. American telephone practice . FIG. 399.—TOLL CUT-IN STATION. tendant may, for the purpose of obtaining better conversation, pluginto jack No. 1, thus connecting the telephone with line No. 1 andcutting off line No. 2. When this is done, line No. 2 is still able tosignal this station, because the ringer in the extension bell box isleft bridged across its circuit. Similarly the party at this telephonemay talk or ring on either line to the exclusion of the other by in-serting the plug in the corresponding jack. If it is desired for anyreason to leave the two lines temporarily separated, the plu
. American telephone practice . FIG. 399.—TOLL CUT-IN STATION. tendant may, for the purpose of obtaining better conversation, pluginto jack No. 1, thus connecting the telephone with line No. 1 andcutting off line No. 2. When this is done, line No. 2 is still able tosignal this station, because the ringer in the extension bell box isleft bridged across its circuit. Similarly the party at this telephonemay talk or ring on either line to the exclusion of the other by in-serting the plug in the corresponding jack. If it is desired for anyreason to leave the two lines temporarily separated, the plug may beplaced in jack No. 2, in which case the ringer of the telephone set MAGNETO SWITCH-BOARD FOR SMALL EXCHANGES. 217 will serve as a signal-receiving line Xo. i, the ringer inthe extension bell box then serving for line No. 2. These devices are used to a very large extent as intermediatestations on toll lines where it is necessary to place apparatus of thesimplest possible nature on account of cheapness and ea
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