Hillcrest timeline: 1912 — A workforce of 200 men labor for six months to install a high capacity telephone cable connecting Hillcrest with the central exchange downtown. J.E. Franklin manages the $150,000 job for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. (The 1200 wire cable, one of the most advanced for its time, cost $50,000 for the four-mile length.)Wanted: Old photos of the current SBC block before this transformation 93 years ago.
