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Show EXHIBIT OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AT ELECTRICAL SHOW .in an mi ii i ii eon mwu.iueujMW an W'jrs-isM" 'in jy.w tpiuos' ' . f",;' f l"" ijj.isibisss - f -- - .... ...j. :: - ' -h' " ; - - . . . J t v ywwwie w .-.":::- firs : '" . .r. iui wur f A ' " '-mn. '?.": '-" ' I Miniature switch and toll boerds, witW operators demonstrating tho use of the telephone in tho Rocky Mountain I s States Telephone booth at the fcuectrical txposition. I Tho Rocky Mountain ftatea Tele-phono Tele-phono company have a booth at the Vlectiical exposition, tn which thry are demonstrating the actual operation opera-tion of the telephone from the time the line io wrung from the sub scriber'o premises; the different kinds of equipment and operations Involved and 'actual placing of the call. A miniature switchboard, showing the Wasatch and Hyland exchanges, has been Installed for the purpose of showing the public the associated boards necessary In completing calls from one exchange to another. In the operation of a call from either Wasatch Wa-satch or Hyland to the other exchange ex-change there are always two or sometimes some-times three operators handling the call which necessitates very chine I every subscriber's line, but which ore never brought to the attention of the atibftcritter except through some such de-nmnst ration us is being shown. Another feature Is the installation ' of a complete miniature )on-dis-I tunes switchboard. showing the method the operators use In receiving snd sending culls with timing devitea for charging the subscribers. The telephone company announces that they will be prepared after the Klectrical exposition Is over to ex-hrMt ex-hrMt the switchboard with an appro-j priute program before any clul or ' civ ic organirat Inn. This ha leen ' carried on in the Knst very much to j the eatiaffic'tion and inicrr: f Ihci general public. An lnv t;ti;,:n in ex-i tended patrons and fr'eriJn of the tHehone con)janv o 'Salt their building at 6 Houth Ftalm strcpt. j whert? they have l.i..!t.l i;irt Individual swltchbc;ird npf'cr pt-rj-tion In the world. It mln-h be Infer- ! eefintr to know that back f this j switchboard alone there are nvre ) t.Man 23, d CO separate cables, that this wire If run in a continuous line would reach across the contl- j nent and frorh New York to iSalt Lake City. There are JhO orw sub- j scrtbers' Jacks on tho switchboard for the purpose of sirnsling subscribers. sub-scribers. There are 1 answering answer-ing Jacks with lamp equipment for the purpose of signaling the oper- . ator. The hoard Is divided Into some Its positions and any operator on ny one of these positions la able to connect any subscriber with any j other suhsTibcr on the entire ex-1 ex-1 chance. There is an averase of ; ;w.(-oo nlis per dny. with 6J toll lines snd .12 toll hoard positions. . The out calls number 1400 and the I total number of subscribers is 27.500. with 7?.. employes In H;ilt Lake and j over a thous-ind In I'tah. There ar- fi?0 miles of cable inside the hulMJnjr, and there Is enough undtr-i undtr-i ground cable in Salt Lnke City, If ninmtr In one continuous wire, to re-ich alront four times X round the earth. Courtesy Is the keynote of the company. A feature of the long distance 1 call!! 1- tho fact that, there are 10 : effect lire to different sections nf 1 the country, with two special lines fn Ienver. one to Pin Francisco od one ( Chirnro. It Is possible to eortnoft from thii office with any ront on the Tell system In the VnPed States. Cuba and part of Canada. A special rate ore vat Is sfre S:30 st night, when the long d'-Mne calls are rut In half, and from 13 to 4-30 fn the morning to et-onf one-fourth w t It costs for the d-iv on number tn number calls, meant'ic e call plsc.d to a tele-phene tele-phene nu:r.ber In a distant town. , I teamwork on the jart of the operator, oper-ator, because the public only gets in touch with tha originating operator, while tho other girls complete their rail Regularly emploed operators are demonstrating to the public the operation of the switchboard and giving" giv-ing" valuable information pertaining to tho method of placing the calls. An Interesting feature in connection with tho exhibit Is a diagram showing all circuits necessary in connecting one subscriber's telephone with the switchboard, and also showing the masa of relays, conduction rolls, etc., which are regularly employed on |