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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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engineering theplant of the Operating Companies.Engineers of the Bell Laboratories,Western Electric Company, and the Operation and Engineering Depart-ment of the A. T. & T. Co., have thismatter of uniformity constantly be-fore them, and contribute In largemeasure to the establishment of uni-form practices. The engineers of the OperatingCompanies are kept advised of theresults of the work of these organiza-tions. They in their turn make suchrecommendations as seem appropri-ate to the executives of the Com-panies who have the responsibility ofapproving vast expenditures for theItems making up the telephone plant.Such Items might range from thekind of lettering on a dial to the col-umn spacing of a building. Engineers all along the line haveresponsibilities for fixing standards,or studying the results of their use,and recommending changes as con-ditions seem to justify such action.Like other engineering activities,standards are a means to an end.If they are too rigidly fixed or maln-
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When this picture was taken^ these engineers at the Kearny tVorks of the Western Electric Company were planning the emergency replacement of switchboards serving more than lopoo telephones^ which had been destroyed by fire 192 Bell Telephone Magazine AUTUMN ! tained over too long a period, bestresults may not be obtained. On theother hand, they offer an opportunityto obtain important savings in en-gineering, manufacturing, and opera-ting costs through the possibilities ofmultiple manufacture, installation,and operation. It is not too much to say that alarge share of the success of the BellCompanies in providing steadily im-proved service is directly related tothe attention which has been givento standardization and uniformity inplant design. If the results of thepast are any criterion, the opportuni-ties ahead are no less great. Other Engineering Activities Engineering people, because oftheir familiarity with the design ofplant, are given the responsibility forother activities that ar

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