The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-17
TELEPOST NOW
IN OPERATION
New Wire Service Begun in
Boston Today.
SPEED AKO EGONO MY

Thousand Words Minute Trsrsmtted
By Delsny System At Lowerei Cost.
kilograms Deliveries sy Special
Messengers and ~Teieposss~ Carrie
By Letter Carriers Features Ct Tsie-
post Company's Notwithstanding CT
First Message From, Boston &c Port.
land. Me. Witnesses BY ois,in-
suished Gathering.
Boston. oct. l5.-The Telcposi COM
pauy iuauguratod here today it's .ys-
TEN OF receiving aut SENDING nes-
s4rcs The nclany method. coutro Lea
by The company the newest ana an-t
rapid method OF transmitting in- Ci-
seuco electrically. in connection with
thc postofHcc delivery system. is ROW
an actual fact an American lie.
With the transmission OF the first
reiep0st message from Boston q Port
land. Me. handed 70 the Teicpcs, ap-
orator hcse by Mayor Uirhari. of flis
city The rciepos, was put into opera
ucn between the TWO cities the iue
including the following way stations.
Lowell Mass. Lawrence. Mass. INV
erhin Mass. Exeter. y r.. pr.t,-
mouth. y. FL. Dover. y U- Ei De-
ford Mc.. Saco. Ne. ani ola orc aga.
Me. in each OF these citl-s thcre Is
now 81 T-iepost Office prepared O. re-
cCivo ana transmit MESSAGES.
The Iclcpost transmits and receives
words minute. from twenty Co forty
times as many as any other telegrcpl
system now En- operation. The Trlrplst
uliircs the FUN carrying capacity Of
the wire. while others get only iN per
cont
Ilc Ioiepost company gathers mes
slccs ana sends them on its own lines
It delivers the messages itself by its
own special delivery service. the mos
saeas then being called by the faml az
name telegram" or Il relies fer de-
livery upon tie well organized post
'hcC department run by Uncle sam
Ia tlc latter case the message Is
srCvn as a ~Tolepost-~ The COMPANY
also receives messages through the
Qcslcfnce department. for transmits ion
fo ucar OF distant points-that u.s. a
uan Using In one OF the cities named
or within mating distance ~ Sc may
write out his telegram CT his ~Tcle-
aosf drop il. addressed 20 his cor
respondent nesr OF FAR. in care OF the
lciercst company. The latter viii az
tend % lts prompt and speedy trans
mission The telephone may also Dee
utilized by the Tcicpost patrons
I'm addition 10 kilograms OF the new
style and Tclepcsts. the innovation I'm
Che v.re world includes the -taiecar1 f
valch Us 10 the telegram and the Tcle-
post what the postal card IS 90 the
letter. Ia other words. IL is a shorter
telegram transmitted at a lower rate
The rates charged BY the T-iepost
company are uniform whether the dis
tancc travc-sed by the message is zen
miles or n thousand-tweuty-dve words
Tor - cents delivered by the Tclcpo.f
Messengers OF dfty words for Is cents
brought 10 your door by one OF Uncle
sam gray coated men. The charge
for The teiccard IS 10 cents for ten
words sent TO any place reached by
the Ielcpost company's lines
A special envelope OF odd size and
attractive design makes ii easier for
The mail distributors to recognize and
handle Tcleposts. The telecard is also
ri special design in order TO facilitate
postnice handling
While the service inauEurated today
Includes only the cities named above.
the Ieiepost company has already
closed contracts 10 make rapid extern
slons from Boston IN other directions.
The scene in the Telepost odices al
the opening Of the new service wes a
most interesting one The audience
included. besides Mayor Hubbard a
large number OF men prominent in TIE
business and professional life OF this
city The newspaper men who were
present not only looked upon the put
ting 10 practical use OF the invention
oi Patrick 3. Dclany as an interesting
KEN OF news but as one that is ex-
pactei to affect vitality their own bust
ness Of news gathering and publishing
The Telepost company intends 90 es-
taolish at It's Offices IN the various
cities a bulletin service giving the
most important neys items Of the day
in skeleton form. referring the read
ers 70 the newspapers for details The
hrst message transmitted over the
Telepost lines was that OF Mayor Hib-
berd 10 the mayor OF Portland. Ne.
congratulating the latter upon the in.
auguration OF the new system The
nrst TelepOst message will be pre-
served as an Interesting memento OF
the occasion. Among those present
were Patrick 3. Deiany. the inventor
Of the system; IT. Lee Sellers. presi.
dent Of the company; r. II. Sellers. its
secretary and treasurer. and j. "
Larish. its electrical engineer The
various operations of the Teiepost
such as the perfectins type. the trans
mission OF messages, handling the re
ceiving tape. etc. were fully explained
and aroused the highest interest
The Telepost system has won the
highest concentrations from expert
Authorities in electricity. Thomas A
Edison. with whom MI DeIany worked
years ago. said OF II. The system in
its entirety IS so simple that 1t IS per
fectly fool proof"
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There is more Catarrh ia this section of
the country than all other diseases put
60 - a..