Show VANISHING americanism party line head heading i n g for U doom 0 0 m I 1 I 1 I 1 that chatty friendly the rural party line the force which has bound farm residents together into communities and spread more news new than walter winchell is getting ready to bid farewell to the american scene iva its in the cards the party line will V q 11 be replaced eventually by the unsociable sociable u n but efficient dial telephone exchange that fact act became apparent recently when a telephone and radio manufacturing firm announced development of a dial t telephone exchange especially designed for or the small community cum which has only or subscribers the new type of exchange which will make dial phones economics economical I 1 tor for an operating company with as ew as 40 lines Is termed unromantically 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 because rural exchanges usually have from 4 to 10 parties on a line the unit will provide hilly fully automatic service for or individuals private branch exchanges 2 5 and 10 party lines as well as pay station service major development Is the circuit arrangement which completely separates toll loll from rom local service thereby in sitting the availability of 0 lines for or long distance calls even though all 11 local tillit les may be busy exponents rotary exchange boast that once the unit li installed it continues to operate for months untouched by human hands with this mechanical marvel at the helm the party part line will become as obsolete as benjamin franklins kite no longer will every 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 or whom the call is intended final analysis reveals that the new dial exchange can do everything thin g the old party line did and can do it better with one ex caption it cant trace down the doctor in an emergency amergi aey |