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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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order tocare properly for the communicationsservices the public needed and wouldwant, fundamental long-range plans by the telephone companies were a neces-sity. The long-range plans would bebased upon all the factors that itwould be possible to obtain, and thefinal result would be something inwhich each telephone company couldexpress its confidence by using it as aguide or goal in the necessary con-struction each year. Mr. Carty said the plans wouldrepresent the best judgment of quali-fied telephone people of what wouldbe required ahead during a period ofperhaps twenty years. He was care-ful to point out that no one can fore-cast with precision the requirementsfor so long a period ahead. But thetelephone companies by 1910 hadbeen working many years with funda-mental long-range plans, and theyknew the plans formed a trustworthyguide—provided they were keptbroad. The plans would be con-tinuously under review and modifiedfrom time to time as new develop- Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING
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When this picture of lower Broadway^ New York, wastaken, in the Sos, no one could then foresee the advancesand revolutio)iary changes in co7n?nunicatio7Js whichwould occur. Nor can any one now predict what thefuture will bring. But flexible, intelligently coordinatedlong-range plans will take change into consideration inlookiyig forward to the provision of efficient and eco-nomical nation-wide conminnication service sonable and regular div-idends—these are alllong-term projects. Sois our continual researchto find better means forgiving better service.So is the building of thehuman organization andcharacter on which goodservice depends. So isthe training of leaders.In all our undertakings,the long view is essen-tial. Can there be anydoubt that long-rangeplanning is a prime re-quirement of the suc-cessful operation of along-range business? Present Importance ofLong- R a nge Plan ning ments or changed conditions wereintroduced. These thoughts of Chief EngineerJ. J. Carty have been expr

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