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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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lusion in practice form ini-tially of much of the material now cov-ered in general letters. 5. Changes in organization, number-ing plan, and indexing of the Prac-tices. mittee recommended certain steps asa means of making the Practicesmore useful to the Companies. Theseare given in the adjacent box. Organization of ^PracticeWriting Groups Active work to carry out the JointCommittees recommendations beganIn the middle of 1951. The Prac-TiCE-writing activity at the Bell Tele-phone Laboratories was substantiallyincreased. To expedite the work, 15people from the Operating Compa-nies and a considerable number oftechnical assistants were added to thedevelopment force. A force of 65 men was borrowedfrom the Operating Companies to as-sist the Operation and EngineeringDepartment of the A. T. & T. Co. to visits to all Companies, to get first-hand information on the adequacy ofthese instructions, and suggestionsfor Improvement. Based on the facts assembled bythe working group, the Joint Com-
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An improved method of pole raising,, Jor which there probably was yto Practice 94 Bell Telephone Magazine SUMMER bring the Practices up to date. Themen were selected as specially quali-fied from the standpoint of field ex-perience. The present Practice writershave had experience in almost everyoperation of the Plant and Engineer-ing Departments. The average BellSystem service of the group is over22 years. Practically every one ofthe Operating Companies is repre-sented. History repeats itself—twoof the men who were on loan to theA. T. & T. Co. as practice writersabout 20 years ago are back on loanagain, serving in a supervisory ca-pacity in the group. *^Practice Preparation: HardWork, Perseverancey Patience The writers job starts with theneed for a Practice : a new develop-ment, perhaps, an improvement orchange in an existing circuit, or an un-usual operating condition arising inone of the Companies. Upon receipt of his assignment,the writer proceeds to gather hisbasic material f

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