Brandon Daily Sun
19
198
01-NOV-1917
Page 4
AUTOMATIC PHONE
AUTOMATIC PHONE
AUTOMATIC
PHONE
tC'onUuued
from
Page
One)
The
automatic
telephone
is
simila-
In
appearance
to
othor
modern
tel*1
phones,
excepting
lluit
it
has
mounted
on
it
a
dial
"M
Indies
in
diameter.
This
dial
consists
of
Mvo
parts,
a
stationary
back
and
a
revolving
iliac.
On
the
back
are
placed
ten
figure*.
and
the
disc
is
pierced
with
ten
finger
holes,
one
for
each
figure.
"If,
say,
the
number
2697
is
requir
j
ed.
Lift
the
receiver
from
the
hook,
!
place
a
finger
in
the
hole
No.
2
ami
revolve
the
disc
to
the
right
until
the
finger
stops
at
the
bottom
of
the
dial.
Repeat
the
process
for
each
of
the
three
remaining
figures
and
the
call
is
completed.
First
Telephone
Exchange
It
was
in
1882
that
the
first
tele
phone
exchange
was
installed
in
Brandon,
the
total
number
of
sub
scribers
at
that
time
being
fifty-on<\
all
located
within
the
city
limits.
Rural
line
telephones
were
then
un
heard
of,
and
but
little
progress
was
made
in
increasing
the
number
of
subscribers
for
the
next
two
or
three
years.
Then
people
began
to
take
the
telephone
seriously
as
a
business
pro
-
position
and
the
growth
has
been
con
;
t'nuous
and
satisfactory
up
to
the
present
time.
When
the
Government
took
over
the
system
in
1908
the
city
sub
j
scribera
had
increased
to
722
und
\
rural
lines
had
been
built
serving
ninety-six
farmers.
By
the
Ist
of
.October,
1917,
the
system
had
grown
'
until
there
were
1,794
city
and
497
farmers'
telephones
in
service.
At
the
present
time
there
are
in
service
in
Brandon
Ll.B
telephones
for
every
hundred
people,
a
very
good
showing
!as
compared
with
cities
of
similar
j
Kize.
i
■
10.
S.
calls
came
from
all
over
the
j
city,
but
it
was
not
long
after
mid
night
before
perfect
peace
was
re
stored
and
the
kiddies
were
all
in
their
cots
dreaming
of
the
fun
that
is
[yet
in
store
on
Hallowe'en
nights
for
other
years
to
come.