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. Bell telephone magazine . ough operator for the calledplace until the inward operator atthe terminating point was then asked the Inward operatorto connect to the called telephone,which the latter did through the localB operator. It was necessary forthe outward operator to remain inon the connection until the answer atthe called telephone and the start ofconversation. In general, the estab-lishment of a two-switch connectionby the single ticket method involvedeight operators and in most cases amessenger. During the next five years, largelythrough more adequate circuit andequipment facilities, better mainten-ance, and improvement in toll officemanagement, the time required tocomplete connections was cut ap-proximately in half—from 14 to THE COMBINED LINE ANDRECORDING METHOD CoN\KRSi()N from the separate lineand recording method of operation 1945 Operator Toll Dialiiig 103 CAllINGTILEPHONE tOCAl DIAL■aUIPMINT toil OUTWAIDOPERATOR Toil 01*1iOUIPMINT Toil OIAIlOUIPMINT Toil DIAllOUIPMINT. lOCAl DIAllOUIPMINT

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