The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1893-12-14
HELLOING 800 MILES
LONG DISTANCE AND sHoaT CIRCUIT


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ms fs' ~ sx'f'tliaayH been run down from
'oieuo 70 Dayton w. anu from Layton
extensions are making Wnlch Will Drlll5
Jlnclnnatl ana 1halanapohsl INTO 1he serV-
Ice.
WhaI class OF interviews Is inosG
conducted over the longer clrGuIts'
II should say thaV social anu ooinestlc
AFFAIRS BRING most OF the patrons now
although there are some business inter-
views conducted.
MI. Meaney explained thau the charges
Tor long instance interviews are oaseu
upon nve minutes conversation DO
nmt. 1nat Is uLe Charge between new
YORK. ana washington Is SS' oeI" eel.
New Aork anu lineage o. loi edcn -, Iito
aces not lncluue tlie tilie useu III ulaA-
ing the cohnectlon OF bringing llie par
tles 10 tne ellos VI VIC llie' a. SUI
scrlDers TO the long Instance telephohe
can be connected WIN tiie clrculus JUST
as they are III the local business II
man is wanted VINO Is not a subscriber
TO the long Instance SERVICE ne IS nuntc'
up ana brought 10 central statloh
without charge
When two people get rairly started on
long distance interview tiiey can TALK
from 4OO TO ooo words III nVe minutes
according TO the suo1ect anu their iaiill-
iarlty with II. IL IS a lacC tliae lllost IN
tervlews end peIore the unit OF uiine mas
elapsed. one New 1ork woman VINO
had her son at south behd, lhd'' wners
he Is at school, called up anXlously, asked
her startled hopetul II she haa put MS
winter nanhels III ms trunk' IL ne iiau
not mallclously carrlea on ms Iather
razor>and II MS tooth had stopped ach-
ing. Being satisfactorily answered on
all these points, she PAID Tor the service
and Went on her way rejoicing"
Business men cmeny use the long Gus,
lance service TO consult apou6 TERMS VI
contracts OF to report tpe text OF con"
tracts wh.ch must De repeated 10 insure
accuracy.
Inc chlef dllIerehce between tile lotS
Instance ana the shorG CIRCUITS Is tnd1 III
the FORMER wnat Is called lletalllc serV-
ice is used-th&t Is III TALKING between
New YORK ana chicago, distance Oh
l,oOo miles, the service is really over S'Voo
miles OF wire, as the wire, lnstead Oh Dc
ing grounded at Doth enus 10 complete
the CIR ult' Is ooupleu OF 'oopeu 10 nlaAe
the coNplete clrcult metalnc. Inc IN
structions TOT speaking ana Istenlng are
the same as those printed Tor the use OF
the ordinary telephone ana the result
so far as nearing Is concerned, Is ratner
better over thousano mics IMAM over
one. TINS is owing 10 tne metallic CIR
cult, which does away VIVID me maoden-
ing OUTFIT resulting IRON lhuuctlon
and from the use OF heavier and SUI
Perlor copper WIRE. Inc wire useu IN
the long Instance service weighs o'o
pounds mile, the ofdlnary service wire
weighing DuC 54o pounds'
Mr.. Meaney sad that whlle there was
no mechanical reason why the service
should not be continued across the con-
t'nent' 1t is not probable that, for the