The San Francisco call., 1896-06-15

amount of matter direct in this manner,
though the usual course of news transmits
sion is to forward il to Chicago for d1strl-
button.
To send such long distance without re-
peatlng Is q practical imposslb1llty, put
this involves no delay. Along each OF the
routes there are from four to five repeat
ing stations, at which there are automatic
repeaters At each of these expert opera
tors will be placed TO watch and adjust the
instruments. Should any serious disorder
occur they will be ready to send the news
along by manual repetition at but trivial
delay. For this purpose special operators
have been employed
When the matter reaches San Fran
CISCO and it will be but an indescribable
space OF time after it is put on the wire,
another small army of men will be re-
quired to handle it.
The first of the ma tier will reach here
shortly after o'clock and from that time
Until l A. NJ. force of over sixty operators
will be kept working up to their limit In
receiving it. Nearly forty extra men have
been enrolled for the occasion exclusive OF
the forces employed by the press associa-
tions.
The Western Union expects to handle
about 80, 200 words night of specials from
ST. Louis alone.
From Sacramento they expect to bring
sides this they will receive considerable
amount OF extraneous special news matter
from the East, SO that in the neighbor-
hood OF 100000 words will be handled by
this company each night.
Arrangements have been made whereby
The CALLS specials will be received di-
rectly in the office, where thew can be
acted upon by the telegram editor with
out delay. There will also be wire run
into the business Office, from which bull
letins will be displayed.
Besides the voluminous special dis
patches which THE CALL will receive the
United Press has made arrangements to
furnish remarkably full and correct re-
port of the proceedings. In order to ac-
complish that result the United Press will
have in the convention hall three editors,
three proceeding stenographers, seven
repertorlal stenographers and sixteen
telegraph operators. Over 100000 words
will be sent from st. Louis on eight leased
wires.
The headquarters of the United Press
in the Southern Hotel, st. Louis, are
fitted up more with an eye to business
than to show. 1t consists of four rooms
en- suite, all facing east. Here are tele-
graphic instruments Tor the operators, ta-
bles for editors and reporters, typewriting
machines and all the necessary outfits for
the convenient and rapid performance OF
the work devoIvlng upon that organlza-
ton. It's leased wires are connected from
these rooms with it's own telegraphic cir
cults which extend over the whole coun-
try, and, besides, it has established it's
own telegraphic instruments at the con-
yention hall. The arrangements for news
gathering, reporting and compiling are
under the personal supervision of Walter
P. Phillips of New York, secretary and
treasurer of the United Press, and of P. V.
de Graw of Washington, its general South
ern manager. The actual work of ne vs.
gathering, reporting and editing is done
by its own regular employees from New
York, Washington, Chicago and ST. Louis.
THE CALL will receive from the United
Press between 1900 and 1900 words.
This, in addition to the reports sent out
by its own representatives., will make a
most comprehensive report of the pro-
ceedings.
The Postal Union will also handle a
large amount of special matter. They
have not deemed it necessary to make any
special arrangements, but anticipate a
busy time for their regular working force.
The successful mpletion OF such a
gigantic undertaking as is here outlined
will practically demonstrate the fact that
where science, industry and enterprise
unite ell things are possible and such
formidable barriers as time and space sink
into nothingness.