274 Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe 



6. Rates for fetching non-subscribers to public stations. 

 When called by a subscriber : 



3*36</. if resident within the telegram free delivery limits 



4*&/ ,, i \ kilometers beyond the limits 



T2d- 3 



9'6^ 5 



i -92^. for each kilometer above 5 



When called by a non-subscriber : 

 3-36^. in addition 



7. Bates applicable at parochial telephone stations. The 

 local authority desiring the station pays the State 4/. per annum 

 as rental for the line and instrument, and finds house room and 

 attendance. The charge, which goes to the State, is, to all users, 

 subscribers or non-subscribers, 3'36^/. per five minutes. 



WORK 



Phosphor bronze wire of i -4 mm. is used for the local ; and 

 of 2 mm. for the trunk lines, of which there are about seventy-six. 

 Many of these are still single wires, but the more important are 

 metallic circuits. The system is entirely aerial. There are, as yet, 

 no multiple switch-boards employed. There is no night service, but 

 any two or more subscribers who desire it are left plugged through 

 during the close hours. Magneto instruments made by Messrs. 

 Schafer & Moutanus, Frankfort-on-Main, are used throughout 

 the Duchy ; the generator coils have to be cut in by pressing a 

 button when ringing. Two receivers are provided to each instru- 

 ment. Service is suspended during thunderstorms, and subscribers 

 are required to earth their lines by means of a cord and plug 

 attached to each instrument for the purpose. 



STATISTICS 



The latest available for telephones, apart from posts and tele- 

 graphs, are those for 1892. In that year Luxemburg possessed 50 

 exchanges, 54 kilometers of local routes, 531 kilometers of trunk 

 routes, and 1,306 kilometers of trunk lines, used by 1,003 sub- 



