New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-05

the company and Its employees. The operatoms VII VIZ
n1t th S0 security Of possessing men sui
ccnt TO double or qnadr!pe the fsc,.es "a bs Hse
on Mn,9h shsss n has been improved upon that
II is used on duplex and quadrugiex VIZ 4, sinr2e
tho capacity when qnadrnpiexed o. - "vnsed thai
while one side OF it worked TO Chicago tne o,ns me-
cam b used as for ostaecs rs the
New York and Washington can take ~ two c
on the On ether to Ss 1a or while
York and Washington are using the other sac. ISe %
s s 'i tRRsS no VI s send
character the transmlssons on all SIDES OF even rs
Circuit The sunGupSS1 rs MsS at both
Chattanooga and Atlanta and the characters are
msd clearly e the ws Uc s III
the present conditions They argue as the e.csd rs
s n q ssss sSa that p%sn me "a
shall Increase beyond the present capacity Of Tie lines e.
expert ss ,s viii s BE st ass
absorb lines and establish "a a, pSstsd lspa In
say that figures win prove that the Government can
sss sss s ssSSes i
q s ssss ss s' sns Bosom sas
serve as an example OF course there are seversii
wires between the two cities but tne sHpense for
there s are ssa e Sosou '%S''s
send '" and four IN receive. These men handle an
average Of 400 messages day each, or 2 400 AS II
takes two men to handle each message II VIII DC sesa
that there are transmitted exactly 12Oo paid H,c.
grams Let the average cost OF each message DC
nIaced at twenty five cents, which Is iar Deow wnae
really and the result that those eight men
business for which the o Zach Operator rsceves
saw rs 10 day and the expense TO the company Is
inst goo This of course, does not incuoe any caicu
iaon ne 10 fhe cost of delivery at the terlna sea
tons which safely be placed az Oily cen. ~ ss
SAGE The cost OF maintenance is trflng OF course
wire cets ont OF order it must be repaired, but tnis
nndv nccrr. in emergencies, and then few small
arled lnemen do the work, perhaps on nuinDv a.,
wires af once so that the proportion OF expense "ie
Su;ded n; TOO small to be OF much consideration
There are between Ncw-York and Boston nouse
nrIntlng onadrupley two Morse quadrupiexes anu wv
dnpIexes exclusive OF the leased Wits ci. r and
,hoso 90 their Roston correspondents Tnese ngures
will anny 10 the circuits between any Two Iark1 ' en-
tres and ON most of them the rate per 10
above twenty five cents, when rey 10 % ant.tie an
rote FOR a message between any Two poihts OuSsiuv ~
rae M The Operators contend that II the wires wers
under Government control there wou J would
ssscation nv which OF superior aoiny wouid
be compelled to operate tne o sut their class
reoeNJ Tbms the poorer operators would De &ssigc1
10 cIrcul+s which they were capaDe vi ,,kio %,
10 tbev deveopcd superior skill would DC ensoo ~,
promotion to the higher er believe Stis that these conditions
d ss~it in energetic work on the part OF ne
nneor men to rise to the higher class ana py , tc
rstciass men to maintain Their H eaectivc ser
oStng nv more prompt, accurate ana enecvo AZ. ~.
pfon'nG p onerators agree with Mr.. Wanamaker ina!
~ .orvce Would be cheaper as well as n4v III shs
nder The pos telegraph system ana as .hcy at th
men who do the work they pfU9aO ere more nearly
IN accord with their ideas than they now arc stain
~ noratorc are eager for postal system Is cer'@
WI Whether they viii get it remains to DC seen'