Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-05

W All paris VI 0Aeot btAt@Ah was ~
duced TO pence (124 cents) for
message OF twelve words, including
address ana signature, ana half penny
n cent? for each additional word.
This reduction was followed by an
increase of business. In tine year 1856 z
the number OF kilograms handled was
80, 24S 6S9, and in the 1890 o.,
4o3, sos,
WORK or PNEUMATIC TUBES.
This vast volume OF kilograms is
handled by the British postal telegraph
with promptness ana marvellous accu-
racy, so far as l was aole TO observe.
In London the city messages are
transmitted exclusively by postal pneu-
matte tube. The pneumatic tube de-
partment in the great central telegraph
station handles the bulk of the letters,
dispatches and cards that are delivered
within the city OF London exchange,
which is supplied with an independent
system of direct commercial wires, all
communications within the city of Lon
don proper are dispatched oy pneu-
matte tube. Thousands OF dispatches,
letters ana postal cards are literally
shot by air pressure every hour in the
Gay from the twenty postal tube STA
tons located NJ points most accessible
into the central telegraph station, and
there they are redistriouted ana fired
back 10 the other stations, delivered
oy carrier or forwarded by the tele-
graph or telephone TO points outside
OF London. The longest OF these tubes
is that from the Westminster parlia-
ment building. through which tine pro-
| ceedings OF parliament are shot TO the
central telegraph office. ana thence
/ retransmitted by wire 10 provincial
cities or delivered to such London pa
pers rs may order duplicates. The
/ tubes nave not only enabled the postal
/ authorities 70 transmit the dispatches
/ ana city letters in London moro rap
/ idly than they could oe forwarded o.
/ wire, but they have done away with
the costly and inefficient local wire
4 service. ana in 4 measure the pole anC
wire nuisance.
But 10 the public, the greatest bens
fit OF the tube system is It's cheaDness
In New York or Cnicago, 4 city mes
sage Of ten words or less costs you =
cents. In London you can send n
many words Is you can write on tnt
blank card, which varies from 100 I,
1000 words, for pence (l2l cents
and what is also important your mes
sage will have been delivered Amos
before the girl that usually acts u
operator in the hotels OF local office
in our cities mas had time TO copy it
By the tube system no occupying IS don
the original message is delivered 1
the party to whom it Is directed, uu
less it is to so by telegraph or te.e
phone to points beyond London.
BEST SYSTEM n The WORLD.
While London was the first city I
utilize pneumatic TUBES for the rapi
transmission OF mail matter and ieIC
grams, the cities OF Paris Vienna an
Berlin nave for years been served b
, pneumatic tube post. Durag the yea
, 1889 the pneumatic tube post OF Nieun
handled 2,692, 752 letters, Telegram
anu postal CARDS OF this number
I.54l, 647 were kilograms. But u
+ city OF Berlin can truthiutty BOAST III
I most perfect aud best served system
, postal pneumatic tunes in the worl,
While London mas only twenty puet
: matte tube stations. Berlin now hi
/ fifty.one. distriout not merely Oy'
the entire area OF the German capita
i but reaching out into the suburbs. "
/, may deposit your message in one Of u
! pneumatic tube stations, and il vi
, reach any point within the radius
ten miles within six minutes. includir
retransfer at the central tube static
> For 81 cents your message or letter g
! closed in one OF the red Rohr post e
. velopes, will DE fired through the tub
+. from Berlin TO Cnariotten ourg aud d
liyered by postal carrier.
Berlin mas about the same populatit
: as New York, but New York does TO
. or five times as much business by mi
/ or telegraph But IL taxes from o
/ hour to half DAY to transmit ana d
liver message BY mail or wire fro
"a the city hail to Harlem.
is CoSvESIENCEs PATRONS ENJOY.
ID The postmaster general OF Gre
D. Britain was empowered Oy the act
j. 1868, which authorized the acqui
j. ton Of the telegraph lines. TO faci
;. ate the collection und transmission
nc dispatches oy designating places
al deposiJing kilograms in letter box
il, and other repositories, ami Telegram
deposited therein are II written
stamped paper OF proper value, &C
ne ycyed by letter carriers to Offices
TN transmission by wire or to the III
h station free OF charge. This a CO
r. venience that we can not secure
M long as our telegraph lines rem,
3. under corporate ownership. But /
AL postal telegraph facilities in Ionic
Cd even without this special convenient
re could scarcely DC improved on.
al the present time there are 53S static
IS in LONDON from which kilograms N
OF oe forwarded. OF this uumoer 4
IN are branch postofiices ana eigh
ne seven are railway station offices.
ii. -. r.. NJ.