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Identifier: belltelephonevol3132mag00amerrich (find matches)
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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ustsuch an occasion. Likewise, onecannot help but be impressed bythe performance of telephonepeople during this power failure. rely on electric clocks to govern theirday-to-day operations, for the timeOF DAY service was extremely busy.So was the Toledo Edison number—with nearly every Toledoan trying toget his personal complaint to the be-leaguered utility. Many of thesecalls ended up at the D.S.A. board,and here the operators did yeomanservice explaining the power failureand re-orienting many a time-con-scious American. Some probablymissed their regular bus despite thegirls help—but this wasnt a normalday in Toledo. Of course many a call was madenext door, to families, and to friends,to see how they had cooked break-fast or heated the babys bottle, butemergency calls also helped build upthe load far beyond normal. Inter-estingly, some of the emergency callswere made by the Toledo EdisonCompany in procuring reserve powerfrom the Midwest power pool. no Bell Telephone Magazine SUMMER
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They knew what to do and how to do it, and knew they had the authority to do it: CentralOffice Foretnen Frank Randall, Otho Banning, and Edward Lasko Actually, the power failure wasthe result of trouble in a circuitbreaker at Toledo Edisons maingenerating plant. This caused a 69,-000-volt arc to flash into the busstructure, through which all electric-ity is distributed to the various powerlines. It was because this key distri-bution point suffered damage thatToledo Edison took longer than usualto switch in reserve power from othersources in the Midwest area. The Plans Are Made To MANY CUSTOMERS, one of thequalities that makes a telephone in-valuable is its reliability. To thecustomer, this means constant con-venience and, in times of emergency,protection for his home and family.The Bell System has always recog-nized the importance of providingreliable service. The concept of pre-ventive maintenance, high standardsof equipment, and many practices andpolicies are a direct effort towardt

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