Identifier: belltelephonevol21mag00amerrich (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
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y is too smallto reclaim. Heres an example. Theacid baths used to remove the oxidecoating from newly-made copper rodremoves, too, an infinitesimal amountof copper from the surface of the wire.After several runs, however, the bathgrows rich in copper, copper whichWestern reclaims by electrolytic proc- esses. Copper reclaimed in this fash-ion runs to many tons in the course ofa year. Repair and Re-use What of apparatus not obsolete butwhich had been removed from servicebecause of the failure of a single part?Here again Western Electric distribut-ing houses move to the forefront ofthe Bell Systems war on waste. Inthe 29 equipment supply centers serv-ing System operating companies, shopemployees disassemble telephones andother apparatus, remove and replaceailing parts, and return the equipmentto the operating companies for a newterm of service. In the field, the materials thrift hab-its of Western Electric and telephonecompany installers help to cut down 168 Bell Telephone Magazine AUGUST
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Repairing Telephone SetsThis W. E. distributing house employee is reconditioning subscriber sets, removed fromservice, to help meet the growing demand for telephones in areas busy with war production over-all Bell System use of vital ma-terials. Although it may cost moremoney to take down a damaged wire,repair it, and splice it to another piece,it costs less in materials. And this isa war of materials. Emergency Engineering X ROGRAMS for Bell System expansionhave—until today—been figured inlong-range terms. For instance, itseemed but common-sense economy toengineer central office constructionwith a view to expansion over a periodof years. But war has changed allthat. Perhaps it will cost more to pro-vide switchboard additions to meet requirements of a period of only ayear, but it saves copper—and savesit now. It may cost more to install asmall instead of a larger cable whereindications point to the necessity ofinstalling another small one a year orso hence, but it saves metal wh

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