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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1907)
feiiSt THE 1 : ! Durinfg the liiaAt some r phone ap| manual h*sre in chan ms, «ae EX- the ll.'olk(e Telephone Compaq^ ^ ic*n Automatic Telephoae Coi in addition io several IOC it E VY It typei t»e ( kltomtic » s»»t*n ire.tailed for 1 ■ ■ B RSiO S. Headquarters lor Window Shades. Lace Curtains ^ and Ru 9*jj Post Cards-—All Kinds MUNSON * CARLIN t Room 3 Ross Thn Old Reliable JOHN WITTMANN Tailor SHoj|> aiwaya be de[>**nd«<l n for Quality. Sr vie. Cun upon Quality. Style* d Promptueea.u.... A US YOUR ORDI:P >*KXT IHtOI r si CHANGE NG PARL RfCE. Vreprieto. D COLD BAT AjeoK hoi XAS. pi an. te m / Dr. W. H. Lawrence ..DENTIST.. OVER H ASWBLl. S itk»<)K S' - AITOMAI TME AMERKA.N The American Atomatic Telephone Iter. Ne» York. . The other a System, which has bean recently installed, ystem presented to the Texas A. 'is qul Kj m iatermting and novel departure ColleRe by the Autoatatlr Electric An automatic telephony, t This system was ta „4r * p»*y tributor stops, and M started by t fall back tU th a It ion, with the which has iound tin place almost insti to the party calling ip read in am for the sired nurabnr. Bat farther, a little eyp the numbers; peajr ot Chicago. We now hasome invented and put upon a commercial basis Anast apparatus made and thoM by Mr> C lms. lame Ooodntm. Mk. Umlria. to sparialhe in telephone < ;oodrun , u . ia tk . c> ^ oering will find here an equipment i i i i ' m itn be fomtd in no other whoo. of ,h * ^mv^sit, of Georg... ot ilsZtk, and in th. North oad> th«« H ' "4 **• B * il . can of •quipm«it to compare witfc T • * •' L the dial are .kj l . anj<inecr; and in the pre^nt company, J 'i'T , 7 7 * J, ‘ o. Roc«.,«. H. V.. M h.,R. ,b. IIS "“*■ “* "'“" d partqre (a telephoning, and that they have ^.j,^ of the >Witches in tha 0,, 1 ,0 U •» *“ ch ’ \ Although tkh rystem Is a vary recent in- *** •** I -sy.whu me .nil in their inf^cy and same t|w rom|>any h „ e Severn, m- *«nc’thwe at. Only no, ^t .Htt of the ex,>erimen, stage. JT* ^. llon M .ariou. points, * S -"* d " iH H syetwn. w. h.*e hw. while h.vi„ r ^ ich „ e <i/ i ng ss t i^ 4t>n . Th. W cwt^i similiar hwuiament.l principal^ ,^ hailge hm . u <hw’ section of a H*. *44^ f j5* kja widely diffetem plan, each »«»'- hvtk4nd Une bo^xl. and b It- 2 5 ®- ' ip T» m * * dv * n, *' r “ •” rer ,he ' Sora * self Wired foe two hundrw! and fifty phones, ««*« removing 4 ' n ‘ BV ° r 04 ,h * Aro * r ‘ C “* ,> *** ,n .bough only one hundred we available pUce. tl* plqg in ,l»,»ici.y of cal ling, mechanist, which ^ tpp#r , tu , ^ h „ d lt u the pooding n, the first or re^m in addition can by uwxl on «y common ^ diracto T here to h , v . . ome p. case may bn. pull, th ban.,, telephone, removing any otte.witch or ^ ghty , oonecte< , | the mop. remOfaa «|L plu, dswsp.., interfere with the opmmioo of but no th# wflre OBe hul ,Hmd | ^ •t, jhonem wtother switch will auto- ^ in ^ Tic , , he „ cKmk . u thwi In the same mnnnw ma.imlb take up and do the worft of th. v#ry rouch u)4€r There ar. now about I «»»• H eumber. j When discAnced ^l.ch, »4 last but no. le«. ^ pbo|Ma in good workjng order u|MJn itdoknot rwjuir. a ground connection. c . nlpu ,, , nd ar , Kiving v ^ y ^.fac- The ^trowger system has the advakage of t fin« hwchMfcNl^li-wnfen, many jof the ,11 gre., invwttion, .hi. ^atdii « d^eefc having bwm el.nfin.md. by ; fifteen , hou , h . CMU ,, „ yemx experimenting. Their fepuhe, ^ <witch)nMi ^ , pp ^ tut> mlght wBqe^ which ha. no. onevfif.h the »umber ! ^ ^ , hi ^ h , v<rr of tmjh t..wl on the American calling de- ! ^ „ u pflinBri , y , two wire J ^4” ^4* *rom the vice gives a longer interval of go any ,V'4*y. ready tor the wPav. room, first opened and thprppg*tf| ■Hi|anjj tally < oil or -epdy Engraved Visiting Cards Stationery — The Cargill FINE AHT STATIONERS HOUSTON, | pleated affair. It is primarily a making no use of the third, or wire, whatever, which heretofore considered an impossibility, and in this .aspect it differs altogether from any otiter system in operation. 