Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30
RURAL CALL
EQUIPMENT
CUTS DELAY
Automatic Ringing
Device Is Great
Time Saver


the new Stromherg- Carlson switch
board, telephone connections r
being made here more rapidly and
efficiently than ver before.
Formerly when you lifted the re-
ceiver. the light flashed in on the
board In only one or two positions.
However, your light now comes In
on five positions. One operator
mans each position Under the old
arrangement, 1t was entirely posi-
BILE that the two operators who had
an opportunity to handle your cal
were busy with other numbers
However, with five girls on your
call, delays are certai- 10 be slight.
Speeds Service
s~This Is speeding up service a
great deal" Ed Mockbee, manager
states. Many of our subscribers
have noted the improvement and
have mentioned 1t 10 me-" he says.
Another advantage of the new
board is the manner in which rural
calls are handled It Is no longer
necessary to call for a rural oper-
ator to obtain these connections.
All rural numbers have been placed
in the board in front OF al oper-
ators. This new step eliminates q
delay.
Automatic ringing Is a new fea-
\ fure which saves time for both
operator and subscriber. Under the
old arrangement, the operator had
10 pull a key each time the tele-
phone rang. Now the automatic
ringing begins the moment an oper-
ator plugs In the number wanted
The automatic system rings one
and a half seconds and Is off three
seconds. This will keep up indefi-
nitely until the telephone Is ans
wered or until the first party
hangs UP the receiver.
More Time
This gives the operator more
time to spend answering other calls
It Is no longer necessary TO ask
the operator TO ring again."
Absolute privacy with telephone
connections is assured by the new
board. It Is not possible for the
operator TO come back into your
conversation on a local call after
the connection has been establish
ed. she cannot plug in the line I'M
til one OF the parties hangs up his
receiver.
IN the past many telephones have
been plugged I'D because OF re-
ceivers being off the hook. 1t Is
tirely possible to get a book or
some other article under the tele-
phone unintentionally which keeps
the receiver from being completely
seated without the subscriber know
ing it. Consequently In the past
these phones have been plugged up
and placed on the hospital" list
for repairs.
"Howler" Tone
However. under the new arrange
rnent o are warned when your
receiver is not seated. A "howler'
tone kicks back through your re-
ceiver which Is plainly audible,
warning you that the receiver IS
not seated.
1t Is no longer necessary 10 sig
gle" the hook TO get the operator 70
return to the circuit. All that Is
necessary Is to place the receiver
down once and you will get a quick
response from the operator.
The new switchboard offers many
advantages to the operator as well
~r a. fi,n xnhcrrfhnr Her phvSical
work Is minimized and sic has more
time for answering calls.
There are less working parts 20
the new board but there r more
control LIGHTS to tell her just what
is happening. She does not have to
spend time in pulling a ring key
and this is a large item. The auto
matte ringing takes care Of this.
This alone gives her much more
time to answer calls.