The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-20
UNITE TELEGRAPH
AND 7ELEPH HONE
Officials OF Western Union Now
on Tour Of Inspcc-
ton.

Officers OF the Western Union Telc-
graph Company on tour of inspec-
ton through the South and Southwest
in the private car Morse" named
after the Inventor OF tho telegraph. s.
Il. B. Morse. reached Richmond yester-
day.
Members OF the party are: Edward
4 J. Hal. chairman OF the executive
committee; Belvidere Brooks. general
manager: Frank A. Pickernell. assist
ant 10 the chairman: S. 81. Williams.
special agent. all Of New York. and
j. Levin. OF Atlanta, gencral superin-
stendent of the Southern division. l.
J. Maxwell. OF Richmond. district SUI
perlntendent, accompanied the party
from Washington to Richmond. w. r..
Gentry. OF Atlanta, president of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company.
met them In Richmond and will con-
, tinue South.
The object Of the trip Is to arrange
for great expansion OF wire service In
the South and working combination
between telegraph and telephone sys-
tens. 5
Mr.. Brooks. who Is making his first
tour since he was nade general n1an-
ager. said:
.The telegraph system Of the United
States is at the beginning OF new
era Of development. which will make
the wire SO convenient. SO advantage
Gus that 1t will become as much part
of everyday life as the telephone or
the mail. az
TELEGRAPH and Telephone.
"One OF the greatest benefits to the
$>yA - IT,
I3from tho new connection between the
Telegraph and the telephone. When
our plans are perfected we shall DO
able to give to the public advantages
for quick and perfect communication
By wire than ever before extended,
The new connection between the telo-
phone and the telegraph Is not In any
mentary. One Is auxiliary to the
other. Each Will occupy q distinct and
Iwell.defined field The telegraph be-
Tween centres OF density and for long
distances: tho telephone for short dis
tanoes and for collection and distri-
button OF messages. nthe past many
OF the smaller communities have BEEN
I5pra ctically isolated ut night from COM
munication with the rest Of the world
lbecause the telegraph ONCE has been
closed. Our ultimate object Is to put
y the whole country. even tho remots
Y farmhouse, within the possibility OF
4 continuous communication day and
1 night with every other section. Tho
! combined use OF the telephone and tbs
telegraph will do this, !"
Practical Co-Operntion.
Edward 4. Hall, chairman OF the
! executive committee Of the Western
/ Union, is also one OF the vice presi-
/ dents OF the American Teleph one and
Telegra nh company. which recently
purchased ia substantial minority In,
terest In the Western Union. That
i transa elton renders possible q co.
A operation OF practical oneration be-
tween the two system that will Z re.
suit In the greatest DEVELOPMENT ,of
i electrical communicationS that the
country has ever known. 81 sneak 8 o.
4 this new condition. Mr. Hall sal
at Biography eliminates the time q
OF correspond on 90 by the elec'
sEtrical transmission OF the text from
ONCE OF origin to office at destina.
ton. hut At is tncomplete IN y
methods Of collection and del VERY. s3s sss
n N "There are comparatively few places
A where there Is business enough "a &C
u warrant an all-night telegraph scr'
vice, but racticallv 10 Bell tolephont
EI exchange Ia ever closed might or day
u Wherever I here Is a Bell te,eph one 4thl
subscriber la now In con ton With
" in, elegraph wire that will convoy
.84 his mo sages quickly, safely and 90,
ourately 70 any part ofs ths u 'Ilt'ls