✨ Telephone Exchange Procedures
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changes this duty will be performed by the lineman in charge of the section, with such casual assistance as may be authorised by the District Inspector.
260. When a subscriber wishes to have his telephone moved he must fill in Form Acct. 330, when the Officer in Charge will instruct the foreman or lineman to make the desired alterations with all convenient despatch. On completion of the work Form Acct. 304 is to be filled in, showing the time occupied by the lineman, material, &c., used, and forwarded to the Inspector, who will transmit it to the Superintendent.
261. When a subscriber retires from the exchange the Officer in Charge will notify the District Inspector, who will at once have the instrument taken down, and return it into his stock. The wire thus given up must be entered as a dead wire, labelled at its office end, and particulars entered in the book kept for that purpose. The District Inspector, at the two-monthly period, must render a return of all dead wires to the Superintendent on the form provided. The number of instruments returned into stock—that is, instruments given up—and any which may have been destroyed by fire, must also appear on the two-monthly return to the Superintendent.
262. Officers in charge of offices to which telephone exchanges are attached must specially report to the Accountant when the number of paying subscribers in any exchange reaches the following limits: 65, 100, 125, 150, and over 150, in order that the hours of attendance may be extended.
263. The District Inspector will keep a correct account of all cash expenditure on his exchanges, and of material and instruments used, and send a return of the same on the form provided for the purpose, showing the cost of each connection at the close of each two-monthly period. Expenditure for construction should be kept separate from expenditure for maintenance.
264. Before erecting any line for a new connection the District Inspector must see whether a dead wire may not be available. Every endeavour must be made to restrict dead wires.
265. The Officer in Charge will, at the close of the two-monthly period, make out his “call” return, and forward it to the District Inspector, with a statement of any complaints received in writing from subscribers during the two months, with explanations attached; also any comments in local papers on the working of the exchange.
Removals and alterations.
Retirement of subscribers.
Particulars of returns to be furnished every two months.
Extension of hours.
Account of expenditure.
Utilising “dead” wires.
Call returns and complaints.
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