Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569255540)

Identifier: belltelephonemag23amerrich (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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lephone patent, the com-pany began manufacturing the Edi-son electric pen, predecessor of themodern mimeograph. During these significant days of1876, Barton hired two youngsterswho were to have prominent parts in 1944^45 Western Electrics First y^ Years: A Chronology 275 shaping the future of Western Elec-tric. They were F. R. Welles, theCompanys first stenographer, andCharles E. Scribner, called the boyinventor because he was still in histeens and had already Invented animproved telegraph relay. Before hewas 21, young Scribner invented thejack switch which revolutionized tele-phone central office equipment andmade the switchboard practical for York shop at 62-68 New ChurchStreet. It was believed by the then officialsof the Western Electric Manufac-turing Company that, as in the caseof telegraph equipment, apparatuswhich accomplished the same purposewithout detailed duplication did notInfringe upon the patents for otherapparatus of different fundamentaldesign. But a patent controversy
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Clinton Sireet, Western Electrics Chicago manufacturing plant from 1883 to 1908 interconnection of a great manysubscribers. Western Electric first began tomanufacture telephones in 1877-78under license of the Western UnionTelegraph Company, which hadbought the patents of Gray, Edison,and Dolbear. By 1879 WesternUnion Telegraphs telephone businesswas expanding so rapidly that Itturned over to the Western ElectricManufacturing Company its New arose between Western Union and theBell Interests, and during the takingof testimony In the Dowd case of1878-79 the controversy was settledby a compromise in which WesternUnion withdrew from the telephonebusiness and surrendered Its patentsto the Bell Company In considerationof a 20 percent royalty upon all tele-phones rented in the United Statesduring the tenure of existing patents.The patent compromise left the 276 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER Western Electric Manufacturing electrical equipment and telephone ap-Company greatly expanded but with