Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1914 — NEW SWITCHBOARD EXPECTED ANY DAY [ARTICLE]

NEW SWITCHBOARD EXPECTED ANY DAY

Two Weeks Required to Make The Change U Adequate Help Can Be Secured For Work.

\.- r „ .. mmmmmmJtbm ' ‘ The new telephone switchboard is expected to arrive any day. Everything awaits its arrival to make the change from the old and worn out board in the old eentral office to the new board which will occupy the new office in the Roth building. A, L. Clark estimates that the change can be completed in two weeks if he ean secure sufficient expert help for the work. The loeal force will be augmented by men from Monticello and probably from Indianapolis. 4Fhe new switchboard and all the other equipment which the new company have purchased is the highest class that can be bought and the result should be that our system will be equal to that of any town of this size in the country. Messrs. Clark and Bott have worked with untiring diligence to get things ready for the change. They have realized from the outset that

there would be many obstacles and that pending the change-the service would be bad because repairs to

'the old board could not be made. They have devoted themselves to getting the new equipment in good condition and The Republican confidently expects that the service will be all that is desirable when the change is completed, Messrs. Clark and Bott ran into large expenses that they did not expect at the time the plant was purchased. The greatest of these was the removal of all poles apd wires from Washington street, which caused all connections to be cut in fro mthe alleys. This expense has amounted to about S4OOO. Undismayed, however, by-the increased expense and the great labor, they have worked to the end of putting in a plant of modem equipment and of planning to manage it in a way that will give patrons the best possible service.