The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-22
THE RAIL AND rnE WIRE.
paooasss or TIE TELEPHONE
This wonderful Growth of the Tetas
Com psnie. sherman and Paris 10
Have the Marshall a North
wastern-The Teshs a ~.
Loul. Other Mention,


ThO 'hullO' buuinohb mas DscOhe
suoh an important factor In carrying
on tho commerce Of tho country m to
DO considered now Indispensable.
Only few years back, when the idea
OF telephone exchange being put on
a pay ing basis In the smaller cities,
was hootod at, vet we now SEQ them In
sucosssful operation not only In such
cities, bnt even In the small
towns of tho country. Like
all now aud startling limitations, the
telephone has had to combat csrtaih
amount OF prejudice. This prejudice
having been successfully oyorthrown,
the telephone IN now recognized an one
OF tho necessities of n business office.
Dallas il especially forluna'e in the
IN .ttar of telephones, It's citizens Deing
Amply supplied by two admirably
ma d nges.
THE PAN-ELECTRlc.
This telephone exchange was onened
Tor business In Dallas on the 18Th 4
August. Its Stockholders are among
tho most prominent citizens ar the
city, and the exchange has RAPIDLY
grown in popular favor, Mr.. ID. NJ
Cinwor in msuagor OF the Dallas OK
change. The Pan has 1874 mites of wire
IN the city, and 30 poles in use. II
has "a tulepnonic communication with
Arlington and Fort Worth, and wire
* now being put up to Oak Lawn.
There are 32i poles put up by the COM
paoy In the city, and 500 between this
place and Fort Worth.
THE ERIE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
This exchange WAS established in
| ID ell M in tho year 1881. IL was ono OF
| tho first exchanges constructed iu the
II IL A. "A al n N EglAnhnnA
| liza comparative infancy as u com mer-
| clal commodity. There were only about
| 10 subscribers TO open the service with,
| VINO we're secured through considerable
sXertion and much talk, many OF
whom had but little confidence in the
practical working and commercial
value OF "A "tolephoue exchange" To
IdSy what a change do we sec in the
telephone field! The companies
wires thread every street and suburb
fof this growing city,. They have q;
lsubscribsrs connected, making q tolaI
of between 800 and 400 miles of eX
lchange wires
The Erie company has connection
with so odd towns and cities, o
which, Dallas il the "hub," making {
total circuit OF over 1000 miles, con
Meeting every important point IL
North and Middle Texas. They have
what is considered the longest con
tinuous telephone circuit in the world
/. o., from Dsnison to Eagle Pass, viz
Dallas, Austin and intermediat,
points. Tho company do not protenC
10 be able 70 carry on conversation thf
full length OF tho above circuit dis
tinctly, owing 10 the great electrical
resistance that 10 peculiar to thu
long telephone circuits, ant
nrincipallv to the numerous
wsy-oflios instruments in its circuit
such conversations mast be repeated
at the connecting offices.
Tho Erie company Can certainly ieel
satisfied as to the efficiency ano
promptness OF their service in tots
city. They have recently secured th'
services of thorough ELECTRICIAN, who
has done much in the way OF inspect
. ing and improving thor Instrument!
and apparatus, which, however, have
been in very satisfactory order since
the exchange was reconstructed near
ly two years since.
The Erie company propose addins
} every facility found necessary to In
crease the efficiency OF their service
They seem to be perfectly confident D
the satisfactory termination Of the sui
against the Psn-Electric Telephone
company, which comes up for ana
hearing in the United States courG a.
Baltimore on November next, 81
previous decisions in simiiar causes
having resulted in the absolute valid
lity Of the Bell patent.
The following is the personnel of thu
Dallas Exchange md Division head
quarters: Il. K. Baker. superintend-
eut first district; G. A. Rad, mssger
Bert Willis, electrician; y. G. Ander
500, iiuemau; Frank Karsn9r, collec
tor; Charles Marshall, messenger
Miss Lsura Bishop, Miss Nellie Levie
Miss Kittie Benton, Miss Mattie wa
iiame, Miss Allene Beck, Miss Von
| HomiIt0n. 0DarntOrS.