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A rc h ite c t’s d ra w in g s fo r pro per p lacem en t o f telephone w ire a re re v ie w e d by R oger C a rr and P e te B ru g m a n . who
are responsible fo r seeing th a t each connection follow s p la n .
New courthouse wired
with over 200 miles
General Telephone installer strips connect to switching office and offices
insulation from wire to lay on con- all over the world. Each pair of wires
nector terminal, which will cross- represents one customer’s telephone.
W ashington County's new courthouse has a
firs t.
It is firs t to h ave m a n y of the most m odern
telephone system s in operation.
O v e r 200 m iles of p aire d w ire was installed
by G e n e ral Telephone to s e rv e the new
W ashington County Courthouse
Inclu ded in this mass of w ire s is a m odern
police netw ork system , w hich provides instant
contact w ith a com pu ter-co ntro lled file in
S a le m A C e n trex system w as installed , a
c o m p le te telephone o ffic e in itself.
T e le m e te rin g c irc u its a re in use both by the
county and c ity fo r m o n ito rin g w a te r storage
levels
In N o ve m b e r. G e n e ra l T elep ho ne w ill in­
s titu te a c e n tra lize d m a il re m itta n c e p ro g ram
w hich w ill go d ire c tly to a c o m p u te r w hich now
item izes a ll bills and c red its p ay m e n ts to bills.
A fte r D e c e m b e r there w ill be no m o re five-
p a rty lines, fo u r-p a rty w ill be the m a x im u m .
T h a t m eans a m a x im u m of th re e people to
share yo u r line w ith no increase in cost.
In
1971 th is d is t r i c t in s t a lle d 1,690
telephones, m a k in g a total of 31,166 G e n e ra l
Telephone subscribers to this a re a . In the firs t
seven months of this y e a r, G e n e ra l Telephone
has added 1,070 phone installation s.
In 1971 there w e re 1,400 c o m p la in t reports,
w hich re la te to e v e ry th in g in re p a ir service.
F o r the firs t six m onths in 1972, re p a ir
com plain ts w ere reduced by 100 p e r m onth
because of new and im p ro v e d telephone
fac ilities .
A n d w hile a ll this im p ro v e m e n t costs
m oney, G e n e ral Telephone had its last ra te
increase in 1970
In 1960, a v e ra g e cost fo r in s ta llatio n was
$490 p e r telephone. T o d ay th a t fig u re has
ju m p e d to $1,100 because of the sophistication
of equ ipm ent, m a te ria ls and labor.
W h ile a ll this re fin e d equ ip m e n t has been
in s ta lled in W ashington County, o th e r counties
a re using the latest a v a ila b le s e rv ic e fro m
G e n e ra l Telephone.
T h e telephone is used fo r pocket paging
system s o r public address system s. I t also is
used fo r b u rg la r a la rm s o r h eat and cold
te m p e ra tu re m o n ito ring equipm ent.
B la c k b o a rd by w ire is through telephone
lines w h e re a s e m in a r can be tra n s m itte d to a
screen by re m o te control.
A n d television is used constantly through
telephone lines fo r m o n ito rin g in banks and
o th er businesses w h e re s e c u rity m easures a re
taken.
F o r those who don’ t lik e pay telephones,
when a w a y fro m hom e, a m o b ile telephone is
a v a ila b le fo r autom obiles. C re d it c a rd s also
a re a v a ila b le fo r those w ho p re fe r to c e n tra liz e
b illin g on th e ir m o n th ly statem en t.
B u t tom orro w w ill m a k e tod ay’s telephone
equ ipm ent obsolete.
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(o n a e c tin g and testing new service In W ashington County courthouse has been
assignm ent for D ick B erg and Ross V a n d e ria n d e n . Telephone fa c ilitie s a re In
basem ent o f old stru c tu re . M o re than 200 m iles of w ire has
telephone serv ic e to new courthouse.
Insulted for
Constant fleet of telephone tru c k s Is a t courthouse in m eeting
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deadlines lo r in s ta llatio n o f telephone service.
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