The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-22
POSTAL WILL SOON
TAP NEW CENTRES
Line From Here to Charlotte
Will be Open
IN ABOUT TEN DAYS
WIRES ARE STRUNG BY WAY OF
GREENSBORO.
RALEIGH SOON TO TALK TO WASHINGTON
Postal Testing Its Wires to See if They Can
No. Be Used for Telephoning as Well as
TeIegraphlng, and If SO, The Former
Will be Added.

The Postal Telegraph and Cable Com
pany will in about ten days open up $40
miles Of new wire for traffic in this
State bringing Raleigh and the other
towns on its lines into communication
with some Of the most important in
dustrial centers in the State.
Within the time mentioned it is ex-
pected that the line from Durham to
Greensboro and thence 10 Charlotte and
Greensboro will be completed. From
Reidsyile will be completed. From
line of the Southern railway. When
this line is completed, the Postal will
open offices and will be ready to handle
messages in Hillsboro, Burlington, Ora
ham, Greensboro, High Point, Licking
ton. Salisbury. Concord and Charlotte.
ii is also proposed to shortly construct
a line TO Winston.
1t is probable that later the sys-
TEN will throw out spur TO Newbern.
The Postal managers also have u
contemplation a scheme that would give
Raleigh and other towns long distance
delphone connection with Washington,
on the north, ard Augusta Ga, on the
south, including, Of course, all inferno
diate towns in which the compay has
offices.
The company experts are now making
a test TO see whether its wires cannot
be used for telephonipg as we'll as tel
egraphing, and if the experiments prove
successful, it is its purpose 10 put in
telephone Instruments as we'll as
''sounders." There is little doubt hut
that this can be done, as the Postal uses
copper wire mostly, and where iron is
used very large wires only are put on,
thereby making the resistance smafI.
The line from Washington to Augusta
consists OF seven copper and three iron
wires
The Postal now has IL operation 6.4S2
miles of wire In this State it has l.
TOP miles Of wire and 311.55 miles Of
poles reaching the counties Of Baden,
Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland,
Durham. Franklin, Harnett. Halifax,
Johnston, New Hanover, Northampton
Richmond, Robeson( Vance, Wake and
Warren, and the towns of Durham,
Fayetteville, Henderson. Littleton, Raj
eigh, Narrenton and Wilmington II
the Zines can be utilized for telephones
MI these towns and those mentioned
above will have long distance telephones.
Experiments are now being made be-
tween Chattanooga and Knoxville, TO see
if telephoning and telegraphing can be
done over the same wire at the same
time without the one interfering with
the other
y telephone instrument and tele-
graph instrument will be attached to the
same wire and an effort will be made
10 take both nj the same time. If the
test proves satisfactory, and it is believ-
cd that there is no doubt that 1t will,
rs the same is now being done in the
northwest and west, the East Tennessee
Telephone Company which is now max
ing the experiment, will go into Atlanta
over the Postal wires and the Postal
will go into Tennessee, Virginia and
North Carolina over the telephone COM
Tany's wires.
The new line constructed by the Pos
Ial in this State will start as soon as
two wires are up and others VII! be ad-
ded later.
The prompt service of the Postal
makes it very popular everywhere and
the extension Of its line is a great adj
vantage TO the business world.