Past section meetings

This Branch held its regular meeting in the engineering hall of the university on March 1, 1.911. The paper on “Advantages of Unified Electric Systems Covering Large Territories”, by William B. Jackson, published in the February PROCEEDINGS, was presented by Mr. W. G. Rye, and discussed by Professor W. N. Gladson, who enlarged on the more interesting features applicable to that section of the country. He discussed the feasibility of a centralized plant on the White River, where by a system of dams enough power could be developed to operate all the mills and factories in Arkansas. The principal paper of the evening was on 11 Recent Developments in Telephony, by Professor Olney. In his paper Professor Olney gave a brief review of a paper on “Telephone Service in America”, by John J. Carty, dealing with the automatic versus manual, switchboard. In reviewing the telephone industry for the past five years, Professor Olney showed that the number of switchboards and telephones in use has more than doubled during that time. The service has been greatly improved, so that the average time required at present to put through a call on a modern system is 8.57 seconds.