Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-20
FIRST EDITION.
HWsro,
An Ini-e,iew WITH snpcriptcpasu
tIowvs ~ fs~s Southwestern Tel.
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phe~se Company.
MIR. u. Nj. power, og Dallas ,spperin. |
tcuuent ifiiddi<' division southwestern !
telegraph and telephone company, |
was Interviewed by "a GAZETTE re- |
port..t az tile ~ ls,sO Hotel Int even |
lug gud liudly gave him some In
t,rusaiipu 81 the telephone system 0fl
the division he represents. Ia nua
swe1 70 uuestious he suited that the
iels1yl,yne systam ofrcS hswas incfcis.
Ing wilma rapidly which, asiollshed
esen the directors NJ the company
thatsit had developed moe rapidly ~
Tenn than ~ nuy 9th state Ia the
Union; that there was aot town In
the state Of any size that did not
use tie Hell telephone,
stNl,nt competition hss the Bell sys-
senido contend with IN your diyision2H
ASKED the reporter.
'Npne whatever,n vas the reply,
'tiyn Boil telephone IN the only system
aseily in use. IL ccntr j. MI the 9TH
erg, Che Edison SYSTEM among them.
SosoOii ns Il new opposition has been
started the directors Of the Bell systes9
llnve either managed 90 buy u out or
merge IL with their own They con-
tiqi ar regulate the telephone system
IN .lsiiropc ~ well.
Are all tlie.c systems regulated 10y
one company"
mot exactly. the Southwestern sys.
tenn lis worNed and run by n
company With the assurance thnt no
opposition viii be- allowed If the Bell
company cnn help IL. Our company
rtys royalty on every telephone they
put up, aud there ~ virtually no oppo-
sitlon Us all telephone systems are
tinder the Bell management
Illus there been any improvement
IN the Bell telephone lately9'
Not in the telephone proper there
have been some improvements In Mt
taehmenta to telephones, however,
only one Of which consider OF much
Importance, aud that IL the time SER
vice. invented By Mr.. j. NJ. Dram Of
Dallas. II IL IN attachment which
tells the time Of day ut a given point to
all connections continually. For IN
etunce, II time service los attached 10
the Fort Worth general office any con
icction Of that Office could tell tue
thmc of day or night ut TINT office by
simply holding the transmltter 10
the ear II is done by IT system
III ticks after the manner of telc-
praphy. A abort time ago Mr.. Dam
received n communication from the
East indies asking for information,
tprina, ete,, about his invention. IL Is
MA important attachment, whose value
~ unqucstionableo
"Do yoI think the telephone viii
ornr Aipctsede the telegraph ~
NO, not at long distances. II u1uy
do 30 Mt distances of lOD miles and un-
der, but ~ long distances 1t Will not,
heeMlse there haye as yet been no sat.
islGctnry experiments, electrical dig
tnrbanVcs Of the atmosphere however
slight, interfere with the working e
Nbu lilies, and at long distances these
disturbances would be very frequent
besides, IN order TO send messages,
number al connections would hnve Il
he made, and too mitch time would ~
nonsumed Ia waiting. With the telc
graph IL IL different, n person goc
Into the telegraph office, lay
down llls nlessnge and de
parts with the assurance That hi
iuessage VIII 20 sooner or lator, hu
with the telephone he would have {,
wait. No, don't think the telephon
viii ever he practicable at long dia
tanpesN
Shave yoii my long connections "
work in this state now,N
ives, we have connection hetwee
Henrietta and Coleman city and sex
cr,tl othera | can't recall now. w
lnve II line IN course Of erection b,
tween Dallas aud this polut whicl
will lie In operation some tune in Sci
tember.h
'"What are the principal towns u
ing the telephone ~ this state2p
nThey ara us follows In the ordt
named. San Antonio, Dallas, Fol
Worth and Houston
''IIas there been any complalr
about putting the wires above groun
IA this state, such as there has been Il
the Eastern citiespp
"Yes, but as no practicable systet
of underground wires has been "
vented II IL not done The teiephou
~ u necessity aud the people VIII q,
up with the inconvenicnees OF wiz,
before they will do away with the GO
ephone. We are putting the wires q
low poles 40 that latidcrs in case 81 III
can lie used over aud above them, III
will obviate the most pressing ohie
ton to them,