Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM. Illinois Pumping Station Controlled by Man in Radio City by Remote Telemeter. When dialed, the pumping station automatically sends its meter readings via teletypewriter to dispatcher in New York. Shell Oil Company's automatic pipeline pumping station in Dennison, Illinois is supervised and controlled over Bell System telephone lines. This unique 1953 old oilfield petroleum equipment magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed.