The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-19
THE RAIL AND HE WIRE.
PROGRESS OF THE TELEPHONE
Tho Wonderful Growth of tho rcxas
Sompanies-shermAn and Paris to
Have the Marshall n North
westerh-The Texas & st,
Louis Other Mention.
Our i slephoneA.

me "Rello" business has bacomn
such an important factor in carving
on tho commerce Of the country AS to
be considered now Indispensable.
Only few years back, when the ides
OF u tslephone exchange being put on
paying basis Ia the smaller ol,ios.
was hooted at. yet we now see them in
successful operation not only in such
clsies, pms even in the small
all new ana startling limitations. ths
telephone has had to combat "A osrtsio
amount of prejudice. This prejudice
having been successfully overtime wn,
sha telephone 10 pow recognized ss one
| OF tho necessities of q business Office
Dallas is especially fortunate In tho
matter OF telephones. its citizens neInv
amply supplied by two admirably
managed exchanges.
THE! PAN-ELECTRIC.
rms telephone exchange Was opeuod
Tor husiness In Dallas on the l5.h /
August. Its atociSholders arc aiuop,-
tho most prominent citizens of the
city, ana the exchange has rsuidiv
grown in popular favor. Mr.. ID, nj.
CLOVER 10 manager OF tho Dallas ex-
change. The Pan has 1874 miles OF wire
In the city, and 2i0 poles in use. IL
| has a telephone communication with
Arlington and Fort Worth, and wire
~ now being put up 10 Oak lawn.
Ihere are 32l poles put up by the com
pany In the city, and 500 bsJweon this
place and Fort Worth.
THE ERIE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
rhis exchsnge was established In
ID alias in tho year 1881. 1t was one O,
sne mrs, exchanges constructed IN the
south, anu while the telephone wac in
lis comparative infancy az a commer-
cial commodity. There were only about
~ Subscribers TO open the service with.
VINO were secured through considerable
eXeruoh ana much talk, Eapy of
whom had but little confidence in the
practicM working aud oommsrcia |
value of Telephone exchanged rn |.
day what u change do we SEQ lin tho
telephone field The companies,
wires thread every street and suburb
OF this growing city. They hayo 275
Subscribers connected, making total
OF between 800 and 400 miles of OK.
change wires
Ibe Erie company has connection
VITA 5V odd towns and citios, OF
which, Dallas Is tho ''hub,n maxine a
total circuit OF over 1000 miles, con.
| neciing every important point in
North aud Middle Texas. They have
whit is considered the longest CON.
tinuous telephone circuit ia tho world
!, e. nom Dsnison TO Esgle Pass, via
DALLAS, Austlp and intermediate
points. Tho company do not prote,d
10 ho able to carry on conversation tho
full l0ngth OF the above circuit dis
tinctly, owing TO tho great electrical
resistance. that ID peculiar to the
long telephone circuits, and
principally to the numerous
way-0ilioo Instruments in its circuit:
such conversations must DO REPEATED
Mt tho connecting offices.
rho Eric company can certainly feel
satisfied ss to the efficiency and
promptness OF their service in this
city. They have recently secured the
services oil n thorough electrician, who
has done much in the way of inspoot-
ing and improving their Instruments
and apparatus, which, however, have
been in very satisfactory order since
the exchange was reconstructed near.
ly two years since.