Show BIG PARADE HANDLED HAILED TELEPHONE BY knights templar conclave unusual special to the news denver colorado aug 11 with 01 oner er men in line general john chase and his bis committee 0 of assistants will form and direct the gigantic knight templar parade here almost entirely by telephone A special central switchboard has been installed at conclave headquarters and by the means of branch telephones at short intervals along the line of march the committee will be kept in direct touch with the movements and progress of the vast army ot c marching knights besides bc sides the host of sir knights who are in attendance at the conclave there are over visitors in the city and unusual and careful plans have been prepared for their care and special plans have been arranged byitte telephone phone company in anticipation bt bf the great increase in the number ot of telephone calls during the enclave conclave for months past that company has been busy installing emergency telephones additional switchboard facilities and training the no extra operators who will be required to assist the regular force in handling the calls over emergency telephones have been connected with the newspapers and hotels and information bureaus and at various places paces along the streets telephones connected with the central exchange have been provided tor for the convenience of the visitors dicce discussing sing the telephone preparations tor for the conclave visitors an official of the mountain afountain states telephone company said today emergencies such as this require that we provide facilities tar far beyond our usual daily need the present convention with its vast influx of visitors and consequent increase of telephone calls is only a repetition of other conventions we have handled and will have to handle in the future our plant in vestment has always been be en and must always be sufficient to take care of not only the usual dally business but the maximum number of calls that come to our switchboards this is true not only of 0 denver and other large centers but of 0 each one of our exchanges throughout the territory every telephone call must be handled as a unit the provisions in denver during the present conclave are such I 1 that each one of the dally calls will be handled as promptly and as carefully as at any other time the study and preparation to provide for the telephone needs of conventions and similar gatherings shows quite conclusively that the bustness business of the telephone kompany TOm pany as well as that of other service corporations is is unusual and that the difficulties which confront them are not to oe de judged by everyday every overy day d ay standards |