The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-01-31
eslIways Ar y lie Phens h
p1Acs - Tslssraph A1tsr
March 4.
orE11Tols 70 n LIT OUT.
Meek oignals ALSO viii - In
staIisd and Many SMALL
o<attons C1ossA-

A nnw netd 0f employment for wom,
"a n - - up~0~d by thw rsiiways
This dees mo- mean that ff~ roads viii
~sapauy wonaeu teaexrsptwrs. but On ths
tuOsrxry their es1pioy ss~nt viii h. fos
ths pHEtc~~ II taking tfe place IL teie.
gsaph~rs ALREADY In the 4rrvsc~. 1'hr
future ~nunan rasiway operating ~us.
piose Will le ~nwaxwi II sh~ smaller
sfatsaas taking trasa orders over d feIe-
ptssne. whsf~ fersnersy mach orders ssrre
transmitted and revived BY Telegraph
IAss nw Geld viii h. ssxszs to waaswa
~ksH The nsw nins~ herr day law gos,
crSanx the working sisss~ IT railway
t~es~xrarhrry x1s~ into ~ne~f on
Narrs1 L.
Il uaa x0~nt1s1enfsy expected that shis
Law woutd WORK 4 eesagutioa In railway
operations and II Vas with this end In
vtew that The Order of Railway Tele-
grnphrn procured In passage despite
the 0~sermined opposition of the rail-
way manaxess and <ven against advice
direct from The White House. The ssv-
clnttca y eu<ninx. MI right. but It viii
- . resosutj0n which will relexate The
Telegraph . ! back seat - m adjunct
- railway operation and viii throw
.-hcosnnds Of operators out OF employ.
aest g. annually win decrease their
aamhsr until fhey viii almost disap-
Dsa1 6rum American railways
II was expsrt~d that the reduction
In tn wOTting hours Or railway tele-
krxphrrs 70 nine hours would compel
the railroads to ~mpsoy at least 6O0o
addifioual men ~ oncr. II WAS also
kn0wn that IL would BE- l~mpossibie 10
secure this number Of men when need
ed. and II wa therefore hopsd ~ IL
tusen that N Increase Ia wages would
y : parf 81 The revolution pIanned.
Changes - 2esuls.
Tts~ railway managers at firss took .
sfmllzr virw Of the situation. but Il
ssoa Was discovered that Ii would be-
impossible to supply the demand II all
4xtsatng teiegsmph ofAce~ we're 10 be
sno1new4ma@ufsersy1~sen sAaAs"s~
salt II = careful study Of the sstnation
the nincs. boar day for s~elexraphers will
bring ahOuf the following changes.
l. TIE abandonment Of all stations
- telegraph ssatioss except division
headquarters and juactlcnal points.
2 The Substitution 81 telephones for
TIE receipt and the transmission Of or
d<Ts and messages.
3 The engsioy ucnt OF women a.
agents - many stations thus trans
forrned info te~iesAhone stations
4 The transaction of . tremendous
amount az oG1ce business by kenr
which fosmery MS transacted by tele-
graph
q. TIE rapid sxfension Of the auto-
matte ejertTsc block signal syxtem.
which VIII make telegraph stations IN
n<rexxaU.
In desermining 10 inauTurate these
changes the railway managers found
that they had in reality been preparing
for then for pears. II was discovered
also that ~ adopting the MOST exG,en-
sire syseem of block signaling train
orders and tsaegrsph stations could for
thr greater part BE- done away with.
Th< raIirsedA therefore. decided that
fhry would rather spesd millions Ia
psUvtaing ard maintaining automatic
block Signals vhtrA newes 90 to sleep
ead wktrA never fail unlsss they aeu
AAanem.- 0an - qend the same
noney y nainfainlnx trsegrsph m.
ttSn A. Telegraph spesatosS tn
e3ontng 81 ssatioas n telegraph stationa
= made uo0ibse By tn fact that With
~ automatic electric agnai MI that Il
nr~unary u to start trains n fast q
II t<suinai block II empty and keeg
th4n sotng until 4 semsphore san
stop