New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-12
QUICK TRANSIT FOR MAILS.
THE PNEUMATIC TUBE CIRCUIT ON THE
EAST SIDE OPENED.
TRIP MADE eY TIE FIRST CARRIER IN SEVEN
u,xr-rrs- OFFICIALS SEE THE LONG DIS

TRIP MADE HY TIE FIRST 'Ni'''N" ~ 49,
M1S1,rrs-oFTrc1A1s SEE THE LONG DIS
lance TUBE PUT N OPERATION
Y-n1ereround rard transit for people Is sun III
IN. future on Manhattan Island ps' u,'sund
rapid transit for mails Is already an aoco"p
fact II has, In truth. been such since vac oP
., IN. ro.ta, tube circuit Station T, az the fio"
a.. Excbonre last October That circuit ""'
since been in regular operation for sixteen nou'
dsx and has carried the great bulk or the 'a'' o'
tve.n the General Postofice and the lower emu "
the city 49, =. ..o
Another demonstration or Inc "oih"e.
,ubular method Of dispatchng mails was iu'','S"eu
,...,.rdav af,ernoon when the new circuit pe'"ee"
The general Office and Station H. IN 'he VI. "Au
~, palace at Lexington and Forty-lourtn-s'
vas opened This is the first time IN the WORM '"a'
a lone-dstance circuit with a TUBE eieh' 'i'0".'
diameter has been attempted Inc -
,hov.d that mails can be sent through these ,uoes
Gov distance of three and half miles WITHOUT e"'
a,r.,,tv The entire length Of this circuit Is seven
vo,,.s and the actual time taken by carrier 10
travel through that length OF tube was iou'u " ''
twelve and a half minutes.
The opening OF the new circuit was "i'iessN
several hundred persons. many OF whom gathered
q, the Postofice about p. m and waiteo lot ,ne
ar-,yaI NJ the delegation from Washington ne
CONSERVATIVES OF the two houses OF congress anu
several OF the Federal departments came 10 ->e"
York on a special train provided ny 'he ten"S''
vania Railroad Company. They left "ashlns'o" a'
o o'clock and reached Jersey City about O'clock
~, r.r,v cons,s,ed Of Senator John L. Mitchell OF
WISCONSIN. REPRESENTATIVES Philip p. Low. OF New
York: Charles C. Bennett and James X howe, OF
Rroohlyn; George y. Southwick, OF Albany wa
ace NJ Foote. ir.. Of Port Henry, y. Il ~ d.
Nahany OF Buffalo Jacob H. BromWeH ana 'onh
7 Icntz q. Ohio: Daniel Ermentrout. OF Pennsyl-
vsn,a: Nicholas n Cox. Of Tennessee; Samuei S
clark Of Iowa: L. r Livingston. OF "eor-
ria and Michael Grimm, Of Wisconsin W.
6 Shallenherger. Second Assistant postmaster
General: Captain James r. White "eheraI SuIeI
,n,endAnt 81 the Railway Mall Service; r. w
rs,n.- Public Printer: ex-senator NJ c. bu'ier'
George O. CLAWS. Myron NJ Parker. eN-poS'nlas'et
=, Wasb,nston; Robert Fnney. Captain y g
JA,,Iv q. the Navy and Thomas F. swayze rep
r.sentine the Treasury Department. IN the absence
Of secretarv Gage who was unable 20 accept INC
invitation TO come to New-York.
Senator Mitchell Is member OF the senate
c.r,r,,,s. on Postofaces and Messrs. Foot.. Brom-
u.lI Frnentrout and Clark are members OF tho
coryespondins committee OF the House
A number Of Phiadephians were also invited 10
witness the opening % the new postal tuoe' anu
.evera Of them came over on the special ua'iN
Thos. invited were Ex-Governor Robert Il. rat
49,, .1postmsster John Field exMayor Edward
O smart William II. Clark. cashier OF the QUAKER
Cuy National Bank: Samuel r. ramp. MAJOR
William II Lambert. ]. 7. Harrop' "liaih D.
xeuv president Of the Pneumatic transit ON
nA oh X.
same company. ma.
