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"_ Continued from first page.
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Ni, expense has been spared ltt fitting
pp |h\'.hi‘w quarters of the company.
Ifld thhy are the tttost complete of any
hf the Nations in the smaller cities of.
lite state. In many respects they are
Ittperlor toitny other of the slate oili-
bes and many improvements have been
made which are entirely new. A
line telephone service and greater cont
fin to the employees is assured by file
Ifflngoments which have been made
Ind the public will secure far bctler ttc~
momiaodatlons in the future.
t- The wires all enter the building frotn
[$.er ground. being laid in cables
nth‘chare conducted up brough the
pal din lead pipes to secu e perfect in-
lull n. Tlte wires go front the street
in thet,tli.tributlng room. where there.
Is a large iron frame which is fairly
covered with a lacework of the insulat-
Qd wlrea. The wires are separated
Ind attached at this point to the wires
Which run direct to the switch board
' more the operators are stationed. Al
I point are also placed the high ten-
bfdn current protectors and the light-
nlnlJrrestors. which guarantee the
flfety of the patrons. and employees in
can lightning should strike one of the
film; or It should.,become entangled
lth a'tllve electric light wire. Here
laced W0 motor generator’s;.
min for changln the itigh cu eat de-
s'lvsd from‘thel ty lighting pl t date
such a cor} at as can be placed in the
large .set's storage batteries which
orh the mechanism of the switch
and supply the current. One of
the motor generators does this and the
other furnishes the power to ring the
little bells which wake people out of
' shalt- slumbers'a'ftd warn them that
V nontoxic wants to talk to them on the
. .’photls. There is also a. large switch-
Ilosl'd placed here for the control of the
power necessary in operating the sys-
Ail these equipments are of the very
make and great care has been
touched in placing them and prevent-
aagfiny accidents which might occur
”than and cripple the service.
": . M the terminal room the great
”Work of wqu runs to the operating
I”, where the big switchboard is lo
m.
as
be to one not an electrician
I
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slice. .
board in so arranged
basalt.
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.Thls is a wonder in' itself. it charge of them an.
El Mhlo the “Ilse of the one It DH?“- lcall. make ottl the necessary "ticket." 5
sat. “bud compared with if. is land then turn the call over to one. of
. steamer of today plflpf‘d :ilie other operators to "get the party."
side of ark of Father Noah. ‘ This operatorwtll either gel the party
'fl‘t nifty‘hfnovations are shown or inform_ the. subscriber of his
summations, which are dlmcult lThls will ‘be a time saving device
V lotto-lilac with the interior of a tele- clue.
. that if no lplcced in this room for the chief opera-i
5%th operated by one per ltor. and the wire chief so that at
. , ‘ could gm any point on the time he can connect himself in on all! .
. In any: can which might wire and observe how “central" is get- ,
, amplaca on the .board- ting along and hear what mean things;
v. do at .with the necessity of tthe patrons are saying to her. He pant
filter .v’lrtg her seat and run- ialso. from his desk.
. other end. of the board to tthe multitude of wires which enter the ,
' hus assuring a much thulldlng. and do a grrat many other;
‘ aefvi' than it has been ;thlnga which are Greek to the unitlat-,
an er the.old condl- ad. but which are of vital necessity to!
switchboard would ac- .tha proper operating of the telephone
flyover boo telephones teachange.
capacity-being taxed to the l ‘ Another labor saving device has been i
board wtll"bs able introduced.
least 1,000 «with operators get
' - . - - .a'ltchboard. whali- stead of being compelled to
‘ . 111.. "mu the room as formerly. all that will go to “:6." which is Ir. Strong's
‘ flap with‘a number is necessary is to press a little button notn da plume while working. “a .
Mas wash and
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mwammfbu-sasgspu
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litt '
these little drops bad fnllcn and there
would be it necessary tlelnv lll nnswvr
int: the 'pltonc
The operator would then have to
make the tonnt-cttun and going to tip-
ptdnt on llli' suttcitbonrd. \llit‘l'l' lb:
“drop" was down. would llith' to pokc
ll llill'h (in liti- tit-u *i\\’lit‘l1liliill.l
lbcte uro- “hill is known as self rosioti
int: "drops" so llllll “lil‘ll ll-lt' opt-rotor
makes the coiiilt-t tion. the "drop" re .
turns to its original pttsllitill all ready
for lltc ncxl Attollter int-tins for to
sitting prompt service is an appliance
whereby whenever there is :1 I‘ll” tut.
any section of the board, it bright lll
llc btttlott like electric light flae‘itc.~ old.
telling the "hello girl" llllll lit‘f‘ scrttc»
cs are required til lintl point out! with
éoul gelling up from her seat site will.
be enabled to answer llll' call
if) tttldition to these tire llll electric
bell which mtty be used if tit-sired and.
a buzzer which may be also connected.
so that whenever there Is at call. every-
thing is dotte automntlculir to inform!
