The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

where men take and write it up When one considers the number of extras and regular editions that some of the New York papers print every day, and the feverish fight for the desired "beat, or exclusive story, the value of this means of com munlcation can be very easily recog- nized,
 As an example of the extent to which some of the New York men make use of the telephone as means of sending in news, l mention the fact that almost directly across from the Tenderloln Police Precinct in West Thlrtleth street, there Is an old building In which several rooms have been converted by the reporters in that territory Into headquarters. Into this building come wires which are connected up With the papers which these men represent.
 To return 10 the papers of our own state. It has neared the time when the papers forms are to be locked up, after which no more news can be inserted, The tlnkle of the telephone bell has been continuous part of the music of the office. There comes in an alarm of fire. To send | a man out on It at this time, unless there Is a possibility of good story. would be foolish, The location of the fire box Is ascertained immedi- ately, and reporter calls up No. 25 to learn where there Is a telephone in the vicinity. He puts in his call and in n very few minutes has informed his chief as to what the conditions surrounding the fire in question are. If 1t Is q big blaze and in bad dis trlct, he dashcs off to the scene, to telephone In his story as soon as he can collect the information If 1t Is desk. and by the use of the telephone saves himself an unlimited amount of unnecessary work.
 But while the application of the telephone to the news-gathering side of the business may be considered the most important feature of the use oi the service, 1t stil fig of the greatest | Ndluf Ai llif HuElNNFN tillit Ui Auf paper. There are notices of adver- tlsements, changes In the location of the same; want advertisements. or notices to continue those already in until further date; a hurried call from one of the advertising men to see If he can squeeze in one more double five or half page. This is | .t.. l.. .t. n.
 morning paper when the business of. flee closes in the early hours of the evening. Then there are in addition to this the hundred and one uses foi the telephone that any business house is sure to have.
 In the case of the smaller papers owing to the limitations in the matter of space and the increased length o' time that the compilers have in whict to obtain their news the demand or telephone service Is not as great. or the other hand there would be nt telephones in these offices unless ther, were a use for them, and anyone who has not looked into the matte
 would he surprised to see the amour of traffic that goes on over these wires
 Many of the smaller papers hav' branch offices In adjoining towns an, the telephone Is an invaluable con meeting link to them.
 And so one nigh. go on, gettinl deeper and deeper Into the mater and name the benefits of the servic' to each and every paper. Lack Q space precludes such details but tn , fact still remains that every reader O n newspaper in the state of Connecti cut or the whole country, when h picks up his paper in the morning or evening and settles himself dow, f to drink In the current events of tn , day Is absorbing item after item O 5 vital interest, in the procuring O f which the telephone has played , part, the importance and value O , which, at least from the point of liev , of the man who has to get the news , can not be over-estimated.