The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05
FINAL ACTION.
The System in the State NOW Giving
General Satisfaction to Those
Using 1t Most.

A SrArEsMAH reporter who has had years
of experience in transmitting specials 10
the press of the country has casually
glanced over some of the provisions con-
tanned in the telegraph bills pending before
the legislature.
Some of the provisions, if enacted into
law, will certainly impair the efficiency OF
the entire telegraph service in the state and
will be a source of annoyance and POSI-
tive injury to business men who now do
nearly all their correspondence by tele-
graph, and to the press of the state HAND
ling news and market reports.
These two classes, the business men and
papers, do nineteen tweDtieths of the
telegraph business of Texas and there are
business men in Austin whose
telegraph service, sent III CIPHER, reaches
5000 month and so far as known they are
not complaining at the service rendered.
One provision in bill struck the re
porter as especially calculated to retard the
business of the telegraph offices.
That one requiring messages to be sent
in the order filed. Every business man
and every newspaper reporter and all per-
sons who do much business over the wires
know that, as far as practicable, this is the
rille now, DllJ u udkc 10 imperative WOuIu
of times result most disas'rously and pos
slhlv cause serious loss to business men.
Certain it is, it would be a great hard
ship to commercial men ana to the press IN
handling their market and press reports.
The telegraph wires of Texas cover vast
area and it has often occurred in the eXpe.
rienCe of the writer that his dispatches
to New Orleans via Galveston have
been interrupted by storm at Houston
-, hat Xyh a nnnlH
did reach his point of hestiuatinn via Dial
las, where no storm existed, but in doing so
| he mad to await his turn on the Dallas
wire, notwithstanding his dispatch was
| filed hours before he messages that were
| then going to Dallas. Under the bill being
discussed in case storm interrupted his
| message as stated, he could stop all the
| Dallas business, no m9tter how important,
and compel the company to proceed with
his message.
Would mis- be just to business men or
private individuals using the Dallas wire al
the time?
Once having very important news the
writer had his dispatch Interrupted by a
sto m which extended all over Eastern
Texas and his messages to New Orleans and
other points were sent to San An
tonic, thence to Santa Fe, New
Mexico, thence through Colorado aud down
gracious knows what direction, and the
90 - .Li;,kol - .ho Nou, n.loo NO
nGWs was puo' 70 ,9ne me- ~ w Is. ~" "".,
| The next morning but his message had to
tahe ~ tulu oNe: te 81 e. 49, '.I W
n'tWltnstailu,n? 1t was ll'eo NUTS pelGte
the business peins sins ~ 1an a. H an
anu IL was ~ nV Gnu JGSv nfraJ Wv ,,tE ho
wires lead ing out of Austin to Fort Worth,
| Dallas and Galveston, but did not inter.
rupt business to San Antonio and points
oeyohu anu you eouio le"T W.T. 49, 20 u ,a
way =, Dan go GnI,,os,on NJ, n riaapS
onel JusU W IN oJ Gu Snton;o
anu a. $50 thon any ThI 10 mentioned
ou' nh t ~ Seno t;nn r,Io shnmId hs
n.a eitGI ronTir;,,p taieyrams 10 ha sent
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la, cry i,i $3.50 ma no i;t,97a 40
,'l,S ;rLa.d thera ,,re two in ,bis comntv
wnara IL 10 SAT-. to cav NOT dozen dis
ra,ohos wnTlI hs recei cd or seni dur;no
= while year IL kesn an operator There
",,,'id no-s,,t, !, 10 ,rcnd to nrytn,,a
WIZ III nc ~ "y yorv connIex
,,a o,'d - ral1,,;roSs ,onab strdv ana ~ nn-
ria, 90 ~ nrd,.rstand II Itis diffarant trrn
| an, n,har mndertna snn
ThiS was demon,tr"rad last NIGHT Won
o,nidn,, Sent meSsage t~ 81 Ionis Wis
I n"iiaS h1, W." cnnI5 Cont ono thpra via sar
Autnn;o md New Meyico Distance chi,
~ 6 'mra in telegranbing
70 learn ;nst Nv ha IaIegranh busires,
- IN Toyas' rennr,er csiIeS or Mr. p lie,
nf 10 "a, as,orn fTminn Ias, eyenina .nd he
t,r,,;S,.d 1he f,IImuyirg in forma,i9n, wh,ct
' Na1 hnnn laid bafnra fha lcgisIa,ive com
,' %9 osN Mr. Raier .siI. e''o
"There are in Tex,s54i te'epranb offices
| If Which o,,Jv f,rtv nine n2e sIInnnrtpc
o'L.I, hu ,ha' western Union Taa~,an nj
cont.nV the h I,nce Ie5 heina snnnor,ec
ioiniiv Nv other com ,aries The receip,,
IF thn ioint 'ffireS l., ct year were SI13 T6s d
o,I no recpin,s If tic fortv r,iue Office,
",iorotad hv rio Western IT ion cnm,an,
oinna Sia7 i % al or fatal frnm oil III,
"tiies ~ S;51 IoI 1G
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| ;oint ,,ffices ware nuIv 800 Zach mr. ahonI
J -" a n'nTIn me o;yar,,ys rac"i,,ts If Iht
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no NTH "r Sso1o fmr The vcar RIO exraps'
"f,',,,r,Ii,'tr T'es .,no,1nted tn Si5,l Io31I
W. nhhnm, ~ rnr cen, nf s,e cross recri,,ts
Wn'n we hove ~ Tnvns ~ y niles nf n6le,
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