The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-10
AN INDEX OF PROSPERITY.
Pulsations Of Increasing Commerce. on
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the Wires.
Nothing is more surely indicative Of the
onward march of Savannah's commercial
progress than the very large increase re-
ported in the receipts Of the telegraph
offices for the last six months.
Manager ]. l. Maxwell, of the Western
Union Office, informed MORNING NEWS
reporter yesterday that four additional
operators from New York have just been
added TO the corps Of lightning manipula-
tors, and other additions to the force were
made previous to the ones referred TO. He
said these additions were necessitated by
the large increase Of business since the
opening of the fail season.
Both Manager Maxwell and Chief Opera
tor George G. Spaid, In discussing the tele-
increase OF late, say that notwithstanding
the fact that another telegraph
office has been established here
sinced the beginning of the year,
the Western Union has done the best bust
ness this summer that It has ever done in
Savannah, the receipts of each week show
ing an increase over the corresponding
weeks last year. The receipts for August,
49,, DIR. Maxwell says, were IS per cent.
and speak volumes for Savannah's increas-
ing trade. as the telegraph business of city
is one of the significant pulsations Of its
business activity aud progress.
do you know" asked Chief Operator
Spaid, That Savannah does the biggest
telegraph business of any city Of its size in
the United Statesr'
The reporter admitted his Ignorance
ut is fact" said Mr.. Spaid. "And 1t
probably does a larger cable business than
all the rest Of the state put together. It's
telegraph business is, of southern cities,
second only to New Orleans"
The reason for this,h he explained, us
that Savannah, being the second largest
cotton port in the United States d the
largest naval stores port In the world, aud
doing heavy shipping business in other
southern products, requires constant COM
lnunication with the markets Of this coun-
try and of Europe
The amount of telegraphing done by the
cotton buyers and shippers is simply in-
The Western Union makes a speciality of
It's office in the Savannah Cotton Exchange.
giving the latter direct communication with
the New York exchanges aud the cable
office, which Is an invaluable cow enieuce
to the cotton buyers. With the exception
OF private leased wires, the service given
the Savannah exchange is one of the best
afforded in the country. To show
graph company attaches to this
service they have placed two men along
the line, one at Augusta and one at Rich
mond, for the sole purpose of keeping the
wire in the very best working order. Two
skillful operators are employed at the cot
ton exchange telegraph office.
The Western Union facilities for han
ding business in the interior of Georgia and
Alabama have been considerably improved,
and the movement Of western business has
been greatly facilitated by the addition of
quadruplex wire to Cincinnati
When Mr.. Maxwell was at the north
This summer he visited several of the large
Offices In that section and noted several
improvements in the manner Of handling
business, which he has adopted in the Sa-
vannah Office.
In view of the large increase in the West
ern Union, and in the light of the fact that
the Postal Gable Company have an Office
here which il doing a good business, this
double showing is calculated to impress one
with the steady commercial growth Of the
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