The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 6, 1952, Page 10

Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Man yy Factors Contribute Saturday, December 6, 1952 1 To Making Phones Work Some roasted coal, a littlé electric current and the genius of se - men who make them worl together is the reason your telephone set | dise in the reeeiver back and forth operates so you ean make a call across the street, across the country or across the ocean. People hear because air waves vibrate against their eardrums and enable a message to be transmitted to their minds. Each sound has its own number of vibrations each second ealled “frequency,” Moleeules of air, when stirred by sound, dance back and forth, first pushing against the eardrum, then retiring, so the membrane can spring back. This happens hundreds and even thousands of times each second. The higher pitched the sound, the higher the frequency. Because Alexander Graham Bell, as an expert in instructing the deaf, knew all these things, he was able to invent the fere- runner of the modern telephone. One day in 1875, while he and his young assistant, Thomas A. Wat- son, were adjusting these instru- in a simple telegraph instrument a pull with his finger. The reed on the instrument at the other end of a connecting wire reproduced the sound. Bell then rigged up a thin metal disc, or diaphragm, so that the voice of the speaker would set the air molecules behind it into motion. He used an electromagnet so that the vibrations of the disc would start an electric current to reproduce the sound. The modern felephone of today utilizes the same principle, but a chamber filled with carbon granules -- the roasted coal - gives the better type of trans- mitter and receiver the best use of the electrical current. —_ So voice waves push intermittent: ly against the transmitter dia-| phragms and speed to the called telephone over telephone. wires where they push at the receiver disc in the same way. Then the waves push at your eardrum in the same sequence and frequency the; caller. : That's what happens by using a little roasted coal and some electrie current. It's easy when came from the throat of the ae st Results s 39 Million Phones Have | <t Force Dial! (Grown From Bell’s Device. Sometimes your telephone com- eany would like to take the pet phrase of radio announcers ~ “Don't touch that diall’ and change it to “Don't force that dial” We are, of course, talking about the dial on a telephone instrument rather than a radio dial. When we speak of forcing the dial, we refer to the care- less habit some telephone users have of forcibly returning the dial wheel to its normal position after they have dialed a digit of the number they are calling. Dialing equipment is a com- plex arrangement of electronic and mechanical devices, When a dial wheel is forced, the normal operation of this sensitive appa- ratus is disturbed and one re- sult is that the customer gets an incorrect number, So for hest results, “DON’T FORCE THAT DIAL!” peso tain eatin okstaendsiaialsbe aA Practice telephone courtesy. Speak distinctly. Use a voice with a From one telephone te almost 39 million Bell telephones in 77 years — this astounding growth tells only a fragment of a great story of service. Better than anything else, the telephones meets our need to communicate quickly with other people -in other places, Throughout the telephone's brief history, in peace and war, Bell System men and women have striven constantly to make it ever more useful and valuable to more people, They have been able to build so well in such a short time because the people of America have given them the resources, the encouragement and the responsi- bility they needed to do the job. *. As @ result, the telephone has helped: immeasurably to make America’s. production capacity |. and her standard of living second to none. The telephone will pro- {-vide-even greater service to the nation in the years ahead, One evening, in a top-floor bed- room of a boarding house in Bos- ton, Alexander Graham Bell was trying out a new liquid telephone jtery jar, spilling acid on his clothes. wire to a receiver in another room | down the hall. At the receiver was | Thomas Watson, Bell’s assistant. While Bell had earlier proved that speech sounds could be transmitted electrically, his first telephone had not been able to carry an intelli. gible sentence. Would tonight's experiment be} ss .