. Bell telephone magazine . hen the volume of requests makesit necessary, the bureaus are mannedon a 24-hour basis by representativesof the Commercial, Plant and TrafficDepartments. All told, telephones were /// Kentucky In the Owensboro district of Ken-tucky, served by the Southern BellTelephone and Telegraph Company,anti-flood engineering was begun im-mediately after the waters recededin 1937. AH toll lines were raisedto levels that would eliminate anypossibilitv of their being submergedor damaged by floating debris. Sev-eral magneto oflices were convertedto community dial and placed a
. Bell telephone magazine . hen the volume of requests makesit necessary, the bureaus are mannedon a 24-hour basis by representativesof the Commercial, Plant and TrafficDepartments. All told, telephones were /// Kentucky In the Owensboro district of Ken-tucky, served by the Southern BellTelephone and Telegraph Company,anti-flood engineering was begun im-mediately after the waters recededin 1937. AH toll lines were raisedto levels that would eliminate anypossibilitv of their being submergedor damaged by floating debris. Sev-eral magneto oflices were convertedto community dial and placed above 48 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING flood level. Eddyville and Maceoare two central offices that were dam-aged in 1937 which now stand onhigh ground. The citizens of Paducah sufferedso severely during the flood in 1937that this years warnings were re-ceived with considerable alarm. Thisput a heavy burden on the SouthernBell Companys equipment and per-sonnel at a time when service at thehighest possible efficiency was re-. A FREQUEN I SIGH 1 aloiig the Ohio Riverlast Spring: temporary removal of equip-ment ahead of rising waters quired to expedite the work of theemergency committees appointed bycity authorities. Furthermore, tele-phone people themselves were wor- ried for their families and householdpossessions. Transportation had be-come a serious problem as one byone the highways out of Paducahbecame blocked by high water. A meeting of telephone employeeswas held at which all available in-formation on .the flood was circu-lated. To those concerned aboutfamilies and furniture, the companyoffered its assistance. Since thetrucking companies of Paducah wereoverloaded, arrangements were madefor vans from Madisonville to comeinto Paducah for the purpose of res-cuing employees furniture should ne-cessity arise. It was also arrangedto rent Club Lakeview, outside theflood district, to be used as a dormi-tory for telephone people who mightbe routed from their homes. A milkcompany at
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