The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
Telephone CO. Outlines New Cable Route Plans
BristOl.ThOmastOn Included in New PrOiects-FCe
 Approves Important New Haven New London Change


 New Haven. July sT-The South IeTn New England Telephone Com- pany announced today that it has received authority from the Fed- eral Communications Commission to begin construction of . new toln cable to relieve wartime congestion over the important telephone route between New Haven and New Lone don.
 Most of the new right-oe-way has already been obtained from prop- erty owners along the route. and engineers are now preparing plans showing locations of ali poles. guy. wires, cable spllces and other de- tails of construction. Telephone gangs will start setting poles about August IS at various locations on the route and the placing of the cable itself is scheduled to begin in September. All splicing is due to be completed in time to place the new circuits in service by next April l.
 An outstanding project in any year, the new cable is exceptional now because Of wartime restrictions which have prevented all but the most essential telephone construe- ton work. Wartime importance of telephone service to New London and other cities affected was the controlling factor in the decision to proceed with the work at the eaTli- est possible. moment. For these rea- sons the War Production Board has granted the approval necessary to purchase the materials to be used, in view of plans t0 salvage an equal amount of copper from the old open wire lire which is being dis~ mantled.
 As a part of the New Haven.New London project. a small repeater station" housing the vacuum tube ampliliers used ct regular intervals on long distance telephone liness will be erected in Westbrook. This will be Q small brick building with automatE: equipment requiring only periodic attention and maintenance.
 The new cable, about two inches in diameter, will contain 200 pairs of wires between New Haven and Eaybrook, and i36 pairs for the rec mainder Of the route. It will Fe~ place an open wire line of 80 wires west of SaybFook and 70 wires east of that town. The additional eapsS city Of the new cable will relieve congestion in another cable which follows A roughly parallel eouYEe through the shore towns. and VIII also provide an alternate route for calls which are new routed between Hartford and New London via Danielson.
 Removal of the 2,000 miles of uninsulated copper wire in the open wire line and small amount of ass sociated cable will provide le6 tons of copper for salvage, This is almost exactly the total amount Of copper needed for the new cable, which is i86 tons. Since 1906, when the old line was placed in service, telephone research has made possible the use Of much smaller wires; although the same amount Of copper is used, the new cable will contain Q total wire mileage of about le.000 miles.
 Work on the project will be shared between The Southern New England Telephone Company and the AEneF- lean Telephone and Telegraph company, Because the terrain is pnsulted to buried cable, most of the gun will be aerial, About . mile Of submarine cable will be used to cross the Connecticut and Mantle Rivers, however, and underground cable will be used where the cable enters It's terminal cities, Alter laav- Ing underground conduit 0n the outskirts Of New HRven, the eeble will follow Q new route for about five miles; then it will be strung on poles which nov carry the open wire line through woods and fields to the Connecticut River, East Of the River new Eight'of'way wtll ageln be used,
 The ?, c. c, end ", ?. D, have also granted permission to the tsles phone company to install a neW eav ble between Bristol and Th0lnbass topI lt will follow . new route sbeub nine miles long, An existing 2s,yeaF old cable between these two points will be dlsmaDtled and recovered for copper and lead salvage aftep the new cable ts installed, The metal reclaimed from thls end associated lines VIII he more than Is used ID tha nam Oahla