The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-24
NOTHING WRONG
With COUNTRY
Official of Postal Telegraph
Company Says Improvement
Has Been Marked Recently.
ON TOUR OF INSPECTION
VICE PRESIDENT NALLY AND
PARTY ON WAY TO COAST.

There isn't anything wrong with the
country there isn't a thing wrong with
H. The only trouble is that people think
there Is and that Is what is the mat
Ter, said e. ]. Nails. vice-president and
general manager of the Postal Telegraph
company, yesterday. There has been no
oNer-production; there have been no crop
failures. The whole and sole ground for
the feeling OF hesitancy is in the people 5
minds, not in the conditions themselves. -
Mr.. Nally is here on his way westward
on q tour OF inspection of the lines of the
Postal company He is accompanied by
W. !. Capen. general superintendent at
Chicago. who succeeded Mr.. NaIiy when
the latter was promoted and II. F. Haw-
kins- assistant secretary of the company.
On the tour the Nally party picks up
the various district superintendents WHO
accompany the chief officials over the
territory within their Jurisdiction. From
SAT- Lake the party will be accompanied
ny w; T. 5, Hawk, the superintendent for
this district.
Improvement in a Month.
THE telegraph business is. perhaps more
than any other, barometer for business
conditions. The depression has had its
erect on oar cOmpany's business as well
as on all other lines. but the improvement
during the last month has been wonder
Iui- And | see no reason to believe that
this Improvement Will not contiue right
along. A restoration OF confidence is all
that is needed. and I believe that is be-
Ing rapidly brought about
Ihe Postal company. said Mr.. Nal1y. Is
not planning any great extensions for the
coming year but il is maintaining its
property and making improvements.
We are building a new wire TO San
Francisco. he said which will be IN op-
GRAFTON by the first of May. This wire
will be added to our lines the Santa
Fe and will be a No. iron. The wires
we have strung across the continent are
copper. but il was deemed the part of
wisdom 10 put up first-class iron wire to
Tight the storms. The copper. of course,
cannot be eXcelled as a perfect conductor
hut W. thought by adding q heavy iron
WIRE we would be in position successful
~ 10 weather the most severe storms.
Building in San Francisco.
The new Postal building in san Fran
cisco will be the finest structure of its
kind. 1t will be eleven stories high and
viii be especially adapted for our bust
ness We Will make an inspection in this
connection when we get out there.
The Postal has just signed a contract
with the railroad known as BOTaX Smiths
road in Nevada We are now operating
lite, and presently be will be into Gold
field Ultimately il is our purpose to
continue this extension to Reno and then
on 10 San Francisco. giving as another
transcOntinental outlet.
Fast Cable Work.
I'VE have recently completed cable
between New York and Cuba. The serN-
ice is astOnishingly swift even 10 us who
are in the business. The other day We
received an unsolicited testimonial from
a firm in London telling us that they
had received cablegram within four min
utes from Havana. Three-mnute service
between New York and Havana is com
mon.
Mr. Nally will remain in the city for
another day. when he will proceed on mis-
westward journey.