TELEPHONE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES 



present time a total of 34 such units in the country. In many cases 

 the area within corporate limits or within the limits of an operating 

 unit is identical with that of a major political subdivision of the 

 United States (a State) and this simplifies the application of govern- 

 mental regulation. A typical organization of a Bell Operating Com- 

 pany is indicated in Fig. 1. 



'Accounting . . General Auditor 



'Building and Equip- 

 ment Engineer 

 Plant Extension Engi- 

 neer 

 Financial. . . .Treasurer f Chief Engineer J Outside Plant Engineer 



Operation . . .Vice President 



Board 1 

 of ^ President^ 

 DirectorsJ 



Personnel . . .Assistant to 

 President 



■< 



General Commer- 

 cial Manager 



General Traffic 

 Manager 



General Plant 

 Manager 



Transmission Engineer 



Costs and Inventory 

 Engineer 



General Supervisor of 

 Methods and Results 

 General Employment 

 Supervisor 

 ij General Supervisors — 

 1 1 Other Functions 

 Staff Engineers 



Division Superintend- 

 ents 



Legal General Counsel 



.^Secretary 

 Fig. 1 — Organization of typical Bell Telephone Operating Company. 



In order to facilitate the best possible handling of the long distance 

 service between points in different operating companies and to avoid 

 the problems which would arise from divided responsibility, the long 

 distance business involving territories of two or more Associated 

 Companies is handled throughout the country by the Long Lines 

 Department of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. 

 These operations are, of course, in the closest cooperation with the 

 operations of the Associated Companies without duplication of con- 

 struction or of operating effort. 



An important feature of the Bell Telephone System is the general 