0f course, everyone , understands what is mean, by aatomatic. Namely, that an automatic' telephone switchboard is one desired connect ioox automat- that gives the desl ically . That it, i gifts, are aecessir can calling de- contadt, thus i giving the switch more time to operate. Thy first patents for th* system as manu factured by the Automatic Electric Cont- paav of Chicago s.ere taken out by Altnan B. Stcowgei early in thrf ’94 s,and oa Nov, 3, lfl|2> the first exchange was opened. This fi-rs a crude affair having fine' wires leading to th* subscriber's 'phone. ■ The systen w.s replaced sev*ral times,; each one hang aa improvement on the preced ing o( te, and in a switch was brought out fesembling in all vital potna. the L , . , i ^ ; coknes tmg.ts done by switc i of today . The system presented to the I ‘ollege is comppsed of parts >tf sec tiooa taken from a one thoesaifd linesVritch boarc . The' phones are very Similar to the coran on local battery telephones b*t in addh on have a calling device, or sob-sta tion apicctor, which operates, the switches in thg exchange by grounding the one or the < tber side of the line a number of times corresponding to the numbers you delect on the dial of the sul calling device. This dial bas,ti it, each being numbered, the number* be ginning with 1 and ending withO. In mak ing a ball, first remove the receiver from the h<*>k then if you wish to call, say 112, put ydstr finger in the hole marked 1 and poll die dial to the left until the finger strikes the stop, then let the dial roaatc back |o its original position, repeat the the switch which line In the centul ofiice, first jw second contact an^ into the first or When the party calls the la )sw»t*h in the gW>up called |to the contact indicated by j bee fibers i hoik in no operators, or “Hello' ecesslry for a subscriber to Se- cute any number he wishes. Because this of mechap- and electrical ceiphiiird, davioqr called switchaa, and not As| plufp and the Thereby dispensing with Central operators entirely, a tingle “wire rhlafi" being able to look out and care for almost , any sized exchange. I In moat automatic systems each sub scriber baa an individual switch for hit particular instrument, but jt is not the in this system. Each fifty phones an arranged as to be handled by a groti| twelve switches, fyom which grotap for each of the other numbers. Having finished this o|>erarion you have your con neetiun and you are randy to ring the poily, which is done by pressing a but ton on'th* front of the phone. In Case the number called is being used you will in your receiver notifying *ou e*eet The (advantages of the Stronger Auto matic System over the ordinary exchange board awe practically the same aa thOev bolow in connection wirtr the American Automatic System. the current out'on this line called party s bei|. This to ring intermittently until h untiT the party calling hang* ceiver. which immediately] switches employed by him. A* 2 answer* the ringing current! and everything is ready for t| tion. The swhcbef are so arrt (Jive a “haisy"' signal to the pi xhotrld rhe other person be usg St that instant. Also, shoulj Called hang up hi* receiver bn calling, the party railing wi ‘’buay'' back thrcpigh his tag that he is disconnected ond party. Up«n hanging ceivers they are *1 once i switches, and may pror oth*r number. In the there is a phonograph using a ord. which revolvp* constantly a person calls a Rne that is phonograph is automatically the liae and tells the one cal line is buaji.f ‘ This is only of, large exchanges, the) course, a* there are no JUNIOR TEXTILE The Junior Textile Engiinni distinct braarhr- f practiti* Yarn hffanu- factura and WsaviaR. Both of tbtfM do not come in one afternoon a practice %ut to get an idaa of what tho Jugior JF- E'» do both must be taken into eoa- flrrarioo. Practice iff Yarn Manufacture coatiat, of taking the raw cotton from the bal working it into finisfcod • yarn or I ke bale mixed, thani passes through a serial of rrigthinoi called tappers which partial lx irah the cotton and form it into a roll or svtai is known aa a lap. It ia now sad, for tke carding machine, wkcre Jt tiadfglli« casentiaily tho same pre teas 1 that our granJtnotha*, Once used an I bare takes ooL it. first sem blance of y* rn as sliver. ■ The procoasoa that this stock goes through until it be comes thread or yarn consistifirst,of para- lelixing thb fibers, second, dkawiag it oat and twisting it into a confi which is boxud on a bobbin at »ha ntng frame. This yarn reaches the weaxe room . in two forms; one as it loft th* spinning ft*ma to be used in the shuttle on the loom( the other, as what is known a* warp. The warp ia formed by tho. yarn having beea put into such a shape that it fiprms a solid sheet of th fends rtinotl cloth when if is woven, ing begies here with petting tho loom and setting rba ports of tke loom and gearing»it up so |hat it Sbll produce the desired cloth with its propeq design paul width. ; •M* hia r;> ill; f the ropho- one clans. to a row .hi ted to •nihi ical in ■ Ol With the Plant Hnabni At Plaat Husbandry practice t moors, (union Aid saniorx are it 11 The work for aa evening is at (CevetTt prua- g ihg l peach trees. Tb* sopttot torea duided into sections, ooe sect it ef trees. The seniors won pJaced over th' sections.