|ment of ser’ successful --. or just another dis. heartening failure? Suddenly Bell overturned a bat- Impulsively he cried out, ‘Mr. Watson, come here; I want you!” Watson dashed in, shouting, “Mr. Bell, I heard every word you said = distinctly!” This first sentence carried by telephone was spoken on March 10, 1876. It rewarded years of thought and experimentation, of ever-present hope yet painfully slow progress. A new and wonder- ful means of communication had been born, Mr. Bell never thought of his telephone as just another mechani- ACROSS <SUNTRY Cress-country television grams were inaugurated September | 4, 1951, when President Truman} addressed the Japanese Peace Tready Conference at San Fran- isco, The telecast was made pos- sible by the Bell System transcon- Seen In Increase In Phone Usage communication. “City’s Crowth ii” |tinental Radio-Relay System of| One of the best indications of |a city’s economic and population reference. saw it benef all mankind. | Keep a list of frequently called -|numbers at hand for ready | ce, and as such he | growth is its volume of both local |and long distance telephone ealls. In December, 1946, just six years ago, Southern Bell handled about 350 long distnace ¢alls om am | average business day. Today, more jtan 1,100 toll calls are handled If the telephone was to’ fulfill | daily. In the same per its destiny, some means of inter- connection had to be found so that | any telephone could be connected increased from 14,000 to 32,000. riod, the idaily volume of loeal calls have This growth has necessitated | quickly with any other. This led|the addition of both. new equip. | to the invention ef the switchboard. The world’s first commercial switchboard was opened in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1878. It} ‘ was operated by a boy, and boys |from having the most | telephone equipment, ee RUSSIAN PHONES © operated other switehboards es- tablished later in other towns. But boys, it was soon found, were noisy, often impolite and in- ment and added personnel, Aftef | the change to dial, these calls cam be handled more rapidly and Key | Westers will benefit in many ways modern | | | different. So, in 1879, the first wo- |Populous country in the world, there Man operator wag hired. With her | is on the average only one began a tradition of the business | courteous, friendly, _ pleasing |ratio is better than one Although Russia is the third most , phone for every 143 persons fn the| , that has persisted to this day |U.S.S.R, In the United States, the cal invention te be sold and for- | - telephone you iow how, telephone people say. THIS HANDY DIRECTORY OF . CLIP AND SAVE av aitvconssusacss ; INSTRUCTION DIAL PHONE SYSTEM EFFICIENTLY FOR OPPERATING. KEY WEST'S Third — Start to dial, The number you want is 2-2599. Put your finger in the opening over the figure “2" — the telephone is kept off, of course — and turn the dial around to the right as far as you can. Then lift your finger and let the dial turn back without touching it. Fourth — Now dial the rest of the number — the 2," the “5,” the “9,” and the “9,” just as you did the 2." SOON — unless the line is busy —, you'll hear a sound something like ments, Watson gave one tight reed | flowing in the circuit and pull the smile, transmitter. It was connected by gotten. To him it was an instru-| services, the “Voice with a Smile.” ' for every four people. 