Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14756481265)

An intercommunicating system for homes and offices.

Identifier: belltelephonemag09amerrich (find matches)

Title: Bell telephone magazine

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept

Subjects: Telephone

Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)

Contributing Library: Prelinger Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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by Chairman Hosfeld to designate those phases of their jobs which they considered the most important ones on which to focus effort during the next year or two. In their replies, the following six items were mentioned most frequently: 1. Forecasting and Budget Control (with particular reference to maintenance expense). 2. Employee Training (vote about equally divided between vocational and supervisory training). 3. Simplification and Reduction of Clerical Work Performed by the Field Forces (including more accurate reporting). 4. Improved Outside Plant Maintenance (with emphasis on preventive maintenance). 5. Improved Installation Performance (both quality and cost). 6. Improved Repair and Test Desk Service. Throughout the conference particular emphasis was placed upon the opportunity and importance of effecting further improvements in plant costs and service, and the opinion of all present was to the effect that the conference would greatly facilitate the achievement of that result. 236

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An Intercom MrxicATiNG System iok Humes and Offices. Figure 1. Push Buttons on the Instrument for Establishing Connections. (See page 270.) Bell Telephone Quarterly A Medium of Suggestion and a Record of Progress CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER 1930 PAGE International Co-operation in Telephony—H. E. Shreeve and H. S. Osborne 239 1930 Stock Offer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company —H. Blair-Smith 250 Bell System Sales Activities—H. C. Lauderback 262 An Intercommunicating System for Homes and Offices—C /. Davidson and A. Tradup 270 Significant Features of the Early Census Returns—jR. L. Tomblen . . . 274 Notes on Recent Occurrences 287 VOL IX NO. 4 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY FOR THE BELL SYSTEM BY THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR, IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA; SINGLE COPIES, 50 CENTS Address all communications to INFORMATION DEPARTMENTAMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 195 Broadway, New York CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE HERBERT E. SHREEVE E

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