Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1897 — The Telephone in Louisville. [ARTICLE]

The Telephone in Louisville.

It is the boast of the Louisville papers that that city has the best telephone service in the country. Its system is the evolution of one first tried in Lexington, Mass., subsequently installed in Worcester, and now with many improvements in operation in Louisville. The merit of the new system is that it facilitates communication between subscribers, thereby realizing to a degree the mission of the telephone. There is no ringing of a hell to attract the attention of “central.” When the receiver is taken from the hook it lights a small incandescent lamp at the central office, this taking the place of tae annunciator 9 op, which sometimes becomes caught and refuses to perform its service. When the receiver is returned to its hook the Ught goes out. Mr. T. C. Wales of Boston, an electrical engineer for the American Bell Telephone Company, s;iy, T s that the Louisville system is the best in the world, and adds the comforting information that its success in Louisville will be followed by its early adoption in aßtlie large cities.—New York Evening Post.