win! «or my ' “from". Lunch 3; Ir . , : cart . , 70 ,Wsshingtonfiltreet _ noon sprouts a ” DAILY Winn—m . .. .tlihesutomobilehsssup. plied the transportation ‘llsgds of every family, tbs M1701 today supplies ev- ' from the telephone is 790 —- call us a srepresentetivedvivfifll can . “PM! 0111' , erent m that we can offer .- HO... _.. _"...-.d<_~ Norwalk Steam Laundry L "3 D3! 8‘. So. Norwalk For Youeroat Copper rum, Deck Paint. sn- Paint. Yacht White. Yacht ._ Black. Spar Varnish. W 1"" per, Steel Wool. etc. 5,96 THE GollHAM co. _ Decorators . 126 Washington St. L Telephone 462. l. h... onions Henrytloekwoes FWKMVIWJ 0.1m cashier . ’ fiA'rmNAL BANK or NORWALK ‘1 Wall “- !ormlk, Conn. OFFICIR. J. P. Tnsdwsil President Gee. I. Woodward, Vice-President H. II. Price cantor) O. W. new Aulstsnt Cashier l PERFECTION OIL HEATERS Will Kill the Chill ’Albert D. Morgan 84 WW0” Strut loath lion-IR ’seconds. . w . , dent unison or some other ’ tongued orator will get: up’ out. some of that; fp‘ricel‘ tising that they are alway Jim Donnelly. _ ,. .— When considering what I should. talk to you about it‘oesurredto roe that you might be interested to know Just how much the people or Not-c. walls use‘the telephone. LWe doubt! that the average number of 1- lobar calls you rmade menace plus. per day. During the busy hour which is between 9 and 10 A. M. the average edgier-1 FM" & that period we had at the switch- board .15 local operators. so you still see that the average number of calls handled per operator was 160 per hour of 8 every minute. ---—.--—-—.—~- In addition to the foregoing. we handle on an average between 900 and 1.000 toll calls per days—during the busy hour (between ii and 10) we complete about 100 of these calls, and at that period wevhsve on the Toll board 10 operators—we also complete during the day about 1.000 A. B toll calla—These are calls to near by towns. such as Darlen. Fair- field. New Canaan. Stamford. West- port and Wilton and are handled by the local operator. The informa- tion operator is called on an aver- age 0: 700 times each day—about 100 or these questions are answer- ed irom memory. such as what is the number of some subscriber that is not listed. the Adams Express Co. or some other number frequently called tor, the patron finding it cen- ter to ask information than to loolt it up in the directory provided for that purpose. The remainder of the questions are looked up from records which are readily referred to. Another interesting feature is the intercepted call. Ratrons who change their number. their old num- ber still listed in the directory. who calls are all transferred to what we call the intercepting operator. who inquires or the calling party who they are calling. Upon being ad- vised the entcrcepting operat r tells the calling party the correc num- her and gives it to him. During the day we have about 200 such calls. From all this you will see that the people here in Norwalk keep us fair- ly busy answering and completing something like 24,000 calls per day. I am going to tell you wjxat the operator is supposed to do when you take down the receiver to your tele- phone. -The maximum amount or time the operator is supposed to take in answering the line signal is 10 She does not or course take this length 0! time for the average Central answer is much less than d hind,“ number of local calls was 3,419.,At « kn ledge that she has the num- :tcerfcgyrect. locate the What called ~tor and ring for 2 .inlni‘ites. stinger. yam-within thistiine‘theé subscrib- er may flash. and thin-flsnhmust be met! within 19 ”Mandi/every... thin E. Well. . ‘sweiiggonversation , ismhleld and both parties hang up‘ the operathumust disconnect in 10 seconds. which then ‘ gives them a headline... Operators are instructed to answer a flash. in preference to line signals to discon- "nects. . , . " In'order that these. calls be hand~ pessible.