The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-16
LOW RATE, HIGH SPEED
TELEGRAPH MAKING GOOD.

LESSON IN FOSSlpliiIioo VI ndftd ~
tomato Wire Communication.
Revolutions" are as common III
the field Of invention as they are
among South American republics. The
result is that people have grown skep-l
tical. The mere assertion that a rev.
dictionary discovery has been made
Is no longer sufficient. The epoch max
ing invention must make good"
This the thousand word a minuteI
telegraph system known as the Tele-|
post has done on the line opened tw0l
months ago between Boston and Port
land, Me. On the occasion Of the
formal Inauguration Of the Telepost the|
mayor of Boston .handed"a' fifty word
message to the, Telepost operator toI
send to the mayor Of Portland. A few
seconds were consumed in ~perforating|
a tape with holes corresponding to the
words of the message. The transmit
ter emitted a Zip" and the message
was in Portland. A few seconds more
and the mayor Of Boston was reading
the mayor of Portland's reply.
1000 Words q Minute Maintainsd..
It was a revelation Of as wen as 81
revolution In the possibilities OF au5
tomato telegraphy. In ordinary COM
mercial operation the Telepost main.
tains a speed Of a thousand words q
minute. ~
The fifty word message Of Mayor
Hubbard of Boston was an, Rzampiel
Of what the; Telepost company now
carries for anybody over its lfnes fof|
rs cents. But this is onlySone Of the
innovations the Telepost has INTRODUCES
ed. It sends ten word "telecards,n de-
livered at destination by mail. Tor 10
cents; twenty-five word telegtams, de-
livered at destination BY messengerss
for 25 cents, or 100 word tfeietapess
for the same charge, all without resar6
to distance.
. At its low rates-oniy q fraction ot
those charged by the older, companies
it is no wonder that the Telepost
company figures on an enormous
amount Of business Americans now
send fewer kilograms per capita than
any other civilized country. Engiaad
found that when the government Line
reduced rates the amount Of business
Immediately jumped to such an en-
tent that the revenue was actually
larger at the lower rates. The, Sane
rule held good when postage ratsA
were reduced. ~.
Anybody who has used the te3ks
graph, to any extent In England q
Germany knows how much, more ece
nomical, speedy and convenient 1tttS
than any telegraph service heretofcra
available in the United States, Amerk;
cans really need to be educated In tn
use Of the telegraph The Telepcetss
provision for prepaid. replies, for IN
stance, not only meets the demand fcE
a means Of securing reply ~telegrana9ss
but obviates the collect nuisance.
Prepaid Reply System.
For example, a man in some other
city or town wants Information from
New York by wire. When the ;.tel6s
grsm Is delivered to esNew York adS
dressee, there is hanoSd to him q pre-
paid" telegraphic blank on whieR9h =
can write his reply. This blank g
ready addressed to the man who Pc
for It and ian be used for no ctfe33
person and practically insures asreptyf
Tips for 80 cents It Is possible ~
send a telegram and get a reply bgl
Wire-twenty-1ve W. kilograms Ct
that. This not only beArs the collect
plan, but even goes ahead Of the Eng
lish system Of prepaid kilograms both
in the greater cheapness Of the sery1
ice and in the fact that a prepaid blank
can only be used for the person fot|
whom it was intended.
Only a few. Of the conveniences ana
innovations Of the Telepost servtc9
have been mentioned, Just enough e
justify the assertion that a real revo4
luton Of vast importance to the pub
lie has begun with the Inauguration
Of Telepost wire service. In addition
to the New England lines now open
work Is we'll advanced on connecting
lines to New York and on other Gee
lions that the company does not nov
care to announce.