. The Cuba review. 16 THE CUBA REVIEW Havana's New Telephone Service On May 21st President Gomez formally opened Havana's new automatic telephone service, throwing a switch and putting the plant into operation. Vice-President Zayas, senators, the speaker of the house of repre- sentatives, the mayor, connnander of the army, members of the cabinet, and other dignitaries were present. Miles of conduits have been laid, miles of wire and cables spread about the city, instruments installed and complicated mech- anism set up in the new telephone build- ing. All this has taken the time of a large forc
. The Cuba review. 16 THE CUBA REVIEW Havana's New Telephone Service On May 21st President Gomez formally opened Havana's new automatic telephone service, throwing a switch and putting the plant into operation. Vice-President Zayas, senators, the speaker of the house of repre- sentatives, the mayor, connnander of the army, members of the cabinet, and other dignitaries were present. Miles of conduits have been laid, miles of wire and cables spread about the city, instruments installed and complicated mech- anism set up in the new telephone build- ing. All this has taken the time of a large force of men many months. Their work is not yet completed but the greater part of the system has i)een installed. According to the Ilarana Post, the new telephones, which are automatic, work as follows: Suppose you wan/ The Post editorial rooms. No. A-26G2. You take ofif the receiver to start. Then you turn your attention to the circular disk which sur- mounts the face of the box, just below the transmitter. Around the edge are a number of small disks bearing letters and figures. Over these is a metal disk with openings above the numbers. You insert the tip of your finger in the hole over the letter A and swing the disk around to the right as far as it will go. The disk slides back and you put your finger in the hole over the Xo. 2 and pull that around to the right. Then the G twice and the 2 again. Result—you get The Post. If they don't answer the first time, the bell rings periodically until they do answer or until you hang up the receiver. It the line is busy you licar a slight Inizz- ing in your ear at regular intervals. No waiting for central; no long waiting for your party. The stock of the company, which was recently put upon the market here, was quoted the same day at 45. New Hotel Near Havana A company has been formed to build a large hotel and to create an attractive sum- mer and winter resort on the seashore about five miles from Havana, at Maria- nao, which possesses
Size: 2034px × 1228px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormunsonsteamshipline, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