"central" of the fact.
At the switchboard are
places for
might operators and one "testing opera
for." who will test the \vtres Tegulnrly
anti see that they are all in workinn
order. ‘
An intimation which is not used it:
any of the smaller offices of the stall is
‘Il't"~r-
The Grand-Niece of
U. S. PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK,
Induce
MRS. IDA ‘ROSER.
d to relate Her Experience for Benefit oi Other Women.
“Di-Ail Mics. PlNKllr..\l‘:——l have been married for nearly two years. and so far have
ttot been blessed with :. child.
troubles and painful nttttstrttntiou. until very rcccnti '.
" 'l‘ltc vnluc oi Lydia E. Plnkham’s Vegeta ie Compound was called
tttiou by an intimate iricnd. “how life had simply been :t tortttr .
’ utttd t'ut'ctl her; slit: cult hardly l)t’llt‘\'t.‘ tt
i took iourbottlcs oi your Compound and
health and spirits; my dotttcstit‘ and oili-
timcs what i Used to do.
Yours gratefully,
attc
and ulceration. and it icw bottles oi your Cotupt
ltcrscll today. she ctttois sut‘lt blchcd ltcaltlt.
consider tttvscli curcd. i not once more ttt itnc
ciul dutlcx .tll scent my now, ior l lccl so strong 1 can do three
You
seems to
ism oi all women is alike. and the society woman is just as sttscc
lcss favored ‘l\lt‘l\'. but owing to tltctr tttltct‘cnt (ll
Yet it is .. int-t \\t)l'lll recording tit
for a cure first. ' ' . p ‘ '
osttton. «mug ;t~ :1 but resort and uttltout any iattlt. tltc
oi hi it social p '
ble ompound and \\'t‘lt' totttplctcly cured by it.
Mountains of gold could
Plnkltam’s Vegetable Compound brot
From a vast experience In treating female ills.
told value to every ntllnu young woman.
- . un
“Md. h “I you confidentially and free
her. She will be glad to answer
fiw‘%
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"broken in." An additional 'phonn
can b.- "booked on" in conjunction with
all" top of the lllN‘rllllllK bulimia and
the beginner can listen to the Hit)
"wttlt.tl" min . curl- of lll‘l Work. lll
luo or titrt-v .|.tti~' site will lit' Wild.» in
try if lll'l‘~tll .‘llll tin-n "in r ifl‘m-‘p
tun il.‘«llfl :tnd cunt-it litir~ n' i
st-tl lllll“ n fttlillt-iir-vi
lit litiglil '
'l‘hert- are mzttiy otltt-r lllll' points
"burn the new board which will ltitl "lit
to ellt' l~
lll‘l‘llill)’ in giving better service to the
billions.
'i‘in- t-otnplt-ttuoss ot the equtpnn-nl
oi llll‘ t'Xl'llllllizc is not alone in ill“ inc
cbnttlt-nl tl--vitt-.~. bttl every ltt'tntoltI
‘nn-ttt littsslltlt' has been made for the
comfort ul lllt' operators and cm
plow-ct. .-\ llllllllb'tlllll‘l)‘ filled up re.
ltt‘tttp, tootu has been prepared for ”W
lllllll'.~. lll it will be couches llllll olli
er articles of furniture. fl large table in
llll renter will be well Hil|i||llml wtlit
good reading tttatter such IIH periodicals
ttnd newspapers. A room tip-“ting off
‘ltls was formerly used as the kitchen
of one of the apartments into which tin-
btilltling was divided. The range will
be left in this rootn so that on told
tutti stormy days the girls may will litctr
lunches there and make llit‘illst'lw-s
hot coffee and tea.
