/:".V(;/.v/:/;/,v.Y(; rKoni.iMs oi iiii: ni.i.i. sysii.m 3.w 



iviitr.il olVicf unit I'riim llu- \ ii'wpoint of si-curiiin s.itisfactorN' (>|RT.tli<in 

 .iiul in.iiiUiMi.iii(-i' roiiditidiis. Ixii also to proxidi- for an orderly growth 

 of thi- (lirtVriMil p.irls of riiuipiiU'iit and ImildiiiK. l'"nrtluT, iIk- ci'iilral 

 otVuf la\i>iil nui>t Iif consldficd from llii- point of \ itw of co-.tv which 



:^. Xlu \ork City 



may vary ovi-r a widi- ranj^r iindi-r the difTcrent arrangements which 

 might be used. This you will better ajipreciate from your \isits 

 through the offtces. 



I will next show you a few cases which will illustrate some ol the 

 problems in the way of providing building sjjace to house switchl)()anl 

 e(|uipmenls in ihes*.- large metropolitan areas. 



Fig. lo is a photograph of the Bowling (ireeii building, located in 

 the extreme lower end of Manhattan Island and which will i)rovide 

 space for switchboard recpiirements for that part of Xew York City. 



Fig. IG gives a rather interesting example of another of the large 

 New York telephone buildings, this case being the one located in West 

 :i»)th Street in the neighborho<xl of the Pennsylvania Station. This 



