The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-17
NEW QUARTERS.
Postal Company Now in
Banigan Building.
Fine Facilities for TranSac-
tiOn of Business.
Everything Provided for Prompt
and Reliable Service.

There Is az least one suite of apartment
in the new Banigan building ready TO
occupancy, and business, and 1t is nov
the home of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, which concern moved in last Sun
day morning and Dy Sunday evening hac
posted In the windows the sign "Ready
for business"
The telegraph company is on the street
floor la the northwest corner of the
building. one OF the choice spots in the
big block with huge plate glass windows
on level with the sidewalks of weyb bose,
street and OF the improved thorough fare
which hereafter may be designated as
Wall street.
| When the Postal Company moved from
the Westminster street Office they left ali
their instruments and other paraphernalia
OF the telegraph business behind them.
and have resumed operations in the new
office with entirely new equipment, W hic b
Is up-to-date with the wonderful progress
made by the inventors and electricians.
In the main room there is seating
capacity for twenty operators, the new
and handsome tables being so arranged
that there is every facility for attaining
the maximum speed and effectiveness
with no danger of interference among
the workmen.
The public part of the esIiee IL at the
Weyb bosset street eud OF the apartments.
Jf quick access to the patrons and COM
fortably furnished. Manager Munro has
very kindly made special arrangements OF
writing desks and chsirs outside the
rail, which will be boon to newspaper
correspondents.
The local district service and the dyna-
mo rooms are in the rear of the operators
department, and the whole is hansomely
finished in oak.
The new equipment consists OF three
sets OF qusdruplex, each set being a COM
bination of instruments which will allow
the sending or receiving OF four messages
over one wire simulta neously without
coniiiotion. The quadruplex is the in
vention OF +. W. Jones, tho electrician of
the company, whose workhop Is tn New
York.
There are five sets OF Weiuy repesters.
recently adopted by the Postal. Dynamo
currents replace the batteries and there are
ten dynamotors, seven OF which run all
the time, with three spare for emergen-
cies.
The motor side is driven by the 5OO-volt |
current from the Narragansett Electric |
Light Company, the dynamo sides tnem- |
selves being of. different volfages to meet |
the requirements of the single and qua
druplex wires. There are also sets OF re-
sistauce coils 20 reduce the strength of
The dynamos to the required point, which
Is big Improvement over the old method
of using bunch of incandescent lamps.
affected by the Temperatures, to exhaust
he surplus power.
Inc dnyamo switch board is a marble
block eight feet square and in front Of
his are the dynamos on heavy iron
rames, insulated by shellaced waea,-Au
ne Zines are protected by fuses and
lghtning srrestors, and the connection
etween the dynamos, switch board and
ables are ali made by wires running in
ondutc under the floor, but he table
osts and corresponding switch hoard
osts are SO designated by an ingenious
ystem OF duplicate mum bers tina. il /,
ever necessary to trace the wire in case
mishap.
All the saunders are incased in reyoIv-
" hbfe resonators so that the sound
Irection may be controlled by the oper-
or. ,
The district system consists OF "loopsU Z
IN by dynamo currents, ana should the
nes become "grounded" the switch 7
ay be adjusted 81 that both legs OF tho =
op can be used IA single boards until 1
e trouble hunter locates the bother. !
the whole once is run in 1
cordance with the uniform system <
opted by all OF the Postal Company {
ices throughout the United s,atos.
This company Brst did business in this
ty In 1880 az the American RAPID 1ele- n
aph Company in tho Merchants Bank
Iilding.
George Albee was the first manager and q
present manager. Mr. Willard ". !,
lnro, was his chief operator. =
Ia 1885 the company was bought out by v
g "Merchants ana Bankers" and placed v
charge OF A. l.. SuesInsn for about a =,
sr lin 1856 the company was con. J
'lled by the Uniteu Lines, and Mr.. Z
inro became msnsg,r and shortly after y
al -nn1sse. his managemeni-- -hecaIns :,
. Postal Telegraph Company, part J.
the great land line system cooperating y
tn the Mscksy Bennett commercIsl :
bic. 4,
\, the present time the Postal Company :.
gers the entire Union with the txcep- q
N Of lexas, and Il will begin business &
the Lone star state next month. n
calIy, IL reaches all parts of x hode =
snd. q