This is a feature which exists tn no
the "breast transmitter." which it it {other exchange in the state. and it will
peculiar looking affair. A miniature.
telephone with lrttnsmltter is so con"
structed as lo hang around the neckE
of the operator with n strap i“) that
titatransmlttor is always at hop mouth.
be thoroughly appreciated by the young
ladies employed in the exchange. .-\li
the rooms are handsomely finished off
and every arrangement for the comfort
of the employees has been made It
A In!!!" Garlilt‘i't‘ l8 “0 “(m-“mild“, I“ is easy to see that no expense lens been
w 0 over her head with a metal strap
pared. A ntttttber of the subscribers
80 hat ill all times “ll"! 81 W'l‘ll- “ll? . tnve donated handsome articles of fur-
is connected with the switchboard with
a receiver ttt her ear anti a transmitter
at her inottth. oftentimes. ntbscrlb-
ers have wondered what it was that.
caused “centrtti's” voice to fade away
in a dim whisper when alliwt‘l‘lllg a
call. This Was due to flit fact that
she would bare to leave the transmitter
to make the connection. The new
style of transmitter she uiil have al-
ways with her. i
Each wire that goes to the switch-
board is so piaced that a connection
can be made with it at nine different
places along the board. The toll lines
and long distance lines whlcn are locat-
ed al the end of the board tire so ar-
ranged that one operator will have
Site will lake the
luck. ‘
which patrons will lettrn to apprdq
been
A finely equipped desk has
Ill!‘i
i
lost any one of
t
l
When any of the local“
an “out of town call" ill-i
shoutt
ths_totl use or ‘dlstpc‘s opus-
or am shit...
"Quorum-scan:
t
arrangement has beat .
niture for the ladies‘readlng room.
Large wire lockers are provided for file
operators'nnd each one will have a key
to her own locker, so that her wraps
and belongings catt be safely stored
during Working hours.
The fttii equipment extends to the
store rooms and we rooms. where ev-
erything can be found at httnd for the
use of the repair department. hock--
era are also placed here for the use
of the men and they too will have it
lounging room fitted up with a desk
and other necessities.
Electric clocks are placed in the dif-
ferent departments which are mechani‘
cally set four times per day by official
time
The part of the plant with which the
public will be most familiar are the.
manager's office and the public booths.
which are situated a the front of the
blilldlng in a large ‘a y. well-lighted
Iroprn. which has been very handsomely
htnipped. in this ofllcb Manager John
F. Sfmm: will direct the aflalrs of the
plant and the bttslness‘parl of the cont-
pany will be looked after. "Tlcknt'
chutes" have been placed so that he
has every means of! communicating.
with the other parts of the plant in tho'
easiest manner. At privale'ofllcs is
also provided for him. i
The public pay stations will remain:
open in the‘fa'turs‘ from it a. m. tot"
a“. m.. after which the offices will bc'
closed. An automatic pay station.
has. howertr. been established in the
hallway. so that anyone desiring to
telephone can use it. When business
warrants. the public station will be.
kept open later. but for the present the
hours will be as above stated.
_ All calls where wires are is trouble.
record will be Rent at dish "WW
so that it will its late to "tlisgaoss"l
the complaint each wire, and ”L
that it gets the proper medical attu-
lt.tve .t ltost oi li‘lllldh in Denver. and among lllt: best count, . ..
“ Mk5. lbs 1.. Rosrn. 320 ii. tiltlt Ave. Dctttcr. (oi.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
be the
not purchase suc
t::ltt to these women.
in testimony» or take the place of
No woman should
\ltislc for advertised articles
1 have, however. suiicrcd illlll a complication oi icmulc
lti lily
c with intlntttttnttiou
the health and
suffer with such a remedy ut itnnt
SPECIAL ADVH‘E 1‘0 YOUNG WOMEN FREE.
4
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'i’fdlig?
tiott front the repttir ukpttrltncnt. This
will unsure keeping the wit‘us ill llt'lll'l'
linpc limit fortut l'l“.
