The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-28
The Twentieth Century Rail.
way Passenger Has New
Convenience.
THE LATEST INNOVATION
Big Railroad Companies Beginning
to Equip Trains With Apparatus
to Keep Thorn In Touch
With the World.

Philadelphia North American: Even q
railway trip will not separate the twen-
tieth century business man from his Of
flee. At ease in his flying Pullman he will
be able to direct his subordinates as eff
fectually as If he sat at his desk.
A new development Of that marvel of
modern marvels-the telephone-will make
this possible. 1t Is now being adapted to
the use of railway cars. SO that whether
moving or standing the train will at all
times be within call of the rest Of the
world.
This welcome innovation is due to the
Duke Of Cornwall and York, who recently
passed through Canada. Anxious to pro-
vide the royal train with every conVen-
.ence. the officials of the Canadian Pacific
railroad installed a telephone service from
ear to car, so that the duke or duchess
could speak to any member of the suite
while the train was moving without the
necessity of calling the retainer from an
other car.
The same idea was utilized with success
during the recent tour of the officials OF
the Pennsylvania railroad over the sys-
.em of that company; telephone wires
we're run from the directors car to that
occupied by the president, Mr.. Cassatt,
enabling the members of the party to
communicate with each other as easily
as though In their offices at the central
station.
Northwestern's Experiment.
Improving still further on this idea, the
enterprising officials Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad have placed tele-
phones on their best trains. so arranging
Them that when the train arrived at a
.arge station it would be possible to con-
acct the train with any telephone In that
particular city, or for that matter with
he entire continent.
. G,,c, q vast in1nrnVpmpnf in oral long
distance communication opens a field of
possibilities almost as large as that which
came into view when the telephone was
first introduced. A traveller forced to leave
nome or office at a critical stage OF some
occurrence or deal may proceed to the
sailroad station with his mind at ease. Ihe
simple insertion of Il plug In the switch
board of the telephone company at the
irst station reached will place him IN IN
slant telephone communication with MS
family or office force.
The train equipped with the telephone
system, that is to be the feature of all
1p-to-date train services in the near III
ture, will become the business mans OIL
zee while en- route for distant points
Appointments can be made by telephone
from the train, or of the ar
.ival of the visitor conveyed by the same
means, so that, during the half hour OF
SO tina trains wait at important centers
Il mass of business may be TRANSACTED
over the phone and the traveller be en-
gbled to continue his trip without leaving
The train.
To the man who has reached a cit!
from which there are few trains. ant
alighted, only to find that the man upol
whom he calls out of town, the advan
iages of the Improvement in telephone
communication will appeal with grea
force.
Overcome Vibration.
The instrument that will be used o,
the train telephone service differs from
the familiar ore. The difficulty to b
overcome in telephoning from car to caI
on a moving train, is that the greatnes
of the vibration browns the speaker
voice. This difficulty has been obviate
by the construction of a combined trans
mitter and receiver which can be hun
on the wall of the car when not In use
and taken down bodily when required fo
purposes of conversation.
1t is found that when the telephone
held in the hand there Is little If an
more noise from vibration than in
building. The engineer in his cab ca
-all up the conductor in the coach, tn
brakeman in the rear of the train
brought within talking distance of the Ell
cineer, and the system of signals by tf
pulling of a rope is entirely done ava
with.
The officials of a transatlantic line
steamers in New York were the first
recognize the great convenience it won
be to messengers to be connected by tel
ohone with the shore. On this line, whe
passenger goes aboard on the night b
lore the ship sails he is able to CONVEX:
with those whom he leaves behind up
the actual minute of leaving the dock.