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Identifier: belltelephonemag22amerrich (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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bstacle to the operation of this switchboard at an Army post phone requirements for a fully gar-risoned camp. When a new militarylocation is planned, meetings are heldin the Associated Company area inwhich the establishment will be lo- 1943 Operating Army Switchboards 119 cated, with staff officers and telephonecompany engineers participating.j There all the many important factorsI for service are considered. The sizei and type of switchboard, outside plantarrangements, the housing of people,j and the equipment required are de-cided. This Includes rest-room fa-I clllties for operators, and dormitoryI arrangements If employees are to live! at the camp. sibllitles—Is a good deal of an under-taking. Fortunately, there exists Ineach of the Associated Companies anorganization which has been of greatvalue In meeting the telephone serv-ice needs of the rapidly expandingmilitary forces. For many years the traffic depart-ments of Bell System companies havemade It a practice to give practical
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A TYPICAL DORMITORY for Bell System operators on an Army post. On the stepsare the chief operator, the housekeeper, and the hostess The same sort of check-up takesplace at an existing establishmentwhen more facilities are needed orwhen arrangements are being madefor the telephone company to takeover the operation of the campswitchboard. Actual operation of the Armysswitchboards—In addition to the BellSystems many other war-time respon- help to business customers In theoperation of their private branchswitchboards. More than 125,000switchboard attendants (operators)are employed—not by the telephonecompanies but by the firms having theprivate branch exchanges on theirpremises—to operate these switch-boards. To assist these business cus-tomers, the traffic departments main- I20 Bell Telephone Magazine JUNE tain placement bureaus which willsupply trained attendants on request.In large cities, they give trainingcourses where women without experi-ence may receive instruction in PBXope

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