. Magazine de téléphone Bell . Construire les nouveaux téléphones JVests la route 245 et les camions nécessaires pourraient être fournis à partir de la flotte de la Pacific Company, achetés ou loués sur la côte, ex-cept pour dix camions équipés de treuil de i^-ton et de four2 de^-tonne de digue. Ici encore, la résolution des problèmes est devenue une affaire de famille du système Bell lorsque les véhicules nécessaires ont emprunté aux sociétés des États de montagne, du nord-ouest, du Wisconsin, de l'Ohio, du sud et du New Jersey et à long Lines. Les camions arrivedin Nevada en bon état, peints à neuf, et prêts à l'emploi lorsqu'ils sont roulés d'ici le 16 avril 1942, ligne de base ma-terial exigence

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. Bell telephone magazine . Building the JVests New Telephone Route 245 and trucks required could be furnishedfrom the Pacific Company fleet, orpurchased or rented on the coast, ex-cept for ten i^-ton winch- and four2^-ton digger-equipped trucks. Here, again, the problems solu-tion became a Bell System familymatter when the needed vehicles wereborrowed from the Mountain States, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Ohio, Southern, and New Jersey companiesand Long Lines. The trucks arrivedin Nevada in good condition, newlypainted, and ready to go when rolled By April 16, 1942, basic line ma-terial requirements had been figuredand were set at: 30, 000 poles, orabout 300 carloads; 64, 000 cross-arms, about 54 carloads; 1, 589, 000pounds, or more than 30 carloads, ofline wire; and 1, 000 anchors. On a project of this size andurgency, ordinary routine would notproduce desired results. While theusual practice is to order all stockedmaterial on a single requisition, thisline required quantities far greaterthan were carried by the Western. A typical supply dump beside the railroad in Nevada from the freight cars—but destinedto have this bloom of mechanicalbeauty soon removed by desert windand sand. The Service of Supply The job of the service of supplyfor the project was of such propor-tions as to make even veterans ofother big telephone construction jobswonder just how objectives were to bereached by scheduled dates. Thefact remains that the line was com-pleted well in advance of originaldeadlines. Electric Company distributing houseat Emeryville, California. W.E., therefore, placed many of the ordersfor direct shipment from the fac-tories, and furnished the Pacific Com-pany with groupings of items whichcould be ordered directly from indi-vidual suppliers with minimum hand-ling and bookkeeping. W.E. also as-signed the project a special block ofrequisition numbers which would en-able the Reno office to have thenumbered originators copy for quickreference at all times, instead of hav-ing to se

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