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Show nes | _Sson d Section) Oe Futer-Mountain Republican SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER ‘Pages1 to 12 6, 1907. Rocky Mountain Bell =ceprone Company's i Late company erected "its | first ullding on the site of the structure three storie: nieh +e eae nihetythree V a in bina in 1895. sent was wide the first buildine crete floors in Sah pected (osérve pany for the ten nedds years. fronted after that with the enlareement The fifty present high, feet was' then SirHetion A -; necessity detal!s ap Ga toa "The pace ducted in rented quarters Provisions for for many In the probable years to present Fire The on come has] struc and building Y iade columns and Indo glas envi ‘J floor ¢ orleina! bea ent ; iclure the glass of h d Stair i at W nf Indows makes , it ‘a Nre-proof Ch ing. bui battery ery LULO ; nall v | , + ad : par cielo compan. 1) | pen ain ] WW m B. Valentine _ ; ans 0) rae rnin tics Hibbard. ] M. ¢ Silva. battery" storage batteries telephone rubber, appara-| the for applied the linsovires, j trical at'-the name to the Trouble the is. this wire of be ing the wires, itis So another, separate by 5 of hard each strip wire twenty connec- "jacks," or plug that with come S Into the board is seventeen of these mul- all numbered. the line may places on the the reach be the ‘ eee board of and every fs oper- Suppose the owner of T.ine No. Calls up. Instantly after he removes his receiver from the hook, the little amp: placed where Line No: 1 mes ¢om-~) into- the ‘itehboard and the "pilot lamp,"" an auxiliary signal used as a che ‘ke and to draw the operator's attention more ré adily, glow. The opera- the size| lor takes accurate! the un-| plug throws mt a up one in "Answe little jthe bell pressing Ww switchboard is 110 feet long) and -is‘m the largest telephon: operating room JIn-the ‘country, with a floor pace of 9 square feet, greater. by 1,550 square feet than any local oper- : iting or end of a cord, ring lever places Jack No. opposite that LY cord room in New Yerk, of botton. Telephone The No, a eompleted In a a few 1,000)by¥ process y vhole b Lights Tell Whole Story, When the talking parties finish Philadelphia ion ‘reder: { i THE INFORMATION * seconds and hang up ; . their their Boston: Of course, these cities have eiver two small lamps glow Jon nany more telephone subscribers than)! table or posite ' the cord hey Salt. Lake; but all have several ex~| been using ang ihe operator ,enanges, yone of which have floor footh have "hung. up.' She pace equal to that at the Salt Lake} pluzs and breaks the bliged Cae LEXCnanige jing without being « bliged ee All Late Equipment. ' on It ont receivers have bee showsig lamp one t onty eS The Salt ake, board is of the} tante, st cnows aaa we va el latest Sore batte ry type and re-| up ana pote "euts in' im Mosents tn ttest advancement baad inquire whether the par © switehboard ecconstr uc tien With ered, Some mica aap) "all | toll board and other apparatus conversation hes ended an | Kept a' Tobca: of from thirty to eighty |one party has failed toe hangs | men constantly employed since April receiver. ; 18. Twenty-five ofi these. men' are ex! Phere ave fitti acai | pert electriclans brought to Salt Lake ! " for operators, to install the plant. All the new plant.) switchbcard. Lhe a; Se sha switehboards, terminal apparatus miner ce rk is arranged through, v for the cali nna eon frame, asexplained | tnachinery, » was » installed BOARD. a on ixty strips ak meng eS nares of A COE rey oe son! of and asks within a fey Teet a cross on) for. the lumber desired, é 1,000 ‘clreuit-miles, away? He>seldom| is wanted. Th operator at once takes MIs to tell the toll trouble man where] Up the other end of the cord and into look for his trouble within three or! Serts jts plug In "Multiple Jaek No. spans, [Improved *test tables't|1,090," whieh may he dir -clly in front o locate trouble on local and} of, her, to the right or to the left, but Stance lines, are features of the @lways within her reach. and rings eninge | one Httle the within ator "made * of jacks at intervals alone rien seventeen | thus not "is "mult{ple;"!cor board, is. built anaes ocate atoll -rovo first ae ‘ laid for cen- | tiple Lies. that known, instrarhent This * indicated "com=| 5 so improved | for. ax ay. the containing on