IMPROVING THE TELEPHONES
After four years' hard work the installation of the metallic circuit in the Wellington city telephone system is now approaching completion (says the Post). Trunk lines have been placed underground in conduits, and the overhead gear wherever superseded is being dismantled. If tne material is still good it will be erected in connection with smaller, exchanges elsewhere. During last month 370 chains of new cable, containing as many as 506 pairs of wires, was run out, and 80 more telephones connected with the closed circuit. The next operation after the completion of the metallic circuit will deal with the exchange. The switchboard there will only accommodate 4300 subscribers, and there are 3158 now, with numbers steadily increasing. Experience of the " central battery " system, recently installed at Invercargill and Timaru, may lead to its use in Wellington. Subscribers' batteries are superseded. There is no handle, and no need to ring up. Taking the receiver off the hook attracts the attention of the exchange, and replacing automatically cuts short the conversation. •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14174, 24 September 1909, Page 6
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172IMPROVING THE TELEPHONES New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14174, 24 September 1909, Page 6
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