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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
4
George Bawtman of Roehester shows new gifts of twelve and a half million dollars to higher education institutions. This brings his total known benefactions to fifty eight million six hundred two thousand nine hundred dollars.
In Jersey City two operators Miss Jennie Boylan and Miss Mary Carrick saved lives during separate near-fatal incidents. Boylan stayed on the line when a caller cried I am dying and coordinated police and hospital help. Carrick similarly obtained subscriber details and alerted authorities as the caller pressed for assistance. A congressional committee praised their prompt actions and discussed wartime chemical warfare insights from General Fries.
James W. Stearns of Jamestown recently marked his fiftieth year in wire service and says the first fifty years were the hardest. He rose from Western Union operator to division superintendent and later district manager, receiving a fifty year diamond pin at a Buffalo company event in 1924.
Fire alarm signals described for multiple blocks along West side of Railroad Track to Broadway and surrounding streets. Includes whistle blasts counts for in town and out of town signals, and a request to state name address and location of fire at Telephone 1570 Irvington.
Official directory listing village offices in Irvington New York with town hall address hours and names for positions including President trustees clerk health officer water and sewer commissioners police department fire department and public library board of trustees noting personnel such as George E Dickinson H Cannon M Murtha W Roane and Frederick J Hoff among others and library hours and staff details.
The article traces Walter S. Gifford rising from payroll clerk at $102 weekly to president of the Bell Telephone System. It covers his rapid, merit based ascent through Harvard education, early banking rejection, and key posts in West Electric and New York operations, highlighting his reliance on solid facts and managerial insight.
Fragmentary text references Secretary Wilbur and class graduation rates, Senate budget for naval work, and various political actions. Mentions Admiral Shoemaker, George Parks for Alaska governor, and court actions against a bank receiver. Overall content centers on government personnel changes, wartime inquiries, and fiscal requests amid political maneuvering.
Snow and sleet crippleed telephones from Texas to Canada, isolating cities like St. Louis and San Francisco. Bell System workers across Eastern and Western divisions repaired ice-coated lines, maintaining long-distance service as crews battled frozen poles, tangled wires, and heavy sleet loads. The piece lauds leadership, courage of crews, and the system’s strategic resilience amid a continent-wide storm.
The Telephone Review cites the first long distance Boston New York call on March 27, 1884. It also notes the southern trans continental line peaks at 7,600 feet in Raton Pass Colorado and dips to 200 feet below sea in Salton California. Potential wire transmission uses include crime identification by photographs and fingerprints, stolen property identification and signature reindication.
An article outlines how telephone operators identify call types by lamp caps and colors. It notes white lamps for individual lines, green for day stations, and white with a black cross for party lines, with lamp colors guiding the operator rather than cords.
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