New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-20

up to the average. The Eastern service was YES
terday as on Friday, carried out by the aid OF tae
telephone. o
was q slight delay il sending them out, because
they lad TO be carried nom the cable oilices 10
the temporary ohoe OF the Associated freSs oy
messenger boys. and thence by messengers back ~
New-York for distribution The want OF pneumatic
tubes for sending COPY" 10 the newspaper-onlccs
and the substitution Of messenger BOYS was IL,
deed, tile only hindrance to the usual speco Oh
the delivery service, and il was not serious
hindrsnce. Some Of the books Of reference USE
IN editing dispatches, gazetees encycioPedi"s Sic.'
have been recovered from the burned-0ut OIIce
They are soaked with water. but 1t IS hopeo tia'
they Will dry out" and become fit Tor use ssaln-
There was busy time az the head1uaiteif Co., a.
No. West Twenty thrd-st Yesterday alIei-
noon. We are taking oil the business that y
presented" said Manager A. j. Burton. We
have wires from this Office direct to Bosto' IT'
Chicago, Cleveland, Rochester: syracuse ana AZ
bany as well as one OF the cables 10 Nova Hco'3a
in operation The pneumatic tunes, as you Wouiu
call them are In working order ana we are re-
ceiving messages from all over town. By Monday
we expect to be in complete running order again
ALL THE MEN ON THEIR METTLE.
The scene on the top floor of No. 4l5 Broadway
yesterday afternoon was an interesting one. Inc
large room, which had been left entirely bare
whom the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com
pany's lines were removed TO the burned puIdihS
about two years ago, has been made the tempo
rary nerve centre oil the Western Union system
,hs thonsan0 aud one necessary implements is
being completed with remarkable rapldlty. Every
one connected with the company, from lhe gen
erai manager down to the messenger boys, seems
to be upon his mettlc, and to take strong per
sonsl intefest in seeing the Western Union asdta
upon its feet. 1t is fact pointing WIN cieuiO
TO the management of the company, whose Gnu
ployes are thus faithful in time OF ENG ecIoA.
The fifty wires accommodated by the neM
switchboard were nearly all connected anu VIII
be ready for working as soon as tables ana inStru
ments have been supplied These are beng rap
idly constructed in rough foshion 9llI Oh pan
plank. Along the centre OF each taolG d 10" vi
fncandescent lamps is being placed, me supply
of chemical batteries already in Ihe building was
not sufficient TO run the Locals as the soun 1i
and duplex and quadruplcX instruments are C'uleu,
but by Monday at the furthest this want VIII l&Ve
been supplied. Already COMMUNICATION WIN IN
cago has been opened on the Nheals'9ne sHsIIt51'
over which 5000 messages day can ne hailoIeu;
City Chief W. III. jones' who has oecn appointed
manager of the temporary office, SAD YESTERDAY
we are now prepared to handie a,ou, , q" No eno
business that comes to US and II VIII only nc, nc
matter OF day or two, ! hope, before we VIII ne
in as good shape as ever for the pracsicai PIT
of the work OF course we are not dong the
usual amount OF business. but You would hardy
believe from the way things look, that II i,VVI
messages were fired at us we could SCI Vhen az
Of before the night force comes on II Is net I
thougb We have full connection now with Bos-
ton ALBANY Buffalo Detroit. Cleveland;
Toronto. Chicago New-liaven. Hartford ana
nearly all the regular Offices IN the State.
No rSessnres arc now received subject TO delay
Until the repairs in the burned-out quarters TINS
will be the Western Union headquarters; ana as
Instruments set up at the old place an mater
Witch cannot be handled here will he shot down
there by the pneumatic tube.
The statement made yesterday by one OF inc
Western Union employees that the colnpanys store
NJ extra instruments was insufficient 10 replace
the DESTROYED ones was erroneous. The company
has been put TO no Inconvenience from lack OF
instruments and other supplies OF al Knus. ,.,o,.
AZ the United Press office, No: Isl Broadway'
Yesterday the statement WAS made that ne o',St-
ness Of the association was being Sa!isiaoturN
taken care of. The main office Was stu at Wee
hewken. hut business will be resumed in this city
By tomorrow. ~ 80. ~,
Robert s. Beaver, eye siXtyone OF % lEf AN
which fell through a skylight to the basement
of the Western Union Building, %here ne
was standing Yesterday afternoon. Ills injuries
,ycre noinfuI hut not necessarily dangerous ne
wes tnlxcn home by his son and was attended 6y
DIR. j. w. Hurley. Beaver kept a lttie IuncIi i
counter for the messenger boys of the telegraph
.oppany. On Friday another piece OF iron leii
Gear the same place hut hit 10 ore