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

Drltlsn metropolis, employing an ds-
gregate Of over $500 operators and
clerks in one building, OF this mum
Der two-thirds are men, The females
occupy a large ana we'll lighted hall.
in which the Morse instruments, with
registers aad paper reels, are used ex-
clusively. Nobody is permitted to re-
ceive by sound; and this is also the
strict regulation on all telegraph lines
where Morse instruments are used in
| France, Austria and Germany. The
main operating room in London is like
great machine shop although not
half as noisy us the main office OF the
/ Western Union in this city. All the
most improved telegraph appliances
are utilized. The English Wheatstone,
with modern improvements, appears
to have the preference. The Hughes
printing instruments, perfected in En-
gland, are receiving greater apprecia-
ton in Europe than they do in this
country.
In Berlin the Hughes printing in
strument has the preference. ana loo
OF these are used in the central teIe-
graph station. Delany's sextuple, an
American invention, has been in active
use 10 London Tor several years, and
the inventor and patentee receives -. :
600 ($lO, 600 royalty per year from the
British government, This fact affords
sufficient proof that the government
telegraphs in Europe utilize all the in
yentions as rapidly rs 40 the American
private companies.
CHEAP RATES FOR ruE PRESS.
This rambling survey OF the great
telegraph stations OF the European
capitals may be somewhat dtsappotnt-
ing, but IL is impossible with the limit
OF time az my command 10 enter into
greater details.
The impression has prevailed in this
country that the postal telegraph SER
vice OF Europe does not afford as good
facilities and cheap rates TO the press
as do the telegraph lines in this coun.
, try. This | nave found 10 be srrO.
! neous While the British postal tele
graph does not permit preference Ia
the transmission OF dispatches 10 any
patron, the press dispatches are trans
milted over spscIa. wires Inc eli
} cheney OF handling press dispatches ia
j
) seen. Reporters and correspondent
} iile their dispatches enclosed IN spec
! iaI envelopes, directed 10 the ln,slll-
: gence department They are imme
/, Glately shot into the ceutra! postal tel
) egraph building and transferred
; through the pneumatic tuoe into tn'
. press bureau. There the envelope II
e opened, the dispatch checked and i
o once sent oy special wire or oy te.e
! phone, as the sender may direct Pres
: dispatches may be duplicated TO an
number OF papers. ana parliameniar.
proceedings and other general news !
: often wired simultaneously 70 from ~
I TO 800 papers. The intelligence ou
reau supplies leased service 10 leadin
!, dailies ana one may lease wire 10
:, all night or for snort periods a; yer
!. reasonable rates.
The press service receives specia
care a; the Paris central Ofiice and tE
leased wire service Is oven more III
- orally arranged IN France than /
England. You can lease wire Tor a
= hour and even for five minutes In
rate for one nour over 4 wire extend
: ing any distance WITHIN the republic {
France is 80 francs so OOJ iuciud n
= operators service at DOln ends, or :
i francs $50 ceuts) for i've minutes
The average transmission Is zoo
- words an hour, and often with expsr
m operators 500 words in FIVE minute,
I, International wire service Is uccessl
:. rily dearer. There are, however SOY
i erai international wires leased To new
: papers ana press bureaus. Inc Ne
: York Herald has leased wire for ce
:, tain hours between London ana Pari
ana the Reuter- ana Hagas correspond
cnt bureaus have several wires Ieaset
=, which are operated by them for Il
4. transmission Of International pre-
III news analogue 20 the Associated Pre-
- reports.
~ The French postal telegraph gran
-, rebate TO the press for the time durir
which a leased press wire is in u
for commercial purposes When u
press has leased wires anu the 80
.at eminent uses them in the iutcrv
OF when they are not in use FOR press al
81 patches the expenses are shared
II. proportion to the service.
81 At Vienna the press bureau OcCupi
or rooms in the central telegraph bull
les ing and its messages are given prec
ms deucc over other business. a redu
on ton Is made for all papers that co
m tract for 500 words or more daily.
OF the central telegraph station at Wen
pc boxes are placed for each daily Tn
M transmits special dispatches By te
SO graDn or telephone. Corresponds
I'm simply drop their letters or clippin
ne into these boxes. marx them tic
'n' graph or telephone ana the pos
&C. officials forward them TO their destir
Az ton. DESKS are also convenien
ms placed az the central telegraph stati
iay for the press correspondents.
- SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES.
+, The salaries OF postal telegraph g
- ployes in Great Britain viii compi