the board| Byery line dines is sup-| connected all too complicated resistance of feet by thousands subscriber's | holes prenension by any except expert elec-) (riclans, For instance, one instrument! locates trouble by measuring the elec-| I io of transforming | tian the battery Where 106 | pessible areé|ferred to above. The: the | vertical portion of the up rings hence, Tell it)poard room and The wire chief and his assistants are| | in oye terminal room, where they haye| easy aecess.to the complicated appara-| tus The y have many devices for test-; ae ei paste fia 7 ¥ the eurre nt used aNd. whit rs offiee: Can that tL pound oom machin-| and that ; Switehboard. Rutte local\" lec vee 1} ey, | Nitnolty examination.» Briefly, Com we Haine omthe tral to the supplied All-the hs the mon fact, « it mena charging is current bell. aue buildings the edhe attenuated of which all. tus the | pliec valley Che ' so) miles room. for from a mers ; and) four Adjoining the the * electrical" pi gg i enne cotton takes td Boise. , Kert : I most all building were i ' elds - ‘ LOCAL | te a delicate inte Is a delicate little devi hat works} constructed that any operator may give: ; With remarkable precision. Its ele ri-| ; tiny connection desired, even. though | cal coils are wound with wire thee ithe calling party desires to reaghea insulation and-all, than ordinary sew-! person whose line comes inte the : yeyond i ie OF ; ~ : rad{- a rec iH ‘ vault and re-_-____-______ DETAIL tl ; : os eee KUO 1 fimo} wy ea ‘tne aoe rear. h e-proof »! ; eS cui Architects ; y Inte ; ‘ building and both enaccording to plans of Lal Mr. Kletting | It .0n One Salt Lake h i ; ; THE: GEN-\ * Solt ! \ ut . 4 all abt Local e : poatibl for the <« to ) anc ul cre a ft t} inside or outside | ty ihe ‘hile Partitions are / Gy / one and tt e-fourll aah thick aidranmnciaiath er SL OACHEC GCN os practically -_- of ae CONTAINING: * - curtains of tj ome ; (SHe _{¢ st 15 Basitre 1 y ing te : a BELLLOCAL TELE Ore PRO COMPANY, AND: i. - building ara a Peta THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ERAL ., Vent snars ale -inch eee « n= D I ¢ . Gcon- telephone { ne ere i in ni) portion thes "V, Wen) ) the core : li have jr door he wh d oa ee -. Work Proof | aaa 1c Bn riginal remen Kletting « jay : extend needed : every rom proof and earthgu preoft th: most modern method I he test U1 experience can n In general. ft is 9 reinforced mnerete-Ekelet hy hollow brick ls iin hetweent! ere Vit und wire 2re metal ; a R. mo cy", a tae ‘ f cae ge ‘ Earthquake present gy . are 1 the t ; another int oh ' 4 ea rei buildin general depart-, inder one roof.) I | NEW BUILDING OF | éte,, all wail h alone ructed "ducts, Formas a Intear . ‘ the: feof ti hollo Ly ct in ts Srowth: of the business and for more than a year be e the enlargement) had been finished several « th departments of the company were con- treet. With the 1} finished, the local and ments are once moi : t * ii : with ‘ ; nein kno rt'-begins ne iM , the ‘elements! te ere to Oo tell where} ft chute peg) ne keep re Or ; ! «r not cata ca stories tac amt exposure to. imy yesible ble gin at i pe the n ih ee = mene Ae not «short mmake é vo i] ires aoen twenty i he | stuck ; c of five 17 The busine OAta éompany building. wide nd cotlld }-that willIl Pete es . "beeam tha seobinclon: of Struption o ‘The [t : 3 Beby-adding Bessy c planned. re: tales dozens ordinary thé Salt pre-/. ‘The: building! as th re t long. Laki ni Wasnot.fulfilied. sary" to enlarge feet to'ita-x¢ lath: eixit: years New Plant a ree the. i7 Ss ive DESK, | lohe-dietance z ‘eoninbetions " were pale "AKG new k 2 < Ais Ronetonric nae * ea agin ay x Ol wen ene eae J e ¥ ct 3 | mettdine - tr jit NP OT ‘Une c pa AY boog@at gengval ty that. Dis wellen: causes: @>great-c ‘bles containing 400 pairs, rs j from the government a dine Crim, HePret ham to, glow on ~the witeh-= ; 800 Wites. The | eae to Deer Umigé dnd connected that bonrd wl < entral with Butte Seon arline Doreht trom the ODErA placing late PRP, leargey, of "Butte. Aaother ihat bears his old dine from rt Re oe to -Missoula frame," Where they are "fanned | 'helmed to MAKE -he ‘eine me of. the ‘Bs ar } > Separated as Individual pairs, | | Company's ng yetem In cing ax ‘ , t { Par They pass from the main frame to the} } Monian ‘ rk long-distance mnbe f ‘ ‘ I 1@ he "intermediate