The evening times., 1900-07-02

PHILADELPHIA. July 2.-In the skill
fuI handling OF the recent National Repub-
liean Convention there was no more IN
portant feature than the adequate pro-
vision for the proper transmission by wire
OF the news to all parts OF the country and
world. The fact that four and One-half
million words, IN the aggregate. were des-
patched by the telegraph companies with
out single complaint having been regis
tered shows the perfection attained in the
management Of this important detail Of
the great gathering
AS was the case in other respects at
the recent Convention. the facilities for
despatching complete reports to every
where we're on 4 larger scale than those
afforded at any former Convention Man
ager W 3. GIL. OF the Western Unions
local office, and Superintendent Charles
c. Adams. OF tire Postal Company. prom
ised the most .mplete and effective ser
vice ever installed. and they made good
their word. Both managers have received
numerous letters praising the splendid
service given 1t is q unique condition in
the history OF conventions that not q sin
gle complaint on any score was received
Though the volume Of business vas not
in excess Of that Of previous conventions,
It was sufficient TO tangIe up all the wires
in the country IL the most csfeful arrange
ments had not been made As II was, the
mass Gf matter was handled quicker and
with less confusion than ever before
Splendid press accommodations aided in
making the work easier for the operators.
OF the latter. the Western Union had six
ty-five on duty at the Convention Hall and
the Postal Company empi0yed hfty-two.
The Postal Company adopted the novel
method Of looping" the hall WiJa their
Market Street cOnGuits. giving direct ser
vice Just The same as at the main Office.
One hundred wires connected the Western
Union Office with the hall. and these made
seventy direct sending circuits Both Of
fees greatly increased their equipment for
the occasion
The Western Union main Office vas at
one tice sending out news on 10 differ
ent circuits. twenty-five wires alone con
Meeting with Chicago and forty with New
York and the East one CT the features
Of this cOmpany's service was the 1peT-
aring Of q direct san Francisco wire. with
the result that the story OF the COnven-
ton was flashed across the continent
without the slightest difficulty More
than geo special operators had been re-
tanned by this company. and the entire
main operating rom vas devoted 70 Con-
ventiOn work. under the direction OF E
B. Savior, who systematiZed the Western
Union Convention, operations. and ID whom
much Of the credit for the success IS due
Boston. New York. Washington, and Bal
tirnore were called upon for many Of the
extra operators employed by both compa-
MES. and every expert in the city had been
engaged several weeks in advance The
companies had the work subdivided, and
each division had its chief
The day preceding the opening OF the
Convention was the heaviest of the entire
period The telegraph conn ranies despatch
ed more than 500 GOO words each over the
wires. In four days 100000 words were
wired by Postal Telegraph operators. and
( the Western Union experts handled in nine
days about 2G00 .0o6 words. Neither com
1 pany's facilities were At all taxed during
| the Convention as fully six times as much
work would have been disposed Of without
difficulty
During the sessions the business about
l equaled that OF the 1895 record breaking
/ conventions, but there was lack OF the
usual advance matter, owing 10 the unani-
[ nous selection Of the candidates.
I An idea OF the volume Of business trans
acted by the telegraph companies is best
| given by a little figuring. A good opera
| tor can send / zee words al hour over the
wire. II one man, doing ten hours a day
/ had undertaken the entire work. he would
/ have been 2 whole year in completing the
/ task. Senator DePew, speaking $50 words
/ a minute could by three weeks OF cOntinu-
Gus talking have mOuthed the 4.509 0e(
words transmitted over the wires during
/ Convention time and that pace would
make the average stenographer throw uT
| his hands.
With il all there was little or no profii
( for the companies The increased equip
ment, enlarged force, and new wires neces-
sary involved a great outlay, and the new:
had tc be despatched at the special news
! paper rate.