Few people in Omaha real
ize what goes on in the Ser
vice 1 department of the Util
ities District, when they ring
up and ask for service. Let ut
trace the call and see what
happen .
The call first comes to the
switch board of the office
building. The PBX operator
after questioning the consum
er as to the nature of his
trouble, will connect the party
with the proper department.
The orders are then made up
by the order clerk at the main
office and sent down by spec
ial messenger to the Service
Department five times a day.
They are then sorted by the
chief dispatcher, who allocates
them to the three other dis
patchers, who district' the
orders and routes them out
to the 105 Service men, who
work daily out of the depart"
ment.
..Complaints or calls out of
the ordinary are! relayed to
John Bruner, Superintendent
or to Paul Laushman his as*
sistant for final dicision and
handling.
* John Bruner is an old hand.
He servied the department,
when itwas located at 11 and
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Jones in the old lamp lighting
days, when they had 20 horses
now the department operate'
with 95 cars and trucks. John
Bruner has aquired a national
reputation for the service per
formed by his Omaha Service
Department.
Charlie Doyle, office man
ager is responsible for the in"
stalation of all new refrigera
tors and gas ranges.
Barney Schulte, assistant
office manager for the instal"
ation of all new water hearters.
The Department has 15 in" |
spectors, cover the different ;
distrits in the city. They hand" i
le house heating troubles, the
instalation and care of refrig
problems of industrial heating.
The Service Department
mechanic starts on his route
at 8 a.m. in a car or truck and
telephones the dispatchers
every two hourr to see wheth
er there is' any additional ser
vice calls on his route. In sev
ere weather pipes must be
thawed out with alcohol. Get
us straight. The pipes belong
t,o the gas and water applianc
es and not to the service man.
Every service operator is
trained to know how to handle
every kind of gas and water
appliance. The takes constant
study, since in the change
over, they discovered 395 dif
ferent kinds of hot plates, 65
different kinds of side arm
water heaters, 106 different
kinds of hot water heaters and
160 different makes of ranges.
This mind you does not in
clude different models of the
same appliance. There is in
addition problems of indus'
trial heating, which are numer
ous, for instance, there are
over 100 different kinds of gas
furnaces in operation in Om
aha.
To give you some idea of
the ost of free servicing. Here
are some 1946 figures, which
are for an average year. Ser
vice calls in 1947 due to the
change over were much great'
er than norm.al.
made 137,471 free gas calls and
35.201 free water calls, this
makes a grand total of 172,672
calls. These service men cer
tainly get around.
Let us now see what these
free service calls cost the Util'
ities. The figures show a
charge ofi $108,830 for free ser
vice, this is only for the time
of the mechanics, add to this
figure the maintence and de'
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preciauon ot tne yo cars ana
trucks and each service call
which was made without
echarg to the Utility customer,
cost the Utilities $1.60.
We are credited with giving
more free service to our gas
and water customers than* is
done elsewhere in the count'
ry. This should be a pretty
good argument for ublic Own
ership.
This is the story of the Ser
vice Departmnet of the Metro
politan Utilities District. The
servie 'men are a fine body of
public servants. They are at
your service any time day oi
night. In the face of blizzard
or flood they will answer your
call. Their motto, “Service
calls must and will be met.”
Catching an Alligator
The next time you want to chtch a
live alligator, just hold his mouth
shut and tie him up. According to
the World Book encyclopedia, the
animal's jaws are very powerful,
but once they are shut, a man can
easily hold them closed with his
bare hands.
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MODERN APPLIANCE
14th.atR SO.OMAHA
Is Not Inherited
.Tuberculosis is not inherited. It is
a disease which well people catch
from people who have active tuber
culosis. While it is a serious disease
it can be cured and its spread can
be prevented.
Heat Resisting Steels
Heat resisting steels containing
nickel are used in industrial fur
naces, gas turbines and other appli
cations where they give strength
and long service at high tempera
tures.
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Ancient Industry
Ice has been used by man since
before history began. The Romans,
in 50 B.C., dug snow from mountain
sides and packed it in deep pits,
covered with straw and tree prun
ings, to be cut out later for refrig
eration purposes.
Early Finns Honored
The Finns who settled along
the Delaware in Pennsylvania in
1638 were honored by Finland’s spe
cial commemorative stamp 10 years
ago.
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driven by a high-powered motoi
engineered especially for cleaners,
this newest household aid is easier
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Cover Girl. Irene Billings, Chicago,
shows how light this Eureka is by
bolding it up with one hand.
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Door to Door by Rail and
Pictured here is • revolutionary method of shifting 10 tons of
merchandise from a flat car to a motor-truck trailer in a transporta
tion experiment now being conducted by the Illinois Central Railroad
between Chicago and Memphis. The service coordinates rail and high
way transport on a door-to-door basis through the use of an aluminum
container and equipment developed by the Reynolds Metals Company.
Two containers can be loaded on a standard flat car. Transfer from
truck to car (and vice versa) can be handled by one man through
mechanism built in the container, together with winch and ram device
on tha trailor
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AND LEGISLATOR OF
NORTH CAROLINA .
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JOHN S-LEARY. THE GRAND
SON OF A 'REVOLUTIONARY WAS
VETERAN. WAS BORN 102 YEARS
AGO IN FAYETTEVILLE,N-C.
HE LEARNED THE HARNESS
MAKER'S TRADE IN HIS
FATHER'S PLANT, AND AT
23 WAS ELECTED TO THE N.C.
STATE LEGISLATURE -
SERVING FOR 2TERMS/
MR. LEARY THEN ENTERED
HOWARD UNIVERSITY,TOOK
HIS LAW DEGREE. AND RE
TURNED TO N.C. WHERE HE
WA5 ADM ITTED TO THE BAR.
FOR 4 YEARS HE SERVED
AS SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MAN FOR BOTH WHITE AND
COLORED SCHOOLS OF
FAYETTEVILLE/
MR. LEARY WAS ALSO
APPOINTED DEPUTY COLL
ECTOR OF INTERNAL REV
ENUE FOR THE 4th DISTRICT
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Salvage of used cook*
■ ing fat is another
^profitable habit. It
¥ helps provide soap,
, paper, fabrics and
: other everyday needs.
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MAY NOT ABSENT HIMSELF FROM WORK
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MAY AW TRAVEL /
MAY NOT OWN JEWELRY /
MAY NOT RING A CHURCH BELL
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Released, by pen. ^.ion of Robert Ripley, for reprinting for educational purposes.
This great Ripley cartoon shows the pitiful plight of the common
man, as divested of all rights and property, under that vicious form of
organized larceny which is Communism. Therein a cruelly disciplined
minute minority is forced to enslave the energies of the greater mass
of productive people. There government, so-called, owns everything.
But government cannot invent—cannot create. It can only consume.
To invent is solely the function of the individual. With the people’s
incentives suppressed—and with ruling gangsters satiated with loot—
there can be no mounting surge of invention, as has made and kept
America great and her people free. “Working from behind her iron
curtain,” says National Patent Council, “Russia strives to reduce to her
level the unshackled peoples of the world, first by destroying their
national obstructions to commercial piracies. Through misguided
Americans, she labors now to break down our Patent Laws, our Trade*
Mark Laws, our Fair-Trade Laws—and all our great network of pro*
tective laws which provide, for our people, compelling incentive to create
and produce—to make and keep our Nation strong. Patents make jobs.
Patents propel America.”
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Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, etc.
Our Foods Are Real Gone
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} 2229 Lake St JA: 9195
Mrs. Ella Mas Tucker, Supervisor
J. Mason and E. Washington, Props.
We Are Once More
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