. Western electrician . tential switch. As noted, the illustration shows the switch in use on thealternating switchboard designed by Mr. Herrick for theNarragansett Electric Lighting company, which is capableof handling 50,000 to 100,000 16 candle power lamps. Thedesign of this board is such that all changes of machinesand circuits are made instantly and without the use ofplugs or cables of any sort. The generators can bearranged to run in multiple or independently as desired,provision being made in the design of the board to admitof this feature. This board was also the product of the Hillcom
. Western electrician . tential switch. As noted, the illustration shows the switch in use on thealternating switchboard designed by Mr. Herrick for theNarragansett Electric Lighting company, which is capableof handling 50,000 to 100,000 16 candle power lamps. Thedesign of this board is such that all changes of machinesand circuits are made instantly and without the use ofplugs or cables of any sort. The generators can bearranged to run in multiple or independently as desired,provision being made in the design of the board to admitof this feature. This board was also the product of the Hillcompanys shops and is strikingly handsome, being 22 feetby six feet in size and constructed of Italian marble. The Plill company will be glad to answer all inquiriesand make quotations to all who may be interested. Cincinnati Telephone Service. At the recent annual meeting of the Cincmnati Tele-phone company General Manager Stone made the followingstatement:Average number of connections per day (week days, 24 hours) 52,110. HIGH POTENTIAL SWITCH. Average number connections per day (Sundays,24 hours) 10,000 Connections made during the year (week days, Zi^ days) 16,310,430 Connections made during the year (Sundays, 52 days) 520,000 Total number of connections for the year ending December 31, 1S94 16,830,430 Average number of connections per subscriber per day 13 The average cost to subscribers is a fraction less than twocents per message, including answeis thereto. There is nofraction of a cent small enough to estimate the cost permessage to the majority of large users of the telephone,and there is no service that gives as much value for theamount expended as the telephone. The low rental fixed by this company for copper metalliccircuits, equipped with long-distance instruments, has beenappreciated so highly by our patrons that about half of oursubscribers have availed themselves of that class of trunk lines between the different exchanges, and mostof our toll lines, hav
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