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There is no business in which absolute and unfaltering system is more necessary than in the telephone service. Take, as an illustration, the exactions of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, in this city. This company employs 200 girls in San Francisco, has more than eleven thousand subscribers in the city, and twenty-five thousand connections throughout the State. It thus may be seen how absolutely necessary it is to do everything in the most systematic manner possible. There is no lost time, and the operators, thoroughly trained in their duties, the whole vast system is set in motion and revolves as a piece of well-oiled machinery.
General and necessary as the telephone, there are many who employ it daily who know comparatively little of its operation. It is a popular fallacy to suppose that employé over hears what may be passing over the line between subscribers. The operator is constantly engaged in answering calls and making connections. All her time is absorbed from the moment she takes her seat until she is relieved. She is on the alert continually, and her mind and eyes are intent on the switch-board before her.
For the convenience of the subscribers who may desire to ascertain numbers that have been
changed, or have not yet been entered into the directory "600" is maintained. Through
"600" all information is promptly furnished. "Sunset" is another branch of the service, and
has charge of the long-distance lines. Here material improvement has been made.
Where formerly there were delays and annoyances in making the connections, under the
"code" now in use the subscribers in San Francisco and the subscriber in San Jose, Los
Angeles or Red Bluff are brought into communication almost immediately. Improvements
mark the history of the company, and its long-
On and after January 1st a new residence rate will go into effect, and individual service on
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The advance in telephonic service has kept pace with electrical uses and appliances in other
fields of human utility. The service that was up-to-date yesterday is today
superseded by a more perfect instrument and greater convenience to the patron. The Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company is constantly making these changes and additions, and
is making more effective and time-saving the system in use.