. Bell telephone magazine . e in widelyseparated locations, ii to 21 milesfrom the Cheyenne Wells telephonecentral office which serves of the ranches are connected to the central office by short-wave radio;the other four are reached by com-paratively short open-wire lines fromone of the nearby ranches havingradio telephone equipment. Thusthe telephones form an eight-partyline. Transmitting and receiving equip-ment and other apparatus are in-stalled at the ranch houses and thetelephone central office. Calls aremade and received in substantiallythe same way as with any ordinarytelephon


. Bell telephone magazine . e in widelyseparated locations, ii to 21 milesfrom the Cheyenne Wells telephonecentral office which serves of the ranches are connected to the central office by short-wave radio;the other four are reached by com-paratively short open-wire lines fromone of the nearby ranches havingradio telephone equipment. Thusthe telephones form an eight-partyline. Transmitting and receiving equip-ment and other apparatus are in-stalled at the ranch houses and thetelephone central office. Calls aremade and received in substantiallythe same way as with any ordinarytelephone. Service so far has beensatisfactory; and on the basis of thisexperience, the development of astandard system is being undertaken. Improvements in Rural Serviceon the Way Providing telephone service to thewaiting thousands of families in ruralareas is at present, of course, the firstorder of business. So, although theBell System program includes the re-duction of the number of parties onrural lines to not more than eight,. Next, branch lines are brought to the farmers homes 1946-47 Progress in Extending Bell Rural Telephone Service 201


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