THE COMMERCIAL CABLE OFFICE

• The ground floor of the office is occupied by the Mechanician's workshop, Superintendent's and assistant Superintendent's offices, clerical dept., lavatories, emergency lunch room, and operating dept. The latter is a fine large room with positions for fifteen cable relays and their attendent appartus, records etc.

Ten sets of regenerators and three sets of channeling apparatus. Positions for one overland cable circuit, and four Morse Duplexes are also provided. These together with switch boards and jack panels occupy the space provided by this room.

• The top floor contains storage, slip and record rooms and a large classroom where Technical classes are held under the direction of competent instructors.

• The basement contains the heating plant, coal cellars, testing room, generator and distributing room, storage battery room and artificial line room. The latter, specially constructed to guard against humidity and minute changes in temperature, contains the magnifiers and the artificial lines for the cable duplexes.

The total number employed by the Company on the Station is usually about 75 consisting of:

The work in the office being continuous throughout 24 hours, the operating staff is divided into three sections, each section performing eight hours duty daily and rotating weekly. Each section is in charge of a Supervisor, who has with him an office electrician and an assistant, the whole being under the direction and control of the Superintendent and his Assistant.