. Bell telephone magazine . heBell System—the O. & E. staff ofthe A. T. & T. Company, the manu-facturing and supply capacity ofWestern Electric, and the coopera- Trenching by hand was sometimesnecessary in rocky terrain The Pace Accelerate Huge population shifts within thecoastal territory, as well as fromother parts of the country, createdtremendous demands for service,over and above military and war in-dustry demands. As of May i,1945, the Pacific Company had 256,-140 unfilled applications for main I30 Bell Telephone Magazine SUMMER telephones; and 187 central officesdesigned to serve 1,000
. Bell telephone magazine . heBell System—the O. & E. staff ofthe A. T. & T. Company, the manu-facturing and supply capacity ofWestern Electric, and the coopera- Trenching by hand was sometimesnecessary in rocky terrain The Pace Accelerate Huge population shifts within thecoastal territory, as well as fromother parts of the country, createdtremendous demands for service,over and above military and war in-dustry demands. As of May i,1945, the Pacific Company had 256,-140 unfilled applications for main I30 Bell Telephone Magazine SUMMER telephones; and 187 central officesdesigned to serve 1,000 or moremain telephones had reached their ca-pacities—or 50 percent of the totalof such central offices which serve in the midst of orange orchards in1942, is now said to be the worldslargest producer of heavy ammuni-tion. A large Navy project is underconstruction involving an investment about 96 percent of the telephones in of $30,000,000 and emploving al- the Pacific Company acceleration of the war m. Splicers of the Pacific Company andLong Lines make the final splices in thetranscontinental cable at the Nevada-Utah state line the Pacific theater of operation con-tinues. Big installations are stillvery much in the present tense. Forexample, the Kaiser steel mill at Fon-tana, California, which was set down most 9,000 people. With V-E Day, the entire mightof Americas war effort turned west-ward, and the Pacific Coast acceler-ated its already fast pace. It fol-lows that the telephone company willmeet increased service demands. Thecoast, with 40 air bases suitable fortraining, is a logical location for there-assembly of air forces from theEuropean theater. Shipments ofmen and materials will logicallv in-crease from coast ports, stagingareas, and embarkation points. The telephone companys construc-tion program for 1945 contemplatesthe installation of central office equip-ment, private branch exchange switch-boards, and other equipment on sub-scribers premises; and ex
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