‘ “tor ion! as smoothly , , _ every the operators we have a sup- ervisor whose duty 1 is to watch giro. these flashes delayed line signals, disconnects and disipiinc. Toll sup» ervisors have an’added responsibility in watching the..progreas o: the toil tickets. .t. continual cflort-is being g made at all times t‘o luforoe quiet in the operating room. I am ottenltoid by a patron that they hear talking or laughing and that operators won’t answer her call. Many'times this seeming hilarity or contussion is round to be in the equipment—to crossed wires. It you have an un- usual long delayed Central answer. do not think it is always on account of inattention. It might be on ac- count ot a fire or ambulance call in a certain neighborhood. and as all the wires from that locality are dis- tributed throughout the entire board, at once there is an unusual number of calls and cannot be taken care of as quickly as usual. Moral—let the fire department put the tire out. your call does not aid them. A striking example of this came last night at the time the dirigibie baloon penned over Norwalk. An operator answer- ed a line signal. (I assume it was de- layed) and a man said “Say. pull in your head and stop looking at that balloon." The girls'did not know the balloon was going over, but a great many others did and they were calling their friends to be sure and see it. Consequently the congestion, unlocked for by the Telephone com- pany. ‘ : When a subscriber experiences a blunder on the part'of'the operator he immediately thinks he has astu- dent or a new operator. This is not always so. the best of operators make mistakes. When you. have ' something like this "134 is a party line. what wish do you ring please" or “the party who hung you has called uu" when you’ve caught a green one trying out her memory. Our operators receive one month's training by trained instructors in schools maintained by the. Company. After leaving school they are coach- ed by operating room instructors and lisctdecnaPcmsbrcmhrcmhfrcmthri-n that. She must repeat the number asked for and have the subscriber supervisors—no untrained operator is ever placed on the board. Girlr. the cellbdparty an. , -j.--g-‘---“‘-----‘.nm 7’ edln this special unis lot work. Ap- plicants bet-ween‘tne ages at 18 and stare chosen and they» 7 7 at least a; gram‘mar ’scnoolsx'eauea. tioni ,They- must be in; good: health. "en- ~*heoring and . eyesight- perfect and no impedimentin'speech. Gen- erally speaking-”they are selected because they ‘are above the average in intelligence. , ‘ ‘ ‘ Summit! for ,the operating side of the-businessp A difficulty which ’ we‘will run against during the" com- ing' year. is our inability to procure rsumcient»: material to meet our re- quired .n'eeds. - , ' Another , difficulty- I ~want to tell youxabout: we have reached thali- mit or our switchboard- Every num— ber up to 3560 which is all we are sent time eight western ,, Electric company men are installing 600 more lines. which has been promised. for Feb. list. _ I think it will be a. little laterthan that. Itonly takes about three months for eight men to do a. little job like that. The’estimated cost for this small job is 820.000. Just so you will know how your people are keeping us on the jump. we expect to start before the end at the year an addition to‘our Central office building. which in‘size will practically duplicate the present building. The estiihated cost is 365.000. Statistics as a rule are uninteresté ing. Just one little item along that line’however. to show what has hap- pened in 20 years. July 1st. 1904 which was the date your humble servant was thrust upon you, we could count in service 519 telephones Today you can ‘multiply that num- ber by eleven for ecah one of you can now talk to 5,500 telephones. Devoe Velour Finish. The Ideal Wall Paint Most People Use It. The Gerham Co. Decorators 126 Washington St. are selected by people whqare train- 1 must hare , equipped (or is in use." At the‘pre; . COMPANY. * as Washingtonm Southl‘lorwalh - _ I at *9”) Wm; . CIGAR ‘1" ~ omen mum“ .3008? also emu: :03 A BIGGER sue BETTER cm AND 0.9 'T “L'- THE TIME Raymond & Pollard 01.181“ roon‘ PROPERTY m ANTICIPATION or seams mun 2,9 _Wall Street Harwell: Telephone 772. DONNELLY’S 16.18 South Man he I The Net-Walk 'A'gehCY, r Inc. Samuel J. Keeler BUICK MOTOR CARS Sites and Fours SOUTH NORWALK SAVINGS NORWALK SAVINGS SOCIETY 44 Wall Street NORWALK, CONN. Plaisted Drug Store to Washington am So. Roi-walk. Conn. o. r. uouuos, Prop. 14 models Real Estate and Insur-' BAN K ance ___._ l J. H. WEHRLE . l 7 Savings Demo ; 61 Wall st. Norwalk Sales and Service Station, Christmas Club: ’1 magnum. 