Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-28
PQsFAl TELEG8bpH 4 h25ER HISTORY eF THE RIVAL CT THE WESTERN UNION
 TELEGRAPH Go. An Office of ybe Postal Company sooa to Be Opened in This City, ard the Line Com
 pleted Through
 Texas.
pleted Through 3Taxe


 AS tae Postal Tessta5h Comps ny wi. soon open an office il Fae Bluff, fh9 following information . may Be of interest to the readers of the GRApHIc
 The extension Of the lines into ArAansas and Texas Wa> begun last fall, from Memphis to 4fotter's Point, opposite Helena, crossing tie Mississippi River on . six thousand foot submarine cable. and siEce that time construction has been going on betweea 4e!ena and P5ne Blu1. TEe lineis nov completed from Helena, via Clarendon, as fara as tim. Gangs are also at work al Golomaa, Nab- baseka and here ae Pine Blaif, and unless delayed by more high water the Connection into this c:ty should De made within two weeks. IL would have been made before nov had 1t not been for the heavy rains and high water fer the !ast two weeks, which greatly delayed the work
 They gre es acting the line e1 the best quality thirtg foot white cedar p9ies, azd are using the heav= jest a1d best .egraph.c wire in the viz. hsstl s.4sHzH copper wire, weighing three Ea=desa pounds te the mile. Taia wire is capable Of being ws4ea o. iag distances Niihoat repeaasrs, d.4t with the aid ! of aatematie rel5eaters it can be Worked Quaafep.oSs with tNo L ess sag9s going each @sE at tae same time fos g distance of from Calves ton fo New Yori:, OF even from New Terls across the continent. The Pcsfa aiil arrange through circuits between Pine Biu!t, New York ard Chicago. and also between Pine Bluff and Texas points. They shall be in good saape to handig with 1, pro. .aptness and dispatch the ccm- nercia1 business Of the people Of Pine Bllaf Bllatf
 Tss Postal Telegraph Company h has direct aommunieation w5tu the H Commefcia. 9ackay- Bonnet cables, R waieh cennang operates three di- \ rect cab.es across the Atlantic, and also has direct commgaicatiea with \ all other parts of the world.
 The Postal began active opera II tious in this couafrg aboat twelve I years ago, OF very soon after the H collapse Of tie old Baltimore q Ohio fl Telegraph system, and by diligent H and energetic work, together with a \ courteous and quick service to the n public, have built np the largest II competitive telegraph system ever
 maintained. Their wires now touch q avery iaportant commercial center " in tke United States and Canada, | with the exception of Arkansas and N Texas, through which the line is fast \ being erected. The line to Texas will run from Pine Blutf via Little I Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana. | Paris, Dallas, and from there touch liug all importa>t points ia Texas IWith it's new lines ard modern ] 8eouipments il maintains genuine Hand aggressive competition and this !, competition has been the means oi obtaining the present low rates and good service in other parts of the col.nffy.
 Tha company has secured pleas ant kEd convenient office on Main streef, between Barraque and Sec ond avenue, and we trust that when 1t is opened up fer business they will receive a liberal patronage from tie people Of this city.
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