frame" through 20-pair | llines were eee eountry develop-)bnsked f and i corresponding to the "multi-} ed and the Ss means permitted, bell by pressing a button, ‘Two tele-) ples' on the switehboard, which will] etal \ yoming and Mon- | phone GMtruments,a, long. board, aw) be explained later. They are ‘fanned| tana until 13h i retea ro and ew poles! out" again at the intermedlate frame excnanges of! arc thou '} h ibseril pictures' which 4 bullt. to alley the equaliza- | toll line long In ‘the (ran lo when s¢ bothers, tion of the "load" or amount of work, distance } ates' to nietu it tall. He dor not kno on the various opérators wo ‘king at the almost 67 an} ¢ th i ie mechanism and thy¥e! board itbove From the intermediate enough to and Ou or deljeat idjustr hat! frame the lines go in .cables to. the; half time Of s wir } ridte na] j ( hone co ersation poswitehboard and alsa conneetr with the! is underground. ‘The ny Ly h hI . elay rack Which bears the apparabout 1.600 rolls He ca not knou® for insiance. that. cus that operat the line lamns. The} each year, Of 160 atc : se He 7 ran ‘coll rack,'' adjacent to the relay rack, wt employed at Salt Lake Che Salt ; : reo the building to} 0&4! repeating coils that distribute | Lalke payroll, for anf vA "thnees i oH 3 srouzch cabl eurrent to ta ub ribers instruments . + pee fen Moree 959,02 ' ae Sei the operato cords on the each operator has a card index contatning miscellaneous fi : fhe <2} ri : soni ant : Fas ib Sf The operatot cord, of tion on the table before her re em i LE SHOAO ie jo i} , O0 Ty i evr ti Riaiiih j Stal street part ot © circuit Invevery = 7 TT Pe . : 3 Gare. eo ] : lon phone company by the Western Elecjack of the board are miles of wire in ued a sor the company Sooke CHVOMEM = , mar Ate Qe , 4 ; aes tric company of Chicago, under the di-| cables, massed in great layers esShowing are method Lys number DAE', ce he OFS horizontal wiring of the oxmaking = Ismpy Of a 7 connection e he, shelt ihe oinderneath key self 0-1,.0ne. Bai fur-|iek R. Frank construc- |) George re that! (HI the nd « ee Ii for ed: concrete' col-]} 3 art of the nd o * finat : rot) trucie | i Vet her i +e # riore tient SID DOT eV eoMe Seren thelt ; a grount ore eens! n a 2 rhe Tae The fifth mor 1 ' floor 1 and n to tperietl sto. show. the 7 } ine >, President. incorporato Nf preside tS ie es 14 va aa te Wallac 6 ee : one of company treasurer' Derore | entered employ reneral |Murray roteHoareacu ‘ the ne Manage the ? "the and | , tha: . oO ths ( Aun board: jecame | -ane Db of the Be] com-/ + ee ve: Qn. 1 BLO , { ‘é the 1.5 CTE AS ha ‘ns 1Bias ae‘2 fea robes! fifth: rear aR f ' va the tegen TDP The i 0 ee Ey Tanger ies A and ee great frames erminal room, many ee racks feet of : in the} length; apni - - irk. and: I I most ‘ Sor, alte Osade of-them ‘ 's. phone built ind stilh-dreamed : of bus-| ‘hetwoen | t ome! man day or who . ent Whe in. the passes hy th e t merely of day to transact 200 | hhe len ein present an appearance]! 80ldered. the| after bus- point lo in on = xe telepnene ef he the. Use distribution I} rem f le ed MAIN es | on d on ing the 2 "the » Nerney aed OPERATING fourth! Mi fourth lonz-di peculiaritie ure) floor nee rection forof man J. J. company Campbell the Mountain territory, with in Ree the J. band redchinetalmiost tok tHece ceiling: | Asiforeman oti nstallatien Pad ar dea tere tie helves, crossed and| The new board has a recrossed by purti-colored cords, and) 9,600 individual lines and op- his and switch- "test The bered UPR marking set "relays'' are japanned AU BCE AD EPR: 4S ROOM and jnclosed boxes, one Oe rs by use of;and num-j each) ars cerns eaR ae constructed would tllumination In yaa heen deRoe Sek ky so thal the board | cal once, which, give if 62,334 they of candle were course, ll power! in they use & never] Bayer! ES es pets PS sae power now, but designed of to the allow a°.private power Ilave i One Rooms of the for Operators, features of the building is t Mh he fi i s pan " ‘ ' ‘ n is LOv bar a - 2 Prout me. front com- coffee, : f telephones ors and a well carpeted il baleony in issed view of from the rooms look over either are up holstered ou iting table, The room and the large windows front-afford an unsurthe eastern part of the luneh so room high intervening that or parlor. one buildings may from State street to the Wasatch» mountain