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Identifier: bellvol25telephonemag00amerrich (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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eswere twisted into place. Frame andswitchboard multiple arrangementswere modified to make room forextra installers and plant men. As the days passed, the daily totalof stations in service moved to three- 1946-47 Crisis in River Grove 245 and then four-digit figures. Com-pany officials who had predicted com-plete service In two weeks developeda fond hope as Christmas approached.The 12-hour and longer stretches bysome employees began to pile up ac-complishment. Many voluntarily can-celed Christmas Eve plans at home. On Christmas morning the nightshift went out for a hurried break-fast, then rejoined the day shift.And so it was that at 11 130 a.m. onChristmas day the Illinois Bell Tele-phone Company could present toRiver Grove central-office subscribersan announcement of complete restora-tion of service—not two weeks buteleven days after the fire. As the Life story was put togetherin New York a few days later, wecould report the restoration. Thoseresponsible for the reconstruction had
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found time to catch their breath andtotal up some of their efforts. Therehad been a half-million-dollar loss inthe fire. Some $890,000 had beenspent on the restoration of service,not counting the comparatively minorloss of business during the 11 days.Seven million feet of wire had beeninstalled. There were a million hand-soldered connections—roughly, thatis, in case anyone wants to count themand argue. By the first of the year, IllinoisBell people could assure River Grovethat a new, modern telephone build-ing was on its way. Finished, it willbe an attractive, reinforced concretestructure with brick and stone walls.By Christmas of this year, customerswill be dialing through the new office.They have learned to expect no less,after having seen the Bell Systemteam going to town in those elevendays before Christmas, 1946. One of the fresh air telephone booths Editors Comment Mr. Moffett tells the story fromthe point of view of the outside ob-server. That is what we asked himto do: to wri

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