Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-16
ITELEPOST NOW
IN OPERATION
New Wire Service Begins
Business in Boston.
SPEED AND ECONOMY

ted by DeIany System at Lowere,
cost-Telegrams Delivered by Spe
ciai Messengers and "TeIeposts'
Carried by Letter Carriers Feature,
of Telepost company's Work.
Boston, Oct. 15.-The Telepost com
pany has ~inaugurated here its system
Of receiving and sending messages
The DeIany method, controlled by the
company, the newest and most rapid
method OF transmitting intelligence
electrically, in connection with the
postoffice delivery system, is now an
actual fact in American life.
With the transmission of the first
Telepost message from Boston to Port.
land, Me-, handed to the Telepost op-
orator hera by Mayor Hubbard of this
city, the Telepost was put into opera
ton between the two cities, the line
including the following way stations:
Lowell, Mass; Lawrence, Mass;
Hayerhill, Mass; Exeter, N. H.;
Portsmouth, NJ. H.; Dover, N. H.;
Biddeford, Me-; Saco, Me, and Old
Orchard, Me. In each of these cities
there is now a Telepost office pre-.
pared to receive and transmit mes
sages.
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 Telepost
utilizes the full carrying capacity of
the wire, while others get only 10 per
cent.
The Telepost company gathers mes
sages and sends them on its own
Tines. 1t delivers the message itself
by its special delivery service,
the messages then being called by the
familiar name telegram or it relies
for delivery upon The we'll organized
pogtofice department run by Uncle
Sam. In the latter case the message
is known as a "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 ii may write out his telegram
or his "Telepost," drop 1t, addressed
to his correspondent near or far. in
care Of the Telepost company. The
latter wifi attend to its prompt and
speedy transmission. The telephone
may also he utilized by the Telepost
patrons.
In addition to kilograms OF the new
style and Teleposts the innovation in
the wire world includes the 'tele-
GARD 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 al a
lower rate.
Uniform Rate Of Transmission.
The rates charged by the Telepost
company are uniform whether the dis
lance trayersed by the message is ten
miles or a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
words for rs cents delivered by the
Telepost messengers, or fifty words
for rs 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
A special envelope OF odd size and
attractive design makes 1t easier for
the mail distributors to recognize and
handle Teleposts. The telecard is
Slso of special design in order t IA
postofice handling.
While the service just inaugurated
includes only the cities named above
he Telepost company has already
siosed contracts to make rapid extern
from Boston In other directions.
The scene in the Telepost Offices at
opening OF the new service was a
most interesting one The audience
included, besides Mayor Hubbard. a
arge number OF men prominent in the
BUSINESS and professional life of this
s1ty. The newspaper men who were
present not only looked upon the put
Ing TO practical use of the invention
IT, Patrick B. Delany as an interesting
tenn Of news, but as one that is ex-
'ected TO affect vitality their own bust
less of hey gathering and publish
1g. The Telepost company intends
o establish at its offices in the vari-
us cities a bulletin service giving the
most important news items OF the day
n skeleton form, referring the readers
Q the newspapers for details. The
Irst message transmitted over the
'elepost lines was that of Mayor Hib-
ard to the mayor OF Portland, Me,
ongratulating the latter upon the I'M
'uguration Of the new system. The
lrstl Telepost message win be pre-
ervsd al an interesting memento Of
he occasion. Among those present
we're Patrick b. pelany. the inventor
IL the system; II. Lee Sellers, the
Of the company; r. Fl. SEX
ers, it's secretary and treasurer. and
w. Larish, its electrical engineer.
The various operations or the Tele-
post, such q the ~perfecting type, the
transmission Of messages. handling
Tho receiving tape. etc, were fully OK.
and aroused the highest inter
ost.
The Telepost system has won the
highest concentrations from expert
authorities In Alcctrieity. Thomas