\ large slcillll llt'.ll it; [Ilillil ll£l~‘ lll't'll
plitcctl in llll' bustntrttl oi lb: bdtltltttu
\lllll ll will be lillt‘illl- d by llll' cotupnttt
Lilll 'iNt'll it) lllt‘lli t \I
t:»l\’tl\
in-\i \\tt'l(, .'l
Llll night opt-rotor a be put on lll
l‘t'tutut Ill in; prom!
pint .. oi litmnrti ll Taylor. lltt' prcwnt
niizb operator who will have n position
lit the rt ptttr dcpntlnnhtt. lilr Strong
\ its lulu-d tln- ruin-on, for this citttttitc
ttttd llt‘ replied that the t-ottipntty has
in llil ll tll M‘ll-tlt'lt‘llfll. Whi'li t'tt-i'
lite patrons bear it mast llllllt' voice ill
tv‘llif‘lll ltllit't' tin-y. lt-t‘l titnt lllt' some
lll‘x'lt‘un oi |ittlilt‘llt'~t:x lll‘t' not tit-'ttnt
bent ttpon them its “llt'll they urc tttili
lug wilit ottc of (he KI'Illlt' \tttt't-tl indy
opt-rotors. llc any. that it |.\ t-uslo
Ittttry to do this .tltitml l'\l'l‘)\\lll'l’l'
when possible. as lllt‘ patrons prefer to
tnlk wltlt ladies.
The work of installing the cleclricttl
apparatus has been in progress for the
pnst six weeks. and some of the time
the slit tnett ltt charge of S. W. Smith.
of New llll\'l'n. lite stipt'rltttcutlt'ot.
have been compellml to Work flights
The changes which lnttc been made in
the building have beet. Ill charge of II.
W. Sperry. of New littven. the super‘
tntcntleul of buildiuxs throughout the
slate.
Mr. Strong shut-d yt'slt'l‘tllly
noon that probably in the spring there
nflerd
extending over 20 years.
will b. it general reconstruction of the
lllll's iii and about The Norwnlks As
l“ftl‘ 1‘
put lilillt'i‘ ill'ttllllll ill tilltlt'\ nntl there
.mi in .I lulu: «\llt'lllllllll‘t' oi utottty
1n llll‘ \\.l_\. l'tttit-t'uroutnl \\II'I'\ nt'c
\-'t llll'l‘ll more \lt'uifntlury to tin-
tovnpuny. its tttorv t~ lr-ss danger of
‘ltt‘li‘ grill" out of onion uni they are
t. ltilll‘lll with it'F.‘ danger and trouble.
Neither are the, iinblc to contact will!
li'iLlI ttnston wires
Ii is tultcvt-d that the company util
unm- its plant from Tlil' Evening Sen
lil‘t'l budd‘to; to ill“ lirit-gcr block on
Saturday Illizltl. and everything baz-
bocn so planned titttt titert- will ‘ltii be
ttx tutttutcs' tit-lay lll tili_\ littr ill the
l I“ uittlc tbr lllulliLH ts lit-tut: mntlc.
1‘” lllt' \\li't-< tll‘t' It) lic I'lllllll‘l‘lt‘J Willi
llit' new switchboard before that time
w lllnl ii will lll‘ possible in operli‘v'
llll‘lll from either station. When ttll
in read} the mutter-lions with tin- old
|tllllil will be cttl illlll the new lllll' will
be itt opt-ration. .\lcn Wt‘l’t' :ll work
till day yesterday testing the wires and
pulling the finishing touches on the
tnwciutttlstu of the plum.
lly Monday morning. when the sub-
\t'f‘llll‘l'S wake up and begin to ring the
bells they will hardly know that the
office has been moved over Sunday.
-—\fonarch over pain. llnrns. cuts.
sprains, slings. 'nstanl relief. Dr. Tim-
‘mas' Ecleclric Oil. At any drug store.
DO YOU KNOW
. i
That the quality of your intellect, muscles and energy, depends upor l
complstcocaof your digestion and assimilation:
and perfect digestion, and asshollation, yam
your food, and
Given the proper
faculties will war up to their fullest capacity, without lag or weari-
ncas. Thctonic
Rushmdsopc
unhahdlait. l-
of the Oat have been concattratcd in tin
and scientifically cooked that your mach
OAT RUSK
supplies to the
nerve substance;
ymadays
ducks thcphoaphatawhkhbuildhralnantl
thsmxhanlcthsolla and nitrates which repair
mackandtlaauqaodmorchnportantthanall
itwillsuppiyth‘ioodproputiuwhkh
W .
i... one}! VIGOROUS
1
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ndblooded mmmammtmaw
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marital newtoqosmmaadmmlms.
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Mt: -OatRnb'antlthsdaalardoanotpsepauonaior
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at all
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Iler advice ls ver sure to help.
of charge. A dross Lynn. Mass.