4 this: “burr-r-ring (pause) burr-r-ring (pause) burr-t-ring (pause) burr ring (pause)." This is the RINGING SIGNAL. It tells you 2-2599 is being rung. (Yoqu.should let this ringing continue for a reasonable length of time, to give the people as calling a chance to answer. First — Look up the telephone num- ber, Dial service necessitates changing all numbers here. (Let's say the number is 2-2599.) Second — Lift the telephone and Second — Lift the telephone and _listen for dial tone. This is the steady hum that tells you the cen- tral office equipment is ready to re- ceive your call. REMEMBER; Never dial until you hear the dial tone. Chamber Of Commerce DIAL 2-2010 Weather Bureau DIAL 2-2011 OR 2-6922 If the line you are calling is in use, ou'll hear the BUSY SIGNAL. This y @ “buzz - buzz - buzz” — louder and quicker than the Ringing Sig- nal, When you hear this, just hang up and try again later, aS 2-2828 NO. 1 STATION ....... POINCIANA STATION . NO, 3 STATION POLICE DEPT. 2-6913 | FIRE DEPT. Furniture Stores Marine Supplies Printers _. Altman's Furniture Co. Furniture & Furnishings 909 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-594] Auto Dealers Beauty Salons |The Twins Garage Studebaker 1130 DUVAL ST, DIAL 2-2401 Appliances Home Appiance Company Sales and Service 605 SIMONTON ST. DIAL 2.3621 Safeway ., Travel, Inc.®. 606 DUVAL $T, Ohi DIAL 25111 “" The Artman Press CITIZEN BLDG, GREENE ST; DIAL 2.5662 Public Utilities City Electric System Cor. Simonton & Eaton Sts. DIAL 2-5651 Nights — Sundays DIAL 24211 Frances Beauty Salon 1010 GRINNELL ST, DIAL 2-3741 K, W. Venetian Blind Co. Window, Doors, Jalousies, Awnings 193 D'IVAL ST, DIAL 2-5531 STOCK ISLAND DIAL 2-2531 Simone’s Tours 510 SOUTHARD ST, DIAL 25722 ** Julian Appliance Store | 125 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-2251 Eisner Furniture Co, ” New and Used Furniture POINCIANA CENTER Automotive Electric Bottling Key West Floor Covering Co, 192 DUVAL ST, DIAL 2-2512 Enterprises, Inc, HARDWARE DIVISION Cor, Caroline & Grinnell Sts. Murray DIAL 2-3132 Auto Electric 105 SIMONTON ST. DIAL 2-285] K. W. Coca Cola Bottling Co. 101 SIMONTON ST. DIAL 2.6643 Opticians Lucas Electric Sales and Service 215 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-3822 Key West Gas Co. 419 FLEMING $7, DIAL 2-2411 Emergency - Nights — 2.2878 Keys Optical Service 4%3 SIMONTON ST, DIAL 2-7522 Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. 611 AMELIA at SIMONTON DIAL 2.6742 Nights & Sundays DIAL 2-5865 Mason’s Old Fash. Root Beer 61) AMELIA at SIMONTON DIAL 2-6742 Nights & Sundays DIAL 2-5865 Auto Parts & Accessories Children’s Corn Simonton and Fleming Sts. DIAL 2-2352 Roy’s Key West Auto Parts Co, 121 DUVAL $7. DIAL 2.3501 Overseas Radio & Appliance Co, 617 DUVAL S&T. DIAL 2-3251 Island City Gas Co. 417 FLEMING $7, DIAL 2.6731 Emergency - Plant — 24323 Dr. J. A. Valdes Optometrist 619 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-7821 PABST Bi !'E RIBBOM Monroe Beer « Cyde Stores Distributors, Ina Simonton Street Body Works 121 SIMONTON ST. DIAL 2-3951' Yates Refrig. Service Your Bendix Dealer 800 WHITE STREET DIAL 2-3351 Auto Dealers Sheet Metal Tropical Sheet Metal Co. Jalousies Manufactured 124 SIMONTON ST. DIAL, 2-3923 Band B Cycle Shop Cushman Scooters 822 FLEMING ST. DIAL 2-7511 Optometrists Fruit Flavors 61) AMELIA at SIMONTON DIAL 2-6742 Wights & Sundays DIAL 2-5865 Gordon N. Keene “See Keene for Keen Sight” 824 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-7622 Wilson‘s Auto Trim Shop 134 SIMONTON ST, DIAL 2.3951 Monroe Motors, Inc. Ferd . . Lincoln . . Mercury 119 WHITE ST. DIAL 2-5631 Overseas Cycle Store Repair 1030 EATON ST. Bicycles Sold, Rented, DIAL 26016 & Dry Cleaners 617 SIMONTON 5ST. DIAL 2-5646 Building and Home Needs Key West Supply Co. Glidden Paints . . Plumbing . . Hardware 21) SIMONTON ST. Theatres Key West CITIZEN DIAL BUSINESS . . . 2-3661 EDITORIAL . . . 2.5662 Beauty Salons San Carlos Theatre DUVAL ST, DIAL 2-3419 Stell’s Beauty Nook 421 SIMONTON ST. DIAL 2.2721 ulberg Chevrolet Co. Chevrolet . . Cadillac . . Oldsmobile . . Buick . . Ponti 319 CAROLINE §T. Cleaners 218 SIMONTON ST. DIAL 2-7632 Electrical Equipment and Repairs Key West Electric Repair Co. 61) FRONT STREET DIAL 26131 Tires And Tubes Donald's Beauty Shop 602 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-2142 White Laundry 1200 WHITE STREET DIAL 2-7733 Dick’s Tire Service Dist. U. S$. Reval Tires 7? TRUMAN AVE. DIAL 2-2842 Pierce Bros. Gen. Hardware Merchandise COR. FLEMING and ELIZABETH STS. DIAL 2-5922 1 OUVAL ST. DIAL 2-7041