Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-05-04

a nile a mIhlte Ai'-s -
4 ,..,a,. of varied experiments 44de=33.
s,.o.ra,n railroads. Innovations are BE-
. hroaeht about almost daily y t511s
'a aia 70 modern railroadiHg, aaa
T. now tests are being made in sew
Ina1 Michigan towns which have
,raved beyond reasonable doubt that
ta1enbones can be used on rapidly
i two trolley cars with success. The
1 ha,tors Of the device declare that
can adapt it to steam trains ana
1 T., .,,iss#t that in the near future the
E!eTeTs5 Of the great railroads Ell Tie
.,.,. s.Il at all times be within
L 9Sss Fs55al Of the homes and offices Of The
'75s5t5' .r;'5t i5 = promise. but the telephone
9z4l= FACTOR in railroadi2s has al
E9a4v arrived. On two OF The sIza5ez5-
j fl.stS,9,e er, contering III Chicago 1t has
s}a5a IFS appearance in widely ya&&li2ss.
kbnt equally practical, forms.
poS 3-2f51Ie. oriei4al-unlillo anything II
e. ,,,9rld Of travel--is the distinguish
Il H. foafHfe Of the new Chicago &n1t
zNor+hweste4n Union Pacific train. Jase
H. into commission at an expense 9i
EsiII;o3a of dollars. From the obss9f2-
.5an car of this train one can telcphoaa
!. nome Office or friends ii Chicago
Sfor three-dnaTtef5 Of AL honl beIo..=
H. train sh9ots out upon the ste3i
N,af73Wav to the Golden Gate.
II When this rolling palace paases a.
H. at Oakland. Cal, the hiss of the
~ 6,.alsa IS no sooner silenee3= =taaa
H. hell Of the train telephone fia&3
and tRe telephone exchange Of san
RFra0cisco Is at the disposal q aNeE#
passenger of the Limited And tins,
stoo without the necessity oi changing
Ssaats or more tnan raising the receiver
Sfrom the telephone.
From the time the trains ate made
1lp and open-three-Quarters Of an hour
&before depaIture-the telephone IS
&1jkelv to be in constant demand.
Tbines are bound to be forg0tten-sti-
{rections to servants, instructions %
office people, goodbys to some OF the
relatives who could not come 10 the
Etrain. hurry-up messages to bffa&= TO
t4he train forgotten luggage, or NUS
{n1acod Dapers. etc. There ale scores,
Hundreds of eleventh-hour needs fer
this telephone.
One of the most amusing OF all uses
wet discovered by the officials fol TINS
Inew train phone was one pointed cit
Ibv newly made bride The first test
of the phone was being made When I
blushing young woman, accompanied
by a radiantly-happy young man, Sc
fnred the use of the wire. Just as the
car was being photographed she Was
8engaged in an earnest conversation
Hwith some one ct the other end OF tl1e
Bine. She had scarcely finished When
he All aboard" warned the phot92-
apher off ard the train started from
the station. The young lady Was
kiushed and smiling. 1t developed AIT
arvards that she was telephonla2
home news of a hasty wedding and a
plea for parental forgiveness. Ailhoa'
before she could get reply the lh2ts''-
nept had been cut out and the money
moon trip to California had begun
Sentiment doesn't play so much ol
part in the use Of the telephone os
the Illinois Central railroad-the othe'
Chicago railroads investigating tAe
merits of the instrument. Thls rode
is attempting to provide comple'e
telephone system for thousands VI
miles of line south and west from ohi
cago.
Two copper wires are being struhs
from Chicago to New Orleans, ana u
the west, with Omaha for terminus
pair of wires is up. Part OF the plal
Is to equip trains or engines with poi.
hble telephone outfits. Then, III cast
pf washout, wreck, flood, blockade
blizzard or other causes of trafflc delay
an engine driver or conductor. can III
stantly get into communication VIII
The offices of the division, explain lh'
whole situation, call for assistance ah'
put himself into instant communlca
ton with the brains and heart OF IN
transportation system.
Experiments covering several week
have proved this plan entirely feas'
BILE. On one occasion from the CAP 0
p locomotive a telephone massage w"
transmitted several miles over WIRE
which were at that time carrying
burden of kilograms by the Morse s!s
tenn.
At first each wrecking outfit will b
equipped with special telephone sets
When sent to the scene Of disaste
they will not carry as now, telegfap
operator and field outfit for euttln
wires and establishing a temporary -
egfaph station. When that is acCoo
pilshed it Will be possible for passeI
gers in all emergencies to be IN con
noneation With the world no matte