The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-28
LIFT Up The RECEIVER
AND THEN LISTEN
Telephone Subscribers May
Hear Returns on Elec-
ton Night.
WHOLE COUNTRY IS COVERED
Patrons Will Be Given an Unusual
Treat, Possible Only Because
of Perfect System.

Every subscriber to the Chicago
Telephone company's service may, if
he so elects, secure complete election
returns on the night of November 8
without cost and without exertion. 9TH
er than taking up his receiver and lis
tening to the operators voice
The announcement that the telephone
company will supply its subscribers
with these bulletins is in effect, an
announcement that the Bell Telephone
companies of the United States have
combined in one mighty effort to ad-
vertise the value and efficiency of their
long distance service.
Attempts to Solve Problem.
For years the problem of accurate
and prompt collection of election re-
turns has puzzled newspapers and poll
tieians. Dependent upon various mes
sage carriers for their information and
without a complete organization to
handle these various agencies, the
problems of securing and compiling the
news has baffed the best brains of
the country. Even with city and state
organizations working in harmony
great difficulty has been found in
transmitting these reports to other
states and thus securing complete re-
turns for the entire country.
This year the Bell Telephone com
panies, OF which the Chicago Telephone
company is a part, has taken up the
| burden and proposes a solution that
will not only mean accurate news but
will also make the results available to
every Bell telephone user at his home
or office. Because of the imm ensity of
the proposition and the necessity for
such close attention to detail, news
papers as well as political organiza-
lions are eagerly awaiting the result.
Success will mean that election news
will probably me almost wholly trans
mitted by telephone in future.
Chicago a Clearing House.
/ Chicago will be the great clearing
house for the country. Long distance
lines, reaching to all the large COM
| mercial centers will bring detailed in
/ formation into the toll rooms of the
Chicago Telephone company. With q
| corps of clerks assigned to handle re-
ports from each state, this great mass
of information will be compiled and
tabulated and again dispatched to the
various great cities. From here it viii
| be distributed to every exchange
whether it consists of only farmer
lines or is located in the lesser cities
and villages.
Toll wires will be held open for this
service and it is predicted that farm
ers in the rural districts will be en-
abled to secure returns from New York
and San Francisco as readily and as
quickly as from the state of Indians
or from their immediate election dis
trict
Compiled Report Every Half Hour.
Once every half hour every exchange
in the Chicago company's territory will
receive compiled reports. Subscriber.
may secure these by inquiry from cen
trail Because of the great interest il
the vote for president and governo
on the republican and democratic tick
cts, and the liability to error if tn,
company attempted to give reports TO
the minor candidates, only these fou
. candidates will be named in the re
. turns. However, where there is a con
gressional vote Of national importanc
or of special interest in Illinois an,
Indiana the final results viii be mao
known.
To provide for clubs and political or
carnations who desire continuous re
turns the company has arranged, unde
certain conditions, to supply this ser
vice providing the organization desir
ing same shall make known the fac
to the local manager prior to the cleo
ton.