Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14776130383)

Identifier: belltelephonevol3132mag00amerrich (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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Communications and attended by anumber of the ranking officials of thetelephone division and the American ciation, which have brought about consultants. This Minister is respon-an excellent relationship that is now sible for the railroads, seaways, andworking very well. One striking il- airways, as well as the postal, tele-lustration of this real achievement oc- phone, and telegraph systems. Atcurred at a dinner given some months the dinner, the new Minister wel-ago for the new Turkish Minister of corned the attendance of the foreign- 204 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER
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Mr. H. A. Souths expert inoutside plant construction^assisted an American agri-cultural mission by devis-ing this efficient apparatusJar stacking hay. Andwhen (right) a crucial ropebroke^ he volmiteered to goaloft and execute repairs ers who were assisting in the develop-ment of the telephone system. TheDirector General of the Posts, Tele-phone, and Telegraph Administra-tion, in responding, paid Mr. Wiseparticularly the high compliment ofcalling him not a foreigner but atleast half Turk. Administrative Problems Another serious obstacle to prog-ress, recognized by the TurkishP.T.T. administration as well as theconsultants, has been the fact that thecommunications system has been op-erated as a government bureau, withits revenue going directly into generalgovernment funds and its expendi-tures coming directly from them. Inaddition, a 1943 law spelled out thenumber of employees in the P.T.T.by occupation and location and theirrates of pay. These rates, moreover,were below those paid not