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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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e total increase in rural telephone in-stallations in two years to something more than 400,000. And last yearalone, as those companies resumed their aggressive pre-war programfor extending service to more and more farms,* they set nearly 300,000telephone poles—enough to cross the continent about six times—andstrung about 130,000 miles of wire. The objective of the Bell System, as stated early in 1945, was toadd another million rural telephones within three to five years aftermen and equipment became available. Already, in consequence of thewhole industrys determined efforts, a higher proportion of America sfarms are enjoying the benefits of telephone service than ever before. Eventhough war needs for telephone equipment had to come first duringnearly four years of conflict, that proportion has risen from 25 percentin 1940 to the 40 percent estimated for the end of 1946. *Sce More and Better Telephone Service for Farmers, Magazine, Winter 1944-45. 194 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER
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^ \ <;d \ 1^ \ © -5i §^ ^ £ §S Q ^ L^ CD ^ a; S CQ fe^ <5 oo ^■^ « II K o S O as o 3CO CO o ro O o <N ^ ^ ^ to VO 1946-47 Progress in Extending Bell Rural Telephone Service 195 Making Good the Promise Such figures, Impressive as they are,take on new vitality when ilkistratedby what the Bell System companiesare bringing about in such rural areasas, for example, Springdale, Arkan-sas. That locality had been served by anumber of ground-return telephonelines owned by farmers thereabouts.Their lines had deteriorated, and theneed for better service was urgent.The Southwestern Bell TelephoneCompany was asked to extend Its im-proved facilities into the area. The entire area was surveyed,therefore, and plans were formulatedto provide service on an area-cover-age basis—as discussed more fully ona later page. To the project were assigned acommercial representative, and an en-gineer with construction experience.These two, with the help of theSpringdale manager on ri

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