The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-28
Leased Wire Works Twenty
four Hours During
Severe Storm.
BOSTON JOURNAL
SCORES BIG BEAT
Monday Morning Paper Enabled to
Give Full Details of Biz
Yards Extent.

The efficiency Of the Munsey News
Service received a severe test Sunday
last. when the NIunsey wire was kept
open for tweuty-four hours to gather
and distribute the news Of the world
first TO the Sunday afternoon papers and
then to the Boston Journal. the only
morning paper published by Mr.. Mum
sey- Tho Journal was in the center Of
the great storm belt and some Of the
difficulties the Journal had TO overcome
are told in its own columns. as follows.
No newspaper within the great storm
belt yesterday and last night was one
half SO well equipped for getting the
news as the Boston Journal.
This was due to the completeness and
exceptional efficiency OF the Munsey
leased wire service. This service is
used 10 supply the Sunday afternoon
papers published by Mr.. Munsey IN Phil
adelphia- Washington, and Baltimore. Z
The leased wires are the property Of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company and extend from Boston
through 10 New York, Philadelphia
Washington. and Baltimore. and cover
even far greater area with complete
ness.
Operators Work All Night.
The ATunsey Sunday afternoon papers
we're given the news Of the great storm
over New England and Of the Chelsea
flood disaster, early IN the morning and
kept supplied with the latest news.
They in return gave the Journal
reports from their sections, and thus
the storm had no effect on the Journal
- TO news gathering as with this SER
vice and the Journals immense staff
OF correspondents throughout allt New
England, everything of interest was
early sent 10 the Journal Office.
operators along the great area COW
cred ny the MunSey leased wire service
VINO worked during the day. stuck man
FULLY 10 their tasks and worked
throughout the night for the Journal.
giving the most complete news service
possible. and far better than that any
"iher newspaper in the storm belt found
IL possible to secure. e7-er,tbinr 81 in
lerest being sent over the leased wires
Wireless Used, Too.
In addition to all this. the Journals
correspondents found means where di-
rect telephone service was crippled. TO
phone IN IGany a roundabout way ana
get their matter into the editorial de-
parunent Of the Journal. wireless sta
uons' public and private, 10 the number
or fully dozen, were also actively en-
gagged gathering news for the Journal
BY the middle OF the day such mes
s2ges as possible were sent out 10 the
journal reporters and editorial staff and
other day and night workers. and these
men began the task Of getting in to the
parauyely easy task Those lfvfnaz
out Forest Hills way found fbe
service excellent, the DELAYS being
NY rom Iliteen 10 thirty minutes more
IMAM customary running time.
Others were less fortunate and had
20 becQhe Teams, automobiles, cabs
taNls Ter thetr transportation 4 num-
per OF The men found il impossible TO
Iire leams, as the stablernen feared the
i've wires which were down ir r1ar-,
parts Of the city and suburbs. and tbey
walked either into Sullivan square or
- 49, 80 nc oIhce, some or them walk
ing from three TO six miles
All through the long afternoons. in thu
-.t-Lt ~ me Storm Journal reporters
tpNeIeQ the devastated water front and
silofe llne- patrolliug these districts from
the South Shore through to TZ-nn ,5l5
even farther on the North shore
In Roundabout wavs.
In this manner, with scores Of To,,rnsI
men Drawing the bitterness OF the
stoI n. wading about IN The flooded die
ilicts, walking miles through She drifts
ana blunE gale, V7hCT~ traneu0rfaffor,
was impossible and with the excellent
T.Ivlce OF the Muusey leased wires. the
boslon journal is enabled this morninp
20 present TO the public. So cageriy;
hWaitlng the details, the most cornDIefe
record Of the storm and disaster ana
devastation that VIII be published anv-
The news association that sunn1ies
INC Journal with IT'S service st-UEgIpd
EIrayeiy against the most adverse con-
dluons % keep Up it's service. and u--iio
- was terribly crippled fits euploves Ala
TenHfkaoI ply good work. i'm ms instance
1t leased telephone y,-ira to+,,--l,-
Boston and Providence and convertej