Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-20

me TO try 10 get claim through tnsse
houses Of Congress. 1 was twenty1nve
years old when bought the land on when
the new Idria quicksilver mines are located
] was worth two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars and was making three thou
sand dollars O month az my business IN
San Francisco. Well, one day Trend OF
mine asked me TO buy a Mexican grant
and said ! could get lot OF land ior
eleven hundred dollars. Eleven
hundred dollars was no, more 20 me imam
half a dollar IS now, and took the thing
for a flyer. Thought the title was good,
and all / ask of Congress IS that they VIII
give me a chance 90 have their own courts
pass upon It, but they won't do 1t. nave
wasted a whole lifetime in tryingto get MY
rights. and i came within an ace OF II last
wear. but the old Congress has gone away
and now / have got to begin all over
again.
The story OF McGarrahan is that OF nine
tenths Of the private parties who Try 10
do business with the Government. The
meanest creditor IN the world is Uncle
Sam, and the man who tries to get any
thing out Of Congress should have Tor
tune to begin With, and the prospect OF
living 10 the age OF MethuSeleh III auul-
ton.
THE BIGGEST TELEGBAPH OFFICE.
Postmaster General Wanamaker is CO.
ing 10 push his scheme for postal tele-
Creuh before the present Congress, and
he will oet a lot Of facts from Mr.. Rose
water. the editor of the Omaha Bee, who
spont the summer in Europe making
study of the telegraph systems OF dinerent
countries. Rosewater IS an OLD telegraph
| operator. lie served az such IN
| the War Department here, WINE
| Lincoln was President aad he was
manager of the Western Union
| lines at Omaha Just before he founded the
! Omaha Bee. and got thereby property
/ which Nebraska men say now paws MN
/ fifty thousand dollars year. de went TO
/ EurOpe this summer with letters from
/ Postmaster General Wanamaker TO the
postmasters-general Of Europe. and he has
| come back with his head packed full OF IN
! teresting telegraph data, lie described tor
me last night the biggest telegraph once
/ in existence. Said he:
The biggest telegraph office IN the
world is that OF London. IT - located IN
| the general pOst-otice building, and IS not
accessible 10 the general public 1t CON
I tnins moro than 5000 operators, and It's
| batteries are supplied by plant Of $4,000
| cells. or enough to make three solid glass
rows of cells from the Capitol 90 the
I White House. This Office does more busi-
ness than any Office m the United states.
! IL dispatches its business much quicker
| and more quietly than our Offices do,
and its main operating-room - NOT
| lalf so noisy Gs the main once
| of the Western Union Company IN New
York. OF these three thousand operators
about one thousand are women. lhtN
have room 10 themselves and they 90
| their work with American Morse lnstru-
! ments with registers and paper reels. IN
( the other parts OF tho Office sll sorts OF IN
strumeuts are used and the Hughes print
inc instruments are the most popular. J
| visited also the big telegraph operating
room OF Paris and here one thousand ope-
rators are at work. Nearly one nall OF
these are women and they have day and
night operators. The day operators work
/ only seven hours, while the night operators
/ work ten hours, but they get bigger pay
| than those who work during the daV.
found the Morse instruments used some
| what IN Paris. but the French Baudet IN
struments are the lavorites. these have
! KEYS ike piano for the transmit ne and
! the RECEIVING IS done on an AUTOMATIC
paper striu three-quarters Oian inch wide,
| upon which the message IS printed.
HOW pRtss DisPArcHEs ARE SENT.
/ THE newspapers arc better treated by
! the telegraph Offices OF Europe than 10y
| those of America Mr.. EUsewnter con-
! tiuued. Every precautl0u Ia taken to
! hurry the dispatches, and the rates are
! such that the smallest newspaper can al
/ ford TO have press messages. 1uu can send
! 100 words between 6 IN the morning and
| 9 IN the evening for . cents, and you can
! send any additional number at the same
! rate These are the press rates, and You
cannot put any business messages IN with
/ them. There arc no notes 10 the editors
IN a press dispatch, and u at the close OF
/ il YOU add More to follow You have 10
nav for those three words at business
/ rates You can lease @ wire from one part
! of Great Britain 10 another for $500 year
/ pavable quarterly, and the Government
/ paws the operators at both ends Of
| the wIIe. You can have leased
wire III France any time you want
| for So en- hour and you can get press
! wire for five minutes for fifty cents. The
average transmission of press kilograms IN
! France is 900 words per hOnr and You
| can send 800 words IN five minutes. This
( IS at tho rate OF one SIXTH of "A cent word
! and IT covers all parts Of France. Ihore
| IS an InternatIungl-.cased wire service
| between England and Franco and the
! New York HerGd has "A leased wire from
! London to PARIS. Such wires are dear,
( but they arc cheaper than they would be
/ with us, The telephone u very largely
used Ly the newspapers of Europe.
! Prague contains 100000 people and It's
! newspapers get their dispatches by long
! distance telephone from Vienna, which IS
! a full DAYS Tlde distant bv cars. The gov
I
! their ciyilseryice business, and these tele-
/ phoues are under the Government, and
the rates are much cheaper than with u.
J The pay Of the telegraph operators OF
| FurOpe Is about as good as ours. The pO-
| sltiOns are permanent, and the operators
| have to pass the civil service examination.
! They have a chance to rise, and when they
| ret old they are retired with pay. In both
France and England the Government tele-
| graphers get two weeks vacation every
year with full pay"
SENATOR CULLoN on THE CROWNED HEADS.
Senator Cullom. Of Illinois, also spent
the summer In Europe, and he gives me
his impressions of some of the prominent
people he met. Said he:
" saw the Prince of Wales at his garden
partyin London. He Is broad-shouldered,
heavy-set EngIishman. lie has good
face. with a strong under-iaw, and his ap-
pearance Is that of "a good, ordinary, com
nonsense fellow. The best part Of him IS
lls wife. The Princess of Wales Is the
charm of the country. She IS a beautiful
woman and one of the most graceful
women l have ever seen. She Is much
loved in England, and as far as / could
! nudge the Prince of Wales Is popular
| alsO l saw the young German Emperor
T.. at this garden party. He shows no signs
Of insanity In his appearance. lie Is a
hne-looking fellow and seems to have many
social qualities. He chatted and laughed
as he moved about among the people OF
the garden party and he enjoyed himself
as much as any man there. / was much
, impressed with Lord Salisbury, whom
. consider one of the most able men IN
{ Great Britain, and met Labouchere, who
reminded me of the late Sunset Cox. He
. is full of witty remarks and be sees the
; funny side the first thing
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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