The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-02
Postal to Make Paducah a More
Important Office. ="
Will Soon Have Direct Local Wires to
Louisville, Nashville, Memphis
and st. Louis
POSTAL'S 4TH OF JULY FEAT

The Illinois Central will open its
new telegraph line to Cairo in few
days, and then turn it over to the Pos
tai telegraph company, which has the
lease of all lines opera ted by the ILL
nois Central The railroad company
builds the line and strings one wire
on it. The Postal then takes charge
and strings additional wires. Man
ager Allen stated today that his COM
pany would as Coon as the new line
from Paducah to Cairo is turned over
to them, begin stringing its wires.
and in short time will have direct
wire to Cairo AMI ST. Louis.
By the acquisition Of the Tennessee
Midland by the Illinois Central, the
Postal also gets the telegraph lines on
that road, giving it direct lines to
Nashville. The Il usfer of these lines
is expected to take place in few
days. When it is made the Postal will
have direct wires to Louisville, Mem
phis, Mas hville, st. Louis and Cairo
out of Paducah, and Paducah will be
made relay station. and the force
here probably increased.
The Postal company has aroused o
great deal Of interest throughout the
country by its contemplated feat day
sitter tomorrow, July A, when it will
try to circle the globe with a message
in forty seconds, less than one minute.
Everything has been arranged for the
transmission of the sentence which
will prove the greatest feat of teIe-
graphy on record, and is only possible
now by the completion Of the cable to
Hawaii and the Philippines, which is
to be formally opened Saturday by
President Roosevelt, who will send
greetings TO Governor Taft.
The new cable is nearly 5000 miles
long, and will give this country a.
quick communication with the Phil
ippines as washirgs'A~ now has with .
New York. Alter the formal openSg
Of the cable ne Postal company, in
connection with the Commercial Gable
company, will send a message around
the world in less than minute. In
structions have been sent to all the lines
and offices that will handle the
message and it is anticipated that ev-
erything will pass of like olockwork.
A new telegram form has been de-
signed and adopted by the posal COM
pany.
The distinctive feature Of the form
is . unique device, or TRADEMARK"
elliptical in shape. to indicste that
the company's lines extend more than
two-thirds of the distance from east
to west around the world. The Dor
der of the ellipse is a representation Of
an armored submarine cable with tho
words Postal Telegraph Commercial
Gable System" in white on the blue
ground of marginal band surround
ing reduced map showing the silhot-
cite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
the shores Of Europe and Asia and
the continent of North America, and
indicating the routes of ocean cables
and the main American landlines OF
the Commercial Gable and Postal Tele-
graph companies.
The device is a graphic delineation
in a remarkably small space of the
comprehensive and reaching teie-
graph system which will endure as
fitting monument to the late John W.
Mackey, in whose patriotism and pub
lie spirit 1t was conceived and by
whose ssagcity, financial ability and
indomitable energy it was established
and developed despite powerful oppo-
sition. until it gained public recogui-
tion as one Of the most successful a.
well as beneficial business enterprises
of the times.