasonable return on the money in.
vestors have put into the plant. "
One sees such a small part of tn,
plant, that is buildings, cables, wires.
poles and SO on, that are required t,
furnish the telephone service that i
is perhaps rather difficult for you t.
get an adequate idea Of just how
much is required. The buildings 20,
see here and there throughout tn.
city; occasionally you see a telephone
pole, but you do not see nor do 70,
realize that the greatest part Of the
plant and equipment is entirely out Of
sight. It is either inside the walls o.
our buildings or under the surface OF
the ground in conduits.
We are always anxious to take PEG
pie behind the scenes and show then
the workings of the telephone plant
It is difficult at. times to get the
public into our central office SO we
have done the next best thing. W.
have arranged to take our central of
flee in miniature to the public. W.
want you to see that a telephone op
orator is not a mysterious being. On
the contrary, she is an intelligent:
highly skilled young woman who is as
anxious to give good service to you as
you are to receive it. We hope that
through the demonstration of tho
work Of our central office by this
young woman who actually works a.
the switchboard, you will get a some
what clearer idea of the difficulties
which may arise, what causes them
and how they can be avoided. If this
demonstration therefore proves inr
teresting to you, and helpful both to
you and ourselves, We will feel fully
compensated for the effort in bring
,ng it to you and very appreciative of
your kindness in coming to see it.
We wish we could bring you big
ger and more complete representa-
ton of our equipment. That being
impossible we want to extend to you
very cordial invitation to visit at
any time our central office. There
are always employees in attendance
who will take great pleasure in see
ing you through our building and ex-
planning in much more details than
we can here the workings of a CEN
trail Office.
I now take pleasure in presenting
to you Miss Garitee, who will explain
to you how your messages are
handled.
The other lady in the demonstration
was Miss Po'singer.
The demonstration of the switch
board showing how the subscribers
messages were handled by Miss Carl
tee, assisted by Miss Porsinger was
indeed most instructive and enter
tanning. These ladies performed their
task in splendid form, pointing out to
the subscribers how difficulties arise
in connection with telephone calls and
how they can be avoided.
The switchboard is shown in NINA
ture and shows just exactly what hap
pens when a subscriber removes the
receiver from the hook, how they are
answered and the tone Of voice used.
The operator does not listen in to de-
termine whether a conversation is
taking place but is made aware of