. Bell telephone magazine . nds for morethan stone and steel and mortar,—that it representsnot unworthily a certain spirit and a certain aspiration. Many Expressions of the Same Policy These two buildings, separated by a Continent,stand physically nearly three thousand miles they are two tangible expressions of a spirit andan aspiration common to the organizations whichreared them and to the nation-wide organization ofwhich each is a part. They are representative of thebest in modern telephone architecture, but they are notunique. Almost midway between them—at St. Louis—there stands
. Bell telephone magazine . nds for morethan stone and steel and mortar,—that it representsnot unworthily a certain spirit and a certain aspiration. Many Expressions of the Same Policy These two buildings, separated by a Continent,stand physically nearly three thousand miles they are two tangible expressions of a spirit andan aspiration common to the organizations whichreared them and to the nation-wide organization ofwhich each is a part. They are representative of thebest in modern telephone architecture, but they are notunique. Almost midway between them—at St. Louis—there stands another great castellated pile whichhouses and typifies the headquarters of the Southwest-ern Bell Telephone Company. Denver, too, has sucha building. So has Cleveland. So has Newark. Sohas Montreal. But these and others of like magnitudeare only one form in which the building policy of theBell System is expressed. Had our traveler looked about him in New York,in San Francisco, or in almost any considerable town [202]. ADillNlSTRATIOX BUILDIXG OF THE XeAV YoRK TELEPHONE Co., NeW YoRK. N. Y. STFiKr tl^Se^BB «J ? ! J. ■#- i - J i J < • 111iji i c i I ^ ^ ^ iiB g I S fi
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