Show VANISHING americanism americanisms 1 goo 11 party 13 y line headin ave jev J tu p p h no m D n ff A a m that chatty friendly institution the rural party line the force which has bound farm residents to gether into comman ties and spread more news than walter Wui chell is getting ready to bid farewell to the american scene its it s in the cards the party line will be replaced eventually by the unsociable but efficient dial tele phone exchange that tact fact became apparent recently when a telephone and radio manufacturing firm an bounced development of a dial tele phone exchange especially designed for the small community which has only or subscribers the new type of exchange which will make dial phones economical for or an operating company with as few as 40 imes is termed un romantically a community rotary exchange cost of installation will average about a line but the cost to an individual subscriber will be much lower than that be cause rural exchanges usually have from 4 to 10 parties on a line the unit win will provide fully auto matic service for individuals vate branch exchanges 2 5 and 10 party lines as well as pay station service major development is the circuit arrangement which completely sep abates loll 1011 from local service there by the availability of lines tor for long distance calls even though all local fa il ties may be busy exponents of the community rotary exchange boast that once the unit Is installed it continues to operate for months untouched by human hands with this mechanical marvel at the helm the party line will be come as obsolete as benjamin benjamm franklin s kite no longer will ev ery phone on the line ring when someone puts in a call the jangling on the wall will be heard only in the home of the person for whom the call is intended final analysis reveals that the new dial exchange can do every thing the old party line did and can do it better with one ex caption c eption it can t trace down the doc doe tor tar in an eberg ncy |