The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-16
NEW SYSTEM
IN OPERATION
Telephone Service eBeins in Boston
Today-Messages Sent
CheapIy.

Boston, oct. 16.-The DeIany meru-
Cd OF transmitting messages by cleo
trlcity at the rate of one thousand
I words minute, was inaugurated here
today by the Telepost company and
its use in connection with the post
once delivery system is now an act
ual TACT in American life.
with the transmission of the first
Ielepost message from Boston to Port
land, Me-, handed to the Telepost op-
orator here by Mayor Hibbard of this
CITY the Telepost was put into oper-
alton between the two cities the line
including the following way stations:
Lowell, Mass; Lawrence, Mass: Hay-
erhlil, Mass; Exeter, N. H.: Ports
mouth, N. H.; Dover, N. H.: Bidde-
lord, Me-, Saco, Me-, and Old Orchard
Me. In each of these cities there ia
now a Telepost Office prepared to re-
ceive and transmit messages.
The Telepost transmits and receives
messages at the rate of a thousand
words a minute, from twenty to forty
times as many as any other telegraph
system now in operation. The TeIe-
post utilizes the full carrying capacity
OF the wire, while others get only 10
per cent
Inc Telepost company gathers mes
sages and sends them on its own
lines. 1t delivers the messages itself
by its own special delivery service. The
messages then being called by the IA
m1liar name telegram" or it relies
for delivery upon the well organized
postoffice department, run by Uncle
Sam. In, the latter case the message
is known as "Telepost." The COM
pany also receives messages through
the postofice department for trans
mission to near or distant points
that is. a man living in one of the
cities named or within mailing dis
lance of 1t may write out his telegram
or his "Telepost." drop it, addressed
to his correspondent near or far. in
care of the Telepost company. The
latter will attend to its prompt and
speedy transmission. The telephone
may also be utilized by the relepost
patrons.
In addition to kilograms of the new
style and Teleposts, the innovation in
the wire world includes the "tele-
card. which is to the telegram and
the Telepost what the postal card is
to the letter. In other words, it is a
shorter telegram transmitted at q
lower rate.
The rates charged by the Telepost
company are uniform whether the dis
lance traversed by the message is ten
miles or a thousand = Twenty-Five
words for 25 cents delivered by Tel
epost messengers or fifty words for
25 cents brought to your door by one
OF Uncle Sans gray-coated men. the
charge for the telecard is 10 cents for
ten words sent to any place reached
by the Telepost company's lines.
A special envelope of odd size and
attractive design makes it easier for
the mail distributors to recognize and
handle Teleposts. The telecard is also
of special design in order to facilitate
postoffice handling.
While the service inaugurated today
includes only the cities named above,
the Telepost company has already
closed contracts to make rapid extern
sions from Boston in other directions.
The scene in the Telepost offices at
the opening Of the new service was a
most interesting one The audience
included, besides Mayor Hibbard, a
large number Of men prominent in the
business and professional life of this
city. The newspaper men who were
present not only looked upon the put
ting to practical use Of the invention
of Patrick B. Delany as an interesting
item Of news, but as one that is ex-
pected to affect vitality their own bust
ness of newsgathering and publish
ing. The Telepost company intends
to establish at its offices in the vari-
Gus cities bulletin service giving the
most important news items of the
day in skeleton form, referring the
readers to the newspapers for details.
The first message transmitted over
the Telepost lines was that Of Mayor
Hubbard to the mayor of Portland,
Me-, congratulating the latter upon
the inauguration of the new system.
The FIRST Telepost message will, be
preserved as an interesting memento
Of the occasion. Among those present
were Patrick B. Delany, the inventor
Of the system; H. Lee Sellers, the
president Of the company; R. H. Sell
hers, it's secretary and treasurer, and
J. w. Larish, it's electrical engineer.
The various operations of the Tele- !,
post. such as the pefecting type, the
of message, handling the
receiving tape, etc., were fully ex-
planned and aroused the highest in
terest
The Telepost system has won the
highest concentrations from expert
in electricity. Thomas A.
Edison, with whom Mr.. Delany work.
ed years ago. said of it. The system
in its entirety is so simple that 1t is
perfectly fool proof"