Mrs. Pink
If you need such help.
STOP THAT COLD
or it may result in Pneumonia. Bra
moot»..- ..r the rim-\- will br- rlllnu iialnt is hrenkinpun l‘oids when I“
ever tried. almost without exception
tit). 25, mil- and Sim bottles The (‘Itf
' for. Baxter's or l’inlsteti's "
! STARlN REMAINED AT DOCK.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 33:4)" amount
of thick weather the steamer .loittt ll.
.is‘tarin. which was to have left here
ilblrz morning for New York. remained
l ill ltcr dock. and it was announced that
lsllt' would not leave until the condi-
tions improved. The rent In the Slt‘lllli‘
ct-‘s bow. which made it necessary to
iron her on the mud flats in Bridge-
||ttill ilnrbor. has been patched icm-
,porariiy witlt canvas and site will
I make the trip to New York under ltcr
own steam. bttl on account ot‘ llll'
great quantity of ice ill the Sound it is
considered unsafe to start lilllll llit'
weather clears.
JUST ONE MINUTE.
One Minute (Tough Cure gives relief
in one minute. because it kills the mi
‘crobe which tickles the mucous ment-
brttne. causing the cough. and at the
same time clears the phlegm. draws
ottt the inflammation and heals and
soothes the affected parts. One mitt.
ttte cough cure strengthens the lungs,
wards off pneumonia and is a harm
less and never falling cure itt sil cura‘
ble cases of Coughs. Colds and Croup.
One minute cough cure is pleasant to
lake. harmless and good alike for young
,nnd old. Sold by Clifford Pharmacv.
pu- a.
universal woman's medicine for the high and low. rich and poor; and why not? The organ-
ptiblc to the ills of wotnnttkiud as are her
trill resort to all other methods
of Mrs. l’inkltam is constantly receiving letters from women
y tried Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegeta-
Sbc actually lids thousands oi such letters.
happiness which Lydia E.
ham has gained a knowledge
write
l A vssr-Pocszr oocron.
l Never in the way. no trouble to car-
Milt} to lnkc. pleasant and never
tillillllK in results are lit-Witt's Little
linrly Risers. A vial of these little
lpills lit the vest-pocket is a certain
tgttnrnnlt-c ttgninsl lieadntiie. billions-
'ness. torpid liver and all of the ills rc-
.sulling iloln constipation. They tonic
'lilitl strengthen the liver. Sold by
Clifford i’itarmacy. '0
WINSTED. .lan. Sit—The disagree-
able variety of weather—snow, hall.
sleet and rain—-whicit have struck this
ill-l lion in the past twelve hours, have
caused much trouble on his central
New England Railroad. Night freight
trains front the western end of the
road were stalled for many hours. and
the morning passenger train from Mil-
lerton. rencltttl here an hour late.
REVOLUTION lMMINENT. .
A sute sign of approaching revolt
and serious trouble in your system is
nervousness, sleeplessness. or atom-a
acit upsets. Electric Bitter will
quickly dismember the troublesome
causes. it never fails to tone the
stomach. regulate the Kidneys and
liowels. stimulate the Liver. and-clari-
ly the blood. Run down systems
benefit particularly and all the usual
attending aches vanish under its
searching and thorough effectiveness.
Electric Bitters is only 50c. and that is
returned if it don't give perfect satis-
faction. Guaranteed by Frank If. Bax-
tor. nrttaalst. as
. _
‘ War 011 Shoes
lit Olsen’s.“
Big cm in High Priced .S‘hoos.
[wally sole rims shoes.
$3.00 shoes)
Men's pat. bars: hide bluchm.
(on. Men's pat. calf skin dmsltoes (leer: 33.50 shoes)
$2.
Men's box calf. heavy hand sewed shoes. Men's ofa’fiid.
Men's patent leaflm. Jul! top dress.
shoes. Men's hang. call writs. medium foes (were 52.50 and
Men '3 Dal. horse hide but-
48.
Ladies' line it’d wé
soles. bafflog'.
and 33.00 slices)
.. .. shoes. Ladle! patent colt, lino,
W10: calf hearty sales (were $2.50
..~.
Ipp'olal
has tam almonds. at
Lallssidclt.‘lanummd,lallds. -. _ L-dfu' [ell lab 51m -
39 01..
35 cats.
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