The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
It's WIRES
NOW COVER
THE | { EARTH: }. N !: |
News Gathering Plan Of
Times Dispatch.
NEWS RECEIVED
in THE OFFICE
Both Lines Are Installed in
The Building.
'.55 $3.50 80
\ DIRECT COMMUNICATION
WITH EVERY SECTION
The Western Union and Postal Telo
graph Companies Whose Wires
Radiate Over the Land and
Through tho Oceans. Place
Representatives IL charg. a
Thorough Arrangement
K x Perfected.
Both Lines Are Installed !. In /
The Building.
DIRECT COMMUNICATION
WITH EVERY SECTION

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By virtue OF arrangements effected with
both telegraph companies. the Ulmes-
! Dispatch has addcd to It's equipment IA
Hliues for q news service, thorough and
Bsmpleto In every detail-such service
as Is not excelled by that Of any other
newspaper in the country.
From the office OF The T!mes.D Dispatch
now radiate wires which give It COM
munication with every point Il, the United
States and in fact, through the Asso-
riated Press. with many places tho world
over. The messenger service, which up
. TO this time. has prevailed In the local
Newspaper field, has boon abandoned and
kilograms are Gent and received directly
from the Tines Dispatch ONCE. Thor
spnghness and despatch are thus insured.
Z Skilled operators arc at hand to devote
their energies and attention solely to tho
business Of the company, and 11encn
more than ever before Ia this business
well done. 3 4s
b Tho telegraph room. which. in it's en-
larged and completed form, has just been
floor OF tho building. A spacious COM
partmont has been Comfortably and con-.
veniently fixed. and Is now occupied BY,
tho gentlemen who tick OF the worlds
affairs. Regular telegraph tables. etc,
4 have been provided and In tho full rush
of the nights service the buzz in the
room would remind one OF The main Of
flee OF one OF the lines.
WIRES EVERYWHERE. III
Five wires In all communicate with the
building Three arc In the hands OF
has connection with Baltimore, Washing
ton and New York: q second with prac-;
tlcally every other town OF Importance
y IN the land. The third is used by the
Associated Press. The two wires held
by the Postal are similar to u those OF
tho other line. One communicates with
Baltimore. Washington and New York,
and tho other Is general wire for use
In transmitting messages to other points
IN the country.
#5 It will be seen from this that the Times
Dispatch Is In a position to obtain the
news OF the outside world with an ease
Ind facility and thoroughncss not cqualed
perhaps In any. newspaper Office In the
soutll. The addition to the general plant
of the company Is a valuable one. 1t
marks distinct advance in newspaper
facilities in Richmond and, lin fact,
throughout the entire South.
The Office force OF the telegraph de-
For the Associated Press Mr.. G. A.
Sinclair and Mr.. p. A. Perry control
things. Mr.. s. Empett Hotze repre-
sonts tho Postal, assisted by MIR. Ernest
Walden. The Western, Union service ls
ably cared for BY Mr.. o, o. Mitchell. as
sisted by Mr., Russell White, better known
-a9 THE boy operator
TIL CODE EMPLOYED.
MT. Edgar Leggctt Keen has written
for Philadelphia Evening Post an exceed
1ngly interesting and comprehensive arr
tlcle on the methods employed by tele-
graph operators In sending and receive
foe VS. ~ 1ru "a la oS
Id s-Keyy va saik tsp BY an unlsn
mix wo. lxr. i'm afw ckx, OK.
This Is not Russian, nor ''pidgln" Eng
llsh. Neither Is It printers' Pile nor a
doctors prescription. 1t doesn't look like
very easy to the average citizen, but It
Is perfect lntelligable to any telegraph
operator familiar with the handling OF
prese copy The operator In a newspaper
Office who, receiving such an Item over
the press association wire should fail to
sing 1t out or demolish three or four
chairs getting 1t to the telegraph editors
desk, would surely lose his Job ASSUME
ing that he has heard this message tick
ing its way over the wire from New
York. he has already taken It down on
his machine II, understandable Eng
llsh-and by this time he is probably.
listening to the bawlng OF the newsmon-
gers int he streetbelow," Wux freeze! Al
about tho horrible assassination OF King
Edward !"--while the startled public Is
reading from the still damp sheet:
London. -s-KinE Edward VII was shot
and instantly killed this afternoon by an
unknown anarchist who, 1t is reported
Immediately committed suicide. Great
excitement, F
REDUCES LABOR GREATLY.
This Is an exact translation 81 the al
phabetical tumble recorded above. The
age was sent In what ID known In
telegraph orioles as the Phillips Code. As
transmitted It contained forty-two let
ters; as translated. one hundred and for-
ty-four letters It was sent over the
wire. therefore, In less than one-third
to tick It OF In plain language,
Another example; s5
II scotus tdy dcdd pw Il Potus ds n
xtd to tPlps, OCT all psf Cgsl XII. q d
Is uxl. ,7
This also would be startling II trus, ana
doubles would create a sensation or two
in the editorltl and composing rooms. for
1t conveys the heart-rendlng- information
that:
The Supreme Court Of the United
States to-day decided that the power Of
the President Of the United States does
not extend to the Philippines, on the
ground that all past Congressional leg
"sWEAR OFF" PERMANENTLY.
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