133» West and Connecticut Ives. Safe Deposit Box. K ‘ SEE MOORE SEE BETTE! Eyes Examined Prescriptions Fills! . Bring YO“? Eye Troubles to“ Who 1: Skilled in Your w. - William J. Moore OPTOSH-II'RIS‘I Keelcr Bldg. Washingu g_ South Norwalk fr Kiwanis Notes A' postal I‘nrd was rr-rcivod from Frank Goodrhilri who is in Bc‘llvillc, Ontario. I C C George P. l'lvlisa Kiwanis member, is spending sewn-M days in Chicago. .y in. 2 g . r F i . r1 F k' 0 0 O . Thrre will lm no Kiwanis luncheon :hext week on m-i-ounl of Thanksgiv- igiving. A. Vote in this effect was ing in December there will be a meeting or the Board of Direcotrs. O O 0 President Wheeler spoke of the Chamber of Commerce dinner held recently. He endorsed the move- ment to organize such a body. 0 O t A letter from the New England nssociation or Clotheirs was read. The letter warned against certain salesmen making a house to house canvas selling clothes and against a public speaker for the house manu- l‘iaken at the nicoting. O O O Proceeding flw next Kiwanis moot- EFEMNISMS er“? v —.vw~ .471 fives-j... m ‘r N f..— incturing these clothes. 0 O 0 President Wheeler again reminds members to wear their badges at meetings. That there was less volume in the quartet with Maurice Nutting at the speakers' table made by President Wheeler. O O O Kiwanian Timpson. oi Stamford, invited Norwalk Kiwanians to attend a.card to be given at the Stamford armory on December 7 to of a visiting nurse. 0 O “'illiam A. Cage. o: the Standard ' ; By‘fiilnéfiE’Bmdslmnj - \_. was the statement raise money to partially pay the salary Oil company. was introduced as a new member of the club} The in- troductlon was made by Conrad Frey. e e e Among the guests present were: E. M. Wald. Rev. Frederick R. Jac~ obs, Millam Craig. 0! \Vaterbury and AnthonyBCarbone. . O O C In honor of the speaker or the day, members of the club each an- nounced their telephone number. Dr. Ernest F. McGngor mid. “My tele- phone number is,seven come a clev- en." 0 I 0 ' The lucky number in the attend- ,For Re: a Small dowhpayment and J ‘ “arrange . "h.“ “M'Gde ”'7 a cuppa! BUY TODAY cunmmr suns ’ Insure nce forgoneilY‘ear Gi 'f. ..... \ p m _ ‘ p ....... SeveralExtras included. ‘ ‘f‘ml‘FQl‘l'lJW'ilf'lll . Samuel Greenstcin and Joseph Davis. Fred Moran was the winner of the prize donated by Assistant Postman. ter Prescott. ‘ “Pulpit Politics.” A Detroit man resigned as a mem- ber of a church recently because, as he said. he was "tired of politics in the pulpit." of “criticism or the best Government on earth" and of various forms of "propaganda" dealing with prohibition and elections. The re- signed member indicated that what he wanted in the church was "solid. religion." There is expressed in this case an unee prize contest was drawn byaititude that is widely typical. Those ent um rooms. - $568.00 veil as Gift 5 m1: fil‘iltréblolinfillllmy i...» "tint;,_9.ut,9cn.mentht c . Salaam rm r O who leave the church stay away trom it and refuse to have any, part in its work usually are ready with explana- tions as to their position. Often the explanations are no more than ex- cuses. and slended excuses at that. Usually the trouble is. some defect in the church; never. apparently, is there any defect in the critic of the church. . ., .. s, I i'tsmvltmgappeal ' ’ wet—flow. _. 7 _ p y, _ _, .1 four cylinders. And the ex- eccptionallylowconsum 'ptiongof gas, and oil is an , T; f ‘j—il‘f '3al’3fltagief’0f. Prlmcimportance See 151'; car today. ' 3i neetoflmpo _ ' l 7 With ficarél of more 7 It is evident that each individual can hardly get just what he wants in the church. Solid. religion in the ease of the ,Detrolt citizen, for ex- ample, might be one thing to one individual and something quite dit- ferent to another. To many thinking people solid religion certainly would have to. take account of the world we live in. its great efforts at re- \ form. such as p‘ come of elec' the Governn.» the Church if“. these vital st: for solid “solid" or "rm pears to men worship that actual conduv' cf -' r care 2* ;’r’z:.a.mz~ ~ * A - Leader Among Faun! Compare this‘ 7 '-.Nash F our Touring with any other car in its field. / V‘Thc factaF’inCits fa‘vor are boundzto earn your pref- . genre.'Tlié beautifully'rnodelcd body lines attract "fthegeye. The arrayjof fine sappdntments deepens Thénrgthcre’s a lively smooth- that ranksits performance $915to .3219 0.1:. o. b. factori;
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