^aa dimton. The (qaiors wore given tneinstrumentx foripectal Work, sukh as saws, topping shears, aad heavy pru 14**- a Th* seniors did the m*st Important pruh- l- ing them tel ran. directing the sophomores ar the anas* time. The jentors were cal lad from One tree to another, crating the larger limbs and pruning' tho tops of, tha treos which, had beoa otherwind fi*ist><-d 1“ >l Kyle Supervisod the work aad wpa the au thority on the questions Of pruasin* that BPl L>t her practice of the (ua iocs is grapo pruning aad stock putting. Gracing will be doe* later ia tke term. vuhaoriber can, at srill, secure connections f*** °®' c * “ everything is i With ray other dhairto party This la * 4 • kc,ri< ; . ... 'groat privacy of qutte an advantage, as it economical in j |f impomih n f*. zuy one | spare as well as ia manafacturing the ap- hear what is paratus. A switchboard of this system oc- , The switches copies leas floor space than one of any cells ore interchangeable in ity-fiva hundred P-**®- tag the certain other system, and And can be removed without inte line board will occupy practically no more (|m propw *,^,,,0* of the Hoar space than a one hundred board will, srv replaced by merely slipping on account of the sections being placed one their proper poaitfcm. where above the other. Each telephone ia pro- sliding coatacts wikfc tke ow vidod with a sub-station selector or caJliag *** P° , * , ' on It to a great advantage ta be device, with in rotation front one move fhe switches so *lly> H r ■ ■ iRVAN ROLL f 1 t • • ER RINN 1 i i 1 THREE SESSIONS DAILY • 1m- ll' 9:30 a. m. to ia:oo; 2:30 p j. m. to 5:00 p. m. ir 7:30 p. m. to 10: i 1 ' ll- |i 1 H !' k - > DO p. m. SOnETMINO DOING AL ¥17'. iT 1 H U r. ! .L. TME TIME n 1 1i ! I i lill 1 ■; i i; i MUSIC BY TME BAND EVERY WEDNESDAY ft FRIDAY NIBHTS miiBh ri i i u , i. hi ill A to fifty. This selector ia circular in form, , r v- say switch out and the calls are made by placing a plug another in a few seconds, in the holes corrsapna ling to tke numbers auring against tie upe due to a ... . ,. , . , _ .. . ting out of order. There are pullmg the diet to the left unt.l tke ^ ^ i. reachod. Then remove tke . ormcx tmn. msd aB of tl and the dial return* to it* forasor position, j intarchanged with ray other of giving enough impulees through an electric- 1 ular type. al doomet to connect the p«t, calling to 1 4* telephones themselves, the one called. Those selector singxle. consi of a no dry batteries used, all ^tom me eery ^ Mn|( ,^ pUmd direct from ingle electrical Corn act which by Making aad breahiag the circuit, due to impulse wheel, epw*sm the various ssritrhaa situated ia centaal of- %4i , ' rv , When a person desires to make a call, he first removes the leecivar from tha hook; by so doing he closes tb* ^r^*’ thereby causing what ia known aa a dis tributing switch to operate ia central of fice. This switch supplies current to the firs* group of fiodiqg earitchos, aad idlffl arranged as to do so successively, ia I other words it supplies the first twitch the first fnovemeot, the second upo id so 00. As soon as one of 1 has advanced its arms far office, thereby defoki noyancet caused by th* giving dry batteries. Each pb with a small electric; tghf pi th* transmitter, whi th* numbers at aifch rollege Station is central energy sac ban Tem*. and enables aay ont MMpor in Bryan, or ray peROl desired (•eras not our purpose to give of the syafotn in fo give a genera iw factx in m | It sspnid be impossible in so •> describe it* Oiany tor practical usage can its O aad so peri or 1! x manifested i under th. W"* ,h, Mttxgr at bat toerely^ | opetorion ai l fnfK iBMk ; Mr. Spivey has been put in the tradk taam. He has sixsera trying for tho different events. Jest think about sixteen men on tho track tram rad a# this nsrabor twelve are “fish;” Are *r* going to let the Freshman artsy tha honors oa field dap. IW7> I ray aotoathiag. *0 comp ora There Now what i* yon going hing. Four of iorm. one of the “fish'' it but not a Senior has shown up yet are several good men i a class, why not come out “fish • what you are rrta ion are not all daad, but sick truce the “Doc ' to fix do somethi the matter with to let the u athlatic field Now. fellows, those going to be won the twen will be mighty good. Y suit of clothes, a hat, a pair (of dozen pair Of socks. Yes. rad (ha T. W C. girls will be out to you. and maybe you can wm one of k sot at th* instant, but lat^r ph., t I; Don't foqget that t to* track taam will bp in tho Track Meet, at Wacay which srill be held in May. The man who show up ] beat oa tha tweary-first of April, rtlll ho A. and Vf at Waco- follow classmate up to be it not doing either hiBwoifij justice by remalaiag ! •N