-. ,hoss who assembled IN the Office OF POST
,a.,e, Van Colt In addition to the Postmaster
n,nself were Francis II. Wilson. postniSs'er VI
Prooklvn; SiIas b. butcher. X HosS Api'o.
william Cullen Bryant ex-Fire commissioner VI
BROOKLYN and Murat Halstead. Arnons 'io 49,
oe.c. onsc,als on hand were Assistant Postmas'e,
49,. p Maze superintendent or mails anu
y-,.,o- 7 Bradley superintendent OF the haii"aS
Mail Service for this district
PED WHITE AND BLUE TUBES
Al s1s o'clock the announcement Oh '"' az
,ival OF the visitors from out OF to"n' VIC ~,
,.th.red In the Postmasters ONCE iori'eu !" NM
and started downstairs TO the room '0
h. mail tube. start. This Is at the Mail-st. eho OF
~" n,,,,ne or the ground floor. on entering TINS
= ,to .n.c,ators noticed that the tube running
~. proauce Exchange and the apparatus con-
,sc,ed with II painted red' lur,neI ' -,
broadway side Of the building Is the oesil',i,'e
the tube which is to run 10 niooh. ,he no
Wanted white and still further "esl ar tF
s,. ar6 terminus Of the new circuit iuii',"s
n,on-n an the East Side and th!s Is p"''''e'
rich dark blue . -. 1obn r Mil
Tho visitors under the guidance ol ~ - :,
.na.a vho IN company with Colonei Johh -
hoIlano ,horo IN their arrival in the city
...~oa around the red tube as seVeral u
,h.r, mad not before seen II In operation Wv
.oun, n, the relative shortness OF thlS c',0u''
SO, N see carrier shot on on It's way oo""'o
fo
o., ,o,nu,e. A number of carriers were seii' Vi,
- ~ Soma containing the regular man an
others the cards % some OF the spectator ~
MAN uho put their cards In one OF tne
held their watches IN their hands fonho ne oa' q,
nan6sa hack TO them in three minutes haNi's ~
.h., ,,Yne made tourney OF fun mile ana man,
,ra heen taken out AT the Produce Exchange s'''
zion stamped and returned 10 the carrier
1n.re wa. no novelty In this 10 the men VINO han
.,.,sons,v observed the successful working Of the
A,t. all
transmitting and receiving apparatus ana iisteneu
r,,,h interest 10 the explanations offered by Mt
Milhorand. After a few minutes tne presioeh' vi
,he Tubular Dispatch Company invited the peopIe
20 move on to the blue tube. on their way they no.
,,ced particularly the white one, bearing the word
.sprooklvn" and many expressions OF regret at the
ae,,v IN completing the circuit across the Bridge
were heard
8 r. BUTCHER PULLS THE LEVER
While mail Of all kinds. with the exception OF
nsckages too bulky 10 he slowed IN me carriers j.
sent 20 and from the Produce Exchange IN inc
ernerm.nts on the blue tube yesterday only sec
ond-class mail matter-that is newspapers ana the
Nre-was placed in the carriers. The first Of the
carriers put IN position at exactly $50 O'CLOCK
and silas r butcher, president OF the Hamilton
Trust COMPANY in Brooklyn. was invited 10 pun the
lever The dispatching Of a mail-carrier Is an ex-
c..a,nr,v simple opera ION and M butcher scarce
~ realized what he doing before the first car
r,.r was a quarter Of a mile on It's long and mys-
terious journey.
In seven minutes and hall message was re-
e.,ved from the Grand Central Palace. announcing
that the carrier had reached that place. The actual
lima Of It's trip was little less than seven minutes.
Before II had gone a quarter OF the distance a
second carrier dispatched after II, the lever
being pulled this time by ex-Postmaster Field OF
r,h,.ccIphia The third man at the lever was
Assistant Postms ster-Genera shallenberger. who
va. followed IN turn by ex-Commissioner Bryant.
Of Brooklyn. Congressman Livingston. OF Georgia,
and Superintendent White o, the Railway Mall
Service
other carriers continued 10 be sent at short