. Electric railway journal . as carried onin the transportation departments of several companieswere studied for the purpose of learning what had beenaccomplished in other cities. Among the properties vis-ited was that of the Denver Tramways Company wherea telephone dispatching system had been in use formany years, and had proved a marked success. Thesystem there, however, had grown up with the road andthere was some question as to whether such a systemcould be introduced on a property of equal size on whichdispatching had never been used. Therefore, in orderto give it a trial, arrangements we
. Electric railway journal . as carried onin the transportation departments of several companieswere studied for the purpose of learning what had beenaccomplished in other cities. Among the properties vis-ited was that of the Denver Tramways Company wherea telephone dispatching system had been in use formany years, and had proved a marked success. Thesystem there, however, had grown up with the road andthere was some question as to whether such a systemcould be introduced on a property of equal size on whichdispatching had never been used. Therefore, in orderto give it a trial, arrangements were made with a localtelephone company to install a small board in one of therailway offices, and pole telephones at the termini offour of the heaviest lines. Inspectors who had previously been in charge of theselines, and who knew their peculiarities, were assignedto duty on the board. Each of these men, after a briefexperience, declared that he could control the lines muchbetter and more easily from the board than when sta-. ROCHESTER DISPATCHING—INTERIOR VIEW OF DISPATCHERS OFFICE SHOWING SWITCHBOARD 886 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLV, No. 19 Dub hes tndi Con ere al £ Onl y 0 i at :0U 6 3 12 M. 6 - 9 12 Electric ROCHESTER DISPATCHING—CHART SHOWING DISPATCHERSHOURS AT SWITCHBOARD tioned on the street. The system remained in experi-mental stages for nearly a year and a great deal of datawere accumulated, analyzed and studied. Finally themanagement determined to make a permanent installa-tion of telephones embracing all of the city and suburb-an lines. The switchboard for the Rochester telephone systemis 15 ft. in length and is provided with ample filingdrawers for preserving dispatchers records. It consistsof three turrets, the middle one being the master turret,from which connections can be made with central lines,with the companys commercial lines, with the streetphones in the center of the city, or with any of the dis-patching phon
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