TELEPHONE S^STEN NOW
LOADED TO CAPACITY
■ Any colonist requests have come
in lately for telephone connections
but owing to the lack of additional
instruments and. the overlord on the
temporary lines they have had to be
deferred,
i jet on Anderson, Locating Engin
eer for the AARC and in sharpe of
our communication system, says that
the present rhonc lav-out mas first
put into operation to facilitate
constuetionc Nov there are 60
miles of duplex copper wire connect
ing not only the various camps , but
outlying setti.ms as well, tying
th ojti toy other and with the Commun
ity Center at Aminor.
Altogether
ner
>hon
es on
this sinale line boarin' an equal
number of separate rings. And this
in spite of the fact that the fest
er n El e c t r i c T;;.1 ephono o eop 1 e who
make those instruments sot tho
working capacity of such n party
six to -n.
our present hook-up si::
fphones over -working capacity, any
1 telephones would tend to
lino at.
with
impair tn
vorkinn of th
s on o cir c uiu >
It may bo sugmesLod that several
'•i c p *011
circuits be
1ation would entail the establish
ing of a central switchboard with
t h r e o s h i f t s o f op ore tors to v i v e
constant through connections, hue!
a sysuOiii, onongn desire b j.■.‘ , cou_lc
only be maintained at a rrohibi
n t h e
v,
tivo one rat in,:
C!
, how
present congestion will
v.
relieved by the installation of an
inter-office circuit, the eouio
ment for which is due at Palmer
this week.
It will then be necessary xor
anyone wishing to get in touch with
other offices to call the General
Of ?ice and ask the stenographer to
connect them with their pa.rty, Th i s
will release office 'phones now on
the settlors’ circuit and make them
available for installation at some
s t ratepic o u11yIna p oint.
At present it is sometimes quite
difficult to got a ring through due
to the fact that there is consider
able ''listening in;' This ’’listening
in” habit wouldn’t bo so bad if
people would only wait till the en
tire ring is completed. The lift
ing of the receiver off the hook
cuts down the ringing capacity and
distorts the rings , somotimes nrk
ing it impossible to get the rings
through, oven to the party listen
ing in.
An order from Hr, Sheely reads:
’’All keys belonging to vacated
colonist homes, tents, or buildings
containing stored corporation nron
erty are to be turned over to Hr.
La''alters at the stores department
office in warehouse Ho. 1,
HOSPITAL NOTES
Last week 3, E. Kraff of Camp E
of the Alaska Eor.d Commission got
in the way of a tenvy that was
flipped by a rolling log, and is
no ' in the hosoital with a ccurie
of fractured ribs and a cracked
breast bo.no.
Montie Morris is in the hospital
with e. mined-un knee. Dr. Albrech
retorts that he \ ill soon have him
out and on the job again.
"'/alter Sandberg, v/ho smashed ur
a few bones by falling into the
cement basement of the doctor’s res
idence, is getting, along in fine
style and will soon be out and
around again.
Women of the camp will be please'
to know that they can get their hoi
iday hair dressing done without a
trip to anchorage. Mrs. Dillon,
prominent be autician of An chorage,
will give remanents and other trea
meats at the Community Center Barbs'
Shop on the 19 oh, 20th and 21st.
Mrs. Dillon, by the way, is net
the only lady m will see around ■
the coruler show, and we are not
talking about customers, either. If
our Walter Winoholling is ur to
snuff there is a long distance ro
mance about to break into full
bloom.
ST:iP ;j:GY! listen for the big
landing thistle, kids, the Christ
mas ship is on her way with Palmer
cn the schedule for the fist,
What a time you’ll ell have v;hen
she docks! A regular shew...and eat
handed out by C'ld Saint Nick himsel
Tell the folks not to forget the
day...the busses will be around so
that you will be in town by two o’
clock. Beth Hr* Sheely and Rank
Colisch, the construction boss, hay
promised to have the bis community
hall closed in for the doings.
BOUND: A tubular brass key near
the bunk cars. Looks like a switei
key. Being held at the PIONEUR«
PUPS FOR SALE: John Pfeiff of
Tract ••'76 has some dandy half fox
hound-half coin ter puts for sale.
Ready for immediate delivery, and
a nice family C hristma s a res en t.
Five dollars for the females; ten
for the males.
LUTE-BISK BOR Kills
FRESH 201 lb. DRIED 11
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