Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 886
parts. Any subscriber of a Bell line anywhere mayput himself in communication with the Pacific coast by removing his receiver fromthe hook and calling long distance. In making a connection from New Yorkto San Francisco, fourteen distinct operationsare necessary. Under favorable conditions,these… … COLONKL CAKTV, WIZARD OF LONGDISTANCE COMMUNICATION two individual parties, and $6.85 for eachminute thereafter. THE AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE A LITTLE more than thirty years ago therelived in Kansas City, Missouri, an under-taker named Almon B. Strowger. Strowgergot the idea that the switchboard operator…
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