The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-22
TELEGRAPH TOURNAMENT
TEXAS SAID TO BE THE MECCA FOR
"GlLTEoaED" OPERATORS,
The Contest for the Carnegie Diamond
Medal and the Results OF the
Atlanta Meeting,

A wen known ST. Louis telegraphor, who
participated In the recent Telegraph tounla
mcut IN Atlanta, Ca, WIS uNkod NY "a Post
reporter fox hi opinion concerning the FRO
gIeSs of The art of Singing lightning Hd
of the Atlanta results Iv said,
"Wo are progressing, ia caul proportion
with every other ant The public gees JUS
US good Telegraph service aa they dy.vrNv,
and they have learned cnough about tha
possibilities Of the business to demand blAt
class service, rhc system becomes better
as the facilities are iuvreuatd, aud must
say that Texas has become the Mecca OF
huo talent. / fear the public do not dppre-
rl0te the value or well equipped service,
for uuwn South they kick Justify against
occasional errors, while the service H. tn-
East Is Inferior and the public aru uppd-
rcuuy satisfied
Il participated IN the Atlanta tournament
recently. In order to satisfy ms seI as 90
tile value of the results obtatI,u. AEu no
desire To ATTN ldurvs, uut da dn tAp,i uti.
etutpf determined tu gauge tue ga 81 Ne.
ul tnG test cuhuled go lei'~iNPd iee,'s'
mruts / dld ttuutNmc NNN, too, td,
kept IT cut ut tue pupvis 50 sou onaoi a
1 wasn't tnvlp Irr Duhct Rlut\ OF l'WA
ton. | had q sCienunc interest mereN. 1
can CpitumtZU my opinion IA one ulet'
truthful statement, 1t was lie Iallest fake
i ever lHitnoss,d l1l tell you why. ia
The tabt SENDING contest, using lhillps
code, nvc OF the, Judges were uld'time o.h'
Gals, who couid rot read thcir own names
uulchp they were spelled ont distinctly ana
slowly on the instrument ituir luuymeht
OF rapid code signaling is mnuiicstS and
necessarily huuesQuc only ole rummlt'
tvem0n was n cumpctVut, uptodntc uper-
ntor and his decisions were ONcuuled. ino
judges heard 'scnGiug hieh was uunteil
gblc 90 them. aud they uni cd Ia saying II
WIS mulN cluus. Al ~ the code srnMHR
was absolutely pnreadihlG from start %
nnish aud had little resemblance TO Morse
characters The COM iuatipUs caused by
Inc attempt NJ phrnououal speed were
| something unpleasant TO The ear Of the
skllllul operator
F'rhp Carnegie medal, TO be contested for
at the noNi tournament n February ! he.
! iieYc WIS intended for the champion al
round operator, That la 20 say II was In
tended for the operator who u most expert
Ia every branch of the business. press work,
commercial work, board OF trade, pool Ioolns
etc such an operator can not be dlseuy
cred In hve.mmutc contest. nor unless he
Is tested In all kinds Of work. lnat CON
Criyc 90 hive been M Caurgirs idea.
\ reasonable test IN such "A class would
occupy over an hours time, aud nNe muote
results signify nothing, Tor rnlnr of oar
most sklltul ARTISTS cn not get warmed
MP In 1--we minutes
In the code contests the Judges should
Dee expert code operators, elected by uui.
iut, and the test should be- an hours work.
In these contests, ns in urtuhl practice,
Il should ho Remembered That quality de-
crcascs MS quantity increases, and thot un'
uuo haste H. an evidence OF weakness. It
shonld also be explained that There is no
such person As the very best all round
operator IN the world certain average
OF excellence may he attained md hun
drcds Of hrsr class operators easily rea,h
this point md nre equal In ability SKIN
aud endurance, on the Associated Press
wire through Texas, for instance, may he
found several champion operators, who npc
stars OF the first magnitude, who perform
their work with unrlvaled skill, md whose
great abilities are IN nowIse ecllpacd by
the performances at Atlanta, which many
did not attend because they we're other
wise engaged and had contempt for I'VE.
minnie results. One Of these champions
may he found at Galveston, anothcr on The
Post In Houston, aud another AZ Memphis,
etc.
The results at the next tourney VIII
bear out my opinion.
Il would counsel the public generally 10
encourage the teegrnphers Va forming y
plan NJ rpmodoing the present system ot
employment and pay, by the adoption ~
cyil service examinations nnd graded
sculc AZ wages, The standard ~ WORK
would thereby be raised with the Increased
! requirements ana very coon wu should have
Telegraph system which would hr de-
scrvodly the admiration of the world.