The rest room. has a large and coamfortable bed, chairs, sanitary rug and medicine chest, Lt is designed for the use of girls who become ill when at t original Wwe city ; ' but dishes, vaartor has leather furniture of mission styl corne) rockin chail 1 re paper ten b the s te sug for the operators. fret and employes a matron to the rooms The service is silver and fine' china, This room makes ft possible for the operators to have warm meals at their lunch nheur or ¢ any tim hen they are be. struct the its been lation i los Sandstone t bi trot vee mie Kyunt ' it a has : vouls a by n un cyue connected. ele ! would th buys building deta : 1 Riginit needer. are . 0 I wet company tl ' eas builedi iginal boards Dea local-board. : rit ais toll to the { ee of and | { The stone. being numbered to- indicate the circuits. The lo- It is similar Lar ' roitd v0 ee to ona sitions. 4 of mat A and bt t I had yp ad. wil f th vf ‘ it nae andpat may tall be nce increasec except that instead of the jacks are marked different long-distance Nichols} may be duplicated on the other side of} trunk lines. Each operator at the lotl room. The rest of ne plant was/cal board has access. to these ee ‘installed to ae for this growth and} and e¢alls the trol} operators just a pi it is expected that the additional board vould call a subs riber outsic e eae will be needed in four years or less. ee ling. About ten miles of wire are Similar provision for growth has been! used in the few feet between the two made in the long-distance room oe not counting the wiring of the [he new boards have 10.389 inean-/} de ; and special apparatus : descent signalling lamps of a diameter battery plant' includes ‘two °1iabout the same as that of a lead pen-| horsepower generators for charging cil. These lamps, if installed "in series' | the storage batteries which supply enwonld require 187.000 volts of current} ergy for the entire city The for _ a has E. capacity of) the building) } nh the ne fo oat MeConnell, Jasper N. Weller, | P ny s collector in 1884. under -I Medina, Cherles Sidney Smith, | © a) t a frst manager at Salt lL. Sk { i mas Sherwin, H Lak \ frossman, district mar | ( W. Lyman, George Albree | Ser. for nor nd Joh NS-|) ree: ¥. Wal now and for} lt en foreman at Salt Lake, haye| ‘ ' ale anit a |'4he' erent. |; : l « nclose long-di task lars ':is the the tales? Jacks key on} ' uy tle ih divided thie the oe ; with 167 fect | spuce The roof I ter eonecret ‘ t sna "ft feet lon dir ly on th : sepal at Lychan fifth floor, whi ria ieresting part of tl from th ‘ reat viewpoint Operating Koom oth position spots in indicate me the "ON tiple by pressing a connections between him and of -hopels confusio But the expert} oe si : ; ein Kaw trouble shooters' who take care of; 3.616 Miles for Just $50 Peet. the inside plant can place their hands) Lis' ling j one oo housand that! insta Iv on any one of the thousands) mal total of 3,646 miles of re beof wires that are interlaced through] _ 1 thes tres manhole | frames, coil racks, relay racks andj many ears ist president of the | bee itl I omy ince its early) rront of. th buildis 2 d the witeh=| switchboard Similarls the outside} npan Several' of thi men e a ‘ othe employe I ! et floo distan of} trouble ma in a manhole under the ¢ t tern Un-| hav d the com lon J oe es han 4 { Of | wire > street, on top ofa pole miles away or! io BErRAt 1 cor i nd the Unton 1 Or Them ( st Cave. |) om ] 1 mile eontained in the ung on the high in air between! ra | wa A oom Somé ot There thine ithin the wall ‘ each) "2a0* Lec long, that) ex-| poles, has no difficulty in picking out! the i ; till tis i ilroad and) of the telephone building tha re not ned I bh m hol to the first) the wire in trouble by means of certain! the Bnoe ae o much eee we ight Viewien, Mnvntatl: Conrrats the big« eee eo "acoA te and white icl ‘es _ mae wee Eats eS re NA ee NAM eT ae ture. Although aignad The2 Jack Phe holes above are the oumber wanted as ducing the fire possibilit to niture Several unique methods f ia Sea tarininged. The ft ton Eee : ; wearnl. aftent SON . answering, sirine the counection which the operator ¢ iis through bred 50 jwork t quiet, Clos Sixty or The lthe south Operators, With Six Inspectors on Duty-Biggest Switchboard West of Chicago } who view may desire from. A. the G. ~rest... room and is. Mackenzie, to * |